Texas All-Star Wrestling (TASW) is a professional wrestling promotion that was established by Bob Murphy in Humble, Texas in 1994. It is the oldest independent promotion in the state of Texas and one of three based in the Greater Houston area along with Booker T's Reality of Wrestling and Lone Star Championship Wrestling.

It was the first successful wrestling promotion to open in Texas following the close World Class Championship Wrestling in 1990, and the Global Wrestling Federation in 1994. It not only remained the only major "indy" promotion in the state during the 1990s but is one of the oldest wrestling promotions in operation in the United States. The promotion has been profiled by both the Houston Press and the Houston Chronicle. Ken Hoffman, a longtime columnist for the Chronicle, has participated in several wrestling matches for charity. The Galveston County Daily News has called TASW the top promotion in the entire state.

Necro Butcher and Shawn Hernandez, both started their careers in TASW. Samoa Joe, Harlem Heat 2000 (Big T and Stevie Ray) from World Championship Wrestling, and Tammy Lynn Sytch, Christy Hemme and Daivari from World Wrestling Entertainment have all made appearances for the promotion as well as older wrestlers such as Abdullah the Butcher, Kamala and "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan, the latter holding the promotion's heavyweight title in 2003.

History

Background and early history
Texas All-Star Wrestling was started by Bob Murphy, a 10-year veteran who wrestled throughout Texas during the 1980s, who grew frustrated with the unethical business practices of small-time promoters following the collapse of the NWA territory system at the end of the decade. With the civic center yet to be built, he considered using Humble High School or another venue in the local area. Murphy and his then tag team partner rented out a bingo hall by U.S. Route 59 in Humble, Texas and promised the owner, Casey Musick, $500 plus the proceeds from the concession stand. Renaming the building the "Humble Bingo Arena", they held their first show on January 15, 1994, which was attended by 450 fans and brought in over $2,000. The promotion established its first championship titles between December 1994 and December 1996.

Professional wrestling had been very popular in Houston, especially during the 1970s and 1980s, but had considerably declined in the years following the retirement of legendary wrestling personality Paul Boesch in 1987. It was not until the close of World Class Championship Wrestling in 1990, and the Global Wrestling Federation in 1994, that Murphy began promoting wrestling events after an absence of several years. It was the first successful independent promotion in Texas and, with the exception of occasional events held by Tugboat Taylor at Hofheinz Pavilion, remained the only organization in the entire state for nearly a decade.

The shows immediately found an audience with its traditional Southern-style wrestling, rather than the "sports entertainment" favored by mainstream promotions such as World Championship Wrestling and the World Wrestling Federation, and established a strong and loyal following in the Greater Houston area. Many fans were so enthusiastic at the events that many wanted to participate themselves prompting Murphy to open a small gym in the back of the Humble Bingo Arena in 1996. Within two years, this eventually evolved into the present-day training facility and wrestling school where many of the top wrestlers on the Texas "indy" circuit would be trained, most notably, Shawn "Hot Stuff" Hernandez. Prospective students of the school were required to volunteer at events in roles such as refereeing matches, escorting wrestlers to the ring as a "valet" or acting as security for several months prior to their first match. The entire training period generally took six months to one year, though some students graduated within four to five months.

Humongous defended the TASW Heavyweight Championship against Abdullah the Butcher at the Humble Bingo Arena on March 22, 1997. Older veterans such as "Mean" Mike Tatum, "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan and Kamala the Ugandan Giant also had short stints in the promotion. Both Tatum and Duggan held the TASW Heavyweight Championship during the early-2000s. Although speculated to become a major promotion, Murphy himself said in interviews that he was unconcerned about the expansion of the company and instead wanted to focus on developing younger locally based talent and "help them make it to the next level". In addition to its Houston-based roster, Texas independent wrestlers Rasta Savage and Necro Butcher also regularly competed in the promotion. Later stars to emerge during the next decade included Bobby 2-Badd, Mr. Mayhem, Zen-Zen, VooDoo the Xecutioner, Nasty Nick Daniels, Dylan Starr and Nark the Nevulon. River City Wrestling's Joey "Super Shot" Spector, an alumnus of the Texas Wrestling Academy, also wrestled for the promotion early in his career.

Ken Hoffman and The Houston Chronicle
On January 16, 1999, at the TASW's 6th annual "Rumble in Humble" supercard, Houston Chronicle columnist Ken Hoffman made his pro wrestling debut against The Jester in the opening bout; he not only lost the match but had to be carried out of the ring on a stretcher. Hoffman had previously covered the promotion during the mid-1990s and would continue to make occasional appearances over the next few years donating his prize money to charities. The journalist was signed to a series of Texas Death-style matches, with no referee present and "anything goes", against The Jester. These matches were held at the Silverwings Ballroom in Brenham on February 13, the Civic Center in Diboll on March 5, the Humble Bingo Arena on March 6, in Port Lavaca on March 13 and at Spring High School in Spring, Texas on March 20, 1999. Miss Hooters Girl 1999 winner Alisa Wong was his valet for these matches.

That summer, the promotion began producing a weekly late-night series which aired on KNWS-TV. Hoffman also made a return at the "Rumble in Humble" where he unexpectedly won the TASW Cruiserweight Championship in a Three-Way Dance with Bones and "Loverboy" Joey Corman. He was helped in his victory due to outside interference from Alisa Wong and his manager Sean "The Cablinasian" Pendergast. Hoffman also entered the "Humble Rumble", a 20-man battle royale for $15,000 and a title shot against then TASW Heavyweight Champion "Mean" Mike Tatum, but quickly eliminated himself after entering the ring. He retained the title in a rematch with Bones on February 12 and successfully defended the title for six months against opponents such as Brother Icarus, Bonez and the Jester until finally surrendering the title to TASW promoter Bob Murphy that summer.

21st century
By 2000, TASW was regularly drawing between 300 and 800 fans each month at its home arena in Humble and also promoted shows in other cities outside Harris County and Houston including Texas City, Baytown, Port Lavaca, Brenham and El Campo. In August of that year, a story on Murphy and TASW was featured in the Houston Press and profiled several its top stars including female wrestlers Skyler and Nadia Payne, Big Daddy from Cincinnati, Mini Stuff, Mr. Fu Ku, Spanish Fly, "Playboy" Joey Corman, Rasta Savage, Necro Butcher and Shawn Hernandez. The story received a positive response from readers, however, Warriors of Wrestling (World of Wrestling) promoter wrote a letter to the editor criticizing the article for its "lack of research and professionalism" as well as the TASW for its inappropriate fan behavior. She requested the newspaper provide "equal exposure" and invited the author, Jesse Washington, to attend an upcoming show.

A year later, "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan wrestled for the promotion during the summer and early fall of 2001. During this first stint with TASW, Duggan feuded Harlem Heat 2000 (Big T and Stevie Ray) from World Championship Wrestling. Kamala and Mike Tatum headlined a TASW show at the Humble Bingo Arena on February 22, 2003. Later that year, the promotion held a memorial show for one of its former stars and official announcer, Brother Icarus, at the arena on October 4, 2003. Ken Hoffman, who had wrestled him two years before, wrote a column in memory of his passing. He recalled in a later column that during the match he secretly had Jim Adler, a celebrity TV attorney known as the "Tough Texas Lawyer", interfere in the match on his behalf. He ordered Brother Icarus to stop attacking Hoffman, who had been choking him and pulling his hair, and threatened to have Icarus arrested for assault and battery. When fans began booing, Adler threatened to subpoena the entire audience as witnesses. This distraction allowed Hoffman to roll-up his opponent for the victory and quickly escaped with the belt.

The promotion was praised by The Galveston County Daily News, the oldest newspaper of record in the state of Texas, as "the best-run independent group in the state" and crediting Bob Murphy for keeping TASW out of the well-publicized feuding seen among rival Texas promotions. Scott E. Williams, a journalist for The Galveston County Daily News, wrote in early-2004 that TASW was "arguably the top independent wrestling group in the entire state". On January 10, 2004, several TASW wrestlers participated in a show for High Impact Wrestling at Texas City’s Nessler Center headlined by Johnny Blade and Kamala. The event also served as the professional wrestling debut of Scott E. Williams who agreed to participate as the special guest referee in the main event in exchange for a donation to The Daily News’ United Way fund. On June 5, Tom Prichard, the top talent scout for World Wrestling Entertainment, conducted a "no-holds-barred" clinic at TASW's wrestling school in Humble. Also that summer, Jim Duggan returned to the promotion and, at the August 7th "Tomball Streetfight" supercard, defeated TASW Heavyweight Champion Zen-Zen for the title. At the time of its 11th anniversary at the 2005 "Humble Rumble", Williams wrote "In addition to being one of the country’s longest-lived independents, TASW has become the best one in Texas".

Recent years
On May 20, 2007, the promotion had its first card at the Armadillo Event Center where it held a 10-man "Hardcore Street Fight" inside a steel cage as the main event. The promotion and its school was again featured in the Houston Chronicle three months later. Scoby Gober, a three-time TASW Hardcore Champion, was interviewed for the story. On October 13, Ken Hoffman also made a return appearance as TASW's "SlamFest '07" supercard where he and Sean Pendergast won the TASW Tag Team Championship from Scoby Gober & Bones in a Triple Threat match with Nate Slater & Rocco Carmanooch at the Humble Bingo Arena. Like his previous victory, Hoffman was helped by valet Alisa Wong and manager Sheik Ali Ramzanali. Both men donated their prize money to charity. On December 8, 2007, Tammy Lynn Sytch made an appearance at the "Seasons Beatings" supercard at the Humble Bingo Arena. That same month, The Houston Press covered a TASW event at the Armadillo Events Center featuring Spider Boy, whom the author referred to as "the world's laziest Spider-Man", in a match with Steve "Bones" Monckton.

In February 2008, the Houston Chronicle also covered the Texas All-Star Wrestling's 15th-annual "Humble Rumble" where a photo was taken of "BLT" Bubba Lee Travis and an 8-year-old child attending the event with his father. The event boasted a sold-out crowd and was one of the promotion's biggest show of the new year. The following month at "Scar Wars", Daivari who was originally there for an autograph signing but was later involved in an altercation with Dylan Starr which led to impromptu match between the two. Later that night, he became involved in a post-match brawl after Starr interfered in a Triple Threat match between Hector Montoya, Nasty Nick Daniels and TASW Cruiserweight Champion Chip Dumas causing a no-contest.

