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In Poland, the same is happening. Lots of new Saudi students, obtaining grants from the Saudi government of around 10,000 zloty per month (around 3 times the average wage). Why does Saudi want them to study abroad, I wonder??
Commented Dec 28, 2013 on Number of Saudi Students in U.S. Doubles in 2 Years at Atlas Shrugs
Number of Saudi Students in U.S. Doubles in 2 Years
Importing jihad. But Christians fleeing jihad in Syria, Egypt, Libya etc are denied entry Visas. That is Obaam's legacy. "No. of Saudi Students in U.S. Doubles in 2 Years' Judicial Watch, December 4, 2013 The Obama administration is allowing a growing number of students from Saudi Arabia to en...
Western woman meets Arab man, gets married, finds out things change completely, and that she's a prisoner... But Muslim men are allowed to marry Christian and Jewish women - "people of the book"... so why does an Arab go for a "multicultural studies" type, most probably an atheist pinko-femino-hippie, unless it was for the passport? (although glad that on this occasion it was a bleeding heart liberal who got to have a sharp reality check)
Commented Nov 4, 2013 on A Cautionary Tale, One Mother's Story: Marrying Muslim at Atlas Shrugs
A Cautionary Tale, One Mother's Story: Marrying Muslim
Any non-Muslim woman who marries a Muslim is putting her life, her freedom and the freedom of her children in jeopardy. These horror stories are told and retold by American women (and women living in Western countries). Micah Thorner, director of post-convention support programs at the Hague, sa...
"This is probably "the" most overlooked issue ever..." My thoughts exactly.
At the National Maritime Museum in London (described as perhaps "the largest museum of its kind in the world"), the following account was given of the background to the discovery of America, in the section on "Explorers": "In the ancient world, goods were collected from different parts of Asia ("the East") and taken largely by land to Turkey, Syria or Egypt. In the Middle Ages these routes were dominated by Italian traders, especially Venetians. By about 1500 traders were looking for new, direct routes to the riches of the East and the great age of European exploration began. Before 1450 Europeans had a very hazy idea of what "the East" was like or even how to get there. Columbus's landfall on San Salvador in the Carribean in 1492 was on a voyage intended to find an alternative trade route to Asia. He went to his grave convinced that the lands he found were part of China." So, what was the reason that traders were looking for new, direct routes to the East, even across an ocean which they had never sailed? Seems like a minor detail that the London museum had "forgotten"... Then again, my girlfriend tells me that at her school in Poland, during history lessons about the discovery of the New World, the teacher once asked "Why did Columnbus sail West?". The answer was an obvious one to all - "Because the Ottomans conquered Constantinople, in 1453 - meaning a new trade route to India had to be found". So I guess Islam did have something to do with the history of America, after all...
Commented Oct 14, 2013 on Columbus and Islam at Atlas Shrugs
Columbus and Islam
I am sure your children were not taught this in school. I wasn't. More scrubbing of history in compliance with the sharia. Christopher Columbus on Santa Maria in 1492 Columbus and Islam Citizen warrior, October 14, 2013 (thanks to Jim) In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue. We all know t...
Below, more on the historical figure which inspired the name of the "counter-extremist" Quilliam Foundation - Tommy's new friends... Introducing William "Abdullah" Quilliam: http://gatesofvienna.net/2013/10/introducing-w-h-abdullah-quilliam
Commented Oct 9, 2013 on Desperate for an end at Atlas Shrugs
Desperate for an end
The media is desperately trying to twist Robinson and Carroll's departure from the EDL into some kind of end -- when in fact it is a beginning. Despite their best efforts to declare the counter-jihad movement dead in the UK, Robinson's willingness to distance himself from anti-semites, BNPers, a...
There always were Muslims opposed to Jihad. Some even fought against the Turks, at the Battle of Vienna... even now, we hear lone Muslim voices opposed to the madness, such as Farid Ghadry above. Trouble is - they are not many, and potentially up against an overwhelming majority who would see them as "traitors"
Commented Aug 14, 2013 on I Indict My Religion: "Islam exists today to destroy non-Muslims" at Atlas Shrugs
I Indict My Religion: "Islam exists today to destroy non-Muslims"
We need 1.5 billion such thinking human beings, although I worry for this man. How many fatwas will be on his head? I Indict My Religion AINA, August 12, 2013 (thanks to Armaros) I indict Islam. Yes, I indict it for ignoring the terror against two innocent British teens in Zanzibar who were dou...
Apparently Edward Snowden has been offered a job with a Russian social networking website, based in St Petersburg... could the G20 meeting set up an encounter with Obama - with Snowden being there in the crowd to protest his visit??
Commented Aug 8, 2013 on Reset failure: Obama cancels meeting with Putin at Atlas Shrugs
Reset failure: Obama cancels meeting with Putin
Could Obama look like more of a jackass (uh, don't answer that). Remember Obama's "reset" button? Reset button? Well, yes, at least under Bush the United States was respected and feared. Reset Obama -- now we are neither. The good news is that at least Americans can rest easy that Obama won't...
Hang on, didn't Western women fall over themselves to say how attractive and handsome bin Laden was, in the weeks and months after 9/11? And we wanna know why we're losing? Would British women during WWII talk about "attractive" Germans? Would Jewish women in the same period praise handsome SS-men?! The natural, instinctive reaction to someone who wants to kill your parents, brothers, sisters, relatives, co-religionists and countrymen (as well as yourself) is NOT to fancy them - but run away as far as you possibly can... how can it be then, that leftist and multi-kulti brainwashing has reached such a state, that it's now normal for women to fancy sickos who want to murder their fellow countrymen?! In other parts of the world (not least Muslim ones), those same women might be lucky to get away with having their heads shaved... yet here, magazine covers are marketed especially to their sick taste. And we're surprised that so many women (with likely similar tendencies) then fall prey to grooming gangs? Westerners need to learn self-respect before they can stand any chance of a victory.
Commented Jul 17, 2013 on A new low #BoycottRollingStone at Atlas Shrugs
A new low #BoycottRollingStone
Yes, you would think these scumbags couldn't go any lower. You ain't seen nothing yet. The savage left. Check out the disgusting and disgraceful cover of this week's Rolling Stone, glorifying the Boston Bomber (thanks to Anita Gunn on twitter) I think I am going to throw up ...... blood.
Yes, and so it begins... The only positives I can see for the US is - a) less public transport usage --> less opportunities for Muslims to pick up their "prey" b) strong opposition to leftism c) awareness of what's already happened in the UK d) the right to bear arms Use these, while you can.
Commented Jul 17, 2013 on Rape Jihad: Seattle Muslim Charged With Kidnapping Girls and Operating Child-Sex Prostitution Ring at Atlas Shrugs
Rape Jihad: Seattle Muslim Charged With Kidnapping Girls and Operating Child-Sex Prostitution Ring
And so it begins, or should I say, continues. This is the very same Islamic pattern that we have seen in the UK, where hundreds of Muslim men have been arrested (and scores convicted) of gangraping and trafficking in underage non-Muslim girls. The British press euphemistically call them 'groomin...
What's with all the noises? Have a bunch of wild animals been let loose from the zoo???
Commented Jul 16, 2013 on The Truth about Trayvon at Atlas Shrugs
The Truth about Trayvon
Here's a Trayvon Martoin backgrounder. How vicious is an enemedia bent on pursuing Obama's war on America? Let's have a look at what they didn't report (much thanks to The Last Refuge, who has been doing yeoman's work on this case since the lynching began): Trayvon Martin's Involvement In Lo...
For any lawyers out there - what chance of success, were Zimmerman to launch a lawsuit against Facebook, over something like this?
Commented Jul 15, 2013 on "KIll Zimmerman" Facebook Page "does not violate community standards" at Atlas Shrugs
"KIll Zimmerman" Facebook Page "does not violate community standards"
I have seen so many counter-jihad pages taken down. Many of my links are not postable on facebook because they might offend Muslims -- mere news reports about FGM, honor violence and murder, Islamic Jew-hatred, etc. But this can stand. Thanks to John for sending this in. The Patriot Perspecti...
Why not take it up further, with "civil rights" groups which promise to "act against hate speech"? You know, like the Southern Poverty Law Center, which keeps calling Pamela and Robert "hate bloggers", etc? As well as that, relatives of 9/11 survivors may be interested to know what sort of speech New York's taxis consider acceptable... Furthermore, why not start a campaign aimed at New York Infidels (especially its large Jewish population) boycotting the use of New York's official taxis until they clamp down on such hate speech? And demand that the FBI investigate that cab driver for links to terrorism? The leftists are winning - because they make the most noise... it's time us right-thinking people started to make ourselves felt for a change.
Commented Jul 4, 2013 on Taxi Jihad not hate speech or in violation of TLC rules at Atlas Shrugs
Taxi Jihad not hate speech or in violation of TLC rules
Here's the thing -- is Obama's Department of Justice targeting this speech? No, but they vow to criminalize postings that offend these savages. file photo From an NYC reader: Got an email from NYC 311 regarding a complaint I filed about a taxi driver. It reads, "While we understand that you h...
So if a taxi driver listens to a broadcast that says "The KKK is performing the work of God", while taking a black passenger to his destination, would you also "let the taxi driver have his say", and let him keep his job?
