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Lake Tahoe Railway and Transportation Company

The Lake Tahoe Railway and Transportation Company was a ,  narrow gauge railroad that ran from the Central Pacific Railway at Truckee, California to the waterfront at Lake Tahoe. The railroad's width was converted to  in 1926.  The railroad operated its own property from 1899 until October 16, 1925, at which time it was leased to the Southern Pacific Company, which bought the property outright in May, 1933. SP abandoned the line in 1943.

The Lake Tahoe Railway and Transportation Company operated a narrow gauge railroad between Truckee and Lake Tahoe, California assembled from equipment formerly used on the Lake Tahoe Railroad of Glenbrook, Nevada (USA).  A separate company known as the Lake Tahoe Railway () proposed to build a  standard gauge line northeast from Placerville to Pino Grande and then Lake Tahoe but construction never commenced.

Timeline

December 19, 1898 – Railway Incorporated
May 1, 1900 – Operations commence between Truckee and Lake Tahoe
October 16, 1925 – Railway leased to Southern Pacific Railroad
May 15, 1926 – Line converted to Standard Gauge by SP
May 1933 – Railway sold to SP
November 10, 1943 – Line abandoned by SP

Route
The railroad followed the Truckee River approximately via the modern route of State Route 89.
Truckee - Interchange with Southern Pacific
Deer Creek
Squaw Valley
Tahoe Wharf
Tahoe City
Tahoe Wharf

Ward Creek Branch
Ward Creek

Motive Power
The LT RR had four used  gauge Baldwin locomotives that operated on the line.

See also
List of defunct California railroads

References

 
 
 
 

Lake Tahoe
Defunct California railroads
3 ft gauge railways in the United States
Narrow gauge railroads in California
Predecessors of the Southern Pacific Transportation Company
Railway companies established in 1898
Railway companies disestablished in 1933
History of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
1898 establishments in California
Colin Spaull

Colin J. Spaull (born 19 May 1944) is a British actor noted for his television work.

Trained at what was then the Italia Conti School, now the Conti Academy of Theatre Arts, his credits include: Z-Cars (in which he played three characters between 1964 and 1969), Dixon of Dock Green, Doctor Who (in the stories Revelation of the Daleks, "Rise of the Cybermen" and "The Age of Steel"), Boon, Goodnight Sweetheart, Inspector Morse, The Bill (in which he has played seven characters between 1985 and 2003), Casualty and Holby City. He appeared in one episode of The Inbetweeners as Roy, Will's neighbour.

Spaull started as a child actor and has a number of leading roles to his name, including that of Noddy in Noddy In Toyland (1957), Venables in Jennings Goes to School (1958), young Pip in Great Expectations (1959) and Dickon Sowerby in The Secret Garden (1960).

References

External links 
 

British male television actors
1944 births
Living people
Terry Walsh (actor)

Terry Walsh (5 May 1939 – 21 April 2002) was a British actor stuntman, stunt arranger and fight arranger who contributed much to British television and film, especially during the 1970s. He stunt-doubled for Michael Caine, Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker and David Warner amongst others.

Walsh is known for his work on the science fiction television programme Doctor Who. He worked on the show from 1966 to 1979. He is seen in this  as an Exxilon being shot by the Daleks, filmed in 1973.

He was also the stunt co-ordinator for Robin of Sherwood, devising three sword fighting sequences, which subsequently became standard movements on television and film. The moves were known as Robin Hood 1, 2 and 3.

His other credits include The Sandbaggers, Tales of the Unexpected, Z-Cars, Space: 1999, Dixon of Dock Green and Softly, Softly.

When he wasn't stunting, he drove a black-cab from Edgware station taxi-rank.

Filmography

Doctor Who

External links
 

British male television actors
1939 births
2002 deaths
English stunt performers
1998 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election

Elections to Wigan Council were held on 7 May 1998. One third of the council was up for election. Following the previous election there had been three by-elections held—in Aspull-Standish, Ince and Hope Carr—with all three successfully defended by Labour.

Candidate numbers improved dramatically from the preceding election, thanks mostly to the first concerted effort by the Greens, having only tested the waters previously. The Liberal Democrats fielded were, on the other hand, the sparsest from them since 1978, following a similarly poor effort the previous year—perhaps reflecting the party giving up on its previous ambitions. There were also an Independent (formerly a Conservative candidate for Bryn in the 1995 election) and the first UKIP candidate fighting Ashton-Golborne. In total all wards but Tydlesday East were contested.

Far from recovering, turnout plummeted to new depths at 17.4%. There was a general apathy emerging across the country during this period, as well as a disillusionment among Conservative voters, but with Labour's complete dominance and the only competitive party standing in less than a quarter of seats, there were evidently other factors for the lack of enthusiasm.

The dire turnout understandably had implications for the party votes, with Labour recording their second-lowest vote (the lowest being 1975), the Conservatives sinking below their rock-bottom set in 1995, and the Lib Dems gaining their worst vote since the aforementioned 1978 election—falling to fourth behind the Greens, who comfortably achieved their best vote. Voter shares were less dramatic for Labour and the Conservatives; however, the Lib Dems' share of 6.7% was their poorest since 1979 and the Greens' share was more than two-and-a-half times larger than their previous peak.

Labour survived substantial challenges against from the Independent in Ashton-Golborne and the Greens in Hope Carr, making the only gain of the night from the Lib Dems in Beech Hill. This reduced the Lib Dems to a sole councillor, losing their status as main opposition for the first time in near twenty years. With only a Liberal Democrat in another Beech Hill seat and an Independent Labour in Hindley remaining as opposition, Labour commanded a record majority of 68.