The promotion celebrated its 16th anniversary at the 2009 "Humble Rumble" at the Humble Bingo Arena on January 10, 2009. At the end of the year, TexasIndyWrestling.com ranked Texas All-Star Wrestling #5 of the top ten wrestling promotions in Texas.

TASW Heavyweight Championship

The TASW Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling heavyweight championship in Texas All-Star Wrestling. It is the main championship title established in TASW, having been introduced in 1995, and remains the oldest active championship in the state of Texas.

The inaugural champion was Humungous (Bob Murphy), who defeated Dynamite Dixon in a tournament final on November 18, 1995 to become the first TASW Heavyweight Champion. Mr. Mayhem holds the record for most reigns, with three. He also holds the distinction of being the only champion never to have been pinned for the title. At 735 days, ZenZen's second reign is the longest in the title's history. Steve Demarco's second reign was the shortest in the history of the title as he lost it minutes after he won it. Bret Basics was the youngest wrestler ever to hold the title. Overall, there have been 42 reigns shared between 31 wrestlers, with eight vacancies.

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TASW Cruiserweight Championship

The TASW Cruiserweight Championship is a professional wrestling championship in Texas All-Star Wrestling. It is the main cruiserweight championship title established in TASW, having been introduced in 1994, and remains the oldest active championship in the state of Texas.

The inaugural champion was Rico Suave, who defeated Witchita Willie in a tournament final on December 22, 1994 to become the first TASW Cruiserweight Champion. Willie also holds the record for most reigns, with three. Ken Hoffman, a reporter for the Houston Chronicle is a former champion and donated his prize money to charity. He successfully defended the title for six months before surrendering the belt to promoter Bob Murphy. At 427 days, Estrella Galactica's third reign is the longest in the title's history. Thunder Jet's first and only reign was the shortest in the history of the title being stripped of the belt only 7 days after winning the title. Overall, there have been 50 reigns shared between 38 wrestlers, with eight vacancies.

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TASW Tag Team Championship

The TASW Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling tag team championship contested in Texas All-Star Wrestling (TASW). It was the third of four championship titles established in TASW, having been introduced in 1996, and remains the oldest active tag team championship in the state of Texas.

The inaugural champions were Natural Born Killers (Rico Suave and G.Q. Knight), who defeated Top Guns (Ace and Jag) on December 7, 1996 to become the first TASW Tag Team Champions. No team has ever won the championship more than once. Scoby Gober, however, has the most individual reigns with 3. At 882 days, The Pump Patrol's first and only reign is the longest in the title's history. Brutality Inc.'s (Ken Hoffman and Sean Pendergast) only reign was the shortest in the history of the title lasting only 35 days. Both men were reporters from the Houston Chronicle and donated their prize money to charity upon winning the title.

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TASW Women's Championship

The TASW Women's Championship is a professional wrestling tag team championship contested in Texas All-Star Wrestling (TASW). It was introduced in 2019.

The inaugural champion was Killa Kate, who defeated Phoebe & Livi Loca on September 7, 2019 to become the first TASW Women's Champion. Currently she is the only person to have held the championship.

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References

External links
TASWwrestling.com

Independent professional wrestling promotions based in Texas
Entertainment companies established in 1994
Professional wrestling in Houston


Leitariegos (variant: Puerto de Leitariegos) is one of 54 parish councils in Cangas del Narcea, a municipality within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain.

Villages
 Brañas d'Abaxu
 Brañas d'Arriba
 La Venta la Farruquita
 La Pachalina
 El Puertu
 Trescastru

References

Parishes in Cangas del Narcea


Reeperbahn is a Hamburg S-Bahn station in St. Pauli, Hamburg, Germany, located at the eastern end of the Reeperbahn. Reeperbahn station is part of the City S-Bahn tunnel from Hamburg main station in St. Georg to Hamburg-Altona station in Altona, and opened on 21 April 1979.

Station layout
The underground station consists of two levels with a mezzanine and a station level with one island platform, two tracks and two exits. At the exit Nobistor is a bus stop and a taxicab stand. The station can also be used as an air-raid shelter. The station is not accessible for handicapped persons, because there is no lift.

Service
On track 1 the trains in destination Wedel, Pinneberg and Altona and on track 2 the trains in destination Stade, Bergedorf and Poppenbüttel are calling Reeperbahn in the rush hours every 2 to 3 minutes.

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Hero syndrome is a psychological disorder that causes a person to seek recognition for heroism, especially by creating a harmful situation in which they then can resolve. This can include unlawful acts, such as arson. The term has been used to describe behavior of public servants, such as firefighters, nurses, police officers, security guards and politicians. Reasons for this kind of behavior often vary.

In a federal study of more than 80 firefighter arsonists, the most common reason cited for starting the fire was simply the excitement of putting it out, not to cause harm or exact revenge.

Screening
A screening method has been developed, based on the case that those who commit the acts are generally young and are looking for an opportunity to prove or flaunt their bravery. However, there are no formal scientific studies on hero syndrome.

See also
 Firefighter arson
 Vigilantism

References

Psychopathological syndromes
Complex (psychology)
Heroes


Ḷḷumés (Limés in Spanish) is one of 54 parish councils in Cangas del Narcea, a municipality within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain. It is known for its wine.

Villages
 L'Ardalí
 Las Barzanieḷḷas
 Castru de Ḷḷumés
 Fonceca
 La Imera
 Ḷḷumés
 Moral
 Pixán
 Pontón
 Ponticieḷḷa
 Viḷḷarín de Ḷḷumés

References

Parishes in Cangas del Narcea


Herpetological Monographs is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering the zoology of amphibians and reptiles. It is published annually by the Herpetologists' League and was established in 1982. The League also publishes a quarterly peer-reviewed journal, Herpetologica. The editor-in-chief is Michael Harvey (Broward College). Previous editors include Todd Reeder (University of California, San Diego and Lee Fitzgerald (Texas A&M University). According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2022 impact factor of 2.5.

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Herpetologists' League

Herpetology journals
Academic journals established in 1982
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1982 establishments in the United States


Under civil law, Nigeria does not recognize polygamous unions. However, 12 out of the 36 Nigerian states recognize polygamous marriages as being equivalent to monogamous marriages. All twelve states are governed by Sharia law. The states, which are all northern, include the states of Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Niger, Sokoto, Yobe, and Zamfara which allows for a man to take more than one wife.

Nigeria is part of the "polygamy belt", a region in West Africa and Central Africa where polygamy is common and deeply rooted in the culture. Nigeria is estimated as having the fifth highest polygamy prevalence in the world, with 28% of the population living in polygamous marriages, with only four countries (Burkina Faso, Mali, Gambia and Niger) having a higher prevalence.

Practice
Zamfara State was the first to legislate polygamy, which occurred on January 7, 2000. Gombe State has been the most recent state to provide for civil polygamy, legalizing it on December 14, 2001.

As the southern region of Nigeria is composed of mostly Christians, polygamous marriages have not been legally introduced at this time. Attempts to introduce Sharia (thereby legalizing polygamy) have been made in Oyo State, Kwara State, Lagos State, and several others, yet all unsuccessful. Polygamous unions are recognized by customary law in Nigeria, providing a handful of benefits for those in polygamous unions ranging from inheritance rights to child custody.

As of 2009, there has yet to be any debate of introducing a measure that would allow for civil polygamous marriages to be recognized within the entire country of Nigeria, letting the legislation play out on a state-by-state basis rather than introducing a nationwide measure.

Dynamics
There are no requirements based on religion in the North, therefore Christians are legally allowed to form polygamous unions just as Muslims may do. Christian church leaders such as Archbishop Peter Akinola of the Anglican Church of Nigeria have condemned the practice of polygamy by Christians, with Akinola going on to write "The observation [of polygamy] will destroy our witness if not firmly addressed. We cannot claim to be a Bible-believing church and yet be selective in our obedience." Reports of Nigerian Mormons practicing polygamy have also surfaced.

Despite the four-wife limitation, there have been numerous indications that many Nigerians bypass this law, such as with Muhammadu Bello Masaba, an 84-year-old Islamic cleric who was accused of illegal marriage due to his exceeding number of spouses, in which he had 86 wives. The charges were later withdrawn by the Niger State Sharia commission, with Masaba able to retain all of his spouses.

On an opposite note, it was reported in April 2007 that a Nigerian lesbian, Aunty Maiduguri, married four women in an elaborate ceremony in Kano State, though her union is not recognized by the government, and Maiduguri and her partners were forced to go into hiding shortly after the ceremony to avoid the possible threat of being stoned if convicted for lesbianism, which results in capital punishment for married Muslim women or caning for single Muslim women in Nigerian areas under Sharia law.

Legality of polygamy by state

Bauchi State
Bauchi State has been the most recent Nigerian state to legislate civil recognition of polygamous marriages for its citizens, which was established after the implanting of Islamic Sharia law on July 1, 2001.

Kwara State
Since the introduction of Sharia law throughout northern Nigeria, various attempts have been made to implant Sharia law into the southern Kwara State, which would legalize polygamy. Polygamous unions are currently recognized under customary law throughout Nigeria, but lack numerous benefits in a Nigerian civil marriage. While civil marriage in Nigeria is monogamous, a dozen states and counting have implanted Sharia into their legal systems and thus are exempt. While the implanting of Sharia was unsuccessful, numerous Sharia courts were set up in Kwara State to serve for Muslim legal cases. Sharia has yet to be introduced to the entire state as the governing legal system.

Lagos State
Polygamous marriages are not permitted  in Lagos State, which has Nigeria's most populous city, Lagos. Attempts to introduce Sharia law in Lagos State, thereby legalizing polygamy, have been made since early 2002, after a dozen of Nigeria's northern states established Sharia as the governing form of law for Muslims, but not non-Muslims, in these states. The city of Lagos currently has a Sharia court that pertains to  civil and legal matters concerning Muslims in the city, though the state does not recognise its rulings as binding, much like the Sharia court in the United Kingdom.

Nasarawa State
Currently, Nasarawa State does not provide for polygamous marriages, though the status could possibly change. Since the legislation of Sharia law in a dozen of Nigeria's northern states, the debate of legislating Sharia in Nasarawa State soon entered the political arena, sparking both outrage and excitement from the residents of Nasarawa State. The introduction of such a measure failed, but was revived in mid July 2005.

Supporters have vowed to continue their attempts to implant Sharia into the state.  The state remains one of the few states in Nigeria's north that is not governed by Sharia Law, possibly due to the large Christian population. While Sharia law is currently not implanted, there is a Sharia court that operates in the state, though pertains to Muslims only.

