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Key Note Speech of Federal Councillor Simonetta Sommaruga on the occasion of the opening of the Concluding Debate of the Swiss Chairmanship of the Global Forum on Migration and Development held in Geneva on December 1st 2011
Honourable Ministers,
No matter what country or continent we represent - there is one question that all representatives of States and Governments ask themselves:
Is migration more beneficial or more costly to the development of our country?
The question alludes to national interest and we have to raise it - especially at a Global Forum like this one. After all we can only say that our migration policy is on track if the answer is yes. Also no policy designed on the drawingboard can succeed if it is not backed by the political stakeholders - especially our Citizens.
The question also indicates something else: Migration is never just good or bad.
Switzerland for example benefits from migration economically, but migration also presents us with problems and challenges. In the end, the starting point of our migration policy is our national interest.
This is absolutely legitimate. After all, we as politicians are mandated to defend national interests - also in migration and development policy.
This may sound provocative or, in the case of development policy, even contradictory to you and you might ask yourself why Switzerland is then so engaged in the Global Forum on Migration and Development - where the focus clearly is on the global perspective.
The answer is clear and simple: it's in our national interest!
For a bit more than a year I am now the Minister responsible for Swiss migration policy. One of the conclusions I have drawn from my first year in office is that whoever tries to develop national migration policy without looking beyond their own borders will fail!
Therefore we have to find partners from across the globe that can help us adress our challenges. This is of course only possible if we also seriously consider the challenges of our partners. These are often not as different from ours as it might seem.
Not long ago I was in Guinea, where I have held talks with the Government and signed a Migration Agreement. This Agreement treats migration in a comprehensive way and covers reintegration, cooperation in combatting human trafficking but also return and readmission.
My counterparts have explained to me that the exodus of their Citizens to Europe is an issue of concern for them. Guinea has no interest in educating its Citizens just to see them emigrate. At the same time Switzerland has no interest in seeing Citizens of Guinea residing in Switzerland irregularely.
As the competent Swiss Minister I especially have to answer to the Swiss people and must make sure that the legislation it has adopted is effectively implemented. Therefore I am in the short run certainly interested in a good cooperation on issues of return and readmission. But at the same time it is also in the explicit interest of Switzerland that migration does not take place due to poverty and hardship. This can only be achieved if there is a real perspective at home.
National interests can therefore much better be put forward through international cooperation than through national stand-alone policies.
Ladies and Gentlemen, in Switzerland as in other countries there is currently a heated debate on the opening of new accomodation facilities for asylum seekers. These are difficult discussions loaded with a lot of emotions. It is our job to make sure everybody keeps in mind that we are talking about human beings.
Migrants must not be treated as a commodity. They are human beings who are aiming for the best possible lives for themselves and their families. Isn't this exactly what we are all aiming for?
The protection and the defense of human dignity has to be at the heart of our policies - otherwise we lose our credibility and eventually also our self-respect.
Many of you know Switzerland as a "Country of Destination". By doing so also we Swiss too often forget that for centuries Switzerland has above all been a country of origin - and due to its geographical situation in the heart of Europe naturally always also a country of transit. Even today more than 10% of Swiss Citizens live outside Switzerland - which compared to other countries is still a lot.
Only with the ongoing economic development towards the end of the 19th century has Switzerland for the first time become a net country of destination. Development attracted many innovative people who have been crucial to the rise of Switzerland to one of the most wealthy countries on earth. Today Switzerland still has the privilege of being a very atractive place to live and work - which like in the past is both the cause and the effect of migration.
Migration therefore was and is indispensable for our development. This can however only be sustainable if we also adequately take in to account non economic factors like integration and the interests of the countries of origin like the avoidance of brain drain.
In this we can only succeed through an open and outcome oriented dialogue led by a true spirit of partnership. Here the Global Forum for Migration and Development is an ideal venue.
Let us together think "out of the box" to find new and better ways to work together. Our common goal at this Global Forum is to put our national interests in an international context.
I am therefore very happy to welcome you all to Geneva on the occasion of the Concluding Debate of the Swiss Chairmanship of the Global Forum for Migration and Development and to convey to you the greetings of the Swiss Federal Government.
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The 1973 tennis match between Billie Jean King (Emma Stone) and Bobby Riggs (Steve Carell) became the most-watched televised sports event of all time. Trapped in the media glare, on the tennis court King and Riggs were on opposite sides of a binary argument, but off-court each was fighting more personal and complex battles that fuelled their desire to win even more.
Women should be paid and respected equally.
On the surface, one could be forgiven for thinking that Battle of the Sexes will play out as any standard, inspirational sports biopic with a strong message might. But the movie actually surprised me in how light-hearted it was, in a good way. Rather than a heavy-handed message that ends up becoming more important than the actual story of the story itself it takes a more deft approach in telling a story of two unique individuals whilst showcasing a message of social equality in a way that's both entertaining and endearing, if not without flaws.
Not only does its representation of these figures stay true to history, but it also makes for a much more interesting story. To portray Riggs as an evil misogynist would be too easy, but to take the approach of showing him as a former professional with heavy gambling losses who saw a chance to regain some of his stardom and adopted a villainous persona to ensure it garnered attention is not only accurate but far more entertaining.
How about this: man versus woman? Male chauvinist pig versus hairy legged feminist. No offense.
Steve Carell is immensely watchable and oddly charming in the role. He displays Riggs' showmanship in a way that is enjoyable to watch but also manages to convey the heavier drama that was developing outside of the tennis court and press conferences.
Directors Jonathon Dayton and Valerie Faris breeze through the plot points of the movie in favour of focussing more upon the struggles of the characters. They seem genuinely interested in exploring the personal details of each opposing player's lives.
The result is a movie that devotes equal attention to both of its protagonists and seems all the more endearing for it. Though it would have been interesting to see them examine the wider cultural environment around the match, this intimate approach is a pleasing one as well. That is not to say they don't draw some modern parallels though.
There isn't a single thing I don't hate about Bobby Riggs.
The movie makes a point of how the real chauvinistic villains of this story seem to be the institutions around tennis at the time. The head of the tennis association, played by Bill Pullman, offers a tournament in which the male winner receives an award of $12,000 whilst the female champion only receives $1,200, prompting King and a number of other women to form the Women's Tennis Association which catches the eye of Riggs who in turn challenges her to a match. It's those kinds of touches that help make Battle of the Sexes more memorable and though it never quite tackles the issue head-on, it presents it in a manner that's involving enough.
There are a few missteps within the movie, particularly when the movie tries to generate drama and ends up coming across as contrived and at odds with the tone that the film establishes to that point. It's not that it would be impossible for Battle of the Sexes to add a higher level of drama to proceedings, in fact, it does just that very well numerous times, it's just that on a few occasions it seems to clash with the overall tone of the movie.
But putting that aside the film's script is solid. It subtly explores the nature of its two central figures such as their motivations and history. It treats them each with great respect and drawing a number of parallels between them that make the story that much more enriching.
The most valuable part of the movie for me though was Emma Stone, whose performance is fantastic. She perfectly conveys the strength and determination of Billie Jean King, making the admiration and iconic status that was bestowed upon her instantly understandable.
She also does a great job of presenting the conflict that weighed on King as details of her personal life started to become ever more complicated. I won't spoil it for those who are unfamiliar with the true story but I can say that it makes for some truly endearing drama.
Battle of the Sexes is a crowd-pleasing dramedy that boasts two excellent performances from Emma Stone and Steve Carell.


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Fatima Jibrell (, ) est une militante écologiste américano-somalienne, née en 1947. Elle est la cofondatrice et directrice exécutive de l'Organisation de Secours et de Développement de la Corne de l'Afrique (maintenant Adeso), cofondatrice de Sun Fire Cooking, et a contribué à la création de la Coalition des Femmes pour la Paix.

Biographie
Fatima Jibrell est née le 30 décembre 1947, en Somalie, dans une famille nomade.
Son père était un marin marchand qui s'est installé à New York. Enfant, en Somalie, elle a étudié dans un internat britannique jusqu'à l'âge de 16 ans, puis elle a quitté le pays pour rejoindre son père aux États-Unis. Là, Jibrell obtient ses diplômes de l'école secondaire.

En 1969, elle retourne en Somalie et travaille pour le gouvernement, c'est également à cette date qu'elle épouse son mari, Abdulrahman Ali Mohamoud, diplomate. Alors qu'elle et sa famille sont stationnés en Irak, Jibrell commence des études de premier cycle à l'Université de Damas dans la Syrie proche. En 1981, son mari est transféré aux États-Unis, où elle obtient son Baccalauréat universitaire ès lettres en anglais. Elle poursuit finalement avec une Maîtrise en travail social à l'université du Connecticut. Tout en vivant aux États-Unis, Jibrell et son mari ont élevé cinq filles. Elle est aussi devenue citoyenne américaine.

