title: California Central Railway

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The California Central Railway was incorporated on April 23, 1887, with headquarters in San Bernardino, California. George O. Manchester was the President of the corporation.

At its peak it operated  of rail line with 14 steam locomotives, 14 passenger cars and 83 freight cars. It operated rail lines from May 20, 1887, to November 7, 1889.  On December 31, 1888, the California Central Railway was valued at $12,914,000.00.

On November 7, 1889, California Central Railway was consolidated with the California Southern Railroad and the Redondo Beach Railway into the Southern California Railway Company. On June 30, 1888, it began operations as a subsidiary of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.

Original 1887 lines
The California Central Railway mainlines were from San Bernardino to Los Angeles at La Grande Station, Oceanside to Los Angeles; and High Grove to Orange. It also ran a 19-mile line in Riverside County between Perris to San Jacinto, from May 1887 to May 1, 1888. California Central Railway also built and ran a 13-mile line from Port Ballona (present day Playa del Rey, Los Angeles) on Santa Monica Bay, to Redondo Junction (just southwest of present-day Boyle Heights) at the Los Angeles River near Washington Boulevard, which opened in September 1887. Redondo Junction became a major maintenance facility for trains.

California Central Railway expansions

Redondo Beach Railway

Redondo Beach Railway was incorporated in April 1888. Redondo Beach Railway first bond sales was on June 1, 1888. Henry E. Huntington controlled and owned much of the Redondo Beach Railway. Line started operation September 1, 1888. California Central Railway operated, but did not own, the 11 miles of the Redondo Beach Railway. This line ran from Redondo Beach to Inglewood Depot. In 1890, the Hotel Redondo opened, the rail line help make Redondo "The Place" for tourists. Also stopped at Burwell and Port Ballona. First train was on April 16, 1888. From Inglewood the line continued to downtown Los Angeles on California Central Railway tracks through the Redondo Junction. Redondo Beach Railway company was consolidated into the Southern California Railway on November 7, 1889. When the street car line of the Redondo and Hermosa Beach Railroad opened in 1902, ridership on the Redondo Beach Railway trains dropped.

California Central Railway purchased and took control of the following lines

Riverside, Santa Ana and Los Angeles Railway
Riverside, Santa Ana and Los Angeles Railway was incorporated September 29, 1885. California Central Railway expanded and completed the rail line started by the Riverside, Santa Ana and Los Angeles Railway Company, from Santa Ana to Los Angeles on August 12, 1888, 34 miles. Also completed was he line from High Grove to Orange on September 15, 1887, 41 miles. (started in 1886)

San Bernardino and San Diego Railway
San Bernardino and San Diego Railway was incorporated on November 20, 1886, bringing service to San Diego County. The company put up for sale $4,000,000.00 in stock to start construction. A Victorian-style depot was erected in 1887  at the site of current San Diego Union Station. Directors of the company were: George. H. Bonebrake, A. W. Francisco and M. L. Wicks. California Central Railway expanded and completed the rail line started by the San Bernardino and San Diego Railway. The 35 mile rail line ran from Santa Ana to San Juan (present day San Clemente) on November 30, 1887. Also completed was the 15 mile line from San Juan to Fallbrook Junction on August 12, 1888, 15 miles, (started 1887). San Bernardino and San Diego Railway was originally chartered to build a line from Anaheim to San Juan Capistrano, and then to Oceanside and to San Diego. The Pacific Surfliner still runs on this line from San Diego to Santa Ana.

San Bernardino & Los Angeles Railway
San Bernardino & Los Angeles Railway was incorporated on November 22, 1886. In 1887 the California Central Railway expanded and completed a rail line started by the San Bernardino & Los Angeles Railway Co. from  San San Bernardino to Duarte on May 31, 1887, 38 miles, (started 1887). This line connected with the Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Railroad at Duarte. The Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Railroad had already secured right of way East of Duarte. Other depots on this line are Claremont and North Pomona. Some towns start at rail stops like: Rialto, North Cucamonga, and North Ontario. Later this line would run the Santa Fe Southwest Chief until 1994.

Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Railroad

Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Railroad was incorporated on September 5, 1883. On September 16, 1885 a grand celebration was held in Pasadena for the completion of the Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Railroad from downtown Los Angeles to Lamanda Park in East Pasadena.  The rail line went from downtown Los Angeles through the Arroyo Seco to Pasadena. The railroad crossed the Arroyo Seco just north of Garvanza in Highland Park.  California Central Railway purchased the Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Railroad on May 20, 1887, and connected it to the end of the Daurte line to complete a line from San Bernardino to Downtown Los Angeles through the San Gabriel Valley. This gave the line the Azusa, Monrovia, Pasadena and Rancho Santa Anita depots. California Central Railway completed work started East of Daurte.  Later this line connected with the San Bernardino & Los Angeles Railway, which later would run the Southwest Chief.

San Bernardino Valley Railway
San Bernardino Valley Railway was incorporated on January 12, 1887. California Central Railway expanded and completed the rail line started by the San Bernardino Valley Railway Co. from San Bernardino to Mentone, California, on December 31, 1887, 13 miles. San Bernardino Valley Railway was chartered to build from the City of San Bernardino to near Lugonia (current city is now Redlands in San Bernardino County). The final construction was from San Bernardino to Mentone.

San Diego Central Railroad
San Diego Central Railroad was incorporated on November 8, 1886. California Central Railway expanded and completed the 21 mile rail line in San Diego County started by the San Diego Central Railroad Co., from Escondido junction, (just south of Oceanside) to Escondido. Service began in 1887. San Diego Central Railroad was chartered to build from the San Diego Bay north to Poway, Escondido, and Oceanside. However, San Diego Central Railroad only constructed a rail line between Escondido to Oceanside.

Los Angeles and Santa Monica Railroad
Los Angeles and Santa Monica Railroad was incorporated on January 6, 1886, to build a railroad line from downtown Los Angeles to a depot on the Santa Monica Bay in Los Angeles County. In March 1886, the Los Angeles Herald reported that the "surveyors of the Santa Monica Railroad have just crossed the S.P. track at Ballona, just where the county road crossed that track near La Ballona station. The terminus is finally fixed at South Santa Monica, near where the old Juan Bernard wharf is."

California Central Railway purchased the Los Angeles and Santa Monica Railroad, but the Los Angeles and Santa Monica Railroad company had not started any work on any rail lines, California Central Railway did get needed right of way land. The  line was opened for business on September 7, 1887, with stops (from northeast to southwest) at Ballona Junction, Nadeau Park, Baldwin, Slauson, Wildeson, Hyde Park, Inglewood, Danville, Mesmer, and Port Ballona. A train left Los Angeles at 9:15 a.m. on the one-hour journey and returned from Port Ballona at 4 p.m.

San Jacinto Railway

San Jacinto Railway was incorporated on March 7, 1887, in Riverside County. California Central Railway purchased the San Jacinto Railway, but this company had not started any work on any rail lines, California Central Railway did get needed right of way land. Rail work was started in 1887, this branch rail line ran from Perris to San Jacinto and started operation on May 20, 1888, with the first train arriving at Winchester.

Santa Fe

Jay Gould and Collis Potter Huntington worked hard to keep the Santa Fe Railway out of the LA and the San Gabriel Valley. But in May 1887, the first Santa Fe train rolled into Los Angeles. Santa Fe had an expensive agreement to use Southern Pacific Railway tracks to run trains on from Colton to Los Angeles. This agreement was used for 1½ years.

With the May 20, 1887, sale of the Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Railroad to the California Central Railway, a subsidiary railroad of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, the two lines were connected together at Mud Springs, completing the rail line from Chicago to Los Angeles through the San Gabriel Valley.  The Santa Fe line served the San Gabriel Valley until 1994, when the 1994 Northridge earthquake weakened the bridge in Arcadia.

Los Angeles Metro Rail
The old Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Railroad right of way (ROW) is again in use for public rapid transit by the Los Angeles Metro Rail light rail system. In the late 1990s, construction of the Gold Line started on the ROW, which opened in 2003.

In 2013, construction further east on the ROW began for Phase 2A of the Gold Line Foothill Extension through the San Gabriel Valley and Pomona Valley to Azusa. It uses 1926 Monrovia Santa Fe Depot for its Monrovia station, and the site of the Azusa Depot for its Azusa Downtown station, which opened in 2016. Phase 2B is through the Pomona Valley to the San Bernardino Valley.

The California Southern Railroad was merged into the California Central Railway Company in June 1887. The collapse of the great land boom resulted in the consolidation of the California Southern Railroad, the California Central Railway, and the Redondo Beach Railway in 1889. The new corporation was named: Southern California Railway Company. The repair shops were all moved to San Bernardino, and the rail headquarters were moved to Los Angeles.

See also

List of California railroads
History of Trains in Pasadena
History of rail transportation in California
Cajon Pass
Colton Crossing
Southern Transcon
Union Station (Los Angeles)
Rancho Santa Anita Depot
Pacific Electric's Red Cars that connected with the rail lines.
Santa Fe 3751
David B. Jones Special
Redondo Junction train wreck

References

External links
Reading
 Psrm.org: California Southern Railway History
"The Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Railroad." by Hoyt, Franklyn., Pacific Historical Review 20 (August 1951): 227-239
 Californiagenealogy.org: Railroads of San Bernardino County, California
  Abandonedrails.com: Abandon Rail Lines, The Second District of the AT&SF
monroviacc.com, Monrovia at 125: “Trees, Trains, Troubles, and Triumphs.” By Steve Baker
 Archive.org: History of Pomona Valley, California, with Biographical Sketches of The Leading Men and Women of the Valley Who Have Been Identified With Its Growth and Development from the Early Days to the Present; Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, Calif. 1920
LA Magazine CityDig: "Monrovia's 1887 Real Estate Bubble"; by Glen Creason; 12 February 2014 issue.

Images
 railgiants.org, Santa Fe Station, Arcadia, circa 1887 image.
Digital Library Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Railroad Depot at Alison Street and Anderson Street, Los Angeles, 1884
Glabarre.com: photo of stock in  Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Railroad

Predecessors of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Defunct California railroads
History of Los Angeles County, California
History of Orange County, California
History of Riverside County, California
History of San Bernardino County, California
History of San Diego County, California
Companies based in San Bernardino County, California
American companies established in 1887
Railway companies established in 1887
Railway companies disestablished in 1889
1887 establishments in California
1889 disestablishments in California
19th century in Los Angeles
American companies disestablished in 1889


title: Pirsai

text:
Pirsai is a lush green village in the north of Sudhum Rustam valley. The village has many archaeological spots such as Kashmir Smast, Bakhai, Band Obba ruins, and others that were traced back to the Buddhist civilization.

Kashmir Smast is known as one of the oldest Hindu universities. The ruins saw the rise and fall of many civilizations. Pashtangi Khwar is an attractive summer season spot for the people of the surrounding area. Sakra, a large mountain, is a very popular hunting spot as well.

Pirsai is a tourist resort that attracts visitors from across the globe, and provides rich opportunities for hunting. It is set in snow-capped mountains with a meandering stream downhill.

The area is also rich in Pakhtoon's cultural values: one hujra and one mosque, where the elders discuss matters of common interest. These places are like two houses of parliament. The entire community shares grief and joy, helps one other, and lives like siblings.

