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Menetou-Salon  est une commune française située dans le département du Cher en région Centre-Val de Loire.

Géographie
La commune fait partie du canton de Saint-Martin-d'Auxigny, même après le redécoupage des cantons en 2015.

Localisation

Voies de communication et transports

Voies routières
La commune est à  de la route départementale 940 en venant de Bourges.

L'autoroute A71 (axe Paris – Clermont-Ferrand) est à  par le contournement ouest de Bourges.

Les routes départementales desservant Menetou-Salon sont :
 la départementale 11, qui relie Fussy à Concressault via Vignoux-sous-les-Aix, Henrichemont et Vailly-sur-Sauldre ;
 la départementale 25, qui relie La Caroline (commune de Saint-Palais) à Lugny-Champagne via Les Aix-d'Angillon et Azy ;
 la départementale 59, qui relie Saint-Martin-d'Auxigny à Pouilly-sur-Loire via Morogues, Veaugues et Saint-Bouize.

Transport ferroviaire
La gare de Bourges est à  par la route de Fussy.

Transport en commun
Menetou-Salon est desservie par la ligne 105 des transports du département du Cher (Henrichemont – Bourges).

Urbanisme

Typologie
Menetou-Salon est une commune rurale. Elle fait en effet partie des communes peu ou très peu denses, au sens de la grille communale de densité de l'Insee.

Par ailleurs la commune fait partie de l'aire d'attraction de Bourges, dont elle est une commune de la couronne. Cette aire, qui regroupe , est catégorisée dans les aires de  à moins de .

Occupation des sols
L'occupation des sols de la commune, telle qu'elle ressort de la base de données européenne d'occupation biophysique des sols Corine Land Cover (CLC), est marquée par l'importance des territoires agricoles (67,9 % en 2018), néanmoins en diminution par rapport à 1990 (70,2 %). La répartition détaillée en 2018 est la suivante :
terres arables (28,3 %), forêts (28,1 %), prairies (25 %), cultures permanentes (8 %), zones agricoles hétérogènes (6,6 %), zones urbanisées (3,6 %), eaux continentales (0,3 %).

L'évolution de l'occupation des sols de la commune et de ses infrastructures peut être observée sur les différentes représentations cartographiques du territoire : la carte de Cassini (), la carte d'état-major (1820-1866) et les cartes ou photos aériennes de l'IGN pour la période actuelle (1950 à aujourd'hui).

Risques majeurs
Le territoire de la commune de Menetou-Salon est vulnérable à différents aléas naturels : météorologiques (tempête, orage, neige, grand froid, canicule ou sécheresse), mouvements de terrains et séisme (sismicité faible). Il est également exposé à un risque technologique,  le transport de matières dangereuses. Un site publié par le BRGM permet d'évaluer simplement et rapidement les risques d'un bien localisé soit par son adresse soit par le numéro de sa parcelle.

Risques naturels

La commune est vulnérable au risque de mouvements de terrains constitué principalement du retrait-gonflement des sols argileux. Cet aléa est susceptible d'engendrer des dommages importants aux bâtiments en cas d'alternance de périodes de sécheresse et de pluie. 93,7 % de la superficie communale est en aléa moyen ou fort (90 % au niveau départemental et 48,5 % au niveau national). Sur les  dénombrés sur la commune en 2019, 746 sont en en aléa moyen ou fort, soit 85 %, à comparer aux 83 % au niveau départemental et 54 % au niveau national. Une cartographie de l'exposition du territoire national au retrait gonflement des sols argileux est disponible sur le site du BRGM.

Concernant les mouvements de terrains, la commune a été reconnue en état de catastrophe naturelle au titre des dommages causés par la sécheresse en 1989, 2018 et 2019 et par des mouvements de terrain en 1999.

Risques technologiques
Le risque de transport de matières dangereuses sur la commune est lié à sa traversée par des infrastructures routières ou ferroviaires importantes ou la présence d'une canalisation de transport d'hydrocarbures. Un accident se produisant sur de telles infrastructures est en effet susceptible d'avoir des effets graves au bâti ou aux personnes jusqu'à , selon la nature du matériau transporté. Des dispositions d'urbanisme peuvent être préconisées en conséquence.

Histoire

Origine du nom
Le toponyme actuel est désigné au  par  (« petit monastère de Sarlon ») aussi dénommé . Ce nom fait expressément allusion à la fondation près du château seigneurial, vers 1075, du prieuré Saint-Martin par Sarlon, seigneur de Ménetou et Quantilly membre d'une famille noble influente auprès du vicomte de Bourges.

Antiquité
Après la conquête de la Gaule par les légions de Jules César, Avaric  est reconstruite et devient Avaricum. Pour alimenter en eau les fontaines monumentales et les thermes de la nouvelle cité, un des aqueducs est construit depuis la fontaine Saint-Jacques située sur le territoire actuel de Menetou-Salon.

À la Motte-Robert, un ferrier arasé, daté de cette époque, a été mis en évidence sur une surface de près d'un hectare.

Moyen Âge
En 1097, le seigneur de Ménetou, Sarlon le Riche, ayant décidé d'accompagner à la Première croisade le vicomte de Bourges, Eudes Arpin/Odo Arpin de Bourges , donne l'église Saint-Pierre de Ménetou, avec ses revenus, à l'abbaye Saint-Sulpice-lez-Bourges de l'ordre de Saint-Benoît.

En 1190, Hugues de Vesvre, seigneur de Menetou, donne des terres à l'abbaye Notre-Dame de Loroy toute proche (actuellement sur la commune de Méry-ès-Bois) fondée en 1125 par le seigneur de Sully, la Chapelle et les Aix.

En 1259, Hervé III, seigneur de Vierzon, donne la seigneurie de Menetou-Salon à sa sœur ou nièce Marie de Vierzon à l'occasion du mariage de cette dernière avec Jean  de Sancerre. Robert de Sancerre (mort entre 1271 et 1301), fils cadet ou frère de ce dernier, obtient la seigneurie de Menetou-Salon.

En 1384, Arnould de Bonnay, marié à Isabeau de Sancerre dame de Menetou, seigneur de Quantilly, peut se prévaloir par son mariage du titre de seigneur de Menetou.

Vers 1450, Jacques Cœur achète les terres et le château de Menetou. Dans les années qui suivent, le grand argentier tombe en disgrâce et ses biens sont saisis par le roi Charles VII. Ce dernier cède pour  d'or cette seigneurie à sa favorite du moment, Antoinette de Maignelais, devenue dame de Villequier par son mariage avec André de Villequier.

En 1513, Artus de Villequier vend pour  la terre de Ménetou à dame Jeanne de Malet-Graville, veuve en 1511 du maréchal Charles d'Amboise et morte en 1546 sans postérité survivante.

En 1532, Claude d'Urfé, surintendant de la Maison du roi François II, épouse Jeanne de Balzac d'Entragues, dame de Menetou et devient ainsi seigneur de Menetou-Salon.

En 1559, à la mort de Claude d'Urfé, son beau-frère Jean Pot seigneur de Rhodes en bas Berry achète à Jacques d'Urfé la châtellenie de Menetou-Salon.