Activités écologistes
En raison de la guerre civile en Somalie, qui a commencé en 1991, Jibrell avec son mari et des amis de la famille cofondent l'organisation de Secours et de Développement de la Corne de l'Afrique, familièrement appelé Horn Relief, une organisation non gouvernementale (ONG) pour laquelle elle est directrice exécutive. En 2012, Horn Relief change officiellement son nom en . Alors que Jibrell prend sa retraite en tant que directrice exécutive en 2002, elle garde un rôle actif au sein du Conseil d'Administration de l'organisation et dans ses programmes en Somalie. Adeso décrit sa mission comme visant à édifier les communautés locales.

Jibrell a contribué à la création de la Coalition des Femmes pour la Paix afin d'encourager une plus grande participation des femmes dans la politique et les questions sociales. Elle a également cofondé Sun Fire Cooking, qui vise à introduire des cuiseurs solaires en Somalie afin de réduire la dépendance au charbon de bois comme combustible.

En 2008, Jibrell écrit et coréalise un court métrage intitulé Charcoal Traffic, qui utilise un scénario de fiction pour éduquer le public au sujet de la crise du charbon de bois. Le film a été réalisé par le cinéaste .

En 2011, Jibrell avec le diplomate australien retraité James Lindsay, a également publié Peace and Milk: Scenes of Northern Somalia, un livre de photographies sur la campagne et la vie nomades de la Somalie. L'œuvre a reçu une reconnaissance internationale de la part des organisations environnementales, y compris la Fondation Goldman de l'Environnement et Résistants pour la Terre.

Campagne anti-charbon de bois
Par le biais de Horn Relief, Jibrell monte avec succès une campagne pour sauver les vieilles forêts d'acacias dans la partie nord-est de la Somalie. Ces arbres, qui peuvent atteindre jusqu'à 500 ans, ont été abattus pour faire du charbon de bois depuis que ce qu'on appelle "l'or noir" est très recherché dans la Péninsule Arabique, où les tribus de Bédouins de la région croient que l'acacia est sacré. Cependant, tout en étant un carburant relativement peu coûteux et répondant aux besoins de l'utilisateur, la production de charbon de bois conduit souvent à la déforestation et la désertification. Comme moyen de résoudre ce problème, Jibrell et Horn Relief forment un groupe d'adolescents à éduquer le public sur les dommages permanents que la production de charbon de bois peut engendrer. En 1999, Horn Relief organise une marche de la paix dans la région du Puntland, dans le nord-est de la Somalie, pour mettre fin aux soi-disant "guerres du charbon de bois". En réponse aux efforts de Jibrell, le gouvernement du Puntland interdit en 2000 l'exportation de charbon de bois. Le gouvernement a depuis renforcé l'interdiction, qui a engendré plus de 80 % de baisse dans les exportations du produit.

Prix et distinctions
Pour ses efforts contre la dégradation de l'environnement et de la désertification, Jibrell reçoit de nombreux prix. En 2002, elle est lauréate du Prix Goldman pour l'environnement, un des plus prestigieux prix en matière d'environnement.

En 2008, elle a également remporté le « prix National Geographic Society/Fondation Buffett pour le Leadership en matière de Conservation. En outre, Jibrell reçoit le prix « Champions of the Earth » 2014 du Programme des Nations unies pour l'environnement (PNUE) pour son travail pour la préservation de l'environnement.

Notes et références

Liens externes
 site officiel de Horn Relief (maintenant Adeso)
 site officiel de sunfirecooking

Naissance en décembre 1947
Écologiste
Étudiant de l'université du Connecticut
Personnalité féminine somalienne
Lauréat du prix Goldman pour l'environnement
Écologiste somalien

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Michigan led by as many as 13, never trailed in the contest, and eight different Wolverines scored in the easy win. There were plenty of highlights from start to finish; here are our five key plays.
Though the Michigan basketball team has returned from its trip to the Bahamas, its future looks a little brighter in Ann Arbor than it did in the beginning of the trip.
In the week since the Wolverines got blown out by Xavier and UConn, they salvaged their first win over a major conference opponent, beating Texas on Friday, 78-72.
Junior guard Derrick Walton Jr. has had a streaky season thus far. At times — like his 24 point, six rebound, seven assist performance against Elon — he has looked like one of the best players in the Big Ten, but there have been games where he faded.
Friday was not one of those games. Walton controlled the court from start to finish, matching a season high with seven assists, including five in the first half. Even though he passed the ball, Walton created space for his teammates through aggressive drives, only to set his teammates up for the easy score.
He made his own plays too, of course, but when his seven assists create 18 points, his 13 points mean less.
When redshirt sophomore forward Duncan Robinson began the Battle 4 Atlantis by shooting 1-for-8 against UConn, it raised questions about his effectiveness against bigger teams. But when the team was outsized again against the Longhorns, Robinson looked like his usual hot-shooting self.
Led by three first half 3's on as many attempts, Robinson kept the offense flowing and helped push Michigan out to a 12-point halftime lead.
Robinson is now shooting 60% from three-point range (28th nationally) and his offensive rating of 149.6 points per 100 possessions is 17th best in the country.
Despite the early success against Texas, Michigan found itself in a one-possession game toward the end of the second half thanks to a 19-8 Longhorn run.
The Wolverines are still solidifying rotations and roles on their team, but one role is indisputably clear: when things go wrong, senior guard Caris LeVert is the man for the job.
LeVert rose to the occasion Friday, making back-to-back layups to restore the Wolverines' lead, and finished the contest with a game-high 19 points. The 6-foot-7 wing guard was able to play a complementary role at times (his first points didn't come until late in the first half), but when the Wolverines needed him he was always ready. These two moves are both the sort of big time plays you expect from a future NBA player as LeVert makes a nice take baseline and then gets to the rim on the pick and roll.
Through six games, LeVert is second in the Big Ten with 18.5 points per game to go with 4.5 rebounds and 4.0 assists.
Right after LeVert gave Michigan some breathing room, Walton was back to making his presence known. Longhorn guard Isaiah Taylor had a hot second half, and was looking to add to his team-high 18 points with is team only trailing by five.
But Walton stood pat, drawing the charge and swinging momentum all the way in Michigan's favor. The Wolverines had struggled to get stops down the stretch and Taylor had gotten away with a similar play on the two previous possessions against Walton.
The Wolverines haven't had much to write home about defensively so far in this season (KenPom has them as the nation's 119th best defense, allowing 1.00 points per possession), but the physical play by the veteran Walton gives Beilein and his team something to aspire to on the defensive side of the ball.
Throughout the preseason, Beilein has stressed that his team has not yet settled its rotations, and much of that depends on how Zak Irvin recovers from back surgery in August.
The junior guard appeared to be close to 100-percent healthy on Friday. Irvin played in 28 minutes and scored 13 points, both season highs.
Perhaps the most important points of his night however, came right after Walton drew a charge in play No. 4. Leading by just five, Irvin took control on the next possession, came off a double ball-screen and drained a 3-pointer, just his fourth of the season, to put a dagger in Texas' comeback effort.
John Beilein praised this play as one of the most important in the game and it finally gave Michigan the breathing room it needed down the stretch.
Whether it was LeVert's buckets, Walton's defense or Irvin's dagger, Michigan's start players shined Friday, and it resulted in a Michigan win.


When it regards the solar Christmas lights there are a lot of choices that will make your home seem great.
The tree has to be in a position to defy the weight of a bigger cat leaping off the perch to the ground.
Well, it's not merely a bauble when inside it comprises a whole alien galaxy.
The bottom-fill hummingbird feeders incorporate a conventional bottom-fill feeder and lots of variations of it.
The Panthera tigris corbetti, more commonly called the Indochinese tiger, are available in a number of Asian countries like Burma, Cambodia, Laos, China, Vietnam and Thailand.
Sometimes the kind of fish you want will dictate what sorts of substrate you must use. There's not anything worse that watching your beloved fish chase one another to death.


