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WHEN baseball's All-Star Game begins Tuesday night at Coors Field in Colorado, the nation's fans have decreed that no member of baseball's real all-star team, the Yankees, will be in the American League starting lineup.
With a 57-20 record after last night's 5-2 victory over the Phillies, not having an All-Star starter is a tribute to what the Yankees have accomplished as a team this season.
But it's also an indictment of both the Yankees and the Mets in dimming the dazzle of the All-Star Game by not holding it for more than two decades at Yankee Stadium or Shea Stadium. Out of sight, out of mind for many New York fans in the annual balloting for starting lineups.
If the game were played at Yankee Stadium or at Shea Stadium more often, New York fans would care more about it.
In the fans' voting sponsored this year by CompUSA and Pepsi, each of the 30 major league clubs received one million ballots to distribute to fans at its ball park. The larger a club's attendance during the voting period, the more ballots are likely to be filled out.
According to Rich Levin, the executive director of public relations for Major League Baseball, no record is available as to how many ballots were cast in each of the various franchise areas.
Although no Yankee will be among the eight starting position players, the A.L. manager, Mike Hargrove of the Cleveland Indians, added five Yankees to the squad yesterday -- center fielder Bernie Williams, right fielder Paul O'Neill, shortstop Derek Jeter, third baseman Scott Brosius and the left-handed pitcher David Wells.
The only Mets starter, Mike Piazza, opened on the National League ballot as the Los Angeles Dodgers' catcher before being traded to Florida and then to New York. Only one other Met, the right-hander Rick Reed, was added to the N.L. squad.
If and when the Yankees and the Mets get new stadiums, maybe they would be willing to put an All-Star Game on display. Until then, it is something that happens everywhere but New York. There has not been one at Yankee Stadium since 1977, the year after the renovated Bronx ball park reopened. There has only been one at Shea, in 1964, the year it opened.
No wonder New York fans don't seem to get out the vote for the All-Star Game. It has been a generation since they have had one.
And the earliest New York could get the game is 2001. Next year's site is Fenway Park in Boston. In 2000, Florida has it.
In any baseball team's big picture, the season is what's important. The All-Star Game is just a one-night show. Two days later, nobody remembers who won. But the score isn't important. For three hours on a Tuesday night in July, it's a wonderful show -- the best all-star game in sports.
New York was reminded of the fun of the spectacle last February when the Knicks and Madison Square Garden were the hosts for the National Basketball Association's All-Star Weekend.
Even without a serious result, the N.B.A.'s best players were on display, especially Michael Jordan in what might have been his final All-Star Game and his next-to-last Garden appearance.
But in the N.B.A. All-Star Game, nobody plays defense unless it comes down to the final minute, if then. In pro football's all-star game, the Pro Bowl, nobody is allowed to blitz the quarterback.
Baseball's All-Star Game is much more valid. By the nature of baseball, its game is sport's ultimate one-on-one confrontation: the best hitters against the best pitchers. And there's no rule that says the pitchers can't throw their best fastball, their best breaking ball or their best changeup.
In addition to the game, the All-Star workout day on Monday, with its home run derby, skills competitions and team batting practices, provides fun for fans who don't have tickets to the game.
When the workout day began about two decades ago, it was free. The ball park gates were open. But it proved to be so popular, it's now a hot ticket. They needed a lottery to distribute the workout-day tickets this year in Denver, where the price ranged from $25 to $50.
But in New York, there's no baseball All-Star Game, no All-Star workout day, no All-Star fun and festivities. And until there is, the All-Star Game will never create the New York interest it deserves.


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Yuliya Alterman is Creating a Life on Her Terms
The History Behind Her Smile
When you see Dr. Alterman laughing with her patients or lighting up the room with her smile, you can also sense that something deeper is there: That her heart and soul are present. That she's worked hard to get where she is. That she has strong roots and a powerful history behind her.
And all of that is true.
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Growing up in St. Petersburg, Russia, Yuliya was influenced artistically by the culture around her and personally by the example her father lived. She observed her father practicing dentistry during a time in communist Russia when dental care wasn't accessible to everyone. He would often travel around treating patients for free because he believed so deeply in his work and wanted to help people.
This man not only left a huge impression on his daughter, but he became a bit of a legend. Yuliya's grandfather once heard a story about an amazing doctor with golden hands, and it wasn't until his name was mentioned that he realized they were talking about his own son. It made her grandfather, and Yuliya, so proud, and in that moment she knew that she wanted to someday become someone who could make her own father feel the way her grandfather felt. Proud.
Her American Dream Come True
At a time in the U.S. when immigration is such an important topic, Alterman reflects on current happenings through her own journey of immigrating to America. It was always her dream to come here and become a dentist.
"Every immigrant's fear is that we don't belong here… How do I find my own voice in the country I don't belong?"
That desired sense of belonging was what motivated her to find a community she could connect with, which led her to open up her own dental practice, Soul Dental in NYC, with her friend and business partner Dr. Alexandra Yungelson.
Much like her father, starting her own practice was never about the money. Her success is measured in the smiles she sees passing through her office and in the feeling of fulfillment she has every day because she knows she's living her passion.
Having her own practice allows Yuliya the ability to help people through dentistry AND the freedom to be herself and create her career and life on her own terms, which is really what she's always wanted.
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In addition to treating patients at Soul Dental, Dr. Alterman is honored to attend at New York University Medical Center for dental residents. She prides herself on not only sharing the skills and tools of dentistry itself, but also the ins and outs of running your own practice, and how to balance life as a professional.
"To every resident, I'm like an open book. I believe in sharing and encouraging."
All of this translates within the Soul Dental office, as well. Three of their staff members are studying to be hygienists, and Yuliya is happy to encourage and support them on their journeys. It's not uncommon for her to receive emails from her staff expressing gratitude for how being part of Soul Dental inspires them to live life to its fullest.
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"Americans care about their past, but for short-term gain they ignore it and tear down everything that matters," she wrote in a persuasive letter to Mayor Abe Beame.
Within a week of receiving this letter, Mayor Beame issued a statement declaring Grand Central a landmark building. This was one of many victories for the City of New York and for the wife of the 35th President of the United States, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.
During her lifetime, "Jackie O", as she was often called, captured the imagination of Americans with her reserved intelligence and forceful personality. She used her "cause célèbre" by appearing at press conferences, like the one in Grand Central's Oyster Bar in yesterday's WomanScape article.
Jacqueline's ability to lobby local politicians and dignitaries stemmed from her ability to woo Americans, something she had done while living at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
Her legacy, renovating a tired White House from 1961-63 and sharing it with the public, made her extremely popular. Jacqueline poured her love of design and architecture into the White House and went on to save Washington, D.C.'s Lafayette Square. After that, she moved to New York City.
So when New Yorker's needed her, Jacqueline had found a new mission.
She partnered with the Municipal Art Society and helped create the Landmarks Preservation Law in 1965. This lead to her joining the Committee to Save Grand Central Station and in 1978, after many court battles all the way up to the Supreme Court, the Terminal was finally saved.
The photo below shows the newly rebuilt Grand Central Terminal in 1913 from the Getty Library. This is followed by a recent photo from today that shows the modernized Terminal from the inside, thanks to WomanScape photojournalist Denise Benson.
New Yorker's and tourists continue to appreciate the legacy of Jacqueline's preservation fight. It is memorialized in a plaque donated by the City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), which runs Grand Central Terminal.
In 2014, the MTA honored Jacqueline by renaming the station's main entrance at 42nd Street and Park Avenue after her.
For WomanScape readers who haven't experienced a magnificent trip to Grand Central Terminal, we've gathered a few interesting trivia highlights at the end of this article for you to test your knowledge.
We also recommend watching the historian Anthony W. Robins, and New York Times Urban Affairs Correspondent Sam Roberts, who walk you through Grand Central Terminal's grand design.
For Robins, " [Grand Central Terminal] is like a French building dropped on the corner of 42nd and Park Avenue." It's architectural design and storied history make for some of the coolest facts and trivia. As you escape to the splendid Indiana marble, grand Parisian staircases, and whispering ceilings in the Pershing Hall, enjoy this 18-minute video tour. It is extremely entertaining and highlights key architectural elements about the terminal's 147-year history since Cornelius Vanderbilt built it in 1871.
Here are 5 Did You Know? questions to consider before you enjoy the video. Have fun!!
The acorn symbols scattered around Grand Central are the Vanderbilt family's symbol for their own mighty growth.
Grand Central is a Terminal and not a station because trains start and stop here; every moving train is terminated at Grand Central and it is not a stop on route to somewhere else.
The celestial ceiling with the constellation in the middle of Grand Central Terminal concourse is upside down and backwards.
All of the clocks in the terminal are 1 minute off because that's when the doors to the train departures are closed.
Most people come to Grand Central Terminal for the food and not to take a train.


