Andy may refer to:

• Andy (given name)
• Andy (typeface), a monotype font
• Typhoon Andy (disambiguation)
• Andy Lee (disambiguation)

Fictional characters[link]

• Andy Bernard from the U.S. version of The Office television series
• Andy (Toy Story) in Toy Story
• Andy Larkin in What's With Andy?
• Andy Panda in classic cartoons

Music[link]

• Andranik Madadian - Well-known Armenian singer, known as Andy
• Andy (album), a 1976 album by Andy Williams
• Andy (Frank Zappa song), a song by Frank Zappa

See also[link]

• Andi (disambiguation)

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Aubrey Plaza
Plaza at the 2012 Time 100
Birth name	Aubrey Christina Plaza
Born	(1984-06-26) June 26, 1984 (age 28) Wilmington, Delaware, United States
Medium	Stand-up, television, film, improv
Years active	2004–present
Genres	Deadpan
Notable works and roles	April Ludgate in Parks and Recreation Daisy Danby in Funny People Julie Powers in Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World
Website	http://aubreyplaza.tumblr.com/

Aubrey Christina Plaza^[1] (born June 26, 1984)^[2] is an American actress and comedian who has gained popularity through her deadpan-style comedy, and currently co-stars in Parks and Recreation as April Ludgate.

Early life[link]

Plaza was born in Wilmington, Delaware, the daughter of Bernadette, an attorney, and David Plaza, a financial advisor.^[3][4][5] She has two younger sisters, Renee and Natalie,^[3] the latter of whom she uses as inspiration for her teenage character April Ludgate on Parks and Recreation.^[6]

Plaza was named after the song "Aubrey" by Bread.^[3][7] Her father is Puerto Rican and her mother is of Irish and English descent.^[3][8] Plaza has stated: "I was like the only diverse kid in my high school, and I'm half-Puerto Rican. But yeah, I have a huge family and tons of cousins in Puerto Rico."^[6] She participated in productions with the Wilmington Drama League.^[3]

Plaza graduated from Ursuline Academy^[3][9] in 2002, and New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in 2006.^[3] While at NYU in 2004, Plaza suffered a stroke that caused temporary paralysis and expressive aphasia, but she has fully recovered.^[3][10]

Career[link]

Plaza has said that she has had many internships and that she "was an intern for Samba Post-Its." One of her jobs was to "literally wallpaper a bathroom with Post-Its." She also worked as an NBC page.

She has been performing improv and sketch comedy at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater since 2004. She also recently began performing stand-up and has appeared at the Laugh Factory and The Improv. In 2008, she was seen in the Improv Everywhere prank "Mobile Desktop", in which she and two other people brought desktop PCs, including a CRT screen, tower computer, keyboard and mouse into a Starbucks and used them just as people use laptops there.

Plaza starred in the online series The Jeannie Tate Show, and stars as Robin Gibney in ESPN's Mayne Street. She also appeared in the first episode of "Terrible Decisions with Ben Schwartz" on Funny or Die.^[11]

Plaza at the San Diego Comic-Con International in July 2010

She played Seth Rogen's love interest, Daisy, in 2009's Funny People directed by Judd Apatow. She also had roles in the comedy films Scott Pilgrim vs. the World and Derrick Comedy's Mystery Team, which debuted at 2009 Sundance. She appeared in a CollegeHumor short alongside Jason Bateman and Will Arnett.

She plays April Ludgate, the deadpan employee in Parks and Recreation, and has a recurring role as "the Princess" in the comedic sci-fi web series Troopers on CollegeHumor.

On March 12, 2010, Plaza performed at A Night of 140 Tweets: A Celebrity Tweetathon for Haiti, produced by Rob Huebel, Paul Scheer, Ben Stiller, and Mike Rosenstein, at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in Los Angeles.

In 2010 she made a guest appearance in Portlandia.

Plaza appeared as a guest judge during a roast segment on The Next Food Network Star in 2011.

She appeared in Episode 199 of the WTF with Marc Maron podcast.

In early 2012, she was featured in Father John Misty(J. Tillman)'s music video for the song "Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings", off the album "Fear Fun".

Filmography[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Aubrey Plaza

• Aubrey Plaza at the Internet Movie Database
• Aubrey Plaza Videos - Plaza's video website
• Aubrey Plaza NBC Profile - Profile from Parks and Recreation
• Troopers web series

Richard Andrew 'Andy' Robinson OBE (born 3 April 1964) is an English rugby union coach and retired player. He is currently the head coach of Scotland.

Robinson played as an openside flanker for Bath, England and the British and Irish Lions. He was head coach of England from October 2004 until November 2006, then coach of Edinburgh Rugby and joint coach of Scotland A between October 2007 and June 2009. On 4 June 2009 Robinson was named the new head coach of Scotland.

