Photonics Spectra is a monthly business-to-business (B2B) magazine published for the engineers, scientists, and end users who develop, commercialize and buy photonic products. It provides both technical and applications information for all aspects of the global industry, integrating all segments of photonics: optics, lasers, imaging, fiber optics and electro-optics as well as photonic component manufacturing, solar cell improvements, LED lighting for cars and offices, THz, EHz, UV, IR, and visible light imaging and test equipment.

In addition to news and feature articles, Photonics Spectra contains business reports, technology updates, reader forums, new products and literature, calendars of conferences and courses, and applications reports.

Photonics Spectra has been published since 1967 by Laurin Publishing Company, Inc. in Pittsfield, MA, United States.

History

The first Optical Industry Directory was published in 1954 by Dr. Clifton Tuttle, an eminent retired Eastman Kodak physicist. At its inception the Directory was a small single volume. It succeeded notably, expanding over the years into the present multimedia publication.

Theresa "Teddi" C. Laurin (1924 - November 5, 2015) joined the company in 1962 and, as publisher, worked closely with Dr. Tuttle. In 1964 Francis T. Laurin and Teddi C. Laurin purchased and incorporated the company, which later became known as Laurin Publishing Company.  In 1967, in response to industry demands, she founded and launched Optical Spectra. In 1982 the magazine's name was changed to Photonics Spectra to reflect the growing influence of these new light-based technologies. Today, the worldwide distribution of Photonics Spectra is over 100,000 copies.

Laurin Publishing currently maintains a staff of over 50 employees at its headquarters in Pittsfield, Mass. and at its editorial and sales branch offices. The company also includes several contributing editors located around the world and an editorial advisory board of over 25 leaders in the photonics industry.

Prism Awards

The Prism Awards for Photonics Innovation is an international competition that honors the best new photonic products on the market. The Prism Awards has received applications from more than 35 countries across the globe. Applications are judged by a panel of leading industry experts, venture capitalists, luminaries, and visionaries.

Since 2008 SPIE and Photonics Media have been working together on the award, named the "Photonics Oscar" by OptecNet Deutschland, to bring attention and give recognition to companies that are creating products that make a difference.

References

External links
Photonics Spectra website.

Science and technology magazines published in the United States
Laser awards and associations
Magazines published in Massachusetts
Monthly magazines published in the United States
Business magazines published in the United States

Photonics Spectra


A Martyr is someone who suffers persecution and later assassination or death for advocating or renouncing(to give up) or refusing to renounce(not giving up) or advocate, a religious belief or other cause as demanded by an external party.

Originally it was applied only to those who suffered for their religious beliefs but now the term has come to be used in connection with people killed for a political or nationalist cause as well.

Related pages
Self-denial
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Magyar szótár (A Dictionary of the Hungarian Language) is a Hungarian language reference work in two volumes, by Hungarian translator Tibor Bartos published in 2002 by Corvina kiadó, Budapest, Hungary. It is a cross of a dictionary of synonyms and a thesaurus. Rather than relying on methods of computational linguistics, the vocabulary has been compiled manually as a by-product of translation work done by the author over his lifelong career as a translator of literary works.

Volume One is the dictionary itself, while Volume Two is an alphabetical index of words contained therein.

The subtitle explains the nature of the work as: "A repertory of words and phrases explaining each other, Book 1 and 2." Though he does not use the word recursion, the whole project is a study on recursion in the Hungarian language.

Bartos' credo
"Words are not synonyms on their own. What happens is, that we, speaking the same language, "match make them" every day... You never look for a word by locating it as a vector diagram in a system theory... The latest edition of Encyclopædia Britannica does not even waste space for synonyms... The ambition to locate the appropriate word for the correct use of language is sought no more..."

Perhaps that was written in anticipation of the criticism published before his dictionary was actually published, on behalf of the professional lexicographers and taxonomists, such as Rudolf Ungvári, an authority in preparing thesauri in Hungarian, protesting the advent of "an outsider" in lexicography or taxonomy. But by the token of his original degree in ethnography or cultural anthropology Tibor Bartos, not to mention his tremendous amount of superb translation of literary works, is undoubtedly an authentic person to turn to when having problems with putting the right Hungarian words together in composition, translation or originating other ideas in writing to meet different stylistic criteria. It is another issue though that the representation of his knowledge is not in par with the output of NLP technology available today.

Biography
Tibor Bartos was born in Újpest, Hungary, on August 1, 1933. He graduated from Idegen Nyelvek Főiskolája and was working between 1954 and 1965 as an editor of Európa Könyvkiadó. He translated works by Albee, Arde, Barthelme, Becket, Behan, Bierce, Capote, Cary, Chesterton, Delillo, Dickens, Dos Passos, George Eliot, Ellison, Franklin, Fussel, Hagen, Hardy, John Irving, Kerouac, Kesey, D. Lessig, Oscar Lewis, London, Macdonald, MacLeish, Malz, Matthiessen, H. Miller, Moyes, O'Henry, Pinter, Pirsi, Poe, Roddenberry, Rosengarten, Stoker, Styron, Swinburne, Thackeray, Thurber, Updike, Vivian, Warren, Wesker, Tom Wolfe and Wongar. His awards include Wessely László díj (1981) and Év Könyve (1985). He died on 26 March 2010, after long illness.

Contents

Book One
 Szótár-magyarázó (Rationale)
 Fogalomkörei (The broad concepts or categories grouped under numbers)
 Hogyan forgassuk (Guide to browsing)
 Tár (List of words and phrases)

Book Two
 Betűrendes eligazítás (Alphabetic index)

See also

Hungarian dictionaries

Magyar szótár


Gene Ess is a Japanese-American jazz guitarist. He was a member of the Rashied Ali Quintet, working with Ravi Coltrane, Archie Shepp, Lonnie Plaxico, and Reggie Workman.

Career
Ess was born Gene Shimosato in Tokyo, Japan, and raised in Okinawa on an American military base. In his early teens, he was a performing musician in Okinawa. He studied classical music at George Mason University, then attended Berklee College of Music, where he became interested in jazz, particularly the music of John Coltrane.

Ess moved to New York City and became a member of a band led by Rashied Ali. He toured with Ali and recorded on his album No One in Particular. While in this group, he played with Ravi Coltrane, Eddie Henderson, Carlos Santana, Archie Shepp, and Reggie Workman

Ess's album Modes of Limited Transcendence (2009) received the 2010 SESAC Outstanding Jazz Performance Award. The album includes compositions by Ess and pianist Tigran Hamasyan. In 2012, he released A Thousand Summers, which contains vocals by Nicki Parrott.

Following this, Ess released Fractal Attraction (2013), which continues his exploration of voice in a chamber group setting. The album was recorded with Thana Alexa on vocals, David Berkman on piano, Thomas Kneeland on drums, and Gene Jackson on drums. Ess has also worked with Al Foster, Slide Hampton, Dave Liebman, and Clark Terry.

Discography

As leader
 Sunrise Falling (Amp, 2003)
 Sandbox and Sanctum (Simp, 2005)
 Modes of Limited Transcendence (Simp, 2008)
 A Thousand Summers (Simp, 2012)
 Fractal Attraction (Simp, 2013)
 Eternal Monomyth (Simp, 2015)
 Absurdist Theater (Simp, 2016)
 Apotheosis (Simp, 2018)
 Ah-Bop (Simp, 2022)

As sideman
 One World Tribe, Prayer for September (Paddle Wheel, 1995)
 Rashied Ali, No One in Particular (Survival, 2001)

References

External links
 Official site

Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
American musicians of Japanese descent
American jazz guitarists

Gene Ess


Andrew Armstrong Kincannon (1859-1938) was the chancellor of the University of Mississippi from 1907 to 1914. He served as Mississippi's state superintendent of schools.

Biography
He was born in Noxubee County, Mississippi in on 2 August 1859. In 1884, he graduated from the National Normal University of Ohio. He taught at Mississippi A&M College, now known as Mississippi State University, and was superintendent of the new public school system in Meridian, Mississippi. He was also president of the Industrial Institute and College, now known as Mississippi University for Women. From 1907 to 1914, he served as chancellor of the University of Mississippi. He died in New Orleans on 10 December 1938 and was buried in Columbus, Mississippi.

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1859 births
People from Noxubee County, Mississippi
Mississippi State University faculty
Mississippi University for Women faculty
University of Mississippi people
1939 deaths

Andrew Armstrong Kincannon


BARIARPUR is a small town of Munger district in Bihar. The distance to the District headquarters is 17Km. BARIARPUR is a major block of Munger District. In the east there is the Mansi block of khagaria District.

Bariarpur population is 209359. Literacy ratio in Bariarpur block is 73%.

The main language here is Hindi, Angika and Maithali.

Hence the river Musi, Mani and Ganga flow.In which the expansion of river Ganges is mainly in Bariarpur.

Bariarpur is located on the national highway 80, which is connected to other cities of the country including Munger, Bhagalpur, Patna. National highway 333 starts from Bariarpur.

Which leads to jamui Via Haveli kharagpu  Bariarpur, the main railway station of Bariarpur is connected to the major cities of the country kolkata, Delhi, Bhagalpur, Surat, Gaya, lucknow, Patna. The tourist destination here is Rishi kund. It is very crowded in the cold days. There is a MELMAS fair every three years . At the time there is a lot of crowd here. People visit the MELMAS mela to take both from the surrounding districts. This tourist spot is about 8Km from Bariarpur. Each year Anga Natya yaha is performed in Bariarpur Philip school in the first week of February from 2000AD. At the present, participants from every single states of the country come.

It talking about major school,colleges here, then Philip High school, Girls High school, Baal vidya Niketan, CBLK college.

The main temple of Bariarpur is Shree Shree 108 Badi Durga Maharani Bariarpur market, shree shree 108 sarv kalyan Durga mandir bus stand, Gaytri mandir and kali temple in KaliSthan Bariarpur.
Kali temple,which is located in Kalisthan is very crowded in the occasion of Diwali. It is near to NH-80.

BARIARPUR. MUNGER.  BIHAR. 811211

Gaon
India ke Gaon
Bihar ke Gaon
Araria ke Gaon

Bariarpur


The Roslyn Overbridge (also known as Roslyn Bridge or Highgate Bridge) is a landmark in the New Zealand city of Dunedin. Located  northwest of the city's centre (The Octagon), it allows for the passage of the arterial Upper Stuart Street under Highgate, the main suburban road which runs along the ridge of hills which surrounds the city centre.

The bridge, constructed in 1954 consists of a single arch, and lies at the heart of one of the city's more complex interchanges. The suburb of Roslyn lies on and around Highgate on either side of the bridge, with its main shopping area being immediately to the south.

The bridge is visible from much of Dunedin. Views across the central city and Otago Harbour to Otago Peninsula can be gained from the bridge.