For a Middle Eastern mass street protest to accuse the White House of "supporting terrorism" through supporting an Islamic government? Never thought I'd live to see the day...
Commented Jul 2, 2013 on Obama's Epic Failure in Egypt: Millions march in Anti-Morsi, Anti-Obama Protests at Atlas Shrugs
Obama's Epic Failure in Egypt: Millions march in Anti-Morsi, Anti-Obama Protests
Obama's legacy. History will not be kind to the Muslim Brothehrood stooge in the White House. Imagine, Obama send Morsi 140,000 canisters of tear gas. They won't soon forget. Obama in Egypt via twitpic Massive anti-Muslim Brothehrood protests in Egypt via twitpic Another sign in Tahri...
Pamela, If I may say so, you are a great campaigner and fighter, with immense energy, and the heart of a lion. You did so much for Rifqa when she was in need, you ensured that Aqsa Parvez was properly remembered and, even if this is not recognised, I'm sure that many more people have been swayed by your writings, than the few comments on your posts would suggest... for a start, just go to any Islam-related article on the Guardian and see how many comments there are, that may as well have been written the readers of Atlas Shrugs... where else would they have got that knowledge if not from websites such as this? However, there is also an "optimum" point, beyond which one risks compromising all of their successes... what good will an attack on Melanie Philips achieve, besides possibly alienating one of the few supporters in the British media that you and Robers Spencer have? And even if the public do not agree that you should be banned, they may see such attacks as being unpleasant. And such an opinion does not, in general, help make friends... conversely, just look at where the niceness of Muslim Taqiyya artists has got them! Through their charm, jokes and smiles, they have won the "battle of hearts and minds" in their target audience more effectively than thousands of US soldiers laying down their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan. I am not writing this as an attack, I'm appealing for you not to let all of your good work go to waste. Sometimes, it's good to be a little measured and moderate in one's criticism!
Commented Jun 28, 2013 on With friends like these ...... at Atlas Shrugs
With friends like these ......
With friends like Melanie Phillips, who needs enemies? Articulate and useless. Melanie Phillips writes in her latest column, entitled The British government's jihad against free thought, "I do not support the approach taken by either Geller or Spencer to the problem of Islamic extremism. Both ha...
Pamela - bad as this may seem, the leftist mob tactics of the past few years have resulted in the EDL being a pariah among the vast majority of Britons. An example: last weekend I was in London. A friend I met up with, who knows I'm a supporter of UKIP, said, in an argument against UKIP "I saw a photo of a member of UKIP shaking hands with a member of the EDL". He spoke as if this was the knockout blow, meaning that UKIP are the bad guys, without a shadow of a doubt. And this was someone who voted Conservative at the last general election! In fact, the EDL are a pariah to such an extent, that even my conservative, anti-Islam parents are against them. Perhaps this pariah status is why Melanie Philips needs to show her "anti-EDL colours", in order to retain any amount of credibility? Melanie Phillips is on your side, and she has taken a lot of flak for her views. I would be more measured in criticising her - one of your (and our) precious few allies in the media on the British Isles.
"The UK does not tolerate extremist views from either side of the fence." Is that why it let in ranting Muslim nutcases encouraging violence towards women and Jews in recent days, like Muhammad al-Arifi? If what Pamela says is "extremist", the likes of Winston Churchill would have been off the scale... On the other hand, if Pamela Geller wants to come to the UK, perhaps she should change religion, pray to Mecca and say exactly what she says, but change the word "Muslim" for Jew. She might even get the red carpet rolled out for her by Ken Livingstone, "Respect", the Socialist Workers' Party and the rest of the gurus of "anti-racism" and "tolerance".
Commented Jun 26, 2013 on Banned in Britain: UK Caves to Jihad at Atlas Shrugs
Banned in Britain: UK Caves to Jihad
Britain capitulates to jihad In a striking blow against freedom, the British government has banned us from entering the country. Muhammad al-Arifi, who has advocated Jew-hatred, wife-beating, and jihad violence, entered the U.K. recently with no difficulty. In not allowing us into the c...
Perhaps this should have been written on a different post. But then again, is there so much difference between Obama's "strategy" in Syria and Afghanistan? His officials make a visit to a brand new "Taliban office" in Qatar, while US forces are busy arming Al Q'aeda-linked forces in Syria. Could any of this have been predicted in the months after September 11, 2001?
Commented Jun 18, 2013 on Obama announces "Peace" talks with Taliban Savages at Atlas Shrugs
Obama announces "Peace" talks with Taliban Savages
Photo: Lance Cpl Greg Buckley, murdered by our Afghan "allies" The Obama Administration announced that it will meet with the Taliban in Doha for "peace talks." The Taliban continue to orchestrate insider attacks, killing our soldiers. They continue to poison girls' schools across Afghanistan,...
Can it be that I find myself supporting Iran and Russia against Britain and the USA in a middle-Eastern conflict? Being Polish, and having been pro-Western, pro-Israeli and anti-Islamist as long as I can remember, I'm still shocked that this could have ever occurred. But it has...
Perhaps this is a good time to remind ourselves of a claim made by an Israeli agent, Avi Lipkin, in early 2011. In his opinion, apparently based on information he obtained, the Obama administration had a secret 3-point plan: 1) To destabilise the North African regimes, and allow a Muslim Brotherhood takeover. 2) As a result of the instability in North Africa, millions of Muslims will want to emigrate to Europe and America - meaning 50-100 million Muslims in the USA, by 2016. 3) With the resulting increased political clout of US-based Muslim groups, the Muslim Brotherhood would then be able to annihilate Israel. A full video outlining the claim can be viewed here
Commented Jun 15, 2013 on Importing Jihad: Obama Considers Resettling Thousands of Syrian Refugees in America at Atlas Shrugs
Importing Jihad: Obama Considers Resettling Thousands of Syrian Refugees in America
More of Obama's immigration war on America. Obama supports the jihadist opposition in Syria -- al Qaeda elements. And he is bringing those savages here? He has turned a blind eye to religious minorities that are being persecuted under Muslim rule. So it will be more Muslim immigration. Clearly, ...
He doesn't need to. As Asher Abrams suggested above, "we" can post those stickers over his ;)
Commented Jun 11, 2013 on Anti-Free Speech Thugs Deface AFDI Islamic Apartheid Ads at Atlas Shrugs
Anti-Free Speech Thugs Deface AFDI Islamic Apartheid Ads
Muslim supremacists, desperately afraid that Americans might finally learn the truth about Islamic oppression and brutality, seek to destroy and deface our ads with hate and hate-filled Islamic texts. There is a concerted campaign to vandalize our ads. They are coming down almost as fast as they...
which book/verse of the Bible orders Christians to do that, again?
And yet was it not Obama himself who said, all of 3 years ago, that the war on terror is over? So why is his administration STILL wanting so much access over data going through US servers? Is this all really needed to fight "terror"? Or could it be used to snoop on potential opponents of the Dear Leader, or any of his allies? (wouldn't the Saudis, for one, just love to get their hands on all this data??)
Commented Jun 7, 2013 on PRISM at Atlas Shrugs
Former Department of Justice senior lawyer J. Christian Adams says: "Prism more catastrophic than #Benghazi #AP #IRS #FastandFurious #Blackpanthers combined. Not supposed to happen in USA." "Nothing federal government has EVER done is more destructive of 4th amendment constitutional liberty tha...
Looks like more and more leftists and "moderates" are following the footsteps of Melanie Phillips or Eric Allen Bell, and having the "road to Damascus" moment, when it comes to the Religion of Peace... Way to go Pamela!
Commented May 16, 2013 on "Just about everything I'd heard about Pamela Geller was a lie" at Atlas Shrugs
"Just about everything I'd heard about Pamela Geller was a lie"
Another truth seeker sees the light: EyeOnACrazyPlanet: My Night with Pamela Geller (thanks to Kathy Shaidle, Five Feet of Fury) While she is well known for her opposition to Islamist terror, with her notoriety for anti-Muslim rhetoric, Pamela Geller, as a subject, was someone whom I g...
In the article, the author (despite finding kind words for Pamela) equates the Koran to the Bible and talks about the tiny minority of Jihadis - the key talking points of those against the counterjihad. In which case, I'll guess that her attitude previously was not only mere indifference...
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Q: Binary Arrays: Determine if all 1s in one array come before first 1 in the other I've been working on an interesting problem and figured I should post about it on here. The problem is the following:
You are given two arrays, A and B, such that the elements of each array are 0 or 1. The goal is to figure out if all the 1s in A come before the first 1 in B. You can assume that all 1s are sequential - you cannot have a 0 between 2 ones. (i.e. you would never have [1,0,1]). Some examples:
True: A = [0,1,1,0], B = [0,0,0,1]
True: A = [1,0,0,0], B = [0,1,1,0]
False: A = [0,0,0,1], B = [1,0,0,0]
False: A = [0,1,1,0], B = [0,0,1,0]
You can assume that len(A) = len(B) = N, but N can be very large. Therefore, you cannot simply convert the entire array into a binary number because it will be too large to represent.
I'd like to find the solution in the most efficient way possible, ideally O(1). I've been coding this in Python using Numpy arrays, so you can perform logical operations on the arrays (e.g. A & B, which would tell you if any 1s overlap between A and B). Curious to see any solutions that you can come up with!