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To enroll a child in the Ottawa Carleton District School Board, parents need to visit the Admission office at 133 Greenbank Road in Ottawa (613-596-8731) to obtain a "Permit to Attend a School" for their child. They then need to contact the Family Reception Center at 300 Rochester Street, Room 202 (613-239-2416), for a language level assessment of their child.
In Montréal, parents can visit the Commission scolaire de Montréal 3737, rue Sherbrooke E., Montréal (514 596-6000), or the English Montréal School Board, 6000, avenue Fielding, Montréal (514-483-7200).
To register a child with the Toronto District School Board, parents can either visit their local school or one of two registration centres. If they live west of Yonge Street, they can make an appointment at The West End ReceptionCentre, located near the Christie subway station, 777 Bloor Street West, (416-393-0542). If they live east of Yonge Street, they can make an appointment at Greenwood Reception Centre, located near the Greenwood subway station, 24 Mountjoy Avenue, (416-393-0750).
To register a child with the Calgary Board of Education, parents must visit the Admissions Office at the Kingsland Centre, located at 7430 – 5th Street S.W. Calgary (403-777-7373, extension 1, to book an appointment).
To attend an Edmonton Public School, aStudent Registration form must be completed and submitted, with all required documents, to the designated Edmonton Public or Catholic school or any of the Edmonton schools. To register a student in the Edmonton Public school system, parents should locate the school within their district and register directly with them. To find the nearest school, please consult: www.epsb.ca (/schools/findaschool/fast/). To register with the Edmonton Catholic school board, you must locate the closest school and register directly with them. Please see: https://schoolmap.ecsd.net/.
To register a child with the Vancouver School Board, parents are required to visit a District Registration and Placement Center (DRPC) with offices located in the east wing of Moberly Elementary, 1000 East 59th Avenue, Vancouver (604-713- 5999), email: [email protected] Please note that the DRPC does not accept appointments and registrations are done on a first come, first served basis.


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South Africa floods: Death toll after heavy rains rises to 51
Date: Apr 24 , 2019 , 10:18
BY: bbc.com
Category: International News
The rains have led to landslides destroying property and roads
Floods and mudslides in the South African city of Durban and the wider KwaZulu-Natal province have killed at least 51 people, officials say.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has flown into the region to visit the affected areas.
Southern and eastern parts of the country have been badly hit by torrential rain in the last few days.
More flooding and strong winds are expected in coastal areas and a severe weather warning is still in place.
Pictures from the region show that parts of some roads have been washed away and buildings have been destroyed by landslides.
Provincial minister Nomusa Dube-Ncube told SAFM radio that officials are continuing to assess the damage, according to news agency AFP.
In the long term people may have to be moved from the affected areas, she added.
"Our hearts go out particularly to families and communities who have been directly affected by death, injury and the loss of property," President Ramaphosa said in a statement.
"This situation calls on all of us to pull together as a country to reach out to affected communities."
Dozens of people have been taken to hospital and search and rescue teams are looking for more survivors under the rubble of collapsed buildings.


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I wanted multiple camera angles for filming work at the lathe. I like an "over the shoulder" angle the best, but sometimes my body got in the way or threw a shadow, and I wanted a camera directly above the lathe as a "B-Roll" to provide a second choice for any given scenario.
I found a nice solution. A "super clamp" with a 3/8″ stud is clamped to a piece of timber fastened to the ceiling joists over the lathe, and a ball-head mount is on the clamp. With an Arca-swiss quick-release mount, and plates on all the cameras, I can very quickly install a camera directly over the lathe and facing down.
I also mounted a "cold shoe" into the ceiling at this point, providing a place to mount a small video screen. This, driven from the camera, lets me adjust what it's pointing at.
So the complete setup is one camera off to the side for "over the shoulder" view, and a second mounted directly overhead.
This entry was posted in Photography and tagged cameras, lathe, mounting, video on March 30, 2016 by Richard McDonald.


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Centennial Park is a large municipal park with many sports facilities, maintained by the Parks, Forestry and Recreation Division of the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

History
The park was opened in 1967 for Canada's 100th birthday by the then-Borough of Etobicoke and was part of the Hirons' dairy farm (the remaining part of the farm was sold for residential development in 1968).

In 1976, the park was one of two venue sites for the 1976 Summer Paralympics.

In 1998, when the six municipalities constituting Metropolitan Toronto were amalgamated, the park was integrated into Toronto Parks and Recreation from the former City of Etobicoke Parks Department. This should not be confused with an identically named small city park in the east end of Toronto, on Centennial Road, Scarborough, which was also inherited by the amalgamation.

In 2015, the park hosted the BMX cycling at the 2015 Pan American Games. After the Games, the BMX track became a legacy site for public use.

In November 2022, the City of Toronto announced the closure of skiing and snowboarding activities at the park, citing declining use due to the COVID-19 pandemic and mechanical issues with the lifts. Reducing snow cover during winter months may also have factored into the decision, but were not directly mentioned by the city. Earl Bales Park remains the only ski and snowboard centre in the city of Toronto.

Features

The park has a variety of features including:

Centennial Park Conservatory
 Etobicoke Olympium, a large athletic centre that was built in 1975.
 Centennial Hill was the site of a municipal dump and the south end was used as a transfer station.
 Centennial Park Stadium, a 3,500 seat capacity stadium that is primarily used for athletics, soccer and occasionally for kabaddi.
 Centennial Park Arena 2 pads
 In the mid to late 1970s there was a Motocross track at Centennial park, open for riding and also held Motocross races on Sundays. Mike Austin's MRAC Motorcycle Racing Association of Canada ran the races.
 8 lane polytan track and field facility
 go-cart track
 golf course 120 acres
 picnic areas
 7 soccer fields
 one baseball diamond
 five softball diamonds
 Designated Toboggan Hill
 Splash Pad
 Playground Equipment
 Flying Circles
 2 Cricket Pitches
 Disc Golf Course
 Exercise Course (Kiwanis)
 7 acres marshland/wetlands
 11 acre man made pond
 Centennial Park Pan Am BMX Centre

See also
 Centennial Park (Scarborough)
 North York Ski Centre
 Uplands Ski Centre
 Beaver Valley Ski Club

References

External links
 The Etobicoke Creek Watershed

Parks in Toronto
Etobicoke
Canadian Centennial

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Dans sa partie située en Suisse, le Rhône a subi de nombreux aménagements visant à maîtriser son cours et diminuer les effets néfastes de ses crues. En 1860, une crue fait de très gros dégâts sur toute la vallée du Rhône. Cet événement va déclencher la décision de réaliser la première correction du Rhône entre 1863 et 1894. Une seconde correction est réalisée entre 1930 et 1960. En , le Grand Conseil valaisan décide d'entreprendre la troisième correction du Rhône de Gletsch au Léman, en collaboration avec le Canton de Vaud. En 2008, la Confédération suisse annonce la levée de fonds pour la troisième correction dont les travaux devraient durer entre 25 et 30 ans.

Situation géographique

Le Rhône prend sa source dans le massif du Saint-Gothard, dans les Alpes suisses. Il naît de la fonte du glacier du Rhône et emprunte la longue vallée éponyme traversant le canton du Valais, puis marque la frontière avec le canton de Vaud dans le Chablais pour rejoindre le lac Léman à la hauteur de la commune de Port-Valais. Le Rhône, entre Saint-Maurice et le lac, marque la frontière entre les cantons du Valais et de Vaud. En amont du lac Léman, le Rhône parcourt près de  et reçoit les eaux d'environ deux cents torrents (vaudois et valaisans).

Les principaux affluents du Rhône en amont du lac Léman sont sur sa rive droite d'amont en aval : la Massa alimentée par le glacier d'Aletsch, la Lonza dans la vallée de Lötschental ou la Grande Eau qui prend sa source dans le massif des Diablerets. Sur la rive gauche du Rhône depuis la source et jusqu'au lac Léman, ses principaux affluents sont la Vispa, la Navizence dans le val d'Anniviers, la Borgne dans le Val d'Hérens, la Dranse rejoignant le Rhône à Martigny, la Vièze passant à Monthey. En raison de ses nombreux torrents et affluents provenant des sommets alpins, le régime hydrologique du Rhône est fortement influencé par la fonte des glaciers et de la neige, cela implique des variations importantes du débit et des hauteurs d'eau selon les saisons (fort débit en été et faible débit en hiver).

Le Rhône avant les corrections

Aujourd'hui, les Valaisans entendent surtout parler du projet de la troisième correction. Cependant, deux autres corrections d'envergure l'ont précédée et les recherches récentes ont démontré que des digues protégeaient des portions de terres dès le Moyen Âge.

