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Le kouros de Sounion est une statue grecque archaïque représentant un jeune homme nu ou kouros (en ), sculpté en marbre de Naxos et datant d'environ -600. C'est l'un des premiers exemples de kouros, type de statues dédiées à des héros et destinées à des offrandes votives à des divinités. Découvert près du temple de Poséidon au cap Sounion, ce kouros a été retrouvé gravement endommagé et fortement altéré. Il a été restauré à sa hauteur initiale de , lui donnant une taille plus grande que nature. Il est conservé au musée national archéologique d'Athènes.

Les anciens Grecs ont été influencés par leurs voisins égyptiens pour la création des kouroï. L'influence égyptienne est particulièrement évidente dans la pose de la statue. Les sculpteurs de l'époque archaïque voulaient idéaliser la forme humaine, comme en témoigne la modélisation du kouros de Sounion. Les sculpteurs ont tenté, au cours du , de transmettre dans leurs œuvres un léger mouvement et davantage de naturel.

État actuel
La statue a été retrouvée en 1906, enterrée près du temple de Poséidon au cap Sounion. Elle a été découverte dans une fosse parmi des fragments d'autres statues dédiées à Poséidon, probablement restées sur le site après la destruction du sanctuaire et de ses offrandes votives par les Perses, en -480.

Le kouros, exposé aux intempéries, a subi des dommages considérables. Le visage était fortement érodé et il manquait la majeure partie de la jambe gauche, ainsi que la jambe droite sous le genou. Le bras gauche en dessous de l'épaule et des parties du bras droit manquaient également.

Style
La figure s'inscrit dans la pose classique de « ce style extrêmement uniforme de la sculpture grecque ancienne ». Le corps raide fait face à l'avant, les poings serrés sur les cuisses et les larges épaules contrastant avec la taille et les hanches étroites. Les épaules et les hanches sont stables. Bien que le pied gauche soit avancé, le poids de la figure est réparti de manière égale sur les deux pieds. Le corps et la tête sont alignés, créant un équilibre et une symétrie. Fixée sur un cou cylindrique, la tête est large et carrée. Le visage est plat et les lèvres se courbent en un sourire archaïque. Certains détails sont simplifiés : la figure a de grands lobes d'oreilles en volutes, de grands yeux en forme d'amandes et des proportions allongées. En regardant les côtés du visage, on peut voir que « la distance entre les joues et les tempes est disproportionnée ». Il reste des traces de coloration rouge dans les mèches de cheveux tressés. Le motif des cheveux crée une rangée de boucles en forme de coquille qui commencent sur le front et pendent dans le dos de la statue. Les cheveux sont attachés avec un double ruban en un nœud d'Héraclès.

La figure est modelée en des lignes de contour dures, en particulier sur les genoux et l'abdomen. Les muscles sont « rendus par des sillons, avec une intention décorative portée au point d'excès et de stylisation ». Le modèle du ligament inguinal, qui crée une forme de triangle dans le bas de l'abdomen, est fortement modelé. Les rainures sur l'abdomen suggèrent deux muscles abdominaux de plus que ce qui est anatomiquement correct.

Idéalisation
Dans la Grèce ancienne, les personnages idéalisés étaient simultanément considérés comme beaux et représentant une moralité forte et une nature vertueuse. Les sculptures idéalisées étaient agréables à la fois pour les yeux des humains et pour les dieux, elles étaient donc utilisées comme offrandes. Le kouros de Sounion trouvé près du temple de Poséidon était probablement considéré comme une offrande votive de qualité, propre à attiser le plaisir du dieu. Le kouros est idéalisé parce que l'intention de l'artiste était « de véhiculer un idéal de la forme humaine mieux rendu par un certain nombre de motifs stylisés et formels que son apparence physique réelle ». Sculpté au début du , le kouros de Sounion est représentatif du virage naturaliste des sculpteurs archaïques : « Cet intérêt pour le motif et la symétrie est caractéristique de la sculpture archaïque, bien qu'il cède la place à une apparente tentative d'imiter les traits naturels du corps humain au cours du  avant J.-C. » .

Les hommes grecs portaient la nudité comme costume lorsqu'ils aspiraient à être associés à l'idéal, à l'élite, à l'aristocratie ou à l'héroïsme. Les kouroi étaient des offrandes aux dieux, dédiées aux héros. Le kouros portait donc le costume de la nudité pour symboliser le sentiment héroïque, en un concept appelé nudité héroïque. Le kouros de Sounion était une offrande à Poséidon, affichant donc probablement la nudité héroïque.

Bibliographie
 Mattusch, Carol. Greek Bronze Statuary: From the Beginnings Through the Fifth Century B.C. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1988.
 Osborne, Robin. Archaic and Classical Greek Art. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 1998: 75-85.
 Post, Candler Rathfon. "The Development of Motion in Archaic Greek Sculpture." Harvard Studihes in Classical Philology 20 (1909): 95-164.
 Sculpture in the National Archaeological Museum, Athens, edited by Nikolaos Kaltsas, Ethnikon Archaiologikon Mouseion (Grèce), p. 39
 "Sounion Kouros." University of Cambridge Faculty of Classics. October 2, 2013. Accessed October 4, 2017..
 Spivey, Nigel. Greek Art. Londres, UK: Phaidon, 1997: 103-168.
 Woodford, Susan. An Introduction to Greek Art. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1988: 38-56.

Notes et références

Liens externes
 Sounion Kouros, Université de Cambridge.
 Athens, Attica e Megara: una guida archeologica, Hans Rupprecht Goette, p. 12
 Sounion kouros, Ministère grec de la Culture et des Sports.
 Sculptures du Musée national archéologique d'Athènes, Nikolaos Kaltsas, Ethnikon Archaiologikon Mouseion (Greece), p. 39
 Statues de bronze grecques, des origines au -Ve siècle, Carol C. Mattusch.

Sculpture en marbre
Sculpture de la Grèce antique
Musée national archéologique d'Athènes


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Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger says he will not accept excuses for poor performance against Middlesbrough
The Gunners are in a significant slump in the Premier League and cannot afford to drop more points in the top four run-in
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Wenger says that no excuses are acceptable if they fail to perform again (Image: REUTERS)
Arsene Wenger knows there can be no excuses.
The Arsenal boss admits that speculation about his future – and the future of his key players – will not be accepted as an excuse for another poor performance at Middlesbrough on Monday.
Relegation-threatened Boro are fighting for their Premier League lives and take on an Arsenal team shell-shocked from their 3-0 humiliation at Crystal Palace, six days ago.
This could be another dose of Monday-night misery for the Gunners.
At Selhurst Park, Arsenal fans turned their frustration towards the players, chanting, "You're not fit to wear the shirt". Spanish defender Hector Bellerin was a particular target.
Arsenal were humiliated at Crystal Palace on Monday (Image: Getty)
As yet, there is no formal clarification about whether Wenger will be at Arsenal next season as manager or whether star striker Alexis Sanchez and Germany World Cup winner Mesut Ozil will extend their contracts at the Emirates.
Yet, Wenger refuses to cite the political turmoil engulfing his club as a reason for their decline.
Asked if that was the reason for the shoddy performances, Wenger said: "I hope not because when I speak about a mental test, it is to perform no matter what the circumstances are around you.
"Is that an influence? I would say I hope not."
He added: "What is for sure is that, in the last three months, there has been no consistency – especially away from home.
Alexis Sanchez's contract situation remains up in the air (Image: Stuart MacFarlane/Arsenal FC via Getty Images)
Mesut Ozil is also nearing the end of his current deal (Image: Action Images via Reuters)
"At home, we have not been disastrous in the quality of performance, but, away from home, we have not performed and it is difficult to analyse why, because, in the past, we have been very strong.
"What is for sure is the results are not what we expect them to be."
Consistency and stability have been crucial to Wenger during his two decades at the club. Those qualities have been absent in the last two months as a top-four finish in the Premier League has become a distant dream.
That will mean Wenger will fail to bring Champions League football to Arsenal for the first time.
Arsenal are in dire need of a result on Monday night (Image: AFP/Getty)
For months, senior club officials have insisted that the decision over Wenger's future will not affect negotiations with players. But Ozil sidestepped questions about his own future last week and hinted that his decision will hinge on Wenger's.
Ozil said: "We will talk in the summer." In other words, he is waiting for his manager to make a declaration of intent.
Wenger said: "Ozil can explain what he means by that. He may be coming to the end of his contract, but you perform until the last day of your contract. That is how I see it."
Wenger is hopeful that Petr Cech and Laurent Koscielny will be fit after missing Monday's match through injury.