A: If you check out this question you can find how to get the index of the last "max" value in a numpy array. then check to see if that is less than the first 1 in B and you are good.
import numpy as np
reverse_A = A[::-1]
i = len(reverse_A) - np.argmax(reverse_A) - 1
i < np.argmax(B)

A: If the arrays have few elements, you can use bit aritmetic to determine this. I don't think you can do it faster than this. Here's a small test in node:
> test = (a,b) => a > b && (a&b === 0);
[Function: test]
> test(0b0110, 0b0001)
true
> test(0b1000, 0b0110)
true
> test(0b0001, 0b1000)
false
> test(0b0110, 0b0010)
false

and the regular aproach. The optimization consists on the fact that you can stop the loop either when first 1 in b arrives or right after all the 1 in a have passed.
const test = (a, b) => {
  let state = 0;
  for (let i=0; i<a.length; i++) {
    if (a[i] === 1) state = 1;
    else if (state === 1) {
      state = 2;
      return b[i] === 0;
    }

    if (b[i] === 1) {
      return state === 2;
    }
  }
}

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Q: What is numeric promotion? Can any one tell what is numeric promotion?

A: Numeric Promotion Rules

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*If two values have different data types, Java will automatically promote one of the values to the larger of the two data types.

*If one of the values is integral and the other is floating-point, Java will automatically promote the integral value to the floating-point value's data type.

*Smaller data types, namely byte, short, and char, are first promoted to int any time they're used with a Java binary arithmetic operator, even if neither of the operands is int.

*After all promotion has occurred and the operands have the same data type, the resulting value will have the same data type as its promoted operands

A: Numeric promotion is the conversion of a smaller numeric type to a larger numeric type, so that integer and floating-point operations may take place. In numerical promotion, byte, char, and short values are converted to int values. The int values are also converted to long values, if necessary. The long and float values are converted to double values, as required.

A: Numeric promotion is a conversion of an operand (at least one of the numbers involved) to a common type.
For example:
int i = 10;
double d1 = 2.5;
double d2 = d1 * i;

In this case, i is promoted to double so the calculation can be performed. In some ways, you can think of this is analogous to boxing, but boxing involves moving from a struct to an object (from the stack to the heap). But, using the analogy does give an idea of the fact the integral value is being made into a floating point to perform the calculation.

A: If you look here, you will see the following quote:

Numeric promotion (§5.6) brings the
  operands of a numeric operator to a
  common type so that an operation can
  be performed.

They are referencing this section, where they give a variety of examples.  The classic example is that of an int times a float.  The integer is promoted to a float so that the multiplied result is, therefore, a float.