Pirsai is a true model of Pakhtoonwali. You cannot escape anyone without exchanging compliments with him. This shows mutual concern and respect.

Populated places in Mardan District
Year of establishment missing


title: List of Northern Mariana Islands records in swimming

text:
The Northern Mariana Islands records in swimming are the fastest ever performances of swimmers from Northern Mariana Islands, which are recognised and ratified by the Northern Mariana Islands Swimming Federation.

All records were set in finals unless noted otherwise.

Long Course (50 m)

Men

Women

Mixed relay

Short Course (25 m)

Men

Women

References

External links
 NMI Swimming Federation official web site

Northern Mariana Islands
Records
Swimming


title: Branislav Čonka

text:
Branislav Čonka (; born 28 January 1989) is a Serbian football midfielder, who plays for Donji Srem.

References

External links

 Branislav Čonka stats at utakmica.rs

1989 births
Living people
People from Inđija
Footballers from Srem District
Men's association football midfielders
Serbian men's footballers
FK Teleoptik players
FK Banat Zrenjanin players
FK Radnički Nova Pazova players
FK Javor Ivanjica players
FK Inđija players
FK Radnički 1923 players
FK Donji Srem players
Serbian First League players
Serbian SuperLiga players
Serbian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Slovenia
NK Rudar Velenje players
Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia


title: The Coppertop Flop Show

text:
The Coppertop Flop Show, also known as Coppertop Flop, is a series of television shorts which first aired on the Disney Channel on August 1, 2013. The series was created by Derek Baynham, Kelly May and Calum Worthy. Individual episodes are quick comedy sketches, less than 5 minutes in length. The final original short premiered on February 6, 2014.

Cast
Calum Worthy as himself

Special guests
Grant Linden as himself
Meaghan Martin as herself
Debby Ryan as herself
Allie Gonino as herself
John Paul Green as himself

Episodes
The following are the 22 episode shorts of The Coppertop Flop Show.

See also
 Brian O'Brian
 Mr. Bean

References

External links

Disney Channel original programming
2013 American television series debuts
2014 American television series endings


title: Asensio

text:
Asensio is a Spanish given name and surname.

Notable people with the given name include:

 Asensio Julià i Alvarracín (1760–1832), Spanish painter and engraver
 Asensio Nebot "The Friar" (1779 – after 1831), Spanish monk and rebel

Notable people with the surname include:

 Ana Asensio (born 1978), Spanish actress and filmmaker
 Belén Asensio (born 1976), Spanish female taekwondo practitioner
 Carlos Asensio Cabanillas (1896–1969), Spanish soldier and statesman
 Eloy Guerrero Asensio (born 1962), track and field athlete from Spain
 Enrique García Asensio (born 1937), Spanish conductor
 Eugeni Asensio (born 1937), Spanish water polo sports official
 Florentino Asensio Barroso (1877–1936), Spanish Catholic bishop and martyr
 Jaime Asensio de la Fuente, commonly known as Asen (born 1978), a Spanish footballer
 José Asensio Torrado (1892–1961), Spanish general
 José María Asensio (1829–1905), Spanish historian, journalist, biographer and writer
 Manola Asensio (born 1943), Swiss ballet dancer
 Manuel P. Asensio (born 1954), American money manager
 Marco Asensio (born 1996), Spanish footballer
 Melanio Asensio (1936–2021), Spanish athlete
 Nicole Laurel Asensio (born 1986), Filipino singer-songwriter
 Pablo Asensio (born 1973), Argentine footballer
 Pedro Calvo Asensio (1821–1863), Spanish playwright, journalist and politician

See also
 Asensi
 San Asensio, municipality and town in the La Rioja autonomous community, northern Spain

Spanish-language surnames


title: Harry Bulkeley Creswell

text:
Harry Bulkeley Creswell FRIBA (1869–1960), was a British architect and author.

Biography

Born on 18 May 1869, Harry Creswell was educated at Bedford School and at Trinity College, Dublin. He was articled to Sir Aston Webb RA in 1890, before establishing his own architectural practice in 1899. He was an Inspecting Engineer for the Crown Agents to the Colonies and designed the turbine factory in Queensferry, Flintshire, built between 1901 and 1906 and described by Edward Hubbard as a rare English precursor of Functionalism, Brookwood American Cemetery and Memorial (in association with Egerton Swartwout), and the New Parthenon Room at the British Museum.

Creswell was the author of a number of novels, including Thomas (1918), Thomas Settles Down (1919), The Honeywood File (1929) The Honeywood Settlement (1930), Jago versus Swillerton and Toomer (1931),  Diary from a Dustbin (1935), Grig (1942), and Grig in Retirement (1943). He wrote two children's books: Marytary (1928) and Johnny and Marytary (1936). He was also a contributor to the Architectural Review, the Architects' Journal, Black and White and Punch, writing under the pseudonym Karshish.

Harry Creswell died on 4 July 1960.

References

Alumni of Trinity College Dublin
People educated at Bedford School
1869 births
1960 deaths
20th-century British novelists
20th-century British architects
Fellows of the Royal Institute of British Architects


title: Maurice Oberstein

text:
Maurice Louis "Obie" Oberstein (26 September 1928—13 August 2001) was an American music business executive.  He spent most of his career in Britain, where he was credited as "one of the chief architects of the modern UK record industry".

Biography
He was born in a Jewish family in New York City, the only son of music industry executive and record label owner Eli Oberstein and his wife Iris.  Maurice studied chemical engineering and law, and had a brief spell in the US Army, before working for his father's Rondo label.  He sold the label in 1961 after his father's death.  In 1963, he obtained clearance from John F. Kennedy's estate to release an album of the assassinated President's speeches, John Fitzgerald Kennedy: A Memorial Album, which reportedly sold over 4 million copies in a month and was said to be the fastest-selling LP in the world at that time.

He joined Columbia Records in New York in 1965, and soon afterwards was sent to London to help develop the company's CBS label in Britain.  He rose through the ranks of management at the company, eventually becoming the chairman of CBS Records UK in 1976.  He promoted British acts such as The Clash, New Hearts and Adam and the Ants, and oversaw the successful international promotion of Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds album.  In the 1980s, acts that he promoted included Sade, Wham! and later George Michael.  During his period at CBS, the company had 44 no.1 hits on the UK singles chart.  He chaired the BPI (British Phonographic Industry) trade association between 1983 and 1985, and was a member of the Band Aid organising committee.

In 1985 he threatened to leave Columbia and join its rival Polygram.  Columbia boss Walter Yetnikoff retaliated by announcing Oberstein's retirement at a conference.  However, later that year Oberstein became managing director of Polygram Music, responsible for the company's acquisition of the A&M and Island catalogues, and ABBA's recordings.  He was also appointed to a second two-year term as chairman of BPI in 1991.

Oberstein was known for his forthright opinions and flamboyant eccentricities.  He often brought one of his dogs to business meetings and awards ceremonies and would pretend to listen to its advice.  He always wore a hat, sometimes bizarrely, and in disputes would place his hat on the table and leave the room, with the parting instruction to "talk to the hat".

After his retirement he returned to the US in 1993, taking a post as "Professor of Pop" at the University of Miami.  However, he remained an Anglophile, frequently returning to Britain.  He died in London in 2001, aged 72, of a heart attack while suffering from leukaemia, leaving instructions that his ashes should be scattered at Cheltenham Racecourse and at Queen's Park Rangers' football ground.

References

1928 births
2001 deaths
American music industry executives
American people of Russian-Jewish descent
American expatriates in the United Kingdom


title: Ambedkarite Party of India

text:
The Ambedkarite Party of India is a political party in India based on the ideas of B. R. Ambedkar. The API was founded on April 14, 2013, and has its headquarters in Nagpur. Vijay Mankar is the national president.

The API fielded 34 candidates in the 2014 Indian general election, who together received 185,095 votes (0.03% of the nationwide vote). It contested 5 seats in the 2016 Kerala Assembly election and one in the 2017 Goa Assembly election. The party participates in alliances such as the Purogami Lokshahi Aghadi for the 2017 Nashik municipal elections.

References

Political parties established in 2013
2013 establishments in Maharashtra
Ambedkarite political parties
Political parties in Maharashtra


title: Jameh Mosque of Kashan

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The Jameh mosque of Kashan is the oldest historical structure in Kashan, Iran. Its only brick minaret is located in its southeastern corner. On the bottom part of the minaret, there is a kufic inscription made by embossed brick. On the inscription, it is mentioned the construction date of the minaret, which is 1074 AD. The minaret is the third oldest minaret in Iran, which has an inscription.

It is said to have been converted from a Zoroastrian fire temple that existed before the Arab conquest of Iran.

In the book Merat ol-Boldan, it is written about the mosque as follows:
"The mosque, which is known in Kashan as Jameh mosque , has one mihrab with a right qibla and a mihrab with a wrong qibla. The founder of the mosque was Safie Khatun, Malik al-Ashtar's daughter."

The large old mihrab of the mosque like minaret seems to belongs to the Seljuq era. It has an exquisite stucco, on which there are verses from Quran about the virtue of Friday prayer.  It seems that this large mihrab has been destroyed intentionally because of its false direction of qibla. Instead of this mihrab a smaller one has been built in the true direction of qibla during the reign of Tahmasp I.

The plan of the mosque is simple. There is a howz in the courtyard in front of the iwan, which leads to the inner space of the dome and also two shabestans at grade of the courtyard and a winter shabestan below the surface of the courtyard.

See also

 List of the historical structures in the Isfahan province

References

11th-century mosques
Buildings and structures in Kashan
Mosques in Iran
Mosque buildings with domes


title: 2014–15 Serbian SuperLiga

text:
The 2014–15 Serbian SuperLiga (known as the Jelen SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons) was the ninth season of the Serbian SuperLiga since its establishment.

Teams
The league contains 16 teams. 14 teams from the 2013–14 Serbian SuperLiga and two new teams Borac Čačak and Mladost Lučani.

Stadiums and locations

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Nike is the official ball supplier for Serbian SuperLiga.

Transfers
For the list of transfers involving SuperLiga clubs during 2014–15 season, please see: List of Serbian football transfers summer 2014 and List of Serbian football transfers winter 2014-15.

League table

Results
All clubs play each other twice, once at home and once away. Giving a total of 30 matches to be played per team.

Play-off

Top goalscorers

Hat-tricks

5 Player scored five goals

Awards

Team of the Season

References

External links
 Official website

Serbian SuperLiga seasons
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Serbia


title: Horatio Chriesman

text:
Horatio Chriesman (August 13, 1797 – November 1, 1878) was an American surveyor, politician in Mexican Texas and participant in the Texas Revolution.

Born in Virginia, he became a surveyor in Kentucky, Missouri and Texas.

Chriesman served as mayor of San Felipe, Texas, and later on the committee to find a capital for the Republic of Texas.

Two towns have been named in his honor in Texas.

Early life
Chriesman was born on August 13, 1797, in Virginia.

Career
He served as a surveyor in Kentucky and Missouri. In 1821, shortly after his wife died, he left Missouri for Texas with his father-in-law, William Kincheloe (1779–1835), aboard the schooner Only Son. They arrived on the Colorado River on June 19, 1822.