References

Buildings and structures in Dunedin
Bridges in Otago
Bridges completed in 1954
1950s architecture in New Zealand

Roslyn Overbridge


The Robert J. Whaley House is a historic house in Flint, Michigan. The house was listed as a Michigan State Historic Site in 1977 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

History
The land on which this house was constructed passed through several owners until it was purchased by Edward H. Thompson in 1847. In 1858, Thompson deeded the land to his daughter Mollie and her husband Austin Witherbee (a cashier at the First National Bank of Flint and later mayor of the city). At some point before 1859, either Thompson or Witherbee constructed a small Greek Revival house on the property. Austin Witherbee died in 1871, and his wife sold the property the next year to James H. Briscoe. Briscoe immediately constructed a much larger house, essentially what is seen today, attached to the original Greek Revival structure. Briscoe, however, was a poor businessman, and financial troubles forced him to sell in 1884. The next owner of the house, and who it is named for, was Citizens National Bank president Robert Whaley, who occupied the house beginning in 1884.

Robert Whaley was born in Wyoming County, New York in 1840 and lived in both New York and Wisconsin in his early years. In 1867 he married Mary McFalan, whose father Alexander was a prominent Flint lumberman and banker. The Whaleys moved to Flint, where Robert Whaley entered his father-in-law's business as a bookkeeper. In 1877 he was named a director of Citizens National Bank, and when Alexander McFalan died in 1881, Whaley succeeded him as bank president. The Whaleys lived in this house until Robert Whaley's death in 1922 and Mary Whaley's death in 1925.

The house has been used as a museum since 1974. In 2015, the third floor of the house was damaged by fire.

Description
The Robert J. Whaley House is a two-story, Queen Anne house with asymmetrical massing and a hipped and dormered roof. The exterior is painted brick. The front facade is three bays wide, with a wraparound front porch covering the entrance in the left-most bay. A tall window with an elaborately carved rounded-arch lintel is above the porch roof. The central bay projects forward, and contains tall one-over-one double hung sash window units on the first and second stories, and is topped with a gabled dormer above the roofline. The right-most bay has three simple windows on each level.

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Michigan
Buildings and structures in Flint, Michigan
Queen Anne architecture in Michigan
Michigan State Historic Sites
Museums in Genesee County, Michigan
Houses completed in 1873
National Register of Historic Places in Genesee County, Michigan
Houses in Genesee County, Michigan

Robert J. Whaley House


Daniel Carcillo (born January 28, 1985) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger.  He most recently played under contract to the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (NHL). His on-ice reputation as an enforcer has led to him being nicknamed "Car Bomb". Carcillo won a Stanley Cup as a member of the 2013 and 2015 Blackhawks. After retiring from the NHL in 2015, Carcillo created a non-profit organization that assists former NHL-players who are suffering from post-concussion syndrome and mental health issues. Carcillo is the founder and CEO of Wesana Health, a life sciences company that leverages psilocybin-based medicine to treat traumatic brain injuries.

Playing career
After being drafted 73rd overall in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft by the Pittsburgh Penguins, Carcillo was traded to the Phoenix Coyotes in exchange for Georges Laraque on February 27, 2007. During the 2007–08 regular season, he led the NHL with 324 penalty minutes.

Carcillo was traded to the Philadelphia Flyers on March 4, 2009, in exchange for Scottie Upshall and a 2011 second-round draft pick. His first goal as a Flyer came in Game 4 of the first round of the 2009 Stanley Cup playoffs against Pittsburgh.
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Carcillo signed a one-year contract with the Chicago Blackhawks on July 1, 2011. Carcillo's  season came to an early end on January 2, 2012, in a game between the Blackhawks and the Edmonton Oilers. In that game, Carcillo was assessed a five-minute major penalty and a game misconduct for boarding and attempting to injure Oilers defenceman Tom Gilbert. Both Carcillo and Gilbert were injured on the play, and Carcillo was suspended for seven games. Carcillo, however, tore the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his left knee on the play, and underwent surgery four days later, costing him the rest of the season. On March 12, 2012, Carcillo signed a two-year contract extension with the Blackhawks through to the 2013–14 season.

Carcillo was traded to the Los Angeles Kings on July 16, 2013, in exchange for a conditional sixth-round draft pick. He was then traded to the New York Rangers on January 4, 2014, for a conditional seventh-round draft pick in 2014. On May 23, 2014, Carcillo was automatically suspended ten games during the 2014 playoffs for using physical force against a linesman while being escorted to the penalty box. On June 3, 2014, Carcillo's suspension on appeal was reduced from ten games to six by NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman.

On September 4, 2014, the Pittsburgh Penguins signed Carcillo to a professional tryout contract in order to attend their 2014 training camp. He subsequently failed to make the team and was released. On October 3, 2014, Carcillo was added to the Chicago Blackhawks' training camp roster. He agreed to a one-year, one-way contract at the league minimum of $550,000 for his second stint with the club.

On January 16, 2015, Carcillo injured Winnipeg Jets' forward Mathieu Perreault while delivering a cross-check from behind after the play had been stopped. Perreault left the game and the NHL's Department of Player Safety issued Carcillo a six-game suspension and a fine of $40,243.92 for the hit. The incident marked the twelfth time Carcillo had been fined or suspended in nine NHL seasons. The Blackhawks won 2015 Stanley Cup, and although Carcillo did not make an appearance for the Blackhawks in the 2015 Stanley Cup playoffs, his name was still engraved on the Stanley Cup.

Carcillo's reckless style of play earned him the nickname "Car Bomb".

On September 17, 2015, Carcillo announced his retirement from professional hockey.

Personal life

Carcillo was the host of a music-focused 2011 radio program entitled The Bomb Shelter on WGN Radio 720 in Chicago.

Carcillo has admitted to battling alcohol and substance abuse problems throughout his professional career. Upon joining the Blackhawks, Carcillo became friends with Steve Montador, who was also trying to overcome a substance abuse problem. Montador helped Carcillo battle his alcohol and substance dependencies, but was forced to leave the NHL after sustaining a concussion in 2012. Carcillo remained friends with Montador until the latter's unexpected death in 2015. Montador's death deeply impacted Carcillo, who was also recovering from a concussion. He called for the NHL community to play a larger role in the lives of former players that have suffered concussions. After winning the Stanley Cup in 2015, Carcillo retired from playing professional hockey and established the 'Chapter 5 Foundation', which is dedicated to helping players who are struggling with post-concussion syndrome, anxiety, or depression. Carcillo later founded Wesana Health, which offers treatment for traumatic brain injury using psilocybin.

In November 2018, Carcillo indicated that as a rookie of the 2002-03 Sarnia Sting, he and other rookies were subjected to several forms of severe hazing, which crossed over into physical and sexual assault. Carcillo's accusations were corroborated by several other former Sting teammates, who joined him in a class-action lawsuit against the Canadian Hockey League in 2020.

Carcillo lives in Chicago with his wife, Ela, and three children.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs
Bold indicates led league

International

Awards and honours

References

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Living people
Canadian ice hockey left wingers
Canadian sportspeople of Italian descent
Chicago Blackhawks players
Concussion activists
Ice hockey people from Ontario
Los Angeles Kings players
Mississauga IceDogs players
New York Rangers players
Philadelphia Flyers players
Phoenix Coyotes players
Pittsburgh Penguins draft picks
San Antonio Rampage players
Sarnia Sting players
Sportspeople from King, Ontario
Stanley Cup champions
Wheeling Nailers players
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins players

Daniel Carcillo


"Miri" is the eighth episode of the first season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek. Written by Adrian Spies and directed by Vincent McEveety, it first aired on October 27, 1966.

In the episode, the Enterprise discovers an exact duplicate of Earth, where the only survivors of a deadly man-made plague are some of the planet's children.

Plot
The USS Enterprise answers a distress call. Using the ship's instruments Spock measures the planet and determines its dimensions.  It has a circumference of 24,874 miles.

A landing party of Captain Kirk, First Officer Spock, Chief Medical Officer Dr. McCoy, Yeoman Janice Rand and two security personnel find it resembles an abandoned, 1960s-style Earth. They are attacked by a disfigured man, who has a seizure and dies after Kirk hits him while trying to fend him off. Noises draw the landing party to an abandoned building. They discover a teenage girl called Miri, who ran away from them because "grups" ("grownups") killed and maimed the children on the planet before dying out. She and her friends are "onlies", the only ones left. The distress call is traced to an automated signal.

The landing party, except for Spock, notice purple lesions on their bodies; Miri tells them that these are the first signs of the disease that has infected the planet and they will soon become like the other adults. The party find a medical research laboratory and look through documents for clues to the disease, discovering that it is a side effect of a life-extension experiment, affecting those who have reached puberty; death follows a brief period of violent madness. The "children" are actually over 300 years old, aging one month every century, but show the mental and emotional maturity of their biological age, rather than their actual age. When the disease begins, its victims have seven days to live. Although Spock is apparently immune, he considers himself a carrier who could infect the Enterprise if he returns.

Kirk uses his charm on Miri to persuade her to show him to the other children. However, mistrustful of the "grups", they disperse when Kirk and Miri approach their hideout. Jahn, an older boy and the leader of the children, steals the landing party's communicators, rendering McCoy's search for a cure impossible without the Enterprise computers. When Yeoman Rand panics at their impending fate and Kirk comforts her, a jealous Miri runs away and schemes with her friends to kidnap Rand.

McCoy discovers a possible vaccine for the disease, but without the ability to check the dosage with the ship's computers, the vaccine may kill the patient. Kirk tells Miri that they will all contract the disease if they don't help him find a cure. Upon realizing that she herself is infected, Miri brings Kirk to where Rand is being held. At Jahn's urging, the children swarm and gang up on Kirk. An injured and bleeding Kirk then angrily begs the children to think of the youngest amongst them, who will be helpless when the older ones are dead. He points out that their food supplies are running out; the children will starve within six months. Convinced, Jahn gives the communicators back to Kirk. He rounds up the children and returns to the laboratory, but in desperation McCoy has already injected himself with a dose of the vaccine. The doctor's sores fade, confirming the cure's effectiveness.

Back on the Enterprise, after vaccinating everyone and leaving the children in the care of a medical team, Kirk sends for teachers and advisers to help the children improve their lives.

Reception
Zack Handlen of The A.V. Club gave the episode an A− rating, describing using children as the antagonists as one of the script's "smarter twists". Handlen felt that the sense of threat was maintained throughout as, although the audience knew the crew wouldn't die, "they don't know that."

BBC ban
Following the first screening of "Miri" on British television in December 1970, the BBC received a number of complaints regarding the episode's content. The quantity and nature of the complaints were never made public.

Throughout the 1970s and 1980s the BBC chose not to include the episode in repeat runs of Star Trek. Three other episodes from the series were also excluded: "Plato's Stepchildren", "The Empath", and "Whom Gods Destroy".

Fans writing to the BBC to complain about the ban during the show's repeat run in the mid-1980s, its fifth showing altogether, received a standard reply: "There are no plans to screen the four episodes because we feel that they deal most unpleasantly with the already unpleasant subjects of madness, torture, sadism and disease. You will appreciate that account must be taken that out of Star Trek's large and enthusiastic following, many are juveniles who would watch the programme no matter what time of day the series is put into the programme schedules." However, the ban was finally lifted for the BBC's next showing of the series in the early 1990s.  In 2020 it was also shown in Britain on the Horror Channel.

Production
The planetary exteriors were shot on the set used for fellow Desilu series The Andy Griffith Show, part of what had originally been known as the RKO Forty Acres backlot in Culver City which had been acquired by Desilu.

