Bouba (make-up artist)

Bouba a.k.a. Hamza Slim is a make-up artist based in Lebanon. He has worked with celebrities including Haifa Wehbe, Ahlam, Latifa, Shames, Shatha Hassoun, and Amar.
Career.
When he first moved back to Beirut in 2005 Bouba launched his career as a make-up artist in Verdun. Bouba participated in fashion events for Haute Couture designers including Nicolas Jebran, Vivienne Westwood, Dolce & Gabbana, and Garnier. He has worked with Layla Kanaan, Yehya Saade, Saiid Marouk, Sherif Tarhini, Walid Nassif, Fady Haddad, Joe Bou Eid, Yasser El Yassery, David Abdallah, Roger Moukarzel, Charbel Bou Mansour, Karin Bader, and Jean-Clause Bejjany.
He is also a representative of several beauty workshops around the Middle East and in Europe, . In 2015, Bouba moved to the next step in his professional career by opening his own beauty center, "Beautique by Bouba". The shop is located in Verdun and consists of a team of 8 members of make-up artists, manicurists, and beauty specialists.


Nidec Copal Corporation

The , or Copal, is a Japanese manufacturer of optical, electronic and mechanical equipment, primarily for the photographic industry. It has been a subsidiary of Nidec Corporation since 1998, and was formerly known as the Copal Corporation. The company began operation in 1946, with small-scale production of photographic shutters; these are still one of the company's best-known products.
In the 1960s the company began producing the well-known Copal Square vertically travelling metal blade focal plane shutter, which was very successful and was used in cameras by many prominent manufacturers.
The "Copal Square-S", for example used in the Konica T3s (1973-1978) and the Nikkormat FT, is very reliable. It works over a wide temperature range. The electronically controlled Copal "Square E" (1968) was used in the Yashica TL Electro X, the Canon EF, the Nikkormat EL. For Minolta XE and the Leica R3 the Copal-Leitz Shutter "CLS" was developed in 1972. For the professional Nikon F4 built 1988 until 1996 the Copal "Square" was developed and reached 1/8000 s and 1/250 s with flash.
In 2020 Nidec Copal has round about 6,450 employees and manufactures devices, that are used in automobiles, optical products and Tablets beside shutters for digital cameras.


Hype Williams (band)

Hype Williams is a music and art group best known for consisting of UK-born artist Dean Blunt and Russian-born artist Inga Copeland (aka Lolina) between 2007 and 2012. Supposedly founded in 2005 as a "relay" project passed between artists every five years, the group has given few interviews, leaving music journalists and the media in doubt as to the exact nature of the project.
Background, style and career.
The group's work encompasses widely experimental music releases marked by a lo-fi sound, including their 2011 album "One Nation" on Hippos in Tanks, and distinctive video pieces, including the defunct YouTube channel "pollyjacobsen," which featured a bizarrely cryptic range of content. Their work has drawn irreverently on popular culture and incorporated opaque imagery and contexts, as well as an idiosyncratic online presence. In 2011 they were signed to Hyperdub.
The group's lineup has remained obscure, although Blunt's artistic style has been heard within newer releases, and a variety of other names have also been invoked as members. A mysterious representative named Denna Frances Glass has alternately been posited as either the manager of the project or a fake identity created by Blunt and Copeland. In 2016, Glass announced that Blunt and Copeland were no longer part of the project, which would be continuing with other members.


Jan Scott

Jan Spencer Scott (September 26, 1914 – April 17, 2003) was an American production designer and art director. She won 11 Primetime Emmy Awards, more than any woman in the history of television and more than any other production designers. Scott was nominated for Emmy Awards a record total of 29 times. She was also a president of the Art Directors Guild and also served as a vice-president, second vice-president and governor of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
Early years.
Scott was born in Water Valley, Mississippi, in 1914. Her family moved to Carbondale, Illinois, while Scott was an infant. Her father worked for a railroad, and her mother was an artist who died when she Scott was one-and-a-half or two years old. She attended Carbondale Community High School and then studied architecture at the University of Chicago.
Art directing.
NBC Chicago.
While still studying at the University of Chicago, Scott began working at NBC in Chicago. She did design, scenic painting, carpentry, and lighting work for local television programs. Among others, she worked on a news show with Hugh Downs and a cooking show. She did internships at WPTZ in Philadelphia and another at MIT.
NBC New York.
In 1955, Scott moved to New York City where she to worked as an art director for NBC. In New York, she worked on live drama shows, including "NBC Opera Theatre". She also painted sets for the Metropolitan Opera
Her first prolonged assignment at NBC was as the art director on the "DuPont Show of the Month", an anthology drama series that began production in 1957. On the DuPont show, she worked closely with directors George Roy Hill, Fielder Cook, and Franklin J. Schaffner. She also worked with Schaffer on "Hallmark Hall of Fame", including "A Doll's House".
She received an Emmy nomination for her art direction on the 1958 production "Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates", broadcast as part of the "Hallmark Hall of Fame" series. For Hans Brinker, she designed an ice rink in Brooklyn. She was also nominated on her work for "Big Deal in Loredo".
1960s and 1970s.
In 1960, she worked on Sidney Lumet's Emmy-nominated production of "Sacco-Vanzetti Story". Scott's work on that production included the courtroom and the jail.
She worked on a television productions of several musicals in the late 1960s, including "Brigadoon", "Carousel", "Kismet", and "Kiss Me Kate". She won Emmy Awards for her work on "Kismet" and "Kiss Me Kate".
She won her third Emmy Award for the 1970 "CBS Playhouse" production of "Shadow Game", a drama directed by Paul Bogart" set against the 1965 Northeast blackout. She also worked that year on the PBS courtroom drama "The Andersonville Trial" directed by George C. Scott.
In 1972, she art directed for the PBS production "The Scarecrow". Scott later said that it was her favorite production. Her work included interiors for a large New England house.
In 1974, she worked on "The Lie" for "Playhouse 90", another production for which she won two Emmy Awards.
She won three Emmy Awards for her work on the ABC mini-series "Eleanor and Franklin" (1976) and its sequel "" (1977). The two mini-series won a total of 17 Emmy Awards.
In 1976, she worked on the "Roots" miniseries. She stayed for the first six episodes. She left the production due to conflicts with Hutu members of the cast.
Other notable works in the late 1970s included "The Gathering" (1977) and "Orphan Train".
She moved to Los Angeles in the 1970s, purchasing in a house in the Hollywood Hills.
1980s and 1990s.
She next won an Emmy Award for her work on the "Evergreen" (1985), a miniseries that spanned the history of a Jewish family over a 50-year period. "Evergreen" was shot partly in Israel and partly in New York's Lower East Side. She won an Emmy Award for "Evergreen". She also won Emmy Awards for "Foxfire" (1987), "I'll Be Home for Christmas" (1988), and 'Harvest of Fire" (1996).
Later years.
Scott died in 2003 at age 88 at her home in the Hollywood Hills. She was posthumously inducted into the Art Directors Guild Hall of Fame in 2006.


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Rob Boyle

Robert Boyle is a game designer who has worked primarily on role-playing games.
Career.
Rob Boyle had been an editor at FASA during its waning days, and decided not to go over to WizKids when the new company was forming, as he knew that they would not be working on FASA's roleplaying lines. Boyle considered making a bid to license "Shadowrun", but before he could, Fantasy Productions expressed interest in "Shadowrun" themselves. Fantasy Productions founder Werner Fuchs invited Boyle to visit him in Germany, and Boyle was soon setting up and running FanPro LLC, a new corporation created by two of the principals of the Fantasy Productions and Boyle himself. They created the new USA subsidiary FanPro LLC to hold the rights to FASA's game lines. FanPro licensed "Shadowrun" in early 2001, and Boyle took over as Line Editor. FanPro got "Shadowrun" going again almost immediately, and Boyle's biggest concern was continuing the metaplot. Boyle also tried out something new: the downloadable "Shadowrun Missions", which were overseen by Rich Osterhout in their first season. Boyle started working on a few edition of "Shadowrun" around 2003, having decided that the game needed simplification, which was published as "Shadowrun, Fourth Edition" (2005).
In 2007, Boyle and Randall N. Bills tried to buy FanPro LLC from Fantasy Productions and when that did not work out they threatened to leave and implied that they would be bidding for the WizKids licenses, which were just coming up for renewal. WizKids stepped in to mediate; although they were not willing to let Boyle and Bills create a new company, they were willing to give the licenses to InMediaRes. After acquiring the rights to "Shadowrun" and "Battletech", InMediaRes took on Boyle and Bills as regular staff – which had been part of the agreement with WizKids; Boyle remained as the "Shadowrun" Line Editor for the next few years, while Bills became a Managing Director of InMediaRes. Catalyst Game Labs's fourth roleplaying line was "Eclipse Phase" (2009), the product of Posthuman Studios, a new game design studio created by Boyle, "Shadowrun" writer Brian Cross, and graphic designer Adam Jury. Boyle had been thinking about the idea for his game studio since he had come over from FanPro, and following the publication of "Eclipse Phase", Boyle would step away from his role as "Shadowrun" developer. Boyle was not able to put any supplements out for "Eclipse Phase" before problems at Catalyst eventually caused him to part ways with the company.