En 1590, sont regroupées deux entités jusque-là distinctes : la seigneurie de la Chaintre qui dépendait du seigneur de Mehun-sur-Yèvre  et qui était soumise à la taille, et la partie située autour du château de Menetou appelée le fief Pot (ou fief de Pot) qui dépendait de la principauté souveraine de Boisbelle, dont les habitants jouissaient de conditions très avantageuses en matière d'impôts et d'obligations militaires.

En 1619, à l'issue d'un procès sommaire devant la cour souveraine de Boisbelle, un mendiant, Gilbert Fourneau, est arrêté, convaincu de sorcellerie et condamné à mort. Après avoir fait amende honorable au porche de l'église Saint-Pierre de Ménetou, il est pendu puis brûlé sur place.

Sous l'Ancien Régime, les catholiques de Menetou-Salon disposent de trois lieux de culte : l'église paroissiale Saint-Pierre, le prieuré de Saint-Martin et la chapelle du château. La paroisse est rattachée à l'archiprêtrie de Bourges.

À l'occasion de plusieurs mariages, la terre de Menetou  va en peu de temps voir plusieurs maisons nobiliaires se succéder à sa tête. Ainsi :
 en 1713, à la fin du règne de Louis XIV, Marie-Thérèse-Charlotte Pot, marquise de Rhodes, fille unique de Charles Pot seigneur de Menetou et Grand maître des cérémonies de France, épouse sans postérité le maréchal Louis de Gand-Vilain de Merode, prince d'Isenghien (noblesse belge du Saint Empire) ; elle lui apporte les seigneuries de Menetou et de Mehun ;
 puis, Élisabeth-Pauline de Gand-Vilain (1737-guillotinée en février 1794), nièce du prince d'Isenghien, épouse Louis de Brancas duc de Lauraguais ; ce dernier reçoit donc la terre et le château de Menetou-Salon ;
 enfin, Louise-Pauline de Brancas de Lauraguais (1755-1812), fille des précédents, épouse en 1773 avec postérité le prince et duc Louis-Engelbert d'Arenberg (1750-1820) ;
 en 1792, pendant la Révolution française, le curé de Menetou, Jacques Herpin, se réfugie en Angleterre pour fuir les poursuites ordonnées par les autorités révolutionnaires contre les ecclésiastiques qui refusent d'appliquer la Constitution civile du clergé ;
 à cette époque, lors de la création des nouvelles unités administratives, Menetou-Salon devient chef-lieu de canton jusqu'en 1817.

En 1801, sous le Consulat et Napoléon Bonaparte est instauré à Menetou-Salon un tribunal appelé « justice de paix » pour régler les conflits de voisinage apparus sur les communes d'Allogny, de Fussy, de Menetou, de Pigny, de Quantilly, de Saint-Éloy-de-Gy, de Saint-Georges-sur-Moulon, de Saint-Palais, de Saint-Martin-d'Auxigny, de Vasselay et de Vignoux-sous-les-Aix.

En 1817, sous le règne de Louis XVIII et la Restauration française, le siège de la Justice de paix est transféré à Saint-Martin-d'Auxigny.

Vers 1824, un vaste incendie détruit 104 maisons à Menetou-Salon ; l'archevêque de Bourges, , ordonne des quêtes dans son diocèse pour porter secours aux sinistrés.

Dans les années 1830, sous la Monarchie de Juillet et le roi , la commune de Menetou-Salon est caractérisée par des activités de tissage de serge, d'huilerie de noix, de commerce de bois et bien sûr de production de vins (dont une partie alimente une distillerie) ; si l'on recherche des fabrications de taillandier ou un instrument aratoire, ils sont produits sur place. Mais l'essor de ces activités est freiné par la vétusté et la lenteur des transports avec la seule traction à cheval : diligences et charrettes. De plus, les routes sont peu praticables en certaines saisons et dans les lieux reculés.

En 1867, sous le Second Empire et l'empereur Napoléon III, l'église de Menetou-Salon est reconstruite.

La deuxième partie du  voit partout en France l'essor du chemin de fer. L'objectif visé est que toutes les préfectures et les sous-préfectures soient rapidement reliées par le rail. Au début du siècle suivant, les trois quarts des cantons le seront également au moyen de chemins de fer départementaux ou de tramways (parfois à voie métrique, parfois à écartement plus faible encore :  et même ). Menetou-Salon va également être touché par ce bienfait voulu expressément par les autorités républicaines pour rallier les citoyens au nouveau régime politique. Dès 1860, le vin de Menetou commence à être vendu à Paris. Puis, dans les années 1880, est entreprise la construction de la ligne Bourges – Aubigny – Argent – Sully – Orléans ou Paris via Pithiviers (ligne exploitée jusqu'en 1938 par la Compagnie du chemin de fer de Paris à Orléans) (ou « P.O » dans le langage quotidien) puis par la SNCF après 1938).

En 1877, le prince Auguste d'Arenberg (1837-1924), déjà conseiller général du canton de Saint-Martin-d'Auxigny, est élu député monarchiste du Cher, au suffrage universel masculin ; il occupera cette fonction  jusqu'en 1902.

En 1878, sous la Troisième République, sont édifiées la mairie et les écoles primaires de la commune.

1881 est une année noire pour la viticulture du centre de la France. À son tour, en effet, le Cher  subit une grave crise économique agricole provoquée par la progression du phylloxéra, mais les viticulteurs de Menetou-Salon font face collectivement au désastre en créant un syndicat viticole en 1890 et en replantant de nouveaux cépages plus résistants.

Le château de Menetou-Salon est restauré et agrandi vers 1885 par le prince Auguste d'Arenberg, président de la Compagnie du canal de Suez, député du Cher.

Après la Première Guerre mondiale, le chemin de fer se trouve rapidement concurrencé par la route, du fait des considérables progrès techniques intervenus : dans le réseau routier, en particulier avec le goudronnage généralisé, ainsi que sur les automobiles et les camions.

Le monument aux morts est érigé le  en l'honneur des nombreux poilus de la commune de Menetou-Salon tués au cours de la Première Guerre mondiale.

Le , la gare de Menetou voit passer le « train fou » vidé de toute présence humaine par les maquisards et lancé par la Résistance intérieure française en direction du nœud ferroviaire de Bourges pour empêcher les armées du troisième Reich d'utiliser le rail et de s'opposer aux conséquences du débarquement de Normandie ou pour battre en retraite rapidement vers l'Allemagne. Contre toute attente, cette action spectaculaire de la « bataille du rail » ne fit aucun dégât.

Après la Seconde Guerre mondiale et la reconstruction du pays, le rail connaît quelques années de répit mais les lignes d'intérêt local ou régional voient rapidement baisser leur trafic. Le remplacement des locomotives à charbon par des autorails ou des loco-tracteurs à moteur à essence ou à moteur diésel n'inversent pas la tendance.

En 1950, la gare de Menetou cesse d'accueillir les voyageurs et, vingt ans plus tard, les marchandises. Enfin, la ligne de chemin de fer desservant Menetou-Salon fait l'objet d'une mesure de « retranchement » et de « déclassement » en .

Politique et administration

Tendances politiques et résultats

Liste des maires
 Récentes élections : le conseil municipal est composé de 19 membres.

