N Brown Group plc () is an online retailer headquartered in Manchester, England. N Brown offers a range of products, predominantly clothing, footwear and homewares with a focus on underserved customer groups. The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange.

History
The oldest company within the group - JD Williams & Company Ltd - was founded by James David Williams in 1859 when he started in business operating three mobile shops. In 1882, he took advantage of the introduction of UK's parcel post service, to send his company's products direct to his customers. In 1907, JD Williams instructed architect R Argile to build Langley Buildings in a baroque style on Dale Street in Manchester's Northern Quarter: this building still stands today.

In 1963, All Williams' family shares were bought by Cooper-Taymil Ltd (a subsidiary of Alliance Brothers Ltd. owned by Lord (David) Alliance CBE and Sir Nigel Alliance OBE) and placed in a holding company, N Brown Investments, (founded by Nathan Brown in 1964 and acquired by David Alliance in 1968). In 1970, N Brown Group acquired JD Williams shares along with mail-order catalogues Ambrose Wilson and Oxendales.

In 1986, N Brown Investments acquired the JD Williams group in a reverse takeover to secure a public quotation. The company name was changed to N Brown Group plc.

In 2004, the business moved to new premises on Lever Street in Manchester's Northern Quarter.

The company bought online underwear retailer Figleaves for £11.5 million in 2010.

Lord Alliance stepped down as chairman in 2012 with Andrew Higginson joining that September.

In 2014, N Brown outsourced 550 contact centre roles to Serco. That year it also issued two profit warnings within six months.

Angela Spindler joined as Chief Executive in 2013, succeeding Alan White, who had been in the top job since 1984.

In 2017, shares fell by as much as 9pc when N Brown announced it was facing a £40m hit after finding issues with a credit insurance product it sold to customers between 2006 and 2014, responding to a crackdown by the Financial Conduct Authority.

In 2018, Matt Davies was announced as the new chairman of N Brown Group.

In 2020, N Brown took a range of actions to retain cash after sales fell by 40%. It established a £50 million three-year lending facility under the Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme supported by borrowers. It also broadened curtained covenants in its existing £125 million unsecured revolving credit facility in anticipation of the half-year test date of August 2020.

Following the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lock down, the company suffered a sharp decline in revenue in March 2020 and then, in August 2020, suspended its dividend for the financial year ending in February 2021.

Brands
In 1999, Simply Be was launched to cater for women aged 25 – 45 in sizes 12 - 32 and has been a vocal champion of size inclusivity.

In 2007, Jacamo was launched, catering for 25 - 45-year-old men of all body shapes, from small to 5XL. Former cricketer Freddie Flintoff was recently a key brand ambassador.

In 2018, JD Williams rebranded to become JD Williams: The Life Store, positioning the brand as a modern online department store for the 45 – 60-year-old woman.

Home Essentials, Fashion World, Marisota, Ambrose Wilson and Premier Man are also operated by N Brown as well as the Ireland-based Oxendales.

 Stores Simply Be, Jacamo and High & Mighty'' operated bricks & mortar stores throughout the UK until 2018. The company announced it was closing five loss-making stores in 2017 and, after announcing, in June 2018, that it was proposing to close all bricks and mortar stores, the company had completely implemented that decision by August 2018.

Charity
In September 2017, N Brown donated £50,000 to the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital following the Manchester Arena bombing.

Locations
The business has its operational Head Office in Manchester's Northern Quarter and has warehousing and distribution centres in Oldham, in Greater Manchester, and Glossop in Derbyshire.

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1859 establishments in England
British companies established in 1859
Companies based in Manchester
Companies listed on the London Stock Exchange
Online retailers of the United Kingdom
Retail companies established in 1859


So Many Roads may refer to:

 So Many Roads, a 1965 album by John P. Hammond
 So Many Roads, a 1976 album by Otis Rush
 So Many Roads (1965–1995), a compilation album by The Grateful Dead
 So Many Roads: Live in Europe, a live album by Neal Morse.
 "So Many Roads", a song from album What We Made by Example
 "So Many Roads", a song by John Mayall and Peter Green, included in Looking Back (John Mayall album)
 "So Many Roads", a song by Cuby + Blizzards on their 1967 album, Groeten Uit Grollo

See also
 "So Many Roads, So Many Trains", a train song written by Marshall Paul, also featured on the Hammond album above


Journal of Molecular Structure is a scientific journal published by Elsevier ScienceDirect since 1968.  Its articles discuss molecular structure in chemistry.

After the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine it said that it would no longer consider manuscripts written by scientists at Russian institutions. Rui Fausto, the journal's editor and a chemist at the University of Coimbra in Portugal, said: "Our decision will be in force until international legality is restored."

See also
 Journal of Molecular Structure: THEOCHEM

References

Chemistry journals
Elsevier academic journals
Molecular geometry
English-language journals
Academic journals established in 1968
Biweekly journals


Lower Upham is a small village in Hampshire, England, situated north-west of Bishop's Waltham on the B2177.

Governance
The village is part of the civil parish of Upham and is part of the Owslebury and Curdridge ward of the City of Winchester non-metropolitan district of Hampshire County Council.

Facilities
Lower Upham has a pub - the Alma Inn, the New Millennium Village Hall and a small private airfield that is the home of Solent Flight, a flying school.  Other businesses in the village include a large motor home and caravan sales centre.

References

Villages in Hampshire


Edward L. Beck, C.P. is an author, journalist, and Catholic priest of the Passionist congregation. He is an on-air contributor for CNN on issues of faith, religion and ethics, and has written three books.

Prior to working at CNN, he was a media contributor for ABC News, CBS News, Fox News, HLN and MSNBC. He co-hosted Focus on Faith with Chris Cuomo for ABC News from 2009 to 2014. Beck also leads retreats and workshops on spirituality. He lives in New York City.

Books published as author
 God Underneath: Spiritual Memoirs of a Catholic Priest, Doubleday, 2001.
 Unlikely Ways Home: Real-Life Spiritual Detours, Doubleday, 2004.
 Soul Provider: Spiritual Steps to Limitless Love, Doubleday, 2007.

As a playwright
Beck also wrote a play, Sweetened Water, which had a staged reading starring Vanessa Williams and Amy Brenneman at Playwrights Horizons theater in New York City in January 2015 and an Equity production in the summer of 2015 at Martha's Vineyard Playhouse in Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts.
Subsequent readings featured Laila Robins, Josh Lucas, Sean Cullen, Nathan Darrow, Tricia Paoluccio and Meghann Fahy.

References

Passionists
American male dramatists and playwrights
American male journalists
American religious writers
American Roman Catholic priests
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)


The Diocese of Kaposvár () is a Latin suffragan diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Veszprém, in southwestern Hungary.

Its cathedral episcopal, Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral, is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary (), in the city of Kaposvár, capital of Somogy County.

History
 Established on May 31, 1993 as Diocese of Kaposvár, on territory split off from its future Metropolitan, the then Diocese of Veszprém.

Statistics
As per 2014, it pastorally served 290,425 Catholics (73.5% of 395,207 total) on 6,764 km² in 102 parishes with 95 priests (diocesan), 4 deacons, 6 lay religious (sisters) and 8 seminarians.

Episcopal ordinaries
(all Roman rite natives)

Suffragan Bishops of Kaposvár
 Béla Balás (31 May 1993 – 25 March 2017), previously Titular Bishop of Feradi maius (1992.08.10 – 1993.05.31) as Auxiliary Bishop of Veszprém (Hungary) (1992.08.10 – 1993.05.31)
 László Varga (13 May 2017 – ...)

See also
 List of Catholic dioceses in Hungary
 Roman Catholicism in Hungary

Sources
 GCatholic.org - data for all sections
 Catholic Hierarchy

External links

Kaposvár
Roman Catholic dioceses in Hungary
Religious organizations established in 1993
Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century
Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Veszprém


The 2001–02 Football Conference season was the twenty-third season of the Football Conference, also known as the Nationwide Conference for sponsorship reasons.

Changes since the previous season
 Barnet (relegated from the Football League 2000–01)
 Farnborough Town (promoted 2000–01)
 Margate (promoted 2000–01)
 Stalybridge Celtic (promoted 2000–01)

Overview
The manager of Boston United, Steve Evans, and former chairman, Pat Malkinson, were charged with breaking the Football Association's rules over the registration of players. Both men received bans from the FA, and the club were fined and docked four points from their first season in the League. This angered some, especially the Conference runners up Dagenham & Redbridge, who believed that any points deduction should have applied to the previous season, which would have meant Dagenham being promoted instead.

