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using namespace llvm;

/// initializeAnalysis - Initialize all passes linked into the Analysis library.
void llvm::initializeAnalysis(PassRegistry &Registry) {
  initializeAAEvalLegacyPassPass(Registry);
  initializeAliasSetPrinterPass(Registry);
  initializeBasicAAWrapperPassPass(Registry);
  initializeBlockFrequencyInfoWrapperPassPass(Registry);
  initializeBranchProbabilityInfoWrapperPassPass(Registry);
  initializeCallGraphWrapperPassPass(Registry);
  initializeCallGraphDOTPrinterPass(Registry);
  initializeCallGraphPrinterLegacyPassPass(Registry);
  initializeCallGraphViewerPass(Registry);
  initializeCostModelAnalysisPass(Registry);
  initializeCFGViewerLegacyPassPass(Registry);
  initializeCFGPrinterLegacyPassPass(Registry);
  initializeCFGOnlyViewerLegacyPassPass(Registry);
  initializeCFGOnlyPrinterLegacyPassPass(Registry);
  initializeCFLAndersAAWrapperPassPass(Registry);
  initializeCFLSteensAAWrapperPassPass(Registry);
  initializeDependenceAnalysisWrapperPassPass(Registry);
  initializeDelinearizationPass(Registry);
  initializeDemandedBitsWrapperPassPass(Registry);
  initializeDivergenceAnalysisPass(Registry);
  initializeDominanceFrontierWrapperPassPass(Registry);
  initializeDomViewerPass(Registry);
  initializeDomPrinterPass(Registry);
  initializeDomOnlyViewerPass(Registry);
  initializePostDomViewerPass(Registry);
  initializeDomOnlyPrinterPass(Registry);
  initializePostDomPrinterPass(Registry);
  initializePostDomOnlyViewerPass(Registry);
  initializePostDomOnlyPrinterPass(Registry);
  initializeAAResultsWrapperPassPass(Registry);
  initializeGlobalsAAWrapperPassPass(Registry);
  initializeIVUsersWrapperPassPass(Registry);
  initializeInstCountPass(Registry);
  initializeIntervalPartitionPass(Registry);
  initializeLazyBranchProbabilityInfoPassPass(Registry);
  initializeLazyBlockFrequencyInfoPassPass(Registry);
  initializeLazyValueInfoWrapperPassPass(Registry);
  initializeLazyValueInfoPrinterPass(Registry);
  initializeLintPass(Registry);
  initializeLoopInfoWrapperPassPass(Registry);
  initializeMemDepPrinterPass(Registry);
  initializeMemDerefPrinterPass(Registry);
  initializeMemoryDependenceWrapperPassPass(Registry);
  initializeModuleDebugInfoPrinterPass(Registry);
  initializeModuleSummaryIndexWrapperPassPass(Registry);
  initializeMustExecutePrinterPass(Registry);
  initializeObjCARCAAWrapperPassPass(Registry);
  initializeOptimizationRemarkEmitterWrapperPassPass(Registry);
  initializePhiValuesWrapperPassPass(Registry);
  initializePostDominatorTreeWrapperPassPass(Registry);
  initializeRegionInfoPassPass(Registry);
  initializeRegionViewerPass(Registry);
  initializeRegionPrinterPass(Registry);
  initializeRegionOnlyViewerPass(Registry);
  initializeRegionOnlyPrinterPass(Registry);
  initializeSCEVAAWrapperPassPass(Registry);
  initializeScalarEvolutionWrapperPassPass(Registry);
  initializeTargetTransformInfoWrapperPassPass(Registry);
  initializeTypeBasedAAWrapperPassPass(Registry);
  initializeScopedNoAliasAAWrapperPassPass(Registry);
  initializeLCSSAVerificationPassPass(Registry);
  initializeMemorySSAWrapperPassPass(Registry);
  initializeMemorySSAPrinterLegacyPassPass(Registry);
}

void LLVMInitializeAnalysis(LLVMPassRegistryRef R) {
  initializeAnalysis(*unwrap(R));
}

void LLVMInitializeIPA(LLVMPassRegistryRef R) {
  initializeAnalysis(*unwrap(R));
}

LLVMBool LLVMVerifyModule(LLVMModuleRef M, LLVMVerifierFailureAction Action,
                          char **OutMessages) {
  raw_ostream *DebugOS = Action != LLVMReturnStatusAction ? &errs() : nullptr;
  std::string Messages;
  raw_string_ostream MsgsOS(Messages);

  LLVMBool Result = verifyModule(*unwrap(M), OutMessages ? &MsgsOS : DebugOS);

  // Duplicate the output to stderr.
  if (DebugOS && OutMessages)
    *DebugOS << MsgsOS.str();

  if (Action == LLVMAbortProcessAction && Result)
    report_fatal_error("Broken module found, compilation aborted!");

  if (OutMessages)
    *OutMessages = strdup(MsgsOS.str().c_str());

  return Result;
}

LLVMBool LLVMVerifyFunction(LLVMValueRef Fn, LLVMVerifierFailureAction Action) {
  LLVMBool Result = verifyFunction(
      *unwrap<Function>(Fn), Action != LLVMReturnStatusAction ? &errs()
                                                              : nullptr);

  if (Action == LLVMAbortProcessAction && Result)
    report_fatal_error("Broken function found, compilation aborted!");

  return Result;
}

void LLVMViewFunctionCFG(LLVMValueRef Fn) {
  Function *F = unwrap<Function>(Fn);
  F->viewCFG();
}

void LLVMViewFunctionCFGOnly(LLVMValueRef Fn) {
  Function *F = unwrap<Function>(Fn);
  F->viewCFGOnly();
}


