R80 (airship)

The R.80 was a British rigid airship, first flown on 19 July 1920 and the first fully streamlined airship to be built in Britain. Originally a military project for the British Admiralty, it was completed for commercial passenger-carrying purposes. "R.80" proved too small for this role and after being used briefly to train the United States Navy personnel who were to crew the ill-fated "ZR-2" airship, "R.80" was retired and eventually scrapped in 1925.
Development.
Construction was begun by Vickers in their airship shed at Walney Island, Barrow-in-Furness, in November 1917 to a design by Barnes Wallis and H. B. Pratt. Vickers had originally contracted to build "R.37", but due to a lack of vacant sheds and a war-time steel shortage preventing construction of a new larger one, the smaller shed at Walney was used instead. This had been used to build "R.27" and "R.29", and the size of the R.80 was limited by the small size of the shed.
Work progressed slowly due to labour shortages, and with the end of the First World War, the future of military airships was reviewed. The Air Ministry stopped the work in the summer of 1919 as it was considered that the ship was no longer of military or commercial value. Vickers continued to fit out the ship with commercial objectives in mind but the scheme fell through. Co-designer H. B. Pratt completed a report envisaging an intercity European flight route, similar to that being run by the Zeppelin company:
"The route chosen to Rome is 1,000 land miles which is within the endurance of the ship. It is expected that the ship will fly at a maximum height of 2,000 ft. The route will carry the ship over south England, the over the English Channel to Paris on a direct route. The ship will then deliver mail and passengers, and then pass down in a continued south easterly direction towards Lyon. Passing over Lyon, the ship will turn south through the Rhone Valley and the continue to Nice. At Nice on the French Coast, the ship will turn easterly and skirt the coast and head towards Rome over the sea. The return course will be via the same route."
Operational history.
In April 1920, the outer cover was completed and by June the ship was finished. On 19 July, the ship emerged from its shed for its first flight. The ship was damaged on the trial flight as the ship had not been properly ballasted, and the lifting gas heated causing the ship to rise too fast. The result was extensive buckling of the framework. The ship was returned to its shed to be repaired, which took until January 1921. After further test flights the airship flew to the airship station at Howden, East Yorkshire in February where it was used for training the United States personnel who would crew the R.38 (ZR-2). The US Navy made 4 flights in the ship totalling some 8 hours 45 minutes between 26 March 1921 and 1 June 1921.
After these flights, it was flown to RNAS Pulham, Norfolk. There the airframe was used for stress analysis and destructive testing before being dismantled in 1925. In total, this relatively small but well designed craft flew for only 73 hours.
Although successful in trials the design was too small for the intended use. Many lessons were learnt and incorporated in the design for the "R100". One of the lasting innovations introduced by Barnes Wallis during construction was the first use ever of colour-coded wiring for the electrical systems of an aircraft.