Election result

This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:

Ward results

By-elections between 1998 and 1999

References
"Council poll results", The Guardian 9 May 1998 page 16

1998 English local elections
1998
1990s in Greater Manchester
Mussasa

Mussasa was a 17th-century Jaga queen.

Biography 
Mussasa was the wife of Donji, the governor of Matamba. Mussasa was known to be a fierce warrior and even to rival men of her time. Soon after the death of the King Zimbo, Mussasa's husband Donji began to take over his neighboring states. Mussasa soon after the death of her husband, continued the domination and extended her empire. Her nation was on the Cunene river in what is now Angola. She expanded her empire greatly through her military, and led soldiers into battle. Mussusa educated her daughter Tembandumba to be a soldier and took her to fight side by side in battle. Tembandumba, who developed a reputation of being as fierce as her mother, succeeded Mussasa as queen.

References

"The Amazons: Chapter VII: Amazons of Africa" URL accessed 08/04/06
Female warriors : memorials of female valour and heroism, Clayton, Ellen C. (Ellen Creathorne), 1834-1900.:

External links

17th-century monarchs in Africa
17th-century women rulers
Queens regnant in Africa
African women in war
Women in 17th-century warfare
17th century in Angola
WM Recordings

WM Recordings is a Heerlen, the Netherlands based record label founded in 2004, by Marco Kalnenek, who was also involved with Comfort Stand Recordings. 
Kalnenek also is the webmaster of Weirdomusic.com, a website nominated for a Webby Award in 2004.

WM Recordings focuses on music that is, in their own words, "a little different".
They do not specialize in one style, but release anything from free jazz to experimental soundscapes, world music and other styles that are often neglected by other netlabels.

In 2007, WM Recordings started adding commercial releases to their catalog. These are available from most major download stores. 
August 2008 saw the release of their first physical CD: "Handle With Care - Might Panic" by Danish band Panicphobia.

See also
 List of record labels

References

External links
 Official site

Dutch independent record labels
Netlabels
Record labels established in 2004
Experimental music record labels
World music record labels
Companies based in Limburg (Netherlands)
Music in Limburg (Netherlands)
Heerlen
Online music stores of the Netherlands
Replenish (album)

Replenish is the debut studio album by British alternative rock band Reef. Produced by the band and Clive Martin, the album was released on 19 June 1995 supported by the singles "Good Feeling" and "Naked". Replenish peaked at number nine on the UK Albums Chart.

Reception

Allmusic gave the album three out of five stars, while rock magazine Kerrang! ranked the album tenth on their 1995 "Albums of the Year" list.

Track listing

Personnel
Reef personnel
Gary Stringer – vocals, production, mixing
Kenwyn House – guitars, production, mixing
Jack Bessant – bass, acoustic guitar, backing vocals, production, mixing
Dominic Greensmith – drums, production, mixing
Additional personnel
Clive Martin – production, mixing
Paul Cohen – design, photography

Charts

Certifications

References

1995 debut albums
Reef (band) albums
John Ronane

John Ronane (11 December 1933 – 15 May 2019) was a British actor.

He appeared onstage in the West End, in movies in Hollywood and Europe, on television and radio. As a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, he appeared in the original production of Harold Pinter's The Collection at the Aldwych Theatre in 1962.

His films include King Rat (1965), Charlie Bubbles (1967), Some May Live (1967), Sebastian (1968), Nobody Ordered Love (1972), and the 1975 remake of The Spiral Staircase.

On TV, he starred in the Emmy-nominated A War of Children for CBS. In the UK, he was a regular character in Granada TV's Strangers between 1978 and 1982, in which he played Detective Sgt Singer. He appeared in the television mini-series The Six Wives of Henry VIII and Elizabeth R as Thomas Seymour. Ronane's other TV credits include: Z-Cars, Dixon of Dock Green, The Saint, The Avengers, Department S, Two in Clover, Strange Report, The Persuaders!, Out of the Unknown, Survivors, starred in 'Trust Red' in The Sweeney, 1990, All Creatures Great and Small, Only When I Laugh, Juliet Bravo, Howards' Way and Press Gang.

He had other starring roles in the 1960s in ATV's Drama 61-67, in "The Hooded Terror", "The Taxi's For Johnny," and "Two Love Stories."

He also appeared onstage at the Apollo Theatre, Peoria, Illinois as Marc in Art, fulfilling a show biz desire to "play in Peoria".

He taught drama and acting at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign and Illinois Central College.

He was married to Carole, and he had four children.

He wrote, directed and starred in the play Words and Pictures, and wrote two novels: Hank Goes Dancing (a 1950s romp through British national service) and the action-romantic thriller Gone for a Soldier. Additionally, he wrote several screenplays. His memoir Rubber-Soled Shoes was published in 2017 by Versa Press.

Filmography

References

External links
 

1933 births
2019 deaths
British male television actors
20th-century British male actors
21st-century British male actors
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign faculty
Cross of Neith

The Cross of Neith (Welsh Y Groes Naid or Y Groes Nawdd) was a sacred relic believed to be a fragment of the True Cross that had been kept at Aberconwy by the kings and princes of Gwynedd, members of the Aberffraw dynasty who established the Principality of Wales. They believed it afforded them and their people divine protection. It is not known when it had arrived in Gwynedd or how they had inherited it, but it is possible that it was brought back from Rome by King Hywel Dda following his pilgrimage in about 928. According to tradition it was handed down from prince to prince until the time of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd and his brother Dafydd. A representation of the cross came to be used as a Battle Flag. 