Population et société

Évolution démographique

Évolution de la population

Indicateurs démographiques

Pour les périodes 1990-1999 et 1999-2010 :
 le taux annuel moyen de variation de la population était positif (+ 0,4 %) puis il devient quasi stable ;
 le taux de natalité augmente légèrement, passant de  à  ;
 le taux de mortalité diminue légèrement, passant de  à .

Pyramide des âges
La population de la commune est relativement âgée.
En 2018, le taux de personnes d'un âge inférieur à  s'élève à 26,4 %, soit en dessous de la moyenne départementale (30,2 %). À l'inverse, le taux de personnes d'âge supérieur à  est de 35,7 % la même année, alors qu'il est de 32,7 % au niveau départemental.

En 2018, la commune comptait  pour , soit un taux de 51,52 % de femmes, légèrement inférieur au taux départemental (51,56 %).

Les pyramides des âges de la commune et du département s'établissent comme suit.

Économie
Le vignoble de Menetou-Salon  est cependant un vignoble très ancien d'après les vieux écrits et documents concernant la seigneurie et châtellenie de Menetou-Salon.

Ce vignoble renommé s'étend sur  de collines. L'aire d'appellation couvre dix communes dont Menetou-Salon, Aubinges, Humbligny, Morogues, Parassy, Quantilly, Saint-Céols, Soulangis, Vignoux-sous-les-Aix.

Tous les ans, au mois d'août, une manifestation "Caves ouvertes" est organisée un week-end par les vignerons eux-mêmes : dégustation, échanges avec les professionnels, démonstration de chauffage des tonneaux..

Emploi et population active
En 2010, parmi les  que compte la commune,  sont âgés de 15 à 64 ans et  (soit très approximativement les trois quarts) sont actifs (698, soit 68,8 %, ont un emploi).

Au sens du recensement, la commune comptait 63 chômeurs (soit un taux de chômage de 8,3 %).

Toujours en 2010, on comptait 397 emplois (dont 295 salariés) ; 703 actifs avaient un emploi résidant dans la zone.

Culture et patrimoine

Lieux et monuments

 Château de Menetou-Salon : l'actuel château remonte au   et voit des travaux jusqu'aux remaniements majeurs des années 1880. Le château est habité de nos jours par le propriétaire actuel, le  et duc d'Arenberg français.

Avant que Hugues de Cormaing ne cède en 1450 Menetou et Quantilly à Jacques Cœur, le château appartint à Sarlon le riche, contemporain de Henri , puis à la Maison de Vèvre, de Vierzon et de Sancerre.

Le château primitif a appartenu en 1448 à Jacques Cœur  avant de lui être confisqué lors de sa disgrâce en 1455, pour être adjugé à Antoinette de Maigrelay, veuve d'André Villequier puis racheté par Jeanne de Graville. Le riche hôtel particulier de Bourges, le palais Jacques-Cœur, a inspiré au  l'architecte chargé des transformations. L'ancien château fut en effet agrandi et embelli, entre 1884 et 1890 par l'architecte parisien Ernest Sanson, le sculpteur Antoine Margotin et le menuisier-ébéniste Calmel, à la demande du prince Auguste Louis Albéric d'Arenberg et de la princesse son épouse. Ce représentant de l'aristocratie française remplit, sous la Troisième République, des fonctions éminentes dans de nombreux domaines, notamment comme député du Cher de 1877 à 1902. Ce château est de style néogothique. Il a été classé à l'inventaire supplémentaire des monuments historiques.

Le château de Menetou-Salon est une des étapes de la route Jacques Cœur.
 Église Saint-Pierre : la paroisse de Menetou-Salon est, depuis le , sous le patronage de saint Pierre. L'édifice actuel date de 1867, mais il renferme des éléments plus anciens comme une grande statue classée de Vierge à l'Enfant en pierre du , l'époque du « roi de Bourges » Charles VII de France et de Jacques Cœur seigneur de Ménetou, ainsi qu'un retable en pierre du .
 La mairie-école : elle est construite en pierre et briques et date de 1878.
 Le Monument aux morts : érigé en 1922 sur la place centrale, il fut commandé à François Popineau, professeur à l'école des beaux-arts de Bourges et auteur des deux monuments aux morts du chef-lieu du département. Les noms inscrits sur le monument sont ceux des victimes de la Première Guerre mondiale, de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, et des guerres de décolonisation.

Notes et références

Notes

Notes carte

Références

Voir aussi

Bibliographie

Liens externes

 « Menetou-Salon » sur le site du conseil général du Cher.
 Le château de Menetou-Salon sur chateau-menetou-salon.com/.
 Menetou Salon en Fête - Association humanitaire sur msef.fr.

Commune dans le Cher
Ancien chef-lieu de canton dans le Cher
Aire urbaine de Bourges
Aire d'attraction de Bourges

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Muhammad Ali boxer, three-time heavyweight champion and one of the world's best-known sportsmen died in Phoenix on late on Friday night, according to the family sources.
The legendary boxer aging 74 was hospitalized earlier this week as he was suffering from some respiratory problems. It will be relevant to mention here that, Ali who knocked down the opponents in ring within no time battled from Parkinson (disease) for decades.
The greats from different fields have been pouring tribute to this greatest boxer, who inspired million of people around the globe.


Updates for San Angelo Central, San Angelo Lake View and area basketball teams.
The San Angelo Central High School girls basketball team defeated Class 3A power Jim Ned 40-28 in the season opener Friday night in Tuscola.
Jim Ned is ranked No. 7 in the state in the TABC rankings.
Parris Parmer had a team-high 19 points for the Lady Cats, who led 15-6 after the first quarter and 21-14 at the half.
Madison Foley added eight points for Central.
"We controlled the tempo throughout the game," Lady Cats head coach Landon Dyer said. "Defensively, we started pretty well. We had some errors at times, but it was a good defensive effort for the first game.
"I thought our kids went in with the right mind-set and knew it would be a challenge because Jim Ned's one of the better offensive teams probably in the state of Texas. Everybody can shoot the three and everybody can handle the ball in space. We did a good job of making it difficult on them."
The Lady Cats will travel to Midland Lee on Tuesday. Tipoff is scheduled for 6 p.m.
Garden City: Jordan Driver 17, Lyndee Walker 8. Ballinger: Delgado 9, K. Bowman 8.


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The Resource Owners Federation of Papua New Guinea is yet to establish, if Mr. Peter Botten of Oil Search Limited, is right in blaming the government for the lack of payment of royalties to the landowners of the LNG project in Papua New Guinea. Mr. Botten last week, was said to have blamed the government of Papua New Guinea for not paying landowners their royalty entitlements, although the licensee or the developers have paid the State the royalty entitlements of the landowners, as required by law.
The Federation understands that the reason the government is unable to pay the royalties to the landowners, is because the government does not know who the landowners are and how much land each of the landowner groups contribute to the LNG project.
The Federation is, however, aware that Section 47 of the Oil and Gas Act of 1998, requires the licensee to undertake a landownership study to identify the landowners of the license area. The Licensee or licensees are those companies that are the developers of the LNG project, and not the government of Papua New Guinea.
The Federation calls on Mr. Botten to further confirm or deny that the Licensee had carried out the landownership study as required by the Act and if so, who those landowners are. If the licensee has not carried out such a study, then it is reasonable for any reasonable person to assume therefore, that the licensee is in breach of section 47 of the Act and all consequential laws following thereon from section 47 to section 53 of the Act, which require the attendance of the development forums and signing of any agreements by the appointed representatives of the respective landowners.


