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<mask> (1619–1668) was an English astrologer and astronomer, professionally a land surveyor. Life and publications
<mask> was born at North Luffenham, Rutland on 9 April 1619. The eldest of four sons of <mask> (1587–1660) (who was taking astronomical observations during the 1620s), his family had been established in the village since at least his grandfather's time, but is thought to have had Welsh antecedents. <mask> did not receive a university education, but by assiduous study acquired his working knowledge of Latin, Greek, and Mathematics. With these skills he followed his calling as a surveyor, and invented or developed the use of the forty-link two-pole chain for measuring tracts of land in rods or poles, a method which he explained and advocated in his published works. While so engaged, two of his younger brothers, Solomon (1621) and Samuel (1626), married during the earlier 1640s and began their families, but the first of <mask>'s children by his wife Alice to be christened at North Luffenham was Elizabeth, in November 1652. During this time <mask> collaborated with William Leybourn (1626–1716), and dated the preface to their jointly-authored work Urania Practica, (published in 1649) from North Luffenham in 1648.Containing over 300 pages, this was the first substantial compendium of astronomy written in the English language. It was the commencement of important authorial careers in surveying and astronomy for both men, and they defended themselves against their critic Jeremy Shakerley soon afterwards. In the following year <mask> published independently A Dreadful Prognostication, containing astrological predictions. However several of <mask>'s later publications were made through the press of Robert Leybourn, who went into partnership with William Leybourn in 1651. The first of these, <mask>'s Harmonicon Cœleste, appeared in 1651 at a time when <mask> was in correspondence with William Lilly: a surviving copy of the book from the library of Sir Isaac Newton was carefully annotated by its owner. In this work <mask> had made a transition towards more modern astronomical conceptions. At the Leybourn press William Leybourn produced his own first enduring and substantial work, The Compleat Surveyor, in 1653: the association with <mask> persisted until <mask>'s death.<mask>'s next major work, his Astronomia Instaurata, appeared in 1656. This led to a controversy with Thomas Streete, who published his Astronomia Carolina in 1661, and followed it with An Appendix to Astronomia Carolina in 1664 in which he criticised <mask> for his mistakes. In 1665 <mask> responded in his Examen Astronomiae Carolina, exposing the alleged errors of Thomas Street, who retaliated with Examen examinatum of 1667, 'a castigation of the envy and ignorance of <mask>.' <mask> issued ephemerides for twenty years (1652–1671), which John Flamsteed considered to be the most accurate of their time. As a very young man Flamsteed maintained a correspondence with <mask> (who died in 1668). Flamsteed, who interested himself in the opinions of both <mask> and Streete, wrote: "with [Mr. <mask>] I had a faire Correspondence, and though we differed de parallaxi et Æquationibus systematis Solaris and severall other things, yet our dissent made us not the lesse freinds;" adding, that though he [i.e. Flamsteed] differed with Mr. Streete in his opinions de Fixatione Apheliorum et Nodorum, et de Æquationibus Lunae oscillatorijs, yet he hoped that Streete should prove to be a friendly correspondent also.A convinced astrologer, <mask> edited in 1660 the Defence of the Divine Art of Natural Astrologie which had been sent to him by his late friend George Atwell (c.1576–1658), Surveyor, and 'Professor of the Mathematicks' at the University of Cambridge, to which he wrote an informative preface. <mask> remarks, "The stars incline the will (saith Scotus) yet in no wise necessitate it, notwithstanding it often hapneth that Astrologers fore-tel truths concerning the manners of men, by reason of their proneness to follow their sensitive appetite." Atwell was the author of a work on Surveying explaining the accurate use of the measuring chain, which by 1665 had run into a third, enlarged (London) edition. In 1664 <mask> produced his own treatise on practical land surveying, his Geodætes Practicus : or, The Art of Surveying. A second edition, containing also a reprint of the Examen Astronomiae Carolinae, was produced in 1666, almost the entire run of which was destroyed in the Great Fire of London. The Third Edition was the much enlarged version issued as Geodætes Practicus Redivivus by his nephew <mask> in 1699–1700. The culmination of <mask>'s labours took shape in his Astronomia Britannica, published posthumously in 1669.Written entirely in Latin, well-illustrated with diagrams and enriched throughout by classical literary allusions, this was a complete system of astronomy on Copernican principles. It followed Seth Ward in formulating Kepler's second law. It was prefaced by a line-engraved portrait of the author seated at a table with globe and instruments, and a view of a village (possibly meant for North Luffenham) beyond. and opened with a letter of dedication to Sir Robert Markham (1644–1690), M.P. for Grantham, who wrote a two-page postscript de Refractione to the text. The seven-page preface, Praefatium ad Candidum Lectorem, which opens with a flourish invoking the authority of Hermes Trismegistus, is dated from North Luffenham early in 1665. The five 'books' of the main text (pp.1–246) each have their own title-pages, the first three dated 1668 and the last two 1669. The latter half of the work (pp. 1–366) is occupied by the Tables with a further dated title-page of 1668 for the Synopsis Compendiaria of Astronomic Observations (part 2 p. 265). <mask> also wrote for the Stationers' Company an almanac styled Olympia Domata, the annual sale of which averaged 50,000 copies. The Olympia Domata for 1670 was edited by his elder son, <mask>, and the numbers for 1704 to 1727 by his nephew, <mask> of Pickworth, Rutland (see below). The publication was continued by his descendants at irregular intervals until 1805. <mask> resided with his wife Alice at North Luffenham, where daughters Mary (1654), Alice (1658), Elizabeth (1664) and Catherine (1666) and sons <mask> (1656) and James (1661), were christened.He occasionally went to London for learned company. His friend and biographer John Gadbury commended his wit. He drew the scheme of his own nativity published in Gadbury's Brief Relation, and is said to have made a correct forecast of his death. He contracted consumption, of which he died on 20 September 1668, aged 49, having made his will only a fortnight previously. Gadbury observed that dedication to work had exhausted him, and rebutted any suggestion that <mask> might have taken his own life. He was buried at North Luffenham. The <mask> Family

After <mask>'s death, and during the 18th century, the vicinity of North Luffenham maintained distinction by its association with the Barker family of Lyndon Hall and South Luffenham in Rutland.<mask> the elder (father of the astronomer) had, before 1635, been a tenant of lands in North Luffenham which had formerly belonged to Fineshade Priory, Northamptonshire, and had become property of the rector of North Luffenham, Robert Johnson (1540–1625). In 1630 Johnson's grandson Isaac, principal shareholder in the Massachusetts Bay Company, sailed with John Winthrop in the founding voyage to Massachusetts. In that company was also one <mask> and his wife Deborah Batchelder, from whom an American family of <mask> hopes to trace its descent: the possible association of that John with <mask>'s family is mooted in a published genealogy. In 1635 Johnson's lands were sold to Samuel Barker of South Luffenham, who died in 1658, but the continuing relations with the <mask> family are shown by deeds of recovery relating to some 180 acres at North Luffenham and Ketton, between <mask> junior, gent. (presumably the astronomer himself), and Jonathan and John Barker, gents. (two of the sons and heirs of Samuel Barker, upon whom the former Johnson lands had devolved), in 1660. These heirs of Samuel Barker's lived at North Luffenham Manor House (built 1640).The Wings therefore had dealings with the Barker family more than with Noel or Digby, the other two principal manorial families of North Luffenham. Lyndon Hall became the home of Samuel Barker (1686–1759) and his wife Sarah, daughter of Sir Isaac Newton's pupil and successor as Lucasian Professor, William Whiston (1667–1752), who latterly resided with them, and Samuel's son Thomas Barker (1722–1809), called 'The Father of Meteorology', who married the sister of Gilbert White of Selborne. The example and brilliance of <mask> found its reflex in the descendants of his youngest brother <mask> (baptised 4.x.1629, buried 5.xii.1697) and his wife Priscilla, at least eleven of whose children were baptised at North Luffenham between 1655 and 1675. Two of their children apparently founded dynasties whose works in Surveying, Fenland Engineering, Mathematics, Instrument-Making, Architecture and Astronomy continued through the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Line of <mask> of Pickworth (1662)
 <mask> of Pickworth (1662-1726), and wife Sarah Hyfield, was the father of Tycho <mask> I (1696–1750), philosopher and astronomer, and their various namesake descendants. <mask> of Pickworth was a County coroner, surveyor and almanackist who published in 1693 the Heptarchia Mathematica, a text-book for masons, carpenters and glaziers: in 1699 he published an enlarged version of his uncle's Art of Surveying, the Geodætes Practicus Redivivus supplemented by Scientia Stellarum, Calculation of the Planets' Places, etc. John was survived by five children,
 John Wing (died 1741), Citizen and Haberdasher of London
 daughters Sarah (Baily), Priscilla (Sisson) and Elizabeth (Clerk), and
 Tycho Wing I (1696–1750), Philosopher and astronomer, teacher of Mathematics to boarding pupils at Pickworth, and Coroner for Rutland 1727–42, to whom his father bequeathed all his Mathematical books and instruments.He was the subject of an oil portrait (showing him with an astrological globe) by John Vanderbank for Stationers' Hall, London, rendered as a mezzotint by George White (1684–1732). He married Eleanor Peach of Stoke Dry, Rutland, and had at least four children, including
 Tycho <mask> II (1726–1774), instrument maker of Montpelier Row, Twickenham. He was apprenticed to the London instrument-maker Thomas Heath in 1741 and was in partnership with him from 1751 to 1773. He married Heath's daughter Hypatia. Published and sold all manner of materials for surveyors. <mask> (1727–1776), surveyor, who married Mary and was father of
 Tycho <mask>, baptised at Great Casterton in 1769. <mask> (1723–1780).Became Steward to the 4th Duke and 5th Duke of Bedford at Thorney, Cambridgeshire. He published maps of the Bedford Level and Lincolnshire Fens and was involved in drainage works on the North Levels during the 1760s. Married Ann Sisson and was father of
 <mask> junr (1752–1812), who succeeded his father as Steward to the Duke of Bedford at Thorney. He debated and advocated the raising of temporary taxes for the repair and improvement of Fen drainage and maintained the Thorney estate in an exemplary fashion. He married twice, first to Katherine Elger, and second to Jane Ansell, his six children by whom included
 <mask>, the Revd., of Thornhaugh (1786–1858), who succeeded his father as Steward to the Duke of Bedford at Thorney between 1812 and 1817, and
 Tycho <mask> IV (1794–1851), who, succeeding in 1817, won himself high praise both as manager of the tenantry and for his work in drainage and management of the Fens. Between 1827 and 1834 he undertook a project to improve the outfall of the River Nene, the lower section of which is named 'Tycho Wing's Channel'. He became known as 'King of the Fens'; he married Adelaide Basevi, sister of the architect George Basevi, and had eight children.Line of <mask> of North Luffenham (1666)
 <mask> of North Luffenham (baptised 30.ix.1666, the son of Moses and Priscilla <mask>), (brother of <mask> of Pickworth), by wife Elizabeth, was the father of six children including
 <mask> the elder (1697/98-1753), mason, and architect of the tower of St Peter's church at Gaulby, Leicestershire, who by his first wife Elizabeth Townsend was father of
 <mask> the younger (1728–1794), mason, and architect of the neo-Gothic church of St John the Baptist, c.1761, at King's Norton, Leicestershire; and he, by his wife Elizabeth Gibbins of Hallaton, Leicestershire (where <mask> became resident), was father of six children including
 <mask> (1756–1826), mason and architect: who, being set up in business at Woburn by his father following their 1780–82 collaboration on the Girtford bridge at Sandy, Bedfordshire, became architect of the famous Town Bridge at Bedford (also of the Town Gaol, the House of Industry and the Bedford Infirmary) and thrice Mayor of that County Town. Among his ten children by wife Elizabeth Tacy were
 James Tacy <mask> (1805–1880), church architect of Bedford. <mask> of Bedford (1802–1861), architect of Biggleswade Town Hall (1844). Notes and references