Following the complete defeat of Gwynedd and the subjugation of the Principality, following the death of Llywelyn and the execution of Dafydd in 1283, this holy relic was ready for English expropriation alongside the other spiritual and temporal artefacts (see Llywelyn's coronet) of the Principality. The Alms Roll of 1283 records that a cleric named Huw ab Ithel presented this "part of the most holy wood of the True Cross" to Edward I of England at Aberconwy. It then accompanied the king as he finished his campaign in north Wales before being brought to London and paraded through the streets in May 1285 at the head of a procession that included the king, the queen, their children, magnates of the realm and fourteen bishops.

In 1352 the cross was given by King Edward III to the Dean and Chapter of St George's Chapel, Windsor, when, having founded the Order of the Garter, Edward established St George's Chapel as a major royal centre of devotion.  There it remained until 1552, when it was confiscated, along with all the other relics and treasures in the Chapel, on the orders of King Edward VI and removed to the Tower of London to await "the King's further instruction".

What happened to the Cross of Neith after this is unknown. It has been speculated that it was destroyed, along with other relics, by Oliver Cromwell and fellow Puritans during the revolution of 1649, but other theories have also been put forward.

See also 

 Archaeology of Wales
 Wales in the Middle Ages

References

Further reading
 J. Beverley Smith, Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, Tywysog Cymru, Cardiff, 1998, 333-335 and 580-581 0708314740
 Calendar of Welsh Rolls, 273-4 0531893631
 T. H. Parry-Williams, Croes Naid, Y Llinyn Arian (Aberystwyth, 1947), 91-94 
 W. C. Tennant, 'Croes Naid', National Library of Wales Journal (1951-2), 102-115

Reliquaries of the True Cross
History of Christianity in Wales
Medieval Wales
Neith
Neith
Welsh artefacts
Bob Halkidis

Robert H. Halkidis (born March 5, 1966) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player.

Playing career
As a youth, Halkidis played in the 1979 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Toronto.

After a junior hockey career with the London Knights in which he won the Max Kaminsky Trophy as outstanding defenceman in 1984–85, Halkidis joined the Buffalo Sabres. During his career he also played for the Los Angeles Kings, Toronto Maple Leafs, Detroit Red Wings, Tampa Bay Lightning, New York Islanders and HIFK. In 1998 Halkidis won the Finnish championship with HIFK and was very popular among fans due to his rough and uncompromising style of play. Known more as a defensive defenceman, Halkidis recorded 8 goals and 32 assists over 256 NHL games.

Personal life

He retired in 2001, and now runs a hockey training and coaching development business. He is currently a pro scout for the Columbus Blue Jackets.

His son, Beau, is an NHL/AHL referee. He made his NHL debut on April 1, 2019.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

References

External links
 

1966 births
Living people
Buffalo Sabres draft picks
Buffalo Sabres players
Canadian ice hockey defencemen
Columbus Blue Jackets scouts
Detroit Red Wings players
HIFK (ice hockey) players
London Knights players
Los Angeles Kings players
New York Islanders players
Phoenix Roadrunners (IHL) players
Rochester Americans players
SKA Saint Petersburg players
Ice hockey people from Toronto
Tampa Bay Lightning players
Toronto Maple Leafs players
1999 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election

Elections to Wigan Council were held on 6 May 1999. One-third of the council was up for election. Prior to the election, the Liberal Democrats had gained the seat being fought in Beech Hill from Labour in a by-election, and long-time Labour councillor for Atherton, Jack Sumner, had defected to independent.

All wards were fought for the first time since 1992, and the election boasted the highest number of candidates excepting the all-out elections of 1973 and 1980. The increase came from the Green Party standing a full-slate, seemingly energised by their third place the previous year, with both Labour and the Conservatives repeating their recent contesting rates. The Lib Dem's showing of six candidates, conversely, resembled a party resigned to fourth place. Elsewhere the aforementioned Independent was fighting Leigh East, and an incumbent Independent Labour candidate sought her fourth term in Hindley.

The previous year had brought about the worst turnout recorded, and this election did little to improve upon it, increasing by just one percent to 18.4%. The general picture too was one of little difference to the preceding election. All three main parties managed to improve their vote upon the previous year's historic lows, but none were able to in a significant manner, and as such, their figures remained at historically poor levels. The party shares were also little changed, with a modest recovery of the Lib Dems and the Greens achieving a new peak mainly at the expense of Labour.

Labour, however, made a net gain as they retook their seat in Beech Hill from last year's by-election victors the Lib Dems, and finally ousted the Independent Labour who'd held her seat in Hindley for more than a decade. Their solitary loss was a shock defeat in their previously safe seat of Hindsford, as the Lib Dems surged on a 21.6% swing to displace Samuel Little from the council – whose incumbency had been uninterrupted in the 25-year-long history of the council up to that point. The comparable record of the independent was ended as he made little progress in Leigh East and the Greens looked no more competitive than the previous year – and actually less in certain areas.

Election result

This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:

Ward results

By-elections between 1999 and 2000

References

1999 English local elections
1999
1990s in Greater Manchester
GTP cyclohydrolase I

GTP cyclohydrolase I (GTPCH) () is a member of the GTP cyclohydrolase family of enzymes. GTPCH is part of the folate and biopterin biosynthesis pathways. It is responsible for the hydrolysis of guanosine triphosphate (GTP) to form 7,8-dihydroneopterin triphosphate (7,8-DHNP-3'-TP, 7,8-NH2-3'-TP).

Gene 

GTPCH is encoded by the gene GCH1. Several alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been described; however, not all of the variants give rise to a functional enzyme.

