Shravanabelgola, February 10, 2006: IT was a unique event atop Vindhya Giri amid Jain hymns and chanting on Friday, the Third Day of Mahamasthakabhisheka. Pontiff of Shravanbelgola Swasthisri Charukeerthi Bhattarak Munimaharaj released the English version of much acclaimed Kalachakra Panchanga, written by renowned astrologer Dr Surendra Kumar Jain.
Speaking at the relase, Swamiji said that the Panchanga is a useful asset to every house hold. "The Kalachakra Panchang is a mixture of old and latest system of Astrology. The Kalachakra Panchanga is a user friendly book," he said.
Dr Jain said that he had predicted that the previous State government would be in trouble. "It's all planetary movements. Star power act on human beings and thus we can predict the possibilities of trouble. I had predicted that the Dharam Singh government could land in trouble on the basis of calculation made on planetary movement" he said.
"Centuries ago, Astronomers and Astrologers from India have made many predictions and studies based on the movement of the stars. The modern scientist should put more light on those historical records," headded.
Kalachakra Panchanga is widely made available across the State. The Kannada version of Kalachakra Panchaga had a soft launch recently. The Kannada Panchanga cost Rs 30 and the English one is available for Rs. 40.
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SCC Rules Pair Accused of an Honour Killing Should be Extradited to India
In a unanimous decision issued today, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) upheld an extradition order that will send a mother and uncle accused of killing their daughter/niece to India.
The initial extradition order had been issued by then-Justice Minister, Peter McKay in 2014. The B.C. Court of Appeal ultimately stopped the extradition over concerns about whether the accused would be mistreated or even tortured if they returned to India.
Canada's highest court overturned the Court of Appeal decision, finding that there was no justifiable basis for Canada not to extradite to India, and that it had been reasonable for the Minister to conclude that the pair would not be tortured, based on assurances from India.
The pair are accused of planning the murder of their daughter/niece, who was ambushed and killed by a group of men in India in 2000. The daughter and her new husband had been travelling by scooter when they were attacked by armed assailants, who forced the daughter into a car and drove away. She was found in a canal the next day with her throat slit. The new husband was seriously injured in the ambush and left to die.
The daughter and the husband, a rickshaw driver, had secretly married against the wishes of her family who had "promised" her to a much older, wealthy man.
At the time of the murder, the uncle and mother were Canadian citizens living in the Vancouver area. Indian authorities claimed that they ordered the attack from Canada and paid $10,000 CAD to have their plot carried out. A court in India has already convicted the pair of murder, and wants to try them on further charges of conspiracy to commit murder.
The Extradition Order
The judge who originally committed the pair for extradition to face the charges in India cited evidence that the mother and uncle had viewed the marriage as bringing dishonor to the family. Death threats had been made to both the daughter and the husband and phone calls had been traced from the pair's B.C. home to some of the perpetrators in India around the time of the attack.
The Minister issued surrender orders that were conditional on several assurances from India, committing to the non-imposition of the death penalty, to meeting the safety and medical needs of the pair, and to permitting them access to Canadian consular officials.
The Court of Appeal
The pair, who are now 67 and 72 years old, fought against their extradition, arguing that they would be placed in substandard prison conditions if extradited, and would not have access to adequate medical care.
They further claimed that the Minister had not received reasonable assurances from India that their health and safety would be protected if they returned to India.
A majority of the Court of Appeal found that there was a "valid basis for concern" that the pair would be subject to violence, torture, and neglect of medical care if they returned to India. The Court held that the Minister's decision to accept India's assurances with respect to the pair was not reasonable, as he had not considered whether the assurances meaningfully addressed possible risks, or whether the assurances could actually be implemented by India.
The SCC disagreed with the Court of Appeal, finding that the Minister was aware of the health and safety risks and had "treated them seriously". It had been reasonable for the Minister to conclude that the pair would not face a substantial risk of torture or mistreatment based on the assurances made by the Indian government in response to his concerns.
Furthermore, it was defensible for the Minister to find that the pair's surrender would "not be otherwise unjust or oppressive":
The gravity of the alleged offence in this case was particularly relevant to the Minister. Mr. Badesha and Ms. Sidhu are wanted in India for alleged criminal conduct of the most horrific nature — namely, participation in a conspiracy to commit the honour killing of a family member. The Minister noted that the alleged offence "engages, first and foremost, the interests of the Republic of India to prosecute" Mr. Badesha and Ms. Sidhu and stressed the "importance of seeing justice done on India's territory"
Eleven other individuals were put on trial in India for the murder. At first, seven were convicted and four were acquitted, and then four more were further acquitted on appeal. Three are currently serving life sentences for their roles in the attack.
The mother and uncle have been free on bail while awaiting the SCC's decision. We will continue to follow updates in this matter, now that a decision has been handed down.
In the meantime, if you have questions or have been charged with murder or manslaughter here in Canada, contact Barrison Law online or at 905-404-1947. We maintain a 24-hour call service to protect your rights and to ensure that you have access to justice at all times.

