title: Higher Education Department

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Higher Education Department (HED) is a department of Government of Punjab, Pakistan. Higher Education Department is responsible for education, learning and related services for students, as well as teaching and non-teaching staff, serving in public and private higher education institutions in the Punjab.

Functions
The department has administrative and financial control over the Higher Education sector in the Punjab. It manages 517 colleges in 37 districts. The department also supervises 09 boards of intermediate and secondary education and public and private sector universities and degree awarding institutes in the Punjab.

Directorate of Public Instruction Colleges
Directorate of Public Instruction Colleges (Punjab) is an attached department that performs a coordinating role between the secretariat and the district education office. Besides that there are also Directors at division level and deputy directors at district level. The Director has to monitor public and private colleges at division level and the deputy directors at district level.

Boards
The Higher Education Department has a network of 09 Boards of Intermediate and Secondary Education to cater to the examination of Intermediate classes in public and private sector colleges across Punjab

 Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Lahore
 Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Gujranwala
 Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Faisalabad
 Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Sargodha
 Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Rawalpindi
 Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Bahawalpur
 Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Multan
 Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Dera Ghazi Khan
 Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Sahiwal

See also
 Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training
 Education in Pakistan
 Higher Education Commission (Pakistan)
 School education department (Punjab, Pakistan)
 Special education department (Punjab, Pakistan)
 Literacy & non-formal basic education department (Punjab, Pakistan)

References

External links
 HED official website

Departments of Government of Punjab, Pakistan
Education in Punjab, Pakistan
Punjab, Pakistan


title: Ornate frog

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Ornate frog may refer to:

 Ornate burrowing frog (Platyplectrum ornatum), a ground frog in the family Myobatrachidae native to Australia
 Ornate chorus frog (Pseudacris ornata), a chorus frog in the family Hylidae endemic to the Southeastern United States
 Ornate narrow-mouthed frog (Microhyla ornata), a frog in the family Microhylidae found in South Asia
 Ornate tree frog (Hypsiboas ornatissimus), a frog in the family Hylidae found in Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela
 Common ornate frog (Hildebrandtia ornata), a frog in the genus Hildebrandtia


title: Texas Rising

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Texas Rising is a 2015 History Channel five-part television miniseries based on the Texas Revolution against Mexico and how the Texas Rangers were created. It was directed by Roland Joffé and premiered on May 25, 2015. The series stars Bill Paxton, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Ray Liotta, Brendan Fraser, Olivier Martinez and Cynthia Addai-Robinson.

Premise
Opening Introduction: (narrator):

Unlike most films or television series that focus on the Texas Revolution, Texas Rising does not center on the Battle of the Alamo and starts after its fall. The series focuses on General Sam Houston and the Texan Army as Santa Anna marches eastward to face finish off the Texans. Battles shown include the Goliad Massacre and the Battle of San Jacinto. There is also special focus on a company of Texas Rangers under Deaf Smith and Henry Karnes who serve as scouts for Sam Houston.

Production
Filming began around June 2014 in Durango, Mexico. The series is from A+E Studios and ITV Studios America, produced by Thinkfactory Media with Leslie Greif as executive producer. Actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan ate a can of tuna a day to lose 40 pounds for his role  as Deaf Smith.

Release
The first teaser trailer was released on January 25, 2015, during Sons of Liberty, which revealed a "Memorial Day" release date and featured the tagline, "The Alamo wasn't the end. It was the beginning."

The series premiered in Australia on 19 August 2015 on FX Australia.

Cast

Texas Revolution

Texas Rangers

Other main characters

Recurring characters

Episodes

Reception

Ratings

Critical response
The media coverage about the series was somewhat negative, with some debate over whether or not the right blend between historical accuracy and poetic license had been reached - with some sources saying that a channel calling itself "History" invited greater scrutiny on the question. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gives the miniseries a rating of 13% based on 15 reviews,  with an average rating of 5.1/10. The site's consensus states, "Tedious and forgettable, Texas Rising is full of offensive stereotypes and a messy multitude of unfocused characters and narratives." Metacritic gives the miniseries a score of 52 out of 100, based on 12 reviews, indicating "mixed reviews".

Days before the show aired, the Associated Press' Lynn Elber wrote that, inspired by the success of the series "Hatfields & McCoys" and "The Bible", History channel lined up several impressive elements for the Texas Rising series. Including shooting it in wide-screen CinemaScope and hiring Oscar-nominated Roland Joffe, "armies of extras [for use] in sprawling battle scenes, and getting Kris Kristofferson, George Strait and Jose Feliciano to add their own music along with the full symphonic score. Elber reported that executive producer Leslie Greif stated that "We wanted to try to tell the story from a lot of perspectives, so there are really no villains in our piece. There are villainous deeds. ... but we didn't want to have a paintbrush and say this side is right and this side is wrong." Greif also said that "The film was vetted by experts but does take liberties for dramatic purposes". He explained "Historically, the battles that occurred were true. We didn't kill anyone who didn't die and didn't keep anyone alive who died (among the real-life figures). The rest we used as a jumping-off spot to tell a great story." With this approach to the historical material Greif's concern was that too many people would miss all the work "spent perfecting each visual and sound element" because they would watch it on a laptop or smartphone, and he felt it best viewed in a darkened room on as big a screen as possible.

In a review Variety columnist Brian Lowry held that the show was "wonderfully cast and otherwise completely wooden". He maintained that it "juggles too many indifferently written, tough-talkin' characters, as if "Lonesome Dove" had experienced a sharp blow to the head." Lowry held that the series did not live up to the level of History channel's previous series "Hatfields & McCoys". Lowry did hold that the concept of trying to fill in the gap for audiences of what happened after the Alamo was a good one, but that the series was unable to do so effectively. He held a major flaw was "the wholly one-dimensional way the Mexican are depicted and that the portrayal of Santa Anna invoked memories of the cartoon Snidely Whiplash and the character The Most Interesting Man in the World from the Dos Equis advertising campaign. Lowry held that the show "pays more attention to the marketing campaign than the script".

The Washington Post reported that the series seemed more concerned with portraying those fighting for Texas's independence as if they were in John Wayne's 1960 film "The Alamo" rather than addressing the complexity of the actual historical events. An approach one might not suspect from a channel that is named "History". The Post held that it was "a love letter to the Lone Star State that some critics say broadcasts conservative politics and punctures History’s educational veneer." The Post noted that "History" channel did offer other perspectives "including those of Mexicans, Native Americans and slaves" on the website created for the show but "some of these views didn't seem to make it into Texas Rising." The Post pointed out that Houston had been a former spokesman for Cherokee Indians and was the only Southern governor to resist secession and felt the series not exploring this aspect of his story was "a missed opportunity".

Others also criticized the series appearing on History for being "lousy history", including Alamo Historian at Texas State University Jesus de la Teja, who told reporters for WOAI news radio the series was "playing fast and loose with the facts" and that "It over simplifies and it misrepresents ... trivializing and commercializing history." De la Teja pointed out that it plays up sex and has explosions "which could not have possibly happened with the military technology that was in place in the 1830s." De la Teja pointed out that the series makes use of the semi-legendary character Emily D. West about whom almost nothing is known. He regretted that because of the series on "History" people might confuse Hollywood for history.

The New York Daily News held that the show rekindled the excitement of the "Hatfields and McCoys", once you can identify all the players in the drama. They held that Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Olivier Martinez, and Cynthia Addai-Robinson gave standout performances. They recognized that some inaccuracies were included but even though "There’s doubtless some dramatic license here. No matter. It’s a classic campfire story, from a land that truly was the Wild West."

Brian Moylan of The Guardian was very critical of the series, complaining that the pacing was off with few battle scenes and too many shots of "dudes hanging around in grubby-looking clothing in front of tents talking about how awful Mexicans and Comanches are ... [and] a lot of dithering and boring discussion of military tactics". Despite this he did hold that it would appeal to the fans of History channel's "Hatfields and McCoys and "The Bible" because it displayed "libertarian and conservative sensibilities". He considered the other series superior to Texas Rising criticising this series for "atrocious dialogue, poor characterization and mechanical acting" by comparison. Moylan held that the writing was bad as it failed to develop characters: "none of the characters exude any sort of individuality at all. In fact, by the end of the first two hours, you will hardly know anyone’s name, their place in the hierarchy, or their contributions to the cause." And scenes attempting to establish character "are so heavy-handed that they will render more eye-rolls than engagement." Moylan also felt that the series suffered by lacking any "post-colonial reflection ... in the great scope of history. The line between good guys and bad guys is drawn as simply and thoughtlessly as it is in a backyard game of Cowboys and Indians." He held that his final verdict of the show was that it was "just dreadfully boring." On the positive side, Moylan viewed Adam Hicks' and Dillon Lane's performances as outstanding and also held that the "costumes, sets, and period details seem authentic and well rendered ... you don’t doubt the period setting for a second."

The Inquisitr praised the series holding that due to the many dramatic representations of the fight itself the "focus on the aftermath of the 'Battle of the Alamo' was a brave one, and probably the best decision. Persons who were important to the Texas Revolution outside of that event will get their chance to shine." They also held that "the historical inaccuracies" were "a problem that’s rather unavoidable". The Inquisitr held that complaints about the series' location backgrounds were unreasonable. Pointing out that Texas as a whole and San Antonio in particular does not look today like it did in the 1800s. The "landscape forever altered" - the city has "cars, paved roads ... [and] a population of nearly 27 million people".  The Inquisitr admitted that the series had inaccuracies "such as [what] Texans believed about slavery prior to the Civil War and whether or not Sam Houston would have had a one night stand with the Yellow Rose of Texas." But held that the series should be viewed as within the genre of Historical fiction. They maintained that it was unlikely "made with the intent of being 100 percent true to the times or the characters". They concluded that "it would be impossible for a well-produced and entertaining series to leave a unique mark on viewers by interpreting events exactly as history experts would want. Sometimes you have to shut up and suspend disbelief to enjoy something. Texas Rising is meant to be entertaining and educational ... but mostly entertaining."

The New York Times criticized the pacing of the series saying "a story that seems as if it should be characterized by adventure and derring-do instead is often as flat and drab as a Western plain." They expressed surprise that director Roland Joffé was only able to create "a disjointed collection of clichés, often staged with the clumsiness of bad community theater." The Times held that the writing reduced Houston to a character which "has no magnetism" and made Santa Anna into "something of a repellent caricature". The Times held that by having no depth in the opposition that the Texan heroes were facing, the series seemed trite "The good guys — the Texans — are good, and the bad guys are reductive figures who exist to be hated. ... Native American warriors gallop and whoop; Mexican soldiers and generals enjoy cockfights, executions and all things vile." They also complained that the dialogue was "truly awful" with characters speaking "in sound bites rather than convincing conversation". The Times held that some good performances could be found if one overlooks the drawbacks, singling out Liotta, Fraser, and Jeremy Davies' work in the series. The Times also praised the music video done for the series by Kris Kristofferson, (who appears as Andrew Jackson in the series), doing a cover of Tom Petty's "I Won't Back Down."

