Thomas William "Teddy" Gleason (November 8, 1900 – December 24, 1992) was president of the International Longshoremen's Association from 1963 to 1987.

Gleason was born in New York City, the oldest of 13 children. Coming from a family of longshoremen, he left school after the seventh grade and started working in the docks. When wages were cut in 1931 in the wake of the Great Depression, Gleason and several co-workers were blacklisted for stopping work. This eventually led to the eviction of Gleason, his wife and their two children from their home when they could not pay the rent. When he was blacklisted, he pushed a hand truck in a sugar factory during the day and he sold hot dogs on Coney Island at night.

When the New Deal allowed him to resume work in the docks, he became an ILA member and rose to the rank of ILA organizer in 1947, as a protegee of ILA president Joseph P. Ryan. Gleason supported William Bradley when he replaced Ryan in 1953; Gleason, in turn, replaced Bradley in 1963 as president.

In 1963, during the Kennedy administration, he opposed Kennedy's proposal to sell surplus wheat to the Soviet Union, but relented when the government agreed that half of the grain ships would be American ships. When the Johnson Administration went back on this promise, Gleason led an eight-day-long dockworkers' boycott of the Soviet-bound wheat.

In 1971, when the Nixon Administration informally made grain sales to the Soviet Union part of striking a deal for a Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty, the union refused to load Soviet ships. When Henry Kissinger tried to persuade Gleason on the issue, Gleason told Kissinger to "go fuck yourself." The union relented when the administration said it would find funding for construction of more merchants ships and support legislation important to the union. In exchange, Gleason was the first member of the AFL-CIO executive committee to endorse Nixon for re-election.

During the Vietnam War, Gleason made four trips to Saigon to relieve congestion in the ports there. He also performed similar duties at Mombasa in Kenya.

Gleason handed over the presidency to his vice president John Bowers in 1987.

Gleason died in the Cabrini Medical Center in Manhattan on Christmas Eve of 1992 at the age of 92.

References

External links
 A historical dictionary of the U.S. merchant marine and shipping industry (two pages on Google books)

1900 births
1992 deaths
Activists from New York City
International Longshoremen's Association people
Vice presidents of the AFL–CIO


"Sunflower Slow Drag" is a ragtime composition by Scott Joplin and Scott Hayden.  It is about four minutes long and has been described as "full of gaiety and sunshine".

Musical structure
Intro A A B B A Trio-Intro C C D D

While Joplin's name was given top billing, Jasen and Tichenor assert that everything except the trio was primarily Hayden's work.  The trio, attributed to Joplin, is distinguished by its softer dynamics, pentatonic emphasis, and broader range.

Publication history
The copyright was registered March 18, 1901.  The piece was originally published by John Stillwell Stark, who advertised it as "the twin sister of Maple Leaf".  Stark also reported that the trio was written during Joplin's courtship of Belle Hayden, his first wife, who was also Scott Hayden's sister-in-law, his brother's widow.

See also
 List of compositions by Scott Joplin

References

External links
 Sheet music and midi from Mutopia
 YouTube video of "Sunflower Slow Drag" being played

1901 compositions
Rags by Scott Joplin
Compositions for solo piano


The Scarlet Ending is an American six piece indie rock band from Syracuse, New York. The group is fronted by identical twin sisters Kayleigh Goldsworthy (vocals, guitar, violin) and Kaleena Goldsworthy (vocals, piano, accordion, pennywhistle, melodica, ukulele), with Jon Tedd (guitar, vocals), Jess Hafner (cello, synthesizer), Nick Streeter (drums, percussion), and Aaron Garritillo (bass guitar)

Career
The Scarlet Ending was started by identical twin sisters Kayleigh and Kaleena in 2002. In 2008 the band grew to include Jon, Jess, Nick, and Aaron.

Discography

Albums
Cries and Whispers – Released by Fierce Little Records (formerly SubCat Records)
Ghosts – Released by Fierce Little Records, March 9, 2010

EPs
The Scarlet Ending – Released independently
The Things You Used to Own – Released by Fierce Little Records August 14, 2012

Awards and honors
SAMMY (Syracuse area music) award for best pop recording 2006.
SAMMY (Syracuse area music) nominee for best pop recording 2007.
SAMMY (SYRACUSE area music) Award for best Alternative. 2011.

Media use
The song "The Way We Used to Be," off the CD Cries and Whispers appeared on Season 3 of MTV's The Hills, and was also featured on the DVD release. The song was also featured on season 4 of Making the Band.
The song "Winter," off the CD Cries and Whispers appeared on Season 1 of VH1's Tool Academy

Notable touring
In the summer of 2008, the band toured both Greenland and Germany for Armed Forces Entertainment.

In September and October 2009, the band toured Southwest Asia with Armed Forces Entertainment.

Equipment
Kayleigh Goldsworthy uses Glasser Bows exclusively.

References

External links

Official website
Online press kit
Knox road interview with the band.

Indie rock musical groups from New York (state)
Musical groups from Syracuse, New York
Musical groups established in 2002


Sosno  is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zbiczno, within Brodnica County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.

References

Sosno


The Sky Is Falling is a short novel by American writer Lester del Rey.

The first and shortest version was published in Beyond Fantasy Fiction in July 1954 under the title "No More Stars" with the pseudonym Charles Satterfield. It first appeared in book form in 1963 with Badge of Infamy as "Two Complete Novels" in a Galaxy paperback original. The first book-length version was published in 1973 by Ace Books.

Plot summary
Computer engineer Dave Hanson is transported from Earth to a world where the rules of science and physics are replaced by the rules of magic. The new world is similar to Ancient Egypt, with pyramids and prophets, and where the rulers use magical rituals to transport people from Earth when their skills are needed.

Hanson was summoned to help save the world's sky from collapsing. The sky is a literal dome that arches above the world, with the sun and stars not massive celestial bodies trillions of miles away, but smaller lights that move about within the dome of the sky.

Hanson must find a way to reconcile his scientific knowledge with the magic of his new world, while also navigating complex social rules that threaten his life should he fail to fulfill his goals.

External links

 "No More Stars" (short story) on the Internet Archive
 "The Sky Is Falling" on the Internet Archive

1954 American novels
1954 science fiction novels
American science fiction novels
Works originally published in Beyond Fantasy Fiction
Works published under a pseudonym
Novels by Lester del Rey
Science fantasy novels


Walter Everett "Red" Mahan (June 23, 1902 – May 10, 1990) was an American football player.  He played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Frankford Yellow Jackets in 1926 NFL season. Mahan won the 1926 NFL championship with the Yellow Jackets.

Prior to playing in the NFL, Mahan played college football at West Virginia University. While at West Virginia he was a four-year letterman during which time the Mountaineers lost only three games. In 1922, Mahan helped West Virginia to a 10–0–1 record. This earned the Mountaineers a trip to their first ever bowl game the San Diego East-West Christmas Classic. The game was held on December 22, 1922, in San Diego, California. West Virginia defeated Gonzaga, 21–13.

In 1924 Mahan, as a junior, helped the Mountaineers post an 8–1 overall record, totaling 302 points in nine contests, the most of any Eastern squad, and outscored the opposition by nearly a 7–1 margin. Mahan was a first-team All-American pick by Midweek Pictorial and Metropolitan News.  Mahan was also named as a third-team All-American right guard by Walter Camp, and was selected to the all-Eastern team.

In 1925, Mahan captained the Mountaineers to another 8–1 mark. Mahan is also a member of the West Virginia all-time team for 1919 to 1929. He was inducted into the West Virginia University Sports Hall of Fame in 1999.

After his year with the Yellow Jackets, Mahan went on to a career as a prosecuting attorney in Brooke County, West Virginia. He died in 1990.

References

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1902 births
1990 deaths
American football guards
County prosecuting attorneys in West Virginia
Frankford Yellow Jackets players
West Virginia Mountaineers football players
People from Follansbee, West Virginia
Players of American football from West Virginia
20th-century American politicians


Maharajah Sir Ranbir Singh (11 October 1879 – 31 March 1948) was the Maharaja of Jind (Punjab at that time, now Jind city falls in Haryana and the rest of his state is in Punjab). He ruled Jind from 1887 to 1948.

Early life

Singh was born on 11 October 1879 as the only son of Tikka Sri Balbir Singh Sahib Bahadur (1857-1883), the only son of Raghubir Singh of Jind and the heir apparent to the throne of Jind. When Ranbir Singh was four, his father died, and he became the heir. In 1887, his grandfather Raghubir Singh died, and he succeeded him as the Raja of Jind.

Raja and Maharaja

After ruling under a regency for a decade, Singh came of age and was formally installed in 1899. He contributed contingents of the state army to serve with the British in the Tirah Campaign of 1897, the East African campaign during the First World War and in the Third Afghan War of 1919 and the Malayan campaign against the forces of Imperial Japan during the Second World War. Ranbir Singh himself pursued a military career, eventually rising to the rank of Brigadier in the British Army.

A progressive ruler, Singh built schools and hospitals, established charities for widows and orphans and instituted free primary education in Jind. In the 1909 New Year Honours, he was knighted with the KCSI and two years later was granted the hereditary distinction of Maharaja of Jind. He was appointed a GCIE in the 1916 New Year Honours. In 1918, he received the additional title of Rajendra Bahadur; in 1926, he was granted an increased permanent gun salute of 13-guns with a 15-gun local salute. He was appointed a GCSI in 1937.

His inability to rise against the British Monarchy, as a domininant characteristic of the other Phulkian city-states like Patiala, Nabha, Faridkot, etc., eventually led to his lack of dominance and invitation to the town-hall by Sardar (by Title, not inheritance) Patel, which decided the fate of Sikh states joining the Indian union.