Chriesman became a member of the Old Three Hundred after Stephen F. Austin succeeded his father, Moses Austin, as empresario. Becoming the first to plot the headright Spanish grants on February 10, 1823, he continued until Stephen F. Austin's death in 1836.

He surveyed the Jack League, in what is now Fayette County, which was purchased in 1843 by the German immigration company Adelsverein as a slave plantation. It was named Nassau Plantation after the Duke of Nassau.

Chriesman fought against Native Americans as captain of the colonial militia in 1824. A few years later, in 1826–1827, he served in the Fredonian Rebellion, European settlers' first attempt to secede from Mexico.

He was elected as mayor of San Felipe, Texas in 1832. Later that year, he was an attendee of the Convention of 1832.

In 1835, Chriesman lost the election as regidor of Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas. A year later, he attended the Convention of 1836 in Washington-on-the-Brazos.

In 1836, as he was moving East towards the Trinity River, he heard about the Battle of San Jacinto and decided to serve in the Texas Revolution. As a result, he enlisted as captain in the 2nd company of the 141st Infantry Regiment.

Serving on a committee to help choose the new Republic of Texas seat of government in 1837, Chriesman proposed a site near Washington-on-the-Brazos at what is now Gay Hill in Washington County. He was willing to donate four Labors of land (approximately 700 acres) for the capital of the Republic of Texas. Austin was eventually chosen as the seat of government.

In 1840, Chriesman was one of nine trustees who incorporated the Republic's first private institution of learning, the Union Academy in Washington-on-the-Brazos.

He retired in Burleson County, Texas.

Personal life and death
Chriesman married Mary Kincheloe in 1818. She died in New Madrid, Missouri, in 1821. In 1825, he married Augusta Hope. He had eleven children.

Chriesman died on November 1, 1878 in Burleson County, Texas.

Legacy
The town of Chriesman, Texas, in Burleson County is named in his honor.
The ghost town of Gay Hill in Washington County, Texas, was known as "Chriesman Settlement" until it was renamed by the Republic of Texas in 1840.

References

1797 births
1878 deaths
American founders
American militiamen
American surveyors
Death in Texas
Founders of educational institutions
Old Three Hundred
Mayors of places in Mexico
People from Austin County, Texas
People from Burleson County, Texas
People from Washington County, Texas
People from Virginia
People from the Republic of Texas


title: Bill Harris (geneticist)

text:
Professor Bill Harris (17 November 1944 – 2 June 2014) was a genetic scientist who specialised in antibody research. An author of about 70 scientific research papers, author, editor, and contributor to many books, and 15 patent applications, Bill was most notable for his work translating science from the lab in to industry.  His recent academic research centred on engineering of antibodies for application in health care, management of environmental pollution, and the derivation and use of novel combinatorial libraries.  In early 2015, Bill was celebrated as a pioneering bio-entrepreneur by the University of Aberdeen during a two-day symposium at the Institute of Medical sciences.

Bill lived in Carnoustie, Scotland, known as one of the most challenging golf course in the world where the Open Championship was held in 1999 and 2007. He played this golf course every week and was formerly a committee member of The Carnoustie Golf Club, established 1842.  In 2013, he published the book 'Sons of Carnoustie', which followed from his research  into former golfers of Carnoustie who are thought to have spread golf around the world, known as the 'Sons of Carnoustie'. His research identified 163 such golfers from Carnoustie and his book tells of their lives and experiences.  He also published a book of poetry in 2005, "thoughts and memories".

Background
Bill studied biochemistry at the University of St Andrews, Scotland and then obtained his PhD at the University of Dundee in 1969.  His first publication,  'The origin of life - A master molecule'  was winner of the Endeavour Prize in 1968.  At the time, it was not yet understood what were the 'minimal requirements' of the living cell and in this review, possible mechanisms for the origin of the primeval cell were discussed.

Between 1969 and 1978 Bill was a lecturer in biochemistry in Aberdeen University and then entered industry as Head of In Vitro Toxicology, Inveresk Research International (IRI Ltd.) 1978–80. He established and was Head of Biotechnology at IRI, 1980–86, was Research Director of Bioscot Ltd. 1986-87 and then became Professor of Genetics in Aberdeen University in 1987 where he remained until taking early retirement in 2003.

Between 1980 and 1987 he also served as Technical Director of Investments in Biotechnology by Cogent Ltd, the Technology Transfer Investment Arm of Legal & General/Commercial Union Assurance companies. He was co-founder of one of the first and world leading antibody engineering companies, Scotgen Ltd., in 1987, its Managing Director 1987–92, and President and Chief Scientific Officer of Scotgen Biopharmaceutical Inc. until he resigned in 1994.

Research

Bill's research focused in health care and environmental management and the work involved tackling problems focusing on protein engineering.  Combinatorial libraries were designed and used to select and evolve new proteins that would have higher affinity for their targets, improved stability and ease of production.

The aims of the research were:

"to provide novel binding proteins with affinities for their targets which are much higher than those provided by traditional monoclonals through the use of antibody phage display libraries and combinatorial libraries based upon novel scaffolds.

to design antibody fragment configurations with improved solubility, thermal, proteolytic resistance, and stability in organic solvents and detergents.

to provide methods for manufacture of antibody fragments on a scale, and at a cost acceptable for application in environmental management and as components of topical pharmaceuticals, cosmeceuticals or consumer goods."

Development of antibodies for bubonic plague treatment

In 1999, Bill headed a research team from Aberdeen University to carry out research at Porton Down to develop antibodies for the treatment of bubonic plague.  The  work was reportedly commissioned by the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency in response to fears that British forces could be attacked by countries which had been thought to have built up stockpiles of biological weapons.  The research was revealed after concerns about the secrecy of work carried out by UK universities at Porton Down were raised by the Scottish National Party.

Antibody technologies in the management of pollution

As a result of pollution caused by harmful industrial chemicals, international legislation setting minimal levels of organic pollutants in potable and environmental waters and soil were introduced leading to the need for sensitive and cost effective methods for detection and routine monitoring.

This research programme was sponsored by the U.K. Biological Sciences and Biotechnology Research Council (BBSRC) for 7 years and focused on provision of antibody based reagents using herbicides such as atrazine, diuron, mecoprop and paraquat as prototypes.  In 1999 it was shown that antibody fragments could offer the possibility of sensitive detection and efficient removal of organic pollutants from the environment.

Initially the insolubility of anti-herbicide antibody fragments when expressed in E. coli had restricted this work, however work later carried out showed that disulfide linked scFvs, termed SCABS, had improved stability in a range of environments.

Industry

Bill Harris spent 9 years (1978–87) with Inveresk Research International, Edinburgh, Scotland, initially as Head of In Vitro Toxicology and then introduced and was Head of Biotechnology.  IRI Ltd were a contract research organisation providing safety testing facilities for new chemicals.  They later merged with the Charles River Laboratories in Edinburgh, before being acquired by Quotient Bioresearch Limited in 2009.  He managed contracts with US. NCI, NIOSH, US Army as well as many European and USA companies.  This was the exciting era of environmental toxicology with predictive mutagenicity and carcinogenicity testing of thousands of chemicals in widespread use in pharmaceutical, cosmetic, chemical and food industries and a lot of time was spent visiting and advising companies on the impact of results on their businesses.  A broad knowledge of procedures and legal requirements for safety assessment of new drugs during product development programmes was obtained at this time.

During this period, Bill was also technical advisor for investments in biotechnology by Cogent Ltd.  This pioneering investment group provided vital funding to projects at the stage between initial university research discovery and industrial product development.  In 1987, Cogent Ltd acquired the monoclonal antibody manufacturing company, Bioscot Ltd where Bill then served as Research Director.  During this time, he directed the expansion of the companies' business into provision of novel immunoassay technologies and products, and developed an ELISA based test for the environmental monitoring of Legionella pneumophila, marketed by Boots Microcheck.

SMART Awards

Between 1987 and 1990, Bill was awarded four UK Department of Trade and Industry " SMART" awards for projects related to diagnosis of susceptibility to heart disease, and rapid detection of microbial infection.  In 1989 he was a semi-final winner of the Toshiba Year of Invention awards for a programme to remove alcohol from wine.  He was co-inventor on 20 process and product patent applications.

Scotgen

Scotgen was established  in 1987 with seedcorn finance from the Founders, an investment by Aberdeen University Research and Innovation Services, and the Scottish Development Agency.  This raised around £200,000 and  with a small additional loan in 1989,  was the only investment in the company until 1993.  The Company expanded its contract research business at a rate averaging around 20% per annum and in 1992 had a turnover of approximately $2.0 million with 30% net profit margins.  Profit was used to develop own products and in 1991 the first Scotgen product, reshaped human antibodies for respiratory syncytial virus (fatal childhood infection), was licensed to Smith Kline Beecham.

Anti-infective therapeutic products developed up to 1992 included those for treatment of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), Varicella zoster (chicken pox/shingles), cytomegalovirus and rabies.  The RSV product was licensed to Smith Kline Beecham  in 1991 but was not pursued after completion of early phase II clinical trials.  Four anti-cancer antibodies were developed in collaboration with Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research and Ludwig Institute of Cancer Research, New York.

References

Scottish geneticists
People from Carnoustie
1944 births
2014 deaths
Alumni of the University of St Andrews
Alumni of the University of Dundee


title: Chresmodidae

text:
Chresmodidae is an extinct family of Mesozoic insects within the superorder Polyneoptera.

Genera
Chresmoda Late Jurassic-Cenomanian, Worldwide
Jurachresmoda Zhang, Ren & Shih, 2008 Middle Jurassic, Jiulongshan Formation
Sinochresmoda  Zhang, Ren & Pang, 2008 Early Cretaceous, Yixian Formation

Prochresmoda from the Triassic of Kyrgyzstan is not currently considered part of the group and is considered to be more closely related to Triassophasma and Palaeochresmoda.

Their affinities within the Polyneoptera have long been considered uncertain. Some authors have suggested that they represent a derived group of cockroaches.

Description
Chresmodidae are large enigmatic insects with very long specialized legs, probably adapted for skating on the water surface, similar to extant water skaters. They can reach a size of about . and even .

These Polyneoptera (partial syn Archaeorthoptera) of uncertain position have been considered aquatic, living on the water surface, probably predaceous on nektonic small animals.

They lived during the Cretaceous of Brazil, China, Lebanon, Spain, United Kingdom, as well as in the Jurassic of Germany and China, from ~166.0 to 94.3 Ma.

References

Prehistoric insect families
Triassic first appearances
Cretaceous extinctions
Polyneoptera


title: Romanian National Opera, Timișoara

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The Romanian National Opera () is a public opera and ballet institution in Timișoara, Romania. Subordinated to the Ministry of Culture, it is one of the four national opera companies of Romania. The Romanian National Opera was established by royal decree no. 254 of 30 March 1946, issued by King Michael I. The first director of the opera was Aca de Barbu. The Opera shares the same building with the Mihai Eminescu National Theatre, the Csiky Gergely Hungarian State Theatre and the German State Theatre.

