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For the Stars

For the Stars is a 2001 album by classically trained Swedish mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter and Elvis Costello.

Track listing
 "No Wonder" (3:37) (Elvis Costello)
 "Baby Plays Around" (3:13) (Cait O'Riordan, Declan MacManus)
 "Go Leave" (2:50) (Kate McGarrigle)
 "Rope" (3:57) (Elvis Costello, Fleshquartet)
 "Don't Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder)" (3:12) (Brian Wilson, Tony Asher)
 "Broken Bicycles/Junk" (4:06) (Tom Waits/Paul McCartney)
 "The Other Woman" (3:36) (Jessie Mae Robinson)
 "Like an Angel Passing Through My Room" (5:03) (Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus)
 "Green Song" (4:38) (Elvis Costello, Svante Henryson)
 "April After All" (2:52) (Ron Sexsmith)
 "You Still Believe in Me" (3:09) (Brian Wilson, Tony Asher)
 "I Want to Vanish" (2:41) (Elvis Costello)
 "For No One" (2:00) (John Lennon, Paul McCartney)
 "Shamed Into Love" (3:47) (Declan MacManus, Rubén Blades)
 "Just a Curio" (4:18) (Elvis Costello, Fleshquartet)
 "This House Is Empty Now" (4:39) (Burt Bacharach, Elvis Costello)
 "Take It With Me" (3:17) (Kathleen Brennan, Tom Waits)
 "For the Stars" (2:46) (Elvis Costello)

Personnel
Elvis Costello – vocals, baritone guitar, Lowrey organ, bass
Anne Sofie von Otter – vocals
Bengt Forsberg – piano, Hammond B-3 organ
Billy Bremner
Michael Blair – vibraphone, bass drum, percussion
Bebe Risenfors – clarinet, tenor saxophone, accordion
Svante Henryson – celtar, cello, upright bass
Mats Schubert – piano, harmonium, Moog bass
Steve Nieve – piano, celeste, organ

Charts

References

Anne Sofie von Otter albums
Elvis Costello albums
2001 albums
Collaborative albums
Covers albums
Dimensional reduction

Dimensional reduction is the limit of a compactified theory where the size of the compact dimension goes to zero. In physics, a theory in D spacetime dimensions can be redefined in a lower number of dimensions d, by taking all the fields to be independent of the location in the extra D − d dimensions.

For example, consider a periodic compact dimension with period L. Let x be the coordinate along this dimension. Any field  can be described as a sum of the following terms:

with An a constant. According to quantum mechanics, such a term has momentum nh/L along x, where h is Planck's constant. Therefore, as L goes to zero, the momentum goes to infinity, and so does the energy, unless n = 0. However n = 0 gives a field which is constant with respect to x. So at this limit, and at finite energy,  will not depend on x.

This argument generalizes. The compact dimension imposes specific boundary conditions on all fields, for example periodic boundary conditions in the case of a periodic dimension, and typically Neumann or Dirichlet boundary conditions in other cases. Now suppose the size of the compact dimension is L; then the possible eigenvalues under gradient along this dimension are integer or half-integer multiples of 1/L (depending on the precise boundary conditions). In quantum mechanics this eigenvalue is the momentum of the field, and is therefore related to its energy. As L → 0 all eigenvalues except zero go to infinity, and so does the energy. Therefore, at this limit, with finite energy, zero is the only possible eigenvalue under gradient along the compact dimension, meaning that nothing depends on this dimension.

Dimensional reduction also refers to a specific cancellation of divergences in Feynman diagrams. It was put forward by Amnon Aharony, Yoseph Imry, and Shang-keng Ma  who proved in 1976 that "to all orders in perturbation expansion, the critical exponents in a d-dimensional (4 < d < 6) system with short-range exchange and a random quenched field are the same as those of a (d–2)-dimensional pure system." Their arguments indicated that the "Feynman diagrams which give the leading singular behavior for the random case are identically equal, apart from combinatorial factors, to the corresponding Feynman diagrams for the pure case in two fewer dimensions." This dimensional reduction was investigated further in the context of supersymmetric theory of Langevin stochastic differential equations by Giorgio Parisi and Nicolas Sourlas  who "observed that the most infrared divergent diagrams are those with the maximum number of random source insertions, and, if the other diagrams are neglected, one is left with a diagrammatic expansion for a classical field theory in the presence of random sources... Parisi and Sourlas explained this dimensional reduction by a hidden supersymmetry."

See also
 Compactification (physics)
 Kaluza–Klein theory
 
 Supergravity
 Quantum gravity
 Supersymmetric theory of stochastic dynamics

References

String theory
Quantum field theory
Supersymmetry
Harry Gwala District Municipality

The Harry Gwala District Municipality (; ), formerly the Sisonke District Municipality, is one of the 11 districts of the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. The seat is Ixopo. The majority of its 298,392 inhabitants spoke isiZulu as of 2011. The district code is DC43. The district's name was changed in November 2015 in honor of African National Congress leader Harry Gwala.

Geography

Neighbours 
Harry Gwala is surrounded by:
 Umgungundlovu to the north-east (DC22)
 Ugu to the south-east (DC21)
 OR Tambo to the south (DC15)
 Alfred Nzo to the south-west (DC44)
 The kingdom of Lesotho to the north-west
 Uthukela to the North (DC23)

Local municipalities 
The district contains the following local municipalities:

Demographics
The following statistics are from the 2001 census.