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Over a quarter of our customers were sold PPI, despite receiving sickness cover through their line of work!
The PPI scandal is crazy but true. Millions of ordinary people were ripped off by the financial institutions looking to make extra money by deceiving their trusting customers.
There were many ways in which PPI was mis-sold. Many customers were led to believe they had to take out the policy. In some cases, it was added even after the customer had stated they did not want or need the policy. There were also a number of health exclusions, which meant that the main reasons in which people were off work were never actually covered by the insurance. All of these factors add to the compelling argument that we have been trying to communicate for some time now; that PPI was never designed to benefit the customer, and was in most cases a money-making machine for financial providers.
A common problem we face when trying to highlight these issues to our customers is that many of them still trust the banks. They believe that such established organisations would never knowingly see them out of their hard earned money. As John Cleese quite rightly pointed out, the banks are trading on the fact that fifty years ago there was a code of honour amongst these businesses. Back then, customers would walk into their local bank and be greeted by the bank manager who was a well-respected member of the community. Even now, for many of our older customers their weekly trip to the bank can be one of the few social outings they experience, and talking to their bank manager can be an experience they look forward to. To then try and tell them that someone they hold in high regard has ripped them off can be a difficult task.
When applying for any form of credit, the provider will take the customer through a set of questions to establish if they are eligible for that agreement. After all, they need to know if the customer is in a position to be able to pay the money back. They are going to ask whether the customer is employed, and what kind of work they do.
What people may or may not know is that if you work in the public sector, you are entitled to full sick pay.
So, while the bank advisor questions the customer over their eligibility for the finance, they would have found out what sector they were employed in. At this point the advisor should have all the information they need to establish whether or not that customer would benefit from PPI. They would know that a customer employed within the public sector would have received sick pay, meaning they could make their payments if they were off work.
Our Basis of Claim department takes the customer through a set of questions to find out about their personal circumstances at the time of the PPI sale. They ask about any pre-existing medical conditions and whether the customer worked in the public sector during the time of sale. Shockingly, in the last twelve months, 29.47% of our customers answered 'Yes' to having worked in the public sector at the time of sale, however were sold PPI anyways, by their 'friends' at the bank!
Mike Begg is a former Clydesdale banker. He is the founder of Dundee based firm Beat the Banks who is also a member of the Alliance of Claims Companies. Begg recently commented on this issue, stating that he was 'dealing with scores of health workers and estimated thousands of the 160,000 NHS staff in Scotland will be saddled with "pointless" PPI deals'.
Looking at this on a national scale, the latest quarterly estimates of UK public sector employment shows that 17% of the population were employed in the public sector. That amounts to 5.4 million people working in a job that would provide sickness cover. Over a quarter of our customers were sold PPI whilst working in the public sector. There is potentially millions of public sector workers who are owed compensation and we are committed to getting as much of that money back for them as possible.


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Q: Django Models not Showing Up in DB after syncdb I have a models folder that has a few models in files that are already in the DB. I have just added another file/model but it is not being added to the DB when I run syncdb. I've tried manage.py validate and it is running fine. I have also run the code and it only fails when it tries to save with "table does not exist".
the original structure was like this:
/models
-- __init__.py
-- file1.py
-- file2.py
and __init__.py looked like:
from file1 import File1Model
from file2 import File2Model

I added file3.py
    /models
    -- __init__.py
    -- file1.py
    -- file2.py
    -- file3.py
and modified __init__.py
from file1 import File1Model
from file2 import File2Model
from file3 import File3Model

And the contents of file3 (names may have been changed to protect the innocent, but besides that its the exact file):
UPDATE: just tried adding a primary key since the id field may have been messing with the automatically added integer primary key id. Also tried a few variations but no dice.
from django.db import models
from django.contrib.auth.models import User

class File3Model(models.Model):
    user = models.OneToOneField(User)
    token = models.CharField(max_length=255, blank=False, null=False)
    id = models.CharField(primary_key=True, max_length=255)

    class Admin:
        pass

    class Meta:
        app_label = 'coolabel'

    def __unicode__(self):
        return self.user.username

    @staticmethod
    def getinstance(user, token, id):
        try:
            instance = File3Model.objects.get(pk=id)
            if instance.token != token:
                instance.token = token
                instance.save()
            return instance
        except:
            pass
        instance = File3Model()
        instance.user = user
        instance.token = token
        instance.id = id
        instance.save()
        return instance

So in this example, File1Model and File2Model are already in the DB and remain in the DB after syncdb. However, File3Model is not added even after rerunning syncdb. Is there any way to figure out why the new model isn't being added??

A: If you define the model outside of models.py, you have to set the app_label attribute on the models Meta class.
Edit: The app_label has to refer to an app in your INSTALLED_APPS setting. It should probably match the name of the app that the models directory is in, unless you've got a really good reason to do otherwise. That seems to have been your problem here.
class File3Model(models.Model):
    foo = models.CharField(...)
    ...

    class Meta:
        app_label = "my_app"

Note that syncdb will never remove any tables from the db. The other tables were probably created with syncdb before the models.py was replaced with the directory structure.

A: set app_label to my app solves my problem.

A: Why did you split you models and having models folder instead of placing models in models.py ?
In my own project there are about 10 models live in models.py and I'm fine with it.
You can also try manage.py syncdb --all.
And I think its better to keep all models in one single file and import them like from my_app.models import model_name instead of keeping in mind to import necessary model into models/__init__.py. By the way you avoid many problems and long lined imports and don't care about where some_model lives among models/*.py files.
Thanks,
Sultan

A: BOOM!
I was using a different app_label for the new model but it has to be the same across the model group.
The other models labels were "mediocrelabel" and my new model had the label "coolabel". I changed the new model's label to "mediocrelabel" and now they are being added to the DB correctly.
Thanks for your help, folks!

