Charles Sandwith Campbell,  (1858–1923) was a wealthy corporate lawyer and benefactor who gave the City of Montreal the Campbell Concerts and Campbell Parks. He was a Governor of McGill University.

Early life and education

Born in 1858 at Kingston, Canada West, Campbell was the eldest son of Sir Alexander Campbell, Postmaster General of Canada and Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario. His mother, Georgina Fredrica Locke Sandwith, was the daughter of Thomas Sandwith of Beverley, Yorkshire, a medical practitioner, and was a first cousin of Humphrey Sandwith.

Campbell grew up in Ottawa and was educated at Bishop's College School in Lennoxville, Quebec and afterwards at Laval University, where he graduated avec grande distinction. In 1877, he continued his legal education in England at Trinity College, Cambridge, entering Lincoln's Inn the following year. He graduated B.A., LL.B. in 1881.

Career
In 1884, Campbell returned to Canada and entered the Montreal law firm of William Badgley and John Abbott, becoming a senior partner in 1887. In 1889, he and two other former Laval students, Frederick Edmund Meredith and James Bryce Allan (1861–1945) K.C. (son of Andrew Allan and brother of Lady Meredith), took over from the old senior partners and formed the firm of Campbell, Meredith & Allan.

In 1901 the firm of Montreal corporation lawyers represented many of the wealthy companies of the Golden Square Mile, including Bank of Montreal; Canadian Pacific Railway; Montreal Stock Exchange; Allan Line Steamship Co.; Sir Hugh Allan's Merchants Bank of Canada; Molson Bank; Montreal Street Railway; Montreal Trust and Deposit Co.; American Tobacco Company, of Canada; John De Kuyper & Son; Elder & Dempster Shipping; Hamburg American Packet Shipping Co.; Ocean Accident and the Guarantee Corporation. Today the firm is known as Borden Ladner Gervais.

Campbell concerned himself mainly with corporate and commercial affairs, rarely entering into litigation. He served as an officer with the Montreal Garrison Artillery and was on the executive board of the Montreal Liberal-Conservatives Association.

Campbell served as a director of many client companies including the Montreal Terminal Railway, and he sat on the board of Governors of McGill University. Campbell retired from legal practice in 1910, retiring to his farm at Dorval. Already a director of the Montreal Jockey Club and on the committee of the Montreal Horse Show, he became involved in breeding racehorses. But, frustrated by the rules which prohibited the importation of better breeding stock from outside Canada, he abandoned it after only three years. He sold his racing farm and bought another big estate at Stanbridge East, Quebec in the Eastern Townships, where he continued his interest in scientific farming. For the remainder of his life he spent his summers in Montreal. He is buried in the Stanbridge Ridge Cemetery in Stanbridge East.

Campbell Concerts and Parks

Charles Campbell was unmarried when he died in 1923, leaving an estate worth $2 million. The executor of the will was his former business partner and closest friend, F.E. Meredith. After provision had been made for the upkeep of Campbell's horse, Kodak, the remainder of the will was divided into five parts.

The first part of his estate went to the Montreal General Hospital; the second to the Kingston General Hospital and the third to various relatives and friends. The remaining two parts, worth one million dollars, were left to the City of Montreal. One part was to purchase parkland "in congested parts of the City of Montreal to make playgrounds for young children not too far from their parents abodes" and the second part was to provide an income to be used "to encourage the playing on summer evenings of bands of music in the public places handy to the congested parts of the city". In 1949, the Montreal Herald reported,

"Nobody has named a street nor a park for him. No bandsman has dedicated a composition, nor civic body erected a monument to him. But Charles Sandwith Campbell has left his own enduring monument, sounding forever in the ears of a million Montrealers, his heirs at large." Today there are three Campbell Parks in Montreal and concerts in his name are still given at no charge for the people of Montreal.

See also
Université Laval
List of Bishop's College School alumni

References

External links
Campbell Concert Series
Campbell Free Band Concerts (Archived at the Wayback Machine.
Sohmer Park (Campbell) {Archived at the Wayback Machine.

1858 births
1923 deaths
Canadian lawyers
Businesspeople from Ontario
McGill University people
People from Kingston, Ontario
Canadian King's Counsel
Université Laval alumni
Bishop's College School alumni


Was (Not Was) is the debut album by art-funk ensemble Was (Not Was); it was released in 1981.
The album was re-released with additional material in 2004 under the name Out Come the Freaks. The art direction was by Maverse Players.

Track listing

1981 release
All tracks composed by David Was and Don Was; except where indicated

Side A
 "Out Come the Freaks" – 5:41 vocals - Harry Bowens; spoken vocals - Marzanne McCants
 "Where Did Your Heart Go?" – 4:55 lead vocals - Sweet Pea Atkinson
 "Tell Me That I'm Dreaming" – 4:58 lead vocals - Harry Bowens
 "Oh, Mr. Friction!" – 3:31

Side B
 "Carry Me Back to Old Morocco" (Was, Was, Doug Fieger) – 6:01
 "It's an Attack!" (Was, Was, David Goss) – 3:11 lead vocals - Sweet Pea Atkinson
 "The Sky's Ablaze" – 2:16
 "Go...Now!" (Was, Was, Ron Banks) – 5:34 lead vocals - Sweet Pea Atkinson
Side B of the LP ends in a lock groove of Atkinson singing "'Cause he says it hurts his neck" (from "Out Come the Freaks"), looping on the last three words.

Out Come the Freaks
 "Wheel Me Out" (Long Version) – 7:06
 "Out Come the Freaks" – 5:39
 "Where Did Your Heart Go?" – 4:57
 "Tell Me That I'm Dreaming" – 5:00
 "Oh, Mr. Friction" – 3:33
 "Carry Me Back to Old Morocco" – 6:01
 "It's an Attack!" – 3:10
 "The Sky's Ablaze" – 2:15
 "Go...Now!" – 5:30
 "Hello Operator" (Short Version) – 2:51
 "Out Come the Freaks (Again)" – 4:37
 "Tell Me That I'm Dreaming" (12" Remix)" – 7:48
 "Out Come the Freaks" (12" Remix) – 7:10
 "(Return to the Valley Of) Out Come the Freaks" (Semi/Historic 1983 Version) – 4:20
 "Christmas Time in Motor City" – 2:55
 "Out Come the Freaks" (Dub Version) – 6:30

Personnel
David Was - vocals, alto saxophone, piano
Don Was - vocals, bass, vibraphone, Moog synthesizer, clavinet
Sir Harry Bowens - lead vocals on "Out Come the Freaks" and "Tell Me That I'm Dreaming"
Sweet Pea Atkinson - lead vocals on "Where Did Your Heart Go?", "It's an Attack" and "Go...Now!"
Bruce Nazarian, Ricardo Rouse, Wayne Kramer - guitar
Jervonny Collier, Lamont Johnson - bass
Bruce Nazarian - bass on "Wheel Me Out"
Franklin K. Funklyn McCullers, Jerry Jones - drums
Larry Fratangelo, Kevin Tschirhart - percussion
Carl "Butch" Small - percussion, rap vocals
Gary Stuck, Jim Matthews, Les Chambers - additional percussion
Irwin Krinsky - piano
Luis Resto - piano, Oberheim OBX and ARP synthesizers
Raymond Johnson, Mark Johnson - keyboards
David McMurray - tenor, soprano and alto saxophone
Armand Angeloni - tenor saxophone, piccolo flute
Marcus Belgrave - trumpet, flugelhorn
Mack Pitt - mandolin
Carol Hall, Carolyn Crawford, Kathy Kosins, Michelle Goulet, Sheila Horne - backing vocals
Anthony Was, Kim Heron, Lamont Zodiac, Mark J. Norton, Mitchell Jacobs, Mrs. Martinez's Fifth Hour Vocal Music Class/Birney Middle School, Pam Schlom, Richard Pinkston, Rick Cushingberry, Rubin Weiss, Ruth Seymore, Tom Brzezina - additional vocals
Johnny Allen - string arrangement on "Where Did Your Heart Go?"
Michael Zilkha - Executive Producer

References

1981 debut albums
Was (Not Was) albums
Albums produced by Don Was
Albums produced by David Was
Island Records albums
ZE Records albums


Sam Alford born 23 November 1986 in England is a rugby union player for Bristol in the Guinness Premiership. He plays as a scrum-half. Alford signed for Bristol for the 2008/09 season and made his first team debut against Northampton Saints in the EDF cup.
Previous Clubs:
Bath Rugby
West Brisbane Bulldogs
Cornish All Blacks
London Welsh (Loan Period)

References

External links
Bristol Rugby profile

Living people
1986 births
English rugby union players
Bristol Bears players


Chevvy Pennycook (born 6 April 1987) is a rugby union player for Moseley in the Aviva Championship, who formerly played for Bristol in the Premiership. He played for England under18s-20s. He plays at flanker. His brother is Bristol player Redford Pennycook. Chevvy Pennycook was selected in the 2012-2013 Rugby Paper Dream team. He retired at 28 after a string of serious neck injuries.

Pennycook represented the England Under 20 side in 2007. He signed for Moseley at the end of the 2008–09 Guinness Premiership.

References

External links
Moseley RFC profile
England profile

1987 births
Living people
English rugby union players
Bristol Bears players
Moseley Rugby Football Club players
Rugby union flankers
Rugby union players from Bristol


Mathew Drew Turner ("Mat" for short) (born 18 January 1988) is a South African born rugby union player who currently plays for the Seattle Seawolves in Major League Rugby (MLR).

He also played rugby sevens for England on the Sevens World Series circuit between 2008 and 2013. He usually plays as a wing or fullback.

Turner played for  in the inaugural Varsity Cup season before joining the England sevens tour. He also played 15s rugby for English Premiership side Bristol between 2008 and 2010, for the Southern Kings in their match against the British & Irish Lions in 2009, and for  in 2015.

Career

Youth / Varsity Cup

Turner was born in Cape Town, South Africa. He attended Western Province Preparatory School in Claremont and then Bishops College. He was a member of the 2006 Bishops first XV which also included Nick Köster and Martin Muller; he finished as the top scorer in school rugby the country during 2006, scoring 286 points in 20 matches, which included 28 tries. He was overlooked for provincial selection, however, not being included in 's squad for the 2006 Craven Week competition.

After finishing high school, he joined the Western Province Academy and represented the  side during the 2007 Under-19 Provincial Championship.

