title: The Dying Swan

abstract: The Dying Swan is a solo dance choreographed by Mikhail Fokine to Camille Saint-Saëns's Le Cygne from Le Carnaval des animaux as a pièce d'occasion for the ballerina Anna Pavlova, who performed it about 4,000 times. The short ballet follows the last moments in the life of a swan, and was first presented in St. Petersburg, Russia in 1905. The ballet has since influenced modern interpretations of Odette in Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake and has inspired non-traditional interpretations as well as various adaptations.

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# The Dying Swan

***The Dying Swan*** (originally *The Swan*) is a solo dance choreographed by Mikhail Fokine to Camille Saint-Saëns's *Le Cygne* from *Le Carnaval des animaux* as a *pièce d'occasion* for the ballerina Anna Pavlova, who performed it about 4,000 times. The short ballet (four minutes) follows the last moments in the life of a swan, and was first presented in St. Petersburg, Russia in 1905. The ballet has since influenced modern interpretations of Odette in Tchaikovsky's *Swan Lake* and has inspired non-traditional interpretations as well as various adaptations.

## Legacy

Some ballerinas, including Ashley Bouder of New York City Ballet and Nina Ananiashvili, formerly of American Ballet Theatre and The Bolshoi Ballet, have used *Dying Swan* arms in *Swan Lake* when making Odette's exit at the end of Act II (the first lakeside scene).

In response to impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic on the performing arts, Carlos Acosta, artistic director of the Birmingham Royal Ballet, adapted Fokine's choreography with the ballerina raising her head at the end instead, and with Céline Gittens, principal dancer of the company, and the musicians performing in their respective homes. Misty Copeland, principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre, invited 31 other dancers to dance *The Swan* to raise fund for the relief fund of the participating dancers' companies and other related funds.

**Notes**

**References**

**Further reading**

## InfoBox

| The Dying Swan | |
| --- | --- |
| Anna Pavlova in costume for *The Dying Swan*, Buenos Aires, Argentina, c. 1928 | |
| Choreographer | Mikhail Fokine |
| Music | Camille Saint-Saëns, (*Le cygne* from *Le Carnaval des animaux*) |
| Premiere | 1907<br>St. Petersburg, Russia |
| Created for | Anna Pavlova |
| Genre | Romantic |
| Type | Classical ballet |


title: Manic Moonlight

abstract: Manic Moonlight is the ninth studio album by American rock band King's X, released in 2001 via Metal Blade Records. The album was notable for its inclusion of electronic loops.

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# Manic Moonlight

Professional ratings
| Review scores | |
| --- | --- |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |  |
| *Chronicles of Chaos* | 2/10 |
| *The Encyclopedia of Popular Music* |  |
| *Rock Sound* |  |

***Manic Moonlight*** is the ninth studio album by American rock band King's X, released in 2001 via Metal Blade Records. The album was notable for its inclusion of electronic loops.

## Critical reception

AllMusic called the album "the most confidently organic and groove-based record of \[the band's\] career." *Exclaim!* wrote that "all the requisite solid performances, chunky grooves, flashy guitar work and beautifully realised vocal harmonies are here, but they're too often obscured by muddy compositions and an apparent desire to get modern with the use of samples, record scratching and loop beats." In an article about Greg Prato's oral history of the band, *Rolling Stone* called the album "underrated."

## Track listing

| No. | Title | Length |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1. | "Believe" | 4:46 |
| 2. | "Manic Moonlight" | 4:32 |
| 3. | "Yeah" | 3:40 |
| 4. | "False Alarm" | 4:36 |
| 5. | "Static" | 4:29 |
| 6. | "Skeptical Winds" | 6:51 |
| 7. | "The Other Side" | 4:49 |
| 8. | "Vegetable" | 6:27 |
| 9. | "Jenna" | 5:06 |
| 10. | "Water Ceremony" | 0:18 |

The Japanese release has two bonus tracks:

11. "Vegetable" (long version) - 7:36
12. "Believe" (long version) - 6:26

## Personnel

### Liner notes

* Produced and mixed by Ty Tabor
* All songs written by King's X
* Recorded between February and May 2001 at Alien Beans Studios
* Engineered and mastered by Ty Tabor at Alien Beans Studios
* Graphics by Brian J Ames
* Cover art by Ty Tabor

## Charts

| Year | Chart | Position |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2001 | Top Independent Albums | 19 |

## InfoBox

| Manic Moonlight | |
| --- | --- |
|  | |
| Studio album by King's X | |
| Released | September 25, 2001 |
| Recorded | February – May 2001 |
| Genre | Hard rock, experimental rock |
| Length | 45:57 |
| Label | Metal Blade |
| Producer | King's X |
| King's X chronology | |
| *Please Come Home... Mr. Bulbous*
(2000) ***Manic Moonlight***
(2001) *Black Like Sunday*
(2003) | |


title: Face inversion effect

abstract: The face inversion effect is a phenomenon where identifying inverted (upside-down) faces compared to upright faces is much more difficult than doing the same for non-facial objects. A typical study examining the face inversion effect would have images of the inverted and upright object presented to participants and time how long it takes them to recognise that object as what it actually is. The face inversion effect occurs when, compared to other objects, it takes a disproportionately longer time to recognise faces when they are inverted as opposed to upright. Faces are normally processed in the special face-selective regions of the brain, such as the fusiform face area. However, processing inverted faces involves both face-selective regions and additional visual areas such as mid-level visual areas and high-level scene-sensitive and object-sensitive regions of the parahippocampal place area and lateral occipital cortex. There seems to be something different about inverted faces that requires them to also involve these mid-level and high-level scene and object processing mechanisms. The most supported explanation for why faces take longer to recognise when they are inverted is the configural information hypothesis. The configural information hypothesis states that faces are processed with the use of configural information to form a holistic (whole) representation of a face. Objects, however, are not processed in this configural way. Instead, they are processed featurally. Inverting a face disrupts configural processing, forcing it to instead be processed featurally like other objects. This causes a delay since it takes longer to form a representation of a face with only local information.

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# Face inversion effect

The **face inversion effect** is a phenomenon where identifying inverted (upside-down) faces compared to upright faces is much more difficult than doing the same for non-facial objects.

A typical study examining the face inversion effect would have images of the inverted and upright object presented to participants and time how long it takes them to recognise that object as what it actually is (i.e. a picture of a face as a face). The face inversion effect occurs when, compared to other objects, it takes a disproportionately longer time to recognise faces when they are inverted as opposed to upright.

Faces are normally processed in the special face-selective regions of the brain, such as the fusiform face area. However, processing inverted faces involves both face-selective regions and additional visual areas such as mid-level visual areas and high-level scene-sensitive and object-sensitive regions of the parahippocampal place area and lateral occipital cortex. There seems to be something different about inverted faces that requires them to also involve these mid-level and high-level scene and object processing mechanisms.

The most supported explanation for why faces take longer to recognise when they are inverted is the configural information hypothesis. The configural information hypothesis states that faces are processed with the use of configural information to form a holistic (whole) representation of a face. Objects, however, are not processed in this configural way. Instead, they are processed featurally (in parts). Inverting a face disrupts configural processing, forcing it to instead be processed featurally like other objects. This causes a delay since it takes longer to form a representation of a face with only local information.

## Neural systems of face recognition

Faces are processed in separate areas of the brain to other stimuli, such as scenes or non-facial objects. For example, the fusiform face area (FFA) is a face-selective region in the brain that is only used for facial processing. The FFA responds more to upright but not inverted faces, demonstrating that inverted faces are not detected the same way that upright faces are.

The scene-selective parahippocampal place area (PPA) processes places, or scenes of the visual environment. The object recognition area in the lateral occipital cortex (LOC) is involved in the processing of objects. Together, these regions are used to process inverted, but not upright faces. This suggests that there is something special about inverted compared to upright faces that requires them to involve object and scene processing regions.

There is still some activity in face recognition regions when viewing inverted faces. Evidence has found that a face-selective region in the brain known as the occipital face area (OFA) is involved in the processing of both upright and inverted faces.

Overall, face and object processing mechanisms seem to be separate in the brain. Recognising upright faces involves special facial recognition regions, but recognising inverted faces involves both face and non-facial stimuli recognition regions.

## Face vs. object recognition processes

### Face recognition

#### Configural information

Configural information, also known as relational information, helps people to quickly recognise faces. It involves the arrangement of facial features, such as the eyes and nose. There are two types of configural information: first-order relational information and second-order relational information.

First-order relational information consists of the spatial relationships between different features of the face. These relationships between facial features are common to most people, for example, having the mouth located under the nose. First-order relational information therefore helps to identify a face as a face and not some other object.

Second-order relational information is the size of the relationships between the features of the face, relative to a prototype (a model of what a face should look like). This type of information helps to distinguish one face from another because it differs between different faces.

#### Holistic processing

The holistic processing of faces describes the perception of faces as wholes, rather than the sum of their parts. This means that facial features (such as the eyes or nose) are not explicitly represented in the brain on their own, rather, the entire face is represented.

According to the configural information hypothesis of face recognition, recognising faces involves two stages that use configural information to form holistic representations of faces.

A study demonstrated that face-selective activity in the brain was delayed when the configural information of faces was disrupted (for example, when faces were inverted). This means that it took longer for the participants to recognise the faces they were viewing as faces and not other (non-facial) objects. The configural information explanation for facial recognition is therefore supported by the presence of the face inversion effect (a delay when faces are inverted).

#### Stages of face recognition

The first stage of recognising faces in the configural information hypothesis is first-level information processing. This stage uses first-order relational information to detect a face (i.e. to determine that a face is actually a face and not another object). Building a holistic representation of a face occurs at this early stage of face processing, to allow faces to be detected quickly.

The next stage, second-level information processing, distinguishes one face from another with the use of second-order relational information.

### Object recognition

Smaller inversion effects occur for non-facial objects, suggesting that faces and other objects are not processed in the same way.

Face recognition involves configural information to process faces holistically. However, object recognition does not use configural information to form a holistic representation. Instead, each part of the object is processed independently to allow it to be recognised. This is known as a featural recognition method. Additionally, an explicit representation of each part of the object is made, rather than a representation of the object as a whole.

## Theories

### Configural information hypothesis

According to the configural information hypothesis, the face inversion effect occurs because configural information can no longer be used to build a holistic representation of a face. Inverted faces are instead processed like objects, using local information (i.e. the individual features of the face) instead of configural information.

A delay is caused when processing inverted faces compared to upright faces. This is because the specific holistic mechanism (see holistic processing) that allows faces to be quickly detected is absent when processing inverted faces. Only local information is available when viewing inverted faces, disrupting this early recognition stage and therefore preventing faces from being detected as quickly. Instead, independent features are put together piece-by-piece to form a representation of the object (a face) and allow the viewer to recognise what it is.