Clinical significance 

At least 94 disease-causing mutations in this gene have been discovered. Mutations in this gene are associated with two disorders: autosomal recessive GTP cyclohydrolase I deficiency and autosomal dominant GTP cyclohydrolase I deficiency. These may present with malignant phenylketonuria (PKU) and hyperphenylalaninemia (HPA)  and lead to a lack of certain neurotransmitters (dopamine, norepinephrine, epinephrine and serotonin). The dominant form, with mutation in only one of the two alleles for GTP cyclohydrolase I, causes dopamine-responsive dystonia, characterized by childhood-onset dystonia. Patients with the recessive form have mutations in both alleles for GTP cyclohydrolase I. Patients present with developmental delays and neurological dysfunction with trunk hypotonia, hypertonia of the extremities, abnormal movements, tremors, convulsions, and sometimes autonomic dysfunction. Response to treatment is variable and the long-term and functional outcome is unknown. To provide a basis for improving the understanding of the epidemiology, genotype/phenotype correlation and outcome of these diseases their impact on the quality of life of patients, and for evaluating diagnostic and therapeutic strategies a patient registry was established by the noncommercial International Working Group on Neurotransmitter Related Disorders (iNTD).

Function 

The transcribed protein is the first and rate-limiting enzyme in tetrahydrobiopterin (THB, BH4) biosynthesis, catalyzing the conversion of GTP into 7,8-DHNP-3'-TP. THB is an essential cofactor required by the aromatic amino acid hydroxylase (AAAH) and nitric oxide synthase (NOS) enzymes in the biosynthesis of the monoamine neurotransmitters serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT)), melatonin, dopamine, norepinephrine (noradrenaline), and epinephrine (adrenaline), and nitric oxide (NO), respectively.

GTPCH (GCH1) and tetrahydrobiopterin were found to protect against cell death by ferroptosis. Tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4) acts as a potent, diffusable antioxidant that resists oxidative stress and enables cancer cell survival.

See also 
 Guanosine triphosphate (GTP)
 Tetrahydrobiopterin (THB, BH4)
 Vitamin B9 (folic acid → folate)

References

Further reading

External links 
 
 GeneReviews/NCBI/NIH/UW entry on GTP Cyclohydrolase 1-Deficient Dopa-Responsive Dystonia
 

EC 3.5.4
Enzymes
Gerong

Gerong () is the Javanese verb meaning "to sing in a chorus." Penggerong is the proper name of a member of the chorus, but often the word gerong is used to refer to the unison male chorus that sings with the gamelan. The chorus or the melody may also be called the gerongan.

The gerong generally sings in distinct sections of a gamelan composition. Certain standard texts in Javanese poetic meters of various structures are used in many compositions; some are based in Javanese poetic forms known as macapat. Some pieces have specific texts written for them, but this is often a special treatment. Female singers are referred to as pesindhen, and may sing in a separate group, a combined group with the men, or as a solo female voice, with or without a male chorus.

A gerong part is different from that of a single female singer sindhen, in that the chorus must sing together, and is generally more connected to the steady pulse of the underlying gamelan parts. While vocal parts for both male and female singers can be notated in the cipher or number notation called kepatihan notation, the actual realization of these parts will always be open to stylistic and other variations.

The noted Javanese musician K. P. H. Notoprojo (known to his students as Pak Cokro) wrote out vocal notation for many pieces. These are now on line in the library of the American Gamelan Institute.

See also

 Gamelan
 Pesinden
 Keplok
 Music of Java

References

Gamelan instruments
Singing
Abdominal hair

Abdominal hair is the hair that grows on the abdomen of humans and non-human mammals, in the region between the pubic area and the thorax (chest). The growth of abdominal hair follows the same pattern on nearly all mammals, vertically from the pubic area upwards and from the thorax downwards to the navel. The abdominal hair of non-human mammals is part of the pelage, (hair or fur).

It connects pubic hair and chest hair.

In humans 
Before puberty, the abdominal region of both males and females is covered with very fine vellus hair. In response to rising levels of androgens (mainly dihydrotestosterone) during and after puberty, the skin of the abdomen begins to produce coarser, longer and more pigmented hair (terminal hair). This process primarily affects men. Initially, hair grows in a vertical line from the pubic area up to the navel and from the thorax down to the navel. The development of abdominal hair normally begins in the final stages of puberty. With some men, the abdominal hair will stay within a clearly defined vertical line, but in others, terminal hair will appear laterally as well as vertically, particularly in the area around the navel. This lateral spreading can continue into middle age.

Some women may develop a small line of hair from the pubic area up to the navel. Excessive abdominal hair on women, following the male pattern, is a type of hirsutism.

Patterns 
 Horizontal: Characterized by upper surface of pubic hair terminating in a horizontal line with no hair extending to the abdomen.
 Sagittal: Resembles the first but with the addition of a narrow vertical band of hair extending from the pubic hair towards the navel, often slang called a 'Treasure Trail' or 'Happy Trail'.
 Acuminate: Characterized by a tapered, inverted 'V' pattern extending upward from the pubic hair. Upper limit may end below the navel, at the navel, above the navel or near the chest.
 Disperse (or quadrangular): Hair is distributed broadly over the abdomen without forming a discrete geometric pattern.

Richard Zickler performed a 1997 study of photographs of the above patterns and their occurrence in 400 white men and 400 white women, paying particular attention to the development of hair during puberty. In Zickler's study the horizontal pattern was most common in females with an incidence of about 80 percent. The acuminate pattern occurred in about 55 percent of males and occasionally in females. The disperse pattern occurred in about 19 percent of the males studied.