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Development Update: Thursday, June 30
Updates include: Starz passes on a second season of "Camelot"; and "Grimm's" Marc Buckland inks development deal with Universal Media Studios.
Disney's "Phineas and Ferb" Celebrate Summer at Comic-Con International 2011 as "Perry the Platy-bus On Tour" Rolls Onto Show Floor
"Fish Hooks," "Kick Buttowski - Suburban Daredevil," "Tron: Uprising," "Motor City" and "Gravity Falls" are also among the channel's featured panels.
ABC Family's "State of Georgia" Debuts at No. 1 in its Time Period; Summer Premiere of "Melissa & Joey" Surges Over Fall Finale
ABC Family spins the numbers for Wednesday, June 29.
BBC America's "Doctor Who" & "Bedlam" Set for Comic-Con 2011
"Who" co-stars Matt Smith and Karen Gillan make their first Comic-Con appearance for a panel.
USA's "Royal Pains," "Necessary Roughness" Dominate the Cable Ratings Landscape
USA spins the numbers for Wednesday, June 29.
Disney Channel and Disney XD Announce Open Casting Call in Richmond, Virginia, July 9, 2011
Talented kids who can play characters between the ages of 10-18 and who can act, dance or sing are invited to the open call.
All Four Musician Coaches of NBC's "The Voice" to Return for New Season of Hit Vocal Competition Series
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"Hillbilly Handfishin'" Premiering August 7 is Animal Planet's Wildest Adventure of the Summer!
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Jay Leno and Jimmy Fallon Wrap Up Their First-Place Second Quarters With Hot Weeks
NBC spins the numbers for the week of June 20-24 and the quarter to date.
Dichen Lachman Joins "Being Human's" Vampire Fold in Second Season of Syfy's Hit Original Series
She'll play Izumi, "a reclusive, centuries-old vampire royal whose unexpected return to Boston's vampire society throws Aidan and the city into disarray."
Science Celebrates the Historic Finale of the NASA Shuttle Program With the World Premiere Event "Last Shuttle: Our Journey"
The special debuts Friday, July 8 at 10:00/9:00c on the network.
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Comedy Central spins the late-night numbers for the quarter to date.
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Updates include: Joe Rogan to host NBC's "Fear Factor" revival; James Tupper joins ABC's "Revenge"; and Jennifer Finnigan to star in USA's "Wild Card."
Tuesday's Cable Ratings: "Covert Affairs" Streak Hit Four Weeks
The USA drama has been Tuesday's most-watched cable original each week this month.
Disney Channel and Disney XD Celebrate "Sizzlin' Summer" With A Two-Night Premiere Event, Sunday, July 24 and Monday, July 25
"Wizards of Waverly Place," "Shake It Up," "Good Luck Charlie," "Kick Buttowski - Suburban Daredevil," "Pair of Kings," "Kickin' It" and "Zeke and Luther" are among the featured series.
Shipshape Ratings for "Deadliest Catch"
Discovery spins the numbers for Tuesday, June 28.
"So You Think You Can Dance" Season Six Debuts August 5 on Ovation
In addition, the network is producing original "extras" featuring the judges, dancers and choreographers.
USA Gives You The Chance to Live Like a Lawyer with the "Suits" Legal Life Sweepstakes
Viewers can enter to win a first year law associate's annual salary in the amount of $125,000 cash.
History(R) Revs Up for a New Season of "Top Gear" Sunday, July 24 at 10 PM ET/PT
Tanner Foust, Rutledge Wood and Adam Ferrara return as hosts of the U.S. edition.
MTV Adds Two New Series to Its Monday Night Line-Up Beginning Monday, August 29: "Ridiculousness" and "Death Valley"
Both series will air back-to-back beginning at 10:00/9:00c.
Matt Lauer of "The Today Show" Guests on USA's "Royal Pains"
Lauer joins previously announced guest stars Tony Hale, Kyle Howard and Campbell Scott in the episode, scheduled to air on August 7.
Bravo's Obsessive Compulsive House Flipper, Turns Interior Designer in the Fifth Season of "Flipping Out" Premiering Wednesday, July 6 at 9PM ET/PT
The series will subsequently move to Tuesdays at 9:00/8:00c beginning July 12.
Warner Bros. to Throw "Key Party" at Comic-Con 2011
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Darabont has Joe Maddalena auction items from his personal collection in order to raise money for earthquake and tsunami relief in Japan.
The Hub TV Network Presents The World Television Premiere Of Feature Film "Free Willy: Escape From Pirate's Cove"
Beau Bridges and Bindi Irwin co-star in the film, from director Will Geiger.
"To The Mat" Starring Ricky Schroder and Laura Bell Bundy Premieres Wednesday, August 17 on CMT
The film is the first made-for-television movie to be released as part of the "CMT Original Movies" franchise.
Lifetime to Launch Compelling, New Scripted Series "Against the Wall" on July 31
Rachael Carpani, Treat Williams and Kathy Baker co-star in the series, from creator Annie Brunner.
ABC Family Prepares Harry Potter Fans for When "It All Ends Here" With Network's "Harry Potter Weekend," Airing Thursday, July 7 Through Monday, July 11
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The top four seeds in the BBL Championship will contest Sunday's play-off semi-finals at the Skydome.
The top four seeds in the BBL Championship will contest Sunday's play-off semi-finals at the Skydome.
It is only the second time in nine years that the best four teams over the course of the season have also all reached the play-off semis and the Skydome will witness all the action from London Towers v Westfield Sharks Sheffield (3pm tip-off) and Chester Jets v Brighton Bears (6pm).
In the quarter-final play-offs, Westfield Sharks (Northern Conference) overcame Milton Keynes Lions 85-81 while Brighton Bears (Southern Conference) beat Newcastle Eagles 102-101 in overtime.
The Towers and the Jets won through to the semis by virtue of topping the Southern and Northern Conferences respectively.
That quartet will be battling for a place in the BBL Championship final at Wembley Arena on Saturday April 27.
BUPA Coventry & Warwickshire Crusaders - having missed out on the National League play-offs that culminate at the Skydome on May 11 and 12 - wind up their season when they take on London's Inter Basket at Coventry Sports Centre tomorrow (7.30pm).
And they are anxious to end a disappointing campaign on a high note against a team who edged them out by four points in January despite a 32-point contribution from Crusaders skipper Derrick Pope.
Grant Ebanja and Frank Batimba are the visitors' danger men, and Crusaders coach Dip Donaldson aims to close them down and give his side an opportunity to avoid the wooden spoon position.
Tomorrow evening is sponsored by the Army and will feature the Crusader Army Schools League final at 5.30pm with Blue Coat School taking on Cardinal Wiseman. Among other attractions, a #250 mountain bike is up for grabs.


An elegant yet destructive wicketkeeper batsman, Steven Davies is without doubt one of the most feared and dominant players in the English game. A former England player that has excelled throughout his career, Davies has also been somewhat of a trailblazer having become the first international cricketer to announce that he was gay, a revelation he made during an interview with The Daily Telegraph . Having already come out to his family five years earlier and already out to his teammates, Davies' announcement was a huge step for the cricketing and sporting world. An example and role-model for many, the stylish left-hander received support from people worldwide namely the great, Elton John. Steve Davies is an admired, talented and cherished cricketer that is available to hire as a speaker for events, dinners and functions through the Champions Speakers agency.
Bursting onto the international stage in a Twenty20 against West Indies in 2009, Davies was selected for his tremendous progress and ability that he had showed for Worcestershire CCC . Although he was consistent, his selection and treatment was quite the opposite as he found himself forever in and out of the team. Despite this, Davies remained focused and determined to persevere leading to him replacing Craig Kieswetter in the 50-over side and travelling to Australia in 2010-11 as England's first-choice wicketkeeper in limited-overs cricket and back-up to Matt Prior in the Test squad.
True to form however, things did not last. Just one game into the seven-match ODI that series that preceded the World Cup , Davies was unexpectedly dumped from the team and replaced by Prior who went on to the World Cup without much success. This harsh treatment and frustration has been widely criticised by the cricket public who believe that Davies should have been a regular fixture within the team. During his work as a speaker, Steve sheds more light on this topic in addition to sharing the tools, tactics and strategies he used to continually comeback from setbacks. Earmarked as a player with England potential from a young age, Steven Davies' talent was obvious. Finishing above the legendary Graeme Hick in the Worcestershire averages in his debut season in 2005, Davies was immediately selected for the National Academy and toured the West Indies with England A that winter. A former England Under-19 captain, Davies has impressed everyone who has come across him and, vitally, his glove-work is an excellent standard as is his imperious and dismissive stroke-play.
Never one to rest on his laurels, in 2009, Davies was ready for a new challenge which resulted in a moved from Worcestershire to Surrey where he was given the responsibility and opportunity of batting in the top order and in doing so reigniting his International aspirations. Wonderfully fluent through the offside with a remarkable ability to effortless hit the ball in the air and away to the boundary, Steve remains a joy to watch for fans across the nation. During his presentations as a speaker, Davies discusses the reasons he left Worcester as well as shedding light on the thriving culture at Surrey CCC . Having publicly come out just two seasons into his time at the London club, Steven also inspires guests with his reasons for choosing to tell the world when he did and expressing the support he received.
Going through one of the hardest times in not only his career but also his life following the loss of his dear friend and teammate, Tom Maynard, Davies was left considering his future in the game. Deciding to continue to ply his trade, Steve Davies was nothing short of emphatic the following season and was soon once again tipped for International honours. However, much to the surprise of many, including Surrey, Steven decided to give up the gloves early in the season, requesting to be picked as a specialist batsman instead, while his ability was never in question, many believe the decision effectively consigned his England career to the past. When hired for events through the Champions Speakers agency, Steven expresses the reasons for his decision and in doing so provides a unique insight that many are unaware of.
The nagging sense was that while Davies was one of the most aesthetically pleasing players on the county circuit, he was yet to fulfil his potential. Davies' uncertainty over his future role caused him to leave Surrey for Somerset at the end of 2016, the best memory of his farewell season an impeccable century against Yorkshire in the Royal London Cup semi-final at Headingley to take Surrey to their second successive Lord's final. Having gone on to be an integral member of the squad and be a major part of the clubs transformation, Davies' maiden century for his new county aptly came against his former club, Surrey .
A charismatic and infectious character that is immensely talented, Davies is not only a consummate professional but also a true gentleman. Able to share a host of entertaining and insightful tales and anecdotes from his career within the game, Davies is also well placed to discuss diversity, inclusion and LGBT, a topic close to his heart. The superb cricketer and first openly gay International cricketer, has inspired many around the world to be themselves and is now available to hire as a speaker for your next event through the Champions Speakers agency.
To book Steven Davies as the cricket speaker for your corporate event, function or conference, simply contact the Champions Speakers agency by emailing agent@championsukplc.com or by calling a booking agent directly on 0207 1010 553.