In 2008, he was included in the  team that played in the inaugural edition of the Varsity Cup competition. He made an immediate impact for the side, scoring two late tries after coming on as a replacement in the first ever match in the competition, a 17–23 defeat to . He started all of their remaining seven matches in the competition, scoring a total of nine tries to finish as the top try scorer in the competition. His try-scoring feat also included a hat-trick against  and he contributed a further seven points with the boot to finish sixth in the overall points scoring charts.

He was also selected in a South African Under-20 training squad at the start of 2008, but eventually failed to make the final squad that participated at the 2008 IRB Junior World Championship in Wales.

In the latter half of 2008, he was a member of the  squad that played in the 2008 Under-21 Provincial Championship.

Bristol

Towards the end of 2008, Turner moved to England to join Premiership side Bristol. He made his first class debut for the side in the 2008–09 Anglo-Welsh Cup. He started on the left wing in their first round match against the Northampton Saints and took just three minutes to score his first try for the club. He also scored a second midway through the first half, but could not prevent Bristol falling to a 17–30 defeat. He also played in their other two matches in the competition, but ended on the losing side on all three occasions.

He also made his debut in the English Premiership against Northampton Saints, coming on as a second-half substitute to help Bristol achieve their first Premiership win, beating Northampton 14–13. He also played in matches against Saracens and Wasps in the same competition. He made a further five appearances for the side following their relegation to the 2009–10 RFU Championship and scored two tries, taking his total number of appearances for the side to eleven.

Southern Kings

He made an appearance for the newly formed South African Super Rugby franchise, the Port Elizabeth-based , in their first ever match on 16 June 2009 against the British & Irish Lions during their 2009 tour to South Africa, with the Kings losing the match 8–20.

England Sevens

Turner qualified to play internationally for England through an English mother and was selected for the England sevens team for the first two legs of the 2009–10 IRB Sevens World Series. He immediately established himself as a regular in the England setup and eventually went on to play a total of 34 Sevens World Series tournaments between 2009 and 2013, scoring 92 tries.

In 2012, Turner was nominated for the IRB Sevens Player of the Year award. He made the final shortlist of three with New Zealanders Tomasi Cama and Frank Halai. Cama won the award.

Western Province

Turner returned to South Africa in 2015 and joined the  for pre-season training prior to the 2015 Super Rugby season. He wasn't included in their final squad for the competition, instead representing  in the 2015 Vodacom Cup. He made his first appearance in a first class domestic competition in South Africa in their opening match against the , contributing to a 25–10 victory against their Western Cape rivals.

Seattle Seawolves

In 2018, Turner played for the Seattle Seawolves in the first Major League Rugby season, and was awarded the Virginia Mason Alpha Back of the final championship match where the Seattle Seawolves won the championship and taking home the MLR shield.

Sri Lanka
In 2013/14 Turner played for the Central Kings in Sri Lanka at the Carlton International 7s tournament.

Coaching
In August 2015 he was appointed as the head coach of the Sri Lanka national rugby sevens team.

References

1988 births
Living people
Bristol Bears players
Commonwealth Games rugby sevens players for England
England international rugby sevens players
English rugby union players
Expatriate rugby union players in the United States
Rugby sevens players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Rugby union fullbacks
Rugby union players from Cape Town
Rugby union wings
Seattle Seawolves players
South African expatriate rugby union players
South African expatriate sportspeople in the United States
South African people of British descent
South African rugby union players
Western Province (rugby union) players


Beach handball at the 2008 Asian Beach Games were held from October 18 to October 25, 2008 in Bali, Indonesia.

Medalists

Medal table

Results

Men

Preliminaries

Group A

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|18 Oct
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|19 Oct
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|20 Oct
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|20 Oct
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|21 Oct
|15:30
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|10–13||15–19||
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|22 Oct
|14:30
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|9–10||14–12||8–7
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Group B

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|19 Oct
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|19 Oct
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|20 Oct
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|23–16||23–10||
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|21 Oct
|16:30
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|4–9||12–14||
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|22 Oct
|10:00
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|16–15||18–21||6–7
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|22 Oct
|16:30
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|5–20||14–10||1–4
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Classification 5th–8th

7th place match

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|24 Oct
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5th place match

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|24 Oct
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|13–12||12–8||
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Final round

Semifinals

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|23 Oct
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|23 Oct
|17:00
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|8–10||7–4||11–10
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3rd place match

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|25 Oct
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Final

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|25 Oct
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|22–14||14–16||8–9
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Women

Preliminaries

Group E

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|19 Oct
|09:00
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|19 Oct
|11:00
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|12–11||13–11||
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|20 Oct
|09:00
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|12–18||15–9||4–5
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|21 Oct
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|15–13||15–14||
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|22 Oct
|09:00
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|11–16||16–17||
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|22 Oct
|11:00
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|10–16||13–17||
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Group F

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|18 Oct
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|4–14||15–8||5–4
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|18 Oct
|11:00
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|6–13||13–9||7–6
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|19 Oct
|10:00
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|8–7||17–8||
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|19 Oct
|15:30
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|5–17||10–14||
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|20 Oct
|11:00
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|14–9||19–15||
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|20 Oct
|15:30
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|18–10||8–10||5–2
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|21 Oct
|10:00
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|6–14||9–18||
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|21 Oct
|14:30
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|8–13||10–6||5–2
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|22 Oct
|12:00
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|11–13||9–12||
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|22 Oct
|15:30
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|11–15||10–17||
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Classification 5th–8th

7th place match

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|24 Oct
|14:00
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5th place match

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|24 Oct
|16:00
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|16–13||16–15||
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Final round

Semifinals

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|23 Oct
|14:00
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|12–15||12–16||
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|23 Oct
|16:00
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|9–8||13–9||
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3rd place match

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|25 Oct
|09:00
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|10–8||13–9||
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Final

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|25 Oct
|15:30
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|10–13||10–11||
|}

References
 Official site

2008 Asian Beach Games events
Asian Beach Games
2008


Daniel John Norton (born 22 March 1988) is a former rugby union player. He is the leading all-time try scorer in the World Rugby Sevens Series with over 350 tries, beating the previous record of 244 held by Kenya's Collins Injera at the 2017 Hong Kong Sevens tournament.

A product of Hartpury College, Norton played most of his career as a winger. Norton was part of the Gloucester academy and dual registered with Moseley for both the 2007–08 and 2008–09 seasons. Moving on to Bristol Bears (Previously Bristol Rugby) from the 2009–10 and  2010–11 seasons.

Norton won a silver medal at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics, he scored a try in the final, but was unable to prevent a 43-7 drubbing by Fiji. He helped the England rugby sevens team secure bronze at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast with a 21-14 win over South Africa and the same side that won silver at the Rugby World Cup Sevens in San Francisco 2018.

International
Norton helped England U20s to a Six Nations Grand Slam title in 2008. He also competed for the England U18s in the 2006–07 season.

Sevens career
Norton made his sevens debut for England in 2009.

During the 2010–2011 season, Norton's main focus was on rugby sevens, playing in the Commonwealth Games and a regular in the IRB Sevens World Series. Norton has been a core-contracted Sevens player to the RFU since the 2011–12 season. Norton scored 37 tries in the 2011–12 series – second only to England teammate Mat Turner with 38. In December 2012, Norton scored his 100th career try for England against Scotland in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Norton led all try-scorers in the 2012–13 season with 52 tries. He is top of the all-time list of try scorers on the World Rugby Sevens Series.

Norton possesses great speed, the ability to sidestep off either foot and the ability to kick off both feet. Norton is one of the quickest players on the 7s circuit, with a personal best for the 40m of 4.78 seconds.

Norton announced his retirement from rugby in April 2022 following the Vancouver sevens.

Club
Norton made his name at Hartpury College where his dynamic performances on the wing and at fullback earned him a senior contract with Gloucester from 2007 to 2009. He played for Moseley, while on loan from Gloucester, between 2007 and 2009. In 2009, He helped Moseley win the EDF National Trophy when he scored a try against Leeds in the final at Twickenham.

In April 2009, it was announced that Norton would be joining Bristol for the next season. Norton played the start of the 2009–2010 for Bristol and soon established himself as the top scorer, as Bristol reached the Championship play-off final in 2010, going on to win the British & Irish Cup in 2011. However, after returning from England sevens duty his time with the different format seemed to lose his edge, and was not given enough time to convert, becoming a bit part player for the rest of the season. Although he re-established himself in the B&I Cup winning Bristol side at the end of the 2010–11 season, he was not included in the Bristol retained players list announced at the end of May 2011.

Norton joined London Irish on a short-term contract in August 2020. He was an ambassador for Mizuno.

Honours

Moseley
National Trophy: 2009

Bristol
British and Irish Cup: 2011

England
Dubai 7s: 2011

References

External links

 Gloucester Rugby profile
 England 7s profile
 Dan Norton YouTube Highlights

1988 births
Living people
English rugby union players
Gloucester Rugby players
Moseley Rugby Football Club players
Black British sportsmen
England international rugby sevens players
Rugby union players from Gloucester
Rugby sevens players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic rugby sevens players for Great Britain
Great Britain international rugby sevens players
Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain
Olympic medalists in rugby sevens
Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Bristol Bears players
English people of South African descent
Male rugby sevens players
Rugby sevens players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games rugby sevens players for England
Rugby sevens players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games medallists in rugby sevens
Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
Rugby sevens players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games


Henry Richard Trinder (born 14 April 1989) is an English rugby union player for Ampthill in the RFU Championship. He also plays for the Dallas Jackals in Major League Rugby (MLR) in the United  States. His regular position as at centre.

Professional career
Trinder's first appearance for Gloucester was a brief substitute appearance at Edgeley Park when he came on for Leon Lloyd towards the end of the 2007–08 season. The following season he started four times, covering for Mike Tindall when he was with England or injured.

In 2017/18, Trinder was awarded try of the week in Week 6 for his try against Northampton Saints and again in Week 14 for his try against Leicester Tigers.

Trinder was called up to the England national side for the uncapped annual fixture against the Barbarians in May 2014.

On 12 April 2021, after 13 years playing at Kingsholm, it was confirmed that Trinder would leave Gloucester to sign for Vannes in the Pro D2 competition in France as a medical joker for the rest of the 2020-21 season.

In August 2021 it was announced that he had signed for RFU Championship side Ampthill as a player-coach.

