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This article refers to the cooking profession. For other uses, see Baker (disambiguation)

A baker moves a tray of hot, freshly baked rolls onto a cooling rack on a ship.

A baker is someone who bakes and sells bread, Cakes and similar foods may also be produced, as the traditional boundaries between what is produced by a baker as opposed to a pastry chef have blurred in recent decades. The place where a baker works is called a bakery.

Origin[link]

The first group of people to bake bread were ancient Egyptians, around 8000 BC. During the Middle Ages it was common for each landlord to have a bakery, which was actually a public oven; Housewives would bring dough that they had prepared to the baker, who would tend the oven and bake them into bread. As time went on, bakers would also sell their own goods, and in that some bakers acted dishonestly, tricks emerged: for example, a baker would have trap door(s) in the oven or other obscured areas, that would allow a hidden small boy or other apprentice to take off some of the dough brought in for baking. Then the dishonest baker would sell bread made with the stolen dough as their own. This practice and others eventually lead to the famous regulation known as Assize of Bread and Ale, which prescribed harsh penalties for bakers that were found cheating their clients or customers. As a safeguard against cheating, under-filled orders, or any appearance of impropriety, bakers commonly began to throw in one more loaf of bread; this tradition now exists in the phrase "baker's dozen", which is 13.

Modern bakers[link]

Today bakers work in varying environments both as employees and sometimes owning their own stores. Bakers can be found working in:

• Large factories. These produce bread and related products which are then transported to numerous selling points throughout a region. These normally include supermarkets, convenience stores, and the like. Bakers in these environments are largely there for quality control as machines take care of much of the labour intensive aspect of the job.
• Small Independent bakeries. These are largely family-run businesses. They may specialise in particular types of products, such as sourdough.
• Chain stores. Recent years have seen the rise of chain stores selling the same range of products. Bakers in these stores bake according to a pre-determined recipe book. This can lead to frustration as some bakers do not agree with techniques used by the franchising model. However, the recipes used tend to be well-founded, and popular with the paying public.

See also[link]

• Baker's percentage
• Bread machine
• Cake shop
• Chorleywood Bread Process
• Dough
• Knead
• Pastry chef
• Pâtisserie
• Peel
• Peeta Mellark

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Terrence Edward Kennedy (on June 4, 1956 in Euclid, Ohio) is a former All-Star Major League Baseball catcher who played for the St. Louis Cardinals (1978–80), San Diego Padres (1981–86), Baltimore Orioles (1987–88) and San Francisco Giants (1989–91). Kennedy batted left-handed and threw right-handed. He is the son of former major league player and manager Bob Kennedy. He is currently the manager of the Tucson Padres.

In a 14-year career, Kennedy hit .264 with 113 home runs and 628 RBI in 1491 games. Kennedy tied Johnny Bench's NL mark of 40 doubles in a season in 1982. That same year Kennedy won the Silver Slugger Award. He appeared in 4 All-Star games (1981, 1983, 1985, and 1987). He also played in 2 World Series with the Padres in 1984 and the Giants in 1989 (Earthquake Series). Terry and his father Bob became the first father and son duo to drive in runs in a World Series when Terry drove in 2 against the Tigers in 1984 in his first at bat.

After his playing days, Kennedy managed, coached, and instructed in the minor leagues for the St. Louis Cardinals, Montreal Expos, Seattle Mariners, Chicago Cubs, and Los Angeles Dodgers. Kennedy was voted Manager-of-the-Year twice including Baseball America Manager-of-the-Year in 1998 when he led the Iowa Cubs to a first place finish. He won his only championship as a player, or manager, when he led the San Diego Surf Dawgs of the professional independent Golden Baseball League to the GBL Championship in 2005. His 2005 Surf Dawgs team featured Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson in his last professional season. Kennedy was named Manager of the Year in the Golden League in 2005.

He played college baseball at Florida State University and was a two-time All-American and Sporting News College Player of the Year in 1976. Kennedy was inducted into the FSU Athletics hall of Fame in 1982.

Terry was known for not wearing batting gloves.

Uniform number[link]

Throughout most of his career, Kennedy wore #16. When he came to the Orioles, he could not get #16 because veteran pitcher Scott McGregor already had the number, so he wore #15 during his time with the Orioles. In the remainder of his career with the Giants, he wore #16.

See also[link]

• List of second generation MLB players

External links[link]

• Baseball Library (biography and accomplishments)
• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
• Encyclopedia of Baseball Catchers

Cyril Jackson

Cyril Jackson (1746–1819) was Dean of Christ Church, Oxford 1783–1809.