### Alternate hypotheses

Although the configural processing hypothesis is a popular explanation for the face inversion effect, there have been some challenges to this theory. In particular, it has been suggested that faces and objects are both recognised using featural processing mechanisms, instead of holistic processing for faces and featural processing for objects. The face inversion effect is therefore not caused by delay from faces being processed as objects. Instead, another element is involved. Two potential explanations follow.

#### Perceptual learning

Perceptual learning is a common alternative explanation to the configural processing hypothesis for the face inversion effect. According to the perceptual learning theory, being presented with a stimulus (for example, faces or cars) more often makes that stimulus easier to recognise in the future.

Most people are highly familiar with viewing upright faces. It follows that highly efficient mechanisms have been able to develop to the quick detection and identification of upright faces. This means that the face inversion effect would therefore be caused by an increased amount of experience with perceiving and recognising upright faces compared to inverted faces.

#### Face-scheme incompatibility

The face-scheme incompatibility model has been proposed in order to explain some of the missing elements of the configural information hypothesis. According to the model, faces are processed and assigned meaning by the use of schemes and prototypes.

The model defines a scheme as an abstract representation of the general structure of a face, including characteristics common to most faces (i.e. the structure of and relationships between facial features). A prototype refers to an image of what an average face would look like for a particular group (e.g. humans or monkeys). After being recognised as a face with the use of a scheme, new faces are added to a group by being evaluated for their similarity to that group's prototype.

There are different schemes for upright and inverted faces: upright faces are more frequently viewed and thus have more efficient schemes than inverted faces. The face inversion effect is thus partly caused by less efficient schemes for processing the less familiar inverted form of faces. This makes the face-scheme incompatibility model similar to the perceptual learning theory, because both consider the role of experience important in the quick recognition of faces.

### Integration of theories

Instead of just one explanation for the face inversion effect, it is more likely that aspects of different theories apply. For example, faces could be processed with configural information but the role of experience may be important for quickly recognising a particular type of face (i.e. human or dog) by building schemes of this facial type.

## Development

The ability to quickly detect and recognise faces was important in early human life, and is still useful today. For example, facial expressions can provide various signals important for communication. Highly efficient facial recognition mechanisms have therefore developed to support this ability.

As humans get older, they become more familiar with upright human faces and continuously refine the mechanisms used to recognise them. This process allows people to quickly detect faces around them, which helps with social interaction.

By about the first year of life, infants are familiar with faces in their upright form and are thus more prone to experiencing the face inversion effect. As they age, they get better at recognising faces and so the face inversion effect becomes stronger. The increased strength of the face inversion effect over time supports the perceptual learning hypothesis, since more experience with faces results in increased susceptibility to the effect.

The more familiar a particular type of face (e.g. human or dog) is, the more susceptible one is to the face inversion effect for that face. This applies to both humans and other species. For example, older chimpanzees familiar with human faces experienced the face inversion effect when viewing human faces, but the same result did not occur for younger chimpanzees familiar with chimpanzee faces. The face inversion effect was also stronger for dog faces when they were viewed by dog experts. This evidence demonstrates that familiarity with a particular type of face develops over time and appears to be necessary for the face inversion effect to occur.

## Exceptions

There are a number of conditions that may reduce or even eliminate the face inversion effect. This is because the mechanism used to recognise faces by forming holistic representations is absent or disrupted. This can cause faces to be processed the same way as other (non-facial) objects.

### Prosopagnosia

Prosopagnosia is a condition marked by an inability to recognize faces. When those with prosopagnosia view faces, the fusiform gyrus (a facial recognition area of the brain) activates differently to how it would in someone without the condition. Additionally, non-facial object recognition areas (such as the ventral occipitotemporal extrastriate cortex) are activated when viewing faces, suggesting that faces and objects are processed similarly.

Individuals with prosopagnosia can be unaffected or even benefit from face inversion in facial recognition tasks. Normally, they process upright faces featurally, like objects. Inverted faces are also processed featurally rather than holistically. This demonstrates that there is no difference between the processing of upright and inverted faces, which explains why there is no disproportionate delay for recognizing inverted faces.

### Autism spectrum disorder

Like those with prosopagnosia, individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) do not use a configural processing mechanism to form a holistic representation of a face. Instead, they tend to process faces with the use of local or featural information. This means that the same featural mechanisms are used between processing upright faces, inverted faces, and objects. Consequentially, the face inversion effect is less likely to occur in those with ASD.

However, there is some evidence that the development of a holistic facial recognition mechanism in those with ASD is simply delayed, rather than missing. This would mean that there would actually be a difference between the processing of upright and inverted faces. Those with ASD may therefore eventually become susceptible to the face inversion effect.


title: Fajã de João Dias

abstract: The Fajã de João Dias is a permanent debris field, built from the collapsing cliffs on the northern coast of the civil parish of Rosais, in the municipality of Velas, island of São Jorge, in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. Apart from a chapel, the settlement includes 17 older houses and over thirty remodelled or modern homes. Much of the settlement was destroyed following the 1980 earthquake, with only one home remaining habitable year-round. The remainder of the buildings became weekend retreats and for those with plots of land used to cultivate figs, vines and corn; these residents living elsewhere on the island. Owing to the area's microclimate, fruits are also common along the fajãs or surrounding terraces. There are no commercial buildings. The settlement is inaccessible by vehicle or along the coast, but a paved road down the cliff was under construction in the east, by 2009. This trail is accessible by foot or pack animal, and snakes down the 450 metres (1,480 ft) cliff. At the base is a rocky beach with a pair of private boats. Freshwater is supplied from springs along the cliff, while most houses have cisterns to collect water in the settlement.

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# Fajã de João Dias

The **Fajã de João Dias** is a permanent debris field, built from the collapsing cliffs on the northern coast of the civil parish of Rosais, in the municipality of Velas, island of São Jorge, in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores.

Apart from a chapel, the settlement includes 17 older houses and over thirty remodelled or modern homes. Much of the settlement was destroyed following the 1980 earthquake, with only one home remaining habitable year-round. The remainder of the buildings became weekend retreats and for those with plots of land used to cultivate figs, vines and corn; these residents living elsewhere on the island. Owing to the area's microclimate, fruits are also common along the fajãs or surrounding terraces. There are no commercial buildings.

The settlement is inaccessible by vehicle or along the coast, but a paved road down the cliff was under construction in the east, by 2009. This trail is accessible by foot or pack animal, and snakes down the 450 metres (1,480 ft) cliff.

At the base is a rocky beach with a pair of private boats. Freshwater is supplied from springs along the cliff, while most houses have cisterns to collect water in the settlement.

## InfoBox

| Fajã de João Dias | |
| --- | --- |
| A view down to the seasonally-populated fajã Jorge Dias | |
| Location | Rosais, São Jorge, Central, name=Azores, Portugal |
| Coordinates | 38°43′49″N 28°13′41″W / 38.73028°N 28.22806°W / 38.73028; -28.22806 |
| Named for | João Dias |
| Visitors | Accessible by foot, yet restricted during periods of inclimate weather |
| Geographic detail from Portuguese Army map | |


title: Fall from the Sky (album)

abstract: Fall from the Sky is the debut album by American singer-songwriter Melissa Greener. It was produced by Darwin Smith at Cacophony Recorders in Austin, Texas and released on January 18, 2006. Céline Keating of Acoustic Guitar magazine described it as "strikingly original and impressively varied", featuring "strong, catchy melodies in strange and brooding voicings". She said: "This may be her debut CD, but Melissa Greener is already a pro."

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# Fall from the Sky (album)

***Fall from the Sky*** is the debut album by American singer-songwriter Melissa Greener. It was produced by Darwin Smith at Cacophony Recorders in Austin, Texas and released on January 18, 2006.

Céline Keating of *Acoustic Guitar* magazine described it as "strikingly original and impressively varied", featuring "strong, catchy melodies in strange and brooding voicings". She said: "This may be her debut CD, but Melissa Greener is already a pro."

## Track listing

All tracks are written by Melissa Greener

| No. | Title | Length |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1. | "Same Big Sky" | 4:24 |
| 2. | "Cause/Effect" | 3:44 |
| 3. | "Surrender" | 3:14 |
| 4. | "Fall from the Sky" | 5:42 |
| 5. | "Time to Go" | 5:30 |
| 6. | "Wishes" | 4:42 |
| 7. | "Long Road Down" | 4:48 |
| 8. | "Fancy Free" | 4:38 |
| 9. | "Forget It" | 4:49 |
| 10. | "Year of the Horse" | 4:02 |

## InfoBox

| Fall from the Sky | |
| --- | --- |
|  | |
| Studio album by Melissa Greener | |
| Released | January 18, 2006 |
| Studio | Cacophony Recorders in Austin, Texas |
| Genre | Singer-songwriter |
| Length | 45:33 |
| Label | Anima Records (Anima 0051) |
| Producer | Darwin Smith |
| Melissa Greener chronology | |
| ***Fall from the Sky***
(2006) *Dwelling*
(2010) | |


title: Manoba shrimptoni

abstract: Manoba shrimptoni is a moth in the family Nolidae. It was described by Jeremy Daniel Holloway in 2003. It is found on Borneo. The habitat consists of montane areas. The length of the forewings is 9 mm (0.35 in) for males and 10 mm (0.39 in) for females.

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# Manoba shrimptoni

***Manoba shrimptoni*** is a moth in the family Nolidae. It was described by Jeremy Daniel Holloway in 2003. It is found on Borneo. The habitat consists of montane areas.

The length of the forewings is 9 mm (0.35 in) for males and 10 mm (0.39 in) for females.

## InfoBox

| *Manoba shrimptoni* | |
| --- | --- |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Nolidae |
| Genus: | *Manoba* |
| Species: | ***M. shrimptoni*** |
| Binomial name | |
| ***Manoba shrimptoni***<br>Holloway, 2003 | |
|


title: Manitoba Provincial Road 213

abstract: Provincial Road 213, more commonly known as Garven Road, is a provincial road in the Canadian province of Manitoba. The road is located in the Rural Municipality (RM) of Springfield, with the westernmost part forming part of the boundary between the RMs of Springfield and East St. Paul.

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# Manitoba Provincial Road 213

**Provincial Road 213** (**PR 213**), more commonly known as **Garven Road**, is a provincial road in the Canadian province of Manitoba. The road is located in the Rural Municipality (RM) of Springfield, with the westernmost part forming part of the boundary between the RMs of Springfield and East St. Paul.

## Route description

PR 213 begins at Provincial Trunk Highway (PTH) 59 approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) northwest of Winnipeg and runs east for a distance of 24 kilometres (15 mi), ending at PTH 12. It is a heavily-used road linking Winnipeg with the communities of Oakbank, Hazelridge, and Cooks Creek, as well as the eastern gate of Birds Hill Provincial Park (via PR 206). Garven Road itself continues as municipal roads from both ends of PR 213, although the road west of PTH 59 is interrupted by the Red River Floodway.

The original course of PR 213 followed Hazelridge Road from PR 206 to PTH 12, which runs parallel 1.6 kilometres (1 mile) south of the current course.

A roundabout is scheduled to be installed at the PR 206/213 junction.

