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Suburban Legends

Suburban Legends are an American ska punk band that formed in Huntington Beach, California, in 1998 and later based themselves in nearby Santa Ana. After building a fanbase in the Orange County ska scene through their numerous regular performances at the Disneyland Resort, a series of lineup changes in 2005 introduced elements of funk and disco into the group's style.

Since 2009, the band has gradually returned to its ska roots, and has also recorded cover versions of songs from Disney films and television series.

Formation and first EP (1998-2002)
Influenced by artists such as Reel Big Fish, Michael Jackson and Oingo Boingo, the band was formed in 1998 as The No Tones, consisting of vocalist Tim Maurer, guitarist Brent Feige, bassist Justin Meacham, drummer Fred Johnson, trumpet players Vince Walker and Aaron Bertram, and trombonists Ryan Dallas Cook and Brian Robertson. A few months after forming, Feige was replaced by Josh Lander and Johnson by Jimmy Sullivan and the band changed their name to Bomb Squad, under which name they released an EP, now known as the Bomb Squad EP.

In 1999, the band changed their name to Suburban Legends. Guitarist Josh Lander was replaced during the recording sessions of the first demo album, Origin Edition, for which they recruited guitarist Brian Klemm. The album was self-pressed and even though Brian Klemm was already in the band, Vince Walker recorded the guitar parts for the demo album. Later that year, vocalist Tim Maurer and drummer Jimmy Sullivan left the band, with the former being replaced by Chris Batstone, and the latter by Derek Lee Rock. Sullivan went on to form the band Pinkly Smooth, and co-found the band Avenged Sevenfold. A few months later, bassist Justin Meacham left the band as well and was soon replaced by former lead vocalist Tim Maurer's brother, Chris Maurer. Sullivan and Meacham would later perform together as members of metal band Avenged Sevenfold, under the respective pseudonyms "The Rev" and "Justin Sane".

In 2001, the band released their first, self-titled, EP, Suburban Legends, on We The People Records, featuring some re-recorded songs from Origin Edition. This was the band's only release with Chris Batstone on vocals, as he left the band in early 2002.

Rump Shaker and Disney (2002-2005)
In early 2002 previous vocalist Tim Maurer rejoined the band on vocals, and the band re-recorded the vocals for their EP, and re-released it independently as Suburban Legends (Tim Remix). During the year, the band played close to 1000 shows at Downtown Disney. They also performed on many occasions for the X Games Xperience promotion at Disney California Adventure Park in 2003.

In 2003, the band recorded and released their first actual album, Rump Shaker, followed by a year of heavy touring. The band released their first live DVD in 2004 titled Season One. At the end of the year trumpet player Vince Walker and bassist Chris Maurer left the band, the former to go to college and the latter to get married. While Maurer was replaced by Mikey Hachey, Walker wasn't replaced and the band continued with only one trumpet player. In May 2005, trumpet player Aaron Bertram left the band to get married as well, and was replaced by Luis Beza.

In late 2005, former trumpet player Vince Walker rejoined the band for the 2005 Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon, after which vocalist Tim Maurer left the band once again. The band went on a pause until further notice.

Death of Dallas Cook and new formation (2005-2006)
At 12:25 AM on October 19, 2005, trombone player Dallas Cook was killed in a hit-and-run motorcycle accident on the Costa Mesa Freeway. A few days after the incident, a large group of Suburban Legends' fans and Dallas' friends and family gathered nearby the ESPN Zone at Disneyland Resort's Downtown Disney, where the band played their many performances in the early 2000s, to share their memories of Cook. On November 29, 2005, the band performed a benefit show for the Dallas Cook Memorial Fund, which was as set up in Cook's honor to donate money to the Huntington Beach High School instrumental music program. The performance also featured former members Tim Maurer, Chris Maurer and Aaron Bertram returning for one final show, and trumpet player Vince Walker permanently switching to the vocalist position.

In 2006 the band recruited trombonist Phillip Inzerillo to replace Dallas Cook. They released their first EP with Vince Walker on vocals, Dance Like Nobody's Watching, which showed the band's shift in style towards disco rock. The band promoted the EP by appearing on G4's Attack of the Show! on April 18, 2006.

On July 19, 2006, while they were on tour and in St. Louis, Missouri, Phillip Inzerillo woke up to notice the band's tour van was on fire. The fire destroyed the front driver's side of the van. The band's tour money had also been missing from the van. It is suspected that the fire and robbery was caused by an arsonist.

At the end of the year, trombonist Phillip Inzerillo left the band without official announcement, and wasn't replaced. Around this time keyboardist Dallas Kruse started performing with the band, despite never being listed as an official member.

New musical direction (2007-2009)
In 2007 the band released a Japan-only album, an extended version of their EP release, titled Dance Like Nobody's Watching: Tokyo Nights, containing several new and re-recorded songs. In early July 2007, the band started releasing videos on their YouTube account documenting progress recording new material in the studio. Later that year, the band released their first full album with Vince Walker on vocals, Infectious. The album continued the shift in style started with Dance Like Nobody's Watching, with ska being traded in for a pop-rock sound with disco and funk elements.

On November 11, 2007, the band was robbed again, while supporting Streetlight Manifesto on their Somewhere in the Between Tour. This time, Suburban Legends' van was stolen along with approximately $80,000 worth of all their equipment and instruments. Fans were first alerted of this when Dallas Kruse posted a MySpace bulletin reading:

" You all know just HOW MUCH suburban legends have been through throughout the years! .... lets all gather to HELP THEM through this! I just got a call from my dear friend MIKEY, bassist for Suburban Legends. They are on tour in Philly and woke up to head down to the van and trailer from the hotel room and the van and trailer were stolen. Every piece of equipment and merchandise the band owns is gone. Drum sets, horns, clothing, basses, guitars, amps, etc. The value of the equipment alone is appx 40k. The value of the trailer alone is 30k. Estimated value of everything is probably close to 80k (in my estimation) including the van, trailer and gear. They are troopers and going to try and rent another van, rent gear and finish the tour. This is devastating. Most, if not ALL of you know just how dear and sincere these guys are and how close I am with them. Is there ANYTHING we can do to help them? My idea was to find someone with money who would be able to immediately front them an investment for gear and work out terms for the band to pay that person back. Or does someone here have connections to a car dealership? Instruments? SOMETHING!?! Please help! if you have some help or ideas, PLEASE, lets help the guys out!"

Another MySpace bulletin which was posted on November 13, said that the van was recovered in a neighborhood in Philadelphia, apparently after somebody saw the news story on the van theft and gave information of its whereabouts. When the van was recovered, it only required minor repairs. However, the contents of the van and trailer were missing. While insurance issues were still being resolved, the band apologized to the fans for any shows they missed and stated that they would be back on the road again. The song "Fire" from their 2008 album, Let's Be Friends, was about the van fire and robberies.

The band's second DVD Poisonous Candy Factory was released in March 2008. Similar to Season One, it featured live sets containing songs from Rump Shaker through to new, unreleased material, music videos and extra videos from the band.

Shortly after this release, the band headed back into the studio and recorded their third official album, Let's Be Friends, released on July 10, 2008, while touring with Less Than Jake, Goldfinger, and Big D and the Kids Table on the Shout It Loud Tour 2. This album mixed elements of previous albums, featuring a return to ska on some songs as well as a continued focus on a pop-rock sound.

