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The name Ariel (Hebrew, "Lion of God") is a prophetic name for Jerusalem found in the Hebrew Bible and Jewish, Christian and secular literature.^[1]

Ariel may refer to:

Places[link]

• Ariel, one of the names for Jerusalem
• Ariel (city), an Israeli settlement and a city in the central West Bank
• Ariel University Center of Samaria, Israeli university
• Ariel (moon), a moon of Uranus
• Lake Ariel, Pennsylvania, a town and its namesake lake in the United States

People[link]

• Ariel (given name), any of several real or fictional people of that name

• Ariel, stage name of female pro wrestler Shelly Martinez

Fictional characters[link]

• Ariel (The Tempest), a character in William Shakespeare's play The Tempest
• Ariel (anime), an anime video series
• Ariel (angel), an angel in Judaism, Christianity (Gnostic) and occult lore
• Ariel (The Little Mermaid), the title character of the 1989 film The Little Mermaid

Film[link]

• Ariel Award, a Mexican Academy of Film award
• Ariel (film), a 1988 Finnish film by Aki Kaurismäki

Publications[link]

• Ariel (novel), a science fiction novel by Russian author Alexander Beliaev
• Ariel (newspaper), the in-house magazine of the BBC
• Ariel, an Israeli literary magazine since 1962
• Ariel's Crossing, a novel by American writer Bradford Morrow
• Ariel (book), the last book of poetry by Sylvia Plath
  • "Ariel" (poem), poem by Plath this book is named for
• Ariel: The Book of Fantasy, a periodical published in the 1970s in book form
• Ariel (campus newspaper), the former campus newspaper at the University of Minnesota
• Ariel, published in 1900, a highly influential work by Uruguayan essayist José Enrique Rodó
• Ariel, literary arts magazine at Washington and Lee University
• Ariel, a comedic newspaper by Israel Zangwill
• Ariel, a novel by French writer Andre Maurois
• Ariel, a 1983 post-apocalyptic fantasy by Steve Boyett

Television[link]

• Ariel, a planet visited in "The Last Sunset", an episode of Space: 1999
• "Ariel" (Firefly episode), an episode of the television series Firefly

Music[link]

• Meir Ariel (1942–1999), Israeli singer-songwriter
• Ariel (band), an Australian rock band of the mid-1970s
• Ariel (Canadian band), a Quebec-based French Canadian band
• "Ariel" (song) by Dean Friedman
• Ariels, an album by electronica band Bent
• "Ariel", a song by The Cure unreleased until remastered on their album The Top
• "Ariel", a song by the British hard rock band Rainbow on their album Stranger in Us All
• Ariel, an EP by downtempo band Alpha
• "Motion of Ariel", a song by The Loud Family on their album Attractive Nuisance
• "Ariel", a song by Babes In Toyland from the album Nemesisters
• "Ariel", a song by Diane Birch from the album Bible Belt
• "Ariel", a song by October Project
• "Ariel", a song by Braid on the album Frame and Canvas

Commercial products[link]

• Ariel, a Beanie Baby bear produced by Ty, Inc. in memory of Ariel Glaser
• Ariel (laundry), a washing powder brand

Vehicles[link]

• Ariel (American automobile)
• Ariel Atom, a sports car with an exoskeletal chassis
• Ariel Ltd, a modern British car company
• Ariel Motorcycles a defunct British motorcycle manufacturer
• Ariel (vehicle), a former manufacturer of motorcycles, bicycles, and cars, including a car of the same name
• Ariel 3, the first artificial satellite designed and built in the United Kingdom

Ships[link]

• Ariel (clipper), a British clipper ship
• Ariel (schooner), a 4-masted schooner built by Matthew Turner
• HMS Ariel, any of ten ships of the Royal Navy
• ST Ariel, a tugboat
• USS Ariel, any of five ships of the United States Navy

Other[link]

• Ariel Gazelle, another name for the Dorcas Gazelle
• Operation Ariel, the British military evacuation from western France in World War II

See also[link]

• Arielle (given name)
• Aerial (disambiguation)
• Arial, a font
• Ari (lion)
• Ari (name)

References[link]

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Ariel Zuckermann is an Israeli conductor.