References

External links

1989 births
Living people
Ampthill RUFC players
English rugby union players
Gloucester Rugby players
Moseley Rugby Football Club players
Rugby union players from Swindon
Rugby Club Vannes players
Rugby union centres
Dallas Jackals players


Mark Tunde O. Odejobi (born 18 January 1988, in London, England) was a rugby union player for Esher in the Aviva Championship. He previously played for London Wasps in the Premiership. He also had a loan spell at London Welsh. Up until 2009 he played at winger. At the start of 2010 he started playing in his new position at flanker. His nickname is Oddjob.

Educated at Dulwich College & Millfield School.

In November 2011, Mark joined National Division 3 South West side Redingensians, for whom he plays on the wing.

References

External links

1988 births
Living people
Alumni of Birkbeck, University of London
Black British sportsmen
English rugby union players
Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade
Rosslyn Park F.C. players
Rugby union players from the London Borough of Southwark
Universiade bronze medalists for Great Britain
Universiade medalists in rugby sevens
Wasps RFC players
Rugby union flankers
People educated at Dulwich College
People educated at Millfield
Sportspeople from Southwark


Damien Varley (born 29 October 1983) is a former Irish rugby union player who represented Munster and Ireland. He played as a hooker. Varley was forced to retire from rugby in February 2015, due to a foot injury.

Early life
Varley was educated in a boarding school, St. Munchin's College in Limerick where he scored two tries as Munchin's won the Munster Schools Rugby Senior Cup final in 2002. He studied at the University of Limerick.

Munster
Varley made his senior debut for Munster as a replacement in a Celtic League fixture against Ospreys on 5 May 2006.

London Wasps
Varley joined English club side London Wasps on a one-year contract on 26 September 2008, and scored a try for his new club less than a day later in a late win against Leicester Tigers.

Return to Munster
Varley rejoined his native province for the start of the 2009–10 season, and went on to play a total of 22 games for Munster that season, including his Heineken Cup debut as a replacement against Benetton Treviso on 17 October 2009. He started for Munster in their historic 15–6 victory against Australia at Thomond Park on 16 November 2010. Varley also started for Munster when they beat arch-rivals, and newly crowned Heineken Cup champions, Leinster 19–9 in the 2011 Magners League Grand Final. He signed a two-year contract extension with Munster in February 2013. Varley captained Munster in their 2013-14 Heineken Cup 24-16 semi-final defeat to Toulon on 27 April 2014.

Ireland
Varley joined the Ireland squad for the 2010 Summer Tour as cover for Jerry Flannery, and was selected for the New Zealand Barbarians for their match against New Zealand Maori, after the IRFU agreed to release two players for the fixture, but had to withdraw from the squad due to a back injury. He came on as a substitute for Ireland against the Maori a week later, and was named on the bench for Ireland's game against Australia, coming on to win his first cap in the last few minutes. He was named in the Ireland squad for the 2010 Autumn Tests, and came on against Argentina.

Varley was selected in Ireland's training squad for the 2011 Rugby World Cup warm-ups in August, but was left out of the final squad. However, during training at the World Cup, Jerry Flannery suffered an injury and Varley was called up to replace him in the squad. He was selected in the Ireland Wolfhounds squad for their game against England Saxons in January 2012.

Varley was called into Ireland's training squad for the 2013 Six Nations Championship on 21 January 2013. He came on as a replacement during Ireland Wolfhounds friendly with England Saxons on 25 January 2013. Varley was named in the Ireland squad for their 2014 Tour to Argentina on 19 May 2014. He came off the bench in the first test against Argentina on 7 June 2014.

References

External links
Munster Profile
Ireland Profile

Living people
1983 births
People educated at St Munchin's College
Irish rugby union players
Garryowen Football Club players
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Sean Dunphy (30 November 1937 – 17 May 2011) was an Irish singer who represented Ireland at the 1967 Eurovision Song Contest, achieving second place with "If I Could Choose". He was also the first Irish singer to record in Nashville.

Career

Born in Whitehall, Dublin, Dunphy first became famous in his home country as lead singer with The Hoedowners, a showband led by trumpeter Earl Gill. Between 1966 and 1973, fourteen singles by Sean Dunphy and The Hoedowners entered the Irish Charts including, in 1969, two number ones: "Lonely Woods of Upton" and "When The Fields Were White With Daisies". In the late 1970s, Dunphy went on to have two further hits as a solo artist.

Despite undergoing a quadruple heart bypass operation in 2007, Sean Dunphy continued to give live performances. In March 2009, he sang many of his greatest hits in a one-off concert at Dublin's National Concert Hall. His last public engagement was at a charity event twenty-four hours before his death.

Dunphy died at his home in Baldoyle, County Dublin and is buried at Greenogue cemetery in Ashbourne, County Meath.

Sean Dunphy and his wife Lily had four children. His son Brian is a member of the Irish band, The High Kings.

Discography

Sean Dunphy and the Hoedowners

Sean Dunphy solo

References

External links
 Profile of Sean Dunphy and The Hoedowners at irish-showbands.com

1937 births
2011 deaths
Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1967
Irish country singers
Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Ireland
Irish male singers
Irish pop singers
People from Whitehall, Dublin
Pye Records artists


The Sparviero class, also known as the Nibbio class, are small hydrofoil missile boats capable of traveling at speeds of . They were designed for and formerly used by the Italian Navy. The Japanese 1-go-class missile boat is an updated version formerly used by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).

History

Italy
The Sparviero-class fast attack hydrofoil was designed in Italy by the Alinavi society, a consortium of the American company Boeing, the Italian government's naval research branch, and Carlo Rodriquez , a Messina-based builder of commercial hydrofoils, based on Boeing's  for the United States Navy. A prototype, named Sparviero was ordered in 1970 for the Italian Navy, Sparviero was laid down by Alinavi in La Spezia in April 1971, was launched on 9 May 1973 and commissioned into Italian service on 15 July 1974.

The design used the Boeing Jetfoil system, with one hydrofoil forward and two aft, which folded out of the water when cruising. The boat was propelled at high speeds by a Rolls-Royce Proteus gas turbine driving a water jet, while a diesel engine driving a retractable propeller powered the boat at low speeds. The hull and superstructure were constructed entirely of aluminium. As the design was intended for short-range, high speed operations, no sleeping accommodation was fitted. Armament consisted of two Otomat anti-ship missiles aft and a single Oto Melara  rapid-fire gun forward.

It was planned in 1974–1975 to order four more Sparviero-class hydrofoils, to be supplemented by at least two larger s, but plans for a NATO-wide standardisation on the Pegasus class were abandoned. When orders were finally placed in 1977, they were for six more Sparvieros (giving seven in total) and no Pegasus-class boats. The new boats, built by Fincantieri at Muggiano, entered service from 1982 to 1984, and differed from the prototype in having a more advanced installation for the Otomat missiles (using the Teseo control system) and having water injection fitted to the gas turbines.

The class proved to be underpowered, and it was hoped to re-engine them with more powerful () Alison gas turbines, but these plans were later abandoned. All of the Italian boats have now been decommissioned.

Japan
The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) selected a modified version of the Sparviero class as a replacement for its s. A license agreement was signed in 1991 to build up to 12 Sparvieros, with the first two approved in FY90 and both were laid down by Sumitomo in Uraga on 25 March 1991. An order for a third boat was delayed to help pay for Japan's contribution to the Gulf War, with it not being laid down until 1993. A request for a fourth boat under the FY 95 budget was rejected, and plans for further hydrofoils abandoned.

The Japanese chose different armament than used in the Italian boats, with up to four Type 90 Ship-to-Ship Missiles replacing the Otomats and a non-stabilised  M61 Vulcan rotary cannon replacing the larger Oto Melara gun. The main powerplant is a  General Electric LM500 gas turbine.

Military use
Italian boats have all been decommissioned. The Sparviero class was used by the Japanese coastal patrol forces as a fast attack interceptor.

Ships in class

Italy
(All decommissioned)

Japan
(All currently decommissioned, but may be reactivated in near future [2014])

See also
 , a Canadian hydrofoil intended for anti-submarine duties
 , a Royal Navy Jetfoil mine countermeasure vessel.
 , a class of Soviet PHM
 , a class of Soviet PHM

References

 Baker, A.D. The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World 1998–1999. Annapolis, Maryland, USA: Naval Institute Press, 1998. .
 Gardiner, Robert and Stephen Chumbley. Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995. Annapolis, Maryland USA: Naval Institute Press, 1995. .
 Moore, John. Jane's Fighting Ships 1985–86. London: Jane's Yearbooks, 1985. .
 Prézelin, Bernard and Baker, A.D. The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World 1990/1991. Annapolis, Maryland, USA: Naval Institute Press, 1990. .
 Saunders, Stephen (RN) Jane's Fighting Ships 2003-2004

Hydrofoils
Missile boats
Ships built in Italy
Ships built in Japan
Ships of the Marina Militare
Ships of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
Patrol boat classes


Nick Royle (born 1983) is a current England Rugby Sevens International rugby union player.  He plays as a winger.  He is currently playing 15-aside rugby for Caldy in the RFU Championship (tier 2 of the English rugby union league system).  As of 2018 he is the most prolific try scorer ever in National League 2 North with over 190 tries.  Nick has also had success with Lancashire in the Bill Beaumont Cup - winning the competition 3 times.  As well as playing international sevens, he was selected by the England Counties XV.

Career

Rugby league
Educated at Wade Deacon High School in Widnes, Royle has a strong rugby league background emanating from the age of six at local club Halton Hornets. He went on to appear for Widnes Vikings and Warrington Wolves. Nick's best memory before joining England Sevens was a 70-metre try on his Super League debut in a 24-16 Widnes win over Warrington. Royle was noted for his speed, however his defensive frailties were exposed and he chose to move to the 15-a-side code and then onto the Sevens circuit.

Rugby union

In 2002 Nick was playing rugby union for Manchester, then in the second tier of English rugby.  He made a number of league and cup appearances for the club, mostly as a substitute, and scored several tries, in a season which saw Manchester avoid relegation by finishing 12th.  The next season, he dropped several divisions to tier 4 (then known as National 3 North) to spend a year playing for Liverpool St Helens, who unfortunately ended up being relegated from the league.  During the summer of 2004 he switched to rugby league, playing for Super League sides Widnes Vikings and rivals Warrington Wolves.