He was known as the Bola Raja, or the 'Deaf King', not only about his inability to understand things mentioned to the right side of him, due to a congenital defect, but also due to his attitude of turning his head to ignore any viewpoints that were contrary to his own.

He was known to be impotent, so the section below and the references seem divergent and plausible.

In March 1947, Singh celebrated his Diamond Jubilee, marking 60 years on the throne of Jind-the longest reign of any of the rulers of the Phulkian clan. He signed the Instrument of Accession to the Dominion of India five months later and died on 31 March 1948, aged 68 after a 61-year reign. He was succeeded by his son, Rajbir Singh.

Personal life

Singh married five times, first to Dhelma Kaur, then to Jaswant Kaur (née Olive Monalescu), the daughter of a Romanian barber, third to Deepkumar Kaur and fourth to Gurcharan Kaur. He had 12 children, five sons and seven daughters:
1. An unnamed prince (12 September 1901-March 1902)
2. Dorothy Kaur  (1903-?). Had issue.
3. Dhelma Kaur
4. Devinderbir Kaur  (daughter of  Deepkumar). Married Air Commodore Narendra Singh, Royal Indian Air Force (1912-1949) and had a son Deepak and a daughter Veera.
5. Rajbir Singh (25 September 1918 – 7 September 1959), who succeeded as Maharaja of Jind.
6.  Brijinder Kaur  (c1920-2011)(daughter of  Deepkumar) Married Air Commodore Ravindra Hari Darshan Singh, RIAF, IAF (1914-1999) and had a son [Ritindar Singh, b. 1941] and a daughter [Yadvinder Kaur, b.1939], and adopted nephew [Deepak Singh, son of Rajkumari Devinder Bir Kaur].
7. Ruby Rajibir Kaur  (1920-)
8. Diamond Balbir Rajinder Kaur (c1924-)
9. Jagatbir Singh (23 March 1925-). Married Hemalta Raje  (7 March 1923-), daughter of the Raja of Sawantwadi. Has one son Kr. Rambir Singh married to Inderjit Kaur have two sons Kr. Jagbir Singh ( have one daughter Princess Zeeniabir Kaur and son Kr. Royalbir Singh) and Kr. Gajraj Singh ( has one son Kr. Gunbir Singh) one daughter Princess Raminderbir Kaur.
10. Lieutenant-General Jasbir Singh, PVSM (son of Deepkumar) (20 August 1925 – 2010). Commissioned in the Royal Indian Army in 1947, retired in 1984. Married Gita Devi  (1926-2005). Had one son (Brighubir) and a daughter (Ira).
11. Gajinder Bir Singh (son of Deepkumar)(19 January 1927 – 2010). Married Champa Singh (14 August 19) One son (Jitender Bir Singh) One granddaughter (Malvika Singh) & One grandson (Sumer Bir Singh).
12. Taranbir Kaur  (daughter of  Deepkumar)(1931-). Married Air Commodore Jagdish Chandra Verma, DFC (3 July 1918-). and had a son(Ajay) and a daughter (Tina).

Titles

1879-1883: Rajkumar Sri Ranbir Singh
1883-1887: Sri Tikka Sahib Ranbir Singh Bahadur
1887-1909: His Highness Farzand-i-Dilband, Rasikh ul-Itiqad-i- Daulat-i-Inglishia, Raja-i-Rajgan, Raja Sri Ranbir Singh Bahadur, Raja of Jind
1909-1911: His Highness Farzand-i-Dilband, Rasikh ul-Itiqad-i- Daulat-i-Inglishia, Raja-i-Rajgan, Raja Sri Sir Ranbir Singh Bahadur, Raja of Jind, KCSI
1911-1916: His Highness Farzand-i-Dilband, Rasikh ul-Itiqad-i- Daulat-i-Inglishia, Raja-i-Rajgan, Maharaja Sri Sir Ranbir Singh Bahadur, Maharaja of Jind, KCSI
1916-1918: His Highness Farzand-i-Dilband, Rasikh ul-Itiqad-i- Daulat-i-Inglishia, Raja-i-Rajgan, Maharaja Sri Sir Ranbir Singh Bahadur, Maharaja of Jind, GCIE, KCSI
1918-1926: Lieutenant-Colonel His Highness Farzand-i-Dilband, Rasikh ul-Itiqad-i- Daulat-i-Inglishia, Raja-i-Rajgan, Maharaja Sri Sir Ranbir Singh Rajendra Bahadur, Maharaja of Jind, GCIE, KCSI
1926-1937: Colonel His Highness Farzand-i-Dilband, Rasikh ul-Itiqad-i- Daulat-i-Inglishia, Raja-i-Rajgan, Maharaja Sri Sir Ranbir Singh Rajendra Bahadur, Maharaja of Jind, GCIE, KCSI
1937-1943: Colonel His Highness Farzand-i-Dilband, Rasikh ul-Itiqad-i- Daulat-i-Inglishia, Raja-i-Rajgan, Maharaja Sri Sir Ranbir Singh Rajendra Bahadur, Maharaja of Jind, GCSI, GCIE
1943-1948: Brigadier His Highness Farzand-i-Dilband, Rasikh ul-Itiqad-i- Daulat-i-Inglishia, Raja-i-Rajgan, Maharaja Sri Sir Ranbir Singh Rajendra Bahadur, Maharaja of Jind, GCSI, GCIE

Honours

Delhi Durbar gold medal-1903
Delhi Durbar gold medal-1911
Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (GCIE)-1916
King George V Silver Jubilee Medal-1935
King George VI Coronation Medal-1937
Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India (GCSI)-1937  (KCSI-1909)
Indian Independence Medal-1947

References

Indian knights
Indian Sikhs
Maharajas of Punjab, India
Knights Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India
Knights Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire
1879 births
1948 deaths
People from Jind
Punjabi people


Stefan Dimitrov (22 November 1939 in Burgas, Bulgaria – 13 August 2004 in Sofia, Bulgaria, Bulgarian: Стефан Димитров) was a basso opera singer. Born in the Black Sea town of Burgas, Bulgaria, he was of Greek origin. He won four international singing competitions at the very beginning of his career: those in Toulouse, the "Erkel" in Budapest, the "s’Hertogenbosch" in the Netherlands, and the "Young Opera Singers" in Sofia. In 1965 Stefan Dimitrov met the piano accompanist and répétiteur, Malina Dimitrova (Bulgarian: Малина Димитрова), who graduated at this time and took her first steps in the opera accompanying field. They were later to be married. The couple had one son, Liuben, who graduated as solo pianist and later become part of the Genova & Dimitrov piano duo.

Early career

He graduated from the Central Master Studio of Singing of the Sofia State Music Academy under its founder and leader Prof. Christo Brumbarov, the teacher of singers such as Nicolai Ghiaurov, Nicola Ghiuselev, Ghena Dimitrova and others.

An invitation to pursue a post-graduate master's degree at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow followed. There Stefan sang under conductors such as B. Haikin, Y. Simonov (General Music Director of the Bolshoi at the time), M. Ermler, A. Lazarev, F. Mansurov and worked on stage presentation under Boris Pokrovski and his assistants. Together with partners such as Yevgeny Nesterenko, Elena Obraszova, Irina Archipova and Vladimir Atlantov, Dimitrov performed a number of roles: Boris in Boris Godunov, Don Basilio in Il Barbiere di Seviglia, the Grand Inquisitor in Don Carlos, Prince Galitzki and Khan Konchak in Prince Igor, Sparafucile in Rigoletto and others. Numerous engagements resulted in Stefan Dimitrov performing in many opera and concert theatres in Moscow and former UdSSR.

National and international career
After they came back to Bulgaria, Stefan and Malina Dimitrova were invited as permanent soloist and chief répétiteur of the National State Opera Theatres of Sofia and of Rousse on the Danube, and they appeared with these ensembles in numerous tours to Spain, Germany, the Czech Republic, France and Italy. During his activities as soloist in Greece, Italy, France, Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg and in all Eastern Europe Stefan Dimitrov worked under conductors and stage directors such as W. Eichner, I. Ranzescu, A. Naydenov, I. Marinov, M. Angelov, Al. Raychev.

In 1980, Stefan and Malina launched their relationship with Belgium's leading opera house, La Monnaie / De Munt in Brussels under its director Gerard Mortier. Later on, this collaboration grew to include the Vlaamse Opera company in Antwerp.

Under conductors such as Sir John Pritchard, Silvio Varviso, Machael Schonwandt, Silvain Cambreling and stage directors such as Adolf Dresen, Kurt Horez, Pierre Constant, the singer had many engagements, including guest appearances under the auspices of La Monnaie and the Vlaamse Opera throughout Europe. During this period Stefan Dimitrov's partners on stage were singers such as José van Dam, Ermanno Mauro, Karita Mattila, and Leona Mitchell.

Dimitrov died, aged 64, in Sofia.

Awards

During his musical career Stefan Dimitrov was awarded many prizes for his artistic achievements in Bulgaria, Germany, Belgium (Special Merits of the Queen) and in France and was presented in the 1999 "Who Is Who in Bulgaria" and the 2000 "Who is Who in Bulgarian Culture".

Recordings
Stefan Dimitrov made a number of studio and live recording sessions at numerous radio and TV broadcasting corporations in Bulgaria, Belgium, Netherlands, France, etc. as well as a few CD releases for EMI.