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Греки на території сучасної Туреччини є нечисленною, але історично значущою меншиною. На момент становлення сучасної турецької держави в 1920-х роках у країні проживало близько 2,3 млн греків, що були переважно нащадками грецького і еллінізованого населення Візантійської імперії, економічне і політичне ядро якої в середньовіччі становили південь Балканського півострова, де нині розташована Греція, і Мала Азія й Фракія, які практично повністю контролює сучасна Туреччина. У Стамбулі, одному з небагатьох місць у Туреччині, де грецькій меншині гарантовано право проживання після обміну 1924 року, за даними за 2006 рік проживало менш як 3000 православних греків. Кількість дітей у грецьких школах Стамбула до 2014 року скоротилася до 250 осіб, багато з яких вже слабко володіють грецькою мовою.

Історія
Грецьке населення Малої Азії, яке колись становило основну частину населення Візантії, неухильно скорочувалася від початку тюркських вторгнень у кінці XI століття. Поступова ісламізація і тюркізація охопила цей регіон досить швидко. Після 1189 року більшість латинських текстів із Західної Європи починають уживати топонім «Туреччина» (Turchia). Османська імперія з одного боку гарантувала грекам номінальну свободу віросповідання, але з іншого всіляко заохочувала їх поступову ісламізацію різними економічними і політичними методами тиску. Через відсутність гарантій права власності на землю та майно, більшість соціально мобільних греків у османський період воліли займатися торгівлею. Грецька революція 1830 року відтворила незалежну Грецію на півдні Балканського півострова. Однак на її території проживало менш як 1 млн греків з близько 5 млн, налічуваних у межах Османської імперії. За даними останнього османського перепису населення 1914 року на її зменшуваній території проживали  православних греків, які становили 8,54 % населення імперії.

Грецьке населення Константинополя-Стамбула

Після 1924 року етнічним православним грекам на території Туреччини фактично дозволялося проживати тільки в старих межах міста Константинополя (включно з Принцевими островами), а також на островах Імброс і Тенедос в Егейському морі. Але тиск влади, введення «податку для меншин» і масові погроми 1950-х років призвели до того, що до початку XXI століття число греків у Туреччині скоротилося до рекордно низької позначки 2000—3000 осіб, переважно це грекоправославні священники і їхні родини в Стамбулі, де центром грецького життя залишається квартал Фенер з його патріархатом (див. фанаріоти). До кінця 1950-х років важливим центром економічного життя греків та інших православних жителів Стамбула був також і квартал Бейоглу. Як наслідок, уже до кінця ХХ століття турецька громада в регіонах Греції, виведених за рамки обміну населенням, виявилося у багато разів більшою від грецької громади в Туреччині, хоча за задумом ініціаторів обміну населенням ці дві громади мали врівноважувати одна одну.

Динаміка грецького населення Стамбула

XXI століття
В перші два десятиліття XXI століття соціальний і культурний обмін між двома країнами зріс: число громадян Греції, які відвідують Туреччину з діловими і культурними поїздками, які купують там нерухомість і навіть залишаються на постійне місце проживання різко збільшилося завдяки динамічному розвитку економіки Туреччини. Греки складають значну частину населення ілів: Чанаккале, Ізмір, Мугла, Едірне, Бурса, Киркларелі і Айдин, тоді, як грецьке населення Стамбула скорочується — в жовтні 2014 року, після 90 років роботи, припинила свою діяльність остання стамбульська щотижнева грецькомовна газета «Апоевматіні»(Вечір). Разом з тим і громадяни Туреччини стали активніше відвідувати Грецію, де зберігається значна турецька громада.

Етнографія
Етнографічно поняття грек в історії Туреччини, а до цього в Османській імперії та інших тюркських політичних утвореннях Малої Азії і Балкан, мало своєрідне значення і безліч нюансів. Так, турки-сельджуки здавна ділили греків на недружніх «юнанів» (мешканців Іонічних островів і всіх православних грецькомовних мешканців Балкан) і більш покірних «ромеїв» або «урумів», які легше піддаються асиміляції і територію яких досить рано включено до складу Румського султанату. Останні досить рано стали на шлях тюркізації. Аналіз як османо-турецької мови, так і сучасних турецьких діалектів Малої Азії виявляє в них дуже мало слідів минулого домінування тут грецької мови, що ще раз підтверджує теорію прогресування багатовікової асиміляції здебільшого грекомовного населення регіону: греки Малої Азії поетапно і поглиблено освоювали тюркську мову, поступово занурюючись також і в ісламську культуру. Становлення змішаного суржику, подібного до спонтанно виниклого в романо-слов'янській Дакії, тут не відбулося. Винятком став лише регіон Понта, підкорений 1461 року, в якому відносно нечисленне тюркське населення зазнало впливу грецької мови. В цілому, до початку XX століття численне грекомовне православне населення Малої Азії зберігалося лише в прибережних регіонах півострова. При цьому, в умовах поділу на міллети, греками тепер вважалися і тюркомовні православні жителі.

Досить численних грекомовних мусульман Османської імперії, а потім і Туреччини, виведено за рамки поняття «етнічні греки». Чисельність цієї етнокультурної групи в середині XX століття досягала , проте до кінця XX століття грецьку мову як рідну або мову родинного спілкування зберігали лише небагато людей похилого віку.

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A gay cowboy community in Mexico reinvents the classical heteronormative cowboy figure.
Like a documentary remake of 'Brokeback Mountain' with the tone of mexican telenovela, 'Amor vaquero' is the movie these cowboys always wanted but never had: the one about their own love stories.
Manuel Abramovich
Manuel Abramovich is a filmmaker and cinematographer. He directed the films Años Luz (Light Years, 2017), Soldado (2017), La Reina (The Queen, 2013), Las Luces (The Lights, 2014), Solar (2016), Soldado (Soldier, 2017) and Años Luz (Light Years, 2017). His films have been shown at central festivals (Berlinale, Venice, MoMA, IDFA, Tribeca, San Sebastián, Documenta Madrid, Los Angeles, BAFICI, Karlovy Vary) and have received numerous awards.
2017. Años luz. (72′, Full-length film)
2017. Soldado. (70′, Full-length film)
2016. Solar. (73′, Full-length film)
2014. Las luces. (6′, Short film)
2013. La reina. (19′, Short film)
COWBOY LOVE
DIRECTED BY Manuel Abramovich
PRODUCED BY Gema Films SRL
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Gema Juárez Allen, Alejandra Grinschpun
SCRIPT Manuel Abramovich