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German Government offers TB assistance to DPRK
The German government has provided North Korea with US$600,000 in medical aid via [Caritas International], a U.S. media reported Tuesday.
The Roman Catholic group Caritas International, which was launched in Germany in 1897, has been campaigning to help the needy in the impoverished communist nation, especially those infected with tuberculosis (TB) and hepatitis.
"The German government is providing 450,000 euros [$600,000] to be used for the TB patients in the DPRK," Reinhard A. Wurkner, a Caritas official in charge of Asia, was quoted as telling the Voice of America. DPRK is the acronym for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, North Korea's official name.
Caritas began its North Korea project in 1996. It has since offered medical and nutritional assistance to TB and hepatitis patients in the country.
German gov't offers US$600,000 in N. Korea aid
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Donor fatigue…
Tuesday, July 6th, 2010
According to Kang Hyun-kyong in the Korea Times:
As a veteran aid worker, Wolfgang Gerstner was weary of a vicious circle of escalating tensions between South and North Korea after the latter was found to be responsible for the sinking of the warship Cheonan on March 26.
According to the German consultant working for international aid group Caritas Germany, North Korea's bellicose acts have led those outside the country who have tried to help it to harden their attitudes.
This has resulted in a decrease of donations, causing children there to live without vaccinations for example.
Gerstner, 53, went on to say that children and ordinary people living in the impoverished North, whose living standards couldn't be worse, suffer the unintended consequences of the regime-led provocations.
"It is difficult for people living outside North Korea to separate ordinary people living in the North from the regime," Gerstner, who oversees Caritas's humanitarian aid program to North Korea (the CI-DPRK program), said last Thursday in an interview with The Korea Times at a hotel in Seoul.
Caritas relies on donations from individual and corporate members to sustain their humanitarian aid to less developed nations in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
The aid organization also receives funds from the German government and Catholic churches here in Korea for the vaccination campaign for North Korean children.
North Korea is one of the nations where the rate of child mortality is alarmingly high.
According to United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), 55 of every 1,000 children in North Korea die before they turn five.
Child mortality can be largely preventable if young children are vaccinated.
The North issuing a threat, however, is a stumbling block to the international effort to save children there.
When recipient governments make threats, it is natural for people living outside those nations to harden their view toward them, making donors or potential donors rethink their contribution.
"I don't have the exact figure regarding the loss in donations after the provocation, but it certainly does have an effect on the amount," Gerstner said.
"Escalating tensions make it difficult for aid workers like me to convince our donors to contribute to humanitarian assistance for the people there."
Catastrophic security
The German aid worker sat down with the reporter days after wrapping up his recent visit to North Korea from June 8 to 12 this year for the regular vaccination program.
During the four-day field trip, Gerstner and August Stich, a medical advisor working with the Medical Mission Hospital Wuerzberg in Germany, visited the Sadong Tuberculosis Center, the new national laboratory at the Pyongyang Tuberculosis Hospital.
The two-man delegation also met with officials from the North Korean Ministry of Public Health and experts in medical institutes in Pyongyang and in the neighborhood of the North's capital.
They made the June visit after about 500,000 North Korean children aged from seven to 16 years old were vaccinated in three rounds from February to April, thanks to the Caritas program.
Since March 2007 when he was first called upon to handle the CI-DPRK program, Gerstner has been to the North approximately 20 times for talks with his North Korean counterpart — the Ministry of Public Health.
His most recent trip came at a time when tension on the Korean Peninsula has shown little sign of subsiding after a multinational investigation team concluded last month that a North Korean torpedo was responsible for taking the lives of 46 sailors.
The North has denied it.
In an attempt to teach North Korea a lesson that any criminal acts will invite punishment, South Korea referred the Cheonan case to the U.N. Security Council (UNSC) in early June, calling for retaliatory measures against the North for the unacceptable act.
North Korea has claiming it is "innocent" and further threatened to take "counter-measures" if the UNSC sides with the multinational team over the probe results and comes up with punitive measures against it.
The two Koreas' engaging in a game of chicken in the wake of the sinking of the ship has led to international media headlines featuring the peninsula on the verge of a war.
A vicious circle
The security standoff has spillover effect on humanitarian assistance to the North.
Disappointed, individual and corporate donors have become skeptical about contributing money or goods for the improvement of living conditions in the North.
Lesley-Anne Knight, secretary general of Caritas, expressed her concern over the unintended consequences of rising tensions last Tuesday during a news conference held in Seoul.
"This tension, of course, makes it much more difficult for us as humanitarian actors to maintain a neutral and impartial interest at the international level for North Korea," Knight said.
"When there is a bellicose act, when people start to feel concerned about conflict escalating, international attention and the sympathy perhaps of the international humanitarian community for the plights of the (North) Korean people tends to diminish, tends to wane."
Knight went on to say that "that is the extreme concern for us."
Caritas, which has spent a total of $33 million on humanitarian aid and development in North Korea since 1995, called for a continuation of assistance.
The reaction came weeks after the South Korean government's halt of assistance to the North in retaliation for its torpedo attack on the ship.
"(Humanitarian assistance) is absolutely essential for us. The situation of the majority of the North Korean people is that most of them are struggling to get their daily basic needs. Most specifically, food and health," Knight said.
'N. Korean kids are brave'
In his previous visits to the North in March, Gerstner had opportunities of taking a closer look at the facilities of clinics, institutes, and primary and secondary schools, while monitoring the North's implementation of Caritas's vaccination programs.
"Compared with South Korean hospitals and their amenities, hospitals in the North are less modern. Doctors there have to rely more on traditional medicine as they don't have necessary facilities and medicine," he said.
He called North Korean children "very brave."
"It happens in other countries that school age children cry when they wait for their turns in line for taking vaccination shots. But North Korean children never cried even when they took the shots," he said.
Previously, Gerstner was involved in several emergency relief programs in Africa, Latin America and the former East Germany. He helped organize rehabilitation programs in the local community.
Gerstner said North Korean teachers and children were "friendly and open-minded" when meeting with him, although they never spoke.
He said the most difficult part when implementing the aid program to North Korea was access to information and communication.
"For planning, we need information and have to communicate with our counterpart. The ministry has no email account, making it more difficult for us to execute the program," he said.
Donors turn their back on N. Korea for provocation, putting kids at risk
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Pope's Letter to Be Delivered to North Korean Catholics
Pope Benedict XVI has addressed a letter to North Korea's Catholics to be delivered by a South Korean delegation of the Catholic humanitarian organization Caritas at Pyongyang, the Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported Monday quoting a Caritas spokesman.
The visit by the Catholic relief organization will take place on March 27-31 and is intended to "strengthen relations with the authorities and analyze needs,'' AFP quoted Caritas spokeswoman Nancy McNally as saying.
Caritas is a confederation of 162 Catholic relief, development and social service organizations working to build a better world, especially for the poor and oppressed, in over 200 countries and territories.
The global news agency said the letter is a reply to a Christmas address sent to the pontiff by the National Korean Catholic Association.
There are reportedly around 3,000 to 4,000 Catholics in North Korea, who are members of a church which comes under the control of the North Korean government and has no official ties to the Vatican.
Last November the Pope urged the international community to intensify humanitarian aid to the world's most vulnerable countries, particularly North Korea.
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Great-West Life's HelloLife advertising campaign received the Best of the Best Gold Quill Award by the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) at the Excellence Awards Gala held on June 6 in New Orleans.
The award, presented to Sarah Emms, Angela Foresi, Bhaswati Ghosh, Kaleigh Rodgers and Sara Wilson, recognized the best Marketing, Advertising and Brand Communication for HelloLife's 2015 campaign.
"These awards validate our significant collaborative effort towards meeting the needs of Canadians with an emotionally resonant, plain-language approach to marketing," says Kaleigh Rodgers, Marketing Delivery.
The team shares their win with many other departments and business units across Great-West Life. Together, they created a brand that spoke to clients in a language they can relate to. The HelloLife campaign focused on clear communications and financial literacy, to help clients see the value in starting the retirement conversation with their advisors.
"HelloLife is a great example of what we achieve when teams from different business areas come together to put our client first," says Rob Ritchie, executive vice-president, Wealth Management.
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Jorgenson Consulting Seeks CEO for Puget Sound Economic Growth Group
January 10, 2018 – The Regional Trade and Economic Development Alliance has selected Greensboro, NC-based Jorgenson Consulting to assist in its search for a new president and CEO. Todd Jorgenson, the search firm's managing director and principal, is leading the assignment.
The Regional Trade and Economic Development Alliance is the working name for a new regional organization created to enhance trade and economic development efforts and bring a broad-based and inclusive economic growth and prosperity for the Puget Sound region in Washington.
The new CEO will be working with the board and regional partners to create a permanent name and brand for the organization. The role involves providing oversight, strategic guidance and management direction to a staff of economic development professionals to support strategic initiatives that will further economic development in the Puget Sound area.
During the initial start-up phase, the CEO is expected to work with the board of directors and stakeholders of the region to develop a strategic plan, then begin implementing the plan. During the start-up phase and into operational sustainability, the CEO will partner with the private sector, associate development organizations, municipal government entities and other organizations to recruit companies and promote trade around Puget Sound.
The organization is looking for a leader that brings vision, energy and a collaborative mindset to the region. "The CEO will be adept at building trust amongst private and public sector entities," said Mr. Jorgenson. The individual must have "a strong understanding of the functions of economic development organizations and how they work with other partners to strengthen commerce, and possess a demonstrated knowledge of what it takes to keep the companies already in the region, while attracting companies from domestic and international markets," he said. The search is expected to take about four months.
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In addition, the individual must have an understanding of the changing dynamics of the business environment in the Puget Sound region and what is required to attract businesses, said Jorgenson Consulting. The person should have strong character, with emotional intelligence, authenticity and a broad perspective.
The Regional Trade and Economic Development Alliance is a private-public collaborative endeavor intended to foster greater coordination and cooperation within the Puget Sound region to support trade and economic development that is broad based, inclusive and provides an opportunity for all of the region's residents. The Alliance will begin operations by July 1, with full operations commencing by the beginning of next year.
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Electric cars are clearly all the rage: a new U.K. start-up company is getting its Bee.One electric vehicle ready, scheduled to hit the roads sometime around 2011. But unlike many other EV cars out there, the One is going to be as cheap as chips.
It's slated to cost around $17,000–and that's for a five-door, four-seater family vehicle. The car has a twin-motor system that ditches the need for a differential, making it lighter and thus more efficient in battery-mileage. For the same reason, it won't have a "normal" car audio set up, but instead come with a basic speaker system and an iPod dock. Like most other electric cars it has a set of floor-mounted batteries, with enough juice to give the vehicle a range of 200 miles. At its top 80 mph speed, that drops to just 100 miles, but that's a distance that will suit many commuters.
Unlike most other electric cars we've heard about, it's got a sophisticated computer management system that keeps track of all the car's electronic and mechanical innards. This system is permanently connected over the 3G cellular network, and it allows for some pretty interesting "real-time" activities. For example, if there's a firmware upgrade available for its system management hardware, your car can simply download it overnight and reboot. Performance and car usage data could be uploaded from the car to monitor its efficiency, and then a remote diagnostic system could give you advance warning of any problems that may arise. This sounds like a smart way to remove any worries that potential purchasers may have about maintaining the new technology…although it does raise the slightly unnerving specter of your car's ability to catch a virus.
The makers plan to have 12,000 Bee.Ones roll off the production line every year, which isn't terribly many. But at least its due not long after Detroit Electric's vehicles, and before the Tesla S, and it's much much cheaper than both of them.