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FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE of one of Clarke's earliest works. A near fine copy in the original dust jacket; moderate wear at spine ends, lightly soiled, rubbed. Overall a very appealing copy.
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"Hope faded as his radius of vision grew and the screen remained empty. Again and again he called into the lonely silence, while grief and helplessness strove for the mastery of his soul." FIRST EDITION, review copy. In a departure from Arthur C. Clarke's usual medium of outer space, The Deep Range is a novel of the sea, and shows off Clarke's "impressive talents as astronomer, deep-sea naturalist, and novelist" (from the dust jacket). Octavo, original green boards, original dust jacket. With review slip tabbed in. Book fine, light edgewear to dust jacket.
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Pandemic – COVID-19 has been a global tragedy, killing more than 800,000 Americans so far, plus more around the world, infecting millions more, hitting nearly every family in the country, damaging the economy and leaving a wide path of destruction. Part of the tragedy is that it needn't have been so deadly had the prior administration not politicized it by failing to take the threat seriously, and instead peddling quack treatments and telling people it was a hoax. Donald Trump feared the truth could harm his reelection chances and that wearing a mask in public would make this vain, uncaring narcissist look like a sissy.
American Democracy – The far greater threat than COVID-19 this year and into the foreseeable future is the failed coup led by the defeated president to overturn last year's presidential election and derail the democratic process. Trump challenged its legitimacy, but some 60 court challenges by him and his supporters failed to produce any tangible evidence. On January 6 Trump incited his followers to "walk down to the Capitol" "and if you don't fight like hell, you're not going to have a country anymore." Then he sat back and watched on TV the violent and deadly attack on the Capitol . The majority of House Republicans voted to back his Big Lie and undermine Americans' faith in what even his attorney general called claims of a stolen election "bullshit."
Iran Nukes — President Joe Biden wants to return to the Iran Nuclear Agreement but the Iranians are upping the stakes and a deal looks increasingly unlikely. The year ends with Tehran closer to having nukes than when Trump ripped up the pact saying he could get a better deal. He never really tried, and Iran today has more enriched uranium than it had five years ago, and the stockpile keeps growing. Many Israeli political and security leaders privately admit they were better off before Trump tore up the agreement.
Abortion — Republicans may get their wish, thanks to Trump's Supreme Court Justices, and outlaw abortion and repeal Roe v Wade, but don't call them pro-life because they're still voting overwhelmingly against birth control, pre-natal care, aid to families, childcare, pre-school education, food stamps and health care. At the same time they support making more and deadlier guns more available. "Pro-death" seems more accurate.
Benjamin Netanyahu – He was dumped ("F*** him") by his BFF Donald Trump for all the wrong reasons and by Israeli voters for the right reasons. The disgraced former American president was miffed that Netanyahu congratulated Biden on his election victory. Israeli voters decided he needed to spend more time with his family and criminal lawyers during his trial for corruption and bribery.
Bipartisan Support for Israel — The new Israeli government is working to rebuild relations with Democratic Party and the Jewish community so badly damaged by Netanyahu's deep plunge into partisan American politics. Jerusalem also sent a serious ambassador to replace the Republican hack who shared responsibility for the problem.
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Antisemitism – It has always been on the fringes of American politics but more recently it has been moving front and center, most notably in Republican politics and Trump's attacks on Jewish loyalty. American Jews "no longer love Israel," he told one interviewer, accusing them of "great disloyalty" for voting for Biden and not for him. It reminded us of Richard Nixon telling his top aide "most Jews are disloyal… you can't trust the bastards." The religious right professes love for Israel, but Jews not so much. On the left antisemitism can be a different problem, often an expression of hostility toward Israel and usually condemned within the Democratic party.
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Keeping your kids hydrated can be a challenge - especially when they're not under your direct supervision during the school day. How do you make sure that they're getting enough water to drink? It's important for children to stay hydrated, especially when they're at school. If they get dehydrated it can affect their performance and concentration, make them tired as well as grouchy and irritable.
I'll be honest I very rarely drink water, I know how unhealthy that sounds and how good it is for your body but it's just never been my drink of choice. I do know that I need to start drinking more and why I've been so tired and irritable lately as they are both signs of dehydration. However when it comes to my kids I always ensure they are both hydrated and always have a bottle of Highland Spring to hand. Both of the kids drink water every day, and I don't want them taking on my bad habits with fizzy drinks.
1. Make it routine. Turn drinking water into part of your daily routine. I always send Amelia off to school with at least one bottle of water so she can sip on it throughout the day. On days where she has P.E or after school clubs I'll send another one. It's recommended that children drink 6-8 glasses a day so I make sure the kids both drink plenty of water at home too between and with each meal.
2. Set a good example. Children will follow your lead so ensure that they see you drinking water at home too. I really need to get better at doing this as I don't drink water at all so I have set myself a challenge to drink at least two bottles of water a day. I am cutting back on fizzy drinks and hopefully if the kids see me drinking water they will follow my lead and not ask for other sugary drinks.
3. Take a cold bottle of water for the school run home. I always take a cold bottle straight from the fridge when I greet Amelia from school so she can drink it on the way home. I find on days where she has after school activities such as gym and dance she's finished her water bottle by the end of the school day so she always appreciates me bringing her a bottle of water.
4. Get the kids involved with recycling. Amelia loves to help out around the house especially when it comes to recycling. She always likes to put out the empty bottles in our recycling box at home.
5. Make it accessible. I like to buy the bottles with the sports cap as they're great for when on the go, I always carry one in my bag and in the car incase of emergencies. For my kids as they're still young the sports bottle top helps them to drink more. They can simply flip the lid open, and drink from it where as with the screw top bottles they drink a lot less as it takes them longer to open it or in Harry's case he'd have to ask me to open it for him.
6. Add fruit. Infuse your water with slices of fruit and leave in the fridge to set overnight. This is great if your kids aren't keen on plain water and adds a pop of flavour. Strawberries, lime and lemons work well for this.
7. Make it fun. When you're at home add straws to the glass with water. Write little messages on the bottle so they see it at school to make them smile. This could be a note to remind them something, a quick love you or even a joke.
Do you have any tips for getting children to drink more water?
My kids are quite good at getting enough water. I on the other hand am terrible. I drink a tonne of tea and coffee out of habit and to give my self a little break during the day. I like these little bottles with the sports caps as they are less likely to get spilled by my little ones.
I'm a bit like you - I do have a fizzy drink habit and know I should drink more water, but it was never something I was told about as a kid, so consequently, I try to make it a priority for my own kids, so they don't get my bad habits! Good luck with your challenge to drink more yourself, great post!
I think setting a good example is such an important point. Even if they don't admit it, kids are highly affected by the behaviour they see.
great tips here Kerry - and I love that cute backpack!
I think that it is great to set an example to kids and this has reminded me to make sure I always have a bottle of water on the go myself and you are right recycling is so important too.
I like the idea of having a cold bottle ready after activities!
I get the kids drinking water/squash but I forget myself! I need to be a better example for them. They are really good and will happily have water if offered and nothing else is on offer!
I sent off my oldest with a bottle of those but the Lidl version but he does drink one or two glasses after that. not sure if he reaches that during the week but he definitely does at the weekend.