Apart from guest stars Kim Darby (age 19) and Michael J. Pollard (age 27), several of the children on Miri's world were portrayed by relatives of the Trek cast and crew. Among them were William Shatner's daughters Lisabeth and Melanie, Grace Lee Whitney's son Scott, Vincent McEveety's son Steven, and Gene Roddenberry's daughters, Darleen and Dawn. Two others, Phil and Iona Morris, children of Mission Impossible actor Greg Morris, later appeared in subsequent Star Trek shows as well.

This was child actress Kellie Flanagan's first television role. She played the Blonde Girl standing on the table in the schoolhouse. Between takes her agent, Dorothy Day Otis, got her a line to deliver during the scene, which led to Flanagan receiving her SAG card.

Another of the actors playing the children, John Megna, had played Charles Baker "Dill" Harris in To Kill a Mockingbird in 1962.

"Miri" was the first episode to feature regular background cast member David L. Ross as Lieutenant Galloway, one of the few core group of extras that had speaking lines throughout the series.

Tie-in novel sequel
The novel The Cry of the Onlies by Judy Klass takes place after the events of the episode. All references to Miri's world being a copy of Earth were ordered removed; Miri's world is presented as a long-abandoned colony of Earth. (In the original episode, no explanation is offered as to the reason the geography of the planet looks exactly like that of Earth.)

References

External links

 "Miri"—Full episode for viewing at CBS.com

 "Miri" Review of the remastered version at TrekMovie.com

1966 American television episodes
Star Trek: The Original Series (season 1) episodes
Television episodes directed by Vincent McEveety
Television episodes pulled from general rotation
Works about children

Miri (Star Trek: The Original Series)


StreetDance 2 is a 2012 3D British dance drama film and the sequel to StreetDance 3D (2010). The film has been released in RealD 3D, XpanD 3D and Dolby 3D with Max Giwa and Dania Pasquini returning to direct. Britain's Got Talent stars George Sampson and Flawless return along with hip-hop dancer Sofia Boutella (backing dancer for Madonna and face of Nike) and Falk Hentschel. The cast also features b-boys such as Lilou, Niek and Yaman. The film is a production of Vertigo Films in association with BBC Films.

Plot
To beat the world's best dance crew at a dance-off in Paris, France, German streetdancer Ash (Falk Hentschel) and new friend and manager, Eddie (George Sampson), gather the greatest streetdancers from around Europe, whilst hoping to add a Latin element courtesy of salsa dancer Eva (Sofia Boutella).  After a rough start, the group all agree to incorporate this element and have fun adding Latin to street dance; whilst doing this, Ash and Eva grow closer.  Two days before the big dance-off, Ash rejects Eva on the dance floor and refers to their fusion dance as a  "Little Latin Experiment" when they're up against "The Surge" (Flawless) in a friendly dance-off. The police come and break up the dance-off and Eva runs away. Ash chases her but she doesn't want to know. The next day Ash goes to apologise to Eva but meets her Uncle (Tom Conti) who tells Ash to leave. Ash comes back to explain when he finds Eva's Uncle on the floor.  He is rushed to the hospital where Eva meets him and Ash.  When Eva's Uncle wakes up, he tells Ash that he should go to the dance-off.  Ash and his crew leave for the dance-off and are frustrated to find the gates locked.  Ash gets them in wearing popcorn sellers' clothes.  They battle Invincible until the last dance where they need Eva.  She appears and does the dance as planned.  Ash and his crew finish, and are estatic to find they have won.  Invincible's leader then hands the trophy to Ash.  As everyone celebrates, Ash and Eva share a kiss.

Cast
 Falk Hentschel as Ash, the protagonist
 Sofia Boutella as Eva, Salsa/Latin dancer and romantic interest
 George Sampson as Eddie, Ash's manager
 Stephanie Nguyen "Lil Steph" as Steph, part of Ash's crew
 Delphine Nguyen "Deydey" as Yo-Yo, part of Ash's crew
 Niek Traa as Legend, part of Ash's crew
 Elisabetta Di Carlo "Betty Style" as Bam-Bam, part of Ash's crew
 Samuel Revell "BBoy Sambo" as Tino, part of Ash's crew
 Kaito Masai "Kite" as Terrabyte, part of Ash's crew
 Ali Ramdani "Lilou" as Ali, part of Ash's crew
 Ndedi Ma-Sellu "Dedson" as Killa, part of Ash's crew
 Brice Larrieu as Skorpion, part of Ash's crew
 Akai Osei as Junior, the youngest of Ash's crew who was 11
 Maykel Fonts as Lucien, Eva's dance partner
 Tom Conti as Manu, Eva's uncle
 Babbal Kumar as dark dancer
 Anwar Burton as Vince, the antagonist, leader of Invincible
 Flawless as dance crew "The Surge"
 Pablo Baez as Boxing Ring / Latin Party Couple 2

Release
The film was theatrically released on 30 March 2012 by Vertigo Films and was released on DVD and Blu-ray on 24 July 2012 by Entertainment One.

Reception
The film received generally mixed reviews. Rotten Tomatoes reported that 46% (Rotten) of critics gave this film positive reviews.

StreetDance 2 received its first review on 10 February 2012 with Screen International chief film critic, Mark Adams, describing the dancing as "toe-tappingly cool" and stating that lead actress Sofia Boutella is "destined to be a big star".

Box office results for the opening weekend (from Friday 30 March 2012) for Street Dance 2 showed the movie grossed £608,024 and placed fifth in the UK movie box office charts, a result that only managed a quarter of the success Streetdance 3D did, placing it behind The Hunger Games which remained the top-grossing movie for two weeks.

The film caused significant outrage among Algerians living in both France and Algeria due to their compatriot Sofia Boutella's appearance in scenes that are excessively risqué by Algerian standards. Viewing the film as an "insult to Algerian traditions and ethics," some Algerian immigrants in France boycotted the film and a campaign was launched through social networking sites Twitter and Facebook to prevent the showing of the film in Algeria.

Soundtrack
 We Will Rock You [LP & JC remix] – Queen
 Go in Go Hard Ft Wretch 32 – Angel
 Domino – Jessie J
 High & Low – Sunday Girl
 Rockstar – Dappy
 Who Says You Can't Have It All – Dionne Bromfield
 Invincible – Anwar 'Fliistylz' Burton
 Rack City – Tyga
 Bow Wow Wow Ft Chipmunk – Bodyrox
 Superbass – Nicki Minaj
 Mama Do the Hump – Rizzle Kicks
 The Motto Ft Lil Wayne – Drake
 Troublemaker – Taio Cruz
 Bright Lights Ft Pixie Lott – Tinchy Stryder
 Burning Benches – Morning Runner
 Unorthodox Ft Example – Wretch 32
 Apache – Incredible Bongo Band
 Midnight Caller – Chase & Status
 Bass Down Low Static Revenger Remix – Dev
 Together – Herve
 Hold On – Skepta
 Baudelaires Tango – Lloyd Perrin & Jordan Crisp
 Catacombs Remix – Lloyd Perrin & Jordan Crisp
 Cuba 2012 Dj Rebel Streetdance 2 Remix – Latin Formation
 Agua Remix – Los Van Van
 Ride My Beat – Polluted Mindz

References

External links

2012 3D films
2012 films
2012 drama films
British 3D films
British drama films
IMAX films
Vertigo Films films
2010s dance films
2010s hip hop films
2010s English-language films
Films directed by Max Giwa
Films directed by Dania Pasquini
2010s British films

StreetDance 2


Marie Podvalová (5 September 1909 – 16 May 1992) was a Czech opera singer who had a long career at the National Theatre in Prague from 1936 to 1978. A dramatic soprano who excelled in the Czech repertoire, she garnered particular acclaim for her portrayal of the title heroine in Bedřich Smetana's Libuše. Her physical beauty and dramatic talents further added to her great popularity among Czech audiences.

Biography
Podvalová was born in Prague-Čakovice. In her early childhood, she moved with her parents to a house in Chrást, which she visited until her death.

Podvalová first studied the violin before studying singing voice privately in Prague. She entered the Prague Conservatory where she studied voice with A. Fatissová and Doubravka Brambergová. She made her professional opera debut in 1935 at the Mahen Theatre in Brno as Marina in Modest Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov.

Under the recommendation of conductor Václav Talich, Podvalová was made a principal artist at the Prague National Theater in 1936. She was the theatre's leading dramatic soprano for the next 38 years. Among her signature roles at the opera house were Emilia Marty in Leoš Janáček's The Makropulos Affair, the Foreign Princess in Antonín Dvořák's Rusalka, Kostelnička Buryjovka in Janáček's Jenůfa, Leonora in Fidelio, Milada in Smetana's Dalibor, Senta in Richard Wagner's The Flying Dutchman, and the title roles in Giacomo Puccini's Tosca and Smetana's Libuše. In 1938 she created various roles in the world premiere of Bohuslav Martinů's Julietta. In 1959 she toured the Soviet Union with the Prague National Theatre.

Podvalová received numerous honors during her career. She made numerous recordings during her career, mostly on the Supraphon label. She died at the age of 82 in Prague.

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Hecate (, Hekátē) is the goddess of magic, crossroads, witchcraft, sorcery, ghosts and necromancy in ancient Greek religion and myth. The daughter of Perses and Asteria (twin sister of Leto), Hecate was a member of the third generation of Titans, but sided with Zeus and his siblings during the Titanomachy. As such, she was greatly honored by Zeus, who allowed her to operate on Earth, as well as the sky and the Underworld. A nocturnal figure, Hecate often dwelled in underground caves or in the Underworld itself. She was often invoked as a household deity, to provide aid in warding off evil spirits. Hecate assisted Demeter in her search for her daughter Persephone following Hades' abduction of her, guiding the goddess' path at night by her flaming torches. Afterwards, she frequently served as a companion of Persephone, joining her on her yearly journey to and from the realm of the dead. In later times, Hecate was depicted as a woman with three-heads, thought to represent the past, present and future. Serving as her attendants were the empousai, a species of man-eating monsters who were vampiric in appearance with a leg made of solid bronze and the other that of a donkey. Often identified with the goddesses Artemis and Selene, Hecate served as a representative of the harvest moon. Her symbols were a pair of torches, keys and daggers, and the serpent, polecat, and dog were considered her sacred animals.

References
 The Goddess Hecate. Hecate's Cauldron , n.d. Web. 23 Oct. 2012.
 Hecate. Albany , n.d. Web. 13 Nov. 2012.
 "Hecate." . Greek Gods-Hecate. Alex Goldberger, n.d. Web. 6 Nov. 2012.
 "Hecate." Hecate.. Princeton University, n.d. Web. 6 Nov. 2012.
 Perses. Theoi, n.d. Web. 27 Nov. 2012.

Greek gods and goddesses
Virgin goddesses

Hecate


Jeff Shreve is an American public address announcer for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League,  University of Akron football and men's basketball, the Mid-American Conference and the former public address announcer of the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association and the Canton Charge of the NBA G League.

Shreve was born in Canton, Ohio. He left GlenOak High School in 1983 and is a graduate of the University of Mount Union (1987).

Shreve became a full-time public address announcer at the beginning of the second season of Gund Arena in the 1995-96 NBA season. He was the voice of the 1997 NBA All-Star Game and the "NBA at 50" halftime ceremony honoring the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History. He was replaced by Ronnie Duncan after the 2004-05 NBA season as part of the team overhaul by the new owner, Dan Gilbert.