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The 8 Most Popular Electric Pickup Trucks Around The World
A new generation of electric pickup trucks are ready to hit our roads. Automotive manufacturers have announced that we should be seeing all electric pickup trucks for sale this year, and many more models are slated for release in the coming years.
Electric pickup trucks are a little different from their EV stable mates, because they have to carry around extra payload and cargo, and potentially tow other vehicles sometimes. This requires them to have even more powerful battery packs that output higher power figures to deal with the extra load.
Of course, this means a higher overall weight which will reduce their range considerably. The work around to this is advanced technology that packs more power into lighter battery packs and automakers are confident that the problems have been resolved.
Mainstream companies like Ford, Chevrolet, Tesla and Toyota as well as start-ups like Rivian are all set to release these all-electric pickup trucks in the coming years.
A list of the best electric pickup trucks to hit our roads
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Here is a roundup of the most exciting electric pickup trucks that are scheduled for release very soon. The list includes major auto manufacturers like Ford, Chevrolet, Tesla, Rivian, GMC, and Toyota. Electric pickup trucks are fast becoming a reality, and many more models are planned from now till 2024.
Tesla has taken everything we know about pickup trucks and turned it upside down. It gets a sharp wedge shape design in a shiny stainless steel body shell. That is unlike the box shaped, tall body shape of conventional pickup trucks. The cyber truck is a step away from the segment's fortress blueprint. Tesla's all electric pickup trucks are also scratch proof, dent proof and supposedly bulletproof.
The towing capacity of the Cybertruck is said to be 6300 kg and has a driving range of 500 km on a single charge. That puts the Cybertruck on the top of the list in terms of driving range and power ratings.
Performance of the Tesla Cybertruck is also very impressive with a 0-100 km/h time of 3 seconds. Coupled with an adjustable suspension setup that can provide up to 16 inches of ground clearance, the Cybertruck is certainly a fast and capable electric vehicle, unlike any EV on the road.
All this data means that the Tesla Cybertruck will be a capable off roading machine, fast on the road and stronger than any toughened-up SUV you can find. Plus being all electric its good for the environment as well. A winner on all counts.
Although Tesla announced that the Cybertruck would hit the roads in 2022, this debut has been pushed back a little bit, but we should be seeing this electric pickup truck very soon.
Also Read: Top 5 Small Electric Cars In India
A couple of years ago, GMC announced that they would be resurrecting the Hummer nameplate in an all-electric version which started to gather a lot of hype given the popularity of the previous editions of the Hummer and their excursions on the battle front.
Unfortunately, the old generation of the Hummer had been known for its excess and inefficiency as a gas guzzler and was the target of several environmentalists in the 90's. All that seems to have been swept under the rug, because as an all-electric pickup truck, the GMC Hummer will have Greenpeace activists using the zero-emission vehicle as official transport.
No doubt, the new Hummer EV is capable of doing what its older siblings could do and a lot more. In fact, the GMC Hummer EV is being christened a super truck partly due to its extremely powerful 1000 bhp tri-motor, that produces 1000 ft lbs of torque. The configuration is one electric motor on the front axle and two electric motors on the rear axle.
The enormous motor means that the Hummer EV can handle a payload of 600 kg and can haul a towing capacity of 3400 kg. It is quite a beast. And to make the vehicle even more capable is a driving range of 530 km on a single charge. It even has a never seen before feature called crab mode which will allow the vehicle to move diagonally at low speeds.
The Hummer is definitely not your average electric pickup truck, and certainly a vehicle that is going to live up to its legendary nameplate.
Also Read: Tata Electric Cars price in India – Upcoming EVs from Tata
The Rivian R1T holds the status of being the first battery powered electric pickup truck to be put into production. The vehicle made quite a storm during its debut, with people enamoured by its sleek design and powerful motor.
The Rivian is a start up by Irvine, California based company and is built upon its trademark skateboard platform that has four electric motors, one at each wheel producing a combined power output of 800 bhp and 900 ft lbs of torque.
The body looks futuristic with an unconventional front end, but what is really impressive is its 800 kg payload capacity and towing capability of 5000 kg. A phenomenally powerful truck with serious towing prowess and a driving range of 500 km on a single charge.
Not only can this truck tow immense loads, it is also extremely capable off-road being able to traverse the toughest and most remote terrain with ease.
Rivian also has an SUV scheduled for launch, called the R1S, but it looks like the R1T will have to prove its worthiness before we can see the next model from Rivian released.
Also Read: BMW Electric Cars India launch in 2022 – Two New Models Considered
Chevrolet, in close competition with Ford, released an all-electric pickup truck called the Chevrolet Silverado EV.
This electric pickup truck was designed for work at a construction work site, familiar territory for a pick up truck that has to haul construction material and tow equipment such as forklifts and bulldozers.
The Silverado EV is powered by two electric motors which will produce 664 bhp and 780 ft lbs of torque. Impressive figures that rival most other electric pickup trucks in this segment.
It has a payload of capacity of 590 kg and can tow a weight of 4500 kg around town. Not exactly a weak motor by any standards, it has a driving range of 643 km.
The Chevrolet Silverado shares no body panels with its internal combustion counterpart, the Silverado 1500 and looks nothing like it.
The electric pickup truck has bi-directional charging which means it can top up another EV that is left stranded somewhere on the road. It also has a multi flex tailgate which increases cargo capacity.
The Silverado makes use of General Motors' Ultium battery components for electric vehicles giving it a long driving range of 643 km. The electric pickup truck is slated for release in 2023 and Chevy is hoping to capitalise on this lucrative segment of vehicles.
The Ford F-150 internal combustion variant is the best-selling pickup truck in the US at the moment. And the Ford F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck will look to reign in customers that are accustomed to the Ford's build quality, reliability and toughness.
The Ford F-150 Lightning is not the first electric vehicle to come out of Detroit's biggest car manufacturer, that would be the Mustang Mach-E which is a sort of crossover SUV electric vehicle.
Trucks are serious business for Ford, and they want their electric pickup to live up to its internal combustion sibling's reputation. Although the Ford may not be big on horse power (563 bhp) like some of its rivals, it makes up for it in payload capacity of 907 kg and a towing prowess of 4500 kg. It comes with two electric motors, one on each of its axles.
Ford wants to tell its customers that this is a pickup truck that can be taken to a work site and handle all the tasks of hauling around materials with ease. Some of the features that make the Ford even more useful include a generator that can be used to power up the battery of a run-down EV or it can even power a house for a couple of days. That's how robust the battery pack is.
Ford will just have to find a way to keep up with the demand for this electric pickup truck when sales begin, because they know they have a best seller on their hands.
A new name in the electric pickup truck segment, the Lordstown Endurance has been accepting bookings for its futuristic looking EV, and the start-up has released all the details on its upcoming pickup truck.
It is stated that the Lordstown Endurance will have a driving range of 400 km on a single charge and will be equipped with a 109-kWh battery. With a horsepower figure of 600 bhp, this is one powerful electric pickup truck, capable of towing up to 3400 kg.
The Lordstown Endurance will be sold as a fleet vehicle, but it is going to be offered to individual customers as well. Its top speed would be governed to 120 km/h.
Production of the Lordstown Endurance electric pickup truck has been delayed several times due to the company having financial trouble, however, they have said that production will go on and sales should begin in the latter half of 2022.
The Canoo electric pickup truck features an unconventional cab forward design that does away with a front trunk or frunk.
The design ensures that the Canoo looks like no other electric pickup truck on the market today. Canoo tells us that the pickup truck is very versatile thanks to its cab forward design because it frees up space to add bed side gates in addition to tailgates.
The company has said that the quirky EV is going on sale in early 2023. The electric pickup truck is expected to come equipped in both rear wheel drive and all-wheel drive configurations. The Canoo will get a driving range of 320 km on a full charge and the electric motor is rated at a powerful 500 bhp.
The Alpha Wolf is not only the least expensive electric pickup in the US market, it is also maybe the coolest looking pickup truck EV you can find. It is a small, tough vehicle that punches much above its weight thanks to its retro futuristic design and affordable price.
Range is one of the most important factors when it comes to an electric vehicle. The Alpha Wolf scores big on points here because it gets a 442 km range on a full charge coming from an 85-kWh battery pack. This range is comparable to much bigger electric pickup trucks like the Ford F-150 Lightning.
It is fairly quick with a 0-100 km/h time of 6 seconds and a towing capacity of 1350 kg which is quite commendable for a truck of this size. It comes in four-wheel drive or front wheel drive configurations.
Where the Alpha Wolf wins is on its style and design, with its boxy front and circular headlamps that look oh so old school. It also gets roof mounted lights on its single cab.
The Alpha Wolf is slated for release in 2023, and the industry is eager to see the on-road prototypes which should be out any time now.
Also Read: A Complete Guide on Electric Cars
The electric pickup truck race is a hotly contested one, which started off with the Rivian R1T and subsequently saw mainstream manufacturers jump on the pick-up truck EV band wagon.
The segment has yet to see a considerable number of vehicles on our roads, and even then, it will be a long shot to the ultimate number one position, due to competition from all ends.
The best electric pick-up truck will have to have an outstanding towing and payload capacity if it wants to sell in significant numbers. This is of course without sacrificing driving range or having too bulky battery packs that add weight to an already oversized vehicle.
With the aforementioned electric pickup trucks leading the way, we can expect to see many new models in the coming years that are certain to push the segment to its limit with technologically advanced and versatile electric pickup trucks.