Gallery

See also 
 Chest hair
 Hair
 Pubic hair
 Umbilicus

References

Further reading 
The following journal articles include sketches of different abdominal hair patterns and observed percentages of men exhibiting each pattern.

 See Setty's articles in the References section.
 

Abdomen
Human hair
GTP cyclohydrolase

GTP cyclohydrolases are enzymes that catalyze imidazole ring opening of guanosine triphosphate (GTP). This reaction is the committed step in the biosynthesis of multiple coenzymes (such as riboflavin and folate), tRNA bases, and the phytotoxin toxoflavin. Several GTP cyclohydrolases exist, which sometimes synthesize different products for different pruposes:

 GTP cyclohydrolase I, part of the tetrahydrobiopterin, tetrahydrofolate, queuosine and other biosynthetic pathways
 GTP cyclohydrolase Ia, 
 GTP cyclohydrolase Ib, part of the tetrahydrobiopterin, tetrahydrofolate, queueosine and other biosynthetic pathways
 GTP cyclohydrolase II, part of the riboflavin and toxoflavin biosynthetic pathways
 GTP cyclohydrolase IIa (or GTP cyclohydrolase III), part of the riboflavin and deazaflavin cofactor biosynthetic pathways
 GTP cyclohydrolase IV
 GTP cyclohydrolase MptA, GTP cyclohydrolase Ib paralog

These enzymes require divalent cations for catalysis.

References 

EC 3.5.4
Hydrolases
Contender

Contender may refer to:

Boats
 Contender (dinghy), type of sailing dinghy
 Columbia 24 Contender, an American sailboat design

Books
 The Contender (Lipsyte novel), a 1967 novel by Robert Lipsyte
 The Contenders, a 2008 guide to the American presidential election with contributions by Laura Flanders and Dan Savage
 The Gemini Contenders, a 1976 novel by Robert Ludlum

Films
 The Contender (1944 film), a film directed by Sam Newfield
 The Contender (1993 film), a TV movie directed by Lou Antonio
 The Contender (2000 film), a film starring Gary Oldman, Joan Allen, and Jeff Bridges
 Series 7: The Contenders, a 2001 film directed by Daniel Minahan

Firearms
 Thompson/Center Contender, single shot, break-action firearm made as a pistol or rifle, manufactured by Thompson Center Arms

Television
 The Contender (TV series), a 2005 boxing-based reality television series or its spinoffs
The Contenders, a 2011 C-SPAN series about influential American presidential nominees
The Contenders, a 2004 Australian television program presented by Liz Jackson

Music
Contenders, a 1999 album by Valdy 
Contenders, a 1986 album by Easterhouse
The Contenders (band), and their self-titled 1989 debut album
 Contender (album), a 2012 album by American pop punk band Forever Came Calling

Songs
 "The Contender", a song by Menahan Street Band on the 2008 album Make the Road by Walking
 "Contender", a song by The Pains of Being Pure at Heart on their 2009 self-titled album The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
"Contenders" (song), a song by Heaven 17
"The Contender", by Irish songwriter Jimmy MacCarthy about Irish boxer Jack Doyle
"The Contenders", a song by The Kinks on their 1970 album Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One

Plants
 A variety of green beans

Games
 The Contender: The Game of Presidential Debate, a political debate-themed party game using cards.

See also
 Contend
 Contenda
Artikelly

Artikelly () is a small village and townland in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 360 people. It is 1 km north east of Limavady and adjoins the major industrial area at Aghanloo. It is situated within Causeway Coast and Glens district.

History 
In the Plantation of Ulster the Haberdashers' Company were granted an estate of . They made their ‘capital’ at Ballycastle or Ballycaslan, near Aghanloo, and a second settlement at Artikelly. Artikelly was the largest hamlet in the former Limavady Borough Council area, with a population of 360 in 2001.

People
William Porter (1805-1880) was born in Artikelly. He was called to the Bar in 1831, and in 1839 was appointed Attorney General at the Cape. He was offered a knighthood and Premiership of the Cape, both of which he declined. He endowed a university there and was its first chancellor. In 1873 he returned to Ireland. He died in Belfast.

See also 
List of villages in Northern Ireland

References 

Villages in County Londonderry
Causeway Coast and Glens district
Jack McKenzie (actor)

Jack McKenzie (born 9 March 1942) is a Scottish actor. He was born in Edinburgh and was educated at George Heriot's School, after which he joined the Royal Marines at the age of fifteen. He subsequently joined Lothians and Peebles Constabulary and later transferred to Edinburgh City Police.

Film 
 Valentino (Ken Russell) (1977) - (uncredited)
 A Bridge Too Far (Richard Attenborough) (1977) - Soldier #17
 Dominique (Michael Anderson) (1979) - John, 1st Chauffeur
 Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (Irvin Kershner) (1980) - Cal Alder (Rebel Force Deck Lieutenant)
 Gandhi (Richard Attenborough) (1982) - Major at Aga Khan Palace
 The Zero Option (Sarah Hellings) (1988) - Dunstan
 Beyond Bedlam (Vadim Jean) (1994) - DCI Clery
 Clockwork Mice (Vadim Jean) (1995) - CID 1
 The End Of The Affair (Neil Jordan) (1999) - Chief Engineer
 The Calling (Richard Caesar) (2000) - Norman 
 The Love We Seek (Samuel Roffey)
 The House That Jack Built (2018) - Sonny - Zentropa Films - Lars Von Trier