Selected repertoire

Beethoven, L. Van – 9th Symphony
Bellini, V. – I Capuleti e i Montecchi - Capelio
Borodin, Al. – Prince Igor - Prince Galitzki & Khan Konchak
Donizetti, G. - Viva La Mama - Mama Agata
Donizetti, G. - L'elisir d'amore -  Dulcamara
Donizetti, G. - Lucia di Lammermoor - Raimondo
Glinka, M. - Ivan Susanin - Ivan Sussanin
Gounod, Ch. - Faust - Mephisto
Mozart, W.A. - Die Zauberflöte - Zarastro
Mozart, W.A. - Requiem
Mussorgsky, M. - Boris Godunov - Boris Godunov, Varlaam, Pimen
Nikolai, O. – Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor - Falstaff
Puccini, G. – Turandot - Timur
Prokofiev, S. – Semyon Kotko - Tkachenko
Rossini, G. - Il barbiere di Siviglia - Don Basilio
Rossini, G. - L'italiana in Algeri - Mustafa
Rossini, G. - La gazza ladra - Gotardo
Rossini, G. - Stabat Mater -
Saint-Saëns, C. – Samson et Dalila - Abimelech
Smetana, B. – The Bartered Bride - Kezal
Tchaikovsky, P. – Eugene Onegin - Prince Gremin
Verdi, G. - Don Carlos - King Philip  & The Great Inquisitor
Verdi, G. - Nabucco - Zaccaria
Verdi, G. - Simon Boccanegra - Fiesco
Verdi, G. - Aida - Ramphis and the King
Verdi, G. - Il trovatore - Ferrando
Verdi, G. - Un ballo in maschera - Tom
Verdi, G. - Rigoletto - Sparafucile and Monterone
Verdi, G. - Macbeth - Banquo
Verdi, G. - Stiffelio - Borg
Verdi, G. - Messa da Requiem -
Wagner, R. - Der fliegende Holländer - Daland
Wagner, R. - Tannhäuser - Biterolf
Wagner, R. - Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

See also

 La Monnaie
 De Vlaamse Opera
 Rousse State Opera

References

External links
 Opera & Philharmonic Society Rousse
 YouTube Channel

1939 births
2004 deaths
20th-century Bulgarian male opera singers
Operatic basses
Musicians from Burgas


SS Philadelphia may refer to:

 SS Philadelphia, a small steamship of 2,499 tons built by William Cramp & Sons for the Red D Line in 1885; service was between Venezuela and Caribbean ports and the Port of New York.
 , the name from 1901 to 1918 and 1919 to 1923 for an ocean liner originally named SS Paris; served as USS Yale in Spanish–American War (1898) and as USS Harrisburg (ID-1633) during World War I (1918–19) for the United States Navy
 , a container ship of Sea-Land Service; rebuilt from the former USS General A. W. Brewster (AP-155), a World War II transport ship of the United States Navy

Ship names


Johl may refer to:

 Max G. Johl (1876-1935), an American philatelist of Connecticut
 Peter Johl who died November 3, 2005 after a long career on Broadway


John Joseph Fleming (born 1 July 1953) is an English former footballer who played 199 league games in the Football League in a ten-year professional career throughout the 1970s. He later became a player and coach in Australia.

He began his playing career at Oxford United in 1971, making 75 league appearances in a four-year spell at the club. He spent 1975 to 1980 at Lincoln City, making over 100 appearances for the club. He won the Fourth Division title with the "Imps" in 1975–76. Loaned out to Port Vale in 1980, he emigrated to Australia and signed with Wollongong City. He retired as a player in 1986, and later coached Wollongong Olympic, Kemblawarra (in two spells), Port Kembla, and Wollongong United.

Playing career
Fleming began his career at Oxford United, who finished 15th in the Second Division in 1971–72 under the stewardship of Gerry Summers. They rose up to eighth in 1972–73, before finishing just two points and two places above the relegation zone in 1973–74. The "U's" finished 11th in 1974–75. Fleming scored two goals in 75 league games during his spell at the Manor Ground. He then transferred to Graham Taylor's Lincoln City, who won the Fourth Division title in 1975–76. The "Imps" then consolidated their Third Division status with a ninth-place finish in 1976–77. They then dropped down to 16th place in 1977–78 under George Kerr and Willie Bell's stewardship. However they struggled under new boss Colin Murphy, and Fleming scored six goals in the 1978–79 relegation season, enough to make him the club's joint top-scorer (along with Glenn Cockerill, Mick Harford, and Gordon Hobson). He was sent on loan to John McGrath's Port Vale in March 1980. His debut game for the "Valiants" came against parent club Lincoln on 15 March; the Vale lost 3–0. He played just a further two games, having failed to impress at Vale Park. He left Sincil Bank at the end of 1979–80 season, having scored 18 goals in 141 league and cup games at the club. Fleming joined Wollongong City in the Australian National Soccer League where he spent the next six years, amassing over a hundred appearances. City finished 11th in 1981, third in 1982, 15th in 1983, 12th (of 12) in the Northern Conference in 1984, tenth in 1985, and eighth in 1986.

Coaching career
In July 1998, he was sacked as coach of Wollongong Olympic despite the club standing in equal fifth place of the league and also being and a semi-finalist in the Bampton Cup.

A week after departing Olympic, Fleming was appointed coach of Kemblawarra taking over from Joe Coelho, who had been acting as player-coach since the sacking of Jim Dafkovski. He departed the club at the end of the 2003 season.

After a year away, Fleming returned to Kemblawarra as coach for the 2005 season, replacing player-coach Richard Lloyd who would miss the season due to work commitments in Canada. However, his second spell at the helm would be short-lived as, at the end of August 2005, he resigned from the club after a dispute over the club's handling of a training ground disciplinary incident involving a youth grade player.

In April 2006, he succeeded the sacked Harry Sattin as coach of Port Kembla. He was sacked in May 2009.

In November 2009, he became coach of Wollongong United. He "walked out on the club" in May 2012 after falling out with president Peter Vrtkovski.

Career statistics
Source:

Honours
Lincoln City
Football League Fourth Division: 1975–76

References

1953 births
Living people
Footballers from Nottingham
English men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Oxford United F.C. players
Lincoln City F.C. players
Port Vale F.C. players
Wollongong Wolves FC players
English Football League players
National Soccer League (Australia) players
English football managers
English expatriates in Australia


Shih-Li Kow is a Malaysian writer born in 1968.

Kow holds a degree in chemical engineering, and resides in Kuala Lumpur with her son and extended family. Her book Ripples and Other Stories was shortlisted for the 2009 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award.

Her novel, the Sum of Our Follies, (French translation by Frederic Grellier, La Somme de nos Folies ) was awarded the 2018 Prix du Premier Roman Etranger prize.

Works
 News From Home, (Silverfish, 2007)
 Ripples and Other Stories, (Silverfish, Dec 2008)
 The Sum of Our Follies,  (Silverfish, 2014)

References
 Raman Krishnan (19 March 2009). "What do readers want?". Malay Mail.
 Intan Maizura Ahmad Kamal (28 March 2009). "Time for words". Sunday People.
  Shortlist for the 2009 Frank O'Connor Short Story Award Announced

Malaysian short story writers
1968 births
Living people
Malaysian women short story writers
English-language writers from Malaysia
20th-century Malaysian writers
21st-century Malaysian writers
20th-century Malaysian women writers
21st-century Malaysian women writers
20th-century short story writers
21st-century short story writers


Mildred Adelaide Cox Oberhansley Bernard (May 28, 1920 – November 7, 2005) was a member of the Utah House of Representatives from Kearns, Utah, serving five terms from 1966 to 1976.

Early life and career

Bernard was born May 28, 1920, in Brewster, Nebraska, to Robert E. and Eleanor Jarvis Cox. She graduated with honors from Broken Bow High School in Broken Bow, Nebraska, after which she attended business college in Denver.

Two marriages, to Robert E. Workman and to Rex E. Oberhansley, ended in divorce. In 1972, she married Justice Court Judge Lynn (Bud) Bernard; the marriage lasted until his death in 1987.

Political career

After moving to Kearns, where she was one of the earliest residents, she helped to organize the Kearns Town Council, on which she served for many years. She was a charter member of the Kearns Water & Sewer District Board, and the first woman to sit on the Salt Lake Planning and Zoning Commission, a seat that she held for 13 years.

In 1967, she was elected to the Utah House of Representatives as Milly Oberhansley. She served five terms, until 1976, changing her name to Milly O. Bernard in 1972.  A Democrat, she served as Majority Whip, and as Minority and Majority Leader. She also sat on a number of boards and committees, including the Juvenile Court Governing Board, the Judicial Council, the Granite Mental Health Board, the Community Action Board, and the Social Services Committee.

Bernard described herself as a "minority, minority, minority", as a woman, a non-Mormon, and as a non-native of Utah. Colleagues described her as a supporter of higher education and of women's rights.

In 1976, Bernard was appointed by Governor Cal Rampton and reappointed by Governor Scott M. Matheson to the Utah Public Service Commission, on which she served as Chairman until her retirement in 1982.

Bernard worked for fifteen years for EIMCO, a Salt Lake supplier of mining machinery; her tenure at EIMCO encompassed her ten years in the House.

Bernard died in Keans at the age of 85.

Notes

1920 births
2005 deaths
Democratic Party members of the Utah House of Representatives
Women state legislators in Utah
People from Blaine County, Nebraska
People from Kearns, Utah
Utah city council members
University of Colorado Denver alumni
20th-century American politicians
Women city councillors in Utah
20th-century American women politicians
21st-century American women


These are the complete European Championship and Formula One results for Mercedes-Benz.

Complete European Championship results
(key) (results in bold indicate pole position, results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Notes

Complete Formula One results

As a constructor

1954–1955
(key)

Notes

2010s
(key)

2020s
(key)

Notes
* – Season still in progress.
† – The driver did not finish the Grand Prix, but was classified, as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
‡ – Half points awarded as less than 75% of the race distance was completed.

Results of other Mercedes cars
(key)

As an engine supplier

Non-championship Formula One results
(key)

References

Formula One constructor results
Mercedes-Benz in motorsport
results


Tommotiids are an extinct group of Cambrian invertebrates thought to be early lophophorates (the group containing Bryozoa, Brachiopoda, and Phoronida).