History
The Romanian Opera in Timișoara was established by royal decree no. 254 of 30 March 1946, issued by King Michael I. The management of the newly established institution was entrusted to the famous soprano Aca de Barbu, who managed to form a valuable team of musicians. The inaugural performance of the Romanian Opera in Timișoara took place on 27 April 1947 with the opera Aida by Giuseppe Verdi. The first opera performance was transmitted through megaphones in the then Opera Square and was attended by Prime Minister Petru Groza, among others. In the first ten years after its establishment, 41 opera, operetta and ballet performances were staged. Starting from 1952, the Opera held uninterrupted micro-seasons in Arad, Lugoj, Bocșa, Ciacova, Deva, Hunedoara and Reșița, until 1990. At the same time, from 1953, tours were organized around the country.

At the initiative of musician , conductor and director of the Romanian Opera in Timișoara, and , director of the Banatul Philharmonic, in the 1968/1969 season the first edition of the Timișoara Muzicală Festival took place. After the 6th edition, the festival became annual, and from 1993 it received an international character, preserved until today.

A premiere was made on 23 June 1964 – the first live television transmission of a whole opera, with the performance of Verdi's Un ballo in maschera. Numerous radio and television prints followed, as well as on disc and CD.

On 24 September 2004, the Romanian Opera in Timișoara was awarded the title of national opera.

Directors
 Aca de Barbu (1946–1954)
 Francisc Kádár (1954–1956)
 Lucian Gropșianu (1956–1959)
 Viorel Covăsală (1959–1960)
 Adrian Beldi (1960–1963)
  (1963–1974)
 Cornelia Voina (1974–1977)
 Petru Manzur (1977–1983)
  (1983–1985, 1990, 1994–2000)
 Maria Mărgineanu (1985–1990)
 Virgil Bosa (1990–1994)
  (2000–2019)
 Cristian Rudic (2019–present)

See also
 List of concert halls
 List of opera houses
 List of places in Timișoara
 Opera in Romania

References

External links
  Official website

Romanian music
Timișoara
Timișoara
Music venues completed in 1875
Theatres completed in 1875
Buildings and structures in Timișoara
Culture in Timișoara


title: Epaena

text:
Epaena is a genus of African moths of the family Thyrididae.

Species
Some species of this genus are:

Epaena andida (Whalley, 1971
Epaena candidatalis (Swinhoe, 1905)
Epaena complicatalis (Warren, 1897)
Epaena danista (Whalley, 1971)
Epaena inops (Gaede, 1917)
Epaena pellucida Whalley, 1971
Epaena trijuncta (Warren, 1898)
Epaena vocata (Whalley, 1971
Epaena xystica (Whalley, 1971

References
 Whalley, 1971. The Thyrididae (Lepidoptera) of Africa and its islands. Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) Suppl. 17 : 1-198

External links
An Illustrated Guide to the Thyridid Moths of Borneo

Thyrididae
Ditrysia genera


title: Good enough parent

text:
Good enough parent is a concept deriving from the work of Donald Winnicott, in his efforts to provide support for what he called "the sound instincts of normal parents...stable and healthy families".

An extension of his championship of the "ordinary good mother...the devoted mother", the idea of the good enough parent was designed on the one hand to defend the ordinary mother and father against what Winnicott saw as the growing threat of intrusion into the family from professional expertise; and on the other to offset the dangers of idealisation built into Kleinian articulations of the 'good object' and 'good mother', by stressing instead the actual nurturing environment provided by the parents for the child.

Disillusionment
A key function of good enough parenting is to provide the essential background to allow for the growing child's disillusionment with the parents and the world, without destroying their appetite for life and ability to accept (external and internal) reality. By surviving the child's anger and frustration with the necessary disillusionments of life, the good enough parents would enable their child to relate to them on an ongoing and more realistic basis. As Winnicott put it, it is "the good-enough environmental provision" which makes it possible for the offspring to "cope with the immense shock of loss of omnipotence". Failing such provision, family interactions may be based on a fantasy bond, in a retreat from genuine relating that fosters the false self and undercuts the ongoing ability to use the parents to foster continuing emotional growth offered by the good enough parents.

See also

References

Further reading
 Bruno Bettelheim, A Good Enough Parent (London 1987)

External links
 A good enough parent
 Jennifer Johns, 'Good-Enough Mother'

Childhood
Object relations theory


title: Leslie Brown (English footballer)

text:
Leslie Brown (27 November 1936 – 30 January 2021) was an English association football midfielder. He was part of the Great Britain team at the 1960 Summer Olympics, but he did not play in any matches. He later became an entrepreneur. Brown died on 30 January 2021, at the age of 84.

References

1936 births
2021 deaths
Men's association football midfielders
Dulwich Hamlet F.C. players
English men's footballers
Footballers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Olympic footballers for Great Britain
Wimbledon F.C. players
Place of birth missing
Place of death missing
Date of death missing


title: World junior heavyweight championship

text:
World junior heavyweight championship may refer to:

World Junior Heavyweight Championship (AJPW)
World Junior Heavyweight Championship (National Wrestling Association)
CZW World Junior Heavyweight Championship
Independent Junior Heavyweight Championship
IWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship
NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship
NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship (Zero1)
UWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship
WWC World Junior Heavyweight Championship


title: Hadi Teherani

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Hadi Teherani (born 2 February 1954) is an Iranian-German architect and designer who lives in Hamburg, Germany.

Biography
Hadi Teherani was born in Tehran, Iran, and moved to Germany with his family when he was 6 years old. He did his school in Hamburg and continued his study in Architecture at Braunschweig University of Technology from 1977 to 1984. He taught from 1989 to 1991 at Aachen’s Technical University. He began his career as a fashion designer in Cologne before starting as a professional architect. He founded the architecture office BRT with his colleagues Bothe, Richter in 1991 additionally, he founded the design company under his own name, Hadi Teherani AG, in 2003 for his designing plans and ideas. He is a member of Hamburg’s Academy of the Arts (in German: Freien Akademie der Künste Hamburg) since 1999. Hadi Teherani also runs his own business branches in Moscow, Dubai, Bangalore and Abu Dhabi. he is the part of the jury members of Design Educates Awards in Germany.

Works and philosophy
In order to achieve other sources of income and success, Hadi Teherani works not only as an architect but also in the area of product and interior design. Not only the architectural space is his goal, but the dense atmospheric, until all equipment details harmoniously designed, sensually perceivable space. In cooperation with various manufacturers Teherani furnishings, textile coverings or wall surfaces realized for its buildings due to his architectural language.

The catalog of the designer Hadi Teherani ranges from office chair range ("Silver" / Interstuhl 262S office swivel chair 2004), more seating, sideboards, a mobile office module, lights, door and window fittings, various rug collections, wallpaper and sanitary objects down to the kitchen (+ ARTESIO / Poggenpohl 2010) and a bicycle (e-bike Teherani Hadi, 2011). One of the key factors in the success of Teherani, is the abundant use of glass in buildings and his designs. In the majority of his works we can see glasses as the main factor from the floor to ceiling, because he believes that three factors are very important in the structure: light, air and the view of the room. He tries by using the glass bring the building up to the highest standards.

About the philosophy of his works he believes: “I was consistently confronted with the holistic challenge to exceed the boundaries of design. Architecture provides the basic foundation for a spatial idea. Only the complex implementation of a design idea from the smallest details, to the establishment of emotionally attuned space or the identities of entire companies, can solve the great task of realising a comprehensive design concept…”.
Many products and projects of Hadi Teherani Design AG have been nominated and received numerous awards such as FIABCI Award, MIPIM Awards 2003, 2007 to 2009, 2014 LEAF Award, CityScape Award and ARX Award.

Beside interest of designing large structures and buildings Teherani also designs everyday life items, from furniture to small items.

Structures

Following is a list of structures which have been designed by Teherani:
Germany headquarters of Swiss Re in Munich-Unterfoehring
Double X skyscraper in Hamburg
Berliner Bogen at Berliner Tor in Hamburg
Dockland office building in Hamburg
Europa Passage in Hamburg
Elbberg Campus, Hamburg-Altona
Frankfurt Airport long-distance station
Crane House, an ensemble of two office buildings and a residential building in Cologne Rheinauhafen, which is modeled harbor cranes
Zayed University in Abu Dhabi, 2011
Dancing Towers in Hamburg, completed in 2012
Lodha Altamount in Mumbai, India

References

External links

Official site (in English)

21st-century German architects
Iranian emigrants to Germany
1954 births
Living people
Architects from Hamburg
Recipients of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany


title: Jelena Maksimović

text:
Jelena Maksimović (Serbian Cyrillic: Јелена Максимовић; born April 20, 1982) is a Serbian professional basketball player, who plays as a center.

During her career, she played for several clubs in Serbia and abroad. She has also appeared for the Serbian national team.

External links
 Profile at eurobasket.com

1982 births
Living people
Basketball players from Belgrade
Serbian expatriate basketball people in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Serbian expatriate basketball people in Spain
Serbian expatriate basketball people in Hungary
Serbian expatriate basketball people in Israel
Serbian expatriate basketball people in Montenegro
Serbian expatriate basketball people in Poland
Serbian expatriate basketball people in Romania
Serbian expatriate basketball people in Slovakia
Serbian expatriate basketball people in Turkey
Serbian women's basketball players
Serbian women's 3x3 basketball players
ŽKK Partizan players
ŽKK Radivoj Korać players
ŽKK Crvena zvezda players
ŽKK Željezničar Sarajevo players
Centers (basketball)


title: 1942 in British music

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This is a summary of 1942 in music in the United Kingdom.

Events
 January/February – Serge Koussevitzky commissions Benjamin Britten to compose an opera, Peter Grimes, one of the first commissions given by the Koussevitzky Music Foundation.
 16 March – Britten sails back to England with Peter Pears on board MS Axel Johnson.
 20 March – Vera Lynn records The White Cliffs of Dover with Mantovani at Decca Records's West Hampstead studio.
29 June – Shostakovich’s Leningrad Symphony No. 7, the score of which has been smuggled out of the Soviet Union on microfilm, receives its first performance in Western Europe at the Proms in London, as an act of defiance following Germany's invasion of Russia.
26 August – In an act of wartime cultural diplomacy, John Ireland, Granville Bantock, Arnold Bax and Benjamin Britten deliver a letter to the wife of the Soviet Ambassador sending greetings from British composers to their Soviet counterparts.
 November/December – E.J. Moeran's Symphony is the first British work to be recorded under the auspices of the British Council. The recording is made in Manchester by the Hallé Orchestra conducted by Leslie Heward.

Popular music
Vera Lynn with Mantovani – The White Cliffs of Dover (Walter Kent)

Classical music: new works
Kenneth J. Alford – Eagle Squadron
Benjamin Britten –
A Ceremony of Carols
Hymn to St Cecilia
 Gerald Finzi – Let Us Garlands Bring Op. 18, song cycle (words by Shakespeare)

Film and Incidental music
Noël Coward – In Which We Serve
Ralph Vaughan Williams –
Coastal Command (film)
The Pilgrim’s Progress (music for radio production)
William Walton – The First of the Few directed by and starring Leslie Howard, with co-star David Niven.