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Q: Groupby two columns, sum, count and display output values in separate column (pandas) I have a dataset, df, where I would like to groupby two columns, take the sum and count of another column as well as list the strings in a separate column
Data
id  date    pwr type
aa  q321    10  hey
aa  q321    1   hello
aa  q425    20  hi
aa  q425    20  no
bb  q122    2   ok
bb  q122    1   cool
bb  q422    5   sure
bb  q422    5   sure
bb  q422    5   ok

Desired
id  date    pwr count   type
aa  q321    11  2       hey
                        hello
aa  q425    40  2       hi
                        no
bb  q122    3   2       ok
                        cool
bb  q422    15  3       sure
                        sure
                        ok

Doing
g = df.groupby(['id', 'date'])['pwr'].sum().reset_index()
g['count'] = g['id'].map(df['id'].value_counts())

This works ok, except, I am not sure how to display the string output of column 'type'
Any suggestion is appreciated.

A: You can use .GroupBy.transform() to set the values for columns pwr and count. Then .set_index() on the 4 columns except type to get a layout similar to the desired output:
df['pwr'] = df.groupby(['id', 'date'])['pwr'].transform('sum')
df['count'] = df.groupby(['id', 'date'])['pwr'].transform('count')

df.set_index(['id', 'date', 'pwr', 'count'])

Output:
                    type
id date pwr count
aa q321 11  2        hey
            2      hello
   q425 40  2         hi
            2         no
bb q122 3   2         ok
            2       cool
   q422 15  3       sure
            3       sure
            3         ok

A: Answering based on author's assumption with merging the type column:
merged_data = []
for (id, date), dfg in df.groupby(['id', 'date']):
    merged_data.append({
        'id': id,
        'date': date,
        'pwr': dfg['pwr'].sum(),
        'count': dfg.shape[0],
        'types': ', '.join(dfg['type'].unique()),
    })

new_df = pandas.DataFrame(merged_data)

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OSLO, March 23 (Reuters) – Rescue helicopters evacuated dozens of people from a luxury cruise ship that suffered engine failure on Saturday in stormy weather off the west coast of Norway, police and rescue workers said.
The crew were later able to restart one engine and the ship was at anchor about 2 km from land and the passengers were considered safe although the evacuation was set to continue, the rescue service said.
Only 87 people had been evacuated by 1750 GMT, and the airlift was set to continue throughout the night, rescue service spokeswoman Borghild Eldoen said. Eight of those evacuated had suffered light injuries.
Waves were 6-8 meters high, with wind blowing at 24 meters per second, according to the Norwegian Meteorological Institute. The storm was expected to last at least until midnight local time (2300 GMT).
The stretch of water known as Hustadvika and surrounding areas are known for fierce weather and shallow waters dotted with reefs, and Norway is evaluating whether to build a giant ocean tunnel through a nearby mountain to improve safety.
All search-and-rescue teams in the region are mobilizing, including 60 volunteers from the Norwegian Red Cross, a spokesman said.
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Pound for pound, newspapers published in the Sun Belt are among the best in the nation. In some places, especially in Florida, one reason for this is because the competition is so good. But for many, it's a matter of being in the right place at the right time as relentless household growth in their markets buffer the industry's harsher realities.
And then there's The Birmingham News in Alabama -- a paper that keeps getting better, earning a Pulitzer this year among other honors while serving a city that continues to shrink.
"Birmingham is a Rust Belt, steel-making city that follows the trends of a Detroit or a Cleveland," says Assistant Managing Editor Chuck Close, the editor of the News' ambitious ongoing series "Birmingham at the Crossroads."
The project takes an unblinking look at all the factors holding the city down -- among them racial resentments, blight, a broken education system, and a simple lack of trust. The News devoted one article to show the city fathers that other fractious groups learned to build trust, and gain civic progress. One example was a fund-raising effort by an elite Birmingham college to finally restore the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church 24 years after a bomb set by segregationists killed four black girls there.
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Baby Jesus in a Cage
Posted on December 25, 2019 by D. Posnett MD
Church Puts Baby Jesus In Cage For Immigration-Themed Nativity Scene
St. Susanna's Rev. Steve Josoma said the Massachusetts church's Nativity display puts a "mirror image of the world into the stable."
By Carol Kuruvilla from the Huff Post
A Massachusetts church is mixing faith and politics in its nativity display this year ― placing a baby Jesus figurine in a cage to provoke conversations about America's immigration policies.
Leaders at St. Susanna Parish, a Roman Catholic congregation in Dedham, hope the display puts a Christian perspective on controversial actions toward migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border and around the world.
"We wanted to put a mirror image of the world into the stable," parish priest Steve Josoma told HuffPost.
The traditional Nativity scene that Christians have become familiar with over the centuries features shepherds, wise men and animals huddled around Jesus, Mary and Joseph in a stable. The classic image demonstrates how people from different countries and social classes can come together in a "perfect symbol of peace on Earth," Josoma said.
St. Susanna's Nativity scene shows what happens when people find ways to build walls between each other, the priest said. The scene shows baby Jesus in a black metal cage, separated from Mary and Joseph. The image of Jesus behind bars is meant to represent the plight of migrant children separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border because of White House policies.
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In St. Susanna Parish's Nativity display, Jesus is placed in a metal cage while the wise men are blocked by a fence.
To the right of the scene, a fence creates a barrier between the Holy Family and the three wise men. A sign attached to the fence reads, "Deportation." Josoma said the wall is supposed to represent the southern border and other physical and metaphorical walls that Western countries have created to keep refugees out.
Above the stable, a blue banner reads, "Peace on Earth?"
Josoma said that the sign is meant to get viewers to ask, "Is this what peace on Earth looks like?" St. Susanna's alternative Nativity scene is the brainchild of the parish's Pax Christi committee, a group that does outreach and education on nonviolence and peacemaking. Josoma said the Nativity scene is an "affirmation of gospel values" and not just an attack on President Donald Trump and his administration. But, he added, some of the administration's policies are "at odds" with the message of the gospel. "Soldiers firing tear gas at the border doesn't seem to be the way to go to bring out healing and reconciliation," the priest said.
The display, which was set up over the weekend in time for the first Sunday of Advent, has sparked criticism from some corners. Fox News host Sean Hannity discussed the display on his show Wednesday and claimed on Twitter that Christmas is "under siege."
ON #HANNITY NOW: CHRISTMAS IS UNDER SIEGE. A Massachusetts church puts baby Jesus in a cage to make a political statement. Watch NOW!
— Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) December 6, 2018
Josoma said that after the "Hannity" segment, he got calls from around the country accusing him of blasphemy and claiming that the parish's take on the Nativity is inappropriate. Some of his own church members weren't enthusiastic about the display, he said, and two people emailed him indicating that they'd decided to leave St. Susanna because of the Nativity scene.
The priest said he agreed that a cage and a wall have no place in the Nativity scene ― in fact, he says, that was his point.
"People think children in diapers getting tear-gassed is OK, but this [Nativity scene] is totally sacrilegious?" Josoma said in response to the criticism. "All we're trying to do is put the two together."
"What you do to somebody else is what you do to Christ," he said, referring to a Bible passage that claims those who welcome strangers are in effect welcoming Christ himself. "You can't separate the two."
St. Susanna Parish's alternative Christmas display is meant to spark conversations about the biblical call to welcome the stranger.
St. Susanna's activism around refugees isn't limited to its Nativity scene. Two years ago, the parish started working with Catholic Charities and two other local Christian congregations to sponsor a refugee family seeking to resettle in the U.S.
In September, the parishioners welcomed a family from Burundi to the community. Josoma said 75 volunteers are helping the family navigate their first few months in America ― doing things such as helping the family register children for school, go to doctors' appointments and practice English.
The experience has been a "blessing" to his parish, Josoma said, and has helped his congregants feel like they can make at least a small difference in the global refugee crisis. Many volunteers are now eager to welcome a second refugee family to the neighborhood, he said.
"We don't pretend to have the answers, but we believe working together in small communities, we can begin to address the problem," Josoma said.
Let's not forget the kids at the border!
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Just goes to show that even Trump opponents can go too far. This is just appalling to take Xmas and make it into a political event.
Certainly an emotionally raw topic. But consider that the Pope himself has brought this up: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-christmas-season-pope/pope-defends-migrants-calls-for-peace-in-christmas-message-idUSKBN1YT0FH
And the catholic bishops: https://www.ncronline.org/news/justice/bishops-across-us-condemn-separation-detention-migrant-children