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<mask> (born July 25, 1976) is a Puerto Rican former Major League Baseball starting pitcher. He played for the Florida Marlins (), Atlanta Braves (), Chicago White Sox (–), Arizona Diamondbacks (), New York Yankees (, ), and Montreal Expos (–). Personal life
<mask> was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico. <mask> is married to <mask>. They have three children: Kamila, <mask>é, and Kariana. <mask> claims that he dislikes being the center of attention outside of the playing field and describes himself as a 'house man' spending his free time with his children. <mask> is also interested in art pieces especially the ones that are produced by Puerto Rican artists and he possesses paintings by Wichie Torres and Iván Rosario.<mask> has also expressed that he has always been interested in charity work, this interest was fueled by his parents as he states that a Christian upbringing and their support when he began practicing sports were part of this influence. Professional career

Minor Leagues
<mask> was a 5th round draft pick of the Montreal Expos in the  amateur draft. The same year, he began his professional career with the Montreal Expos's Rookie ball club in West Palm Beach, Florida, the GCL Expos. He struck out 56, walking 15, in a team leading 67 innings pitched. In 1995 he was promoted to the class A Albany Polecats where in 102 innings he struck out 87 but also walking 47. In 1996 with class A Delmarva Shorebirds he pitched 164.1 with a team leading 173 strikeouts and 57 walks. The following year he started with high A ball, West Palm Beach Expos, striking out 100 and walking 28 in 112 innings, before moving up to Class AA Harrisburg Senators where he struck out 47 and walked 12 in 42 innings.Montreal Expos (1998–2003)
<mask> made his Major League debut for the Expos on April 3, 1998 pitching five innings in the loss. He picked up his first win May 26 against the Arizona Diamondbacks. He finished his rookie season starting 32 games, pitching 172 innings and striking out 139 batters. In , as part of a young Expos rotation of "twentysomething", "tall", "power" pitchers <mask> started the season as the team's number three pitcher but, after being sent back to the minor leagues would miss a month and a half of the major league season. He finished the year with 26 starts, including his first career shut out September 14 against the Dodgers, 154 innings and 131 strikeouts causing ESPN to write that he had "turn[ed] the corner ... dramatically." He was the losing pitcher when David Cone, of the New York Yankees, pitched a perfect game against the Expos on July 18, 1999.In , Vázquez had become the opening day start of the Expos. He was thought of as a promising young pitcher and pitched the team's opening game on April 5 against the Los Angeles Dodgers, striking out five batters in seven innings in an Expos win. The Expos would win his following three starts and eight of his first eleven leaving the Expos at 27–23 on June 1. In the wake of injuries to pitchers Matt Blank, Mike Thurman and Hideki Irabu, <mask>'s 2.79 ERA, good for fourth-best in the NL, was noted as a key part to their success. After a sweep of the Baltimore Orioles and a win against the New York Yankees the Expos were at 31–23, 2nd behind the Atlanta Braves in the NL East, 3rd in the entire National League. His June sixth start, under pressure, <mask> struck out 7 batters in 6 innings but he also walked four and gave up a home run to Bernie Williams, the Expos lost and would go on to lose seven of their next nine leaving them at 33–31, eighth in the National League. The Expos would finish 67–95 and <mask> would pitch 217 innings, striking out 196 while only walking 61.He was invited to play in the 2000 Japanese All-Star Series 2000. By , <mask> had become the ace of the Expos pitching staff thought of as a "bright young star and an All-Star for years to come." On April second he opened the season in Chicago, pitching five innings, striking out five but walking three against the Cubs. The Expos won a close game five to four. He pitched better the following start, the home opener at Olympic Stadium striking out nine without issuing any walks in seven innings and would finish the season with 223 innings pitched, 208 strikeouts, while only walking 44. In , <mask> pitched a then career high 230 innings striking out 179 batters while walking 49. Despite this he lost his arbitration case following the season and was awarded $6 million rather than his requested $7.15 million.In , <mask> pitched 230 innings striking out a then career high 241 batters while walking 57. Regarded as one of the league's top pitchers he signaled to then GM Omar Minaya that he might not resign with the Expos, a team then threatened with contraction. Later when asked by the New York Times about his experience in Montreal that year he said it was tough "being over there having no owner. If you needed somebody the last couple years when we were in the hunt, especially last year, we couldn't get a player we needed." The article went on to note that for financial reasons the Expos not only couldn't "obtain players from other teams who might have helped the Expos stay in the wild-card race, but the Expos also weren't allowed to call up players from the minor leagues." New York Yankees (2004)
On December 16, 2003, the New York Yankees acquired <mask> from the Expos in exchange for Nick Johnson,  Juan Rivera and Randy Choate. He agreed to a four-year deal through the  season.Entering the season The Hardball Times predicted him as their "consensus pick for the Cy Young". Following a strong start to the season he was named a 2004 All-Star. Arizona Diamondbacks (2005)
Following a disappointing performance in Game 7 of the 2004 American League Championship Series where Vazquez pitched two innings of relief allowing three runs, two hits (both home runs to Johnny Damon), and five walks, the Yankees sent <mask>, Brad Halsey, and Dioner Navarro, to the Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for Randy Johnson on January 11, 2005. Johnson, then a 10 time all-star, had won the National League Cy Young Award each year from 1999 to 2002 and had finished in second place in Cy Young voting that year (striking out a league high 290 batters with only 44 walks in 245 innings.) As Arizona's opening day starter, <mask> surrendered 7 earned runs while struck out two without walking anyone in 1.2 innings, one of three worst starts in the Diamondbacks history. In 33 starts overall, he struck out 192 and walked 46 in 215 innings. In the month of May he pitched 46 innings, without walking a single batter.The stretch was broken at 54 innings in the 5th inning of a June ninth start against Minnesota. After pitching the 2005 season with Arizona, <mask> formally requested a trade from the team, asking for a location which was "easier for his family in Puerto Rico to visit." Chicago White Sox (2006–2008)

On December 20, 2005, <mask> was traded to the Chicago White Sox for Orlando Hernández, Luis Vizcaíno, and Chris Young. During the 2007 season he struck out 213 and walked 50 in 216 innings pitched. <mask> agreed to play for the Puerto Rico Team in the 2006 World Baseball Classic, joining fellow Puerto Rican players Carlos Delgado, Carlos Beltrán, Bernie Williams, amongst others representing the island in a team managed by St. Louis Cardinals third base coach Jose Oquendo. In the 2007 season, <mask> exceeded the two hundred strikeouts mark for the third time in his career, with the other two occasions being in  and 2003. This season was the seventh season in his career where he had thrown at least two hundred innings.The only season that he was not able to work this quantity of innings was in 2004 when Joe Torre, then manager of the New York Yankees decided to jump some turns in the team's rotation. <mask> culminated that year with 198 thrown innings. When asked about <mask>'s performance during the season in an interview, White Sox manager Ozzie Guillén noted that <mask> had been throwing well for some time but the team had not been able to capitalize on this until it was too late in the season, specifically referring to the team's performance during the summer. Atlanta Braves (2009)

On December 4, 2008, <mask> was traded, along with Boone Logan, to the Atlanta Braves for minor league catcher Tyler Flowers, shortstop Brent Lillibridge, third baseman Jon Gilmore and pitcher Santos Rodriguez. With the Braves in 2009, <mask> had what was perhaps his most successful season with 238 strikeouts and 44 walks in 219 innings. He also led the majors in sacrifice hits, with 20. <mask> came in fourth place in the voting for the 2009 NL Cy Young Award.Second stint with the New York Yankees

On December 22, 2009 the New York Yankees re-acquired <mask>, this time from the Braves with LHP Boone Logan, in exchange for OF Melky Cabrera, LHP Mike Dunn and pitching prospect Arodys Vizcaíno. At this time he was thought of as "one of the top starters in all of baseball" after what was thought of as being one of the best if not the best statistical seasons by a pitcher in 2009. On July 21, 2010 he became the third active pitcher to beat all 30 MLB teams along with Barry Zito and Jamie Moyer. After struggling in August, the Yankees temporarily demoted <mask> to the bullpen. In his final appearance of the season, <mask> came in in relief against the Rays and proceeded to hit three batters in a row (tying a big-league record), while the Rays went on to score two runs on no hits. <mask> finished the regular season with a 10–10 win-loss record and an ERA of 5.32. Due to his struggles in the regular season, the Yankees once again demoted <mask> to the bullpen for him to be on the postseason roster.The Yankees won the 2010 ALDS against the Minnesota Twins in 3 games, but lost to the Texas Rangers in the 2010 ALCS in 6 games. <mask> was released after the season was over. Florida Marlins (2011)
Following the 2010 season, he reached an agreement on a one-year $7 million contract with the Florida Marlins. The deal was finalized on December 2. He began the season by going 3–6 with a 7.09 ERA through his first 13 games. After that, he went 10–5 with a 1.92 ERA the rest of the way. He made his first start for the Florida Marlins April 3 against the New York Mets striking out one in a shortened two inning start.In his first interleague start against Florida rival Tampa Bay, he struck out seven batters in seven innings while walking two in a 5-3 win in what was called his "best start of the year." Following this start he continued to pitch well, striking out 20 and walking 5 (one intentional) in 19.2 innings in games at Los Angeles, Arizona and Florida. At the end of the season Vazquez had a 29 scoreless inning streak, the longest in Marlins history, during which he struck out 28 batters while only walking 4. In his final game as a pitcher on September 27, Vazquez went the distance against the Washington Nationals. He allowed five hits and two runs while striking out nine batters on 97 pitches as the Marlins rallied in the ninth to win 3-2. Pitching style
Vazquez threw from a three-quarters arm slot with "good command of a running/sinking fastball" that, according to FanGraphs, overall averaged 91 mph according to Josh Kalk of The Hardball Times was "over 93 mph on average" in his peak. Kalk considered this particularly impressive considering his arm angle noting that "normally pitchers who have a very low release point sacrifice speed and vertical movement for horizontal movement."Kalk went on to note that Vazquez's fastball averaged nine inches of vertical movement "thanks to an exceptionally high spin rate on his fastball." He also threw a "tight" slider which averaged 83 mph and "a big breaking curve-ball" which averaged 74 mph. His curveball was thought to be especially difficult to hit; in 2004 Sandy Alomar, Jr. called it the "best breaking ball I've seen; Bert Blyleven doesn't throw it better [...] you don't know where it's going to land. He changes speeds with the breaking ball. He throws it hard. He throws it at you. He knows how to set you up."Kalk called it a "slurvy curve with huge horizontal movement and little vertical drop" noting that he "can add and subtract from a pitch that can like anything from one of his better sliders to a 65 mph beast with massive horizontal and vertical movement." Poet Carson Cistulli once wrote that "<mask>'s curvepiece makes me a Better Man"