Oyo State
Since May 2002, attempts have been made to implant Sharia law into the southern Oyo State, which would legalize polygamy. Polygamous unions are currently recognized under customary law throughout Nigeria, but lack numerous benefits in a Nigerian civil marriage. While civil marriage in Nigeria is monogamous, a dozen states have implanted Sharia into their legal systems and thus are exempt. While the implanting of Sharia was unsuccessful, numerous Sharia courts were set up in Oyo State to serve for Muslim legal cases. Sharia has yet to be introduced to the entire state as the governing legal system.

Plateau State
Plateau State currently does not recognize polygamous marriages under civil law. Efforts to introduce Sharia law in Plateau State have resulted in several brutal clashes between Christians and Muslims due to strong opposition by the largely Christian population. As of 2018, Sharia law has not been implanted into the state's legal codes.

Zamfara State
After the adoption of Sharia Law in Zamfara State in early January 2000, Zamafara State became the first state in Nigeria to allow for legal recognition of polygamous marriage under civil law, as such is practicable under Sharia, which allows for a man to take up to four wives on the account that he treats them equally. Mahmud Shinkafi, the governor of Zamfara State, has two wives.

After Zamfara State established Sharia which brought about polygamy, numerous other states such as Kano State soon followed suit, thereby legalizing polygamy. While the Government of Nigeria only recognizes a monogamous marriage under civil law, recognizing polygamous unions with similar benefits under customary law, states that impose Sharia are not affected by such and therefore can provide polygamy for their citizens.

See also
 Child marriage in Nigeria
The Church Polygamy
Polygamy and fertility differentials among the Yoruba and Western Nigerian
African Polygamy: past and present
Cultural Sensitivity in Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) Preventive Campaign in Nigeria
General:
Religion in Nigeria
Sharia in Nigeria

References

Polygamy in Africa
Nigeria
Law of Nigeria
Society of Nigeria
Women's rights in Nigeria
Islam in Nigeria


Evan Maxwell began his writing career as a journalist. After several years as international crime reporter for the Los Angeles Times, he retired except for occasional freelancing, in order to focus on his work as a novelist. He has written two novels; All the Winters That Have Been (1995) and Season of the Swan (1998).

The vast majority of Maxwell's published novels have been co-authored with his wife; he is the husband of bestselling author Elizabeth Lowell (real name Ann Maxwell), with whom he has collaborated on nine mystery novels and a non-fiction book entitled The Year Long Day, using the pen name A.E. Maxwell, representing both their first names as initials. In addition, they have co-authored four earlier suspense novels which were published under the single name Ann Maxwell, because the publisher preferred to use a woman's name for marketing reasons.

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American male journalists
20th-century American novelists
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
American male novelists
20th-century American male writers
20th-century American non-fiction writers


J. O. Tobin (March 28, 1974 – May 22, 1994) was an American-bred thoroughbred racehorse. As a two-year-old, he was sent to Europe, where he won his first three races, including the Richmond Stakes and Champagne Stakes, and was the highest-rated juvenile of the season in Britain. In the following year, he was transferred to the United States, where he recorded his most famous victory as he ended the undefeated streak of the Triple Crown winner Seattle Slew with a win in the Swaps Stakes. In the following year, he won a succession of major stakes races and was named American Champion Sprint Horse.

Background
J. O. Tobin was an "impressive-looking" brown colt, with a small white star bred in Maryland by his owner, George A. Pope Jr. He was sired by Never Bend, the American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt of 1962 who went on to become a very successful breeding stallion whose other progeny included Mill Reef, Riverman, and Triple Bend. J. O. Tobin's dam, Hill Shade, was an American-bred mare who raced in Europe, winning the Nassau Stakes and Sun Chariot Stakes in 1968 and being awarded a rating of 116 by Timeform. Before foaling J.O. Tobin, she had produced an outstanding performer in Mysterious, winner of the 1000 Guineas and Oaks Stakes in 1973.

Pope initially sent his colt to race in England, where he was trained by Noel Murless in Newmarket, Suffolk.

Racing career

1976: two-year-old season
J.O. Tobin began his racing career with a win over Chain of Reasoning in the Fulbourn Maiden Stakes over six furlongs at Newmarket Racecourse on 8 July. Three weeks later, the colt was moved up in class for the Group Two Richmond Stakes at Goodwood Racecourse. Ridden by Lester Piggott, he started the 8/11 favourite and won from Priors Walk and Tachypous, a colt who later won the Middle Park Stakes.

J.O. Tobin's next race was the Champagne Stakes at Doncaster Racecourse in September, for which he was made the 4/9 favourite. In what was described by Timeform as a "breathtaking" performance, Piggott sat motionless on the colt until the final furlong, at which point J.O. Tobin accelerated clear of his rivals to win by four lengths from the filly Durtal. The form of the race was subsequently boosted when Durtal won the Cheveley Park Stakes and was rated the best two-year-old filly of the year in Britain. On his final appearance of the season, J.O. Tobin was matched against the outstanding French two-year-old Blushing Groom in a highly anticipated race for the Grand Critérium over 1600 metres at Longchamp Racecourse on 10 October. Blushing Groom, ridden by Henri Samani, started 4/5 favourite after wins in the Prix Robert Papin, Prix Morny and Prix de la Salamandre whilst J.O. Tobin, ridden as usual by Piggott, started at odds of 5/4. Piggott tracked Samani, but when Blushing Groom took the lead in the straight, J.O. Tobin was unable to maintain his challenge and finished third, beaten four lengths and a head by Blushing Groom and Amyntor.

1977: three-year-old season
When Murless retired at the end of the 1976 season, Pope brought the horse back to the United States, where he was trained by former jockey and U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee John H. Adams. For his new trainer, the colt won the Coronado Handicap at Hollywood Park Racetrack in April and then finished fifth behind Seattle Slew in the Preakness Stakes. By the time J.O. Tobin met Seattle Slew in the Swaps Stakes, the latter had completed the Triple Crown in the Belmont Stakes to take his winning sequence to nine. J.O. Tobin led from the start and quickly went clear of Seattle Slew and Text. On the final turn, Seattle Slew began to weaken, and J.O. Tobin steadily increased his advantage in the straight. He beat Affiliate by 8-lengths in a time of 1:58 missing the track and world record for 1 miles by two-fifths of a second.  Seattle Slew finished 4th, 16 lengths behind.  Ridden by Bill Shoemaker, J.O. Tobin led from start to finish, running very fast fractions of 22 to the 1/4 mile, 45 to the 1/2 mile, 1:09 to the 3/4 mile & 1:33 to the mile.

1978: four-year-old season
In 1978, J. O. Tobin's race conditioning was taken over by future Hall of Fame trainer Laz Barrera, who guided him to wins in six Graded stakes races and American Champion Sprint Horse honors. On his first appearance of the season, he won the Malibu Stakes by five and a half lengths at Santa Anita Park in January. He went on to win the Californian Stakes, Tom Fool Handicap, Los Angeles Handicap, San Bernardino Handicap, and Premiere Handicap. He was voted American Champion Sprint Horse at the Eclipse Awards for 1978.

Assessment
There was no International Classification of European two-year-olds in 1976: the official handicappers of Britain, Ireland, and France compiled separate rankings for horses which competed in those countries. In the British Free Handicap, J.O. Tobin was given top-weight of 133 pounds, five pounds ahead of Godswalk, eight ahead of The Minstrel, and eleven ahead of Nebbiolo. The independent Timeform organisation gave him a rating of 130, making him their second best two-year-old of the year, a pound behind Blushing Groom.

Retirement
J. O. Tobin was retired to stud in 1979 and his first crop of foals proved to be hugely popular in the sales ring. He was the leading freshman sire at the Keeneland yearling sales in 1981 ahead of his old adversary, Seattle Slew but overall he was not a success as a breeding stallion. He died in 1994 in Corrales, New Mexico.

Pedigree

External links
 J.O.Tobin Thoroughbred Champion

References

1974 racehorse births
1994 racehorse deaths
Racehorses bred in Maryland
Racehorses trained in the United Kingdom
Racehorses trained in the United States
Thoroughbred family 3-m


A partial lunar eclipse will take place on May 16, 2041.

Visibility

Member
This is the 25th member of Lunar Saros 141. The previous event was the May 2023 lunar eclipse.

Related lunar eclipses

Lunar year series (354 days)

Saros series

Metonic series
This eclipse is the fourth and final of four Metonic cycle lunar eclipses on the same date, May 15–16, each separated by 19 years.

See also
List of lunar eclipses and List of 21st-century lunar eclipses

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Carolyn Abbate (born November 20, 1956) is an American musicologist, described by the Harvard Gazette as "one of the world’s most accomplished and admired music historians".
She is currently Paul and Catherine Buttenwieser University Professor at Harvard University. From her earliest essays she has questioned familiar approaches to well-known works, reaching beyond their printed scores and composer intentions, to explore the particular, physical impact of the medium upon performer and audience alike. Her research focuses primarily on the operatic repertory of the 19th century, offering creative and innovative approaches to understanding these works critically and historically.  Some of her more recent work has addressed topics such as film studies and performance studies more generally.

Early life and education
Abbate was born to Dolores R. (Kollmeyer) and Russell V. Abbate; she has two sisters. Abbate completed her BA at Yale University in 1977. While still an undergraduate at Yale, she reconstructed the score of Claude Debussy's La chute de la maison Usher (The Fall of the House of Usher) – a work long regarded as unsalvageably incomplete. She continued her studies in Munich and Princeton, completing her PhD at Princeton University under J. Merrill Knapp in 1984.

Career
She took a position in the Music Department at Princeton that year, and was named full professor in 1991, becoming at that time the youngest humanities faculty member appointed to that rank.  She was awarded the Dent Medal of the Royal Musical Association in 1993, and received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1994.  In 2005, she accepted an appointment at Harvard University and from 2008 to 2012 taught in the Music Department at the University of Pennsylvania as the Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Music. In 2013, she returned to Harvard, where she was named Paul and Catherine Buttenwieser University Professor in 2014.  She has also held appointments at the University of California, Berkeley, and the Freie Universität in Berlin, and has been a fellow of the Wissenschaftskolleg in Berlin, King's College, Cambridge, and the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.