In the winter of 2008, they toured with The Aquabats on the Hooray for the Holidays Tour. In February 2009, they appeared along with The Aquabats' MC Bat Commander on MC Lars' new song, "This Gigantic Robot Kills", from Lars' new album of the same name. MC Lars describes that "this song is about bringing ska back. It's about this kid who builds this giant robot" who "as he destroys Orange County, he leaves behind a trail of Less Than Jake CDs, a field of Aquabat limited edition vinyls, and a stack of CDs by Suburban Legends." They also performed at Miley Cyrus' 16th Birthday Party celebration. Shortly after, trumpet player Luis Beza left the band.

In 2009 the band appeared as a full ska band on the 2009 Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon, with a new ska song titled "Open Your Eyes". The performance featured former member Aaron Bertram on trumpet once again, and guest musicians Byron Panopio and Justin Lewis, on trumpet and trombone respectively. The three continued to perform with the band on the subsequent tour and Disney shows, along with touring trumpet player Chris Lucca. At the end of 2009 Panopio and Lewis, as well as long-time collaborator Dallas Kruse, stopped performing with the band.

Day Job era (2010-present)
In 2009 the band had announced they were planning to release a full ska record once again, and in late 2010 the band released a seven-track EP as a preview, Going on Tour EP. This was followed by the departure of bassist Mikey Hachey, even though he continues to collaborate with the band on some occasions. He was soon replaced by Brad Polidori.

On January 1, 2011, the band's song, "You," from their 2003 album, Rump Shaker, was performed by the Western Carolina University Pride of the Mountains Marching Band in the 2011 Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California. The band chose to perform the song in honor of the late Ryan Dallas Cook.

In July 2011, it was announced that Suburban Legends was cast as the house band for Pick-a-Split, a retro-themed bowling game show pilot hosted by Neil Hamburger.

During November 2011, Connecticut's Asbestos Records and Chicago, IL's Underground Communiqué Records launched a fundraiser together on Kickstarter to release Rump Shaker on vinyl, among other third-wave ska classics from Pilfers, Edna's Goldfish, and The Pietasters. The funding goal was met by January 18, 2012, and the records began pre-production in Spring 2012.

On February 23, the band's 2009 collaboration track with MC Lars and The Aquabats' MC Bat Commander, "This Gigantic Robot Kills", was released on Rock Band Network.

On April 3, 2012, the band released its fifth full-length album, Day Job. It includes new songs, four re-recorded tracks from Going on Tour, a collaborative track with rapper Lyrics Born, as well as two Disney covers, "Under the Sea" from The Little Mermaid and "I Just Can't Wait to Be King" from The Lion King, which have been long-time staples of the band's live performances. In November 2012, long-time drummer Derek Rock left the band to pursue other career options. Reel Big Fish drummer Ryland Steen and former Big D and the Kids Table drummer Max MacVeety filled in on drums between Rock's departure and the hiring of current drummer Edward Larsen in 2013.

The group released its all-Disney covers EP, Dreams Aren't Real, But These Songs Are, Vol. 1, through Rock Ridge Music on October 7, 2013. On March 17, 2015, the band officially announced their next album, Forever in the Friend Zone.

In 2015, Suburban Legends and Roger Lima (of Less Than Jake) recorded with MC Lars to release "Sublime With Rome (Is Not the Same Thing as Sublime)" on his 2015 LP, The Zombie Dinosaur LP.

Klemm, Walker, and former bassist Chris Maurer also currently perform in Personal Satisfaction, a blues/comedy side project.

Retirement from touring
On December 23, 2015, the band announced via their Facebook page that their 2016 US tour in support of Reel Big Fish would be their "last tour ever," while also leaving the possibility to tour again open, stating, "who knows what the future will hold but after this we will be taking a time out from touring." In late 2018 Suburban Legends commenced a tour as the support for Reel Big Fish and supported fellow supports from the tour Zebrahead on select UK gigs where they had days off and Zebrahead headlined gigs at pubs and clubs.

Style
Suburban Legends' style of music has evolved over time and is different from that of other ska bands. While earlier material being heavily rooted in ska, the 2006 release Dance Like Nobody's Watching brought a different sound took ideas and influence from disco, funk, and pop, some songs on the EP containing little to no ska sound at all. The band furthered its distance from ska with the 2007 release of Infectious, heavily focusing on disco on the record. The band has not abandoned their earlier sound, though, regularly performing older material alongside their current work.

The 2008 album Let's Be Friends combines elements from all their previous releases. In May 2009, the band announced that they would be recording a "full blown ska rock album," not simply a ska-influenced album because they have horns or an album with only a few ska songs. Further supporting the band's transition back to ska, less time was devoted in live performances to songs found on more recent albums, such as Infectious, with the band reintroducing older songs such as "Alternative is Dead," "Gummi Bears," "I Want More," and "Waikiki," all of which were found either on Origin Edition (1999) and Suburban Legends (2001). The band has been playing these songs and other from that era ever since. In 2009 the band also started performing a new ska song, "Open Up Your Eyes", which later appeared on their 2010 Going on Tour EP and their 2012 Day Job album.

Part of the band's claim to fame has been its live shows which often involve dance routines far more complicated than those often found in ska bands, as horn playing usually inhibits movement on stage.

Covers
Suburban Legends are known to perform many live covers, most often when performing at the Disneyland Resort, sometimes performing top 40 and classic pop or rock hits to appeal to the theme park guests outside of the band's usual fanbase. The band has also performed and recorded many songs from Disney films and television shows. They have performed "Under the Sea" from The Little Mermaid at many of its shows since 2002, and the theme songs from Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears and DuckTales, "I Just Can't Wait to Be King" from The Lion King, and more recently, "Kiss the Girl" from The Little Mermaid and "Colors of the Wind" from Pocahontas. Until 2013, only "Gummi Bears", "Under the Sea", and "I Just Can't Wait to Be King" had seen recorded releases, with the first track appearing on the Bomb Squad EP and Origin Edition, and the latter two tracks appearing on the band's 2012 album, Day Job. The band released an EP consisting of Disney covers in October 2013, including "DuckTales", "Kiss the Girl", and others. The band's Disneyland performances have also featured "Build Me Up Buttercup" by The Foundations, "Celebration" by Kool & the Gang, "Higher Ground" by Stevie Wonder, "Rubberneckin'" by Elvis Presley, "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" by Frankie Valli, "I'm the Leader of the Gang (I Am)" by Gary Glitter, "Sweet Caroline" by Neil Diamond, and an excerpt of "Moves Like Jagger" by Maroon 5 as a segue into the band's own "All Around the World".

Outside of the three Disney songs, cover songs rarely appear on the band's studio releases. An exception is "Dancing Machine", a song originally performed by The Jackson 5, appearing on the 2007 Japan-only release, Dance Like Nobody's Watching: Tokyo Nights, an extended version of the U.S.-released Dance Like Nobody's Watching EP. All other covers have been released as part of compilations, such as the band's cover of "On the Outside" appearing on Dead Bands Party: A Tribute to Oingo Boingo. During Chris Batstone's tenure as lead vocalist, a recording of "Rose Tint My World" from The Rocky Horror Show was made for an abandoned Rocky Horror tribute album (which would have also featured fellow ska artists such as Chris Murray and Pain), and was eventually released in MP3 format by the band. The band began performing The Gregory Brothers' and Antoine Dodson's "Bed Intruder Song" at live performances in 2010, eventually releasing a studio recording on a 7" single backed with "It Was a Dark and Stormy Night" by Five Iron Frenzy as part of Asbestos Records' Ska is Dead 7" Club series in 2012.