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Q: How to improve this pandas code "Dropping of nuisance columns in DataFrame reductions (with 'numeric_only=None') is deprecated" I have a CSV with more than 500.000 results with a lot of duplicates, I'm creating a new dataframe with unique values and trying to find the min value of a date.
I have this code here that works but takes way to much time to load. How can I improve this?
for i in range(len(df_leads)):
    df_leads.loc[i,'Created Date'] = df[df['customer_lead_id'] == df_leads.loc[i,'Lead']].min()['created_date']

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I'm creating a new dataframe with unique values and trying to find the min value of a date.
The second df comes from doing the unique of df['customer_lead_id']

Instead of that, we can drop_duplicates in a DataFrame after we sort_values of the date - this will keep the first occurrence, i. e. the min value:
df.sort_values('created_date').drop_duplicates('customer_lead_id')

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On an organization no longer at sea.
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You don't often write a headline and then see a photo like this; it really is a great year.
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We needed this. There was no reason we had to have it, but we needed it. After the trade and COVID and the 2020 season, it felt pretty bleak in these parts. It was pretty bleak in these parts. And days like this seemed years away.
Now that they are here, it feels... exceptional. Except it doesn't feel like an exception at all. In the most literal sense, it's unlikely that the Sox win nine games in a row (or however many they get to) again this year, but that's not the point. The point is that the team's baseline has moved from .500 team to something, if only slightly better in cold, hard math terms (while FanGraphs has the Sox's playoff odds at 55%, Baseball Prospectus still has them at less than half of that)—well, something that feels good of which to be a part.
For the first time since 2018, there is pure joy in Red Sox baseball. In 2019 the weight of expectations weighed down the team as if it had been soaked in mercury, and last year was the stuff of nightmares. All this is like being awoken from the nightmare to find it's the most beautiful day you've ever seen, one when you don't check the weather forecast to see how it'll be in the afternoon. You live these moments and don't worry too much about if you'll need an umbrella later.
And they might. The pitching has been, on balance, perhaps unsustainably good. J.D. Martinez and Rafael Devers are unlikely to to hit 70 homers each. Matt Barnes is probably not the belated second coming of Mariano Rivera. But honestly, who cares? It's time to break out a version of one of the oldest saws in the English language: It's called the present because it's a gift.
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And this is a gift from the players to us. I won't sit here and blow smoke Chaim Bloom's direction until I see it for a full year, because his job is to create a team that does it for a full year, and the major contributors to all this winning—Martinez, Devers, Barnes, Xander Boagerts—predate his arrival. Alex Verdugo had a great day yesterday and could be one of the players that Bloom acquired who does send the Sox to heights undreamt of even a week ago at this time, but that's a touch more muddled calculation, albeit one that is not necessarily Bloom's fault (I'm sure the order to trade Mookie was just that: an order). Insofar as he has contributed to the current run, the Garrett Whitlocks of the world are great for now, but they are neither the meat nor the potatoes if what has been a bountiful meal so far. They're flourishes—from a master chef, for sure—alongside the day-to-day work it takes to feed a ravenous fan base.
The hard work will be incumbent on the players who have excelled so far to keep it up, but the fact they're still capable of it is bracing, in a good way. As recently as last week it seemed realistic to peg Martinez's over-under for home runs at 27, which would have been historically out of line with full-season production for any year that wasn't 2020; there were even concerns with Devers's swing-and-miss patterns. These worries have been burnt off like a marine layer on the California coast. The fog in which this organization has been mired has been lifted.
The journey will be long, but finally, blissfully, the team is headed in the right direction. The sun is shining and the wind is strong. Now bring us that horizon.


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Drink Driving Limits Around the World Compared
While Christmas may look a little different this year, chances are there'll still be people on the road who think it's acceptable to drink and drive. The festive period always sees a rise in drink driving cases, as revellers get carried away while celebrating with friends, colleagues and family – putting themselves and others at risk.
Although most motorists wouldn't dream of being drunk at the wheel, a small minority think the rules don't apply. Even here in the UK where drink driving rules are largely very strict, thousands of people break the law and drive drunk, with over 85,000 drivers a year convicted of DUI offences.
What we want to know is how do the UK's drink driving laws stack up against other countries? And how does our alcohol limit compare to the rest of the world?
To find out, Prestone, who make high performance car maintenance products, did some research into the world's drink driving limits, looking at countries in Europe and beyond. Take a look at what they unearthed below.
Surprising Facts and Stats About International Drink Driving Limits
What can drink driving laws and limits from around the world tell us about our own DUI rules? And could the UK learn a thing or two from its neighbours across the Channel? Here we're taking a look at some of the essential facts and stats to know about drink driving limits around the world.
It's interesting to note that the UK (not including Scotland) has one of the highest drink drive limits in the world, on par with countries like Ukraine, Venezuela, Tanzania and Malaysia. England, Wales and Northern Ireland have a limit which far outstrips most other Western countries, including Germany and France, two of our most comparable neighbours.
Why is the drink drive limit disproportionately high in England, Wales and Northern Ireland? It isn't clear. While we do have strict laws for those caught over the limit, it could be argued that it's time for the UK to rethink its limit to discourage motorists from going near the drink before driving.
The World's Drink Drive Limits Revealed
Want to know the drink driving limit in Russia? How about Australia, the US or Brazil? To make it easier to compare the BAC % limits for countries around the world we've put together this handy table which gathers the information in one place.
Click here to see worldwide table for BAC %
How Do Drink Drive Limits Compare in Europe?
Europe has some of the strictest drink drive limits and rules in the world, with Malta, Liechtenstein and Armenia being the only EU nations to have a BAC above 0.05%. Let's take a closer look at how limits and laws compare across the bloc.
The majority of European countries have a drink drive limit of 0.05%, which means drivers are allowed 0.05 grams of alcohol per 100ml of blood. That's typically the equivalent of around one beer or one small glass of wine.
What's interesting to note is that many countries in eastern Europe have much stricter drink drive limits – including Poland, Czechia, Romania, and all countries in the Balkan states – than the likes of France, Spain, Italy and Germany, which all have the customary 0.05% limit.
While France and Germany enforce the 0.05% limit, they have some of the strictest drink drive laws of any European countries – with high fines and additional penalties for new, inexperienced or professional drivers. Switzerland, too, takes drink driving seriously, with a zero-tolerance policy for motorists who have held their licence for under three years.
Drink Driving Limits Around the World
Now that we've mapped the drink drive limits for European countries, let's take a look at limits around the world.
Around the world, the average alcohol limit is 0.06%, slightly higher than the European average. The Cayman Islands have the most lenient blood alcohol limit in the world — allowing driving with a blood alcohol limit up to 0.1%.
Several counties have a zero-tolerance policy on drink driving (including many countries where the sale and distribution of alcohol is prohibited). Many others have different rules depending on the age and experience of the driver, as well as zero-tolerance rules for those who drive professional and consumer vehicles.
In many countries, including Greece and Australia, the police make routine stops to check that a person is below the legal limit to drive. This also happens here in the UK, particularly around Christmas, when the police know there's an increase in drunk drivers on the road.
So there you have it, a complete look at drink driving limits around the world and how the UK compares. We don't need to remind you of the dangers of driving under the influence, but with Christmas just around the corner it's worth remembering the penalties and consequences of climbing behind the wheel after one too many festive beverages.