In February 2022, Abbate was one of 38 Harvard faculty to sign a letter to the Harvard Crimson defending Professor John Comaroff, who had been found to have violated the university's sexual and professional conduct policies. The letter defended Comaroff as "an excellent colleague, advisor and committed university citizen" and expressed dismay over his being sanctioned by the university. After students filed a lawsuit with detailed allegations of Comaroff's actions and the university's failure to respond, Abbate was one of several signatories to say that she wished to retract her signature.

Musicological work
Abbate's dissertation, entitled The "Parisian" Tannhäuser, addressed historical and aesthetic issues related to the Parisian premiere of Richard Wagner's opera in 1861.  A significant excerpt from this work was published in the Journal of the American Musicological Society in 1983.  In 1990, she published a translation of Jean-Jacques Nattiez's Musicologie générale et sémiologie under the title Music and Discourse: Toward a Semiology of Music.

Her first monograph, Unsung Voices: Opera and Musical Narrative in the Nineteenth Century, was published by Princeton University Press in 1991. In this book, Abbate explores the metaphor of musical "narrative" in six extended case studies.  She describes her work as follows:

Her second monograph, In Search of Opera, reflects a close engagement with the aesthetic philosophy of Vladimir Jankélévitch, resulting in an exploration of the intersections of the ineffable and the performative aspects of opera.  As in Unsung Voices, Abbate proceeds through a series of case studies, this time exploring works ranging from Mozart's Magic Flute to Wagner's Parsifal and Debussy's Pelleas et Melisande.

Personal life
Abbate was married to Lee Clark Mitchell. She has 2 sons.

Select publications
 "Tristan in the Composition of Pelleas," 19th Century Music, v (1981–2), 117–40
 "Der junge Wagner malgre lui: die frühen Tannhäuser-Entwurfe und Wagners 'übliche Nummern …'" Wagnerliteratur – Wagnerforschung: Munich 1983, 59–68
 "The Parisian Vénus and the Paris Tannhäuser," Journal of the American Musicological Society, xxxvi (1983), 73–123
 With Roger Parker: Analyzing Opera: Verdi and Wagner. Ithaca, NY, 1984 [incl. "Introduction: On Analyzing Opera," pp. 1–26 [with Parker]; "Opera as Symphony: a Wagnerian Myth," pp. 92–124.
 The Parisian Tannhäuser (diss., Princeton U., 1984)
 "Erik's Dream and Tannhäuser's Journey," in Reading Opera. Ithaca, NY, 1986, pp. 129–67
 "What the Sorcerer Said," in 19th Century Music, xii (1988–9),pp. 221–30
 "Elektra's Voice: Music and Language in Strauss's Opera," in Richard Strauss: Elektra, ed. D. Puffett (Cambridge, 1989), pp. 107–27
 "Wagner, 'On Modulation', and Tristan" in Cambridge Opera Journal, i (1989), pp. 33–58
 "Dismembering Mozart" in Cambridge Opera Journal, ii (1990), pp. 187–95
 Music and Discourse: Toward a Semiology of Music (Princeton, NJ, 1990) [trans. of J.-J. Nattiez: Musicologie générale et sémiologie (Paris, 1987)]
 Unsung Voices: Opera and Musical Narrative in the Nineteenth Century (Princeton, NJ, 1991, 2/1996)
 "Opera, or The Envoicing of Women," Musicology and Difference: Gender and Sexuality in Music Scholarship, ed. R.A. Solie (Berkeley, 1993), 225–58
 "Mythische Stimmen, sterbliche Körper," Richard Wagner: “Der Ring des Nibelungen”: Ansichten des Mythos, ed. U. Bermbach und D. Borchmeyer (Stuttgart, 1995), 75–86
 In Search of Opera (Princeton, 2001)
 Music and the Ineffable (Princeton, 2003) [trans of. V. Jankélévitch: La musique et l'ineffable (Paris, 1961)]
 "Music--Drastic or Gnostic?" Critical Inquiry, xxx (2004), 505-536
 "Das Ephemere Übersehen," in Latenz: blinde Passagiere in den Geisteswissenschaften (Göttingen, 2011), 24–50.
 With Roger Parker: A History of Opera. New York: W. W. Norton, 2012

References

1956 births
Yale College alumni
Princeton University alumni
Institute for Advanced Study visiting scholars
Harvard University faculty
University of California, Berkeley College of Letters and Science faculty
University of Pennsylvania faculty
Living people
20th-century American women writers
21st-century American women writers
Women writers about music
Writers from New York (state)
Princeton University faculty
Fellows of King's College, Cambridge
American women musicologists


Sharon Lenore Anderson is a Canadian country music singer.  During the late 1980s Anderson was a member of country group Trinity Lane, who charted three singles on Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in 1988. In 1991, she signed to Capitol Nashville and released her solo debut album, The Bottom Line, the same year. The album produced two singles that charted on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada. Another album, Bringing It Home, was released on Royalty Records in 1995.

As a songwriter Anderson co-wrote fellow Canadian country singer Lisa Brokop's 1994 Top 20 single "Give Me a Ring Sometime". Anderson recorded her own version, as "Gimme a Ring Sometime", on her 1995 album.

Discography

Albums

Singles

See also

Music of Canada
List of Canadian musicians

References
Citations

Bibliography

External links
Sharon Anderson website
 Sharon Anderson Official website

Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
Canadian women country singers
Musicians from Edmonton
Capitol Records artists


A partial lunar eclipse will take place on November 8, 2041.

Visibility

Related lunar eclipses

Lunar year series (354 days)

Metonic series
This eclipse is the fourth of five Metonic cycle lunar eclipses on the same date, November 8–9, each separated by 19 years.

See also
List of lunar eclipses and List of 21st-century lunar eclipses

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A penumbral lunar eclipse will take place on October 28, 2042, according to some sources. This will be 0.4 days after the Moon reached perigee (making it a supermoon). This event marks the beginning of lunar saros cycle 156 according to some sources, and will be visually imperceptible and other sources have this as a miss.

According to some sources, it will be the last of 5 Metonic cycle eclipses occurring every 19 years on October 28, while the other sources calculate the Moon will miss the shadow.

Visibility

Related lunar eclipses

Lunar year series (354 days)

Metonic series
This eclipse (depending on definitions) is the last of four Metonic cycle lunar eclipses on the same date, October 28–29, each separated by 19 years:

See also
List of lunar eclipses and List of 21st-century lunar eclipses
February 1951 lunar eclipse
August 2016 lunar eclipse

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Valur Fannar Gíslason (born 8 September 1977) is an Icelandic former footballer who played for a defender and midfielder.

Club career
Born in Reykjavík, Valur played for Fram, Arsenal, Brighton & Hove Albion, Strømsgodset, Fylkir, Valur, Haukar and Vatnaliljur.

International career
Valur represented Iceland at under-16, under-17, under-19 and under-21 youth levels, and also earned 5 caps for the senior team.

References

1977 births
Living people
Valur Gislason
Valur Gislason
Valur Gislason
Valur Gislason
Valur Gislason
Arsenal F.C. players
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Valur Gislason
Valur Gislason
Valur Gislason
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English Football League players
Eliteserien players
Valur Gislason
Valur Gislason
Valur Gislason
Expatriate men's footballers in England
Valur Gislason
Expatriate men's footballers in Norway
Strømsgodset Toppfotball players
Men's association football defenders
Men's association football midfielders


Daryl Kerrigan, known professionally as Daryl K (born 2 April) is an Irish born, fashion designer based in New York City

Early life
Kerrigan was born in Dublin. Inspired by her mother's fashion sense and dressmaking abilities, Kerrigan enrolled at the National College of Art and Design in Dublin. When she was 22 years old, Kerrigan moved to New York City.

Her first years in New York were spent working in film, where she worked as a costume designer and on-set wardrobe supervisor for independent features such as Jim Jarmusch's Mystery Train and My Cousin Vinny starring Marisa Tomei.

She is partnered with  Paul Leonard, also from Dublin;  the couple has two children.

Career
With no prior experience working in the fashion industry, in 1991, with savings, she opened her first shop in the East Village, on Sixth Street. Purely through word of mouth from musicians, performers and style hunters, it was  time for the fashion crowd to discover her.

She immediately developed the Hip Hugger Bootleg Jean, which drew people like Sonic Youth front woman Kim Gordon, as well as fashion editors like Camilla Nickerson and stylists to the store and earned Daryl cult status in fashion circles. Her boot-cut hipster jeans, dubbed "low riders" were  inspired by a pair of red velvet 70's hiphuggers. These jeans were to make her name and become the mainstay of her collections.

In 1997, Kerrigan opened a store on 21 Bond Street in William Wegman's former studio. Bond Street has since been home to her flagship store.

Kerrigan suffered some setback after her labels ("Daryl K" and "K-189") were acquired by the Leiber Group in 2000.  After just  a year, her stores in Los Angeles and New York closed after the Leiber Group halted production. In 2002, she fought to get back the rights to her labels and  re- launched the brands in October 2002 in the same Bond Street store that had been closed in 2001.
She soon was back on her feet again as her loyal customers began to return to the store, mostly by word-of -mouth. Shortly after, as the Daryl K line began to sell out in Barneys New York and other locations, Daryl  and The Barneys Team  launched the Daryl K-189 /Co-Op collection together.

Her vision was evident in the shows which were legendary in fashion lore: An empty swimming pool in the LES; the space now known as "Capitale" when it was a working bank; the roof of Gordon Bunshaft's Lever House; on top of a flatbed truck, in the Gagosian Gallery on 21st Street when it was a parking garage – Joey Ramone attended this show as Ramones tracks played back to back for the entire runway show.

Daryl has been a consultant to companies including Calvin Kelin, The Gap, The Limited, and Tommy Hilfiger.

In March 2012, Daryl closed the store on Bond Street. The Daryl K collection continues to sell  through the Daryl K website and various retailers.
The Daryl K stretch Leather leggings are worn faithfully by gallery girls, artists, editors and models. They have been a staple in the closet of Olivia Palermo for almost ten years.

Since 2012,  Daryl K has created collaborative collections for  companies including Urban Outfitters, Steven Alan, Madewell, Calvin Klein, CK Jeans and Beauty.com.

References

External links

 Daryl Kerrigan index at the New York Times

1964 births
Living people
Irish fashion designers
Alumni of the National College of Art and Design
Irish expatriates in the United States
Irish costume designers
Irish women fashion designers
Artists from County Dublin


Linares del Acebo is one of 54 parish councils in Cangas del Narcea, a municipality within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain.