Gender

Ethnic group

Age

Politics

Election results 
Election results for Harry Gwala in the South African general election, 2004. 
 Population 18 and over: 157 807 [52.89% of total population] 
 Total votes: 83 403 [27.95% of total population] 
 Voting % estimate: 52.85% votes as a % of population 18 and over

References

External links
 Official Website

District Municipalities of KwaZulu-Natal
Harry Gwala District Municipality
Ōigawa Railway Ikawa Line

The  is a railway line of the Ōigawa Railway. It runs from Senzu Station in Kawanehon, Shizuoka, the end station of the Ōigawa Main Line, and terminates at Ikawa Station in Aoi-ku, Shizuoka. The line has 61 tunnels and 51 bridges along its 25.5 kilometer length and includes the only rack-and-pinion railway section currently operating in Japan.

History
The Ikawa line began operations on March 20, 1935, as a private line for the Ōigawa Electric Company, to carry workers and materials upstream to facilitate dam construction. The single track line was originally constructed with  narrow gauge; however, in order to have dual usage with carriages on the Senzu-Shinrin Line (now closed) a third rail was added the following year for the Japanese standard gauge (). In 1954, the line was extended under the aegis of the Chubu Electric Power Company to facilitate the construction of the Ōigawa Dam. Railway operations were spun out of Chubu Electric into a separate company in 1959, with the foundation of the Ōigawa Railway Company. With the completion of the Nagashima Dam, a portion of the line had to be re-routed along a 1.5 km section with a maximum gradient of 9% (~1 in 11). This required the installation of an Abt rack system on October 2, 1990. An automatic train stop system was installed at the end of March 2009.

The line runs through an isolated mountain area with no cities or towns, and has a very small population density. Most of the passengers are tourists visiting one of the hot spring resorts along the line, or alpinists and hikers heading for the peaks of the Southern Alps National Park.

Former connecting lines
 Sawama station - the 762mm gauge Sen-to forest railway, consisting of a 36km 'main line', branches 6km and 4km long and a 1.4km cableway, operated between 1934 and 1968.

Stations

See also
 List of railway lines in Japan

External links 

  

Railway lines in Japan
Rail transport in Shizuoka Prefecture
Rack railways in Japan
Railway lines opened in 1935
1067 mm gauge railways in Japan
2 ft 6 in gauge railways in Japan
Umkhanyakude District Municipality

uMkhanyakude is the northernmost of the 11 districts of the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. Its seat is Mkuze. It is a very rural district, the largest town being Mtubatuba in the south, with Hluhluwe, Mkuze, Jozini, Kwangwanase and Ingwavuma further to the north. The majority of its 573,353 people speak IsiZulu (2001 Census). The district code is DC27.

uMkhanyakude is named after the yellow-barked fever tree, literally meaning “seen from afar”. It contains many areas of outstanding natural beauty such as the St Lucia greater wetland park, Sodwana Bay and Kosi Bay. Game parks include Hluhluwe-Umfolozi, Ndumu and Tembe Elephant Park.

It is one of the two most deprived districts in South Africa according to the District Health Barometer. “Deprivation” is defined as a combination of indicators including unemployment rates, access to piped water and electricity, female-headed households with high numbers of children and low education levels, according to the Health Systems Trust which produces the Barometer.

Geography

Neighbours
uMkhanyakude is surrounded by:
 The republic of Mozambique to the north
 The Indian Ocean to the east
 uThungulu to the south (DC28)
 Zululand to the west (DC26)
 the kingdom of Eswatini to the north-west

Local municipalities
The district contains the following local municipalities:

Demographics
The following statistics are from the 2001 census.

Gender

Ethnic group

Age

Politics

Election results
Election results for Umkhanyakude in the South African general election, 2004.
 Population 18 and over: 274 753 [47.92% of total population]
 Total votes: 150 543 [26.26% of total population]
 Voting % estimate: 54.79% votes as a % of population 18 and over

References

External links
 Umkhanyakude DM official website

District Municipalities of KwaZulu-Natal
Umkhanyakude District Municipality
George Monro (politician)

George Monro (1801 – January 5, 1878) was a businessman and political figure in Upper Canada/Canada West. He was also a member of the Orange Order in Canada.

He was born in Scotland in 1801 and came to Niagara in Upper Canada with his parents. In 1814, he moved to York (Toronto) and entered the grocery business with his brother Jun Monro; he later struck out on his own sometime around 1824, becoming an importer and wholesaler. His business was regarded as one of the grandest mercantile businesses in town. The business was located on King Street and the building doubled as a residence and store. In 1830 he was one of the founding directors of the Home District Savings Bank of Toronto along with notable local figures like William Warren Baldwin, Jesse Ketchum and A.T. Wood.

He was elected to city council in 1834 and served as mayor in 1841. He served as a captain in the local militia during the Upper Canada Rebellion. Monro ran unsuccessfully for the legislative assembly in the same year. In 1844, he was defeated by James Edward Small in the 3rd riding of York but was declared elected when Small was disqualified. He was defeated in the next general election in 1848 and he retired from business around 1856.

He died in Toronto in 1878.

Munro Park

Munro's farm, Painted Post Farm, was 25 acres property in The Beaches area acquired by George Monro. A 6-10 acres parcel was leased out by the Monro family following the ex-Mayor's death and turned into an amusement park that existed from 1896 to 1906. The park was run by Toronto Railway Company until the lease expired. The site has since become a residential area and areas along the lake are now part of the Beaches Park. It was one of three nearby amusement parks,  nearby Victoria Park also closed in 1906.

Personal

Monro's grandson Neville Fisher Monro married Ethel Muriel Gooderham, great-grand-daughter of Gooderham and Worts's William Gooderham Sr.