The majority of tommotiids are mineralised with calcium phosphate rather than calcium carbonate. although silicified examples hint that some species bore carbonate or carbonaceous sclerites.

Micrina and Paterimitra possess bivalved shells in their larval phases, which preserve characters that might position them in the Linguliformea and Rhynchonelliformea stem lineages respectively. This would indicate that the brachiopod shell represents the retention of a larval character.

For a long part of their history, the tommotiids were only known from disarticulated shells - a complete organism had not been found.  The 2008 discovery of Eccentrotheca offered the first insight into a complete organism, and permitted a reconstruction of the animal as a sessile, tube-like animal made up of a spiral of overlapping plates. Articulated specimens of Paterimitra, discovered a year later, suggest a similar form and lifestyle - it is possible that many tommotiids need redescribing as sessile tube-dwellers. Eccentrotheca and other similar sessile tommotiids were likely filter feeders, similar to modern lophophorates.

However, the discovery of the articulated camenellan Wufengella showed that it was a free-living worm-like animal, suggesting that it was not a crown-group lophophorate, as the last living common ancestor of all living lophophorates has been predicted to be sessile, as bryozoans, brachiopods and phoronids are. This indicates that tommotiids are paraphyletic, with some tommotiids more closely related to bryozoans, brachiopods and phoronids than to other tommotiids.

These discoveries have produced an alternative model for the origin of the brachiopods; it suggested that they evolved by the reduction of sessile tube-like organisms, until only two shells were left. This contrasts with the brachiopod fold hypothesis which suggests that they formed by the folding of a halkieriid-like organism.

Taxonomy
Five families are recognized:

References

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Lophophorata


The D-class cruisers were a pair of German heavy cruisers, classified as  ("armored ships") by the  (Navy of the Realm). The ships were improved versions of the preceding s, authorized by Adolf Hitler in 1933. They were intended to counter a new French naval construction program. Displacement increased to , but Hitler allowed only increases to armor, prohibiting additions to the ships' main battery armament. Only one of the two ships was laid down, but work was canceled less than five months after the keel was laid. It was determined that the designs should be enlarged to counter the new French . The construction contracts for both ships were superseded by the s.

Design
The ships were designed as follow-ons to the s. In 1933, the rise of the Nazi Party brought Adolf Hitler to power in Germany. At the time, he opposed a large-scale naval rearmament program, but decided to allow limited construction to counter French naval expansion. He therefore authorized the  (Navy of the Realm) to build two additional  (armored ships) to supplement the three s. He stipulated that displacement be limited to  and the primary battery would remain two triple gun turrets mounting  guns. Admiral Erich Raeder, the commander in chief of the , advocated increasing the armor protection for the new  and inquired about the possibility of including a third triple turret. It was determined, however, that a third turret could not be added to the ship and still remain within the 19,000 ton limit prescribed by Hitler.

The ships were designed under the contract names D and E, and designed under the provisional names  and  as replacements for the old pre-dreadnought battleships  and . The contract for the first ship, D, was awarded on 25 January 1934 to the  in Wilhelmshaven. The ship's keel was laid on 14 February. That month, the  decided to alter the designs to counter the new s building in France. Displacement was increased to  and a third 28 cm triple-turret was added. Construction on D was therefore halted on 5 July, and E was never laid down. The construction contracts were canceled and reallocated for the two battleships of the .

Characteristics
The ships were  long overall, and  at the waterline. The ships would have had a beam of  and a draft of . The finalized design displaced  at the designed displacement. "D" was to have been fitted with accommodations to serve as a fleet flagship. The ships would have been turbine-powered; the engines were designed to provide  and a top speed of . The number of and type of boilers for the turbines is unknown, but they would have been vented through two large funnels.

The ships would have been similarly equipped to the preceding -class ships. The ships would have mounted a main battery of six of the same /52 C/28 quick-firing guns in the same triple turret mounts, though eight guns were considered, had there been a quadruple turret available. The guns had an actual bore diameter of , and fired both armor-piercing and high-explosive shells; both shells weighed 300 kg (661.4 lb). The guns used two sets of propellant charges: a 36.0 kg (79.4 lb) fore charge in a silk bag and a 71.0 kg (156.6 lb) main charge in a brass case. The shells were fired at 910 meters per second (2,986 fps), and at maximum elevation of 40 degrees, a range of 36,475 m (39,890 yards). The guns had a rate of fire of 2.5 rounds per minute. The guns were supplied by a total of 900 shells, for a total of 150 rounds per gun.

The design's secondary battery comprised eight /55 SK C/28 quick-firing guns in four twin turrets, two abreast the conning tower and the other pair abreast the rear funnel. The guns fired a  shells at a muzzle velocity of . With a maximum elevation of 40°, the guns could fire out to . These guns had already been ordered by the time construction of the ships was canceled; their availability influenced the design of the  class, which mounted eight of their twelve 15 cm guns in dual turrets.

The heavy anti-aircraft battery consisted of eight  SK C/33 guns in twin mountings. The mounts were the Dopp LC/31 type, originally designed for earlier  SK C/31 guns. The LC/31 mounting was triaxially stabilized and capable of elevating to 80°. This enabled the guns to engage targets up to a ceiling of . Against surface targets, the guns had a maximum range of . The guns fired fixed ammunition weighing ; the guns could fire HE and HE incendiary rounds, as well as illumination shells. A number of various other anti-aircraft guns were also to be fitted, but the details were not determined before the class was canceled. The ships were also armed with an unknown number of  torpedo tubes.

The D-class ships used steel manufactured by Krupp for their armor. The ships' upper deck armor was  thick. The main armored deck was  forward,  amidships, and decreased to 70 mm towards the stern. The conning tower was quite heavily armored, with side armor  thick. The main armored belt was  thick, and the upper citadel armor was  thick.

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Edward B. Montgomery (born July 3, 1955) is an American economist, academic, and politician who currently serves as the president of Western Michigan University. He is one of the key players in helping pull the United States out of the automotive crisis. He served in President Barack Obama's administration and was coined the auto czar of the United States.

Montgomery graduated from Taylor Allderdice High School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1973 and was inducted into their alumni hall of fame in 2010. He earned his bachelor's degree magna cum laude from Pennsylvania State University in 1976 and his master's and doctoral degrees in economics from Harvard University in 1980 and 1982, respectively.  His doctoral dissertation was titled "Tests of Alternative Hypotheses on the Decline in the Personal Saving Rate".

From 1981 to 1990, Montgomery served as an assistant/associate professor in the Department of Economics at Michigan State University.  In 1990, he was appointed at the rank of associate professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Maryland, College Park, where he became a full professor in 1992.  From 1997 to 1999 Montgomery served as chief economist of the United States Department of Labor in the administration of President Bill Clinton.  From 2000 to 2001, he served as Deputy Secretary of Labor, the second highest position in that department.  From 2003 to 2009, he served as dean of the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences at the University of Maryland, College Park.

In late 2008, after the election of Barack Obama as President of the United States, Montgomery led the presidential transition team concerned with the Department of Labor.  In February 2009, he was named by Obama to the Presidential Task Force on the Auto Industry.  On March 30, 2009, Obama appointed Montgomery as Director of Recovery for Auto Communities and Workers.  This position oversees the health of the struggling United States automobile industry as a result of the Automotive industry crisis of 2008–2009.

On August 15, 2010, Montgomery became the Dean of the Georgetown Public Policy Institute at Georgetown University. In 2011, Montgomery was elected as a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration.

In April 2017, Montgomery was announced as the ninth president of Western Michigan University. He began his tenure as president on August 1, 2017. In his inaugural address, Montgomery echoed an expression used during the era of WMU's second president Paul Sangren, "That All May Learn," and noted the University's commitment to excellence and inclusion. During his first year at WMU, Montgomery has spoken at length on the need for transformational change. His 2017 and 2018 State of the University addresses detail this philosophy and the specific initiatives proposed to meet that goal.

Montgomery married in 1994 and has three children. His father was pioneering labor historian David Montgomery.

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Eileen Murray (born 1958) is an American financial services executive and is the former co-CEO at Bridgewater Associates, one of the world's largest institutional asset managers. Murray has also held executive positions at Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse First Boston, Duff Capital Advisors and Investment Risk Management. She was named one of the 25 Most Powerful Non-Bank Women in Banking, by U.S. Banker, for the years 2007 and 2008.

Early life and education
Murray was born to Irish-American parents and raised in public housing in Inwood, Manhattan. As a high school student, she worked at a Grand Union. Shortly after she found the body of neighbor dead from a gunshot wound to the head in the lobby of her building, the family moved to Riverdale, Bronx.

Murray graduated from Manhattan College in 1980 with a Bachelor of Science in accounting.

Career
Murray joined Morgan Stanley in 1984 as a senior analyst in the controller's office. She was promoted to the positions of vice president in 1988 and became a principal in 1991.  In 1994 she became a managing director. Murray was controller and treasurer prior to the merger of Morgan Stanley Group and Dean Witter Discover.  After the merger, she became controller and chief accounting officer (CAO) for the firm. Murray also served as chief operating officer of Morgan Stanley's Institutional Securities Group from 1999 to 2002.

Murray left Morgan Stanley in 2002, and joined Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB). At CSFB, she was head of global technology, operations and product control  and managed over 7,000 employees and a $4.0 billion budget. Appointed to CSFB’s Divisional Committee, she was the first woman to serve on CSFB's Executive Board.

She received the Women's Bond Club's Merit Achievement Award in 2003.

In 2005, she returned to Morgan Stanley, where she served as a managing director and Head of Global Technology and Operations, supervising 10,000 employees and a $5.5 billion budget. She also served on the firm's Management Committee. Murray retired from Morgan Stanley in 2007.