Lineup
The band has had many lineup changes over the years. Original vocalist Tim Maurer left the band after the recording of Origin Edition, and was replaced by Chris Batstone. Batstone later left the band, and Maurer rejoined. After an album and live DVD, Maurer left again after the 2005 Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon to spend more time with his family. He was replaced by former trumpet player Vince Walker, who returned to the band in the same performance, oddly switching roles from horns to vocals. Walker also plays the trumpet and guitar in some songs on stage. Before becoming the band's lead vocalist, he already had provided lead vocals on several songs such as "Desperate", "Blingity Bling" and "Powerful Game". Walker sometimes switches to guitar so that Brian Klemm can take over lead vocals.

Guitarist Brian Klemm joined the band in 1999 and has been with the band ever since. He can also be heard doing lead vocals in several of the band's songs, such as "Desperate", "Powerful Game", "This Cherry", "So Fine", "Love Fair", "I Just Can't Wait to be King" and "Girlfriend's Pretty". After the departure of Aaron Bertram, Klemm started providing more backing vocals live, and this increased even more after the departure of Mikey Hachey.

The band's original bassist, Justin Meacham, left the band in 2000 to join Avenged Sevenfold and replace their original bassist Matt Wendt. He was soon replaced by Chris Maurer, the younger brother of former lead vocalist Tim Maurer. Apart from bass, Chris Maurer also provided backing vocals on many songs live. Maurer left the band in 2004 to marry his fiancée and was replaced by Mikey Hachey, who stayed with the band until 2010, when he left the band to pursue other musical activities, notably becoming the house bassist for Cirque du Soleil's Viva Elvis show at the Aria Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. He also did many of the band's main backing vocals after Aaron Bertram left, and also occasionally sang lead vocals in "Powerful Game" live. The band's current bassist is Brad Polidori who joined in 2010.

One of the band's early drummers, Jimmy Sullivan, left the band to form Pinkly Smooth and later became known as "The Rev" in Avenged Sevenfold, along with former Suburban Legends bassist Justin Meacham, who became known as Justin Sane during his time with Avenged Sevenfold. After that drummer Derek Lee Rock was with the band from 2000 onwards. He recently left the band in 2012, and temporarily filling in on drums were Max McVeety and Reel Big Fish's Ryland Steen. In 2013 Edward Larsen joined the band on drums.

Trumpet player Vince Walker was with the band until his departure in 2004 to focus on his education. He rejoined the band in 2005 to become the band's new lead vocalist. Aaron Bertram left the band in 2005 to marry his fiancée, but returned to the band in 2009 as a touring trumpet player. In between this, Luis Beza was the band's only trumpet player. Since 2009, Bertram usually performs with the band as their trumpet player, but Chris Lucca often takes the trumpet player role in the band's overseas tours. Bertram was the band's main backing vocalist before he left, and has also provided lead vocals for several songs such as "Gummi Bears", "Rose Tint My World" and "Powerful Game". In 2013, Chris Lucca became the band's official trumpet player. Aaron Bertram still regularly performs with the band at local shows,

Trombonist Brian Robertson is the only member to have been in the band since its inception in 1998. Dallas Cook, who also provided lead vocals for the band's cover of "Rose Tint My World", was killed in 2005, and was replaced by Phillip Inzerillo who left the band in 2006. Since then, Robertson has been the band's only trombonist. He usually only plays trombone, but also sings backing in the song "Blingity Bling" from Rump Shaker.

Keyboardist Dallas Kruse began playing with the band around 2006 after the departure of Inzerillo. While not an "official" member, not appearing on the band's website and not announced by the band, he often performed with the band since the tour at local shows until late 2009. Kruse served as producer for Dance Like Nobody's Watching: Tokyo Nights, Infectious, and Let's Be Friends and Slay the Dragon Together.

Current lineup

 * Brian "Robot" Robertson – trombone, backing vocals (1998–present)
 * Aaron Bertram – trumpet, vocals (1998–2005; full member, 2009–present; local shows only)
 * Vincent Walker – lead vocals, trumpet, guitar, acoustic guitar, keyboard (2005–present), trumpet, backing vocals (1998–2004, 2005)
 * Brian Klemm – lead guitar, vocals (1999–present)
 * Chris Lucca – trumpet (2013–present, 2009–2013 touring)
 * Edward Larsen – drums (2013–present)
 * Ryan Brown - bass (2021–present)

Former

 * Dallas Cook – trombone (1998–2005; died 2005)
 * Tim Maurer – lead vocals (1998–2000, 2002–2005)
 * Justin Meacham – bass guitar (1998–2000)
 * Fred Johnson – drums (1998)
 * Brent Feige – lead guitar (1998)
 * Josh Lander – lead guitar (1998–1999)
 * Jimmy Sullivan – drums (1998–1999; died 2009)
 * Chris Batstone – lead vocals (2000–2002)
 * Derek Rock – drums, keyboard (2000–2012)
 * Chris Maurer – bass guitar, backing vocals (2000–2004)
 * Mikey Hachey – bass guitar, backing vocals (2004–2010)
 * Luis Beza – trumpet (2005–2009)
 * Phillip Inzerillo – trombone (2005–2006)
 * Brad Polidori – bass, backing vocals (2010–2021)

 * Former touring musicians
 * Byron Panopio – trumpet (2009)
 * Justin Lewis – trombone (2009)
 * Ryland Steen – Drums (2011, 2012–2013)
 * Max MacVeety – Drums (2012–2013)
 * Dallas Kruse – keyboard, keytar, backing vocals (2006–2009; local shows only)

Discography
A majority of the band's material has been self-released, with the exception of the red, blue, and green versions of the Tim Maurer Suburban Legends EP (released by We The People Records) the UK version of Rump Shaker (released by Brand New Hero Records), the Japan-only Dance Like Nobody's Watching: Tokyo Nights (released by Subrange Records), and Dreams Aren't Real, But These Songs Are, Vol. 1 (released by Rock Ridge Music). Some out-of-print and/or rare recordings were previously made available by fans on the now-defunct Suburban Legends official forums in the "Suburban Legends Collection" forum, under permission of trombonist Brian Robertson.