Musical theatre
 22 October – Du Barry Was A Lady, London production opens at His Majesty's Theatre and runs for 178 performances
 19 November – Let's Face It!, London production opens at the Hippodrome and runs for 348 performances

Musical films
 Rose of Tralee, starring John Longden, Lesley Brook and Angela Glynne.
 We'll Smile Again, starring Bud Flanagan, Chesney Allen and Meinhart Maur.

Births
12 February – Lionel Grigson, English pianist, composer, and educator (died 1994)
15 February – Glyn Johns, recording engineer
19 February – Phil Coulter, musician and music producer
24 February – Tim Staffell, singer and guitarist
28 February – Brian Jones, rock musician (The Rolling Stones) (died 1969)
9 March – John Cale, composer and musician
13 March – Meic Stevens, singer-songwriter
24 March – Arthur Brown, singer (Kingdom Come and The Crazy World of Arthur Brown)
19 April – David Fanshawe, composer (died 2010)
12 May – Ian Dury, singer-songwriter (died 2000)
18 June – Paul McCartney, singer, songwriter & composer
17 July – Spencer Davis, musician
13 August – Sheila Armstrong, soprano
21 September – Jill Gomez, soprano
27 September – Alvin Stardust (born Bernard Jewry, also called Shane Fenton), pop singer (died 2014)
31 December – Andy Summers, rock musician (Police)

Deaths
14 January – Harry Champion, music hall composer, 76
10 February – Felix Powell, musician, 63
17 May – Alfred Hollins, organist and composer, 76
12 June – Walter Leigh, composer, 36 (killed in action)
16 June – Haldane Stewart, organist, composer and choirmaster, 74
17 June – Jessie Bond, singer and actress in Gilbert & Sullivan, 89
30 July – Dorothy Silk, soprano, 59
15 October – Dame Marie Tempest, opera and musical comedy singer, 78
23 November – Peadar Kearney, Irish Republican and songwriter, writer of the lyrics to The Soldier's Song, 58

See also
 1942 in British television
 1942 in the United Kingdom
 List of British films of 1942

References

British music by year
1940s in British music


title: Emmi Zeulner

text:
Emmi Zeulner (born 27 March 1987) is a German nurse and politician of the Christian Social Union (CSU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag since 2013.

Early life and education
Born in Lichtenfels, Bavaria, Germany, Zeulner is the daughter of an innkeeper from Degendorf. She became interested in politics at an early age after hearing it discussed in her father's tavern. In cultural events, she represented her town as a basket maker. After leaving school, she studied to become a nurse. In 2008 she was elected a local councillor.

Member of the German Bundestag, 2013–present
In January 2013, Zeulner was selected as the CSU candidate for the Kulmbach constituency, defeating two CSU candidates from neighbouring counties.

The Kulmbach constituency had been held by the party since a 1950 by-election and at the previous election her predecessor, the high-profile Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, had received the highest vote share in Germany. She held the seat at the 2013 election, receiving nearly 57% of the vote. She was the youngest CSU candidate in the election. After Mahmut Özdemir, she was the second youngest candidate elected.

As member of the Bundestag, Zeulner serves on the Health Committee, where she is her parliamentary group’s rapporteur on palliative and hospice medicine, drugs and other addictive substances as well as migration issues.

In the negotiations to form a coalition government under the leadership of Chancellor Angela Merkel following the 2017 federal elections, Zeulner was part of the working group on health policy, led by Hermann Gröhe, Georg Nüßlein and Malu Dreyer.

Other activities
 Magnus Hirschfeld Foundation, Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2018)
 Coburg University of Applied Sciences, Member of the Board of Trustees

Personal life
Zeulner and her partner Jürgen Baumgärtner have a daughter.

References

External links
 Homepage of Emmi Zeulner

1987 births
Living people
Members of the Bundestag for Bavaria
Female members of the Bundestag
People from Lichtenfels, Bavaria
21st-century German women politicians
Members of the Bundestag 2021–2025
Members of the Bundestag 2017–2021
Members of the Bundestag 2013–2017
Members of the Bundestag for the Christian Social Union in Bavaria


title: Trout Inn, Lechlade

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The Trout Inn is a pub next to the River Thames at Lechlade, Gloucestershire, England. The Grade II listed stone building consists of two two-storey structures, one late medieval and the other added in the 18th century. The building began as an almshouse for workers on the adjoining St John's Bridge in the 1220s, before becoming part of a priory and then an inn.

Location
The pub is located on the Thames Path close to St John's Lock and St John's Bridge, where the River Cole and the River Leach join the Thames on opposite banks. Mooring for boats is available and small boats can be hired from the pub garden.

The pub is on the A417 on the outskirts of Lechlade. There is a camp site next to the pub. The pub owns  of fishing rights.

History
The building was started in the 1220s by Peter Fitzherbert as a hospital or almshouse, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, which had the mandate of caring for workmen on the bridge. The building was part of the Augustinian Lechlade Priory founded in the 13th century by Isabella de Mortimer; in 1252 Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall became its patron. The priory survived until its dissolution in 1472. At that time, the building became known as an inn called Ye Sygne of St John Baptist Head. The name was changed to The Trout Inn in 1704.

In the 18th and early 19th centuries, The Trout provided the residence for the lock keeper of St John's Lock; this function was discontinued in 1830 when a lock house was built.

The pub is a venue for regular music events, particularly jazz, though one event in January 2014 had to be cancelled because of flooding. The pub serves draught beer and is Cask Marque accredited.

Architecture

The original, two-storey structure is late medieval. Its interior incorporates timber-beamed ceilings. Near the end of the 18th century, a two-storey addition was made on the northern side; this building features stone construction and a slate roof. The newer structure features a pair of 12-pane sash windows on each floor, a half-glazed door, and a gabled entryway. To the rear of the buildings lie an old-fashioned garden, an orchard, and a pool.

References

External links

Grade II listed pubs in Gloucestershire
1220s establishments in England
Lechlade-on-Thames


title: Dimitrios Avramis

text:
Dimitrios Avramis (; born January 1, 1975, in Trikala) is a retired amateur Greek Greco-Roman wrestler, who competed in the men's light heavyweight category. Dimitrios Avramis has claimed a silver medal in the 76-kg division at the 1997 Mediterranean Games in Bari, Italy, picked up a bronze at the 1999 World Wrestling Championships in Athens, and later represented his nation Greece in two editions of the Olympic Games (2000 and 2004).

Throughout his sporting career, Avramis trained as a member of the Greco-Roman wrestling team for Panellinios G.S. in Athens, under his brother and personal coach Spyridon Avramis. He managed to be Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion in Greece for 15 years in row in every age category, from 1990 to 2004:         Junior (1990,1991), Teen (1992,1993), Young (1994, 1995), Men (1995,1996,1997,1998,1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004). His achievement becomes more remarkable, as he didn't lose any fight in Greece from 1990 to 2004.

He won his first international medal when he was just 18 years old, at the 1993 European Wrestling Championships in Götzis, Austria, where he picked up the silver medal in the 76-kg division.

Avramis emerged himself into the international scene at the 1999 World Wrestling Championships in Athens, where he picked up the bronze medal in the 76-kg division over Georgia's Tarieli Melelashvili that earned him a spot on the Greek Olympic team.

The following year, Avramis made his official debut at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he competed in the men's middleweight division (76 kg). In the prelim pool, he pulled Armenia's Levon Geghamyan off the mat in overtime on his opening bout, but suffered a mighty throw from Sweden's Ara Abrahamian by a 2–3 sudden death decision. Finishing the pool in second place and twelfth overall, Avramis' performance was not enough to put him through into the quarterfinals.

When Greece welcomed the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Avramis qualified as a member of the Greek squad in the men's 84 kg class, by obtaining an automatic bid for the host nation and placing second from the European Championships in Haparanda, Sweden. Entering the Games as a top favorite, Avramis delighted the home crowd inside the Ano Liossa Olympic Hall, as he prevailed two straight matches over Iran's Behrouz Jamshidi and Norway's Fritz Aanes in the round-robin pool to take a coveted spot for the next round. As he faced off against Russia's Alexei Mishin in the quarterfinals, Avramis could not hold his tough opponent into the ring and lost the match 2–5. With his next opponent Mohamed Abdelfatah of Egypt being disqualified for protesting, Avramis was immediately awarded a spot in the fifth-place match by forfeit.

References

External links
Profile – International Wrestling Database

1975 births
Living people
Olympic wrestlers for Greece
Wrestlers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Greek male sport wrestlers
Wrestlers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Trikala
World Wrestling Championships medalists
Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Greece
Competitors at the 1997 Mediterranean Games
Mediterranean Games medalists in wrestling
21st-century Greek people


title: Nosy Hara National Park

text:
Nosy Hara or Nosy Hara National Park is an uninhabited limestone islet off the northwest coast of Madagascar. It is the habitat of Brookesia micra, the smallest known chameleon. Since 2007, Nosy Hara has been part of a Marine Protected Area.

References

Islands of Madagascar
Diana Region
Uninhabited islands of Madagascar
National parks of Madagascar


title: Nannogomphus

text:
Nannogomphus is an extinct genus of fossil odonates belonging to the family Gomphidae.

These fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivores lived during the Jurassic period in Germany, from 150.8 to 145.5 Ma.

Species
†Nannogomphus bavaricus Handlirsch 1906
†Nannogomphus buergeri Bechly 2003
†Nannogomphus vetustus Hagen 1848

References

 Redescription of Nannogomphus bavaricus Handlirsch, 1906-1908 from the Upper Jurassic of Germany, with an analysis of its phylogenetic position Odonata, Anisoptera, Gomphidae or Libelluloidea

External links
 Discover Yale Digital Content

Gomphidae
Anisoptera genera
Prehistoric Odonata genera
Jurassic insects
Fossils of Germany
Fossil taxa described in 1906


title: 2016–17 figure skating season

text:
The 2016–17 figure skating season began on July 1, 2016, and ended on June 30, 2017. Elite skaters began the season competing on the Grand Prix series or Junior Grand Prix series, culminating in the Grand Prix Final, and the ISU Challenger Series. Following national championships, competitors will appear at ISU Championships, such as the 2017 European, Four Continents, World Junior, and World Championships.

Age eligibility
Skaters are eligible to compete in ISU events at the senior, junior, or novice levels according to their age:

Changes

If skaters of different nationalities team up, the ISU requires that they choose one country to represent.

Date refers to date when the change occurred or, if not available, the date when the change was announced.

Partnership changes

Retirements

Coaching changes

Competitions

Scheduled international competitions:

Key

International medalists

Men

Ladies

Pairs

Ice dance

Season's best scores

Men

Best total score

Best short program score

Best free skating score

Ladies

Best total score

Best short program score

Best free skating score

Pairs

Best total score

Best short program score

Best free skating score

Ice dance

Best total score

Best short dance score

Best free dance score

Standings and ranking

Season-end standings (top 30)

Men's singles

Ladies' singles

Pairs

Ice dance

Season's ranking (top 30)

Men's singles

Ladies' singles

Pairs

Ice dance

References

External links
 International Skating Union

Seasons in figure skating


title: Boris Varga

text:
Boris Varga (; born 14 August 1993) is a Serbian footballer who plays as a defender.