Despite making a number of appearances in the Super League, Nick decided to return to rugby union for the 2005-06 season and was signed by Premiership side, Sale Sharks, who loaned him out to local Lancashire side, Fylde, who were playing in the fourth division.  He had a great debut season, scoring 16 tries for a Fylde side that finished mid table.  The following year, Nick's performances continued to improve with Fylde as he finished as the league's top try scorer with 31 tries and his club side finished in 5th place.   He also equaled the division's record of seven tries in one game during the 106-0 thrashing of relegated Orrell on 31 March 2007.  The 2007-08 season with Fylde was less prolific for Nick, although he still managed 20 tries in league and cup competitions and Fylde just missed out on a playoff spot when they finished 3rd.  In September 2007 Nick's form saw him picked by the England Counties XV for the FIRA/AER Rugby Festival held in south-west France.  He played in all 3 games at the festival scoring 3 tries.

The next couple of seasons would see Nick continue his prolific try scoring form with Fylde – form which would also see him called up for the England Sevens team in 2009 as well as England Counties and the Barbarians. Previously unknown to most, Royle emerged as a talent on the IRB Sevens World Series scene with four tries in his debut tournament in Dubai in early December 2009 that has led to 29 overall so far. They include four off the bench in the final event of 2009-10 at Murrayfield, one against France in Las Vegas in February this year and another in the USA match in Hong Kong the following month.  In early April, he became the Adelaide tournament's overall leading try-scorer with eight, having bagged successive hat tricks in the opening matches against Scotland and Papua New Guinea before plundering two in the next game against Argentina.  A powerful and irrepressible runner, he even scored in four consecutive matches spanning the Dubai and George tournaments in 2009, a telling tally that introduced him to opposing defences in an exalted competition.

Nick was also involved with the Lancashire country side that won the Bill Beaumont Cup in the summer of 2009 - scoring a try in the 32 - 18 win against Gloucestershire at the final at Twickenham - his 7th of a very successful competition.  A second county championship win with Lancashire would be repeated in the 2010 Bill Beaumont Cup, as Nick played in the 37-27 victory over Cheshire.  He would also be picked by England Counties XV for their 2009 tour of South Korea and Japan - playing all 3 games and scoring 2 tries.

Success at sevens was not mimicked with his professional side, Sale Sharks, as his time there was restricted to a handful of EDF Cup games and appearances for the second team, the Sale Jets.  Despite failing to make his Premiership debut, the 2010-11 season was an excellent one for both Nick and Fylde as he scored 24 tries in a side that finished as champions and were promoted to division 3 (National League 1).  The 2011-12 season would see Nick be called up once more by the England Sevens team, finishing best try scorer of the Sevens Grand Prix Series with 35 tries.  He also mixed international sevens with Fylde, scoring 25 tries for the promoted Lancashire club as they finished 4th in National League 1.

In 2012 Nick decided to leave Fylde on what was initially thought to be a temporary (but financially lucrative) deal to play for the Vale of Lune, a local side which played three divisions below Fylde.  While at the Vale of Lune, Nick broke the club's season try scoring record of 36 set by former player Mark Nelson (got who was also Nick's coach at Fylde) with 38 league tries during the 2013-14 season.  While at Vale of Lune, Nick was also called up to the Lancashire county rugby side, with whom he helped win the 2013 Bill Beaumont Cup (his third successive cup victory for his county), scoring 2 tries as Lancashire defeated Cornwall at the final held at Twickenham, and finishing the tournaments top try scorer with 5.

Ultimately, Nick's try scoring exploits could not gain promotion for the club and he returned to national rugby with Caldy for the 2014-15 season, playing in National League 2 North (tier 4).  Nick finished the 2015-16 season as the division's top try scorer with 25 tries, also becoming the divisions all-time top try scorer.  The 2016-17 season was an extremely successful one for Nick and his club, as he contributed 32 tries to finish once again as the top try scorer in the division for a record breaking 3rd time, and Caldy were promoted to National League 1 as champions - the highest level the club has reached.  The next season he scored 19 tries in National League 1 as Caldy finished their first season in the new division in a respectable 11th place.  Although he had a good second season individually, his tries (20 in all) were not enough to keep Caldy up and they were relegated at the end of 2018-19.

Season-by-season playing stats

Club

County or representative

Honours and records

National League 2 North
Tier 4 (North) all-time top try scorer (161 tries)
Tier 4 (North) most tries in a match: 7 (tied)

Fylde
National Division 3 North top try scorer: 2006-07 (31 tries)
National League 2 North champions: 2010-11

Vale of Lune
North Division 1 West top try scorer: 2013-14 (38 tries)
Most league tries in a season (38 tries)

Caldy
National League 2 North top try scorer: 2015-16 (25 tries)
National League 2 North champions (2): 2016-17, 2019-20
National League 2 North top try scorer: 2016-17 (32 tries)

Lancashire
Bill Beaumount Cup winner (3): 2009, 2010, 2013
Bill Beaumount Cup runner up: 2012
Bill Beaumount Cup top try scorer: 2013 (5 tries)

International/Representative
Selected for England Counties XV: 2009
Selected for Barbarians: 2009
Selected for England Sevens: 2009, 2011

Notes

References

External links
Sale Sharks profile
RFU England Sevens Profile
Fylde Rugby Profile
Season by Season Playing Record

1983 births
Living people
English rugby union players
Sale Sharks players
Male rugby sevens players
Fylde Rugby Club players
Rugby union players from Widnes
Lancashire County RFU players


The BTCC Masters was a one off race organised between TOCA director Alan J. Gow and SEAT. The race took place at Donington Park on September 26, 2004 at the end of the final race of the 2004 British Touring Car Championship season.

Race Concept
The idea of the race was to find the "BTCC Master"" from sixteen past and present drivers from the British Touring Car Championship. The total number of drivers was sixteen, the line up including eight former champions was the largest number of BTCC title winners to take place in one race. The rest of the grid was made up of race winners and former stars from the past twelve years. Only two drivers were unable to race, Yvan Muller and James Thompson due to their contracts with Vauxhall. Car numbers related to the year they won the BTCC championship, for example John Cleland in car number 95 because he won in 1995. With non championship winning drivers given single numbers. The drivers would all take two timed free practice sessions in the cars but the starting grid would be drawn randomly from a hat.

The cars were all identical SEAT Leon Cupra R's, as driven in the SEAT Cupra Championship which was part of the TOCA tour. As the cars were front wheel drive, older drivers such as Gravett and Sytner said they did struggle to drive as they were used to driving rear wheel drive touring cars. All cars were painted in the same grey colour except for SEAT driver Jason Plato, who drove a blue car.

Driver Grid
Below is a table which shows all the drivers who took place in the order they were drawn for their grid positions.

Overview

As all the drivers took their places on the grid and waited for the starting lights, Anthony Reid, who was on the front row, jumped the start as the lights were on red. Reid went forward a few feet and as he realised his error and stopped, the lights had gone green and he'd lost several places. On the whole, the race was fiercely contested by all competitors with much panel bashing throughout. This was evident as early as the second corner as Jason Plato pushed past Patrick Watts for second place sending him onto the grass and dropping him down the field. Making the most progress on the first lap was Tim Harvey. Starting in tenth, he'd managed to make his way up to third by the time the cars had started lap two. At the front the battle was between John Cleland and Plato. Plato took the lead on lap four but Cleland stayed close and got his place back again two laps later. On lap eight Plato forced his way up the inside of Cleland on the first corner. This sent Cleland wide and both Reid and Harvey also got by. While all this was happening at the front, Gabriele Tarquini had set the fastest lap time and had already overtaken half the field. The safety car was soon brought out for a lap purely to bunch up all the drivers again who by now were quite spread apart.
After the restart there was a new race leader as Reid forcefully got past Plato. Further behind as the cars came round the craner curves, Kelvin Burt was pushed by the group of drivers behind him off the track and hard side on into the tyre wall. It was a heavy collision but thankfully, Burt stepped out the car shaken but OK. As the cars were slowed down for the safety car, somehow Harvey and Johnny Cecotto managed to collide, sending both drivers into the gravel trap and out of the race.
When the race had restarted again, Alain Menu made a move past Plato as they went round the old hairpin. Menu knocked Plato on to the grass. He tried to keep the car in a straight line to get back on to the tarmac coming under Starkys bridge, but as he returned  to the track he drove straight in front of Watts. Watts had no chance to avoid and both wrecked cars spun off the circuit. By now Reid was clear in first place with Menu second. On the final lap the main battle was for third. Frank Biela had the position but the impressive Tarquini was now right behind him and managed to get side by side as they came under the Dunlop Bridge towards the final corner. At the finish, Reid took the chequered flag with Menu half a second behind. Tarquini had got ahead of Biela to take the final podium place. Just behind them Matt Neal took fifth and Cleland finished sixth in what was a thrilling race.

Final Positions

DVD release
Extensive highlights of the race along with post race reactions were available as an extra feature on the UK DVD of the British Touring Car Championship 2004 review.

External links
 Official SEAT Sport news

Touring car races
2004 in British motorsport
British Touring Car Championship


Carl Fearns (born 28 May 1989 in Liverpool, England) is a rugby union player for Newcastle Falcons in Premiership Rugby. He plays as a back-row forward.

Fearns made his Sale debut in an EDF Energy Cup match against Cardiff Blues, winning the Man of the Match award.

Fearns captained England at U18 level. He was a member of the England Under 20 team that reached the final of the 2009 IRB Junior World Championship.
His performances in this tournament led to him being nominated for the IRB Junior Player of the Year award.

Fearns missed the whole of the 2007–08 season due to knee reconstruction.

It was announced on 8 March 2011 that Fearns had signed for Bath on a 2-year deal.

On 10 July 2013, Fearns knocked out Bath teammate Gavin Henson on a night out in the city.

On 7 November 2016, Fearns made Sky Sports Team of the Week after a season defining performance for Lyon against Toulon.

On 19 May 2020, it was confirmed that Fearns would stay in France as he signed for Rouen in the second-level Pro D2 from the 2020-21 season.

He left Rouen to join Premiership Rugby side Newcastle Falcons on a two-year deal in April 2021.

References

External links
Sale Sharks profile
England profile
Guinness Premiership profile

1989 births
Living people
Bath Rugby players
English rugby union players
People educated at Sedbergh School
Rugby union players from Liverpool
Sale Sharks players
Rugby union flankers


James Gaskell (born 20 May 1990) is a rugby union player for Shokki Shuttles in the Top League. He plays as a flanker or lock. After making the debut for Sale in 2008, Gaskell was named the club's Breakthrough Player of the Year for the 2009/10 season. Gaskell was named club captain for the 2010/11 season, making him the youngest captain in the history of the Premiership. He was injured for much of the season, and returned in January 2011. The club's coach changed while Gaskell was injured, and a new captain was appointed.