He featured two types of changeups: "one that darts like a cutter and one that resembles a screwball". Kalk noted an 11 mph difference between his fastball and changeup, FanGraphs a 10.5 mph average for his career (90.9 mph compared to 80.4 mph). Fastball velocity
Baseball writer Dave Cameron writes in his piece "<mask>'s Fastball Is Probably Not Coming Back" that beginning in 2010 Vazquez's fastball dropped from 91 mph to 89 mph and that "given his career workload, I wouldn’t bet on Vazquez's fastball ever coming back." In May, 2011 the Miami Herald noted that while Vazquez's velocity had been down "now it is registering in the low 90s. When one fastball snapped his glove Friday, Buck said he glanced up at the reading on the Dodger Stadium scoreboard and saw 94." In June, 2011 Joe Frisaro confirmed that his velocity had "increased" and that Vazquez's fastball was topping out "at a season-high 94 mph".This was statistically confirmed in September by Eric Seidman: "from June 11 until now, Vazquez threw his fastball 53 percent of the time, and the pitch averaged 91.1 mph, right in line with his career". Post-baseball career
<mask> was hired as an international special assistant to Major League Baseball Players Association executive director Tony Clark on April 30, 2014. See also

 List of Major League Baseball annual shutout leaders
 List of Major League Baseball career games started leaders
 List of Major League Baseball career strikeout leaders
 List of Major League Baseball players from Puerto Rico

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title: Joe Frantz

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<mask>'s CKY crew. His body of works includes the CKY video series, Haggard: The Movie, reality television shows such as Viva La Bam and Bam's Unholy Union, Jackass Number Two, Jackass 2.5, Jackassworld.com: 24 Hour Takeover, Jackass 3D, and Jackass 3.5, and music videos for bands such as HIM, CKY, Clutch, and the 69 Eyes. Frantz is also a collaborative co-author of the book Dreamseller, which he wrote with MTV / Jackass personality Brandon Novak. Frantz is a television documentary producer and cinematographer whose works have aired on National Geographic, The History Channel, Animal Planet, Discovery Channel, and The Travel Channel. CKY

The CKY video series
Frantz is noted for serving as cinematographer for the CKY video series, a predecessor to the Jackass franchise. The series was directed by Bam Margera and starred the CKY crew, as well as popular extreme sports icons such as Tony Hawk.As director of photography for CKY 3 and CKY4, Frantz introduced high production quality 35-millimeter and 16-millimeter film sequences to the action sports genre, which was then primarily shot on various low quality videotape formats. Among the most noted film segments in the CKY videos are the "Shopping Cart Slams" and the "HeMan BeastMan" music video for the band Gnarkill (for which Frantz also crafted the stop-motion animation sequences). CKY: The Greatest Hits
In 2014, Frantz directed and produced the one-hour documentary CKY: The Greatest Hits, which highlights the most memorable moments and unreleased footage from the CKY videos, and features commentary from Bam Margera and the CKY crew, with special appearances by Johnny Knoxville and Jeff Tremaine of Jackass. Independent films

Haggard: The Movie
Following the international success of the CKY videos, Bam Margera approached Frantz with the script for his independent motion picture directorial debut, a comedy titled Haggard: The Movie (2003). Directed by, starring, and financed by Margera, Haggard co-stars Ryan Dunn and the CKY crew, and features cameos by skateboard legends Tony Hawk and Bucky Lasek. For the production of Haggard, Frantz developed a production method through which he could serve dual roles as both producer and director of photography, and shot the movie in super-16 millimeter film. Minghags: The Movie
Directed by and starring Bam Margera and the cast of MTV's Viva La Bam, Minghags: The Movie (2009) is an homage to one of Margera's and Frantz's favorite genres, born out of the 1980s, the "Screwball Comedy" (such films as John Landis' Kentucky Fried Movie and Amazon Women on the Moon).As co-director, executive producer, and director of photography, Frantz shot it in super-16 millimeter film, in the same colorful style as its predecessor, Haggard: The Movie. Bam Margera Presents: Where the ♯$&% Is Santa? Bam Margera Presents: Where the ♯$&% Is Santa? (2008) is a modern-day Christmas saga, a reality comedy feature reminiscent of the MTV predecessor Viva La Bam, in which Bam Margera and Brandon Novak trek across Finland to find Santa Claus in order to make good on a bet with Jimmy Pop of the Bloodhound Gang. They are also joined by the Dudesons. The film features other cameos by Kat Von D, CKY, and Andy McCoy of Hanoi Rocks. Frantz served as the film's co-executive producer, writer, and director of photography, and appeared in a cameo role.Jackass
<mask> is noted for his camera work in Jackass Number Two (2006), Jackass 2.5 (2007), Jackassworld.com: 24 Hour Takeover (2008) (in which <mask> made his first Jackass cameo appearance), Jackass 3D (2010), and Jackass 3.5 (2011). <mask> is also noted for shooting the "lost" Jackass Number Two scene of Don Vito, the "Don Vito Tooth Pull" (2006), in which Vito had his tooth pulled out via a string attached to the bumper of a Lamborghini driven by Bam Margera and Johnny Knoxville. The footage quickly became the "big stunt" in the official Jackass Number Two trailer. Due to legal allegations centered around Don Vito, the footage was omitted from the film, and it is rumored that <mask> still owns Vito's tooth. A few seconds of the lost footage can be seen in the original Jackass Number Two trailer. Reality TV

Viva La Bam
The Jackass spin-off Viva La Bam, MTV's scripted-reality series starred Bam Margera and his friends from Jackass and the CKY videos, known as the "CKY crew". The program was shot from 2003 to 2006 (from pilot to the "Viva La Spring Break" special).Each episode presented a theme or mission, and took the cast and crew on journeys across the United States, South America, Europe, and Scandinavia. The show also often featured appearances of Margera's favorite bands and celebrity friends such as HIM, CKY, Clutch, Slayer, Gwar, The Bloodhound Gang, Johnny Knoxville, and Tony Hawk. For Viva La Bam's five-season duration, Frantz served as director of photography and contributed to the aesthetic of the show by shooting scenes and montages in super-16 and 35-millimeter film, using a variety of experimental cinematographic in-camera techniques (such as stop-motion), producing the only motion picture film presented on a reality program in the history of television. Bam's Unholy Union
Frantz was producer and director of photography of the Jackass/Viva La Bam spinoff Bam's Unholy Union (2007). The series chronicled the marriage of Bam Margera to his high school sweetheart Melissa "Missy" Rothstein, and featured Ryan Dunn, Brandon DiCamillo, Brandon Novak, Rake Yohn, and Frantz in a cameo role. MTV's Blastazoid
MTV's Blastazoid was the featured show on MTV's highly advertised "Gamers Week". The half-hour special was created by MTV's internal division with <mask> and Brandon DiCamillo, who were signed on as producers to head up the project shortly after approaching MTV with their idea to create a "Live-Action Donkey Kong"; a five-story, life-sized version of the classic arcade game.Blastazoid chronicled the lives of hosts <mask>, DiCamillo, and Rake Yohn, as they brought "Live-Action Donkey Kong" to life. It also showcased user-created gaming, fan, and tribute footage found on the internet. Although MTV's Blastazoid Special ended with a trailer for a "Live-Action Frogger" episode, the teaser was a spoof and Blastazoid had never been intended for a series. Music videos and documentaries