US president Donald Trump's decision to withdraw US forces from Syria has predictably emboldened Turkey to step up its campaign against American-allied Kurdish fighters in the north of the country. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan claims Mr Trump is even encouraging Ankara to set up a 30km-deep "safe zone" inside Syrian territory across Turkey's southern border.
Whether or not that turns out to be settled US policy — Mr Trump also warned Ankara against attacking Washington's Syrian Kurd allies — Mr Erdogan is in Moscow this week for talks on Syria and the buffer zones with President Vladimir Putin. Russia's intervention in Syria, alongside Iran's, has brought victory to the regime of Bashar al-Assad, as well as its own triumphant return to the Middle East. It shows no sign of wanting to relinquish its hold on the country.
It is with Mr Putin's blessing that Mr Erdogan has been able to establish two Turkish-run buffer zones in north-western Syria: through Operation Euphrates Shield in 2016, which carved out an enclave from Jarabulus on the Euphrates river to Azaz in the west, and Operation Olive Branch, the cover for last year's Turkish invasion of the Syrian Kurdish canton of Afrin.
It is Mr Putin's imprimatur, more than a Trumpian volley of tweets, that Mr Erdogan will need to even attempt to establish any kind of buffer zone in the areas the US plans to vacate east of the Euphrates — the more than one-quarter of Syria largely controlled by the Kurdish Democratic Union party (PYD) and its militias. Is he likely to get it?
Russia's consent to the Euphrates Shield operation in 2016 involved one of the regular realignments in the political shell game of alliances so characteristic of Syria and the Levant. Where Moscow backed the Damascus regime, Ankara was on the opposite side of the civil war, supporting a variety of jihadi rebels against the Assads. Mr Putin evidently saw an opportunity after the abortive coup against the Erdogan government in July 2016 and drew Turkey into his orbit, forming a tripod of power by adding Turkey to its alliance with Iran.


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Suspect accused of gay man's murder may plead 'temporary insanity'
NEW YORK -- A judge in New York on Tuesday ordered a psychiatric evaluation of the suspect charged with murdering a gay man in New York City's Greenwich Village in what authorities say was an anti-gay hate crime.
By Staff Reports Wednesday, July 31, 2013
NEW YORK — A judge in New York on Tuesday ordered a psychiatric evaluation of the suspect charged with murdering a gay man in New York City's Greenwich Village in what authorities say was an anti-gay hate crime.
Elliot Morales, during his arrest by New York police.
Elliot Morales, 33, who is accused of fatally shooting 32-year-old Mark Carson on May 18, will likely plead not guilty by reason of insanity, his attorney, Kevin Michael Canfield, said after a brief hearing Tuesday.
"It could be temporary insanity," Canfield said.
The psychiatric exam will determine whether such a defense can be made.
Authorities say Morales yelled anti-gay slurs before shooting Carson point-blank in the face in a neighborhood long known as a bedrock of the gay rights movement — the slaying occurred a few blocks from the Stonewall Inn, the site of 1969 riots that helped give rise to the gay rights movement.
Morales was soon arrested a few blocks away.
He was indicted in May on charges of murder as a hate crime, criminal possession of a weapon and menacing.
Previously, Canfield implied that Morales' anti-gay bias could the result of being sexually abused as a child.
"He was sexually abused as a child by a male authority figure which led to a lifetime of alcoholism and drug abuse," Canfield told the New York Daily News.
Morales is due back in court Sept. 13 and is currently being held on Rikers Island without bail.
He has a previous arrest for attempted murder in 1998, police said.
Elliot Morales, Mark Carson, Murder, New York, New York City
Man arrested in attack on woman during San Francisco Pride
HHS reports on accomplishments, new efforts to improve LGBT health


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Daniel Brunier was absolutely beside himself with anticipation last month when the subject of the 2016 Vieux Télégraphe vintage came up. "I would never use this word lightly, but 2016 is the absolute best vintage I've ever seen here since 1978… I loved the 2010, the 2007, there were others which gave great emotion, but 2016…" and with that he just nodded his head in disbelief. This was at a casual, home-cooked, off-the-record dinner, not at a trade or promotional event. "This vintage is so… vibrant. The rusticity of our La Crau vineyards, of the old Châteauneuf-du-Pape, is back".
Intrigued, we went to the cellars the next day to taste. We tasted out of the casks, and indeed what was in the glass was unlike no other Châteauneuf I've ever experienced. The juice was luminous and bright, clearly alive and kicking. The taste was salty and spicy, herbal and airy…hardly what one would expect from this neck of the woods, yet a profile for which I believe all great southern wines can strive for, and perhaps once did strive for a few generations ago.
Four generations of Bruniers have been farming the rock covered La Crau plateau since 1891. The steady family stewardship of the land, coupled with one of the most singular terroirs of the world (the rock covered plateau where these vines grow is at points four meters deep with rock before you hit a grain of soil), along with ideal growing conditions and a winemaking approach of zero extraction, gives you…2016 Vieux Télégraphe.
One cannot think of Châteauneuf-du-Pape without thinking of Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe. The Brunier family is legendary in its own right, having been rooted to the plateau known as La Crau for over a century. The wines of Vieux Télégraphe evoke terroir in its purest form, reflecting the dramatic climate, the rough terrain, the sun exposure at a high altitude, the typicity of the varietals, and of course, the influence of their caretakers, the Brunier family. For many, La Crau is Châteauneuf-du-Pape's grandest cru. The wines of V.T. are classic, displaying strength, rusticity, and tremendous longevity. Their goal is to find a harmony between aromatic complexity, tannic structure, and richness, which they achieve year after year.


Mont Rocher Viognier has a haunting honeysuckle and apricot aroma and rich, almost unctuous palate that is somehow still dry, tangy and refreshing. Picked at optimum ripeness at night to preserve the fresh aromas.
A wine of real character, there is a wild ripeness of sweet scented fruit twinned with an edgy woodland perfume. The palate is incredibly long and very rich, scrumptiously juicy fleshy flavours that are counterbalanced and intertwined with the savoury crunchy rooty character of Cabernet Franc.