References

External links
 
City of Toronto biographies

1801 births
1878 deaths
Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from Canada West
Mayors of Toronto
People from Niagara-on-the-Lake
Scottish emigrants to pre-Confederation Ontario
Immigrants to Upper Canada
Co-occurrence

In linguistics, co-occurrence or cooccurrence is an above-chance frequency of ordered occurrence of two adjacent terms in a text corpus. Co-occurrence in this linguistic sense can be interpreted as an indicator of semantic proximity or an idiomatic expression. Corpus linguistics and its statistic analyses reveal patterns of co-occurrences within a language and enable to work out typical collocations for its lexical items. A co-occurrence restriction is identified when linguistic elements never occur together. Analysis of these restrictions can lead to discoveries about the structure and development of a language.

Co-occurrence can be seen an extension of word counting in higher dimensions. Co-occurrence can be quantitatively described using measures like correlation or mutual information.

See also

 Distributional hypothesis
 Statistical semantics
 Idiom (language structure)
 Co-occurrence matrix
 Co-occurrence networks
 Similarity measure
Dice coefficient

References

External links

Corpus linguistics
Hallfreðar saga

Hallfreðar saga vandræðaskálds (, Old Norse pronunciation: ) is one of the sagas of Icelanders. The saga is preserved in several 14th-century manuscripts, including Möðruvallabók and Flateyjarbók, but there are significant differences between the versions.

It relates the story of Hallfreðr vandræðaskáld, an Icelandic poet active around the year 1000. The saga has some resemblance to the sagas of other poets, such as Kormáks saga or Gunnlaugs saga, but in Hallfreðar saga there is less emphasis on the romantic relationships of the skald. Instead, the saga dwells on the troubled conversion of Hallfreðr from Norse paganism to Christianity, and his relations with  King Óláfr Tryggvason and other Norwegian rulers.

References

External links
Hallfreðar saga vandræðaskálds Möðruvallabók version

Sagas of Icelanders
Wiang Chiang Khong

Wiang Chiang Khong (, ) is a small town (thesaban tambon) on the Mekong River in the northeast of Chiang Rai Province, Thailand, the central town of Chiang Khong District. It is the northernmost border crossing of the country into Laos  (with Houayxay on the opposite shore of the Mekong).  the town had a population of 4,342 and covers an area of 1.80 km2.

Photo gallery 

Populated places in Chiang Rai province
Laos–Thailand border crossings
Manganese heptoxide

Manganese(VII) oxide (manganese heptoxide) is an inorganic compound with the formula Mn2O7. This volatile liquid is highly reactive. It is a dangerous oxidizer and was first described in 1860. It is the acid anhydride of permanganic acid.

Properties 
The crystalline form of this chemical compound is dark green. The liquid is green by reflected light and red by transmitted light. It is soluble in carbon tetrachloride, and decomposes when in contact with water.

Structure
Its solubility properties indicate a nonpolar molecular species, which is confirmed by its structure. The molecules consist of a pair of tetrahedra that share a common vertex. The vertices are occupied by oxygen atoms and at the centers of the tetrahedra are the Mn(VII) centers. The connectivity is indicated by the formula O3Mn−O−MnO3. The terminal Mn−O distances are 1.585 Å and the bridging oxygen is 1.77 Å distant from the two Mn atoms. The Mn−O−Mn angle is 120.7°.

Pyrosulfate, pyrophosphate, and dichromate adopt structures similar to that of Mn2O7. Probably the most similar main group species is Cl2O7. Focusing on comparisons within the transition metal series, Tc2O7 and Mn2O7 are structurally similar but the Tc−O−Tc angle is 180°. Solid Re2O7 is not molecular but consists of crosslinked Re centers with both tetrahedral and octahedral sites; in the vapour phase it is molecular with a similar structure to Tc2O7.

Synthesis and reactions 
Mn2O7 arises as a dark green oil by the addition of cold concentrated H2SO4 to solid KMnO4. The reaction initially produces permanganic acid, HMnO4 (structurally, HOMnO3), which is dehydrated by cold sulfuric acid to form its anhydride, Mn2O7.
2 KMnO4 + 2 H2SO4 → Mn2O7 + H2O + 2 KHSO4

Mn2O7 can react further with sulfuric acid to give the remarkable manganyl(VII) cation , which is isoelectronic with CrO3

Mn2O7 + 2 H2SO4 → 2  + H2O

Mn2O7 decomposes near room temperature, explosively so above 55 °C. The explosion can be initiated by striking the sample or by its exposure to oxidizable organic compounds. The products are MnO2 and O2. Ozone is also produced, giving a strong smell to the substance. The ozone can spontaneously ignite a piece of paper impregnated with an alcohol solution.

Manganese heptoxide reacts with hydrogen peroxide in presence of sulfuric acid, liberating oxygen and ozone:

 2 Mn2O7 + 2 H2O2 + 4 H2SO4 → 4 MnSO4 + 6 H2O + 2 O3 + 3 O2

References 

Explosive chemicals
Manganese(VII) compounds
Acid anhydrides
Acidic oxides
Richard Leibler

Richard A. Leibler (March 18, 1914, Chicago, Illinois – October 25, 2003, Reston, Virginia) was an American mathematician and cryptanalyst. Richard Leibler was born in March 1914. He received his A.M. in mathematics from Northwestern University and his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois in 1939. While working at the National Security Agency, he and Solomon Kullback formulated the Kullback–Leibler divergence, a measure of similarity between probability distributions which has found important applications in information theory and cryptology. Leibler is also credited by the NSA as having opened up "new methods of attack" in the celebrated VENONA code-breaking project during 1949-1950; this may be a reference to his joint paper with Kullback, which was published in the open literature in 1951 and was immediately noted by Soviet cryptologists.