HIM
Frantz has served as both producer and director of photography with director Bam Margera on four music videos for Finnish band HIM:
 "Buried Alive by Love" (featuring Natural Born Killers star Juliette Lewis) (2003)
 "The Sacrament" (2004)
 "And Love Said No" (2004)
 "Solitary Man" (2004). The international success of the HIM videos initiated the production of a series of documentary features by Margera and Frantz:
 HIM: The Making of "Buried Alive by Love" (2003)
 HIM: The Making of "The Sacrament" (2004)
 HIM: The Making of "And Love Said No" (2004)
 BAM presents HIM: The Making of "Dark Light" (2005)
Interspersed with Margera's signature antics, the documentaries highlight the history of the band and depict challenges of the video productions. CKY
In 1999, Frantz served as producer and director of photography with director Bam Margera for the CKY video "96 Quite Bitter Beings" (1999). The video was a success on MTV's Total Request Live, and the Margera / Frantz team has since released a total of thirteen CKY music videos, the most popular of which were played on MTV: "Flesh into Gear" (2001), "Attached at the Hip" (2002), "A#1 Roller Rager" (2009), and the half-hour music documentary The Making of "A#1 Roller Rager".In addition, Margera and Frantz created the DVD release of  Infiltrate•Destroy•Rebuild: The Video Album (2003), which features twelve music videos and behind-the-scenes documentary features. The 69 Eyes
Frantz has served as both producer and director of photography with director Bam Margera on three music videos for the Finnish band 69 Eyes: "Lost Boys" (2005), "Dead Girls Are Easy" (2009), and "Dead and Gone" (2009). The videos received heavy rotation on music video channels such as Kerrang! TV, and The Box, throughout Europe, Scandinavia, and the United Kingdom. Barrington Levy
In 2010, under the direction of Caesar Augustus, Frantz produced reggae legend Barrington Levy's "NO WAR" music video. It was shot in Frantz's hometown of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and features Kardinal Offishal, Ninjaman, Louie Rankin, and Wayne Wonder. The video thematically encompasses unity of the underclass in urban culture.The Bloodhound Gang
Frantz directed the Bloodhound Gang's music video "Screwing You on the Beach at Night" (2008), which is a visual parody of the classic black-and-white Chris Isaak "Wicked Game" video. Frantz reconstructed the "Wicked Game" video shot-per-shot, using the same camera angles, lenses, and shot composition as the original. Bloodhound Gang frontman Jimmy Pop's performance is a spoof of Chris Isaak's notably sexy performance, in which Jimmy plays a drooling, cross-eyed, girl-chasing simpleton. Viking Skull
Viking Skull's signature lifestyle of "drinking and rocking"  is depicted in the videos directed by Bam Margera with Frantz as producer and director of photography: "Blackened Sunrise" (2007) and "Hair of the Dog" (2009). Clutch
Frantz teamed up with director Bam Margera to produce and film the music video for hard rock band Clutch's "The Mob Goes Wild" (2004). The video features antics from Ryan Dunn and Brandon DiCamillo of Jackass. Vinnie Paz and Jedi Mind Tricks
As a lifelong friend of rapper Vinnie Paz, Frantz directed the first video of Paz's band Jedi Mind Tricks called "I Who Have Nothing" (1996), which features experimental in-camera animation and effects shot on a 16-millimeter Bolex camera.When frontman Paz pursued his solo career, Frantz served as director and cinematographer for Paz's debut video "Keep Movin' On" (2010). The video features cameos from several of Frantz's friends and associates: Philadelphia personality Tony Luke Jr., Scott Vogel of the hardcore band Terror, and Gina Lynn of the adult film world. Frantz followed the release with the Vinnie Paz documentary "Keep Movin' On: A Portrait of Vinnie Paz". Viva La Bands
The CD/DVD sets Viva La Bands (2005) and Viva La Bands, Volume 2 (2007) were released by skater/Jackass alumnus Bam Margera and had international distribution. The CDs are compilations of songs from Margera's favorite bands. The DVD features include popular music videos, behind-the-scenes documentaries, and the "lost episode" of Viva La Bam, titled "Iceland Waterfall", which were directed by Margera and produced and filmed by Frantz. Books

Dreamseller
<mask> is a collaborative co-author of the book Dreamseller, which he wrote with MTV / Jackass personality Brandon Novak.This "cautionary tale" chronicles Novak's career as a young professional skateboarder, descent into heroin addiction, and subsequent rise to MTV fame. Frantz documented the life of Novak in "Dreamseller: The Documentary Series. The film outlines Novak's career, and the effects of drug addiction on relationships, and features interviews with Novak's mother, as well as Bam Margera, Tony Hawk, Bucky Lasek, and Ryan Dunn, who comment on their relationships with Novak and his history of drug abuse. In December 2007, on an episode of Radio Bam on Sirius Radio, Frantz accuses Novak of being high, frisks him, and uncovers hidden drugs. Consequently, Margera, Frantz, and company kicked Novak out of Margera's studio and sent him home. In March 2009, in an attempt to dissuade young people from trying drugs, Frantz interviewed Novak who was then committed to a mental institution for recovery from prescription drug addiction. Frantz and Novak have started writing the second book in the Dreamseller series, which is centered around Novak's relationship with his father, now deceased.Radio shows

Radio Bam
Frantz was a regular guest host on the Sirius Satellite Radio program Radio Bam until its end in 2013. The show featured Bam Margera and guests. The Novak and Frantz Show
Since 2018, Frantz is the co-host of The Novak and Frantz Show on the Might Be News Network with fellow CKY crew member Brandon Novak. On the show, they discuss sobriety, film-making, current events, and their Jackass careers. They have had Chris Raab, Rake Yohn, Phil Margera, and April Margera as guests. Filmography

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Trivia
<mask>'s first gig in the film industry was as a production assistant on Chasing Amy (1997). It was short-lived, as on his first day, he accidentally shut down the set for an hour during a key scene by triggering an alarm on a nearby building.References

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<mask> (10 December 1941 – 31 August 2008) was an English actor, writer and director, known for his work in experimental theatre. He has been called "a one-man dynamo of British theatre". <mask> achieved notoriety in the 1970s for his nine-hour adaptation of the science-fiction trilogy Illuminatus! and his 22-hour staging of Neil Oram's play cycle The Warp. The Guinness Book of Records listed the latter as the longest play in the world. The Independent said that, "In the 1990s, through a series of sprawling monologues packed with arcane information and freakish speculations on the nature of reality, he became something approaching a grand old man of the fringe, though without ever discarding his inner enfant terrible." The Times labelled <mask> a one-man whirlwind of comic and surreal performance.Michael Coveney, in an obituary in The Guardian, described him as "one of the most original and unclassifiable talents in the British theatre of the past half-century. A genius at producing shows on a shoestring and honing the improvisational capabilities of the actors who were brave enough to work with him." The artistic director of the Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse said, "He was the door through which many hundreds of kindred souls entered a madder, braver, brighter, funnier and more complex universe." Early life and career
<mask> was born in Ilford, Essex, the son of Elsie (née Handley) and Anthony Colin <mask>, who was a telegrapher. He staged his first performances in the bathroom of his childhood home: "I was three years old and helped by my invisible friend, Peter Jelp, I put on shows for the characters in the linoleum." He was educated at Chigwell School (where he won the Drama prize) and then studied at RADA before joining Colchester Repertory theatre as an understudy to Warren Mitchell. In 1967 he became resident dramatist and acting company member at the Victoria Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent.He soon began writing and directing his own productions, including working with director Lindsay Anderson. After seeing the American Living Theatre at The Roundhouse in 1969 he was inspired to found The Ken Campbell Roadshow, a small theatre group that performed in unconventional venues such as pubs. Members included Bob Hoskins, Bernard Wrigley, Jane Wood, Dave Hill and Sylvester McCoy. <mask> was invited by John Cleese to appear with his Roadshow team in the first  Secret Policeman's Ball in June 1979. Theatre director and playwright