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Opinions are divided over how the Supreme Court ruling last week declaring permanent foreign residents of Japan ineligible for welfare payments will affect the foreign communities in Japan.
In Japan, welfare benefits comprise public assistance for financially needy people, including monthly stipends for living expenses and housing, as well as free medical and nursery services.
Lawyers and foreign rights advocates see the top court's ruling as a sign that municipalities will grow more hostile to foreigners, while central and local government officials stress the ruling will by no means change the way they scrutinize foreign applicants.
Let's take a look at the facts and some of potential repercussions from the verdict.
An 82-year-old ethnic Chinese woman in Oita Prefecture who was born and raised in Japan sued the city of Oita in 2009 as she was denied welfare benefits on the grounds that she had some savings. She filed another application later that was accepted and has been claiming welfare benefits since 2011.
Her claims aside, the trial was pivotal in that it forced the courts to finally clarify whether foreigners are entitled to welfare benefits — something the judiciary has never had to consider.
Last Friday, the Supreme Court clearly ruled for the first time that they are not because foreigners are not considered Japanese citizens, overturning the Fukuoka High Court's 2011 decision.
How did foreigners first start to receive benefits in Japan?
The 1950 Public Assistance Law stipulates that the state should take measures to protect every financially struggling "citizen" of Japan from poverty and ensure a minimal standard living. Four years later, the welfare ministry issued a nationwide notice to municipalities explaining that the law does not cover foreign residents due to its allusion to nationality.
But poverty-stricken foreigners, it said, should nonetheless be given any assistance deemed necessary by the municipalities. Since then, municipalities have customarily interpreted this to mean that they can decide whether to dole out the benefits at their own discretion.
As a result, foreign residents here have received welfare benefits for years — at the mercy of local governments.
In 1990, the ministry narrowed the scope of foreigners subject to benefits to those with permanent residency or long-term visas.
What about other social security programs?
Japan used to exclude foreigners from almost all social security programs, including child-rearing allowances and the national pension system. Laws for all of these programs stipulated its recipients be "Japanese nationals," until Japan joined a series of U.N.-designated international treaties, such as the International Covenants on Human Rights in 1979, and the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees in 1982.
By joining these accords, Japan became treaty-bound to treat foreigners on an equal footing with its own people and pressured into ditching the nationality clauses previously included in these programs.
What happened to the benefits?
Unlike many other programs, the original 1950 law for welfare benefits has received no tweaks and continues to discriminate against foreigners by stating that legitimate recipients must be Japanese citizens.
Upon signing up for the 1982 refugee treaty, the government at the time insisted there was no need to rid the law of the nationality clause, arguing municipalities were already treating foreign applicants in the same way as Japanese in accordance with its 1954 notice.
So how will the ruling affect foreign communities here?
When contacted by The Japan Times, the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry said no major policy review is in the works on how to handle claims by foreigners seeking welfare benefits.
Likewise, local governments in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo, Kawasaki and Minokamo in Gifu — all of which have large foreign communities than elsewhere in Japan — said they are not considering subjecting foreign applicants to stricter scrutiny.
But Hisao Seto, lead defense lawyer for the 82-year-old Chinese woman, is not convinced. He says the government might feel tempted to target foreigners if they pressed with the need to trim budgets amid ever-swelling welfare expenditures.
Seto said he considers the Supreme Court ruling a virtual "warning" to foreigners in Japan.
"What it's trying to say," he said, "is that as a foreigner you shouldn't consider working or living in Japan because if you were ever to get injured or sick, chances are you will be denied the welfare payments you need, depending on the mood of local officials you deal with," he said.
What part of the foreign community will be hit hardest?
Topping the list is probably the Koreans who were forcibly brought to Japan before and during World War II after the 1910 annexation of the Korean Peninsula. Some still live without pensions, because by the time Japan removed the nationality clause from its pension system in 1982, they had turned 35 or older, making it impossible to complete the 25 years of pension premiums payments required to before the age of 60, when individuals were then eligible to tap their pension payments.
"For those people welfare benefits have been the last social safety net they could count on, without having to depend financially on their kids to survive," said Hiroshi Tanaka, professor emeritus of sociology at Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo.
Eriko Suzuki, an associate professor of Kokushikan University in Tokyo who specializes in foreign labor issues, points out that migrant "nikkei" workers from Brazil and so-called Indochina refugees from countries such as Vietnam and Cambodia also need the benefits. Consigned to taking low-paid, dangerous or menial jobs, many of them are often injured and find themselves at great risk of becoming unemployed, she said.
"Accepting foreigners as a labor force and then abandoning them once they've become useless will clearly look very bad for Japan in the international community," Suzuki said.


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Q: Ubuntu does not boot anyloger, hangs at clearing orphaed inode I have Ubuntu 22.04
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Episode 77: Oregon Trail
On this date in 1842, the first major group of pioneers departed Elm Grove, Missouri on the Oregon Trail.
The movement of nearly 400,000 settlers between 1841 and 1869 inspired the landmark "Oregon Trail" video game.
Here are some facts about the game that you may not have known.
First: It was originally written in 1971 by Minnesota student-teacher Don Rawlitsch. After using the game to teach his eighth-grade history class, he deleted the game from the server, but printed out the source code.
Rawlitsch was hired by the Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium in 1974, where he rebuilt the game for students across the state. In 1979, the game was adapted for the Apple II, and again in 1985 with better graphics.
Second: In the game, you choose whether you want to be a doctor, a carpenter or a farmer, leaving Independence, Missouri for Oregon. The different occupations gave players different supply budgets and different bonuses for reaching Oregon safely.
Third: The game was selected to be inducted into the Video Game Hall of Fame in 2015. It's available on Windows, Macintosh, iOS, Android, 3DS and Windows Phone.
Our question: Which of the following diseases was not in the 1982 version of the game? Dysentery, cholera, typhoid or scarlet fever?


I took this image in Columbus, OH. It is a different view of my previous post of the Santa Maria replica. It was late at night and I wanted to create a very dreamy effect. I put my flash on the ground out of the scene to the right. The flash was set to full power and zoomed to aprox 100mm. Camera settings [f/2.8 1/40 sec. ISO 500].
I converted the image to B&W utilizing the same method as the previous post with one exception. The clarity was set to -50 rather than +100. When the clarity is adjusted to a negative number it brings in a very soft dreamy effect. Try it!
Get out there and capture the beauty of life!