Playing career[link]

Born in Taunton, Somerset, Robinson made his England debut against Australia on 12 June 1988, and gained eight caps, playing his last match on 18 November 1995 against South Africa. Robinson was quite small for a back row forward, being only 5 ft 9in (1.75 m), and weighing 13 st 12 lb (88 kg). He played 6 non-international games for the British and Irish Lions on their 1989 tour of Australia.

Teaching[link]

Whilst playing for Bath, Robinson taught mathematics, physical education and rugby at Writhlington School, King Edward's School, Bath and later Colston's Collegiate School in Bristol, where he and Alan Martinovic masterminded the school's Daily Mail Cup wins in 1995 and 1996. 'Robbo' then left to play rugby professionally with Bath.

Coaching[link]

Robinson later coached Bath before being appointed forwards coach of England and was deputy to Clive Woodward with the World Cup-winning England side in 2003. When Woodward resigned from the role of England coach in September 2004, Robinson was named as acting coach before being confirmed in the position. He was also a coach on the Lions tours to Australia in 2001 and New Zealand in 2005.

Robinson won just nine of his twenty two matches in charge of England. In November 2006, it was confirmed that Robinson would remain Head Coach with the position reviewed after the two tests against South Africa. Defeat in the second test ^[1] increased demands from supporters that he should be replaced. On 29 November his resignation as head coach was announced, with Robinson blaming his lack of support from the RFU.^[2]

In the summer of 2007, the Scottish Rugby Union appointed Robinson the new head coach of Edinburgh Rugby, as well as joint coach of Scotland A with Glasgow coach Sean Lineen. In his first season as coach, he guided Edinburgh to the highest ever finish by a Scottish side in the Magners League (joint 3rd), despite numerous international players leaving the previous summer for more lucrative contracts in England and France. The following season (2008–09) Edinburgh leap-frogged Leinster and the Ospreys on the final day of the competition to finish runners-up behind Munster. Edinburgh also finished highest points scorers. He stepped down in June 2009 to take up the role of head coach of Scotland, replacing Frank Hadden.

Personal life[link]

Robinson is a vegetarian.^[3][4]

Career record[link]

Record as England player: Games played 8, Won 4, Lost 3, Drawn 1; 1 try (vs France)^[5]

Record as England head coach: Games coached 22, Won 9, Lost 13, Drawn: 0

• Biggest Win: Canada 70–0 (November 2004)
• Biggest Loss (home or away): Australia 34–3 (June 2006)
• Biggest Loss (home): New Zealand 20–41 (November 2006)

Record as Scotland head coach: Games coached 20, Won 10, Lost 9, Drawn 1

External links[link]

• Planet-rugby stats
• Sporting Heroes

References[link]

Dan Parks

Dan Parks, playing for the Glasgow Warriors, kicking a penalty.
Full name	Daniel Arthur Parks
Date of birth	(1978-05-26) 26 May 1978 (age 34)[1]
Place of birth	Hornsby, New South Wales, Australia[1]
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[2]
Weight	14 st 5 lbs (91 kg)[2]
School	Marsden High School
Occupation(s)	Professional Rugby player
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	Fly-half
Amateur clubs
Years	Club / team
	West Harbour RUFC Southern Districts RUFC Eastern Suburbs RUFC
Professional / senior clubs
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2001–2001 2003–2010 2010–present	Leeds Tykes Glasgow Warriors Cardiff Blues	6 107 15	(51) (1105) (190)
correct as of 2 December 2011.
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2004–2012	Scotland	66	(260)
correct as of 1 October 2011.

Daniel Arthur Parks (born 26 May 1978 in Hornsby, New South Wales) is a Scottish former international rugby union player who plays for RaboDirect Pro12 side Cardiff Blues as fly-half. He is the RaboDirect Pro12 record points scorer having amassed 1,295 (18T 151C 31D 270P) since his debut in 2003^[3]

Early career[link]

Parks was brought up in Sydney, Australia and played rugby for West Harbour RUFC, Southern Districts RUFC and Eastern Suburbs RUFC. He also represented New South Wales at under-21 level. During his playing days in the Sydney rugby union competition, Parks broke a long standing point scoring record for the third fifteen's highest scoring replacement in a friendly game.

Leeds Carnegie[link]

After moving to the UK in September 2001 to pursue his professional rugby career, Parks amassed 51 points for Leeds Tykes 6 games^[4] before leaving for Eastern Suburbs.