He was director of the Communications Research Division at the Institute for Defense Analyses from 1962 to 1977.  He was inducted into the NSA Hall of Honor for his efforts against the VENONA code.

References

External links 
 Biography in NSA's Cryptologic Hall of Honor.

1914 births
2003 deaths
20th-century American mathematicians
American cryptographers
Modern cryptographers
Northwestern University alumni
University of Illinois alumni
Farfa

Farfa is an Italian name which can refer to:

A place name in the province of the Lazio in Italy, as:
 Farfa River, a river of the province of Rieti
 Farfa Abbey, one of the main medieval abbeys in Italy
 A personal name, as:
 Farfa (poet), an Italian Futurist poet (1881–1964)
2001 Rugby World Cup Sevens

The 2001 Rugby World Cup Sevens was the third edition of the Rugby World Cup Sevens and was held in Mar del Plata, Argentina. New Zealand defeated Australia to win the tournament for the first time. All the matches were played at José María Minella Stadium.

This was the first major rugby event ever held in South America, with great attendance in most of the matches.

Teams

Squads

Group stage

Pool A
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Play Offs

Bowl

Plate

Cup

References

External links

RWC Sevens 2001

2001
2001 rugby sevens competitions
2001 in Argentine rugby union
International rugby union competitions hosted by Argentina
January 2001 sports events in South America
Wilder (album)

Wilder is the second album by neo-psychedelic Liverpool band the Teardrop Explodes, and the final completed album released by the group.

In 2000 former Teardrop Explodes leader Julian Cope gave his blessings to re-release Wilder with a selection of bonus tracks, mainly single b-sides, plus original artwork, a remastered sound, and full lyrics and essays.

Background

Wilder was recorded following a turbulent period in the band's career involving the success of their debut album Kilimanjaro,  several line-up changes and a fraught, drug-fuelled American tour. For Wilder, the group's leader and principal songwriter Julian Cope developed his songwriting by using many experimental approaches.

Wilder featured a far greater use of synthesizer arrangements and loop experiments than Kilimanjaro, predominantly at the instigation of keyboard player David Balfe (who acted as Cope's principal creative collaborator in the studio). By now Cope had mostly abandoned his role as the group's bass player (with many tracks on the record featuring session bassist James Eller) and shared some of the guitarist role with Troy Tate, as well as dabbling in piano and organ. Some tracks featured a full group sound as featured on Kilimanjaro (most notably "Passionate Friend", the only single release and album track to feature the band's ill-fated US touring members Alfie Agius and Jeff Hammer) but in general the album broke away from the West Coast/beat group sound of the debut as well as having a noticeably more downbeat and troubled atmosphere. Some Wilder tracks featured little or no guitar, avoided the standard drumkit or set Cope's voice against solo synthesizer only.

While these approaches resulted in an album of diverse styles and revealed that the Teardrop Explodes was a far more flexible band than previous releases had suggested, it also lost the group many of the fans of the more straightforward Kilimanjaro.  Although the single "Passionate Friend" charted reasonably, the album failed commercially. The band released one further EP, "You Disappear From View", which was added to the 2000 reissue of Wilder (following a previous release on Everybody Wants To Shag ... The Teardrop Explodes, the band's posthumous release of post-Wilder demos and late tracks).

Track listing

Original track listing (1981)

CD Re-issue bonus tracks (2000)

CD Re-issue bonus disc (2013)

Personnel
The Teardrop Explodes
Julian Cope - vocals, guitars, bass guitar, piano, organ
Troy Tate - guitars
David Balfe - keyboards, synthesizers, loops (except on "Passionate Friend")
Gary Dwyer - drums
with:
Alfie Agius - bass guitar on "Passionate Friend" 
Jeff Hammer - keyboards on "Passionate Friend" 
James Eller - bass guitar
Luke Tunney, Ted Emmett - trumpets
Clive Langer - additional guitar
Garrish Mashindi - backing vocals on "Like Leila Khaled Said"
Technical
Colin Fairley - engineer
Martin Atkins - artwork
Chalkie Davies - photography

Charts

Certifications

References

1981 albums
The Teardrop Explodes albums
Albums produced by Clive Langer
Fontana Records albums
Rick Titus (journalist)

Rick Titus is an American former race car driver and now automotive journalist, radio personality and podcaster. Titus hosts Drivers Talk Radio, a syndicated radio program and weekly automotive podcast. He is the son of another former race driver-turned-journalist, Jerry Titus.

As a driver, Titus won 11 races on the SCCA Endurance Road Racing circuit.  His hands-on involvement with cars and trucks, including a stint as head of engineering at a leading automotive accessories manufacturer, led him to a career in journalism after he retired from racing.

Titus has written over 350 articles or segments for several magazines, including Motor Trend (as Technical Editor), Popular Mechanics (as West Coast Automotive Editor), TNN (as NASCAR Editor), Muscle Mustangs and Fast Fords (as Engineering Editor), Road & Track (as Features Editor) and Sports Car magazine (as Technical Editor).

In addition, Titus is a spokesman for Ford Motor Company and has appeared in several ad campaigns and product information videos for various Ford vehicles.  He is a lifetime member of the American Automotive Racing Writers and Broadcasters Association (AARWBA) as well as a member of the Motor Press Guild.