Villages
 Bornazal
 Brañamiana
 El Cabanal
 Castilmoure
 Ḷḷinares
 L'Acebu

References

Parishes in Cangas del Narcea


Clear Creek Township is located in the far northwest corner of Jasper County, Iowa. It contains the Clear Creek Wildlife Area.

History
Clear Creek Township was established in 1849.

Geography
Land area: 35.7 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.

Demographics
For 2000 census
Population: 356 (all rural)
Males: 175 (49.2%)
Females: 181 (50.8%)

Occupied houses/apartments: 356 (288 owner occupied, 68 renter occupied)
% of renters: 19%
State: 28%

Races in Clear Creek township:
White non-Hispanic: 99.4%
Asian: 0.3%
Two or more races: 0.3%

Median age of males: 43.1
Median age of females: 42.9

Population density: 10 people per square mile.

70% of Clear Creek township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 50% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 77% lived in Iowa.

References

External links

http://iagenweb.org/jasper/maps/township/Clear_Creek.htm

Townships in Jasper County, Iowa
Townships in Iowa
1849 establishments in Iowa
Populated places established in 1849


Andrés "Andreas" Fischer Muñoz (born 1965) is a Colombian-American realist painter living in Switzerland.

Biography
Fischer was born into an artistic family in 1965 in Bogotá, to a Colombian father and an American mother. He studied art at the University of the Andes, Colombia (Arts and Humanities School), where he exhibited at its Marta Traba Gallery and obtained his bachelor's in 1990. He also exhibited at other institutions, and his graduate thesis and first solo exhibition was "A partir de la poesia" at the Gartner-Torres Gallery. In July 1991, he moved to New York City; he performed postgraduate work at the nondegree fine arts college Art Students League of New York, for four years, earned a master's in fine arts at Pratt Institute, and held twelve exhibitions in New York City, Chicago, Colombia, and the Dominican Republic. He continued his career by moving to Bern, Switzerland, in 2004; he speaks Spanish, English, and German. He is also a yoga practitioner, and has adopted German painter Gerhard Richter's slogan, "Painting is dead, but who cares?"

Art
During the Colombian period, he stated that each of his works were inspired by a poem of Fernando Pessoa, whom he considers the "poeta del desasosiego" (poet of disquiet).

His one-month solo ultrarealist art exhibition, "Parejas" ("Couples"), at the Beatrice Brunner Gallery in Bern in 2006, displayed seven diptych paintings depicting seminude individuals in pairs but separated deconstructively by whitespace, staring at the viewers. One half of one of the diptychs was stolen prior to the exhibition. Inspired by Fischer's study of the historical artistic representation of relationships in society and painted over the course of five years, the enigmatic paintings emphasize the necessity of individuality in all relationships; the relationship between the couples is left unstated. Fischer explained, "It was intended that the couple needs a space and that that space contains a distance between the two individuals, and that that space is important."

Paintings in the photorealist series include Carolina and Juan (2004), in which Juan, on the edge of the painting, appears indecisive about remaining in the image or abandoning the common space; Lauren and Dean; Maria and Deuxchevs (2006); Ralph (2003); and Sarah and Michael. They were painted according to photos taken of the model couples early in the morning, shortly after waking, to obtain intimate portraits. The whitespace was inspired by Wanderer above the Sea of Fog, by Caspar David Friedrich, while the distance between each couple was inspired by royal portraiture such as Francisco Goya's painting The Family of Charles IV. Curator Beatrice Brunner stated that reception was "magnificent": patrons included Berner Zeitung journalist and critic Konrad Tobler, and painter and philosopher Angelica Baum.

These paintings were re-exhibited when Fischer, and three older Colombian artists who had immigrated to Switzerland since 1972, participated in a joint exhibit commemorating the centennial of the Colombian-Swiss peace treaty of March 14, 1908. Colombian ambassador Claudia Jimínez sponsored the exhibit, and critic Tobler stated that Fischer's art focuses much more on the psychological aspect than the photographic, in the photorealist tradition.

Exhibitions
Seventh Salón Séneca, University of the Andes, Colombia, 1988.
"Traspies" (video), Art Faculty Meeting, University of Nariño, Pasto, 1988.
"Dance" (stage scenery for video), Karim Noack, director, 1988.
Marta Traba Photography Salon, University of the Andes, Colombia, 1988-1989.
Eighth Salón Séneca, University of the Andes, Colombia, 1989.
Ceramics Exposition, National University of Medellin, Colombia, 1989.
"La Prensa, One Year" (illustrator), Museum of Modern Art, Bogotá, 1990.
"A partir de la poesía" (solo), Gartner-Torres Gallery, Colombia, December 6–7, 1991.
Art Students League of New York Gallery, New York, 1993.
"Dumbo Art Festival", K2 Studio, Brooklyn, 1995.
"Art-Iberoamerica 96", Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, 1996.
"Exploring the North", Stendhal Gallery, New York, 1996.
"Generación intermedia", Luís Ángel Arango Museum (Banco de la Republica), Colombia, 1998.
"Bodies in Transit" (solo), Steuben West Gallery (Pratt Institute), New York, 1999.
"Fall Artist Series", Element AG Art Space, Chelsea, 2000.
"The Alchemical Body", Williamsburg Cultural Art Center, Brooklyn, 2001.
Caribbean Biannual, Santo Domingo, 2002.
New York Art Expo, Peter Rose Gallery, New York, 2002.
"Expansive Wave: Eight Years", Lyle O'Reitzel Gallery, Dominican Republic, 2003.
"Urbes Interiores", BLAA Museum, Colombia, 2004.
"Porträt", PROGR and Kunstkeller, Bern, 2005.
 Art Zürich International, Zürich, 2006.
"Parejas" ("Couples", solo), Beatrice Brunner Gallery, Bern, August 26 to September 23, 2006.
"1, 2, 3, 4 Pintores Colombíanos en Suiza", Park Gallery (Franz Gertsch Museum), Burgdorf, 2008.
"Fil Rouge 08", Steiner Gallery, Switzerland, November 23 to December 21, 2008.

Honors
First prize, "Manitas Libres" Painting Contest, Cuban Embassy, 1978.
Second prize (mural), Architectonic Project of Iglesia Ciudad Salitre, National Society of Architects of Colombia, 1991.
First runner-up, Travel Grant, Art Students League of New York, 1994.
Fellowship Grant, Organization of American States, District of Columbia, 1996.
Nomination, Royal Academy, The Starr Foundation, London, 1997.
Excellence Prize, Pratt Institute, New York, 1997.

References

Colombian painters
Colombian male painters
Living people
1965 births
Colombian expatriates in Switzerland
American expatriates in Switzerland
Colombian people of American descent
Colombian emigrants to the United States
American painters
University of Los Andes (Colombia) alumni
Swiss people of Colombian descent


"Maybe We Should Just Sleep on It" is a song written by Jerry Laseter and Kerry Kurt Phillips, and recorded by American country music artist Tim McGraw.  It was released in October 1996 as the fifth and final single from his third studio album All I Want (1995). It peaked at number 4 on the United States Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, while it reached number one on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada.

Content
The narrator's significant other has decided to break up with him. He tries to convince her to stay, by saying that they should just sleep on the decision and work it out tomorrow.

Critical reception
Dan Milliken of Country Universe gave the song a C grade, saying that "the generic 'moody' 90′s production does some of the damage, as does a patchwork melody that can’t seem to connect its phrases. But you can also hear McGraw still ironing out his vocal technique, as his likably nervous tremor in the verses meets a series of clumsy trills and some pitchy "baby's and "maybe's."

Music video
The music video was directed and produced by Sherman Halsey. It premiered on CMT on October 11, 1996, during The CMT Delivery Room. It features Tim McGraw performing the song in an empty room.

Chart positions
"Maybe We Should Just Sleep on It" debuted at number 64 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of October 12, 1996.

Year-end charts

References

1996 singles
1995 songs
Tim McGraw songs
Song recordings produced by Byron Gallimore
Song recordings produced by James Stroud
Curb Records singles
Music videos directed by Sherman Halsey
Songs written by Kerry Kurt Phillips


1 vs. 100 is a BBC National Lottery game show based on the original Dutch version called . It aired on BBC One from 30 September 2006 to 23 May 2009, with Dermot O'Leary hosting the first two series and Ben Shephard hosting the last two series. In mid 2010, the BBC announced that the show was cancelled after four series.

Format
A single contestant designated as The One competes against a panel of 100 people, collectively known as The 100. To win the game outright, the One must eliminate all members of the 100 by answering a series of questions correctly.

On each turn, the One selects one of two categories and the host asks a multiple-choice question with three answer options. The 100 are given six seconds to lock in their guesses, after which the One is asked for their answer. A correct response adds £1,000 to the bank for every member of the 100 who has missed it and eliminates all of them from the game. If the One successfully eliminates all 100 opponents, they win all the money in the bank plus a bonus of £50,000. However, an incorrect answer from the One at any time ends the game immediately and forfeits all the money. Unlike other editions, such as the American version of the same name, a loss by the One does not allow the surviving members of the 100 to split the bank. In addition, the One has no option to walk away and keep the banked money, but must play until one side or the other is defeated.

After answering the first question correctly, the One is given three "dodges," each of which can be used to skip one question at the cost of cutting the bank in half. Members of the 100 who miss a dodged question are still eliminated, but no money is added to the bank. Once the One has eliminated over 75 opponents, one of the offered categories for the next turn becomes "Bonus Dodge," which awards one more dodge if chosen and answered correctly; however, this question cannot be dodged. In addition, the One may choose to double the value of any one question after the first, adding £2,000 to the bank for each opponent eliminated on that turn.

If all remaining members of the 100 miss the same question, the host announces this fact before revealing the correct answer and then gives the One a choice. They may either end the game and keep the banked money, including the payoff for all eliminated opponents on that turn, or play the question out in the hope of being correct and winning the £50,000 bonus in addition to the bank.

The potential top prize is £250,000, achievable if the One uses no dodges, eliminates every member of the 100 on a double-value question, answers it correctly, and chooses not to end the game.

For each new game, the One is chosen at random from the members of the 100 who avoided elimination in the last one, or from the entire 100 if all of them were eliminated.

Transmissions

References

External links

2006 British television series debuts
2009 British television series endings
2000s British game shows
1 vs. 100
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British game shows about lotteries
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Television series by Banijay


Faster Faster is a band from Brunswick, Georgia, United States.