Locations

Final  league table

Results

Top scorers in order of league goals

 Footballtransfers.co.uk, thefootballarchives.com and Soccerbase contain information on many playerson whom there is not yet an article in Wikipedia.
 Source:

References

External links
 Official Football Conference Website
 2001–02 Conference National Results

National League (English football) seasons
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English


Meon is a hamlet in the Fareham district, in south Hampshire, England.

A settlement with two households was recorded in the 1086 Domesday Book at Mene. Meon Farm was an old timber and red-brick building in Meon.

References

Hamlets in Hampshire
Borough of Fareham


The Adam Mickiewicz Library and Dramatic Circle is a non-profit membership-based organization founded in 1895. It is the oldest Polish American organization in Western New York and is the oldest surviving Polish library in Buffalo. The library holds approximately 12,000 volumes with 400 hand copied plays. The bar serves over 50 different imported beers with a large Polish selection. The "Circle" is home to most of Torn Space Theater's productions and a large annual Dyngus Day party, as well as other cultural events.

See also
Buffalo, New York
East Side, Buffalo
Adam Mickiewicz

External links

 The Online Voice of Buffalo's Historic Polonia
  Forgotten Buffalo's review of Adam Mickiewicz Library & Dramatic Circle
 Buffalo For Real "Beer" video featuring the Adam Mickiewicz Library and Dramatic Circle

1895 establishments in New York (state)
Polish-American culture in Buffalo, New York
Libraries in New York (state)
Culture of Buffalo, New York
Adam Mickiewicz


"Set the World on Fire" is a 1994 song recorded by the Swedish musician known as E-Type. It features vocals by singer Nana Hedin and was released as the first single from his debut album, Made in Sweden. The song was a hit in several countries, particularly in Sweden where it reached number 2. It was released twice, first in 1994, then in 1995, and also featured twice on the album Made in Sweden: in the original studio version, and in an acoustic version. In 1996, it was released in the United States and peaked at #22 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play; it remained charted for a total of 11 weeks.

Critical reception
Robbert Tilli from Music & Media described "Set the World on Fire" as "vintage Euro dance, with a slightly harder edge to it."

Music video
Two different music videos were made for the song. Both feature Nana Hedin.

Track listings

 CD maxi 1
 "Set The World on Fire (7" version) — 3:43
 "Set The World on Fire (amadin boeing remix) — 7:47
 "Set The World on Fire (extended version) — 8:03
 "Set The World on Fire (E-Type's tyroler mix) — 3:47

 CD maxi 2
 "Set the World on Fire" (single version) — 3:28
 "Set the World on Fire" (extended pop) — 6:12
 "Set the World on Fire" (yetin and max mix) — 5:37
 "Set the World on Fire" (amadin boeing remix) — 7:47

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

1994 singles
1994 songs
E-Type (musician) songs
Nana Hedin songs
Song recordings produced by Denniz Pop
Stockholm Records singles
English-language Swedish songs


Benton Airport may refer to:

Benton Municipal Airport in Benton, Illinois, United States (FAA: H96)
Benton Airpark (disambiguation):
Benton Field (Benton Airpark) in Redding, California, United States (FAA: O85)
Lloyd Stearman Field (Benton Airpark) in Benton, Kansas, United States (FAA: 1K1)


Monk Sherborne is a village in north Hampshire, England.

Sherborne Priory is the burial place of William of Drogheada.

Governance
Monk Sherborne is a civil parish and is part of the Sherborne St. John ward of Basingstoke and Deane borough council. The borough council is a Non-metropolitan district of Hampshire County Council.

References

External links

Villages in Hampshire
Civil parishes in Basingstoke and Deane


The third HMS Black Joke was probably built in Baltimore in 1824, becoming the Brazilian slave ship Henriquetta. The Royal Navy captured her in September 1827, and purchased her into the service. The Navy renamed her Black Joke, after an English song of the same name, and assigned her to the West Africa Squadron (or Preventive Squadron). Her role was to chase down slave ships, and over her five-year career, she freed thousands of slaves. The Navy deliberately burnt her in May 1832 because her timbers had rotted to the point that she was no longer fit for active service.

Henriquetta – slaver
Built as a Baltimore clipper (possibly as the vessel Griffen), Henriquetta (also Henri Quatre) was a brig designed to be fast. Brazilian owners purchased her in 1825, and she worked for a slave dealer at Bahia, making £80,000 (about £ in , when adjusted for inflation), by running 3,040 slaves across to Brazil in six voyages over a period of three years.

HMS Sybille captured her on 6 September 1827. Commodore Francis Collier of Sybille wrote to the Admiralty noting that at the time of her capture, Henriquetta was 257 tons, mounted three guns, and had a crew of 38 men. She had 569 enslaved Africans on board "and had landed at Bahia 3,360 slaves in the last two years".

She was sold at auction in Sierra Leone on 5 January 1828, for £330 (roughly £ in ).

Black Joke – slaver catcher

The Navy took her into service as a tender to Sybille, under the command of Lieutenant William Turner of Sybille. During her service with the Navy, Black Jokes crew included an assistant surgeon, three midshipmen, thirty seamen, and five marines, as well as a number of Liberian Kroomen for use on detached boat service. Her armament consisted of one long 18-pounder on a pivot mount.

On 5 January 1828, she sailed with Sybille and the 20-gun post ship . On 12 January, she captured the Spanish schooner Gertrudes (or Gertrudis), which carried 155 slaves. Gertrudes had outrun the other two British warships, but not Black Joke.

On 2 April, a Spanish 14-gun brig fired on Black Joke as she approached the brig. After two hours of exchanging shots, and after suffering several casualties, the brig hoisted a flag of truce. She turned out to be the Providentia, of 14 guns and a crew of 80 men. She had fired on the Black Joke as Providentias captain had been warned that a Colombian privateer answering to the same description as Black Joke was in the area. Turner, therefore, released her. Black Joke suffered no casualties; Providentia had numerous of her crew killed and wounded.

On 1 May 1828, Black Joke fought the large and well-armed pirate Presidenté from Buenos Aires.  After two hours of action, and following the death of their captain and two others, as well as the wounding of a number more, the crew of the Presidenté sought a truce.  (Black Joke sustained one killed and a number wounded.)  The crew of Presidenté underwent an examination before being committed for trial on charges of piracy.  Many of her crew appeared to be British or have anglicized names, and they were sent back to England for trial. The next day, Black Joke retook the Portuguese vessel Hosse, which Presidenté had taken as a prize. Presidente was lost at sea on her way to Sierra Leone, but Black Joke earned salvage money for Hosse.

On 16 May, Black Joke captured Vengador. She had a crew of 45 men and eight guns, but offered no resistance. She carried 645 slaves, the most ever captured on a single ship.

On 14 September, Black Joke was in company with  when Primrose captured the Zephirina or Zephorina. Zephorina was carrying 218 slaves.

On 14 November, Turner received promotion to commander. He turned over command of Black Joke to Lieutenant Henry Downes of Sybille. In November of the same year, Black Joke was forced to leave the coast of Bioko (Fernando Po), due to fever on board.

In January 1829, Black Joke saw a Spanish brig as the Spaniard loaded slaves and set sail for Havana. Black Joke chased the Spaniard for 31 hours, and on 1 February, when the wind dropped, resorted to sweeps to bring herself within gunshot of her prey. El Almirante mounted a total of 14 guns (10 Gover's 18-pounder cannon and four long 9-pounders) and had a crew of 80 men. Black Joke was almost half the size of El Almirante and mounted two guns. Good ship-handling, the discipline of the Royal Navy gun crew, and light winds gave Lieutenant Downes the advantage. In 80 minutes, he defeated and captured the slaver, which  suffered 15 dead, including the captain and the first and second mates, and a further 13 wounded, while Black Joke suffered six wounded, two of whom died later. El Almirante held 466 slaves, who were later landed.

On 6 March, Black Joke captured the two-gun brigantine Carolina, which carried 420 slaves. After this capture, Downes was invalided home because of illness, and received a promotion to commander on his return in recognition of the capture of El Almirante. He had freed a total of 875 slaves.