Art in Ruins

Art in Ruins was formed in 1984 as a collaborative interventionist practice in art and architecture, staging exhibitions and publishing texts, by Hannah Vowles and Glyn Banks.
History and practice.
Art in Ruins, based in Bloomsbury, London, uses 1960s conceptual art strategies utilized by Art & Language and Gilbert and George. Works include "Trust Us" (1997) and "We Like You" (1995). Their reaction to current art is "iconoclastic" with "a sort of supersensitivity to the politics of art." They curated the exhibition "Our Wonderful Culture" (St George's Crypt, Bloomsbury 1995) and collaborated with Stewart Home, Ed Baxter, and others on "Ruins of Glamour, Glamour of Ruins" (Chisenhale Gallery 1986) and "Desire in Ruins" (Transmission Gallery, Glasgow 1987).
Since the early 1990s, Art in Ruins have been satirising self-expression and focusing on art's economic basis. Like General Idea and Group Material, "Art in Ruins" may be a group "but they are first and foremost a demolition squad whose target is the last vestiges of value...more than a name" Art in Ruins "is a whole programme."
Their work has been exhibited in major cities throughout Europe. They have been Visiting Professors at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich. In 1991, Art in Ruins were awarded the DAAD Künstlerprogramm Berlin Stipendium. An exhibition concerning Third World Debt and migration entitled "Conceptual Debt" was shown at the DAAD Galerie Berlin followed by the discursive event on art activism "trap" with Stephan Geene and Büro Bert at Kunst-Werke Institute for Contemporary Art Berlin in 1993.
Art in Ruins has been in limbo since 2001. This "silence" is the subject of an artist's project and it has also been the subject of two editions of "Wavelength" arts programme on the community radio station Resonance FM. Their website is at Art in Ruins
Art in Ruins themselves have said: "it may be that it is our extremely visible failure to be indexed in the recent history of the dominant culture that is our greatest success."


Garry Spiegle

Garry Floyd Spiegle (August 12, 1945 in Fairfield, Alabama – June 25, 2018) was a game designer who worked primarily on role-playing games.
Career.
After the original Dragonlance group began, the Dragonlance Series Design Team was later expanded to also include Margaret Weis, Douglas Niles, Bruce Nesmith, Mike Breault, Roger Moore, Laura Hickman, Linda Bakk, Michael Dobson and Garry Spiegle. Between 1983 and 1984, approximately 200 people left TSR as a result of multiple rounds of layoffs; as a result Spiegle joined CEO John Rickets, as well as Mark Acres, Andria Hayday, Gaye Goldsberry O'Keefe, Gali Sanchez, Carl Smith, Stephen D. Sullivan, and Michael Williams in forming the game company Pacesetter on January 23, 1984.
His "D&D" design work includes "Death's Ride" (1984) and "The Kidnapping of Princess Arelina" (1984).
Garry Spiegle died on June 25, 2018, of a heart attack at the age of 72.


Costume Designers Guild Awards 2020

The 23rd Costume Designers Guild Awards, honoring the best costume designs in film, television, and media for 2020, is set to be held on April 13, 2021. The nominees were announced on March 4, 2021.


O.D.T.

O.D.T. (O.D.T.: Escape... Or Die Trying in North America) is an action-adventure video game developed by FDI and published by Psygnosis for PlayStation and Microsoft Windows.
Reception.
The game received mixed reviews on both platforms according to the review aggregation website GameRankings. "Next Generation" said of the PlayStation version, "There are some neat things in the game such as the batwinged familiar that follows the mage around and the spellcasting interface, but in the end this game is a drag."


Alice Temperley

Alice Temperley MBE (born 22 July 1975) is an English fashion designer based in London. Her fashion label, Temperley London was launched in 2000.
In 2006, "The Guardian" noted that she had been described by "American Vogue" as the designer making the biggest waves in British fashion. More recently, she has been described as the "English Ralph Lauren".
Career.
Alice Temperley grew up in Somerset, on her parents' cider farm and graduated from the Royal College of Art and Central Saint Martins. She established Temperley London, together with her then boyfriend Lars von Bennigsen in 2000. The brand has become known for its focus on luxurious fabrics and hand-finishes
Temperley hosted her first fashion show in Notting Hill, London in 2003. In 2005, she moved her fashion shows to New York where she showed until 2011 (with the exception of the Spring Summer 2009 show in London). The brand's tenth anniversary show was held at the British Museum.
For four consecutive seasons, from 2009 to 2011, Temperley presented her collections via multimedia installations rather than traditional catwalk shows.
Company.
The company is privately owned and run by Alice Temperley
In 2012, it was reported that Temperley London producing 10 collections across three lines, including cruise and pre fall collections. A fourth line, Somerset by Alice Temperley was introduced as a high-street collaboration in 2012.
Brands and retail activity.
Temperley Bridal launched in 2007. In spring of 2010 Temperley London launched ‘ALICE by Temperley', a diffusion line targeting a younger demographic and containing more affordable and casual pieces. The range was carried by major department, including Harvey Nichols, Selfridges and Harrods in London, Neiman Marcus in New York, Isetan in Japan and Net-A-Porter online. This line has been closed, under CEO Ulrik Garde Due (who joined in 2013), in order to focus on: "one brand and one message".
Temperley has five stand-alone boutiques, with a flagship on Mayfair's Bruton Street and an occasion-wear boutique in Notting Hill. Further stand-alone stores are located in Los Angeles, Dubai and Doha. Additionally, Temperley London is sold in 300 stores in 37 countries.
Somerset by Alice Temperley, the designer's first high street collaboration, launched with British retailer John Lewis in September 2012. The line is the fastest selling fashion collection in the department store's history.
Recognition.
Temperley has received several awards, including English Print Designer of the Year in 1999 at Indigo, Paris and "Elle" magazine's Best Young Designer of the Year Award in 2004. She was named one of Britain's top 35 female business leaders in 2006 and Designer of The Year at the Hollywood Style Awards in 2011.
Temperley was appointed an MBE in the 2011 New Year Honours for services to the fashion industry.
Wearers of Temperley designs have included The Duchess of Cambridge and her sister Pippa Middleton. Pippa Middleton wore a floor-length green Temperley gown for the evening reception at her sister's wedding. Her dresses have also been worn by Penélope Cruz, Thandiwe Newton and Portia Freeman. Other fans of the brand include Eva Mendes, Halle Berry and Sarah Michelle Gellar.
Personal life.
Temperley is the granddaughter of the mathematical physicist Neville Temperley. She met her husband, Lars von Bennigsen in 1998, while working as a waitress at the Met Bar in Mayfair. They married in 2002 in a 1920s-style wedding covered by the UK edition of "Vogue".
In September 2008, five days after the Temperley London SS09 fashion show, Temperley gave birth to her first child, a son named Fox London Temperley von Bennigsen Mackiewicz.
She and her husband separated in 2012.


Pit-Fighter

Pit-Fighter is a 1990 arcade fighting game by Atari Games which uses digitized live actors. The Japanese arcade release was published by Konami. Home versions were published by Tengen.
The graphical animations for the player character and opponents were created through a bluescreen process, where the various poses and moves were performed by real actors in front of a video camera. The game's on-screen character animation are replays of the actual footage, not a rotoscoped (redrawn) animation. "Pit-Fighter" is the second fighting game to use digitized sprites, after Home Data's "Reikai Dōshi: Chinese Exorcist".
Gameplay.
The gameplay is similar to Taito's "Violence Fight" and SNK's "Street Smart". The player must punch and kick their opponents until their energy runs out. If the player presses all three of the buttons at once, the character will perform a "super move". The player begins by choosing one of the three playable characters, who each have different moves, speed, and power. Up to three people can play at a time, but there will be extra opponents to fight during any of the game's 15 different matches.
Every third fight is a bonus round known as a Grudge Match. In a Grudge Match, the player must fight against a CPU controlled clone of the fighter if playing alone, or against the other players in a multiplayer game. Getting knocked down three times eliminates a player from the Grudge Match, the winner is the last one standing. Losing the Grudge Match does not eliminate a player, but the winner gets bonus money.
The final battle, the "Championship Match", is between the player and the mysterious entity that taunts between matches periodically, the Masked Warrior. If more than one person is playing the game before this match, they must fight each other to the death until only one becomes victorious and can fight him.
The crowd can interfere by attacking, dropping usable weapons, or pushing a stray player back into the fight. The "power pill" power-up makes the player temporarily stronger and take less damage from hits.
Characters.
"Pit-Fighter" features 3 playable fighters:
"Pit-Fighter" has 8 unplayable opponents. Several of the characters share the names of the actors who played them:
Others:
Releases.
In 1991, versions of the game were released for the Super NES, Mega Drive/Genesis, and Sega Master System, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, and ZX Spectrum. In February 1993, the Spectrum version was released as part of the "Super Fighter" compilation with "Final Fight" and "WWF WrestleMania". The Super NES version lacks the interactive audience, weapons, and three characters: Southside Jim, Heavy Metal, and Mad Miles.
Handheld versions were released for the Atari Lynx and the Game Boy in 1992. Tiger Electronics released its own dedicated handheld version.
An emulated version of the arcade game is in the 2004's Midway Arcade Treasures 2 for GameCube, PlayStation 2, and Xbox, and in "Midway Arcade Treasures Deluxe Edition" (2006) for Microsoft Windows. This version runs at a faster speed than the arcade original. "Pit-Fighter" is in the 2012 compilation "Midway Arcade Origins".
Reception.
In Japan, "Game Machine" listed "Pit-Fighter" in its January 1, 1991 issue as the seventh most successful table arcade unit of the year.
Julian Rignall of "Computer and Video Games" gave the game 90%, calling it a "thoroughly enjoyable beat 'em up which really packs a punch" and "one of the most enjoyable arcade fighting games in a long time". "Zzap!64" gave the game a more negative review, dubbing it an "anticlimactic beat'em up" and writing that the attract mode was the best part of the game. They criticized the limited frames of animation and compared it unfavorably to "The Combatribes" and "Final Fight".
"Computer Gaming World" approved of the Amiga version, stating that it ""is" the arcade game teleported", and concluded that the game "offers the two-player option missing in many fighter games and enough roughhousing to suit the most violent gamer".
George and Rob reviewed the Super NES version in "Nintendo Power". George commented that game was "extremely difficult to control" and that Rob commented on the graphics using digitized people, stating "it doesn't matter if it uses new technology or not. The question is "is the game fun?" and I think the answer in this case is "no"."
"MegaTech" magazine said the graphics were "badly defined with rough animation". "Mega" placed the Mega Drive version at #27 in its Top Mega Drive Games of All Time.
Legacy.
Electronic Gaming Monthly and GamePro had previews of a planned sequel, which the former magazine claimed was more than 75% finished and would be released for Sega Genesis in the fourth quarter of 1993. Kato, Buzz, and Ty were returning along with three new selectable fighters: Connor (Karate Champion), Tanya (Roller Queen), and Chief (Ex-bodyguard). Those are also three of the playable characters ultimately featured in Atari's subsequent game, "Guardians of the 'Hood". Pictures show two CPU fighters, Helga (level 1) and Jay-Jay (level 2).