In 1990, Chuck Beck of Special Editions and Rick Titus took seven Ford Festivas, gutted the interiors, and mounted Ford SHO (Yamaha-built for the Taurus SHO) 3.0 liter V6s behind the front seats to make the car mid-engined. There were substantial cosmetic and mechanical changes, including relocating the gas tank to the front of the car, structural bracing and improvements to the chassis, adding wider wheel arches to accommodate a wider stance and larger tires, and a complete redesign of the suspension. These changes resulted in a car that could accelerate from  in 4.6 seconds, travel the quarter-mile (0.4 km) in 12.9 seconds at , and could achieve a lateral acceleration figure ranging from .95 to 1.04 g. It was called the SHOgun.

References

External links
Drivers Talk Radio bio page
Drivers Talk Radio article

American male journalists
American racing drivers
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Gravity Entertainment

Gravity Entertainment was a film and television production company formed in 1997. The company was modeled on the traditional Hollywood Studio, where the main business is development and production of motion pictures and television programming.

In 2008, Gravity Entertainment agent Marshall Carson was issued a cease and desist orders in Alabama and Wisconsin, following the sale of unlicensed securities.

Films
 Bully (2001)
 360 (2011)

Television
The Suitor (2001)

Music
"Somebody Loves You" - Anthony B
"Lighter" - Anthony B, Wyclef Jean and Bone Crusher

References

Film production companies of the United States
Television production companies of the United States
Mass media companies established in 1997
Pakbeng

Pakbeng (Lao: ປາກແບ່ງ, ) is a small village in Laos, on the Mekong River about halfway between the Thai border at Huay Xai and Luang Prabang, Laos. Pakbeng is connected by a sealed road with Oudomxai along the Nam Beng River.

Geography
Pakbeng had its main road paved in 2005 and also just completed a hydroelectric station downriver thanks to a World Bank loan. Before then, the town was dependent on electrical generators for electricity.

There is a small wat to be found in the hills not far from the village. It is an example of a Buddhist temple from the former Lan Na Kingdom. Many of the old temples had been destroyed during wars with the Thai Kingdom 300 years before.

History
 
During the Laotian Civil War, Pakbeng was the southern terminus of the freshly constructed Route 46 from Yunnan Province, People's Republic of China.

Tourism
The town is the overnight stop for boats running between Luang Prabang and Huay Xai. The slow boats which run between Huay Xai and Luang Prabang over a period of two days spend the night moored in Pakbeng.

An elephant sanctuary was opened in November 2017 with four elephants: Mei-kham (48 years old female with more than 25 years as a working elephant in the forest), Kham-Khum (28 years old male with 20 years as a working elephant), Mae-Kham-Di (28 years old female, 15 years working in the forest) and Mae-Ping (21 years old female who was never used as a working elephant). The sanctuary has been built to create an alternative of the ancestral work of the elephants and the mahout who traditionally were working in the forest and protect the elephants from hard labor tasks.

Gallery

References

External links

Populated places in Bokeo Province
Populated places on the Mekong River
Dziennik Polska-Europa-Świat

Dziennik Polska-Europa-Świat () was a Polish nationwide daily newspaper published by Ringier Axel Springer, a joint venture between Germany's Axel Springer Verlag publishing company and Swiss media company Ringier.

History
It was modelled on Springer's Welt Kompakt, the Berliner-style edition of the Hamburg-published broadsheet Die Welt. The first issue was released on 18 April 2006, and in May 2006 it recorded a circulation of 211,610 copies, giving it the third largest circulation amongst national newspapers. Dziennik was envisaged as a competitor to Gazeta Wyborcza, therefore its political profile was more right-wing than its left-liberal rival. In most cases, however, it presented a broad spectrum of views on its pages.

On 14 September 2009 "Dziennik" was merged with Infor Bizness's "Gazeta Prawna" daily to form a new nationwide daily under the title "Dziennik Gazeta Prawna".

Columnists
Jerzy Pilch
Maciej Rybiński
Jan Rokita
Albin Siwak

References

See also
Dziennik Online

2006 establishments in Poland
2009 disestablishments in Poland
Defunct newspapers published in Poland
Newspapers established in 2006
Publications disestablished in 2009
Polish-language newspapers
Newspapers published in Warsaw
Axel Springer SE
Daily newspapers published in Poland
MacDowell Professor of Greek

The Professorship of Greek is a chair at the University of Glasgow. Following a bequest by Douglas MacDowell, the chair was renamed the MacDowell Professor of Greek in his honour.

History
Under the Nova Erectio of King James VI of Scotland the teaching of Greek at the University of Glasgow in Scotland was the responsibility of the Regents (university teachers). From 1581 one of the Regents was sometimes given the title Professor of Greek. The Professorship was more formally established in 1704.

Following the retirement of Douglas MacDowell in 2001, the University opted to let the Chair of Greek lapse. However, upon his MacDowell's death the University received a bequest from his estate of over £2 million. The money was used to re-establish the chair, with the first incumbent of the Macdowell Chair in Greek appointed in 2012.