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Fangface
Animation Mystery
Joe Ruby
Ken Spears
Norman Maurer
Cliff Ruby
Elana Lesser
Rudy Larriva
Voices of
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Jerry Dexter
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15 minutes (1979–80)
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September 9, 1978 (1978-09-09)[1] –
September 27, 1980 (1980-09-27)
Fangface is a 30-minute Saturday morning cartoon produced by Ruby-Spears Productions for ABC that aired from September 9, 1978, to September 8, 1979. The executive producers were Joe Ruby and Ken Spears.[2]
2 Opening narration
3 Fangface and Fangpuss
5.1 Fangface (1978)
5.2 Fangface and Fangpuss (1979–80)
6.1 Additional voices
7 Merchandising and video releases (1978–1986)
Highly derivative of Scooby-Doo (which was also created by Ruby and Spears) with a bit of the Tasmanian Devil and I Was a Teenage Werewolf thrown in, Fangface features four teenagers — buff and handsome leader Biff, his brainy and beautiful dusky-skinned girlfriend Kim, short, stocky and pugnacious Puggsy and tall, skinny simpleton Sherman "Fangs" Fangsworth. Puggsy and Fangs are based on Leo Gorcey and Huntz Hall of the Bowery Boys films.[3]
Fangs transforms into a wildly whirling werewolf named Fangface whenever he looks at the full moon, a picture of the moon, or anything resembling the moon. Fangface has one large fang in the middle of his upper jaw which protrudes over his lower lip, and he has brown fur with tan paws, a muzzle, and a lupine tail tip. The four kids drive around in a sleek convertible dune buggy called the Wolf-Buggy,[4][5] catch crooks and solve crimes involving monsters and evil masterminds. Fangs sits in the backseat next to Puggsy, while Fangface rides on Puggsy's shoulders.
Despite the temporary difficulty of Fangface always attacking Puggsy after he first transforms, the gang never hesitates to initiate the transformation to take advantage of the werewolf's power to cope with any danger. Indeed, they often refer to Fangface as their "secret weapon", even though very few people are afraid of him. Fangface and Fangs are unaware of each other, but Fangface lives in the moment, so he never seems to question why he's suddenly in a new place, whereas Fangs is always bewildered upon reversion.
Oddly if perhaps not surprisingly, considering how much Puggsy bullies the cowardly Fangs in his weak-willed human form, whenever Fangface sees food or hears a food word like "turkey", he tries to eat Puggsy or eats him whole, although he doesn't chew or swallow him and just contentedly leaves him trapped in his hugely bulging chipmunk-like cheeks. The only way to get Puggsy out of Fangface's jaws is for either Biff or Kim to rub Fangface's foot, thereby calming him down and releasing Puggsy.
Another bizarre personality trait is that whenever Fangface sees his reflection in a mirror, he goes completely wild and starts to howl uncontrollably. In this feral state he only relies on instinct, usually to the detriment of Puggsy or whoever else is with him, although even this can sometimes be used to the good guys' advantage, sometimes with an addition of an order given to him, as demonstrated near the ending of A Heap of Trouble, as well as Dr. Lupiter and the Thing from Jupiter, A Creep from the Deep, and Westward Ho to the UFO.
Even though Fangs and Fangface are completely different in their personalities, they have similarities to one another. Fangs and Fangface both wear a backwards-facing orange cap[6] (although the rest of Fangs' clothes disappear when he transforms), and both are loyal friends of Kim, Biff and Puggsy. Fangs and Fangface also say the phrase "Ooh! Ooh!" (the trademark exclamation of Joe E. Ross) before expressing an idea, as heard in the episode The Evil Design Of Vulture-Man's Mind.
Fangs is basically comic relief on the show, having no real use as himself and getting changed into Fangface whenever he's needed (although Fangs does show a spark of use whenever he's super scared). When he's super scared, he loses his normal dimwittedness and comes up with a super good idea to save his super scared neck.
Another interesting occurrence is the barrage of invented words that the character Puggsy says, such as 'scramify' and 'rescuefy' in the episode The Ill-Will Of Dr. Chill, which can be heard throughout the series.
In the episode Don't Abra When You Cadabra, it is revealed that Fangs has an uncle named Arnie (rumored possibly to be baby werewolf Fangpuss's father), who runs a video arcade in New York City called Arnie's Arcade.
During Season 1, Fangface would see the Sun or any representation thereof, and transform back to Fangs at inconvenient times (without remembering anything), as shown in the episode Space Monster Mishap, long before the gangs' case would be over. As a result, the gang would have to transform him back into Fangface in order to complete their case.
Sixteen 30-minute episodes of Fangface were produced for the 1978 season from 8:30–9:00 a.m.
When the series first aired, there was no TV Parental Guidelines rating system, but with repeats the show has been rated as TV-G.
Opening narration
The opening title narration is provided by John Stephenson,[7] for each episode consists of the following:
Every 400 years, a baby werewolf is born into the Fangsworth family, and so when the moon shined on little Sherman Fangsworth, he changed into Fangface, a werewolf! Only the sun can change him back to normal, and so little Fangs grew up and teamed up with three daring teenagers – Kim, Biff and Puggsy – and together they find danger, excitement and adventure! Who can save the day, who can wrong the rights and right the wrongs .... none other than Fangface!
Fangface and Fangpuss
In 1979, the second season titled Fangface and Fangpuss aired as a segment on The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show and introduced a new character: Baby Fangs, Fangs' infant cousin who turns into a baby werewolf called Fangpuss (which contradicts the opening narration stating that only one werewolf is born into the family every 400 years, but, of course, that werewolf could be born through another family which may be married to the Fangsworth family). The show remained in the same mystery-adventure style as the first season, but episodes were now shortened to 15-minute segments. Sixteen episodes of Fangface and Fangpuss were produced for the 1979–80 season.[8]
The episodes The Creepy Goon from the Spooky Lagoon and Dr. Lupiter and the Thing from Jupiter are the only season two episodes in which Baby Fangs/Fangpuss did not make an appearance.
Just as Fangs is unaware that he is Fangface, Fangs is also unaware that his cousin, Baby Fangs, is Fangpuss. When Fangs sees Fangpuss, in the episode There Is Nothing Worse Than A Stony Curse, he becomes scared and runs off.
During Season 2, Fangface and Fangpuss would never see the sun, or a representation, as shown in the episode There Is Nothing Worse Than A Stony Curse, and transform back to normal before the gangs' case would be over.
Fangface and Fangpuss ran from September 22, 1979, to September 27, 1980; it then became a separate series in 1981 and, like the original Fangface, ran for just one season. After this series, Fangface and company faded into obscurity until reruns began to air on Cartoon Network and Boomerang.
Originally aired
16 September 9, 1978 December 23, 1978
16 September 22, 1979 January 5, 1980
Fangface (1978)
1 "A Heap of Trouble" September 9, 1978 (1978-09-09)
Professor Arnos uses his invention to change into a hulking blue Heap creature and plans on changing everyone on the university's campus into monsters for revenge.
Villain: Professor Arnos
2 "A Creep from the Deep" September 16, 1978 (1978-09-16)
Grueller and his men steal an ancient tablet that will lead them to lost treasure, defying the consequences of its curse.
Villain: Grueller
3 "The Shocking Creature Feature" September 23, 1978 (1978-09-23)
Dr. Cybron, an evil scientist, plans to create numerous energy creatures and use them in his plot to take over the world.
Villain: Dr. Cybron
4 "Westward Ho to the UFO" September 30, 1978 (1978-09-30)
A race of spider creatures from space cover the city in webs, trying to take over the world.
5 "The Great Ape Escape" October 7, 1978 (1978-10-07)
Professor Ling is captured by Ape Creatures on the Misty Islands, and it's up to the gang to rescue him.
6 "Dinosaur Daze" October 14, 1978 (1978-10-14)