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Opposition Leaders Say They Are Confident of Election Victory, Part 1
Opposition leaders Sam Rainsy and Kem Sokha say they are confident their new opposition coalition has a chance of winning national elections next year and that they are finally prepared to register the new party under the government later this month. The National Salvation Party will join together officials from the Sam Rainsy and Human Rights parties, with Sam Rainsy named president. The original parties will not disband, however, allowing those supporters with legislative or local leadership roles to stay where they are. The two men are in Washington meeting US officials to lobby for support and explain the strategy of the new party. Both appeared for studio interviews with VOA Khmer on Wednesday. "When democratic forces unify as one to confront a ruling party and a dictatorship government, the democratic forces will definitely have victory," Sam Rainsy said. Kem Sokha, who will be the party's vice president, said the new party represented "hope for a democratic process in Cambodia." Both leaders say they want to see reforms in the National Election Committee, which they say is biased toward the CPP. The NEC must address voter and registration irregularities, especially "ghost" voters, they said in a studio interview with VOA's Khmer Sok Khemara.
1,500-Year-Old Cambodian Hindu Sculpture Honored at American National Museum
Children's Guide to Cambodia's Culture and Language
Cambodian Artist Challenging Prejudices Against People with Disabilities
VOA Interview: Australia's Former Foreign Minister Gareth Evans Urges Cambodians to Remain Optimistic


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The Corporal's Big 'Uns
Discussion in 'Himalayan Imports' started by Cpl Punishment, Jan 9, 2009.
OK, here's a lineup of my biggest HIs:
29" Dragon Tarwar:
25" CAK:
24.5" Bhairab:
24.5" Villager Giant Chitlangi Bowie:
All together for comparison:
OK this is a review of the Bhairab, but I figured I might as well show pic of what I'm comparing it to.
The Tarwar is, of course, in an entirely different class.
The CAK and Chitlangi Bowie are both FAR more blade heavy than the Bhairab, and the CAK is significantly moreso than the Chitlangi Bowie -- to the point it's almost difficult to hold on to with one hand, much less swing. You DO NOT want to try to stop it mid swing.
On to the Bhairab. . .
OK, the Bhairab is much more "swordy" than the other two. meaning, the way it balances, it's much more a weapon than a tool. Very much a kopis/falcata, rather than a farm implement. Much of the weight is int he handle. Kind of figures since it's only 2 ounces less weight than the Chit Bowie, yet the blade is 3/8" thick, whereas the Chit Bowie's is 1/2" thick.
The handle is much more suited for a firm grip like you'd use in a fight, rather than the "whiplash" grip you use with a kukri, and the guard is a big, honking piece of brass, plenty of meat there to stop an enemy's blade from sliding down onto your hand.
Overall fit and finish are very good with the exception of the copper inlays. I wasn't a big fan of them in the pictures, and I'm still not a big fan of them. I don't have a strong dislike for them, either, but if they weren't there, I wouldn't miss them.
The blade came sharp. Not razor sharp, but as sharp as you'd want a sword to be. Very even edge as well.
Overall, I'd say the blade is a steal at the price it was offered, and edges out my Tarwar for my pick of weapon for the zombie apocalypse.
MagenDavid Want some Kosher Salami?
Seriously? A 25 inch CAK? Are you trying to cleave grizzly bears in half with one shot?
Great review with the comparisons being most helpful.
Not to get into 'mine is bigger than yours' but your Giant Chitlangi Bowie is 0.25inch bigger than mine.
Getting a Bhairab and a Tarwar are now needs rather than wants.
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LOL, hey, when everyone pulls out their big knives for comparison, and you just have to win the penis contest. . .
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Funny how addicting these things are, eh?
mtnfalcon
Does anyone remember that 40" CAK (I think) from about a year or so back. Now THAT was seriously huge. But I did love these pictures and comparison. Thanks Cpl.
This one?
I believe it is a 40" GRS
THAT's the one. The size of that thing still blows my mind.
Would you mind I ask what you are chopping with that big 40" GRS?
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Pretty much anything he wants......J/k!
(I think he's just displaying it in that pic.)
Do you think he's compensating for something?
Yvsa
Cpl Punishment said:
The Corporal's Big 'Uns.
Yeah, I had to come in and see what "Cpl Punishment" was talking about as I know he usually isn't the type of guy that goes around bragging about/on his personal endowments.


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Eddie Wolecki Black takes the reins
Airdrieonians FC are today delighted to announce the appointment of Eddie Wolecki Black as the Club's new Head Coach.
Eddie - who has signed a two and a half year contract which runs until May 2018 - moves up from the role of Director of Coaching that he has flourished in since joining the club earlier this season.
He will have full control of all football matters at the Club and will be assisted in first team matters by player-coach Kevin McBride and Donald Jennow.
The new coaching team will be in the dugout for the Boxing Day home clash with Peterhead and Eddie said: "I am proud to be the new Head Coach of Airdrieonians FC and thrilled to have the chance to take the club forward now.
"Coming into the Club as Director of Coaching was a remit I was delighted with when I arrived here.
"We have been making great headway there with the coaches and the players and that work will continue at pace because it is vital.
"I was engrossed in that so to be asked to take over the reins when Gary moved to Forfar Athletic earlier this week was a surprise but it is a task I am relishing now.
"I've been lucky enough to see the vast bulk of the first team's games this season and I know the talent there is in our squad."
Club chairman Tom Wotherspoon broke the mould when he appointed Eddie as a full-time Director of Coaching for a League One club.
He sees the promotion to Head Coach to replace Gary Bollan after he departed for Forfar Athletic as a natural progression.
And he said: "When I sat down to think who we should appoint I didn't go beyond the first name I wrote down. Eddie Wolecki Black.
"The reason is that over time it has become clear to me that Eddie and I have very similar views on how a football game should be approached.
"When Eddie joined us three months ago with a brief from me to reorganise our Academy up to and including the Under-20s side.
"What we have now is passing brand of football and a way of coaching that concentrates on possession and developing the players' confidence when they are in control of the ball.
"Those building blocks are in place now and as Head Coach it is imperative that Eddie continues to have an influence on our coaches and the growth of the players."
Eddie will be unveiled to the media today at 2:30pm and you can follow the press conference here on airdriefc.com and through our social media channels.


Jammu — In a startling case of a murder that happened last year, the wife of the deceased has alleged the investigating police team on charges of corruption and demanded a CBI enquiry into the case. Sikander Singh R/o Jourian was found dead on 28 Oct 2016 by the police team in Chak Malal. He had been missing from the night of 26 Oct 2016.
In a press conference, the wife of the deceased Rajni Devi informed that one night she had received repeated phone calls from an unidentified lady who asked for her husband, Sikander Singh. She told that neither her husband nor did the woman on phone, answered her when she enquired about the matter. According to her, Sikander left for the shop (where he worked) in the morning of 26 Oct but did not return later.
The family of the deceased has alleged that the police was favouring the accused persons namely, Harbans Lal and his son Dimple.They allege that the police took bribe in return for tampering the evidence and mislead the investigation. They family said that they had gone to police station to register a complaint but were told to come next day. Next day on 27 Oct, they went to the police station to make FIR under Sec. 174 RPC but the police didn't budge. This gave time to the accused and alerted him beforehand upon which he murdered the kidnapped person (Sikander Singh). Also the family has accused the police to tamper with the post mortem reports to mislead the case.
The victim's family has alleged that the accused have close relations with ex-Deputy CM Tara Chand and the police is deliberately making attempts to mislead the case.
It is pertinent to note that the phone records of the deceased revealed that the last call was made to a girl named Preeti, who is the daughter of the accused Harbans lal R/o Chak Malal. The family accused that the investigating officer Constable Kuldeep Raj Police Station Jourian, Akhnoor who was entrusted to carry out fair investigation was slow, biased and couldn't be trusted upon.