In 1976, he and Chris Langham formed the Science Fiction Theatre of Liverpool in order to stage Illuminatus, a nine-hour cycle of five plays by himself and Langham based on the cult trilogy of avowedly anarchist science fantasy novels of the same name by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson. Starring <mask> and Langham themselves, the production featured Neil Cunningham, David Rappaport, Jim Broadbent, Bill Nighy and <mask>'s future wife Prunella Gee. It later moved to the National Theatre, where it opened the new Cottesloe Theatre in 1977.Sir Peter Hall, director of the National at the time, writes of <mask> in his Diaries, "He is a total anarchist and impossible to pin down. He more or less said it was a crime to be serious." The Warp, based on the real life experiences and adventures of author Neil Oram, is a dizzying trek through the nether reaches of gurudom and tireless post-sixties mind-expansion, directed by <mask>, and opened at London's Institute of Contemporary Arts in January 1979. It was spawned by the encounter between Oram and <mask> after Oram gave his acclaimed performance as raconteur at the ICA. <mask> commissioned the cycle of ten plays after hearing Oram. The cycle's inordinate length when (as was intended to be possible) it is played together, 22 hours,  rendered the 9-hour Illuminatus! a mere bagatelle by comparison.For the first two weeks the performances were of one play per night, after which the impetus for a marathon performance, a real challenge to actors and audience, became irresistible. The success of this remarkable effort by all concerned led to three full marathon performances at the ICA. Five marathon performances followed at the Roundhouse in London in November 1979 also directed by <mask>. Probably the most remarkable, and in terms of the ethos of the author and the work, the most attractive event in this episode was the five marathons that were performed, against the wishes of an army of local officialdom, during a squat of the Regent Theatre in Edinburgh during the Festival of 1979. The Scottish audiences were as enthusiastic as the London crowd. After one performance at Hebden Bridge in Yorkshire, a further performance was given at Liverpool Everyman Theatre in a ten-week run from 29 September – 6 December 1980. Cult status was established giving some credence to the publicity material - "The world may soon divide into those who have been through THE WARP and those who have not" More recently the cycle was revived in the 1990s in a production directed by <mask>'s daughter Daisy.In May 1979, again at the ICA, the company presented the first stage version of  The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. One eye-popping aspect of the production was that for each set change the entire audience was wafted 1/2000th-of-an-inch above the floor aboard an industrial hovercraft. The cast cavorted on various ledges and platforms. The craft's carrying capacity meant that audiences were limited to a maximum of eighty each night. Langham was Arthur Dent, Richard Hope (actor) as Ford Prefect and narration of The Book was split between two usherettes. The problem of how to portray Zaphod Beeblebrox, the Betelgeusian blessed with three arms and two heads - not an issue in the original radio series - was assailed in typical <mask> fashion by simply (or not so simply) putting two actors inside one large costume. Audience-carrying capacity was not a problem at London's vast Rainbow Theatre where <mask> mounted a yet more grandiose version of The Hitchhiker's Guide in July 1980.The venue had been renovated in the 1970s to take rock operas. Some reviewers, who in general did not greet the show favourably, labelled it a musical, since it now came with incidental music and audacious laser effects. It ran for over three hours, despite attempts to shorten the script, and was forced to close some four weeks early, losing a lot of money in the process. For a year, 1980–1981, <mask> was artistic director of the Liverpool Everyman Theatre. From 1984, he made repeated efforts to adapt for the stage VALIS, the largely autobiographical cult science fiction novel by Philip K. Dick, but to the disappointment of fans, these efforts came to nothing. Television, radio and film
<mask> played Alex Gladwell, a corrupt lawyer, in one of the TV events of the 1970s, Law & Order, the notorious but ground-breaking corruption drama by G.F. Newman, a luminary of British TV screenwriting. The series provoked such a press outcry at the time that the BBC banned its overseas sale, since it was deemed to have portrayed Britain's police and criminal justice system in such a wholly unfavourable light.He played Alf Garnett's neighbour, Fred Johnson in the series of the 1980s sitcom In Sickness and in Health, which had the effect of cementing his career-long friendship with Warren Mitchell. He was memorable in Jack Pulman's 1981 television series Private Schulz as the acerbic Herr Krauss, an underwear factory owner hoping the war would continue so as not to jeopardise his contracts with the German army. <mask> in 1987 unsuccessfully auditioned for the part of the Seventh Doctor in Doctor Who. He was beaten to the role by his old protégé Sylvester McCoy, but an independently written and produced episode, "The Lost Doctor", features the voice of <mask>. The then script editor, Andrew Cartmel, later revealed that <mask>'s interpretation had been considered "too dark" to put on television. Other roles included the children's programme "Erasmus Microman" on ITV from 1988 to 1989 being a mad scientist. He also played Roger in "The Anniversary" episode of Fawlty Towers, buck-toothed blackmailer Ted Goat in Lovejoy Loses It, a 1993 episode of Lovejoy and a thieving flower-show entrant in Say It With Flowers, a 2004 episode of Heartbeat.<mask>'s radio career included playing Poodoo in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, a part specifically written for him. The Radio 3 literary programme The Verb included <mask> as a regular contributor; in such spots as <mask>'s Book Soup he became an upturner of bibliographic rocks, revealing unconsidered trifles to the hilarity of fellow contributors. His film work included Derek Jarman's The Tempest (1979), Breaking Glass (1980), Joshua Then and Now (1985), The Bride (1985), Chris Bernard's Letter to Brezhnev (1985), Peter Greenaway's A Zed and Two Noughts (1985), Charles Crichton's A Fish Called Wanda (1988), Hard Men (1996), Alice in Wonderland (1999), Saving Grace (2000) and Creep (2004). In the final years of his life <mask> suddenly found himself cast in a whole new TV role: that of doggedly curious sceptic called upon to probe the outer realms of particle physics and cognitive science on behalf of the casual viewer, particularly where the science bordered on the paranormal. <mask>'s idiosyncratic presentation in Brainspotting, Reality On the Rocks  and Six Experiments that Changed the World, each made for Channel 4, owed much to the influence of one of his heroes, the American iconoclast Charles Fort. <mask> became a star turn at the annual Fortean Times convention, UnCon. Later career and one-man shows
From the late eighties onwards <mask> wrote and performed a series of one-man shows, each a mélange of autobiographical stand-up comedy, ontological speculation and popular-science rant.They include Recollections of a Furtive Nudist, Jamais Vu, Mystery Bruises and Pigspurt. Several were published by Methuen. He toured them worldwide. Three of them were performed together at the National Theatre in 1993, as The Bald Trilogy: Furtive Nudist, Jamais Vu and Pigspurt. <mask> was later commissioned by the National's director Trevor Nunn to write The History of Comedy Part One: Ventriloquism. The two had previously fallen out when Nunn had been director of the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1981. <mask> had carefully concocted a press release and a string of personal letters complete with forged signature: Nunn appeared to be announcing that henceforth, as a consequence of the huge success of its recent adaptation of Nicholas Nickleby, the Royal Shakespeare Company would be changing its name to the Royal Dickens Company.Several grandees of the English theatre had been taken in by the hoax. Only when an exasperated Nunn called in Scotland Yard did <mask> finally own up. In 1999, <mask> starred with Warren Mitchell and John Fortune in Art in London's West End. In 2001 <mask> staged a version of Macbeth in pidgin English, called Makbed (blong Willum Sekspia). It was the big gun in his campaign to get Bislama, first language of 6,000 inhabitants of the South Pacific islands of Vanuatu, formally adopted as a world language (wol wantok). The virtue of Bislama was that with a bit of determination you could pick it up in an afternoon. <mask> argued that, in certain respects, Macbeth in pidgin was better than the original.If nothing else, the campaign had the effect of bringing to a wider public the Bislama for Prince Philip: Nambawan bigfala emi blong Misis Kwin ("Number one big fellow him belong Mrs Queen"). With Alan Moore, Bill Drummond, Mixmaster Morris and Coldcut, he appeared at the Royal Festival Hall in 2007 in a memorial tribute to Robert Anton Wilson, co-author of the Illuminatus! novels. In July 2008 Staffordshire University awarded <mask> an honorary doctorate, labelling him one of Staffordshire's "greatest living success stories", a reference to his time as artist in residence in 1967 at Stoke-on-Trent's Victoria Theatre. <mask> appeared on 6 September 2009, over a year after his death, in the first of a new series of Marple on ITV. He played Crump; his wife was played by Wendy Richard. The School of Night
On 23 April 2005, <mask> was asked by Mark Rylance, the artistic director of Shakespeare's Globe, to stage a celebration of Shakespeare's work.<mask> responded with Shall we Shog?, a show in which actors played competitive improvisational games against each other in the idiom of Shakespeare. These included games like 'flyting' (a tournament of increasingly outrageous insults); an explanation and demonstration of the 'Nub' (a piece of poetic-sounding doggerel an actor uses to give himself a breathing space when he has forgotten his lines - the first sentence should contain the word 'nub' to warn the others that the actor is in trouble, and it should end with the words "Milford Haven"); and fastest recitation of Hamlet's To be, or not to be soliloquy; among many others. <mask> continued working with some of the actors from Shall We Shog, shedding and adding more along the way. He presented a series of literary improvisation shows, including a run at The Royal Court called Décor Without Production, in which the cast would create scenes and songs in the styles of poets, playwrights, novelists and songwriters. In 2006 <mask> worked with Adam Meggido's theatre company the Sticking Place (now Extempore Theatre) and staged a run of In Pursuit of Cardenio at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, during which the cast were supposed to re-create a lost Shakespeare play through improvisational techniques. In practice it turned into a nightly-changing series of literary challenges for the performers. By the latter part of the run, a large section of the show was devoted to improvised songs.One example of the extent to which <mask> pushed the actors was that by the end, each member of cast had developed four musical styles in which they could improvise, each corresponding to a different Elizabethan humour. They would then perform fully sung-through scenes, swapping humours and song styles mid-sentence as the scene or <mask> demanded. The Cardenio shows used <mask>'s now well-established "Goader and Rhapsodes" technique, in which the goader (<mask>) pushed the rhapsodes (the cast) into feats that they would not be able to achieve without the pressure he could apply. The group eventually consolidated and settled on the name "The School of Night", after Sir Walter Raleigh's secret society. Raleigh's School of Night (also called The School of Atheism) was a group of highly literate and intellectual men who would meet to discuss forbidden topics. <mask>'s take on it was that the group, which included playwrights and poets, were steeped in the art of extemporisation and would create from scratch, in perfect meter, plays and poems. <mask>'s School of Night group has become well known in the improvisational theatre and comedy scene, putting on shows and workshops and appearing in festivals as far afield as Elisnore Castle, the Wiesbaden Summer Improv Festival and the Improvaganza festival in Edmonton, Canada, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe; and returning several times to Shakespeare's Globe.In 2007, the work on singing in various styles of music that <mask> developed also led two of the members of the School of Night—Adam Meggido and Dylan Emery—to develop an improvised musical. The resulting show, which while not directed by <mask>, was enormously influenced by him, became Showstopper! The Improvised Musical. Its first run in Edinburgh was in 2008; it returned in subsequent years and has become something of a fringe institution. The show continues to tour and has had a BBC Radio 4 series. A West End run in 2016 won the Olivier for Best Entertainment and Family. <mask> performed with 'The Showstoppers' in August 2008 in their second Edinburgh Fringe, reprising his School of Night role as on-stage director of proceedings in the final six shows of the run.For these performances, instead of taking suggestions from the audience regarding the setting and title of the show, <mask> had previously asked a number of professional theatre critics to each write a review of an imaginary musical; after this review was read onstage, the company's task would be to realise the show whose details they had only just heard. <mask>'s last performance was on 24 August 2008, one week before he died. Personal life
<mask> married the actress Prunella Gee in 1978, and they had a daughter, Daisy. They divorced in 1983 but remained close friends. He was in a relationship with the ventriloquist and actress Nina Conti when she was 26 and he was 59; from him she inherited his collection of ventriloquist dummies. <mask> lived in Loughton, adjacent to Epping Forest, in a nineteenth-century Swiss chalet. His funeral, a woodland burial in Epping Forest, was attended by mourners with whom he had worked in the theatre.Filmography

Bibliography
1972 - You See the Thing Is This: A One Act Comedy ()
1972 - Old King Cole ()
1975 - Skungpoomery ()
1976 - Jack Sheppard ()
1991 - Recollections of a Furtive Nudist ()
1993 - Pigspurt: Or Six Pigs from Happiness ()
1995 - The Bald Trilogy () - a volume collecting together Furtive Nudist, Pigspurt and Jamais Vu
1996 - Violin time; or, the Lady from Montségur ()
2000 - Wol Wantok () - a pidgin English version of Macbeth
2011 - Coveney, Michael, <mask>: The Great Caper, Nick Hern Books, London ()
2011 - Merrifield, Jeff, Seeker! <mask>: His Five Amazing Lives, Playback Publications, Shetland ()

Legacy

Many contemporary performers cite <mask> as an influence early in their careers, including Richard Herring, Nina Conti, Cariad Lloyd, Diane Morgan and Michael Brunström. References

External links

 <mask> on BBC Radio 3, on the Library of the Peculiar & Jeremy Beadle
 Jeff Merrifield on putting Illuminatus!

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<mask> (master stone carver) (July 26, 1820 – December 25, 1867) was a prominent Anglo-Canadian stone carver and builder in the mid-19th century. He was the son of a stonemason (<mask>, senior), and at least one brother (<mask>) was also a stonemason. Early life and work
Born in London, he trained in England under William Cubitt (1791-1863) and Company, one of England's prominent Victorian building contractors. <mask> apprenticed with Cubitt and Company in the 1840s. William Cubitt and Company had several important commissions including: Covent Garden Market, Euston Station, repairs to Westminster Bridge, extension to National Gallery, etc. Career

1851
In 1851 <mask> travelled to North America. He was appointed foreman of works with the Works Department of the British Royal Navy, responsible for development of the strategic Royal Naval Dockyard, Bermuda.1853–1856
In 1853 <mask> travelled to Canada to work with Worthington Brothers, a well known Toronto-based building contractor that specialized in sandstone construction. <mask> supervised the stone work and is possibly responsible for stone carvings on the second Brock's Monument, (Queenston, Ontario) - a high-profile public works project in Victorian Canada. Brock's Monument was designed by noted Toronto architect, <mask> (no relation). 1857–1859
In 1857 C.T<mask> relocated to Cobourg, Ontario to become the master stone carver and contractor for the stone cutting on Cobourg's Victoria Hall, designed by Toronto architect, Kivas Tully. Again, <mask> was working with Worthington Brothers, using Cleveland sandstone quarried from a quarry owned and operated by John Worthington. The Victoria Hall stone carvings and ornamentation are considered among the finest in Canada.The Cobourg Star for July 7, 1858, reported on the progress being made by <mask> on the main entrance to Victoria Hall (see photo, right), saying:

"a vast amount of stone cutting has been accomplished .... The carvings on the spandrels of the chief entrance are exceedingly fine. They comprise the national emblems of the three United Kingdoms - the rose, the thistle, and the shamrock disposed on either side by an ancient lyre. These carvings together with the fine bearded face which forms the keystone of the arch [see photo above] are the work of Mr <mask>, contractor for the stone cutting and they certainly do him very great credit". A handful of articles published between the 1960s to 1980s, incorrectly attributed credit for Victoria Hall's stone work to Toronto architect <mask>, presumably based solely on the July 7, 1858 Cobourg newspaper article noted above (with its vague reference to "Mr. <mask>"). There is no documentation linking architect <mask> to either the design or construction of Cobourg's Victoria Hall. Clearly the "Mr. <mask>" being referenced in the local newspaper is <mask>. <mask> considering the range of documentation outlined in this article.C.T. <mask> was also contractor for the stonework on an impressive Bank of Montreal (demolished in 1960) in downtown Cobourg, designed by Montreal architect James H. Springle. While in Cobourg, <mask><mask> also established a stone masonry business. It was in operation from 1857 to 1859. Two works from this private enterprise are known to survive - an ornately carved sandstone grave marker for <mask> in the form of a sandstone Celtic cross (located in St. Peter's Anglican Cemetery at 890 Ontario Street in Cobourg) and a white marble wall plaque honouring a prominent Cobourg citizen found inside St. Peter's Anglican Church in downtown Cobourg. Both of these surviving monuments are signed. "C.T.<mask>". In September 1858 the Cobourg newspaper reported on the production of the Celtic cross (see below). The article stated that the same "Mr. <mask>" that carved the Celtic grave marker was also responsible for the stone carvings on Victoria Hall. 1859–1866
In 1859 Port Hope, Ontario building firm, Jones, Haycock and Company (principals: Ralph Jones, Edward Haycock and Thomas Curtis Clarke) won the contract to build the East and West Blocks of the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa, Ontario. <mask><mask> was recruited as Chief Superintendent of Works on this national public works project. The Canadian Parliament Buildings project was among the largest public works efforts in 19th Century Canada. 1866–1867
On December 1, 1866, <mask><mask> relocated to Quincy, Illinois to become Master Stonemason and Superintendent of Stone Masonry on the construction of a massive railway bridge over the Mississippi River for the  Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railway.The bridge was designed by <mask> Clarke of Port Hope, Ontario, Canada, who would soon become one of the most celebrated civil engineers in North America. C.T<mask> met Clarke while living in Cobourg (only a few miles east of Clarke's town of Port Hope). C.T<mask> first joined Clarke on the Ottawa Parliament Buildings project then the Quincy Bridge (which opened in 1868). Death
In the fall of 1867 <mask> was supervising the lifting of rocks on a derrick when the structure collapsed, crushing his left leg. It had to be amputated but an infection set in and he died on December 25, 1867.His remains were returned to Ottawa where he was buried. Obituary

His obituary was published in the December 28, 1867, issue of the Ottawa Times newspaper:

"A short time since it became our painful duty to record a sad accident to our late fellow townsman, Mr. <mask><mask>, which rendered necessary the amputation of a leg. Subsequent to the amputation he suffered very greatly, and afterwards a fever set in which ended in death on Christmas Day. The remains will be brought to this city for interment, arriving next Tuesday morning. The funeral will be at- tended by the Masons and members of the St. George's Society, of which due notice will be given. The deceased gentleman was, during the erection of the Departmental Buildings in this city, Chief Superintendent of Works, under Messrs. Jones, Haycock and Co., and in that capacity earned for himself a high reputation for zeal and integrity. He was a skilled and experienced stonemason, several years of his life having been passed in the employ of Messrs. Cubit and Co., the eminent contractors of London, England.Mr. <mask> was for sometime Superintendent of Public Works under the Imperial Government of Bermuda, which place he left for Canada about the year 1852; since then and up to the moment of the sad accident resulting in his death, he was engaged as subcontractor in the erection of many important buildings on this continent. The present national monument at Queenston reared by a grateful people to the memory of the "Gallant Brock," was erected under his supervision, so was the Montreal Bank and Town Hall in Cobourg, the latter considered to be one of the handsomest buildings in the Dominion. The subject of our notice was in every respect an excellent man. In business he was strictly correct in all his transactions; as a husband and father, most affectionate, as a philanthropist, his peer was not to be found in this city. In his death the St. George's Society experience the loss of a most indefatigable member, and with us, they mourn over the sad event which has removed him from our intercourse, and deeply sympathize with his bereaved widow and afflicted family." References

·Bermuda Pocket Almanac, 1851. ·"Who Was T.C.Clarke, C.E. ", SSAC Bulletin, Vol. 17, No. 4, December 1992, Journal of the Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada (SSAC), Ottawa. ·Quincy Daily Herald, 27 October 1867 and 27 December 1867. ·Cobourg Star, 3 August 1859 (from original bound volume, Baldwin Room, Metro Toronto Reference Library). ·The Cobourg Star of 15 September 1858 noted, in an article about the <mask>'s Celtic grave marker, carved and signed by C.T.<mask>:

“This beautiful monument consists of an upright block of Ohio free-stone, most admirably carved by Mr <mask>, whose ability as a Sculptor has already been displayed upon our Town Hall … we cannot but express our sincere hope and desire that the erection of this truly ornamental monument may be the means of introducing a better and more tasteful style of gravestone than at present encumber and disfigure our public cemeteries. ''”  (Note: From original bound volume among the holdings of the Baldwin Room, Toronto Reference Library. The base of the gravemarker is signed: "C.T. <mask>, Cobourg". If there is any lingering doubt about who rendered Victoria Hall's stone work then this newspaper article is, in evidentiary terms, the proverbial "smoking gun". ·"Who Was T.C. Clarke, C.E.", SSAC Bulletin, By Jim Leonard, Vol. 17, No. 4, December 1992, Journal of the Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada (SSAC), Ottawa. ·<mask> - A Stonemason's Legacy Restored", By Jim Leonard, SSAC Bulletin, Vol. 14, No. 3, December 1989, Journal of the Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada, (SSAC), Ottawa. 1820 births
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English male sculptors
19th-century British sculptors
19th-century male artists

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title: Tony Popovic

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<mask> (born 4 July 1973) is an Australian association football manager and former player. He is the current manager of A-League club Melbourne Victory. As a player <mask>'s usual position was centre-back. Starting in 1989 at Sydney United he went on to play for Sanfrecce Hiroshima of Japan and Premier League side Crystal Palace, among other clubs. He appeared with the Australian national team at the 2006 FIFA World Cup, where he played against reigning World Champions Brazil. Popovic started his coaching career in 2008 with Sydney FC. After a brief stint as assistant manager at Crystal Palace he was chosen as the inaugural manager of Western Sydney Wanderers at the start of the 2012–13 season.His major achievements as a manager are winning the 2012–13 A-League Premiership and 2014 AFC Champions League with the Wanderers and the 2018–19 A-League Premiership with Perth Glory. He is the father of Kristian and <mask>, both of whom are also professional footballers. Club career

Early career
<mask> was born in Sydney to a Croatian family,
and grew up in Fairfield, New South Wales. He began his career with Sydney United with a one-year stint in his junior career at Fairfield Bulls. He rose through the youth ranks, making 162 appearances in seven years for the first team, before moving to play in the J1 League. <mask> signed with Sanfrecce Hiroshima where he stayed for five years scoring 13 goals in 94 appearances. Crystal Palace
<mask> signed for Crystal Palace on a free transfer in August 2001 from Sanfrecce Hiroshima.He became an integral part of the Palace defence, eventually becoming club captain. He played more than 120 matches for Crystal Palace. In his last season he played for Crystal Palace in 21 Premier League matches. In total he made more than 120 appearances for the club. Popovic's contract with Palace expired at the end of June 2006, and he decided against accepting the club's offer of a new contract. He instead moved to Qatar club, Al-Arabi. Sydney FC
In 2007, with the growth of the A-League and slight homesickness, Popovic moved to Sydney FC, signing a two-year deal, with coach Branko Culina also announcing him the club's captain.Popovic scored his first goal on 28 October 2007 from a corner to beat the Mariners 3–2 in front of his home crowd of 17,850. Popovic announced his retirement on 11 November 2008 after nearly 20 years as a professional footballer. International career
<mask> competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona for the Australian U-23 team. He began his full international career in 1995 with the Australian national team. Over the next eleven years <mask> made 58 appearances for the Socceroos, scoring 8 goals. The highlight of <mask>'s career came in 2006 when the Australian national team qualified for the FIFA World Cup under the management of Guus Hiddink. He took part in both legs in the qualifying match against Uruguay.Being replaced in the first half of the second leg, due to injury, by Harry Kewell. The tall defender was named in the competing squad and made his World Cup debut against Brazil on 18 June. He suffered a calf injury 40 minutes into the game and was replaced by Marco Bresciano for the second half. His injury ruled him out of Australia's last match in the group stage, against Croatia, and their second round loss against eventual winners, Italy. On 4 October 2006, Popovic announced his retirement from the Socceroos. His final game was a friendly against Paraguay that month. He scored his eighth international goal, from a Mark Bresciano free kick, in his final minute on field to put Australia ahead, 1–0 in a game that finished 1–1.Coaching career

After retiring, Popovic moved into an assistant coach's role with Sydney FC, where he remained until February 2011, when he returned to England and to Crystal Palace as first team coach, after former teammate Dougie Freedman was appointed manager. Western Sydney Wanderers
On 17 May 2012, Popovic was announced as inaugural manager of A-League club Western Sydney Wanderers. He joined the club on a four seasons deal after requesting to be released from the final year of his contracted role as assistant manager of Crystal Palace. In Wanderers' first season, Popovic was named A-League Coach of the Year after finishing first in the league. In the 2013–14 season Popovic led Wanderers to the 2014 AFC Champions League Final in the club's first attempt in the competition. They defeated Al-Hilal in the final, becoming the first Australian team to win the tournament. As a result of this achievement, Popovic was named as the 2014 AFC Coach of the Year.With poor recruiting, the loss of assistant coach Ante Milicic, and a grueling schedule of matches, the 2014–15 season saw <mask>'s team finish ninth in the league and eliminated from the group stage of the 2015 AFC Champions League. Despite an unfavorable season Popovic signed a new three-season deal with Western Sydney Wanderers, which would keep him at the club helm until 2018. Karabükspor
On 1 October 2017, Popovic made a shock announcement that he had resigned from Western Sydney Wanderers to coach Turkish Süper Lig club Karabükspor. It came less than a week out from the start of the 2017–18 A-League season. After nine games, on 15 December 2017, he was sacked by the club and was owed AUD$1.4M compensation. The club's entire boardroom quit during his time at the club and after he left, the club went into financial administration and continue to be relegated every season. Perth Glory
On 11 May 2018, Popovic was confirmed as Perth Glory's new manager following the dismissal of Kenny Lowe at the end of the 2017–18 season.His first game in charge was a pre-season friendly against Chelsea which the Glory lost 0–1. Under Popovic's management, Perth won the 2018–19 A-League premiership. Xanthi FC
On August 26 2020, shortly after coaching Perth to a 2–0 loss to Sydney FC in the A-League semi finals, Popovic activated a contractual clause allowing him to leave the club for a European team, after signing with Greek Super League side Xanthi FC, that was bought by Greek-Australian business tycoon Bill Papas. He lasted 5 months, being sacked with the club in 5th place and four points from the top. Goalkeeping coach Zeljko Kalac stated later that Popovic was sabotaged and fired due to the owners wanting more control over decisions. Papas would later be accused by Australian banking authorities over an alleged loan fraud scheme that cost multiple banks over $500 million AUD in total. Melbourne Victory
On 21 April 2021, Melbourne Victory appointed Popovic head coach on a three year contract to replace Grant Brebner and Steve Kean, who coached the team to last place in the previous season.Popovic had early success, bringing the club back to the top of the A-League table after 8 games and winning the 2021 FFA Cup on 5 February 2022. Statistics