A live Tyrannosaurus breaks the surface during an earthquake and is being controlled by a mysterious figure. Fangface must stop it before it causes damage to the city.
7 "Don't Abra When You Cadabra" October 21, 1978 (1978-10-21)
Mysto the Magician creates a super wand that can bend buildings over sideways, and with it, he plans to take over the world.
8 "Space Monster Mishap" October 28, 1978 (1978-10-28)
A Space Monster gains entry into a space station and uses a device to drain the minds of the most brilliant scientists.
9 "The Invisible Menace Mix-up" November 4, 1978 (1978-11-04)
The Sky Ghost kidnaps airplane daredevil Su Chang in order to get information on where her uncle hid a valuable black pearl, the only thing that can power his invisibility machine.
10 "The Cuckoo Carnival Calamity" November 11, 1978 (1978-11-11)
The evil swami Zorak uses a control device to turn Harold "Hal" Hercules into a monster in order to get the world's strongest teenager to help him steal gold.
11 "Begone, You Amazon" November 18, 1978 (1978-11-18)
During a storm, the gang land in the Amazon jungle where Fangface rescues Sheba, an Amazon queen. Fangface and his friends must help her reclaim her throne from her evil cousin Thera.
12 "Snow Job Jitters" November 25, 1978 (1978-11-25)
The gang's ski-trip turns into a delivery when they help take Charlie (a cat with a formula on how to make synthetic gold hidden on him) to a laboratory while trying to avoid a villain named the Scorpion.
13 "The Goofy Gargoyle Goof-Up" December 2, 1978 (1978-12-02)
The gang go to a Hollywood costume party, where they meet the glamorous Raquel Taylor. Unfortunately, Crula plans on making the actress a bride for her gargoyle.
14 "A Toothy Shark Is No Lark" December 9, 1978 (1978-12-09)
Neptune, a sea-creature from Atlantis, uses a device to control a shark in order to enslave humanity into building him a new empire.
15 "Where's the Wolf That's the Werewolf?" December 16, 1978 (1978-12-16)
A werewolf is stealing the animals in the Jungleland Animal Safari and Fangface is to blame. What they don't know is that a staff member named Zorlaff is stealing the animals using a special potion in order to create a potion that will turn him into different animals.
16 "Don't Get Mean with the Cobra Queen" December 23, 1978 (1978-12-23)
Cobra Queen sends her giant cobra to abduct Gloria Vanderfeller in order to claim her fortune.
Fangface and Fangpuss (1979–80)
1 "There Is Nothing Worse Than a Stony Curse" September 22, 1979 (1979-09-22)
The evil Medulla possesses an amulet that gives her the appearance and powers of Medusa. She uses her powers to turn the top scientists to stone and auction them off to the highest bidder.
2 "Evil Guider of the Giant Spider" September 29, 1979 (1979-09-29)
Upon crashing onto Spider Island and an encounter with a giant spider, the group ends up stumbling upon the lab of Dr. Lazarus Web who plans to use a formula to enlarge the insects and take over the world.
3 "Dr. Lupiter and the Thing from Jupiter" October 6, 1979 (1979-10-06)
When astronaut Steve West lands on Jupiter, Dr. Lupiter opens a trap door in the shuttle where the gases of Jupiter turn Steve into a molten monster in a plan to tap the Earth's energy supply.
4 "Who Do the Voodoo" October 13, 1979 (1979-10-13)
Nigel Winslow helps Count Drako escape from prison by using black magic to change Count Drako into a mist monster.
5 "The Creepy Goon from the Spooky Lagoon" October 20, 1979 (1979-10-20)
Dr. Vincent Blackmire has invented a machine that can transfer the contents of one's brain to another. The results end up different when he switches the brain contents of a Lagoon Monster with Fangface.
6 "A Scary Affair in the Skullman's Lair" October 27, 1979 (1979-10-27)
A race of Skullmen have kidnapped Professor Ortega and his daughter Carmen. They have also shrunken them in a plot to enter a crack in the Earth and retrieve a Skull Coin containing the superpowers of the Skullmen's ancestors.
7 "A Time-Machine Trip to the Pirate's Ship" November 3, 1979 (1979-11-03)
Our heroes are transported in time where they stumble upon pirates led by Ironmask who has plans to rob a Spanish ship.
8 "The Ill-Will of Dr. Chill" November 10, 1979 (1979-11-10)
Dr. Chill uses a heat ray to melt the polar ice caps. He plans to flood the Earth if his demands aren't met.
9 "The Romantic Plot of the She-Wolf Robot" November 17, 1979 (1979-11-17)
Countess Zarla creates a robotic female werewolf to seduce Fangface into helping her steal the Maltese Diamond Cat from its museum.
10 "The Sinister Plan of Lizard Man" November 24, 1979 (1979-11-24)
Lizard Man uses a ray that turns his victims into small reptiles. He uses the device to steal a meteor that will give him enough super-strength to rule the world.
11 "Royal Trouble with the King's Double" December 1, 1979 (1979-12-01)
Count Basil kidnaps King Rudolph to prevent his coronation. Seeing as Puggsy resembles the king, he takes his place while the others rescue the real king.
12 "The Stone-Cold Dragon of Gold" December 8, 1979 (1979-12-08)
A golden dragon statue lies within Hong Kong with the power to turn anyone into solid gold.
13 "The Evil Design of Vulture-Man's Mind" December 15, 1979 (1979-12-15)
Vulture-Man is abducting Peruvian natives with his giant condor and is making them his slaves to mine for the precious metals located in Vulture Mountain.
14 "The Defiant Casablanca Giant" December 22, 1979 (1979-12-22)
Abdul the Giant captures a nuclear physicist named Zatci Hafid and plans to sell him to aliens in exchange for diamonds.
15 "The Film Fiasco of Director Disastro" December 29, 1979 (1979-12-29)
Disastro is an alien film director who plans to make a movie called "The Day the Earth Exploded" with special effects that are too real.
16 "A Goofy Bungle in the Filipino Jungle" January 5, 1980 (1980-01-05)
On the Philippine Islands, a tribe of Filipino Cavemen have been discovered by Zeno who uses his ring to hypnotize them into stealing Professor Batack's invention which can make a man 100 times stronger than normal.
Frank Welker – Fangs/Fangface, Baby Fangs/Fangpuss[1]
Susan Blu – Kim
Bart Braverman – Puggsy
Jerry Dexter – Biff
Additional voices
Lewis Bailey -
Ted Cassidy -
Henry Corden - Abdul the Giant
Joan Gerber -
Hettie Lynn Hurtes -
Larry D. Mann -
Allan Melvin -
Alan Oppenheimer - Vulture-Man, Disastro
Michael Rye - Dr. Lazarus Web, Skullman, Mysto the Magician
John Stephenson - Main Title Narrator, Ironmask, Zorak
Merchandising and video releases (1978–1986)
A Parker Brothers board game, titled as "FANGFACE – Parker Brothers' Wacky Werewolf Game", was released in 1979.
Peter Pan Records released a Fangface 12-inch LP record in 1979, containing four audio stories (Side 1: Mirage / Ghost of the High Sierras; Side 2: The Stowaway / Superfrog).[9]
Other merchandise included an activity book, a 3D View-Master reel set, a plush toy, a Halloween costume and a sleeping bag.
Tempo Books released two Fangface paperback books based on episodes of the series: A Heap of Trouble (1979) and A Time Machine Trip to the Pirate's Ship (1980).
Three episodes of the series, "A Heap of Trouble", "The Great Ape Escape", and "A Creep from the Deep", were released on a Fangface VHS by Worldvision Enterprises in 1983.[10]
A second VHS tape, Fangface: Spooky Spoofs, was released in 1986 and contained the episodes "The Shocking Creature Feature" and "Dinosaur Daze".[11]
To date, Fangface has not been released on DVD.
^ a b Lenburg, Jeff (2009). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons Third Edition. Infobase Publishing. ISBN 0-8160-6599-3.
^ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 193. ISBN 978-1538103739.
^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. p. 317. ISBN 978-1476665993.
^ Fangface View-Master 3D Story Booklet – Page 14
^ Fangface Series Wolf-Buggy Model Sheet
^ Fangface Introduction
^ John Stephenson – Voice Actor Profile at Voice Chasers
^ Woolery, George W. (1983). Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981. Scarecrow Press. pp. 95–96. ISBN 0-8108-1557-5. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
^ Fangface Peter Pan Record #1107
^ Fangface Worldvision Video 1983 Video Back
^ Fangface Spooky Spoofs Worldvision Video 1986 VHS Tape
Fangface on IMDb
Fangface and Fangpuss on IMDb
Fangface at TV.com
Fangface and Fangpuss at TV.com
Fangface according to Wingnut
Fangface at The Big Cartoon DataBase
Fangface at The Cartoon Scrapbook