So I've been considering this for sometime now and just want to hear people's opinion. I got my horse 3 years ago when he was 10, and has done some show jumping and foxhunting in the previous life. After I got him we started eventing, and basically taught him dressage and worked very hard on xc.
So BN was not too bad, but once we got to novice, he's been having quite a bit of confidence issues on xc. He actively looks for the next jump in the SJ phase, but he practically looks lost on the XC field and is just not a brave horse. I've invested a lot of money and energy trying to make him an eventer, but frankly, there's always a little voice telling me that he might not actually enjoy doing eventing. He's scopey and athletic, but if he cannot be brave on xc, I'm not sure he's really cut out to be an eventer. He just looks so alive in the SJ arena and becomes a nervous chicken as soon as we leave the start box.
Should I just go do jumpers with him? I've never actually done rated jumpers and wouldn't even know where to start.
Ive been thinking of switching too. Ive been an eventer for as long as I can remember, and my current horse is a good XC and athletic.
However im older now and I no longer wish to give all my weekends up to travel hundreds of kilometers to shows that have 3 chances to get eliminated and only one too win.
I did a few unreg show jumping shows this season, and won some classes, I was out for a day at most, the entries were cheaper, I have several chances to place during the day, and if we had a bad class, there was always another one to pick yourself up from.
You dont get the same adrenalin rush as XC, but I have to say, I think I will probably convert too.
Check your state Hunter/Jumper Association calendar for the show dates and go watch the first one. Depending on where you ride you may have to dial it down to the region's website.
Do you work with a trainer? Talk to her (?) about attending some local shows - pick a handful of classes and have a blast. Lots of chances to place, the classes are usually cheap-ish and the people are a blast but I do recommend either going with a trainer or a good buddy that can give guidance for the first couple of shows.
Edited to add - its late and i'm on allergy pills - im re-reading that you were not really talking about A & AA level show, just regular jumper classes.
Yes if we're starting out definitely it'll be starting with local shows for sure. Do you pre-enter the classes? In eventing there's always time assigned, is that how it works in a jumper show or is it like I get there then entering however many classes?
I do have a trainer but she's only done eventing in the past so I'm not sure how much help it'll be.
Yea I do enjoy eventing and the rush on XC but I didn't think it'd be fair to push a middle aged horse to learn something he's never been comfortable with. I think if I do get a second horse at some point, maybe an OTTB I would still like to go back to eventing but at this point of my life, maybe it's time to do something else for a while.
Typically you would pre-enter your classes or nominate yourself for a division (i.e. entering the 1.00m division with one class per day).
If you have more questions the H/J forum is good!
I'm not an eventer although I am a big fan of the sport, so maybe I'm not qualified to respond, but I think a horse who is truly scared or chicken as you say, should not be forced into the cross country phase. Its almost cruel IMO and one thing I especially admire about event horses is their bravery. Without it I would wonder how safe your horse will be in that phase. I'm a strong believer in letter the horse choose what discipline he is happiest in. Sometimes that might even require selling him, but give SJ a try, you might love it.
listen to the horse. And not to force a square peg into a round hole. That said...are you setting this horse up for success? Brave confident horses are made. That means proper schooling. You as a rider giving him direction...not looking to him to drag you around. This horse has been out fox hunting...that is following a group. He is likely confused as to his new job. There isn't a huge difference between BN and Novice. So what has changed in your riding and his prep?
but if you want to change. That's also fine. Jumpers can be fun too.
I think he's more of a worried horse. It took me a good two years to build up his confidence and one fall at a show this year, even though it was totally my fault, he's back to square one. He just looks so much happier in the SJ arena. If I had gotten him before his previous experience, he might have turned out differently. Problem is he's already 13 and trying to infuse confidence in a horse this age take way too much work for little reward.


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package org.camunda.feel.api.context

import org.camunda.feel.FeelEngine
import org.camunda.feel.context.{CustomFunctionProvider, FunctionProvider}
import org.camunda.feel.syntaxtree.{ValFunction, ValNumber}
import org.scalatest.matchers.should.Matchers
import org.scalatest.flatspec.AnyFlatSpec

class CustomFunctionTest extends AnyFlatSpec with Matchers {

  val functionProviderFoo = new TestFunctionProvider(
    functions = Map(
      "foo" ->
        ValFunction(
          params = List("x"),
          invoke = {
            case List(ValNumber(x)) => ValNumber(x + 1)
          }
        )
    )
  )

  val functionProviderBar = new TestFunctionProvider(
    functions = Map(
      "bar" ->
        ValFunction(
          params = List("x"),
          invoke = {
            case List(ValNumber(x)) => ValNumber(x + 2)
          }
        )
    )
  )

  "A FeelEngine" should "be extendable by a custom function provider" in {

    val engine = new FeelEngine(functionProviderFoo)

    engine.evalExpression("foo(2)") should be(Right(3))
  }

  it should "be extendable by multiple custom function providers" in {

    val engine = new FeelEngine(
      FunctionProvider.CompositeFunctionProvider(
        List(functionProviderFoo, functionProviderBar)
      ))

    engine.evalExpression("foo(2)") should be(Right(3))
    engine.evalExpression("bar(2)") should be(Right(4))
  }

  class TestFunctionProvider(functions: Map[String, ValFunction])
      extends CustomFunctionProvider {

    override def getFunction(name: String): Option[ValFunction] =
      functions.get(name)

    override def functionNames: Iterable[String] = functions.keys

  }

}

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This year as many in the past, we are celebrating Thanksgiving Day outside the United States. For many of you this would be very out of the ordinary but we have come to accept this as the norm. The truth is that wherever we are, if we have Christ in our hearts, we have something to be thankful for. We North Americans believe that the Thanksgiving holiday is ours and ours alone. To a certain extent this is true to the history of our country but Thanksgiving is at the center of our Heavenly Father's heart and the family of God reaches beyond the borders of the United States of America. Our desire is that each of you would be surrounded by God's love as you too remember how great a life we have under his care–HAPPY THANKSGIVING–give thanks abundantly.
We have much to give thanks for this year as we reflect on God's faithfulness in our lives. We recently celebrated seven years in Ecuador. How fast time passes when it seems like yesterday we just arrived , my how God has blessed us with so much to be thankful for. The ministry of The Door of Hope has grown tremendously this year with the addition of Compassion International, Bible Institute involvement, home Bible studies, youth group and continued growth in the church and the community as well as the necessary construction to keep up with growth in ministry. God is so faithful in our lives as well as the lives of those He has entrusted us to minister to.
We also want to take time to thank God for your faithfulness in ministry with us here at The Door of Hope. You are very important to us and God for it is through your prayers and support that God is able to continue to witness through us His love for the people of Ecuador. Thank you for answering Gods call to help. May God richly bless you, your family and your ministry.
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They're not just beautiful plumage -- feathers help birds fly.
Feathers are far more intricate than reptiles' scales or mammals' hair -- they're the most complex integumentary structure -- the outer covering of an animal -- known. There are also lots of different feather shapes, from streamlined flight feathers on an eagle's wing to the billowy, decorative plumes of an ostrich's tail. But in spite of their complexity and diversity, most feathers have a similar structure. They're made of a central, hollow tube, called a rachis, and branching structures called barbs. Flight feathers have shorter barbs on one side of the rachis, creating an aerodynamic shape that gives birds lift.
While some fossil specimens show the impression of well-defined, modern feathers, not all of the plumage is so complex. Some have the impressions of fine, branching filaments. For the most part, these filaments have one of two basic arrangements. Several can meet at a common base, or they can branch off a central filament in a pattern reminiscent of a rachis and barbs. Often, paleontologists are reluctant to call the simplest arrangements feathers, instead referring to them as integumentary structures. In some specimens, critics contend that the filaments aren't feathers at all but are impressions of frilly body structures that decayed as the bones fossilized.
Dinosaur feathers also didn't necessarily create lift. Some species may have developed downy feathers to provide extra insulation. This could explain why most of the feathered fossils discovered so far are from relatively small dinosaurs -- a gigantic dinosaur like Apatosaurus wouldn't need the extra protection. Beipiaosaurus inexpectus, the biggest feathered dinosaur found in the Liaoning fossil beds so far, was only about 2.2 meters (7 feet) long [source: Norell and Xing]. The presence of quill knobs, or bumps that connect feathers to bones, in the forearms of a Velociraptor also suggests that this notorious predator had feathers on at least part of its body. Velociraptor was slightly smaller than Beipiaosaurus.
Did Microraptor gui have four wings, or did it just have feathery legs?
Although dinosaurs may not have grown feathers solely for the purpose of flight, it does appear that some eventually used their feathers to glide. For example, Microraptor gui made headlines in 2003 for being a four-winged dinosaur -- one of its fossil specimens has feather impressions around both its front and back legs. Some researchers argue that Microraptor gui used the claws at the end of its fore and hind legs, or its front and back wings, to climb trees, and then it used all four limbs to glide down. This interpretation may support the theory that birds learned to fly by gliding down from trees rather the theory that flight started from the ground up.
However, there's still debate about Microraptor gui and whether its back legs were used for flying at all. It may not have been able to move its hind legs into a position that would be useful for gliding. Instead, it may have glided on the lift from its forelegs while using the feathers on its back legs to stay warm.
In some ways, feathered dinosaur fossils have raised more questions about feathers and flight than they have answered, and much of the evidence is open to interpretation. However, it's likely that fossil beds full of fine-grained paper shale, like the ones in Liaoning Province, will continue to offer researchers new clues on the origins of feathers and flight.
Pterosaurs, the flying prehistoric reptiles that are also known as pterodactyls, had wings but no feathers. Instead, their bodies were covered in hairlike fibers.
Norell, Mark A. and Xing Xu. "Feathered Dinosaurs." Annual Review of Earth Planet Sciences. Vol. 33. 2005.
Norell, Mark et al. "'Modern' Feathers on a Non-avian Dinosaur." Nature. Vol. 416. 3/7/2002.
Padian, Kevin and Kenneth P. Dial. "Could 'Four-winged' Dinosaurs Fly?" Nature. Vol. 438. 11/17/2005.
Perkins, S. "Did Fibers and Filaments Become Feathers?" Science News. 4/28/2001.
Prum, Richard O. "The Evolutionary Origin and Diversification of Feathers." The Quarterly Review of Biology. Vol. 77, no. 3. 9/2002.
Prum, Richard O. "Which Came First, the Feather or the Bird?" Scientific American. 3/2003.
Turner, A.H. et al. "Feather Quill Knobs in the Dinosaur Velociraptor." Science. 9/21/2007.
Xu, Xing et al. "Branched Integumental Structures in Sinorthinosaurus and the Origin of Feathers." Nature. Vol. 410. 3/8/2001.
Xu, Xing. "Feathered Dinosaurs from China and the Evolution of Major Avian Characteristics." Integrative Zoology. Vol. 1. 2006.
Zhang, Fucheng. "Leg Feathers in an Early Cretaceous Bird." Nature. Vol. 431. 10/21/2004.