On Wednesday, November 13th the Internationalist Prison Books Collective brings you this month's Political Prisoner Letter Writing Night!
Write letters and birthday cards to political prisoners whose birthdays fall during the month of November.
It's an easy way to let these people know they aren't forgotten. If you can't make it to the letter writing night then please send a birthday card from home.


Any system that is being improved upon will have a list of requested features. To facilitate and help people see the features we are planning on adding this is going to become our active document for features that are slated to be added based on client request. Any feature can be requested and will go into the queue below.
If the login is from a new IP address from the old IP address show send an email to the user letting them know.
Keywords (e.g. garage, pool, waterfront, etc.
Your Saved Search is on Mobile and Tablet, too!
Access your Zillow Saved Search through your computer, mobile or tablet.
Show/hide fields based on what is available - use the new fields in appsettings to control this???
Send an email to one or more individuals you would like to receive a testimonial from.


I have been given the opportunity to review some stamping plates lately, from various stores. And you all know how much I love stamping! Since they are collections instead of single plates I have a lot to get through. Bottom line...plan on seeing a lot of stamping designs and plate reviews!
Today I have Born Pretty Plate 10.
Larger images like the one on Plate 10 can be very messy when applying, as you can see. This plate was etched perfectly making image transfer smooth and easy. Plus the image is fantastic.
I layered another section of the image over the first.
Fantastic plate! From the image to construction.
Make sure you use my code to save 10%!
That is a fantastic image!
I love this Nail Art!!!!
What detail this plate achieved on the nails!


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How to Respond to Microaggressions in an Interracial Relationship
My partner was kind and intelligent, but relationships do not exist in a vacuum.
by Anuradha Varanasi
May 28, 2021 | Love
Credit: Mary Long // Adobe
When I left India to move to New York City for grad school in 2018, I knew I had to be prepared for a massive cultural shock.
But after settling into my new apartment, I realized the only aspect of living in NYC that was surprising to me was the rampant racial segregation in all five boroughs of the city.
As a foreigner in a new city where I knew no one, I immediately turned to apps like Bumble BFF and Tinder to connect with like-minded people. The first friend I made in NYC was a bisexual African American woman.
During our first meet up, we immediately hit it off. We spoke at length about our experiences in trying to navigate the city's dating scene as non-white women.
Out of curiosity, I asked her if she might consider dating a white man again after an unpleasant experience. She immediately said no.
"I just can't put up with all the microaggressions," she said.
How racial microaggressions manifest in interracial relationships
Microaggressions refer to everyday verbal or non-verbal snubs or derogatory actions — whether intentional or unintentional — directed toward individuals of marginalized groups.
Some forms of discrimination are no longer as brazen or brash as they were in the past, but that doesn't mean they're not harmful. Although racial microaggressions are subtle, their effects have been described as "death by a thousand cuts."
And for good reason. Researchers have detailed how racial microaggressions can lead to trauma and depression for those targeted.
As a science journalist, I had read about the impacts of racial microaggressions from an academic point of view. But my friend's answer initially confused me.
I finally understood what she meant during my first interracial relationship two years ago.
I was dating a kind and intelligent man from Austria (who I will give the pseudonym Alex). Alex was well-read and cultured, and a superb listener.
But after a few months into the relationship, I realized relationships do not exist in a vacuum.
While Alex and I were together, I experienced multiple racial microaggressions that left me feeling alienated, frustrated and hurt. They mainly took place while we were in public settings.
When we would go to restaurants or bars, servers and bartenders would blatantly ignore me. I used to see white customers getting their orders before me, even though I had arrived earlier and tried to order my food and drinks before them.
But when I would try to bring this to Alex's attention, he would say the waiters were just busy. I wondered why those episodes made my blood boil until I read about the three types of microaggressions — microinvalidations, microinsults and microassaults.
Bearing the brunt of microinvalidations alone
Here, I was facing a type of microaggression called a microinvalidation.
Microinvalidations are statements that tend to "deny, negate or undermine a person of color's racial realities," writes Kevin Nadal, a counseling psychologist at CUNY's John Jay College of Criminal Justice, in a CUNY Forum paper.
Back then, I swept those incidents under the rug because I did not know how to handle them. Repeatedly left to fend for myself in public spaces, my feelings of anger and resentment intensified toward my now ex-boyfriend.
BIPOC individuals are expected to carry two burdens: single-handedly educating others, while speaking up on issues that directly impact them, said Shaina Singh, a Texas-based psychotherapist and dating coach.
Even though I attempted to tell Alex I need him to speak up on my behalf, nothing changed. Instead, he said he had social anxiety and felt uncomfortable about standing up for me.
I had experienced one of the most common microaggressions in an interracial relationship: My partner failed to speak up against microaggressions in a public setting and left me to defend myself alone.
"Having social anxiety and feeling uncomfortable are excuses I often hear from others when asked why they do not speak up around racial issues," Singh said.
"If your (partner) refuses to grow, evolve, and continues to hurt you, then it's time to call it what it is." | Credit: vernStudio // Adobe
"Another excuse or justification I have also heard is when a white person claims they have the trauma of their own and don't have it in them to speak up."
In interracial relationships, the partner with racial privilege needs to do their own work around racism and know how to recognize microaggressions.
"A partnership with a secure attachment and a powerful bond will have conversations around speaking up, showing up, and be able to sit with discomfort," Singh said.
"The partner with privilege will also be able to see the pain they inflict on the partner when they place all the burden of speaking up and showing up on the partner with the marginalized identity."
Seemingly casual forms of microaggressions: microassaults and microinsults
While Alex and I were in a monogamous relationship for nine months, he attempted to understand my perspective and was kind and considerate.
We had honest conversations around racism and inequalities. Still, sometimes his off-handed jokes unintentionally left me seething with rage.
One evening, while we were walking in the park, I told him how U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids and arrests had become increasingly common in 2019.
He then joked that I should not be so worried about ICE, because I came to the U.S. legally, right?
This type of microaggression is also known as a microassault: when someone makes an offensive joke or comment and tries to pass it off as humor as a way of denying prejudice, or in this case, flaunting their privilege.
It left me grasping at straws, trying to figure out how to cope with the anger of being on the receiving end of these unintentional microaggressions.
I knew he was a genuinely good person who cared about me. But these episodes of obliviousness drove a wedge between us.
A few months after Alex and I broke up, a white American man I went on a few dates with insisted I meet his parents.
Barely an hour after meeting his mother and talking to her about my work as a journalist living in New York, she told me how surprised she was that I could speak in "good English".
This was a microinsult, which are often guised as a compliment. These statements are discriminatory toward ethnic minorities, Nadal writes.
This woman's statement was offensive, as it implied that Asians are not well-spoken.
When I talked to my date about his mother's comment, he looked embarrassed but brushed it off as ignorance.
"It is important for people in interracial relationships to pay close attention to intent and impact and assess if their partner changes after they are given feedback," Singh said.
"So, if your (partner) refuses to grow, evolve, and continues to hurt you, then it's time to call it what it is."
Addressing power dynamics in interracial relationships
Differences in interracial relationships could stem from diverse and varying family values, class, socioeconomic status, culture and religion.
Addressing those differences should first begin with establishing similarities, said Rana Khan, a marriage and family psychotherapist based in Canada.
"Establishing similarities to me is like warming up the seat. You feel more comfortable and become less guarded. That way, couples can tackle the larger concern — the differences," he said.
When it comes to differences, validation techniques can go a long way. They involve listening to your partner and giving them the time and space to express themselves without inserting your own thoughts or opinions.
For example, Khan said, a person may tell their partner about their experiences feeling like an outsider all the time, in every setting.
Validating that experience would look something like, "That sounds difficult."
"Invalidation would be when you want to contest that, or when you disagree with something. 'You have no reason to feel like an outsider,' or, 'Why do you feel like an outsider?'" Khan said.
"The beauty of validation is that you don't have to agree with your partner, you just have to listen and imagine what it must be like to be in their shoes. And, if you can't imagine it, then to be real and just say, 'I have no idea what that must be like for you.'"
Anuradha Varanasi is a freelance journalist and science writer based in New York City. She writes on health and climate change and enjoys long walks.