Jackson was born in Yorkshire, and educated at Manchester Grammar School, Westminster School and the University of Oxford. In 1771 he was chosen to be sub-preceptor to the two eldest sons of King George III, but in 1776 he was dismissed, probably through some household intrigues. He then took orders, and was appointed in 1779 to the preachership at Lincoln’s Inn and to a canonry at Christ Church, Oxford. In 1783 he was elected dean of Christ Church. His devotion to the college led him to decline the Bishopric of Oxford in 1799 (which was instead taken by his younger brother William) and the Primacy of All Ireland in 1800. He took a leading part in framing the statute which, in 1802, launched the system of public examinations at the University of Oxford, but otherwise he was not prominent in university affairs.

On his resignation in 1809 he settled at Felpham, in Sussex, where he remained till his death. He was buried in Felpham churchyard.

Further information[link]

• Westminster School Library

DJ Ross is the stage name of DJ and music producer Italian Rossano Prini, born in Milan on 13 August 1973. DJ Ross is, until today, one of the biggest DJs of eurodance and, since 2005, is working with the group Double You.

Biography[link]

Rossano Trini began his career as a DJ and singer for 17 years, making several presentations in northern Italy. His work has achieved projects like Erika Magic Box and began recording with the group Double You dance singles "Get Up" and "Beat Goes On", both with great success in Jovem Pan FM, Power 97, Radio hotmix among others in period 2005 to 2006

In 2003, Trini sang vocals for the song "If You" (written by Phil Collins and Tristano Di Bonis) from the Disney animated film "Brother Bear".

In 2006, at Planet Pop Festival, DJ Ross and Double You were in Brazil. It was a show that also included the presence of Groove Coverage, Ian Van Dahl vs. Lasgo, with the Brazilians Kasino, Dalimas and Daytona.

On August 4, 2007, DJ Ross created his first radio program, called "The Bomb", broadcast on Italian radio M2O, from 13:00 to 14:00.

Music[link]

Solo[link]

• 2001 "Dreamland" (Spy/TIME)
• 2002 "Emotion" (Spy/TIME)
• 2003 "Smile" (Spy/TIME)
• 2004 "Floating In Love" (Spy/TIME)

Group dance Double You[link]

• 2005 "Get Up" (Label 73)
• 2006 "Beat Goes On" (Label 73)
• 2007 "To The Beat" (Time)
• 2008 "Change" (Bang Record)
• 2009 "Please Don't Go 2009" (DWA Records)

Music videos[link]

• Dreamland
• Floating In Love
• Emotion
• Beat Goes On
• Beat Goes On (participação de DY)
• Please Don't Go 2009 (vs Double You)

External links[link]

• DJ Ross on MySpace

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Antwuan Willis "Big Kandy" Dixon (born August 19, 1988)^[1] is a professional skateboarder who rides for Baker Skateboards' sister company Deathwish Skateboards. Dixon was alternately featured in their promotional video Baker Has a Deathwish.

Biography[link]

Early life[link]

Born in Victorville, California and raised in Carson, Dixon received his first skateboard from his older brother who had stolen it from a kid, while hanging out at a local recreational park. One of his earliest experiences on a skateboard, include an accident in which he rolled off of a car, subsequently busting his eye open. The incident occurred after he found himself challenged by his brother to do something bold, leaving the top part of the younger Dixon's head permanently scarred.^[2]

On March 22, 2008, Antwuan Dixon was arrested by Tampa police on charges stemming from possession of marijuana (less than 20 grams) and cocaine with the intent to sell, as well as the battery of 3 law enforcement officers. Dixon was irrevocably held on $4,000 dollars bond, which was subsequently paid for his immediate release.^[1]

In an interview for Skateboardermag, Dixon spoke on the incident:

Ah, man, some crazy shit happened at Tampa! I was just over there chilling, smoking, and I'm chilling outside paying for that tatoo dude and this girl to get in. Then, all of a sudden, this girl's like, "Antwuan, you wanna go smoke?" So we go and we're about to smoke these blunts, then this truck rolls up and it's undercover cops. They just jumped out. Then, this lady had seen I had a big-ass bag of weed and shit. She'd seen my money and thought I was a drug dealer from out there. They were talking about seizing my money, and I was like, "I don't know what that means," and they're, like, "We're basically gonna take your money when we leave here," and I'm, like, "Hell no!" I'm sitting there being handcuffed and shit, so I got up and grabbed my wallet and then I held it. Then me and the cops started fighting for a little bit I guess. I don't know, I was pretty faded. I don't remember. Next thing you know, I end up in jail in Florida with all these batteries against police officers. Now I got to go to court and stuff all the time...^[2]

Tattoos[link]

Dixon has extensive tattooing including full sleeves, upper torso, face, head and hands. Several elaborate designs incorporate his birth date (est. 8/19/88), and a reference to his brother's incarceration, (Free Killa Dee)'uu9u99u'.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Baker Skateboards soundboard
• Baker Skateboards bio
• Official Deathwish Skateboards website
• Official KR3W press page
• Official MySpace page
• Antwuan Dixon Subpublic Profile