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"Hydra Athletic Club (), known as Hydra AC or HAC for short, is an Algerian football club based in the Hydra neighbourhood of Algiers.Hydra Le club fête ses 70 ans cette année, Le HAC veut renaître de ses cendres; InfoSoir, May 5, 2006.. The club was founded in 1936 and its colours are red and white. Their home stadium, Stade de Hydra, has a capacity of 4,000 spectators. The club is currently playing in the Inter-Régions Division.Inter-région (4e div) : Résultats et Classement 2011/2012 ; DZFoot, June 30, 2011. History The club was founded in 1936 as Groupement Sportif d'Alger Hydra. In 1962, after the independence of Algeria, the name of the club was changed to Hydra AC by Ali Benfadah, a player at the club at the time, in reference to his former club, French club Le Havre AC which is known as Le HAC or just HAC for short.Hydra AC / Quelques jours après la célébration du 70e anniversaire; InfoSoir, August 2, 2006. References Football clubs in Algeria Association football clubs established in 1936 Football clubs in Algiers 1936 establishments in Algeria Sports clubs in Algeria "
"Major-General Peter Blunt, (8 August 1923 – 8 August 2003) was a British Army officer and businessman. As a logistics officer in 1959, he was awarded the George Medal for risking his own life to save one of his drivers. He was the father of politician Crispin Blunt and grandfather of actress Emily Blunt. Early life Born at Farnborough, Hampshire, into an army family, Blunt was the son of Claudia Mabel (née Wintle) and Albert Blunt, then a sergeant in the Royal Tank Corps. In 1929, his family moved to Kanpur, where he was educated. He left India in 1937 at the age of 14 to enroll as an apprentice tradesman in the Royal Army Service Corps (RASC) school on the island of Jersey. Military career In 1940, after the fall of France, and with the German occupation of the Channel Islands imminent, the school was evacuated and Blunt found himself in an RASC training battalion in England. Shortly after his 18th birthday, he was sent to the Mediterranean theatre, but first won the lightweight inter- service boxing contest at Letchworth, Hertfordshire. He saw active service in the Italian campaign in 1944, before returning to England for officer training. He was then commissioned into the 2nd Battalion, The Royal Scots Fusiliers in November 1944 as a second lieutenant and commanded a close protection platoon defending Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery's 21st Army Group headquarters. He was present at the signing of the unconditional German surrender at Lüneburg Heath on 4 May 1945. During the Second World War, Blunt served also in the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. After an appointment as adjutant of the British Army garrison in Dieppe, Blunt left the army in 1946 and joined the Allied Control Commission in Germany, then was an inspector at Bletchley Park. He briefly worked as an export manager of the Midland Metal Spinning Company in Wolverhampton but in 1949 returned to the army on a short- service commission in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. As he was unable to advance without a university degree, Blunt transferred back to the Royal Army Service Corps in 1951 on a regular commission. He passed the Staff College, Camberley, in 1957, which opened up his career path as an officer. In 1959, Blunt saved a driver whose lorry, carrying a load of petrol, crashed near Bielefeld, Germany. While the injured driver was trapped in the car, Blunt—with disregard for his own safety—climbed into the cab and applied a tourniquet to the driver's badly injured leg and administered morphine. Despite the risk of fire, Blunt stayed with the injured and frightened man for an hour, until he was cut from the vehicle. He was awarded the George Medal for his courage and humanitarian action. Blunt passed the Joint Services Staff College in 1963, and then in 1965 was sent to command 26 (Heavy Ferry) Bridging Regiment and, by some accounts, to resolve a mutiny. Later that year the unit became 26 Regiment, Royal Corps of Transport. In 1968 he was appointed General Staff Officer 1 for Defence Plans, Far East Land Forces, and from 1970 to 1972 commanded the Royal Corps of Transport 1st Corps, before being seconded to the Royal College of Defence Studies in 1972. After service as Deputy Transport Officer-in-Chief for the Army, Blunt became Transport