Murray received the Legal Momentum's Aiming High Award in 2007 and was named one of the 25 Most Powerful Non-Bank Women in Banking by U.S. Banker in the years 2007 and 2008.

Murray became Chief Executive Officer of Investment Risk Management LLC from 2008 to 2009, after serving as co-Chief Executive Officer, President and Partner at Duff Capital Advisors.

She joined Bridgewater Associates in 2009 and was named co-Chief Executive Officer (co-CEO) in 2011. She previously held positions of co-President and Chief Operating Officer, and served as a member of the company's management committee. She stepped down as co-CEO when she left the firm in April 2020. In 2020 Murray filed a suit against Bridgewater claiming deferred payments were being withheld due to her disclosing a separate suit against Bridgewater based on gender discrimination. Murray claimed she disclosed the dispute to FINRA, a regulatory agency she now chairs, and made Bridgewater aware of this disclosure. The case was later settled out of court for an undisclosed sum.

On June 30, 2020, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced that Murray had been elected Chair of the self-regulating group responsible for U.S. broker dealers. She stepped down from the FINRA board when her term expired in 2022.

Miscellaneous
Murray is a member of the board of directors for global financial services firm HSBC Holdings plc; The Guardian Life insurance Company of America; Broadridge Financial Solutions; and the Irish Arts Center since 2016. In 2022, she was appointed to the Board of Directors for Broadridge Financial Solutions (NYSE:BR) and will be the 4th woman on the panel of 12, 10 of whom are independent. She has served on several other boards, including the Board of Governors of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), from 2016 to 2022; Compass, a real estate firm, from 2020 to 2022; the YMCA of Greater New York from 2005 until 2015; the Business Council for International Understanding from 2013 to 2016; Inwood House from 2004 to 2016; the Depository Trust Company, serving as Chairperson for its Compensation Committee, from 2001 to 2005; OMEGO, where she served as Chair of Audit Committee, from 2001 to 2005; Hewlett-Packard Financial Services Advisory Board from 2003 to 2005, Manhattan College Board of Trustees from 2001 to 2013; Argonne National Laboratory, serving on its Audit Committee, from 2007 to 2012; and the American Women's Development Corporation from 1997 to 2004.

In 2020, Murray was inducted into the Irish America Hall of Fame. She received the Ireland Funds’ Leslie C. Quick Jr. Leadership Award in 2019. In 2018, she received the Finance Pioneer Award  at Women's Entrepreneurship Day at the United Nations and was Manhattan College’s first alumna recipient of the De La Salle Medal of Honor.

In 2017, Murray received the Markets Media Women in Finance’s Lifetime Achievement Award and was named Afterschool Champion by the Partnership for Afterschool Education. In 2016, she was named among Irish America Magazine Business 100 Best and Brightest Leaders. In 2013, she received the YMCA of Greater New York’s Arts & Letters Award for Outstanding Leadership and was named one of the 50 Leading Women in Hedge Funds by the Hedge Fund Journal. And in 2002, she received the Pathfinder Award. In 2003, she was named the Bond Market Association Woman of the Year. In 2005, she received the Urban Stages Humanitarian Award. In 2006, she served as co-chair of the YWCA, was recognized at the  Academy of Women Leaders Salute Benefit and by The League Treatment Center. In 2007 and 2008, she was ranked among the 25 Most Powerful Non-Bank Women in Banking by American Banker (formerly U.S. Banker) and received Legal Momentum’s 2017 Aiming High Award.

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Illia may refer to:

 Illia (), the Ukrainian male given name and a variant of Ilya
 Arturo Umberto Illia, an Argentine politician.


John Lenczowski (born July 20, 1950) is the founder and president of The Institute of World Politics, an independent graduate school of statecraft and national security affairs in Washington, D.C.

Professional life
Lenczowski was born in Hamilton, New York. From 1981 to 1983, he served in the United States Department of State as Special Advisor to then Under Secretary for Political Affairs Lawrence Eagleburger. His highest priority was strengthening Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, so that it could overcome Soviet jamming and rapidly disseminate news of resistance to Soviet authority. Lenczowski succeeded in getting $2.5 billion authorized to modernize Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. In 1981, he became part of the newly founded Active Measures Working Group, which aimed to counter Soviet disinformation campaigns. Lenczowski encouraged the group to take a more proactive role in countering disinformation.

From 1983 to 1987, Lenczowski was Director of European and Soviet Affairs at the United States National Security Council. In that capacity, he served as principal Soviet affairs advisor to U.S. President Ronald Reagan. He was involved in developing many of the policies that helped prompt the collapse of the Soviet empire. One such policy came from a memo Lenczowski wrote to President Reagan outlining America's strength and promoting military deterrence by better publicizing the truth and goals of communism and the Soviet Union.

References

External links
 Lenczowki's personal website
 The Institute of World Politics, Faculty Profile
 Ashbrook Center
 Lecture at Philadelphia National Meeting
 Lecture at Georgia Tech
 Lecture on YAFTV, September 8, 2017

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Wilkin Emilio Ramírez (born October 25, 1985) is Dominican former professional baseball outfielder. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Detroit Tigers, Atlanta Braves and the Minnesota Twins.

Playing career

Minor Leagues
Ramírez signed with the Detroit Tigers at the age of 17 as an undrafted free agent in 2003. He began playing for the Gulf Coast Tigers in the Gulf Coast League in 2003, but missed the entire 2004 season due to a shoulder injury. In 2005, he joined the Low-A West Michigan Whitecaps in the Midwest League, where he established himself as a prospect by hitting 16 home runs with 21 stolen bases. Whitecaps manager Matt Walbeck praised Ramirez's work ethic: "He's got a very good attitude, he likes to play." Baseball America named him the #5 prospect in the organization. In 2006, he played for the Single A Lakeland Flying Tigers, where he dealt with injuries that shortened his season.  In 2007, he split time between Lakeland and the Erie SeaWolves of the Double A Eastern League.  2008 saw Ramírez spend most of the season in Erie before earning a call-up to the Triple A Toledo Mud Hens.  After the 2008 season Ramírez was named the 6th best Tigers prospect by Baseball America.

In 2008, Ramírez participated in the All-Star Futures Game during the Major League Baseball All-Star Game weekend.  He even participated in the 2010 Futures Game for the World team.

Ramírez has also participated in the Dominican Winter League.

Major Leagues

Atlanta Braves
On July 31, 2010, Ramirez was traded to the Atlanta Braves for a player to be named later.

He had his contract purchased by the Braves on May 22, 2011.

Minnesota Twins
Ramirez signed a minor league contract with the Minnesota Twins on November 17, 2012. He made his 2013 season debut with the Twins in the bottom of the 6th inning on April 1.  He was outrighted off the roster on October 22, 2013. He re-signed with the Twins on a minor league contract on December 23, 2014. He re-signed with the Twins on a minor league contract on January 7, 2015. On January 12, 2015, he was assigned to AAA Rochester Red Wings. After the season, he was selected to the roster for the Dominican Republic national baseball team at the 2015 WBSC Premier12.

Bridgeport Bluefish
On March 22, 2016, Ramirez signed with the Bridgeport Bluefish of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. He became a free agent after the 2016 season and retired during the offseason.

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Jeremy Bordeleau (born April 30, 1987 in Trois-Rivières, Quebec) is a male athlete who competes in canoeing. He won a silver medal at the 2007 Pan American Games in the men's K-4 1,000 metres event, along with Angus Mortimer, Mark de Jonge and Chris Pellini.

See also
 List of canoe/kayak athletes by country

References
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Hennan may refer to:

Hennan (surname)

 Clarence William Hennan (1894-1956), an internationally recognized philatelist

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 Hennan, a village in Ljusdal Municipality, Hälsingland, Gävleborg County, Sweden.


The origin of the brachiopods is uncertain; they either arose from reduction of a multi-plated tubular organism, or from the folding of a slug-like organism with a protective shell on either end.  Since their Cambrian origin, the phylum rose to a Palaeozoic dominance, but dwindled during the Mesozoic.

Origins

Brachiopod fold hypothesis

The long-standing hypothesis of brachiopod origins, which has recently come under fire, suggests that the brachiopods arose by the folding of a Halkieria-like organism, which bore two protective shells at either end of a scaled body.  The tannuolinids were thought to represent an intermediate form, although the fact that they do not, as thought, possess a scleritome means that this is now considered unlikely. Under this hypothesis, the Phoronid worms share a similar evolutionary history; molecular data also appear to indicate their membership of Brachiopoda.

Under the Brachiopod Fold Hypothesis, the "dorsal" and "ventral" valves would in fact represent an anterior and posterior shell. This would make the axes of symmetry consistent with that of other bilaterian phyla and appears to be consistent with the embryological development, in which the body axis folds to bring the shells from the dorsal surface to their mature position.  Further support has been identified from the gene expression pattern during development, but on balance, developmental evidence speaks against the BFH.

More recent developmental studies have cast doubt on the BFH.  Most significantly, the dorsal and ventral valves have significantly different origins; the dorsal (branchial) valve is secreted by dorsal epithelia, whereas the ventral (pedicle) valve corresponds to the cuticle of the pedicle, which becomes mineralized during development.  Moreover, the dorsal and ventral valves of Lingula do not display the Hox gene expression patterns that would be expected if they were ancestrally 'anterior' and 'posterior'.

Tommotiids

The 'tommotiids' are an informal group of animals thought to be lophotrochozoans. Their remains are usually found as microfossils, entombed in carbonate as phosphatic sclerites(armor plates). While the sclerites are disarticulated in their fossil state, in life a huge number of them would have articulated and attached onto a soft-bodied animal. The taxonomical affinities of such animal have long been uncertain - they had been compared to other fossils known from armor plates/scales, such as Halkieria and the machaeridian worms.