I decided to go to the pool and bring a friend today. We had all of these water toys and pool tubes that we usually bring to use. Some of the kids at the pool didn't have anything to play with, so my family and I let them use our pool tubes and our toys. My friend had also brought money to the pool if she needed to pay for her lunch, but we did the right thing and decided to pay for both her lunch and a desert. When we were just sitting down and relaxing, we saw all of the kids, who had nothing to play with, have a smile on their faces. This proves that no matter how small or big, any act of kindness makes a difference to make the world a better place. Spread love, spread kindness.


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HomeBlogFinanceFund manager Abrdn plans payout to shareholders of up to £500mn
Fund manager Abrdn plans payout to shareholders of up to £500mn
Struggling fund manager Abrdn plans to return up to £500mn to shareholders in an attempt to head off a revolt after its humiliating relegation from the FTSE 100 earlier this month.
Abrdn is aiming to give shareholders an additional £400mn-£500mn before the end of 2022 after selling down stakes in other companies, according to people with knowledge of the situation.
The board is currently discussing the best mechanism for the return, which could be in the form of a special dividend, one person said. The plans will be subject to approval from regulators.
The plan to step up returns to investors comes in the wake of Abrdn's share price plunging over 40 per cent in 2022, leading to its demotion from the UK's blue-chip index for the first time since the company was formed with the 2017 merger between Aberdeen Asset Management and Standard Life. In the first half, Abrdn swung to a £320mn loss.
Last month, chief executive Stephen Bird, told the FT: "People have been frustrated by the pace of change five years after the merger, but I've been here since September 2020. I can only move as quickly as you can manage change [and] we are moving very, very quickly."
The fund group, which manages £508bn for investors, said earlier this year it would return £300mn, of which £150mn would be through a share buyback. The £400mn-£500mn payout is expected to include the remaining £150mn that is yet to be distributed.
Abrdn has built up considerable capital buffers through sales of valuable stakes in insurers HDFC India and Phoenix.
Bird told investors in August that he would "continue to return capital in excess of business needs as further stake sales are realised".
The company has sold two stakes in HDFC so far this year, the most recent this week, together raising almost £500mn. It also sold £300mn worth of Phoenix stock earlier this year, about half of which financed the existing share buyback programme.
The stake liquidations will be necessary to help Abrdn maintain its capital buffers, analyst Mandeep Jagpal at RBC said in a note, adding that the company's "high proportion of structural costs relative to peers leaves . . . profitability more susceptible to market downturns than peers".
However other analysts believe a more sweeping intervention is necessary at Abrdn. "We continue to think that a more radical strategy is needed to turn the group around and maximise value, such as the break-up of the group or sale of the group in full," David McCann at Numis wrote.
Abrdn declined to comment.
500mn Abrdn fund manager payout plans shareholders


SCHAFFHAUSEN, Switzerland, Jan. 22, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- TE Connectivity Ltd. (NYSE: TEL), a world leader in connectivity and sensors, has been named to Fortune magazine's 2019 List of World's Most Admired Companies for the second year in a row.
The annual survey, conducted by Fortune and Korn Ferry, is given to top executives, directors and financial analysts, to identify the companies that enjoy the strongest reputations among their peers and across industries. TE was ranked 6th in the electronics industry.
"We believe that it's the dedication of our 80,000 employees around the globe to TE's purpose of creating a safer, sustainable, productive and connected future that has earned our place on this list again," said CEO Terrence Curtin. "We are proud to be admired by our peers, shareholders and customers and work hard to maintain and solidify their trust."
TE Connectivity helps customers in approximately 140 countries create the technology of tomorrow in industries including transportation, industrial applications, medical technology, energy, data communications and home appliances.
In addition to the World's Most Admired Companies recognition from Fortune, TE has been named to Fortune's 2018 Change the World list, the Dow Jones Sustainability North America list for seven consecutive years and has repeatedly been recognized as one of Ethisphere's World's Most Ethical Companies. TE is also recognized as a top 100 global innovator by Clarivate Analytics and a Best Place to Work for LGBTQ Equality in the U.S. and Mexico by the Human Rights Campaign.
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Bribery, or the trading of gifts for government influence, is a serious white collar crime. For that reason, it is essential to have an attorney represent the accused as early as possible in any bribery case. Contact a Philadelphia criminal defense attorney at The Zeiger Firm today for a free consultation on your bribery case.
It is important to understand the nature of bribery and why you need an attorney who will develop the best defense possible to these charges. Bribery is the offer or acceptance of anything of value (e.g., money, gifts) in exchange for the influence of a government/public official or employee (e.g., government contracts, favorable treatment). Almost always, both the person offering the bribe and the person accepting the bribe can be charged with bribery.
The penalties for bribery are severe. Punishments can include prison time, fines, probation and other penalties. In addition, a conviction for bribery can bring about serious reputation damage, affecting your personal and professional future.
Given the seriousness of this crime, your attorney must build your strongest defense possible and do so as early as possible. The Philadelphia, Pennsylvania attorneys at The Zeiger Firm understand the many laws that apply to these cases, and we zealously will investigate and defend you against the charges. With aggressive investigation and lawyering, our attorneys will try to convince the authorities to drop and dismiss cases at their inception. When cases do go forward, our criminal defense attorneys aggressively and zealously will defend you against these charges.
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Stricker, 53, stroke back of history at Phoenix
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Steve Stricker is having too much fun at the Waste Management Phoenix Open to stress over a messy finish Friday.
Trying to become the oldest winner in PGA Tour history, the 53-year-old U.S. Ryder Cup captain shot a 5-under 66 to get within a stroke of leader Xander Schauffele entering the weekend at TPC Scottsdale.
Stricker scrambled for par on the eighth, but couldn't overcome another poor approach on No. 9 in a closing bogey.
"Just hit an awful iron into the green on No. 9," Stricker said. "But overall a good day."
Stricker, who will be 54 on Feb. 23, won the last of his 12 PGA Tour titles in 2012 at Kapalua. Sam Snead is the oldest winner at 52 years, 10 months, 8 days in the 1965 Greater Greensboro event. Seven players have won in their 50s, the last being Davis Love III at 51 in the 2015 Wyndham Championship.
"I know it's a long shot," Stricker said. "I've got to play my very best, just like anybody else does out here. But you know, I've been there. I've won a few times out on this tour and I know what it takes, although it's been a while. It would be fun to see how I handle it if I do get that opportunity."
The five-time PGA Tour Champions winner, with his wife, Nicki, working as his caddie, birdied four of his first eight holes with hardly anyone watching in the chilly morning conditions. The attendance is capped at about 5,000 per day, a fraction of the usual turnout but the most for a tour event since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
"It's always tough to get going around here in the morning, and we started on the back nine with some pretty good holes and some water holes that can come up and get you," Stricker said.
The fourth-ranked Schauffele, coming off a second-place tie last week at Torrey Pines, played the back nine in 6-under 30 in the afternoon for a 64. He birdied Nos. 12-14, made a 21-footer for eagle on the par-5 15th, and hit a wedge to 4 1/2 feet to set up a final birdie on the par-4 18th.
"It was a bit slow at first," Schauffele said. "Kind of saw everyone's name flying up the leaderboard."
He was at 12-under 130.
Keegan Bradley was tied for second after a 65. He made 10 birdies in a 14-hole stretch from his 12th hole Thursday to the seventh Friday — all on the front nine.
"All it was was having some putts go in," Bradley said.
Scottie Scheffler (65), Sam Burns (68) and Kyoung-Hoon Lee (66) were 10 under. Scheffler hit to a foot for birdie in the morning on the 16th.
"There was literally nobody there, so I couldn't tell if it had a chance or not," Scheffler said.
He followed with a 40-foot eagle putt on 17, but gave back the strokes with a four-putt double bogey on the par-4 fifth.
Jordan Spieth and Brooks Koepka were 8 under.
Spieth is trying regain the form that carried him to 11 PGA Tour victories — three of them majors — in his first five seasons on the tour. Winless since the 2017 British Open, he shot his second straight 67, highlighted by an eagle on the par-5 third.
"It felt like a 6- or 7-under day, and this is one of the first times I've almost been disappointed shooting 4 under in a round in long time, and that's a good sign," he said. "[Yesterday] I shot 4 under, but I got away with murder."
Third-ranked Justin Thomas was 7 under after a 65. He opened with a double bogey on the par-4 10th after making a late triple bogey Thursday on 17.
"Hit a perfect tee shot down 10 and had a pitching wedge in and made about as easy and bad of a 6 as you possibly could," Thomas said.
He had five birdies in a six-hole stretch from No. 14 to No. 1, bogeyed the par-5 third, and then birdied four of the last five.
"I stayed patient and understood that you can make a boatload of birdies," he said.
This article was originally published by Espn.com. Read the original article here.
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When talking about social good campaigns to the media, partners, donors or any other stakeholder — or for that matter, a naysayer– crafting the right messages and staying consistent is vital. The proverbial call to action is almost always also a call to care. So, no biggie: you need to come up with messages that can move mountains.
To help you craft those compelling messages, picture yourself building a house. Let's approach that task from the top down.
Build your message house. Start with the roof. Picture it as expressing the campaign's vision, its answer to the cosmic "Why?" Why does this campaign matter? Imagine a "Because…" in front of your vision statement, which easily becomes a tagline.
Anticipate the likeliest harsh criticism and pre-empt it with a positive message.
Help people understand why they should care about the identified problem and what they must do to help solve it.
A foundation of facts keeps the message house strong and protected from attempts to bring it down or – equally as bad -ignore it. Inspiring messages are made of user-friendly language, which also means numbers must wear a human face.
Any time spokespeople are fielding questions from stakeholders, including in interviews, key messages play two vital roles. One, they are the elevator pitch, the essence of what spokespeople need to convey. And two, they offer the answer key for just about any question that may come up, which also ensures campaign representatives sing from the same song sheet. Make your message house the heart of all your communications.
Melody Kimmel founded MK Media Training LLC in 2018 following lengthy stints as the lead media and presentation trainer for FleishmanHillard North America and MSL (Publicis). She has coached Ad Council spokespeople for more than a decade and loves being among the first to learn new things to remind her kids, as in "Americans waste 40% of their food!" You can find her at www.MKMediaTraining.com.