Mesures avant la première correction

Les documents conservés dans les archives communales déposées aux Archives de l'État du Valais permettent à l'historien et à ses lecteurs de se familiariser avec la vie des riverains telle qu'elle se déroulait avant la première correction du Rhône. Loin du stéréotype d'un fond de vallée marécageux et inutilisable, loin aussi du cliché d'un fleuve effrayant qu'il faut fuir, leur existence est rythmée par des pratiques agro-pastorales qui intègrent parfaitement les ressources variées de la plaine rhodannienne. Les bergers menaient les troupeaux dans les pâturages situés à proximité du fleuve ou entre ses bras. Cet usage s'est perpétué jusqu'au début du .

Néolithique et Antiquité

L'exploitation des terrains riverains du Rhône existe probablement dès le Néolithique. En effet, selon Théodore Kuonen, « la pratique du parcours du bétail remonte au temps des premiers colonisateurs qu'on attribue au Néolithique ».

En ce qui concerne la construction de systèmes de défense contre le fleuve, nous ne disposons d'aucune source ou d'aucune découverte archéologique qui prouve la construction de ce type d'aménagement. Néanmoins, l'édification de grandes villas romaines dans la plaine laisse supposer l'existence de barrières (des mots latins  ou ) dès l'Antiquité.

Moyen Âge et Ancien Régime

Au , le comte de Savoie assure l'entretien de la portion de la  route du Grand Saint-Bernard autour du péage de Saint-Maurice d'Agaune, soit une vingtaine de kilomètres de Bex à Martigny ; cet entretien comprenant celui des ponts sur le Rhône, sur ses affluents de rive droite en aval de Saint-Maurice et de rive gauche en amont, et la construction de digues pour protéger les principaux passages. Les travaux sont bien connus, en particulier par la série des comptes du péager Jacques Wichard et de son fils Guillaume, conservés à l'Archivio di Stato di Torino et numérisée par les archives du Valais.

Au , les documents permettent de reconstituer assez bien, entre Martigny et Saillon, le paysage de la plaine, parsemée d'îles recouvertes d'arbres, de prairies et, ici ou là, de champs. Ils révèlent que les paysans ont une connaissance précise des potentialités de ces terrains. Destinés principalement à la pâture du bétail, ils fournissent aussi du bois, du foin et des pierres, et peuvent même être semés de céréales. Ils représentent alors un enjeu économique fort, qui entraîne les communautés riveraines à se les disputer et à restreindre la liberté du fleuve afin d'étendre les prés et les cultures. Les riverains construisent alors des digues que l'on nomme barrières avec des piquets, des branches entrelacées et un amoncellement de pierres et de gravier. La première étape consiste à donner des limites au Rhône pour pouvoir utiliser certains endroits de la plaine. La deuxième phase réside dans l'entretien des ouvrages réalisés à cet effet. L'ampleur des travaux n'effraie pas les habitants, qui craignent davantage les dégâts causés à leurs possessions. Comme les terrains riverains du Rhône sont principalement des biens communs, la construction et l'entretien des digues incombent aux communautés. Ces travaux sont effectués sous forme de corvées par les hommes des villages, au prorata de leur jouissance des communaux.

D'importants changements climatiques surviennent durant le Petit âge glaciaire, une période froide qui frappe l'Europe de 1350 à 1860 environ. C'est une forte avancée des glaciers alpins – son résultat le plus spectaculaire- qui lui vaut cette appellation. En Valais, des épisodes de pluie violente provoquent de nombreuses inondations et un important accroissement des matériaux que le Rhône peine à charrier. Comme le fond du lit s'élève, le fleuve tresse de nouveaux bras au milieu desquels les îles se multiplient et il occupe de plus en plus de place dans la plaine. En période de hautes eaux, le fleuve en crue sort de son lit, dépose des alluvions sur les terrains de la vallée, détruit des cultures et alimente les zones humides des bas-fonds. Cette mobilité qui implique un déplacement du lit est peu compatible avec l'extension des pâturages, des cultures et des voies de communication. Des projets de correction sont attestés dès le , : les riverains comprennent qu'il faut donner un cours plus rectiligne au Rhône pour augmenter la force du courant, afin de protéger ponts, routes et chemins d'accès aux terrains exploités, ainsi que pour garantir les limites des communes et celles des propriétés.

De nombreux conflits éclatent en effet entre les communes à cause des changements de lits du fleuve ou à cause des travaux entrepris pour le contraindre. C'est également le cas entre les Bernois qui dominent le Pays de Vaud et les Valaisans. En 1756, Berne et le Valais décident « de faire dresser un plan exact du Rhône dans son état actuel avec toutes les barrières et les anciennes et nouvelles limites », pour mettre fin aux conflits incessants qu'occasionne le limitage du lit. En effet, le fleuve constitue la frontière entre le Chablais valaisan et le Chablais bernois.

Trois exemples d'inondations

La première inondation dont il est fait mention date de 563 lors de la catastrophe du Tauredunum. Un éboulement crée un barrage dans la vallée du Rhône, un plan d'eau se forme à l'amont de ce barrage naturel qui finit cependant par céder. L'onde de rupture provoque des dégâts en aval mais aussi sur les rives du Léman. Selon Vischer, le site de l'éboulement serait localisé dans la région de Saint-Maurice. Les dernières études localisent l'éboulement plus en aval du Rhône, non loin de l'actuel embouchure du Rhône dans le Léman.

Des inondations dévastatrices, survenues en 1545 à cause de pluies violentes, sont relatées lors de la Diète du  : « cette séance, décidée au dernier Conseil de Noël, se tient aujourd'hui à propos des terribles inondations du Rhône, à la suite desquelles la route du Pays en aval de la Morge, les biens propres et amodiés, les parcours, les pâturages communs, et d'autres lieux encore, pourraient entièrement se perdre, anéantis par les eaux, si on ne prend pas des mesures appropriées et indispensables, et si on ne conduit pas le Rhône en ligne droite ». Ce passage prouve que les autorités craignent que de tels événements se reproduisent. Il leur importe de sauvegarder la route royale et les terrains exploités par leurs sujets.

D'autres inondations ont pour origine les glaciers. On parle d'inondations glaciaires quand le mouvement d'un glacier obstrue le cours d'une rivière et que celle-ci forme une retenue d'eau derrière le glacier, la rupture du glacier sous la charge de l'eau pouvant causer d'importants dégâts. En 1818, le glacier du Giétro entrave le cours de la Dranse (affluent du Rhône), un lac de  d'eau se forme, le glacier cède le , le déversement de l'eau fait 44 morts et de nombreux immeubles sont détruits dans la vallée.

État moderne
Pendant la période de domination française, le canton de Vaud est formé en 1803 et reprend le territoire bernois en aval de Saint-Maurice. Le canton du Valais intègre la Confédération en 1815. Ces changements politiques ont pour conséquence une volonté de développer le Valais, notamment par un renforcement de l'agriculture. Ainsi, des routes sont tracées et des ponts construits à travers le canton. En 1850, une ligne de chemin de fer est construite pour relier le lac Léman et Sion. La protection de la vallée du Rhône contre les crues du fleuve est donc de plus en plus envisagée.

Dès 1803, le Conseil d'État valaisan convoque les communes de Riddes, Saxon, Martigny, Fully, Saillon et Leytron pour décider d'un plan commun et donner un cours déterminé au fleuve. Fatiguées par les ruineuses et interminables formalités des tribunaux, certaines communes ont prié le gouvernement cantonal de trouver une solution à la crise qui dure depuis la catastrophe de 1782 (une terrible crue avait alors poussé le fleuve à changer de trajetoire dans la zone comprise entre Saillon et Saxon, provoquant des dégâts jusqu'à Vernayaz). Grâce à cette nouvelle volonté de conciliation, un projet qui démontre une longue expérience du fleuve est élaboré contre l'"ennemi commun": le Rhône. Même si la mise en œuvre concrète du programme prendra plusieurs années, c'est un grand pas en avant.

À partir de 1830, des travaux de rectification du cours du Rhône sont entrepris, notamment dans la plaine de Rarogne ou entre Riddes et Martigny. L'ingénieur Ignace Venetz y développe le système des épis qui s'avancent dans le lit du Rhône et qui sera adopté lors de la première correction du Rhône. À ces travaux s'ajoutent des interventions d'abaissement du niveau du fond du lit et de déblaiement des matériaux qui l'encombrent, démarches déjà expérimentées localement par les riverains dès la fin du . La loi cantonale de 1833 permet au Conseil d'État d'ordonner aux communes riveraines les travaux à exécuter sur les berges du Rhône sans fournir cependant de subventions pour les exécuter, alors que ces importantes charges financières excèdent les ressources communales. Certaines communes sont obligées de vendre des terrains bourgeoisiaux lorsqu'elles ne peuvent payer les travaux. La situation est particulièrement grave au milieu du . À une recrudescence des crues dès 1834 s'ajoutent les troubles et révolutions politiques qui paralysent l'État entre 1839 et 1852.