Career
On 3 July 2022, Pyunik announced the signing of Varga. On 29 December 2022, Varga left Pyunik.

References

External links

 Boris Varga stats at utakmica.rs

1993 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Vrbas
Footballers from South Bačka District
Men's association football defenders
Serbian men's footballers
Serbia men's youth international footballers
FK Hajduk Kula players
FK Inđija players
FK Proleter Novi Sad players
FK ČSK Čelarevo players
FK Napredak Kruševac players
OFK Bačka players
FK TSC players
Serbian First League players
Serbian SuperLiga players
Serbian people of Hungarian descent


title: Edith Marguerite Harrington

text:
Edith Marguerite Tippet (née Harrington, previously Shand; 14 June 1893 – 3 January 1981), sometimes known as Margot, was the first wife of the English journalist Philip Morton Shand and through her only child, Bruce, was the paternal grandmother of Queen Camilla.

Childhood

Edith Marguerite Harrington was born at 32 Linver Road, Fulham, London, on 14 June 1893, the second of the six children born to George Woods Harrington (1865–1920), an accounts clerk, and his wife Alice Edith Harrington, née Stillman (1865–1935). The son of a butler, her father changed employers many times during his working life but his modest income meant that he always had difficulty accommodating his growing family, moving first to Putney, then to Acton, London and eventually to Isleworth. As was common practice in large Victorian families, the elder children lodged with their grandparents due to space constraints; by 1901 Edith’s elder brother Cyril was living with his grandfather and by 1911 Edith was living there too.

First marriage and issue

On leaving school, Edith found work as a milliner, but by the outbreak of the First World War she had moved on to become a secretary and was living in a small apartment in Hammersmith. Around this time, she met her first husband, Philip Morton Shand, known as Morton, then working as a clerk at the War Office and living at the Shand family home in nearby Kensington. Shand was an English journalist, architecture critic (an early proponent of modernism), wine and food writer, entrepreneur and pomologist. They married at St. Peter's Church, Hammersmith, London on 22 April 1916 and set up home together in a splendid mansion block overlooking Battersea Park where her only child, Bruce Middleton Hope Shand, was born on 22 January 1917.

Unfortunately, the marriage was to be a short-lived and unhappy one, ending in divorce after just four years. Shand was to prove a serial womanizer who cared little for his child, and Edith divorced him on grounds of his adultery on 4 July 1920. Thereafter, he failed to acknowledge or provide for his son, marrying three more times and fathering more children.

Bruce Middleton Hope Shand (22 January 1917 – 11 June 2006) subsequently married Rosalind Maud Cubitt, daughter of the 3rd Baron Ashcombe and Sonia Rosemary Keppel. They had three children:

 Camilla Rosemary Shand (born 17 July 1947), now Queen of the United Kingdom
 Sonia Annabel Shand (born 2 February 1949)
 Mark Roland Shand (28 June 1951 – 23 April 2014)

Second marriage

Divorce carried a huge stigma in the 1920s, even for the injured party, and with so many men dead after the war, Edith did well to find a suitable step-father for her child. Her second husband, though lacking the wealth and background of Shand, was to prove a far better husband. In 1921 she married former reservist army officer Herbert Charles Coningsby Tippet, known as Charles, (1891-1947) at St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London. Tippet had been invalided out of the army, suffering from shell shock after serving with distinction on the western front; and had begun a new career as a golf club secretary and golf course designer, an occupation which required him to move wherever contracts took him. In 1921 that meant moving to the United States, which was undergoing a post-war boom in golf course construction. Tippet left for New York in November 1921, and Edith followed him a month later accompanied by her four-year-old son and the boy’s nanny.

After visiting England in June 1923, Edith and her son returned to the U.S. in September 1923 with the stated intent (according to U.S. immigration records) of residing permanently in the United States and taking U.S. citizenship, although this subsequently did not happen.

During the six years from 1921 to 1927, Edith enjoyed a comfortable life-style with all that America’s Jazz Age had to offer. Her husband acquired a circle of wealthy and influential associates from the world of golf and Edith Tippet moved around the east coast of the US from Park Avenue, New York City, to Long Island to Florida, abandoning the name Edith and adopting the more fashionable name of Margot along the way. But when the design contracts came to an end, she and her husband moved back to England in 1927, where he took a succession of appointments as secretary to various prestigious golf clubs. Bruce Shand returned with them to England to begin his education as a boarder at Rugby School. Thereafter, he was to spend more time in the company of his wealthy grandparents than the Tippets.

The Tippets lived in London for ten years while he worked at Royal Wimbledon Golf Club; and in 1937 they moved to Walton Heath, occupying a house on the course. A brief spell in Ireland followed in 1938 when Tippet accepted a design contract at Tramore, County Waterford.

By 1945, Charles Tippet had been given the job of reviving Rye Golf Club in East Sussex, but it proved too much; on 26 November 1947, after showing his friend the Bishop of Ely around the place, he collapsed and was found on the floor of his office. Edith was called, but two days later Major Tippet, as he had by then become, was dead at the age of 56.

Death

Charles Tippet had not been a wealthy man, he left no will and just £666 in cash at his death and Edith Tippet was to see out her days in reduced circumstances. After her husband's death she moved to Kent. She stationed herself in a small cottage at Wittersham, Kent, more than 50 miles away from her son Bruce's country house, The Laines, at Plumpton, East Sussex. As the years advanced, Edith moved to Cooden Beach in Sussex, where she died almost unremarked, on 3 January 1981. She was survived by her son, Bruce, and her three grandchildren.

References

Books

External links
The Peerage

1893 births
1981 deaths
Edith
People from Fulham
People from Wittersham
People from Bexhill-on-Sea


title: Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party

text:
The Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party is an Indian political party founded in 2002. The party is led by Om Prakash Rajbhar, former Minister of Backward Classes Welfare, Disabled People development in Uttar Pradesh. The party has its headquarters in Rasra, Ballia district. The party has a yellow flag.

Profile
SBSP is based primarily based in eastern Uttar Pradesh and draws its support from the Rajbhar community.

The party calls for the inclusion of the Rajbhar community in the list of Scheduled Tribes. However, it also favours the setting up of reservation quotas on socio-economic grounds.

Electoral history

Indian general election, 2004
SBSP fielded 14 candidates in the 2004 Indian general election, one in Bihar and the rest in Uttar Pradesh. Together they obtained 275,267 votes (0.07% of the nationwide vote).

Bihar assembly elections, 2005
The party contested the February 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election with three candidates. Together they obtained 13,655 votes (0.06% of the statewide vote).  SBSP fielded two candidates in the subsequent October 2005 Legislative Assembly election in Bihar. Together they obtained 11,037 votes (0.05% of the statewide vote).

Uttar Pradesh assembly election, 2007
The party contested 97 candidates in the 2007 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election. All but three candidates forfeited their deposits. It obtained a total of 491,347 votes (0.94% of the statewide vote).

Indian general election, 2009
Ahead of the 2009 Indian general election SBSP joined the Apna Dal-led coalition Adhikar Manch ('Rights Platform'), an alliance of BSP splinter groups. SBSP fielded twenty candidates, who together obtained 319,307 votes, though all forfeited their deposits

Bihar assembly election, 2010
The party fielded six candidates in the 2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election. Together they obtained 15,437 votes (0.05% of the statewide vote).

Uttar Pradesh assembly election, 2012
The party ran 52 candidates in the 2012 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election. All but four candidates forfeited their deposits. In total the party obtained 477,330 votes (0.63% of the statewide vote).

Indian general election, 2014
SBSP fielded 13 candidates in the 2014 Indian general election, whom together mustered 118,947 votes (0.02% of the nationwide vote). Ahead of the election SBSP took part in forming the Ekta Manch ('Unity Platform'), a coalition of smaller parties in Uttar Pradesh. Om Prakash Rajbhar served as convenor of the coalition.

Bihar assembly election, 2015
In 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, SBSP contested in only 2 seats but could not win any of them. though Azad Paswan a candidate came in 3rd in polls.

Uttar Pradesh assembly election, 2017
In 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election working in alliance with BJP, SBSP contested 8 seats in UP and won 5 seats with party leader Om Prakash Rajbhar becoming a minister in UP government.

Indian general election, 2019
SBSP fielded 39 candidates in the 2019 Indian general election in Uttar Pradesh against BJP. This was in response to ally Bharatiya Janata Party’s proposal that SBSP contest on the saffron party’s lotus symbol from Ghosi in eastern Uttar Pradesh.

Bihar assembly election, 2020
In 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, SBSP contested in only 5 seats as part of Grand Democratic Secular Front that also included Rashtriya Lok Samta Party, Bahujan Samaj Party	Samajwadi Janata Dal Democratic, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen, and Janvadi Party (Socialist).

Uttar Pradesh assembly election, 2022
In 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election working in alliance with SP, SBSP contested in 17 seats in UP and won 6 seats with party leader Om Prakash Rajbhar in Uttar Pradesh.

References

Political parties in Uttar Pradesh
Political parties in Bihar
Political parties established in 2002
2002 establishments in Uttar Pradesh


title: List of 2014–15 Pro12 transfers

text:
This is a list of player transfers involving Pro12 teams before or during the 2014–15 season.

Benetton Treviso

Players in
 Davide Giazzon from  Zebre
 Bruno Mercanti from  Petrarca Padova
 Romulo Acosta from  Petrarca Padova
 Albert Anae from  Reds
 Josè Francisco Novak from  Petrarca Padova
 Rupert Harden from  Gloucester
 Salesi Manu from  Western Force
 Matteo Zanusso from  Amatori San Donà
 Meyer Swanepoel from  Mogliano
 Tomás Vallejos from  Coca-Cola Red Sparks
 Marco Barbini from  Mogliano
 Leo Auva'a from  Leinster
 Matt Luamanu from  Kyuden Voltex
 Alberto Lucchese from  Mogliano
 Henry Seniloli from  Tailevu Knights
 Joe Carlisle from  Wasps
 Simone Ragusi from  Rovigo Delta
 Enrico Bacchin from  Mogliano
 Jayden Hayward from  Western Force
 Sam Christie from  Waikato
 Ruggero Trevisan from  Zebre
 Amar Kudin from  Mogliano
 Marco Lazzaroni from  Mogliano
 D'Arcy Rae from  Glasgow Warriors
 Nicola Cattina unattached

Players out
 Tobias Botes to
 Alberto De Marchi to  Sale Sharks
 Lorenzo Cittadini to  Wasps
 Luke McLean to  Sale Sharks
 Brendan Williams retired
 Manoa Vosawai to  Cardiff Blues
 Christian Loamanu to  Leicester Tigers
 Leonardo Ghiraldini to  Leicester Tigers
 Robert Barbieri to  Leicester Tigers
 Michele Rizzo to  Leicester Tigers
 Alberto Di Bernardo to  Lille MR
 Valerio Bernabò to  Zebre
 Matt Berquist to  Hawke's Bay
 Enrico Ceccato to  Rovigo Delta
 Pedro Di Santo to  Uru Curè
 Marco Filippucci to  Mogliano
 Fabio Semenzato to  Mogliano
 Ignacio Fernandez Rouyet to  Mogliano
 Franco Sbaraglini released
 D'Arcy Rae to  Glasgow Warriors (from March 2015)