Carpenter Brut

Franck Hueso, better known by his stage name Carpenter Brut, is a French synthwave artist from Poitiers, France. Hueso claims his relative anonymity is a deliberate artistic choice in order to place more importance on the music itself, rather than the identity of the musician behind it. Hueso started writing music as Carpenter Brut with the intention of mixing sounds from horror films, metal, rock, and electronic music.
Carpenter Brut has released three EPs, "EP I" (2012), "EP II" (2013) and "EP III" (2015) which were collected and released together as the album "Trilogy" (2015). He has released two additional studio albums, "Leather Teeth" (2018) and "Blood Machines OST" (2020), along with one live album, "CARPENTERBRUTLIVE" (2017). He has also contributed original music to a variety of soundtracks, both for film and video games.
In live performances Carpenter Brut is joined on stage by guitarist Adrien Grousset and drummer Florent Marcadet, both from the French metal band Hacride and in 2016 Brut toured the United States with the Swedish heavy metal band Ghost. In a 2018 interview with Loudwire, Tobias Forge, lead singer of the band Ghost, stated that Hueso was also the producer for the band Deathspell Omega, a French black metal band known for the anonymity of its members.
History.
Origins.
Hueso describes the beginnings of Carpenter Brut as "a joke," and contends that the name Carpenter Brut is a play on words, derived from the surname of filmmaker and composer John Carpenter and the champagne Charpentier Brut. The idea to make electronic music stemmed from wanting to write music alone, rather than being in a band. Hueso explained in 2017 "Electro music is perfect for that [writing alone], especially when you’re not a good musician like me. I don’t know how to play guitar; it would have been a poor decision."
EPs & "Trilogy" (2012—2015).
Carpenter Brut's 2012 and 2013 EP's were released on BlackBvs Records. The third EP, in 2015 (and all subsequent releases, ), were released on Hueso's own No Quarter Prod label. The label was created with the intention of allowing Hueso to remain independent and maintain control over his own image and art. Additionally, two songs from TRILOGY (Le perv and Roller Mobster) were used in the soundtrack for . The track "Escape from Midwich Valley" was used in one of the game's trailers.
"Leather Teeth" (2018).
Carpenter Brut's second full-length album was released at midnight on February 22, 2018 with no pre-release promotion. A press release accompanying the release read: "Leather Teeth is the soundtrack to a movie envisioned by Carpenter Brut, one that tells the story of a shy American teenager, Bret Halford, who can’t get the girl and will do anything he can to win her over, including becoming the singer of one of the most talked about bands in mid-‘80s glam-metal, Leather Patrol." The press release included a quote from Carpenter Brut, describing the album as "pure frenzy like Master of Puppets, or any of the good old metal albums." "Leather Teeth" features Kristoffer Rygg of Ulver and Mat McNerney of Grave Pleasures on vocals.
In a December, 2018 interview, Hueso explained that "Leather Teeth" was inspired by "Judas Priest, and the glam rock of the '80s." It is the first album in a trilogy and tells the story of "[a] main character [who] is still a young student in love, and not yet the serial killer he will become in the second part of the trilogy. Even if he has tantrums as in “Monday Hunt” or “Hairspray Hurricane,” he is still convinced that he can conquer Kendra, the cheerleader." Hueso described himself, in a 2018 interview, as being "tired of this race to whoever makes the darkest or most brutal music, it’s just bullshit," while describing "Leather Teeth"'s sound as being "softer" and "more glamorous" than "Trilogy" "while flirting with a dark side that will be developed in the next album," a sequel which he intends to be "darker and more violent."
"Blood Machines OST" (2020).
Carpenter Brut's "Blood Machines OST" was released in April, 2020. It is the soundtrack to a 50-minute film directed by Seth Ickerman, director of the "Turbo Killer" music video. The idea came from online response to "Turbo Killer" and requests for a sequel; the film was devised by Ickerman while Hueso describes himself as being "in charge of the soundtrack."
"Leather Teeth" follow-up (upcoming).
Hueso has suggested that a new Carpenter Brut album may be released by the end of 2020 "at the very earliest." The album will involve a "reinvention" of Carpenter Brut and taking the music "on a darker path." It will be a continuation of the "Leather Teeth" trilogy and will involve a story of "a character who wants to take revenge on the cheerleader who’s been making fun of him 'serial killer style'." Hueso described one track off the album as "really long, really violent, and which will have much more of a black metal vibe to it. The ending will go on for about five minutes and will consist of only blast beats." Hueso suggested Ben Koller of Converge would perform on the track.
Other appearances.
Hueso also wrote music for the 2016 video game Furi, a process which he described as being "a lot less free" than composing music for Carpenter Brut. Hueso explained that he was required to work with scenes that the video game designers sent, while also working with loops that can go on for several minutes if the player decided to stay in the same place. Ultimately, Hueso described it as "a good experience," but wasn't sure he would attempt it again, citing a greater affinity for soundtracks for film than video games.
In 2019 Hueso appeared in the documentary film The Rise of the Synths which explored the origins and growth of the genre. Hueso appeared alongside various other composers from the Synthwave scene, including John Carpenter himself who also starred in and narrated the film.
Music videos.
Music videos.
When working on a trailer for "Festival de l’Etrange", director duo Raphaël Hernandez and Savitri Joly-Gonfard (working under the name Seth Ickerman) approached Hueso with the request to use the track "Hang'em All" for the trailer's soundtrack. Having been aware of the duo and liking their "DIY and smart" approach to their work, Hueso allowed use of the track and Ickerman went on to direct all of Carpenter Brut's music videos for the first three EP's.
For the music video to "Turbo Killer," Hueso gave "carte blanche" to the directors, with the only stipulation that they "give birth to certain characters" he had in mind. Hueso saw the video two weeks before its wide release and described his reaction to it as "thrilled [...] like a kid opening his Christmas presents," and wondering "how the fuck did they do that?"
The music videos for the album "Leather Teeth" were directed by Silver Strain, who also created the visuals projected during Carpenter Brut's live performances.
Blood Machines (2020).
Blood Machines is a film project with Seth Ickerman as director and scored by Carpenter Brut. A trailer for the film was released to Kickstarter backers on 20 May 2020 and on Shudder the following day. The official synopsis reads:
Cast.
 the known cast is:
History and overview.
Ickerman had wanted to make a feature length film using a Carpenter Brut soundtrack prior to the release of the Turbo Killer music video, and due to the success of Turbo Killer and fan requests for a follow-up, Blood Machines entered development. A successful Kickstarter campaign saw the film jump from an estimated run time of 30 minutes to 50 minutes; it is expected to be released in 2020 and will be a sequel to the Turbo Killer music video. As with their earlier collaborations, Ickerman have "free rein" in terms of the visuals, with Hueso describing himself as being "in charge of the soundtrack." In December, 2016, David Sandberg, director of "Kung Fury" (2015), signed on to "Blood Machines" as producer; a press release for the announcement described the film's plot as "following two space hunters chasing the female ghost of a machine through the galaxy."
Influences.
"At the very beginning," Hueso commented, Carpenter Brut was influenced by Justice, but by 2017 he would be "much more inspired by prog rock artists," like Toto and Supertramp along with Iron Maiden, Meshuggah, Ulver, Nine Inch Nails, Type O Negative, Pink Floyd and The Beatles. In a 2019 interview with Kerrang!, Hueso stated that his early musical influences included Iron Maiden, Metallica, Megadeth, Cannibal Corpse and Napalm Death. Hueso claimed in 2016 to not listen to horror movie soundtracks, but noted there were "themes that stand out," such as "Creepshow", "Maniac Cop" and "Friday the 13th" and that he does enjoy the compositions of John Williams, John Carpenter, Alan Silvestri and James Horner.
Cinematically, Hueso's influences include 1980s "Slasher/Horror/B-movies as well as blockbusters," and Hueso has specifically noted, "everything from Steven Spielberg" along with "Star Wars", "The Terminator", "RoboCop", "Predator", "The Thing", "Street Trash", "Bad Taste", "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre", "The Evil Dead", "Nekromantik" and "Maniac Cop", commenting, "not only did I find that these films were totally badass, but their soundtracks were too. Music was an integral part of the movies, that’s what I enjoyed." Ultimately he concluded that, "those influences run through everything Carpenter Brut does: the desire to give you something violent, cinematic and fun!"
Hueso bases his live performances on those of Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails, stating "I didn’t like playing live at the beginning [...] I just wanted to make music in my room. When it became clear that people wanted me to play I worked hard to put on a real show. It’s the same as Trent Reznor with Nine Inch Nails: if I’m going to play live, it needs to be huge."