Awards and nominations

Won
New York Festivals
 Gold World Medal - Night 3 and 4

Golden Reel Awards
 Best Sound Editing - Long Form Sound Effects and Foley in Television

Nominations
Emmy Awards:
 Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Limited Series Or A Movie - "Night 4"
 Outstanding Sound Editing For A Limited Series, Movie Or A Special - "Night 4"
 Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music

Online Film & Television Association Awards
 Best Costume Design in a Non-Series
 Best Visual Effects in a Non-Series

Screen Actors Guild Awards
 Best Male Actor in a TV movie/miniseries - Ray Liotta

Women's Image Network Awards:
 Best Actress in a Drama Series - Cynthia Addai-Robinson

Golden Reel Awards
 Best Sound Editing - Long Form Dialogue and ADR in Television

International Film Music Critics Association
 Best Original Score for a Television Series

References

External links

2010s American television miniseries
2010s Western (genre) television series
2015 American television series debuts
2015 American television series endings
Fiction set in 1836
History (American TV channel) original programming
Television series about the Texas Ranger Division
Television series set in the 1830s
Television shows filmed in Mexico
Television shows set in Texas


title: Marshall Williams

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Marshall Williams (born July 31, 1989) is a Canadian actor and model. He is best known for his role as Spencer Porter on Glee, and Albert Banks in How to Build a Better Boy.

Life and career
Marshall Williams was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Williams was a contestant on Canadian Idol in 2007 and 2008. As a model, he has worked with Abercrombie & Fitch, Hollister, Diesel, Mattel, and M.A.C. Cosmetics, in addition to walking the runway in both Toronto Fashion Week and Los Angeles Fashion Week. In his latest TV movie, Williams stars in the Disney Channel Original Movie, How to Build a Better Boy, as Albert Banks. Williams also starred in the sixth and final season of Glee,  in which he played Spencer Porter, a member of the McKinley High School football team who joins the glee club.

Filmography

References

External links

1989 births
Living people
21st-century Canadian male actors
Canadian male child actors
Canadian male film actors
Canadian male models
Canadian male television actors
Male actors from Winnipeg


title: Franca Schamber

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Franca Schamber (born December 10, 1998) is a German female acrobatic gymnast. With partners Luise Zscheile and Nora Schaefer, Schamber competed in the 2014 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships.

References

1998 births
Living people
German acrobatic gymnasts
Female acrobatic gymnasts


title: Joel H. Fisher

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Joel Hilton Fisher (March 28, 1918 – September 27, 1997) was a Lieutenant Commander of the US Coast Guard and member of the G-5 Intelligence Division of the US Army in World War II.

Education and early career
Fisher graduated from Syracuse University magna cum laude in 1939, and was a Phi Beta Kappa scholar. He graduated from Syracuse University College of Law in 1941. After college, he became an attorney for the United States Department of the Treasury.

Coast Guard experience
After the US entered World War II, Fisher initially tried to enlist in the US Army, but was turned down because of poor eyesight and flat feet. He then enlisted in the United States Coast Guard, where he passed the physical examinations and was commissioned an ensign in 1942. His early assignments were organizing Port Security facilities in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska.

SHAEF assignment

Fisher served 16 months as chief of Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF)'s freezing and blocking foreign exchange and property controls section. He reported to Colonel Bernard Bernstein, deputy chief of SHAEF's Financial Division.

Task Force Fisher

The team of 75 members of the US armed forces working with Fisher became informally known as "Task Force Fisher". Their assignment was to track down stolen valuables taken by the Nazis during the war. They were "...charged with locating and securing the enemy gold and loot before it could be destroyed or moved away." The small unit advanced with combat troops and were sometimes under artillery fire. Once they fired a volley at a German observation post.
During the last few months of the war, the Task Force Fisher traveled 1,900 miles and located 6.65 tons of gold and 198,000 pounds of silver.

Recoveries
Task Force Fisher recovered gold, silver, gemstones and art from various locations in Germany as the Allied Forces advanced in the European Theater of Operations United States Army (ETO).  Aue (Zwickau) Reichsbank- 41 sacks of gold bars= 82 gold bars. All bars are re-smelted Belgian gold. Eschwege Reichsbank- 82 gold bars were found. Magdeburg Reichsbank- 6,074 bars of silver and 536 boxes of silver, which were looted from the Hungarian silver reserve. Merkers-Kieselbach- The Merkers mine held most of Germany's precious metals reserves. " Lt. Comdr. Joel H. Fisher, chief, Foreign Exchange and Property Control Section, Financial Branch, G-5 SHAEF... Fisher was assigned the responsibility for preparing inventories of all other mines in the immediate vicinity and to analyze all the testimony developed in interrogations to date with a view toward finding further gold and currency deposits as well as gathering financial and property control intelligence information."
Nuremberg Reichsbank had burned 750 million French Francs, valued at the time at $17.2.
Plauen- 35 bags of gold coins, 17 bags of US gold dollars, 1 million Swiss gold francs, 151,560 Norwegian gold kroner, 22 bags of German silver coins and 98,450 Dutch guilders. The gold coins, weighing over a ton, had been placed in the Reichsbank by orders of SS Chief Heinrich Himmler in April 1944.

Legal aid to displaced European Jews
In 1946, he married Mary Jane Johnson and, in 1947, the couple moved to Paris, where he was general counsel for the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee in Europe, which helped to resettle Jewish refugees. Joel Fisher returned to Germany to assist in giving American legal aid to displaced Jews in Germany.

Post war law career
For nearly four decades until his retirement in 1989, Fisher headed Fisher, Sharlitt and Gelband, a legal firm that specialized in aviation law. From 1993 to 1997, Fisher also served as a consultant to the director general of UNESCO.

References

Bibliography
 Memo from Lt. Commander Joel Fisher, 89tb Infantry Division to Brig. General Frank 1. McSherry, Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff, G-5, April 27, 1945, NACP RG 338"Entry: USFET G-5, Box 13, File: 12312 Correspondence. [213654]
 "Coast Guard Officer Tells of Difficulties in Rounding Up Hoards of Nazi Loot." New York Times. August 12, 1945.
 "Saga of Task Force Fisher: Coast Guard Officer Tells of his ETO Treasure Hunt." Evening News. North Tonawandas, NY,  August 15, 1945. Page not given.
 "Intergovernmental Committee on Refugees--Correspondence with Joel Fisher, 1946-47" Box 14, Bernard Bernstein Papers, Harry S. Truman Library.
 Sullam, Susan Fisher. 2014. "The Art of War: A daughter's discovery of a father's quest to bring back what the Nazis stole." Washington Post Magazine. June 22, 2014. Pages 10–17.

1918 births
1997 deaths
United States Coast Guard officers
Economic history of World War II
Economy of Nazi Germany
Restitution
Syracuse University College of Law alumni
United States Coast Guard personnel of World War II


title: List of songs recorded by Swollen Members

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The following is a list of recorded songs by Canadian rap group Swollen Members.

Swollen Members


title: George King (rugby league)

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George King (born 24 February 1995) is an Ireland international rugby league footballer who plays as a  and  for Hull Kingston Rovers in the Betfred Super League.

He previously played for Wakefield Trinity and the Warrington Wolves in the Super League, and on loan from Warrington at the North Wales Crusaders in Championship 1 and the Rochdale Hornets in the Betfred Championship.

Background
King was born in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England.

Playing career
George is the older brother of Toby King: they both played their amateur rugby league at Meltham All Blacks, and George additionally played for Siddal. They were spotted by the Wires’ Yorkshire scout Tommy Gleeson after both appeared for Huddersfield.

In 2016 he was called up to the Ireland squad for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup European Pool B qualifiers.

Warrington Wolves
King was promoted to the Warrington Wolves first team squad in 2014. His Super League début was against the Bradford Bulls in June 2014.

He played in the 2016 Challenge Cup Final defeat by Hull F.C. at Wembley Stadium.

He played in the 2016 Super League Grand Final defeat by the Wigan Warriors at Old Trafford.

He played in the 2018 Challenge Cup Final defeat by the Catalans Dragons at Wembley Stadium.

He played in the 2018 Super League Grand Final defeat by the Wigan Warriors at Old Trafford.

Hull Kingston Rovers
In September 2020 the club web site announced the signing of King from Wakefield Trinity
King played a total of 20 games for Hull KR in the 2021 Super League season including the club's 28-10 semi-final loss against the Catalans Dragons.
On 12 August 2023, King played for Hull Kingston Rovers in their 17-16 golden point extra-time loss to Leigh in the Challenge Cup final.
King played 27 games for Hull Kingston Rovers in the 2023 Super League season as the club finished fourth on the table and qualified for the playoffs. He played in the clubs semi-final loss against Wigan.

References

External links

Hull KR profile
Wakefield Trinity profile
Profile at warringtonwolves.com
SL profile
(archived by web.archive.org) Statistics at rlwc2017.com
Ireland profile

1995 births
Living people
English people of Irish descent
English rugby league players
Hull Kingston Rovers players
Ireland national rugby league team captains
Ireland national rugby league team players
Irish rugby league players
North Wales Crusaders players
Rochdale Hornets players
Rugby league players from Huddersfield
Rugby league props
Wakefield Trinity players
Warrington Wolves players


title: 2015 AFL season

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The 2015 AFL season was the 119th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season featured eighteen clubs, ran from 2 April until 3 October, and comprised a 22-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top eight clubs.

The premiership was won by the Hawthorn Football Club for the 13th time and third time consecutively, after it defeated  by 46 points in the 2015 AFL Grand Final.

The season was marred by the mid-season death of  senior coach Phil Walsh, who was the victim of a domestic incident. Adelaide's following match was cancelled.

Pre-season

All Stars game
The biennial All Stars game, this year played in Western Australia, featuring an AFL team and the Indigenous All Stars team made up of some of the best Indigenous players in the game, returned for the 2015 pre-season. The West Coast Eagles were selected as the AFL team to play in the game, which was played at Medibank Stadium in Perth.

NAB Challenge

For the second consecutive year, the NAB Challenge series took place, featuring 27 practice matches played over 25 days, beginning 26 February and ending 22 March. The matches were stand-alone in nature, with no overall winner crowned for the series. Each team played three pre-season games, many of which were played at suburban or regional venues, with most games televised on Fox Footy. The Super Goal was retained for these matches.