Panzer General

Panzer General is a 1994 computer wargame developed and published by Strategic Simulations Inc. (SSI). It simulates conflict during World War II. The designers of "Panzer General" were heavily influenced by the Japanese wargame series "Daisenryaku".
"Panzer General" was a major commercial hit: 250,000 units were sold at full price, and long tail sales continued in the years ahead. It became and remained SSI's best-selling game across all genres, and was named the best-selling computer wargame of all time in 2007. It is the first in the commercially successful "Panzer General" series.
Gameplay.
"Panzer General" is a turn-based game, set on operational level hex maps. One plays lone scenarios from either Axis or Allied side and against a computer or human opponent. In Campaign Mode, the player assumes the role of a German Generalissimus against the Allied computer.
"Panzer General" is an operational-level game, and units approximate battalions, although the unit size and map scale from one scenario to the next are elastic. While the names and information for the units are reasonably accurate, the scenarios only approximate historical situations.
Its novel feature was to link individual scenarios into a campaign spanning World War II from 1939 to 1945. Units are able to gain experience and become stronger, where success in one battle would award the player prestige to upgrade units, acquire additional units, and select a better scenario for the next battle.
The game requires the player to use combined-arms tactics, where each unit is strong against some unit types but very vulnerable to others. Dug-in enemy positions must be softened by artillery, which is vulnerable and needs protection. Before attacking the infantry and anti-tank, one needs first to destroy the enemy artillery that protects them from behind. If no tanks can get within range, one does this mostly by bombers, but then it is advantageous to destroy the air defense units first. The fighter planes must negotiate dual roles: destroying the enemy air force and protecting their own bombers.
The player must carefully observe the road system to speed the advance, or may use Bridge engineers to cross the rivers. The game rewards a Blitzkrieg strategy - penetrating deep into the enemy positions while postponing the destruction of some of the encountered enemy units for later.
The performance of units is increased by their experience points, which are acquired through combat. In Campaign mode particularly, one then has to protect the experienced units as the most valuable assets.
Campaigns.
"Panzer General" has 38 scenarios based on real or fictitious battles from World War II. The player can engage in a single battle or a campaign mode.
In Campaign Mode, a series of battles unfold as a campaign heads to victory. There is one long campaign as Germany, with five starting locales:
The task in most scenarios is to take all objective cities in a given number of turns; taking them at least five turns earlier is considered a "major victory". In scenarios from later stages of war, the Germans try to hold positions against a stronger enemy. A typical task is then "hold at least two of our objective cities for 20 turns; for a major victory, hold at least five".
All campaigns branch out and end either by the general being sacked for incompetence or end of the war. In Campaign Mode, a major victory could possibly change known historical events. For example, after a major victory over France, the player invades Britain. Later in the game, after a major victory in Barbarossa, the player can convince the German High Command to attack Moscow immediately (which costs him or her much prestige) rather than diverting to Kiev before Moscow.
If the player achieves a major victory both in Britain and in Moscow, he or she is allowed to carry out an invasion of the United States and reach Washington. In any other case, he/she must fight well in many battles to get another chance to attack them. If either Britain or USSR survive this attack, they drive the Germans all the way back to Berlin. The best the player can do is to fight well in each battle to have enough prestige for the next one - and to achieve a major victory in the final defense of Berlin.
Development.
The design of "Panzer General" was based on the Japanese wargame "Daisenryaku". The Strategic Simulations (SSI) team had played a Japanese-language version of the game's Sega Genesis release extensively, and were inspired by its streamlined design. Scenario designer Chuck Kroegel later described "Panzer General"s structure as "diametrically opposed to the Gary Grigsby type of game that SSI was used to making". He noted that SSI founder Joel Billings was initially hesitant to adopt the design style. The company's Graeme Bayless later wrote of "Daisenryaku": "The genius in this game was the fact that it took the highly complex subject (WWII conflict on land) and boiled it down to the pertinent parts".
"Daisenryaku" would go on to serve as the inspiration for the entire "Panzer General" series.
Reception.
Sales.
"Panzer General" was a commercial success. By November 1995, it had sold over 100,000 copies in the United States and 50,000 in Europe. According to William R. Trotter of "PC Gamer US", it was particularly popular in Germany. By August 1996, sales had surpassed 250,000 copies. Describing the situation at the time, "Computer Gaming World" columnist Terry Coleman wrote: "When you consider that a new Windows 95 and Macintosh version has just been released, it seems fair to say that "PG" will be incontestably the best-selling historical wargame of all time". The following year, T. Liam McDonald of GameSpot reiterated that the game had sold over 250,000 copies, and noted that 60,000 of these sales came from its PlayStation release. In 2007, "Retro Gamer" dubbed "Panzer General" "greatest-selling true wargame of all time", and SSI's most successful title across all genres. The magazine noted that it had accrued 250,000 full-price units sold "and many more in the following years".
Computer versions.
"Panzer General" won "Computer Gaming World"s 1994 "Wargame of the Year" and "PC Gamer US"s "Best Wargame" awards, and was a runner-up for the former magazine's overall "Game of the Year" award, which went to "". The editors of "Computer Gaming World" called "Panzer General" "the first wargame since 1987 to garner the #1 spot on the "CGW" Top 100 poll—a fine endorsement for the most exciting wargame in a long time".
In 1996, "Next Generation" listed it as number 51 on their "Top 100 Games of All Time", contending that though the game's interface is simple, the complexity of the strategy is exceptional. In 1996, "Computer Gaming World" declared "Panzer General" the 15th-best computer game ever released, and listed the Game Over scene as #8 on its list of "the 15 best ways to die in computer gaming". The magazine's wargame columnist Terry Coleman named it his pick for the best computer wargame released by late 1996.
In 1996, "Panzer General" won the Origins Award for "Best Military or Strategy Computer Game of 1995".
Console ports.
Reviews for the 3DO version were generally positive. The four reviewers of "Electronic Gaming Monthly" remarked that the game's high level of complexity makes it difficult to get into and unappealing to anyone but enthusiasts of the genre, but that the gameplay design is solid and there is a strong dose of variety to the campaigns. A critic for "Next Generation" argued that while the music and battle animations quickly wear thin, the game allows them to be turned off and "what it lacks in style, it makes up in substance". He made particular note of the impressive depth of the strategy and the ability to control nearly every land and aircraft used in the World War II European theater. Sir Garnabus of "GamePro" complimented the accuracy of the 3DO port but otherwise panned the game, contending that war strategy games in general are poor due to their minimalist graphics and focus on thinking rather than acting.
In their brief review of the PlayStation version, "Next Generation" remarked: "One of the best PC wargames of all time and still highly thought of, this version doesn't miss a trick".
Legacy.
In 1996, Robert Mayer of "Computer Games Strategy Plus" argued:
Bruce Geryk of GameSpot argued that "Panzer General" "almost single-handedly resuscitated computer wargaming as a viable genre".
Direct sequels.
"Panzer General" was the first game in the "Panzer General" series, which grew in the years after its release. It was followed by "Allied General" ("Panzer General II" in Germany), which allows play from the Allied point of view and features four new campaigns. Other sequels include "Fantasy General", "Pacific General" and "Star General". Its mainline sequel, "Panzer General II" (titled "Panzer General 3D" in Germany), upgraded the interface to use an overlay of photorealistic terrain, and to display different unit facings, resulting in an improved appearance. In the April 2000 issue of "PC Gamer", it was voted the 44th best computer game of all time.
The series continued with "People's General", an upgraded version of "Panzer General II" based on a World War III scenario between China and the UN. "Panzer General" also provided a Play by Email (PBEM) system. "Panzer General 3D Assault" arrived in 1999, with fully 3D graphics. "" was released in 2000, with better graphics and a redesigned interface.


Annibale Padovano

Annibale Padovano (1527 – March 15, 1575) was an Italian composer and organist of the late Renaissance Venetian School. He was one of the earliest developers of the keyboard toccata.
Life.
Padovano was born in Padua — hence his name — but little is known about his early life. He first appears at St. Mark's in Venice on November 30, 1552, when he was hired as first organist at an annual salary of 40 ducats. He stayed at this post until 1565. St. Mark's at this time also began to employ a second organist (it was Claudio Merulo for the last eight years of Padovano's tenure), which allowed two simultaneous, spatially separated organs to perform in the huge space of the cathedral: this was a key development in music of the Venetian school, which was already using spatially separated choirs of voices. Merulo took over the job of first organist when Padovano left.
In 1566, Padovano left Venice to go to the Habsburg court in Graz. Many Venetian musicians left their native area to seek their fortunes in Habsburg domains, which generally remained friendly to Venice. Padovano became the director of music at Graz in 1570, and died there five years later.
Music and influence.
Although Padovano published a book of motets, a book of masses, and two books of madrigals, he is mainly remembered for his instrumental music. He was a notable early composer of ricercars, a predecessor of the fugue; many of the themes he used derived from plainchant, but he included considerable ornamentation in the melodic lines. In addition he often broke the theme up for motivic development in a surprisingly "modern" way, anticipating the developmental techniques of the common practice period.
Probably his most famous compositions are his toccatas, which were perhaps the earliest examples of the toccata in its more modern sense as an improvisatory, highly ornamented piece. Usually he included imitative interpolations between improvisatory sections, and also meter changes from duple to triple, anticipating later music of the Venetian school.
While in Bavaria he wrote an enormous mass for 24 voices, which makes use of three choirs of eight voices each. This composition was likely performed for the wedding of Duke Wilhelm V of Bavaria to Renata of Lorraine. This piece has been recorded by the Huelgas Ensemble, led by Paul Van Nevel.