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Today, we begin the games to Apollo, or the Ludi Apollinares. Apollo was son of Jupiter and Latona, and brother of Diana, and of all the divinities in the pagan world, the chief cherisher and protecter of the polite arts, and the most conspicuous character in heathen theology; nor unjustly, from the glorious attributes ascribed to him, for he was the god of light, medicine, eloquence, music, poetry and prophecy.
Amongst the most remarkable adventures of this god, was his quarrel with Jupiter, on account of the death of his son Aesculapius, killed by that deity on the complaint of Pluto, that he decreased the number of the dead by his cures. Apollo, to revenge this injury, killed the Cyclops who forged the thunder-bolts. For this he was banished heaven, and endured great sufferings on earth, being forced to hire himself as a shepherd to Admetus, king of Thessaly. During his pastoral servitude, he is said to have invented the lyre to sooth his troubles. He was so skilled in the bow, that his arrows were always fatal. Python and the Cyclops experienced their force.
As to the signification of this fabulous divinity, all are agreed that, by Apollo, the sun is understood in general, though several poetical fictions have relation only to the sun, and not to Apollo. The great attributes of this deity were divination, healing, music, and archery, all which manifestly refer to the sun. Light dispelling darkness, is a strong emblem of truth dissipating ignorance; the warmth of the sun conduces greatly to health; and there can be no juster symbol of the planetary harmony, than Apollo's lyre, the seven strings of which are said to represent the seven planets. As his darts are reported to have destroyed the monster Python, so his rays dry up the noxious moisture which is pernicious to vegetation and fertility.
Apollo was very differently represented in different countries and times, according to the character he assumed. In general he is described as a beardless youth, with long flowing hair floating as it were in the wind, comely and graceful, crowned with laurel, his garments and sandals shining with gold. In one hand he holds a bow and arrows, in the other a lyre; sometimes a shield and the graces. At other times he is invested in a long robe, and carries a lyre and a cup of nectar, the symbol of his divinity.
From 208 BC, the Ludi Apollinares were held annually in Rome between the 6th and 13th July. The ludi were not merely games, but rather a festival of chariot races, plays and sacrifices in honor of the Greek god Apollo.
Roman legend states that the Romans instigated the ludi following oracular advice to secure victory against the forces of Hannibal. But they are also a perfect example of how the Roman establishment controlled and integrated foreign religious practices.
Roman religion was relatively inclusive, welcoming foreign gods and cults– but only if they fit in with traditional Roman religion and did not threaten it. By 213 BC, the forces of Hannibal had massively destabilized the Italy of Rome and her allies.
The battles of Trasimene and Cannae resulted in 15,000 and 75,000 Italian casualties, respectively, and refugees from the countryside and other Italian towns flooded into Rome.
Desperate times led to desperate measures. As it seems that their ancestral gods had failed them, the fearful people began to look elsewhere for supernatural help.
The Roman state now faced conflict both inside and outside its walls.
The Senate answered this threat to its sacred institutions from its own people by calling for the voluntary surrender of all oracular books and prophetic writings as of the first of April. In the meantime, they banned all foreign rites.
But then something "peculiar" happened. The praetor in charge of collecting the writings, Marcus Aemilius, happened across a book of oracles, The Carmina Marciana, by a seer called Marcius. He read two of the oracles it contained. One foretold the calamitous events that had occurred at Cannae, but the other offered the Romans hope.
Aemilius delivered the oracles to the Senate. After a day's deliberation, Marcius' prophecies were cross-checked against the Sibylline books, the ancient Oracular texts of the Roman state, which King Tarquinius Priscus purchased from the Sibyl of Cumae.
Unsurprisingly, the Sibyl's prophecies affirmed the instigation of the new ceremonials. She was, after all, an oracle of Apollo.
So, the Senate called for the institution of sacred games held in honor of a Greek god. They paid for these games, celebrated the following year in 212 BC, at public expense. "The people took part in them," states Livy," wearing wreaths of flowers. The married women offered prayers. The doors to the houses were opened, meals eaten in the open and the day marked with every observance.
Games or ludi dedicated to Apollo took up most of the festival. This was a quite standard part of the religious observances of any festival; an offering of human effort and endeavor to the gods as much as entertainment laid on for the crowds. The Ludi Apollinares consisted of Ludi Circenses: chariot races in the Circus Maximus and Ludi Scaenici: mimes, dances and plays.
On the final day the formal sacrifice to Apollo rounded off the festival-performed "by Greek rite" rather than Roman. This meant that the officiating priest performed the sacrifice bare-headed, rather than with his head covered by his toga according to Roman tradition.
At this sacrifice, the Romans offered Apollo a gilded ox and two gilded white goats. They also offered a gilded heifer to Latona, the Latin name for Apollo's mother, Leto.
The Ludi Apollinares were never meant to become an established part of the Roman religious calendar. But four years later in 208 BC, the Romans passed a lex, or law, making this so.
But perhaps of greater interest is the reasoning behind the inception of the Ludi Apollinaire. For the tales of oracular coincidence are surely no more than that.
The Roman state faced a crisis within as well as a war outside. Rather than creating more discord by forcefully suppressing the people's interest in foreign cults at a time of national crisis, the state instead used that same crisis as an excuse for integrating some of those rites into official Roman religion.
Apollo's games may have added a Greek flavor to part of the Roman religious character, but they were still molded and manipulated to fit within the context of Roman state religion.
In our modern age we return to these games to honor Apollo, so I welcome, on behalf of our Consules and Magistrates, all citizens to the Greek Games of the Romans! May you all participate in these games and may the best one win!
This morning, I performed the following ceremony with some modifications. This ceremony I have written, so others may use it in the future on this opening day, as we grow offline and actually perform public ceremonies.
T. Flavio P. Iunio cos.
When performed in public, the Altar should be adorned with bay laurel, tufts of wool, and hyacinths, where available, and the ceremonia performed in ritus Graecus.
May this water cleanse my body of impurities, as the rain cleanses the air.
The appropriate Gods are invoked.
O Iane pater, God of New Beginnings, Hear Me!
O Iane pater, Gatekeeper of the Gods, Hear Me!
O Iane pater, Bringer of the Morning Sun, Hear Me!
O Apollo Thearius, God of the Oracle, Hear Me!
O Apollo Proupsius, God of Foreseeing, Hear Me!
O Apollo Musagetes, Leader of the Muses, Hear Me!
O Apollo Medicus, God of Healing, Hear Me!
O Apollo Ulius,	God of Sound Health, Hear Me!
O Apollo Alexicacus, Averter of Evil and Harm, Hear Me!
O Apollo Palatinus, Watcher of the Palatine, Hear Me!
O Phoebus Apollo, bearer of health, for You we compose our song, and favorably promote Your discoveries. With Your healing arts, You lead life back when it is withdrawn from us and recall us from joining the Manes in Heaven. You who formerly dwelt in the temples of Aegea, Pergamum, and Epidaurum, and who drove off the Python from Your peaceful house at Delphi, sought a temple at Rome to Your glory, by expelling the foul presence of illness. Come to me now as each time. You have fondly strengthened me when often You were called, and may You be present in all that is performed in and for these games.
Mother Vesta, (adoratio gesture) and all the Gods which it is pious to summon, join together to attend to this humble ceremony. Grant that my work may rise with Your auspices. Fill my intentions with warmth and light. Remind me of the noble virtues. May you, mother Vesta, favor me. Aid me in all my daily tasks, favor me and keep my family from harm.