## Major intersections

| Division | Location | km | mi | Destinations | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| East St. Paul |  | 0.0 | 0.0 | PTH 59 Winnipeg, Grand Beach | Western terminus; road continues west as Garven Road towards Red River Floodway |
| Springfield | Pine Ridge | 2.8 | 1.7 | PR 207 south (Deacon Road) | Northern terminus of PR 207 |
| |  | 9.3 | 5.8 | PR 206 Oakbank, Birds Hill Provincial Park | Roundabout |
| |  | 14.3 | 8.9 | PR 212 north (Cooks Creek Road) Cooks Creek |  |
| |  | 15.0 | 9.3 | Bridge over Cooks Creek | |
| | Hazelridge | 18.4 | 11.4 | Myrtle Street Hazelridge |  |
| |  | 19.2 | 11.9 | Dundee Garson Road Sapton, Garson | Former PR 306 |
| |  | 20.8 | 12.9 | Briercliffe Road Heartland |  |
| Springfield / Brokenhead boundary |  | 24.2 | 15.0 | PTH 12 Beausejour, Anola | Eastern terminus |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi<br> | | | | | |

## InfoBox

| Provincial Road 213 | |
| --- | --- |
| Garven Road | |
| Route information | |
| Maintained by Manitoba Infrastructure | |
| Length | 24.2 km (15.0 mi) |
| Existed | 1966–present |
| Major junctions | |
| West end | PTH 59 near Birds Hill |
| Major intersections | PR 206 near Oakbank |
| East end | PTH 12 |
|  | |
| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Manitoba |
| Rural municipalities |  |
|  | |
| Highway system | |
|  | |
| PR 212   PR 214 | |


title: Manny Lora

abstract: Manuel M Lora Jr. is an American baseball coach and former pitcher. He played college baseball at Alabama A&M for coaches Michael Thompkins and Mitch Hill from 2009 to 2014. He returned to his alma mater in 2016 as an assistant coach. He served as the head coach of the Alabama A&M Bulldogs (2019–2020).

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# Manny Lora

**Manuel M Lora Jr.** is an American baseball coach and former pitcher. He played college baseball at Alabama A&M for coaches Michael Thompkins and Mitch Hill from 2009 to 2014. He returned to his alma mater in 2016 as an assistant coach. He served as the head coach of the Alabama A&M Bulldogs (2019–2020).

## Playing career

Lora attended Hialeah-Miami Lakes High School in Hialeah, Florida. Lora played for the school's varsity baseball team. Lora then enrolled at Alabama A&M University, to play college baseball for the Alabama A&M Bulldogs baseball team.

During his first year on campus, Lora redshirted for the Bulldogs. During his freshman campaign, he made five starts in 15 total appearances and posted a 6.00 earned run average (ERA) and a 4–3 W–L record. Lora also registered 39 strikeouts (SO) and 33 walks (BB) in 42 innings pitched (IP). His four wins tied for the team lead.

In his sophomore year, Lora posted a 2–6 record in 10 starts with 50 SO and just 36 BB and a 5.31 ERA in 61 IP.

## Coaching career

In 2016, Lora joined the Alabama A&M staff as the team's pitching coach and recruiting coordinator. On June 25, 2018, Mitch Hill resigned from his position at Alabama A&M and accepted the head coaching job at Martin Methodist College, and on August 7, 2018, Lora was named the interim head coach at Alabama A&M. On August 23, 2018, Lora was promoted to head coach of Alabama A&M. Lora would not return as head coach in 2021.

## Head coaching record

Statistics overview
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **Alabama A&M Bulldogs**  *(Southwestern Athletic Conference)* (2019–2020) | | | | | | | | |
| 2019 | Alabama A&M | 16–35 | 12–11 | 3rd (East) | ineligible |
| 2020 | Alabama A&M | 3–14 | 3–3 | (East) | Season canceled due to COVID-19 |
| **Alabama A&M:** | | 19–49 | 15–14 |  | | | | |
| **Total:** | | 19–49 |  | | | | | | |
| National champion         Postseason invitational champion
Conference regular season champion          Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
Conference tournament champion | | | | | | | | |

## InfoBox

Manny Lora
| Biographical details | |
| --- | --- |
| Born | 1991 (age 3233)
Miami, Florida |
| Playing career | |
| 2009–2014 | Alabama A&M |
|  | |
| Position(s) | Pitcher |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2016–2018 | Alabama A&M (asst) |
| 2019–2020 | Alabama A&M |
|  | |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 19–49 |
| Tournaments | SWAC 0–0
NCAA: 0–0 |
|  | |


title: Thomas C. Hayden

abstract: Thomas C. Hayden was an American football coach. He was the head football coach at McPherson College in McPherson, Kansas from 1940 to 1946, compiling a record of 8–22–3. Hayden had previously worked as an assistant coach at Coe College.

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# Thomas C. Hayden

**Thomas C. Hayden** was an American football coach. He was the head football coach at McPherson College in McPherson, Kansas from 1940 to 1946, compiling a record of 8–22–3. Hayden had previously worked as an assistant coach at Coe College.

## Head coaching record

| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **McPherson Bulldogs** *(Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference)* (1940–1946) | | | | | | | | |
| 1940 | McPherson | 2–7 | 2–4 | T–5th |  |
| 1941 | McPherson | 1–8 | 1–5 | T–5th |  |
| 1942 | McPherson | 1–4–3 | 1–4–1 | T–6th |  |
| 1943 | No team—World War II |  |  |  |  |
| 1944 | No team—World War II |  |  |  |  |
| 1945 | No team—World War II |  |  |  |  |
| 1946 | McPherson | 4–3–1 | 3–2–1 | 4th |  |
| **McPherson:** | | 8–22–3 | 7–13–2 |  | | | | |
| **Total:** | | 8–22–3 |  | | | | | | |

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Thomas C. Hayden
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
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| 1940–1946 | McPherson |
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| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 8–22–3 |
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title: Francisco Audenino

abstract: Francisco Audenino was an Argentine film actor who appeared in around fifty productions, generally in supporting roles.

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# Francisco Audenino

**Francisco Audenino** (died 1964) was an Argentine film actor who appeared in around fifty productions, generally in supporting roles.

## Selected filmography

## Bibliography

* Borrás, Eduardo. *Las aguas bajan turbias*. Editorial Biblos, 2006.

## InfoBox

| Francisco Audenino | |
| --- | --- |
| Audenino in 1953 | |
| Died | 1964 |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1935–1961 (film) |


title: Franco-Seychellois

abstract: Franco-Seychellois are people of French descent living in the Seychelles. Franco-Seychellois have played an important role in the country's history both before and since independence.

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# Franco-Seychellois

**Franco-Seychellois** are people of French descent living in the Seychelles. Franco-Seychellois have played an important role in the country's history both before and since independence.

## Origins

Many Franco-Seychellois settled on the islands during the period of French rule over the archipelago. During this time, African and Malagasy slaves were also brought to the Seychelles. Franco-Seychellois were allowed to retain their culture after the British took control of the Seychelles.

## History

Historically, French-speaking European Seychellois were divided between two classes, *grands blancs*, who represented the wealthy planter class, and *petit blancs*, who represented the working classes. The grands blancs are a less numerous group, composed of only about forty large families, but held most of the land and political power in the islands in the colonial era. The Planters and Taxpayers Association, which represented the interests of the grands blancs, dominated the Legislative Council of Seychelles from its inception in 1962. The two groups were historically divided, and as a consequence the petit blancs were politically aligned with the Seychellois Creole people by the 1960s. Upon the independence of Seychelles, many Franco-Seychellois played important roles in the development of a one-party socialist state under the leadership of France-Albert René (himself ethnically French) and the Seychelles People's United Party.

### Modern history

Franco-Seychellois play an important role in the country's economy. They are employed in all sectors, including government, business and education.

## Language and religion

The majority of Franco-Seychellois speak Seychellois Creole, the country's most widely spoken language. They also often speak French and English. Of the religiously affiliated, the large majority are Roman Catholic, with a minority belonging to other Christian denominations.

## Notable people

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Franco-Seychellois
| Languages | |
| --- | --- |
| French, English, Seychellois Creole | |
| Religion | |
| Catholic | |


title: Frank Jordan (cricketer)

abstract: Frank Jordan was an Australian cricketer. He played six first-class matches for New South Wales between 1927/28 and 1928/29.

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# Frank Jordan (cricketer)

**Frank Jordan** (19 September 1905  22 October 1995) was an Australian cricketer. He played six first-class matches for New South Wales between 1927/28 and 1928/29.

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Frank Jordan
| Personal information | |
| --- | --- |
| Born | (1905-09-19)19 September 1905
Darlington, New South Wales, Australia |
| Died | 22 October 1995(1995-10-22) (aged 90)
Vaucluse, New South Wales, Australia |
| Source: ESPNcricinfo, 2 January 2017 | |


title: Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Ardglass

abstract: Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Ardglass, 11 June 1594 to 20 November 1653, was an English nobleman, son of Edward Cromwell, 3rd Baron Cromwell and his second wife Frances Rugge.

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# Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Ardglass

**Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Ardglass**, 11 June 1594 to 20 November 1653, was an English nobleman, son of Edward Cromwell, 3rd Baron Cromwell and his second wife Frances Rugge.

## Personal details

Thomas Cromwell was born on 11 June 1594, the eldest son of Edward Cromwell, 3rd Baron Cromwell (1560-1607) and his second wife Frances Rugge (1563-1631). He had two sisters, Frances (1595-1662) and Anne (1597-1639), as well as a half-sister from his father's first marriage, Elizabeth (born before 1593).

## Career

Thomas Cromwell's father Edward escaped punishment for his role in Essex's Rebellion of 1601 but debt forced him to exchange his estates in England for lands in Ulster which had been confiscated after the end of Tyrone's Rebellion and relocate his family to the Kingdom of Ireland. Thomas succeeded as 4th Baron Cromwell in the Peerage of England after his father died in Downpatrick on 24 September 1607 and was further created 1st Viscount Lecale in the Peerage of Ireland, on 22 November 1624.

A supporter of Charles I of England during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, he was Colonel of Lord Cromwell's Troop of Horse, raised as part of the Royal Irish Army in 1640. In return for his service, he was created 1st Earl of Ardglass, in the Peerage of Ireland, on 15 April 1645; he was subsequently fined £460 by the Committee for Compounding with Delinquents set up by Parliament. This allegiance placed him in an opposing camp to his distant cousin Oliver Cromwell.

## Marriage and issue

He married Elizabeth Meverell (died 1651), daughter and heiress of Robert Meverell of Ilam, Staffordshire, and of Throwley Old Hall, Staffordshire (died 5 February 1627/1628) and Elizabeth Fleming, both buried at Blore, Staffordshire, the daughter of Sir Thomas Fleming, Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench, and had three children:

He and his wife both died in 1653 and were buried at St Peter's Church, Tickencote, Rutland, and his last will, dated 26 March 1653, was probated in 1661.