Glasgow Warriors[link]

In 2003 Parks returned to the UK and joined Glasgow Warriors. After making his debut as a replacement in the Celtic Cup victory over Celtic Warriors at Bridgend in September 2003, Parks was quick to establish himself as the club's first choice fly-half, a position he held in all 7 seasons he played for Glasgow. Testament to his game-winning prowess. Parks was top points scorer for his club in every season he played for Glasgow from the 2003/04 to the 2009/10 season, scoring tries, conversions, penalties and drop goals.^[5][6][7][8]

This accumulation of points means he has become the highest all-time points scorer for the club. In what would be Glasgow's final match of the 2008/2009 season, Parks attained the distinction of being the first ever player to reach 1,000 points in the Magners League play.^[9]

Parks was also named Player of the Season in 2006/07 and in 2009/10.^[10] Over his Glasgow career, he has made regular appearances for the Scotland national side, including in the Six Nations and the 2007 World Cup.^[11] For his World Cup performance, Parks was voted Scotland player of the tournament^[12]

Parks was also named Glasgow Warriors player of the season both in 2006/07 and in 2009/10.^[10] Throughout his Glasgow career, he has made regular appearances for the Scottish national side, including in the Six Nations the 2007 World Cup,^[11] Scotland tours to Australia 2004, South Africa 2006 & Argentina 2008,2010

Parks leaves Glasgow Warriors as their record points scorer, having amassed 1531 points (20 tries, 322 penalties,188 conversions and 26 drop goals) in 146 games.^[10] He also holds the distinction as being the RaboDirect Pro12 all time record point’s holder.

Parks' exceptional form for Glasgow Warriors was recognised by the Magners League as he was voted best fly-half with his inclusion in the leagues Dream Team 2009/10^[13] Glasgow Warriors team mates Alastair Kellock and John Barclay also featured, in addition to Edinburgh’s Dutch winger Tim Visser

Cardiff Blues[link]

Joining from Glasgow Warriors, Parks signed a 2 year deal with Cardiff Blues, in doing so he becomes the first Scotsman to play for them. Parks made his Magners League Blues debut on 4 September 2010 in the 34–23 win against Edinburgh, Parks kicked 14 points and was awarded man of the match.^[14] At the end of his first season with the Blues he played 18 times scoring 210 points (18C,10DG,48P)

Connacht[link]

In February 2012, Parks signed a 2 year contract with Galway based Pro 12 team Connacht Rugby, joining the club for the start of the 2012/2013 RaboDirect Pro12 campaign on a two year contract.^[15][16]

Scotland career[link]

Parks qualified to play for Scotland via his maternal grandfather who was born in Kilbirnie Ayrshire. He made his Scotland debut in February 2004 against Wales.^[11] He also played in all three 2005 Autumn tests, his positive attitude and commitment won praise from coach Frank Hadden. Parks' fortunes improved along with those of the Scotland team who enjoyed more success in the 2005–2006 season.

Despite being the choice No.10 for Scottish national coach Matt Williams and his successor Frank Hadden, he has on occasion appeared to have had a difficult time fitting into this role, particularly in the 2008 Six Nations games against England and Italy. However, in the tour of Argentina 2008 he scored a break away try to secure the second test victory, levelling the series 1–1.

His tactical kicking and ability to take long-range penalties are his main strong points, both for Scotland and the Glasgow Warriors, and are often cited as reasons for his continued participation in the Scottish national side. At times it appeared that Parks struggled to bring the same consistently high performance witnessed at Glasgow Warriors to the Scotland team. Parks has played in Six Nations the 2007 World Cup,^[11] Scotland tours to Australia 2004, South Africa 2006 and Argentina 2008, 2010 .

His poor form for Glasgow Warriors and off field issues lead to him being axed from the Scotland set up throughout 2009. After initially being left out of Andy Robinson's 2010 Six Nations Championship squad against France he was called up against Wales where he was named man of the match. He subsequently won two more man of the match during the 6 Nations championship against Italy and Ireland.

Parks was an integral part of Scotland winning their first ever test series. Scotland won 2–0 against Argentina securing a 24–16 victory in Tucumán.^[17] A week later he played as part of the heroic 13–9 victory over Argentina in La Plata^[18]

Parks outlined his desire to add to his 53 caps in the November internationals against New Zealand, South Africa and Samoa and in the 2011 RWC.^[19]

"I've got 53 caps now and I want to build on that. My goal is to get to the World Cup to represent Scotland there." (Interview with BBC Scotland 28 August 2010)^[19]

On May 10, 2011 Parks was named in the provisional 40-man Rugby World Cup 2011 squad.^[20]

Parks made his first Rugby World Cup 2011 appearance in the 15-6 victory over Georgia where he scored all of the points (4P,1DG). In landing a drop goal in the 37th minute Parks furthered his Scottish drop goal record to 15.^[21]

In the last minute of the game against Argentina, which Los Pumas won 13-12, Parks missed the decisive drop goal. Following this match there has been criticism of Parks tactical sense, after he earlier scored a drop goal while Scotland had advantage close to the try line.