Premiership season
Notable features of the draw include:
To address poor attendances and late-finishing matches, all Saturday night matches on the east coast were brought forward by 20 minutes, with matches in this timeslot now starting at 7:20 pm and Saturday twilight matches were brought forward by five minutes to start at 4:35 pm. Matches in Adelaide and Perth retained their respective local starting times of 7:10 pm and 5:40 pm.
Many of the grounds used by the AFL hosted games in the 2015 Cricket World Cup, which ended on 29 March. Consequently, the season started and finished slightly later than in previous years, with the Grand Final scheduled for the first Saturday in October instead of the customary last Saturday in September.
Due to the Sydney Royal Easter Show, Greater Western Sydney's primary home ground (Spotless Stadium) was unavailable until round 6, therefore the club's first two home games were at its secondary home ground, StarTrack Oval, in rounds 2 and 4.
Mother's Day Round (Round 6) saw six matches played on Saturday instead of the usual five, with only two matches played on Mother's Day itself. This was repeated in round 23, with no twilight game on the Sunday.
The Friday before the Grand Final became a public holiday in Victoria, following an election promise by the incoming state government, under the premiership of Daniel Andrews.
All starting times are local.

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12

Round 13

Round 14

Round 15

Round 16

Round 17

Round 18

Round 19

Round 20

Round 21

Round 22

Round 23

Season notes
 secured the minor premiership for the first time in its history.
 and  finished first and second on the ladder respectively, the first time two teams from the same state outside of Victoria had finished in the top two positions.
 missed the finals for the first time since 2006.
 was the first minor premier to fail to reach the Grand Final since  in 2005.
 became the first team in history to finish the home-and-away season in eighth position and qualify for a preliminary final.
's score of 27.11 (173) against  in round 17 was the highest score posted by any side, while 's score of 4.6 (30) against  in round 23 was the lowest.
Matt Priddis () set a new record for most handpasses in a season. Priddis reached a total of 472 handpasses, surpassing the previous record of 445 set by Gary Ablett, Jr. in 2009.
Todd Goldstein () set a new record for most hit-outs in a season. Goldstein's final tally of 1,058 surpassed the previous record of 952 set by Gary Dempsey (North Melbourne) in 1982. Aaron Sandilands (), who had 998 hit-outs for the season, also passed Dempsey's old record.

Win/loss table

Bold – Home game
X – Bye
C – Cancelled
Opponent for round listed above margin

Ladder

Ladder progression

Finals series

Week one

Week two

Week three

Week four

Attendances

By club

By ground

Awards
The Brownlow Medal was awarded to Nat Fyfe of , who received 31 votes.
The Coleman Medal was awarded to Josh Kennedy of , who kicked 75 goals during the home and away season.
The Ron Evans Medal was awarded to Jesse Hogan of , who received 49 votes.
The Norm Smith Medal was awarded to Cyril Rioli of .
The AFL Goal of the Year was awarded to Eddie Betts of .
The AFL Mark of the Year was awarded to Nic Naitanui of .
The McClelland Trophy was awarded to  for the first time in their history.
The wooden spoon was "awarded" to  for the first time since 2006.
The AFL Players Association awards
The Leigh Matthews Trophy was awarded to Nat Fyfe of  for the second consecutive year.
The Robert Rose Award was awarded to Luke Parker of .
The Best Captain was awarded to Robert Murphy of the .
The Best First-Year Player was awarded to Isaac Heeney of .
The 22under22 Team captaincy was awarded to Jake Stringer of the .
The AFL Coaches Association Awards
The AFL Coaches Association Player of the Year Award was awarded to Dan Hannebery of , who received 101 votes.
The Allan Jeans Senior Coach of the Year Award was awarded to Luke Beveridge of the .
The Assistant Coach of the Year Award was awarded to Adam Kingsley of .
The Development Coach of the Year Award was awarded to Paul Hudson of .
The Lifetime Achievement Award was awarded to David Wheadon.
The Best Young Player Award was awarded to Marcus Bontempelli of the .
The Media Award was awarded to Gerard Whateley for his work on Fox Footy and ABC.
The Jim Stynes Community Leadership Award was awarded to Dennis Armfield of .

Milestones

Coleman Medal

Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the player led the Coleman that round.
Underlined numbers indicates the player did not play that round.

Best and fairest

Club leadership

Coach changes

Club financials

Post-season

International Rules Series

The International Rules Series returned in November 2015, with Ireland entitled to the hosting rights. The match was played on Saturday, 21 November 2015 at Dublin's Croke Park. A highly qualified Australian side, who were looking for back-to-back series wins, fell to a classy Irish team by 4 points.

Notable events and controversies

Doping and drugs
The AFL suffered significant bad publicity during 2015 related to four cases of illicit substance abuse in AFL clubs – three related to doping and one related to recreational drugs:
The Essendon Football Club supplements controversy – relating to the supplements program operating at the Essendon Football Club during the 2011/12 offseason – continued to be heard during the 2015 season. The 34 players implicated in the controversy were served with infraction notices in November 2014, and were provisionally suspended until their hearings at the AFL anti-doping tribunal were complete. In the week before the start of the AFL season, the players were found not guilty and their suspensions were lifted. In May 2015, the World Anti-Doping Agency announced an appeal of the not guilty verdicts to the Court of Arbitration for Sport; this was ultimately heard in early 2016, and resulted in the not guilty verdicts being overturned and many players being suspended for the 2016 season.
Ryan Crowley () faced the AFL anti-doping tribunal after having tested positive to a banned substance in a drug test after Fremantle's round 17, 2014 win against Greater Western Sydney. He commenced a provisional suspension commenced after a positive confirmation tests (also known as B-sample) mid September 2014. He appeared before the AFL Tribunal in May 2015, and was found guilty suspended for twelve months, backdated to the beginning of his provisional suspension; he became eligible to play again on 25 September 2015. The banned substance has not been identified, but is understood to have been present in a painkiller which Crowley had taken but which was not prescribed by the club doctor.
Lachlan Keeffe and Josh Thomas (both of ) tested positive to the banned substance clenbuterol in drug tests taken in February 2015. Both accepted provisional suspensions in March and returned positive B-samples in May. Both were handed infraction notices in July and accepted two-year bans in August (backdated to March), in addition they were delisted and fined $50,000 each by Collingwood.
In late June, former  player Karmichael Hunt, who was being investigated by the Queensland Crime and Corruption Commission over allegations of cocaine supply and possession, named several current Gold Coast players as having taken illicit recreational drugs during his time at the club. Although nothing further came from Hunt's allegations, days later, photographs from early 2013 emerged showing Gold Coast's Harley Bennell using speed; and a teammate, whose anonymity is protected under the AFL's drugs policy, self-reported shortly afterwards that he had also been present and taken the drug. Bennell was fined $5000 and suspended for three matches.

Death of Phil Walsh
In the early hours of Friday 3 July 2015,  coach Phil Walsh was found dead at his Adelaide residency following a domestic violence incident; he was killed by his son, Cy, who was charged with his murder, and ultimately found not guilty due to mental incompetence, meaning he is now subject to a lifetime psychiatric supervision order and is permanently detained at the James Nash House forensic Mental Health Facility. Walsh's wife Meredith also suffered injuries in the incident. In the immediate aftermath, the match between Adelaide and Geelong, which was to have been played on Sunday 5 July, was cancelled, with the clubs sharing two premiership points each. At the remaining seven matches of the round ( and  had already played on Thursday night), respect was paid to Walsh by observing moments of silence both before and after the match; and pre- and post-match celebrations or promotions, including the playing of club songs and running through banners, were not carried out.

References

External links
2015 AFL Season Advanced Ladder from AustralianFootball.com

Australian Football League seasons

AFL season


title: Warmbüchenviertel

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Warmbüchenviertel is an area in the quarter and borough of Mitte in Hanover. The quarter is characterised by insurance companies and other office buildings, but is also an inner city residential area. The name derives from two major streets: Warmbüchenstraße und Warmbüchenkamp.

Layout
Warmbüchenviertel is bounded by the streets Schiffgraben, Marienstraße and Berliner Allee, while the northern limit is formed by the railway. The quarter's main road is Lavesstraße.

History

Towards the end of the 1840s, the Hanover city limit was Schiffgraben street, a former canal. At the time Warmbüchenviertel was an extramural agricultural area and known as Kirchwende (Church Corner), which is where Kirchwender Straße gets its name from. Here smallholders cultivated vegetables to sell in the market. The nearest city gate was the Aegidientor, from which the modern day Marienstraße ran eastwards, serving as the way to market. The Gartenkirche stood within Warmbüchenviertel, on Marienstraße from 1746. Its cemetery was the Gartenfriedhof, where Charlotte Kestner was buried, among others.

One of the oldest houses in Warmbüchenviertel is the building which is now the headquarters of the charity "Ahlers Pro Arte". It was once owned by the Alfeld textile manufacturer Ahlers and was also the contemporary location of the kestnergesellschaft gallery.

Despite popular protest, a building designed by Hermann Schaedtler was demolished in 2008. It was a monumental building with a round dome (destroyed in the Second World War), which was the original headquarters of the health insurer AOK. The medical supplier Ärzteversorgung Sachsen-Anhalt is currently (as of October 2009) building a luxury residential complex with almost 100 apartments on the site. It will be named "Warmbüchenviertel" after the quarter.

Civic engagement
The Anliegerinitiative Lavesstraße/Warmbüchenviertel (Lavesstraße/Warmbüchenviertel Neighbourhood Organisation) was established in February 2001, to which businesses and homeowners belong. They act together sporadically to influence developments in the quarter. Among other things, they blocked the construction of a hotel (on the current location of the firefighters' association). The Anliegerinitiative also made strong submissions in favour of the conversion of the intersection of Warmbüchenstraße and Dieterichsstraße with Lavesstraße. This resulted in the Lavesplatz (Laves Plaza), which was opened on 7 September 2007 and bears the name of the nineteenth century Hanoverian court architect Georg Ludwig Friedrich Laves. The Anliegerinitiative also supported the re-establishment of an active merchants' association in Warmbüchenviertel, with the help of the city council. This resulted in the establishment of "Integrativen Stadtteilarbeit," an organisation which is externally moderated by the Hanoverian company KoriS. Since 2006, the organisation has been concerned with the revival of Lavesstraße as a High Street.