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package JFlex;

import java.util.*;

/**
 * Symbol table and expander for macros.
 *
 * Maps macros to their (expanded) definitions, detects cycles and
 * unused macros.
 *
 * @author Gerwin Klein
 * @version JFlex 1.4.3, $Revision: 433 $, $Date: 2009-01-31 19:52:34 +1100 (Sat, 31 Jan 2009) $
 */
final public class Macros {

  /** Maps names of macros to their definition */
  private Hashtable macros;

  /** Maps names of macros to their "used" flag */
  private Hashtable used;

  /**
   * Creates a new macro expander.
   */
  public Macros() {
    macros = new Hashtable();
    used = new Hashtable();
  }

  /**
   * Stores a new macro and its definition.
   *
   * @param name         the name of the new macro
   * @param definition   the definition of the new macro
   *
   * @return true, iff the macro name has not been
   *         stored before.
   */
  public boolean insert(String name, RegExp definition) {

    if (Options.DEBUG)
      Out.debug("inserting macro "+name+" with definition :"+Out.NL+definition); //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$

    used.put(name, Boolean.FALSE);
    return macros.put(name,definition) == null;
  }

  /**
   * Marks a makro as used.
   *
   * @return true, iff the macro name has been
   *         stored before.
   */
  public boolean markUsed(String name) {
    return used.put(name, Boolean.TRUE) != null;
  }

  /**
   * Tests if a macro has been used.
   *
   * @return true, iff the macro has been used in
   *         a regular expression.
   */
  public boolean isUsed(String name) {
    return ((Boolean)used.get(name)).booleanValue();
  }

  /**
   * Returns all unused macros.
   *
   * @return the enumeration of macro names that have not been used.
   */
  public Enumeration unused() {

    Vector unUsed = new Vector();

    Enumeration names = used.keys();
    while ( names.hasMoreElements() ) {
      String name = (String) names.nextElement();
      Boolean isUsed = (Boolean) used.get( name );
      if ( !isUsed.booleanValue() ) unUsed.addElement(name);
    }

    return unUsed.elements();
  }

  /**
   * Fetches the definition of the macro with the specified name,
   *

   * The definition will either be the same as stored (expand() not
   * called), or an equivalent one, that doesn't contain any macro
   * usages (expand() called before).
   *
   * @param name   the name of the macro
   *
   * @return the definition of the macro, null if
   *         no macro with the specified name has been stored.
   *
   * @see JFlex.Macros#expand
   */
  public RegExp getDefinition(String name) {
    return (RegExp) macros.get(name);
  }

  /**
   * Expands all stored macros, so that getDefinition always returns
   * a defintion that doesn't contain any macro usages.
   *
   * @throws MacroException   if there is a cycle in the macro usage graph.
   */
   public void expand() throws MacroException {

    Enumeration names;

    names = macros.keys();

    while ( names.hasMoreElements() ) {
      String name = (String) names.nextElement();
      if ( isUsed(name) )
        macros.put(name, expandMacro(name, getDefinition(name)));
      // this put doesn't get a new key, so only a new value
      // is set for the key "name" (without changing the enumeration
      // "names"!)
    }
  }

  /**
   * Expands the specified macro by replacing each macro usage
   * with the stored definition.
   *
   * @param name        the name of the macro to expand (for detecting cycles)
   * @param definition  the definition of the macro to expand
   *
   * @return the expanded definition of the macro.
   *
   * @throws MacroException when an error (such as a cyclic definition)
   *                              occurs during expansion
   */
  private RegExp expandMacro(String name, RegExp definition) throws MacroException {

    // Out.print("checking macro "+name);
    // Out.print("definition is "+definition);

    switch ( definition.type ) {
    case sym.BAR:
    case sym.CONCAT:
      RegExp2 binary = (RegExp2) definition;
      binary.r1 = expandMacro(name, binary.r1);
      binary.r2 = expandMacro(name, binary.r2);
      return definition;

    case sym.STAR:
    case sym.PLUS:
    case sym.QUESTION:
    case sym.BANG:
    case sym.TILDE:
      RegExp1 unary = (RegExp1) definition;
      unary.content = expandMacro(name, (RegExp) unary.content);
      return definition;

    case sym.MACROUSE:
      String usename = (String) ((RegExp1) definition).content;

      if ( name.equals(usename) )
        throw new MacroException(ErrorMessages.get(ErrorMessages.MACRO_CYCLE, name));

      RegExp usedef = getDefinition(usename);

      if ( usedef == null )
        throw new MacroException(ErrorMessages.get(ErrorMessages.MACRO_DEF_MISSING, usename, name));

      markUsed(usename);

      return expandMacro(name, usedef);

    case sym.STRING:
    case sym.STRING_I:
    case sym.CHAR:
    case sym.CHAR_I:
    case sym.CCLASS:
    case sym.CCLASSNOT:
      return definition;