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From January 12th to 15th OIDEL participated in the 7th Edition of the International School Choice and Reform Conference (ISCRC) that took place in Lisbonne (Portugal) and whose main sponsor is EdChoice. This annual conference has been a good opportunity for OIDEL as it has enable it to get in touch with scholars of all around the world and to share the most recent research work done on Freedom of Education.
The ISCRC: to the greatest extent possible, ISCRC is a forum that includes multiple perspectives on every policy argument. Some of the researches are more supportive of various forms of school choice while others have a more critical stance. Still others favor one form of choice while opposing other forms of choice. This critical and open spirit enables the scholars and different education stakeholders that have participated, to shed some light on how they can better implement and think about freedom of education.
OIDEL organized a symposium during the Conference on the Freedom of Education Index (FEI). It was moderated by Jan de Groof, founder and president of the European Association for Education Law and Policy (ELA). The presentation of the Freedom of Education Index was done by the Deputy Director of OIDEL. Also, Mike Donnelly from HSLDA, delivered a brief presentation on the Worldwide situation of homeschooling in the world, and Maria Smirnova from the University of Manchester, did a critical and constructive comment on the FEI. The symposium finished with concluding remarks of the Vice-president of OIDEL Charles Glenn. The Freedom of Education Index had a good reception among scholars and many of them offered their help for future editions.