Ariel Zuckermann began his musical career as flautist. A student of Paul Meisen and András Adorján, he also took master courses with Alain Marion and Aurèle Nicolet. Winner of a number of renowned international competitions, he played under conductors such as Lorin Maazel, Daniel Barenboim, Zubin Mehta and Riccardo Muti in orchestras such as the Symphony Orchestra of the Bavarian Radio, Munich Philharmonic, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and Bavarian State Opera. Since 2002 he has been soloist of Kolsimcha - The World Quintet,^[1] an ensemble which has recorded extensively and performs worldwide.

Ariel Zuckermann studied orchestral conducting with Jorma Panula at the Royal College of Music, Stockholm. In May 2004 he graduated from Munich’s Musikhochschule as conducting student of Bruno Weil and shortly afterwards was appointed Music Director of the Georgian Chamber Orchestra.

In 2003/2004, was appointed Assistant Conductor to Iván Fischer with the Budapest Festival Orchestra where he acquired a large repertoire and conducted many performances.

Further conducting engagements include concerts and recordings with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Basel and Lucerne Symphony Orchestras, Bavarian State Opera, KBS Radio Orchestra Seoul, Belgrade Philharmonic, Hungarian National Philharmonic, Munich Bach Collegium, Bremen Philharmonic as well as Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic.

In November 2007 he made his debut with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin at Berlin’s Philharmonie. Engagements in 2008/09 lead him to the WDR Symphony Orchestra in Cologne, Munich Radio Orchestra, Vienna Chamber Orchestra,^[2] Prague Philharmonic and see return visits to the Hungarian National and Bremen Philharmonics.

Ariel Zuckermann is represented by Harrison Parrott Management^[3]

References[link]

1. ^ Ariel Zukermann is a member of Kolsimcha
2. ^ The Vienna Chamber Orchestra - Ariel Zuckermann's web page
3. ^ Harrison Parrott Management - Ariel Zuckemann's web page

External links[link]

• Ariel Zuckermann's official site
• YouTube video clip - Ariel Zuckermann conducting the Israel Philharmonic with Eyal Ein-Habar playing Rodrigo Flute Concerto (3rd Movement).
• YouTube video clip - Ariel Zuckermann conducting the Israel Philharmonic with 500 young flautists playing a Minuet from Suite 2 of Bach.
• YouTube video clip - Ariel Zukermann playing the flute with the Israel Philharmonic (and with Eyal Ein-Habar): Bach, Suite 2, Badinerie.
• YouTube video clip - Ariel Zuckerman conducting the Georgian Chamber Orchestra of Ingolstadt with violinist Alexander Kagan performing the Mozart No. 5 violin concerto (part 3).
• Ariel Zuckermann's recording at ArkivMusic.com.
• The Hong Kong Sinfonietta - Ariel Zuckemann's web page

Ariel Pink
Ariel Pink in Stockholm, Sweden
Background information
Birth name	Ariel Marcus Rosenberg
Born	(1978-06-24) June 24, 1978 (age 34)
Origin	Los Angeles, California, United States
Genres	Psychedelic pop, noise pop, lo-fi, outsider music, freak folk, avant-garde music
Occupations	Musician
Instruments	Vocals, bass, guitar, keyboards, percussion
Years active	1996–present
Labels	Paw Tracks, Human Ear Music, UUAR, Manimal Vinyl, 4AD, Ballbearings Piñatas, JesusWarhol
Associated acts	John Maus, R. Stevie Moore, coL, Lilys, Holy Shit
Website	arielpink.com

Ariel Pink (born Ariel Marcus Rosenberg; June 24, 1978) is a Los Angeles-based recording artist who is sometimes associated with the freak folk^[1] scene.