Jim Horning

James Jay Horning (24 August 1942 – 18 January 2013) was an American computer scientist and ACM Fellow.
Overview.
Jim Horning received a PhD in computer science from Stanford University in 1969 for a thesis entitled "A Study of Grammatical Inference". He was a founding member, and later chairman, of the Computer Systems Research Group at the University of Toronto, Canada, from 1969 until 1977. He was then a Research Fellow at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) from 1977 until 1984 and a founding member and senior consultant at DEC Systems Research Center (DEC/SRC) from 1984 until 1996. He was founder and director of STAR Lab from 1997 until 2001 at InterTrust Technologies Corp.
Peter G. Neumann reported on 22 January 2013 in the RISKS Digest, Volume 27, Issue 14, that Horning had died on 18 January 2013.
Horning's interests included programming languages, programming methodology, specification, formal methods, digital rights management and computer/network security. A major contribution was his involvement with the Larch approach to formal specification with John Guttag (MIT) "et al."


Louis Cuny

Louis Cuny (24 November 1902 – 24 July 1962) was a French film director, screenwriter, film producer, production designer, and film editor.


Luigi Conconi

Luigi Conconi (Milan, 1852–1917) was an Italian painter, who is considered part of the Scapigliatura movement.
Biography.
Luigi Conconi graduated from the Milan Polytechnic in 1874 and started work as an architect, a career that he combined from the very outset with painting. Associated with the artist Tranquillo Cremona and the Scapigliatura movement, he founded the satirical newspaper "Guerin Meschino" in 1882 together with Guido Pisani Dossi, Luca Beltrami and other friends. The illustrations he produced for this publication display a talent for engraving developed over the previous decade that was to win critical acclaim at the international level. He shared a studio with Gaetano Previati until 1885 and took part in the major Milanese and Venetian exhibitions during this period and the following decade. It was in the early years of the new century that he also began showing portraits and landscapes at the major international events.


The Five (composers)

The Five, also known as the Mighty Handful, The Mighty Five, and the New Russian School, were five prominent 19th-century Russian composers who worked together to create a distinct national style of classical music: Mily Balakirev (the leader), César Cui, Modest Mussorgsky, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Alexander Borodin. They lived in Saint Petersburg, and collaborated from 1856 to 1870. The Five struggled to promote Russian music.
History.
Name.
In May 1867 the critic Vladimir Stasov wrote an article, titled "Mr. Balakirev's Slavic Concert", covering a concert that had been performed for visiting Slav delegations at the "All-Russian Ethnographical Exhibition" in Moscow. The four Russian composers whose works were played at the concert were Mikhail Glinka, Alexander Dargomyzhsky, Mily Balakirev, and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. The article ended with the following statement:
The expression "mighty handful" (, "Moguchaya kuchka", "Mighty Bunch") was mocked by enemies of Balakirev and Stasov: Aleksandr Serov, academic circles of the conservatory, the Russian Musical Society, and their press supporters. The group ignored critics and continued operating under the moniker. This loose collection of composers gathered around Balakirev now included Cui, Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, and Borodin — the five who have come to be associated with the name "Mighty Handful", or sometimes "The Five". Gerald Abraham stated flatly in the "Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians" that "they never called themselves, nor were they ever called in Russia, 'The Five'" (although today the Russian equivalent "Пятёрка" ("Pyatyorka") is occasionally used to refer to this group). In his memoirs, Rimsky-Korsakov routinely refers to the group as "Balakirev's circle", and occasionally uses "The Mighty Handful", usually with an ironic tone. He also makes the following reference to "The Five":
The Russian word "kuchka" also spawned the terms "kuchkism" and "kuchkist", which may be applied to artistic aims or works in tune with the sensibilities of the Mighty Handful.
The name of Les Six, an even looser collection of French-speaking composers, emulates that of "The Five".
Formation.
The formation of the group began in 1856 with the first meeting of Balakirev and César Cui. Modest Mussorgsky joined them in 1857, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov in 1861, and Alexander Borodin in 1862. All the composers in The Five were young men in 1862. Balakirev was 25, Cui 27, Mussorgsky 23, Borodin the eldest at 28, and Rimsky-Korsakov just 18. They were all self-trained amateurs. Borodin combined composing with a career in chemistry. Rimsky-Korsakov was a naval officer (he wrote his First Symphony on a three-year naval voyage circumnavigating the globe). Mussorgsky had been in the prestigious Preobrazhensky Regiment of the Imperial Guard, and then in the civil service before taking up music; even at the height of his career in the 1870s he was forced by the expense of his drinking habit to hold down a full-time job in the State Forestry Department.
In contrast to the élite status and court connections of Conservatory composers such as Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, The Five were mainly from the minor gentry of the provinces. To some degree their "esprit de corps" depended on the myth, which they themselves created, of a movement that was more "authentically Russian," in the sense that it was closer to the native soil, than the classic academy. Spurred on by Russian nationalist ideas, the Five “sought to capture elements of rural Russian life, to build national pride, and to prevent western ideals from seeping into their culture.”
Before them, Mikhail Glinka and Alexander Dargomyzhsky had gone some way towards producing a distinctly Russian kind of music, writing operas on Russian subjects, but the Mighty Handful represented the first concentrated attempt to develop such a music, with Stasov as their artistic adviser and Dargomyzhsky as an elder statesman to the group, so to speak. The circle began to fall apart during the 1870s, no doubt partially due to the fact that Balakirev withdrew from musical life early in the decade for a period of time. All of "The Five" are buried in Tikhvin Cemetery in Saint Petersburg.
Musical language.
Stylization.
The musical language The Five developed set them far apart from the Conservatoire. This self-conscious Russian styling was based on two elements:
Orientalism.
One hallmark of "The Five" was its reliance on orientalism. Many quintessentially "Russian" works were composed in orientalist style, such as Balakirev's "Islamey", Borodin's "Prince Igor" and Rimsky-Korsakov's "Scheherazade". Orientalism, in fact, became widely considered in the West both one of the best-known aspects of Russian music and a trait of Russian national character. As leader of "The Five," Balakirev encouraged the use of eastern themes and harmonies to set their "Russian" music apart from the German symphonism of Anton Rubinstein and other Western-oriented composers. Because Rimsky-Korsakov used Russian folk and oriental melodies in his First Symphony, Stasov and the other nationalists dubbed it the "First Russian Symphony," even though Rubinstein had written his "Ocean" Symphony a dozen years before it. These were themes Balakirev had transcribed in the Caucasus. "The symphony is good," Cui wrote to Rimsky-Korsakov in 1863, while the latter was out on naval deployment. "We played it a few days ago at Balakirev's—to the great pleasure of Stassov. It is really Russian. Only a Russian could have composed it, because it lacks the slightest trace of any stagnant Germanness."
Orientalism was not confined to using authentic Eastern melodies. What became more important than the melodies themselves were the musical conventions added to them. These conventions allowed orientalism to become an avenue for writing music on subjects considered unmentionable otherwise, such as political themes and erotic fantasies. It also became a means of expressing Russian supremacy as the empire expanded under Alexander II. This was often reinforced through misogynist symbolism—the rational, active and moral Western man versus the irrational, passive and immoral Eastern woman.
Two major works entirely dominated by orientalism are Rimsky-Korsakov's symphonic suite "Antar" and Balakirev's symphonic poem "Tamara". "Antar", set in Arabia, uses two different styles of music, Western (Russian) and Eastern (Arabian). The first theme, Antar's, is masculine and Russian in character. The second theme, feminine and oriental in melodic contour, belongs to the queen, Gul Nazar. Rimsky-Korsakov was able to soften the implicit misogyny to some extent. However, female sensuality does exert a paralyzing, ultimately destructive influence. With Gul Nazar extinguishing Antar's life in a final embrace, the woman overcomes the man.
Balakirev gives a more overtly misogynistic view of oriental women in "Tamara". He had originally planned to write a Caucasan dance called a "lezginka", modeled on Glinka, for this work. However, he discovered a poem by Mikhail Lermontov about the beautiful Tamara, who lived in a tower alongside the gorge of Daryal. She lured travelers and allowed them to enjoy a night of sensual delights, only to kill them and throw their bodies into the River Terek. Balakirev uses two specific codes endemic to orientalism in writing "Tamara". The first code, based on obsessive rhythms, note repetitions, climactic effects and accelerated tempi, represents Dionysian intoxication. The second code, consisting of unpredictable rhythms, irregular phrasing and based on long passages with many repeat notes, augmented and diminished intervals and extended melismas, depict sensual longing. Not only did Balakirev use these codes extensively, but he also attempted to supercharge them further when he revised the orchestration of "Tamara" in 1898.
Quotations.
Rimsky-Korsakov provides the following picture of "The Mighty Handful" in his memoirs, "Chronicle of My Musical Life" (translated by J. A. Joffe):
Influence.
Except perhaps for Cui, the members of this group influenced or taught many of the great Russian composers who were to follow, including Alexander Glazunov, Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, Sergei Prokofiev, Igor Stravinsky, and Dmitri Shostakovich. They also influenced the two French symbolist composers Maurice Ravel and Claude Debussy through their radical tonal language.