    default:
      throw new MacroException("unknown expression type "+definition.type+" in macro expansion"); //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
    }
  }
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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Lancia Engines
Fiat 128 SOHC engine (1969–1999)
Fiat 128 SOHC engine
Fiat / Lancia / Zastava / Tofaş
SOHC 2-valve I4
Designed by Aurelio Lampredi, the Fiat SOHC engine first appeared in the front-wheel drive (FWD) Fiat 128 of 1969. The in-line four-cylinder engine comprised an iron block with an aluminium cylinder-head containing a single over-head camshaft operating directly on both the inlet and exhaust valves in a reverse-flow cylinder-head configuration. The camshaft was driven by a belt rather than chain. The engine remained in production until the mid 1990s and grew in capacity over the years from 1100 cc (in the Fiat 128) to an eventual 1600 cc (in the Fiat Tipo/Tempra). Also appearing in 1969, the Fiat V6 130 engine 2866 cc, although no reverse-flow cylinder-head, is directly related to the 128 SOHC engine, with a 1.20 upscale in bore and stroke.
Design and production
The engine was designed as a transverse mounted FWD-only power-plant being the first engine/gearbox combination to exhibit the now standard transverse engine-next-to-gearbox layout with unequal length driveshafts (the Mini had its gearbox in the sump of the engine). The one exception to the engines FWD-only design is its revolutionary use as a mid-engine drive-train in the Fiat X1/9.
A prominent feature of the Fiat SOHC engine its massively over-square proportions. This over-square design allows large (within the constrains of a reverse-flow configuration) valve sizes relative to engine capacity. A secondary benefit is the short crank throw reduces the accelerative forces on the con-rod allowing the engine to operate at significantly increased engine-speeds.
The engine was developed for forced-induction use in the Fiat Uno Turbo. It was then further refined for the Uno Turbo Mark II, and later for the Punto GT.
As with its bigger brother the famous Fiat DOHC (aka Fiat/Lancia twincam) engine, the Fiat SOHC engine was shared with the Fiat subsidiary Lancia (appearing in 1,500 cc guise in the Lancia Delta/Prisma of the 1980s) as well as being used in the Fiat 128 derived Yugo.
The final incarnation of the 128 SOHC engine was modified to utilise 16 valves and dual cam shafts. The engine (using the designation "Torque") featured the bore-spacing, bore and stroke of the 1,580 cc 159/160 series engine with a new 16 valve DOHC cylinder-head. To incorporate the extra oil-return-paths and symmetrical head (as opposed to the asymmetrical SOHC head) the cylinder-block was slightly revised making the DOHC head non-interchangeable with the previous incarnations of the 128 engine. Development of the Torque engine took place in the US rather than Italy, whilst Fiat was in partnership with GM. The "Torque" engine (178.B3 - 182.A4) powered the Brava/Bravo, Marea and Multipla Fiat automobiles as well as the second-generation Lancia Delta (never sold in the UK), finally ending production in 1999.
Engine specification
The Fiat SOHC engine was produced in a number of configurations differing in stroke and bore but maintaining a standard bore-spacing. The first generation of 128 derived engines used a stroke of 55.5 mm and a bore of 80 mm to produce a displacement of 1116 cc. The bore was increased to 86 mm (maintaining the 55.5 mm stroke) to give a displacement of 1290 cc for the X1/9. The original 1290 cc 128/X1/9 engine is the only one of the family to have used the 86 mm bore. The second generation used bores of either 80 mm or 86.4 mm with strokes of 55.5 mm or 63.9 mm giving four possible engine capacities. The final generation of SOHC engines standardised on a longer 67.4 mm stroke with either an 80.5 mm or 86.4 mm bore (giving 1372 cc and 1581 cc respectively).
List of vehicles utilising variations of the Fiat SOHC engine.
Fiat 128: 1969-1985
Fiat Regata: 1985-1990
Fiat Ritmo/Strada: 1978-1988
Fiat Punto Mk I: 1993-1999
Fiat Uno: 1983-1989
Fiat Tipo: 1988-1995
Fiat Tempra: 1990-1995
Fiat X1/9: 1972-1989
Lancia Delta: 1979-1994
Lancia Prisma: 1980s
Lancia Dedra: 1990-1998
Yugo 55
Zastava Florida
Yugo sana 1.3 1.4
Tofaş Şahin/Doğan/Kartal
The Fiat SOHC used the full gamut of induction techniques through its long production run. The original 128 and 138 series engines originally used a single down-draught carburettor. The carburettor was normally of progressive twin-choke design (two asymmetric sized chokes operated progressively) such as the Weber DMTR and DATR of the X1/9. Multi Point fuel Injection (MPI) was introduced late in the 138 series to help meet lowered emission requirements in the US. The original MPI system comprised a large cylindrical plenum running parallel to the engine with individual runners to each inlet port and a single throttle controlling air-flow into the plenum. This plenum was pressurised in the Mk I Uno Turbo. The plenum was slightly redesigned to a more angular "box" shape for the 3rd Generation engines and was again pressurised for the Uno and Punto GT Turbo models. For the 3rd Generation engines the down-draft carburettor was replaced with a Single Point fuel Injection system (SPI) in the base-level models. The SPI system mounts on a manifold similar to that of the carburetted models and looks, as well as acts, much like a single-choke carburettor with a single throttle plate but no venturi and a centrally mounted single injector.
Tuning & modification
Traditionally both down-draft (DCNF & IDF) and side-draft (DCOE) twin-choke carburettors have been used to extract more power from the 128 derived engines. IDFs are rarely used due to an incorrect orientation of the float-bowls (causing possible surge/starve issues under cornering), the correctly orientated DCNF being the preferred down-draft carburettor in this application (also having a much lower profile than the IDF). For ultimate power the DCOE carburettor is used even though the float-bowl direction matches that of the IDF (i.e. incorrect). The aforementioned carburettors are usually used in pairs (effectively giving one independently tuneable carburettor per engine-cylinder), though applications where a single DCNF/DCOE are used to feed a shared manifold do exist. DCNF's tend to be either 36 mm or 40 mm, the larger 44-DCNF is deemed too large for the engine. Both 40-DCOE and 45-DCOE are commonly used where space allows.
Tuning of the early MPI systems has previously been difficult as the electronic control systems are analogue making them difficult to "re-map". Low-cost DIY Fuel Injection (FI) controllers (such as MegaSquirt) have made it easier to alter the characteristics of the early MPI systems and release similar potential as the DCNF/DCOE carburettors. It is possible to "chip" the later digital MPI systems though aftermarket FI controllers again give greater flexibility.
Individual FI Throttle Bodies (TBs) are available for mounting to DCNF and DCOE manifolds as well as custom-built FI systems which, with aftermarket controllers, give the most flexibility and control over fuelling out of all the options.
Motorcycle carburettors
Motorcycle, or "bike" carburettors, being a modern and cost-effective alternative to DCOE/DCNFs, have been adapted to work with the 128-derived engines. They potentially offer better control over fuelling than DCNF/DCOE, but their use on the Fiat SOHC engine is still in its infancy.
Camshaft profile
The camshaft was a main methods of varying the 128 series engines characteristics for different applications/markets. The high-revving oversquare design of the 128 engine lends itself to high-overlap high-duration cam profiles better than more traditional square/under-square engine designs without losing drivability. Though a beneficial characteristic for sports orientated engine the high-overlap high-duration cam design gives poor emissions output which was unacceptable under the tightened US emissions regulations. To remedy this (in addition to the introduction of MPI) camshafts for emission-restricted markets featured asthmatic low-lift, low-duration, low-overlap profiles totally unsuited to the nature of the 128 engine.
Standard production camshaft specifications
Duration (degrees)
Overlap (degrees)
Lift (mm)
Clearance (mm) Inlet/Exhaust
12/52-52/12 244 24 - - 1.1 L 128 - European Specification
10/54-54/10 244 20 - - 1.1 L 128 - North-American Specification
24/68-68/24 272 48 9.85 - 128 Rally
24/68-68/24 272 48 9.85 - 1300 X1/9 - European Specification
10/54-54/10 244 20 - - 1300 X1/9 - North-American Specification
12/52-52/12 244 24 - - 1300 X1/9 - Australian Specification
24/68-68/24 272 48 9.9 - 1500 X1/9 - European Specification (carb)
10/54-54/10 244 20 - - 1500 X1/9 - North-American Specification (FI)