In 1999, Shreve was hired as the internal public address announcer for the Cleveland Browns and replaced Jim Mueller as the full-time stadium announcer in 2000.

Shreve was the public address announcer for the Cleveland Rockers of the WNBA for all of their seven seasons (1997-2003). He has also been the announcer for the Mid-American Conference men's and women's basketball tournaments since 2000 and the Mid-American Conference Football Championship game since 2012.

References

External links

 NBA 50 Greatest Players (1997 NBA All-Star Game)
 "Manning the microphone at Browns Stadium a big voice, small profile post" at cleveland.com
 "Jeff Shreve is the Man Behind the Stadium Mic" at Canton Repository
 "Shreve Joins FridayNightOhio.com Broadcast Team on FridayNightOhio.com"
 John Carroll at Mount Union Football Highlights
 Dick Snyder Court Dedication 2021

Living people
American sports announcers
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Canton Charge
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University of Mount Union alumni
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Harthorne Nathaniel Wingo (September 9, 1947 – January 23, 2021) was an American professional basketball player. He was born in Tryon, North Carolina. He played four seasons, from 1972 to 1976, in the National Basketball Association as a member of the New York Knicks.

Wingo died on January 23, 2021 at the age of 73.

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1947 births
2021 deaths
New York Knicks players
Sportspeople from North Carolina

Harthorne Wingo


Pere Ubu is an American rock group formed in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1975. The band had a variety of long-term and recurring band members, with singer David Thomas being the only member staying throughout the band's lifetime. They released their debut album The Modern Dance in 1978 and followed with several more LPs before disbanding in 1982. Thomas reformed the group in 1987, continuing to record and tour.

Describing their sound as "avant-garage," Pere Ubu's work drew inspiration from sources such as musique concrète, 60s rock, performance art, and the industrial environments of the American Midwest. While the band achieved little commercial success, they have exerted a wide influence on subsequent underground music.

History

1970s
Rocket from the Tombs was a Cleveland-based group that eventually fragmented: some members formed the Dead Boys, and others The Saucers, while David Thomas and guitarist Peter Laughner joined with guitarist Tom Herman, bass guitarist Tim Wright, drummer Scott Krauss and synthesist Allen Ravenstine to form Pere Ubu in 1975.  At the time the band formed, Herman, Krauss, and Ravenstine lived in a house owned by Ravenstine. The group's name is a reference to Ubu Roi, an avant-garde play by French writer Alfred Jarry.

Pere Ubu's debut single (their first four records were singles on their own "Hearpen" label) was "30 Seconds Over Tokyo" (inspired by the "Doolittle Raid" and named after a film depicting the raid), backed with "Heart of Darkness"; followed by "Final Solution" in 1976. One review noted that "30 Seconds" "was clearly the work of a garage band, yet its arty dissonance and weird experimentalism were startlingly unique."
Laughner left the group after their first two singles, and died soon afterwards of acute pancreatic failure.

Other recordings of the 1970s
"Street Waves" b/w "My Dark Ages (I Don't Get Around)" was their third single, and after their fourth single, "The Modern Dance" b/w 'Heaven" (which was pressed in very small quantities and contained a completely different mix of "Modern Dance" from the album version), Pere Ubu signed to Blank Records, a short-lived imprint of Mercury Records.

Tony Maimone signed on as bassist after Tim Wright left to join DNA.

Their debut album, The Modern Dance (1978), sold poorly, but has proven influential. Musicians of many types, including progressive rock, punk rock, post punk and new wave, were influenced by the dark, abstract record. With the song "Sentimental Journey," the debut also introduced the practice of re-appropriating titles from well-known popular songs: Pere Ubu's "Sentimental Journey" has no obvious relation to the Doris Day hit song of the same name; "Drinking Wine Spodyody" has no apparent connection to the Sticks McGhee song (later revived by Jerry Lee Lewis). This practice has continued through 2006's Why I Hate Women, which has a song called "Blue Velvet" (again, no relation to the 1963 hit song by Bobby Vinton).

While most synthesizer players tended to play the instrument as they would a piano or organ, Ravenstine generally opted instead to make sounds that were reminiscent of spooky sound effects from 1950s science fiction films, or perhaps electronic music and musique concrète. One critic writes that Ravenstine "may be one of the all-time great synth players" and his playing has been called "utterly original".

Pere Ubu's second and third albums, Dub Housing and New Picnic Time, followed with much the same reaction.

The group briefly disbanded in 1979, but reformed soon afterwards with Herman replaced by Mayo Thompson (of Red Krayola).

1980s
The Art of Walking (1980) featured Thompson on guitar. For the next original album, Song of the Bailing Man (1982), Krauss was replaced by Anton Fier.

The group disbanded again soon afterwards; Krauss and Maimone formed Home and Garden, while Thomas worked on a solo career, notably with Richard Thompson and with members of Henry Cow.

By the late 1980s, one of Thomas's solo projects eventually featured much of Pere Ubu. The band was reformed again in 1987, with Jim Jones and Chris Cutler joining for the release of The Tenement Year (1988), a far more pop-oriented album than ever before. The following year, "Waiting for Mary" (off Cloudland) appeared on MTV briefly. After the recording of Cloudland, Ravenstine left the group (although he made a guest appearance on Worlds in Collision) and later became an airline pilot. Eric Drew Feldman joined the band in time for the Cloudland tour and the recording of Worlds in Collision, but left afterwards, joining Frank Black.

1990s

In 1993, Story of My Life was released. Maimone left (once again) to join They Might Be Giants, and Michele Temple and Garo Yellin joined the band for the Story of My Life tour and feature on Ubu's 1995 album, Ray Gun Suitcase. Robert Wheeler has played synthesizer and theremin with Pere Ubu since 1994. Krauss left the band during the Ray Gun Suitcase sessions. For the Ray Gun Suitcase tour, guitarist Jim Jones departed as a touring member (although he continued to contribute to recordings), founding guitarist Tom Herman replaced him for the tour.

Concurrent with the 1996 release of the Datapanik in Year Zero box set, Jim Jones retired due to health problems. Tom Herman returned to the band after a twenty-year absence to tour with the band in 1995, and went on to record Pennsylvania (1998), which also featured guitar contributions from Jim Jones. Guitarist Wayne Kramer of MC5 fame joined the band for their 1998 summer tour.

2000–2010
While much of 2000 was given over to live performances by Thomas's side projects - David Thomas and Two Pale Boys (Andy Diagram and Keith Moliné) and The Pale Orchestra -  Pere Ubu played a gig bannered '55 Years of Pain' in June at the Cleveland Rock and Roll Hall of Fame alongside 15-60-75. The band then teamed up in September 2000 with special guest Wayne Kramer for another performance of '55 Years of Pain'. This time at the Royal Festival Hall, Southbank, London.

Although Pere Ubu took a break from touring in 2001, they worked on material for a new album. Thomas also devoted himself for much of the year to live performance. This included his theatrical project 'Mirror Man (A Geography of Sound in Two Acts)' as well as an extensive David Thomas and Two Pale Boys European and US tour. In February, The trio were also asked to support Goth band the Sisters of Mercy at five concerts in England. Founding member Andrew Eldritch had long cited Pere Ubu and David Thomas as a key musical influence.Speaking in 2016, Eldritch said: "I remember seeing the best gig I ever saw in my life which was Pere Ubu supported by the Human League on the tiny stage of the F Club in Leeds [December, 7 1978]."

St. Arkansas was released on 20 May 2002 on Glitterhouse Records. The group comprised David Thomas, Tom Herman, Robert Wheeler, Michele Temple and Steve Mehlman. Jim Jones again contributed guitar parts. In September 2002 the band undertook the 11 date 'Mighty Road Tour in American and Canada. Tom Herman left again in late 2002, being replaced by Keith Moliné from David Thomas and Two Pale Boys. That same year, Thomas and Moliné were joined by Robert Wheeler, Michele Temple and Chris Cutler. They performed a live soundtrack to a 3-D screening of 'It Came from Outer Space' at the Royal Festival Hall, London on October 9, 2002. This performance direction reflected a formative influence on Pere Ubu and Thomas's long-held affection for B-Movies. 2002 was also marked by an officially release, on Feb 1,  of Rocket From the Tombs' recordings on Smog Veil Records. While bootlegs of varying quality had long circulated The Day The Earth Met The Rockets From the Tombs''' drew on original rehearsal and concert masters from 1974.

Pere Ubu's 'Mighty Road' tour resumed in February 2003 with 10 dates in the US. 2003 was also notable for performances in the summer and winter across the US and Canada by a revived Rocket From The Tombs. The band comprised David Thomas, Cheetah Chrome, Craig Bell, Richard Lloyd and Steve Mehlman. Of the 33 dates, one at the Beachland Ballroom in Cleveland was a benefit for an increasingly ill Jim Jones. Richard Lloyd recorded and engineered live in the studio performances of the original Rockets' songs. Originally, 'Rocket Redux' was sold as gig-only merchandise until it was commercially released the following year by Smog Veil Records.

Live film accompaniment came to the fore again for Pere Ubu in 2004. Firstly, the group premiered its underscore to Roger Corman's X, the Man With X-Ray Eyes at the 'Celebrate Brooklyn' festival on 22 July. The winter of that year also saw a UK tour that revived the band's live underscoring of 'It Came from Outer Space'. American music producer Hal Willner also invited David Thomas to join two shows. The first took place on April 1 in Los Angeles,  'Let's Eat - Feasting on The Firesign Theatre',  a celebration of the anarchic comedy outfit of that name. The cast included George Wendt, John Goodman, Todd Rundgren, Chloe Webb and Loudon Wainwright among others.

Just over three weeks later Thomas, partnered by the Paleboys,  joined Hal Willner's tribute to director Federico Fellini and composer Nino Rota. 'Perfect Partners' took place at London's Barbican Theatre and the production also featured Carla Bley, Roy Nathanson, Roger Eno, Kate St John, Beth Orton and Geri Allen. 2004 also saw Pere Ubu support Spiritualized at London's Royal Festival Hall on 1 August, Rocket From The Tombs played Kassel in Germany on 25 September and David Thomas and Two Pale Boys performed extensively in Europe and America with the release in April of 18 Monkeys On A Dead Man's Chest (Smog Veil Records and Glitterhouse Records).

During the spring, Fall and winter of 2005, Pere Ubu toured a show dubbed 'Live Free or Diet'  as well as other concerts across America and Europe. Additionally, the band performed their live underscore to screenings of Roger Corman's 'X, the Man With X-Ray Eyes: April 9 at the Byrd Theatre, Richmond Virginia;  August 12 at the Museum of Contemporary Art in North Adams, Massachusetts and November 5 at the Regent Square Theater in Pittsburgh.

2005 also saw David Thomas join Wayne Kramer and the newly monikered DKT-MC5 as well as the Sun Ra Arkestra on 25 February at the Royal Festival Hall London. When Patti Smith organised the 'Meltdown Festival' in June at the Royal Festival Hall, London she invited Thomas to take part. He sang, with accompaniment from the London Sinfonietta, Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's 'Alabama Song'. And, as was now becoming customary when the band was not on the road, Pere Ubu guitarist Keith Moliné joined David Thomas with trumpeter Andy Diagram for a series of improvisational gigs across Europe.