Tim Eriksen

Tim Eriksen is an American musician, musicologist, and professor. He is the leader of the band Cordelia's Dad, a solo artist, and was a performer and consultant for the award-winning soundtrack of the film "Cold Mountain".
Cordelia's Dad.
Cordelia's Dad combines old-time music and punk rock influences to create a unique sound. "The Village Voice" describes the band as "semi-reformed punks turned shape-note singers...recently gone entirely acoustic, but buzzing with metaphorical electricity". The band has released nine full-length albums, played festivals such as The Newport Folk Festival, and toured with notable bands Nirvana, Uncle Tupelo, and Weezer.
Musicologist.
Eriksen successfully defended his PhD in ethnomusicology at Wesleyan University in May 2015, having received an M.A. in the same discipline from Wesleyan in 1993, and has served as a visiting music professor at Dartmouth College, Amherst College, Hampshire College and the University of Minnesota. He has also taught in Poland and the Czech Republic. Additionally, Eriksen is a collector of variations of folk songs, and has conducted extensive research on traditional Yugoslavian music. Eriksen shared his extensive knowledge of folk music while a consultant for the soundtrack of the film "Cold Mountain". In 2011, Eriksen taught a class on the history of the Sacred Harp at Smith College.
Solo artist.
Eriksen performed on the "Cold Mountain" soundtrack, singing with Riley Baugus on traditional songs such as "I Wish My Baby Was Born" and "The Cuckoo". He was part of "The Great High Mountain Tour", which celebrated the traditional music of "Cold Mountain" and "O Brother, Where Art Thou?"
T-Bone Burnett, the producer of the "Cold Mountain" soundtrack, had Eriksen teach performers the complex style of Sacred Harp singing.
Eriksen has also released seven solo albums: "Tim Eriksen"; "Every Sound Below"; "Northern Roots Live In Namest"; "Soul Of The January Hills"; "Star in the East"; "Banjo, Fiddle And Voice"; and "Josh Billings Voyage or, Cosmopolite on the Cotton Road". The Pop Matters review of "Every Sound Below" describes it as a "stunning mixture of traditional hymns, songs from the American Civil War, and Eriksen's own compositions".
The Sacred Harp documentary "Awake, My Souls accompanying soundtrack ' features a song by Eriksen and one by Cordelia's Dad. Paste Magazine describes Eriksen's performance of Sacred Harp songs at an Atlanta concert as "stand-out" and said Eriksen "was best at adapting the raw power of Sacred Harp to his own arrangements."
Eriksen has also been a guest on the radio show "A Prairie Home Companion", where he performed the traditional folk song "O, Death" on October 29, 2005. He also played Bosnian Pop music with the band Zabe I Babe. In 2018, his arrangement, including an original tune, of the song "I Wish the Wars Were All Over" was recorded by Joan Baez on her album Whistle Down the Wind.


Wake the Union

Wake the Union is the sixteenth studio album by British folk duo Show of Hands. Although their fifteenth studio album, it is their eighth in their "canon" of studio albums (albums of new, lyrical material still in print). The release follows the successful "Arrogance Ignorance and Greed" (2009) and the limited edition albums "Covers 2" (2010) and "Backlog 2" (2011). Recorded and produced by Mark Tucker, the album takes a strong influence from both English and American folk music and was created as a "journey through of [the two countries'] landscapes united by a common tongue and musical heritage". The album again features their unofficial third member Miranda Sykes. The album was also described by Knightley as a direct continuation of "Arrogance Ignorance and Greed", although critics saw it as very distinct in its own right. The album was also a 20th anniversary celebration for the duo.
Released in October 2012 by the band's own label Hands on Music, it charted at number 73 in the UK Albums Chart, some 100 higher places than their only other album to chart at the time, "Arrogance Ignorance and Greed". It was released to very positive reviews from critics, with some touting it as the duo's best album. The duo toured in promotion of the album from 2012−14, although several songs from the album had debuted live in 2010. A 7-inch single featuring alternative versions of "Aunt Maria" and "King of the World" was released in 2013, whilst a rockumentary documenting the making of the album, "Making the Waking", was released as a double-feature DVD release in 2013 with a concert film taken from the album's promotional tour, "Live at Shrewsbury", which was a collaboration with the Urban Soul Orchestra.
Background.
Show of Hands released their fourteenth studio album "Arrogance Ignorance and Greed" in 2009. The album was the second consecutive release by the band produced by an "outside producer", namely Stu Hanna of the English folk duo Megson, with additional production by Mark Tucker. The album followed a painfully emotion period for Steve Knightley where members of his family battled serious illnesses. This led to the album becoming particularly personal and darker than previous Show of Hands albums, aided by Hanna's direct and sharp production. The album was also very politically concerned. The album was released to a positive critical reception, many praising the darker tone to the album, although Phil Beer of the duo stated that the album did not sit well with several fans. The album entered the UK Album Chart at number 170, becoming their first album to chart. In 2010, the duo recorded their second album of cover versions, "Covers 2", for a limited edition release, and recorded a collection of re-recordings of older material, "Backlog 2", in 2011.
Meanwhile, the duo had decided to change their sound for their next release, and to take part in the production of the album, something the duo had not done since "Country Life" (2003). They decided to re-hire Mark Tucker as co-producer. In January 2012, Knightley took part in the Cecil Sharp Project, a commission that included Knightley to create new material based on the life and collections of the founding father of the English folk revival Cecil Sharp. Knightley's musical focus became more evident in its American influence, and this would dominate the following album. After a year away from studio recording in 2011, the band recorded the album in 2012, over three different recording studios; Phil's Music Room in Devon, The Green Room, Devon and Highlands Farm Barn. The album was mastered at Masterblaster Audio Mastering in Canalot Studios, London. The working name of the album was "Who Gets to Feel Good", but was later changed to "Wake the Union".
Music and lyrics.
Style.
Produced by Mark Tucker, "Wake the Union" is a crossover between English folk music and Americana and is a non-narrative concept album about the two countries. Born out of the duo's love of both English and North American acoustic and roots music, the album was described by the duo as taking "a journey through the heart of two landscapes united by a common tongue and musical heritage." The album feature themes and styles that alternate between the two countries. The band's website says that the album sees the duo "weave a touch of folk, a hint of blues and a pinch of country" into the album. UK Folk Music noted that "with more than a touch of Americana liberally sprinkled throughout the recording and images of Dust Bowl tumbleweed blowing about courtesy of sampled instruments," the album could provide the band an American breakthrough. "Northern Sky" observed that although Knightley is known for his "distinctly English songs, the material on "Wake the Union" tends to straddle the border of what we now know as Americana in places, but with the band's British acoustic roots still showing." The "Financial Times" said the album shows the duo return with "less anger and more music ranging from jazz shuffles to slide guitar baiting". "Folk Radio" also observed that some tracks contain influences of the Cecil Sharp Project, a commission that included Knightley to create new material based on the life and collections of the founding father of the English folk revival Cecil Sharp.
Knightley also stated that the album intentionally carries on where the band's previous Knightley-composed album "Arrogance Ignorance and Greed" had left off. The album was also described by the duo as their "20th anniversary" album. Whilst the duo had become Show of Hands in 1987, it was not until 1992 that they would record their first canonical album. Concerning the album's lyrics, Folk Radio observed that there is "a liberal sprinkling of death and desertion throughout the songs, but this is folk music, the body count is always high." David Kidman of "NetRhythms" has said that the album contains "acerbic topical and social commentary through historical storytelling to evocative Americana, throwing in traditional-style folk-romance, matters of the heart and work arising from special projects along the way, all the while meaningfully interweaving key influences and inspirations yet making the resultant creations uniquely their own. And that's a hell of a skill to have developed." The album features numerous guest musicians, including the duo's unofficial "third member" Miranda Sykes on double bass and vocals, alongside Martin Simpson, Seth Lakeman, BJ Cole, Andy Cutting, Bellowhead’s Paul Sartin, Cormac Byrne and Leonard Podolak.
Composition.
Co-written between Knightley and the song's guest musician Seth Lakeman, the opening song, "Haunt You", is a "hard-hitting and spiteful" song with "bitter recrimination". The laidback blues-styled “Company Town” is reminiscent of “Buddy Can You Spare A Dime?”. It features a jazz shuffle that has been compared to Richard Thompson, and has been described as a lyrical continuation of the themes from "Arrogance Ignorance and Greed". The song features Paul Sartin of Bellowhead’s Cor Anglais and Paul Downes performing tenor banjo. "Now You Know" showcases the duo's lighter side and was a concert regular for the duo for several years prior to the album's release. David Kidman of "NetRhythms" described it as "one of Knightley's solid-gold-classic romantic dilemma-songs". "Katrina" is about the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina, and features Leonard Podolak's 5 string banjo and the dobro of Phil Henry creating an ethereal backdrop. The titular river of "Cruel River" is the River Dart and is a re-recording of the song originally featured on Knightley's solo album "Cruel River" (2007).
"Aunt Maria", which features slide guitar from Martin Simpson, is about the titular Aunt meeting song collector Cecil Sharp. The song originated from Knightley's involvement in Cecil Sharp Project in January 2012, where he developed material with British and American musicians to celebrate Cecil Sharp’s Appalachian song gathering. The BBC said that "Maria allows her song to be recorded and her history told, but is uneasy about the difference in class between herself and Sharp, and anxious that she shouldn’t be the only one to whom the collector talks. “There’s lots more folk like me, sir,” Knightly sings as Maria. “Why don’t you come and see, sir?”." As with "Katrina", the song features Leonard Podolak performing a 5-string banjo. Sykes interjects two verses from the traditional song "Bonnie Light Horseman" into the album's seventh song "Coming Home", "subtly complicating [the] otherwise simple tale of a family’s bad seed." The song is a "telling snapshot of the Afghan war campaign." "Reunion Hill" is about a Civil War window, and is a cover of Richard Shindell's Prairie ballad.
"No Man's Land" is a "sparsely-scored genuine-angst-ridden slow-burner" dedicated to the late Jackie Leven.
The tenth track is the duo's cover of Bob Dylan's lesser-known cowboy song "Seven Curses". "Home to a Million Thoughts" is a song of "simple wistful nostalgia" written as a commission for the reopening of Exeter's Royal Albert Memorial Museum. "Who Gets to Feel Good" is a country-waltzer that demonstrates Knightley's" skill in transposing the perils of love to the indigenous American musical idiom". "Stop Copying Me" is a tongue-in-cheek song that turns a suspicious eye on the life virtual and digital. After "King of the World" is the album's concluding song, "Thanks", which was used as the band's concert closer.
Release and promotion.
"Wake the Union" was released on 15 October 2012 by the band's own record label Hands on Music. The album underwent long promotional campaigns. "Now You Know" and "Stop Copying Me" were both first played live in 2010, and became concert standards for the duo. Other songs from this album debuted live in August 2012 during the album's promotional tour, including "Haunt Me", which was performed at Beautiful Days during the same bill that included Lakeman. The album was touted as the duo's "20th anniversary celebration". The duo toured in promotion of the album from 2012−2013. The duo made several radio appearances to promote the album, including on Simon Mayo's "Drivetime" show on BBC Radio 2 on 6 March 2013. In December 2012, the duo appeared on Brooklands Radio's "Mainly Folk" programme in a special interview feature. "Now You Know" was included on the station's ""Mainly Folk" Playlist". The duo's performance of "Company Town" on Mark Radcliffe's BBC Radio 2 show was included on the compilation album "The Mark Radcliffe Folk Sessions 2013", released in November 2013.
Different versions of the songs "Aunt Maria" and "King of the World" were released as a 7-inch single by Proper Records in 2013. The songs were remixed by their original producer, Mark Tucker, and the single was the duo's first vinyl release. In Autumn 2013, a behind-the-scenes "making of" rockumentary about the album, entitled "Making the Waking", was released as a DVD set with a concert film of the duo entitled "Live from Shrewsbury". Mark Tucker also provided the role of producer for the documentary. The DVD set, entitled simply "Live at Shrewsbury / Making the Waking", was the band's first DVD release since 2007. The "Live at Shrewsbury" concert is a collaboration between the duo and the Urban Soul Orchestra, who act as the duo's prolific backing band, and was recorded at Shrewsbury Folk Festival. Knightley also released "Songbook 5: Wake the Union" in 2013 at the start of his solo tour, a songbook containing all fourteen songs he composed for "Wake the Union", as well as material from "Covers 2", his solo album "Live in Somerset", and "The Cuatro Tracks" bonus material−seven tracks originally written and arranged for cuatro and ukulele.
Album cover.
The album cover, created by design agency Stylorogue, and Mark Higenbottam, features a cotton-stringed acoustic guitar adorned with various English and North American symbols, reflecting the English and American themes of the album. The symbols featured vary, such as highway road signs (the signs for U.S. Route 66 and the A303), national flags (the United Kingdom and the United States), other national symbols (such as the Statue of Liberty and the Royal Air Force roundel) as well as folk performers, including Woody Guthrie and his "This machine kills fascists" guitar. Elsewhere in the packaging is photography from Rob O'Connor, and the album's lyrics.
The album cover was highlighted in several reviews. "Folk Radio" said that a glance at the album cover "leaves no doubt as to [the duo's] intention, there’s the Union Jack and the Stars and Stripes, Woody Guthrie’s guitar still promising to kill fascists, and you can head west on the highway that’s the best, that’s either Route 66 or the A303, your choice. This showcasing of both English and American roots to the music is surely no surprise from Phil Beer given his solo and Phil Beer Band output. But it’s maybe less expected from Steve Knightley, many of whose strongest songs resonate with a sense of place that is not just English but quintessentially West Country." "Northern Sky" said that "the cover shot of a well-travelled guitar maps out the journey these songs represent with little or no ambiguity." "UK Folk Music" commended the album cover as "stunning art design". Grem Devlin of "The Living Tradition" made note of the album's overall packaging, saying "as usual the packaging is excellent – indeed a lyrics book where us mere mortals can actually read the words without the need for a microscope." The album was a runner-up in "fRoots"' list of the top five "Best Packaged Albums of 2012".
Reception.
The album was released to a very favourable critical reception. BBC Music were positive about the album, saying that "it’s unlikely to win over many new fans, but those already under the band’s wingspan are, once again, richly rewarded with another thought-provoking collection." "The Daily Telegraph" rated the album with four stars out of five said "The success of "Wake The Union" is in blending the band's trademark British folk with Americana. Knightley (part of the trio that includes Phil Beer and double bassist Miranda Sykes) describes it as “a journey through the heart of two landscapes united by a common tongue and musical heritage." The "Financial Times" published a four star review saying "The duo returns with less anger and more music ranging from jazz shuffles to slide guitar baiting."
"Folk Radio" said that ""Wake the Union" comes across as a return not just to their musical roots but also to pleasing this core audience. In contrast to "AIG", and previous album "Witness", both Phil and Steve took a full part in the production of "Wake the Union", alongside named producer Mark Tucker. So, whilst the material ranges widely in its geography, the sound is unmistakably that of Devon’s finest." David Kidman of "NetRhythms" concluded that ""Wake the Union" is definitely another milestone in Show Of Hands' already stunningly illustrious career." Pete Fyfe of "UK Folk Music" rated the album "unreservedly ten out of ten" and said that "personally for me this album really is a turning point in my appreciation for all things American styled and congratulations must go to the other musicians involved in the project." Norman Chalmers's review for "The Scotsman" singled out "Haunt You" as a song that readers should download and rated the album four stars out of five. Singer-songwriter Mike Harding said on BBC Radio 2 that "they’ve made a shedload of great albums...this is their best album," whilst radio DJ and television presenter Simon Mayo said that ""Wake the Union" is one fine album". Similarly, the album's producer Mark Tucker said the album had been "repeatedly hailed" as "their best yet". "The Daily Telegraph" included the album in its unordered list of the "Best Folk Music Albums of 2012". In January 2013, the duo were nominated in the Songlines Music Awards.
The album charted at number 73 in the UK Album Chart, becoming their second album to chart after "Arrogance Ignorance and Greed", which reached number 170. Earlier in the week, it had charted in the Midweek Charts at number 35. Nonetheless, the duo were not concerned with charting on the UK Album Charts. When asked by "Alt Blackpool" if they would hope their following album would reach the top 10, Steve Knightley replied: "No, not at all. It doesn’t mean anything. People get to number one because the record companies give away one free with every one that’s bought so it’s a big con. We’re more concerned with selling to people at gigs and selling regularly at realistic prices so it’s a nice PR thing every now and then but it doesn’t mean much."
Track listing.
All songs written by Steve Knightley except where noted.