Biography[link]

Ariel Pink was raised in the Pico-Robertson^[2] area of Los Angeles, attending Beverly Hills High School and later the California Institute of the Arts.^[3] In high school, Pink was a fan of such Gothic rock acts as Christian Death, Bauhaus, The Sisters of Mercy, and The Cure^[4] (whom he cites as his favorite band^[5]). He started writing songs "around age 10"^[2] and has recorded over 500 songs on hundreds of cassette tapes^[6] since 1996.

Pink produces and plays almost all of his own music, and is noted for creating drum sounds using primarily his mouth,^[7] and sometimes his armpits.^[8] His home recording technique gives his music a very lo-fi sound, to the point where new listeners may mistake the era of his music. Pink's influences range from R. Stevie Moore--friend, mentor, and "father of home recording"^[9]—to Michael Jackson.^[10]

Aside from his music, Pink creates and sells semi-abstract and surreal grotesque drawings which can be viewed at his unofficial website.^[11]

Pink married Lisa Daniels in July 2002; they divorced in 2005.^{[citation needed]} He currently lives alone.^[12]

Career[link]

From 2000–2002, Pink collaborated with fellow Los Angeles recording artist coL, which resulted in each being featured on one another's albums.^[13][14] In the summer of 2003, Pink passed a CD-R on to New York based band Animal Collective^[5][15] after being introduced by mutual friend and occasional collaborator Jimi Hey (All Night Radio, Indian Jewelry, Beachwood Sparks, The Rapture)^[8] at one of their shows. Unbeknownst to Pink, Animal Collective had recently started their own record label, Paw Tracks. Animal Collective member Josh Dibb remembers:

Several weeks later they contacted him to sign him on Paw Tracks.^[8] Pink became the first musician on the label aside from the members of Animal Collective.^[16] The next year, the label reissued The Doldrums, an album which had been originally recorded in 1999. Since then, Paw Tracks (now co-owned by Carpark Records) has released two other reissues of Pink's previous recordings, Worn Copy and House Arrest.

Pink has gradually caught the attention of media sources around the United States as well as internationally.^[3][17] As most of his albums are self-made, many of them have never been heard by fans. Almost all of Pink's albums which have been commercially released come from his recently released "Haunted Graffiti" series^[18] and are thus the best known.

Pink's solo tours have generally been met with much negativity, primarily because his music was never intended to be performed live for commercial audiences.^[18] As he explained to LA Weekly:^[19]

In 2006, Pink's collaboration with Holy Shit front-man Matt Fishbeck led to the release of Stranded at Two Harbors.^[20]

Ariel Pink crowd surfing in Stockholm, Sweden.

After initially playing shows with pre-recorded music, Pink later employed the efforts of Gary War, Dana Young , Robert Robinson (Sore Eros), Tim Koh (White Magic), and John Maus while touring. In 2008, Pink formed a new band with keyboardist/guitarist/backing vocalist Kenny Gilmore, drummer/vocalist/guitarist Jimi Hey, and guitarist Cole M. Greif-Neill (Ethnik Klensr, The Samps, Nite Jewel), who became known as Haunted Graffiti.^[21] Drummer Aaron Sperske (Beachwood Sparks, Lilys) has since replaced Jimi Hey, and guitarist Joseph Kennedy has replaced Greif-Neill. Consistent touring with a fixed band lineup has led to a much more accessible and musically tighter show for concert goers.

In July, 2008, Haunted Graffiti toured with Chairlift. In March 2009, Haunted Graffiti toured the US with Cryptacize^[22] and in April 2009 with Vivian Girls; the tour culminated in a performance at Coachella.

In November 2009, Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti was signed to 4AD records.^[23] He released a new mp3 single "Round and Round" in March 2010, marking a studio quality departure from his former lo-fi recordings.^[24] 4AD released it as a 7" single, backed with "Mistaken Wedding".^[25] A new album, Before Today, followed on June 8, 2010.^[26] Before Today was recognized by Pitchfork in their "Best New Music" category. The album includes some new versions of songs released on previous records, notably "L'Estat (acc. to the widow's maid)", "Round and Round" (formerly titled "Frontman/Hold On (I'm Calling)") and "Beverly Kills".^[27]