Television 
 Sutherland's Law (1973-1975) - Police sergeant / Officer in Charge / PC Merengie
 The Sweeney (1975) - Len
 Space 1999 (1976) - Technician (2 episodes)
 The Other One (1977) - Bill Burke
 Return of the Saint (1978) - Marek
 Secret Army (1979) - Major Neil Turner
 Blake's 7 (1980) - Patar
The Gentle Touch (1980) -  Hamish
 The Professionals (1980) - Rose
 Barriers (1981) - Sportsmaster
 The Treachery Game (1981) - Alec Marsh
 Blood Money (1981) - Det. Insp. Perry
 Angels (1982) - Mr. McGraw
The Mad Death (1983) - Fergus
 Skorpion (1983) - Chief Insp. Perry
 Play for Today - Last Love (1983) - Gerald Castle
 Taggart (1986-2001) - Jim Redpath / David Laing / Alan Donald
 The Collectors (1986) - Calvin Simpson
 Piece of Cake (1988) - 'Ram' Ramsey
 Science Fiction - The Smoking Gun (1990)
 Heartbeat (1993) - Mr. Brown
 Bugs (1995) - Host
 Bernard's Watch (1998-2001) - Postman
 The Bill (1998) - Mack
 EastEnders (2010) - Donald
 Emmerdale (2015) - Tom
 " Home Alone" (2016) (Discovery Channel) Jeff Young - October Films

Theatre 
 Gothenburg English Studio Theatre, The Woman In Black
 The Watermill Theatre, Hobson's Choice
 Royal National Theatre, The Misanthrope, Engaged and Into The Mouths Of Crabs
 Wintershall, Guildford, The Passion and The Life of Christ (4 seasons)
 Redgrave Theatre, Farnham, MacBeth, Who Killed Cock Robin, The Trial of Lady Chatterley
 Farnham Maltings, Sorry To Spoil Your Daughter's Birthday
 Pantomimes at Guildford Civic Hall and Bracknell

Musical theatre 
The English Theatre, Frankfurt, City of Angels
Brighton Festival, Paul - A Strange kind of Hero
First Major UK and Ireland Tour of Dirty Dancing

References

External links
 
 Jack McKenzie at Aveleyman (Credits incomplete)
 Jack McKenzie at Theatricalia

1942 births
Living people
People educated at George Heriot's School
Scottish police officers
Royal Marines ranks
Male actors from Edinburgh
Scottish male television actors
Scottish male film actors
20th-century Scottish male actors
21st-century Scottish male actors
List of OFCCP DAS

The Director and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for OFCCP is the head of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs.

List of Directors and Deputy Assistant Secretaries of Labor for OFCCP
This is a complete list of all past and present Directors and Deputy Assistant Secretaries of Labor for OFCCP.

Notes

References

OFCCP
OFCCP
Ramaz

Ramaz may refer to:
Moses ben Mordecai Zacuto, 17th century kabbalist
Moses S. Margolies (1851–1936), rabbi and namesake of the Ramaz School
Ramaz School, New York (Upper East Side), Jewish prep school
 Ramaz Shengelia (1957–2012), Soviet footballer
List of lemon-lime drink brands

A lemon-lime soft drink or lemon-lime soda (also known as lemonade in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand and as cider in Japan and South Korea) is a carbonated soft drink with lemon and lime flavoring.

Description
Lemon-lime soft drinks are typically colorless, however cloudy varieties such as Limca are also available. Similar in appearance and flavor to the clear variety of lemonade found in the UK and Australia, lemon-lime soft drinks are often packaged in green bottles to better distinguish them from soda water.

Brands

Global
 Sprite
 7UP

India
 Citra – a clear lemon and lime flavoured soda sold in India in the  1980s and early 1990s.
Banta – packaged in a codd-neck bottle
Limca
 Nimbooz

Japan
 Mitsuya Cider
 Ramune (First Lemon-Lime Soda)

South Korea
 Chilsung Cider

Brazil
 Soda Limonada Antarctica

Mexico
 Yoli

Sri Lanka
 Elephant House Lemonade

Denmark
 Faxe Kondi

Sweden
 Fruktsoda

Ukraine
Premyera Lymon (Прем'єра Лимон)
Biola Quake (Біола Квейк)

United States
 Bubble Up
 Green River
 Kick – produced by Royal Crown Company, Inc. and developed in 1965, it was discontinued in North America in 2002 when Royal Crown was acquired by Cadbury Schweppes plc through its acquisition of Snapple.
 Summit Citrus Twist – a clear lemon and lime flavored soda sold in the United States by Aldi
 Up-Rite – Made by the ShopRite retail chain
 Prime
 Dr. Enuf
 Sierra Mist
 Slice
 Starry
 Storm
 Sun Crest – introduced in 1938
 Upper 10

Uruguay
 [Limol - 1910]

Tunisia
 Boga

Turkey

 Uludağ Gazoz
 Fruko
 Çamlıca Gazoz
 Niğde Gazoz

Other
 Lemonsoda – Italian
 Lift
 Quwat Jabal – sold in the Middle East and produced by The Coca-Cola Company
 Solo
 Teem
 Chinotto – Venezuela
 Veep (replaced by Sprite)

See also

 Lemon-lime soda cocktail
 List of brand name soft drinks products
 List of soft drink flavors
 List of soft drink producers
 List of soft drinks by country
 Lemonade
 Limeade
 Bitter lemon
 Lemon, lime and bitters
 List of citrus soft drinks

References

 
Japanese inventions
Soft drinks
Lists of brand name drinks
Norblin

Norblin is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Jan Piotr Norblin (Jean Pierre) (1740–1830), French-Polish painter, draughtsman, engraver, and caricaturist
Louis Norblin (1781–1854), French musician, cello teacher at the Paris Conservatoire
Adam Nathan

Adam Nathan is a technical author/speaker, and currently works as a software architect at Google.  Adam was the core architect of Microsoft Popfly.  He has been involved with .NET technologies from the beginning, and has written a 1,600-page book on .NET/COM Interoperability.  He also created the PINVOKE.NET wiki, which helps .NET developers use unmanaged APIs.