Rob Daviau

Rob Daviau is an American game designer known for creating legacy board gaming. He has guest lectured at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Carnegie Mellon University, and New York University on game design and has been a visiting professor of game design at Hampshire College. In 1998, Daviau joined Hasbro as a writer for text-heavy games like Trivial Pursuit and Taboo.
Games that Rob Daviau has designed or co-designed include the following:


Alan Tomkins

Alan Tomkins (19 January 1939 – 21 September 2020) was a British art director. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film "The Empire Strikes Back".
Tomkins was born in Fulham, London in 1939. He died on 21 September 2020, at the age of 81.


List of flags of Finland

The following is a list of flags of Finland. For more information, see flag of Finland.


Jessica Hische

Jessica Nicole Hische ( ; born April 4, 1984) is an American lettering artist, illustrator, author, and type designer. She was one of the first of a new generation of letterers and the present-day flourishing of the lettering arts can in part be traced back to her emergence.
She published "In Progress: See Inside a Lettering Artist's Sketchbook and Process, from Pencil to Vector" in September 2015, which gives insight to her creative process and work she has completed as a hand-lettering artist. She has written and illustrated two New York Times best-selling children's books: "Tomorrow I'll be Brave" (2018) and "Tomorrow I'll be Kind" (2019.) She has spoken at over 100 conferences worldwide.
Background.
Hische was born in Charleston, South Carolina on April 4, 1984. She was primarily raised in Hazleton, Pennsylvania, graduating from Hazleton Area High School in 2002. She attended Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia, graduating in 2006 with a BFA in Graphic and Interactive Design.
Work.
After graduating in 2006, Hische worked for Headcase Design in Philadelphia, PA. She moved to Brooklyn in early 2007 taking a position as Senior Designer at Louise Fili's studio, Louise Fili Ltd, where she worked until late 2009. Hische left Louise Fili Ltd to further her freelance career as a letterer, illustrator, and type designer, citing her appreciation for the balance between work and personal life. During her time in New York, she shared studios with other prominent artists and designers at The Pencil Factory and Studiomates in Brooklyn.
In 2012 Hische moved to the Bay Area and from 2012-2020 worked out of Title Case, a by-appointment-only collaborative studio in San Francisco, CA. Hische shared this studio with fellow letterer and designer, Erik Marinovich. In 2020 she relocated her studio to downtown Oakland in a space that operates as both her office and letterpress printing and laser-cutting workshop.
Hische contributes much of her early commercial success to her personal project, "Daily Drop Cap" along with other side projects including the "Should I Work for Free" flowchart and "Don't Fear the Internet", a tutorial website that teaches basic HTML and CSS to beginning web designers co-created with her husband Russ Maschmeyer.
Hische has been featured in many journals/magazines. She was named to the "Forbes 30 Under 30" list, was listed in "GD USA" as a "Person to Watch", and has been featured as a "Print New Visual Artist". She was honored with the "Young Gun" award by the Art Directors Club of New York in 2009.
Hische has worked with clients such as Wes Anderson (designing the titles for his film "Moonrise Kingdom"), Dave Eggers (designing the book covers for his novels "A Hologram for the King" (2012) and "The Circle" (2013).), Penguin Books, The New York Times, Tiffany & Co., OXFAM America, McSweeney’s, American Express, Target, Victoria’s Secret, Chronicle Books, Nike, Samsung, Adobe, Apple, Barack Obama, Facebook, Harper Collins, Hershey's, Honda, Kellogg's, Macy's, UNICEF, NPR and Wired Magazine. She designed the packaging for comedian John Hodgman's comedy special "" and designed the packaging for the Grammy-nominated vinyl release of Wyatt Cenac's comedy album "Brooklyn".
Hische has designed or contributed to the design of several postage stamps. Together with Fili, Hische designed the "Love Ribbons" stamp for the US Postal Service, which ended up selling over 250 million stamps. She collaborated with Fili for two other stamp designs: Sealed with Love (2013), and Skywriting (2015). In 2015 she created her first solo stamp for the US Postal Service, a love stamp titled Forever Hearts.
Hische teaches workshops about lettering and creative business practices online and in-person at her studio. Several of these classes are available on the website Skillshare.
Personal.
Hische married Russ Maschmeyer in 2012. Their wedding invitation website, a parallax-scrolling timeline of their relationship designed by the couple and contributed to by Hische's former studio mates at The Pencil Factory, was featured by Gawker in an article titled "The World's Most Hipster Wedding Announcement May Justify Outlawing Love". Due to an outpouring of support by Hische's fans, the site issued a retraction the following day.
Hische and Maschmeyer have three children, Ramona Maschmeyer (b. 2015), Charlie Maschmeyer (b. 2017), and George Maschmeyer (b. 2019). They live in Oakland, California.
Influences.
Hische counts designers Matthew Carter, Marian Bantjes, Chris Ware, Doyald Young, Ed Benguiat, and Alex Trochut among her heroes in type and lettering.
Typefaces.
Though Hische predominantly works in lettering, she has produced a number of commercial and proprietary typefaces.