## Arms

Coat of arms of Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Ardglass
|  | CrestOn a Chapeau Gules turned up Ermine a Pelican Or guttée Azure vulning herself proper EscutcheonQuarterly per fess indented Or and Azure four Lions passant counterchanged SupportersOn either side a Bull Gules winged Argent crined and hoofed Or MottoSemi mortuus qui timet |
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## Bibliography

## InfoBox

| Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Ardglass | |
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| *Thomas Cromwell Earl of Ardglass (1594-1653)* | |
| Tenure | 1645–1653 |
| Successor | Wingfield Cromwell, 2nd Earl of Ardglass |
| Other titles | 1st Viscount Lecale
4th Baron Cromwell |
| Known for | English nobleman |
| Born | Thomas Cromwell
11 June 1594 |
| Died | 20 November 1653(1653-11-20) (aged 59)
Tickencote, Rutland |
| Buried | St Peter's Church, Tickencote |
| Nationality | English |
| Wars and battles | Wars of the Three Kingdoms |
| Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Meverell |
| Issue | Wingfield Cromwell, 2nd Earl of Ardglass (1624-1668)
Vere Essex Cromwell, 4th Earl of Ardglass (1625-1687)
Mary Cromwell (died 1676) |
| Parents | Edward Cromwell, 3rd Baron Cromwell
Frances Rugge |


title: Thomas Barrow (Jesuit)

abstract: Thomas Barrow (1747–1813) was a British Jesuit.

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# Thomas Barrow (Jesuit)

**Thomas Barrow** (1747–1813) was a British Jesuit.

## Life

Barrow was born at Eccleston near Chorley, Lancashire on 17 September 1747, and educated at St. Omer.

Barrow entered the Society of Jesus at Watten in 1764. After the temporary suppression of the society in 1773, he rendered great services to the new English Academy at Liège, and subsequently to Stonyhurst College.

At the peace of Amiens, Barrow was sent to Liège to look after the property of his brethren, as well as the interests of the nuns of the Holy Sepulchre (now settled at New Hall, Chelmsford). He died at Liège on 12 June 1813.

## Works

Dr. Oliver calls him a prodigy of learning, but the only published specimens of his erudition are two sets of verses in Hebrew and Greek, in honour, respectively, of the Prince-Bishop of Liège, François-Charles de Velbrück (1772), and François-Antoine-Marie de Méan, the last Prince-Bishopric of Liège (1792).

Attribution * This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Cooper, Thompson (1885). "Barrow, Thomas". In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). *Dictionary of National Biography*. Vol. 3. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 308. ; Endnotes:
    + Oliver's Collectanea S.J.50
    + Foley's Records, vii. 36.

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| Thomas Barrow | |
| --- | --- |
| Born | 1747 |
| Died | 1813 |
| Nationality | British |


title: Frank C. Baxter

abstract: Francis Condie Baxter was an American scholar and television personality. An authority on Shakespeare with a doctorate in literature from Cambridge University, he was a highly popular professor of English Literature at the University of Southern California who brought literature, science, and the arts to millions in the United States via television and film. Baxter hosted the Emmy Award-winning CBS series Shakespeare on TV beginning in 1954, as well as the ABC drama series Telephone Time in 1957 and 1958, the US broadcast of the BBC's 15-part presentation of Shakespeare's history plays, An Age of Kings, in 1961, and NBC's The Bell Telephone Hour throughout the 1960s. Additional Baxter television series for CBS included Renaissance on TV (1956–57), devoted to classical philosophy, literature, and art, and Now and Then (1954–55), which enlightened viewers on subjects ranging from Altimira cave drawings to Elizabethan naval battles. Baxter's Emmy Award-winning Harvest on NBC in the mid-1950s highlighted great achievements in art, literature, public affairs, and science. In 1966, Baxter hosted a popular TV series called The Four Winds to Adventure, featuring filmmakers exploring little-known areas of the world, crossing continents and oceans to explore the histories and customs of local people or the animals unique to a particular region. The Written Word, a 15-part series on the history of books and printing featuring Baxter as presenter, aired nationwide in 1958 on both educational and commercial networks including ABC. Baxter was a frequent guest star on TV shows in the 1950s and 60s, often portraying himself since he was so well known throughout America. His TV acting credits included The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, Playhouse 90, The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show, Mr. Novak, and more than a dozen others. Baxter is best known for his role as "Dr. Research" in The Bell System Science Series. The programs were first broadcast on national television and subsequently distributed, free of charge, to schools across the United States. The films were later released on home video and DVD. Over the more than 30 years they were in popular use, Baxter biographer Eric Niderost estimates, the films were seen by some 200 million students.

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# Frank C. Baxter

**Francis Condie Baxter** (May 4, 1896 – January 18, 1982) was an American scholar and television personality. An authority on Shakespeare with a doctorate in literature from Cambridge University, he was a highly popular professor of English Literature at the University of Southern California who brought literature, science, and the arts to millions in the United States via television and film.

Baxter hosted the Emmy Award-winning CBS series *Shakespeare on TV* beginning in 1954, as well as the ABC drama series *Telephone Time* in 1957 and 1958, the US broadcast of the BBC's 15-part presentation of Shakespeare's history plays, *An Age of Kings*, in 1961, and NBC's *The Bell Telephone Hour* throughout the 1960s. Additional Baxter television series for CBS included *Renaissance on TV* (1956–57), devoted to classical philosophy, literature, and art, and *Now and Then* (1954–55), which enlightened viewers on subjects ranging from Altimira cave drawings to Elizabethan naval battles. Baxter's Emmy Award-winning *Harvest* on NBC in the mid-1950s highlighted great achievements in art, literature, public affairs, and science. In 1966, Baxter hosted a popular TV series called *The Four Winds to Adventure*, featuring filmmakers exploring little-known areas of the world, crossing continents and oceans to explore the histories and customs of local people or the animals unique to a particular region. *The Written Word*, a 15-part series on the history of books and printing featuring Baxter as presenter, aired nationwide in 1958 on both educational and commercial networks including ABC. Baxter was a frequent guest star on TV shows in the 1950s and 60s, often portraying himself since he was so well known throughout America. His TV acting credits included *The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show*, *Playhouse 90*, *The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show*, *Mr. Novak*, and more than a dozen others.

Baxter is best known for his role as "Dr. Research" in *The Bell System Science Series*. The programs were first broadcast on national television and subsequently distributed, free of charge, to schools across the United States. The films were later released on home video and DVD. Over the more than 30 years they were in popular use, Baxter biographer Eric Niderost estimates, the films were seen by some 200 million students.

## Biography

Born in Newbold, New Jersey, Baxter served as a medical corpsman in the American Expeditionary Force in France under General John Pershing during World War I. Following his war service, Baxter enrolled in the University of Pennsylvania, where he studied zoology and archeology, graduating *summa cum laude* in 1923. Two years later he earned a master's degree in English from the same institution, simultaneously performing teaching duties that he had first undertaken as an undergraduate. Beginning in 1926, he took on part-time work as a lecturer at Swarthmore College and as a radio broadcaster on WOO in Philadelphia, regaling listeners (according to his self-deprecating description) with narratives about "split infinitives and the simple life."

In 1927, Baxter married Lydia Morris, who had been his student at Penn and would be his wife for 55 years until he died. That same year, he and his new bride sailed to England, where he would begin work on his doctorate in English Literature at Trinity College, Cambridge. With his coursework for the degree completed, but dissertation still in progress, he returned to America in 1929 and began teaching at the University of California - Berkeley. Almost immediately he was recruited to Los Angeles by the University of Southern California, where he began teaching in 1930. Following the completion of his dissertation titled "Criticism and Appreciation of the Elizabethan Drama, 1642-1892" and the award of his doctorate from Cambridge in 1932, he was promoted to assistant professor of English Literature. USC would be his home for over 30 years, until his retirement in 1961.

At USC, Baxter became an enormously popular teacher and lecturer. Beginning in the 1930s, he began an annual tradition of public readings at Christmas time, delivered to an oversubscribed 1,500-seat auditorium in USC's Founders Hall that spilled out to include an audience of hundreds more on the lawn outside, who listened via loudspeaker. By 1949 these dramatic readings were nationally famous, prompting *Time* magazine to send a reporter to cover the event. *Time* expressed amazement that even though it was raining for the 1949 performance, the overflow crowds were still there to fill the lawn outside. The USC campus newspaper, the *Daily Trojan*, reported that a student poll voted Baxter as the professor who should "teach all the classes in the university." The newspaper opined, "If you haven't taken Dr. Baxter, you haven't been to college."

Baxter is best remembered for his nationally televised appearances from 1956 to 1962 as "Dr. Research" in *The Bell System Science Series*. Starring Baxter alongside such well-known actors as Eddie Albert, Lionel Barrymore, Richard Carlson, Mel Blanc, Hans Conried, and Richard Deacon, the films were directed by Hollywood legends Frank Capra and Jack Warner and featured a star-studded roster of academic advisors including renowned Caltech physicist Richard Feynman. Following nationwide broadcast in the United States, these films were distributed without charge to schools, becoming a staple in American classrooms from the 1960s through the 1980s. The programs combined scientific footage, live actors, and animation to convey scientific concepts and history in a lively, entertaining way, with the bald, bespectacled, and affable Baxter playing the role of the omniscient scientist who both explains and discovers along with the audience. As a result of the films, Baxter (who in real life was a USC English professor and had not been a scientist since the early days of his academic career at the University of Pennsylvania) became an almost universally-known scientific icon among Baby Boomers. All of Baxter's films in *The Bell System Science Series* have been released on VHS and DVD and continue to reach new audiences. As a result of their broad distribution throughout the world and across several decades, the films have reached hundreds of millions of people, both students and adults.

Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, Baxter not only hosted several nationally televised series, but also played cameo roles in numerous dramas and comedies, in each case designed to play off of his persona as a celebrity academic. For example, on NBC's Peabody Award-winning drama series *Mr. Novak*, based upon an idealistic English teacher in Los Angeles who often became involved in the lives of his students and fellow faculty, Baxter played an industrialist giving out a scholarship. On the NBC afternoon game show *You Don't Say*, he was a guest panelist alongside Dr. Joyce Brothers.

Baxter's mass media credits also include one feature film, a science fiction-horror romp of the sort popular in the 1950s in which he appeared as himself, presumably to lend credibility to the incredible plot. *The Mole People*, released in theaters nationwide in 1956, is premised upon the discovery of a race of albino beings who shun light, and rely upon mutant mole men as their slaves. In a deliberately stilted professorial presentation, Baxter presents a brief history of theories of life beneath the surface of the earth. In the ensuing decades the film has earned cult status, enjoying successive reincarnations on VHS, DVD, and in 2019, Blu-ray.