In December 2010, Pitchfork named "Round and Round" the number 1 song on their list of The Top 100 Tracks of 2010.^[28] Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti were chosen by Animal Collective to perform at the All Tomorrow's Parties festival that they curated in May 2011.^[29]

Discography[link]

Albums[link]

• House Arrest / Lover Boy (2002)
• The Doldrums (2004)
• Worn Copy (2005)
• Ariel Rosenberg's Thrash and Burn: Pre (2006)
• Scared Famous (2007)
• Underground (2007)
• Odditties Sodomies Vol. 1 (2008)
• Before Today (2010) (#163 U.S.)^[30]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Ariel's Official Website
• Ariel Pink haunted house (created by R. Stevie Moore)
• Human Ear Music: Ariel and friends' label
• Paw Tracks
• You Can Not Move In With Ariel Pink...
• Bad Vibes with Ariel Pink
• Ariel Pink interview live Ola's Kool Kitchen Radio23

Dana White
Born	(1969-07-28) July 28, 1969 (age 42) Manchester, CT, U.S.
Residence	Las Vegas, Nevada
Nationality	American
Occupation	President
Known for	Managing The Ultimate Fighting Championship
Style	Boxercise [1]
Net worth	US$150 million (2010)[2]
Height	5 ft 11 in
Spouse	Anne
Children	3

Dana White (born July 28, 1969) is the current President of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a mixed martial arts organization based in the United States.

Biography[link]

Born in Manchester, Connecticut on July 28, 1969, White grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada, Ware, Massachusetts and Levant, Maine. White is a passionate Boston Red Sox fan. During his youth, he bounced back and forth between Boston and Maine. He attended the University of Massachusetts Boston but did not finish; however, while there he did launch a boxing program for inner-city youth.^[3]

White has a background as an aerobics instructor. In 1992, White established Dana White Enterprises in Las Vegas. He conducted aerobics classes at three gyms^[4] in the Las Vegas area and began managing MMA fighters Tito Ortiz and Chuck Liddell.

While working as a manager, White learned that Semaphore Entertainment Group, the parent company of the UFC, was looking for a buyer for the UFC. White contacted childhood friend Lorenzo Fertitta, an executive at Station Casinos, and a former commissioner of the Nevada State Athletic Commission. Within a month, Lorenzo and his older brother Frank bought the UFC, with White installed as its president.^[5] White currently owns about 9% of Zuffa, LLC, the entity the Fertitta brothers created to own and manage the UFC.^[3]

White failed to comment on a potential network broadcast deal at the UFC 136 press conference. The next day it was confirmed that the UFC and Fox broadcast networks had made a multiple year deal.^[6]

Controversy[link]

Loretta Hunt[link]

On April 1, 2009, White was videotaped in a verbal tirade against Loretta Hunt, a sportswriter for Sherdog, in response to an article she wrote. In the video posted on his YouTube account, White used derogatory language in an obscenity-laced rant. The video was pulled from his official UFC YouTube page but has been widely republished across the internet and come under fire, including by GLAAD for his use of anti-gay slurs.^[7][8][9] White would later apologize for his slurs. He specifically did not include Hunt in the apology.^[10] Hunt responded by saying "I stand by the story. It's accurate."^{[citation needed]}

Miguel Torres[link]

In December of 2011, White cut fighter Miguel Torres from the UFC after Torres tweeted "If a rape van was called a surprise van, more women wouldn’t mind going for rides in them. Everyone likes surprises." In an interview with Sports Illustrated confirming Torres' firing over the controversial remarks, White claimed "Now there's no explanation for that. There's absolutely nothing I could say to make any sense of that. And the fact that he even thinks that's funny or that's a joke, it disturbs me. It bothers me." The firing of Torres immediately sparked controversy after it was revealed that White did not similarly punish two fighters of greater marquee value – Forrest Griffin and Rashad Evans, both of whom have fought in the main event of multiple Pay-Per-View cards and the latter slated to fight in the main event of a fight card scheduled to air on the FOX network on January 28, 2012 – for making similarly offensive remarks:^[11] Griffin commenting that "Rape is the new missionary"^[12] and Evans evoking the recent child abuse scandal involving Penn State University while promoting a fight.^[13] Torres has since re-signed with the UFC after having a talk with Dana.