Albums

 * Origin Edition (1999)
 * Rump Shaker (2003) (2012 - Limited Vinyl Pressing)
 * Dance Like Nobody's Watching: Tokyo Nights (2007) (Japan only)
 * Infectious (2007)
 * Let's Be Friends... and Slay the Dragon Together (2008)
 * Day Job (2012)
 * Forever in the Friend Zone (2015)

EPs

 * Bomb Squad EP (1998)
 * Suburban Legends (2001)
 * Suburban Legends Raw (Karaoke) (2002)
 * Suburban Legends (Tim Remix) (2002)
 * Dance Like Nobody's Watching (2006)
 * Going on Tour (2010)
 * Getting Down to Business (2011) (Europe only)
 * Dreams Aren't Real, But These Songs Are, Vol. 1 (2013)

DVDs

 * Season One (2004)
 * Poisonous Candy Factory (2008)

Singles

 * "Rose Tint My World" (download only) (unreleased tribute album) (2001)
 * "Gimme, Gimme" (CD single from Christmas 2004 shows) (2004)

Collaborations

 * "This Gigantic Robot Kills" with MC Lars and The MC Bat Commander, on MC Lars' album of the same name (2009)
 * "Five Finger Discount" with Uh Oh! Explosion on their album For the Win! (2009)

Music videos

 * "I Want More" (2001)
 * "High Fives" (2003)
 * "Up All Night" (2004) - animated
 * "Come Back Home" (2007) - features cameos by Justin Mauriello (formerly of Zebrahead) and Aaron Barrett (Reel Big Fish)
 * "Infectious" (2007) - directed by the Fackrell Brothers
 * "Kiss the Girl" (2013)
 * "You've Got a Friend in Me" (2013)
 * "Roadkill Jamboree" (2023)

Compilations

 * Supporting the Scene - Disc 1 Track 15, "All The Nights" (2000)
 * Skratch Comp CD No. 6 - Track 5, "Gummi Bears" (2000)
 * Fatty's Favorites - Track 14, "Waikiki" (2000)
 * Because We Care: A Benefit for the Children's Hospital of Orange County - Track 11, "Gummie Bears"'' (2002)
 * Skyboys vs Highscalers - Track 5, "Desperate", Track 19, "Alternative Is Dead" (2003)
 * Dead Baby vs. Jesus - Track 22, "Zanzibar" (2003)
 * Camp Ska (DVD) - Track 12, "High Fives" (2003)
 * Sorry If It Isn't Cool Anymore! Vol. 1 - Track 2, "You" (2004)
 * Live @ iMusicast 1.0 (DVD) - Track 13, "Up All Night" (2004)
 * Casino Chips and Sunset Strips - Track 10 "Autumn in the Park", Track 11 "All the Nights", Track 12 "Bright Spring Morning" (2004)
 * Of Hands and Hearts: Music for the Tsunami Disaster Fund - Disc 2 Track 4, "Blingity Bling" (2005)
 * Dead Bands Party: A Tribute to Oingo Boingo - Track 10, "On the Outside" (2005)
 * The Christmas Chronicles vol. 1 - Track 8, "I Wish Every Day Was Christmas" (2011)
 * Skannibal Party vol. 11 - Track 6, "Emergency" (2012)

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Hexter

Hexter is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

 * J. H. Hexter (1910–1996), American historian
 * Ralph Hexter (born 1952), American academic
 * Hexter ( Present ), King of ROM ( God of INVADERS and nong new's father )

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TRIGA

TRIGA (Training, Research, Isotopes, General Atomics) is a class of nuclear research reactor designed and manufactured by General Atomics. The design team for TRIGA, which included Edward Teller, was led by the physicist Freeman Dyson.

Design
TRIGA is a swimming pool reactor that can be installed without a containment building, and is designed for research and testing use by scientific institutions and universities for purposes such as undergraduate and graduate education, private commercial research, non-destructive testing and isotope production.

The TRIGA reactor uses uranium zirconium hydride (UZrH) fuel, which has a large, prompt negative fuel temperature coefficient of reactivity, meaning that as the temperature of the core increases, the reactivity rapidly decreases. Because of this unique feature, it has been safely pulsed at a power of up to 22,000 megawatts. The hydrogen in the fuel is bound in the uranium zirconium hydride crystal structure with a vibrational energy of 0.14eV. When the core is hot, these levels fill and transfer energy to any cooler neutrons making them hot and, therefore, less reactive. TRIGA was originally designed to be fueled with highly enriched uranium, but in 1978 the US Department of Energy launched its Reduced Enrichment for Research Test Reactors program, which promoted reactor conversion to low-enriched uranium fuel.

History
The TRIGA was developed to be a reactor that, in the words of Edward Teller, "is safe even in the hands of a young graduate student." Teller headed a group of young nuclear physicists in San Diego in the summer of 1956 to design an inherently safe reactor which could not, by its design, suffer from a meltdown. The design was largely the suggestion of Freeman Dyson. The prototype for the TRIGA nuclear reactor (TRIGA Mark I) was commissioned on 3 May 1958 on the General Atomics campus in San Diego and operated until shut down in 1997. It has been designated as a nuclear historic landmark by the American Nuclear Society.

Mark II, Mark III and other variants of the TRIGA design have subsequently been produced, and a total of 33 TRIGA reactors have been installed at locations across the United States. Those that remain operational continue to be upgraded/modernized. A further 33 reactors have been installed in other countries. Many of these installations were prompted by US President Eisenhower's 1953 Atoms for Peace policy, which sought to extend access to nuclear physics to countries in the American sphere of influence. Consequently, TRIGA reactors can be found in a total of 24 countries, including Austria, Bangladesh, Brazil, Congo, Colombia, England, Finland, Germany, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, Italy, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Romania, Slovenia, Thailand, Turkey, and Vietnam.

TRIGA International, a joint venture between General Atomics and Compagnie pour l'étude et la réalisation de combustibles atomiques — then a subsidiary of AREVA of France — was established in 1996. Since then, all TRIGA fuel assemblies have been manufactured at CERCA's plant in Romans-sur-Isère, France.

Some of the main competitors to General Atomics in the supply of research reactors are Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) of Korea and INVAP of Argentina.

The TRIGA Power System (TPS) is a proposed small power plant and heat source, based upon the TRIGA reactor and its unique uranium zirconium hydride fuel, with a power output of 64 MWth / 16 MWe.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jarrod San Angel

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was DELETE. jni 15:47, 26 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Jarrod San Angel
Nonnotable, probable vanity. Author should register as a user and copy this information onto his user page. It's entirely appropriate for a user page but not for a namespace article. JamesMLane 08:31, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC) This page is now preserved as an archive of the debate and, like some other VfD subpages, is no longer 'live'. Subsequent comments on the issue, the deletion, or the decision-making process should be placed on the relevant 'live' pages. Please do not edit this page.
 * Delete, move to userpage. Thue | talk 08:34, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Userfy. Megan1967 10:35, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, Or userfy if the author made a user. Inter 12:27, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Agree with above comments. Appropriate for a user page, not a mainspace article. Carrp | Talk 15:31, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)


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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Reacharound