Sega Swirl

Sega Swirl is a puzzle game that was created for the Dreamcast, Personal computer, and Palm OS. The game was included in various demo discs released for the Dreamcast (through the "Official Dreamcast Magazine (UK) and Official Dreamcast Magazine (US) magazines", and on newly released consoles), and is free to download and play on the PC.
"Sega Swirl" was created by Scott Hawkins, while he worked at Sega. Scott Hawkins designed the game and programmed the original PC version of the game. Scott Hawkins worked with Tremor Entertainment to develop the Dreamcast version of the game.
The game presented swirls of different colors stacked upon each other. The player would try to match up as many of the same colored swirls onscreen as possible, then, when satisfied with a combo, they would press the color, making them disappear. The more swirls one can gather together, the more points earned, as well as a reward of seeing the swirls disappear in different ways. The most rewarding way to see the swirls disappear is when they all go into the air and burst with firework-like sounds and cheers. If a swirl of a certain color is alone within a stack of other colored swirls, the player actually loses points.
The Dreamcast version featured a snake in the bottom right corner of the screen, who would act pleased when the player did well and shook his head when they did poorly. If the player did nothing for an extended length of time, the snake would stare at them and then gesture to the left, towards the play field.
On the Dreamcast, it could be played on Versus mode (players compete with one Swirl screen) with up to four players, an Email mode (if you used the Dreamcast Modem), and it also allowed Split Screen (four players with their own swirl play fields). On the PC, split screen is not available, and versus is up to two players. Both versions allowed one to compete with another human player via email (Dreamcast players may also play against PC players through this).
The Palm version of Sega Swirl includes a two player head-to-head mode that can be played in real-time over the handheld's infrared port.