The Korean government yesterday donated different sets of taekwondo equipment to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Universal Basic Education Board (UBEB) for primary and secondary schools in Abuja. The equipment, Korea believes, would help Nigeria discover athlete at the grassroots.
Presenting the equipment to officials of the FCT UBEB at the Korean Cultural Centre Nigeria (KCCN), Abuja, Han Sungrae, the Director of the Centre, called for support for Team Nigeria at the PeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics, which is holding in South Korea.
Sungrae said the Korean government was prepared to collaborate with Nigeria in the development of sports, noting that the Korean partnership with FCT UBEB in educational, arts and sports has lasted for a long time, adding the collaboration has grown even stronger.
"Today we are once more donating sets of Taekwondo equipment including Kicking Pads, Mitts, Uniforms, Thermometer and First Aid boxes for use at different schools where Taekwondo is taught," Han Sungrae said. He pointed out that four public pilot schools in FCT where children can learn the rudiments of the sport have been earmarked, adding that the Korean Centre has been supporting the project by making available taekwondo equipment and instructors for better learning.
"Taekwondo is a Korean martial arts that helps in the development of both physical and mental fitness of practitioners. It is even more important to children and young people because it makes them more disciplined and helps them develop their leadership ability.
"The purpose of this collaboration therefore, is to strengthen the bilateral relations between our countries and offer a wonderful opportunity to hatch young athletes with sound, physical and mental fitness as well as groom future educated champions who will win laurels in both national and international tournaments including the Olympics", Sungrae added.


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'Amelie The Musical' to open in West End
The musical will premiere at The Other Palace Theatre this Christmas
Luke Dillon — 10/07/2019
Amélie The Musical will receive its London stage premiere at The Other Palace Theatre this Christmas.
Inspired by the much loved five-time Oscar nominated film starring Audrey Tautou, Amelie The Musical is the story of an imaginative and shy romantic with a gift for helping others.
Described as 'an enchanting act of theatrical reinvention' (The Los Angeles Times), this new stage adaptation by Watermill Theatre is 'a visual treat' (The Observer ★★★★), 'a magical and emotional triumph' (The Guardian ★★★★) and 'irresistible' (The Times ★★★★).
Directed by Michael Fentiman, the show has music by Hem's Daniel Messé, lyrics by Nathan Tysen and Daniel Messé and book by Craig Lucas.
Michael Fentiman said, "I really hope London audiences will be enchanted by our little Parisian Tale. The show was originally created in the beautiful and inspiring Watermill Theatre, with some of the most skilled performers and creatives I have ever had the privilege to work with. We are led by the wonderful Audrey Brisson, who (I am sure you will agree) was born to play the role of 'Amelie'. "
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It sure seems like Taylor Swift had an eventful weekend: She romped around with half the residence of the celebrityverse during her July 4 celebrations, and apparently, she also had to prepare herself for the op-ed she wrote for The Wall Street Journal that came out Monday. Swift's thoughts on the music business's future are plentiful, which is both surprising (who knew Taylor Swift writes op-eds?) and completely understandable (she is a prominent person in said business).
The article, which has Swift's byline, is titled "For Taylor Swift, the Future Of Music Is a Love Story." It all fits pretty well with who Swift's always been publicly, as well as what she's molded herself into in recent years: A romantic, but one who's more recently turned her eyes from literal romance to the world at large. She is one of the world's BFFs, after all.
In this case, Swift channels her persona (or, perhaps, just herself) into tackling a discussion that's been happening since the heyday of Napster: The potential fall of the music industry, as evidenced through perpetually falling music sales. It's interesting to hear Swift talk about this, both as a self-described "Enthusiastic optimist" and as, as Vulture points out, one of the only people still selling millions of albums every time she tries.
You should know that you're reading the opinion of an enthusiastic optimist: one of the few living souls in the music industry who still believes that the music industry is not dying…it's just coming alive.
In my opinion, the value of an album is, and will continue to be, based on the amount of heart and soul an artist has bled into a body of work, and the financial value that artists (and their labels) place on their music when it goes out into the marketplace.
My hope for the future, not just in the music industry, but in every young girl I meet… is that they all realize their worth and ask for it.
In mentioning album sales, I'd like to point out that people are still buying albums, but now they're buying just a few of them. They are buying only the ones that hit them like an arrow through the heart or have made them feel strong or allowed them to feel like they really aren't alone in feeling so alone. It isn't as easy today as it was 20 years ago to have a multiplatinum-selling album, and as artists, that should challenge and motivate us.
A good, beautiful, heartfelt quote. Still worth noting that it's easy for someone like Taylor Swift to say something like that.
Some artists will be like finding "the one." We will cherish every album they put out until they retire and we will play their music for our children and grandchildren. As an artist, this is the dream bond we hope to establish with our fans. I think the future still holds the possibility for this kind of bond, the one my father has with the Beach Boys and the one my mother has with Carly Simon.
I'll just be sitting back and growing old, watching all of this happen or not happen, all the while trying to maintain a life rooted in this same optimism.
And I'd also like a nice garden.
Gotta love Taylor Swift, the middle-aged cat lady.
You can read the full thing over at the Wall Street Journal .