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Reacharound
Dicdef. Besides, searching at google I couldn't find anyone actually using the word, so it is probably a neologism too. Thue | talk 08:33, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * I think it should be left alone. If it were written in a profane manner then I would say delete it, but it is written intelligently, though short. If it were expanded upon it would be a valid article. Yalbik | 08:42, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: which of these votes is the valid one? Capitalistroadster 09:51, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Dicdef, doesn't google, delete. Radiant! 09:45, Feb 19, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, appears to be a real term: I found it used to describe a soccer player when I was googling. Kappa 10:10, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, slang neologism. Megan1967 10:37, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete: It is a real term, but this is just a dictionary definition (dicdef). Not encyclopedic because you really can't say anymore about it (i.e. no possiblility of being expanded upon). Wikipedia is not a dictionary (also "Wikipedia is not a slang or idiom guide") -- Serge Dupouy 11:03, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * It could be expanded to include infamous cases of "reacharound" fouls in sport, I think there was one with Paul Gascoigne that made the news. The sexual technique might be expanded with some recommendations by sex experts, or some quotes about how the performers feel. Also it seems to be used as an analogy, e.g. "that country gave our country the reacharound". Kappa 11:19, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Someone's been watching the Daily Show -- Jon Stewart did a whole riff on the subject on Wednesday night (i think it was). Or perhaps they saw Full Metal Jacket, with the magificent line, "I'll bet you're the kind of guy that would fuck a person in the ass and not even have the goddam common courtesy to give him a reach-around." Delete, unexpandable. --jpgordon∇∆∇∆ 17:34, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Dickdef. -R. fiend 18:58, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Actually, if you put "reach-around sex" into Google, you do get lots of relevant hits. Having said that, unlike Donkey punch which is currently on VfD, I can't really see any way of expanding this beyond a dicdef.  So, unless anyone can make an encyclopedic entry out of it, delete  HowardB 19:03, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Move to wiktionary. It is not a neologism.  RickK 00:47, Feb 20, 2005 (UTC)
 * keep Yuckfoo 04:16, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Mere definition.  Rossami (talk) 08:24, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * We don't delete dictdefs, we move them to wiktionary. RickK 21:09, Feb 21, 2005 (UTC)
 * Wiktionary is the proper fate for dictdefs. —Korath (Talk) 17:23, Mar 1, 2005 (UTC)

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Link
I think the link to liturgy (which now describes liturgy in general) should be somehow incorporated into this article. Perharps in some short definition in the beginning? (I'm not feeling competent to write it myself.) Vojta 08:35, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Does anyone know what a paraliturgy is? All I can find on it are pictures of events and lesson plans for Catholic schools. The word is not in the dictionary and I can't find it in the Catholic Encyclopedia. --obo 23:49, 22 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * A paraliturgy is a Catholic liturgy of the Roman Rite not found in one of the four liturgical books.

Bias
Someone really needs to edit this entry. I may do so if I can find the time. It simply displays incredible Roman Catholic bias. It is like writing a history of Judaism from the perspective of Orthodox Jews only. Has the writer ever entertained one single thought that the church in which he was raised (or converted to) is other than the True Church? It's just not acceptable as a general reference. Readers be forewarned.

 * I'm not Roman Catholic, and I don't see it - it looks to me like a fair sampling of RC, Eastern Orthodox, Anglican, and few others that have strongly liturgical traditions. And you refer to "the writer" when it has more than one.  But why don't you try contributing instead of just grousing?    Carlo 18:52, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

 * "Someone really need to edit this entry." Sadly, in the WikiUniverse, the only "Someone" there is, is you. --Sean Lotz 05:41, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I suppose the only bias I noted was in the list of names used by Anglicans for Communion toward the more Anglo-Catholic & ritualist side of the Church of England, hence my adding the two names found in the Book of Common Prayer & a link to the Churchmanship article to explain that the names are variable within the CofE. By the way, while describing the edit I accidentally hit send before I could finish my description; sorry about that. Nusrich 06 (talk) 13:18, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

Submit external website
Whatever one might think of the Catholic Encyclopedia external link, it is limited by having been published in 1908, and so has no concept of developments in the last century, including Vatican II and the major changes within the Roman Catholic Church. Hence, I would like to submit an external link Liturgy website. This is a contemporary liturgical website which includes Celebrating Eucharist, as far as I know the only online "ceremonial guide" - a contemporary explanation and guide with theory and practice for the Eucharist and other liturgies in Anglican, Roman Catholic, Lutheran, and other denominations. --Alcuinz 05:54, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

 * As there has been no disagreement with my comment above after more than a week, I am placing the site as an external link. --Alcuinz 05:04, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

"Dogmatic Value" section
Is this taken primarily from the Catholic Encyclopedia? The whole tone is decidedly POV/Roman. --Midnite Critic 12:57, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

The entire Liturgical science sections, titles and all, appears to have been taken from here: http://www.catholicity.com/encyclopedia/r/rites.html, which claims copyright: "CatholiCity.com © 1996-2007 The Mary Foundation" Stephen 04:40, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

POV
There is a strong POV on this article, toward the Roman Catholic direction (references to priest, canon law, etc, taken as normative and assumed; the patterns of worship used in many Protestant churches summarily dismissed). Pastordavid 10:15, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

Yeah? If this is so, please correct it, as you are a protestant pastor! If not, don't claim for POV, please!

First, sign your entries. Second, it IS POV, and not only POV, but dated POV. --Midnite Critic 00:10, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

 * Then, as the person said, correct it. Carlo 01:07, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Okie-dokie... --Midnite Critic 13:40, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

 * I would agree about the POV comments and would suggest that the history section (Labeled History of the Roman Catholic Mass (Liturgy)) be made into History of the Liturgy. This history is MY history as well and I am not RC. Again (as I have commented multiple times), why do we focus on our differences before we focus on our commonalities?  I would suggest STARTING with the history, as well.  I like chronological order.  Reverend Mommy 13:57, 14 March 2007 (UTC)candlemb
 * Oh, yeah. Dearest Midnite Critic, I volunteer to help edit.  I excel at adding my two cents worth.  =o)  Reverend Mommy 13:59, 14 March 2007 (UTC)candlemb

Hee-hee. You too, huh?  --Midnite Critic 15:06, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Suggestions in Reworking Article
I suggest we use a structure like this (No more than a sentence or two for each -- each actually could use their own article, IMHO, but I'm a Liturgy Geek):
 * History of the Liturgy
 * From Jewish to Christian Rite
 * The Chaborah Meal
 * The Passover Meal
 * The Institution Narrative
 * 1 Corinthians 11
 * Synoptics
 * John
 * Justin the Martyr stuff
 * Irenaeus stuff
 * Anaphora of Hippolytus
 * The Patristic Approach to the Eucharistic Sacrifice
 * Ambrose and Augustine
 * Anaphora of Addai and Mari
 * Liturgy of St. James
 * Mozarabic and Gallican Rite
 * The compromises leading to the Western Rite
 * The Berengarian Controversy and Medieval Eucharistic Theologies
 * Aquinas
 * Reformation
 * Modern Developments

Then look at the structure and commonalities: Service of the Word
 * The Invocation or "Call to worship"
 * Introit, Psalms, Hymns, spiritual songs.
 * Salutation
 * Collect
 * Confession
 * Absolution
 * Kyrie & Gloria
 * Liturgical Readings (call and response)
 * Alleluia Verse and other responses
 * Scripture readings, culminating in a reading from one of the Gospels.
 * Offering

(The offering is sometimes called the Lesser Oblation and constitutes a "Bridge" between the Service of the Word and the Service of the Table

Service of the Table
 * The Creed
 * The Prayers
 * The Lord's Prayer
 * The Anaphora
 * sursum corda
 * Sanctus
 * oblation
 * anemnesis
 * Verba
 * Epiclesis
 * Commemoration of the Saints and prayers for the faithful departed.
 * Intercessory prayers for the church and its leadership, and often, for earthly rulers.
 * Incense