After retiring from teaching in 1961 at the age of 65, Baxter continued to perform in starring roles in made-for-television documentaries, as well as in cameo roles on television dramas, comedies, and variety shows. He maintained his old office at USC, where for eight years he had been Chairman of the English Department and President of the Faculty Senate, and even into his 80s he continued to hold court on campus as "Reader in Residence." His famed Noon Readings, occasional lectures, and annual Christmas presentations in Bovard Hall were so popular they were news items in the Los Angeles Times, announced with headlines such as "Dr. Frank Baxter Will Visit USC."

Baxter's success as an educator, both on the individual student level and before mass audiences, was summed up in a *Daily Trojan* editorial at the time of his retirement. "Dr. Baxter works so well with the student mind," the editors wrote, "because he is part scholar, part teacher, and part actor." While many academics can claim success as both scholars and teachers, few combine it with genuine acting talent — and it was this extra ingredient that so impressed his loyal following. "Dr. Baxter is most certainly a fine actor," the *Daily Trojan* opined, who "can make plays come to life — whether they be Shakespeare, Shaw, or Arthur Miller — by merely recreating a scene. He can give a character meaning — whether it be Falstaff or Henry Higgins or Willy Loman — with a simple gesture of his hands. And he can create almost any emotion, from laughter to tears, simply by the reading of a single line."

Baxter died in 1982 in Pasadena, California; he was 85.

## Awards

## Selected filmography

Except as noted, this filmography is based on the credits listed at the Internet Movie Database.

## Further reading

## InfoBox

| ProfessorFrank C. BaxterLitt.D. | |
| --- | --- |
| Baxter in *Our Mr. Sun* | |
| Born | Francis Condie Baxter
(1896-05-04)May 4, 1896
Newbold, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Died | January 18, 1982(1982-01-18) (aged 85)
Pasadena, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania (B.S., M.S.)
Cambridge University (Litt.D.) |
| Occupation(s) | Educator, Actor |
| Employer | University of Southern California |
| Known for | Educational television |
| Notable work | *The Bell System Science Series* |
| Television | *Our Mr. Sun*, *Hemo the Magnificent*, *An Age of Kings*, *Telephone Time*, *Shakespeare on TV*, *The Bell Telephone Hour*, *Renaissance on TV*, *Now and Then*, *The Written Word*, *The Four Winds to Adventure*, *Our Heritage* |
| Title | Professor |
| Spouse | Lydia Foulke Spencer Morris |
| Children | Lydia Morris Baxter (b. 1929); Francis Condie Baxter, Jr. (b. 1930) |


title: Frank Bough

abstract: Francis Joseph Bough was an English television presenter. He was best known as the host of BBC sports and current affairs shows including Grandstand, Nationwide and Breakfast Time, which he launched alongside Selina Scott and Nick Ross. Over his broadcasting career, Bough became known for his smooth, relaxed and professional approach to live broadcasts, once being described as "the most unassailable performer on British television". In 1987, Michael Parkinson said, "If my life depended on the smooth handling of a TV show, Bough would be my first choice to be in charge." In 1988, Bough was sacked by the BBC following revelations that he had taken cocaine and used prostitutes. He later presented programmes on London Weekend Television, ITV, Sky TV and on LBC radio in London before his retirement in 1998.

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# Frank Bough

**Francis Joseph Bough** (/ˈbɒf/; 15 January 1933 – 21 October 2020) was an English television presenter. He was best known as the host of BBC sports and current affairs shows including *Grandstand*, *Nationwide* and *Breakfast Time*, which he launched alongside Selina Scott and Nick Ross.

Over his broadcasting career, Bough became known for his smooth, relaxed and professional approach to live broadcasts, once being described as "the most unassailable performer on British television". In 1987, Michael Parkinson said, "If my life depended on the smooth handling of a TV show, Bough would be my first choice to be in charge." In 1988, Bough was sacked by the BBC following revelations that he had taken cocaine and used prostitutes. He later presented programmes on London Weekend Television, ITV, Sky TV and on LBC radio in London before his retirement in 1998.

## Early life

Francis Joseph Bough was born on 15 January 1933 at his parents' terraced house in Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, son of Austin Joseph Bough (died 1963) and Annie Tyrer, née Moulton. The family later moved to Oswestry, Shropshire. His father was a furniture upholsterer and his mother painted pots in a pottery factory, and also made curtains and cushions.

After passing his eleven-plus exam, Bough was educated at Oswestry Boys' High School (a Shropshire County Council secular grammar school), and at Merton College, Oxford, where he studied history and was a soccer blue. He played football for the university against Cambridge, entered the employment of ICI at Billingham-on-Tees, and did his national service in the 2nd Royal Tank Regiment, serving in West Germany. He first broadcast for British Forces Radio, commenting on an army cup game football match between two regiments.

## Career

### BBC

Bough joined the BBC as a presenter and reporter, presenting a new Newcastle upon Tyne-based show called *Home at Six*, soon renamed *North at Six* and then in 1963 becoming *BBC Look North*. Between 1964 and 1968, he was the presenter of *Sportsview* and in 1964 became the presenter of the *BBC Sports Review of the Year*, which he hosted for 18 years. Between 1968 and 1983, he was a regular host of the BBC's flagship Saturday afternoon sports programme, *Grandstand*.

Bough was one of the BBC's football commentators for the 1966 World Cup in England and covered the match at Ayresome Park in Middlesbrough where North Korea defeated Italy 1–0, in a game regarded as one of the biggest upsets in World Cup history. Bough went on to present the early evening magazine programme *Nationwide*. This made him one of the most familiar faces on British television throughout the 1970s. For *Nationwide*, he covered the Watergate scandal that brought down President Nixon and, for both *Nationwide* and *Breakfast Time*, he covered five UK general elections between 1974 and 1987 and four US presidential elections between 1972 and 1984.

Bough was twice a surprise guest on the *Morecambe and Wise* Christmas special, in 1977 performing a song and dance routine in a sailor's outfit with other television personalities, including the film critic Barry Norman, the presenter Michael Aspel and the rugby league commentator Eddie Waring. The programme's 21.3 million viewers remains one of the highest recorded viewing figures for UK Christmas viewing. Bough later said that he had to give Waring dancing lessons before the sketch, which was based on a comic version of the song "There is Nothing Like a Dame" from the musical *South Pacific*. The same year Bough received the Richard Dimbleby Award for outstanding contribution to factual television.

Bough was the main presenter of the BBC's coverage of the 1978 World Cup finals in Argentina.

Bough's prominence increased in January 1983 when he became the first presenter of the BBC's inaugural breakfast television programme, *Breakfast Time* along with Selina Scott and Nick Ross. Bough was chosen by Ron Neil for his experience of presenting three hours of live television every week on *Grandstand*. As fellow presenter Ross recounted:

> None of us had remotely the experience of long, unscripted slabs of live TV that Frank had from his sports broadcasting. He brought a sense of serenity and reassurance. His unruffled composure made us feel this had all been done before, and on the first morning, as the last minutes ticked down to our opening transmission, when hearts were thumping and nerves were jangling, he clapped his hands and—addressing the producers and the technicians as much as Selina and me—gently and firmly said, "Calm down." We did.

Scott later said that Bough would deliberately undermine her by interrupting mid-question and in other ways. When she attempted to complain she said that senior management simply was not interested. "They seemed to have no emotional intelligence, and they let men like Frank Bough roam the BBC without any check on them." She said that there was a very sexist atmosphere at the BBC, "this malevolence". The presenter Fern Britton found Bough equally difficult to work with. In her autobiography, published in 2008, she wrote early in their professional relationship, Bough asked her, "Well, young lady, I wonder how long it will be before I'm having an affair with you." He was dismissive of Britton at pre-programme briefings: "Oh, hers can wait. Now back to mine." Britton felt too junior to be able to complain.

Bough left breakfast television at the end of 1987 to concentrate on the *Holiday* programme where, having been a roving holidaymaker, he took over as the main presenter when Cliff Michelmore left the series in 1986.

In February 1989, Bough was hired by Sky News to present the *Frank Bough Interview* for Sky TV for two series. In September 1989, he also joined London Weekend Television where he fronted *Six O'Clock Live* until it was axed in summer 1992. In between his news duties he presented ITV's coverage of the 1991 Rugby World Cup tournament.

### Sex and drugs scandal

On 13 June 1988, Bough left the BBC for a rest before being sacked, after the *News of the World* reported he had taken cocaine and worn lingerie at parties involving prostitutes. The newspaper's former deputy editor, Paul Connew, later said of the scandal, "It caused a sensation at the time, given Bough's public image as the squeaky clean front man of breakfast and sports television."

Roy Greenslade, professor of journalism at City University London, said that Bough made a "terrible mistake" by agreeing to speak to newspapers before publication of personal allegations, worsening the story.

In August 1992, Bough was reported to have been involved in a dungeon orgy. The press published photographs of him leaving the flat of a prostitute who specialised in sadomasochism. Bough later spoke of his regret over his actions, saying his behaviour had been "exceedingly stupid". He said in a television interview, "Everybody, when they have difficulties with their marriage or sexuality, surely has the right to sort out these things in the privacy of their own home." His role as a rugby presenter ended after this second scandal.

### Late career

In 1993, after his activities were regularly ridiculed in monologues on *Have I Got News for You* by Angus Deayton (who himself was later dismissed from the show following cocaine and prostitute use), Bough agreed to appear as a guest on the programme. In the early 1990s, he was a presenter on LBC radio in London, staying on for the launch of London News Talk and moving to the News 97.3 service where he remained until 1996. He then presented *Travel Live* for the cable channel Travel.

In 2009, he contributed to a programme looking back on *Nationwide*, broadcast on BBC Four.

## Personal life and death

Bough met Nesta Howells, a physiotherapist, while he was undertaking his national service in Park Hall camp at Oswestry, and they married after he left the army in 1959. They had three sons: David, Stephen and Andrew. Nesta stayed in the relationship after the exposés that affected Bough's later career.

From 1994, he was a regular member of a Windsor-based choir, the Royal Free Singers. Bough had a liver transplant in 2001 after cancer was found, and later lived in retirement in Holyport, Berkshire.

A family friend said that Bough died on 21 October 2020, aged 87.

## InfoBox

| Frank Bough | |
| --- | --- |
| Bough, while broadcasting *Nationwide* | |
| Born | Francis Joseph Bough
(1933-01-15)15 January 1933
Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England |
| Died | 21 October 2020(2020-10-21) (aged 87) |
| Education | Oswestry Boys' High School |
| Alma mater | Merton College, Oxford |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, newsreader, television presenter, sports commentator |
| Years active | 1959–1998 |
| Known for | *Grandstand*, *Nationwide*, *Breakfast Time* |
| Spouse | Nesta Howells (m. 1959) |
| Children | 3 |


title: Frank Bosch

abstract: Frank William Bosch is a former American football defensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins. He played college football at the University of Colorado and was drafted in the 17th round of the 1968 NFL/AFL draft.

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# Frank Bosch

**Frank William Bosch** (born October 24, 1945) is a former American football defensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins. He played college football at the University of Colorado and was drafted in the 17th round of the 1968 NFL/AFL draft.