List of Professors of Greek
The following have held the post:

Professor of Greek
 Alexander Dunlop MA LLD (1704–1746)
 James Moore MA LLD (1746–1774)
 John Young MA (1774–1821)
 Sir Daniel Keyte Sandford MA DCL MP (1821–1838)
 Edmund Law Lushington MA LLD (1838–1875)
 Sir Richard Claverhouse Jebb MA LLD LittD FBA (1875–1889)
 George Gilbert Aime Murray MA FBA (1889–1899)
 John Swinnerton Phillimore MA LLD LittD (1899–1906)
 Gilbert Austin Davies MA (1906–1934)
 William Rennie CBE MA LLD DLitt (1934–1946)
 Arnold Wycombe Gomme MA LLD FBA (1946–1957)
 Donald James Allan MA FBA (1957–1971)
 Douglas Maurice MacDowell MA MLitt DLitt FRSE FBA (1971–2001)

MacDowell Professor of Greek
 Jan Stenger (2012–2022?)
 Andrew Morrison (2023–present)

See also
 List of Professorships at the University of Glasgow

References

1581 establishments in Scotland
Greek, MacDowell
Greek, MacDowell, Glasgow
Greek, MacDowell, Glasgow
Greek-language education
Shrestha

Śrēṣṭha () is a Nepalese surname meaning "most excellent” or "great” in Sanskrit. Shrestha is one of the eponym surnames used by those belonging to the caste of Shresthas who prior to the unification of modern Nepal formed the ruling and administrative Kshatriya castes in the court of the Malla kings of Nepal. They also counted among them the trading and business Vaishya castes, and were the pre-eminent traders in between Nepal and Tibet. After the unification of Nepal, Shresthas took up business and trading since their former positions as administrators and courtiers of the royal Malla court was supplanted by the invading Gorkha forces mainly of the Khas tribe.

Background 

The word "Shrestha" was derived from Sanskrit term Shista meaning 'noble' or 'decent'. "Syasya" also means 'warrior' in Nepal Bhasa. Shresthas (or Syasya) served as administrators and courtiers during the rule of the Malla Newar kings that ruled Nepal for six hundred years  – known as the "Golden Era" of Nepal – when much of the cultural and architectural development of Nepal took place. They took a prominent role in the governance and administration of the nation and fought against the Gorkha invasion. They also contributed to protect their country Nepal from external powers like the Mughal.

Notable people

Politics and civil administration 
Ganga Lal Shrestha – Politician, One of the four famous Martyr of Nepal
Gopal Man Shrestha – Politician, Deputy Prime Minister 2017-18
Krishna Mohan Shrestha –  First Inspector General of Armed Police Force (Nepal)
Marich Man Singh Shrestha – Prime Minister of Nepal, 1986–90
Narayan Kaji Shrestha – Politician, Deputy Prime Minister, 2011–12
Krishna Kumar Shrestha –  Politician, Member of the House of Representatives

Arts, literature and culture 

Siddhicharan Shrestha – "Yuga Kavi", one of the most prominent literary figures of Nepal
Rakesh Shrestha – Celebrity Photographer in India 
Durga Lal Shrestha – Poet, lyricist
Ganesh Lal Shrestha – Poet, lyricist
Jagat Lal Shrestha – Educator, author
Madan Krishna Shrestha – Comedian, actor, singer
Shiva Shrestha – Actor
Shree Krishna Shrestha – Actor
Namrata Shrestha – Actress, model
Sushma Shrestha – known by stage name "Poornima", Bollywood singer
Shristi Shrestha – Miss Nepal World 2012
Ishani Shrestha – Miss Nepal World 2013
Asmi Shrestha – Miss Nepal World 2016
Anushka Shrestha – Miss Nepal World 2019

Others
Nani Kaji Shrestha, also known as Bauddha Rishi Mahapragya, well known  in the revival of Nepali Theravada Buddhism in the 1920s
Bishnu Shrestha – Nepali soldier in Indian Army
Purnima Shrestha, Nepalese mountaineer and photojournalist

References

Newar
Newar caste system
People from Kathmandu
Social groups of Nepal
Newari-language surnames
Surnames of Nepalese origin
Strangeitude

Strangeitude is the third studio album by British band Ozric Tentacles. It was released in 1991 on Dovetail Records and re-released in 1998 by Snapper Music.

Track listing
 "White Rhino Tea" (Ozric Tentacles) - 5:55
 "Sploosh!" (Ed Wynne) - 6:26
 "Saucers" (Ed Wynne) - 7:32
 "Strangeitude" (Ozric Tentacles) - 7:32
 "Bizarre Bazaar" (Ozric Tentacles) - 4:07
 "Space Between Your Ears" (Ozric Tentacles) - 7:48
 "Live Throbbe" (Ed Wynne) - 7:16
 "Weirditude" (Ozric Tentacles) - 5:13 (Re-release bonus track)

Credits
Ed Wynne: Guitars, Synths, Production
Roly Wynne: Bass
John Egan: Flute, Voice (Credited as Eoin Eogan on early releases)
Joie Hinton: Synths, Bubbles
Mervin Pepler: Drums
Paul Hankin: Congas on "Sploosh!" and "Live Throbbe"
John Canham: Engineering

Notes
"Live Throbbe" was recorded at Brixton Academy, London in 1990, and is a live version of "The Throbbe" from Erpland.

"Weirditude" was recorded at Subterania, London in 1993.

Charts
Album

References

1991 albums
Ozric Tentacles albums
Welf, Duke of Carinthia

Welf III (13 November 1055), the last male member of the Swabian line of the Elder House of Welf, was Duke of Carinthia and Margrave of Verona from 1047 until his death.

Life
Welf III was the only son of the Swabian count Welf II of Altdorf (died 1030) and Imiza, a daughter of Count Frederick of Luxembourg and niece of the later empress Cunigunde of Luxembourg. His sister Kunigunde of Altdorf (1054) married Margrave Albert Azzo II, of Milan, a member of the Italian House of Este, and became the ancestor of the House of Welf-Este of (Younger) House of Welf.

Upon the death of his father, Welf III succeeded him in the family's extended estates in Swabia and Bavaria. Through the intervention of his aunt, Richlind of Altdorf, he also inherited the property of her late husband Count Adalbero II of Ebersberg in 1045. Probably through his mother, Imiza's, intervention Emperor Henry III enfeoffed Welf in 1047 with the Duchy of Carinthia and the adjacent March of Verona, which after the death of Duke Conrad the Younger in 1039 both had been held personally by the Salian emperor.