Formal Methods Europe

Formal Methods Europe (FME) is an organization whose aim is to encourage the research and application of formal methods for the improvement of software and hardware in computer-based systems. The association's members are drawn from academia and industry. It is based in Europe, but is international in scope. FME operates under Dutch law.
Activities include or have included:
The Chair of FME is John Fitzgerald of the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
ForTIA.
The Formal Techniques Industry Association (ForTIA) aimed to support the industrial use of formal methods under the umbrella organization of "Formal Methods Europe". It was founded in 2003 through the initial efforts of Dines Bjørner and was chaired by Anthony Hall and Volkmar Lotz among others. Its scope was international and membership was by company. It organized meetings, especially in conjunction with conferences, for instance, industry days at the FM conferences organized by FME.


DE Photo

DE Photo is a sport and events photography company based in Surrey, South-East England close to London.
History.
Founded in August 2002 in a Caterham, Surrey converted garage by Mike Moore, DE Photo launched its website www.dephoto.biz in 2004. In December 2004 franchised the business. and became Associate Members of the British Franchise Association (BFA). By August 2005 DE Photo had opened 11 regional branches. In May 2005 the company moved to new warehouse and office premises in South Godstone. In June 2010 the company claims to have more than 40 branches with over 12,000,000 photos on their website and have donated over £600,000 to grassroots sports and schools by way of a fixed percentage donation paid on all photos sold on the day of the event. It also claims to be the UK's largest sport and event photography company.
Partnerships.
In 2007 DE Photo were announced as Official Photographers to British Gymnastics.
Official Photographers to Welsh Athletics


Marian Bantjes

Marian Bantjes (born 1963) is a Canadian designer, artist, illustrator, typographer and writer. Describing her work as graphic art, Marian Bantjes is known for her custom lettering, intricate patterning and decorative style. Inspired by illuminated manuscripts, islamic calligraphy, Baroque ornamentation, Marian Bantjes creates detailed work, often combining the forms of her disparate influences.
Marian Bantjes has published two books.
Biography.
Born in 1963, Marian Bantjes grew up in Saskatchewan, Canada. She studied art for a year in 1982, before dropping out.
She started working in the field of visual communication in 1983 and worked as a book typesetter from 1984–1994 for Hartley & Marks. She became well known as a talented graphic designer from 1994–2003, when she was a partner and senior designer at Digitopolis in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, where she created identity and communication designs for a wide range of corporate, education and arts organizations. She owned and ran the design firm, with a small staff.
In 2003 Marian left her firm and "strategic design" behind to embark on the work that she has since become internationally known for. Describing herself as a Graphic Artist, working primarily with custom type and ornament, Bantjes' highly personal, obsessive and sometimes strange graphic work has brought her international recognition and fame as a world-class visual designer. Bantjes is known for her detailed and lovingly precise vector art, obsessive hand work, patterning and highly ornamental style.
Stefan Sagmeister calls Bantjes "one of the most innovative typographers working today," and Noreen Morioka calls Bantjes "the Doyald Young of her generation." In 2005 Bantjes was named one of 25 up-and-coming Designers to Watch ("STEP Magazine", January 2005).
Bantjes' clients include Pentagram, Stefan Sagmeister, Saks Fifth Avenue, Bruce Mau Design, Young & Rubicam Chicago, Anni Kuan, Houghton Mifflin, "Print Magazine", "Wallpaper* ", "WIRED", "The Guardian (UK)", "The New York Times", among others. She has also worked on design materials for AIGA, TypeCon 2007, and the Society of Graphic Designers of Canada (GDC).
Her work has been featured in "STEP", "étapes" (Paris), "Azure", "Matrix" (Quebec) "Tupigrafia" (Brazil) and "Print", "Fontshop"'s Font 004, and "Eye magazine" (#58). She has written the design book "I wonder", published by the Monacelli Press, which was dubbed one of the 13 best design books of 2010 by Fastco design. Bantjes has been honored with numerous awards and her work is now part of the permanent collection at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum.
Bantjes is an accomplished writer on the subjects of typography and design, and was a regular contributor to the popular design website "Speak Up". "Speak Up" is no longer in publication. Bantjes is frequently invited to sit on design award juries and speak at design conferences – such as Trimarchi in 2008 – and design schools around the world. Bantjes says "throwing your individuality into a project is heresy" but she has built a career doing just that, as her signature style is unmistakable. In 2007 she released Restraint, a typeface that integrates her style of ornamentation to be used as shapes and borders.
From 2002–2006 Bantjes served as the Communications VP of the Society of Graphic Designers in British Columbia. She was also the Chair and Creative Director of the 2006 Graphex Canadian design awards. In 2008 Bantjes was invited back to serve as a judge for 'Graphex 2008 Canadian National Design Awards'. Bantjes lives and works internationally from her base on Bowen Island off the west coast of Canada, near Vancouver, BC.