After wide criticism for his performance in the first match of the 2012 six-nations against England, Parks announced his immediate retirement from international rugby on the 7th of February 2012.^[22]

Personal controversy[link]

On 19 April 2009, Parks was pulled over by police while driving on the M8 motorway between Glasgow and Edinburgh at 3:45am. His blood alcohol levels were found to be over three times the legal limit. Parks was subsequently banned from driving for 18 months.^[23] His drunk driving coincided with poor form for Glasgow and omission from the Scottish team. Glasgow Warriors ordered Parks to train alone while his future was considered. After deliberating he was allowed to remain a Warrior after Sean Lineen opted to give him a second chance.

Parks Reborn[link]

After enduring an 18-month international exile he was recalled to the Scotland squad for the match 2010 Six Nations Championship tie against Wales. Parks went on to win an unprecedented 3 man of-the-match awards in four games (Wales, Italy, Ireland) during the 2010 Six Nations Championship. After being somewhat of a controversial figure for Scotland during his career he was often maligned by both fans and critics alike for his high-risk game play.

This was to change during the 2010 Six Nations Championship under the tutelage of Andy Robinson. Parks regained some of the self-belief and confidence that had often evaded him while playing for Scotland but been so prevalent for Glasgow. Parks said of Andy Robinson "he has been a big contributor to the improvement in the Scotland team."^[19]

During the Six Nations Championship Parks enacted a ‘Lazarus’ like revival to produce performances that were worthy of national acclaim. In doing so he proved that much of the criticism aimed at him previously to be unfounded. Even one of most hardened critics, Scotsman journalist Alan Massie, recognised his outstanding performances.

Testament to his first-class performances throughout the 2010 6 Nations he featured in many writers' team of the tournament.^[24][25]

Parks continued his fine form for Scotland playing an integral role in securing a 2–0 series victory in the 2010 tour of Argentina. This was Scotland’s first ever capped series victory in 50 years of touring. In addition, it was the first time in 26 years that Scotland have won 3 away internationals in a row.^[26] Parks then went on to score all 21 points in Scotland's 21 – 17 upset win over South Africa with 6 penalties and a drop-goal.

Awards[link]

• Scotland Player's Player of the World Cup 2007^[12]
• Glasgow Warriors Player of the season 2006/07 and 2009/10
• Glasgow Warriors record point scorer (1531 points)
• Glasgow Warriors record appearance holder (143 games)
• RaboDirect Pro12 record point scorer (1,226 points)(As of 2010/11 season end)
• Selected in the Celtic League's dream team 2009/10 as best fly-half
• Most drop goals for Scotland (15)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Glasgow profile
• Profile at scottishrugby.org
• [1]

Andrew Lawrence Parks (born March 1, 1951) is an American film and television actor.

Born in Los Angeles, California to actors Larry Parks and Betty Garrett, Andrew Parks made his film debut at the age of eleven but did not continue his acting career for another eight years, beginning with The Strawberry Statement in 1970.

His feature film credits include W.C. Fields and Me (1976), The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996) and Donnie Brasco (1997). He is a key member of Larry Blamire's stock company, playing clueless alien Kro-Bar in The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra and its sequel The Lost Skeleton Returns Again, gullible scientist Dr. Philip Latham in Trail of the Screaming Forehead and monocled English dandy Lord Partfine in Dark and Stormy Night.

Parks' television credits include a recurring role on Angel and guest appearances on The Virginian, Lucas Tanner, Cannon, Kojak, Barnaby Jones, Hart to Hart, M*A*S*H, Trapper John, M.D., Murder, She Wrote, The Trials of Rosie O'Neill, and Homicide: Life on the Street. He also voiced the role of Ben Day for the animated series These Are the Days.

Like his mother a long-time member of Theatre West, Los Angeles' oldest membership theatre company, Parks has appeared there in many plays, including Jim Beaver's Verdigris and a revival of Spoon River Anthology, which Theatre West had originally developed in the 1960s with his mother in the cast. He also appears regularly at Pacific Resident Theatre in Venice, California, in such plays as Happy End and The Quick Change Room. On other stages he has played Geoffrey in The Lion in Winter with Joan Fontaine, Ensign Pulver in Mister Roberts, and Tom in The Glass Menagerie.^[1][2]

Parks is married to Katy Melody. He is the brother of composer Garrett Parks.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Internet Movie Database bio

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