En 1860, dans le cadre d'un mandat pour le Conseil fédéral et l'élaboration d'un « rapport à l'intention du Conseil fédéral suisse sur l'étude des torrents suisses », Karl Culmann travaille en Valais. Il estime que les ouvrages ne sont pas combinés avec pertinence et que, sur seules deux portions du cours du Rhône, les corrections sont bonnes : une portion de  à Rarogne et un tronçon à Martigny.

Première correction

Durant le , de nombreuses crues sont le fait d'un épisode de précipitations importantes survenues lors d'un redoux et lorsque le débit des rivières est déjà important de par la fonte des neiges, notamment en 1855 et en 1857 qui furent particulièrement marquantes. C'est toutefois la crue de 1860 qui a « probablement dépassé tous les événements des temps modernes par son ampleur entre la vallée de Conches et Martigny ».

Particulièrement graves, ces inondations ont provoqué la destruction des récoltes mais aussi celle de plusieurs villages. Les habitants de la vallée du Rhône tentent de se protéger contre les inondations. Cependant, leurs moyens étant restreints, les travaux ne se limitent qu'aux périmètres des communaux et sont réalisés sans grande coordination.

Contexte politique

En Valais, l'obstacle principal à la réalisation des projets est d'ordre politique : le pouvoir de décision repose sur les communes et les travaux ne peuvent s'intégrer dans un plan d'ensemble, chacune refusant d'assumer la charge financière d'un endiguement qui ne lui bénéficie pas directement. De plus, les propriétaires riverains, particuliers, communes ou bourgeoisies doivent se charger seuls de tous les frais car le Rhône n'entre dans le domaine public de l'État du Valais qu'en 1933. La loi cantonale de 1833 permet toutefois au Conseil d'État d'ordonner aux communes riveraines les travaux à exécuter sur les berges du Rhône sans fournir cependant de subventions pour les exécuter, alors que ces importantes charges financières excèdent souvent les ressources communales.

En 1860, le comité genevois pour la souscription en faveur des inondés de la Suisse, dirigé par le général Guillaume-Henri Dufour, fait réaliser un rapport sur les inondations, les dégâts qui en découlent ainsi que leurs causes. Le comité demande au Conseil fédéral de lancer des travaux pour une correction globale du Rhône et verse une somme importante aux communes touchées.

Les dégâts importants survenus lors de l'inondation de 1860 incitent le Conseil d'État valaisan à demander l'aide de la Confédération en vue d'endiguer le Rhône. Celle-ci avait déjà soutenu financièrement la correction du Rhin dans les cantons des Grisons et de Saint-Gall. Les valaisans sont convaincus depuis longtemps de la nécessité d'endiguer le fleuve sur l'ensemble de son cours. Cependant, ayant dû rembourser des dettes de guerre importantes à la suite de l'occupation du Valais après la défaite du Sonderbund, le canton manque de ressources pour entreprendre l'endiguement du fleuve. En outre, la protection de la ligne du chemin du fer est un enjeu économique important pour le Valais et la Suisse. Le train arrive déjà à Sion et reliera l'Italie par la ligne du Simplon. Les autorités fédérales, conscientes des enjeux politiques et économiques que représente un tel soutien, entendent répondre positivement à la demande du Valais. Il s'agit d'un acte politique important qui vise d'une certaine façon à réintégrer le Valais après la guerre du Sonderbund.

La Confédération n'ayant pas de service responsable de l'aménagement des cours d'eau, elle demande à deux experts de rendre un avis sur le projet de correction. Friedrich Wilhelm Hartmann et Leopold Blotnitzki rendent leurs conclusions entre  et . À la fin de l'année 1863, l'Assemblée fédérale prévoit que la Confédération paye un tiers des frais. La direction supérieure des travaux est du ressort du Conseil fédéral qui s'en remet aux avis de Hartmann et Blotnitzki pour les questions techniques. La direction du projet est confiée au canton du Valais.
Les ingénieurs valaisans, se sont basés sur les travaux d'Ignace Venetz mort en 1859. Leurs projets sont validés par les experts fédéraux. La correction s'effectue en plusieurs étapes entre 1863 et 1894.

Travaux de 1863 à 1894

Les travaux de correction débutent en 1863 à l'initiative du canton du Valais, puis par décision fédérale. Ces travaux se focalisent sur la partie située en aval de la confluence avec la Massa. Ces travaux concernent un tronçon long de  et coupé par deux obstacles naturels : le cône de déjection de l'Illgraben (entre La Souste et Sierre) et le cône de déjection du torrent de Saint-Barthélemy (en amont de Lavey). Ces deux cônes de déjection ne font pas partie des travaux de correction.

Les travaux consistent en la mise en place de manière systématique de deux digues parallèles en remblais qui donnent un nouveau lit et parfois un nouveau tracé au fleuve dont les limites sont fixées. Les écoulements sont concentrés vers le centre du lit par des épis opposés et perpendiculaires à l'axe du fleuve, qui protègent également les rives.

En amont de Loèche, les travaux sont combinés avec la construction de la ligne ferroviaire qui prend place sur le sommet de la digue. Entre la confluence avec la Massa et Sion, un nouveau lit est creusé pour le Rhône. Le lit est resserré et le tracé est tendu avec de longues lignes droites et des virages à grand rayon de courbure. Les berges sont constituées de digues de protection. Sur le tronçon situé entre Sion et Lavey, le même type de correction est réalisé. Entre Saint-Maurice et le lac Léman, le même type de correction est aussi adopté, mais en concertation avec le canton de Vaud, le Rhône marquant la frontière entre les deux cantons sur une trentaine de kilomètres.

Les travaux de la première correction du Rhône coûtent plus de dix millions de francs, dont le tiers est assumé par la Confédération. Ce sont donc les communes riveraines qui doivent assumer seules l'essentiel des charges, car le canton ne paie que les dépenses liées aux digues protégeant directement la route principale et les ponts qu'elle traverse. Les citoyens étant souvent dans l'incapacité de payer la totalité des impôts, hommes, femmes et enfants travaillent à la correction du Rhône lors des « corvées » (voir illustration de Raphaël Ritz). Les communes assument également la totalité des frais d'entretien des digues jusqu'en 1903 où l'État prend en charge la moitié de ces dépenses. Au même titre que la construction de la voie ferrée, la première correction du Rhône est à classer parmi les grands travaux du

Conséquences

La correction du Rhône projetée en 1863 a eu comme résultats de permettre de sécuriser en partie des terrains en plaine et les voies de communications. Elle a favorisé d'une certaine manière le dessèchement de plusieurs marais, le défrichement de grandes surfaces et ainsi a permis de procurer à la population de la terre arable.

La première correction a certes rectifié le cours du Rhône dans la plaine, mais les travaux entrepris n'ont pas permis de résoudre le problème des zones humides dont l'importance augmente par la suite. En effet, les eaux résiduelles ne peuvent s'écouler dans le fleuve et il faut multiplier les canaux de drainage pour les éliminer. Malgré tout ce qui a été entrepris, les inondations se poursuivent, durant les travaux comme à la fin de ceux-ci, notamment en 1877, 1883, 1896, 1897 et 1914. Le lit du fleuve s'est exhaussé en raison du charriage des affluents et de l'incapacité des infrastructures mises en place à garantir une vitesse du courant suffisante pour emporter les graviers et autres sédiments.

Deuxième correction

Contexte

L'exhaussement du lit devient problématique. Lors des débordements, des surfaces importantes sont touchées, car les digues empêchent les eaux déversées de retourner dans le fleuve. D'autre part, l'intensification de l'utilisation du sol dans la plaine accroît les dégâts potentiels. L'anxiété est particulièrement forte en Valais central où l'exhaussement s'avère être le plus important alors que la région regroupe la densité de population la plus forte et les surfaces cultivées les plus prospères et étendues. Il s'agit alors d'intervenir au plus vite afin de sécuriser la plaine, ses habitants et ses activités. Par conséquent, une deuxième correction a lieu entre 1930 et 1960 avec comme but essentiel d'améliorer certains ouvrages réalisés lors de la première correction.

Travaux

Les concepteurs du système de la première correction imaginaient que l'intervalle entre les épis se comblerait rapidement avec le sable et les limons charriés par le Rhône, mais cela ne s'est pas réalisé. Les graviers sont ainsi restés dans le lit mineur et ont provoqué son exhaussement.

La deuxième correction du Rhône, dès 1936, consistera donc à renforcer les digues et les surélever ainsi qu'à resserrer le lit pour en augmenter la puissance de charriage en reliant les têtes des épis par des cordons d'enrochement. De cette manière, le lit mineur est contenu entre des digues parallèles submersibles. Les espaces entre les épis sont comblés par du matériel dragué dans le fleuve de façon à former un glacis protégeant les douves. Les travaux seront réalisés en trois étapes entre 1936 et 1961, par tronçons successifs.