Continuing research in the current century has brought on a new exciting perspective on the affinities of tommotiids: they are now being regarded as stem-group brachiopods. One crucial fossil linking the tommotiids with brachiopods is Micrina. Analysis on the microscopic inner structure of the phosphatic shell has shown similarities to the organophosphatic brachiopods, one of them being tubes - that must have housed setae in life - perforating the shell layers. Setigerous tubes have also been found in early brachiopods, like the Paterinates for example. A later publication (Holmer et al. 2008) asserted that Micrina was a bivalved animal not unlike a brachiopod, having only two armor plates in life. Tommotiid sclerites can be classified by their shape, and most had two types of them: the sellate sclerite and the mitral sclerite. In this model Micrina had one of each. The sellate and mitral sclerites of tommotiids would end up becoming dorsal(brachial) and ventral(pedicle) valves respectively.

Another crucial find would be the discovery of (partially) articulated tommotiids. The first of these is Eccentrotheca, and the second Paterimitra. Unlike the traditional view of them being slug-like animals comparable to Halkieria, the articulated exoskeleton suggest that they were sessile filter feeders, just like the brachiopods and their sister-group phoronids. Their shell microstructure, again, show similarity to the Paterinate brachiopods, especially in their primary mineralised layer.

Appearance of the brachiopod crown-group
The earliest unequivocal brachiopod fossils appeared in the early Cambrian Period. The oldest known brachiopod is Aldanotreta sunnaginensis from the lowest Tommotian Stage, early Cambrian of the Siberia was confidently identified as a paterinid linguliforms.

The question of Paterinata
The brachiopod class Paterinata is an organophosphatic-shelled group that includes some of the oldest brachiopods known. They are usually considered as members of Linguliformea, being sister-groups with the similarly organophosphatic lingulates. However, paterinates possess a number of traits that resemble the 'articulate' brachiopods more than lingulates. Their adductor muscle scars are oriented postero-medially like the rhynchonelliforms. They have a strophic(straight) hinge line, which resemble early articulate groups like the orthids. Their mantle canal system houses gonads(like the craniiforms) and have exclusively marginal vascula terminalia. This mosaic of traits lead to a repeated suggestion of the possibility that paterinates(or at least a few of them) could be very early diverging members separate from the lingulates. Their shell microstructure also seems to be closer to the stem-brachiopod tommotiids, though this is something that was brought up later down the line.

Palaeozoic dominance
Brachiopods are extremely common fossils throughout the Palaeozoic.
During the Ordovician and Silurian periods, brachiopods became adapted to life in most marine environments and became particularly numerous in shallow water habitats, in some cases forming whole banks in much the same way as bivalves (such as mussels) do today. In some places, large sections of limestone strata and reef deposits are composed largely of their shells.

The major shift came with the Permian extinction, as a result of the Mesozoic marine revolution. Before the extinction event, brachiopods were more numerous and diverse than bivalve mollusks. Afterwards, in the Mesozoic, their diversity and numbers were drastically reduced and they were largely replaced by bivalve molluscs. Molluscs continue to dominate today, and the remaining orders of brachiopods survive largely in fringe environments.

Mesozoic decline
Throughout their long geological history, the brachiopods have gone through several major proliferations and diversifications, and have also suffered from major extinctions as well.

It has been suggested that the slow decline of the brachiopods over the last 100 million years or so is a direct result of the rise in diversity of filter-feeding bivalves, which have ousted the brachiopods from their former habitats; however, the bivalves have undergone a steady rise in diversity from the mid-Paleozoic onwards, and their abundance is unrelated to that of the brachiopods; further, many bivalves occupy niches (e.g. burrowing) which brachiopods never inhabited.

Alternative possibilities for their demise include the increasing disturbance of sediments by roving deposit feeders (including many burrowing bivalves); the increased intensity and variety of shell-crushing predation; or even chance demise – they were hard hit in the End-Permian extinction and may simply never have recovered.

See also
 Taxonomy of the Brachiopoda

References

Brachiopods


Zhang Yulin (; born January 1958) is an astronautic engineer and lieutenant general of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of China. He has been Deputy Director of the PLA General Armaments Department since 2011, and previously served as the President of the National University of Defense Technology (NUDT), and Commander of the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.

Biography
In 1958, Zhang was born in Qianyang County, Shaanxi Province. In 1978 Zhang entered NUDT, majoring in liquid rocket engine technology. Zhang graduated BE and ME from NUDT. From July 1984 Zhang was a lecturer and researcher at NUDT working on rocket engine dynamics and control. In 1988 Zhang graduated Doctor of Engineering from the Department of Industrial Automation of Zhejiang University.

Zhang did postdoc research at Canada's University of Waterloo. He was a professor and then promoted to the head of the Department of Astronautic Technology at NUDT. Zhang was the Director of Beijing Research Institute of NUDT. In 2004 Zhang was appointed as Commander of the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Inner Mongolia, which is the largest spaceport of China. In July 2008 Zhang was pointed as President of the National University of Defense Technology of PLA. Zhang was also an adjunct professor of Tsinghua University.

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The Marshall Thundering Herd men's basketball team represents Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia. They compete in the NCAA Division I as a member of the Sun Belt Conference.

Marshall has advanced to the NCAA tournament five times through the years (their 1987 appearance having been vacated), most recently in 2018. The Thundering Herd has also played in the NIT five times, last appearing in 2012. Marshall won the NAIA National Championship in 1947, and is 7–2 all-time in the first collegiate basketball tournament, one year older than the NIT and four years older than the NCAA Tournament.

Notable former Marshall basketball players include NBA and Marshall Hall of Famer Hal Greer, who was named as one of the NBA's 50 best players of all time. Greer was selected to 10 consecutive NBA All-Star games.  Greer was named NBA All-Star Game MVP in 1968, one year after leading the Philadelphia 76ers to the NBA title.  Additionally, Marshall's Andy Tonkovich was the first overall selection in the BAA (now NBA) draft in 1948. Mike D'Antoni, current coaching consultant for the New Orleans Pelicans and NBA Coach of the Year winner, played college basketball at Marshall from 1970 to 1973.

History

Cam Henderson era
The legendary coach of the Thundering Herd was Cam Henderson. Henderson, acknowledged as the creator of the modern zone defense, won 358 games against just 158 losses between 1935–1955. Henderson led Marshall to three consecutive Buckeye Conference titles from 1936 to 1939, but his greatest team was the 1946–47 team. They set a Marshall school record with 32 wins in a season; a 17–0 start to the season; a 35-game home winning streak; and won the National Championship in the National Association for Intercollegiate Basketball (today's NAIA) in Kansas City in 1947, sweeping five games in six days. Marshall also played in the NAIB Tournament in 1938 and 1948, losing in the quarterfinals. His 1947–48 team won the Helms Foundation Los Angeles Invitational with a 46–44 win over Syracuse, the same year Henderson coached the Marshall football team to the second-ever Tangerine Bowl.

Andy Tonkovich, who played on that team, was the first draft pick of the 1948 BAA draft by Providence. Center Charlie Slack set a still NCAA record of 25.6 rebounds per game for Henderson's final team in 1954–55.  Tonkovich, Gene "Goose" James and Bill Hall were First Team NAIB All-Americans in 1947, joined by Bill Toothman on the second team and Mervin Gutshall on honorable mention, meaning all five starters were on the All-American team. Tonkovich repeated on the second team in 1948. Walt Walowac was a first team Helms Foundation Small College All-American for Henderson in 1953, and was third team on the Helms squad in 1954.

Henderson recorded wins over such marquee programs as Syracuse, Virginia, Memphis, Virginia Tech, Pepperdine, Xavier, Dayton, Louisville (No. 19 in the nation in 1950, a 96–72 Marshall win), Indiana State (Henderson was 2–1 versus John Wooden, when the UCLA legend was coaching the Sycamores), BYU, Idaho, Hawaii, Cincinnati, Tennessee, Western Kentucky, Loyola, Maryland, Miami-Florida, Denver, St. Francis, Wichita State, Colorado, Cal, CCNY, Long Island Univ., South Carolina and St. Louis. His 1954–55 team was second in the Mid-American Conference, but was denied a berth in the NIT by the league in the wake of the cheating scandals in New York and other college spots in the early 1950s.

Post-Henderson era (Jules Rivlin, Ellis Johnson, Carl Tacy, Bob Daniels, and Bob Zuffelato)

Henderson's first basketball All-American, Jule Rivlin, coached the 1955–56 Herd to its only MAC title and first-ever NCAA Tournament. Rivlin's 1958 Herd led the nation in scoring, with Hal Greer and Leo Byrd, scoring 88.1 points per game and topping the Jerry West-led Mountaineers of West Virginia University who averaged 88.0 points per game. Byrd was an All-American in 1959, first team on the Chuck Taylor/Converse team and second team on UPI and Helms Foundation. Henderson and Tonkovich are both members of the Helms Foundation NAIA Hall of Fame.

Marshall was coached to the NIT in 1967 by Ellis T. Johnson (the first All-American for legendary Kentucky coach Adolph Rupp), advancing to the semifinals thanks in part to George Stone scoring 46 points versus Nebraska in their quarterfinal game. Stone went on to play professionally for four years in the American Basketball Association (ABA). Johnson brought the Herd back to the NIT in 1968 behind point guard Dan D'Antoni, but they lost in the first round.