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Elections: Northern Elders Forum, Middle Belt Forum, PANDEF, other endorse Atiku
February 4, 2019 Festus Owete
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Some socio-political organisations in the country on Sunday endorsed the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 16 election, Atiku Abubakar.
The five organisations are the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Middle Belt Forum (MBF), Ohaneze Ndigbo and a faction of Afenifere.
They endorsed Mr Abubakar at a summit held at Sheraton Hotel and Towers, Abuja.
The theme of the summit was "The Search for Credible, Free and Fair Elections."
Among those at the event were Ango Abdullahi, Edwin Clark, Ayo Adebanjo, John Nwodo and Bitrus Pogu.
Ohaneze had two weeks ago endorsed Mr Abubakar while a faction of Afenifere led by Ayo Fasanmi, endorsed the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), President Muhammadu Buhari.
Last week, Ohaneze suspended its general secretary, Uche Okwukwu, for going against the group's decision. Mr Okwukwu allegedly endorsed President Muhammadu Buhari for a second term.
The sociocultural groups which met on Sunday urged Nigerians to vote for Mr Abubakar, noting that he would bring the change desired by the country.
The leaders said after assessing the credentials of the leading presidential hopefuls, they came to the conclusion that the PDP candidate had the capacity, ability and integrity to reposition Nigeria.
They said Mr Abubakar has committed himself to restructuring the country if given the mandate.
They accused Mr Buhari of not showing interest in restructuring the country despite the setting up of a committee headed by Governor Nasir El-Rufai by the APC.
Leaders of the group who took turns to speak also accused the president of not doing enough to tackle the security of the nation and causing constitutional crisis.
Reacting swiftly to his endorsement, Mr Abubakar said it was a loud statement that there was hope for the country.
In a statement, the PDP candidate said, if elected, he would lead a Pan-Nigeria team that would lead Nigeria to a greater height.
"I am moved to tears that in the midst of deep divisions and deliberate use of instrumentalities of state to set our people against themselves in the last three and a half years, responsible and respected leaders across Nigeria have agreed to come together for the purpose of endorsing my candidature for the February 16th, 2019 Presidential elections," he said.
"The endorsement by the leading lights of our nationalities – Afenifere, Ohaneze Ndigbo, Northern Elders Forum, Pan-Niger Delta Forum and Middle Belt Forum is a loud statement that there is hope for our country as we go to the polls in a few days.
"Today, we put aside all our prejudices to elect a President with religion and ethnicity playing no role in our elections. I profusely thank our leaders across the country who have created this wonderful moment for us to come to the table of brotherhood. Once again, and in the words of our old National Anthem, we can proudly sing: "Though tribes and tongues may differ, in brotherhood we stand."
Mr Abubakar said he would run a properly federated Nigeria through constitutional reforms.
He said, "Many countries of the world have been led into disintegration by strongmen (one in each country) and we have seen how individuals who understand the management of diversities have rallied their people for unity.
"I have been chosen to unite our people and exactly that I will.
"We will promote an inclusive Nigeria based on productivity that every section of Nigeria will bring out the best under their soil, and in their brain to make Nigeria assume its position in Africa and the global community.
"It would be 100% for every section of Nigeria as I would not understand any arithmetic outside that.
"I enjoin our people across Nigeria to come out en-mass to vote on February 16 to pull our country from the brink and propel it to greater heights so we can live a better life.
"Take my words as a covenant with Nigeria."
However, the presidency said Mr Abubakar's endorsement by the groups would not stop Mr Buhari's victory at the poll.
Presidential spokesperson, Garba Shehu, said the president won in 2015 despite a similar gang up against him.
"The Peoples Democratic Party is hiding in the bunker of ethnicity to avoid their inevitable defeat but that won't change anything," Mr Shehu said in a statement on Sunday.
"The current scenario resembles efforts to stop Muhammadu Buhari in 2015 by the same characters. It is an effort to repeat the old experiment that failed in 2015. They failed to stop him from coming to power in 2015 and they will fail yet again on February 16th.
"If all these groups are ganging up against one person, that is, President Buhari it tells you who the formidable candidate in the election is.
"This gang-up they forged one more time will change nothing. It is for the people to decide.
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Chinese lawyers, activists question Beijing report on rights record
China has released an annual report extolling the country's "unique pattern of protecting human rights." But activists and lawyers say 2014 was "appalling" for the country's human rights record.
Beijing (dpa) – China released a report listing improvements last year in the protection of its citizens' freedoms of speech and belief, and the development of democracy and rule of law.
"The tremendous achievements China has made in its human rights endeavors fully demonstrate that it is taking the correct path of human rights development that suits its national conditions," said the white paper published Monday by the State Council Information Office.
The annual report came days after authorities detained several activists for online comments and activities linked to the 26th anniversary of the June 4, 1989 military crackdown on protesters in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, according to Radio Free Asia.
Rights groups and lawyers on Monday said the white paper was "contentious" and misrepresented a year that saw a widening crackdown on human rights and civil liberties in China.
"The human rights record last year was particularly appalling, even compared to China's poor human rights records in previous years," said Maya Wang, a China researcher at Human Rights Watch.
"In 2014 the government detained a large number of activists, tightened or passed new regulations to restrict freedom of the press and freedom of speech on the internet and in universities, and made significant moves to push people to adhere strictly to Party ideology, as exemplified by Document No. 9," Wang told dpa.
Wang was referring to a leaked internal document that discussed political threats to the ruling Communist Party including "Western constitutional democracy," the promotion of "universal values" and civil society.
Veteran Chinese journalist Gao Yu was detained last year and sentenced to seven years' imprisonment in April for leaking state secrets, although the court did not release details on what Gao was accused of leaking. Because of the timing of her arrest, some observers speculated Gao was accused of leaking Document No. 9.
Amnesty International and other rights groups said Gao was a victim of arbitrary state-secret laws which could become more wide-reaching if China passes a new law on national security.
An article in the draft law, posted on the national legislature's website last month, asks Chinese people to defend against and resist "negative cultural seepage."
Monday's white paper also said China's legal reforms gained momentum last year, citing the October adoption by the leadership of a blueprint to promote the rule of law.
The objective was to protect civic rights, defend human dignity and put basic human rights into practice, the report said.
However, Chinese lawyers say not much has changed, while working conditions for some have worsened.
"Authorities have done a lot of work on paper, but at this point, very little has changed in actual practice," human rights lawyer Mo Shaoping told dpa.
"The main problem is that some authorities do not abide by the law, and this hasn't been improved and has even retrogressed," the Beijing-based lawyer said.
"For example the right of lawyers to meet their clients is protected by law, however, many local authorities forbid lawyers to meet their clients."
Shang Baojun, who specializes in criminal law, also said he noticed no improvement.
"There is loose enforcement and no legal accountability when laws are broken," he said.
The white paper also comes as opposition grows to a national draft law that would restrict activities of foreign non-governmental organizations and give local police greater powers to oversee them and their local partners.
In Hong Kong, legislators are preparing to vote next week on a election reform plan proposed by Beijing last August that sparked five months of protests demanding freer selection of candidates.
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Child Pedagogy Solved Question Paper.
1 Which of the following does not reflect 'teaching for understanding'?
2. Which of the following statements is true about 'learning' ?
3. Human development is based on certain principles. Which of the following is not a principle of human development?
7. A teacher wants the gifted children of her 'class to achieve their potential. Which of the following should she not do to achieve her objective?
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Howling At The Endless Freezing Grey: Berlin Atonal Reviewed
Luke Turner , September 5th, 2014 09:41
Luke Turner reviews the likes of Ike Yard, UF, Source Direct, Cabaret Voltaire, Dalhous and Powell as he spends the weekend exploring all things stern in a Berlin power station
The Kraftwerk power station on the banks of the River Spree really has no parallel as a bracingly spectacular place in which to encounter electronic music. It feels even bigger than the Tate Modern turbine hall, and where in that venue even the might of Laibach was somewhat tempered by the feeling that there was a lot of staff terrified at what bass might do to the expensive shit hanging on the walls, there are clearly no such fears here. The human flesh of the audience feels insignificant with such vast space above, like a thin spread of margarine on a concrete slice. Everything else is poured into straight lines, reinforced, grey. Giant pillars are pierced with octagonal holes, like an industrialised Playschool window. This has a strange effect on the senses - the lights and sound become more intense, the mind more receptive to abuse. To reach the main performance space the audience must ascend a two storey concrete staircase (there are two rather unhappy-looking trees at the bottom), and half way up a side room hosts the Parsec installation, a row of 16 spinning arms with bright white bulbs on the end. Based on the behaviour of swarms, it makes a strange humming buzz which, coupled with the disorientating sense of the lights, wipes away traces of the outside world.
This is the second year of the revived Atonal Festival which, as Albert Freeman explains in this excellent feature, was a crucible in which the German avant-guard, industrial, noise, art and club scenes bubbled during the years of Berlin's division. With the Wall gone and Berlin's pre-eminence as a - if not the - global capital of electronic music assured, what place does this celebration of all things hard, dark and punishing hold in 2014? Could it not be a week of cliché, a few hundred smart and sternly dressed individuals accepting a bludgeoning in a brutalist womb, studiously refusing to look as if they're having a nice time.