Black Joke then came under the command of Lieutenant E.J. Parrey.  On 11 October, he captured the Christina (or Cristina), a Spanish schooner of three guns and 24 crew members. She was carrying 354 slaves. Lieutenant William Coyde replaced Parrey, and on 1 April 1830, captured the Spanish brigantine Manzanares of three guns and 34 crew. Manzanares was carrying 354 slaves.

Later that month, Black Joke was in refit in Sierra Leone. Coyde's replacement in Black Joke was Lieutenant William Ramsay.

On 9 November, she captured Dos Amigos, a Baltimore schooner with a crew of 34 and armed with a single carronade; Dos Amigos had 567 African captives aboard, but may have relanded them before her capture. The admiralty put Dos Amigos up for auction, where the commodore of the British Anti-Slavery Squadron, Jonathan Hayes, bought her and named her . In December, Black Joke was cruising in the Bight of Benin with .

On 21 or 22 February 1831, Black Joke captured a slaver with 300 slaves on board. This was probably the Spanish schooner Primeira. At the time, Black Joke was acting as a tender to , and was under the temporary command of W L Castle.

In a famous action on 25 or 26 April 1831, Black Joke was again under Ramsey's command when she captured the Marinerito. Black Joke captured the much larger and more heavily armed Spanish slaver off the island of Bioko. At one point, 15-year-old Midshipman Hinde had to bring Black Joke back alongside Marinerito to rescue the boarding party, including Ramsey, which had become stranded on the Spanish slaver's deck. His rescue effort cost Hinde a bite from an angry parrot. Marinerito had 15 of her crew killed; Black Joke lost one man killed and four wounded, one of whom was Ramsey. Of the 496 slaves on Marinerito, 26 were found to have died and 107 were in so weakened a state that they were landed on Bioko, where more than half subsequently died. The remainder were taken to freedom in Sierra Leone.

In September, in company with Fair Rosamond, Black Joke chased two Spanish slavers into the Bonny River.  Lieutenant Ramsey reported that "during the chase, they were seen to throw their slaves overboard, by twos shackled together by the ankles, and left in this manner to sink or swim." Fair Rosamond captured two Spanish vessels, Regulo and Rapido, on 10 September and took them to Sierra Leone, where the Admiralty Court condemned them.  Black Joke freed 39 slaves, for which a half bounty was paid to the captain and crew.  A further bounty was paid for the 29 slaves who died between the capture and the condemnation of the Regulo.

Ramsey received promotion to the rank of commander for the capture of Marinerito and handed over command to Lieutenant H V Huntley. On 15 February 1832, Black Joke captured Spanish schooner Frasquita, alias Centilla, which was armed with two guns and had a crew of 31 men. Frasquitta yielded bounty money for the 290 slaves on board her.

In all, between November 1830 and March 1832, Black Joke and Fair Rosamond accounted for 11 of the squadron's take of 13 slavers.

Fate
A survey held on the Black Joke in 1832 stated that her timbers were rotten, and that "she is not, in our opinion, a vessel calculated fit for H.M. Service."  Discussions about further use of Black Joke included her use as a government vessel for Sierra Leone. She was due to be transferred to the governor when the rear admiral changed his mind and ordered that Black Joke be destroyed. She was burnt on 3 May 1832 and her stores sold.  The surveyors attached examples of her timber; all that now remains of the famous slave-chaser is an envelope filled with brown dust in The National Archives. In 1958, "a small quantity of the 'testings' of the timber of Black Joke were sent to Lagos for exhibition in the museum there".

When the Royal Navy ordered that Black Joke be burned, Peter Leonard, surgeon of , wrote that she was the ship "which has done more towards putting an end to the vile traffic in slaves than all the ships of the station put together."

Notes

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References

Brigs of the Royal Navy
African slave trade
Ships of the West Africa Squadron
Ships built in Baltimore
Merchant ships of Brazil
Slave ships
Captured ships
Brigs
1820s ships
Liberian-American history
Sierra Leonean-American history
Slavery in Brazil


Windle may refer to:

Companies
 Windle (sidecar)

Places
 Windle, St Helens, Merseyside, England

People
 Bertram Windle (1858–1929), British scientist
 Bob Windle (born 1944), Australian swimmer
 Janice Woods Windle (born 1938), American author
 Jeanette Windle (fl. 2000s–2010s), American writer
 Jordan Windle (born 2003), Cambodian born American diver
 Tom Windle (born c. 1999), English footballer
 William F. Windle (1898–1985), American anatomist and experimental neurologist

See also
 Windley (disambiguation)

English-language surnames


Marsilly is the name of the following communes in France:

 Marsilly, Charente-Maritime, in the Charente-Maritime department
 Marsilly, Moselle, in the Moselle department


Mats Ingemar Lindh (born 12 September 1947) is a Swedish retired professional ice hockey player. He played 138 games in the World Hockey Association with the Winnipeg Jets during the 1975–76 and 1976–77 seasons, scoring 33 goals and 32 assists.

He competed as a member of the Sweden men's national ice hockey team at the 1972 Winter Olympics held in Japan.

References

External links

1947 births
Living people
Frölunda HC players
Swedish ice hockey centres
Winnipeg Jets (WHA) players
Olympic ice hockey players for Sweden
Ice hockey players at the 1972 Winter Olympics


Bomberman Party Edition, known in Japan and Europe as simply Bomberman, is a PlayStation version of the 1983 game Bomberman. In addition to vintage graphics for single player mode, an option for enhanced graphics is added. The game was released to the PlayStation Network as a PSone Classic on May 28, 2008, in Japan and December 10, 2009, in North America.

Gameplay
The single player mode is very similar to the 1985 release of Bomberman. The player controls the titular Bomberman in a wide area, full of destructible and non-destructible blocks. The blocks can be destroyed with bombs, and may contain a power up that increases Bomberman's walking speed, the size of bomb explosions, the number of bombs able to be placed, or the ability to explode your bombs with the push of a button or to walk through walls or bombs. Some power ups are temporary, allowing Bomberman to be immune to bombs or monsters. The point of each level is to destroy each monster, and then locate the door, which is located underneath a random block.

After every few levels, the player can play a bonus level. The player is invincible, and an endless stream of monsters is to be destroyed by the player. The point is to try to build up score until a bonus life is awarded. Similar in design to Super Bomberman, there are a number of level themes in the single player mode. Battle mode is added to this release, which features 8 courses with 3 levels per course.

Reception

References

External links
Bomberman Party Edition (YouTube)

1998 video games
Party Edition
PlayStation (console) games
PlayStation Network games
Strategy video games
Multiplayer and single-player video games
Video games developed in Japan
Video games scored by Jun Chikuma
Maze games
Hudson Soft games
Vatical Entertainment games
Virgin Interactive games


The Scotland Malawi Partnership (SMP) is a non-profit umbrella organisation which co-ordinates the activities of Scottish individuals and organisations with existing links to Malawi, and aims to foster further links between both countries.  It is a charitable membership organisation, with over 1,100 members.  It is independent of the Scottish Government and Scottish Parliament, although it works closely with both.

Vision and mission
The partnership's vision is "to inspire people and organisations of Scotland to be involved with Malawi in an informed, co-ordinated and effective way so that both nations benefit".

Its mission is to foster links, consistent with its values, between the two nations, and encourage development of sustainable projects in Malawi by:
 Raising awareness and encouraging support
 Acting as a forum for encouraging best possible practice
 Enabling organisations in Scotland to take advantage of opportunities in Malawi
 Encouraging reduced poverty in Malawi and an improved standard of living for all
 Developing support mechanisms for exchanges and advanced understanding between Scotland and Malawi
 Working with partners to develop an infrastructure in Scotland and Malawi to support these activities
 Informing others in Scotland, including members, about these activities and developments in Malawi

History

Scottish links with Malawi

Links between Scotland and Malawi began with David Livingstone's journeys up the Zambezi and Shire Rivers to Lake Malawi in 1859, long before the borders of the modern nation of Malawi had been established. Both the Church of Scotland and the Free Church of Scotland had established missions in Malawi by the mid-1870s. These missionaries persuaded the UK government to declare the area a British Protectorate. This colonial arrangement lasted, in various forms, until full independence was achieved on 6 July 1964, with Malawi becoming a member of the Commonwealth.