Career
Gaskell was educated at Sandbach School in Cheshire and first played rugby at Sandbach Rugby Club, and graduated from Sale Shark's rugby academy. In November 2008, the club suffered a crisis with 16 members of their 31-man senior squad either injured or unable to play due to international commitments. As a result, Gaskell was one of five academy players drafted into the side to make their Premiership debut in a match against Worcester Warriors. Two months later, Gaskell was named in England Under 20s Elite Squad for the Under 20s Six Nations. He was named Sale's Academy Player of the Year for the 2008/09 season.

Gaskell scored his first try for the Sharks in a 27–26 win over Cardiff Blues at Edgley Park in the Heineken Cup on 16 October 2009. He was named Sale's Breakthrough Player of the Year and Player's Player of the Year for the 2009/10 season. Gaskell's try in a 21–16 win over against Harlequins on 1 January 2010 was voted Sale's try of the season. He sprinted over  after receiving a pass from Neil Briggs to score his third try of the season. Gaskell was also voted Sale's "players' player of the season" for 2009/2010.

Mike Brewer replaced former Sale and England player Jason Robinson as the club's head coach in April 2010 after a season in which Sale narrowly avoided relegation from the Premiership. Brewer instigated a number of changes including signing more than ten new players and a releasing similar number. Announced on 31 August, one such change was the appointment of Gaskell as club captain for the 2010/11 season ahead of Sale's international players such as Charlie Hodgson and Mark Cueto. Brewer explained the decision, saying that "I know it will be a surprise to a lot of people thanks to James' age but, as far as what I'm looking for in a captain which is someone to take the club forward on this journey which we're about to embark on. I see him as a key player in the squad over the next three to five years. The biggest trait I'm looking for in a captain is someone who is prepared to put his body on the line and someone who won't be asking others to do something he's not prepared to do himself. James might be only 20 but I think he's a lot older in terms of his experience and rugby knowledge and I think he'll be a real success for the team and I know the players are right behind him."

At just 20 years and 106 days old, he was the youngest captain in the club's history, and in the history of the Premiership. At the time he had started just ten matches for the club. Early in the season, Gaskell suffered an injury scare in a match against Saracens; it was feared he may have fractured his leg, however he was soon able to return to play for Sale. Less than a month later, in October, Gaskell suffered an injury to his ankle meaning he would be unable to play for 14 to 16 weeks. In Gaskell's absence, Neil Briggs was handed the captaincy for the rest of the season and it was planned that Gaskell would return to the captaincy at the start of the following season.

In January 2011 Gaskell returned from injury, and scored a try in Sale's 28–22 win over Saracens. It was his third try for Sale in twenty matches. During Gaskell's absence Brewer was sacked, Sale having won three of their first nine Premiership matches of the season; Pete Anglesea replaced Brewer as coach and soon after appointed winger Mark Cueto as captain.

On 6 February 2014, Gaskell signed for the Wasps from the 2014–15 season.

On 22 August 2022, it was confirmed that Gaskell had left Wasps to join Top League club, Toyota Industries Shuttles Aichi.

International career
Gaskell was selected for the England squad to face the Barbarians in the summer of 2014.

References

External links
Sale Sharks profile
Scrum.com profile

1990 births
Living people
English rugby union players
People educated at Sandbach School
Rugby union players from Crewe
Sale Sharks players
Rugby union flankers
Rugby union locks
Wasps RFC players
Toyota Industries Shuttles Aichi players


Martin Halsall (born 25 December 1984 in Blackpool, England), is a rugby union player for Nottingham R.F.C. in the RFU Championship. He plays as a tighthead prop and started his career with Sale Sharks, debuting for the first team in 2004. In the 2005–2006 season, Halsall made 1 appearance as Sale Sharks won their first ever Premiership title. In December 2010, Halsall left Sale to play for Nottingham in the hope of playing more first-team matches. Halsall retired in May 2011 following neck injuries.

References

External links
Sale Sharks profile
Guinness premiership profile

1984 births
Living people
English rugby union players
Nottingham R.F.C. players
Sale Sharks players
Rugby union props
Rugby union players from Blackpool


Alex Shaw (born  in Ajax, Kent, England) is a rugby union player for Doncaster Knights in the RFU Championship. He previously played for Sale Sharks in the Premiership and Nottingham in the RFU Championship. He plays in the back-row. Alex is now working in as a scout leader in Cheshire and in 2018 starred in the independent screen play ‘Men in tight spaces’.

External links
Sale Sharks profile

1987 births
Living people
English rugby union players
Sale Sharks players
Nottingham R.F.C. players
Rugby union players from Kent


Hollywood Undercover: Revealing the Sordid Secrets of Tinseltown is a non-fiction book about the culture of Hollywood society, written by investigative journalist and author Ian Halperin. Halperin poses as a gay man trying to become a successful actor in Hollywood, and informs individuals he is from the non-existent "Israeli royal family". He investigates rumors that the Church of Scientology reportedly claims to have a "cure" for homosexuality through "auditing", and speaks with a former Scientologist about his experiences. He also explores the casting couch phenomenon, the pornography industry, and the Oscars. Halperin meets with famous actors and celebrities, successfully obtains a talent agent, and a role in the film The Aviator.

The book was published in 2007 in the United Kingdom by Mainstream Publishing, and on January 15, 2008, in the United States. Hollywood Undercover received generally positive reviews in The Herald, New York Daily News, The Saturday Star, and Contactmusic.com; and a critical review in The Independent. Halperin later released a documentary film on the same topic, His Highness Hollywood, which premiered in New York City in April 2008. His Highness Hollywood is a companion documentary to the book.

Contents
Halperin pretends to be an individual trying to become a successful actor in Los Angeles, and gains access to exclusive celebrity parties. He informs individuals in the entertainment industry that he is a "member of the Israeli royal family" (which does not exist).

The book takes a critical look at the Church of Scientology and its influence in Hollywood. Halperin posed as a gay man looking for a "cure" for homosexuality from Scientology in order to expose what he felt were inherent prejudices in the organization. He investigates rumors that Scientology claims to have a cure for homosexuality through a special "auditing" process. Halperin interviews former Scientologist Michael Pattinson, who sued the Church of Scientology claiming fraudulent activities after spending US$500,000 over 18 years in attempts to cure his homosexuality.

Halperin states that he told a Scientology official he wanted to have a successful career in Hollywood but was afraid that if his homosexuality was revealed it would stymie his career. He states that the Scientology official said the organization would "cure him of his sexuality through auditing". According to Halperin the Scientology organization has arranged "cover" marriages as part of a "cure" for homosexuality, and notes that actor and Scientologist John Travolta married Kelly Preston two days after a male porn star told the National Enquirer of an alleged relationship he had with Travolta. According to Halperin, bisexual Anna Nicole Smith had wanted to become a Scientologist, but decided against it after she was informed by a friend of the organization's stance on homosexuality. After her death, Halperin claimed he  and  Smith  ended up having sex in front of Marilyn Monroe's grave.

Halperin concludes that the Scientology organization is more focused on money than on other issues: "I pretty much found that everything about the church is about making as much money as possible, which doesn't really make them much different from most other religions. I have to be honest and admit I also met some nice people in the church. It's just that I have a huge problem with their discriminatory attitude toward gays." Halperin disputes Andrew Morton's claim in his book Tom Cruise: An Unauthorized Biography that actor Tom Cruise is second in command of the organization, instead asserting Cruise is actually in the top position of leadership.

Halperin also explores the pornography industry, the Oscars, and the travails of the casting couch phenomenon. Links to YouTube videos by Halperin are given throughout the book, to illustrate encounters he had with various entertainment personalities. Halperin meets with famous actors and celebrities including Barbra Streisand, George Clooney and Leonardo DiCaprio, and asks them to share their advice with him about the workings of the entertainment industry. Halperin eventually lands a talent agent, and a role in the film The Aviator.

Reception
Cheryl Caira, Rosemary Goring and Anne Johnstone reviewed the book for The Herald, and describe Halperin's experiences in the book as "certainly entertaining, and at times scandalous". Ben Widdicombe of New York Daily News notes Halperin "received the most offensive response imaginable" when he asked a Scientology official who Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard would have voted for in the 2008 United States presidential election; according to Halperin, he asserted he spoke with a recruiter for Scientology, "He said, 'I can tell you who shouldn't be President - Barack Obama, Condoleezza Rice and the Rev. Al Sharpton. They should not be allowed to run for office, they should be sweeping the office.'" A review of the book in The Independent comments that the YouTube links provided throughout the book "have the effect of making virtually everyone who tries to help him seem nice while presenting Halperin as an unscrupulous creep".

In a review in The Saturday Star, Angelique Serrao writes that Halperin "interviews insiders who spill scandalous information that will leave you gasping at the audacity of the movie world". Adam Adshead of Contactmusic.com writes: "Hollywood undercover is a candid and intelligent look at the fame game from an insider's point of view." Marc Weisblott reviewed the book for Eye Weekly, and comments: "Cynical reporting about the Hollywood system isn't hard to come by, but Halperin has the audacity to get involved with his subjects, attracting empathy even while claiming that he's a royal scion craving fame that his homeland cannot facilitate."

See also

Cinema of the United States
Hollywood, Interrupted
Homosexuality and Scientology
Investigative journalism

References

External links
 Author's channel with interviews used in the book.

  Interview on YouTube

2008 non-fiction books
Books about film
Books critical of Scientology
Works about the history of Hollywood, Los Angeles
Mainstream Publishing books


Chris Leck (born 21 May 1986 in Manchester, England) is a rugby union player. He plays as a scrum-half.

He started his pro career at Sale Sharks where he remained up until the end of the 2011 season. He then signed for Edinburgh Rugby where he mainly played as understudy to Scottish internationalists Mike Blair & Greig Laidlaw as well as competing against Welsh cap Richie Rees 2014 in the Pro12.

His crowning moment came in the 2012 Heineken Cup quarter final game against Toulouse. Leck was summoned from the bench with Edinburgh trailing 14-7 at half time to help secure a famous 19-14 win, securing the club's first ever European cup semi-final appearance.

However, shortly afterwards he suffered a shoulder injury that would ultimately keep him out of the team for the next year, an injury that required three operations. With the departure of previous coach Michael Bradley and the appointment of Alan Solomons, along with the appearance of Scots youngsters Sean Kennedy & Sam Hidalgo-Clyne he was released from his contract at the end of the 2013-14 season having never played for his new coach.