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What You Need to Know About Immigration Enforcement in the Interior of the U.S.Sarah Hoff2018-10-24T11:44:35-04:00
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Immigration Enforcement in the Interior of the United States
What does "immigration enforcement in the interior of the United States" mean?
Immigration enforcement in the interior of the United States refers to enforcement that takes place outside of what is considered to be the border regions of the US. The border region of the U.S. is stated as any area within 100 miles of the U.S. border. This means that interior enforcement encompasses all immigration enforcement that occurs in other areas of the U.S. that fall outside of the U.S. border 100-mile zones.
Have there been any recent policy changes that would affect interior enforcement?
Yes. Through the January 2017 Executive Order (EO) on Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States[1], the Trump Administration implemented a series of immigration policy changes redefined interior immigration enforcement operations. These policies have expanded the definition/criteria of who is a priority for enforcement and removal. Specifically, the EO:
Established new enforcement policies that called for enforcement against all removable aliens.[2]
The new enforcement priorities prioritize not only undocumented immigrants who have committed acts that are a chargeable criminal offense but also anyone who has an outstanding order of removal.
The EO also states that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will enforce the law against anyone who is removable, meaning that anyone who does not have legal status in the US is at risk for deportation. This could lead to an increasing number of families being separated and communities being disrupted.
Have there been any recent increases in interior enforcement due to these policy changes? Are we actually seeing these policies implemented or is it just over-emphasized by the media?
Yes. Increases in interior enforcement have occurred. For example, arrests of immigrants with no criminal convictions in 2017 have increased 146%[3] from 2016 while arrests of immigrants with criminal convictions have just increased 12%. The broadening of who is a priority for removal has led to several high-profile arrests of long standing community members and is causing individuals to feel insecure and fearful. See for example, the case of Marta Rodriguez, a 53-year-old mother of six from New Carrollton, Maryland. She had been regularly "checking in" with ICE officials since 2009 and hoped to be granted asylum, but in July 2018, she was arrested at her ICE check-in for failing to purchase a plane ticket back to her home country of Honduras and scheduled for deportation, something her family and members of her community are now fighting. Such policy changes demonstrate an escalation in the federal government's capacity to apprehend, detain, and deport immigrants who have been living here in the US for many years.
Is the current regime of interior enforcement different from what we have seen previously?
Yes and No. President Obama deported record numbers of immigrants with a high of 435,000[4] deportations in 2013 alone. However, the number of deportations, or "removals" began to drop off in 2014 and in 2015, as a result of the Administration changing its enforcement priorities to focus exclusively on those who have been convicted of a crime or deemed a threat to public safety (the Priority Enforcement Program[5] or PEP). When President Trump took office in 2017, he immediately set out to completely overhaul and expand the federal government's capacity to carry out interior enforcement priorities. President Trump terminated the Obama-Era Priority Enforcement Program (PEP), and instead issued instruction that all undocumented immigrants who have an outstanding order of removal, regardless of whether they have a criminal conviction or not, are priorities for removal.
The executive order called for vast increases in interior enforcement and it authorized state and local law enforcement to carry out federal immigration responsibilities as well as encouraged federal partnerships under the 287(g) program and elsewhere. This program allows state and local law enforcement officers to question a person's immigration status, arrest them for immigration violations, and detain them to provide ICE time to take them into custody. While this program was created under the Bush administration and promoted early on in the Obama administration, President Trump has encouraged its implementation in an even more aggressive manner. The stated intent of the program is to strengthen public safety and ensure consistency in immigration enforcement across the country by prioritizing the arrest and detention of criminal undocumented individuals. However, the 287(g) program can create confusion and mistrust between members of the community and local law enforcement, hindering local law enforcement's ability to protect and serve the community.
Is this increased interior enforcement something that is here to stay/going to continue?
Much depends on the level of funding and resources that DHS receives through the appropriations process as well as DHS's success in recruiting local municipalities to cooperate on federal immigration enforcement at the community level. If Congress gives DHS the funds requested in the FY 2019 budget we would see a substantial increase in enforcement capacity and staffing. The president's FY 2019 budget[6] would supply $2.8 billion for 52,000 immigration detention beds, $210.5 million for 750 additional border patrol agents, $570.9 million for 2,000 additional ICE personnel and 1,312 support personnel, and $1.6 billion for the border wall.
Are there other changes that are negatively impacting immigrant populations living in the interior United States that could be considered heightened enforcement or narrowing of due process?
Yes, recently the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced[7] that the immigration cases of newly-arrived unaccompanied children and asylum seekers to the U.S. would be priority cases for adjudication. This decision makes it harder for recent arrivals to properly organize their defense and attain legal counsel. Another change that is negatively impacting immigrant populations in the U.S. is the recently agreed to Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between DHS and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The MOA mandates continuous information sharing on unaccompanied immigrant children from the time ICE or CBP takes them into custody through their release from ORR custody. The information shared also includes information on the children's potential sponsors, usually the child's family members, as well as anyone else living with the sponsor. The MOA is a dramatic change from past practices and puts children in danger and at risk for abuse and trafficking as potential sponsors become less willing to come forward, meaning children could also end up spending a longer time in detention facilities.
Who is being affected?
There are currently approximately 11 million undocumented people living in the United States. Some of the undocumented may be national security or community safety threats as well as convicted felons. However, a majority of 11 million are neither national security or community safety risks but instead people whose only crime is a civil immigration violation. Many are mothers, fathers, church leaders, business owners, and school children whom have lived in their communities for many years and have U.S. Citizen children or have U.S. citizen siblings. They are people like Roberto Beristain, husband, restaurant owner, and father of three young U.S. children, who was separated from his family and deported back to his home country of Mexico after living in the US for over 15 years. Or Erik Javier Flores Hernandez, a 17-year-old who came to the US after fleeing death threats in his home country. Erik was taken into custody by ICE officials despite filing for asylum and upon his 18th birthday, was transferred to an adult detention facility, his future uncertain and case at a standstill. Both Roberto and Erik's cases represent a very concerning trend of interior enforcement that is separating families and often is not in our national interest nor reflective of our immigrant history.
Why does this affect the Church?
The individuals that the Catholic Church serves includes those being affected by these indiscriminate interior enforcement policies. Simply put, many interior immigration enforcement targets are neighbors, members of parishes, and leaders within the Church and community. The Bible calls the Church to love and act justly toward those who are the margins of society. When it sees families torn apart and children harmed the Church must advocate for change and call for people to support and identify with migrants instead of pushing them away. Pope Francis has highlighted this point by emphasizing the importance of encounter, and said that encounter "returns to each person their dignity as children of God, the dignity of living". Part of the call for solidarity, accompaniment, and encounter starts within the Church herself. CARE offers a way for Catholics to help assist fellow Catholics and support them in this moment.
What effect does this have on the community?
The increase in interior enforcement has many detrimental impacts on the community. The constant threat of immigration raids and deportations leaves community members often feeling more fearful and mistrustful of public institutions, as well being less likely to participate in social services, schools, and churches. This uncertainty and anxiety can also leave individuals emotionally-taxed and children feeling anxious and depressed, hurting not only the individual's well-being but the community's as well. It can also lead to feelings of isolation and lack of understanding about what many immigrants are facing in this moment.
What can be done to help community individuals?
Prayer: Pray for a more humane immigration system that protects human dignity as well looks to integrate families who are in need of support.
Education: Distribute know your rights resources to help educate individuals on what rights and protections they have under U.S. Constitution. Help your fellow parishioners learn more about our immigration system and Catholic Social Teaching on Migration.
Accompaniment: Provide support to individuals who are attending their ICE check-ins and immigration hearings, both emotional and spiritual support.
Access to Services: Make access to services like an attorney and family care resources more available and affordable. Organize volunteers at the parish and diocesan level to assist with such services where possible.
Advocate: Talk with your fellow parishioners and other members of your community about the current immigration enforcement reality to raise awareness about the challenges many immigrants face.
[1] U.S. President Donald Trump, Executive Order: Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States, the White House (Jan. 25, 2017), available at https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-enhancing-public-safety-interior-united-states/.
[2] The term "alien" is a legally defined term created by the Immigration and Naturalization Service and used by the Department of Homeland security to describe "any person not a citizen or national of the United States", available at https://www.dhs.gov/immigration-statistics/data-standards-and-definitions/definition-terms.
[3] American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), Cogs in the Deportation Machine, AILA (April 24, 2018), available at https://www.aila.org/infonet/aila-report-cogs-in-the-deportation-machine.
[4] Muzaffar Chishti, Sarah Pierce, and Jessica Bolter, The Obama Record on Deportations: Deporter in Chief or Not?, Migration Policy Institute (Jan. 26, 2017), https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/obama-record-deportations-deporter-chief-or-not.
[5] U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Priority Enforcement Program, ICE (June 22, 2017), available at https://www.ice.gov/pep.
[6] U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), FY 2019 budget-in-Brief, DHS (Feb. 27, 2018), available at https://www.dhs.gov/publication/fy-2019-budget-brief.
[7] U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Memorandum for Federal Prosecutors along the Southwest Border, Office of the Attorney General (April 6, 2018), available at https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1049751/download.
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Idéfix est un chien de fiction de la bande dessinée Astérix de René Goscinny et Albert Uderzo. Il s'agit de l'animal de compagnie d'Obélix.