Origins

The Scotland Malawi Partnership was born from the 'Malawi Millennium Project' of the University of Strathclyde and Bell College, in response to the belief that there was a need to bring together under a single umbrella the many organizations and individuals throughout Scotland engaged in fostering and developing links between Scotland and Malawi.

The partnership was officially launched in the Glasgow City Chambers on 22 April 2004 by the Lord Provosts of Glasgow and Edinburgh, with the support of Ibrahim Milazi, the High Commissioner of Malawi, and representatives from the Universities of Glasgow and Strathclyde, the Church of Scotland, and the Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund (SCIAF).
The Lord Provost of Glasgow and Dr Peter West (Secretary of the University of Strathclyde) thereafter travelled to Malawi, and, with the support of Norman Ling, the (then) British High Commissioner, and numerous prominent Malawians, established the Malawi Committee of the Scotland Malawi Partnership which held its first meeting on 28 September 2004.

Developments since formation

On 29 April 2005 the Scotland Malawi Partnership held a 'Shaping the Partnership' consultative conference at the University of Strathclyde, attended by approximately 100 people – representatives of NGOs, universities, small charities, hospitals and individuals with an interest in Malawi. Guests heard speeches from Ms Patricia Ferguson MSP, Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport; The Lord Provost of Glasgow; Professor David Rubadiri, Vice Chancellor of the University of Malawi; Dr Peter West and the Rev Howard Matiya Nkhoma, General Secretary of the Livingstonia Synod of the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian (CCAP). The proposed structure and remit of the partnership were decided upon.

Shortly after this meeting, an Interim Board was formed, with the Rev Prof Ken Ross as the chair and Dr Peter West as the Vice Chair. Three founding members of the Scotland Malawi Partnership were subsequently identified – the Malawi Millennium Project, Malawi Tomorrow and Child Survival in Malawi.

Working in collaboration with the Scottish Executive, the partnership staged a 'Malawi Health Workshop' in October 2005, attended by over 65 Scottish health professionals. Delegates endorsed the Partnership's plan to maintain related databases for networking purposes.

November 2005 was a significant month for the Scotland Malawi Partnership. The partnership's conference, 'Malawi After Gleneagles: A Commission for Africa Case-Study', was held at the Scottish Parliament, involving over 250 delegates from Malawi and Scotland engaged in debates about international development. The First Minister, Jack McConnell MSP, and the late President of Malawi, Dr Bingu wa Mutharika, were keynote speakers – and during the President's visit the Cooperation Agreement between Scotland and Malawi was signed.

Other developments include Funding and support to

Other important developments in November 2005 were formal acceptance of the first applications for membership of the Scotland Malawi Partnership and confirmation of secure funding from the then Scottish Executive (now Scottish Government) for two and a half years. The partnership became a fully recognized legal entity on 12 December 2005, having registered as a Scottish Charity (SC037048) and as a Company Limited by Guarantee (SC294378). In the process, the partnership's Memorandum and Articles of Association was also formally ratified.

From May 2006 a full-time coordinator, Leo Williams, was appointed, working from the University of Strathclyde. Assisted by seed funding from the Interim Board, the Malawi Committee held its official launch at the Capital Hotel in Lilongwe, attended by Patricia Ferguson (then Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport) and a delegation from the Scottish Executive, as well as numerous prominent Malawians. The Scotland Malawi Partnership was registered as a Company Limited by Guarantee in Malawi (7852) on 4 May 2006.

June 2006 saw the Lord Provosts of Edinburgh and Glasgow become Honorary Presidents of the Scotland Malawi Partnership. In collaboration with the Committee of Malawians in Scotland, the partnership staged a 'Malawi Independence Celebration' on 1 July to introduce the partnership to as many Malawians as possible. Guests of honour included His Excellency Dr Francis Moto (Malawi High Commissioner to the UK), His Honour Mr Colin Cameron (Malawi Honorary Consul to Scotland), Ms Patricia Ferguson MSP and the Moyenda Band.

In August 2006 the Scotland Malawi Partnership relocated from an office in the University of Strathclyde to Edinburgh City Chambers.

With the transition to a Scottish National Party (SNP) Government in May 2007, the SNP launched a pledge which successfully persuaded the new administration to continue supporting Malawi – soon after they announced that at least £3 million per year from the International Development Fund would be reserved ("ring fenced") for Malawi projects.

Activities and impacts
Since its inception in 2004, the Scotland Malawi Partnership has staged organisational conferences in Edinburgh and Glasgow, bringing together representatives of Malawian and Scottish civil societies, governments, churches, educational institutions and NGOs, as well as workshops dealing specifically with issues relating to health and education. Malawi Independence Celebrations are held in Scotland annually around 6 July to commemorate Malawian independence from the United Kingdom in 1964.

The partnership circulates regular weekly news bulletins and monthly newsletters to members, detailing developments in the relationship between Scotland and Malawi, key news from Malawi, reports from members, partnership news, and upcoming events.

In 2007, the SMP hosted 3 stakeholder meetings focused on funding, health links and agriculture. These meetings were attended by 57 participants from 42 different organisations. Three workshops in relation to educational links and "best practice" were also held, attended by 150 individuals representing 43 different members of the partnership and 50 non members (schools, colleges and universities attending the Partnerships in Education Workshop). The partnership has also been involved in the establishment and oversight of working groups in microfinance (which led to the formation of the Scotland Malawi Business Group), governance, housing cooperatives and school partnerships. The School Partnerships Working Group has produced a Practical Guide to School Partnerships Between Scotland and Malawi.

Since the signing of the Scotland Malawi Cooperation Agreement, some 58 projects (many involving partnership members) have benefited from Scottish government funding, including the Mary's Meals project, which feeds Malawian schoolchildren, and the Malawi Millennium Project to deliver equipment to schools for visually impaired children.

Academic Exchange

The partnership also administers a project of Academic Exchange, which provides for the exchange of academic staff, administrators and librarians between the Universities of Scotland and Malawi. Over the period between 2007 and 2010, the project provided for the exchange of 24 'Fellows' – 12 Scottish, 12 Malawian. The first Scottish Fellow was David Bone. Mr Bone was attached to the Theology and Religious Studies Department at Chancellor College. On the Malawi side, Solomon Dindi was the first fellow to visit Scotland. Mr Dindi was attached to the University of Strathclyde's IT Services Department.

The Academic Exchange project aimed to:
 Allow young Malawian academics to visit Scotland for periods of between three and nine months, in order to gain exposure to and experience of the Scottish Higher Education system.
 Allow such Malawian academics space to complete and write up research projects.
 Afford Malawian university administrators or librarians the opportunity to gain exposure to systems in Scotland, and to update their professional skills as a result of placements at Scottish universities.
 Enable Scottish academics, administrators and librarians to build capacity within universities in Malawi.
 Give Scottish academics, administrators and librarians the opportunity to work in a very different environment, and thus to acquire skills and knowledge which they could not acquire in Scotland.

EDUCATION VISIT'''
There are so many schools in Scotland that supports Malawi schools. Most schools are catholic. One among such schools is St Peters catholic in Mzuzu, Malawi which saw the first group of students from the school visit St Michael's Academy, Kilwinning Scotland on an education visit in March 2006. The group had students like Winnie Mwamsamali, Mercy Wowa, Maxwell Lungu, Dennis Joles, Mr Alex Ziba and Mrs Sylvia Nhlane. The group had a chance to visit the Scottish Parliament and talk with the then first Minister of Scotland, Jack McConnell who explained to them the Scotland-Malawi agreement. The school remains in partnership with Scotland through St Matthews Academy, after St Michael's Academy merged with St Andrews Academy. The students were each assigned to a Scottish family so that they would experience Scottish life besides getting into classes and experiencing Scottish education.

School Partnerships Working Group
In November 2006 the Scotland Malawi Partnership formed a School Partnership Working Group to coordinate requests from Scottish schools to create partnerships with Malawian schools. This working group brings together numerous organisations involved in school partnerships, including the Scottish Government, Scottish International Relief, UNICEF, Link Community Development, the League for the Exchange of Commonwealth Teachers, the British Council, ScotDec, the Church of Scotland, the International Development Education Association of Scotland (IDEAS), and representatives of schools with existing partnerships.

In recent years, school links between Malawi and Scotland have increased from around 10 schools to around 100. A large number of the Scottish schools involved in these partnerships are members of the SMP.