## InfoBox

Frank Bosch
| No. 73, 71 | |
| --- | --- |
| Date of birth | (1945-10-24) October 24, 1945 |
| Place of birth | Bremerton, Washington, U.S. |
| Career information | |
| Position(s) | Defensive lineman |
| US college | Colorado |
| NFL draft | 1968 / round: 17 / pick: 446 |
| Career history | |
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| 1968–1970 | Washington Redskins |
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title: Thomas Bassnett

abstract: Thomas Bassnett was an early American meteorologist. A listing of people interred at St. Nicholas Cemetery in Jacksonville, Florida shows a "BASSNETT, Thomas", b. Jun 9 1808 d. Feb 16 1886" that may be him.

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# Thomas Bassnett

**Thomas Bassnett** (born c. 1808) was an early American meteorologist. A listing of people interred at St. Nicholas Cemetery in Jacksonville, Florida shows a "BASSNETT, Thomas", b. Jun 9 1808 d. Feb 16 1886" that may be him.

## Works

* *Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms, Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence, with Practical Instructions to the Navigator, to Enable Him Approximately to Calculate the Coming Changes of the Wind and Weather, for Any Given Day, and for Any Part of the Ocean*, D. Appleton & Co. (1854) Reprinted by Nabu Press (2011) ISBN 1-2719-7404-5
* *Predictions of the Weather*, Kirkwood & McGill, Printers (1854)
* *Communication Regarding His Theory of Storms and General Physics*, self-published? (1869)
* *The True Theory of the Sun, Showing the Common Origin of the Solar Spots and Corona, and of Atmospheric Storms and Cyclones*, G. P. Putnam's Sons (1884)


title: Frank Cephous

abstract: Frank Cephous is an American former professional football player who was a running back for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL) in 1984. Cephous was born and raised in the State of Delaware, where he attended St. Mark's High School. Cephous played college football for the UCLA Bruins, playing a key role in their 1983 Rose Bowl and 1984 Rose Bowl victories. In the 1984 Rose Bowl, he led the team in rushing, with 89 yards in a dozen carries. Cephous was a four-year letterman with UCLA. He was inducted into the Delaware Sports Hall of Fame in 2010.

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# Frank Cephous

**Frank Cephous** (born July 4, 1961) is an American former professional football player who was a running back for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL) in 1984.

Cephous was born and raised in the State of Delaware, where he attended St. Mark's High School. Cephous played college football for the UCLA Bruins, playing a key role in their 1983 Rose Bowl and 1984 Rose Bowl victories. In the 1984 Rose Bowl, he led the team in rushing, with 89 yards in a dozen carries. Cephous was a four-year letterman with UCLA.

He was inducted into the Delaware Sports Hall of Fame in 2010.

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Frank Cephous
| No. 31 | |
| --- | --- |
| Position: | Running back |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | (1961-07-04) July 4, 1961<br>Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Height: | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Weight: | 205 lb (93 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school: | St. Mark's (Wilmington, Delaware) |
| College: | UCLA |
| NFL draft: | 1984 / round: 11 / pick: 283 |
| Career history | |
|  | |
| * Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |
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| Career NFL statistics | |
| Rushing yards: 2  Rushing average: 0.7  Return yards: 178 | |
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title: Frank Celebrezze

abstract: Frank D. Celebrezze Jr. was an American politician and jurist. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court from 1978 to 1986.

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# Frank Celebrezze

**Frank D. Celebrezze Jr.** (November 13, 1928 – March 21, 2010) was an American politician and jurist. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court from 1978 to 1986.

## Career

Celebrezze was elected as a judge of the Ohio Supreme Court in 1972, defeating Republican Robert E. Leach. He was re-elected in 1974, defeating Republican Sheldon A. Taft. Celebrezze also was elected to and served in the Ohio State Senate.

In 1978, he was elected as Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court, defeating Republican Thomas M. Herbert. Celebrezze was re-elected chief justice in 1980, defeating Sara J. Harper.

In 1986, Celebrezze was defeated in a bid for another term as chief justice by Thomas J. Moyer. The race between Celebrezze and Moyer was fierce, with Moyer's campaign accusing Celebrezze of having links to organized crime. That year Celebrezze brought a successful libel suit against *The Plain Dealer* of Cleveland, based on an article that alleged that Celebrezze's campaign had accepted contributions from groups with organized crime connections.

In 1994, Celebrezze ran for a seat on the Ohio Court of Appeals for the Eighth District; he lost to common pleas court Judge Terrence O'Donnell.

## Family

Celebrezze was the son of Cleveland politician Frank D. Celebrezze I and the nephew of Anthony Celebrezze, who served in the cabinets of Presidents Kennedy and Johnson as Secretary of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. His first cousin, Anthony J. Celebrezze Jr., was an elected official and candidate for Ohio governor. His brother, James P. Celebrezze, also served on the Ohio Supreme Court.

## InfoBox

| Frank Celebrezze | |
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| Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court | |
| **In office**
1978–1986 | |
| Preceded by | Robert E. Leach (interim) |
| Succeeded by | Thomas J. Moyer |
| Associate Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court | |
| **In office**
1972–1977 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas J. Moyer |
| Succeeded by | Robert E. Holmes |
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title: Frank Chacksfield

abstract: Francis Charles Chacksfield was an English pianist, organist, composer, arranger, and conductor of popular light orchestral easy listening music, who had great success in Britain and internationally in the 1950s and early 1960s.

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# Frank Chacksfield

**Francis Charles Chacksfield** (9 May 1914 – 9 June 1995) was an English pianist, organist, composer, arranger, and conductor of popular light orchestral easy listening music, who had great success in Britain and internationally in the 1950s and early 1960s.

## Life and career

Chacksfield was born in Battle, East Sussex, and as a child learned to play the piano and organ. His organ teacher was J. R. Sheehan-Dare (1857–1934). He had appeared at Hastings Music Festivals by the time he was 14, and then became deputy church organist at Salehurst. After working for a short period in a solicitor's office he decided on a career in music, and by the late 1930s, led a small band at Tonbridge in Kent. At the beginning of World War II, he joined the Royal Army Service Corps, and, following a radio broadcast as a pianist, was posted to ENSA at Salisbury where he became the arranger for *Stars in Battledress*, an armed forces entertainment troupe, and shared an office with comedian Charlie Chester.

After the war, he worked with Chester and on BBC Radio as an arranger and conductor. He also worked as musical director for both Henry Hall and Geraldo, and began recording under his own name in 1951 as "Frank Chacksfield's Tunesmiths". In early 1953, he had his first top ten hit, "Little Red Monkey", on the Parlophone label. This was a novelty recording featuring Jack Jordan on the clavioline, and reportedly the first record featuring an electronic instrument to feature on the UK singles chart.

Chacksfield signed a recording contract with Decca Records in 1953, and formed a 40-piece orchestra with a large string section, the "Singing Strings". His first record release for Decca, Charlie Chaplin's theme for his film *Limelight*, won him a gold disc in the United States, and in the United Kingdom, where it reached No. 2 in the UK Singles Chart, and won him the *NME* award as 'Record of the Year'. It spent eight weeks at No. 2 (an all-time UK chart record), and in all thirteen weeks in the top five chart positions, without dislodging Frankie Laine's "I Believe". His next 78 single, "Ebb Tide", became the first British instrumental recording to reach No. 1 in the United States, spending 5 weeks on top of the Your Hit Parade chart from November 1953 to January 1954 (including Christmas week), also providing him with a second gold disc, and he was voted the most promising new orchestra of the year in the US. Both of these hits used arrangements by Leon Young.

He became one of Britain's best known orchestra leaders internationally, and is estimated to have sold more than 20 million albums worldwide. His material was "mood music", similar to that of Mantovani, including ballads, waltzes, and film themes. In 1954, he began presenting a series on BBC TV, which continued occasionally until the early 1960s. Chacksfield was responsible for the musical arrangement of the first UK entry into the Eurovision Song Contest 1957; "All" by Patricia Bredin. He continued to write music, release singles and albums through the 1950s and 1960s, and appeared regularly on BBC radio.

He continued to record occasionally until the 1990s, from the 1970s primarily on the Phase 4 label. He also developed business interests in publishing and recorded for Starborne Productions, a company supplying "canned music" for use by easy listening radio stations and others. Many of these recordings were made commercially available in 2007. Many of his recordings were used during Test card and Ceefax intervals on BBC1 and BBC2 during the 1980s and 1990s. His last album was *Thanks for the Memories (Academy Award Winners 1934–55)*, released in 1991. Chacksfield died in Kent in 1995, after having suffered for several years from Parkinson's disease.

The main theme from his Latin-American style track "Cuban Boy" is used as the theme music for the BBC Scotland sitcom *Still Game*.

From the album *All Time Top T.V. Themes* (Decca PFS 4087, 1966; also as *The Great TV Themes* on London SP 44077), several tracks were used by Dutch offshore pirate radio station Radio Veronica in the 1960s. "Rawhide" and "Dragnet" were used in the news jingles; "The Alfred Hitchcock Theme" was also used.

## Discography (selected)

### Albums

* *Presenting Frank Chacksfield and his Orchestra*, Michael LL 1041
* *Ebb Tide*, London LL 1408
* *Velvet*, London LL 1443
* *Love Letters in the Sand*, London LL 3027
* *Hollywood Almanac*, London LL 3102/3
* *On the Beach*, London LL 3158
* *Evening in Paris*, Decca LK 4081
* *The Music of Noel Coward*, Decca LK 4090
* *Evening in Rome*, Decca LK 4095
* *The Music of George Gershwin*, Decca LK 4113
* *If I Had a Talking Picture of You*, Decca LK 4135
* *Close Your Eyes*, Decca LK 4138
* *Broadway Melody*, Decca LK 4151
* *Mediterranean Moonlight*, Decca LK 4168
* *South Sea Island Magic*, Decca LK 4174
* *In the Mystic East*, Decca LK 4231
* *Academy Award Songs Vol. 1 (1934–1945)*, Decca LK 4302
* *Academy Award Songs Vol. 2 (1946–1957)*, Decca LK 4311
* *Glamorous Holiday*, Decca SKL 4016
* *Immortal Serenades*, Decca SKL 4018
* *Evening in London*, Decca SKL 4057
* *Music for Christmas*, Decca SKL 4069
* *The Million Sellers*, Decca SKL 4072
* *Opera's Golden Moments*, London Phase 4 21092
* *The New Ebb Tide*, London Phase 4 44053
* *Globe-Trotting*, London Phase 4 SP 44059
* *The New Limelight*, London Phase 4 SP 44066
* *Hawaii*, London Phase 4 SP 44087
* *Foreign Film Festival*, London Phase 4 SP 44112
* *New York*, London Phase 4 SP 44141
* *Beatles Songbook*, London Phase 4 44142
* *Simon & Garfunkel & Jimmy Webb*, London Phase 4 44151
* *Plays Bacharach*, London Phase 4 44158
* *Plays Ebb Tide and Other Million Sellers*, London Phase 4 44168
* *Chacksfield Plays Rodgers & Hart*, London Phase 4 SP 44223
* *The Glory That Was Gershwin*, London Phase 4 44254
* *Plays Hoagy Carmichael*, London Phase 4 44275
* *TV's Golden Hits*, Compleat Records 671020-1

A number of the Decca/London Phase 4 titles have been reissued on CD by Dutton Vocalion.