History

Formation
Forming in 2006, it wasn't until a year and one EP release later that Faster Faster's classic line-up was solidified in July 2007 by five musicians. Kyle Davis (vocals), Randall Dowling (vocals/guitar), Christian Mosely (guitar), Steuart Wainright (drums), and Joey Poppell (bass) were all previously members of other local, predominantly hardcore, bands in and around Brunswick, Georgia, but found a Pop-Punk sound they felt was more fitting after leaving their grungy tunes behind. The band's popularity in the area skyrocketed after hundreds of listeners logged on to their Myspace profiles to listen to their music.

Pillow Talk 101 and Hopes & Dreams
Producing a glimpse of their potential hit songs, Pillow Talk 101 was released on the south Georgia record label Still Movement Records after several months of brainstorming and recording. Shortly thereafter, they paired up with Matt Vigliotti and Eccentric Energy Entertainment to manage the band and help with touring.

After two years of playing live shows and critiquing their work, Faster Faster, with bigger dreams of success than ever, released their freshman, full-length album Hopes and Dreams in August 2008 on Oort Records, a sub-label of Lobster Records.

After the release of their debut full-length CD, Faster Faster launched a nationwide tour, traveling outside the east coast to cities including New York City, New York; Tallahassee, Florida; and Chicago, Illinois. The band has toured with other up-and-coming bands from along the east coast (such as Backseat Goodbye, The Ready Set, 1997, We Are! The New Year, and Stages & Stereos and opened for bands of notoriety in their genre such as Mayday Parade, School Boy Humor, and Farewell. They were also featured on AMP Magazines 21 Young Guns of 2009 compilation CD.

Unfinished second studio album
In late 2008, Faster Faster returned to Earthsound Studios in Valdosta Georgia to begin recording their second studio album. Three demos, titled "170 as Usual" "The Weekend" and "Word of Advice You're A Joke", were released via the website Absolute Punk and the band's Myspace and purevolume pages. At least three other new songs were played by the band at live shows between the recording process and their break-up, including one named after a scene from the movie Step Brothers, "The Catalina Wine Mixer".

Break-up
On September 22, 2009 Faster Faster released a statement via Myspace that they were officially through with the band.

Soon after the end of Faster Faster, Randall Dowling took control of the band's Myspace page in order to launch his then-solo project I Am Me, releasing 4 songs titled "The City", "Two Years", "Dog", and "The Way She Sees Me". Soon after the release of this project, Dowling put up a blog stating that Faster Faster's old drummer, Steuart Wainright, had been added to the lineup of I Am Me. A photoshoot was done for the duo and some of the pictures were uploaded to Wainright's Facebook profile. Since then, the blog and pictures have been deleted.

In April 2010, at a show in Brunswick, Georgia, after Dowling played a set as I Am Me, Kyle Davis made a guest appearance to finish the set with a cover of MGMT's "Electric Feel". A group consisting of Dowling, Davis, Trevor Aspinwall, Jet Turner, and Miles Teeters (old members of local Brunswick band Dora Maar) then took the stage. Davis stated, "I'm not sure if there's a name for this yet, but we have a couple songs that we're going to play for you". They were later confirmed to be named Never Have I Ever, and recorded four demos at Rock Studio in Brunswick.

Solid Gold Thunder
On March 10, 2011, Dowling announced a new project called Solid Gold Thunder  via Facebook. The band included previous Faster Faster members Kyle, Randall, Steuart, and Aaron with newcomer Jet Turner who had previously supplied additional vocals on Faster faster's "... And Always". They released their only EP, "The Hot Weather Sessions" in July 2012 featuring the tracks "Black Velveteen", "Give My Regards To Smokey", "Sergeant Jacuzzi", "Let It Ride", "I Like You, But You're Crazy", and the previously unreleased Faster Faster song "Catalina Wine Mixer" which also received a music video After the initial EP, the band released a few more songs including "No Need to Brag", "Dropping F Bombs", and "Keep It Down".

In March 2013, the band released their last song with Kyle providing vocals entitled "Please Be 18" through Vinyl Mag. While he was still present with the band through the summer, by October, Kyle's departure was made official as the band debuted a video titled "Solid Gold Thunder - The Intangible Things (BRAND NEW SONG/BRAND NEW LINEUP)". While the band publicized an album with the new line-up titled "Vices and Addictions" to be released in Fall of 2014 they only ever released two singles with the new line up: "Wolves on a Beach" and "I Don't Know Where to Start".

Reunion
In April 2015, the band announced what was at the time going to be a one-off reunion show. However, plans changed over time and by October 2020 a full reunion was announced. Since their return, the band has made their 2008 demo and a re-mastered version of "Pillow Talk 101" available on major streaming platforms. They've also been busy in the studio recording new songs including on titled "Nothing Special". The band has also stated they're "hoping to introduce FF fans to the SGT stuff over time", suggesting that the Solid Gold Thunder back-catalog may be taken on as Faster Faster originals.

Discography

As Solid Gold Thunder

Other releases
"From My TV Screen To Your Bedroom"  - "Hopes & Dreams" demo
"Set The Stage" - Hopes & Dreams b-side
"These Are The Days (Remix)" - "Hopes & Dreams" b-side
"You're Killing Me Smalls"  - "Hope & Dreams" Japanese bonus track
 "No Need to Brag" - As Solid Gold Thunder,
 "Dropping F Bombs" - As Solid Gold Thunder
 "Keep It Down" - As Solid Gold Thunder.
 "Please Be 18" - As Solid Gold Thunder.
 "You're On Fire" (Instrumental) - As Solid Gold Thunder
 "The Intangible Things" - As Solid Gold Thunder (Presumably for Vices & Addictions).
 "Wolves on a Beach" - As Solid Gold Thunder (Presumably for Vices & Addictions)
 "I Don't Know Where to Start" - As Solid Gold Thunder (Presumably for Vices & Addictions).
 "RIP Chivalry" - As Solid Gold Thunder (Presumably for Vices & Addictions)
 "Bad Bitch Blues" - As Solid Gold Thunder (Presumably for Vices & Addictions)
 "Molly" - As Solid Gold Thunder (Presumably for Vices & Addictions)

References

External links
Faster Faster at MySpace
Faster Faster at Purevolume
https://web.archive.org/web/20130510140700/http://www.solidgoldthundermusic.com/

Alternative rock groups from Georgia (U.S. state)
American pop punk groups
Punk rock groups from Georgia (U.S. state)


Maganes is one of 54 parish councils in Cangas del Narcea, a municipality within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain.

It is  in size, with a population of 69.

Villages
 Vaḷḷicieḷḷu
 Ordiales
 Ḷḷuarnes
 Soucéu

References

Parishes in Cangas del Narcea


Mieldes is one of 54 parish councils in Cangas del Narcea, a municipality within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain.

Villages
 Deigüeñu
 Mieldes

References

Parishes in Cangas del Narcea


The 2009 Korean League Cup, also known as the Peace Cup Korea 2009, was the 22nd competition of the Korean League Cup. It began on 25 March 2009, and ended on 16 September 2009.

Group stage
All K League clubs excluding participating clubs of the 2009 AFC Champions League entered the group stage. Clubs ranked odd-numbered places in the 2008 K League were assigned to the Group A, and even-numbered clubs were assigned to the Group B. The fledgling club Gangwon FC entered the Group A. The top two clubs of each group qualified for the knockout stage.

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage

Teams

Bracket

Goalscorers

Awards

Source:

See also
2009 in South Korean football
2009 K League
2009 Korean FA Cup

References

External links
Official website
 Review at K League

2009
2009 domestic association football cups
2009 in South Korean football
Peace Cup Korea 2009


Sione Teisina Fuko (born ~1950) is a Tongan politician and former Member of the Tongan Parliament for the island of Ha'apai.  He is a member of the People's Democratic Party.

Fuko is from the village of Ha'ano on Ha'apai and was educated at Piedmont Technical College in South Carolina and later at Faith International University & Seminary in Tacoma, Washington. He worked as a schoolteacher at St Andrews High School in Nuku'alofa, before moving to the Bank of Tonga and then the Tonga Development Bank. He was first elected to Parliament in 1984.

On 15 November 2006, he gave two speeches to OBN Television and at Pangai Si'i shortly before the 2006 Nuku'alofa riots.  He was subsequently charged with two counts of sedition.  On 25 March 2009 he was acquitted.

In November 2009, Fuko was appointed to Cabinet as Minister for Revenue Services.  Unlike previous Cabinet appointments, he was not forced to resign his seat, and continued to serve as a People's Representative.

Fuko ran for re-election in the 2010 election, in the Haʻapai 13 constituency, but was unsuccessful.

References

Members of the Legislative Assembly of Tonga
Living people
Government ministers of Tonga
People's Democratic Party (Tonga) politicians
People from Haʻapai
Year of birth missing (living people)


Alcohol and sex deals with the effects of the consumption of alcohol on sexual behavior. The effects of alcohol are balanced between its suppressive effects on sexual physiology, which will decrease sexual activity, and its suppression of psychological inhibitions, which may increase the desire for sex.

Alcohol is a depressant. After consumption, alcohol causes the body's systems to slow down. Often, feelings of drunkenness are associated with elation and happiness but other feelings of anger or depression can arise. Balance, judgment, and coordination are also negatively affected. One of the most significant short term side effects of alcohol is reduced inhibition. Reduced inhibitions can lead to an increase in sexual behavior.

In men
Low to moderate alcohol consumption is shown to have protective effect for men's erectile function. Several reviews and meta-analyses of existing literature show that low to moderate alcohol consumption significantly decrease erectile dysfunction risk.

Men's sexual behaviors can be affected dramatically by high alcohol consumption. Both chronic and acute alcohol consumption have been shown in most studies
 (but not all) to inhibit testosterone production in the testes.  This is believed to be caused by the metabolism of alcohol reducing the NAD+/NADH ratio both in the liver and the testes; since the synthesis of testosterone requires NAD+, this tends to reduce testosterone production.

As testosterone is critical for libido and physical arousal, alcohol tends to have deleterious effects on male sexual performance. Studies have been conducted that indicate increasing levels of alcohol intoxication produce a significant degradation in male masturbatory effectiveness (MME). This degradation was measured by measuring blood alcohol concentration (BAC) and ejaculation latency. Alcohol intoxication can decrease sexual arousal, decrease pleasureability and intensity of orgasm, and increase difficulty in attaining orgasm.