Pinball FX

Pinball FX is a pinball machine video game for the Xbox 360. It was developed by Zen Studios and published by Microsoft Game Studios. It was released on April 25, 2007 via the Xbox Live Arcade service. The game features three tables, with six more available as downloadable content, leaderboards and online multiplayer. A sequel to the game, "Pinball FX 2" was released on October 27, 2010.
The game received mixed reviews from critics, with aggregate websites GameRankings and Metacritic reporting scores of 70.56% and 69/100, respectively. Critics generally felt that the physics did well emulating a real pinball machine. Reviewers were divided on opinions of the game's multiplayer, with some calling for splitscreen gameplay, while others appreciated the online multiplayer component. It was a commercial success, selling over 362,000 copies as of July 28, 2010.
Following the release of "Pinball FX 2", the game was delisted from Xbox Live Arcade marketplace, and all of the table purchases carry over to "Pinball FX 2". However, as the corresponding tables are not available in the Xbox One version of "Pinball FX 2", the game is still available as Xbox One backwards compatible title and can be installed if it was purchased earlier.
Gameplay.
"Pinball FX" utilizes the same basic rules as a physical pinball machine, albeit in a virtual environment. As with a traditional pinball machine, the player fires a steel ball onto the playfield using a plunger. Once the ball is in play the player controls the flippers and can nudge the machine to influence the path of the ball. Each of the game's tables become more complex as the game advances, opening new paths and opportunities.
The game allows use of the Xbox Live Vision camera to operate the flippers and to video chat with Xbox Live opponents. It also features leaderboards and online multiplayer for up to four players. Multiplayer games are won by being the first to achieve the set high score, which can be adjusted from 10 to 100 million points. Penalties can also be set for losing a ball with players losing anywhere from 5 to 25 percent of their score when a ball is lost.
Tables.
"Pinball FX" was released with three tables, Speed Machine, a racing-themed table, Extreme, which features a skateboarding theme, and Agents, adorned with secret agents and spy gadgets. A fourth pirate-themed table entitled Buccaneer was released October 31, 2007 as a free download. Five additional paid content tables were released prior to the release of the game's sequel, "Pinball FX 2". The first table was released on January 16, 2008. Entitled Nightmare Mansion it features a campy, horror movie theme. The second paid table features characters from "The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show" and was released April 2, 2008. A third table featuring characters, sounds and music from "" was released November 12, 2008. Earth Defense, the fourth table, features an alien invasion theme. It was released September 21, 2009 The fifth and final table, Excalibur, was released January 27, 2010. This table features a theme based on King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.
Development and marketing.
"Pinball FX" was first revealed to the press November 7, 2006 at a Microsoft press event in San Francisco. It was then shown at the Game Developer's Conference on March 6, 2007. It was released for the Xbox 360 via the Xbox Live Arcade service on April 23, 2007. The game has been delisted from Xbox Live Arcade as all content can be imported into "Pinball FX 2". If players wish to have the original tables but did not own the game, they can buy the "Pinball FX Classic" pack for "Pinball FX 2", which contains the three original tables plus the Buccaneer table.
Reception.
"Pinball FX" received mixed reviews from critics. On the aggregate sites GameRankings and Metacritic, it holds a score of 70.56% and 69/100, respectively. The game was a commercial success, selling over 362,000 copies as of July 28, 2010. Eurogamer's Dan Whitehead described the game as "a fantastic virtual pinball engine", comparing it to "Pinball Dreams". PinballAddicts praised the cost-to-value ratio, stating "at around US$10 you really can't go wrong." GameZone's reviewer stated "Pinball FX" was "a visual treat and a solid challenge."
GameSpot's Jeff Gerstmann praised the addition of online multiplayer, stating that it "has some neat ideas that keep things interesting a bit longer." Eurogamer's Dan Whitehead was more critical, stating use of the Xbox Live Vision camera was "an oddly remote and distant way of playing." GameZone's reviewer disagreed, noting that use of the camera set the game apart from other titles. The reviewer further praised the game's sound effects, saying that they "carried the game forward."
"Pinball FX"s physics system was a common point of criticism among reviewers. While some praised the physics, others felt the system had issues. Dan Whitehead of Eurogamer felt the physics were precise. The reviewer from GameZone agreed, stating they "handled very well." "For the most part the physics in Pinball FX hold up, but there are a few issues that harm the overall experience" stated Hilary Goldstein of IGN. Jeff Gerstmann felt that the "ball movement never feels realistic."
Reviewers were critical of the variety in the game. Hilary Goldstein of IGN felt the game did not have enough features, stating it had "three mediocre boards, a couple-hundred Achievement Points, and little else." Jeff Gerstmann of GameSpot also criticized the variety, calling the table designs "generic", adding that they "grow old quickly." "GamePro"s Will Herring agreed, saying that the tables were "a little blander than might have been hoped for."