Light oil lamp or candle.
Oh, Vesta mater, (adoratio gesture) for this petition accept this offering of incense made before you, and upon your will make it so.
Incense is placed in the focus of the altar.
May You be honored by this incense, may You be strengthened by it.
Oh, Ianus (adoratio gesture), creator of the morning sunrise, with You begins our prayers this day. May you favor my work and aid my task to communicate with yourself, Apollo pater, and all the Gods and Goddesses and for this petition may you accept this offering of incense made before you. Upon your will make it so.
I ask your presence. I call to you to be here this morning and witness this rite. Be you well and blessed, O Iane pater, Father Apollo, and gods and goddesses of my household on the occasion of these games, the Ludi Apollinares. By offering you this incense and barley, I pray good prayers so that you may be benevolent and propitious to the Roman People, the Quirites, and to me, my family, and my household.
Incense is placed in the focus of the altar. Barley is sprinkled on the altar.
May You be honored by this incense and barley, may You be strengthened by its presence and fragrant smoke.
O Iane pater, Gatekeeper to the Gods, with this incense and wine on the occasion of the beginning of these games, I pray, ask and beseech you so that you may watch over the Roman People, the Quirites, to me, my family, and my household, and bring us success in our newest beginning, the Ludi Apollinares. O God of all creation and God of the Gods, may you be benevolent and propitious to the Roman People, the Quirites, and to me, to my household and to my family.
Raise each offering and present it to the deity so that the deity may bless it.
(Present Wine) Iane pater, I pray that You bless this wine in sacrifice.
(Present Frankincense) Iane pater, I pray that You bless this incense in sacrifice.
I have done for you in the past, and I now humbly ask that may every good fortune attend the Roman people, the Quirites. I pray and I ask that you may increase the sovereign power and majesty of the Roman people, the Quirites, in war and peace; as you have always watch over us among the Latins. Forever may you grant safety, victory and health to the Roman people, the Quirites. May you bestow your favor on the Roman people, the Quirites, and on the legions of the Roman people, the Quirites. May you preserve the health and welfare of the people of Rome, the Quirites, and may you always remain willingly favorable and propitious to the people of Rome, the Quirites, to me, to my house and my household.
O Apollo, or by whatsoever holy name it pleases You, from antiquity have You accepted the customary offerings of mankind, preserve in good faith the children of Romulus as ever You graced our ancestors and thus bless and accept these offerings I now make in sacrifice to You.
Let offerings be made to you with the appropriate sacrifice of seven libations of wine, seven leaves of bay laurel, seven cakes of barley, and the sweet smell of Frankincense on the occasion of these games, the Ludi Apollinares, given to you in your immortal honor.
(Present Wine) Apollo, to this same end I pray that You bless this wine in sacrifice.
(Present Frankincense) Apollo, to this same end I pray that You bless this incense in sacrifice.
(Present Bay Laurel) Apollo, to this same end I pray that You bless this bay laurel in sacrifice.
(Present Barley Cakes) Apollo, to this same end I pray that You bless these cakes in sacrifice.
Prepare the offerings for immolation by sprinkling them with mola salsa.
May you accept these offerings to be burnt whole for you in sacrifice.
Kithara or lyre music should be played as the hymn is sung, but never flute music.
Come, O God, kind patron, come! May you favor us in your presence.
I will remember and not be unmindful of Apollo who shoots afar. As he goes through the house of Zeus, the gods tremble before him and all spring up from their seats when he draws near, as he bends his bright bow.
But Latona alone stays by the side of Zeus who delights in thunder; and then she unstrings his bow, and closes his quiver, and takes his archery from his strong shoulders in her hands and hangs them on a golden peg against a pillar of his father's house.
Then she leads him to a seat and makes him sit: and the Father gives him nectar in a golden cup welcoming his dear son, while the other gods make him sit down there, and queenly Latona rejoices because she bare a mighty son and an archer.
Rejoice, blessed Latona, for you bare a glorious child, the lord Apollo, who delights in arrows; him in rocky Delos, as you rested against the great mass of the Cynthian hill hard by a palm-tree by the streams of Inopus.
O Great Pythian, how, then, shall I sing of you who in all ways are a worthy theme of song? For everywhere, O Phoebus, the whole range of song is fallen to you, both over the mainland that rears heifers and over the isles.
All mountain-peaks and high headlands of lofty hills and rivers flowing out to the deep and beaches sloping seawards and havens of the sea are your delight.
Shall I sing how at the first Latona bare you to be the joy of men, as she rested against Mount Cynthus in that rocky isle, in sea-girt Delos, while on either hand a dark wave rolled on landwards driven by shrill winds, whence arising you rule over all mortal men?
End kithara or lyre music.
O Apollo, Great Musagetes, may You be honored by this hymn, may You be strengthened by its melodious sound.
O Iane pater, for these reasons may you be honored and strengthened with the sacrifice of this wine, and become favorable and propitious to the Roman people, the Quirites, to myself, to my house, and to my household.
A libation of wine is poured in the focus of the altar.
May You accept this offering, and may this sacrifice pay appropriate tribute to You.
O Iane pater, for these reasons may you be honored and strengthened with the sacrifice of this incense, and become favorable and propitious to the Roman people, the Quirites, to myself, to my house, and to my household.
Frankincense is placed in the focus of the altar.
O Apollo, Great Olympian, for these reasons may you be honored and strengthened with the sacrifice of this wine, and become favorable and propitious to the Roman people, the Quirites, to myself, to my house, and to my household.
Seven libations of wine are poured in the focus of the altar.
O Apollo, Great Delian, for these reasons may you be honored and strengthened with the sacrifice of this bay laurel, and become favorable and propitious to the Roman people, the Quirites, to myself, to my house, and to my household.
Seven bay laurel leaves are placed in the focus of the altar.
O Apollo, Great Pythian, for these reasons may you be honored and strengthened with the sacrifice of these barley cakes, and become favorable and propitious to the Roman people, the Quirites, to myself, to my house, and to my household.
Seven barley cakes are placed in the focus of the altar.
O Apollo, Mighty Latoeus, for these reasons may you be honored and strengthened with the sacrifice of this incense, and become favorable and propitious to the Roman people, the Quirites, to myself, to my house, and to my household.
O Iane pater, master of new beginnings, just as I have offered sacrifices and prayed to you with proper prayer, for these reasons may you be honored and strengthened with the sacrifice, and become favorable and propitious to the Roman people, the Quirites, to myself, to my house, and to my household.
O Father Apollo, great Delphinian, just as I have offered sacrifices and prayed to you with proper prayer, for these reasons may you be honored and strengthened with the sacrifice, and become favorable and propitious to the Roman people, the Quirites, to myself, to my house, and to my household.
O Iane pater, and all other gods and goddesses by whatever name I may call you, if anything in this ceremony was displeasing to you, with this incense I ask forgiveness and expiate my fault.
Apollo pater, and all other gods and goddesses by whatever name I may call you, if anything in this ceremony was displeasing to you, with this incense I ask forgiveness and expiate my fault.
O Vesta mater, and all other gods and goddesses by whatever name I may call you, if anything in this ceremony was displeasing to you, with this incense I ask forgiveness and expiate my fault.
Extinguish oil lamp or candle.
Note: Apollonian Incense was used, as well as Frankincense. Apollonian Incense is 4 parts Frankincense, 2 parts Myrrh, and 2 parts coarsely-ground Bay Laurel.