External links
 Lavesplatz Hannover
 Ahlers Pro Arte

References

Geography of Hanover


title: Bishop William Wallace Duncan House

text:
Bishop William Wallace Duncan House, also known as the DuPre House, is a historic home located at Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina.  It was designed by G. L. Norrman and built about 1886.  It is a two-story, asymmetrical, clapboard and cedar shingled dwelling in the Queen Anne style.  It has a high-pitched roof pierced by six chimneys, a decorative mosaic tile front porch landing, a massive wood shingle-clad cylindrical tower, and stained glass windows.  It was moved from its original location at 249 N. Church St. to its present location in November 1999.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976, delisted in 2005, and relisted in 2009.

References

Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
Queen Anne architecture in South Carolina
Houses completed in 1886
Houses in Spartanburg, South Carolina
National Register of Historic Places in Spartanburg, South Carolina


title: New Group

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The New Group was a group of young South African artists who, starting in 1937, began to question and oppose the conservatism of the South African Society of Artists. Its founding chairperson was Gregoire Boonzaier; other founding members were Lippy Lipshitz, Frieda Lock, Cecil Higgs and Terence McCaw.

New Group were contemporary South African artists who worked and exhibited together, included Judith Gluckman and Alexis Preller as well as Lippy Lipschitz, Gregoire Boonzaier (co-founder and president for 10 years), Louis Maurice, Solly Disner and Walter Battiss.

References

South African artists


title: Whitesand River (Saskatchewan)

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The Whitesand River is a tributary of the Assiniboine River and finds its headwaters at Whitesand Lake near Invermay in east-central Saskatchewan. Its mouth can be found at its confluence with the Assiniboine River near Kamsack.

Tributaries
The following is a list of tributaries of the Whitesand River from the upper to lower watershed
Ebel Creek
Lawrie Creek
Yorkton Creek, known as the Little Whitesand River before the year 2000
Crescent Creek
Willow Brook
Cussed Creek
Wallace Creek
Spirit Creek, via a channel from Good Spirit Lake
Crooked Hill Creek

Parks and recreation
Whitesand River Recreation Site () is a reserve and conservation area along the banks of the Whitesand River. It is located in the Rural Municipality of Good Lake No. 274 along Highway 9,  south of Canora, and just north of where the Wallace Creek joins Whitesand River.

Whitesand Regional Park, which is part of Saskatchewan's Regional Park system, is located just off the Yellowhead Highway at Theodore on the shore of Theodore Reservoir.

Dams and bridges
Theodore Reservoir was created when the Theodore Dam was built in 1964. The dam is  high, and the reservoir has a capacity of .  It is located at 19-28-6 W2.
Canora Weir is located near the town of Canora.

Communities
Invermay, Saskatchewan
Yorkton, Saskatchewan
Canora, Saskatchewan
Theodore, Saskatchewan
Springside, Saskatchewan

Fish species
Fishing commonly found in the river include northern pike and carp.

See also
List of rivers of Saskatchewan
Hudson Bay drainage basin

References

External links

Traveling Luck's page about the Whitesand River

Rivers of Saskatchewan
Invermay No. 305, Saskatchewan
Tributaries of the Assiniboine River
Tributaries of Hudson Bay


title: Narciso Méndez Bringa

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Narciso Méndez Bringa (Madrid, 1868 - Madrid, 5 July 1933) was one of the most important Spanish illustrators. His illustrations won two awards in 1906 and 1910 from the National Exhibition of Fine Arts (Spain).

According to García Padrino, " Narciso Méndez Bringa represented the validity of the Nineteenth Century's concept of illustrating texts. Literary or not, his illustrations were vigorous and fully detailed in setting and characterization, with images destined to be printed by xylography". Bringa was also described as "a member of a conservative group of costumbrist artists rooted in the nineteenth-century" and as "an artist he was anchored in a modernist-toned past".

Narciso Méndez Bringa collaborated in numerous magazines including The Ocurrencias, La Ilustración, The Graphic, El Arte Moderno, Caras y Caretas,  La Ilustración Española y Americana, Apuntes, La Ilustración Artística, ABC and Blanco y Negro, in which he was "a constant illustrator of every sort of stories". Bringa was buried in La Almudena Cemetery in Madrid, Spain.

References

Bibliography

External links

1868 births
1933 deaths
Painters from Madrid
19th-century Spanish painters
19th-century Spanish male artists
Spanish male painters
20th-century Spanish painters
20th-century Spanish male artists


title: John C. Sagelhurst

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John Christopher Sagelhurst (June 1, 1841 - May 10, 1907) was an American soldier who fought in the American Civil War. Sagelhurst received his country's highest award for bravery during combat, the Medal of Honor. Sagelhurst's medal was won for his gallantry at the Battle of Hatcher's Run in Virginia on February 6, 1865. He was honored with the award on January 3, 1906.

Sagelhurst was born in Buffalo, New York, entered service in Jersey City, New Jersey, and was later buried in Buffalo.

Medal of Honor citation

See also
List of American Civil War Medal of Honor recipients: Q–S

References

1841 births
1907 deaths
American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor
People of New York (state) in the American Civil War
Military personnel from Buffalo, New York
Union Army officers
United States Army Medal of Honor recipients


title: WAUR

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WAUR may refer to:

 WAUR (AM), a radio station (1550 AM) licensed to serve Somonauk, Illinois, United States
 WAUR-LD, a low-power television station (channel 29) licensed to serve Aurora, Illinois
 WKBM, a radio station (930 AM) licensed to serve Sandwich, Illinois, which held the call sign WAUR from 1988 to 2014
 WLEY-FM, a radio station (107.9 FM) licensed to serve Aurora, Illinois, which held the call sign WAUR from 1969 to 1988


title: Anaïs Lagougine

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Anaïs Lagougine (born 24 September 1981) is a French female rugby union player. She represented  at the 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup. She was a member of the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens squad.

References

1981 births
Living people
French female rugby union players
Female rugby sevens players
Place of birth missing (living people)
France international women's rugby sevens players
France women's international rugby union players


title: Henry Juta

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Sir Henry Herbert Juta (12 August 1857 – 16 May 1930) was a South African judge who served as Speaker of the Cape House of Assembly, Judge President of the Cape Provincial Division and judge of the South African Appellate Division.

Early life and education
Juta attended the South African College in Cape Town from 1868 to 1874, where he matriculated with distinction. He obtained a BA degree in 1876 and then went to the University of London, gaining a LLB with honours. He became a member of the Inner Temple in January 1880.

Career
Juta returned to Cape Town and was admitted to the bar on 14 September 1880. He had a busy practice and also served as an examiner for the University of the Cape of Good Hope. In 1892 he served as an acting judge in Griqualand West and in 1893 he entered politics.

He served as MLA for Oudtshoorn from 1893 to 1898, and briefly in 1894, as Attorney General for the second government of Prime Minister Cecil Rhodes. He also took silk in 1893 and in 1896 became speaker of the legislative assembly. He was knighted in the 1897 Diamond Jubilee Honours. In 1899 he became MLA for Port Elizabeth, a constituency he represented until 1907.

In late 1902 he visited the United Kingdom with his family. Juta was appointed Judge President of the Cape Provincial Division in September 1914 and in 1920 he was appointed Judge of the Appeal Court. He resigned in 1923 and settled with his wife in Europe.

Family
Juta was born in South Africa to Jan Carel Juta and Louise Marx and baptised into the Dutch Reformed Church. He was a nephew of Karl Marx. His parents together founded the publishing house Juta and Company.

In 1883, he married Helen Lena Tait and they had four daughters and one son. The eldest daughter, Helen (1886–1952), married the English composer John David Davis in 1919  and their son Jan married Alice Ford Huntington, daughter of American tennis player Bob Huntington and sister of Helen Dinsmore Huntington of the Huntington family.

References

1857 births
1930 deaths
Cape Colony politicians
Knights Bachelor
Speakers of the House of Assembly of the Cape Colony
South African judges

South African people of Jewish descent


title: Evins-Bivings House

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Evins-Bivings House, also known as the Dr. James Bivings House, is a historic home located at Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina.  It was built about 1854, and is a two-story, white clapboard house in the Greek Revival style.  The house  features double piazzas with massive Doric order columns and notable balustrades. Also on the property are the original kitchen, slave quarters, smokehouse, and well. It was built by  Dr. James Bivings, who founded Glendale Mills.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.

References

Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
Greek Revival houses in South Carolina
Houses completed in 1856
Houses in Spartanburg, South Carolina
National Register of Historic Places in Spartanburg, South Carolina
Slave cabins and quarters in the United States


title: Haverhill Hustlers

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The Haverhill Hustlers were a minor league baseball team located in Haverhill, Massachusetts. They played in the New England League from 1901 to 1914. The team's roster included player-manager and Baseball Hall of Fame member Billy Hamilton.

The Haverhill Hustlers were preceded by two "Haverhill" teams that played in 1877 and 1895 as members of the New England Association.

Following the Hustlers as members of the New England League were the Haverhill Orphans (1919) and the Haverhill Hillies (1926-1929).

All Haverhill minor league teams played at Athletic Park.

References

Defunct baseball teams in Massachusetts
Defunct minor league baseball teams
1901 establishments in Massachusetts
1914 disestablishments in Massachusetts
Haverhill, Massachusetts
Baseball teams established in 1901
Baseball teams disestablished in 1914
New England League teams


title: Spirit Creek

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Spirit Creek is a river located in the Assiniboine River watershed in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It begins east of Rama and flows south-east into the north end of Good Spirit Lake. Along its route, it crosses Highway 5 and the CN Railway  west of Buchanan. Just over  south of Buchanan, it crosses Highway 47 and flows into Patterson Lake. From Patterson Lake, it empties into the north end of Good Spirit Lake.

Near the mouth of the river is Bella Sands Resort, Good Spirit Petting Zoo, and the northern most point of Good Spirit Lake Provincial Park. At the south end of Good Spirit Lake, there's a dam and an outflow channel. That channel flows eastward into a tributary of Whitesand River. Whitesand River continues eastward and meets up with the Assiniboine River.

Spirit Creek Reservoir is  east of Rama along a tributary of Spirit Creek. The dam and reservoir were built in the 1920s by Canadian Northern Railway to provide steam locomotives with a water source. Later, it was owned and operated by the village of Rama. Most recently, Big Sky Farms owned the dam.

See also
List of rivers of Saskatchewan
Hudson Bay drainage basin

References

Rivers of Saskatchewan
Invermay No. 305, Saskatchewan
Good Lake No. 274, Saskatchewan
Tributaries of Hudson Bay
Tributaries of the Assiniboine River


title: Ira Anders

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Ira Anders (born April 15, 1942) is an American Democratic politician. He is a former member of the Missouri House of Representatives from the 21st District, being first elected in 2010 and having served to January 2019.