Charity[link]

In December 2010 White donated $50,000 to the Fransisco Espinoza foundation. White donated approximately $8,000 to help pay for the brain tumor treatment of two-year-old British girl, Ruby Owen. The young girl's family had described themselves as being "shocked and over the moon". Ruby Owen's uncle, being a UFC fan had contacted White via email and asked if he could help by donating to the Ruby Owen fund raising website. White and Owen have never officially met.^[14] In an act of compassion towards a fan, he gave $300 to one man without hesitation who said that he "just received a speeding ticket while racing across town to meet him".^[15] Shortly after being named 2009 Nevada Sportsman of The Year, White added $100,000 from his pocket to the $250,000 total raised for the fund raising marathon sponsored by ESPN Radio 1100 for Las Vegas.^[16]

Feud with M-1 Global[link]

After signing negotiations with M-1 Global Russian Heavyweight MMA fighter Fedor Emelianenko fell through in 2009,^[17] White and the UFC became the subject of debate and criticism from fans and experts alike. On several occasions, White referred to Emelianenko as "a fake, a phony and a farce.^[18][19]

On June 26th, 2010 following Emelianenko's first legitimate defeat of his career to Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu ace Fabricio Werdum, White shared a simple ":)" via Twitter.^[20] The same symbol was expressed by White following Emelianenko's 2nd round doctor stoppage loss to Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva in the opening round of the 2011 Strikeforce GP.^[21] White followed this with an insult to Fedor's manager and M-1 Global President Vadim Finkelstein.^[22] This began a war of words on the social networking site. M-1 Global’s director of operations, Evgeni Kogan, stood up for Finkelstein and invited White to repeat his words to Finkelstein in person. When fans attempted to reason with White, they were met with similar contempt and insults.^[23]

There is controversy over whether Fedor Emelianenko and White have actually met.^[24] White has claimed to have met Emelianenko on a "crazy island in the middle of nowhere".^[25] In 2011, Emelianenko denied that this encounter ever took place.^[26]

Personal life[link]

White and his wife have two sons and a daughter.^[27] He is an atheist, and has stated that he is "fascinated" by religion.^[28]

Accomplishments[link]

• Nevada Sportsman of the Year (2009)^[29]
• Wrestling Observer Newsletter Awards
  • Promoter of the Year (2005–2011/present)^[30][31]
• World MMA Awards
  • Leading Man of the Year 2011
  • Leading Man of the Year 2010
• Armed Forces Foundation
  • Patriot Award^[32]

References[link]

External links[link]

• UFC homepage
• June/July Men's Fitness cover story
• Dana White at the Internet Movie Database
• Dana White on Twitter
• Dana White Signs Fox

Ariel Helwani is an award-winning Canadian mixed martial arts journalist.^[1][2][3][4]

Biography[link]

Helwani, who has been covering MMA professionally since 2006, was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He grew up in a Jewish family in the Town of Mount Royal and Westmount and attended the Akiva School and Herzliah High School.^[5] In 2004, he graduated from Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.^[4][6] He works for MMAFighting.com (SB Nation)^[7] and NBC Sports^[7], and he serves as an "MMA Insider" for Fuel TV's weekly "UFC Tonight" show and other pre and post-event programming.^[8] He is the former co-host of the Sirius XM radio show "Fight Club",^[5] and is currently the host of "The MMA Hour" podcast.^[9][6]

Helwani's mother is from Lebanon and his father is from Egypt.^[10] Helwani currently lives with his wife Jaclyn Stein in the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City.

Awards[link]

Helwani was awarded MMA Journalist of the Year at the 2010 and 2011 World MMA Awards.^[11][7]

In 2011, FIGHT! Magazine named him as one of their "Power 20", a list of the "most significant power players, movers, shakers, ambassadors, and game-changers in MMA," describing him as "the Howard Cosell of MMA".^[6]

References[link]

External links[link]

• MMAFighting.com

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