International goals

Managerial statistics

Honours

Player
Australia
 OFC Nations Cup
 Champions (3): 1996, 2000, 2004

Manager
Western Sydney Wanderers
A-League
Premiers (1): 2012–13
Runners-up (2): 2013–14, 2015–16

A-League Finals
Runners-up (3): 2013, 2014, 2016

AFC Champions League
Winners (1): 2014

Perth Glory
A-League
Premiers (1): 2018–19

A-League Finals
Runners-up (1): 2019

Melbourne Victory
FFA Cup
Winners (1): 2021

Individual
A-League Coach of the Year: 2012–13, 2018–19
 PFA A-League Manager of the Season: 2012–13, 2018–19
AFC Coach of the Year: 2014

References

External links

 Player profile – <mask>ic Sydney FC
 Australian Player Database Oz Football

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Living people
Sydney United 58 FC players
Sanfrecce Hiroshima players
Crystal Palace F.C. players
Sydney FC players
Premier League players
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A-League Men players
J1 League players
National Soccer League (Australia) players
Crystal Palace F.C. non-playing staff
A-League Men managers
Western Sydney Wanderers FC managers
Kardemir Karabükspor managers
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Australian people of Croatian descent
Australia international soccer players
Olympic soccer players of Australia
Australian expatriate soccer players
Australian expatriate soccer coaches
Expatriate footballers in Japan
Expatriate footballers in England
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Australian expatriate sportspeople in England
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1996 OFC Nations Cup players
2000 OFC Nations Cup players
2001 FIFA Confederations Cup players
2005 FIFA Confederations Cup players
2006 FIFA World Cup players

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title: Mathematics (producer)

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Ronald Maurice Bean, better known professionally as <mask> (also known as <mask>) (born October 21, 1972), is a hip hop producer and DJ for the Wu-Tang Clan and its solo and affiliate projects. He designed the Wu-Tang Clan logo. Biography
Born and raised in Jamaica, Queens, New York, <mask> was introduced to hip hop by his brother who used to bring home recordings of the genre's pioneers like Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, Treacherous Three and Cold Crush Brothers. He began his career in 1987 DJing block parties and park jams in Baisley Projects, going by the name Supreme Cut Master. In 1988, he became the full-time DJ for experienced rapper Victor C, doing countless shows in clubs and colleges in New York City. In 1990, <mask> linked up with GZA/Genius, who would soon become one of the Wu-Tang Clan's founding members, but at the time was struggling to build a career on the Cold Chillin' label. This partnership earned <mask> a spot on his first official tour, The Cold Chillin Blizzard Tour (with popular acts such as Biz Markie, Big Daddy Kane, Kool G. Rap & DJ Polo and Marley Marl).GZA left Cold Chillin after his first album, Words from the Genius, did not achieve the sales target that was anticipated. He and <mask> took to the road again, but this time with the help of GZA's cousins, RZA and Ol' Dirty Bastard. These three soon became the founding members of Wu-Tang Clan, then known as All In Together Now. The group soon dissolved, however, and the trio set their minds on creating the Wu group. During the group's inception, <mask> used his experience as a graffiti artist to design a logo for the up-and-coming crew, as well as various other logos and designs the Wu-Tang's artists would use. In the years to come, he became a Wu-Element under the guidance of RZA. <mask>' first real exposure to production came late one night when he attended a session where he assisted RZA, his mentor, in constructing a beat from nothing.The track eventually developed into "Ice Cream" on Raekwon's Only Built 4 Cuban Linx album. RZA inspired <mask> to follow the Wu-Tang, giving him advice on the nuances of hip hop production over the coming years. In 1996, <mask> began record producing, in Staten Island, New York (Shaolin) and at home, in the P-Funk City, Plainfield, New Jersey, between heavily scheduled tour dates and rigorous road travelling with his father's gospel group, The Soul Seekers. His first track, "Fast Life" featuring Ghostface Killah and the American football star Andre Rison, was included in the NFL Jams compilation album. Though this track faded into obscurity somewhat, it led to several more collaborations between <mask> and Ghostface; <mask> also began to produce for many other Wu-Tang members and affiliates, including several tracks on GZA's second album Beneath The Surface as well as Method Man's Tical 2000: Judgement Day, Inspectah Deck's Uncontrolled Substance and Method Man & Redman's Blackout!. Eventually, he produced for the Clan as a group, with "Do You Really (Thang, Thang)", "Careful (Click, Click)". In 2003, <mask> moved into TV work, as he produced the main theme and all original music for the short lived show Wanda At Large, which starred Wanda Sykes and was broadcast by the Fox Network.During this time and between continuous touring, <mask> started work on his first solo full length project, Love, Hell Or Right. Completely mixed, arranged and produced by himself, Love Hell or Right was released fall 2003 on his own Quewisha Records label in conjunction with High Times Records, and it went on to sell 30,000 units. As well as using rappers from <mask>' home borough of Queens, Eyes-Low and Buddah Bless, Love Hell Or Right had appearances from all the Wu-Tang Clan members except GZA and the then-imprisoned Ol' Dirty Bastard. <mask> soon signed to the popular independent hip hop label Nature Sounds (home to Wu-Tang colleague Masta Killa as well as MF DOOM) and released his second album The Problem in 2005. On this album the entire Wu-Tang Clan appeared, including a posthumous appearance from Ol' Dirty Bastard. As well as working on his solo albums, <mask> Killa and Streetlife. In January 2012 he was to release a sequel to The Problem entitled The Answer, entirely produced by him with Wu-Tang members such as Raekwon, GZA, Method Man, Cappadonna, Masta Killa, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Ghostface Killah.Other artists include Redman and artists he is developing such as Ali Vegas, Eyeslow and Bad Luck. In August 2017, it was confirmed that Wu-Tang Clan will release a new album, Wu-Tang: The Saga Continues, which was entirely produced by <mask> and was released on October 13, 2017. The first track off the album is titled "People Say" and features Redman. Discography

Albums

Production credits
America Is Dying Slowly - Red Hot AIDS Benefit Series, Red Hot Organization, Smoke One Productions
NFL Jams - "Fast Life"
Wu-Syndicate - "Pointin' Fingers", "Muzzle Toe"
Dirty Weaponry - "Galactics", "Bastard Swordsman"
Wu-Tang Killa Bees: The Swarm - "Cobra Clutch", "Punishment", "Fatal Sting"
The Pillage - "Oh Donna"
Tical 2000 Judgement Day - "Snuffed Out"
Beneath the Surface - "Amplified Sample", "High Price Small Reward", "Publicity", "Feel Like An Enemy", "Mic Trippin’"
Uncontrolled Substance - "Uncontrolled Substance"
Blackout! - "Dat's Dat Shit", "Fire Ina Hole"
The W - "Do You Really (Thang Thang)"
Supreme Clientele - "Mighty Healthy", "Wu-Banga 101"
Iron Flag - "Rules"
Digital Bullet - "Must Be Bobby", "Cousins"
Next Friday - "Shaolin Worldwide"
Bulletproof Wallets - "Theodore", "Strawberry"
Legend of the Liquid Sword - "Fam (Members Only)"
Tera Iz Him - "Roll With The Rush"
Northstar - "Duckie", "We Got It"
No Said Date - "Last Drink", "Do That Dance", "Whatever"
Street Education - "FANZ", "Who Want To Rap? ", "Sweetest Pain"
Wu-Tang Meets the Indie Culture - "Cars On the Interstate"
4:21...The Day After - "Dirty Mef", "Everything"
I - "Two Missed Calls"
8 Diagrams - "Stick Me for My Riches"
Pro Tools - "Pencil"
Blackout! 2 - "BO2 (Intro)"
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt.II - "Mean Streets"
Wu-Massacre - "Meth vs. Chef Part II", "Miranda", "Dangerous"
Heaven Razah - "Raised In Hell"
Shaolin vs. Wu-Tang - "Dart School"
Gold Cobra - "Middle Finger", "Combat Jazz"
Selling My Soul - "Intro", "Part 2", "All Natural" & "Wisdom"
The Saga Continues - entire album

References

External links
Mathematics on Myspace
Mathematics discography

Living people
African-American record producers
American hip hop record producers
American hip hop DJs
Five percenters
Musicians from Queens, New York
People from Jamaica, Queens
Wu-Tang Clan affiliates
1972 births
East Coast hip hop musicians
Record producers from New York (state)

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title: Gary B. Mesibov

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<mask>. Mesibov is a Licensed Psychologist, Psychology professor, editor and an author. Education
Mesibov received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Stanford University and his Master of Arts degree from the University of Michigan. He received his doctorate from Brandeis University and completed his postdoctoral fellowship at the University of North Carolina. Career