10/54-54/10 244 20 - - 1500 X1/9 - Australian Specification (carb)
9/39-31/1 228-212 10 8 - 1.3 L Uno
0/30-40/10 210-230 10 8 - 1.3 L Uno Turbo
14/36-44/6 230 20 8.8 - 1.4 L Uno Turbo
Tuning and modification
Fast-road/race camshaft specifications
Kent FT7 35/67-67/35 282 70 10.33 0.20 / 0.20 NA - fast road
Kent FT8 52/76-76/52 308 104 10.82 0.20 / 0.20 NA - race
Piper BP270 33/67-67/33 280 66 9.80 0.20 / 0.20 NA - fast road
Piper BP285 36/72-72/36 288 72 10.40 0.20 / 0.20 NA - fast road
Piper BP300 39/71-71/39 290 78 11.18 0.25 / 0.25 NA - race
Piper BP320 53/83-83/53 316 106 11.18 0.25 / 0.25 NA - race
Peugeot XUD engine (1982-2001) 1 / 12 Fiat FIRE Engine (1985-)
Lancia Engines | Zastava Engines | Yugo Engines | Fiat Engines
Petrol Engines | Straight-4 Engines
Peugeot EW engine (1999-2011)
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Despite having published the recipe of Luqam (AKA Awwameh) a few years ago (find the recipe here), I had to include this recipe again this year because as I have come to learn, Luqam Al Qadi happens to have such an interesting history and that is one of my focal points this Ramadan. Moreover, Luqam is a dish that is known to be a part of the menu that devout Muslims of the Medieval Era ate to break their Ramadan fast and continues to be one of the most favourite and widest spread dessert options in Ramadan until today.
So read on I think you will enjoy exploring this traditional dessert from a fresh perspective.
'Luqam Al Qadi' لقم القاضي is the classical Arabic name for a dessert made with leavened pastry that is deep fried, and then sweetened.
In modern spoken Arabic this dessert is also known as Awwameh عوامة in Palestine and parts of Jordan (literal translation: that which floats), Lomet il Adi لؤمة الآضي in Lebanon, Syria and other parts of Jordan (literal translation: the bite of the judge) , as well as Lgeimat لقيمات in the Gulf Region (literal translation: small bites).
It is worth mentioning here that the Arabic word Luqam لقم means nibbles or small bites and Al Qadi القاضي means the judge (a term also commonly used in reference to court). It is commonly known that this dessert took this name because it was originally a delicacy created for the courts before being mainstreamed.
These fried pastries are usually dipped in Qater* as soon as they are out of the fryer. While this dessert is very well known across the Arab world – despite having different names, pronunciations and at times different applications (in the modern recipe) – they all originate from the same classical recipe that goes back to Medieval Islamic cooking. One of the earliest records of this recipe is found in the Baghdad Cookery Book (1226 AD/623 AH), according to which the Luqam are also dusted with powdered sugar, after being dipped in the syrup. The dessert is usually served warm or at room temperature, as it is meant to be had very fresh after frying.
Classically, this dessert belongs to the category of finger foods.
I was reading through Culinary Historian Cathy Kaufman's writings and have come across such an interesting piece "Beignets and Luqam: Thoughts from Kathy Kufman" in which she explores the origin of the French Beignets and traces them as being the base of the National 'doughnuts' of New Orleans – now known as the New Orleans Mardi Gras Beignets. She then moves on to spotting the connection between beignets and the Spanish "buñuelos" and finally tracing the pastries back to Medieval Islamic food (specifically to Luqam Al Qadi). What an interesting proposition that reflects on how food moves around the world, and how it evolves through history!
'Beignet' is a French term for a pastry made from deep fried choux paste.
Fried doughs, in many variations, can be found in almost all cuisines across the globe. However, the origin of the term Beignet is French. Beignets have been in French cookery since the Middle Ages and are found in the works of: Massialot's Le Cuisinier Roial Et Bourgeois (1691), Le Cuisinier gascon (1747) and Le Dictionnaire portatif de cuisine (1767). All these works describe beignets as being a type of pastry that is leavened with brewers' yeast or eggs, which are fried in butter, lard or a type of oil either on their own or as a dense batter for sweet or savory morsels.
Le Grand Robert de la langue française, explains that the term acquired this new spelling from Olivier de Serres's Théâtre d'agriculture (1605), where De Serres described that apples are an excellent choice in "tartellages, beignets and similar delicacies." notice the earlier date of this document.
On the other hand, Beignets are also very popular in New Orleans' creole cuisine, first brought to Louisiana by the 18th century French colonists and said to have been introduced specifically by the ursuline nuns. In home creole cooking of New Orleans, the beignets are often served as a dessert, usually including banana or plantain. While there are speculations that there may be older undiscovered beignet recipes in the old Louisiana Manuscripts, the oldest Beignet recipes in New Orleans were published under the name 'doughnut'. In the Creole Cookbook (1885) is one of the oldest New Orleans doughnut (beignet) recipes. The recipe lists, sugar, butter, eggs, flour and yeast. It also lists powdered cinnamon and rose water. Interestingly, many beignet recipes appeared in various French works around the same time when the ursuline nuns allegedly introduced beignets to New Orleans.
Nowadays, made out of leavened pastry and served sweetened by heaps of icing sugar, these doughnuts became known as the Mardi Gras Beignets as they are the traditional Mardi Gras celebration food.
The etymological and historical dictionary of gastronomy Mots de Table, Mots de Bouche (1996), suggests that the word beignet might have been adapted from the word "bugne" which means a bump in the Provençal dialect. The book even goes to suggest that "buignets" were introduced into Provence by Saracens in the 12th or 13th century.
Saracens A term – the meaning of which has evolved through history – was used in the early centuries CE in Greek and Latin to refer to a people who lived in the desert areas in and near the Roman province of Arabia, and who were specifically distinguished from Arabs.
In Europe during the Early Medieval era, the term Saracens began to be used to describe Arab tribes as well. In the later Medieval era, this term became widely used in Europe for 'Muslims'.
Kathy proposes that Mardi Gras Beignet may have their origin in the Medieval Islamic dish Luqam Al Qadi, a version of which appears in the Baghdad Cookery Book (1226 AD/623 AH). This book's recipe for Luqam Al Qadi instructs: "Make a firm dough. When fermented, take in the size of hazelnuts and fry in sesame oil. Dip in syrup and sprinkle with fine ground sugar." Kathy even goes to explain that According to Claudia Roden in A Book of Middle Eastern Food, the syrup would be flavored with rose and orange blossom waters, two of the Islamic world's outstanding culinary inventions.
If Andalusia was under Islamic rule from the eighth until the end of the fifteenth century, many Islamic foods had ample opportunity to be integrated into what has evolved into Spanish cuisine. In her argument, Kathy suggests that the term "buñuelos" – which is Spanish for yeasted fritters – is very similar to the Provençal bugne. She finds this to be further evidence to support the "Andalusian introduction of beignets into Mediterranean France". Moreover, she argues that pets de nonne which are deep-fried balls of airy choux paste, were – in the Middle Ages – known as "Spanish beignets". This fact associates deep-fried leavened dough with Spain.
"Not to stop there, but the argument is given another reason to believe that biegnets may have migrated from Islamic to European cookery simply by explaining that the deep-frying involved in making Beignet was a relatively expensive technique requiring the use of fat and metal pans instead of clay in order to withstand the heat. Deep frying therefore, would have been more likely practiced by the elite and the recipes more likely distributed at courtly levels before being accessible to all. According to Cathy, the fact is that "Cordoba, in Andalusia, was home to one of the wealthiest courts in the High Middle Ages when the buignet made its way to Provence, and the Islamic world had a more developed written recipe tradition in the thirteenth century than anything in Christian Europe.".
According to Beignets and Luqam: Thoughts from Kathy Kaufman, the similarities between the Luqam and the Beignet are unmistakable. Furthermore, luqam has all of the key elements of the Creole Cookery Book's doughnuts.
Hope you have enjoyed reading this post and that it made you at least curious about how food evolves and travels around the world.