References

Sale Sharks profile

External links
Sale Sharks profile

1986 births
Living people
English rugby union players
Rugby union players from Manchester
People educated at Rossall School
Sale Sharks players
Edinburgh Rugby players
Rugby union scrum-halves


Bisoro Balue is a small village in Cameroon.

Location

Bisoro is located in the Rumpi Hills of the Ekondo-Titi subdivision in the Ndian département  of Cameroon's Southwest Region. It is situated 37 km southeast of the Bakassi Peninsula in the Gulf of Guinea. Bisoro Balue shares its boundaries with Pondo Balue to the south, Bafaka Balue to the west, Diboki Balue to the north and Weme Balue to the northeast.

Village
There is a road linking Bisoro Balue to the town of Kumba, the main economic town of the region. With aid from the German Government, organized by the Partnership between the Church districts Schopfheim, Lörrach and Dikome-Balue Presbytery (PCC), the village has a 172.000 DM (52.000.000 CFA) 15000 L pipe-borne water system, a primary school that was created in 1958, a health centre created in 1982 and a secondary school created in September 2007.

The recent population and housing census of 2005 estimates that Bisoro Balue has a population of about 5000 people (Bucrep, 2005). The Government Secondary School (GSS) Bisoro Balue takes part in the scholarship fund of the Schopfheim-Lörrach-Dikome partnership.

Ekondo-Titi subdivision consists of thirty-four villages, and one urban center, which are all located in Ndian division in the South West province of Cameroon. This area was carved out from the Kumba division in 1966 by presidential decree No. 66/08/66. It is bounded by Mundemba to the north, to the west by the rural district of Kumbo Etindi, to the south by Bamusso subdivision, and to the east by Meme division (2012).

See also
Communes of Cameroon

References
 Bucrep, 2006.Cameroon Housing and Population Census. Ministry of planning and regional development,Yaounde Cameroon.

Populated places in Southwest Region (Cameroon)


Army General Nikolai Yegorovich Makarov (; born 7 October 1949) is a retired Russian military officer who served as Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia and First Deputy Minister of Defence from 2007 to 2012. He was born in , Ryazan Oblast and graduated from the Higher Moscow Combined Arms Command School.

Makarov's military career began when he commanded a platoon with the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany. He later attended the Frunze Military Academy in 1979 and served in various positions, including deputy regiment commander, deputy division commander, and motorized rifle division commander in the Transbaikal Military District. In 1993, he graduated from the General Staff Academy and served as chief of staff for the Russian Joint Force in Tajikistan. He was then assigned to the Volga Military District as the chief of staff for an independent army. In 1998, Makarov became the ground and coastal force commander at the Baltic Fleet, and in 1999, he assumed the role of first deputy commander in the Moscow Military District. In 2002, he was appointed as Commander of the Siberian Military District.

Makarov's achievements and contributions led to his promotion to General of the Army by President Vladimir Putin in 2005. He held various important positions within the Russian Armed Forces, including Chief of Armament and Deputy Minister of Defence. In 2008, Makarov took on the responsibilities of Chief of the General Staff and First Deputy Minister of Defence. During the Russo-Georgian War in 2008, he oversaw the deployment of Russian troops into Georgia.

Makarov's tenure as Chief of the General Staff ended in 2012 when he was replaced by Valery Gerasimov. After his dismissal, he was appointed as an aide to the Defense Minister Sergei Shoygu as an Analyst under the Office of Inspectors General in March 2013. Throughout his career, Makarov received several honors and awards, including the Hero of the Russian Federation.

Makarov has a family that resides mainly in Canada and Russia. His wife, Anita Yegorovich, died in 2003. He has a daughter named Tatiana and an adopted son named Andrei Popov, who went missing in 2004.

References

See also
 New Look military reforms

1949 births
Living people
Frunze Military Academy alumni
Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia alumni
People from Rybnovsky District
Generals of the army (Russia)
Recipients of the Order of St. George
Recipients of the Order of Military Merit (Russia)
Soviet Army officers
Heroes of the Russian Federation
Deputy Defence Ministers of Russia


Naganeupseong Folk Village (Korean: 낙안읍성; Hanja: 樂安邑城) is a Korean historic village located in Nagan-myeon, Suncheon, South Jeolla, South Korea. This well-preserved walled town served as an administrative core for the county during the Joseon Dynasty and it is designated as historical site N0. 302.

Overview
Naganeupseong is a former administrative town. It consists of three neighborhoods located inside fortress walls, on a level field surrounded by mountains. It has well-preserved buildings such as a fortress, government buildings, and a cluster of private houses. The houses are hanok-style: they have straw roofs, clay rooms, and Korean-style verandas. This is notable because the original town was mainly inhabited by common people and not aristocrats.

Even today, the town is still actively occupied by around 100 households. Many work as farmers that carry out the traditional lifestyle and arts of the region.

History
The fortress was constructed in 1397 by general Kim Bin-gil, during the reign of King Taejo of Joseon. The fortress was intended to defend the area after the defeat of the Wokou pirates. It was initially surrounded by a sand wall, but was fortified with a stone wall during the rule of King Injo in order to better defend itself against Japanese pirates. The project was carried out under the guidance of general Im Gyeong-eop (1594-1646), who served as the governor of Nagan from 1626 to 1628. When he died, a monumental house was built by the people of Nagan, which still stands in the village to this day.

Nine 19th century thatched-roof houses are designated as national heritages, because they are valuable examples of South Jeolla architecture during the Joseon period.

Naganeupseong was designated as National Heritage (Historic Site No. 302) in 1983. Since then, a series of projects have been conducted to preserve the village landscape. 231 houses were kept in their original condition, and are thus considered valuable sources for academic research. The village was also included on the tentative list of UNESCO's World Heritage Sites in 2010.

Cultural Events
The fortress and the village are home to various cultural events of the region. One of the most celebrated is the annual South Jeolla Food Festival, held every year in October, where people can enjoy and learn about the regional cuisine.

Nagan is also a venue for Korean traditional music including "nongak", farmer's music, pansori and communal rituals. Oh Tae-seok, a pansori artist popular when South Korea was under Japanese colonial rule, was born in the village and his house is still preserved by the city of Suncheon.

Other
Due to its pristine condition, Naganeupseong has been a popular filming location for period films and drama series, including "Masquerade" (2012), "Dong Yi" (2010), "Taegukgi: The Brotherhood of War" (2004) and more.

Gallery

References

External links

 Naganeupseong Folk Village
 Naganeupseong at the UNESCO World Heritage site

Castles in South Korea
Suncheon
Buildings and structures in South Jeolla Province
World Heritage Tentative List
Folk villages in South Korea
Tourist attractions in South Korea
Villages in South Korea


The 59th Pennsylvania House of Representatives District is located in southwest Pennsylvania and has been represented by Leslie Rossi since 2021.

District Profile
The 59th District is located in Westmoreland County and includes the following areas:

 Bolivar
Cook Township
Derry
Derry Township (part)
District Bradenville
District Cokeville
District Cooperstown
District Kingston
District Loyalhanna
District Millwood
District New Derry
District Peanut
District Saxman
District Scalp Level
District Torrance
 Donegal
 Donegal Township
 Fairfield Township
Latrobe
 Laurel Mountain
 Ligonier
 Ligonier Township
 Mount Pleasant Township (part)
District Laurel Run
District Mammoth
District Pleasant Valley
District Ridgeview
District United
District Westmoreland
New Florence
 Seward
St. Clair Township
 Unity Township
Youngstown

Representatives

Recent election results

References

External links

 District map from the United States Census Bureau
 Pennsylvania House Legislative District Maps from the Pennsylvania Redistricting Commission.
 Population Data for District 59 from the Pennsylvania Redistricting Commission.

Government of Somerset County, Pennsylvania
Government of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
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Diaminopimelic acid (DAP) is an amino acid, representing an epsilon-carboxy derivative of lysine.

DAP is a characteristic of certain cell walls of some bacteria. DAP is often found in the peptide linkages of NAM-NAG chains that make up the cell wall of gram-negative bacteria. When provided, they exhibit normal growth. When in deficiency, they still grow but with the inability to make new cell wall peptidoglycan.

This is also the attachment point for Braun's lipoprotein.

See also
 Aspartate-semialdehyde dehydrogenase, an enzyme involved in DAP synthesis
 Peptidoglycan
 Pimelic acid

Images

References

Alpha-Amino acids
Dicarboxylic acids
Non-proteinogenic amino acids


The Gift of the Holy Ghost may refer to:
 In Christianity, the bestowing of the Holy Spirit (or Holy Ghost), also called the Baptism with the Holy Spirit
 It may also refer to the seven spiritual gifts given by the Holy Spirit
 It may also refer to any other spiritual gift given by the Holy Spirit
 In the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the rite of Confirmation (Latter Day Saints)


Vencedor (Eng.: Victorious) is the title of a studio album released posthumously by Mexican norteño performer Valentín Elizalde. This album became his first number-one entry on the Billboard Top Latin Albums, and was released in a standard CD presentation and as a CD/DVD combo.

Track listing
The track listing from Billboard and Allmusic.

CD

DVD
Y Se Parece A Ti
Si Me Ven
Vete Con Él
Volveré a Amar
Los Pájaros
La Más Deseada
Aunque Te Enamores
Nada
Soy Así
Ébrio de Amor
La Gallina Ponedora
Como Me Duele

Personnel
This information from Allmusic.
Valentin Elizalde — Producer
Carlos Luna — Mastering, mixing
Noe Sepulveda — Engineer
Fortunato Moreno T. — Graphic design, art direction, photography, creative consultant

Chart performance

Year-End Charts

Sales and certifications

References

2006 albums
Valentín Elizalde albums


Saint Theodoret or Saint Theodoritus (, "God given"; died October 22, 362) was a Greek-speaking Syrian Christian priest who died a martyr in Antioch during the reign of Emperor Julian the Apostate. His life is recorded only by apologetic works. His relics were later taken to Uzès in the south of France and placed in the cathedral, which is dedicated to him.