Organisational structure and members
The Scotland Malawi Partnership has continued to grow year on year since its inception in 2004. As a result, the organisation has developed a well-organised structure to effectively service its growing membership.

The Board
The partnership has a board of directors serviced by chair, Ken Ross; 3 co-vice chairs; and approximately a dozen members.

Committees
The partnership also created 3 committees to manage different aspects of organisational functioning – Audit and Finance Committee; Policy and Strategy Committee; and Staffing Committee.

Forums
In order to give members the opportunity to exchange information on a subject specific basis, the partnership developed 5 forums:
Higher and Further Education Forum
Primary and Secondary School Forum
Business, Investment, Trade and Tourism Forum
Governance Forum
Health Links Forum

The different forums host meetings throughout the year in order to discuss relevant issues in Malawi and exchange advice and expertise on each topic. Members are welcome to join any forum. The partnership also actively encourages anyone with links or interests in Malawi to attend the forums to share or develop their knowledge and views.

The partnership has also launched a new youth membership category with an event at the Scottish Parliament in November 2012. The event was attended by over 200 guests including Minister for External Affairs and International Development, Humza Yousaf MSP, and Maureen Watt MSP. It was primarily a networking event; aimed at enabling schools, young people aged 16–24, charities, and organisations with links or interests in Malawi to share their ideas, knowledge and experience. The youth membership category successfully signed up nearly 100 new members at the event.

Princess Anne is the Honorary Patron of the SMP as was the late Malawian President Dr Bingu wa Mutharika.

References

External links
 Website of the Scotland Malawi Partnership

2004 establishments in Scotland
Organizations established in 2004
Charities based in Edinburgh
Organisations based in Edinburgh with royal patronage
Development charities based in the United Kingdom
Malawi–United Kingdom relations
Foreign relations of Scotland
Children's charities based in Scotland
Foreign charities operating in Malawi


Mortimer West End is a village and civil parish in north Hampshire in England. It lies in the northernmost point of the county.

History
At one time it was the Hampshire part of the cross-county parish of Stratfield Mortimer (mostly in Berkshire). It became an independent ecclesiastical parish in 1870 - the church of St Saviour having been built in 1854 - and a civil parish in 1894. The parish was transferred from the county of Berkshire to the county of Hampshire in 1879, producing the slight bulge in Hampshire's northern boundary.

Amenities
The village is served by a public house, the Red Lion, which is now an Italian Gastropub.

Transport
There is a village link minibus service which serves Pamber Heath, Silchester and Mortimer West End. It is necessary to pre-book this service by contacting Hampshire County Council. Reading Buses Lime 2/2a route also serves the village.

Calleva Atrebatum
The village is very close to the site of Calleva Atrebatum which mostly lies in the parish of Silchester. The remains of the town's amphitheatre, however, lie within Mortimer West End, and the Roman road running from Silchester northwards through the village can still be made out in parts. A short stretch of Roman road is still in use in the hamlet of Aldermaston Soke.

References

External links

Royal Berkshire History: Stratfield Mortimer
Mortimer West End Cricket Club
St. Saviour's C of E Church

Villages in Hampshire
Civil parishes in Basingstoke and Deane


The Energy Watch Group (EWG) is an international network of scientists and parliamentarians. The EWG conducts research and publishes studies on global energy developments concerning both fossil fuels and renewables. The organization states that it seeks to provide energy policy with objective information.

The EWG was founded in 2006 by the former German parliamentarian and Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany recipient Hans-Josef Fell and further parliamentarians from other countries to provide both experts and political decision makers as well as the public with information on energy issues.

Research areas
The EWG conducts research on energy issues, including natural gas, crude oil, coal, renewables and uranium. In particular, they focus on three interrelated topics:
the shortage of fossil and atomic energy resources,
development scenarios for regenerative energy sources as well as
strategies deriving from these for a long-term secure energy supply at affordable prices

The EWG studies examines ecological, technological and economic connections in the energy sector to estimate developments in the availability and supply of different energy sources and production techniques.
The results of the EWG studies are to be presented not only to experts but also to the politically interested public. All EWG studies are open access and are available on the website.

Next to topics covering the energy transition towards a system based on 100% renewable energy, the EWG is also monitoring and regularly informing about the latest developments in the global divestment movement on their website.

Research and statements
Studies of the EWG by and large come to the conclusion that the planet will run out of fossil fuels earlier than previously thought. The global supply of fossil fuels is therefore extremely strained. An early study of the EWG estimates that there is far less coal available than what is commonly expected. Moreover, coal is distributed very unevenly across countries. 85% of global coal reserves are situated in six countries: USA, Russia, India, China and South Africa. The report suggests that a global peak of coal production will occur in 2025 the latest. The situation for crude oil is even more critical. Global oil production is said to collapse to 40% in 2030 compared to production in 2012. According to calculations by the EWG, peak-oil has already been reached in 2006 with a global oil production maximum of 81 million barrels per day and is now on a steep decline.

The EWG further maintains that neither new production techniques such as fracking, nor nuclear power nor a diversification of the fossil fuel portfolio can reverse the trend of a collapsing conventional energy system. A recent EWG report warns that fracking not only has catastrophic consequences for the environmental and detrimental health impacts, but is also economically unviable, particularly in Europe. The US is heading straight to a peak in shale gas extraction after which production will plummet within this decade. Another study claims that a diversification of natural gas imports to decrease the EU's dependence on Russia is not an option. Neither Russia nor any other producer of natural gas can be a reliable energy supplier for the European Union. As Russian gas supply is declining, there is increasing demand in other countries, including China and Japan, competing for gas resources. Moreover, liquid natural gas (LNG) cannot contribute to security of supply. Although the EU has the capacity to import 200 billion m3/year, it only imported 45 billion m3/year. According to the EWG, this is a clear indication that the producing countries lack export capacities. Substitution of declining fossil fuel reserves with nuclear energy is also doomed to fail due to two factors. First, with the proven reserves, the stocks will be exhausted in 30 years if demand remains constant. Second, as only 3–4 reactors per year are currently being completed, the competition of 15-20 would be required to maintain present reactor capacity.

Several other studies argue that a global shortage of fossil energy supply can only can be intercepted by a rigorous extension of the renewable energy system. The potential for this endeavour is greater than previously thought, according to the EWG. An EWG study posits that such arguments against wind power as fluctuations of wind, lack of grid connections and lack of reserve capacities do not hold due to improvements in planning, growing price incentives and technical improvements. In 2008, the EWG estimated that 17–29% of global energy demand can be covered by renewable energy depending on the willingness to invest. The report maintains that political will is the most crucial obstacle to a global energy transition.

In 2016/17, the main focus of EWG's studies based on model based approaches concerning how a transformation towards a 100% RE system can be achieved sustainably, e.g. for India, Iran and Nigeria. Also storage technologies are an important factor of a successful energy transition, thus this topic is covered in a paper about the transition of the energy system in Ukraine.

A collaborative study with the Lappeenranta University of Technology is currently in progress (April 2017). It will tackle the question how a global solution towards an energy system based on 100% renewables can be achieved in a feasible and low cost way and across four major sectors: electricity, heating, industrial demand and transport.

Controversy and debates
Several statements made by the EWG are in stark contrast with those of the International Energy Agency (IEA) and other organizations in the field. The EWG even claims that the IEA is institutionally biased towards conventional energy sources and follows a 'hidden agenda' to keep up the belief of an abundant supply of fossil energy sources while downplaying the potential for renewable energy and publishing misleading data.

In 2013, the EWG predicted world natural gas production would peak in 2020.

The Energy Watch Group criticism of the IEA credibility has attracted a lot of attention in the international media. The EWG achieved a partial victory when the IEA confirmed the EWG's warnings of a shrinking global supply of fossil fuels in 2010.

Since then, the EWG has published a series of studies examining what it calls the biased and misleading scenarios of the IEA, including  the study on the World Energy Outlook Reports from 1994 to 2004. the analysis of the/ IEA's Medium Term Renewable Energy Market Report 2016, and the analysis of the World Energy Outlook 2015 and the World Energy Outlook 2016. The EWG findings were also revisited by specialist media.

The Energy Watch Group has also criticized the German government in recent years for their controversial policies in regard to climate change and Energiewende. The targets set by the German Federal Government are insufficient to meet the climate targets of the international Paris Agreement and also slow down the installation of renewable energy sources, according to EWG.