From May until the end of 2006 Pere Ubu gigged in Europe and America. On October 29 at the Royce Hall, Los Angeles, the group delivered a double bill consisting of that year's concert set and their live underscore to a screening of Roger Corman's 'X, the Man With X-Ray Eyes. There was also a nine date Rocket from the Tombs American tour in the summer and Fall.

On 19 September 2006 Pere Ubu released Why I Hate Women on Smog Veil Records. The band was Thomas,  Moliné, Wheeler, Temple and Mehlan with contributions from Robert and Jack Kidney, Rodolphe Burger and Andy Diagram. Thomas had teamed up with Burger earlier in the summer for four dates in France. In October, Smog Veil Records and Glitterhouse Records issued Why I Remix Women a set of band reworkings of the original tracks by Thomas, Moliné and Temple. Gagarin, an electronica instrumentalist and drummer for Nico during the 1980s, had worked for several years as live sound man for Pere Ubu as well as providing occasional on-stage contributions . His remix of 'Blue Velvet' was included on the album.

In the spring of 2007, Pere Ubu hit the road once more, with six dates in America,  20 in Europe and followed in the Fall with four shows in the US and Canada. Work also started in 2007 on adapting, for performance, Alfred Jarry's 'Ubu Roi', the play that had inspired the band's name.

In December 2007, the download site Hearpen.com was launched providing live recordings and hard-to-source material by Pere Ubu and related acts.

During February and March 2008 Pere Ubu toured Europe and America. This included two live underscorings of Roger Corman's 'X, the Man With X-Ray Eyes: March 24 at the Neighborhood Theater, Charlotte, North Carolina and March 25 at the Plaza Theater, Atlanta, Georgia.

On February 18, 2008, Jim Jones, former guitarist, associate of the band from its earliest days and US manager for many years of the group's online store, died at his Cleveland residence.

On April 24, 2008, the Ether festival at London's South Bank Centre hosted the world premiere of Bring Me The Head of Ubu Roi.  This adaptation by David Thomas of Alfred Jarry's play Ubu Roi was accompanied by animations by the Brothers Quay. The production featured David Thomas as Pere Ubu and Sarah Jane Morris as Mere Ubu with the rest of the band playing various roles.

Back in 2006 musical producer Hal Willner had gathered together a host of musicians and actors for a double CD Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, and Chanteys. In the summer of 2008, Willner brought a three date live show of the work to the UK and Ireland. David Thomas who had contributed versions of 'Dan Dan' and 'The Drunken Sailor' to the album joined the cast along with Pere Ubu guitarist Keith Moliné for all performances.

In 2009, Bring Me The Head of Ubu Roi was staged once again; this time at the Animator Festival, Poznań, Poland on July 11. The band's new album, Long Live Père Ubu!, released September 14 on Cooking Vinyl Records with the American release issued on Hearpen Records. The disc reprised the Ubu Roi story. Sarah Jane Morris guested on the disc as did Ubu's sound man Gagarin. The rest of the band comprised: Thomas, Moliné, Wheeler, Temple and Mehlman. During the Fall and winter the group toured extensively in Europe including material from the new album.

From February 2010, the band continued to tour the new album in the United Kingdom under the banner 'Long Live Père Ubu! - The Spectacle'. The concert show also had its American premerie on 28 March in New York. The band also performed debut album The Modern Dance in its entirety, firstly, at the Cleveland Beachland Ballroom, March 5 then on March 24 at Chicago's Lincoln Hall.

David Thomas once more joined the cast of Hal Willner's live show Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, and Chanteys. Thomas followed that show at the Sydney Opera House, Australia on January 28 with a concert of Pere Ubu songs, again in Sydney, on January 31 where he was backed by local band The Holy Soul. Thomas also revived his spoken word set 'the Ghost Line Diaries', originally aired at the 14th Genoa International Poetry Festival, Genoa, Italy, on June 19, 2008. Three gigs took place: Copenhagen, Denmark on October 9; Boston, USA on October 23 and in Geneva, Switzerland on December 5.

2011–2020
On March 19, 2011, Tom Herman, guitarist from the first Pere Ubu line up joined the band for a show at The Beachland Ballroom, Cleveland. The set included a full performance of 'The Modern Dance' album. Between March and August the group played a further 18 shows in Europe incorporating The Modern Dance in a number of them. In April, David Thomas joined fellow Rocket From the Tombs musician Cheetah Chrome for the 'Cleveland Confidential Book Tour': April 11, Cleveland Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum; and April 14, The Grammy Museum, Los Angeles. A new Rocket from the Tombs album, 'Barfly'  appeared in September on Fire Records and Smog Veil Records. The band was: David Thomas; Cheetah Chrome; Craig Bell; Richard Lloyd and Steve Mehlman and they played seven dates in the USA throughout December.

2011 also marked the first live underscoring to a screening of 'Carnival of Souls', a horror film directed in 1962 by  . David Thomas and Two Pale Boys debuted the project at Cafe Oto, London on February 12, followed by further performances at Cinéma L'Univers, Lille, France (June 4) and the Duke of York's Picture, Brighton, England (December 2).

David Thomas and The Two Pale Boys were invited once more (as in February 2001) to support the Sisters of Mercy, this time playing at the Goth band's 30th anniversary gig in their home town of Leeds, February 2011.

While work started on a new Pere Ubu album in 2012 - tracks in progress appearing on the band's website 'Ubu Projex' throughout the year -  there were no live performances by the band. A scheduled 16-date Rocket From the Tombs tour in May 2012 was disrupted when David Thomas fell ill. The first eight gigs in Europe were cancelled, six took place before Thomas became ill again resulting in the cancellation of the final two dates. However, the band played five gigs in America and Canada in October of that year.

In 2012, Thomas published 'The Book of Hieroglyphs', in which he ruminated on America and the nature of being an American. The book drew on lyrics from Pere Ubu, The Two Pale Boys and other Thomas works, supplemented by a number of essays.

The Pere Ubu long player Lady from Shanghai was released, January 7, 2013, on Fire Records. Its title referenced 'The Lady from Shanghai', a film noir made in 1947 by Orson Welles. The band comprised David Thomas; Keith Moliné; Michele Temple; Robert Wheeler; Steve Mehlman and Gagarin. Clarinettist Darryl Boon guested on the disc. A book, 'Chinese Whispers The Making of Pere Ubu's 'Lady from Shanghai', was published at the same time. This included an account of the creation of the album modelled on the parlour game Chinese Whispers.

On February 17, 2013, Pere Ubu performed the 'Modern Dance' album in full at the 'I'll Be Your Mirror' festival in Melbourne, Australia. A production of Bring Me The Head of Ubu Roi: Chamber Version' aired on March 8 in Lodz, Poland. This small cast version of the play featured Thomas, Gagarin, Malgosia Sady and Kiersty Boon.

An 11-date Pere Ubu tour of England followed in April 2013. A further gig in London on June 16 launched a European tour in June and July. Then on July 13, as part of the East End Film Festival,  the band once more performed their live underscore to Carnival of Souls. In September, Pere Ubu played 17 dates in America and Canada. Protracted discussions with the US Customs and Immigration Service had preceded the tour but visas were denied to Keith Moliné and Gagarin. David Cintron guitarist with a number of Cleveland bands including the Terminal Lovers took Moliné's place. However, at a number of the shows Gagarin performed by video link from his studio in London.

Three dates followed in Europe during November before the band played several gigs in the UK and Ireland under the heading of the 'Visions of the Moon tour'. The set that featured some of the material that would appear on the Carnival of Souls album.

On August 4, 2013, Tim Wright, bassist in the original Pere Ubu line up, died at the age of 63.

Pere Ubu's first performance of 2014 was at the Sons d'hiver festival in Creteil, France on February 15. On September 8 Carnival of Souls was released on Fire Records. The album had its musical roots in the live accompaniment that both Pere Ubu and David Thomas and Two Pale Boys had performed for a number of years to screenings of the Herk Harvey B-movie of that name. The band comprised: David Thomas; Keith Moliné; Michele Temple; Robert Wheeler; Steve Mehlman; Gagarin;and Darryl Boon. As with 'Lady From Shanghai', a book was published to coincide with the new album. 'Cogs The Making of Carnival Of Souls' contained essays by David Thomas, commentary from the musicians and album lyrics.

On September 12, the Pere Ubu Fim Group (on this occasion Thomas, Keith Moliné, Gagarin and Darryl Boon) performed their live underscore to Carnival of Souls at the L'Étrange Festival, Forum des Images in Paris, France.

The band embarked on a 13 date UK tour in November 2013 with support from the Pere Ubu Moon Unit (consisting of Thomas and other members of the main band). The 12th gig was an underscoring to Roger Corman's 'X, The Man With X Ray Eyes' at the Brighton Film Festival on November 23. Between November 27 and December 6 the group played nine dates across mainland Europe. In 2015, Fire Records issued a mini-album of the Moon Unit's November 21 performance in Leeds, England.

From late January 2015 until the end of February, the group continued touring in Europe with material from Carnival of Souls with the Pere Ubu Moon Unit often providing support. Five dates in July in the UK were followed by a show at the New Horizons International Film Festival in Wroclaw, Poland on July 26. On August 21 Fire Records issued a four disc remastred vinyl box set, Elitism For the People 1975-1978. This comprised the Hearpen singles, The Modern Dance, Dub Housing and a live recording from 1977, made in New York at Max's Kansas City. A new Rocket from the Tombs disc Black Record appeared on November 21, again on Fire Records. The band was Thomas; Craig Bell; Gary Siperko; Buddy Akita; and Steve Mehlman with contributions from Akita's colleagues from This Moment In Black History: Lamont Thomas; Lawrence Caswell; and Chris Kulcsar.

Rocket From The Tombs played eight American dates in December 2015 followed by a show at the State-X New Forms Festival in Den Haag, Netherlands. After two appearances in England the band returned to Europe performing in Diksmuide, Belgium and at the Festival Les Aventuriers, in Paris on December 16.

On February 6, 2016, the Pere Ubu Film Unit delivered its live underscore once more to Carnival of Souls. This time, a dubbed in Spanish and colorized version of the film was screened at the Universitat Jaume I in Castelló de la Plana, Spain. Fire Records' release on March 18 of the second archival box set - Architecture of Language 1979-1982 (vinyl remasters of New Picnic Time, The Art of Walking, Song of the Bailing Man and Architectural Salvage a disc of live and alternate mixes) prompted a tour drawing on songs from 1975 to 1982. Tom Herman rejoined the touring band and selected the material for the set list.

The Coed Jail! debuted on March 22, 2016, at the Ruby Lounge in Manchester, England. It ran for most of the year - there was a break in the Fall - 43 dates in total in Europe, Canada and America ending on December 10 in the Casbah, San Diego, California. The name reprised the set of gigs that Pere Ubu performed in February 1978 alongside the Suicide Commandos. Johnny Dromette (John Thompson) record store manager, promoter, designer and housemate of Thomas, had coined the phrase for the game show set he had built over night in their living room. Dromette created the first posters for the band and designed the Datapanik in Year Zero ep cover He has often provided poster, tee-shirt and packaging design as well as video production work throughout Pere Ubu's career. His recollections of the time are shared in two interviews on Pere Ubu's own UbuDub podcast series.