This is messy, but I did it all from memory. Let me know what you think. Reverend Mommy 14:21, 14 March 2007 (UTC)candlemb

That's great; however, probably more appropriate for an article focusing on the history of the Eucharist. IMHO, however, this article on "Christian liturgy" needs to be broader and less in-depth, covering not only the Eucharist but also the liturgy of the hours, at the least. --Midnite Critic 15:05, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Assessment comments
This feels like a start class article due to a surplus of list content and a shortage of prose content. It is definitely a good beginning, but readers would be better served with more prose. GRBerry 18:56, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

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Merger proposal
I propose that Church service be merged into Christian liturgy. I think that the content in the Church service article can easily be explained in the context of Christian liturgy, and the Christian liturgy article is of a reasonable size that the merging of Church service will not cause any problems as far as article size is concerned. Shmurak (talk) 20:40, 14 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Merge, better be explained in the context of christian liturgy. --145.118.94.233 (talk) 12:33, 15 November 2018 (UTC)

 * Support - The Chruch service article is poorly cited - Epinoia (talk) 16:26, 15 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Do not see the point of two separate articles. --145.15.244.24 (talk) 19:26, 15 November 2018 (UTC)

 * Mild keep - While Christian liturgy currently looks like a list of various liturgical rites and books used by the various Christian faiths, Church service is a focused article on the formal meeting or ceremony itself, and its history. Both articles could be better, and topics are obviously linked, but there is imho room for both. Place Clichy (talk) 16:10, 22 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep/Oppose merger: Two slightly different topics; service is a period of communal worship, while liturgy is the plan or pattern that a service operates by. Liturgy differs significantly by church. Moreover, I oppose having Church service redirect to this article because Service is a term in common usage whereas liturgy is a technical term. --Hazhk (talk) 01:27, 23 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Oppose merger, they are different topics, as per above.Ehrenkater (talk) 14:30, 21 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Oppose merger, they are completely different topics.theislandpoet (talk) 13:17, 20 August 2019 (UTC)

Votive Holders/Candles/Lamps
Are these in any way affected? Maybe this should be addressed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.162.228.189 (talk) 03:17, 8 May 2019 (UTC)

List of liturgies, or list of rites?
There is a list of rites within this article that is slowly becoming instead a list of liturgies. If we listed all the liturgies possible in the Roman Rite it would be a very long and exhaustive list (Solemn Mass, Low Mass, Votive Mass, Nuptial Mass, Rite of Baptism...) I think that we should stick to a high-level list of Rites only and not get into the weeds of individual liturgies within those Rites. There are plenty of Rites and those are the defining characteristics of different Churches. Elizium23 (talk) 19:16, 18 December 2022 (UTC)

Split the list off into its own article
A number of redirects point to this article because of the list it contains, but many of them (eg. Christian liturgical rites) could equally point to Ritual family instead. While the list could be moved to that article, it would make more sense to split it and allow Christian liturgy and Ritual family to focus on the prose text which should constitute the bulk of the articles. Separating the list would also help to make it clearer as to what the best target for particular redirects is. – Scyrme (talk) 18:09, 26 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Support: a split to a list with a brief prose introduction to describe that some rites are no longer extant and that some are subordinate to broader ritual groupings seems like a good call. I recommend notifying the WP Christianity Noticeboard watchers and adding notices to the talk pages of Protestant liturgy and the individual rites. This might even be worth opening as an RFC. ~ Pbritti (talk) 18:17, 26 April 2023 (UTC)
 * RFC seems a bit much just to split a list off from a prose article; I doubt this is so controversial as to warrant that. I added a notice on the WikiProject noticeboard. I'll post on the talk pages you suggested if there's no engagement after a while. If you'd rather post notices now feel free to do so. – Scyrme (talk) 23:01, 29 April 2023 (UTC)

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The Big Goodbye

"The Big Goodbye" is the twelfth episode of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation. The episode first aired in broadcast syndication on January 11, 1988. This was the second writing credit of the series for Tracy Tormé following the episode "Haven". Rob Bowman planned to direct the episode, but he was switched to "Datalore" due to delays in its production. With Bowman working on another episode, Joseph L. Scanlan became the director.

Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures of the Starfleet crew of the Federation starship Enterprise-D. This episode is the first to focus primarily on the holodeck, a technology that can create realistic immersive simulated environments. In the episode, Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart), Lt. Cmdr. Data (Brent Spiner), and Dr. Beverly Crusher (Gates McFadden) are trapped, due to a computer malfunction, in a 1940s-style gangster holodeck program with Captain Picard playing the role of detective Dixon Hill.

Tormé credited Gene Roddenberry with the idea for the detective novel, and employed a film noir style using references to The Maltese Falcon (1941). Lawrence Tierney, who appeared in film noir movies in the 1940s, guest stars as Cyrus Redblock. The Dixon Hill setting reappeared in two later episodes in the series and in the film Star Trek: First Contact (1996).

11.5 million viewers watched "The Big Goodbye"; critical reception was mixed. One reviewer found it too similar to The Original Series episode "A Piece of the Action". Other reviewers complained about the holodeck but praised Tierney's performance. The episode won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Costumes for a Series and is the only Star Trek episode to ever win the Peabody Award.

Plot
The Enterprise heads to Torona IV to open negotiations with the Jarada, an insect-like race that is unusually strict in matters of protocol. After practicing the complex greeting the Jarada require to open negotiations, Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) decides to relax with a Dixon Hill hard-boiled detective story in the holodeck. Playing Detective Hill in the holoprogram, Picard takes up the case of Jessica Bradley (Carolyn Allport), who believes that Cyrus Redblock (Lawrence Tierney) is trying to kill her. Picard decides to continue the program later and leaves the holodeck to affirm their estimated arrival at Torona IV. He invites Dr. Beverly Crusher (Gates McFadden) and visiting historian Dr. Whalen (David Selburg) to join him in the holodeck. While Crusher is still preparing, Picard and Whalen are ready to enter the holodeck when Lt. Cdr. Data (Brent Spiner) arrives, having overheard Picard's invitation. Entering the holodeck, the three discover that Jessica has been murdered in Picard's absence. As Picard explains that he saw Jessica at his office the day before, Lt. Bell (William Boyett) brings Picard into the police station for questioning as a suspect in her murder. Meanwhile, the Enterprise is scanned from a distance by the Jarada, causing a power surge in the holodeck external controls. Dr. Crusher later enters the holodeck, first experiencing a momentary glitch with the holodeck doors, and joins her friends at the police station.

The Jarada demand their greeting earlier than the agreed time and are insulted at having to talk to anyone other than the Captain. The crew tries to communicate with Picard in the holodeck but finds it impossible; the Jarada signal has affected the holodeck's functions, preventing the doors from opening or allowing communication with the crew inside. Lt. Geordi La Forge (LeVar Burton) and Wesley Crusher (Wil Wheaton) attempt to repair the holodeck systems. While inside the holodeck, the group returns to Dixon's office. Mr. Leech (Harvey Jason) appears, having waited for Picard, demanding he turn over an object he believes Jessica gave him. When Picard fails to understand, Leech shoots Dr. Whalen with a gun, and the crew discovers that the safety protocols have been disabled, as Whalen is severely wounded. As Dr. Crusher cares for his wound, Picard and Data discover that the holodeck is malfunctioning, and they are unable to exit the program. Mr. Leech is joined by Redblock and continues to demand the object. Hill's friend Lt. McNary arrives and becomes involved in the standoff. Picard tries to explain the nature of the holodeck, but Redblock refuses to believe him.