References

1942 births
21st-century American politicians
Emporia State University alumni
Living people
Democratic Party members of the Missouri House of Representatives
People from Marion County, Kansas


title: Golightly-Dean House

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Golightly-Dean House is a historic home located near Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina.  The oldest section dates before 1784. It is the one-story, double-pen, masonry wing. About 1830, the two-story, brick portion of the house was added. Following an 1884 tornado, further modifications were made to the dwelling. Located on the property are a contributing log smokehouse and a log shed.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

References

Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
Houses completed in 1830
Houses in Spartanburg County, South Carolina
National Register of Historic Places in Spartanburg, South Carolina
1830 establishments in South Carolina


title: InvesTT

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Overview
InvesTT is Trinidad and Tobago's national investment promotion agency, aligned with the Ministry of Trade and Industry. It focuses on the attraction of foreign direct investment in the country’s key non-energy sectors:

 Innovative computer technology
 Logistics and distribution
 Maritime services
 Electricity intensive manufacturing and assembly

It works in partnership with investors from the beginning of their site selection processes to the establishment of fully operating businesses.

External links

Investment promotion agencies
Government agencies of Trinidad and Tobago


title: Boron fiber

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Boron fiber or boron filament is an amorphous product which represents the major industrial use of elemental boron. Boron fiber manifests a combination of high strength and high elastic modulus.

A common use of boron fibers is in the construction of high tensile strength tapes. Boron fiber use results in high-strength, lightweight materials that are used chiefly for advanced aerospace structures as a component of composite materials, as well as limited production consumer and sporting goods such as golf clubs and fishing rods.

One of the uses of boron fiber composites was the horizontal tail surfaces of the F-14 Tomcat fighter. This was done because carbon fiber composites were not then developed to the point they could be used, as they were in many subsequent aircraft designs.

In the production process, elemental boron is deposited on an even tungsten wire substrate which produces diameters of 4.0 mil (102 micron) and 5.6 mil (142 micron). It  consists of a fully borided tungsten core with amorphous boron.

Boron fibers and sub-millimeter sized crystalline boron springs are produced by laser-assisted chemical vapor deposition. Translation of the focused laser beam allows to produce even complex helical structures. Such structures show good mechanical properties (elastic modulus 450 GPa, fracture strain 3.7%, fracture stress 17 GPa) and can be applied as reinforcement of ceramics or in micromechanical systems.

References

Fibers


title: Curculio elephas

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Curculio elephas is a species of beetle in the family Curculionidae, the true weevils. It is known commonly as the chestnut weevil. It is a serious pest of chestnut (Castanea sativa) in Europe.

Curculio elephas are similar to Curculio sayi and Curculio caryatrypes in the United States.

Development
Adults feed on chestnut foliage until nut kernels enter the dough stage in mid to late August. Although they can lay eggs any time after kernel filling, most eggs are laid after the bur begins to open. The adult female weevil drills a hole in a chestnut fruit and deposits one egg inside. The eggs are laid into the cupules or around the peduncle joints.  Eggs hatch in five to seven days producing large, legless grubs.  When the larva emerges from the egg it feeds on the developing chestnut. The larvae leave behind frass and excrement. Infested nuts may contain several weevil larvae or weevil burrows filled with excreta.  Upon chestnuts fall, the larvae chew their way out of the nuts and retreat into the ground. They immediately bury themselves several centimeters deep in the soil. The following July, the larvae turn into pupae. Pupae may be in the soil for one season or for several years due to prolonged larval diapause in some individuals. Adult weevils from an extended diapause, emerge, on the average, 1–10 days before those with a simple diapause.    The emergence of adult weevils occur always from mid-August to early October. The emerged adults live in the canopy of the chestnut tree.

When a summer is dry, some adults cannot emerge because of the hardness of the soil. Emergence success of females can be between 27–78% versus males. The result is that the sex ratio is female-biased before soil emergence and male-biased after. The year after a summer drought, many reproducing females may emerge from larvae with prolonged diapause.

Infestation

Curculio elephas is not limited to the chestnut. It is also a main predator of the acorns of holm oak (Quercus ilex) and turkey oak. The larvae feed and develop inside the acorns. Planting chestnut orchards beside turkey oak or holm oak stands is not advised in Europe, because both trees are susceptible to the chestnut weevil.  Infested holm oak and turkey oak acorns can pass weevils on to chestnut trees.

The adult weevils can be scouted and monitored for their presence by jarring the tree and counting fallen weevils on a white surface.

The larvae of the chestnut weevil must chew their way out of a fallen nut.  Increased orchard infestation occurs mostly where chestnuts lie on the ground for a sufficient length of time, or where the trees produce many small fruits which remain behind at the harvest. This allows many larvae to develop and burrow into the ground of an orchard.

In some chestnut-growing regions, infestation of the fruit by weevil larvae can reach 90%.

In China, in 2001, annually, about 20–30% of harvested chestnuts were wasted and spoiled by insect infestation and mildew.

In Hungary, Curculio elephas swarms in chestnut orchards around August 20, particularly strongly around noon and in sunny weather.

Controls
Timing the harvests to pick up the chestnuts as soon as they fall reduces the numbers of the overwintering larvae. Regular soil work is also unfavourable to its life habits.
Chemical control of the pest is difficult or unsustainable. Sevin is the only insecticide registered in the US for chestnuts. Applications have proven effective if applied during the mating and early egg-laying period, from early August to mid-September. Other suggested control methods include the use of biological pest control agents, such as fungi and physical controls such as radio waves and heat.

In Turkey, soil treatments underneath a gomu with entomopathogenic Metarhizium brunneum strains ARSEF 4556 and V275 alone and in combination with the entomopathogenic nematodes Heterorhabditis bacteriophora have been successful.

In Hungary, in 1971, a warm, aerosol-based protection was developed for older trees, by Sifter and Bürgés.

Weevil damage can be reduced by gathering nuts daily to reduce development time before thermal treatment.  Most insects in harvested fruits and nuts can be controlled by thermal treatments over a temperature range of 46-56 °C. Heating gathered chestnuts to 120°F (49°C) for 20 to 30 minutes kills developing eggs and larvae in the nuts.

References

Curculioninae
Agricultural pest insects
Beetles described in 1836


title: 2014 Farafra ambush

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The 2014 Farafra ambush (also called 2014 Al-Wadi Al-Gedid attack) occurred on 19 July 2014 when unidentified gunmen ambushed a desert checkpoint in the Farafra Oasis Road in Egypt's New Valley Governorate. Twenty-two border guards were killed in the attack, which was one of the biggest since the July 2013 ouster of Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi and the second at the same checkpoint in less than three months.

Background
Militant groups such as Ansar Bait al-Maqdis have ramped up an anti-military campaign that involves bombings and shootings in Egypt since the 2013 coup d'état which saw the removal of President Mohamed Morsi, followed by a violent crackdown on his supporters. The same checkpoint was attacked less than two months earlier when five army conscripts were killed by gunmen.

The perpetrators of the second attack were initially described as smugglers by security officials interviewed by Reuters, who said that they are being paid by their militant comrades in Egypt to ship them weapons from Libya, a country plagued by instability following the 2011 NATO-backed uprising that toppled Muammar Gaddafi.

Attack
The checkpoint, situated on the Farafra Oasis Road near the borders with Libya, was attacked by 20 gunmen, initially described as smugglers, in weapon-mounted vehicles with machine guns as well as rocket-propelled grenades that were used to blow up an ammunitions storage. After the 30-minute exchange of fire, the checkpoint was destroyed, with twenty-one soldiers killed, some of them burned, and some others wounded. This was followed by clashes where three of the attackers were killed by security forces. The militants also tried to infiltrate the site with two booby trapped vehicles, but the army said that they were retrieved and defused by bomb experts. Ambulances were sent to the location, as well as reinforcements which included army helicopters and special forces to hunt down the militants.

Investigation
Military investigations showed that one of the vehicles used was stolen from the previous incident on the same checkpoint. They also indicated that the attack was planned and that heavy cast bullets were found at the site. The slain attackers were held by authorities and were later identified as non-Egyptians by the military prosecutor. A security source suspected the involvement of Ansar Bait al-Maqdis, adding that an Islamic black standard was raised during the assault.

Convictions
On 11 October 2017, thirteen people were sentenced to death by a military court for their involvement in the attack—twelve of them in absentia. An additional ten people were convicted in absentia in December 2017, including Hesham Ashmawy of Ansar Bait al-Maqdis. Ashmawy was captured by the Libyan National Army on 8 October 2018, and extradited to Egypt in May 2019. In November 2019, he was sentenced to death for the attack, as well as for thirteen other crimes.

Reactions
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi issued a presidential decree where he announced three days of national mourning, calling the incident a "terrorist attack". The presidency released a statement saying that the "heinous crime that took these brave souls and spilled their blood will not go unanswered". "Terrorism will be uprooted from every part of Egypt. All those responsible for perpetrating these acts and acting outside of the law will receive their rightful punishment," the statement added. The government declared a state of emergency along the borders with Sudan several hours after the attacks, while Defense Minister Sedki Sobhi's concerns were about the Egyptian-Libyan border due to weak Libyan government measures to counter the threat of weapons' smuggling into Egypt. He added that the military was coordinating with the Interior Ministry in a large surveillance operation in the area. The president-led National Defence Council met the same night, where it was vowed that the attack would be avenged.

The assault was also condemned by Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab, the country's Grand Mufti Shawki Allam, Al-Azhar, the Coptic Orthodox Church, as well as the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights. The Dostour Party rejected it as a "cowardly criminal attack on soldiers carrying out their duty" and offered condolences to families of the slain officers and called on the government to arrest the perpetrators. Hamdeen Sabahi's Popular Current criticized the government and held it responsible for the incident, demanding more effective counter-terrorism measures and the arrest of the attackers to be brought to trial.