Together with Duke Bretislaus I of Bohemia, Welf accompanied Emperor Henry III on his 1051 campaign against King Andrew I of Hungary. Later however, he turned against the emperor and got involved in a conspiracy around the deposed Duke Conrad I of Bavaria, who with Hungarian support raided the Carinthian March of Styria. A plot to assassinate Henry failed, when Duke Welf became confined to his sickbed and revealed the plans.

Welf III never married and had no children when he died at his castle in Bodman on Lake Constance on 13 November 1055. He bequeathed his property to Weingarten Abbey in Altdorf, where his mother was abbess. She in turn gave the property to Duke Welf I of Bavaria, the son of Welf III's sister Kunigunde and Margrave Albert Azzo II of Milan.

Welf III was the last male heir of the Elder Welfs, his patrimonial lands went to the senior branch of the House of Este and the Younger House of Welf. In 1057 Emperor Henry's widow Agnes of Poitou ceded the Carinthian duchy to the Ezzonid scion Conrad III. Welf was buried at Weingarten Abbey.

Notes

References
E. Steindorff, Jahrbücher des Deutschen Reichs unter Heinrich III., 2 vols. (Leipzig, 1874–1881), accessible online at: archive.org
B. Schneidmüller, Die Welfen. Herrschaft und Erinnerung (819–1252). (Stuttgart, 2000)
H. Dopsch, 'Welf III und Kärnten' in D. Bauer, et al., eds., Welf IV. - Schlüsselfigur einer Wendezeit: Regionale und europäische Perspektiven (Munich, 2004), pp. 84–128.
K. Jordan, Heinrich der Löwe (Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag 1993).
H. Renn, Das erste Luxemburger Grafenhaus (963-1136) (Bonn, 1941).
K-E. Klaar, Die Herrschaft der Eppensteiner in Kärnten
W. Störmer, 'Die Welfen in der Reichspolitik des 11. Jahrhunderts,' Mitteilungen des Instituts für Österreichische Geschichtsforschung 104 (1996), 252–265.

External links

Welf III, Herzog von Kärnten (in German)

11th-century births
1055 deaths
Dukes of Carinthia
Elder House of Welf
Year of birth unknown
Aodán Mac Póilin

Aodán Mac Póilin (1948 – 29 December 2016) was an Irish language activist in Northern Ireland.

Background
Aodán Mac Póilin was born in Belfast and grew up in Norfolk Road in the Andersonstown area. His father worked as a civil servant and his mother was an Irish language speaker. He had two sisters.  He attended the New University of Ulster in the 1970s and obtained a BA (Hons) and an M.Phil. in Irish studies. He helped to establish the Shaw's Road Irish-speaking community where he and his wife Áine lived.

Career
After graduation, Mac Póilin was a teacher for a period and then became Director of the ULTACH Trust in 1990.

He was active in the European Bureau for Lesser-Used Languages and the Community Relations Council for Northern Ireland, and was chairman of the first Irish-medium school in Northern Ireland.

Mac Póilin served on the board of Northern Ireland Screen for 5 years from 2012, with particular responsibility for the Irish Language Broadcast Fund. He also served on the boards of the Columba Initiative, Comhairle na Gaelscolaíochta (the Council for Irish-medium Education), the Education Broadcasting Council of BBC Northern Ireland, Foras na Gaeilge (the cross-border Irish language implementation body), and the Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry, Queen's University Belfast.

Mac Póilin wrote and lectured extensively on various aspects of the Irish language, literature and culture.  He made a major contribution to the revitalisation of the Irish language in Northern Ireland.

Mac Póilin died on 29 December 2016.

Books
 Styles of Belonging: the cultural identities of Ulster (1992) (editor)
 Ruined Pages, New Selected Poems of Padraic Fiacc (1994) (co-editor with Gerald Dawe)
 The Irish Language in Northern Ireland (1997)
 The Great Book of Gaelic (2002) (member of the editorial panel)
Our Tangled Speech, Essays on Language and Culture  (2018).

References

20th-century Irish people
21st-century Irish people
Schoolteachers from Belfast
Alumni of Ulster University
Irish language activists
1948 births
2016 deaths
Professor of Hebrew and Semitic Languages

The Professor of Hebrew and Semitic Languages is a position at the University of Glasgow in Scotland. It was established in 1709 by Queen Anne as the Chair of Oriental Languages. The title was changed in 1893.

Professors of Oriental Languages/Professors of Hebrew and Semitic Languages
 Charles Morthland MA (1709)
 Alexander Dublop MA LLD (1745)
 William Rouet MA (1751)
 George Muirhead MA (1753)
 John Anderson MA (1755)
 James Buchanan MA (1757)
 Patick Cumin MA LLD (1761)
 Robert Trail MA DD (1761)
 Gavin Gibb MA LLD (1820)
 William Fleming MA DD (1831)
 George Gray DD (1839)
 Duncan Harkness Weir MA DD (1850)
 James Robertson MA DD (1877)
 William Barron Stevenson MA DLitt LLD DD (1907)
 Cecil James Mullo Weir MA DPhil DD (1937)
 John McDonald MA BD PhD STM (1968-1987)

References
Who, What and Where: The History and Constitution of the University of Glasgow.  Compiled by Michael Moss, Moira Rankin and Lesley Richmond)

See also
List of Professorships at the University of Glasgow

Hebrew and Semitic Languages
Hebrew and Semitic Languages
1709 establishments in Scotland
Hebrew language
Semitic studies
V Empire or Dark Faerytales in Phallustein

V Empire or Dark Faerytales in Phallustein is the first EP by English extreme metal band Cradle of Filth, and the first release following their 1994 debut studio album The Principle of Evil Made Flesh. It was released on 22 April 1996, and was the band's final release for Cacophonous Records.