Scriptlet

In JavaServer Pages (JSP) technology, a scriptlet is a piece of Java-code embedded in the HTML-like JSP code. The scriptlet is everything inside the <% %> tags. Between these the user can add any valid Scriptlet i.e. any valid Java Code.
In AppleScript, a scriptlet is a small script.
In Windows, a scriptlet is COM component including a HTML code and a script which may be written in a variety of scripting languages.
In the RPM package management system, a scriptlet is a script embedded in the SPEC file.


Albert Brenner

Albert Brenner (born February 17, 1926) is an American production designer and art director. His numerous credits include "Bullitt" (1968), "Monte Walsh" (1970), "The Goodbye Girl" (1977), "Coma" (1978), "The Presidio" (1988), "Pretty Woman" (1990), "Backdraft" (1991), and "Mr. Saturday Night" (1992).
Born in New York, Brenner is a graduate of the New York School of Industrial Arts and he worked on department store window displays before World War II.
After serving as an Army Air Force gunner during the War, he was a graduate student at the Yale Drama School and later taught scenic design, costume design and technical theatre at the University of Kansas City. After returning to New York in the early 1950s, Brenner worked in theater as an assistant to designer Sam Leve. He designed live television programs for ABC and CBS, as well as television commercials and industrial films. Other television credits are "Car 54, Where Are You" (1961) and "The Phil Silvers Show" (1955). Brenner repeatedly worked with directors Herbert Ross, Peter Hymas and Garry Marshall.
He has been nominated for five Academy Awards in the category Best Art Direction. In 2003, he was a recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Art Directors Guild.
Selected filmography.
Brenner has been nominated for five Academy Awards for Best Art Direction:


Arcadia Spectacular

Arcadia Spectacular, known colloquially as "Arcadia", are a performance art collective that combine elements of sculpture, architecture, recycling, pyrotechnics, lighting, circus and music into large scale performance and dance spaces. Best known for their 50-tonne "Spider", they rework ex military machinery and industrial components into installations and 360 degree arenas, following a transformational and environmental ethos.
History.
Arcadia was founded by Pip Rush (who previously worked alongside his brother, artist Joe Rush, at the Mutoid Waste Company) and Bert Cole, formerly master of the world’s largest tent, the Valhalla.
Their first collaboration, the Afterburner, debuted at the Glastonbury Festival in 2007 after being built in a cowshed. Subsequent years saw the Afterburner's refinement until 2010 when 3 Customs and Excise scanning units were attached as "legs". This first incarnation of the ‘Spider’ led to two more years of adjustments until they became separate installations in permanent form. Arcadia's installations are built from recycled materials and military equipment
Arcadia have developed a series of mechanical landscapes and performance-based shows between 2007 and the present, collaborated with New Zealander Carlos van Camp to form the Lords of Lightning and built the mobile Bug Stage which appeared at the closing ceremony of the 2012 Paralympics.
In 2014, Arcadia were given a permanent area at the Glastonbury Festival and Arcadia perform with the Spider in Bangkok, Thailand. The Afterburner traveled to New Zealand for New Year's Eve at the Rhythm and Vines Festival before travelling to Miami's Ultra Music Festival in March 2015 as part of its new "Resistance" area.
In September 2015, Arcadia performed to 24,000 people over 2 nights in Bristol's Queen Square. This event that also celebrated Bristol's year as European Green Capital featured the world's first pyrotechnic flame system run entirely on recycled biofuel.
 In March 2016, Arcadia returned to Ultra's Resistance area with the Spider, and autumn 2016 saw city shows in Seoul, Taipei and Perth where they collaborated with the Noongar tribe of Western Australia.
In 2018, they registered an Instagram account, and successfully obtained the deletion of another user account of the same name which had been registered since 2010.
In 2019, Arcadia launched Pangea at the Glastonbury festival, a new area centered around a re-purposed 140 ton dock crane previously installed at Avonmouth port in Bristol. The crane's ultimate purpose is the development of a new hemispherical stage concept to 'take over the sky' above audiences.
Areas and performances.
Pangea - Pangea is a 360 degree hemispherical stage that will evolve over five years at the Glastonbury festival with a re-purposed 140 tonne dock crane at its heart
The Spider The Spider is a 360 degree structure built from recycled materials. Its ‘legs’ are Customs and Excise scanning units, its ‘eyes’ are spy plane engines, its ‘claws’ are log grabbers, its ‘body’ is built from helicopter tails and its DJ booth from jet engine blades. The DJ booth is suspended above the dancefloor. The Spider has several built in flame cannons, able to shoot 50 foot flames and is rigged across its ‘body’ with lights and lasers. Its ‘arms’ fire jets of C02, it is often given a ‘skin’ by video mapping and it is surrounded by a 360 degree ‘soundfield’ of PA speakers, often in a circle designated by flaming Victorian lampposts.
Metamorphosis Show The Metamorphosis Show is anchored in themes of transformation and incorporated both into the architecture of the Spider and across the arena with podiums in the midst of the crowd and a ring of external towers. The show features aerial performances, 7 meter mini spiders on zip wires above the crowd, lighting played as a musical instrument, new LED mapping technology, pyrotechnics, hydraulics, robotics, engineering and video mapping to tell a story of metamorphosis.
The Afterburner The Afterburner is a 360 degree structure built from recycled materials. Its central focus is a flaming spire with multi level, radial platforms extending to a 360 degree inward facing sound system.
The Bug The Bug is a 6 wheeled, amphibious stage built from submarine moulds and an Alvis Stalwart.
Lords of Lightning A collaboration with New Zealander Carlos van Camp, a specialist in Tesla electricity. The Lords of Lightning features two performance artists atop podiums containing Tesla coils that generate 4 million volts of electricity. The new Metamorphosis show has seen an evolution of the technology synchronise lightning bolts to musical notes.
Flaming Lampposts A series of Victorian style lampposts entwined with recycled vehicle exhausts that give a treelike appearance. The lampposts are rigged with flame canons that emit jets of fire which are often synchronized with musical beats.


Kid Sister (album)

Kid Sister is an album by The Time Jumpers. It earned the group a Grammy Award nomination for Best Americana Album and the title track won songwriter Vince Gill the award for Best American Roots Song.


Coco (musical)

Coco was a 1969 Broadway musical with a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by André Previn, inspired by the life of Coco Chanel. It starred Katharine Hepburn in her only stage musical.
Background.
Theatre producer Frederick Brisson originally had optioned Chanel's life for his wife Rosalind Russell, but Russell had developed acute arthritis, making it difficult for her to function. That meant another leading lady with star quality needed to be found. Irene Selznick suggested Katharine Hepburn, who initially scoffed at the idea of appearing in a musical but agreed to work with former MGM vocal coach Roger Edens for ten days. Following an audition in Selznick's suite at The Pierre Hotel, Hepburn felt comfortable enough to mull seriously the proposition, and was further convinced to accept the offer after meeting Chanel.
Lerner had assured the designer his book would cover only the early years of her life and career, and she was distressed when the plan was jettisoned to accommodate the older star. The highly fictionalized book and score underwent massive revisions and were far from complete when Hepburn concluded filming on "The Madwoman of Chaillot", at which time she was scheduled to begin work on the show, and "Coco" was postponed a season while its creators worked on it.
The six-week rehearsal period finally began in September 1969. Cecil Beaton's set proved to be a complicated piece of machinery that frequently malfunctioned and was difficult for the cast to maneuver, and the final scene required a troublesome coordination of mirrors, platforms, runways, and flashing lights. Hepburn insisted the theater's thermostat be set at 60 degrees and the exterior doors left open, and most of the cast became ill due to the unusually cold fall weather.
Production.
After 40 previews, the Broadway production opened on December 18, 1969 at the Mark Hellinger Theatre, where it ran for 329 performances. Directed by Michael Benthall and choreographed by Michael Bennett, the cast included René Auberjonois (who won a Tony Award for his performance), George Rose, Michael Allinson, David Holliday, Bob Avian, Jon Cypher, Suzanne Rogers, Graciela Daniele, Ann Reinking, and Gale Dixon. Danielle Darrieux replaced Hepburn eight months into the run, but without the drawing power of a major star the poorly reviewed show closed two months later.
Hepburn was scheduled to star in a West End production, but when the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane proved to be unavailable she refused to consider other venues and the project was abandoned. She headed the cast of the US national tour, which opened in Cleveland on January 11, 1971, the day after Chanel's death, which the star acknowledged at the final curtain call. She continued with the tour through June, when it ended at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. Although reviews in most cities were mediocre, it played to sold-out houses everywhere. Despite its financial success, executives at Paramount Pictures, which had financed the original Broadway production - at $900,000, the most expensive show in Broadway history at the time - in exchange for the cast album and film rights, opted not to transfer "Coco" to the big screen.
During the autumn of 1971, Ginger Rogers starred in a stock tour of "Coco" that played the Westbury Music Festival, the South Shore Music Circus and the Valley Forge Music Fair. The tour was directed by Fred Hebert and choreographed by Larry Fuller.
"Coco" was produced as a staged concert by 42nd Street Moon in San Francisco in April and May 2008, starring Andrea Marcovicci in the title role. The production played for a total of 16 performances. It was directed by Mark D. Kaufmann and choreographed by Jayne Zaban. Marcovicci revisited the role in September 2010 for the show's first New York revival as part of the York Theatre Company's Musicals in Mufti.
"Coco" was presented in London's Sadler's Wells, in 2011, as part of the Lost Musicals project, aka The Lost Musicals Charitable Trust, 1069268. Ian Marshall Fisher directed, Chris Walker, Music Director. Coco, the title role, was played by Sara Kestelman and cast included Edward Petherbridge.
Plot summary.
Set between early autumn of 1953 and late spring of 1954, fashion designer Coco Chanel, after fifteen years of retirement, decides to return to the world of haute couture and reopen her Paris salon. With her new collection derided by the critics, she faces bankruptcy until buyers from four major American department stores - Saks Fifth Avenue, Bloomingdale's, Best & Company, and Ohrbach's - place orders with her. She becomes involved with the love life of one of her models, and flashbacks utilizing filmed sequences recall her own past romantic flings. Adding humor to the proceedings is a highly stereotypical rude gay designer who tries to impede Chanel's success. The finale is a fashion show featuring actual Chanel designs from 1918 to 1959.
Musical numbers.
A cast recording was released by Paramount Records in 1970. It was reissued on CD by MCA Records in 1997.