Au total, les dépenses pour les travaux de la deuxième correction se sont élevées à , la subvention fédérale étant de 40 %, celle de l'État du Valais de 30 % et celle des CFF de 10 % en raison de l'avantage que la correction du Rhône apportait à leurs installations. L'État du Valais, en tant que propriétaire de la route cantonale participe encore à hauteur de 4 %. Les 16 % qui restent sont à la charge des communes riveraines concernées par les travaux.

Exploitation des gravières

Dans les années 1960, le développement de l'exploitation des gravières aux abords du fleuve a fortement contribué à l'élimination du problème du charriage de ces graviers. Les affluents amènent au Rhône environ  de matériaux par an (flèche rouge sur l'illustration). Les gravières prélèvent chaque année  de matériaux dans le fleuve (grosse flèche verte dans l'illustration). Le Rhône, lui, comme sa pente est trop faible, n'évacue que  de matériaux par an (mince flèche verte dans l'illustration). Finalement, comme les gravières ont beaucoup prélevé de matériaux ces dernières décennies, le fond du Rhône a baissé (partie rouge dans l'illustration) et est aujourd'hui bien plus bas que lors de la fin de la deuxième correction.

Les gravières sont les régulatrices essentielles du niveau du lit du Rhône. Elles doivent prélever la quantité adéquate de gravier : ni trop, pour ne pas labourer le fond et fragiliser les digues, ni trop peu, pour éviter que le Rhône ne se comble. Lorsque l'on élargira le fleuve sur certains tronçons pour sécuriser la plaine (Troisième correction du Rhône), ce système sera maintenu et encore amélioré.

Troisième correction

Situation de danger

Le risque d'inondation lié aux crues du Rhône est important. La répétition de crues très fortes, supérieures à celles qui avaient servi de base pour définir la section du Rhône lors des précédentes corrections du Rhône, ainsi que le fort développement des zones bâties, ont démontré  que des débits plus élevés que par le passé doivent aujourd'hui être considérés pour sécuriser la plaine du Rhône. Les études hydrologiques indiquent que la crue centennale (survenant en moyenne une fois tous les cent ans) a un débit de  à Branson (Fully) et de  à la porte du Scex, près du Léman. Une crue extrême (d'un temps de retour statistique de l'ordre de mille  ans), aurait un débit de  à Branson et  à la Porte du Scex.

L'aménagement actuel du Rhône n'est plus à même de protéger la plaine contre la crue centennale définie ci-dessus, en raison du mauvais état des digues et de la dimension du lit, insuffisante pour permettre l'écoulement des crues.

Le manque de capacité est dû à la taille insuffisante du lit du Rhône et non au dépôt de sédiments sur le fond : depuis le milieu du , on observe en effet une tendance générale à l'abaissement du fond du Rhône, en raison de l'activité soutenue des gravières. Les digues actuelles datent de la deuxième correction du Rhône (1930 -1960). Elles ont été construites par-dessus les digues de la première correction (1863 -1884). Elles sont aujourd'hui dangereuses en raison de leur manque de stabilité (risques d'érosion interne et de renard hydraulique) ainsi que de la dégradation liée aux racines des arbres et aux terriers d'animaux fouisseurs. Les digues peuvent ainsi se rompre avant même que survienne un débordement.

En conséquence, plus de  de terres sont aujourd'hui menacés d'inondation dans la plaine du Rhône en Valais, et les dégâts potentiels cumulés dépassent les dix milliards de francs.

Stratégie de gestion du danger

Les principes de gestion du danger appliqués dans la  du Rhône sont issus des enseignements des grandes crues de la fin du  en Suisse et définis dans les bases légales fédérales ainsi que cantonales.

Ces principes sont explicités dans les directives, notamment celles publiées par la Confédération :
 Apprécier la situation de danger, en analysant les événements passés et en établissant une carte des dangers.
 Différencier les buts de protection: les objets de grande valeur doivent être mieux protégés que ceux de moindre valeur. Les mesures doivent conserver une proportionnalité technique, économique et écologique avec leurs objectifs.
 Créer des sections d'écoulement suffisantes pour assurer la protection contre les crues tout en réduisant les interventions pour le maintien du bilan des matériaux solides et donc assurer la stabilité du fond du lit.
 Assurer le fonctionnement et la résistance des ouvrages en cas de surcharge et prévoir des corridors d'évacuation des crues extrêmes.
 Préserver ou recréer les zones naturelles de rétention de crues afin d'écrêter (diminuer) les pointes de crues.
 Garantir l'entretien et planifier l'intervention d'urgence.
 Identifier les déficits écologiques et y remédier. Une protection contre les crues durable doit se soucier d'une végétation des rives prospère et laisser suffisamment d'espace pour le développement d'une diversité naturelle des structures pour la vie aquatique, amphibienne et terrestre. Elle crée des liaisons entre les habitats.
 Garantir l'espace nécessaire au cours d'eau: l'utilisation du sol doit respecter une distance suffisante au cours d'eau.

Globalement, la sécurisation durable est assurée par la mise en place conjointe de trois types d'action.
 La prévention, regroupant les zones de danger, la police des constructions (contraintes aux demandes de construction en zone de danger) et l'entretien du fleuve.
 L'intervention, regroupant la prévision de crue, l'organisation en cas de crise et l'évacuation de la population dans les secteurs les plus menacés.
 La construction de la  du Rhône, basée sur un projet global et prévoyant la réalisation de mesures par étapes en fonction des priorités sécuritaires dans les 20 prochaines années.

Solutions étudiées

La rétention des crues dans les grands barrages alpins du bassin versant du Rhône apporte un gain sécuritaire mais ne permet pas à elle seule de garantir la sécurité de la plaine. Pour permettre l'évacuation des crues du Rhône, des solutions de dérivation des eaux ont également été étudiées.

La construction d'une galerie souterraine pour évacuer les crues du Rhône n'a pas été retenue car une telle galerie devrait avoir des dimensions excessives pour permettre l'évacuation des crues. De plus, le fonctionnement en situation de crue de ce type d'infrastructure n'est pas fiable.

La construction d'un second chenal est une solution faisable, mais qui n'est pas rationnelle en termes de coût et d'espace car elle nécessite la création de deux systèmes de digues parallèles et prend plus de place au total. Elle peut quand même être potentiellement utile dans certains cas, lorsque des contraintes fortes ne permettent pas d'intervenir sur le Rhône ou  qu'un canal secondaire doit être créé pour installer un barrage hydroélecrique.

L'augmentation de la capacité est donc prévue par le redimensionnement du fleuve. Trois familles de solutions ont été analysées :

 Le réhaussement des digues : Ce type d'aménagement n'est pas retenu car les digues actuelles font déjà quatre à cinq mètres de haut et menacent la plaine. En cas de rupture ou de débordement, elles empêchent l'eau de revenir vers le Rhône. Les surélever encore pour atteindre  et plus conduirait à augmenter ces problèmes et à les reporter sur les affluents.
 L'abaissement du fond : Pour évacuer les crues par un abaissement pur, le fond devrait être creusé sur plusieurs mètres. Ce n'est la plupart du temps plus possible car la nappe phréatique qui est en lien avec le Rhône serait fortement abaissée. Il en résulterait des tassements importants dans les sols et donc des risques élevés de fissures aux bâtiments et aux infrastructures.
 L'élargissement du fleuve : Cette solution demande des surfaces supplémentaires mais permet le transit de crues importantes sans surélever le niveau des eaux du fleuve et sans perturber la nappe phréatique. La largeur future du fleuve, appelée largeur de régime est celle à l'intérieur de laquelle les crues fréquentes peuvent enlever la végétation à intervalles réguliers afin de maintenir la capacité d'écoulement.

Solution retenue

La solution retenue combine le renforcement des digues avec l'abaissement du fond et l'élargissement. La taille de l'élargissement est basée sur le besoin sécuritaire. Il varie de secteur en secteur et correspond environ à 50 % de la largeur actuelle, ce qui permet d'évacuer 50 % de débit supplémentaire et atteindre le niveau de sécurité fixé. Des élargissements ponctuels d'une largeur de deux à trois fois la largeur actuelle sont également prévus. Ils ont une fonction sécuritaire qui vise à faciliter la gestion des alluvions et permettent également de satisfaire les exigences légales en complément de la plus-value nature apportée par l'élargissement sécuritaire.

En cas d'événement exceptionnel dépassant la capacité du nouveau lit, les débits excédentaires doivent également être gérés. Ils sont déversés dans des zones appelées couloirs de gestion du risque résiduel, le long de digues submersibles résistant aux débordements et limités par des arrière-digues. Le déversement de ces débits excédentaires se fait notamment dans les grands élargissements, qui ont également des fonctions sociales et récréatives importantes.