EWG studies
Forthcoming
 Energy Watch Group & Lappeenranta University of Technology (2016/ 2017) Global Energy System Based on 100% Renewables – A Feasible and Low Cost Solution for Electricity, Heat, Mobility and Industrial Demand
 Prof. Herres, Potential global biofuel production and its implications on CO2 in air, water and soil, Presentation (part of the Study on 100% RE)
2017
 Child, M., Breyer, Ch., Bogdanov, D., Fell, H.J. (2017) The role of storage technologies for the transition to a 100% renewable energy system in Ukraine. 11th International Renewable Energy Storage Conference, Düsseldorf
 Fell, H.J. (01.2017) Energy Sector in Ukraine: Challenges and Chances. (Policy brief)
 EWG Press Release, 17 March 2017: India, Iran and Nigeria Can Switch To 100% Renewable Electricity by 2050
2016
 EWG Analysis of the World Energy Outlook (30 November 2016): The International Energy Agency undermines global climate protection and energy security in its latest World Energy Outlook
 EWG Pressemitteilung, 30 November 2016: Die Internationale Energieagentur schadet erneut dem Klimaschutz und der globalen Energiesicherheit mit dem jüngsten World Energy Outlook
 EWG Analysis of the IEA’s Medium-Term Renewable Energy Market Report 2016 (27 October 2016): International Energy Agency’s Renewables Forecast: Old Wine in New Bottles
 EWG Pressemitteilung, 28 October 2016: IEAs Erneuerbare Energien Projektionen: Alter Wein in neuen Schläuchen
 Schwarz, J., Fell, H.J. (2016) Deutsche Klimapolitik – vom Vorreiter zum Bremser. Energy Watch Group & ASPO Deutschland, Berlin.
 Breyer, Ch., Fell, H.J., Gulagi, A. (2016) Sustainable and Low-Cost Energy System for India without Nuclear and Coal Base Load. Energy Watch Group, Berlin
2015

Breyer, Ch., Fell, H.J. Zittel, W. (2015) IEA creates misleading future scenarios for solar power generation. Energy Watch Group, Berlin
Breyer, Ch., Fell, H.J. Zittel, W. (2015) Energy Watch Group calls on the IEA to release realistic scenarios. Energy Watch Group, Berlin
Breyer, Ch., Fell, H.J. Zittel, W. (2015) IEA Keeps Assuming Linear Growth for Renewable Energy. Energy Watch Group, Berlin
Breyer, Ch., Fell, H.J., Metayer, M. (2015) The projections for the future and quality in the past of the World Energy Outlook for solar PV and other renewable energy technologies. Energy Watch Group (Berlin) and Lappeenranta University of Technology (Finland).
Zittel, W. (2015) Fracking – Eine Zwischenbilanz. Energy Watch Group, Berlin (english executive summary)

2014

Zittel, W. (2014) The EU’s dependency on Russia for natural gas can only be reversed with a rapid expansion of renewable energy sources. Energy Watch Group, Berlin

2013

Zittel, W., Zerhusen, J., Zerta, M. (2013) Fossil and Nuclear Fuels – the Supply Outlook. Energy Watch Group, Berlin

2010

Zittel, W. (2010) Worldwide Estimated Yearly Energy Costs. Energy Watch Group, Berlin

2009

Rechsteiner, R. (2009) Wind Power in Context – A Clean Revolution in the Energy Sector. Energy Watch Group, Berlin

2008

Schindler, J., Zittel, W. (2008) Crude Oil – The Supply Outlook. Energy Watch Group, Berlin
Peter, S., Lehmann, H. (2008) Renewable Energy Outlook 2030: Energy Watch Group Global Renewable Energy Scenarios. Energy Watch Group, Berlin

2007

Schindler, J., Zittel, W. (2007) Coal: Resources and Future Production. Energy Watch Group, Berlin

2006

Zittel, W., Schindler, J.(2006) Uranium Resources and Nuclear Energy. Energy Watch Group, Berlin

References

External links
 Website of the Energy Watch Group and Twitter
 Website of Hans-Josef Fell and Twitter
 Website of the Ludwig Bölkow Foundation

International energy organizations


Mary Osborne (July 17, 1921 – March 4, 1992) was an American jazz guitarist and guitar manufacturer. She began performing at a young age and was featured on a radio program in North Dakota, where she grew up. In New York City during the 1940s, she played with jazz musicians such as Dizzy Gillespie, Billie Holiday, Art Tatum, Coleman Hawkins, and Thelonious Monk. After moving to California in 1968, she and her husband founded the Osborne Guitar Company.

Biography
Osborne was born in Minot, North Dakota, the tenth of eleven children. Her family was musically inclined; her mother played guitar and her father, in addition to constructing violins, allowed his barbershop to be the meeting place for the town's musicians. As early as 3 years of age, she showed an interest in music. Osborne's earliest instruments included piano, ukulele, violin, and banjo. At age nine, she first played the guitar. At ten, she started playing banjo in her father's ragtime band. She also came to be featured on her own radio program, which she would continue to perform on twice weekly until she was fifteen. At twelve she started her own trio of girls to perform in Bismarck, North Dakota. The music she was playing during this time period was largely "hillbilly", or country music, in which the guitar was simply used to accompany her own vocals.

At the age of fifteen, Osborne joined a trio led by pianist Winifred McDonnell, for which she played guitar, double bass, and sang. During this time, she heard Charlie Christian play electric guitar in Al Trent's band at a stop in Bismarck. She was enthralled by his sound, at first mistaking the electric guitar for a saxophone. She said of it, "What impressed everyone most of all was his sense of time. He had a relaxed, even beat that would sound modern even today." Osborne immediately bought her own electric guitar and had a friend build an amplifier. She sat in with Christian, learning his style of guitar. Later, McDonnell's trio was absorbed into Buddy Rogers's band, after Rogers heard them play in St. Louis. But within a year of the band moving to New York in 1940, the trio broke up and left Rogers's band, having found husbands. Osborne married trumpeter Ralph Scaffidi, who encouraged her musical career.

In the 1940s, Osborne sat in on jam sessions on 52nd Street, where she played with some of the biggest names in jazz. In 1941, she went on the road with jazz violinist Joe Venuti. In 1942, she was working freelance in Chicago when she made a recording with Stuff Smith. In 1945, Osborne headlined a performance with Dizzy Gillespie, Art Tatum, Coleman Hawkins, and Thelonious Monk in Philadelphia, to reviews and audiences that praised her specifically. Osborne, Tatum, and Hawkins went on to record in concert in New Orleans.

In 1945, Osborne returned to New York. There she recorded with Mary Lou Williams in 1945, Coleman Hawkins, Mercer Ellington, and Beryl Booker in 1946, and led her own swing trio. Her trio lasted from 1945 to 1948 and played in clubs on 52nd street, had a year-long engagement at Kelly's Stables, and made several recordings. Throughout the 1950s, she played with Elliot Lawrence's Quartet on The Jack Sterling Show, a daily morning CBS radio program, and appeared on the television show Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts. The last few years of the decade she spent recording, both with Tyree Glenn and as a leader. Shortly after, Osborne felt that she had been doing the same thing musically for too long and wanted a change. In 1962, she started learning Spanish classical guitar under Alberto Valdez-Blaine. She used classical techniques, such as pick-less playing, in her jazz playing.

In 1968, Osborne moved to Bakersfield, California, where she lived the rest of her life. With her husband, she founded the Osborne Guitar Company. She taught music and continued to play jazz locally and in Los Angeles. She played in the Newport and Concord festivals in the early 1970s, and in the Kool Jazz Festival in New York in 1981. In 1989 and 1990, she played at the Los Angeles Classic Jazz Festival, and in 1990 also played at the Playboy Jazz Marathon. In 1991, in what would be her final performances, Osborne returned to the Village Vanguard in New York for a week-long engagement.

Osborne died in March 1992 at the age of 70, the result of chronic leukemia.