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The human body is so incredible that scientists are always trying to come up with ways to replicate its unique properties. In particular, the body's ability to heal itself would be beyond useful if it could be applied to man-made materials. A new type of self-healing plastic created by Professor Marek W. Urban at the University of Southern Mississippi works in much the same way as the human body, sealing up and healing damages when it is exposed to visible light or changes in temperature or pH.
The plastic is made up of tiny interconnected "molecular bridges" that turn blood-red when broken, mimicking the appearance of a cut in skin. The plastic can quickly fill in any gaps caused by the damage when any of the above-mentioned changes occur. As the material heals and goes back to normal, the red color disappears. The amazing human-like self-healing plastic could one day protect our laptops, phones, cars and even soldiers, giving a visual indicator when damage has occurred and needs attention.
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In case you missed it last month, James Tarmy has been acting as free art advisor to Bloomberg readers with a series of articles on artists who are not household names—even in art-aware households—but whose work is worth taking note of.
Until now, however, Abu Hamdan has been relatively unknown outside a small contingent of curators and dealers. That's partly because he's comparatively young, partly because he's made relatively few artworks, and partly because those artworks aren't commercial enough to appear in design magazines or, for that matter, auction catalogues.
After taking stock of last month's contemporary auctions, anyone could look to the market of London-born Lynette Yiadom-Boakye and reasonably conclude that her work has crossed over, in market terms, from "up and coming" to something more significant.