Splinter group Pere Ubu (Moon Unit) also made three appearances in 2016, one in London (Aug 25 with support from David Thomas and Two Pale Boys) and two in France (Nantes, August 27 and Brest, November 19).

The final box sets in Fire Records' series of vinyl remasters appeared in the Spring of 2017. Les Haricots Sont Pas Salés 1987-1991, April 6, contained The Tenement Year, Cloudland, Worlds In Collision and Songs From the Lost Album. Drive, He Said 1994-2002 followed on May 26. It comprised Ray Gun Suitcase, Pennsylvania, St. Arkansas and Back Roads, a disc of outtakes and alternate mixes.

Rocket From the Tombs played the Beachland Tavern, Cleveland on May 11, 2017, and the Ace Of Cups in Columbus, Ohio on May 13. Both Rocket From the Tombs and Pere Ubu performed at the Austin Jukebox, a regular multi band show event, in Austin Texas, on May 19 and 20 respectively.

A repeat of the Coed Jail! set took place in Jarocin, Poland on July 15. The band on this occasion was: David Thomas; Gary Siperko; Robert Wheeler; Michele Temple; and Steve Mehlman. A recording of the concert would provide the bulk of the 2020 release, on Cherry Red Records, By Order of Mayor Pawlicki (Live in Jarocin). Pere Ubu (Moon Unit) played seven European dates in August and October.

At the end of September, Pere Ubu released 20 Years In A Montana Missile Silo on Cherry Red Records. The band was: David Thomas; Keith Molinè; Gary Siperko; Kristof Hahn (of The Swans); Darryl Boon; Robert Wheeler; Gagarin; Michele Temple; and Steve Mehlman. Welsh-Iranian artist Roshi Nasehi provided backing vocal to 'I Can Still See'.

The 'MonkeyNet Tour' in support of the new album, began in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on November 8, 2017. Thirteen more US performances took place before David Thomas became seriously ill resulting in the cancellation of seven concerts on the West Coast of America.

Marking their return to live performance in Spring 2018, Pere Ubu mounted the 'Grand Guignol' show at London's Borderline. A nine-piece band took to the stage on May 19: David Thomas;  Keith Moliné; Gary Siperko; Robert Wheeler; Gagarin; Michele Temple; Steve Mehlman; Darryl Boon; and Kristof Hahn. For the rest of May and start of June a more regular-sized band played 12 dates across Europe. The 'MonkeyNet Tour' then resumed with shows in New York (August 17) and Providence, Rhode Island (Aug 18). Five dates followed in September in Italy and one appearance in Tel Aviv (September 15).

Following the critical illness that had prematurely ended the original 'MonkeyNet' tour, Thomas initiated work, early in 2018, on a new Pere Ubu album. While still a work in progress by the end of the year, the plan was to include versions of three tracks at two Pere Ubu (Moon Unit) shows in December. As recounted in the sleeve notes that accompany The Long Goodbye, keyboardist Gagarin suggested, two days before the first gig, that the outfit perform the album in its entirety. The material aired on December 7 at the Music Hall in Ramsgate, England. The band comprised Thomas, Keith Moliné, Gagarin and Chris Cutler. The group repeated the set the following evening at the Théâtre Municipal Berthelot in Montreuil on the outskirts of Paris, a performance eventually issued as a companion disc to The Long Goodbye CD.

A few days after the Montreuil gig, David Thomas fell seriously ill again, was hospitalized and began a period of extensive recovery in 2019. However, The Long Goodbye was completed and released, July 12, on Cherry Red Records. The band was: David Thomas; Keith Moliné; Gagarin; Robert Wheeler;  Michele Temple; Darryl Boon; and P. O. Jørgens. Guitarist Gary Siperko also guested. Once more a book accompanied the new album. Baptized Into the Buzz contained information about the new album and the related 2017 record that Thomas had made with Danish percussionist P. O. Jørgens: Live Free or Die on Ninth World Music. There were lyrics to both releases, commentary from musicians and a short piece of family biography by Thomas.

Pere Ubu toured The Long Goodbye late in 2019. Seven dates, spread over September, October and November, that took in London, Ireland, Norway, the Netherlands, Belgium and Italy. The band began 2020 with a performance at the Centro Conde Duque Arts in Madrid. The day before, January 15, David Thomas ran a workshop, 'How To Be A Singer',  in partnership with the band's drummer Chris Cutler. However, further dates scheduled for 2020 were disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing lockdown.  In response, in May The Avant Garage Fan Attic (Official) launched on subscription platform Patreon. The exclusive content includes Datapanik TV (DPKTV), a channel of live broadcasts hosted by David Thomas.

2021–present
On February 11, 2022, the group played a one-off performance called "Pere Ubu's Canterbury Tales" at The University of Kent's Gulbenkain Theater in Canterbury. The group's line-up for this was show included Thomas, Moliné, Gagarin, Cutler and new member Alex Ward on guitar and clarinet. David Thomas and The Two Pale Boys (Moliné, Gagarin, and Andy Diagram for this performance) played an opening set, as did Rats On Rafts, who performed a live cover of Pere Ubu's Visions Of The Moon. The show was emceed by Bob Holman of the Bowery Poetry Club in New York City.

A new vinyl remasters box set, Nuke The Whales: 2006-2014 was released by Fire on April 1, 2022. The box set, packaged in the same style as the previous box sets, features Why I Hate Women (retitled Why I Luv Women), Lady From Shanghai, Long Live Pere Ubu! and Carnival of Souls. All of the albums except Long Live Pere Ubu! were remixed by David Thomas in 2021, and Why I Luv Women and Long Live Pere Ubu! make their vinyl debuts via this set.

Style
To define their music, Pere Ubu coined the term avant-garage to reflect interest in both experimental avant-garde music (especially musique concrète) and raw, direct blues-influenced garage rock. Thomas has stated the term is "a joke invented to have something to give journalists when they yelp for a neat sound bite or pigeonhole". Their music has been called art punk and post-punk."Pere Ubu" in the Encyclopædia Britannica. Their songs imagined 1950s and 1960s garage rock and surf music archetypes as seen in a distorting funhouse mirror, emphasising the music's angst, loneliness and lyrical paranoia. Sometimes sounding like a demented nursery rhyme sing-along, this already bizarre blend was overlaid with Ravenstine's ominous EML synthesizer effects and tape looped sounds of mundane conversation, ringing telephones or steam whistles. Their propulsive rhythmic pulse was similar to Krautrock, but Thomas's yelping, howling, desperate singing was and still is peculiar when compared to most other rock and roll singers.

Personnel
Current
 David Thomas – lead vocals, keyboards, melodeon, musette, theremin (1975–82, 1987–present)
 Keith Moliné – guitar (2002, 2005–16, 2016–present)
 Gagarin (Graham Dowdall) – synthesizer, electronics (2007–16, 2016–present)
 Chris Cutler – drums, electronics (1987–90, 2004, 2019–present)
 Alex Ward - guitar, clarinet (2022-present)

Former
 Scott Krauss – drums, keyboards (1975–77, 1978–81, 1987–94)
 Allen Ravenstine – synthesizer, saxophone (1975, 1976–82, 1987–88)
 Tom Herman – guitar, bass (1975–79, 1995–98, 1998–2002, 2016)
 Tim Wright – bass, guitar (1975–76) (died 2013)
 Peter Laughner – guitar, bass (1975–76)
 Dave Taylor – synthesizer, organ (1975–76)
 Alan Greenblatt – guitar (1976)
 Tony Maimone – bass, guitar, keyboards (1976–82, 1987–93, 2003–04)
 Anton Fier – drums, marimba (1977–78, 1981–82)
 Mayo Thompson – guitar (1979–82)
 Jim Jones – guitar, keyboards (1987–94, 1994–95)
 Eric Drew Feldman – keyboards (1989–92)
 Garo Yellin – electric cello (1993–94)
 Paul Hamann – bass (1994)
 Scott Benedict – drums (1994–95)
 Wayne Kramer – guitar (1998)
 Andy Diagram – trumpet (1999, 2007)
 Sarah Jane Morris – vocals (2009)
 Steve Mehlman – drums (1995–2018)
 David Cintron – guitar  (2013)
 Darryl Boon – clarinet (2013–16, 2016–2018)
 Gary Siperko – guitar (2016–2018)
 Christoph Hahn – steel guitar (2016–2018)
 Michele Temple – bass, guitar (1993–2020)
 Robert Wheeler – synthesizer, theremin (1994–99, 1999–2007, 2009-2020)
 P.O. Jørgens - drums, percussion (2019)

Timeline

Discography
Studio albums
 The Modern Dance (1978)
 Dub Housing (1978)
 New Picnic Time (1979)
 The Art of Walking (1980)
 Song of the Bailing Man (1982)
 The Tenement Year (1988)
 Cloudland (1989)
 Worlds in Collision (1991)
 Story of My Life (1993)
 Ray Gun Suitcase (1995)
 Pennsylvania (1998)
 St. Arkansas (2002)
 Why I Hate Women (2006)
 Long Live Père Ubu! (2009, with Sarah Jane Morris)
 Lady from Shanghai (2013)
 Carnival of Souls (2014)
 20 Years in a Montana Missile Silo (2017)
 The Long Goodbye (2019)
 Trouble On Big Beat Street (2023)

Live albums
 390° of Simulated Stereo (1981) - Collection of live tracks recorded between 1976 and 1979
 One Man Drives While the Other Man Screams (1989) - Collection of live tracks recorded between 1978 and 1981
 Apocalypse Now (1999) - Recorded December 12, 1991 at Shuba's (Chicago/USA)
 The Shape of Things (2000) - Recorded April 7, 1976 at The Mistake (Cleveland/USA)
 London Texas (2009) - Recorded March 16, 1989 at The Mean Fiddler (London/GB)
 Live at the Longhorn (2013) - Recorded April 1, 1978 at Jay's Longhorn (Minneapolis/USA)
 The Pere Ubu Moon Unit (2015) -  Recorded November 21, 2014 at Brudenell Social Club (Leeds/GB)
 By Order of Mayor Pawlicki (2020) -  Recorded mainly July 15, 2017 at Scena Rynek Festival (Jarocin/Poland)

Digital-only live albums
 In the Shadow of the Aeronautical Shot Peening Co. (2021) - Recorded by David Thomas on a cassette at the Pirate's Cove, Old River Road, Cleveland, Ohio, on June 2, 1977.
 Manhattan 1977 (2021) - Recorded at Max's Kansas City, New York City, 1977.
 Theatre 140 (2021) - Recorded in Brussels, Belgium, on May 5, 1978. A different version was available in Datapanik in Year Zero (1996)
 On The Beach (2021) - Recorded during a private party in Bratenahl, Ohio, on July 4, 1978.
 The Avant Garage (2021) - Recorded during the 1st International Garage Exhibition, Cleveland, Ohio, on March 2, 1979.
 Robson Square Theater (2021) - Recorded in Vancouver, Canada, on June 27, 1979.
 Road to URGH! (2021) - Recorded at the Fox Warfield Theater, San Francisco, California, on August 15, 1980.
 Conde Duque, The Long Goodbye (2021) - Recorded in Madrid, Spain, on January 15, 2020.
 Walking in Bremen (2021) - Recorded at Uni-Mensa in Bremen, Germany, on February 21, 1981.
 Taking Shape (2021) - Recorded at The Mistake, Cleveland, Ohio, on April 7, 1976, or May 5, 1976 (there is some uncertainty). A different recording of the show was available in The Shape of Things (2000) live album.
 Fiddler on the Desk (2021) - Recorded at The Mean Fiddler, London, England, on March 16, 1989.
 Sidewalks in Texas (2021) - Recorded at The Mistake, Cleveland, Ohio, early 1980 (date unknown).
 On the Road to the Lost Album (2021) - Recorded at The Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands, on July 14, 1981.
 Oh, Pennsylvania, I Do Remember Thee (2021) - Collection of live recordings (1998 & 2003) originally compiled by David Thomas as an aide-memoire in preparation for a Pere Ubu Tour.
 Band on the Wall (2021) - Recorded at Band on the Vall, Manchester, England, on April 18, 2013.
 MuBuC5 (2021) - Recorded during the Fall Of The Magnetic Empire Festival at The Knitting Factory, New York City, on September 13, 1996. Featuring Wayne Kramer on guitar.