International
  – Secretary-General of the Arab League, Nabil Elaraby, condemned the incident, adding that it was an attempt to destabilize Egypt's security and stability. He also stressed the league's support for the country against all forms of terrorism.
  – France's Foreign Ministry condemned the attack in a statement, offering its condolences to the victims' families. "France stands beside the authorities and people of Egypt in their fight against terrorism," it added.
  – Jordanian Minister of State and Media Affairs, Mohamed al-Momani, condemned the attack and expressed the kingdom's solidarity with the Egyptian people in their struggle against terrorism stressing Jordan's position "which rejects all acts of terrorism and violence regardless of the motives and sources". Later that day, King Abdullah II phoned both Egypt and Tunisia's presidents, due to a similar attack in Tunisia two days earlier, offering them his condolences and condemning "such cowardly terrorist acts". He also expressed his solidarity with Egypt and Tunisia, as well as the families of the victims.
  – The Sudanese government condemned the attack, stressing its "keenness on Egypt's security and stability" and rejecting any similar act. "The government of Sudan would like to convey through the Foreign Ministry the condolences and sympathy of the Sudanese people and government to the Egyptian government and people as well as the families and relatives of the martyrs", it said in a statement.
  – The Tunisian presidency released a Facebook statement condemning the attack. "Tunisia condemns this terrorist and coward attack on the Egyptian army," the statement said. It also offered condolences to the Egyptian people and government.
  – Minister Tobias Ellwood of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office condemned the attack, offering his condolences and his support for the investigation. "I strongly condemn the appalling terrorist attack on a border guard checkpoint near Farafra on Saturday. My thoughts are with the families of those killed and wounded and all those affected. The Egyptian authorities have our support as they investigate this incident and seek to prevent further attacks," he said.
  – The United States Department of State released a press statement condemning the incident. "We extend our condolences to the families of the victims, and hope for the quick and full recovery of the wounded. A prosperous and dynamic Egypt requires an environment of security and stability, and the United States continues to support the Egyptian Government’s efforts to counter the threat of terrorism in Egypt as part of our commitment to the strategic partnership between our two countries," the statement read.

References

2014 in Egypt
July 2014 crimes in Africa
New Valley Governorate
Terrorist incidents in Egypt in 2014
2014 murders in Egypt
Islamic terrorism in Egypt
Islamic terrorist incidents in 2014


title: Pavel Sedláček (ice hockey)

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Pavel Sedláček (born March 19, 1994) is a Czech ice hockey player. He currently plays for PSG Berani Zlín in the 1st Czech Republic Hockey League.

References

1994 births
Living people
Czech ice hockey left wingers
PSG Berani Zlín players
Ice hockey people from Zlín


title: Nicholls-Crook House

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Nicholls-Crook House is a historic home located near Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina.  It was built about 1800, and is a -story, three bay, brick Georgian style dwelling. The interior features large fireplaces, an original hand-carved mantel, and a full basement, that was used as domestic slave quarters.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

References

Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
Georgian architecture in South Carolina
Houses completed in 1800
Houses in Spartanburg County, South Carolina
National Register of Historic Places in Spartanburg County, South Carolina
Slave cabins and quarters in the United States


title: Robert Cornejo

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Robert Cornejo (born March 25, 1983) is an American Republican politician. He is a former member of the Missouri House of Representatives from the 64th District, first elected in 2012 and having served into 2018. Cornejo resigned in August 2018 to become chairman of the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission, which oversees Missouri's Department of Labor and Industrial Relations.

Election results

References

1983 births
21st-century American politicians
Living people
Republican Party members of the Missouri House of Representatives
Politicians from St. Louis County, Missouri


title: 2014 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships – Mixed pairs qualification

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The 24th World Acrobatic Gymnastics Championships were held in Levallois-Perret, France at the Palais des Sports Marcel-Cerdan. The mixed pairs qualifications were held on 10, 11 and 12 July 2014.

2014 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships


title: Aurélie Bailon

text:
Aurélie Bailon (born 16 January 1987) is a French female rugby union player. She represented  at the 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup. France lost to the Black Ferns in the semi-finals.  She returned from injury to play in the 2013 Women's Six Nations Championship match against .

References

1987 births
Living people
French female rugby union players
Place of birth missing (living people)
France women's international rugby union players


The Social Reconciliation Reform and Development Party (, TURK PARTİ) was a Turkish political party founded by Ahmet Eyüp Özgüç on 2010,  adopting the principles of a democratic state of law.

The TURK party announced that they would participate in the June 2015 general election. The party got 72,701 votes in the election.

2010 establishments in Turkey
Political parties established in 2010
Political parties disestablished in 2022
Political parties in Turkey


title: Jammie Seay House

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Jammie Seay House is a historic home located at Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina.  It was built between 1770–1800, and is one-story, log house with a loft, field stone foundation piers, gabled roof, and an end field stone chimney. It has a one-story "L" rear addition and a one-story lean-to front porch. It was built by Jammie Seay, a Revolutionary War soldier of the Second Virginia Infantry. It is believed to be the oldest house within the present limits of Spartanburg.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.

The house is owned by the Spartanburg County Historical Association and is open for tours in season.

References

External links
 Seay House - Spartanburg County Historical Association

Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
Houses completed in 1785
Houses in Spartanburg, South Carolina
Museums in Spartanburg County, South Carolina
National Register of Historic Places in Spartanburg, South Carolina
Historic house museums in South Carolina


title: A Man's Fight

text:
A Man's Fight is a lost 1919 American silent drama film directed by Thomas N. Heffron and starring Dustin Farnum and Lois Wilson.

Plot
As described in a film magazine, wealthy clubman Roger Carr (Farnum) assumes responsibility for a murder for which he believes his sister is guilty. He serves his sentence and returns home only to find that his father will not accept him back as he has besmirched the family name. His sister has entered a convent. He goes west and engages in his profession, mining engineer, soon becoming the leader of the independent miner operators against trust persecution. Here he meets and learns to love a western girl that works as his stenographer. When success is about to crown his efforts, his antagonists discover his prison record and use it against him. Then his sister appears with a signed confession of a butler, formerly in their employ, who told the truth of the murder on his dying bed. This results in a happy ending.

Cast
 Dustin Farnum as Roger Carr
 Dorothy Wallace as Ethel Carr
 J. Barney Sherry as David Carr
 Wedgwood Nowell as Norman Evans
 Harry von Meter as Jarvis
 Lois Wilson as Mary Tompkins
 Miles McCarthy as Oliver Dale
 Betty Bouton as Avis Dale
 Dick La Reno as Logan
 Aggie Herring as Mrs. Murphy
 Bert Appling as Callahan

References

External links

 Scene from the film (University of Wasthington, Sayre Collection)

1919 films
American silent feature films
Lost American drama films
1919 drama films
Silent American drama films
American black-and-white films
Films directed by Thomas N. Heffron
1919 lost films
English-language drama films
1910s American films
1910s English-language films


title: Randolph, Oregon

text:
Randolph is an unincorporated community in Coos County, Oregon, United States, founded as a "black sand" gold mining boomtown in the 1850s. Although it is considered a ghost town because there are no significant structures left at the site, the USGS classifies Randolph as a populated place. It is on the north bank the Coquille River about  north of Bandon and about 3 miles east of the Pacific Ocean.

History
The community was established during a brief gold rush in Coos County by a Doctor Foster and a Captain Harris. According to History of Southern Oregon (1884), they named the place after John Randolph of Roanoke, a Virginia politician. However, an article published by the Oregon Historical Society in 1957 suggests two other possibilities: that it was named for Randolph, Massachusetts, or for one of the founders of Port Orford, Oregon, Randolph Tichenor.

The site was first located several miles northwest of its current location, near the confluence of Whisky Run–a small stream–and the ocean. The sands at this location were mined between 1853 and 1855. A legend states that two miners buried a five-gallon can of gold dust under a tree in those days, but when they returned a forest fire had swept through the area, so they were unable to locate the gold, which has never been found. The locale was originally named Whisky Run, and at one time it had the largest population of any gold camp on the coast, even approaching that of Jacksonville.

Whisky Run was established in close proximity to an existing village of Coquille people known as the Nasomah tribe. Relations between the large group of miners and the small group of Nasomah grew increasingly tense after a series of sexual assaults on Coquille women and a verbal altercation at the Randolph Ferry over the Coquille River. In 1854, about 40 miners formed an anti-Coquille vigilante group, the Coos County Volunteers. Claiming that the Coquille had committed misdeeds such as riding a horse without permission, the Volunteers attacked the Nasomahs as they slept and killed about 20 of them. Joel Palmer, the Oregon Superintendent of Indian Affairs, responded to the massacre by persuading the remaining Coquilles to sign a treaty surrendering ownership of their homeland of about  in 1855 and agreeing to be transported to the Coast Indian Reservation further north.

A somewhat different account of relations between the Nasomah and the miners appears in Verne Bright's "Randolph: Ghost Gold Town of the Oregon Beaches". In this account, some of the mutual antagonism stemmed from a fight in 1851 in which the Nasomah attacked twelve white men traveling along the Coquille River by canoe, killing eight of them. This incident, Bright says, was preceded by two decades during which white sailors and settlers infected many Nasomah and other Tututni with Old World diseases, usurped their hunting and fishing grounds, and generally treated them with cruel disrespect. After the 1851 fight, "The "Indians pillaged and murdered at intervals during the months that followed, and Randolph's earliest miners worked in the shadow of continued peril." For their part, the miners retaliated by summarily hanging or shooting Indians accused of theft. These acts of violence and related fears culminated in the formation of what Bright refers to as the Randolph Minute Men, who attacked the defiant Nasomah at night, killing sixteen, wounding four, taking "two score women, children, and old men" prisoner, and burning the Nasomah village. Violence continued at a reduced level until the removal of most of the remaining Indians to the Coast Reservation.

Whisky Run was later moved to the mouth of the Coquille River, and after the gold rush subsided, it was moved inland to its current location. A trail, originally established by the Coquille people, ran from the original site of Randolph to Empire. Randolph post office opened in 1859 and ran until 1893.

See also
Dora (sternwheeler)
Steamboats of the Coquille River
Steamboats of the Oregon Coast

Further reading

References

External links
Historic image of Randolph School
Images of Randolph from Flickr
Randolph Town Site historic inventory by Stephen Dow Beckham

Unincorporated communities in Coos County, Oregon
Ghost towns in Oregon
Unincorporated communities in Oregon


title: Walter Scott Montgomery House

text:
Walter Scott Montgomery House is a historic home located at Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina.  It was designed by architect George Franklin Barber and built in 1909. It is a -story, frame, yellow brick-veneer residence in the Colonial Revival style. building is of frame construction with a yellow brick veneer and a red tile roof. It features a distinctive portico and leaded glass windows. Also on the property is a one-story, reinforced concrete auto garage (c. 1923).

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

References

Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
Colonial Revival architecture in South Carolina
Houses completed in 1909
Houses in Spartanburg, South Carolina
National Register of Historic Places in Spartanburg, South Carolina


title: Kharkiv National Kotlyarevsky University of Arts

text:
Kharkiv National University of Arts named after I. P. Kotlyarevsky (or Kharkiv Conservatory or Kharkiv National I. P. Kotlyarevsky University of Arts) is the leading music and drama institution of higher education in Ukraine. The university trains about 900 undergraduates, graduates and postgraduates in music and theatre art. It enjoys Level IV accreditation, which is the highest under Ukraine's national standards, and is licensed to train foreign students.