Il apparaît pour la première fois dans l'aventure Le Tour de Gaule en 1963. Après un passage dans une charcuterie de Lutèce, le chien suit discrètement Astérix et Obélix jusqu'à la fin de l'album où il se fait remarquer par Obélix. Son nom a ensuite été proposé par les lecteurs du magazine Pilote à l'occasion d'un concours, et accepté par les auteurs.

Le personnage fait l'objet d'aventures indépendantes dans le cadre d', une série télévisée diffusée sur France Télévisions et une BD dont le premier volume est publié en 2021.

Description

Physionomie
Dans Le Tour de Gaule d'Astérix, Idéfix est dessiné avec des pattes très courtes. À la demande des dessinateurs de dessins animés, l'animal a vu ses pattes s'allonger car il est difficile d'animer un animal avec de courtes pattes. Le chien troque donc son gros ventre et ses petites pattes pour un corps plus svelte et des pattes plus longues. Selon Nicolas Rouvière, Idéfix se rapproche du schnauzer blanc, du bichon maltais et du West Highland white terrier.

Idéfix est petit, blanc, avec le bout des oreilles et de la queue noir. Il a un gros nez et des moustaches, comme les personnes gaulois. Dans les films d'Astérix en prise de vue réelle, le rôle est tenu par un westie maquillé.

Caractère du personnage
Idéfix est un peu à l'image des deux personnages : boudeur, il lui arrive de ne pas répondre aux attentes d'Obélix, mais également rusé, il sait les sortir d'un mauvais pas (par exemple l'échappée de la pyramide dans Astérix et Cléopâtre).  C'est un faire-valoir : ce petit personnage à l'aspect fragile contraste  avec le physique massif d'Obélix, tout en suggérant le caractère sensible et délicat de ce dernier. En partie grâce à lui, Obélix est bien le grand costaud au cœur tendre voulu par ses auteurs.

Amoureux de la nature, il est contre l'abattage ou l'arrachage des arbres, qui le font pleurer, se mettre en colère ou s'évanouir.  C'est particulièrement visible dans l'épisode Le Domaine des dieux où les Romains défrichent la forêt voisine des irréductibles Gaulois.

Idéfix semble doté d'un flair infaillible, mais Obélix dit ne lui avoir appris qu'à pister les menhirs. Les auteurs ont toujours laissé supposer que la complicité avec son maître est telle qu'Obélix arriverait à le comprendre (voir notamment Astérix et la Rentrée gauloise).

Il a l'esprit très ouvert et peu farouche : il se lie d'amitié facilement avec les chiens rencontrés au cours de ses voyages, comme le gigantesque dogue des vikings dans La Grande Traversée ou les chiens paresseux de Astérix en Corse. Il rencontre finalement l'amour dans Astérix et Latraviata où il fausse compagnie à son maître pendant une grande partie de l'aventure, pour revenir au banquet final accompagné de chiots. Il est également ami avec les poules et le coq du village Chanteclairix à qui il donne de la potion magique pour se battre contre l'aigle impérial romain. Il est aussi le grand ami de Pépé, le fils de l'Ibère Soupalognon y Crouton, de quoi rendre jaloux Obélix.  Il sait enfin être une bonne nourrice, comme le montre l'album Le Fils d'Astérix.

Obélix veut souvent l'emmener en voyage contre l'avis d'Astérix qui le trouve trop petit. Mais le premier imagine toujours un stratagème pour l'emporter malgré cela. Dans Astérix en Corse, il est offert en cadeau souvenir par Obélix à Ocatarinetabellatchitchix, mais il s'agit d'une astuce d'Obélix : à la fin de l'aventure, quand le Corse leur demande quel souvenir ils souhaitent emporter, Obélix choisit . Les albums Astérix chez les Bretons, Astérix légionnaire, Astérix chez les Helvètes et Les Lauriers de César sont les seuls où Idéfix reste au village.

Idéfix s'exprime exclusivement par des aboiements, on ne le voit jamais parler et ses pensées sont exclusivement imagées, à deux exceptions près: dans les albums Astérix chez Rahàzade, où Idéfix pense , et Astérix et la Rentrée gauloise, où il parle avec les poules sans aboiement.

Création

Dans les albums
Idéfix apparaît pour la première fois de manière discrète dans l'aventure Le Tour de Gaule à la  de la planche 9. Astérix et Obélix entrent dans une boutique de charcuterie de Lutèce à la porte de laquelle se trouve un petit chien blanc et noir qui attend. Lorsque les deux héros en sortent, le chien (encore anonyme) les suit patiemment tout le reste de l'album. Ce n'est qu'à la fin de l'aventure qu'il signale sa présence en aboyant et que Obélix le remarque, lui donnant une caresse et un os. C'est Astérix qui devait caresser le petit chien, mais Albert Uderzo changea d'avis au dernier moment.

Uderzo raconte que, dans le scénario original, le mot « chien » était souligné de la main de René Goscinny , ce qui attira son attention. Il eut alors l'idée de le conserver dans les pages suivantes afin de meubler des images qu'il trouvait un peu vides. Il fit cette proposition à Goscinny qui l'accepta et ce petit animal gambada dans les cases de l'album sans explication. Puis il devient le compagnon indispensable et inséparable d'Obélix.

Nom
C'est à la suite d'un concours organisé dans le journal Pilote, avec pour lot un album dédicacé, que ce personnage trouva son nom. La nouvelle fut annoncée officiellement le  dans le  de Pilote. Pour expliquer leur choix, les auteurs écrivirent que :

Son nom est la contraction de l'expression avoir une idée fixe, qui signifie "être obsédé par une seule pensée", d'où "ne pas changer facilement d'avis, être têtu". Le suffixe -ix caractérise les anthroponymes gaulois dans la série.