Cardiff Blues

Players in
 Craig Mitchell from  Exeter Chiefs
 Ieuan Jones from  Newport Gwent Dragons
 Adam Thomas from  Wales Sevens
 George Watkins from  Bristol Rugby
 Tavis Knoyle from  Gloucester Rugby
 Josh Turnbull from  Scarlets
 Jarrad Hoeata from  Highlanders
 Manoa Vosawai from  Benetton Treviso
 Geraint Walsh from  Pontypridd
 Gareth Anscombe from  Chiefs
 Adam Jones from  Ospreys
 Lucas González Amorosino from  Oyonnax

Players out
 Andries Pretorius to  Worcester Warriors
 Leigh Halfpenny to  Toulon
 Robin Copeland to  Munster
 Bradley Davies to  London Wasps
 Harry Robinson to  Scarlets
 Chris Czekaj to  US Colomiers
 Luke Hamilton to  SU Agen
 Alex Walker to  Ealing Trailfinders
 James Down to  London Welsh
 Benoit Bourrust to  La Rochelle
 Isaia Tuifua

Connacht

Players in
  Jack Carty promoted from academy
  Bundee Aki from  Chiefs
  Finlay Bealham promoted from academy
  Conor Finn promoted from academy
  Darragh Leader promoted from academy
  Tom McCartney from
  Shane O'Leary from  Grenoble
  Ian Porter from  Ulster
  Mils Muliaina from  Chiefs
  John Cooney from  Leinster (loan)
  Quinn Roux from  Leinster (loan)
  Niyi Adeolokun from  Dublin University
  Shane Layden promoted from academy

Players out
  Eoin Griffin to  London Irish
  Kyle Tonetti retired
  Brett Wilkinson retired
  Aaron Conneely to  Lansdowne
  Gavin Duffy to Mayo Football
  Brian Murphy to  Galwegians
  Frank Murphy retired
  Dave Nolan to  Bourgoin
  Paul O'Donohoe retired
  Dan Parks retired
  James Rael to  Lansdowne
  Craig Clarke retired

Edinburgh

Players in
 Neil Cochrane from  London Wasps
 John Andress from  Worcester Warriors
 Rory Sutherland from  Gala RFC
 Tom Heathcote from  Bath Rugby
 Michael Tait from  Newcastle Falcons
 Fraser McKenzie from  Newcastle Falcons
 Jamie Ritchie from  Howe of Fife RFC
 Phil Burleigh from  Highlanders
 Anton Bresler from
 Brett Thompson from  USA Sevens

Players out
 Steven Lawrie retired
 Alun Walker released
 Alex Allan to  Glasgow Warriors
 Geoff Cross to  London Irish
 Lewis Niven released
 Sean Cox to  London Irish
 Robert McAlpine released
 Perry Parker to  Rotherham Titans
 Izak van der Westhuizen released
 Ross Rennie to  Bristol Rugby
 Dimitri Basilaia to  Perpignan
 Alex Black released
 Greig Laidlaw to  Gloucester Rugby
 Chris Leck released
 Piers Francis released
 Gregor Hunter released
 Harry Leonard to  Yorkshire Carnegie
 Ben Cairns retired
 Nick De Luca to  Biarritz
 Lee Jones to  Glasgow Warriors
 Aleki Lutui to  Gloucester Rugby
 John Yapp to  Wasps
 Wicus Blaauw to released

Glasgow Warriors

Players in
 Alex Allan from  Edinburgh
 Lee Jones from  Edinburgh
 Murray McConnell from  Ayr RFC
 Euan Murray from  Worcester Warriors
 James Downey from  Munster
 Rossouw de Klerk from  Cheetahs
 Connor Braid from  BC Bears

Players out
 Moray Low to  Exeter Chiefs
 Chris Cusiter to  Sale Sharks
 Ruaridh Jackson to  Wasps
 Ed Kalman retired
 Byron McGuigan released
 Finlay Gillies released
 Scott Wight to  Scotland Sevens
 Gabriel Ascárate released
 Carlin Isles to  USA Sevens
 Folau Niua to  USA Sevens
 D'Arcy Rae to  Benetton Treviso

Leinster

Players in
 Sam Coghlan Murray promoted from academy
 Jack Conan promoted from academy
 Kane Douglas from  NSW Waratahs
 Tadhg Furlong promoted from academy
 Seán McCarthy from  Jersey
 Luke McGrath promoted from academy
 Tyrone Moran from  Lansdowne
 Collie O'Shea promoted from academy
 Ben Te'o from  South Sydney Rabbitohs
 James Tracy promoted from academy

Players out
 Leo Auva'a to  Benetton Treviso
 Andrew Boyle to be confirmed
 John Cooney to Connacht (loan)
 Leo Cullen retired
 Conor Gilsenan to  London Irish
 Andrew Goodman to be confirmed
 Darren Hudson to  Bristol Rugby
 Jack O'Connell to  Bristol Rugby
 Brian O'Driscoll retired
 Quinn Roux to  Connacht (loan)

Munster

Players in
 Eusebio Guiñazú from  Bath
 Martin Kelly from  Dublin University
 Shane Buckley promoted from Academy
 Robin Copeland from  Cardiff Blues
 Jonathan Holland promoted from Academy
 Tyler Bleyendaal from  Crusaders
 Andrew Smith from  Brumbies

Players out
 James Coughlan to  Pau
 Ian Nagle to Club To Be Confirmed
 Niall Ronan Retiring due to injury
 James Downey to  Glasgow Warriors
 Casey Laulala to  Racing Métro
 Quentin MacDonald to

Newport Gwent Dragons

Players in
 Aled Brew from  Biarritz Olympique
 Lee Byrne from  Clermont Auvergne
 Rhys Buckley from  Moseley
 Boris Stankovich from  Leicester Tigers
 Ian Gough from  London Irish
 Dave Young from  Jersey
 Rynard Landman from
 Lloyd Fairbrother from  Exeter Chiefs
 Andy Powell from  Wigan Warriors
 Brok Harris from  /

Players out
 Ieuan Jones to  Cardiff Blues
 Will Harries released
 Sam Parry to  Ospreys
 Dan Evans to  Ospreys
 Steffan Jones loan to  Bedford Blues
 Robert Sidoli retired
 Jevon Groves released
 Darren Waters to  London Welsh
 Kris Burton released
 Lewis Robling to  Jersey

Ospreys

Players in
 Sam Parry from  Newport Gwent Dragons
 Dan Evans from  Newport Gwent Dragons
 Josh Matavesi from  Worcester Warriors
 Rynier Bernardo from
 Gareth Thomas from  Carmarthen Quins
 Cai Griffiths from  London Welsh
 Martin Roberts from  Bath Rugby
 De Kock Steenkamp from  Stormers

Players out
 Richard Hibbard to  Gloucester Rugby
 Joe Rees to  Worcester Warriors
 Matthew Morgan to  Bristol Rugby
 Ryan Jones to  Bristol Rugby
 Tom Isaacs to  Gloucester Rugby
 Ian Evans to  Bristol Rugby
 Adam Jones to  Cardiff Blues
 Tito Tebaldi to  Harlequins

Scarlets

Players in
 Regan King from  Clermont Auvergne
 Harry Robinson from  Cardiff Blues
 Peter Edwards from  London Welsh
 Rory Pitman from  Wasps
 Chris Hala'ufia from  London Irish
 Michael Tagicakibau from  Saracens
 Hadleigh Parkes from  Auckland

Players out
 Jonathan Davies to  Clermont Auvergne
 Josh Turnbull to  Cardiff Blues
 Aled Thomas to  Gloucester Rugby
 Deacon Manu to  Hong Kong Cricket Club (Head Coach)
 Sione Timani to  Tarbes
 Gareth Thomas to  Ospreys
 Nic Reynolds to  London Welsh
 Olly Barkley to  London Welsh
 Gareth Maule to  Bristol Rugby

Ulster

Players in
 Ian Humphreys from  London Irish
 Ruaidhrí Murphy from  Brumbies
 Wiehahn Herbst from
 Dave Ryan from  Zebre
 Franco van der Merwe from
 Louis Ludik from  Agen
 Charlie Butterworth from  Lansdowne
 Sean Reidy from  Counties Manukau
 Devin Montgomery from
 Tim Boys from  Southland
 Michael Stanley from  Counties Manukau
 Conor Joyce from academy
 Stuart McCloskey from academy
 Kyle McCall from academy
 Peter Nelson from academy
 Bronson Ross from academy
 Rory Scholes from academy
 James Simpson from academy
 Andrew Warwick from academy

Players out
 Tom Court to  London Irish
 John Afoa to  Gloucester
 Johann Muller retiring
 Niall Annett to  Worcester Warriors
 Chris Farrell to  Grenoble
 Adam Macklin to  Rotherham Titans
 James McKinney to  Rotherham Titans
 Paddy McAllister to  Aurillac
 Ian Porter to  Connacht
 Paddy Wallace retiring
 Chris Cochrane retiring
 David McIlwaine to  Yorkshire Carnegie
 Sean Doyle to  Brumbies
 Stephen Ferris retiring

Zebre

Players in
  Giulio Bisegni from  Lazio Rugby
  Hennie Daniller from
  Andries Ferreira from
  Andrea Lovotti from  Calvisano
  Kelly Haimona from  Calvisano
  Jacopo Sarto from  Petrarca Padova
  Lorenzo Romano from  Calvisano
  Michele Visentin from  Calvisano
  Valerio Bernabò from  Benetton Treviso
  Edoardo Padovani from  Mogliano
  Mirco Bergamasco from  Rovigo Delta
  Oliviero Fabiani from  Lazio Rugby

Players out
 Dave Ryan to  Ulster
 Salvatore Perugini retired
 Paolo Buso to  Rugby Olympique de Grasse
 Emiliano Caffini to  Rovigo Delta
 Nicola Cattina to  Benetton Treviso
 Filippo Cazzola to  Fiamme Oro
 Roberto Quartaroli to  Viadana
 Kameli Ratuvou released
 Ruggero Trevisan to  Benetton Treviso
 Michael van Vuren to  Mogliano
 Davide Giazzon to  Benetton Treviso

See also
List of 2014–15 Premiership Rugby transfers
List of 2014–15 Top 14 transfers
List of 2014–15 Super Rugby transfers
List of 2014–15 RFU Championship transfers

References

2014–15 Pro12
2014-15


title: Sir William Clayton, 4th Baronet

text:
Sir William Clayton, 4th Baronet (16 April 1762 – 26 January 1834) of Harleyford Manor, near Great Marlow, Buckinghamshire was an English politician.

Clayton was the oldest surviving son of William Clayton (c. 1718 – 1783), of Harleyford Manor, who was the grand-nephew of Sir Robert Clayton, a wealthy banker and former Lord Mayor of London.

He was educated at Queen's College, Oxford.

In 1783, he was elected unopposed was a Member of Parliament (MP) for the rotten borough of Great Marlow, succeeding his father.
He held the seat until he stood down at the general election in 1790.