Emprise du projet

Dans le projet mis à l'information publique en 2008, l'emprise supplémentaire du projet est de 870 hectares sur les cantons de Vaud et du Valais, dont 382 hectares de surfaces d'assolement. Cette emprise sur les surfaces agricoles a été diminuée de 70 ha dans le nouveau projet validé en 2012 par les gouvernements cantonaux vaudois et valaisan.

La compensation de l'impact sur le monde agricole est faite par le biais d'améliorations foncières intégrales qui facilitent la réorganisation du territoire en remplaçant les expropriations par des échanges et des regroupements de parcelles et en offrant des possibilités d'adaptation des infrastructures (irrigation, drainage, chemins) et l'amélioration des conditions de production.

Démarche participative, expertises et décisions politiques

Le diagnostic de la situation actuelle ainsi que les objectifs et principes de la  correction ont fait l'objet d'un rapport de synthèse en . Ils ont été présentés au Grand Conseil valaisan qui les a adoptés en  et a demandé l'extension de la  correction (initialement prévue de Brigue à Martigny) de Gletsch au Léman, en collaboration avec le Canton de Vaud sur la partie intercantonale.

L'élaboration du projet a duré plusieurs années et s'est faite dans le cadre d'un processus participatif. La solution retenue a ensuite été mise à l'information publique en 2008 sous la forme du plan d'aménagement de la troisième correction du Rhône.

Dans ce contexte, des opposants au projet issus des milieux agricoles et préoccupés par la perte de terre agricole ainsi que certaines communes riveraines ont défendu des variantes alternatives privilégiant l'approfondissement du fleuve et mettant en avant la possibilité d'offrir une sécurité équivalente à celle du projet présenté par le canton. Selon les opposants, le coût, les délais et l'emprise de leur variante étaient trois fois moins importants. Ces variantes ont été transmises par le Conseil d'État du Canton du Valais à deux collèges d'experts en 2008 et 2011. Ces deux groupes d'experts indépendants ont conclu que les variantes alternatives n'assuraient pas la sécurité durable et ne respectaient pas le cadre légal. Certaines associations de défense de la nature ont par contre critiqué le projet parce qu'elles le jugent insuffisant du point de vue écologique.

Les remarques issues de la consultation publique ont mis en évidence deux points à améliorer : l'emprise sur l'agriculture et les délais de réalisation. L'emprise sur l'agriculture a ainsi été réduite de 70 hectares et les délais ont été accélérés en modifiant les priorités et en prévoyant de nouvelles mesures anticipées. La durée des travaux passant de 30 à 20 ans.

Étapes de réalisation

La mise en œuvre des mesures prévues dans le plan d'aménagement de la troisième correction du Rhône a débuté en 2009 dans le secteur de Viège.

Elle se poursuivra durant les 20 prochaines années sur les autres secteurs, en deux étapes définies en fonction de l'importance des dégâts potentiels et du niveau de danger.
Des mesures d'aménagement ponctuelles dites « mesures anticipées » sont déjà en cours afin de sécuriser plus rapidement les secteurs à forte densité d'habitation au voisinage immédiat de la digue.

Coûts et financement des travaux

La totalité des travaux de la  correction du Rhône est devisée à environ 2.3 milliards de francs hors taxes (TVA). Le montant comprend les travaux de génie civil pour l'aménagement du fleuve et le déplacement des infrastructures.
Le coût prévu des améliorations foncières est de l'ordre de 200 millions de francs.

La protection contre les crues du Rhône est une tâche du Canton du Valais, propriétaire du cours d'eau. Il bénéficie du soutien financier de la Confédération, dont les principes sont définis dans la loi sur l'aménagement des cours d'eau. Les indemnités sont définies en fonction de critères relatifs à la qualité du projet.
Le taux de subventionnement maximum de l'Office fédéral chargé de la protection contre les crues est de 65 %. À cela s'ajoute une participation de l'Office fédéral des routes pour la protection de l'autoroute A9.

En Valais, selon la loi cantonale sur l'aménagement des cours d'eau, les communes participent à l'aménagement du Rhône par une contribution maximale de 5 % des coûts totaux reconnus.

Referendum

En , le Grand Conseil du canton du Valais a accepté le projet de financement de la  correction du Rhône en adoptant un décret créant un fonds pour son financement. Défendant le principe rejeté par les expertises de privilégier l'approfondissement du fleuve, les élus de l'Union démocratique du centre, rejoints par des représentants du monde agricole, ont décidé de lancer un référendum contre ce décret accepté par les élus du Grand Conseil par 98 voix, contre 24 et 2 abstentions. L'objet a été soumis au peuple le  et le décret de financement a été accepté par 57 % des votants.

Exemple d'aménagement prévu – Cas de Sion

La ville de Sion a vu dans la  correction du Rhône une opportunité de redéfinir le paysage de la plaine et le rapport au fleuve dans le périmètre de la capitale du Valais. Le canton et la commune se sont associés en vue de pouvoir définir une vision de l'aménagement futur. Un concours d'architectes urbanistes a ainsi été organisé pour définir un cadre à l'insertion du fleuve à travers Sion.

Annexes

Bibliographie
 Canton du Valais, service des routes et des cours d'eau, troisième correction du Rhône: sécurité pour le futur, rapport de synthèse du plan d'aménagement, 2016.
 Daniel L. Vischer, Histoire de la protection contre les crues en Suisse, Rapport de l'Office fédéral des eaux et de la géologie (OFEG), 2003.
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 Amédée Zryd, Les glaciers en mouvement, Presse polytechniques et universitaires romandes « Le savoir suisse », Lausanne, 2008 .

Notes et références

Articles connexes
 Histoire de la protection contre les crues en Suisse
 Hydrologie de la Suisse
 Correction du Rhin alpin
 Correction des eaux du Jura

Liens externes
  Évolution de la plaine du Rhône suisse entre 1800 et 2000, documents de Reynard et Stäuble de l'Université de Lausanne, 2005.
 Site internet: Rhône 3: sécurité pour le futur

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"I was the victim of a car accident resulting in two broken wrists," Christine Gauvin explained. "The recovery/rehabilitation period gave me the opportunity to figure out that I needed to choose a different path at this time my life."
Christine became interested in the administrative aspect of the healthcare field while dealing with a negative experience taking care of her medical bills due to her injuries. "No one treated me correctly or had compassion. I was determined to make a difference in someone else's experience with medical issues, so I looked into a career as a Health Claims Specialist," Christine explained.
Christine decided to enroll in the Health Claims Specialist program at The Salter School in Fall River, MA. She stated, "I needed a fast-paced program with career-focused training. I also knew I did not want to take an online course. The Salter School met my criteria."
The campus' Student Ambassador Program helped Christine out when she first enrolled. Assistant Director of Admissions Cheryl Moniz explained, "The program is designed to alleviate any concerns new students have after deciding to return to school. We select students who are further along in the program and who are doing exceptionally well to share their experiences and offer encouragement to the new students."
Christine, in turn, was selected to be a student ambassador toward the end of her program. "I was honored by the opportunity to pass on hope and offer support to other students," she said.
She graduated with a 4.0 and passed the AAPC (American Academy of Professional Coders) Professional Coders Exam! She was hired by the Overlook Visiting Nurse Association which is also where she completed her externship program. "I enjoy going to work each and every day and I am excited about my future. I now have a career that is unlimited in potential and transferable to anywhere I choose to live. My days of being seriously underpaid for the work ethic I have are over," Christine expressed. "I would like to tell the person reading, that no matter how long it has been since you conjugated a verb, you can do it!"


We've been working with a group of carers at Warrington Museum, trying out ideas for re-labelling museum objects, using emotional connections with the artefacts rather than historical ones. Yesterday I simply asked participants what items in the museum connected to them or their lives.
'One of the paintings in there, stands out a treat. All my family are fisherman, it stands out a treat. My mums got a copy in her house, she says it reminds her of the old days. My father is a fisherman, my grandfather was a fisherman with his own boat. Tenby in Wales.
Made me happy seeing this, stopped me being stressed out coming here today. It's mental. I'm missing home as well. I had a bad day today, but this made me happy, it reminds me of Tenby, all fishing harbours there, and a pier just like in the painting. Its not the bad things, its the happy things, and theres a copy hanging on my mums wall.
A man to look up to my father, a fisherman, a family man. I've been in the house when the weather is changing and been crapping it, really worried. He's a tough man my father, but never raised his hand to me, he always done it the right way. You got to be patient as a fisherman, thats why he was so good with the family.