History
The roots of the university can be traced back to the musical classes opened in 1871 under the aegis of the Kharkiv branch of the Russian Imperial Music Society. Kharkiv Conservatory was established in 1917, a result of professional music education development in Kharkiv. Prominent among those who stood at the origins of the conservatory were P. Tchaikovsky, O. Glazunov, and I. Slatin. The conservatory was several times renamed. Since 1920 it was known as Music Academy, but in 1923 with the opening of theatre major the academy was turned into the Institute of Music and Drama, and later into Kharkiv State Conservatory (1934) and Institute of Arts (1963). All these names reflect the search for the most optimal model of artistic education.

In 2004 the institute was awarded the university status and the highest Level IV accreditation. That was another step into the future; it confirmed integration into the European system of education and contributed to the strengthening of the university's international credibility. On the occasion of its 90th anniversary the university was awarded the Diploma of the Cabinet of Ministry of Ukraine and a gold medal of the Academy of Arts of Ukraine. In 2011 it was given the status of 'national importance'.

Directors and rectors

Slatin I.I. (1917–1920)
Lutsenko P.K. (1920–1921)
Roslavets N. А. (1921–1923)
Polfiorov Ya. Ya. (1924–1925)
Dremtsov S. P. (1927–1927)
Grudyna D. А. (1927–1934)
Dyakovska N. R. (1934–1941)
Bogatyrev S. S. (May–October 1941)
Komarenko V. А. (1941–1944)
Borysov V. Т. (1944–1949)
Kurochkin F. Ya. (1949–1951)
Lebedinets А. D. (1951–1962)
Nakhabin V. N. (1962–1967)
Korniyenko V. S. (1967–1975)
Averyanov G. B. (1975–1991)
Ignatchenko G. I. (1991–2003)
Verkina Т. B. (2004–2020)

Facilities
The university occupies two buildings: Conservatory and Theatre Department.

Conservatory, the main building, houses three halls (Big Hall, Chamber Hall and Small Hall), an opera studio, practice rooms, lecture rooms, a computer class and administrative offices. The building also has a library with about 240 000 depository items; a record and video library with more than 15000 records on CDs and DVDs, audio and video cassettes and vinyl records; an educational folklore laboratory created with the aim to collect, explore and preserve traditional music artefacts of Sloboda Ukraine (Slobozhanshchina).

Theatre Department is a smaller building which includes a big auditorium for drama performances, a small auditorium for puppet performances, rehearsal rooms, lecture rooms, dance rooms, a library, and a puppet's work-room.

Courses/Programs
Kharkiv National I. P. Kotlyarevsky University of Arts offers preparatory courses majoring in academic singing and theatre art as well as full-time and part-time courses for BA and MA degrees in Music Art and Theatre Art. The undergraduate degree programs take four years and the graduate degree programs – 1 year

Academic majors are piano, strings, brass, woodwinds, folk instruments, variety arts and jazz, composition, orchestral and choral conducting, organ, percussion, academic singing, musicology, theatre studies, drama and cinema acting, stage directing, acting and directing of the theatre of animation.

Admissions
Admission into the university is by a live audition and interview (bachelor's degree). To get a master's degree foreign students must defend a qualification paper and take an exam in the Ukrainian (or Russian) language.

Structure

Faculty of Musicology and Performance
The Faculty of Musicology and Performance has rich professional traditions followed by its leading specialists in the field of musicology, composition and performance.

Degree-granting departments:
Special Piano
Concertmaster's Skills
Chamber Ensemble
Theory of Music
History of Ukrainian and Foreign Music
Interpretology and Analysis of Music
Composition and Orchestration
Choral Conducting
Solo Singing
Opera Studies

Orchestra Faculty
The Orchestra Faculty established by a prominent musician and cultural professional I.І. Statin offers educational opportunities in performance studies to help students develop their creativity and to prepare them for careers in music.

Degree-granting departments:
Chamber Ensemble and Quartet
Orchestra String Instruments
Orchestra Wind and Percussion Instruments and Opera and Symphony Conducting
Folk instruments of Ukraine
Instruments of Variety Orchestra

Theatre Faculty
Theatre education provided by Kharkiv National University of Arts has always been very prestigious. Its deep long-standing traditions took shape under the influence of L. Kurbas, I. Maryanenko, D. Antonovich, M. Krushelnytsky, V. Afanasyev, A. Pletnyov and A. Gorbenko and many other famous coryphaei of theatre art. Notable alumni of the faculty work all over the world including Kyiv, Moscow and St. Petersburg.

Degree-granting departments:
Stage Directing
Performing skills
Performing skills and Stage Directing of the Theatre of Animation
Theatre Studies.

Postgraduate Department
The Postgraduate Studies Office opened in 1993 in Kharkiv State I.P. Kotlyarevsky University of Arts provides training in speciality 17.00.03 – "Music Art" and postgraduate internship course in specialities 17.00.03 – "Music Art" and 17.00.02 – "Theater Art". In 2008 I.P. Kotlyarevsky University of Arts opened a Centre for Doctoral Training.

University postgraduate internship centre is a real school of performing and teaching skills. Some postgraduate internship trainees are engaged in research work. During the study they take PhD exams, participate in research conferences and after completing the postgraduate course program they get an additional year to get ready for the thesis defense.

Duration of study at the Postgraduate Studies Department is 4 years, post-graduate internship department – 2 years.

The university offers internship in higher education institutions of Poland.

Performing ensembles and companies
Kharkiv University of Arts has a variety of student performance ensembles.
Student Symphony Orchestra of Kharkiv National I. P. Kotlyarevsky University of Arts founded in 1921 performs works by West-European, Ukrainian and Russian composers. It is a regular participant of numerous national and international festivals.
Folk Orchestra is an award winner of Hnat Khotkevych International competitions and the festival of Ministry of Culture and Arts of Ukraine. The repertoire includes pieces by West-European, Russian, Ukrainian classics and modern composers.
Bandurist chorus was founded in 1996.  It gives a great number of concerts in Philharmonic Societies and theaters all over Ukraine. The repertoire presents a two-part program of songs in Ukrainian, Belarusian and Russian, original arrangements of folk songs, vocal and orchestral pieces.
Bayan orchestra started performing in 1993. The repertoire of the orchestra includes classical, folk, variety and jazz music as well as brilliant arrangements.
Chamber orchestra was founded in 1967 by the Honored Worker of Arts of Ukraine, Professor Suren Kocharyan. This orchestra is the prize winner of the republican competition and Malta International Music Festival, "Kyiv Spring", "Young Voices" and "Golden Autumn" Festivals; it toured almost all around the USSR including Kyiv, Riga, Lviv and Moscow. The orchestra collaborated with the most notable soloists and composers. Today its repertoire, along with the pieces of Baroque and classical music, includes pieces of the greatest Ukrainian composers V. Borisov, I. Kovach, D. Klebanov, V. Bibik, V. Ptushkin.
Student choir is a professional level choir consisting of graduates and advanced undergraduates. The repertoire includes masterpieces of national and world choral classics, sacred music, choral pearls of modern Ukrainian and foreign composers.
Opera studio of Kharkiv National I. P. Kotlyarevsky University of Arts, which is more than 70 years old, is a youth opera house with an interesting repertoire and professional level performances that have become a part of national music and theater culture. The studio is always in search for experiments, and every year it produces a new show. The repertoire includes the best operas by Ukrainian, Russian and European composers.
Educational theatre "The Fifth Floor" has more than a dozen of plays diverse both in the sense of dramaturgy (from national and international classics to the avant-garde of the 20th century) and in terms of performance style. Students of the theatre faculty produce performances staged not only by their professors, but also by the most successful students of stage directing departments.

International partnership
Kharkiv University of Arts actively establishes partnerships with the main educational institutions all over the world. It actively participates in international collaboration with arts schools in Cincinnati (USA), Nuremberg, Leipzig (Germany), Naples (Italy), Geneva (Switzerland), Helsinki (Finland), Brussels (Belgium), Lublin (Poland), Vancouver (Canada), Moscow, St. Petersburg, Rostov-on-Don  (Russia) as well as music colleges of Spain and drama schools of Poland, France, Russia, etc. Besides, the university maintains active partnerships with Goethe-Institute in Ukraine, French Cultural Center, Consulate General of Poland and Russia, Austrian and Swiss Embassies in Ukraine, British Council, and Rotary Clubs. It has formalized partnership agreements with universities of Russia, Belarus, Georgia, Lithuania, Poland and China. Concert tours, workshops and research symposia are arranged within these agreements. Such renowned musicians as Sergei Krivonos (USA), Krzysztof Penderecki, Grzegorz Syerochynsky (Poland), Timothy Reynish (Great Britain), Burkhard Rempe (Germany), and Volodymyr Lukashev (Ukraine) are honourable Doctors of Kharkov National I. P. Kotlyarevsky University of Arts.

Professors
Altukhov Valeriy — clarinettist
Borysov, Valentyn — composer.

Klebanov, Dmitri — composer
Kravtsov, Taras — musicologist, composer.
Maryanenko, Ivan — stage director, lecturer
Tiumeneva, Galyna — musicologist.
Korovay, Feodor — professor, folk instruments department
Tyts, Mykhailo — musicologist, composer.
Voinov, Arkadiy Vasyliovych – professor, Honoured Artist of Ukraine
Zolotovytska, Irma — musicologist.
Zolotukhin, Volodymyr — composer.

Notable alumni

 Babich, Nataliya — choirmaster
 Bevz, Maryna — pianist
 Bibik Valentyn — composer
 Borysov, Valentyn — composer
 Bulgakov, Lev — composer
 Bykov, Leonid — actor
 Dmitriieva, Oksana – chief director of the Kharkiv Puppet Theater
 Dubinin, Andriy — singer
 Dunayevsky, Isaak — composer.
 Fateyeva Natalia — actress
 Finarovsky, Gryhoriy — composer
 Gmyrya,  Boris — singer
 Gusarova, Olga — musicologist.
 Hansburg, Gryhoriy — musicologist
 Hanzburg, Isroel — trombonist
 Hetmansky Oleh — actor
 Horbenko, Anatoliy  — theatre critic
 Dursenieva, Oleksandra  — opera singer, mezzo-soprano, soloist in Bolshoi Theatre
 Karmynsky, Mark — composer.
 Klebanov, Dmitri — composer
 Kolodub, Lev – composer.
 Koval, Mykola — singer (baritone)
 Kravtsov, Taras — musicologist, composer.
 Kramarenko Serhiy – Laureate of the VI Allunion contest of Variety art performers, Honoured Artist of Russia
 Kudriats, Yevhen — choirmaster, journalist
 Leontyev, Pavlo — conductor
 Lezhneva, Olga — actress
 Manoilo, Mykola — singer
 Mashchenko, Mykola Pavlovych — actor
 Merkuryev, Petro — choirmaster
 Myroshnychenko, Viktor — stage director and actor. People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR.
 Muzhchil, Viktor — composer.
 Palkin, Vyacheslav — choirmaster, composer
 Paster, Maksym — opera singer, tenor, soloist in Bolshoi Theatre
 Petrenko, Olexiy — actor
 Piliutikov, Serhiy — composer
 Ruslanova, Nina — actress
 Serfdiuk, Les — actor
 Shcherbynin, Yuriy — musicologist
 Shchetynsky, Oleksandr — composer
 Tsipola, Guesella Albertovna — opera singer
 Tyts, Mykhailo — musicologist, composer
 Tolba, Veniamin — conductor
 Tiumeneva, Galyna — musicologist
 Topchii, Marko — guitarist
 Yarovynsky, Borys — composer
 Urytskyi, Mykhailo — puppet theater director.
 Verkina, Tatiana — pianist
 Zhubinskaya, Valentine Yanovna – composer
 Zolotovytska, Irma — musicologist.
 Zolotukhin, Volodymyr — composer.