Comme pour beaucoup de personnages de la série, son nom dans les versions étrangères est adapté en fonction de la langue ; tantôt une légère adaptation qui conserve sens original ou sonorité générale :  en portugais,  en espagnol,  en turc,  en polonais..., tantôt un nom très différent :  en occitan, Waldix en alsacien, etc.  en anglais exprime un peu la même idée, avec de surcroît un jeu de mots sur « dog », chien.

Médias

Les séries Idéfix
Trois séries dérivées sont centrées sur le personnage d'Idéfix. La première est une version dédiée aux enfants, apparue en 1973-1974 et comptant , mais n'ayant aucun rapport avec la série des Astérix :

 Idéfix se fait un ami
La chasse au sanglier
L'orage
Un goûter bien mérité
Idéfix et le bébé
Idéfix et le poisson clown
Idéfix à la neige
L'anniversaire d'Idéfix
Idéfix fait du sport
Idéfix et la petite fille
Une folle poursuite
Idéfix au cirque
Idéfix magicien
 Idéfix et le perroquet
Idéfix s'en va-t'en guerre
 Idéfix et le petit lapin

La seconde date de 1983 lorsque Uderzo décida de faire revivre le personnage. L'idée lui en vint avec l'apparition du coq Chanteclairix dans Astérix et la rentrée gauloise, mais seulement deux albums sortirent :
 Idéfix et le vilain petit aiglon
 Idéfix et la grande fringale
La troisième intitulée Idéfix et les Irréductibles est publiée à partir de 2021 aux éditions Albert René et est adaptée d'épisodes de la série télévisée du même nom, également diffusée sur France Télévisions à partir de septembre 2021.

 Pas de quartier pour le latin ! (avec un jeu de mots sur le Quartier latin).
 Les Romains se prennent une gamelle !
 Ça balance pas mal à Lutèce !

Adaptations au cinéma

Films d'animations
Hormis dans Astérix le Gaulois, Idéfix apparaît dans tous les longs métrages d'animation de la saga, s'y exprimant par aboiements, généralement assurés par Roger Carel (qui est par ailleurs la voix principale d'Astérix).Son rôle est parfois plus étendu que dans les albums, notamment dans Astérix et la Surprise de César où il accompagne nos héros tout au long de l'intrigue. Or celle-ci est tirée des albums Astérix gladiateur (où le personnage n'existait pas encore) et Astérix légionnaire (où il reste au village). De même dans l'adaptation animée de Astérix chez les Bretons, il prend part au voyage en Bretagne alors qu'il est confié à Panoramix dans la bande dessinée.

Il a par ailleurs donné son nom et son image aux studios Idéfix, studios d'animation créés en 1974, qui ont à leur actif les longs métrages Les Douze Travaux d'Astérix (1976) et La Ballade des Dalton (1978).

Attractions au Parc Astérix
Au sein du célèbre parc d'attractions, l'image d'Idefix est très présente.

Lors de l'ouverture, une attraction le mettait en scène : La Balade d'Astérix, qui comportait  de nombreuses animatroniques et plusieurs représentaient Idéfix. L'attraction a été remaniée en 1999, devenant Épidemaïs Croisières, et le petit chien est depuis moins présent le long du parcours, laissant sa place à plus de personnages de l'univers de la série.La même année, Idéfix est également présent sur les illustrations qui ornent le dessus du Carrousel de César (toujours en activité).

En 2008, Le Défi de César ouvre ses portes. Idéfix y apparaît par l'intermédiaire d'animations en images de synthèses, ses aboiements étant une fois de plus assurés par Roger Carel.

Lors de la saison 2014, le Parc Astérix fait place à La Forêt d'Idéfix, une nouvelle zone réservée aux enfants et proposant des attractions adaptées à ce public.

La nouveauté 2019 du Parc est Attention Menhir, un film d'animation, réalisé par François-Xavier Aubague et Arnaud Bouron, projeté dans un nouveau cinéma 4-D. Ce dernier prend place dans le Cinématographe situé dans La Rue de Paris, renommé pour l'occasion Les Studios Idéfix, en référence aux studios du même nom. Le style graphique de ce film d'animation est basé sur les deux films réalisés par Alexandre Astier et Louis Clichy.

Idéfix est également souvent mis en scène dans les spectacles joués au Parc Astérix.

Films en prises de vues réelles
Idéfix correspond aux caractéristiques du schnauzer nain ; néanmoins dans les films d'Astérix en prises de vues réelles, son rôle est tenu par un westie maquillé.

Jeux vidéo
Idéfix apparaît dans la plupart des jeux vidéo Astérix et notamment dans :
 Astérix and the Great Rescue, 1993 développé par Core Design et édité par Sega : Idéfix a été enlevé avec Panoramix et Astérix et Obélix doivent les retrouver.
 Astérix : La Bataille des Gaules, 1999 développé et édité par Infogrames : Idéfix apparaît dans des mini-jeux bonus où il ne faut pas le frapper pour ne pas perdre de points.
 Astérix Maxi-Delirium, 2001 développé et édité par Infogrames : Idéfix apparaît dans certaines épreuves du jeu où il ne faut pas le frapper pour ne pas perdre de points.

Il est au centre du scénario du jeu Astérix : Sur la trace d'Idéfix (2000).

Idéfix est également présent dans les trois jeux développés par Étranges Libellules et édités par Atari, il participe aux phases de combats avec Astérix et Obélix qui peuvent l'envoyer mordre des ennemis pour mieux les frapper ensuite :
 Astérix et Obélix XXL, 2004.
 Astérix et Obélix XXL 2 : Mission Las Vegum, 2005.
 Astérix aux Jeux olympiques, 2007.

Série télévisée
Idéfix est le héros de la série télévisée Idéfix et les Irréductibles dont la diffusion est prévue en septembre 2021 sur Okoo, l'offre jeunesse de France Télévisions, et plus spécifiquement sur France 4. Il s'agit d'une préquelle de la série Astérix, se déroulant en 52 av. J.-C. à Lutèce, soit deux ans avant la rencontre d'Idéfix avec Astérix et Obélix devant une boucherie de cette même cité gauloise, dans Le Tour de Gaule d'Astérix (1965). Il évolue donc dans son propre univers avec une bande d'animaux pour défendre Lutèce contre sa romanisation par le général Labienus. La série fait exceptionnellement s'exprimer le personnage en langage humain, sa voix étant celle du comédien Benjamin Bollen.

Le 2 juillet 2021,  sont mis en ligne en avant première sur le site et l'application Okoo.

Notes et références

Annexes

Articles connexes
 Astérix

Liens externes
 Idéfix sur le site officiel Astérix.

Bibliographie

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Chien de fiction
Personnage d'Astérix
Personnage de fiction créé en 1963
Animal dans l'Antiquité
Éponyme d'un objet céleste

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The significance of human nourishment (or lack thereof).
Members of a Spanish village parish have gone on hunger strike in protest at the transfer of their much-loved priest to another church, the newspaper El Pais reported Monday. Eighteen members of a parish in Albunol in the southern province of Granada have refused to eat in protest at the transfer of Gabriel Castillo, and 200 parishioners have locked themselves in the church in an attempt to keep him as their priest. But Castillo's transfer has been brought forward, El Pais said on its Web site, as the protests continue.
The descendants of cannibals who killed and ate four Fijian missionaries in 1878 have apologised for their forefathers' actions, the Australian Associated Press reported Thursday. Fiji's High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea, Ratu Isoa Tikoca, accepted the apologies at a reconciliation ceremony attended by thousands of people near Rabaul in East New Britain province on Wednesday. "We at this juncture are deeply touched and wish you the greatest joy of forgiveness as we finally end this record disagreement," Tikoca said. PNG's Governor-General Paulias Matane told the crowd he appreciated the work of the early Fijian missionaries in spreading Christianity, AAP said.