Who knows what wattage they must have to make the volume in such a vast space work - but production-wise this is nigh on flawless. Taking notes, my phone screen occasionally blurs slightly as eyeballs are hit by bass, higher frequencies swish overhead, a giant steel swan wing. A defective EasyJet aircraft meant that, frustratingly, I am forced to miss the opening night's performance by Ensemble Moderne of Steve Reich's Drumming and Music For 18 Musicians - it would have been a treat to hear those magical tones appearing from rhythm in this huge space. It's remarkable that, throughout the weekend, nobody ends up rattling around like an errant ball bearing. Where in their recent performance at the Farnborough Wind Tunnels Dalhous' sampled aviation noises felt a little too stuck on, even if they were a noble attempt to pay tribute to those who worked there, here their glassy melodies echo around thoughtfully, perhaps hinting that a Jean Michelle Jarre revival might not be too far off.
In Berlin there's clearly a massive appetite for music that's self-consciously tough - indeed, downstairs in Tresor at 6am on Sunday morning, Bristol's Young Echo collective get off the decks after twenty minutes thanks to a rather unfriendly reception to their (you'd have thought) excellent idea to drop some Moondog. It's a shame, though I for one could have done with a sonic halfway house between their bass music explorations and the unremitting kick of Sigha down in the basement. That balance is provided by the ever-brilliant Diagonal top dawg Powell, whose judicious deployment of libido-heavy bangers has as a high point a drop of Blacknecks' Taps Aff Tune Of The Year contender, 'To The Cosmos, Let's Go'. Despite this, however, the whole experience far from a room of nodding dog techno 'n' noise spods - this is a gender mixed crowd, open-minded for anything with which they might be basted. On Thursday evening, Miles Whittaker of Demdike Stare thunders out bass against mangled synth lines, like a Pennines free party falling into a lava pool during an unexpected Lancashire geological tumult.
Much as the thousand or so people here on Friday night are attentive enough for the slightly perplexing hissing meh of Abdulla Rashim and Donato Dozzy's watery ebbs, it's when gigantic self-decapitated knights start flying forth on the huge screen before the mysterious Headless Horseman that the dynamic of the room shifts. Perhaps it's the advantage of nomenclature and anonymity, but there's a bit of an unhinged sense of fun to this scree, groan, roll and stab, rather rough around the edges, an automaton onion chopper going about his weepy business. Again - and it's something that comes to mind a few times during Atonal - that hammering it out like this in a huge former power station can, should and does have an element of the ridiculous about it. One of the visuals is a 60 foot high shimmering constellation depiction of the Horseman, pirouetting on the summit of the Matterhorn at night. You have to have a chuckle.
Similar variety from the rattling comes on Saturday afternoon. Germany has always excelled at making electronic music that gives the feel of technology passing through a pastoral landscape or spectacular vista, from the likes of Neu! to The Notwist. On Saturday, Max Loderbauer melodies suggest a sleepy church organist randomly playing notes on a hot afternoon as specks of dust play in the beams of light above the pews. Other moments twinkle like Coil's Red Birds fluttering over the River Weser at Forst to commune with Michael Rother.
With that in mind, I'd love to one day see Chris Watson booked to play at Atonal, not as part of some OMG original Cabs! lineup on the Saturday night, but because his unsettling, potent, sublime (in the romantic imagination sense of the world) music would have made for a beautiful and strange juxtaposition with this venue. In the years of seeing and hearing him soundtrack paintings or explain how he makes BBC nature documentaries come to such vivid life, what's always been so striking is how those painstakingly recorded sounds of nature stand up so powerfully to much experimental electronic music being made today. So while Dasha Rush's Antarctic Takt, a response to the strange extremity of the Continent, is musically compelling and well thought out - cracks and pops as ice structures show on the huge screen, the hum of vast spaces on 3D computer renderings of that unknown continent's violent topography - it might perhaps have been even more powerful to have heard the real thing.
Come Saturday night, and it's clear that the biggest draw for many had been the much-mooted live return of Cabaret Voltaire - or at least, Richard H Kirk operating under that moniker. With Stephen Mallinder off in academia and pursuing his excellent Wrangler project and Watson off in a jungle, ear pressed to an anthill, it's Kirk who explores the direct line from post-industrial Sheffield of the late 70s to now, as evidenced by his enthusiasm and support for new artists like Factory Floor and Perc. Compared to the screensaver vibes of some of the other AV performances at Atonal, KIr's visual display is compelling. The three tier screen shows a classic Cabs Ballardian flickbook of Historical Bad Stuff - Jimmy Saville, jihadis, Nazis, crashes, British police violence, tooled-up American soldiers, surfers - mixed in with images of the day-to-day. Musically this is strong, indecipherable vocal samples over beats that clatter along until the cylinders split and blasts of steam herald everything grinding to a halt. I suppose I would personally liked to have heard more of the mutant fusion of pop, dub, dance, funk and racket that characterised Cabs' 80s sound, but the strafing pianos and powerful forward-looking rhythms that suggest this new incarnation of Cabaret Voltaire can hold their/its own in a contemporary noisy techno context.
Out of any of the more senior groups playing over the course of the festival, Ike Yard arguably put in the most forward-looking performance. On Sunday afternoon, they create the soundtrack to the sort of film you'd probably rather not end up in, the three men onstage architects of your doom. Stuart Argabright has a particularly compelling presence, all liquid hand gestures, rolling fingers to rhythms and opening palm as we're lashed by an insidious hiss. "It's a nomansland it's a nomansland it's a faraway place now" he croons, Alan Vega-style, in a demonically heavy track that shakes over an exploding breakbeat. There's such variety to what Ike Yard do, such sonic range to their arsenal, from pranging guitar to chants, the occasional live drum roll on a full kit, submarine propulsion rhythms, a welcome swing away from the four four (and, whisper it, a goodly injection of something rock & roll) that it becomes utterly unsparing, entirely without mercy. That this set is culled from a forthcoming new Ike Yard album bodes well. "Blown away blown away blown away" Argabright intones over the splintering rhythm of the final track, a bootleg jungle cassette fast-forwarded. He's not wrong. We were.
Ike Yard's set is part of Sunday night's line-up curated by Contort, the Berlin promoters who like to bring some darkness into the afternoon of the LORD's day -past celebrants have included Russell Haswell, Rashad Becker, Ancient Methods and Regis. Unfortunately Helm is on earlier than I was expecting, but frustration at one's own idiocy is swiftly dispelled by SØS Gunver Ryberg. Normally known for sound art and installation work, she absolutely bangs it out, a thunderous Sci-Fi racket, space pilots blasting their way through a meteor field, a punch in the nose to those less enlightened members of the audience took it upon themselves to catcall and whistle as she took to the stage. Twats: they're everywhere. In Aeternam Vale, the French electronic group founded in 1983 and recently rediscovered by Minimal Wave and Silent Servant's Jealous God (check out this excellent recent EP on that label). Like Ike Yard, Laurent Prot is aging at no expense to edge - these are growling, sticky, translucent pulses, a car wash with steel rollers with militant chain gang vocal: "drag drag drag pray for me". Prot an endearing presence too, in too-tighty-whitey coming out from behind his gear to leap around at the front of the stage.
A similar hoot comes when the mischievous spirit of the Downwards label is brought in via an alliance of Oake and Samuel Kerridge as UF. Their performance sums up why Atonal is such a success. I'm a fan of both artists on their own terms - Oake's birch-forest-howling-at-the-endless-freezing-grey vibes are hard to do well, but their recent, gothic electronics tracks for Downwards have had it spot on. Tonight, Oake's Eric combines with moors-and-sooted-mill techno man Kerridge create something far greater than the sum of their parts, still gloomy and booming, but with a greater black hooded lunge towards the dancefloor than alone. The pair duck and bob frantically (it is weird in Kerridge's case seeing a mod doofing it out and at one point stretching up so it looks like he's trying to hump the mixer), but this sort of flair and showmanship gives the performance its thrill on a weekend where theatrics have been in short supply. It's a cheeky display yes, but an aggressive, intense one too - there are trapped in a grain silo booms, marching band snare rattles, nods to the pent up clanging of Cut Hands. It's massively over the top, the set ending in a guttural power electronics vocal screaming "FLIGHT FLIGHT" over a crescendo of groaning noise that rises to a blast of extreme treble. Short, to the point, intense, strangely sexy and cheeky. All hail the Anglo-German Slap & Tickle Boys.
After the unexpected sauce of UF, Tim Hecker's drones suck the energy out of the gigantic space, the sounds of Ravedeath frustratingly similar to as they are on the record, the presence of panpipes and intense fug of weed above the couples clutching each other all over the floor giving the vibe of a New Age shop that thinks itself above stocking Enya. The concept of headphone music is a strange one, and surely in the ears of the beholder, but I've always found Hecker's work to succeed when listened to in the dream state of air or rail travel, conducive then to thought and reflection. Or a doze.
I'm about to head, whimpering, for the Berlin night bus network but within the first few barres of the first record dropped by Source Direct I'm at the bar, banging down a Pilsner, taking off my jacket and screaming at the roof. Jungle, as ever, is the unifier. Back in 1994 or '95 I had my first clubbing experience in the form of a jungle night held in Harpenden Rugby Club, of all places. It was the first night I ever got drunk, so memories are hazy, but I do recall that (aside from the air of imminent violence and just dodging a headbutt in time to see the 'butter swivel round and hospitalise someone whose reactions were slower than mine) it was the first time I ever really was faced with the power of music that I didn't understand but compelled me to move. Since discovering that Source Direct were, like me, from St Albans, I've always wondered whether it might have been them playing. It does, after all, seem surprising that a home counties venue popular for party hires because they'd serve anyone would play host to a pioneering D&B rave. Tonight, gaunt and slithering around slamming down 12" after 12" Jim Baker slices the tops of our heads off, pent up energy cranked into place by a night of four four and grinding noise suddenly released in flailing limbs and grinning faces.
Gentrification hand-wringing goes on here in Berlin as it does everywhere else, but from a Londoner's perspective Atonal Festival, the conversations had, the energy and spirit of the place suggests there's still a huge amount to be positive about when it comes to the survival of an underground, a potential to do big things away from the mainstream. The road from Kraftwerk east along the spree is still lined with the knackered and overgrown, sites of dereliction not yet boarded off by hoardings. Aesthetically I might be irritated by the crusties drinking and selling trinkets, bands, weed and other 60s archaeological ephemera on the beautiful Oberbaumbrücke at the end of that walk, but perhaps they're the tip of the iceberg. A goodly collection of braiding and bongs means that elsewhere in your city, more exciting, progressive currents flow.
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