In women
In women, the effects of alcohol on libido in the literature are mixed. Some women report that alcohol increases sexual arousal and desire, however, some studies show alcohol lower the physiological signs of arousal. A 2016 study found that alcohol negatively affected how positive the sexual experience was in both men and women. Studies have shown that acute alcohol consumption tends to cause increased levels of testosterone and estradiol. Since testosterone controls in part the strength of libido in women, this could be a physiological cause for an increased interest in sex. Also, because women have a higher percentage of body fat and less water in their bodies, alcohol can have a quicker, more severe impact. Women's bodies take longer to process alcohol; more precisely, a woman's body often takes one-third longer to eliminate the substance.

Sexual behavior in women under the influence of alcohol is also different from men. Studies have shown that increased BAC is associated with longer orgasmic latencies and decreased intensity of orgasm. Some women report a greater sexual arousal with increased alcohol consumption as well as increased sensations of pleasure during orgasm. Because ejaculatory response is visual and can more easily be measured in males, orgasmic response must be measured more intimately. In studies of the female orgasm under the influence of alcohol, orgasmic latencies were measured using a vaginal photoplethysmograph, which essentially measures vaginal blood volume.

Psychologically, alcohol has also played a role in sexual behavior. It has been reported that women who were intoxicated believed they were more sexually aroused than before consumption of alcohol. This psychological effect contrasts with the physiological effects measured, but refers back to the loss of inhibitions because of alcohol. Often, alcohol can influence the capacity for a woman to feel more relaxed and in turn, be more sexual. Alcohol may be considered by some women to be a sexual disinhibitor.

Drug facilitated sexual assault

Drug-facilitated sexual assault (DFSA), also known as predator rape, is a sexual assault carried out after the victim has become incapacitated due to having consumed alcohol or other drugs. The unofficial term "date rape drug" came into widespread usage in the early 1990s through U.S. news media reports. Researchers say that unlike other types of rape, DFSA is not a crime of physical violence: it is a crime of sexual hedonism and entitlement. A date rape drug, also called a predator drug, is any drug that can be used to assist in the execution of drug facilitated sexual assault (DFSA). The most common types of DFSA are those in which a victim ingested drugs willingly for recreational purposes, or had them administered surreptitiously: it is the latter type of assault that the term "date rape drug" most often refers to.

Sexual risk-taking
Alcohol intoxication is associated with an increased risk that people will become involved in risky sexual behaviours, such as unprotected sex. It is unclear whether the two are linked or the personality types of people who often drink large amounts of alcohol are more tolerant of risk-taking.

Alcohol is linked to a large proportion of unwanted outcomes associated with sex such as date rape, unwanted pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases.

In 2018 the first study of its kind, found that alcohol and caffeinated energy drinks is linked with casual, risky sex among college-age adults.

"Beer goggles"

A study published in 2003 supported the beer goggles hypothesis; however, it also found that another explanation is that regular drinkers tend to have personality traits that mean they find people more attractive, whether or not they are under the influence of alcohol at the time.  A 2009 study showed that while men found adult women (who were wearing makeup) more attractive after consuming alcohol, the alcohol did not interfere with their ability to determine a woman's age.

A 2021 study found that bar patrons rated themselves as more attractive towards the end of the night, regardless of their level of intoxication, and that this effect had more to do with motivations to attract a mate. The “closing time effect” was tested in Danish bars, with researchers separating responses based on whether bar patrons had filled out their survey in the afternoon, evening, or night, and finding that people attending the bar at night rated themselves as more attractive than earlier visitors.

See also
 Sex and drugs

References

Bibliography

Alcohol
Human sexuality
Sex and drugs


Kelsborrow Castle is an Iron Age hill fort in Cheshire, northern England. Hill forts were fortified hill-top settlements constructed across Britain during the Iron Age. It is one of only seven hill forts in the county of Cheshire and was probably in use for only a short time. In the 19th century, a bronze palstave was recovered from the site. It is protected as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.

Location
Although there are over 1,300 hill forts in England, most are concentrated in southern England, and there are only seven in Cheshire. Along with Eddisbury and Oakmere, Kelsborrow forms a small cluster of Iron Age hill forts within  of each other, near the Mouldsworth Gap, a break in the central ridge that runs north–south through Cheshire. The hill forts at Eddisbury and Oakmere lie to the north-east and east respectively. Kelsborrow Castle is located at ,  above sea level. The site overlooks the Cheshire Plain to the west, south-west, and south. There is high ground immediately to the east of Kelsborrow Castle, rising to a height of .

Layout
As well as being a hill fort, Kelsborrow Castle is a type of promontory fort, as it exploits the natural steep slopes of the area to create a defensive site. The site is surrounded by an artificial bank and ditch, although there is a gap in the ditch for around  in the west. This is probably because the ground slopes sharply away where there is no ditch. The best surviving parts of the bank are  high, and the distance between the outer edge of the ditch and the inner edge of the rampart is . The defences cover , and enclose an area of . The entrance of the fort is probably in the south-east. Multivallate (more than one series of earthworks) forts are common in southern England; that Kelsborrow Castle is single vallate (i.e. it has only one ditch and bank) means it is probably a one-phase site, indicating it would only have been used for a short time. The hill fort is similar in typology to the hill forts at Bradley, and Oakmere, in Cheshire, and Castercliff and Portfield in Lancashire.

Preservation and current state
Geophysical surveys and small-scale archaeological excavations in 1973 and 1996 indicated that there may be structures such as storage pits buried within the hill fort. The site is part of wider agricultural land and suffers erosion from vehicles and livestock movement. Animal burrows and the spread of bracken also pose a threat to the site. Although the site is designated as "at low risk", a more recent survey has suggested changing it to "at high risk" because of activities such as ploughing at Kelsborrow Castle. Five of the hill forts in Cheshire have been assessed as being "at high risk" compared to 15% of North West England's Scheduled Monuments.

See also

Scheduled Monuments in Cheshire (pre-1066)

References
Citations

Sources

Hill forts in Cheshire
Buildings and structures in Cheshire
Scheduled monuments in Cheshire


Nsuta is a small town and is the capital of Sekyere Central, a district in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Nsuta is in Ashanti although there are a number of towns in Ghana with this name.

Transport
This Nsuta is served by a station on the national railway network.
There is no railway station serving Asante-Nsuta.

Towns and villages under Asante-Nsuta Traditional Area
 Abaasua
 Abonkoso
 Aframso
 Akyease
 Amangoase
 Amuaman
 Amugyewaa
 Anansu/Appiakrom
 Ankamadoa
 Asuafu
 Atwea
 Awanya
 Bimma
 Bonkron
 Dadease
 Danso
 Ɛkuo
 Gyansa
 Gyetiase
 kↄtↄ Dida
 Kruwi
 Kwagyei
 Kyebi
 Kyeiase
 Kyekyebon
 Mpantuase
 Mpempɛ
 Nkudwua
 Nkwabrim
 Ohemaa Dida
 Pataase
 Tadiɛso
 Tenten
 Twerefuo
 Duamo
 Wuobuoho
There are also three major towns in the Sekyere Central District Assembly, Namely Sekyere-Beposo, Sekyere-Atonsu and Sekyere-Kwamang.

References

Populated places in the Ashanti Region


Virtual Organization for Innovative Conceptual Engineering Design (VOICED) is a virtual organization that promotes innovation in engineering design. This project is the collaborative work of researchers at five universities across the United States, and is funded by the National Science Foundation. The goal of this virtual organization is to facilitate the sharing of design information between often geographically dispersed engineers and designers through the use of a robust and sophisticated design repository. Additionally, functional data can be mapped to historical failure data and possible components to create a conceptual design.

The end goal is to turn VOICED into a tool that allows engineers to create conceptual designs based on archived designs and detect failures in those design through an open design repository (Tumer & Stone, n.d.). VOICED is a fairly new organization, being about 3–4 years old, however the concepts that underlie the organization have been under development for much longer.

Universities
Oregon State University
Missouri University of Science and Technology (team has moved to Oregon State)
Penn State
University of Texas
Texas A&M University

NSF Awards
Collaborative Research: VOICED - A Virtual Organization for Innovative Conceptual Engineering Design
 0742677 & 0742698

Software
Design Engineering Lab
 Design Repository
FunctionCAD is an open source application used for the visual representation of functional models.
SKDB - "apt for hardware", see also open source hardware.

See also
Open design

References

External links
http://www.p2pfoundation.net/VOICED

Engineering organizations


Soon after the formation of the Soviet Union, emigration restrictions were put in place to keep citizens from leaving the various countries of the Soviet Socialist Republics, though some defections still occurred. During and after World War II, similar restrictions were put in place in non-Soviet countries of the Eastern Bloc, which consisted of the Communist states of Central and Eastern Europe (except for non-aligned Yugoslavia).

Until 1952, however, the Inner German border between East Germany and West Germany could be easily crossed in most places. Accordingly, before 1961, most of that east–west flow took place between East and West Germany, with over 3.5 million East Germans emigrating to West Germany before 1961. On August 13, 1961, a barbed-wire barrier, which would become the Berlin Wall separating East and West Berlin, was erected by East Germany.

Although international movement was, for the most part, strictly controlled, there was a steady loss through escapees who were able to use ingenious methods to evade frontier security. Numerous notable Eastern Bloc citizens defected to non-Eastern Bloc countries.

The following list of Eastern Bloc defectors contains notable defectors from East Germany, the Soviet Union, Poland, Bulgaria, Romania, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Albania before those countries' conversions from Communist states in the early 1990s.

List of defections

Defections after 1991

See also
Eastern Bloc emigration and defection
List of Western Bloc defectors

Notes

References

Eastern Bloc
Soviet and Eastern Bloc
Defectors


Peter Clark (born 10 December 1979) is an English retired professional footballer who made over 150 league appearances as a defender.

Career
Born in Romford, Clark began his career as an apprentice at Arsenal, but he never made a league appearance for the Gunners. He signed for Carlisle United in 1998, making 79 league appearances. He appeared in the famous Jimmy Glass game against Plymouth Argyle, in which the goalkeeper scored in the 94th minute to keep Carlisle United in the Football League. He then signed for Stockport County, where he made 72 league appearances. While at Stockport, Clark spent time on loan at Mansfield Town, where he made 4 league appearances. After leaving Stockport in 2003, Clark spent one season at Northampton Town, where he made 6 league appearances. Clark retired from football in 2004.

References

External links

1979 births
Living people
English men's footballers
Arsenal F.C. players
Carlisle United F.C. players
Stockport County F.C. players
Mansfield Town F.C. players
Northampton Town F.C. players
English Football League players
Men's association football defenders
Footballers from Romford


Botswana Savings Bank BSB, is a financial services organization in Botswana. It is licensed as a development bank by the Bank of Botswana, the national banking regulator.