Discography
 A Girl and Her Guitar (Warwick, 1959)
 Now's the Time (Halcyon, 1977)
 Now and Then (Stash, 1981)
 Esquire's All-American Hot Jazz Sessions (RCA, 1988) with the 52nd Street All-Stars, RCA Studio 2, New York City, February 27, 1946. Produced by Leonard Feather

With Louis Bellson and Gene Krupa
 The Mighty Two (Roulette, 1963)

References

External links

Mary Osborne:  Queen of the Jazz Guitar (NPR jazz program)

1921 births
1992 deaths
20th-century American guitarists
American jazz guitarists
Women jazz guitarists
Guitarists from North Dakota
People from Minot, North Dakota
20th-century American women guitarists


Moussey may refer to the following places in France:

 Moussey, Aube, a commune in the Aube department
 Moussey, Moselle, a commune in the Moselle department
 Moussey, Vosges, a commune in the Vosges department


, Opus 54, No. 6, is a piece written for organ by Louis Vierne. It constitutes the sixth piece in the third suite of Vierne's four-suite set , first published in 1927. Carillon de Westminster is in the key of D major, and is in compound triple time.

Origin and inspiration
As indicated by the title, Carillon de Westminster is a fantasia on the Westminster chimes, which are chimed hourly from the Clock Tower, Palace of Westminster, since 1858. The chimes play four notes in the key of E major, G, F, E, and B in various patterns every fifteen minutes. The Westminster chimes are in  time, whereas Vierne's piece is in triple time.

The published piece has its origin in an improvisation during a concert given by Vierne in 1924 in Westminster Cathedral, at which event it is rumoured that Vierne's friend Henry Willis III, the builder of the Westminster organ, hummed the tune for the composer upon Vierne's request. The rumour continues that either Willis hummed the tune incorrectly or Vierne misheard his friend upon transcription; in any case Vierne misquoted the second quarter of the chimes. Instead of jumping up a third from the tonic, dropping down a whole step, and landing on the fifth, Vierne's version moves up in whole steps to the third before moving down to the fifth. Vierne then stays on the fifth, leaps to the second, then third note of the scale and ends on the tonic. There is debate among musicologists as to whether or not the Willis rumour is true, or if Vierne altered the melody to suit his own purpose (and certainly the 1927 composed and published version does not attempt to 'correct' such a possible 1924 misunderstanding of the melody to match the Westminster Chimes). However, at some points in the piece, Vierne uses this second phrase in its correct "Westminster" version.

Performance
Vierne first performed Carillon de Westminster at Notre Dame, Paris on 29 November 1927 for the ending of Forty Hours at the cathedral. The piece was an instant success. Vierne's student, Henri Doyen, observed that it was  "... one of the rare times when I saw the clergy and faithful not sortie ... Everyone, to the great desperation of the verger and sacristans 'who had never seen anything like it', waited quietly until the end, and a number of people improvised a little ovation for the maître when he came down from the tribune."

When playing the piece today, the organist should keep in mind a number of guidelines typical to a Vierne performance. Registration is not inflexible, and Vierne noted this in his introduction to 24 pieces de fantaisie: "It [registration] is an indication for the general colorings […] that can be modified according to the possibilities offered by the instruments on which they [the pieces] are to be performed." Vierne indicates Fonds et anches for the Récit expressif manual, and Fonds et anches, et principals for the Positif, Grand, and Pédale manuals. The Westminster tune within the piece is played on the Positif and Récit coupled, so as to give the theme substantial prominence over the pedal and harmony lines. The supporting secondary theme (rapid eighth and sixteenth note groupings against the dotted-quarter note primary theme) opening the piece is given less registration and seems to bubble along, weaving in and out of its strong namesake theme. Stops are added little by little throughout the piece, gradually building up to the climax using full organ and a fully open swell box (precise stops to be determined by performer and his or her organ).

Vierne understood similar flexibility with regards to how fast the piece should be played, articulation, and phrasing. Vierne never wrote metronome markings on his manuscripts; he knew that a piece played in a small drawing room could not be played at the same tempo in a cavernous stone cathedral. Whatever tempo chosen should be strictly adhered to throughout the entire piece.

Articulation between phrases is also determined by the venue. For performance of Carillon de Westminster at Notre Dame, breath between phrases would have to be longer in order to remain clear than in a smaller setting. The French-Romantic tradition emphasizes legato playing. The right-hand is split into one-bar phrases but it is not clear whether this was intended by Vierne (his manuscripts are notoriously difficult to read due to his sight).

The same clarity pertains to the rest of the piece, especially the chord progressions at the end after the climax. Such thick chords can sound muddy if not played with precise, even attack and release. In some venues it would be wise to shorten the value of each chord slightly, and insert a 32nd rest between each one.

Media

References
Notes

Sources

External links

Compositions by Louis Vierne
Compositions for organ
1929 compositions
Compositions in D major


Computational and Theoretical Chemistry is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Elsevier. It was established in 1985 as Journal of Molecular Structure: THEOCHEM, a spin-off of the Journal of Molecular Structure. It obtained its current name in 2011 and covers molecular structure in theoretical chemistry.

Abstracting, indexing, and impact factor
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal had a 2020 impact factor of 1.926.

It is indexed in the following bibliographic databases:
Chemical Abstracts
ScienceDirect
Inspec
Scopus
Web of Science
Current Contents - Physical, Chemical & Earth Sciences

References

External links

Chemistry journals
English-language journals
Academic journals established in 1985
Elsevier academic journals
Biweekly journals


Keith Ross Cory (born February 4, 1957) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. He played 51 games in the National Hockey League with the Winnipeg Jets during the 1979–80 and 1980–81 seasons, scoring two goals and ten assists.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

External links

1957 births
Living people
Canadian ice hockey defencemen
ECD Iserlohn players
Ice hockey people from Calgary
Tulsa Oilers (1964–1984) players
UBC Thunderbirds ice hockey players
Undrafted National Hockey League players
Winnipeg Jets (1979–1996) players


Netherton is a hamlet in northwest Hampshire, England.  According to the Post Office the population of the 2011 Census was included in the civil parish of Faccombe.  It is the site of a late Anglo-Saxon and medieval manorial complex, the remains of which are on private property with nothing remaining above ground.

References

Hamlets in Hampshire


David J. Elliott is a musician and academic. He is a professor of music and music education at the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development of New York University, in New York in the United States. He previously taught at the University of Toronto in Canada. He has published several books, including:

 David J. Elliott (1995). Music Matters: A New Philosophy of Music Education. New York: Oxford University Press.
  (editor) (2005). Praxial Music Education: Reflections and Dialogues. New York: Oxford University Press.
 Kari K. Veblen, Stephen J. Messenger, Marissa Silverman, David J. Elliott (editors) (2013). Community Music Today. New York: Rowman & Littlefield.
 , Marissa Silverman, Wayne D. Bowman (editors) (2016). Artistic Citizenship: Artistry, Social Responsibility, and Ethical Praxis. New York: Oxford University Press.

References

University of Toronto alumni
Case Western Reserve University alumni
Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development faculty
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)


Benton Municipal Airport  is a city-owned, public-use airport located  west of the central business district of Benton, a city in Franklin County, Illinois, United States. This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (2009-2013), which categorizes it as a general aviation airport. The airport was named 2014 Illinois General Aviation Airport of the Year.

Facilities and Aircraft
Benton Municipal Airport covers an area of  at an elevation of 444 feet (135 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 18/36 with an asphalt surface measuring 4,002 by 75 feet (1,220 x 23 m). The runway was expanded in 2003; it previously measured 2,720 by 60 feet (829 x 18 m).

The aircraft offers a number of services for local and transient aircraft, including tie-downs and hangars for parking. A local flight club is based at the airport to provide flight training and aircraft rental.

For the 12-month period ending July 31, 2019, the airport had just over 8,000 aircraft operations, an average of 22 per day: 94% general aviation, 5% air taxi and 1% military. At that time there were 9 aircraft based at this airport, all airplanes: 8 single-engine and 1 multi-engine.

See also
List of airports in Illinois
South Central Transit

References

External links

Airports in Illinois
Buildings and structures in Franklin County, Illinois


The 1882 season was the first season for the brand new Philadelphia Athletics (no relation, except by name, to the previous Philadelphia Athletics team). They finished with a 41–34 record and a third-place position in the brand new American Association league.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup

Roster

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pitching

Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Notes

References
 1882 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference

Philadelphia Athletics (AA) seasons
Philadelphia Athletics season
Philly


Leontia (, fl. 610) was an empress of the Eastern Roman Empire as the wife of Phocas.