Carl Tacy coached the Herd to a 23–4 season in 1971–72, losing to Southwest Louisiana, 112–101 in the NCAA Tournament. Marshall was ranked as high as No. 8 in the nation that season, and finished 12th in the nation. Russell Lee was a Converse All-American in 1972, and was selected in the first round of the ABA Draft and second round by the Milwaukee Bucks of the NBA, playing for that team for two years and three seasons overall in the NBA. Bob Daniels was the Herd coach beginning in the 1972–73 season leading the team to an appearance in the NIT. Mike D'Antoni was the point guard for the NCAA Tournament team in 1972 and the NIT team in 1973, was a CoSIDA Academic All-American both seasons and was awarded an NCAA post-graduate scholarship. He was drafted by the Kansas City-Omaha Kings and played four seasons in the NBA before moving on to greater glory in the Italian League, winning titles as a player and coach. Kobe Bryant wore No. 8 his first few seasons in the NBA because that was the number D'Antoni wore when he played with Kobe's father in Italy.

Marshall advanced to the school's first conference title game in 1978, falling to Furman in the title game under charismatic coach Stu Aberdeen. Bob Zuffelato took the Herd to the Southern Conference finals in 1979–80, falling again to Furman, after Aberdeen died during the summer of 1979 while on vacation. The 1980–81 team saw Marshall post its first-ever win over West Virginia at the WVU Coliseum in Morgantown, West Virginia. Marshall won the first game played against WVU in Huntington in 1982–83. Marshall would go on to be 5–0 versus the Mountaineers in Huntington before the series moved permanently to the Charleston Civic Center in the state capital.

Rick Huckabay era
Rick Huckabay led Marshall to six Southern Conference titles - three regular season ones and three conference tournament championships. His teams made three NCAA Tournaments (the 1987 appearance later vacated by the NCAA) and an NIT appearance from 1983 to 1989, although they lost all four postseason contests. John Taft and Skip Henderson were both recruited by Huckabay and are one-two in scoring at Marshall all-time. A highlight of Huckabay's time at Marshall occurred on February 7, 1985, when backup guard Bruce Morris made the longest shot in NCAA basketball history. The "Shot Herd Round the World" measured 89 feet, 10 inches and ended the first half. Marshall went on to defeat Appalachian State in that game, 93–82.

Post Huckabay Era (Billy Donovan, Greg White, Donnie Jones, and Tom Herrion)

When Billy Donovan was hired in 1994, he was 28 years old and the youngest head coach in NCAA Division I. Donovan helped land West Virginia native and future NBA standout Jason Williams after he had originally signed with Providence. When Donovan left to become the head coach of the University of Florida in 1996, Williams followed him to the Gators. Donovan led the Thundering Herd to the Southern Conference North division title in the 1994–95 season. He went 35–20 in two seasons at Marshall. Notable assistant coaches at Marshall under Donovan included Anthony Grant and John Pelphrey.

Keith Veney set an NCAA record with 15 three-pointers in Marshall's Henderson Center against Morehead State University on December 14, 1996 for new head coach Greg White, who had been Marshall's point guard from 1977 to 1981. White followed in the great Marshall tradition of outstanding players from the Mullens, West Virginia area including both Mike and Dan D'Antoni. White coached his first Marshall team to its final Southern Conference tournament title game in 1996–97, falling to UT-Chattanooga on a last-second, game-winning shot. Marshall joined the Mid-American Conference for the second time in 1997–98, and the Herd was 21–9 in 1999–2000 under White, falling in the MAC semi-finals to Miami, Ohio. White's overall record at Marshall in seven seasons was 115–84.
Before Donnie Jones came to coach Marshall from 2007 to 2010, he was an assistant with the Florida Gators for 11 years and helped Billy Donovan coach the Gators to consecutive national championships in 2006 and 2007. Jones got Marshall to a winning record for the first time since 2001 with a 16–14 mark in his first season In 2010, Jones coached Marshall to the CIT, which was their first post-season tournament since 1988.  Marshall fell to Appalachian State in the CIT quarterfinals. Following the 2010 season, and amid growing fan concern over Marshall's performance in the 2010 CUSA and CIT tournaments, Donnie Jones left Marshall to coach conference rival UCF.  Considering Jones' success at Marshall and his local ties to the Huntington area, many Marshall fans considered his departure a betrayal, further fueling the Marshall-UCF rivalry.

In 2010, Marshall hired former College of Charleston head coach, Tom Herrion, to lead the Thundering Herd. In 2012, Herrion coached the Thundering Herd to the National Invitational Tournament for the first time since 1988. However, after back-to-back losing seasons in 2013 and 2014, Marshall bought out the remaining two years of his contract. In four seasons as head coach, Herrion's record was .500, going 67–67.

Dan D'Antoni era

On April 24, 2014, Marshall University Athletic Director Mike Hamrick announced Mullens native and Los Angeles Lakers assistant coach, Dan D'Antoni, as the next head coach of the Thundering Herd.

D'Antoni is a Marshall alum and played point guard for The Herd from 1966 to 1970. He led the team in scoring with a 17.5 scoring average in 1968–69 and led the 1967 team to the semifinals of the
National Invitation Tournament, losing to Marquette 83–78 and then losing to Rutgers 93–76 in the 3rd place game. In 1968, he again led the team to the NIT, losing to St. Peter's 102–93 in the first round. He is one of 49 Marshall players to score 1,000 points, tallying 1,109. In 1990, he was inducted into the Marshall University Athletic Hall of Fame.

For the 2017–18 season, Marshall and coach D'Antoni finished the regular season with a win and season sweep over 24th-ranked Middle Tennessee, Marshall's first win over a top-25 opponent since 2011. In the ensuing Conference USA tournament as the conference's fourth seed, Marshall dominated against UTSA and Southern Miss, before hanging on late against Western Kentucky 67–66 in the conference tournament title game. This gave Marshall its first Conference USA championship and sent the Thundering Herd to the NCAA tournament for the first time in 31 years. As the 13th seed in the East, D'Antoni also led the Thundering Herd to their first-ever NCAA Tournament victory in program history, an 81–75 win over Wichita State, the region's fourth seed, in the first round. Marshall would eventually get knocked out in the second round by a 94–71 loss to in-state rival West Virginia.

For the 2018–19 season, Marshall finished the regular season as the Conference USA's sixth seed and on a season-high five-game win streak. Marshall, however, was not able to repeat the previous season's success and was knocked out in the conference tournament quarterfinals to Southern Miss, before ultimately accepting an invite in the CIT for the first time since 2011. As the tournament's number one seed, Marshall was able to secure a second-round bye following its opening-round 78–73 win over IUPUI. Following quarterfinal and semifinal wins over Presbyterian and Hampton respectively, Marshall would move on to the CIT Championship game against Green Bay, which they would dominate with a 90–70 victory and secure the program's first postseason hoops title in 72 years.

Postseason results

NCAA tournament results
Marshall has appeared in the NCAA tournament six times, although the official tally is five as their 1987 appearance was vacated due to NCAA violations. Their combined record is 1–6, or 1–5 by the official NCAA tally.

National Invitation Tournament results
Marshall has been selected to participate in five National Invitation Tournaments. Their combined record is 2–6.

CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament results
Marshall has been selected to participate in three CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournaments. Their combined record is 5–2. They were the CIT Champions in 2019.

NAIA tournament results
The Thundering Herd have appeared in the NAIA tournament three times. Their combined record is 7–2. They were NAIA National Champions in 1947.

Home venues
Vanity Fair, 600 block of 4th Avenue (until 1949)
Veterans Memorial Fieldhouse (1950–1981)
Cam Henderson Center (1981–present)

Head coaches

Players

Retired numbers

Marshall has retired seven numbers in program history. The program has also retired six additional jerseys without retiring the numbers associated with them.

Herd in the NBA

Current player in bold
 Bob Allen – San Francisco Warriors
 Mike D'Antoni – Kansas City–Omaha Kings, San Antonio Spurs
 Hal Greer – Syracuse Nationals/Philadelphia 76ers
 Gene James – New York Knicks, Baltimore Bullets
 Jerry Kelly – Boston Celtics, Providence Steamrollers
 Russ Lee – Milwaukee Bucks, New Orleans Jazz
 Bucky McConnell – Milwaukee Hawks
 Tamar Slay – New Jersey Nets, Charlotte Bobcats
 Andy Tonkovich – Providence Steamrollers
 Jason Williams transferred to Florida – Sacramento Kings, Memphis Grizzlies, Miami Heat, Orlando Magic
Hassan Whiteside – Sacramento Kings, Miami Heat, Portland Trail Blazers

Herd abroad

 Stevie Browning –  Trabzonspor B.K., Szolnoki Olaj KK, Kolossos Rodou B.C., BK Inter Bratislava
 Jon Elmore – Pallacanestro Trieste, Soproni KC, BC Šiauliai
 DeAndre Kane – Israeli Premier League and EuroLeague
 James Kelly  –  Incheon Electroland Elephants, Changwon LG Sakers, Hapoel Gilboa Galil
 Ken Labanowski (born 1959) – American-Israeli basketball player in the Israel Basketball Premier League
 Aleksa Nikolić – Spartak Saint Petersburg, KD Ilirija, KK FMP, KK Zlatibor
 Dagoberto Peña  –  Maldonado, Leones de Santo Domingo, Academia de la Montaña, FC Barcelona Bàsquet B, CB Estudiantes, BC Pieno žvaigždės, CB Breogán
 Ajdin Penava – Saski Baskonia, Belfius Mons-Hainaut, Spójnia Stargard
 Damier Pitts – KFÍ, İstanbul DSİ, Roseto Sharks, BK Ventspils, Valmiera Ordo, Kataja BC, S.L. Benfica, Jászberényi KSE
 Cheikh Sane  – Team FOG Næstved, Koroivos, Saitama Broncos, Horsens IC
 Nigel Spikes – Miami Midnites, Halifax Rainmen, Maccabi Haifa B.C., Manzaneros de Cuauhtemoc, Sioux Falls Skyforce, Wellington Saints, Fukushima Firebonds, Akita Northern Happinets, Earth Friends Tokyo Z
 Ryan Taylor – ÍR

References

External links

Basketball teams established in 1907


Chilton Aircraft Ltd was a British aircraft design and manufacturing company of the late 1930s and 1940s.