MANAKA is a blacksmith in Saitama which makes Kitchen knives (hocho) and gardening shears.
TETSUFUKU is the MANAKA's official overseas dealer.
MANAKA is an edged tool blacksmith who continues five generation in Kasukabe-shi, Saitama pref. They are well versed in the production of an edged tool, and is performing reproduction of the farm implements of Kanto (southeast part of Japan), etc. Manufacturing items are a kitchen knife, a hatchet, scissors, farm implements, fishing implements, a forest tool, etc.
Their concept is coexistence of sharpness and durability. Many professional farmhouses and gardeners are supporting this concept.
KISUKE is a brand that is Shunsuke Manaka of the fifth generation be specially manufactured. He stacked its own research and built up the quality of the new MANAKA. Its products are upgrade of quality.
* At this web site, a kitchen knife and scissors are mainly dealt with. Since there is a possibility of being against the law of each country, the big edged tool is not dealt with. If there are those who learn the export method from Japan, please let me know.


No, we are not talking about Karan Singh Grover and Jennifer Winget's recent 'Aashiqui' which made their ' Dill Mill' and woh Mr. and Mrs. ban 'Gayye', but we are here to tell you all about the auditions for the Bhatt's movie sequel 'Aashiqui 2' where actors of the show 'Dill Mill Gayye' were seen trying their luck. Amit Tandon who played the serious Dr.Abhimanyu Modi and Karan Wahi, the famous Dr.Siddhant Modi both auditioned for the lead role at the 'Global Talent Hunt for Aashiqui 2' . Its upon Mohit Suri, the director of the film to take the final call on the chosen actors and we'd like to wish the Modis good luck .


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Breaking Down NFL Wild Card Weekend
January 5, 2012 by Earl
Scott aka "Earl" (@ttlsportsblog), Chris aka "Hook" (@HookTSB) and Connor (@CJScutts) break down Wild Card Weekend.
CIN @ HOU
@ttlsportsblog I feel as if everything is leaning towards the Texans in this game. The Texans have the best player in this game in Arian Foster. Although "Youz-din" is on their 9th QB of the season, their running game and defense are top-notch. The fans should be going crazy for the 1st playoff game in team history and play a big factor in the game. I like the Texans to win and cover.
@CJScutts I really like both of these teams in what I consider the tightest of these wild card weekend games to call. Houston may have the better offense, but Cincinnati has the better defense. Both are young and inexperienced at this level so I'm expecting lots of nerves and maybe a few mistakes. I'm going with a 24 – 21 Houston win.
@HookTSB I just don't think Andy Dalton is ready for the big time yet. If Jerome Simpson tries to flip over roided-up Brian Cushing there's a good chance he becomes a paraplegic. Look for the Texans to cover and win.
PIT @ DEN
@ttlsportsblog Pittsburgh has been holding open tryouts for DB's this week as another one bites the dust. The last time Ryan Clark played in Denver, he dropped 35 lbs and his spleen and gall bladder removed. The Steelers leading tackler suffers from Sickle Cell. Whenever the Steelers have traveled to the Mile High city, Clark does not travel with the team due to hardening of his red blood cells. That being said, I don't think it will matter if the Steelers grab 4 of their drunkest fans in attendance to play DB. Tebow Time won't be throwing the ball. He'll be running for his life. There's a chance this game ends 2-0. Denver has a real solid D of their own. I expect the Steelers to win, but not cover.
@CJScutts – Tebow time could be over, for this season at least. Coming off 3 straight losses, this Denver offense seems somewhat predictable which I never thought I'd say. Both teams have a great outside pass rush (Denver – V.Miller and E.Dumervil who combined for 21 sacks this season. Pittsburgh – J.Harrison and L.Woodley who haven't had their best seasons, and yet are still dangers that Denver can't afford to ignore) who will be up against two of the more mobile quarterbacks in the league known for making plays with their feet. Two defenses I rate highly could make this one a relatively low scorer. I'll go with a 17 – 7 win for Pittsburgh.
@HookTSB Tebow shalt not lose 4 times in a row. He's a gamer. He's a baller. He's a play maker and a shot caller. In case you didn't know, I got Tebowed he shattered the mold and all he does is win, all, all he does is win games.
I'll be sporting my custom jersey while I watch the Mile High Messiah lead his team to victory in a 14-10 barn burner.
DET @ NO
@ttlsportsblog Last time these two met, a meaningless 4th and 1 stop, followed by a cheezy screen pass, sent me in to my Fantasy Football championship game due to Stafford going over 400 yds. This week I have Stafford again as my playoff fantasy QB, but I only expect to have him for 1 week. The Saints are absolutely rolling right now, and have not punted since week 7. Sean Peyton is more worried about individual stats than anything else at this point. So if Brees opens up completing his first pass and its for a 40 yd TD, expect them to throw it 86 more times. There's no way Detroit stops this offense, and Stafford is a little too mistake prone to go toe to toe with Brees. I like the Saints to cover on a late TD.
@CJScutts – One phrase comes to mind, Shoot-out. These two offenses should be able to put up points on their opposing defenses . It could come down to who fails to score the most rather than the other way round. Both teams are also coming into this one hot. If the Saints can take Megatron out of the game, we could see a repeat of the week 13 31-17 mauling, although I can't see that happening. Detroit will put up a good fight but New Orleans will tame the Lions and come out on top after a 41 – 35 touchdown party.
@HookTSB I like Drew Brees and co to win this one, but covering this ridiculous spread is going to be tough. Matt Stafford is locked in on Megatron and this shootout should see New Orleans winning by a touchdown, possibly 10 points coming in just under the 11 point spread.
ATL @ NYG
@ttlsportsblog Oh how I LOATHE you! The Giants are such a mediocre team that I don't know where to begin. So here's the breakdown…Dead last in the NFL in rushing. Can't stop the run. Can't stop the pass. All they can do is pass. They get one crazy insane play per game where Eli just chucks the ball up for grabs and Nicks/Cruz/Ballard/Manningham/McConkey/Hilliard/Tyree/Bavaro comes down with it and all the Giants fans tell you how great he is. MetLife Stadium is a morgue. Zero life in the stands. Bottom line is the Falcons are a better team, but will succumb to typical Giants luck.
@CJScutts – Another very close game which I think could steal the show this weekend. Two sets of great QB/WR groups with Ryan, Jones, White in the red corner and Manning, Nicks, Cruz in the blue corner. The game could well come down to the rushing games of the two teams. Atlanta has seen a huge drop in production from Turner this year who owns a poor average of just 56 yards per game, however, if Turner returns to his best, Atlanta could be in the box seat against one of the leagues poorest run defenses. The Giants have allowed an average of 126.1 rushing yards per game this year although they managed to restrict Felix Jones to just 30 yards in their NFC East deciding game vs Dallas on Sunday night. I go with the Falcons landing the knockout punch in another close one, 21-17 win for ATL.
@HookTSB Matty Ice has been on fire lately, but Eli is coming off a big win VS Dallas. Expect the NFL's best player with downs syndrome to channel his inner rainman for another playoff run. Giants cover easily.


A man convicted of the possession of 53 lbs. of marijuana was arrested yesterday after officers from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) discovered that he had violated the terms of his parole.