Outside, Wesley finds the glitch, however he cannot simply turn off the system for fear of losing everyone inside. Instead, Wesley resets the simulation, briefly placing Picard and the others in the middle of a snowstorm before finding themselves back in Dixon's office. With the reset successfully clearing the malfunction, the exit doors finally appear. Despite Picard's warnings, Redblock and Leech exit the holodeck, but dissipate as they move beyond the range of its holoemitters. As they leave the holodeck, Picard thanks McNary, who now suspects that his world is artificial and asks whether Picard's departure is "the big goodbye", to which Picard replies that he does not know. Picard reaches the bridge in time to give the proper greeting to the Jarada. The Jarada accept the greeting, heralding the start of successful negotiations.

Production
The initial idea for Picard's detective based holodeck program came from series creator Gene Roddenberry and other writing staff. Tracy Tormé received credit for writing the episode. Tormé said he added film noir elements, including references to The Maltese Falcon (1941). Redblock and Leech represent the characters played by Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre. The production staff attempted to create the same layout of the detective office from the film. Dixon Hill was originally named Dixon Steele in reference to In a Lonely Place (1950), a film noir starring Humphrey Bogart. However, the name was changed due to similarities with the name of the title character in the American television series Remington Steele. The episode's name is itself a reference to two works by detective fiction writer Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep and The Long Goodbye. Tormé expanded the Jarada a great deal, but because of budgetary restraints they are only heard in the episode. After the episode "Haven", "The Big Goodbye" is the second writing credit of the series for Tormé. Rob Bowman was originally scheduled to direct the episode, but following problems with "Datalore" the filming order was switched, so Joe Scanlan directed "The Big Goodbye" instead.

Scanlan and Tormé recommended filming the holodeck sequences in black and white, but Rick Berman and Bob Justman disagreed with the idea. "The Big Goodbye" was the first episode based on the holodeck in the Star Trek franchise, although The Animated Series episode "The Practical Joker" was notable for showcasing an early prototype for holodeck technology by way of a 'recreation room' when it came out fourteen years before the TNG episode in 1974. The holodeck would appear later in the season in "11001001", as well as a number of other episodes in various series, and would eventually become a regular feature. Because of the differences between the Dixon Hill scenes and those set on the Enterprise, Scanlan treated the diverse settings as if he were filming two unconnected episodes.

Tierney was well known for playing villains in 1940s film noirs, including Dillinger (1945) and The Devil Thumbs a Ride (1947). After his performance in Star Trek: The Next Generation, Tierney gained new fame playing Joe Cabot in Quentin Tarantino's film Reservoir Dogs (1992). Wheaton later recalled he felt intimidated by Tierney during filming, as he was 15 and Tierney had a reputation for having a character similar to the tough guys he typically played. Tierney returned to Star Trek in 1997 to play an alien Regent in the Deep Space Nine episode, "Business as Usual". Wheaton said that after 12 previous episodes in the series at the time, he and the cast and crew preferred "The Big Goodbye" as it allowed them to play a period piece. The Dixon Hill holoprogram reappeared in the second season episode "Manhunt", the fourth-season episode "Clues", and the film Star Trek: First Contact (1996). The Dixon Hill characters are also featured in the licensed novel, A Hard Rain. In the Star Trek: Enterprise episode "Cogenitor," Trip Tucker selects a movie to watch. On the list of titles, one is called Dixon Hill and the Black Orchid.

Awards
In recognition of its "new standard of quality for first-run syndication", the episode was honored with a Peabody Award in 1987. "The Big Goodbye" was also nominated for two Emmy Awards in the categories of Outstanding Cinematography for a Series and Outstanding Costumes for a Series, with costume designer William Ware Theiss winning the award in the latter category.

Reception
The episode first aired on January 11, 1988, receiving Nielsen ratings of 11.5 million. It was the first new episode broadcast since the previous November, when 10.3 million viewers watched "Haven". "The Big Goodbye" received more viewers than the following episode "Datalore", which also had only 10.3 million viewers.

After its initial release, a review in TV Guide criticised the episode for its similarity to The Original Series episode "A Piece of the Action", which featured a planet based on 1930s gangland Chicago. Several reviewers re-watched the episode after the end of the series. Keith DeCandido of Tor.com praised the "stellar guest casting" and said that Tierney "own[ed] the episode". He compared the episode to The Maltese Falcon and said that the episode featured "charming performances" by the entire cast. DeCandido gave the episode a score of seven out of ten. Cast member Wil Wheaton called the episode a "fantastic collaborative effort, from Tracy Tormé's script, to Joseph Scanlan's direction, to Ed Brown's cinematography, to every actor's performance. There's a reason 'The Big Goodbye' is the only Star Trek episode to win a Peabody." He gave the episode an A grade.

Writing for Den of Geek in 2012, James Hunt said that the risk of disintegration on the holodeck was "insane" and was rectified in later episodes. He thought that the episode stood out from the others in the first season due to the prototype holodeck story. "The holodeck will break again and again over the years, but rarely in a way any more interesting than this. Not that The Big Goodbye was particularly interesting, but it has the rare fortune of being first," Hunt wrote.

Michelle Erica Green of TrekNation praised the dialogue but felt the episode did not "hold up to a lot of logical analysis". She also said it was a "fun" episode that "set the stage" for holodeck episodes featuring the sentient Professor Moriarty hologram in "Elementary, Dear Data" and "Ship in a Bottle". Writing for The A.V. Club, Zack Handlen observed "a certain flatness" in parts of the episode and considered it "very silly" for the characters to slowly disintegrate after leaving the holodeck. Although he said the holodeck in "The Big Goodbye" was similar to "an Xbox that periodically eats your cat", he gave the episode an overall grade of B−.

In 2016, Syfy ranked this the 7th best holodeck episode of the Star Trek franchise.

In 2017, Den of Geek listed "The Big Goodbye" as one of the top ten ground-breaking episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation, noting how it was first 'holodeck episode' on the show and "set the precedent"; it "established how the holodeck could be used to liven up the show and expand its horizons." They note its influence on later holodeck episodes such as "Ship in a Bottle" and "Hollow Pursuits".

In 2019, CBR ranked this the 11th best holodeck-themed episode of all Star Trek franchise episodes up to that time. In 2019, Den of Geek recommended rewatching this episode as background for Star Trek: Picard.

In 2020, Looper listed this one of the best episodes for Jean Luc Picard.

Media releases
"The Big Goodbye" was released on VHS cassette in the United States and Canada on August 26, 1992. The episode was released on the Star Trek: The Next Generation season one DVD box set in March 2002. The season one Blu-ray set was released on July 24, 2012.

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Lennart Bergelin

Sven Lennart Bergelin (10 June 1925 – 4 November 2008) was a Swedish tennis player and coach. As a player, for AIK, Bergelin won nine Swedish championship singles titles between 1945 and 1955, and the French Open doubles title in 1948. Bergelin is best known for his work with Björn Borg, whom he trained between 1971 and 1983, helping him to win 11 Grand Slam tournaments. Bergelin also captained Sweden to its first Davis Cup title.