### Singles

| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | | US
 | UK
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| 1953 | "Little Red Monkey" |  | 10 |
| | "Terry's Theme from *Limelight*" | 5 | 2 |
| | "Ebb Tide" | 2 | 9 |
| 1956 | "In Old Lisbon" |  | 15 |
| | "Port au Prince" (with Winifred Atwell) |  | 18 |
| | "Donkey Cart" |  | 26 |
| 1960 | "On the Beach" | 47 |  |
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## InfoBox

| Frank Chacksfield | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Francis Charles Chacksfield |
| Born | (1914-05-09)9 May 1914
Battle, Sussex, England |
| Died | 9 June 1995(1995-06-09) (aged 81)
Kent, England |
| Genres | Easy listening, pop |
| Occupation(s) | Bandleader, conductor, composer |
| Instrument(s) | Piano, organ |
| Years active | c.1938–1991 |
| Labels | Decca
Phase 4
Starborne Productions |


title: Frank De La Paz Perdomo

abstract: Frank De La Paz Perdomo is a Cuban chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster (GM) by FIDE in 2004. In 1998, he represented Cuba as 2nd reserve in the 33rd Chess Olympiad, scoring 1.5 out of 4. He played in the Chess World Cup 2011, where he was defeated by Teimour Radjabov in the first round.

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# Frank De La Paz Perdomo

**Frank De La Paz Perdomo** (born 24 May 1975) is a Cuban chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster (GM) by FIDE in 2004.

In 1998, he represented Cuba as 2nd reserve in the 33rd Chess Olympiad, scoring 1.5 out of 4.

He played in the Chess World Cup 2011, where he was defeated by Teimour Radjabov in the first round.

## InfoBox

| Frank De La Paz Perdomo | |
| --- | --- |
| Frank de la Paz Perdomo, Merida 2008 | |
| Country | Cuba |
| Born | (1975-05-24) May 24, 1975<br>Santa Clara, Cuba |
| Title | Grandmaster (2004) |
| FIDE rating | 2445 (October 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2495 (January 1999) |


title: Frank S. Platts

abstract: Frank Sears Platts was an American Republican Party politician who served seven terms in the New Jersey General Assembly.

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# Frank S. Platts

**Frank Sears Platts** (July 27, 1888 - July 7, 1972) was an American Republican Party politician who served seven terms in the New Jersey General Assembly.

## Early life

Platts was born July 27, 1888, in Newark, New Jersey, the son of Frank James Platts (1857-1932) and Mary Josephine "Josie" Sears (1862-1895). He graduated New York University and New Jersey Law School. He was a Certified Public Accountant. Platts was a World War I veteran and served as Assistant Division Adjutant of the Port of Hoboken.

## Political career

He was elected to the New Jersey State Assembly in 1932 and re-elected in 1933. He was Chairman of the Assembly Appropriations Committee in 1933. He was again elected Assemblyman in 1937, and was re-elected in 1938, 1939, and 1940.

Platts was elected Essex County Freeholder in 1950.

## Family

He married Bertha "Bertie" Agnes Eschenfelder (1892-1972), a school teacher, in 1918. They had two children.


title: Frank Baron (politician)

abstract: Franklin Andrew Merrifield Baron was the first Chief Minister of Dominica. When the ministerial system of government was introduced in Dominica in March 1956, Baron was appointed as Minister for Trade and Production. In 1957 he founded the Dominica United People's Party (DUPP). Baron became the first Chief Minister of Dominica and Minister for Finance in January 1960. When he lost his seat in the 1961 elections, he quit active politics and returned to private business for tourism and real estate. Baron's daughter Francine Baron is the current Minister of Foreign and CARICOM Affairs of Dominica.

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# Frank Baron (politician)

**Franklin Andrew Merrifield Baron** (19 January 1923 – 9 April 2016) was the first Chief Minister of Dominica.

When the ministerial system of government was introduced in Dominica in March 1956, Baron was appointed as Minister for Trade and Production. In 1957 he founded the Dominica United People's Party (DUPP).

Baron became the first Chief Minister of Dominica and Minister for Finance in January 1960. When he lost his seat in the 1961 elections, he quit active politics and returned to private business for tourism and real estate.

Baron's daughter Francine Baron is the current Minister of Foreign and CARICOM Affairs of Dominica.


title: Frank Barrett (baseball)

abstract: Francis Joseph Barrett was an American baseball player. He was a relief pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals, Boston Red Sox, Boston Braves, and Pittsburgh Pirates. In five seasons, Barrett had a win–loss record of 15–17 in 104 games, two of them starts. He finished 67 games, compiling 12 saves, 2172⁄3 innings pitched, 211 hits allowed, 100 runs allowed, 85 earned runs allowed, 8 home runs allowed, 90 walks, 90 strikeouts, 8 wild pitches, 924 batters faced and a 3.51 ERA. Afterwards, Barrett coached and managed n the Minor Leagues.

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# Frank Barrett (baseball)

**Francis Joseph Barrett** (July 1, 1913 – March 6, 1998) was an American baseball player. He was a relief pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals, Boston Red Sox, Boston Braves, and Pittsburgh Pirates.

In five seasons, Barrett had a win–loss record of 15–17 in 104 games, two of them starts. He finished 67 games, compiling 12 saves, 21723 innings pitched, 211 hits allowed, 100 runs allowed, 85 earned runs allowed, 8 home runs allowed, 90 walks, 90 strikeouts, 8 wild pitches, 924 batters faced and a 3.51 ERA.

Afterwards, Barrett coached and managed n the Minor Leagues.

## Sources

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| Frank Barrett | |
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| **Pitcher** | |
| **Born:** (1913-07-01)July 1, 1913
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S. | |
| **Died:** March 6, 1998(1998-03-06) (aged 84)
Leesburg, Florida, U.S. | |
| **Batted:** Right**Threw:** Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| October 1, 1939, for the St. Louis Cardinals | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| September 15, 1950, for the Pittsburgh Pirates | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Win–loss record | 15–17 |
| Earned run average | 3.51 |
| Strikeouts | 90 |
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| Teams | |
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title: Frank Ross (American football)

abstract: Frank Ross is an American football coach who is the special teams coordinator for the Houston Texans of the National Football League (NFL).

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# Frank Ross (American football)

**Frank Ross** (born July 24, 1987) is an American football coach who is the special teams coordinator for the Houston Texans of the National Football League (NFL).

## Career

Ross was part of the 2005 Canfield High School state runner-up football team. He later played for the John Carroll Blue Streaks and became the program's all-time leader in receptions. On November 10, 2007, he was declared the John Carroll football player of the week.

Ross was a scouting assistant for the New England Patriots from 2011 to 2012. He served two seasons on the coaching staff at John Carroll as a quarterbacks coach in 2013 and a special teams coordinator & running backs coach in 2014.

In 2015, he rejoined the Patriots as a pro scout and was part of the Patriots' Super Bowl championship in 2017. He stayed with the team until he was hired by the Indianapolis Colts as an assistant special teams coach in 2018.

### Houston Texans

The Houston Texans interview and later hired him as a special teams coordinator in 2021. He was retained by Lovie Smith as the special teams coordinator for the 2022 season. In 2023 he was retained by DeMeco Ryans in the same position.

## Other information

Ross is also known for his hair-cutting expertise and often cuts the hair of various players. He later participated in a community event called, "Coach's Cuts" where he cut hair for the Star of Hope homeless center.

Ross was a contestant on the November 5th, 2008 episode of the American game show Deal or No Deal. He won $14,000 in a modified "Speed Deal" version of the game.

## InfoBox

Frank Ross
| Houston Texans | |
| --- | --- |
| Position: | Special teams coordinator |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | (1987-07-24) July 24, 1987<br>Youngstown, Ohio, U.S. |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Canfield |
| College: | John Carroll |
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title: Frank Kreutzer

abstract: Franklin James Kreutzer is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher who appeared in 78 games over all or part of six seasons with the Chicago White Sox (1962–1964) and Washington Senators. A left-hander from Buffalo, New York, Kreutzer stood 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) tall and weighed 175 pounds (79 kg). Kreutzer attended Villanova University and began his nine-year professional career in 1961 in the Boston Red Sox' organization. That November, he was selected by the White Sox in the first-year player draft then in force. He made his MLB debut on September 20, 1962, throwing 11⁄3 innings of shutout relief against the Red Sox at Comiskey Park. He also pitched for the White Sox in 18 other contests through July 15, 1964. Thirteen days later, he was the "player to be named later" to complete a July 13 deal in which Chicago acquired first baseman Bill Skowron from Washington for Joe Cunningham. The 1965 campaign was Kreutzer's only full season in the majors. His best career outing came on July 2 of that year, when he threw a three-hit, ten-strikeout complete game shutout against the Detroit Tigers while hitting a two-run home run of his own. The Senators triumphed, 6–0. Of Kreutzer's 78 big-league games, 32 were starts; the July 1965 shutout of the Tigers was his only white-washing as a big leaguer. He posted an 8–18 career won–lost mark, one save, two complete games, and a 4.40 earned run average. In 2102⁄3 innings pitched, he permitted 194 hits and 109 bases on balls, with 151 strikeouts.

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# Frank Kreutzer

**Franklin James Kreutzer** (born February 7, 1939) is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher who appeared in 78 games over all or part of six seasons with the Chicago White Sox (19621964) and Washington Senators (1964–1966 and 1969). A left-hander from Buffalo, New York, Kreutzer stood 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) tall and weighed 175 pounds (79 kg).

Kreutzer attended Villanova University and began his nine-year professional career in 1961 in the Boston Red Sox' organization. That November, he was selected by the White Sox in the first-year player draft then in force. He made his MLB debut on September 20, 1962, throwing 113 innings of shutout relief against the Red Sox at Comiskey Park. He also pitched for the White Sox in 18 other contests through July 15, 1964. Thirteen days later, he was the "player to be named later" to complete a July 13 deal in which Chicago acquired first baseman Bill Skowron from Washington for Joe Cunningham.

The 1965 campaign was Kreutzer's only full season in the majors. His best career outing came on July 2 of that year, when he threw a three-hit, ten-strikeout complete game shutout against the Detroit Tigers while hitting a two-run home run of his own. The Senators triumphed, 6–0.

Of Kreutzer's 78 big-league games, 32 were starts; the July 1965 shutout of the Tigers was his only white-washing as a big leaguer. He posted an 8–18 career won–lost mark, one save, two complete games, and a 4.40 earned run average. In 21023 innings pitched, he permitted 194 hits and 109 bases on balls, with 151 strikeouts.