Recording 

V Empire was hastily written and recorded for Cacophonous Records as a contractual obligation before the band jumped ship to Music for Nations. As such, it is the first of two albums released in 1996, the other being Dusk... and Her Embrace. Half of the band was replaced for this recording, with Stuart Anstis replacing guitarists Paul Allender and Paul Ryan and Damien Gregori replacing keyboardist Benjamin Ryan. All the guitars on V Empire were performed by Anstis. The name "Jared Demeter" listed as a second guitarist in the liner notes included in the booklet of the EP is just a made-up name to give the impression that there were two guitarists on the EP. Also, all keyboard duties on V Empire were handled by Keith Appleton. V Empire is the first recording to feature backing vocalist Sarah Jezebel Deva.

Content 

V Empire sees a step up in production from the band's debut and introduces the fast, highly technical instrumentation that would be the hallmark of the band's next few releases. It includes a re-recorded version of "The Forest Whispers My Name" from the band's first album, The Principle of Evil Made Flesh.

Title 

The Gospel of Filth, a definitive history of the band and its influences, written by Gavin Baddeley and Dani Filth and published in 2010, refers to this record throughout as V Empire. Due to the typographic sizing and spacing of the record's cover art, however, it has been widely read as Vempire in the years since its release. References like AllMusic and Discogs continue to retain the latter spelling, while some recent interviews appear to indicate that the band also pronounce it "Vempire" in conversation.

Track listing
Notes:

"The Forest Whispers My Name" was re-recorded for this disc and is different from its original version on "The Principle of Evil Made Flesh".
"Queen Of Winter, Throned" repeats some elements from "A Dream of Wolves in the Snow".

Personnel 
All information from the EP booklet.

Cradle of Filth
 Dani Filth – lead vocals, lyrics
 Stuart Anstis – guitars
 Robin Graves – bass
 Damien Gregori – keyboards
 Nicholas Barker – drums

Additional musicians
 Sarah Jezebel Deva – backing vocals
 Danielle Cneajna Cottington – backing vocals
 Rachel – backing vocals

Production
 Chris Bell – artwork
 Nigel Wingrove – art direction
 Frater Nihil – photography
 Mags – producer
 Keith Appleton – engineering
 Nilesh – mastering
 Eileen – succubi model
 Vida – succubi model
 Scarlet – succubi model
 Luna – succubi model
 Gabrielle – succubi model

References

External links 

 

Cradle of Filth albums
1996 EPs
Death metal EPs
Cacophonous Records albums
KIZZ

KIZZ (93.7 FM) is a top 40 (CHR) radio station located in Minot, North Dakota owned by iHeartMedia, Z94 airs the syndicated Bob and Sheri morning show and along with weekend programs such as American Top 40, Dawson McAllister Live,  and Hollywood Hamilton.

iHeartMedia also owns and operates KCJB 910, KRRZ 1390, KYYX 97.1, KMXA-FM 99.9 and KZPR 105.3 in Minot.

The same call letters were assigned in the 1960s to an AM sunlight-only radio station in El Paso, Texas, an early entrant in the category of conservative talk radio stations.

Z94 debuted in 1978 after being KMOT-FM. It switched from top 40 to hot adult contemporary in 1992 and returned to top 40 by 1998.

References

External links

IZZ
Contemporary hit radio stations in the United States
Radio stations established in 1968
1968 establishments in North Dakota
IHeartMedia radio stations
Armando Merodio

Armando Merodio Pesquera (23 August 1935 – 21 June 2018) was a Spanish footballer who played as a striker.

Football career
Born in Barcelona, Catalonia, where his father (known as 'Txikito Gallarta') was a pelota player, Merodio's family moved back to the Basque Country when he was three years old. He started his professional career with Barakaldo CF but soon signed with Athletic Bilbao, being eligible to represent the club due to learning his football skills in the territory.

Merodio made his La Liga debut on 11 March 1956, scoring in a 2–1 home win against Atlético Madrid. His input during the season, however, was restricted to a further two games as the team won the league and also the Copa del Rey; on 16 January 1957, in the subsequent edition of the European Cup, he found the net in a 5–3 defeat of Manchester United in the quarter-finals' first leg, losing 5–6 on aggregate.

During the 1958–59 campaign, Merodio scored 11 times over four consecutive league games (Athletic won 9–0, 9–0, 8–1 and 7–0). He eventually left the club in 1963 with 104 official appearances and 39 goals, joining Real Murcia also in the top division, playing there for two seasons and suffering relegation in his second.

Merodio closed out his career in 1967 at nearly 32, after one-year spells in the second level with Recreativo de Huelva and SD Indautxu, the latter also in the Basque region. He died on 21 June 2018 in Bilbao, aged 82.

Honours
Athletic Bilbao
La Liga: 1955–56
Copa del Generalísimo: 1956, 1958

References

External links

1935 births
2018 deaths
Footballers from Barcelona
Spanish men's footballers
Footballers from Biscay
Men's association football forwards
La Liga players
Segunda División players
CD Getxo players
Barakaldo CF footballers
Athletic Bilbao footballers
Real Murcia CF players
Recreativo de Huelva players
SD Indautxu footballers
Spain men's youth international footballers