Books 
 Windows 8 Apps with XAML and C# Unleashed
 101 Windows Phone 7 Apps: Volume 1: Developing Apps 1-50
 101 Windows Phone 7 Apps: Volume 2: Developing Apps 51-101
 WPF 4 Unleashed
 WPF 4.5 Unleashed
 Silverlight 1.0 Unleashed
 WPF Unleashed
 .NET and COM: The Complete Interoperability Guide
 ASP.NET: Tips, Tutorials, and Code
 XAML Unleashed

Interviews 
 Safari Books Online - Author Interview with Adam Nathan
 Interview from Canadian Information Processing Society (CIPS)
 Adam Nathan - Light up an app with WPF (on Channel 9)
 Adam Nathan and John Montgomery: Popfly - Now Open to the General Public and New Features Announced (on Channel 9)
 Adam Nathan: and Suzanne Hansen: First Look at Popfly Game Creator Alpha (on Channel 9)

References

External links
 Adam Nathan's new weblog
 Adam Nathan's old weblog

Microsoft employees
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
Young You

was a Japanese josei manga magazine published by Shueisha, based in Tokyo and first published in 1986. It ran for 22 years before being cancelled in October 2005.  After the magazine's closure, Shueisha moved several series serialized in Young You to its sister magazines Chorus (now known as Cocohana) and You.

Notable mangakas and series serialized in Young You
 Naomi Akimoto
Ensemble
 Katei no Jijou
 Natural
 See You Again
 Uchi no Mama ga Iu Koto ni wa
 Ushirosugata no Cha Cha
 Yoru no Kumo Asa no Tsuki
 Nanae Haruno
Double House
 Papa Told Me
 Pietà
 Yukari Ichijo
Tadashii Renai no Susume
 Mariko Iwadate
Amaryllis
Alice ni Onegai
Bara no Hoo
Kirara no Ki
Reizouko ni Pineapple Pie
 Maki Kusumoto
Tanbi Seikatsu Hyakka
 Erica Sakurazawa
Love Vibes
 Shungicu Uchida
Kaiketsu wa Shimasen
 Chika Umino
 Honey and Clover
 Ebine Yamaji
Mahoko
 Otenki to Issho
 Mayumi Yoshida
Kushami San Kai

References

External links
  
 
 discontinuation announcement English translation of original article

Defunct magazines published in Japan
Monthly manga magazines published in Japan
Josei manga magazines
Magazines established in 1986
Magazines disestablished in 2005
Shueisha magazines
1986 establishments in Japan
2005 disestablishments in Japan
Magazines published in Tokyo
Sir John Anstruther, 4th Baronet

Sir John Anstruther, 4th Baronet and 1st Baronet PC (27 March 1753 – 26 January 1811) was a Scottish politician.

The second son of Sir John Anstruther, 2nd Baronet, he was knighted in 1797, raised to the Baronetage of Great Britain in 1798, and also succeeded as 4th Baronet in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on the death of his elder brother, Philip, in 1808.

He served as Member of Parliament for Anstruther Burghs, in Fife, from 1783 to 1790, 1796–1797 and 1806–1811, and for Cockermouth, in Cumberland, from 1790 to 1796.  He was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1806.

Life
He was born on 27 March 1753, the second son of Sir John Anstruther of Elie House, Fife. He was educated at Glasgow University under John Millar, and called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1779. He practised chiefly before the House of Lords in Scotch appeals and was M.P. for Cockermouth, 1790–96.

He was an active supporter of Charles James Fox, and one of the managers appointed to conduct the Impeachment of Warren Hastings, his duty being to sum up the evidence on the charge relating to Benares, and to open the charge relating to presents. In 1797 he was appointed Chief Justice of Bengal and created a baronet in 1798. From 1799 to 1807 he was President of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. In 1806 he returned to Britain, was sworn on the privy council and re-entered parliament the same year as member for the Anstruther district of burghs.

In 1808 he succeeded to his father's baronetcy in addition to his own. He died in London 26 January 1811 and was succeeded by his son Sir John Carmichael-Anstruther, 5th Baronet, who also took his place as MP for Anstruther Burghs.

Family

His daughter Marion Anstruther (1797-1859) married his nephew Robert Anstruther WS (1803-1867) and is buried with him in Dean Cemetery.

References

Attribution

1753 births
1811 deaths
Alumni of the University of Glasgow
Members of Lincoln's Inn
Baronets in the Baronetage of Great Britain
Baronets in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia
Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Scottish constituencies
Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies
British MPs 1780–1784
British MPs 1784–1790
British MPs 1790–1796
British MPs 1796–1800
Cumbria MPs
Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Fife constituencies
UK MPs 1806–1807
UK MPs 1807–1812
British India judges
Presidents of The Asiatic Society
19th-century Scottish politicians
John, 4th Baronet
Thomas Welch

Thomas Welch or Walsh (November 5, 1742 – July 2, 1816) was a surveyor and judge in Upper Canada.

He was born in the Province of Maryland in 1742, the son of Irish immigrants with roots in Wales. He studied in Philadelphia and served with the British Army during the Seven Years' War. He was appointed surveyor in Berks County, Pennsylvania; in 1769, he moved to Maryland. In 1778, he joined the Maryland Loyalists Battalion. He was taken prisoner by the Spanish at Pensacola, Florida and later released in New York City. He led a group of loyalists to New Brunswick; after five years, he returned to Maryland.