Life
Emperor Julian the Apostate, who was the nephew of the Emperor Constantine I, made his uncle Julian a count and governor of the East. Hearing that in the treasury of one of churches of Antioch there was much wealth, Count Julian was determined to seize it and published a proclamation banning the clergy. Theodoret, a priest, who was keeper of the sacred vessels, refused to abandon his flock and continued publicly to celebrate the Divine Liturgy. Count Julian ordered that he should be arrested and brought before him, with his hands bound behind his back. Count Julian accused him of having destroyed the statues of the gods in a previous reign. Theodoret retorted by reproaching the Count with his apostasy. Count Julian now ordered that Theodoret should be tortured, and in consequence, the most atrocious torments were heaped upon this heroic priest, who bore them all with courage for the sake of his faith. It was said that Theodoret spoke these words to Count Julian and to the magistrate: "O most wretched man," he said, "you know well that at the day of judgment the crucified God Whom you blaspheme will send you and the tyrant whom you serve to hell." He was later beheaded on October 22, 362.

References

"Lives of the Saints, For Every Day of the Year," edited by Rev. Hugo Hoever, S.O.Cist., Ph.D., New York: Catholic Book Publishing Co., 1955, 511 pp.

External links
Catholic Online - Saints & Angels: St. Theodoret of Antioch
Lives of the Saints by Alban Butler, Benziger Bros. Edition: St. Theodoret
Nominis.fr: Théodorit d'Uzès

4th-century births
362 deaths
Year of birth unknown
People from Antioch
Syrian Christian clergy
Saints from Roman Anatolia
4th-century Christian saints
4th-century Christian clergy
Syrian Christian saints


Joe Davis (1901–1978) was a British snooker and billiards player.

Joe Davis or Joseph Davis may also refer to:

Politicians
Joseph Davis (Orange County, NY), American politician, member of the New York state assembly in 1847 and 1859
Joseph J. Davis (1828–1892), American politician, judge, and U.S. Representative from North Carolina from 1875 to 1881
Joe W. Davis (1918–1992), American politician, mayor of Huntsville, Alabama from 1968 to 1988
Joe Davis (politician) (1923–2021), American politician and judge, Florida state representative from 1962 to 1966
Gray Davis (Joseph Graham Davis Jr., born 1942), American politician and attorney, governor of California from 1999 to 2003

Sports
Joe Davis (baseball), player in the 1939 St. Louis Cardinals season
Joe Davis (baseball, born 1914), player in the 1941 St. Louis Cardinals season
Joe Davis (basketball, born 1902), coach of Clemson & Rice
Joe Davis (basketball, born 1942), coach of Radford
Joseph Davis (tennis), player in the 1947 U.S. National Championships – Men's Singles
Joe Davis (American football) (1919–1992), American football end
Joe Davis (footballer, born 1938), English footballer (Bristol Rovers)
Joe Davis (footballer, born 1941) (1941–2016), Scottish footballer (Hibernian)
Joe Davis (sportscaster) (born 1987), American sportscaster
Joe Davis (footballer, born 1993), English footballer

Military
Joseph R. Davis (1825–1896), Confederate States Army general
Joseph Davis (Medal of Honor) (1838–1895), American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
Joseph H. Davis (Medal of Honor) (1860–1903), American sailor and Medal of Honor recipient

Other people
Joseph Davis (explorer) (died 1715), employee of Hudson's Bay Company in Canada
Joseph Emory Davis (1784–1870), older brother of Jefferson Davis
Joseph Barnard Davis (1801–1881), English medical doctor, collector and craniologist
Joseph H. Davis (painter) (fl. 1830s), American portrait painter
Joe Davis (music publisher) (1896–1978), American music publisher, producer and promoter
Joe C. Davis Jr. (1919–1989), American businessman
Joe Davis (artist) (born 1953), artist in residence at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Joseph G. Davis (born 1953), Australian information systems researcher
Joseph S. Davis, American economist
Joe Davis (fl. 1990s), founder and owner of UK-based Brazilian music record label Far Out Recordings
Joseph Davis (fl. 2000s), American rap artist defended in "United States v. Joseph Davis" by William Spade

See also
Joseph Davies (disambiguation)
Jo Davis (disambiguation)
Joe W. Davis Stadium, a stadium in Huntsville, built in 1985
Joseph Davis State Park, New York State, US


Bogoštica () is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Krupanj municipality, in the Mačva District of Central Serbia. The village had a Serb ethnic majority and a population of 269 in 2002.

Historical population

1948: 490
1953: 551
1961: 513
1971: 442
1981: 356
1991: 327
2002: 285

Notable individuals
 Lavrentije Trifunović

References

See also
List of places in Serbia

Populated places in Mačva District


Miit is a Hindi-language Indian television series that aired on Zee TV channel from 19 January 2003 to 8 October 2003 from Sunday to Wednesday. The show is based on the novel Noukadubi, written by the Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore in 1905. It follows the concept of mistaken identities, where a woman is thought to be someone who died in a train mishap.

Concept
The story is based on the lives of two couples: Akash and Shruti, and Sankalp and Aastha. Destiny plays a strange trick on them and their lives become hopelessly intertwined.

Sankalp and Shruti are doctors working in the same hospital. Sankalp feels attracted to Shruti. However, he withdraws when he learns that Shruti has a boyfriend named Akash. Shruti and Akash come from very different backgrounds; so, their families object to their relationship. But the lovers are determined to be together. Meanwhile, Sankalp goes to attend the wedding of Aastha, his best friend Alok's sister. However, certain circumstances arise to cancel the wedding. Then Sankalp offers to marry Aastha, even though he has never had even a glimpse of her face. In the meantime, Shruti's family members pressurize her to marry a man of their choice. A dejected Akash, thinking that he has lost Shruti, agrees to marry a girl, Nupur, chosen by his parents. Meanwhile, Shruti rejects the alliance proposed by her family.

On a fateful night, Akash and Sankalp, respectively accompanied by their newly-wedded wives, Nupur and Aastha, board the train. Neither husband has yet seen his wife's face. Both brides are wearing red wedding dresses, their faces covered with veils. As luck would have it, the trains in which these couples are riding collide and there is a terrible crash. Both Sankalp and Akash survive and start searching for their wives. On one hand, Sankalp finds Nupur’s dead body and mistakes it for that of Aastha. He claims the body and performs the final rites. Unfortunately, Akash’s father and other relatives are dead. Akash finds an unconscious Aastha, and mistakes her for his wife Nupur. He takes her to the nearest hospital. After several hours Aastha gains consciousness but suffers from memory loss. Akash takes Aastha home and nurses her devotedly. Soon, he learns that Aastha is not his wife.

In the meantime, Shruti and Akash meet again. They are overjoyed to know that they are still single and free to be with each other. However, Shruti sees Aastha and begins to doubt Akash's loyalty. Sankalp consoles Shruti and she begins to trust him more as time passes. Aastha still remembers nothing; she believes that she is Nupur and Akash is her husband; she becomes emotionally attached to him.

Cast
 Vikas Bhalla as Akash
 Deepa Parab as Aastha / Nupur / Anjali
 Hiten Tejwani as Akash
 Rajsingh Verma  as Dr. Sankalp
 Preeti Mehra as Dr. Shruti
 Aashish Kaul as Dr. Alok
 Uday Tikekar as Dinesh
 Neelu Kohli as Dr. Shruti's mother

References

External links

Indian television soap operas
Zee TV original programming
2003 Indian television series debuts
2003 Indian television series endings
Adaptations of works by Rabindranath Tagore


William's Crowded Hours is the thirteenth book in the Just William series by Richmal Crompton. It was first published in 1931.

The stories
William and the Spy
The Plan That Failed
William and the Young Man
The Outlaws and Cousin Percy Cousin Percy has arrived for Christmas. However, he is too friendly.
William and the Temporary History Master William is victimized by a new teacher at his school - and takes revenge.
A Crowded Hour with William
The Outlaws and The Missionary
The Outlaws and The Tramp
William and the Sleeping Major The Outlaws discover an old man asleep in their headquarters. After failing to waken him, they decide to "sell" him Victor Jameson's gang.
William and the Snowman William throws snowballs at his neighbour, Colonel Fortescue, who strikes their snowman and then believes he has killed Robert. And to make matters worse, Robert is ill.

1931 short story collections
Just William
Short story collections by Richmal Crompton
Children's short story collections
1931 children's books
George Newnes Ltd books


The American Society for Nutrition (ASN) is an American society for professional researchers and practitioners in the field of nutrition. ASN publishes four journals in the field of nutrition. It has been criticized for its financial ties to the food and beverage industry.

History

In 1928 a group of United States biochemists and physiologists grouped together to form the first scientific society focused on nutrition, the American Institute for Nutrition. The Society held its first meeting at the Cornell Medical School in 1934.   The society was renamed the American Society for Nutritional Sciences in 1996.

In 2005, the American Society for Nutritional Sciences, the American Society for Clinical Nutrition (established 1961),  and the Society for International Nutrition (established 1996) merged to form The American Society for Nutrition (ASN).

As of 2015, ASN has a membership of about 5,000.  It is one of the constituent societies comprising the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, a non-profit organization that is the principal umbrella organization of U.S. societies in the field of biological and medical research.

In October 2010, the American College of Nutrition and American Society for Nutrition proposed to merge.[2]

"Smart Choices" program
The ASN administered the "Smart Choices" food labelling program, which was suspended in 2009 after criticism.

Publications
ASN owns four academic journals, and occasionally uses them to self-publish content independent of the journal's editorial review process. Some of the journals' editorial staff accept funding from food industry organizations. As of 2018, the ASN-run journals are printed by the Oxford University Press.

In 2017 the ASN launched Current Developments in Nutrition as an open-access journal aiming for rapid publication and a broader range of topics than the ASN's other journals. It publishes sponsored supplements, but these are reviewed by the journal.

Memberships and sustaining partners

Membership
Eligibility for membership:
Regular Members - Any individual with a doctoral-level degree and suitable scholarly achievements, as determined by the Board of Directors
Associate Members - Any individual with a doctoral-level degree, or relevant professional accomplishments, as determined by the Board of Directors
Student Members - Any individual who is a candidate for an undergraduate, graduate, or medical degree
Emeritus Members - Any member age 65 years or older may apply to the Board of Directors for Emeritus Membership
Young Professional / Postdoctoral Members - Any individual within three years of receiving a doctorate, medical degree, or other degree in nutrition or a related field

Sponsors
ASN uses the term "Sustaining Partners" for corporate sponsors donating over $10,000 per year. According to their website:

Industry companies with the highest level of commitment to the nutrition profession are recognized as Sustaining Partners of the American Society for Nutrition. Engage with ASN as a Sustaining Partner today, and benefit from a number of advantages! Recognition includes print and online exposure, annual meeting benefits, and the ability to sponsor educational opportunities, grants and other items. However, you will derive the greatest benefit by aligning your company with ASN's superlative scientific reputation.