In 1799 he inherited the baronetcy of his first cousin Sir Robert Clayton and Marden Park, which was rented among people to Joseph Buonaparte. He died aged 71 on 26 January 1834, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son, William Robert,
who became an MP for Great Marlow from 1832 to 1842.

Family
In 1785, he married Mary East, the daughter of Sir William East, 1st Baronet, a former High Sheriff of Berkshire. They had 5 sons and 2 daughters:

Catherine Emilia (d. 7 Feb 1864) married John Shawe Manley but died without issue.
Gen. Sir William Robert (28 Aug 1786-19 Sep 1866)
Sir East George Clayton East, 1st Baronet (9 Apr 1794-6 Mar 1851), who married Marianne Frances Bishop. They had eight children.
Lt. John Lloyd (19 Aug 1796-6 Oct 1855), who married Louisa Sophia Littledale on 10 April 1832. They had one son John, who married firstly Mary Somerset (granddaughter of Rev. Lord William George Somerset, and Sir Maurice Charles Philip O'Connell) and secondly Catherine Gibson.
Rice Richard (15 Nov 1797-4 May 1879)
Rev. August Philip (11 Oct 1799-2 Feb 1871) married Georgiana Elizabeth Talbot, daughter of Very Rev. Charles Talbot and Lady Catherine Somerset. They had a daughter, and son, Sir Fitzroy, who was married to Lady Isabel Frances Taylour, daughter of the 3rd Marquess of Headfort.
Mary Caroline (June 1800-29 Oct 1812)

References

1762 births
1834 deaths
Baronets in the Baronetage of Great Britain
Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies
British MPs 1780–1784
British MPs 1784–1790
Alumni of The Queen's College, Oxford


The 2017 European Figure Skating Championships were held 25–29 January 2017 in Ostrava, Czech Republic. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pairs, and ice dancing.

Records

The following new ISU best scores were set during this competition:

Eligibility
Skaters were eligible for the event if they represented a European member nation of the International Skating Union and had reached the age of 15 before July 1, 2016, in their place of birth. The corresponding competition for non-European skaters is the 2017 Four Continents Championships. National associations selected their entries according to their own criteria but the ISU mandated that their selections achieve a minimum technical elements score (TES) at an international event prior to the European Championships.

Minimum TES

Number of entries per discipline
Based on the results of the 2016 European Championships, the ISU allows each country one to three entries per discipline.

Entries
National associations began announcing their selections in December 2016. The ISU published a complete list on 4 January 2017:

Changes to initial assignments

Results

Men
Fernandez won his fifth European title.

Ladies
Evgenia Medvedeva won her second European title. Medvedeva set a new world record for the free skating (150.79 points) and for the combined total (229.71 points).

Pairs
Bronze medalists the previous two years, Tarasova/Morozov won their first European title after placing first in the short program and second in the free skate. Ranked third in the short and first in the free, Savchenko/Massot received silver for the second consecutive year. Bronze medalists James/Ciprès were the first French pair to win a European medal in fourteen years (since 2003, when Sarah Abitbol / Stéphane Bernadis took silver).

Ice dancing
Papadakis/Cizeron became European champions for the third consecutive year.

Medals summary

Medals by country
Table of medals for overall placement:

Table of small medals for placement in the short segment:

Table of small medals for placement in the free segment:

Medalists
Medals for overall placement

Small medals for placement in the short segment

Small medals for placement in the free segment

References

External links

 2017 European Championships at the International Skating Union

2017
2017 in figure skating
International figure skating competitions hosted by the Czech Republic
2017 in Czech sport
Sport in Ostrava
Figure Skating Championships


title: Čedomir Tomčić

text:
Čedomir Tomčić (; born 20 April 1987) is a Serbian football midfielder who plays for FK Bečej.

References

External links

 Čedomir Tomčić stats at utakmica.rs

1987 births
Living people
Footballers from Novi Sad
Men's association football midfielders
Serbian men's footballers
FK Inđija players
FK Javor Ivanjica players
Serbian SuperLiga players
Serbian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Armenia
Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Armenia
FC Ararat Yerevan players
Armenian Premier League players
FK Proleter Novi Sad players
FK Cement Beočin players
OFK Bačka players


title: Nosy Mitsio

text:
Nosy Mitsio  is an island off the northwest coast of Madagascar. It is located 70 km north-east of Nosy Be and 60 km north-west of the city of Ambilobe. Owing to the Mitsio archipelago being distant from other large bodies of land, Nosy Mitsio offers crystal clear waters, white sandy beaches, lush coconut palms and a marine fauna with abundant reefs distant from the island perimeter.  Nosy Mitsio is the only inhabited island of the Mitsio archipelago (other than Tsarabanjina, which has a small population that caters to tourism for the hotel on the island).  Nosy Mitsio is very rural: it has no infrastructural development and is populated mainly by small family villages, that belong to the municipality of Antsohimbondrona. There are several primary schools and very limited access to healthcare services.  Most inhabitants of Nosy Mitsio are subsistence rice farmers who also use a variety of fishing methods and shellfish gathering.  Supplemental income is provided through salting fish, diving for sea cucumbers, and gathering coconuts - all of which is sold at Port St Louis, the nearest port on mainland Madagascar.

References

Islands of Madagascar
Diana Region


title: Alexander Barov

text:
Alexander Georgiev Barov () (1931 in Razlog – 1999) was an eminent Bulgarian architect.

Principal works
 National Palace of Culture, Sofia (1978)
 Universiada Hall, Sofia (1961)
 Accra Sports Stadium, Ghana (1961)
 Bulgarian Embassy in Moscow (1977)
 City Hall, Ruse
 Boyana Residence (1974)—the former prime-ministerial residence in Sofia, which is now Bulgaria's National Historical Museum

References

Bulgarian architects
1931 births
1999 deaths
People from Razlog
20th-century Bulgarian architects


title: 1848 in Brazil

text:
Events in the year 1848 in Brazil.

Incumbents
Monarch: Pedro II.
Prime Minister:
2nd Viscount of Caravelas (until 8 March)
Viscount of Macaé (from 8 March to 31 March)
Francisco de Paula Sousa e Melo (from 31 March to 29 September)
Viscount of Olinda (starting 29 September).

Events
May 7 - establishment of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Porto Alegre as the Diocese of São Pedro do Rio Grande.
November 6 - beginning of Praieira revolt.

Births
July 7 - Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves, President of Brazil 1902-1906.

Deaths

References

1840s in Brazil
Years of the 19th century in Brazil
Brazil
Brazil


title: 2014–15 Highland Football League

text:
The 2014–15 Highland Football League  kicked off on 2 August 2014. Due to the introduction of end-of-season promotion playoffs, all matches affecting the title or involving the champions had to be completed on or before 18 April 2015, though other matches could still take place after this date. The last match of the season was played on 9 May 2015.

Defending champions Brora Rangers secured their second consecutive league title on 28 March 2015 with a 2–1 win over closest rivals Turriff United F.C. at The Haughs and went on to finish the season without losing a match, the first club to do so since Caledonian in 1982–83. They also achieved new Highland League records for both the most goals scored (134) and fewest conceded (13), having kept a clean sheet in 23 of their 34 matches.

Starting in this season, the league champions playoff with the Lowland Football League champions (or other eligible team from outside the SPFL to be nominated by the Scottish FA), with the winner then playing the team finishing 10th and bottom in Scottish League Two in a promotion and relegation playoff to determine the entrants for the 2015–16 League Two season. In the playoffs, Brora Rangers narrowly beat Lowland League champions Edinburgh City but lost the final playoff against League Two club Montrose, and will therefore remain in an unchanged Highland League roster for the 2015–16 season.

League table

Results

Promotion play-off

As champions, Brora Rangers played off against the winners of the Lowland Football League, Edinburgh City over two legs. Brora won on penalties and went on to play off against the bottom-placed club in Scottish League Two, Montrose. Montrose won 3–2 on aggregate, therefore Brora Rangers remain in the Highland League for the 2015–16 season.

References

Highland Football League seasons
5
Scottish


title: Aporrea

text:
Aporrea is a Venezuelan website that publishes news and opinions from the point of view of supporters of former President Hugo Chávez and the Bolivarian Revolution. It ranks as the fourth most visited local political site in the country, according to site metrics Alexa.com, and it claims to be the first among local independent left-leaning outlets. Most of the site'a content was supportive of the political changes promoted by late president Hugo Chávez, but in recent years, it has content critical of the current government led by Chavez's protégé Nicolás Maduro, turning it into a "gathering place for dissidence within chavismo".

History
Aporrea was created after the 2002 Venezuelan coup d'état attempt to "defend the gains of the 1999 Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and the will of the people". The site was created by Gonzalo Gómez and Martin Sánchez, the latter of which withdrew in 2004 to take up a post as diplomat for the Venezuelan government.

Since 2010, the Venezuelan government stopped contracting advertisement on the site, forcing it to run commercial ads. Advertising on the site remains free for cooperatives, small businesses and NGOs.

In 2019, Gonzalo Gómez declared that "Maduro deserves to be recalled". According to Gomez, Aporrea's role as an independent left wing outlet is pivotal, as content critical of government policies "have no space in State owned media".

Censorship
Aporrea is currently censored in Venezuelan government owned Internet service providers. Since February 2019, the site is unreachable to users of Cantv and Movilnet, the State ISPs, which make serve the majority of the country's population. Other local independent media outlets are also affected.

The site has been the target of state sponsored attacks aimed at silencing it. "Even media claiming to maintain a neutral position, such as Aporrea, were attacked," said Freedom House in one of its reports on Internet freedom in Venezuela.

On 23 February 2023, Aporrea was the subject of a DNS block, which was denounced by its director, Gonzalo Gómez.

Critical reception
Venezuelan government figures have publicly criticized the site. Diosdado Cabello, the current President of the National Constituent Assembly described Aporrea and its columnists as traitors. "Write everything you want, but enough of betrayals! You can write everything you want, nobody forbids it, you are within your rights, but define yourself [politically]."

According to Manuel Laya of the Communist Party of Venezuela, Aporrea no longer serves its original purpose and was an instrument of the "fifth column" to hinder the flow of information.

According to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), Aporrea has "a record of promoting antisemitic conspiracies" and presented multiple articles which they found offensive in their 2014 Antisemitismo en Venezuela report. The Simon Wiesenthal Center also criticized what it considers anti-Semitic commentary on the website. Several other organizations have also criticized the website citing anti-Semitic ideas. Aporrea attacked both the Anti-Defamation League and the Simon Wiesenthal Center, criticizing that the organizations for not contacting Aporrea to ask the content to be removed and for condemning the website's editorial stance on Israel.

References

External links

Internet properties established in 2002
Spanish-language websites
Bolivarian Revolution
Propaganda in Venezuela
Political Internet forums
Venezuelan news websites


title: 1889 in Chile

text:
Events in the year 1889 in Chile.

Incumbents
President: Jose Manuel Balmaceda
President of the Senate of Chile: Domingo Santa Maria, Adolfo Eastman

Events
founding of Enersis
founding of Falabella (retail store)
founding of S.A.C.I. Falabella

Births
January 10 - Gabriela Mistral, poet (died 1957)

Deaths
July 1 - Domingo Santa Maria

References

1880s in Chile
Years of the 19th century in Chile
Chile