Unable to recover his property in the United States, he left for Upper Canada where land was available and settled in Lincoln County, where he was appointed deputy surveyor. In 1796, he was named the first land registrar in Norfolk County. He settled on a farm in Charlotteville Township. Welch served as a captain in the local militia. In 1800, he was named a district commissioner for the Court of King's Bench. In 1810, he was named judge in the district and surrogate courts. In the same year, his son, Francis Leigh Walsh, succeeded him as land registrar for Norfolk. Welch was also a member of the Freemasons.

He died in Charlotteville Township in 1816.

His grandson, Aquila Walsh, later became a member of the House of Commons of Canada and Welch's great-grandson, William L. Walsh, served as Lieutenant Governor of Alberta.

References
Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online

1742 births
1816 deaths
American Revolutionary War prisoners of war held by Spain
Upper Canada judges
American Loyalists from Maryland
Ralph Arliss

Ralph Arliss (born 11 September 1947) is a British actor.

His television credits include: Doctor Who (in the serial Planet of the Spiders), Z-Cars, The Sweeney, Survivors, Return of the Saint, Secret Army, Love for Lydia, Shoestring, Airline, The Jewel in the Crown, The Day Christ Died, A.D., Dempsey and Makepeace, Call Me Mister, Boon, Prime Suspect, Casualty and The Bill. He played the leading role of Kickalong in the ITV serial Quatermass opposite Sir John Mills in 1979.

His film appearances include roles in The Last Valley (1971), The Asphyx (1972), Deadly Strangers (1975), Blood Relations (1977) and Dead Man's Folly (1986).

He is involved in political training for the Green Party of England and Wales.

Filmography

External links

References

British male television actors
Living people
1947 births
Kaweah Peaks Ridge

Kaweah Peaks Ridge is a spur of the Great Western Divide, a sub-range of California's Sierra Nevada.
The ridge is located in Sequoia National Park and is composed of mostly rugged and loose metamorphic rock.

Named mountains
There are several officially named peaks along the ridge:
 Black Kaweah (13,686+ ft / 4,172+ m)
 Kaweah Queen (13,388 ft / 4,081 m)
 Mount Kaweah (13,807 ft / 4,208 m)
 Red Kaweah, (13,726+ ft / 4184+ m)

Location
The peaks,  by trail from any road, are south of the Kings-Kaweah Divide, east of the Great Western Divide and, despite their name, are in the Kern watershed, not the Kaweah watershed. There are many high alpine lakes surrounding the peaks in Nine Lake Basin to the west and Kaweah Basin to the east. Visitors are rare due to the isolated location, but the Kaweah Peaks offer tranquil camping, fishing and high alpine mountaineering.  For the most part, the rock is loose and metamorphic.

References

External links
On climbing the Kaweahs. SummitPost.org.

Mountains of Sequoia National Park
Landforms of Tulare County, California
Ridges of California
Black Kaweah

Black Kaweah is a mountain of the Kaweah Peaks Ridge of the California's Sierra Nevada, in Sequoia National Park. The peak has a local magnetic disturbance that has caused compasses in the vicinity to vary by up to eight degrees.
Fulgurites can be found on the peak.

References

External links 
 

Mountains of Sequoia National Park
Mountains of Tulare County, California
Mountains of Northern California
Mount Kaweah

Mount Kaweah () is a mountain in California's Sequoia National Park and forms part of the Kaweah Peaks Ridge, a spur of the Great Western Divide which extends south from Triple Divide Peak. It has a summit elevation of , the highest along the Kaweah Peaks Ridge.

Name
The peak was named for the Kaweah River which has its headwaters to the west of the Kaweah Peaks Ridge. The Kaweahs, however, drain into the Kern River. The Kaweah River was named for the Kawai (or Gā'wia) tribe, members of the Yokuts people. The Yokuts were once known as Mariposa.

Foxtail Pine
A rare pine, the Foxtail Pine, lives on the southern slopes of Mount Kaweah.

Highest mountain in the southwest Sierra
Mount Kaweah is the highest mountain in the southwest Sierra.

Climate

See also
 List of mountain peaks of California

References

External links

Mountains of Tulare County, California
Mountains of Sequoia National Park
Mount Kaweah
Mountains of Northern California
Red Kaweah

Red Kaweah is a mountain in California's Sequoia National Park on the Kaweah Peaks Ridge. It is 
north of Mount Kaweah and 
south of Black Kaweah.

References

External links 
 

Mountains of Sequoia National Park
Mountains of Tulare County, California
Mountains of Northern California
Damme (Dümmer)

Damme is a town in the district of Vechta, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated right next to lake Dümmer, approximately 25 km south of Vechta, and 36 km northeast of Osnabrück.

Sons and daughters of the town
 John Stallo (1823-1900), German-American-academic, jurist, philosopher and ambassador
 Heinrich Enneking (1855-1947), German politician (center), a member of the Oldenburg Landtag
 Franz Meyer (1882-1945), German politician (center), 1920-1933 member of the Oldenburg Landtag
 Johannes Pohlschneider (1899-1981), 1954-1974 bishop of Aachen
 Theodor Hillenhinrichs (1901-1990), German politician and Member of Landtag (CDU)
 Anton Cromme (1901-1953), chemist and member of parliament (CDU)
 Wolfgang Knabe (born 1959), triple jumper

References

Towns in Lower Saxony
Vechta (district)