Compilations
 Terminal Tower (1985) - Nonlp singles & b-sides 1975-1980
 The Hearpen Singles 1975-1977 (2016)
 Coed Jail! (2016) - A ten songs collection from the five first albums, 2 songs per album. Only sold during the Coed Jail! Tour (2016)

Box sets
 The Hearpen Singles (1995) - 45rpm box set including replicas of the four Hearpen Records singles
 Datapanik in Year Zero (1996)
 Elitism for the People 1975-1978 (2015) - Remastered vinyl box set including "The Hearpen Singles 1975-1977", "The Modern Dance", "Dub Housing" & "Manhattan", a bonus disc recorded live at Max's Kansas City (New York/USA) in 1977
 Architecture of Language 1979-1982 (2016) - Remastered vinyl box set including "New Picnic Time", "The Art Of Walking", "Song of The Bailing Man" & "Architectural Salvage", a bonus disc of nonlp singles & alternative mixes
 Drive, He Said 1994-2002 (2017) - Remastered vinyl box set including "Raygun Suitcase", "Pennsylvania", "St Arkansas" & "Back Roads", a bonus disc of songs that do not fit in the vinyl format, hidden tracks, alternative mixes & live track
 Les Haricots Sont Pas Salés 1987-1991 (2018) - Remastered vinyl box set including "The Tenement Year", "Cloudland", "Worlds In Collision" & "Songs from the Lost Album", a bonus disc of B-sides & two "Cloudland" songs that do not fit in the vinyl format

Singles and EPs
 30 Seconds Over Tokyo (b/w Heart of Darkness) (1975) - First Hearpen Records single
 Final Solution (b/w Cloud 149) (1976) - Second Hearpen Records single
 Street Waves (b/w My Dark Ages (I Don't Get Around)) (1976) - Third Hearpen Records single
 The Modern Dance (b/w Heaven) (1977) - Fourth Hearpen Records single. This single version of "The Modern Dance" is not the same mix as the subsequent album and all reissues of the track (with the railroad spike). This makes this single (with the doll squeak) the only place to find the original mix
 Datapanik in the Year Zero (1978) Maxi-single including some songs from the Hearpen singles and an unreleased track, Untitled
 The Fabulous Sequel (Have Shoes Will Walk) (b/w Humor Me (Live) and The Book Is On The Table) (1979)
 Datapanik in the Year Zero-A (Final Solution b/w My Dark Ages (I Don't Get Around)) (1980)
 Not Happy (b/w Lonesome Cowboy Dave) (1981)
 We Have the Technology (1988) - All singles between 1988 and 1991 were released in différent formats (7", 12", cd-single) with multi-b-sides
 Waiting for Mary (What Are We Doing Here) (1989)
 Love Love Love (1989)
 Breath (1989)
 I Hear They Smoke the Barbecue (1990)
 Oh Catherine (1991)
 Folly of Youth See Dee + (1995) - Enhanced CD EP
 B Each B Oys See Dee + (1996) - Enhanced CD EP
 Slow Walking Daddy (b/w Sad-TXT (live)) (2002)
 Irene (b/w Moonstruck) (2014) - Digital-only single
 Golden Surf II (b/w Throb Array)(2014) - Digital-only single
 The Radio Shall Set You Free (Dark Radio Edit) (2021) - Digital-only single

Other releases & collaborations
 Soldier-Talk (1979) - Pere Ubu (Thomas-Herman-Krauss-Ravenstine-Maimone) as a backing-band in this Mayo Thompson's Red Crayola album
 Closer to the Wall (1988) - Guest appearance by Pere Ubu (Thomas-Ravenstine-Jones-Krauss-Cutler-Maimone) on this live track of the Miracle Legion album Glad. Recorded 11/7/1987 at The Ritz Ballroom (New York City/USA)
 The Geography of Sound in the Magnetic Age (2003) - A book written in English/Italian with a bonus cd-single with two unreleased live tracks : Humor Me (1978) and Birdies (1981)
 Why I Remix Women (2006) - Songs from Why I Hate Women remixed by members of the band. This is a companion to the studio album

Charting singles

References

Further reading
Wolff, Carlo (2006). Cleveland Rock and Roll Memories''. Cleveland, OH: Gray & Company, Publishers.

External links

 Ubu Web: Pere Ubu's Avant Garage Online
 The story of Pere Ubu
 Ubu Projex Bandcamp – official download site for digital-only live albums
 Ubu Dance Party – French website devoted to Pere Ubu, approved by the band
 Pere Ubu on Chicago Public Radio
 David Thomas interviews about Pere Ubu on Outsight Radio Hours

Punk rock groups from Ohio
Musical groups from Cleveland
Musical groups established in 1975
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Mercury Records artists
Chrysalis Records artists
Fontana Records artists
DGC Records artists
Radar Records artists
American industrial rock musical groups
American experimental rock groups
Cooking Vinyl artists
Musical groups from Ohio
Cherry Red Records artists
Glitterhouse Records artists
Fire Records (UK) artists
1975 establishments in Ohio

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Formed in 2003 in Tucson, Arizona, United States, The Mean Reds released one full-length LP, three EPs and a split album (with DVD) with notable Los Angeles, California rock band Wires On Fire. Featuring Anthony Anzalone, Wilson Snider, Nick Letson, Byron Hambacher, and Kyle Gutiérrez, the band relocated to Silver Lake, Los Angeles, California in 2004. Known for their raucous live performances and their affinity for Disney Channel's Hilary Duff, as well as actress Audrey Hepburn (whose film Breakfast at Tiffany's spawned the band's name), the band embarked on several regional tours before breaking up on October 31, 2005.

Discography
Destination Imagination (2003)
Some Sort Of Adventure Through History (2004)
The Mean Reds/Wires On Fire Split (2005)
Together At Last, And This Is Our Wedding (2005)
Halloween LP (2005)

Line-up
 Anthony Anzalone - vocals
 Byron Hambacher - guitar
 Nick Letson - keyboards/guitar
 Kyle Gutiérrez - bass
 Wilson Snider - drums
 Miles Bartlett - guitar

References

External links
[ Allmusic - The Mean Reds]
official site
Label site
L.A. Weekly feature
Label site for Wires On Fire split

Musical groups established in 2003
Musical groups disestablished in 2005
Musical groups from Tucson, Arizona
Rock music groups from Arizona

Mean Reds


The Australian National Security Hotline was established on 27 December 2002 to receive information from the public about threats to national security and to refer them to policing and intelligence agencies. The hotline was established following the 2002 Bali bombings, in which 202 people were killed, including 88 Australians.

The Hotline was launched with a public information campaign that provided information about the heightened security environment. The campaign began with television advertising asking Australians to look out for a booklet that would be posted to every Australian home—'let's look out for Australia'.

The National Security Hotline can be contacted on 1800 1234 00 and is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

See also
 Australian Security Intelligence Organisation

References
http://www.asio.gov.au/ASIO-and-National-Security/Report-a-Threat.html

External links
Australian National Security

National security of Australia
Communications in Australia
2002 establishments in Australia

National Security Hotline (Australia)


Arnoldstein (, ) is a market town in the district of Villach-Land in the Austrian state of Carinthia.

Geography

Location
Arnoldstein is located at Austria's southern border between the Carnic Alps and the Karawanken mountain range, near the confluence of the Gailitz (Slovene: Ziljica, Italian: Slizza) and the Gail River (Slovene: Zilja, Italian: Zeglia). The tripoint with Tarvisio in Italy and Kranjska Gora in Slovenia is south of the town at the top of the Ofen (Slovene: Peč, Italian: Monte Forno) at 1,509m/4,951 ft. Today there is a marker at this location.

Arnoldstein can be reached via the A2 Süd Autobahn from Vienna and the parallel Austrian Southern Railway (Rudolfsbahn), running from Klagenfurt to the Italian border, where it is continued by the Italian Pontebbana line to Udine.

Subdivision
Arnoldstein is divided into six Katastralgemeinden: Arnoldstein (Podklošter), Hart (Ločilo), Maglern (Megvarje), Pöckau (Peče), Riegersdorf (Rikarja vas), and Seltschach (Sovče). It can be further divided into 21 Ortschaften (with population totals 2001):

History

The area around Arnoldstein was already settled in ancient times, when a Roman Road along the Gailitz creek connected Aquileia with Virunum near present-day Klagenfurt, capital of the Noricum province.

Arnoldstein's name derives from the alleged founder of its castle, one knight Arnold, probably a ministerialis serving the Bishops of Bamberg. Upon his coronation in 1014, Emperor Henry II had granted large estates in the Duchy of Carinthia to the Bamberg diocese, that originally had been a possession of the Patriarchs of Aquileia. The castle itself was first mentioned about 1085, here Bishop Otto of Bamberg established a Benedictine abbey in 1106 to secure his Carinthian fiefs. Nevertheless, in 1176, the monks had to accept the secular Vogt overlordship of the Carinthian Sponheim dukes. In the mid-14th century their estates were devastated both by the 1348 Friuli earthquake and the Black Death pandemic.

To improve the economic situation, the abbot of Arnoldstein with the consent of the Bamberg bishop in 1495 allowed the Augsburg merchants Ulrich, Georg and Jakob Fugger to exploit the surrounding ore deposits and to build up smelting works, mainly for copper and silver. At their Fuggerau enterprise, the Fugger family was largely engaged in the trade on the route to Venice, until the premises were repurchased by the Arnoldstein monastery in 1570. The debt, together with the effects of the Protestant Reformation, nearly ruined the abbey's finances. Today a shot tower built in 1814 marks the site of the former foundry.

Arnoldstein again flourished in the course of the Counter-Reformation. Despite all attempts by the Austrian House of Habsburg to seize the estates, the monastery was not abolished until 1783 by decree of Emperor Joseph II. The building burnt down in 1883 and only ruins remained. Since 1980, the premises have been gradually restored

Politics
The town council is made up of 27 members of the following parties:
19 SPÖ
4 ÖVP
3 FPÖ
1 ALA (Alternative List)

References

Cities and towns in Villach-Land District
Gailtal Alps

Arnoldstein


Ivan the Fool () or Ivan the Ninny is a lucky fool stock character who appears in Russian folklore, a very simple-minded, but, nevertheless, lucky young man. Ivan is described as a likeable, fair-haired and blue-eyed youth.