Foundation
The company was founded in early 1937 by two former de Havilland Technical School students and Old Etonians, the Hon. Andrew Dalrymple, (b.1914) the son of Sir John Dalrymple, and Alexander Reginald Ward, (b.1915) the son of Hon. Sir John Ward, whose father was the 1st Earl of Dudley. It established a small factory on the Chilton Lodge estate at Leverton, near Hungerford in Berkshire, from which location the firm's name was derived.

The Chilton D.W.1

The founders designed a small, low-powered, but fast, sporting monoplane, designated the Chilton D.W.1. The aircraft had a clean aerodynamic design, which required split flaps to lower the landing speed. The Carden Ford 32 h.p. gave it a declared top speed of 112 mph, but during racing, 129 mph was eventually reached.

Four aircraft were built between early 1937 and July 1939, the last having a 45 h.p. Train 4T engine, being designated the D.W.1A. A further development, the Chilton D.W.2, was commenced, but had not been completed at the outbreak of World War II. The four aircraft were stored during the war and the jigs, spares and the half-completed D.W.2 were taken over by the College of Aeronautical Engineering at Redhill Aerodrome.

All four D.W.1s flew post-war, taking part in many air races, but after accidents, only two survived in airworthy condition in 2005. From the mid-1980s, three examples have been commenced by amateur builders, one of which first flew in 1987. These aircraft are powered by a Lycoming O-145 engine.

Gliders

The firm had been planning to make a small glider called the Chilton Cavalier, after the war. However a glider pilot, Dudley Hiscox, brought the drawings of a better glider, the DFS Olympia Meise, to Chilton and so a prototype was built in a converted chicken house on the Chilton estate. The German drawings were not detailed and so new drawings were made in which the Meise was altered for cheaper production. Aircraft consultants, called 'A and EP', checked the stresses for British airworthiness conditions and consequently the spar and joint fittings were strengthened. The maiden flight was made on 11 August 1946. At that time the firm had a long order list for Chilton Olympians.

The building of the wings for the prototype had been sub-contracted to Elliotts of Newbury. On completion of the prototype's wings, Elliotts refused to sell the wing jigs to Chilton. Andrew Dalrymple was killed in a crash of a Fi Storch on 25 December 1945 near Hungerford, and this event soon ended aircraft production. After the death of Dalrymple an agreement was reached to sell production rights and all the work in hand on the redesigned Olympia to Elliotts, who went on to build 150 EoN Olympia. The Chilton prototype was eventually declared un-airworthy in 1970 and destroyed.

In Australia
Plans for the Chilton Olympia were imported into Australia. Three were constructed, and two were still flying in 2015.

VH-GDQ "Columbus": written off.

VH-GFW "Yellow Witch": homebuilt by Arthur Douglas Hardinge, Bendigo, owned by K. Nolan, Melbourne.

VH-GLY: built 1959, refurbished by Mike Valentine.

Aircraft
Chilton D.W.1 light monoplane
Chilton Cavalier glider (not built)
Chilton Olympia glider – became the EoN Olympia

References
Notes

Bibliography

External links

 http://www.chilton-aircraft.co.uk/
 Detailed history of the Olympia

Defunct aircraft manufacturers of the United Kingdom
Companies based in Berkshire
West Berkshire District
History of Berkshire


Arthur Ford (born 1911, date of death unknown) was an English footballer who played at inside-left for Wolverhampton Wanderers, Port Vale, and Northampton Town.

Career
Ford played for Wolverhampton Wanderers, before joining Port Vale as an amateur in October 1936. He signed professional forms at The Old Recreation Ground in January 1937. He played three Third Division North games and one cup game from March 1937 to the end of the season, before transferring back to Wolves in September 1937. He later moved on to Northampton Town.

Career statistics
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References

People from Wolstanton
Footballers from Staffordshire
English men's footballers
Men's association football forwards
Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. players
Port Vale F.C. players
Northampton Town F.C. players
English Football League players
1911 births
Year of death missing


Tridel is a major Canadian real estate developer based in Toronto, Ontario. It is the largest builder of condominiums in the Greater Toronto Area. Since being founded in the 1930s it has built some 85,000 homes.

History

Founding
The company was founded by Jack DelZotto, an Italian stonemason who came to Canada in 1927. He first worked in mines near Timmins, but soon came to Toronto where he helped lay bricks for the Park Plaza Hotel. DelZotto built his first single family home in 1934 in the Bloor and Dufferin area. His firm prospered in the building boom after the Second World War, erecting suburban houses across the Toronto area. The company was handed over to DelZotto's three sons, Angelo, Elvio and Leo. The name of the company refers to the three (tri) Delbrothers. In 1951 the company built its first rental apartment building, and in the following decades became one of the largest builders of apartment and condominium towers in Canada. Tridel played a central role in Toronto's skyscraper boom in the 1970s. With the collapse of the housing market in the early 1980s Tridel took on a number of government contracts building subsidized housing and housing co-ops. The company went public in 1986, though the DelZotto family remained in control of the firm. The public company TDZ Holdings Inc. was dissolved in October 2013. Today, the Tridel Group of Companies is privately held.

Restructuring
The end of the 1980s property boom placed the company in severe distress. The problems began in 1992 when subsidiary Aluma Systems Corp was unable to meet some $226 million in debt obligations. The company was unable to meet these needs and for several years bankruptcy threatened. Citibank, to whom the money was owed, seized a significant portion of the company. In 1998 a restructuring agreement was finally reached between the company, its creditors and the government. The DelZotto family had to give up a significant portion of their ownership of the firm, but Tridel was saved from bankruptcy.

Growth
Following a period of struggle, Tridel revived itself as one of the city’s biggest developers during the 2000s housing boom. The late 1990s and early years of the 21st century saw an unprecedented building boom occur in Toronto and Tridel was a central player. Today the Tridel group consists of a group of companies including building company Deltera (Construction Management), Del Realty Incorporated Brokerage (Real Estate Broker), Del Property Management (Condominium Property Management), DelSuites (Corporate Housing), Del Condominium Rentals (Condominium Rental Management), The DMS Group (Property Services) and Delmanor (Retirement Living). The boom has seen Tridel erect condominium towers across the Toronto area. Tridel has also been praised for its innovative technology and especially its focus on environmentally friendly design.

References

External links
Official site

Real estate companies of Canada


La Pintada may refer to:
La Pintada, Colombia
La Pintada, Panama
 La Pintada (archaeological site) in Sonora, Mexico


Xiulin Township / Sioulin Township () is a mountain indigenous township of Hualien County, Taiwan. It is located northwest of Hualien City, and is the largest township in Taiwan by area (1,641.86 km²) with 9 villages. It has a population of 17,068, most of which are the indigenous Taroko people.

Because of its location beside the Central Mountain Range, the climate changes by altitude. Taroko National Park is located in Xiulin Township. In recent years, people in Xiulin have lobbied to change its name to "Taroko Township" (太魯閣鄉).

The Hualien train derailment, the second deadliest train disaster in Taiwan's history, happened here in 2021.

Administrative divisions

The township comprises nine villages: Chongde, Fushi, Heping, Jiamin, Jingmei, Shuiyuan, Tongmen, Wenlan and Xiulin.

Tourist attractions
 Taroko National Park
 Qingshui Cliff
 Sanchan Creek Scenic Area
 Mukumugi ecological Trail and preserve area
 Kilai Mountain (3607 m)
 Dayu Mountain (2565 m)
 Hehuanshan (3416 m)
 Pingfeng Mountain
 Xiangde Temple
 Shimen Mountain
 Wuming Mountain

Infrastructure
 Bihai Power Plant
 Hoping Power Plant

Transportation
 TRA Heping Station, Heren Station, Jingmei Station, Chongde Station (North-link line)
 Provincial Highway 8 (Central Cross-Island Highway)
 Provincial Highway 9 (Suhua Highway)
 Heping Cement Port

References

External links

Siou Lin Township Population
Taroko National Park

Townships in Hualien County


John Homans (1877–1954) was an American surgeon who described Homans' sign and Homans' operation.

Biography
Homans was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1877, and was educated at Harvard University and Harvard Medical School. His residency was undertaken at Massachusetts General Hospital, and was followed by work in Baltimore and London. He returned to Boston to the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in 1912. Towards the end of his career he worked at Yale University as the Carmalt Visiting Professor, returning to Peter Bent Brigham during World War II.

He worked on developing hypophysectomy with Harvey Cushing, and they and Samuel James Crowe published the first evidence of the link between the pituitary gland and the reproductive system in 1910.

Homans later worked on peripheral vascular disease, helping to popularise the ligation of the saphenofemoral junction for treatment of varicose veins, and advocating ligation of the subsartorial vein to stop migrating clots causing pulmonary embolus. He described the sign which bears his name in 1944, and reported the first instance of deep venous thrombosis occurring in flight in 1954 in a doctor who had flown between Boston and Caracas. He was also interested in lymphoedema, developing the Homans operation for this condition.

He was a founding member of the Society for Vascular Surgery, the fourth meeting of which saw the establishment of the John Homans lecture in his honour. He is also commemorated by the John Homans Chair of Surgery at Harvard Medical School and the John Homans Fellowship in Vascular Surgery at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital.

References

External links

American vascular surgeons
1877 births
1954 deaths
Harvard Medical School alumni


Dezful Airport is located on Andimeshk road in the city of Dezful, Iran.

Airlines and Destinations

Military
Dezful Airport is also known as Vahdati Air Base, with military operations conducted by the Iran Air Force.

External links
Vahdati Air Base GlobalSecurity article

References

Iranian airbases
Buildings and structures in Khuzestan Province
Airports in Iran
Transportation in Khuzestan Province