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Streamin' Meemies: Star Trek: Discovery Season 4 Ep 12, "Species 10-C"
Unfortunately, it seems like this season of Discovery, especially after the season high point (so far) of "But To Connect" and the midseason break, has been pretty uneven. The pacing is off, and while individual episodes have for the most part been enjoyable, the overall impression is that they're spinning their wheels while they inch closer to the finale. Worse, that aimless spinning has made idiots of some of the characters, and for no other reason than a senseless subplot that has been allowed to go on far too long, just to set up the ending.
This episode is a case in point: Most of "Species 10-C" is a delight, as the Discovery crew works the problem and figures out how to communicate with a species that is more alien than just about anything Star Trek has ever shown (though it does borrow a bit from Arrival). If the episode had only been about that, I would have pronounced it the best thing the show has ever done, even better than the highly-praised "But To Connect."
But dagnabbit, we still have the increasingly-stupid subplot of Book and Tarka trying to destroy the DME, even though all the evidence gathered so far about Species 10-C points squarely to letting diplomacy play out. Even worse, Book's continually giving in to Tarka's obsessed, megalomaniacal tunnel vision (until the very end of the episode, when it's far too late), makes his character, once so charming, skirt ever closer to Too Stupid To Live. In fact, if I was David Ajala, I would think I would be objecting to my character's being written as such a dumbass. Because Tarka has fooled him now, on his own ship, not once, not twice, but three times. Yes, Jett Reno (who again nearly steals the entire episode), points out that "You and Tarka have made some dubious choices, because you're both in pain and you can't see it," but I can't figure out what exactly Book had to see to realize that Tarka was going to screw him and everyone else over, time and time again.
But Tarka is still getting away with it, to the point of persuading the equally dumb and impatient General Ndoye to act not merely as a neutral conveyor of information but an active saboteur, venting plasma out of Discovery's nacelle to free Book's ship from the orb Species 10-C has trapped them in. Yes, I know Ndoye is frothing at the bit because there's only 12 hours left before the DMA's effects reach Earth. But this actually goes back to the biggest mistake made in the back half of the season: the idiotic, unreasonable artificial deadline the writers stuck on the DMA. Not only is this unnecessary, it's making formerly well-written characters behave like jackasses. Even Miracle Michael Burnham can't (and more importantly, shouldn't have to) establish communication and diplomatic relations with a completely alien species in twelve fucking hours. If the deadline wasn't there, Tarka and everyone else would have been able to let things play out. And hell, who knows, after everyone was getting along Tarka could have explained his situation and asked Species 10-C nicely for help, and they might have volunteered to provide the power to get him to his alternate universe!
As it is, we have Tarka wreaking havoc yet again, breaking Book's ship free of Discovery and sending it toward the hyperfield's power source, even as Jett Reno is trying to tell him his "cure" will the worse than the disease--the hyperfield will implode, their two ships and an entire intelligent species may be wiped out, and oh yeah, Earth, Titan and Ni'Var will be too! Not that he cares about that, obviously, but he shouldn't have been in a position to destroy so much in the first place. The "First Contact" part of this episode was fascinating, and the entire thing should have been only that. Then understanding could have been achieved, the problem solved, and the loose ends tied up.
Unfortunately, there is one episode left, and no doubt it will involve a lot of pew pew explosions and people dying. I don't give a crap if Tarka gets offed, but I'm afraid Jett Reno is going to go down with Book's ship. We haven't seen near as much of her as I would like, no doubt because of Tig Notaro's busy schedule, but it will be a crying shame if she dies. And when Stamets asked Hugh if he was all right and said they were going to go on a vacation, just the two of them, when this was all over, that made me really nervous.
Television writers' rooms are made up of multiple people, aren't they? Did no one point out that they were going down an entirely wrong road with this? I can understand Book and Tarka's motivations in the beginning, but it's dragged on far too long and wrecked both their characters (well, Tarka's always been an asshole, if a tragic one, but Book used to be written to be smarter than this). The show's fifth season is supposed to be only ten episodes, to line up with Picard and Strange New Worlds. I hope the powers that be make some better decisions next time out.
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Corbett banks on reversal in governor's race | TribLIVE.com
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Corbett banks on reversal in governor's race
Brad Bumsted
Sat., May 17, 2014 12:01 a.m. | Saturday, May 17, 2014 12:01 a.m.
HARRISBURG — Republican Gov. Tom Corbett since March has shifted his position on key issues, possibly to garner support among Democrats and independent voters in the November election, analysts say.
The governor "appears to be taking some opportunities to soften his (conservative) positions on an array of issues," said Christopher Borick, a political science professor at Muhlenberg College in Allentown.
Corbett opposed medical marijuana but now supports a pilot program. He dropped an appeal of a court ruling against the state's voter ID law and moved from a mandatory to a voluntary work-search requirement for recipients in the state's expanded Medicaid plan.
The shifting positions are not coincidental, said Michael Federici, chairman of the political science department at Mercyhurst College in Erie.
"They are calculated efforts to improve his position in the election," he said.
Corbett's campaign spokesman, Billy Pitman, countered that these were not campaign-based decisions "but were made in the best interest of the people of Pennsylvania."
The governor is running unopposed in the GOP primary on Tuesday. The state Republican Party waged a successful legal battle to knock ultra-conservative challenger Bob Guzzardi off the ballot. Among four candidates vying for the Democratic nomination, York businessman Tom Wolf remains the front-runner in a Franklin & Marshall College poll released this week.
No Pennsylvania governor has lost a re-election bid since a constitutional change allowed two terms and voters re-elected the late Gov. Milton Shapp in 1974. Political strategists across the country have pegged Corbett as one of the nation's most vulnerable governors in 2014.
Corbett's turnarounds on Medicaid and limited forms of medicinal marijuana "allow him to be portrayed as more flexible and compassionate," said J. Wesley Leckrone, a political science professor at Widener University in Chester. The changes appear to be aimed at swing voters, he said.
"Other pivots, such as his proposal for increased education funding and more aid for middle-class college scholarships, allow him to make the case he's not a Tea Party clone," Leckrone said.
Corbett has not shored up his Republican base, Federici said. Two years of poor performance in public opinion polls suggest he has "a minimal chance of getting re-elected," he said.
But Alan Brink, a Republican committeeman in Delaware County, believes Corbett is "grossly underrated."
"When the Democrats sort out their candidates and we know the nominee, he'll look a lot stronger," said Brink, president of a manufacturing company.
He's not sure Corbett's shifts on issues will make much difference.
It's not clear whether the governor has improved his odds of winning re-election by changing stances, said Jack Treadway, author of a book on state elections who taught political science at Kutztown University.
"Will it work? That is another question. Voters will say, 'Look at what he did in the past,' " Treadway said.
Asked whether Corbett has won her over, voter Carol Messinger, 63, a Northampton County Democrat, said: "One hundred percent no. I just think he is one of the worst governors we've had in a very long time."
Messinger said Corbett's reduction of education funding is a major reason. Then, she said, there's his "horrible handling" of the nearly three-year investigation of child molester Jerry Sandusky, who was convicted in 2012. Corbett began and supervised that investigation as attorney general until January 2011.
If Wolf wins the nomination, Democrats will need to unify to negate attacks on him by challengers Rob McCord, the state treasurer, and U.S. Rep. Allyson Schwartz, said Chris Nicholas, political director for the Pennsylvania Business Council.
Most unions have endorsed McCord, Nicholas said. The fourth Democrat running is former Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Katie McGinty. Wolf might be hurting for campaign money after spending most of his own $10 million on the primary, Nicholas said.
Not according to Corbett, who in a fundraising appeal to Republicans this week said that "President Obama and his special-interest supporters (will be) funding my opponent to the teeth."
Corbett's best course is to "improve his standing among moderates," Borick said, "but of course he runs the risk of disappointing conservatives who have mixed feelings about his commitment to their issues."
Brad Bumsted is Trib Total Media's state Capitol reporter. Reach him at 717-787-1405 or [email protected].
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It is not an offense under 301 (f) and 704 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act for the president of a corporation operating a factory engaged in packing and preparing food for interstate distribution to refuse to grant permission for inspectors of the Food and Drug Administration to enter and inspect the factory at reasonable times. Pp. 174-177.
Respondent was convicted of a violation of 301 (f) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. 95 F. Supp. 206. The Court of Appeals reversed. 194 F.2d 686. This Court granted certiorari. 343 U.S. 940 . Affirmed, p. 177.
James L. Morrisson argued the cause for the United States. With him on the brief were Acting Solicitor General Stern, Assistant Attorney General Murray, Carl H. Imlay and William W. Goodrich.
John Lichty argued the cause and filed a brief for respondent.
Respondent is president of a corporation which processes apples at Yakima, Washington, for shipment in interstate commerce. Authorized agents applied to respondent for permission to enter and inspect his factory at reasonable hours. He refused permission, and it was that refusal which was the basis of the information filed against him and under which he was convicted and fined. 95 F. Supp. 206. The Court of Appeals reversed, holding that 301 (f), when read with 704, prohibits a refusal to permit entry and inspection only if such permission has previously been granted. 194 F.2d 686. The case is here on certiorari. 343 U.S. 940 .
The Department of Justice urges us to read 301 (f) as prohibiting a refusal to permit entry or inspection at any reasonable time. It argues that that construction is needed if the Act is to have real sanctions and if the benign purposes of the Act are to be realized. It points out that factory inspection has become the primary investigative device for enforcement of this law, that it is from factory inspections that about 80 percent of the violations are discovered, that the small force of inspectors makes factory inspection, rather than random sampling [344 U.S. 174, 176] of finished goods, the only effective method of enforcing the Act.
All that the Department says may be true. But it does not enable us to make sense out of the statute. Nowhere does the Act say that a factory manager must allow entry and inspection at a reasonable hour. Section 704 makes entry and inspection conditioned on "making request and obtaining permission." It is that entry and inspection which 301 (f) backs with a sanction. It would seem therefore on the face of the statute that the Act prohibits the refusal to permit inspection only if permission has been previously granted. Under that view the Act makes illegal the revocation of permission once given, not the failure to give permission. But that view would breed a host of problems. Would revocation of permission once given carry the criminal penalty no matter how long ago it was granted and no matter if it had no relation to the inspection demanded? Or must the permission granted and revoked relate to the demand for inspection on which the prosecution is based? Those uncertainties make that construction pregnant with danger for the regulated business. The alternative construction pressed on us is equally treacherous because it gives conflicting commands. It makes inspection dependent on consent and makes refusal to allow inspection a crime. However we read 301 (f) we think it is not fair warning (cf. United States v. Weitzel, 246 U.S. 533 ; McBoyle v. United States, 283 U.S. 25 ) to the factory manager that if he fails to give consent, he is a criminal. The vice of vagueness in criminal statutes is the treachery they conceal either in determining what persons are included or what acts are prohibited. Words which are vague and fluid (cf. United States v. Cohen Grocery Co., 255 U.S. 81 ) may be as much of a trap for the innocent as the ancient laws of Caligula. We cannot sanction taking a [344 U.S. 174, 177] man by the heels for refusing to grant the permission which this Act on its face apparently gave him the right to withhold. That would be making an act criminal without fair and effective notice. Cf. Herndon v. Lowry, 301 U.S. 242 .
[ Footnote 1 ] The violation is made a misdemeanor by 21 U.S.C. 333.