Overview
BSB is a government-owned financial services organisation that mobilizes domestic savings by accepting customer deposits, grants loans on commercial terms and offers other financial services as it considers necessary to meet the needs of the people of Botswana. Established  in 1992 by act of parliament, the bank offers savings accounts, mortgage loans, automobile loans and other secured loans to its customers. The Bank is a member of the World Savings Banks Institute. According to the Bank of Botswana, Botswana Savings Bank had an asset base of approximately US$73 million (BWP:480 million) as of December 2009.

Branches
The bank maintains two (2) branches; one in Gaborone and another in Francistown. In addition, BSB has a partnership agreement with BotswanaPost to offer banking services through over 120 postal outlets throughout the country.

See also
 BotswanaPost
 List of Botswana banks in Africa
 List of banks in Botswana

References

External links
 Official website
 Case Study of Botswana Savings Bank
Location of BSB Headquarters At Wikimapia.org

Banks of Gaborone
Banks established in 1992


is a Japanese manga artist. After winning an honorable mention at the 11th Tezuka Awards in 1976 for his work Mīnya no Negai, he made his professional debut the following year in a special issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump with his work . Since that time, he has published works in a variety of Shogakukan shōnen and seinen manga magazines.

His definitive works include Tsukiji Uogashi Sandaime (art) and Itsumo Hōkago. Manga artist Hidenori Hara was his assistant for a time. Hashimoto was the assistant for Motoka Murakami for a time.

Works
All works are published by Shogakukan unless otherwise indicated.
Ganbare! Donbe (1978–1980, CoroCoro Comic, 2 volumes)
Ore wa Namuzumono (1982–1984, written by Jūzō Yamasaki, Weekly Shōnen Sunday, 6 volumes)
Barairo Eleven (1985, Big Comic, 4 volumes)
Tensai Donbe (1986–1988, CoroCoro Comic, 8 volumes)
Itsumo Hōkago (1990-?, Big Comic, 7 volumes)
Fūfu Seikatsu (1990–1991, written by Yūji Nishi, Big Comic, 6 volumes)
Hanatare Gakuen (1991–1992, SP Comics, 2 volumes)
 (1992–1996, written by Ken'ichi Ōishi, Big Comic Original, 6 volumes)
Kibō no Isu (1996–1997, Big Comic, 2 volumes)
Mizcov (1996–2000, written by Gregory, Big Comic Original, 5 volumes)
Tōen (1999–2000, written by Daiki Harada, Big Comic Superior, 2 volumes)
Radio no Tantei (2000, written by Yūji Nishi, Big Comic, 1 volume)
Tsukiji Uogashi Sandaime (2000-current, written by Ken'ichi Ōishi (vol.1), Masaharu Nabeshima (vol.2-20), Kazuto Kuwa (vol.21-current), Big Comic, 26 volumes (as of March 2009))
Shuppatsu, Shingo!! (2006–2009, written by Yūichirō Sueda, Manga Time, 2 volumes, ja)
Tetsu no Hosomichi (2008-current, Comic Charge, Kadokawa Shoten, 2 volumes (as of March 2009), ja)

References

1955 births
Living people
Manga artists from Saitama Prefecture


Man-Shield is a privately owned Canadian construction company founded in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1972, with 2007 sales volume of CDN$93,818,121. A 2008 dispute between Man-Shield, and Zephyr, a property owner-developer, set important precedents in interpreting the Canadian Builders’ Lien Act. In December 2008 a consortium led by Man-Shield won a  contract for redevelopment of the Thunder Bay waterfront. That contract has since been lost.

References

External links

Construction and civil engineering companies of Canada
Canadian companies established in 1972
Construction and civil engineering companies established in 1972


Clarkia lewisii is an uncommon species of flowering plant in the evening primrose family known by the common name Lewis' clarkia. It is endemic to California, where it is known from the hills and mountains of Monterey and San Benito Counties. It is an erect annual herb generally under half a meter in height. The lance-shaped leaves are a few centimeters long. The inflorescence bears opening flowers and closed, hanging flower buds. As the bud opens the pink or purple sepals stay fused as the petals bloom from one side. The fan-shaped petals are up to 3 centimeters long, pink to lavender with white and red coloration near the bases. There are 8 stamens and a protruding stigma.

External links
Jepson Manual Profile

lewisii
Flora of California
Plants described in 1978
Flora without expected TNC conservation status


"That's as Close as I'll Get to Loving You" is a song recorded by American country music artist Aaron Tippin.  It was released in August 1995 as the lead-off single from the album Tool Box. It peaked at number one in the United States, and No. 10 in Canada. Paul Jefferson, who co-wrote the song, later recorded a rendition as the B-side to his 1996 debut single "Check Please." It was written by Sally Dworsky, Jefferson and Jan Leyers.

Content
The song deals with unrequited love and a man's angst as he loves someone from a distance.

Critical reception
Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, calling it an "eloquent and thoughtful expression of unrequited love." She goes on to say that Gibson's "fine production does justice to the lyric, and Tippin's vocal reflects a broader range and more emotional depth than conveyed on previous outings."

Music video

The music video is entirely in black and white, and it was directed by Michael Salomon. The video peaked at No. 1 on CMT's Top 12 Countdown (now CMT's Top 20 Countdown) in December 1995, around the same time that the song itself was also number one on the Hot Country Songs chart.

Chart positions
"That's as Close as I'll Get to Loving You" debuted at number 72 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of September 2, 1995.

References

English-language Belgian songs
1995 singles
1995 songs
Aaron Tippin songs
Songs written by Jan Leyers
Music videos directed by Michael Salomon
RCA Records singles


This is a list of Turkey international footballers – football players who have played for the Turkey national football team. All players with 25 or more official caps are listed here.

List of players

Key to positions
 GK - Goalkeeper
 DF - Defender
 MF - Midfielder
 FW - Forward
 Bold - currently available for selection.

See also
:Category:Turkey international footballers

References

External links
 RSSSF

Footballers
Turkey
Turkey men's international footballers
Association football player non-biographical articles
International football


"Phenomenon" is a song by Thousand Foot Krutch and is the first track on the Phenomenon, released in 2003.

The song is about "standing up for what you believe in" as McNevan describes it. The song was No. 1 on ChristianRock.Net as were their songs, "Bounce" and "Rawkfist". The song also peaked at No. 37 on the R&R Active Rock charts.

Personnel
 Trevor McNevan - vocals and guitar
 Joel Bruyere - bass guitar
 Steve Augustine - drums

References

2003 songs
Thousand Foot Krutch songs
Songs written by Trevor McNevan
Tooth & Nail Records singles

it:Phenomenon#Musica


The Hinglo River (also spelt Hinglow) is a tributary of the Ajay River in the Indian states of Jharkhand and West Bengal.

Course

The Hinglo has its source in Santhal Parganas, runs parallel to the Ajay for some distance and flows into it a little after Bhimgarh, actually near Palashdanga village, Birbhum district. It has a watershed area of .

Irrigation and floods
A dam across the Hinglo provides irrigation in the areas between the Ajay and the Kopai but environmentalists also blame the dam for floods.

Hinglo dam has a capacity of . However, as a result of improper management of water resources for canal irrigation, the bed of the river has risen and the canals have become derelict. Moreover, the dam is silted up. During the last phase of the monsoon season when excessive rainfall occurs the dam cannot take in all the water and so much of it is released. This surplus water becomes voluminous and overflows the bank of the river and canals. The side embankments are not constructed perfectly everywhere, and the weak points are breached to cause flood. Flood waters can not always find passage to be drained out quickly causing water logging.

See also

List of rivers of India
Rivers of India

References

Rivers of West Bengal
Rivers of Jharkhand


Lee Joseph Doherty (born 6 February 1980) is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League for Brighton & Hove Albion.

Career
Doherty began his career as an apprentice at Arsenal, but never made a league appearance for the club. He moved on to Charlton Athletic in December 1998, but made no senior appearances before joining Brighton & Hove Albion three months later. He made his Football League debut on 20 March 1999 in a goalless draw away to Hartlepool United, and appeared twice more in Third Division matches, but was released at the end of the season. After a spell with Isthmian League club Chesham United, he signed for Crawley Town of the Southern League in January 2000. He continued his tour of non-league football in London and the home counties with clubs including Wealdstone, Ware, Bishop's Stortford, St Albans City, Grays Athletic, Fisher Athletic, Tooting & Mitcham United, Enfield, Molesey, Dulwich Hamlet, Walton & Hersham, Wembley and Leatherhead.

References

External links

1979 births
Living people
Footballers from Camden Town
English men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
Arsenal F.C. players
Charlton Athletic F.C. players
Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. players
Chesham United F.C. players
Crawley Town F.C. players
Wealdstone F.C. players
Ware F.C. players
Bishop's Stortford F.C. players
St Albans City F.C. players
Grays Athletic F.C. players
Fisher Athletic F.C. players
Tooting & Mitcham United F.C. players
Enfield F.C. players
Molesey F.C. players
Dulwich Hamlet F.C. players
Walton & Hersham F.C. players
Wembley F.C. players
Leatherhead F.C. players
English Football League players
Isthmian League players
Southern Football League players


The NASA Exceptional Technology Achievement Medal is an award given for technology contributions achieved in one of the following:

 Early technology development significantly contributing to the NASA mission
 Exemplary collaborative effort in achieving significant technology transfer
 Exceptional utilization of a NASA-developed technology resulting in a significant commercial application

See also
 List of NASA awards

References
 NASA awards
 National Aeronautics and Space Administration Honor Awards (1969-1978)

External links
NASA Awards

Exceptional Technology Achievement Medal


Clarkia mildrediae is an uncommon species of flowering plant in the evening primrose family known by the common name Mildred's clarkia. It is endemic to California, where it is known from the forests of the southernmost Cascade Range and northern Sierra Nevada. It is an erect annual herb often exceeding half a meter in height. The oval leaves grow up to 6 centimeters long and are borne on petioles of up to 4 centimeters. The inflorescence bears opening flowers and hanging, pointed flower buds. As the bud opens the sepals all separate instead of remaining fused as those of many other Clarkia species do. The triangular to semicircular petals are about 2 centimeters long and lavender to bright reddish-purple, sometimes with dark speckling. There are 8 stamens with anthers all alike, and a protruding stigma.

References

External links
Jepson Manual Profile
Photo gallery

mildrediae
Endemic flora of California
Plants described in 1940