Tennis career
During a ten-year period, between 1946 and 1955, Bergelin was ranked among the top 10 amateur players in the world, reaching World No. 9 in John Olliff's 1948 amateur rankings. He won 20 national championships (9 singles and 11 doubles) and became the first Swedish player ever to win a grand slam, as he and Jaroslav Drobný won the French doubles championship in 1948. Bergelin played 89 Davis Cup matches representing Sweden and won 63 of these. He played the last DC game, at the age of 40, together with Jan-Erik Lundqvist. Between 1971 and 1976, Bergelin captained the Swedish DC team and in 1975 he led them to victory as they defeated Czechoslovakia in the finals.

Bergelin was awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal in 1950.

Coaching career
Between 1974 and 1981, he and Björn Borg won 11 Grand Slam titles (6 French Open and 5 Wimbledon) of 16 Grand Slam finals became the first player-coach combination who won more than 10 major titles in the Open-era. During this period helped Borg become the first player in the Open Era to win three majors without dropping a set. Borg remains the only male player to win the Channel-Slam (French Open, Wimbledon back-to-back wins) in the same year for 3 consecutive years. Furthermore, as of today, his protege still holds a number of records; winning 41 consecutive sets at French Open (1979-1981) and being undefeated for 41 consecutive matches in Wimbledon (1976-1981).

Death
Bergelin died in 2008. According to Peter Bengtsson, a spokesman for the Swedish Tennis Association, he died from heart failure at a Stockholm hospital.

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Rump Shaker (album)

Rump Shaker is the second album of the third-wave ska band Suburban Legends. It was released June 28, 2003, in Los Angeles, California by Lobster Girl Records. The album initially sold 15,000 copies and was subsequently released on Brand New Hero Records in the UK.

It was produced by John Avila, former bassist of Oingo Boingo, one of the band's major influences. In 2005, when the band was featured as ManiaTV!'s Artist of the Day, Tim Maurer jokes of the experience, "We went to [Avila's] house. We strapped him down to a bed. We played our music in the CD player 20,000 times. We fed him only a diet of oatmeal and gruel. He agreed then to produce our album. And we paid him and we thanked him and it was fun. And it was good. And it was fun."

On January 1, 2011, the Western Carolina University Pride of the Mountains Marching Band performed the song "You" live on national television in the 2011 Tournament of Roses Parade.

Asbestos Records and Underground Communiqué Records set up and successfully crowdfunded a Kickstarter project in 2011, which allowed a re-release of Rump Shaker on vinyl in 2012 alongside The Pietasters' Oolooloo, Edna's Goldfish's Before You Knew Better, and Pilfers' self-titled album.

Track listing

 * 1) "High Fives" – 4:24
 * 2) "You" – 3:59
 * 3) "Bright Spring Morning" – 4:04
 * 4) "Up All Night" – 4:13
 * 5) "Blingity Bling" – 2:36
 * 6) "Autumn in the Park" – 3:56
 * 7) "Powerful Game" – 3:29
 * 8) "Zanzibar" – 3:58
 * 9) "All the Nights" – 2:53
 * 10) "Do it for the Kids" – 3:52
 * 11) "Last Dance" – 5:04

Music videos
Promotional music videos were released for "High Fives" and "Up All Night". The video for "High Fives" was a compilation of clips of the band performing at the Disneyland Resort and visiting a fair. The music video for "Up All Night" features an animated version of the band, based on Nic Cowan's Rump Shaker album artwork, performing in the streets of Tokyo, which subsequently comes under attack from a giant lizard called Skazilla.

Personnel
Regular members
 * Tim Maurer – lead vocals
 * Vince Walker – trumpet, vocals on "Blingity Bling" and "Powerful Game", backing vocals
 * Aaron Bertram – trumpet, vocals on "Powerful Game", backing vocals
 * Brian Robertson – trombone, backing vocals
 * Dallas Cook – trombone
 * Brian Klemm – lead guitar, vocals on "Powerful Game", backing vocals
 * Chris Maurer – bass guitar, backing vocals
 * Derek Lee Rock – drums

Guest musicians
 * Tubazar – tuba ("Autumn in the Park" & "Zanzibar")
 * Yoko Nishiguchi, Brent Toda, Walter Tsushima & Evan Webb – from Nishikaze Taiko ("Bright Spring Morning & "Zanzibar")

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Tania Emery

Tania Merle Emery (born 26 June 1976) is a British actress from Windsor, England, known for her television role as DC Kate Spears in the ITV police drama The Bill.

Before joining The Bill in 2000, she filmed a trilogy of films about London life all under the same director, Simon Rumley. These movies include; The Truth Game, Strong Language and Club Le Monde. Emery has appeared in various shorts such as Dolls and Makers where she played lead character Anne, and Commercial Hairdressing for director Andy Isaacs. And she also appeared in the Model Raj at Waterman's Arts Centre and played three different characters in BBC Radio 4's – The Actress, The Writer and The Censor.

Before joining the cast of The Bill as a regular, she appeared in an episode of The Bill, in an episode called “Bad Habits”, playing a beaten-up prostitute named Dawn South. She joined the regular cast in 2000 as DC Kate Spears ("On The Hook – Part 1"). The start of the make over of the show with the addition of young, good-looking police officers and a whole new CID team. Emery describes Spears as: "a feisty kick ass kind of girl". After two years, Emery was given the sack by the new executive producer who killed off Spears along with several other under-used characters in "The Sun Hill Fire" (008).

After The Bill, Emery made a guest appearance in an episode of the series Doctors and reprised her role as Kate Spears for a spoof skit show, Jon Culshaw. She had roles in the films LD 50 Lethal Dose and Den of Lions, and in 2004 appeared as Frida in a stage production of Luigi Pirandello's Henry IV at the Donmar Warehouse, London. Emery played a reporter in the 2005 mock documentary-style film Brothers of the Head about conjoined twins who become a rock phenomenon, with one of whom her character has a relationship.

On 26 September 2008, Emery appeared in Robson Green's Wire in the Blood as Dr. Rachel White, who is murdered in her hotel room.

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Cairbre

Cairbre (Cairpre, Coirpre) is a name of historical significance in medieval Irish culture, attributed to various figures in both mythology and history. Some notable individuals associated with the name include:

 * Cairbre, son of Ogma, celebrated as a poet and satirist among the Tuatha Dé Danann
 * Cairbre Nia Fer, a legendary king of Tara
 * Cairbre Cuanach, a renowned Ulster warrior in mythology
 * Cairbre Cinnchait, a legendary 1st-century usurper High King of Ireland
 * Cairbre Lifechair, a 3rd-century High King of Ireland
 * Coirpre mac Néill, son of Niall of the Nine Hostages and the eponymous founder of the Cenél Coirpri, associated with the barony of Carbury in County Kildare
 * Three sons of Conaire Cóem: Cairpre Músc, Cairpre Baschaín, and Cairpre Riata
 * Coirpre Cromm mac Crimthainn, a Munster king

Places

 * Carbery (disambiguation), the anglicized spelling of places named Cairbre or similar in Irish

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