Empress

Maurice reigned in the Byzantine Empire from 582 to 602. He led a series of Balkan campaigns and managed to successfully re-establish the Danube as a northern border for his state (Limes Moesiae). By Winter 602, his strategic goals included securing control of Pannonia and the area which would later be known as Wallachia. When he decreed that the Byzantine army was to spend the winter of 602/603 on the northern bank of the Danube, the exhausted troops instead mutinied against their emperor.

Phocas would emerge as the leader of the mutinous army during its march to Constantinople. Maurice also faced citywide rioting within the capital due to a famine. He fled the city prior to the arrival of Phocas and his troops.

The Chronicon Paschale gives the chronological account of the rise of Phocas and Leontia to the throne. On 23 November 602, Phocas was crowned emperor by his troops outside the capital. On 25 November, Phocas entered Constantinople and was accepted as emperor by the general populace. He proclaimed chariot races in honor of his elevation and had Leontia escorted to the city as his new Empress. They had already been married for some time.

According to the chronicle of Theophanes the Confessor, Leontia was officially crowned an Augusta on 27 November. According to the history of Theophylact Simocatta, the new imperial couple led a procession through the city as per custom. The festive occasion was marked with renewed conflicts between the Blues and Greens, the two major chariot racing clubs. The Blues questioned the legitimacy of the new Emperor by reminding him that Maurice was still alive. Phocas reacted by ordering the execution of Maurice and his sons, which took place before the end of the day.

"The tyrant (Phocas) also had a wife whose name was Leontia; he placed a royal crown on her. Since it is customary for emperors to proclaim their consorts with processions as well, the tyrant openly honoured the custom and decided to lead the queen Leontia in triumph. On this day then, there was a conflict between the factions about their station, since they contested the arrangement of places: for the Greens wanted to take up station in the Ampelion, as it is called (this is a forecourt of the emperor's dwelling), and to serenade the queen with the customary applause, but the Blue faction objected, for they regarded this as contrary to custom and alien. Accordingly, since very great commotion arose, the tyrant sent in Alexander to quell the strife of the disputants".

The only known child of Leontia and Phocas was their daughter Domentzia. She was reportedly named after her paternal grandmother. She was married to Priscus, who served as Comes excubitorum (Commander of the Excubitors).
Theophanes places the marriage in 607. The Chronicles of John of Antioch report this celebration to have initiated hostility between Phocas and his son-in-law. The chariot racing factions honored the occasion by placing images of Phocas, Leontia, Domentzia, and Priscus in the Hippodrome of Constantinople. The images of the reigning imperial couple belonged there by tradition. The latter two images implied that Priscus was the heir or co-emperor of Phocas. Phocas was enraged at the implication and ordered the depictions of his daughter and son-in-law to be destroyed. The incident supposedly caused Priscus to turn against his father-in-law.

Deposition

Phocas was deposed and executed by Heraclius in October, 610. His brothers Domentziolus and Comentiolus were also executed. Whether Leontia was also executed is unknown.

Priscus had supported Heraclius and continued to serve as commander of the Excubitors to 5 December 612. He was then replaced by Nicetas, a first cousin of Heraclius, and forced to take monastic vows. According to the Chronicon Paschale, he died in the Chora monastery in 613. Whether Leontia had further descendants through the marriage of her daughter to Priscus is unknown.

References

External links
- The Page of the Prosopography dealing with Priscus

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7th-century deaths
6th-century Byzantine women
7th-century Byzantine empresses
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František Szobota (August 30, 1891 – January 10, 1939) was a Hungarian track and field athlete of Slovak descent in the 1912 Summer Olympics. He was born in Košice and committed suicide in Levoča.
In 1912 he was eliminated in the semifinals of the 100 metres competition. He was also a member of the Hungarian team which was eliminated in the semifinals of the 4x100 metre relay competition.

References

External links
Sports Reference
profile

1891 births
1939 suicides
1939 deaths
Sportspeople from Košice
Slovak male sprinters
Hungarian male sprinters
Olympic athletes for Hungary
Olympic athletes for Slovakia
Athletes (track and field) at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Suicides in Czechoslovakia


Nether Wallop is a village and civil parish in the Test Valley district of Hampshire, England. It is located approximately  northwest of Stockbridge, and approximately  southwest of Andover.

Nether Wallop is the easternmost of the three villages collectively known as The Wallops, the other two being Over Wallop and Middle Wallop. The name "Wallop" derives from the Old English words  and hop, which taken together roughly mean "the valley of springing water".

The village was the site of the Battle of Guoloph that took place around AD 440. The element 'Wallop' is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086 as 'Wallope', while Nether Wallop is first attested as 'Wollop inferior' c. 1270 in Episcopal Registers.

Nether Wallop contains many old thatched cottages, and has been featured in books and TV programmes as one of the prettiest villages in England. In particular, Dane Cottage in Five Bells Lane was used as Miss Marple's home in the village of St. Mary Mead for the BBC TV adaptations of the Agatha Christie novels. The house and many of the surrounding lanes within the village were used as the setting and are commonly seen throughout many of the Miss Marple films.

Sir Richard Reade (1511–1575), Lord Chancellor of Ireland, was a native of Nether Wallop, where his family were Lords of the Manor for several generations.

The conductor Leopold Stokowski died at his home in Nether Wallop on 13 September 1977.

The church of St Andrew is partly Anglo-Saxon, and unique fragments of frescoes apparently dating to the late Anglo-Saxon period have been discovered.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=xO6FyEgYfpkC&dq=%22Early+medieval%22+Irish+%22wall+painting%22&pg=PA134 Richard Gem and Pamela Tudor-Craig in Anglo-Saxon England]</ref>

For more than 200 years one of the two village pubs, The Five Bells, was a place to meet, eat and enjoy alcohol. For a few it was the centre of the village; a social hub along with the uniquely quaint village hall.  Over the last two decades it has had a number of tenants and managers who were unable to make a success of the business. It finally closed in 2013 when the most recent tenant surrendered his lease early citing a lack of local support for the pub. The Nether Wallop Parish Council had it listed as a Community Asset that year. Whilst it remains closed the village has formed a Community Benefit Society, and sufficient pledged finance, to buy it at its current market value, but have so far failed to provide the owners with evidence of the availability of the funds for their proposed purchase .

Further reading
 Richard Sawyer Saint Andrew's Church, Nether Wallop, Hampshire: Its Historical Development, Wall Paintings and Monuments'' pub. Saint Andrew's Church, Nether Wallop, Parochial Church Council, 1985

References

External links
 Youtube - 1984 LWT documentary chronicling the First International Nether Wallop Arts Festival.

Villages in Hampshire


Allies is a term referring to individuals, groups or nations that have joined together in an association for mutual benefit or to achieve some common purpose.

Allies may also refer to:
 Allies of World War I
 Allies of World War II
 French and British forces in the Crimean War
 Straight allies, people who identify as heterosexual and who support equal civil rights for the LBGTQ community
 Allies (band), a popular 1980s era Contemporary Christian music group featuring Bob Carlisle
 Allies (Crosby, Stills & Nash album), 1983
 Allies (Fred Frith album), 1996
 "Allies" (Stargate Atlantis), a Stargate Atlantis episode
 "Allies" (song), the sixth track on the album Passionworks by Heart
 The Allies (Australian rules football), a representative Australian rules football team
 Allies (film), a 2014 British war film
 Allies, a 2010 Star Wars novel in the Fate of the Jedi series
 Allies, a 2019 novel by Alan Gratz.

See also
 Allie (disambiguation)
 Allied (disambiguation)
 Ally (disambiguation)
 Allied Forces (disambiguation)
 Allied Powers (disambiguation)
 Alley


Robert John Ash  (born September 29, 1943) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman.  He played 200 games in the World Hockey Association with the Winnipeg Jets and Indianapolis Racers, scoring six goals and 46 assists.

Awards and achievements
MJHL First All-Star Team  (1964)
Turnbull Cup MJHL Championship (1962, 1963, & 1964)

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1943 births
Brandon Wheat Kings players
Buffalo Bisons (AHL) players
Canadian ice hockey defencemen
Ice hockey people from Saskatchewan
Indianapolis Racers players
Living people
Omaha Knights (CHL) players
Providence Reds players
Seattle Totems (WHL) players
Winnipeg Jets (WHA) players