## InfoBox

| Frank Kreutzer | |
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| **Pitcher** | |
| **Born:**  (1939-02-07) February 7, 1939<br>Buffalo, New York, U.S. | |
| **Batted:** Right**Threw:** Left | |
| MLB debut | |
| September 20, 1962, for the Chicago White Sox | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| May 12, 1969, for the Washington Senators | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Win–loss record | 8–18 |
| Earned run average | 4.40 |
| Strikeouts | 151 |
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| Teams | |
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abstract: The Thomas Jefferson Medal for Distinguished Achievement in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences is awarded by the American Philosophical Society and is that society's "highest award for the arts, humanities, and social sciences." The Thomas Jefferson Medal was authorized by an act of Congress in 1993, in honor of the 250th anniversary of the founding of the American Philosophical Society.

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# Thomas Jefferson Medal for Distinguished Achievement in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences

The **Thomas Jefferson Medal for Distinguished Achievement in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences** is awarded by the American Philosophical Society and is that society's "highest award for the arts, humanities, and social sciences."

The Thomas Jefferson Medal was authorized by an act of Congress in 1993, in honor of the 250th anniversary of the founding of the American Philosophical Society.

## Recipients

Thomas Jefferson Medal recipients are as follows:

**2018**

**2007**

**2005**

**2004**

**2003**

**2002**

**2001**

**2000**

**1999**

**1998**

**1997**

**1996**

**1995**

**1994**

**1993**

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| Thomas Jefferson Medal | |
| --- | --- |
| Awarded for | distinguished achievement in the arts, humanities, or social sciences |
| Location | Washington, D.C. |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | American Philosophical Society |
| First awarded | 1993 |
| Website | https://www.amphilsoc.org/prizes/thomas-jefferson-medal-distinguished-achievement-arts-humanities-and-social-sciences |


title: Matt Carlisle

abstract: Matthew Carlisle, nicknamed "Lick", was an American professional baseball infielder who played in the Negro leagues. He spent the majority of his career with the Homestead Grays. Carlisle was born in Wenonah, Alabama; as an adult, he worked as a coal miner. In 1931, he played as the starting shortstop for the Birmingham Black Barons of the Negro leagues, batting.268 for his rookie season. The following year, Carlisle signed with the Montgomery Gray Sox, and had stints with teams active in Memphis and New Orleans in 1934. In 1935, Carlisle signed with the Homestead Grays, situated as the team's starting second baseman. Hitting.379 on the season, he was nonetheless better known for his defensive capabilities on the field and as a legitimate base stealing threat on the basepaths. Oftentimes, Carlisle hit second in the line-up, in front of teammates Josh Gibson and Buck Leonard. His struggles in 1938, however, after posting just a.139 batting average (BA), precipitated the loss of Carlisle's starting role to Sammy Bankhead in 1939. A year later, Carlisle was reinserted as a starter, batting.278. With the Grays, he won the 1943 Negro World Series but went 0-for-9 during the series. Carlisle served in the US Navy during World War II, and spent the remainder of his baseball career as a utility man before retiring in 1946. Carlisle died in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1972; he was 62 years old.

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# Matt Carlisle

**Matthew Carlisle** (February 5, 1910 – November 18, 1972), nicknamed **"Lick"**, was an American professional baseball infielder who played in the Negro leagues. He spent the majority of his career with the Homestead Grays.

Carlisle was born in Wenonah, Alabama; as an adult, he worked as a coal miner. In 1931, he played as the starting shortstop for the Birmingham Black Barons of the Negro leagues, batting .268 for his rookie season. The following year, Carlisle signed with the Montgomery Gray Sox, and had stints with teams active in Memphis and New Orleans in 1934.

In 1935, Carlisle signed with the Homestead Grays, situated as the team's starting second baseman. Hitting .379 on the season, he was nonetheless better known for his defensive capabilities on the field and as a legitimate base stealing threat on the basepaths. Oftentimes, Carlisle hit second in the line-up, in front of teammates Josh Gibson and Buck Leonard. His struggles in 1938, however, after posting just a .139 batting average (BA), precipitated the loss of Carlisle's starting role to Sammy Bankhead in 1939.

A year later, Carlisle was reinserted as a starter, batting .278. With the Grays, he won the 1943 Negro World Series but went 0-for-9 during the series. Carlisle served in the US Navy during World War II, and spent the remainder of his baseball career as a utility man before retiring in 1946.

Carlisle died in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1972; he was 62 years old.

## InfoBox

| Matt Carlisle | |
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| **Second baseman** | |
| **Born:** (1910-02-05)February 5, 1910
Wenonah, Alabama | |
| **Died:** November 18, 1972(1972-11-18) (aged 62)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | |
| **Batted:** Right**Threw:** Right | |
| Negro league baseball debut | |
| 1931, for the Birmingham Black Barons | |
| Last appearance | |
| 1948, for the New York Cubans | |
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| Teams | |
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title: Matt Barnes (soccer)

abstract: Matt Barnes is an American soccer coach. Barnes was inducted into the Judson Eagles' Hall of Fame. Barnes has a B.A. in Physical Education and General Science from Judson University, and an M.S. in Special Education from National University. He played one season in the USISL in 1996 with the Rockford Raptors. In August 2018, he was appointed as head coach of the Turks and Caicos national football team, while they were last placed in the FIFA rankings. Barnes is currently the Sporting Director for Danish club FC Helsingør.

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# Matt Barnes (soccer)

**Matt Barnes** is an American soccer coach.

Barnes was inducted into the Judson Eagles' Hall of Fame. Barnes has a B.A. in Physical Education and General Science from Judson University, and an M.S. in Special Education from National University.

He played one season in the USISL in 1996 with the Rockford Raptors.

In August 2018, he was appointed as head coach of the Turks and Caicos national football team, while they were last placed in the FIFA rankings.

Barnes is currently the Sporting Director for Danish club FC Helsingør.

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Matt Barnes
| Personal information | | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Full name | Matthew Barnes | | |
| Date of birth | 1972 (age 5152) | | |
| Place of birth | Bakersfield, California, United States | | |
| College career | | | |
| Years | **Team** | **Apps** | **(Gls)** |
| 1991–1995 | Judson Eagles |  |  |
| Senior career\* | | | |
| Years | **Team** | **Apps** | **(Gls)** |
| 1996 | Rockford Raptors |  |  |
| Managerial career | | | |
| 2016 | Midland-Odessa Sockers | | |
| 2018–2019 | Turks and Caicos | | |
| \*Club domestic league appearances and goals | | | |


title: O.T. Sarada Krishnan

abstract: O.T. Sarada Krishnan was an Indian politician who served as Member of Kerala Legislative Assembly from Kozhikode - 1 constituency from 1960 to 1964.

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# O.T. Sarada Krishnan

**O.T. Sarada Krishnan** was an Indian politician who served as Member of Kerala Legislative Assembly from Kozhikode - 1 constituency from 1960 to 1964.

## Personal life

She was born on 22 February 1905 and died on 14 April 1973.

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| O.T. Sarada Krishnan | |
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| Member of Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| **In office**<br>1957–1965 | |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | P.C. Raghavan Nair |
| Constituency | Kozhikode - 1 constituency |
|  | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 February 1905 |
| Died | 14 April 1973 |
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title: Ilah (cartoons)

abstract: Ilah is the nom de plume of Inge Liesbeth Alfonsina Heremans, a Belgian comic book artist, mainly known for her Cordelia series, a gag-a-day comic about a young woman, which has gained popularity and notoriety for openly but tastefully dealing with themes like sex and masturbation. Ilah is also a prominent illustrator of advertisements for the Antwerp book festival De Boekenbeurs and the bus company De Lijn.

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# Ilah (cartoons)

**Ilah** is the nom de plume of **Inge Liesbeth Alfonsina Heremans** (Leuven, 25 January 1971), a Belgian comic book artist, mainly known for her *Cordelia* series, a gag-a-day comic about a young woman, which has gained popularity and notoriety for openly but tastefully dealing with themes like sex and masturbation. Ilah is also a prominent illustrator of advertisements for the Antwerp book festival *De Boekenbeurs* and the bus company *De Lijn*.

## Biography

She studied applied graphics at the LUCA School of Arts in Brussels and then received a master's degree in philosophy from the Catholic University in Leuven. The *Cordelia* series, which she developed in 1996, appears in the newspaper *De Morgen*. Several collections of *Cordelia* strips have also been published. Another strip based on a character named *Mira* appears in *Flair)* magazine. Her work also appears in *De Tijd*, *De Standaard*, *Focus Knack*, *Menzo*, *Ad Valvas*, *Frontaal Naakt* and *GeenStijl*.


title: Three battles of Sarbakusa

abstract: The three battles of Sarbakusa were three military engagements in Ethiopia during the Zemene Mesafint that took place in May 1771. They pitted Wand Bewossen and Fasil of Damot against the forces of Emperor Tekle Haymanot II and Ras Mikael Sehul, with the former prevailing. This led to the end of Mikael Sehul's hegemony in imperial politics and the marginalization of Tekle Haymanot. According to James Bruce, the Meridazmach Amha Iyasus led 1,000 horsemen in support of Emperor Tekle Haymanot at Sarbakusa.

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# Three battles of Sarbakusa

The **three battles of Sarbakusa** were three military engagements in Ethiopia during the Zemene Mesafint that took place in May 1771. They pitted Wand Bewossen and Fasil of Damot against the forces of Emperor Tekle Haymanot II and Ras Mikael Sehul, with the former prevailing. This led to the end of Mikael Sehul's hegemony in imperial politics and the marginalization of Tekle Haymanot. According to James Bruce, the Meridazmach Amha Iyasus led 1,000 horsemen in support of Emperor Tekle Haymanot at Sarbakusa.


title: Georg Böhme

abstract: Georg Böhme was a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and former member of the German Bundestag.

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# Georg Böhme

**Georg Böhme** (March 16, 1926  July 1, 2016) was a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and former member of the German Bundestag.

## Life

Böhme joined the CDU in 1951. At the same time, he joined the Junge Union (JU) and had been chairman of the JU district association of Hildesheim since 1953. In 1958, he was elected deputy regional chairman of the Hannover JU.

Böhme was a member of the German Bundestag from 1961 to 1965. He was elected to parliament via the Lower Saxony state list.

## Literature

Herbst, Ludolf; Jahn, Bruno (2002). Vierhaus, Rudolf (ed.). *Biographisches Handbuch der Mitglieder des Deutschen Bundestages. 1949–2002* \[*Biographical Handbook of the Members of the German Bundestag. 1949–2002*\] (in German). München: De Gruyter - De Gruyter Saur. p. 1715. ISBN 978-3-11-184511-1.

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| Georg Böhme | |
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| Member of the Bundestag | |
| **In office**
17 October 1961  17 October 1965 | |
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| Born | (1926-03-16)16 March 1926
Hildesheim |
| Died | 1 July 2016(2016-07-01) (aged 90)
Hildesheim, Lower Saxony, Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Political party | CDU |
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