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2 More Jokes…It's been a rough day!	You are under surveillance!
1 Peter 1:5-7 For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; 6 and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; 7 and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love.
Message for today: Christian Character is what God wants us to have.
Lovely, Tanya! Sometimes it seems that the closer we get to God, the more flawed we appear to ourselves. We need to remember to be patient with ourselves because "God isn't finished with us yet"! Blessings on you this week!


Learning to love myself one blog post at a time.
Have yourself a merry little Jewmas!
Aah, the Christmas season – families decorating their tree, chestnuts roasting on an open fire, leaving cookies out for Santa and some carrots for Rudolph and his reindeer friends. Christmas is about togetherness, it's about love, and it's about celebrating the birth of the Baby Jee.
But what about us lonely Jews?
This is NOT Jewmas - this is just wrong.
We get none of that. No tree. And let me stop you now – don't even try to pull that Hanukkah Bush bs on me. It's a lie. There were no trees in the desert. There was one bush, and it burned. Thanks Moses, way to cockblock our holiday fun. Yes, we do have eight nights of presents, but really, once you're older then say 8 years of age that gets thrown out of the window too. Parents start to pull this "one present for all of Hanukkah" crap once they realize that you're on to them. There's no mad rush at the crack of dawn to some glorious present-wielding foliage. NO. Once present, a night and not until AFTER candle lighting and praying and general Jewishness.
NOT ANYMORE MY FRIENDS. Meet Jewmas: A Nondenominational Jeebus free celebration of a Christmas-like nature. Yes friends, Brooke and I have invented a holiday that combines the best of both worlds. You can still light the menorah with the best of them in early December, and now, with Jewmas, you can also fully appreciate the beauty of the Xmas tree. Jeebus didn't have one, and neither do you, but now that won't prevent you from ogling the shiny.
Jewmas is a truly secular celebration. Make a special meal, have a holiday cocktail. Maybe watch A Christmas Jewmas Story on the TV. Whatever you want, it's your new holiday to do with as you please, and that's the true joy of the Jewmas. It's by Jews, for Jews, and for you (if you're not Jewish)!
For Jewmas 2009 (the Inaugural Jewmas) Miss B and I will be gathering in the fabulous city of New York (at my home) with my two kitties. There are big plans: the tree at Rockefeller Center, ice skating in Central Park, cookie baking. More cookie baking! Also, we'll be baking cookies. There might also be peppermint fudge. Jewmas is really about the food. And friends. And fun. Just like Christmas, but without the nativity scene.
If that's a little too much, feel free to take baby steps: watch the Macy's Christmas Parade, or eat a tree shaped cookie. Or, if all else fails, celebrate old school: Chinese food the movies. 'Cause that's what's open.
What's most important is that you embrace the holiday spirit and create for yourselves a little Jewmas miracle.
From the both of us, Happy Christmas and Merry Jewmas! MWAH!
~ by BrookeLockart on December 24, 2009.
and we love you D! wish you were here with us.
Yay, Stagey! This is a lovely idea, and I fully support it- I will make special effort to keep Jewmas in my heart this holiday season, and also will take some peppermint fudge. Thanks. Haha- Merry Jewmas!
p.s. Ms. Brooke, I do not know thee (but as a friend of Stagey, you are surely awesome, just as I : ) – just wanted to say I think your blog looks so pretty… love the pic and the falling snow- so cool!
Aww, Stagey and I are about to go eat some cookies mmmm… and thanks for checking out my blog!
Hi Brooke! I am new to your blog– I admit I found your link on LTT and then I got sucked in with the beautiful header and your beautiful words. I also think I'm kind of obsessed with bloggers from PA because I spent my childhood there and I miss it. Wonderful blog, I hope you won't mind if I stop back by from time to time.
Merry Jewmas to both you and Noodle!
Welcome and please do come back! And nothing wrong with finding my link through LTT, that's why it's there! Merry Christmas!
I'm a little Amelie (Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain), but with less adorableness and more snark. Part die-hard Penn State fan, part girly girl, part adventurer and the rest...magic.


Many people struggle to come up with gift ideas for people they are shopping for. I think often it is because the person they are shopping for already seems to have everything. Or maybe it is just because the shopper is looking for something truly unique.
Did it give you any (unique) ideas?? Check out the Deer Toilet Seat I came across while browsing some of the listings (picture above)?


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Object Description Tulean Dispatch includes magazine sections: "Does it Pay to Stay Here?" by Rev. Shigeo Tanabe, "Relocation" poem by Minoru Kimura, "Nisei Personality Adjustment: Nisei Need to Find Their Perspectives Through Self-Analysis" by James Sakoda, "Gloom" by Buster Sawai, "Outside" by Shuji Kimura, "A Block Manager's Office" cartoon, "Nisei Personality: The Reverend Shigeo Tanabe" by Kon Hayashi and "There Are Such People" by Day O'Hara. 32 pages, ink on paper, cover pages colored.
Notes Introduction on page 2 reads: "No. 11 published July, 1943, by the Tulean Dispatch, Building 1608, War Relocation Authority, Nowell, California. This supplement is published whenever possible." The Tulean Dispatch newspaper was in print from June 15, 1942 until October 30, 1943. Tule Lake Publications. Collected and donated by Jack W. Fleming.


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Police advice on making a silent 999 call when you can't talk
Police need you to do do more than just ring 999
Ruth Ovens
This is what you should do if you need to call 999 but it's not safe to speak (Image: Steve Parsons/PA Wire)
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When you dial 999 anywhere in the UK, your call is answered by telephone operators from BT, who will then direct your call to the most appropriate emergency service.
There is a misconception that the police will always attend if you stay silent after calling 999 - this is not correct, there is a way to make a calls when you really can't talk.
The following advice is from West Yorkshire Police who has taken to social media to issue instruction on what to do.
Why can't I phone 999 and stay silent?
It's important to remember that each day the 999 service receives large numbers of accidental 999 calls, particularly from mobile phones.
Operators will attempt to confirm there is an emergency by asking the normal questions in order to receive a response - even if this is coughing or tapping on the hnadset.
Press 55 - this tells the police that the call is a genuine emergency
If suspicious noises are heard, the call will be put through to the police or the caller will be asked to press/dial 55 which will also route the call to the police.
The BT operator will pass on to the police any information they have been able to establish and the police customer contact centre agent will then also attempt to assess if there is an emergency and the location of the caller.
Motorway cop tells of his heartbreak at finding cold and hungry Iraqi children by M62
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Nice picture of Jim – he looks almost distinguished!
Funny you should say that – I made that comment too – he should have been wearing a tie!
At one point there were three fly anglers together on the river.
Is "abomination" the collective noun for fly anglers then? Obviously it's a "scum" of biologists….
You said that – not me!
However, I approve and it shall be used!
This comes from personal experience! Years ago, when I worked on the Thames we had some serious droughts (about 1990-1992) and one of my colleagues used a very neat technique to determine the effects of reduced flow on the river. He can examine the casts of chironomids which are left floating on the river once the adults have emerged and tell what sort of community there is living on the bottom. To get to the shucks, he uses a very fine net attached to the end of a roach pole to sample the floating debris which backs up behind weirs, fallen trees, etc. He once presented a poster with a photo of himself sampling the crud with the title "Scum sampling"! You can't argue with that! The educational bit of this post is: Google something called "CPET" or "The Chironomid Pupal Exuvial Technique" and prepare to be amazed.


It's a challenge to make art without collecting a pile of materials. I have fun playing with whatever I find.
In this series, I used pieces of clear plastic sheeting from the remnant bin in a local fabric store. The embroidery looks three-dimensional, and the colors and lines pop when photographed against different settings.


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Heartbreaking to see my dad die, says Idris Elba
Winston died at the age of 76 in 2013.
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London: Actor Idris Elba says watching his father Winston die of lung cancer was heartbreaking.
In an interview to The Hollywood Reporter, the "Luther" actor opened about his father's illness and why did he get a tattoo of "one life" on his forearm, reported mirror.co.uk.
He said: "That's it. That's all we've got. I watched my dad die, and he and I had big plans.I never got to show him the fruits of my labour. We talked about things he could have if I made it, then he got sick.
"It was heartbreaking, but it also grounded the f*** out of me."
This encouraged Elba to get "one life" tattooed on his arm so that he doesn't forget to grab every opportunity thrown at him.
Winston died at the age of 76 in 2013. He was also Elba's role model for playing Nelson Mandela in the film of his life, "Long Walk to Freedom".
"So when someone tells me, 'You're doing a bit too much', I'm like, I'm going to die one day, I'm going to take that last breath. You know what I don't want to be thinking when I do? 'I should've done that'," Elba added.
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Article XI: "After 1 January 1950, the present Convention may be acceded to on behalf of any Member of the United Nations and of any non-member State which has received an invitation as aforesaid. Instruments of accession shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations."
Article XIII: "Any ratification or accession effected, subsequent to the latter date shall become effective on the ninetieth day following the deposit of the instrument of ratification or accession."
On October 3, 2001 Paraguay, deposited instruments of ratification with the United Nations. This ratification brings the total number of parties to the Convention to 133. Over fifty years ago Paraquay signed the Convention on December 11, 1948, the first day the Convention was open for signature.
On September 9, 2000 Guinea and Switzerland, deposited instruments of accession with the United Nations during the UN Millennium Summit. Guinea, a West African country north of Liberia and Sierra Leone, also signed the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court during the Millennium Summit on September 8, 2000. Switzerland, the only major nation not a member of the United Nations, had earlier signed the Rome Statue on July 18, 1998.
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During 1999 two nations deposited instruments of accession with the United Nations: Portugal on February 9 and Uzbekistan on September 9.
During 1998 four nations deposited instruments of accession with the United Nations: Belize on March 10, Kazakhstan on August 26, Bangladesh on October 5, and South Africa on December 10.
Over 50 nations, including Indonesia, Japan and Nigeria, are not parties to the Genocide Convention. Choose a link below see a list of nonparticipating nations.