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Pictures from our last night in Jogja. Farewell party with the homestay families, ISP mentors, Indonesian teachers. We had delicious meal prepares by the homestay families, party organized by the students, dance and last chat with Indonesian and English.
It was beautiful scene to see how they can connected in this last three weeks time in Jogja. The students have built lasting friendships and community and will always remember their Jogja families. They truly feel they have a home here in Indonesia, and are grateful for the homestay family's warmth.
Over the last few weeks they have learned to live in the often slower pace of Indonesian life, and build language skills to better connect with Indonesians as we continue on our travels.


As a procurement specialist, part of your job is to consider the various requirement that need to be met when fulfilling a purchase order, especially for material handling equipment such as industrial cranes. With this type of purchase, several things need to be considered when choosing one (or several) cranes to meet your facility's needs, and they all have to do with safety. Here are a few questions to answer.
Does your industry require zero emissions equipment use indoors?
Some industries require zero emissions for equipment that is used indoors, such as a food processing facility where contamination may be a problem and power generation plants where other chemicals and gases may be a problem. Therefore, the first thing to do is to determine what emissions regulations there are for your facility. If you cannot locate the information within the operations manual for your facility, contact the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
If your facility is required to comply to zero emissions safety regulations, then you will need to procure a battery operated industrial crane. Fortunately, there are several types of battery operated cranes available to purchase. They can also be referred to as compact industrial cranes or pick and lift cranes.
Does your facility already have a battery charging station?
If your facility does not already have a battery charging station, such as for other material handling equipment like pallet jacks and forklifts, you may also need to establish a battery charging station for the industrial crane(s). The key element to look at in the various industrial cranes that are available is whether or not the batteries need to be lifted out of the crane and placed in a charging station in order to be charged or the cranes can simply be plugged in to an electrical outlet.
If your facility will need a new battery charging station for the new industrial crane(s), you will need to consider the safety aspects of recharging batteries. A normal chemical reaction takes place inside a battery when the end of the charging cycle is almost complete, which produces hydrogen. Hydrogen is a lightweight and highly explosive, especially when it is allowed to accumulate.
Therefore, the battery charging station should contain an overhead hydrogen monitor and a ventilation system to remove the gas. This monitor should be connected to a programmable logic controller which will automatically turn on a ventilation system when the monitor reads hydrogen in the area. If your facility does not require a battery charging station for the new cranes, you may still want to consider bolstering up the ventilation system due to the emissions that come part and parcel with fuel operated equipment.
Is there an eye wash station available for employees?
Whether your facility chooses a fuel operated or a battery operated model, your facility may also need an eye wash station. Of course, battery operated models contain acid, as acid is what is used inside batteries to give them the ability to recharge. Workers could come in contact with the battery acid, especially if they need to handle the batteries for the purpose of recharging.
Both types of cranes use hydraulics to raise and lower the booms. At some point, employers could come in contact with hydraulic fluid either from an accident or while performing routine maintenance. Therefore, it's important to provide an eye wash station, at least. Acid & hydraulic fluid could cause personal injury to those anyone who comes into contact with the fluids, which is why it's crucial for these fluids to be washed off as quickly as possible after coming into contact with them. Since acid and hydraulic fluid may splash, every worker within the facility should be trained to use the eye wash station before the industrial cranes you will acquire are delivered to the facility.
To learn more, contact services like American Equipment Inc.


This event provides breastfeeding information and support for all new mothers.
This class is FREE but pre-registration is required.
To register, please call Duncan Regional Hospital Education Center at 580-251-8893 between the hours of 8:00 am and 4:30 PM.