Officer-in-Chief in 1973, then was Assistant Chief of Personnel and Logistics (Army) at the Ministry of Defence in 1977–78 and Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Personnel and Logistics), 1978–79, when he retired the service, while continuing in the ceremonial role of Colonel Commandant of the Royal Corps of Transport (1974–1989). Corporate career Entering the world of business, Blunt was Managing Director of Earls Court Ltd., 1979–80, Angex-Watson, 1980–83, and Market Sensors, 1980–88. He was Chairman of Angex Ltd., 1988–90, and of Argus Shield Ltd., 1988–89. He was also a director of Associated Newspapers. Blunt was a special Commissioner of the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, from 1979 to 1985, and a liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Carmen from 1973. His address at the time of his death was Harefield House, Ramsbury, in Wiltshire. Family In 1949, Blunt married Adrienne the daughter of General T. W. Richardson, and they had three sons, including Oliver Blunt QC, and Crispin Blunt, Conservative Member of Parliament for Reigate. His grandchildren include the actress Emily Blunt. References 1923 births 2003 deaths British Army generals British Army personnel of World War II Companions of the Order of the Bath Members of the Order of the British Empire People from Farnborough, Hampshire Recipients of the George Medal Royal Corps of Transport officers "
"Irving Andrus Spaulding (1917–2010) was an American sociologist and pioneering researcher in natural resource economics, spending most of his professional career at the University of Rhode Island in Kingston. He was best known for his research to characterize economic behavior among recreational fishers, economics of coastal communities, and consumer behavior.American Men & Women of Science: Social & Behavioral Sciences, 13th edition (1978). R.R. Bowker, New York. Biography Spaulding was born 31 Oct 1917 in Union, Iowa to Mayne Spaulding and Bernice (Dilts) Spaulding. He attended Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa, graduating with a B.A. degree in sociology in 1941.p. 68 The Bomb 1941. Yearbook of Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. Spaulding earned his master's degree at the University of Kentucky in 1942,Spaulding, I.A. 1942. Mobility and fertility in two Kentucky counties. M.S. Thesis University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY. 128pp. and his Ph.D. at Cornell University in 1944.Spaulding, I.A., 1944. Farm labor camps for youth in New York State. Ph.D. dissertation, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. 344pp. He joined the faculty of Rhode Island State College in 1946.Rhode Island State College Catalog 1946-47, Special Collections, University of Rhode Island, Kingston. Spaulding was a recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship in 1965 to teach and conduct research at Chiang Mai University in Chiang Mai, Thailand. He retired from the University of Rhode Island in 1992, and died 12 May 2010 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Selected publications * Hillpern, E.P., I.A. Spaulding, E.P. Hillpern. Bristow Rogers: American Negro: A Psychoanalytical Case History. New York: Hermitage House, Inc., 1949. 184 pp. * Spaulding, I.A. 1967. Household Water Use and Social Status. Bulletin 392, Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI. * Spaulding, I.A. 1970. Selected Rhode Island sport fishermen and their fishing activity. Bulletin 403 Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI. * Spaulding, I.A. 1976. Factors influencing willingness to pay for use of marine recreational facilities. Marine Technical Report—no. 51. Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI. * Spaulding I.A. 1977. State-of-the arts paper, identity as a neglected factor in message design relevant to communication for technology transfer. International Center for Marine Resources Development, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI. * Tyrell,T.J. and I.A. Spaulding. 1984. A survey of attitudes toward tourism growth in Rhode Island. Hospitality Education and Research Journal 8(2):22-23. See also References Economists from Iowa Economists from Rhode Island Fulbright Scholars 1917 births 2010 deaths Iowa State University alumni University of Kentucky alumni Cornell University alumni University of Rhode Island faculty People from Hardin County, Iowa People from North Kingstown, Rhode Island "