Great Swordsman

 is an arcade fighting game developed by Allumer and published by Taito in 1984. In 2005, it was later included in "Taito Legends".
Gameplay.
In "Great Swordsman", one or two players can play while taking turns. Players control with two-way joystick and three buttons with different hit levels. Each for creating different level attacks. Like in Data East's Karate Champ, buttons must be held. If they are released, the players' characters will revert to their standing animation. Moves can be defended against by intercepting the players' opponents' weapons with the players'.
The object of the game is to land a hit on the opponent or push him/her off the mat to score a point. There are fifteen levels with three different modes. The first three are fencing, the next five are kendo, and the final seven are gladiator-based. After clearing all levels in one mode, the "VICTORY SCORE" will be added to the players' scores, even if any of them was tied with their opponents at the end. After fifteen levels are completed, the players start over in a higher difficulty setting and repeat after the next fifteen levels are also cleared. There are also bonus levels where players must deflect arrows to score extra points.
Reception.
In Japan, "Game Machine" listed "Great Swordsman" on their September 1, 1984 issue as being the most-successful table arcade unit of the month.


Bob Smithies

"For the Rugby League footballer see Robert Smithies"
Robert Smithies (4 April 1934 – 31 July 2006) was a British photographer, journalist and crossword compiler. He was born in Middleton, near Rochdale, Lancashire.
Smithies began his career from school at the "Manchester Evening News" as a darkroom assistant, progressing to the post of photographer there and later at the "Manchester Guardian".
Smithies joined Granada Television in the mid-1970s and presented a number of television programmes between then and 2005, including "Down To Earth".
Since his first cryptic crossword was accepted by "The Guardian" newspaper in 1966, Smithies was a regular compiler for the newspaper, under the pseudonym Bunthorne, the name taken from the leading character in the Gilbert and Sullivan light opera "Patience".
As a crossword setter his clues became known for requiring potentially obscure general knowledge, ranging from Austen and Dickens to French cheeses. One of his most famous clues was "Amundsen's forwarding address (4)" - (mush).


Liberator (video game)

Liberator is an arcade game released by Atari, Inc. in 1982. It is based on the "Atari Force" comic book series published by DC Comics from 1982 to 1986. "Liberator" has been described as the opposite of "Missile Command", in that the player destroys cities from space instead of defending them from the ground. Only 762 arcade machines were ever made.
The story "Code Name: Liberator" describes the premise of the arcade game in detail and was included as a special insert in two comic books cover dated January 1983. Characters and concepts from the comic exist throughout the game. In the opening screen of the arcade game, Commander Champion of the "Atari Force" asks the player to help free the galaxy from the evil Malaglon Army.
Gameplay.
The "Liberator" controls consist of a trackball, fire button, and shield button. The player controls a coordinated attack from four star ships at the corners of the screen. The primary target of the attack are enemy bases on a rotating planet in the center of the screen. The trackball is used to move a cross-shaped cursor. The fire button fires a missile at the cursor's location from the closest ship. The shield button is used to activate force fields around the ships. The shield can only take four hits each round, and the count is shared between all ships.
At the beginning of each level, the player is flying through outer space and spaceships fly on screen from the left and right and leave in an arc. They try to ram into the player's ships. Shields do not work during this stage.
After this stage, the player is taken to a view of a rotating planet. The most prominent enemies are red flashing missile bases. They shoot missiles, fireballs, and star balls at the player's ships. The enemy bases can also detach from the planet, turn into satellites, and orbit the planet while shooting missiles. Once all missile bases are destroyed, the player moves on to the next level. At higher levels, there is the white master base. It is very intelligent, and it can change the direction or speed of the planet rotation to avoid getting hit. At the end of each stage, the player is awarded a bonus ship for every 20,000 points.
Missiles can be destroyed, although some split into four smaller particles when destroyed. Fireballs take four hits to destroy, but they slow down on each hit. Star balls also take four hits to destroy, but return to normal speed soon after being hit.
Flying saucers sometimes appear from the planet. Flying saucers shoot a large, deadly laser which cannot be stopped.
A level select menu allows the player to start at any third level (1, 4, 7... up to 22).
Legacy.
"Liberator" was released for Microsoft Windows, Xbox, and PlayStation 2 in 2003 as part of "Atari Anthology", a collection of Atari arcade and 2600 games.


Wendy Pepper

Anne Eustis Pepper Stewart (August 23, 1964 – November 12, 2017), known as Wendy Pepper, was a fashion designer who appeared on the first season of the reality television show "Project Runway", which aired on Bravo from December 2004 through February 2005. She was also a contestant on the second season of Project Runway All Stars. She was eliminated from the Project Runway All Stars competition in the second challenge.
Early life and education.
Pepper was born in Dayton, Ohio and lived in the town of Middleburg, Virginia. She graduated from The Madeira School in 1982 and then attended the University of Washington in Seattle, earning a degree in anthropology. While in college, Pepper studied abroad in Nepal and began to sew carpets with local Nepali women. This sparked her interest in design and working with fabric. She returned home and continued to learn more about textiles, fabric-painting, and quilting.
"Project Runway".
Runway clothes.
Pepper won two of the challenges, with her design for the Banana Republic challenge and the Grammy dress for Nancy O'Dell. Her win in the Banana Republic challenge allowed her dress to be sold in select Banana Republic stores in the United States as well as online. Her dress sold out within three hours online and within two days in stores. As a result of her win in the Grammy dress challenge, O'Dell wore an altered version of Pepper's dress to the 2005 Grammy Awards, despite some expressed reservations from the judges. She also had noticeable failures, including her outfit for the Innovation challenge and her dress for the Envy challenge.
Fashion Week.
As a finalist on Project Runway, Pepper was given the opportunity to display her "Thrill of the Hunt" fashion collection to a large audience at New York Fashion Week. She stated it was the second most important day of her life after the birth of her daughter. She came in third in the final competition, with Jay McCarroll winning.
Post-"Runway" activities.
After "Project Runway", Pepper opened her own store in Middleburg, Virginia and continued to work with individual clients. Soon after the show ended, Wendy and her second husband (Robert Downing) separated. She told the "New York Post" that her experience on television had changed her and "it was difficult for my husband to sort of come along for that step."
Pepper continued to garner media attention. She appeared on the front page of "The Georgetowner" magazine in Washington, D.C., in the "New York Post", "The Washington Post", "Loudoun Magazine", "Middleburg Eccentric", and "Factio". She took part in two other Bravo television shows: "Celebrity Poker Showdown" and "Battle of the Network Reality Stars". She also took part in the interview process for contestants for season two of "Project Runway". She had a brief cameo appearance in Bravo's "Project Jay", an hour-long documentary on the winner of the first season of "Project Runway".
Pepper showed her debut line, outside of Project Runway, on April 11, 2006 in Washington, D.C. Her ready-to-wear line was shown at the 2007 Cleveland Fashion Week in Cleveland, Ohio.
Death.
Pepper died on November 12, 2017, aged 53, in Washington D.C. She died from complications of pneumonia after battling cancer for several months.


Dead Realm

Dead Realm was a horror-style game for the PC. The main gameplay consists of one player taking control of a ghost while the remaining players are humans who must avoid being haunted by the ghost. On August 27, 2020, 3BLACKDOT ended support and closed the official servers according to an announcement made on August 19, 2020.
Gameplay.
"Dead Realm" starts off with several players, the maximum being 8 players in a game. The game consist of two game modes, Seek & Reap and Bounty. Seek & Reap is the basic game mode of the game. The game mode pits two teams, Humans, and Ghosts. The Humans must run or hide from the Ghost, and the Ghost attempts to find the Humans, turning them into Ghosts, who then jump scare the remaining players
Development.
The game's creative directors include TheSyndicateProject, and SeaNanners, with the help of VanossGaming.
"Dead Realm" was made available through the Steam Early Access platform, and was fully released on May 23, 2017.
Reception.
An early version of the game was previewed by Rock Paper Shotgun.
While the game received positive reviews on Steam at first, they did not last long. In 2017-18 the reviews became extremely negative, due to the creators having effectively abandoned the game a year prior. Many of the reviews were very harsh, including one that said "Dead Realm is quite literally a dead realm. The developers are charging £11 for an abandoned, broken, buggy mess that they have no intention of fixing." Numerous other reviews lambasted the creators for not updating the game - as well as many other problems such as lag - which eventually lead to the servers being shut down in 2020. However, the game did not officially close down until August of the same year.
Controversy.
After the three YouTubers involved in production of Dead Realm (Adam Montoya, Tom Cassell, and Evan Fong) published their Let's Play videos about the game, they encountered controversy due to the fact that Cassell did not publicly disclose his financial ties to another game, which constituted a violation of FTC's ".com Disclosures" set of guidelines.