Sources
 Харьковский институт искусств имени И. П. Котляревского: 1917—1992. — Харьков, 1992. — 446 с.
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 Зоряний час Університету мистецтв: Нариси до 95-річчя утворення ХНУМ імені І. П. Котляревського / Ред.-упоряд. Г. І. Ганзбург. — Харків, 2012. — 400 c. ISBN 978-966-8591-96-9
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 Харківський національний університет мистецтв імені І. П. Котляревського. 1917–2017. До 100‑річчя від дня заснування : мала енциклопедія / У 2 т. / Харків. нац. ун‑т мистецтв ім. І. П. Котляревського ; ред.‑упоряд. Л. В. Русакова. — Харків : «Водний спектр Джі-Ем-Пі», 2017.  Т. 1. : Музичне мистецтво. — 740 с. ISBN 978-617-7445-38-7
 Харківський національний університет мистецтв імені І. П. Котляревського. 1917–2017. До 100‑річчя від дня заснування : мала енциклопедія / У 2 т. / Харків. нац. ун‑т мистецтв ім. І. П. Котляревського ; ред.‑упоряд. Л. В. Русакова. — Харків : «Водний спектр Джі-Ем-Пі», 2017.  Т. 2. : Театральне мистецтво. — 424 с. ISBN 978-617-7445-39-4

External links

Music schools in Ukraine
1917 establishments in Ukraine
Universities and colleges in Kharkiv
Culture in Kharkiv
National universities in Ukraine
Buildings and structures destroyed during the Russian invasion of Ukraine


title: Monopoly (Tuks album)

text:
Monopoly is the third studio album by Tuks.

Critical reception

The album was well received. Channel24 gave the album a 4/5, stating: "Expectedly, a lot of people might find the album exhaustive and preachy, and in some cases they might have a point – Tuks does seem to go on a bit. But at a time when most of local hip hop seems to apologetically fit itself into a commercial mould, Tuks’ impassioned audacity comes as a welcome breath of fresh air."

Accolades

The album went on to win him three awards: a Metro FM Music Award for Best Hip Hop Album and Hype Magazine Hip Hop Awards for Best Album and Best Solo Artist.

Track listing

References

2009 albums
Tuks Senganga albums


title: Lady Jane (boutique)

text:
Lady Jane was the first women's fashion boutique on London's Carnaby Street. It was opened by Henry Moss and his partner Harry Fox in April 1966 and was seen as a counterpart to Warren Gold's Lord John chain.

Background
The shop was one of the new wave of fashionable boutiques that were revitalising Carnaby Street which before the early 1960s had been a down-at-heel area of mixed shops. Lady Jane was on the site of a former dairy. Designer Marion Foale described the general Carnaby area in 1962 as follows: "People lived there, there was a dairy, a tobacconist, a newsagent – there was this little courtyard and everything… a proper village, though very run down." The shop's name is an allusion to Lady Chatterley's Lover, which uses the term "Lady Jane" to mean female genitalia; The Rolling Stones released a song entitled "Lady Jane" at almost the exact same time as the boutique opened.

Publicity
The shop gained great publicity from the national press, and attracted the attention of crowds of potential customers by having models changing in the shop window for three days. Henry Moss was quoted as saying "Then I got arrested. I thought it was for indecency, although the girls were wearing underwear. I was tried at Gt. Marlborough Street Court and fined £2 for obstructing the highway". A visit by Jayne Mansfield garnered further publicity. Harry Fox was also arrested several times for obstruction of the highway, when crowds gathered outside during publicity stunts.

In a 1967 publicity stunt Harry Fox stood for election as 'Independent Carnaby Street' candidates for the Westminster and the City of London.

Lady Jane had a reputation for being a little shocking. When a see-through clothing craze started in London fashion in the late 1960s, the shop retained artist Audrey Watson to paint bras on its female customers. There were also plenty of male customers for the service.

One unusual line of goods was plaques bearing the coats of arms of extinct families. Harry Fox wrote to The Times in 1969 defending the sales, saying that they helped the British export drive as the purchasers were often based overseas, particularly in America. Fox was also quoted as saying to a judge, referring to one of the publicity stunts "This is good for London, good for Carnaby Street and good for Lady Jane".

Fox and Moss
Fox and Moss soon went their separate ways. Harry Fox continued with the original Lady Jane, and also opened Lady Jane Again, Lady Jane's Birdcage and Sir Harry a menswear shop, all in Carnaby Street, until the early 1980s.
Henry Moss started The London Mob, Sweet Fanny Adams, Pussy Galore and eventually Henry Moss of London.

Harry Fox was president of the Carnaby Street Trading Association and it was his idea to install Carnaby Street's first sign: "Carnaby Street Welcomes The World" which now reads "Welcome to Carnaby Street"

Homage
In 2011 the documentary 'Carnaby Street Undressed' was released featuring Henry Moss speaking about Lady Jane and the times leading up to the swinging sixties and beyond.

In 2013, the lead female character is called Lady Jane in the musical Carnaby Street by Carl Leighton-Pope, which opened at the Hackney Empire, London, and then toured nationally.

In 2019, the site of Lady Jane was awarded a green plaque by Westminster City Council, celebrating Moss & Fox's shop as the first iconic women's fashion boutique on Carnaby Street.

References

1960s fashion
1966 establishments in the United Kingdom
Shops in London


title: Cleveland Law Range

text:
Cleveland Law Range is a historic office building located at Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina.  It was built in 1898–1899, and is a three-story, Richardsonian Romanesque style brick building.  It features five arched bays on the ground floor, with repeated bay arrangements on the second and third floors. Three South Carolina governors maintained offices in the Cleveland Law Range: James F. Byrnes, John Gary Evans, and Donald S. Russell.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

References

Office buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
Romanesque Revival architecture in South Carolina
Buildings and structures completed in 1899
Buildings and structures in Spartanburg, South Carolina
National Register of Historic Places in Spartanburg, South Carolina


title: 2014–15 Hibernian F.C. season

text:
The 2014–15 season was Hibernian's first season of play in the second tier of Scottish football since 1999 and their first season in the Scottish Championship, having been relegated from the Scottish Premiership at the end of the previous season. Hibernian also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup, Scottish Cup and the Scottish Premiership play-offs.

Results & fixtures

Scottish Championship

Premiership play-offs

Challenge Cup

League Cup

Scottish Cup

Player statistics
During the 2014–15 season, Hibs have used thirty different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.

a.  Includes other competitive competitions, including the play-offs and the Challenge Cup.

Disciplinary record

Club statistics

League table

Division summary

Management statistics
Last updated on 23 May 2015

Transfers

Players in

Players out

Loans in

Loans out

See also
List of Hibernian F.C. seasons

Notes

References

2014andndash;15
Hibernian


title: Yeliz Başa

text:
Yeliz Başa (born Yeliz Askan on August 13, 1987 in Beykoz, Istanbul, Turkey) is a Turkish female volleyball player, who won the gold medal at the 2014 Women's European Volleyball League playing with the Turkey women's national volleyball team.

Career
Yeliz Başa began her sports career at the age of 14 in the youth team of Beykoz Spor in her hometown. She transferred to Beşiktaş one year later. After playing for the youth team between 2002 and 2004, and for the juniors team from 2004 to 2006, she entered the senior team, where she was part of until 2012.

Her successful performance in 2011–12 season led her to the membership in the Turkey women's national volleyball team.

In the 2012–13 season, she transferred to NEC Red Rockets in Japan after signing a one-year contract.  She became so the first ever Turkish women's volleyball player in Japan. She enjoyed champion title in the Japan's V.League after winning 23 of the 28 matches. Named MVP in many games, she contributed to her team's champion title.

The next season, she signed a contract for one year with Hyundai Hillstate in South Korea. She also became the first ever Turkish volleyball player in South Korea.

She returned to Japanese NEC Red Rockets team and played 2014-2016 seasons.
In the summer of 2016, she signed with the Czech Republic's Agel Prostejov team and was transferred to Halbank, Turkey in January 2017.

Personal life
Yeliz Başa is married to Onur Başa in 2013.

Clubs
  Beşiktaş (2002–12)
  NEC Red Rockets (2012–13)
  Hyundai Hillstate (2013–14)
  NEC Red Rockets (2014–2016)
  Agel Prostejov (2016–17)
  Halkbank Ankara (2017–18)
  Gresik Petrokimia (2018)
  Jakarta PGN Popsivo (2018–19)
  Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall (2019)
  Đức Giang Hà Nội (2019-loan)
  Partizani Tirane (2019–20)
  Llaneras de Toa Baja (2020)
  Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall (2020–21)
  Bandung Bank BJB Tandamata (2022)
  Creamline Cool Smashers (2022)

Awards

Individuals
 2009 Balkan Cup Best Striker with Beşiktaş
 2019 Thai–Denmark Super League "Best outside hitter"
 2020-21 Thailand League "Best opposite Spike"

Club
 2018–19 Thailand League –  Champion, with Nakhon Ratchasima
 2019 Thai–Denmark Super League –  Runner-Up, with Nakhon Ratchasima
 2020-21 Thailand League –  Runner-Up, with Nakhon Ratchasima
 2022 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference –  Third place, with Creamline Cool Smashers

National team

Awards
 2014 European League –

See also
 Turkish women in sports

References

External links

1987 births
People from Beykoz
Volleyball players from Istanbul
Turkish women's volleyball players
Beşiktaş volleyballers
Turkish expatriate volleyball players
Turkish expatriate sportspeople in Japan
Turkish expatriate sportspeople in South Korea
Living people