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use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;

class CreatePotongansTable extends Migration {

	/**
	 * Run the migrations.
	 *
	 * @return void
	 */
	public function up()
	{
		Schema::create('potongans', function(Blueprint $table)
		{
			$table->increments('id');
			$table->string(' kd_potongan');
			$table->string('nama_potongan');
			$table->timestamps();
		});
	}

	/**
	 * Reverse the migrations.
	 *
	 * @return void
	 */
	public function down()
	{
		Schema::drop('potongans');
	}

}


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Q: Merge and view rotated and compressed logfiles I have a bunch of partly compressed rotated logfiles from a Glassfish application server (using a custom Java logging format):
/tmp/server.log        /tmp/server.log.13.gz  /tmp/server.log.18.gz  /tmp/server.log.23.gz  /tmp/server.log.28.gz  /tmp/server.log.32.gz  /tmp/server.log.37.gz  /tmp/server.log.4.gz  /tmp/server.log.9.gz
/tmp/server.log.1      /tmp/server.log.14.gz  /tmp/server.log.19.gz  /tmp/server.log.24.gz  /tmp/server.log.29.gz  /tmp/server.log.33.gz  /tmp/server.log.38.gz  /tmp/server.log.5.gz
/tmp/server.log.10.gz  /tmp/server.log.15.gz  /tmp/server.log.20.gz  /tmp/server.log.25.gz  /tmp/server.log.2.gz   /tmp/server.log.34.gz  /tmp/server.log.39.gz  /tmp/server.log.6.gz
/tmp/server.log.11.gz  /tmp/server.log.16.gz  /tmp/server.log.21.gz  /tmp/server.log.26.gz  /tmp/server.log.30.gz  /tmp/server.log.35.gz  /tmp/server.log.3.gz   /tmp/server.log.7.gz
/tmp/server.log.12.gz  /tmp/server.log.17.gz  /tmp/server.log.22.gz  /tmp/server.log.27.gz  /tmp/server.log.31.gz  /tmp/server.log.36.gz  /tmp/server.log.40.gz  /tmp/server.log.8.gz

How do I view them altogether as if they are merged into a single file - in the correct order?
Saw some approaches using awstats and goaccess, but the first one is apache specific and the last one does not seem to work as expected.
Is there a way to do it without having to extract everything?

A: I use GoAccess to parse all my compressed files using a custom log format (Apache).
zcat -f /tmp/server.log* | goaccess -a

You can parse pretty much all log date/formats. See man page.

A: Use this:
cd /var/log/...
ls | tac | while IFS= read i; do if [[ $i == *.gz ]]; then gzip -d; else cat; fi < "$i"; done | less

Caveat: Does not order log files correctly when there are multi-digit suffixes like .1, .2, ... , .10 involved. Does anyone have an idea for that?


American soprano Devon Guthrie made an acclaimed debut as Susanna in a new production of Le nozze di Figaro at English National Opera when she was still a student at the Juilliard School.
Guthrie has won several awards and prizes in competitions such as the Gerda Lissner Competition, Houston Grand Opera Eleanor McCollum Competition for Young Singers, Licia Albanese Competition and Liederkranz. She was also an apprentice at the Santa Fe Opera and Tanglewood Music Festival, where she worked with James Levine.
Recent operatic roles include creating the role of Mary Johnson in the world premier of Fellow Travelers by Greg Spears at Cincinnati Opera; Daisy Buchanan in Harbison The Great Gatsby in Boston at the New England Conservatory and Tanglewood; Erste Dame Die Zauberflöte with Opera Philadelphia; Chocholka The Cunning Little Vixen for New York Philharmonic; Bubikopf Der Kaiser von Atlantis with Central City Opera; Donna Elvira Don Giovanni at the Tanglewood Music Festival; Roxana Król Roger (cover) for Santa Fe and Amore Orfeo ed Euridice (cover) at the Metropolitan Opera. At Juilliard her roles included Donna Elvira, Sidonie Armide, Drusilla L'incoronazione di Poppea and Laurie The Tender Land.
A dedicated recitalist and contemporary music interpreter, she has appeared several times at the Opera America Salon and has performed pieces such as Lonely Child by Claude Vivier; 13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird by Lukas Foss; Barber Knoxville: Summer of 1915; Schubert Der Hirt auf dem Felsen; Orpheus and Euridice by Ricky Ian Gordon, and covered the role of Tatyana Bakst in the world premier of Great Scott.
Recent highlights include Pamina in a new production of The Magic Flute by renowned British actor and director Simon McBurney at ENO; two seasons singing with The Paul Taylor Dance Company for a series of performances of Beloved Renegade; her debut with the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis as Pulcheria in Riccardo Primo; an acclaimed Santa Fe debut as Marzelline in Fidelio as well as Susanna in a production of Le nozze di Figaro at the Saito Kinen Festival. On the concert platform she has performed a Huang Ruo Chamber Concert with Mimesis Ensemble at Carnegie Hall and in Santa Fe and was heard in Handel's Messiah with Santa Fe Symphony Orchestra.
In the 2016⁄17 Devon Guthrie makes both her role and company debut as Konstanze in Abduction from the Seralio at Kentucky Opera; the Brahms Requiem with the Madison Symphony; and returns to Santa Fe Opera to sing the role of Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus.


The following activities are available to be led by the Centres' Outdoor Educators and although some may run all day the majority of sessions typically run for 3 hours from 9:30-12:30 and 13:30-16:30. That said, it is also possible to combine some activities or run them as a 'short' session in the shorter morning slot after arrival or after lunch on your last day.
All programmes can be individually created to meet your exact needs and we would encourage any interested party to visit us on-site for a tour and dicussion with a member of staff or contact the office to talk through your needs with a programme coordinator.
A group walk through the local countryside, where you get to study animal and plant habitats in the local area.
A walk to see the nearby locks, narrowboats and everything you would expect to see at the canalside.
Build a survival shelter using natural materials in the woods.
Take on the life of Andrew Goldsworthy and gather materials readily at hand in the natural environment to creat your own work of art.
Visit a local organic dairy farm.
Weave willow fish or Christmas decorations which the children can take home with them.
A selection of challenges to encourage teamwork and cooperation.
Use the replica round house and mock archaeological dig at Burwardsley to uncover the lives of people living in the area three thousand years ago. It is possible to walk there and back from Beeston but you may wish touse your coach to cover one of the journeys.
Just a 20 minute walk from the Centre. Visits are free provided you book in advance with English Heritage.
1 to 1 1/2 hour walk or it is possible to combine this visit with your coach trip to or from the centre.
An 1 1/2 - 2 hours walk one way or it is possible to combine this visit with your coach trip to or from the centre.
With the exception of the Farm Visit and Archaeological Dig, you are welcome to use the site as a base to plan, risk assess and run your own activities.


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The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has updated its car seat recommendations.
The AAP had previously recommended that all babies be transported in rear facing until at least two years of age. Their new stance is that babies should remain rear-facing until they reach the car seat manufacturers maximum height and weight guidelines, regardless of the child's age.
Dr. Benjamin Hoffman, who is the lead author of the AAP policy statement and also the chair of the AAP Council on Injury, Violence and Poison Prevention, has been quoted, saying "Fortunately, car seat manufacturers have created seats that allow children to remain rear-facing until they weigh 40 pounds or more, which means most children can remain rear-facing past their second birthday, It's best to keep your child rear-facing as long as possible. This is still the safest way for children to ride.
The evolution of car seats as children grow is to inherently reduce the amount of protection provided for the child in an automobile crash. You should always use the car seat that is appropriate for your child's size and age to reduce the risk of serious injuries.Car seats can reduce injuries or even fatalities by as much as 70%..
When using a forward-facing car seat your child's head will be thrown forward in the event of an accident occuring while moving. Severe injuries of the spine and neck can be the result of this. With a rear-facing car seat, the seat does a better job in absorbing the impact of a crash rather than tranmitting the energy into the childs spine.
For more info, see the Consumer Affairs article here.
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