Professor and researcher
Mesibov was a professor of psychology at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill for 35 years. All but 4 of those 35 years Mesibov was on the UNC Treatment and Education of Autistic and Related Communication Handicapped Children (TEACCH)  faculty. From 1992 to 2012 he was the TEACCH director. TEACCH, founded by UNC psychiatry and psychology professor Eric Schopler, is a "pioneering" program for assisting with autism spectrum disorder education, research and service delivery for children and adults.As a result of his work, he is an "internationally recognized leader in autism research and practice." By 1984, Mesibov noted pediatric psychologists worked frequently with developmental disorders in children. Specifically, children with "mental retardation, learning disabilities, cerebral palsy, autism, and related developmental problems. When not working directly with children, pediatric psychologists role included had a few other components. The demand and importance of parent training for children with developmental problems made it the subject of the Society of Pediatric Psychology (SPP) programming at the American Psychological Association (APA) convention for 1983. The collaboration with other professionals on site (e.g., speech and language therapists) provided education in outside domains and in working as a member of an interdisciplinary team. Furthermore, pediatric psychologists helped to create programs in the community addressing children's needs.In a brief article following his reception of the 1990 Distinguished Service Award from the SPP, Mesibov reflected on three unique, or "special" characteristics he identified within the field of pediatric psychology. Specifically, he applauded the field's practical application to tackle difficult human needs, multidisciplinary approach, and character of pediatric psychologists he has worked with throughout his career. Editor
By 1976, <mask> was serving as Associate Editor and Don Routh began serving as Editor on the Journal of Pediatric Psychology (JPP). Common topics of the JPP included chronic pain and hyperactivity. He was an editorial board member for the Journal of Pediatric Psychology and the Journal of Clinical Child Psychology. From 1997 to 2007, Mesibov served as Editor for the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. The journal, which publishes 10 issues per year, is a scholarly journal that focuses on all aspects of autism spectrum disorders and related developmental disabilities.Publications
In the field of developmental disorders and autism spectrum disorders, Mesibov has published articles, books, editorials, research papers and contributed to published books. John W. Hagen; <mask>v. Verbal Labeling and Serial Position Recall. University of Michigan, Center for Human Growth and Development; 1968
 <mask>. Mesibov. Attributions of Responsibility: A Cognitive Interpretation. Brandeis University; 1974
 Eric Schopler; <mask>. Mesibov. Psychoeducational Profile - Revised (PEP-R).Pro-Ed; 1 January 1979
 Eric Schopler; <mask>. Mesibov. Autism in Adolescents and Adults]. Springer; 28 February 1983. Eric Schopler; <mask>. Mesibov. (editors) Communication Problems in Autism. Springer; 31 May 1985
 Eric Schopler; <mask>. Mesibov. Social Behavior in Autism.Springer; 28 February 1986. Eric Schopler; <mask>. Mesibov. Neurobiological Issues in Autism. Springer; 30 April 1987
 <mask>v; Eric Schopler. Adolescent and Adult Psychoeducational Profile (AAPEP). Pro-Ed; 1 September 1988. Eric Schopler; <mask>. Mesibov.Diagnosis and Assessment in Autism. Springer; 30 September 1988. Eric Schopler; <mask>. Mesibov. Behavioral Issues in Autism. Springer; 31 March 1994
 Eric Schopler; <mask>. Mesibov. Learning and cognition in autism. Plenum Press; 1995.Eric Schopler; <mask>. Mesibov. (editors). Parent Survival Manual: A Guide to Crisis Resolution in Autism and Related Developmental Disorders. Springer; 30 June 1995
 Rhoda I. Landrus; <mask>. Mesibov. Structured Teaching. Division TEACCH; 1996
 <mask>. Mesibov; Lynn W. Adams; Laura G. Klinger. Autism: Understanding the Disorder.Springer; 31 January 1998. Eric Schopler; <mask>. Mesibov; Linda J. Kunce. Asperger Syndrome or High-Functioning Autism?. Springer; 30 April 1998
 <mask>. Mesibov; Victoria Shea; Lynn W. Adams. Understanding Asperger Syndrome and High Functioning Autism. Springer; 31 August 2001. <mask>v.Accessing the Curriculum for Pupils with Autistic Spectrum Disorders: Using the TEACCH Programme to Help Inclusion. Taylor & Francis; 20 June 2003
 <mask>. Mesibov; Victoria Shea; Eric Schopler. The TEACCH Approach to Autism Spectrum Disorders. Springer; 7 December 2004. <mask>v. AAPEP. PRO-ED; 2007
 <mask>v; John B. Thomas; Michael Chapman.Teacch Transition Assessment Profile (TTAP). Pro Ed; 31 December 2007
 Ruth Aspy; <mask>. Grossman; <mask>. Mesibov, Ph.D. (FRW). Designing Comprehensive Interventions for High-Functioning Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders: The Ziggurat Model. Autism Asperger Publishing Company; 31 August 2011
 <mask>v; John B. Thomas; Michael Chapman. Teacch Transition Assessment Profile, Computer Version (Ttap-cv): Computer Version. Pro Ed; 30 March 2012

Awards
For his work, Mesibov has received numerous awards within the United States and internationally, including:
 Honorary Doctorate from The University of North Hampton (UK)
 Autism Society of America's Founders Award
 2013 Schopler Lifetime Achievement Award (UNC)

References

External links
The program web site at University of North Carolina
The TEACCH website
A basic overview of TEACCH
All join in - Ideas for structuring learning for children with autistic spectrum disorders

American male non-fiction writers
American psychologists
American psychology writers
Autism researchers
Brandeis University alumni
Developmental psychologists
Living people
Stanford University alumni
University of Michigan alumni
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill faculty
Year of birth missing (living people)

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title: Thomas Bavin

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<mask>,  (5 May 1874 – 31 August 1941) was an Australian lawyer and politician who served as Premier of New South Wales from 1927 to 1930. He was born in New Zealand and arrived in Australia at the age of 15, where he studied law and became a barrister. He served as personal secretary to Australia's first two prime ministers, Edmund Barton and Alfred Deakin. <mask> was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 1917. He served two terms as Attorney General of New South Wales (1921, 1922–1925) before leading the Nationalist Party to victory at the 1927 state election, in a coalition with the Country Party. His predecessor Jack Lang and the Australian Labor Party (ALP) defeated his government after a single term at the 1930 state election. Early years
Born in Kaiapoi, New Zealand to a Methodist minister and his wife, Bavin was educated at Auckland Grammar School until 1889 when his family moved to Sydney and Bavin enrolled at Newington College (1889–1890).His siblings were: Edna (Mrs Charles Lack); Jessie (Mrs Ambrose Fletcher); Gertrude (Mrs William Parker); Major Cyril <mask> OBE; <mask>; <mask> (Mrs Ernest Warren); Lancelot <mask>; and <mask> (Mrs Leslie Allen). At the University of Sydney he came into conflict with his parents by renouncing Methodism (he later converted to Anglicanism), and graduated with a BA in 1894 and LL.B in 1897, winning the University Medal in the process. Legal career and early political involvement

Called to the New South Wales Bar in 1897, Bavin became involved in the cause of Australian Federation, unsuccessfully standing for the Legislative Assembly seat of Canterbury on a pro-Federation platform in 1898. After lecturing in law at the University of Tasmania in 1900 where he was acting professor of law, Bavin returned to Sydney to marry Edyth Winchcombe, the daughter of Frederick Winchcombe, a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly and Council, on 6 February 1901. Bavin first met Edmund Barton during their shared involvement in the federation movement. In 1901, after a chance encounter at an Albury railway station, Barton appointed him as his private secretary in place of Atlee Hunt, who had received a promotion. Bavin found Barton easily distracted and unable or willing to deal with routine administrative matters, later recalling that "having done his greatest work Barton was no longer very interested in the result".When Barton resigned to become a judge on the High Court, Bavin became his associate but also continued on as private secretary to Barton's successor Alfred Deakin. Bavin returned to the Bar in 1904 but found briefs scarce and so began writing op-ed pieces for Sydney newspapers, and, along with Deakin, serve as the Australian correspondent for the London Morning Post from 1907 to 1911. In 1913, he inquired into food supplies and prices and went to sea on the trawlers to investigate pricing of fish in detail. He recommended an anti-monopoly bureau that could investigate prices and recommend prosecutions. Bavin was elected as an alderman to Willoughby Municipal Council in 1910. When World War I broke out he became a naval intelligence officer. State politics

Bavin's attempts to enter federal parliament were thwarted, thrice losing Commonwealth Liberal Party pre-selection, due partly to his support for greater social welfare expenditure.He gained pre-selection for the Legislative Assembly seat of Albury in 1916 but the election was deferred until 1917, when he was elected as the Nationalist Party member for Gordon, a seat which he held until 1935, except during the period of proportional representation (1920–1927) when he was a member for Ryde. Following his election, Bavin rapidly rose through the parliamentary ranks, becoming deputy leader of the Nationalists in October 1920 and serving as Attorney-General and Minister for Justice in 1921 and Attorney-General of New South Wales from 1922 to 1925. After the Nationalist loss at the 1925 election, Bavin was elected party leader, and therefore Leader of the Opposition. Premier of New South Wales

Following an agreement by the Nationalist and Country parties not to stand candidates against each other, the coalition won the 1927 election and Bavin became Premier and Treasurer on 18 October 1927. During his term as Premier, Bavin introduced the Income Tax (Management) Act (1928), under which the incomes of husband and wife were combined, and a progressive tax system was introduced, angering many of his conservative supporters. In reaction to Labor Party calls to abolish the Legislative Council, Bavin pushed through legislation requiring a referendum to do so. Bavin was plagued by ill-health throughout his Premiership, meaning that he was absent him from Cabinet during crucial times, especially in the wake of the Great Depression after 1929.Faced with a growing number of strikes, Bavin turned to non-unionised labour, which led to violent confrontations between striking workers and police. Later life
Following the Nationalists' loss in the 1930 election, <mask> continued to lead the party until 1932, when he joined the newly created United Australia Party. Appointed KCMG in 1933, <mask> retired from politics in 1935 to serve as a Justice of the New South Wales Supreme Court. Bavin also returned to writing, authoring a number of books, including <mask> Bavin: Extracts from his Speeches from 1923 until 1932 (1933), and Sir Henry Parkes: His Life and Work (1941). Bavin died of cancer in the Sydney suburb of Bellevue Hill, survived by his wife, son and three daughters. His well-attended funeral was held at St. Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney on 2 September 1941. He was later cremated at Northern Suburbs Crematorium.Honours
<mask> was appointed KCMG in 1933. Namesakes
In 2021 <mask> house at Newington College was named after him. References

1874 births
1941 deaths
Converts to Anglicanism from Methodism
Premiers of New South Wales
Nationalist Party of Australia members of the Parliament of New South Wales
Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
University of Sydney alumni
University of Tasmania faculty
Staff of Newington College
People educated at Newington College
Judges of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
Australian Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
Australian politicians awarded knighthoods
Deaths from cancer in New South Wales
People educated at Auckland Grammar School
Leaders of the Opposition in New South Wales
Treasurers of New South Wales
People from Kaiapoi
New Zealand emigrants to Australia
United Australia Party members of the Parliament of New South Wales
Attorneys General of New South Wales

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