The approximate setting of Ivan the Fool's adventures is 15th- or 16th-century Russia.

Ivan the Fool usually appears in stories either as a peasant or as the son of a poor family. He is usually the youngest of three brothers; his older siblings appear much smarter than he, but are sometimes unkind to and envious of him.

In contrast to typical heroes, Ivan's simplicity and lack of guile turn out to help him in his adventures. For example, he listens to his heart rather than to his mind, and he easily forgets offence and endeavors to help others even at his own expense. His naivety, kindness, and daring help him fight villains, make friends, and win princesses' hearts, and ultimately he is rewarded with half a kingdom or some similar accomplishment.

The moral of these stories is that Ivan the Fool is rarely the fool, but is merely perceived as such by others owing to his simple nature and joviality. According to one theory, Ivan the Fool as originally created was not intended to be a fool at all: at that time the Russian word дурак (durak, currently meaning "fool") did not have any negative connotation, and was used to refer to the youngest son in the family. It was only later that it obtained a new meaning, from which the ambiguity arose.

Andrey Sinyavsky remarks that Ivan the Fool is a positive character in all tales which mention him.

See also
 Ivan Tsarevich
 Jack (hero)
 Ivan the Fool, a short story by Leo Tolstoy (1886)
 Honza

References

Fiction set in the 15th century
Fictional characters from the 16th century
Russian folklore characters
Fairy tale stock characters
Russian folklore
Archetypal fools

Ivan the Fool


The Deer without a Heart is an ancient fable, attributed to Aesop in Europe and numbered 336 in the Perry Index. It involves a deer (or an ass in Eastern versions) who was twice persuaded by a wily fox to visit the ailing lion. After the lion had killed it, the fox stole and ate the deer's heart. When asked where it is, the fox reasoned that an animal so foolish as to visit a lion in his den cannot have had one, an argument that reflects the ancient belief that the heart was the seat of thoughts and intellect. The story is catalogued as type 52 in the Aarne-Thompson classification system.

The story from the East

The version of the story found in the Indian Panchatantra concerns a lion who is persuaded that the cure for his sickness is the ears and heart of an ass. His servant the jackal persuades an ass to accompany him but the lion is too weak to kill the ass on the first attempt and the jackal has to trick it into returning. Afterwards the jackal persuades the hungry lion to leave him with the dead ass and takes the ears and heart for himself. His explanation for their absence is that so silly an animal cannot have had the equipment to hear or to think with.

The story travelled westwards through a series of translations and adaptations and was eventually carried to Spain by invading Arabs. By this time the details of the story had altered considerably. In one Arab version an ass demands toll of the lion and is killed for this effrontery. The heart is eaten by a fox who says it could never have existed in so stupid an animal. There also exist Jewish versions of the story, in one of which the ass figures as toll-keeper and in the other demands a fare on board ship.

The story from the West
The story of "The Lion, the Fox and the Deer" is an ancient one that first appeared in the poetry of Archilochus and was told at great length in the collection of Babrius. In this the fox twice persuades the deer to visit the lair of a lion too sick to hunt, on the first occasion escaping with an injured ear; the fox explains this as a rough caress and the deer returns to its death. It was only recorded in Greek, so that Mediaeval European variants may equally be of Eastern rather than Western origin. Thus in Marie de France's telling, the lion requires the deer's heart as a cure for its illness, as in the Panchatantra.

The very different version in her contemporary, Berechiah ha-Nakdan's "Fox Fables", appears to owe something to a Latin poem by Avianus, numbered 583 in the Perry Index. In this a boar has its ears cut off as a punishment for roaming in the fields of an estate and later pays for it with his life. A thieving peasant explains the missing heart to his master in the usual way. But in Berechiah's telling the wild boar trespasses in the royal lion's garden and, after losing its ears and eyes in punishment, is finally killed and the heart is stolen by the fox. These final details demonstrate a synthesis with other versions of the fable, of which there appear to be many by this time. A still later Spanish version by Juan Ruiz, involves a musical ass who keeps the lion awake with his discordant music and in this case loses his heart and ears to the wolf.

The process of transformation continues into modern times. In Stuart Croft's 12-minute film The Stag without a Heart (2009/10), the story is recounted at length in an endlessly circuitous version by having the fox replace the heart it has stolen in the deer as a means of persuading it to return to the lion's presence.

References

Indian literature
Indian folklore
Indian fairy tales
Aesop's Fables
Fables
Lions in literature
Fictional deer and moose
Literature featuring anthropomorphic foxes
ATU 1-99

The Deer without a Heart


The Bill Lynch Show was a carnival that was the largest in Canada during the 1940s.  The Carnival was run by business man and philanthropist William Lynch (1903–1972) of McNabs Island, Halifax, Nova Scotia. The Carnival toured the Maritimes for decades.

The Bill Lynch Show was first established on McNab's Island in 1920.  There was one ride: a merry-go-round.  He moved the business from the Island and began touring rural Nova Scotia in 1924.  In 1928, he added a second ride: a Ferris wheel.  The following year he brought his show to Halifax for the first time.  By 1956 the Bill Lynch show was massive, towing 27 railway cars of rides, games and performers all around the Maritimes.  Lynch hired acts such as The Turtle Girl, The Tattooed Man, The Worlds Fattest Couple, and conjoined twins Ronnie and Donnie.  Lynch allowed disabled children to ride for free.  Donations were made to various children's charities.  Lynch shows was broken up into Maritime Amusements and Carnival Time in 2003.

After 52 years in the business, Lynch died in 1972.  Clarence Reid eventually took it over and ran it for another twenty years before he died in 1995. It is currently owned and operated by John T. Drummey, former controller for Bill Lynch Shows for about 20 years.

References

Sources
Tiffany Thornton.Carnival man: Looking back at the life and legacy of influential Halifax businessman Bill Lynch. Halifax Magazine. April 2, 2014
 A. Walsh. Under the Electric Sky : the legacy of the Bill Lynch Shows. Pottersfield Press. 2010.

Culture of Nova Scotia
Culture of New Brunswick
Carnivals in Canada
Sideshows
1920 establishments in Nova Scotia
Festivals established in 1920

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The Pink Finks were an Australian pop/R&B band of the mid-1960s. Based in Melbourne, the group is most notable for being the first in the series of bands that featured Ross Wilson and Ross Hannaford, which culminated in the hugely successful Daddy Cool.

History
The Pink Finks formed in early 1965 when 16-year-old R&B fanatic Ross Wilson joined forces with Rick Dalton and Ross Hannaford's schoolboy outfit The Fauves, which played mainly covers of The Shadows and The Ventures. They were a part-time band, since the members were all still at school at the time. Hannaford, who was only 14 when the band formed, was often driven to concerts by his mother, and had to be sneaked in and out of the licensed venues they played at because he was underage. Money was short and Hannaford played on a low cost acoustic guitar fitted with a Moody sound hole pick-up (without controls) through a Burns Tri-Sonic amplifier provided by Wilson. Inspired by the onslaught of English groups like The Rolling Stones, The Pretty Things, and The Yardbirds, the young band's repertoire was chiefly R&B and blues covers.

David Cameron replaced original rhythm guitarist Rick Dalton in early 1965, with Dalton later joining Running Jumping Standing Still, which included Andy Anderson and Doug Ford, both formerly of The Missing Links and Ian Robinson on drums.

The Pink Finks released four singles during their brief career; their first, released on their own Mojo label, was a raunchy version of The Kingsmen's "Louie Louie" and it gave them an early taste of success when it became a local hit (#16) in Melbourne in June 1965. These were followed by covers of The Shirelles' "Untie Me", Howlin' Wolf's "Back Door Man" and Spencer Davis Group's "It Hurts Me So".

Franklin, Cameron and Ratz left to go to university in early 1966. It appears from the information in Who's Who of Australian Rock that they were replaced, by Kinman (bass), Lansdown (drums), and Niven (keyboards). Michael Edwards was added on trumpet and sax in August 1966. Jimmy Niven was later a member of the Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band (1973–76) and The Sports (1976–80).

Richard Franklin later became a successful feature film director; his Australian credits include The True Story of Eskimo Nell, Fantasm, Roadgames and Patrick. After moving to Hollywood he directed Psycho II, Cloak & Dagger, Link and FX2: The Deadly Art of Illusion. In the 1990s, he returned to Australia where he directed Hotel Sorrento, Brilliant Lies and Visitors, before he died of cancer in 2007.

David Cameron graduated from NIDA and became an actor, beginning with a role in the ABC's Bellbird, in 1969 and since appeared in string of Australian TV series, miniseries and feature film appearances, including Against the Wind, Dawn!, Water under the Bridge (for which he received a Logie nomination), My First Wife and Mad Max. In 1995, he turned to directing television, commercials and corporate documentaries, including Stingers, SeaChange, Good Guys Bad Guys, State Coroner, Fergus McPhail, The Wayne Manifesto (for which he won an AFI award), Life and Dogwoman.  Cameron is currently a teacher at The Australian Film & Television Academy (TAFTA).

Wilson and Hannaford moved on to notable bands such as The Party Machine, Sons of the Vegetal Mother, Daddy Cool, and Mighty Kong.

Chris Kinman returned to Brisbane in the late 1960s and turned to making guitars and in 1996 invented and patented a new kind of noiseless guitar pick-up. With that event he founded a business called Kinman Guitar Electrix to commercialise his invention. Currently Kinman pick-ups are sold all over the world via www.kinman.com. Hannaford acquired a set of Kinman pick-ups circa 1998.

Leigh Lansdown and UK arriviste Duncan Fry formed local band "The Harris Tweed Band" in 1965 which is still performing mainly in Melbourne's southern suburbs.

Personnel
David Cameron – guitar
Rick Dalton – guitar/vocals
Michael Edwards – sax/trumpet (1966)
Richard Franklin – drums
Ross Hannaford – vocals/guitar
Chris Kinman – bass (1966)
Leigh Lansdown – drums (1966)
Jimmy Niven – keyboards (1966)
Geoff Ratz – bass
Ross Wilson – vocals/guitar

Discography

Singles
 "Untie Me" (Joe South)/ "Nowhere to Run"  (1965) [In INS2451]
 "Back Door Man" / "Somethin' Else"  (1965) [In INS2505]
 "Louie Louie" / "Got Love If You Want It" (Slim Harpo) (1965) [Mojo 001]
 "You're Good For Me" (Johnny Chester)/ "Comin' Home Baby" (1966) [W&G S2625]
 "It Hurts Me So" (Steve Winwood) / "Drop Down Mama" (1987) [From The Vault FTV2]

EP's
 In Group (1965) [In E2558]
 Louie Louie (December 1980) [Raven RV06] – Louie, Louie / Back Door Man, Comin' Home / You're Good For Me / Rub My Root / Somethin' Else / Untie Me

References

 McFarlane, Ian, Encyclopedia of Australian Rock & Pop, (Allen & Unwin, 1999)
 McGrath, Noel, Australian Encyclopedia of Rock (Outback Press, 1978)
 Chris Spencer, Zbig Nowara, Paul McHenry, Who's Who of Australian Rock'', (Five Mile Press, 2002)

Australian pop music groups
Victoria (state) musical groups
Musical groups established in 1965
Musical groups disestablished in 1967

The Pink Finks