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VOLVO STARTS SELLING ELECTRIC TRUCKS IN AMERICA FROM NEXT MONTH
November 12, 2020 Jon Thomson Truck and Bus News
Volvo Trucks in the USA has announced it will start taking orders for its VNR Electric truck for customers commercially in the North America market starting next month (3 December).
The VNR Electric truck will enter production in early 2021 at Volvo's US manufacturing plant in Virginia.
"Volvo Trucks is committed to lead the commercial transport industry towards more sustainable solutions by advancing electromobility. We will continue to invest in and drive the development of this technology, both globally and right here in North America," said Peter Voorhoeve, president of Volvo Trucks North America. "We are excited to bring the Volvo VNR Electric to the market in just a few weeks."
Volvo announced ambitious plans for electric vehicles at its Capital Markets Day, also announcing a full range of electric heavy-duty trucks for the European market in 2021. It said it will begin selling trucks with hydrogen fuel cells in the second half of this decade, and plans to have a fossil-free product range by 2040.
"By rapidly increasing the number of heavy-duty electric trucks, we want to help our customers and transport buyers to achieve their ambitious sustainability goals. We're determined to continue driving our industry toward a sustainable future," said Roger Alm, president of Volvo Trucks Corporation.
Volvo Trucks North America credited its LIGHTS project, started in 2019 in Southern California, with validating the viability and reliability of the VNR Electric in real-world operations.
"We are fully confident in bringing this new technology to the commercial market," Voorhoeve said.
Globally, Volvo plans at least 35 per cent of its vehicle sales will be electric, and at least 50% of group revenues will come from services. Volvo said electrified vehicles provide potential to increase the total vehicle and service revenues y more than 50 per cent over the lifecycle.
"Medium-duty electric trucks for refuse and city distribution are already in serial production and we are pushing ahead with high speed in the commercialization of heavy-duty trucks for regional transport and construction applications. With a complete line-up we can offer our solutions to a broad range of customer segments when market conditions and the total cost of ownership move in favor of electrified solutions. We are doing this to create value for our customers, for society and for our owners," said Volvo Group president and CEO Martin Lundstedt.
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DAIMLER TRUCKS NOW ITS OWN BOSS DOWN UNDER
October 3, 2017 Jon Thomson Truck and Bus News
Quietly almost surreptitiously Daimler Truck and Bus has been moved into a new stand alone corporate entity in Australia moving it out of the structure of Mercedes Benz Australia and its car and van divisions. […]
WHITFORD DEPARTS FUSO
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Daimler Truck and Bus has announced that Justin Whitford has departed the company to take up a new business opportunity outside the industry. Mr Whitford most recently served in the role of director for Fuso […]
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Isuzu is expanding its Ready to Work truck line up adding a number of new curtain side tautliner body 'Freightpack' models to its ready to work range, which last year accounted for around 25 per cent […]