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Q: Opening a new form with specific tab I was hoping that something like this should work:
Form2.Show();
Form1.Hide();
Form2.PageControl1.ActivePage := TabSheet1;

The thing is that I have a multiple buttons (in the first form), and I want for each one of them to open the new form in a specific tab of the PageControl.
Error: Undeclared identifier: 'TabSheet1'

A: The message shows that TabSheet1 is not defined - and that is probably (although don't show us the full code) because you are outside the parent object, so you need the line
Form2.PageControl1.ActivePage := Form2.TabSheet1;

A: Dsm's answer is the correct answer to the question asked.
But from a design perspective, while that will work fine, it does require the calling code to have knowledge of Form2's internals, which is not good class encapsulation.  I would instead add a data member to Form2 to indicate the desired page to display in the Form's OnShow event, and then set that member before calling Show(), eg:
type
  TWhichTab = (wtNone, wtTab1, wtTab2, ...);

  TForm2 = class(TForm)
    PageControl1: TPageControl;
    TabSheet1: TTabSheet;
    TabSheet2: TTabSheet;
    ...
    procedure FormShow(Sender: TObject);
    ...
  public
    ...
    InitialTab: TWhichTab;
  end;

  procedure TForm2.FormShow(Sender: TObject);
  begin
    PageControl1.ActivePageIndex := Ord(InitialTab)-1;
  end;

Form2.InitialTab := wtTab2;
Form2.Show();
Form1.Hide();


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Soldier remembered in poignant bonfire night tribute
CROWDS at Brockham Bonfire, near Dorking, paused in reflection on Saturday to remember the sacrifice of a soldier who used to stand among them to watch the fireworks.
CROWDS at Brockham Bonfire, near Dorking, paused in reflection on Saturday night to remember the sacrifice of a soldier who used to stand among them to watch the fireworks.
Lance Corporal James Hill, from the 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards, died in Afghanistan on October 8, and a funeral service with full military honours was held for the 23-year-old in Redhill a fortnight ago.
His parents Claire and Brian gave their blessing to a 21-gun salute in memory of their only son as part of the Brockham display.
Some 20,000 people flocked to the village to enjoy spectacular fireworks, a bonfire that had taken weeks to build, a famous guy and a procession.
Brockham Bonfire lays claim to being the largest bonfire and fireworks display in the UK staged to mark the Guy Fawkes gunpowder plot.
This year's event was particularly poignant, beacuse of the tribute paid to the soldier. It was followed by a silence and then rapturous applause.
Tony Hines, who is on the bonfire's organising committee, said: "He [L/Cpl Hill] used to come to the bonfire, and everyone paused and reflected on the sacrifice he has made.
"The crowd were very appreciative for a local soldier who has given his life."
The display took place the night before Remembrance Sunday, and the re-dedication of Brockham's war memorial, which was renovated in the summer, was an additional way of remembering L/Cpl Hill and other servicemen and women.
As ever it took an enormous community effort to make the bonfire a success, with hundreds of volunteers giving up their weekends and, in many cases, work days during the previous and following weeks.
More than 2,000 parking spaces were needed for the capacity crowd, and some 7,000 hotdogs, burgers and rolls were sold on a night expected to raise £22,000 for good causes.
Voluntary donations taken in collection buckets were also a major part of the fundraising total, Mr Hines said.
"It broke just about all financial records," he said. "The crowd support all of our charities, local societies and worthy causes."
Building the bonfire took place over the six previous weekends, while young people sold tickets for a raffle which raised £1,000.
Auctioneer Ron Harman, who lives on Brockham Green, made a further £1,400 from a hog roast.
There was a Guy Fawkes procession with 500 torches carried through the village, one by parish councillor Ken Luff.
He has played a key part in organising the bonfire for more than half a century, and his efforts ensured the then Dorking Urban District Council did not withdraw consent for the event.
His torch was the first to light the fire, followed by the 499 others and then the release of four tonnes of fireworks in a 13-minute display.
Brockham


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Liverpool Philharmonic Hall is a concert hall in Hope Street, in Liverpool, England.  It is the home of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society and is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.  It is not the original concert hall on the present site; its predecessor was destroyed by fire in 1933 and the present hall was opened in 1939.