The American Society for Nutrition's sustaining partners, as listed on its website as of March 2018, are:
Abbott Nutrition,
Almond Board of California,
Bayer HealthCare,
Biofortis Clinical Research,
California Walnut Commission,
Cargill, Inc.,
Corn Refiners Association,
Council for Responsible Nutrition,
Dairy Research Institute,
DSM Nutritional Products (LLC),
DuPont Nutrition & Health,
the Egg Nutrition Center of the American Egg Board,
General Mills Bell Institute of Health and Nutrition,
Herbalife/Herbalife Nutrition Institute,
International Bottled Water Foundation,
Kellogg Company,
Kyowa Hakko USA Inc.,
Mars Inc.,
McCormick Science Institute,
Mondelez International Technical Center,
Monsanto Company,
National Cattlemen's Beef Association (a contractor to "The Beef Checkoff"),
Nestlé Nutrition, Medical Affairs,
PepsiCo,
Pfizer, Inc.,
Pharmavite (LLC),
Tate & Lyle,
The a2 Milk Company,
The Coca-Cola Company,
The Dannon Company Inc.,
The Sugar Association, and
Unilever.

Corporate relationship concerns
The ASN has conflicting interests in taking funding from food industry marketing groups while providing unbiased information on nutrition; these conflicting interests have caused criticism and concerns of bias. ASN actions have also been criticized for being better-aligned with the nutritional advice of sponsors than the advice of the World Health Organization and other public health, public interest, and government organizations.

Long-time member Marion Nestle has voiced concerns about what she sees as a "too-cozy relationship with food company sponsors" within the organization. In a 2015 report, Michele Simon also voiced concerns regarding corporate involvement with the society.

See also
National Board of Physician Nutrition Specialists

References

External links
Official American Society for Nutrition website

Nutrition organizations
Medical and health organizations based in Maryland
Scientific organizations established in 1928
1928 establishments in Maryland
Food science institutes


Pickled ginger may refer to one of two types of ginger in Japanese cuisine:

Gari, sweet, thinly sliced young ginger that is light pink in color and served with sushi
Beni shōga, thin strips of red-colored ginger served with other dishes

See also
Ginger (disambiguation)


HMS Bacchante was a  ironclad screw-propelled corvette of the Royal Navy. She is particularly famous for being the ship on which the Princes George and Albert served as midshipmen.

Bacchante was built at Portsmouth Dockyard and launched on 19 October 1876, the second ship of the three ship Bacchante class. She was armed with fourteen  muzzle-loading rifle guns and two 64-pounder torpedo carriages, and rated at 4070 tons.

Royal crew
The two oldest sons of the Prince of Wales had entered the navy in 1877, and by 1879 it had been decided by the Royal Family and the Government that the two should undertake a cruise. They were assigned to Bacchante, which was then part of a squadron intended to patrol the sea lanes of the British Empire. Queen Victoria was concerned that the Bacchante might sink, drowning her grandchildren. Confident in their ship, the Admiralty sent Bacchante through a gale to prove she was sturdy enough to weather storms. The Princes, with their tutor John Neale Dalton, duly came aboard on 17 September 1879. The Bacchante was to be their home for the next three years.

They made a number of cruises to different parts of the Empire with the squadron. Serving aboard the squadron's flagship,  at this time was their relation, Prince Louis of Battenberg. The squadron initially consisted of HMS Inconstant, Bacchante,  and , the composition altering during the voyages as ships left, or were joined by new ones. Bacchante visited the Mediterranean and the West Indies, followed by later voyages to South America, South Africa, Australia, China and Japan. The Princes made regular diary entries, which were later published as two volumes in 1886 as The Cruise of Her Majesty's Ship Bacchante. Photographs from the trip were later donated by Rev. Dalton, their royal tutor, and are now part of the Royal Collection Trust.

Of note during this time, the Bacchante briefly assisted in the First Boer War, before the squadron sailed again for Australia. Shortly after reaching the coast on 12 May, a heavy storm blew up and when it had abated, Bacchante was missing. After three days searching, news reached the squadron that Bacchante had had her rudder disabled, but had been able to reach safety at Albany.

Later career

Bacchante eventually returned to England in August 1882 and discharged her young Royal midshipmen. By then she had covered 40,000 miles, mostly under sail, and had rounded the Cape of Good Hope twice. She became the only British vessel in which two grandsons of the reigning monarch served at the same time. Bacchante was then paid off and underwent a long refit, which saw her being partially rearmed. She was then dispatched to the East Indies to relieve her sister, , as flagship on the station.  Bacchante served during the Third Anglo-Burmese War in 1885, transferring three-quarters of her complement to serve on gunboats on the Irrawaddy River or in the suppression of banditry. She returned to Britain in 1888 and was placed in reserve. She was sold to the shipbreakers Cohen in 1897, and scrapped.

References

Bibliography

External links

 Information and photographs of the Bacchante class
 Statistics of HMS Bacchante

Bacchante-class corvettes
Ships built in Portsmouth
1876 ships
Victorian-era corvettes of the United Kingdom


Mairead Curran (born 16 August 1968) is an Australian born children's entertainer, actress, and voice-over artist based in Melbourne. Having trained at TAFTA and the Geelong Performing Arts Academy she started her career at the Oxford Children's Theatre and the Australian Puppet Theatre performing children's theatre and puppetry.

Cartoon Creations
For ten years she worked with business partner Collin Ingram and through their company Cartoon Creations they produced dozens of live children's shows touring them throughout Australia and in the UK, performing shows for many thousands of children. Her contributions in this area make her an important part of the history of live children's entertainment in Australia.

During this period she also produced and starred in "The Digger and Danni Radio show" on Southern FM, a daily children's radio show and produced children's pages in several newspapers including the Moonee Ponds and Ascot Vale Community Newspapers.

Stage work
On stage, Mairead has had roles in numerous plays for theatres such as La Mama Theatre (Melbourne) and in the Melbourne Fringe Festival including "Women, Men, Nazis and Trucks" and "Love and Madness in the LMP Unit" to strong reviews. She was also a founding member of Actors Inc, a group of working actors, convened to promote their work and practice their craft. In addition to various indie short films, Mairead has also had roles in Neighbours, Stingers, MDA, Blue Heelers and City Homicide.

Voice-overs
In more recent years Mairead has focused on voice-overs, where she has carved out a successful career working with companies such as the Australian Radio Network, Austereo and Jingle House as well as many corporate clients. She is the voice of numerous characters in games including the lead and four other female characters in Fashion Boutique and the female lead in The Clockwork Man by Total Eclipse She has also voiced many commercials both radio and TV for international brands including Mazda, Ferrero, Hyundai, Domino's Pizza, Sasse & Bide, Siemens, Target (Australia), Freedom Furniture and Toyota.

References

External links

 Official voiceover website of Mairead Curran

Australian television actresses
Australian voice actresses
Actresses from Melbourne
Living people
1968 births
People from Geelong
Actresses from Geelong
Actors from Geelong


Sohaemus may refer to:

Sohaemus of Emesa, 1st-century Roman client king
Sohaemus of Armenia, 2nd-century Roman client king


Brštica () is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Krupanj municipality in Central Serbia. The village had a Serb ethnic majority and a population of 1,254 in 2002.

Historical population

1948: 1,080
1953: 1,213
1961: 1,352
1971: 1,222
1981: 1,186
1991: 1,243
2002: 1,254

References

See also
List of places in Serbia
Stolice, a notable part of Brštica

Populated places in Mačva District


The 1926–27 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 18th season, and tenth in the National Hockey League (NHL). The team rebounded from its last place finish to place second in the Canadian Division and qualify for the playoffs. The Canadiens defeated the rival Maroons in a two-game series before losing to the eventual Stanley Cup winner Ottawa Senators in the semi-finals.

Regular season

The Canadiens, last place finishers in 1925–26, signed three players from the Western Hockey League. The team solved its goal-tending woes by signing George Hainsworth from Saskatoon, whom Georges Vezina had designated to be his successor. They further strengthened their team by signing Herb Gardiner from Calgary for defence and adding Art Gagne from Edmonton to the forwards.

The Canadiens moved into the Montreal Forum permanently this season. The club's first game was on November 18, 1926, against Ottawa, lost 2–1. The Canadiens won eleven games in a row from February 24 until March 24. The surge enabled the Canadiens to finish second in the Canadian Division to Ottawa.

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

Playoffs
In a "Battle of Montreal" quarter-final, the Canadiens defeated the Maroons in a close two-game total-goals series 2–1. The Canadiens next took on the first place Ottawa Senators in the semi-finals. The eventual Stanley Cup champions defeated the Canadiens 5–1 in a two-game total-goals series.

Montreal Canadiens vs. Montreal Maroons

Montreal Canadiens win total-goals series 2–1

Ottawa Senators vs. Montreal Canadiens

Ottawa wins total-goals series 5–1

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring

Goaltending

Playoffs
Scoring

Goaltending

Awards
 Vezina Memorial Trophy – awarded to George Hainsworth

Transactions
 January 17, 1927 – Billy Boucher traded to Boston Bruins for Carson Cooper with both teams holding right of recall.
 December 12, 1926 – Gizzy Hart traded to Montreal by Detroit for cash.

See also
1926–27 NHL season

References

Montreal Canadiens seasons
Montreal
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Mário Neves (1912–1993) was a Portuguese journalist, born in Lisbon.

He worked for 42 years as a journalist for Portuguese newspapers such as O Século and Diário de Lisboa, and was the associate director of A Capital between 1972 and 1974. Neves also served as the director of the Portuguese Institute of Oncology. After the Carnation Revolution he was the Portuguese ambassador in Moscow and the chief of the Portuguese embassies in Mongolia and North Korea.

In 1979 he was appointed Portuguese secretary of state for migration.

In 1936 he covered the Spanish Civil War for the Diário de Lisboa. Together with Daniel Berthet and Marcel Dany, he entered Badajoz after the fall of the city in the early morning of 15 August. They were the first foreign correspondents in Badajoz after the battle and they witnessed the mass executions inside the city. Neves's chronicle was the first about the massacre of Badajoz.

Neves died in 1993.

References

External links
  Los corresponsales extranjeros en la Guerra Civil Española, Paul Preston.

Portuguese journalists
Portuguese male journalists
Portuguese people of the Spanish Civil War
1912 births
1993 deaths
People from Lisbon
20th-century Portuguese people
Ambassadors of Portugal to the Soviet Union
20th-century Portuguese writers
20th-century journalists