Senator Ted Cruz has been fairly consistent with his belief that the privacy of American citizens is too important to toss away, even for the sake of national security. While many in Washington DC believe we would only be concerned about our privacy if we have something to hide, people like Cruz realize our right to privacy goes well beyond hiding our crimes.
Privacy allows us to operate in our lives without fear of what happens with our personal data. That's the real key to the argument against anti-piracy fearmongers. We may all want to be kept safer from threats, but many of us are concerned that even the U.S. government could use this data against us if allowed to move forward unchecked.
Put aside, for the briefest of moments, whatever you believe about vaccines. I'm not going to try to convince you one way or the other about vaccinating children and the alleged health risks posed by vaccines. I'm not even going to get into the debate about whether or not parents should be compelled to have their children vaccinated. I want to talk about free speech (technically, freedom of thought) and whether or not human adults can be trusted with making their own choices.
I've done my own research about the science in favor and against the anti-vaxxer movement. I made my decision based on this information. What my decision was isn't relevant for this discussion. The point that needs to be first considered is the fact that there is data is out there for people to read. The videos are there for people to watch. The opinions are available for people to digest.
But that may not be the case for long. Those opposed to the anti-vaxxer movement are urging everyone from tech companies to the federal government to the United Nations to essentially outlaw any information that does not conform with the majority opinion. Much of these efforts are driven by the pharmaceutical industries themselves, but most is driven by concerned citizens who believe parents should not have a choice about their children's healthcare as it pertains to vaccines. Their argument is a good one: When anti-vaxxers put their own children at risk, they put other people's children at risk. This is a textbook argument about one person's rights impeding on another person's rights.
The counter argument is that if vaccines are so effective, then there's no reason for those who have their children vaccinated to worry about being exposed to children who are not vaccinated. Again, it's a good argument.
And that's the point. There are good arguments on both sides when it comes to rights. The science is heavily weighted towards favoring vaccinations, but that doesn't mean the science that talks of risks of vaccinations should be stifled.
As is usually the case, I am referring specifically to freedom of thought rather than freedom of speech, since technically there's no freedom of speech issue here with private companies banning anti-vaxxer information. They are private companies, and while they inappropriately enjoy certain protections as content platforms while simultaneously invoking their privilege as content aggregators, the bottom line remains the same: thoughts are being suppressed because they're considered dangerous by some.
This isn't a 1st Amendment issue because as of right now, the government isn't involved in the suppression as far as we know. That means the battle over whether or not information from anti-vaxxers should be shareable on social media, searchable on Google, and discussion-worthy on mainstream news outlets is becoming a series of oversteps on the part of the companies helping with suppression. This should concern everyone regardless of their choices and beliefs regarding vaccinations.
Those who have followed this topic over the past few months are likely aware Google and Facebook, among others, have embraced certain types of policies with varying levels of transparency behind them in an effort to make anti-vaxxer information as inaccessible as possible. Those opinions are quashed now and the crackdown hasn't even reached its apex. Now, GoFundMe is no longer allowing fundraisers for anti-vaxxer organizations on their platform, either.
It's extremely important to understand this point: I would rather a government say vaccinations are mandatory than for the "information czars" of social media and search engines to quash ideas that are unpopular with the majority. That's not an opinion swayed by my personal perspectives on vaccinations; I'd feel this way whether I was a Big Pharma lawyer or Charlie Sheen. But we're adults. We can discern information and should be allowed to do so. Some will choose wisely. Others will not. It's not the responsibility of tech companies or governments to tell us which information is too dangerous for our petty little minds to access.
Just give us the facts and let us make up our own minds.
When government says vaccinations are mandatory, there's recourse for those against them. When Facebook, Google, or GoFundMe think anti-vaxxer advocates are worth hiding or removing altogether from their platforms, there's no recourse.
And here we are once again, that annual gathering of family and friends. We're dressed in our best attire for the occasion. The smell of old oak pews and perfume fill the air. The Sunday morning sunrise is beautiful this time of year. Indeed, this time of year is different. We're surrounded by tulips, lilies and marshmallow bunnies galore. Our hands still have a remnant of the blue, red, yellow and green from the night before.
We just never asked out loud. What would they think if we started nosing around… it's all about Jesus isn't it? After all, the kids were happy that their baskets were full of candy. We had fun as a family dying the eggs, so what could be wrong with that? It's the intent that counts.
It's not the intention that's dangerous. It's the blatant ignorance, one that we happily share with family and friends year after year. The questions have crossed our minds surely on more than one occasion. What does a bunny have to do with Christ's death and resurrection anyway? Why do we dye eggs and hide them?
When a child asks the most simple of questions about this special event, our answer will usually be along the lines of, "well, it represents new life, a re-birth." That's what we were told. It sounds good, and most times those answers subdue the confusion, at least for the time being.
I do believe the tale of the Easter bunny is very fitting for this time of year, actually – tall tale that we convince our children is real until it no longer makes sense. Quite simply, it's a lie. Is it any wonder that our children don't trust us when we tell them of God? Is God just another Easter bunny or Santa Claus that they eventually find out never existed?
I did the unheard of one year not long ago. I read the Bible to get the answers to the questions about Easter. I figured it must be in the Bible somewhere…right? Jesus' death was certainly recorded, so then the holiday we celebrate to honor that event must be too. And it was. I found it, right there in His words. But the weird thing is, it's not called Easter. No bunnies. Lo and behold, no eggs either! Nothing about candy or sunrise services. Not even a gathering on Sunday. But, a very special meal that was prepared early specifically because Jesus wanted to celebrate it with His disciples before He died. And He did this to give the reason for celebrating it in the first place. It was for the purpose to remember the Lamb of God, the sacrifice, and the fulfilled prophecy. This celebration of remembrance was continued year after year by those who followed Him. Thus, it would be sufficient for us to celebrate as well. In fact, a blessing!
Then came more questions. Jesus answered all of them and then some. His answers were not what I was expecting. He gave me an ear full, as if He had been waiting for that very moment all my life. And that's when I realized who was really to blame for me being so ignorant. All I had to do was ask.
This time, my answers came from the mouth of the One whom I thought I was honoring and what I learned was hard to accept initially. It wasn't because I would no longer dye and hide eggs. It was because I had been doing the very thing God had said not to do. Being that we are Gentiles makes no difference if we too do exactly what Jesus warned His own people of. Doing that was harder to live with than telling my family I couldn't be there. It's a decision we have to make. Not just whether we will participate in "religious" holidays that in reality have nothing to do with Him, but whether or not we are willing to let go of the easier path for Him.
It won't be easy if you make such a major change in your life. And believe me, many Christians will put you down for it. They will argue their justification until you're worn down. But, stick to His word and you shall not be deceived. It can't be argued against. However, with that said, we are not claiming that any Christian is a "true" Christian just because they are aware of the truth and abandon false traditions. Nor does it mean those that chose to continue in those traditions are not real believers. We are simply trying to point you back to the word – His word – as your only justification for any tradition that is for the purpose of honoring our Messiah.
His answers are not meant to subdue the confusion for a short time, but to enlighten us for eternity.
In reality, it's a part of the deceptions that are gaining more traction to push those who want to be followers of Yeshua away from the truth of the word. I find it rather curious as to why all these traditions we have involve candy. Don't you? It's somewhat indicative of the temptations we face, a lure if you will that gets us involved and interested at a very early age. What kid doesn't like candy?
Don't take our word for it. Research it yourself.
Below is an image we created from the words of David J Meyer of Last Trumpet Ministries International. Please verify with the Lord what we are sharing with you. Do not ask man to answer questions that they themselves have. Ask the One who really knows. I figured it might be a good idea if we took the time to actually honor our Messiah by reading what He had to say. Maybe then we can better understand what eggs and bunnies really have to do with it.
We hope that with finding out the truth you will be able to have a true relationship with our Lord and Savior, one that is much deeper and more profound than what man could ever imagine with his made up stories and traditions.
Peeping Tom's, amateur spies, and the generally creepy have a new smartphone to crave. The Huawei P30 Pro boasts a 50x zoom camera that is going viral on social media and making tech publications scream in every direction imaginable.
This may seem like no big deal to some, but the way technology has become a useful tool to those with nefarious intentions is growing as a problem in western society every day. This isn't just a better camera on a smartphone. This is a benchmark issue, one that will drive other companies to improve their own camera capabilities until they become truly dangerous.
If Huawei can make such a wave, imagine when Apple and Samsung match or exceed them.
The paranoid and the private must be more careful as this technology improves. It's easy to imagine someone far enough away to not be easily seen with the naked eye spying on someone at the computer or in their dressing room revealing things they don't want others to see. On top of that, it's a smartphone with the capability of transmitting images and videos in real time.
I understand the desire to have these capabilities, but I'm also terrified by the implications of such technology in the hands of bad people.
Technology is empowering people to do things they only dreamed of being able to do in the past. With privacy concerns already a big issue in western society, the Huawei P30 Pro will add more fuel to that raging fire.
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Everybody writes about it and the signs are there--Ukraine is trying to attack Donbass, again. As Patrick Armstrong notes today:
The team that gave us the Ukraine catastrophe is back in Washington, a US general is in Ukraine and heavy equipment is moving. A resumption of fighting would suit many in Kiev, Washington and NATO. But Moscow is not asleep and the Donbass defenders are prepared. I would expect, along with supplies, Moscow to make discreet but observable preparations. If that doesn't stop an attack, Moscow has the long-range weapons to interdict assembly areas and routes and pretend deniability. If that doesn't work, I would expect a reprise of 2008, only faster. What's the West going to do in the face of a fait accompli? Shout more? Sanctions? A crushing defeat will produce reverberations in Kiev: very few of the Ukrainian forces in Crimea stayed loyal to Kiev and Zelensky was elected on a promise of making things better, not worse. A week should tell us which it is.
It is exactly the same team of one trick ponies in D.C. who assured that in the long run Donbass will join Russia's as her administrative region and that, this time, Russia may appear in person and this will "reverberations" in Kiev which will accelerate already proceeding apace the process of the statehood failure in Ukraine. Three factors define West's actions as of now:
1. Western Europe wants to "unload" this shithole of a country it created on Russia. Russians do not want to pay for this banana locality, so the only way to "coerce" Russians is make sure they defeat Ukraine. OK. Russian Armed Forces can wipe out Ukrainian Army in several days but, as Patrick Armstrong correctly observes, the Georgian scenario could be in store--Russia will demolish Ukraine's military and will bulldoze the remnants of Ukrainian statehood to the West.
2. For the United States which increasingly reminds of Ukraine, just on a much larger scale, the factor of visceral Russo-phobia and desire to engage Russia's resources in any way in Ukraine--personal military encounter with Russia means many bad things for the United States and its military, hence proxies--should not be discounted. Plus, in a face of an economic catastrophe the Biden Administration needs some distraction--I told you, one trick ponies.
3. Both the so called President Zelensky, who is a clown (literally) by his background and a bunch of people in his "Administration", controlled from the US Embassy in Kiev, are not people who actually have any grasp of the reality and act on pure neurotic instincts in their constant fight for a position at the ever shrinking trough of a disintegrating Ukrainian economy. So, Zelensky may decide to commit a political (and who knows which one additionaly) suicide and commence operations in Donbass seeing them as the only exit he has from a clusterfuck which Ukraine and its bosses from EU and US created in the midst of Europe.
Too bad, as they say. This time Kremlin has one major factor playing for it, which was not the case in 2014--by different estimates, majority of Russians had it with Ukrainians. No, not with Ukraine, but namely Ukrainians as people. Ukrainians have got what they wanted when stating for the last seven years to Russian faces "We will never be brothers" (in Russian). Overwhelming majority of Russians today say--OK. In fact, these are the Russians now who do not want to be "brothers" and will have no compunction about demolishing, if it comes to this, Ukrainian Army. In 2014-15, there were still huge reservations on Russia's part in this regard, today--the hell with it. As is the hell with the EU and the United States. But I am sure if it comes to it Russia will start with high profile, but less costly in terms of personnel, strikes on whatever is left of Ukie Air Force and its bases, it will destroy Ukie Air Defence and then will burn all tanks, APCs and artillery at the line of contact.
So, whatever Russia will do, ranging from behind the scene support for LDNR to the outright annihilation of Kiev regime, she has options and escalation dominance, Kiev does not. If EU stops Nord Stream-2 as a result of the United States pressure and the use of Donbass conflagration as means of coercing Europeans to commit energy suicide, as was stated not for once, for Russia the stoppage of the Nord Stream-2 is merely a bump in the road. As latest events in Russian-Chinese relations indicate, Russia finally reoriented herself economically to the East and it seems actual Russian-Chinese alliance is de facto in existence now.
Russia and China have signed an agreement to build an international lunar space station that will be "open to all interested countries", Beijing's space agency announced on Tuesday.The two countries "will use their accumulated experience in space science, research and development as well as the use of space equipment and space technology to jointly develop a road map for the construction of an international lunar scientific research station (ILRS)," China National Space Administration said in a statement.Though no timeline is accorded to the project, the lunar science station is being envisioned as a "complex of experimental and research facilities created on the surface and/or in orbit of the moon," Russia's Roscosmos space agency was quoted as saying by CNN.
Those European nations, who would want to join any major Eurasian economic and science projects--they will be welcomed and the selection process already started.
An Italian-Swiss pharmaceutical company has agreed to produce Russia's Sputnik V vaccine in Italy, the first such deal in the European Union, a trade body said Tuesday. "The vaccine will be produced from July 2021 in (pharma company) Adienne factories in Lombardy," northern Italy, a spokesman for the Italian-Russian Chamber of Commerce, Stefano Maggi, told AFP. "Ten million doses will be produced between July 1 and January 1, 2022," he added, describing it as the "first agreement on the European level for the production on EU territory of the Sputnik vaccine".
You see how easy it is? No coercion, no imposing oneself, as it was with Russia in 1980s through early 2000s. Nope, just keep the door open wide enough for people to see the opening and if they will step in is entirely up to them. It is so easy to live when you don't owe anything to anyone and you don't need anything from anyone.
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