Original hall

The Liverpool Philharmonic Society was founded in 1840 but initially did not have a permanent concert hall.  In 1844 the Liverpool architect John Cunningham was appointed to prepare plans for a hall.  The initial requirement was for a "concert room" holding an audience of 1,500 which would cost at least £4,000 (equivalent to £ in ).  Later that year the requirement was increased to a "new concert hall" to accommodate an audience of 2,100 and an orchestra of 250, plus "refreshment and retiring rooms".  Subscribers were invited to both buy shares and to purchase seats along the sides of the hall.  The foundation stone was laid in 1846 and plans were made for Mendelssohn to write a cantata to be played in his presence at the opening of the hall.  Mendelssohn did not live long enough to write the work.

The hall cost £30,000 (equivalent to £ in ) and was opened on 27 August 1849 accompanied by a week long festival. A correspondent for The Times reported that it was "one of the finest and best adapted to music that I ever entered". The correspondent described the interior:

According to The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, the hall was universally agreed to have superb acoustics. A new organ was installed in the hall in 1930 at a cost of £2,000 (equivalent to £ in ).

The concert hall continued to be the home of the society until a fire broke out during the evening of 5 July 1933. Despite over 100 firemen attending the fire, the hall and new organ were damaged beyond repair. Over 10,000 people stood in the streets around the hall to view the fire. There were no serious injuries – the hall had closed for the day – though two boys fell into the basement while watching the fire and a number of onlookers fainted or collapsed. The next day the chairman of the Philharmonic Society announced that the hall would certainly be rebuilt, saying that until then they would need to find a replacement hall in which to play. The hall contained a number of autograph books dating from 1848; these were contained in a fire-proof safe and thus kept safe along with autographed pictures and some instruments, though the music library was lost. The building was insured, and the insurers paid £84,000 (equivalent to £ in ) for the hall itself, £9,503 (equivalent to £ in ) for other assets, and £6,000 (equivalent to £ in ) for the loss of two years' rental. The exact cause of the fire was not known; only that it originated in the roof of the building. Demolition work on the building's ruins began the next day.

Present hall

History

The building of a new hall was delayed by the demands of Liverpool City Corporation, which announced that it would not support the building of a venue suitable only as a concert hall. The corporation demanded an auditorium equally suited to cinema and theatre use. Controversy ensued with vocal opposition to the corporation's stance led by the doyen of British conductors, Sir Henry Wood. A compromise was reached and work began in June 1937.

Herbert J. Rowse was commissioned to design a new hall on the site of the previous hall. Rowse's design was in Streamline Moderne style.  It incorporated an organ built by the Liverpool firm of Rushworth and Dreaper with a console which can be lowered from the stage.  The hall was officially opened on 19 June 1939, and inaugurated the next day with a concert conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham. The Manchester Guardian commented, "The magnificent compliment Liverpool has paid to the cause of music in England almost takes one's breath away ... a hall of great size, noble proportions, and up-to-date appointments ... ready to take its place among the most eminent homes of musical culture in this or any other country".  The final cost of the hall was a little over £120,000 (equivalent to £ in ) and the architect was paid £6,869 (equivalent to £ in ).  An extension was added to the rear of the hall which was completed in 1992, designed by Brock Carmichael Associates.  A major refurbishment of the hall was carried out in 1995 at a cost of £10.3 million.  This included the complete replacement of the fibrous plaster interior with concrete, carried out again by Brock Carmichael, working with the acoustic consultant firm Lawrence Kirkegaard Associates. A local violinist, John Frederick Clarke, who was part of the famed  orchestra, and the other band members who died during the ship's sinking in 1912 are all commemorated on a memorial plaque within Philharmonic Hall.

A further renovation, costing around £14 million, was completed in October 2015, primarily refurbishing the main concert hall and auditorium, and adding a new performance space named the Music Room.

Architecture

The hall is built with fawn-coloured facing bricks, and is mainly in three storeys.  It has a symmetrical frontage with a canopied entrance flanked by semicircular stair turrets.  Above the entrance are seven windows that are separated by piers surmounted by carved abstract motifs.  Outside the hall and separated from it are two piers for the display of posters.  The architectural historians Pollard and Pevsner and the author of the description in the National Heritage List for England agree that the design of the hall was influenced by the Dutch architect W. M. Dudok.

The windows above the canopy contain glass etched by Hector Whistler. Glass doors panels by Whistler, originally from the building, and depicting musical instruments in art deco style, were featured on the BBC One's Antiques Roadshow in March 2015. Thirteen Pilkington glass panels had been purchased from a market in France by a Liverpool dealer, who expressed an interest in donating some to local museums. Inside the entrance to the hall is a copper memorial to the musicians of the  by J. A. Hodel, and on the landings are gilded reliefs of Apollo by Edmund C. Thompson.  The interior of the auditorium is "sensuously curved".  On the walls on each side are incised female figures in art deco style that represent "musical moods", also by Thompson.  On the back wall above the platform was a kinetic structure, called Adagio, designed by Marianne Forrest in 1995; however this was moved to the nearby Harold Cohen Library at the University of Liverpool in 2016.

The hall contains a 3-manual pipe organ  built by Rushworth and Dreaper, with a console on a lifting platform that can be played on the stage or from the area below the stage, and a Walturdaw rising cinema screen.

Current use
The hall stages over 250 events each year, of which more than 60 are concerts of classical music. The main hall has a capacity of 1,700 with smaller events taking place in the Music, Green and 1840 rooms.  The other shows include music of all genres (including international artists such as Sir Cliff Richard, Bryan Ferry, Brian Wilson, Kraftwerk and Gilbert O'Sullivan), comedians, and films shown on the Walturdaw screen.  Tours of the hall are arranged, and the hall can he hired for corporate or private events, including weddings.

See also
 Grade II* listed buildings in Liverpool – City Centre
 Architecture of Liverpool
 Philharmonic Dining Rooms "The Phil" public house

References
Citations

Sources

External links
 RLPO official site
 What's On at the Philharmonic Hall

Art Deco architecture in Liverpool
Liverpool, Philharmonic Hall
Concert halls in England
Grade II* listed buildings in Liverpool
Music venues in Liverpool
Liverpool, Philharmonic Hall
Tourist attractions in Liverpool
John Cunningham buildings
Hope Street, Liverpool


The City of Toronto has received a Greater Toronto's Top Employers award for the fourth year in a row for offering an exceptional place to work, as announced today.
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In addition, they host the nation's largest annual conference for senior-level HR professionals.