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Sonos takes the winning spot by far. Making a big jump into the top five is Control4. Bose doubles its dealer share from the previous year and Apple triples its dealer representation to enter the leading five.
Sonos is the No. 1 brand in the 2017 CE Pro 100 Brand Analysis for wireless audio.
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Climate Emergency motions declared by 9 of the 10 Greater Manchester councils
On 11th September, Oldham became the latest local authority in Greater Manchester to declare a 'Climate Emergency'.
So that now means that 9 of the 10 local councils have supported motions that formally declare a 'climate emergency'. Trafford Council was the first out of the blocks in November 2018 with a motion that stated:
"Council agrees:
– To declare a 'climate emergency'.
– To establish a new task and finish group, with a remit to:
(i) Seek advice from experts to develop a carbon budget and set a challenging target date for carbon neutrality in Trafford;
(ii) Consider systematically the climate change impact of each area of the Council's activities;
(iii) Make recommendations and set an ambitious timescale for reducing these impacts;
(iv) To assess the feasibility of requiring all report risk assessments to include Carbon Emission Appraisals, including presenting alternative approaches which reduce emissions wherever possible;
(v) Report to full Council with the actions the Council needs to take to address this emergency.
– To task a director level officer with responsibility for reducing as rapidly as possible, the carbon emissions resulting from the Council's activities.
– To produce a report to the next Full Council on the level of investment in the fossil fuel industry that our pensions plan and other investments have.
– That the Leader will write to the Prime Minister to inform her that Trafford has declared a climate emergency and ask her to provide the resources and powers necessary to deal with it."
Since then, Stockport (28th March 2019), Manchester (10th July), Bury (10th July), Salford (17th July), Wigan (17th July), Rochdale (17th July), Bolton (21st August) and Oldham (11th September) have all declared a 'climate emergency' – many of the motions being similar to that passed by Trafford.
Local authorities have an important role in delivering carbon emission reductions, particularly in transport but also in other areas such as buildings. Because action on climate change brings many co-benefits it is also important in addressing other areas of public concern, such as public health.
Most local authorities are doing far too little on climate change and some are even making decisions that will increase emissions (e.g. investing in airport expansion, promoting new road schemes).
At the Greater Manchester Mayor's Green Summit on 25 March 2019, the Greater Manchester Combined Authority launched their 5 Year Environment Plan (available to download here) as the first step to meeting the Greater Manchester 2038 'carbon neutral' target.
The Greater Manchester Climate Action Network (GM-CAN), a coalition of local climate activist groups responded to the 5 year plan with a series of steps summed up as 'Do more, faster' and called on Greater Manchester councils to declare a 'climate emergency' as one of the first steps.
And after the 'Climate Emergency' motions have been passed the hard work begins. As the 'Zero Carbon Manchester Annual review 2019 stated "the recommended CO2 emissions pathway to meet the carbon budget of 15 MtCO2 requires an annual reduction of at least 13% per annum from 2018 onwards. This year's inventory, which uses a slightly different methodology also based on UK Government figures (BEIS 2019), suggests energy-only CO2 emissions have reduced by 3.4% and 2.5% in 2017 and 2018. The lower reduction rates means that we need to compensate with larger reduction in annual emissions of 13.5% per annum from 2019 onwards."
Friends of the Earth have produced an action guide that provides a useful framework for starting discussions with your local councillors about the urgent changes that need to be introduced. If you live in Tameside, the action guide could be a useful starting point when demanding your local council declares a 'climate emergency'.
On Friday 26th July, the Greater Manchester Combined Authority meeting considered the 5 Year Environment Plan. This was introduced by Cllr Andrew Western (Trafford Council Leader) and he also introduced an amendment to declare a Greater Manchester 'Climate Emergency'. See the live video of the meeting (18-25 minutes).
NHS IN GREATER MANCHESTER DECLARES A CLIMATE EMERGENCY
[29th August 2019] NHS organisations in Greater Manchester have declared a climate emergency, committing to far-ranging action to slash carbon emissions and avert predicted illness and disease. The NHS bodies that make up the Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership have mirrored the recent decision of Greater Manchester Combined Authority and seven of the 10 Greater Manchester councils to date in this action.
It makes Greater Manchester the first "integrated care system"– NHS bodies and council social care working together – in the country to declare a climate emergency.
The Partnership will now develop and agree a plan before the end of the year that will show how the NHS will meet its obligations under the Climate Change Act to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050.
It will also support the pledges the Partnership has made to fulfil the Greater Manchester Five Year Plan for the Environment, which has set out the bold ambition for the city region to be one of the globe's healthiest, cleanest and greenest city-regions and to be carbon neutral by 2038.
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Nicholaus Meyers, a native of Georgia, is Director of Bands and Percussion at East Central University in Ada, Oklahoma. Dr. Meyers directs the ECU marching band, wind ensemble, concert band and percussion ensemble; and teaches applied percussion, conducting and other courses in the music education sequence. Additionally, he organizes a large annual high school marching band competition "Tigerpalooza" at East Central University that brings marching bands from across the state of Oklahoma to compete. Before coming to ECU, he was the Director of Bands, Percussion and Composition at Valley City State University in Valley City, North Dakota. He was also the Assistant Director of the North Dakota State University Gold Star Marching Band, who were part of 6 Division I FCS National Championship football seasons, 2011-2015 and 2017. He serves as a faculty member at the International Music Camp, a member of the Fargo-Moorhead Symphony and the drumline arranger for the Northeastern State University River Hawk drumline in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Before coming to Oklahoma, Dr. Meyers taught at Augusta State University, Troy University and Augusta Technical College and was the Assistant Band Director at Lakeside High School in Evans, Georgia. Other ensembles he has performed with consist of the Augusta Symphony, Augusta Opera, Augusta Players, Augusta Chorale Society, Greater Grand Forks Symphony, Oak Ridge Symphony and Fort Gordon Dinner Theater. He performs throughout the year on recitals and masterclasses and adjudicates solo, chamber and large group contests. Dr. Meyers is also a commissioned composer whose works have been performed throughout the United States and Europe. His CD Stepping Away was released on September 19, 2016 and features his solo piano music.
Dr. Meyers is the Chair of the Percussive Arts Society (PAS) Composition Committee; Past President of the PAS North Dakota Chapter; is a member of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP); and is a member of the Percussive Arts Society (PAS). Dr. Meyers is a Black Swamp Percussion, Innovative Percussion, Sabian Cymbals, Gon Bops, Aquarian Drumheads and Yamaha Performing Artist.
He received his degrees from North Dakota State University (D.M.A.), the University of Tennessee (M.M.) and Augusta State University (B.M.). He also studied at the University of Georgia and in Oslo, Norway with the Oslo Philharmonic.
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LA Lakers Crush Miami Heat To Capture 17th NBA Title
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LeBron James added another chapter to an epic career, fueling the LA Lakers with a triple-double of 28 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists and capturing his fourth NBA title with a third different team.
Updated: October 12, 2020 08:51 AM IST
LA Lakers dominated the Miami Heat 106-93 on Sunday to win a record-equalling 17th NBA championship.© AFP
LA Lakers dominated the Miami Heat 106-93 on Sunday
Lakers won record-equalling 17th NBA championship, their 1st in a decade
LeBron James captured his fourth NBA title with a third different team
A Los Angeles Lakers team led by superstar LeBron James dominated the Miami Heat 106-93 on Sunday to win a record-equalling 17th NBA championship but their first in a decade. James added another chapter to an epic career, fueling the Lakers with a triple-double of 28 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists and capturing his fourth NBA title with a third different team, as well as earning NBA Finals Most Valuable Player honors for a fourth time. "It means a lot to represent this franchise," James said, recalling that he told team owner Jeanie Buss when he arrived in Los Angeles in 2018, "I wanted to put this franchise back where it belongs.
"For me to be a part of such a historical franchise is an unbelievable feeling."
Anthony Davis, playing in his first championship series after years of frustration in New Orleans, added 19 points and 15 rebounds as the Lakers completed a four-games-to-two triumph in the best-of-seven championship series more than eight months after the death in a helicopter crash of team legend Kobe Bryant -- who led the Lakers to their last title in 2010.
The Lakers out-hustled, out-muscled and out-played Miami, the Heat, making sure it wouldn't come down to any last-gasp effort as it did when they were denied in game five on Friday.
Los Angeles had blown it open by halftime, their 36 second-quarter points equalling the Heat's entire first half total as the Lakers took a 64-36 lead into the break.
Four Lakers players had scored in double-figures by halftime.
Rajon Rondo was a perfect six-for-six from the floor in the first half as the Lakers built the second-largest halftime lead in NBA Finals history.
Rondo, who won a title with the Celtics in 2008, scored 19 points off the bench. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope added 17 and Danny Green scored 11 and the Lakers pulled level with the Boston Celtics for most titles all-time.
The Heat, who had stunned the Lakers on Friday on the back of Jimmy Butler's gritty triple-double, couldn't produce another miracle in the face of Los Angeles' stifling defense.
Bam Adebayo led the Heat with 25 points and 10 rebounds and Butler and Jae Crowder added 12 apiece, but Miami simply had no answer for the knockout blow Los Angeles delivered in the first half.
The series in the NBA's quarantine bubble in Orlando, Florida, capped not only an emotional season for the Lakers with the loss of talisman Bryant but a season of uncertainty and upheaval for the NBA as players grappled with the coronavirus pandemic and the demands for social and racial justice sweeping across the United States.
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We had company this past week, so I had to take a brief hiatus. I would like to take this time to post to our friends and family that our guest room is currently up and running and we would LOVE to have visitors! LOVE.
December continued to move along quite quickly for us. Here is another glimpse at some happenings during the past month.
Caderyn had a dental appointment and it was discovered that he has some pretty serious orthodontic needs. He has too many adult teeth in his mouth, but not enough room for all of them. Lots of his baby teeth have been shoved in all kinds of different directions. Sooooooo, we met up with an orthodontist for confirmation and to start a plan on what needs to be done. He did great while she checked everything out in his mouth, and the orthodontist was great. I mean, she's going to be taking quite a bit of our money over the next 2-3 years, but other than that she's great. So Caderyn is going to get headgear here in the next month or so and then he's going to need to have some baby teeth removed. It will all be worth it when its over and he's got a $10,000 smile.
Every Christmas my parents make a special Christmas video for the boys and send it to them. The one this year was probably Gibby's favorite of all time. He would sit at the table each morning and have to watch it about five times. He would narrate what he liked about the video, "Oooh the decorations!" and keep us up to date on what was happening next in the video, "Now it's snowing."
We took the kids to our town's version of Zoo Lights, except it was called Electric Safari.
Highlight of the night: The two-toed sloth woke up and decided to get a' movin'.
It. Was. Awesome. I love the sloth probably just as much as I love the hippos. So, here is a collection of sloth photos offered up as proof of my excitement.


Black Flag follows the story of Edward Kenway, grandfather to Assassin's Creed III protagonist Connor Kenway, and the pirates as they try to realize their dream of a Pirate Republic. However, a lack of government, economy and an outbreak of disease bring the colony to collapse. Kenway seeks to find a solution, but is too late to stop the Templars from taking advantage of the situation and take control over the Caribbean.


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