Great Bardfield Artists

The Great Bardfield Artists were a community of artists who lived in Great Bardfield, a village in north west Essex, England, during the middle years of the 20th century.
The principal artists who lived there between 1930 and 1970 were John Aldridge RA, Edward Bawden, George Chapman, Stanley Clifford-Smith, Audrey Cruddas, Walter Hoyle, Eric Ravilious, Sheila Robinson, Michael Rothenstein, Kenneth Rowntree and Marianne Straub. Other artists associated with the group include Duffy Ayers, John Bolam, Bernard Cheese, Tirzah Garwood, Joan Glass, David Low and Laurence Scarfe. Great Bardfield Artists were diverse in style but shared a love for figurative art, making the group distinct from the better known St Ives School of artists in St Ives, Cornwall, who, after the war, were chiefly dominated by abstractionists.
During the 1950s the Great Bardfield Artists organised a series of large ‘open house’ exhibitions which attracted national and international press attention. Positive reviews and the novelty of viewing modernist art works in the artists own homes led to thousands visiting the remote village during the summer exhibitions of 1954, 1955 and 1958. As well as these large shows the Great Bardfield Artists held exhibitions of their work in Cambridge (1956) and Bristol (1959). The artists also organised a multi-city tour of England and Ireland during 1957 & 1958. The early 1960s saw the majority of the Great Bardfield artists leave the village.
Legacy.
In 1985, the Fry Art Gallery was established in Saffron Walden with the expressed aim of highlighting the paintings, prints, wallpapers, books, fabrics and ceramics made by the Great Bardfield art community between 1930 and 1970. Many of the artists have had exhibitions at the Fry Art Gallery and elsewhere.


Robert Brownjohn

Robert Brownjohn (August 8, 1925 – August 1, 1970) was an American graphic designer known for blending formal graphic design concepts with wit and 1960s pop culture. He is best known for his motion picture title sequences, especially "From Russia with Love" and "Goldfinger".
Early life.
He was born to British parents on August 8, 1925 in Newark, New Jersey, where his father was a bus driver. In 1937, at age 12, his father died. Despite the comparative disinclination of his family, Brownjohn showed early artistic promise. After attending the Pratt Institute in nearby Brooklyn, New York for a year, he earned a place at the Institute of Design in Chicago, Illinois, formerly known as the New Bauhaus by founder László Moholy-Nagy, in 1944.
Regarded as a prodigy by his peers, Brownjohn became a protégé of Moholy-Nagy and his successor, Serge Chermayeff; much of the structural quality in Brownjohn's graphic design can be traced to the former's important influence. In his spare time, he experimented with marijuana and heroin (culminating in an early rehabilitation stint at the behest of Chermayeff) and often frequented the city's jazz clubs with Chermayeff and Buckminster Fuller, then an Institute faculty member. Because of his proclivities, Brownjohn became intimately acquainted with Charlie Parker, Billie Holiday and other musicians of the era.
After receiving a nonprofessional B.A. in architecture in May 1948, Brownjohn initially worked as an architectural planner in Chicago before returning to the Institute (which had been absorbed as a unit of the Illinois Institute of Technology in 1949) to assist Chermayeff and teach his own courses in the school's evening division. He also worked as a freelance designer for several magazines, including "Esquire" and "Coronet".
New York career.
In 1951, Brownjohn returned to New York City in order to further his graphic design career. Continuing to work freelance for the next five years, he completed projects for a wide variety of clients, including Columbia Records. Brownjohn's effusive personality and fondness for jazz music allowed his friendships with Parker and Miles Davis, among others, to blossom as he became a part of the bohemian social scene in the city. Brownjohn also became addicted to heroin in earnest during this period. He was never to conquer this affliction and it contributed to his untimely death at the age of 44.
In 1956, Brownjohn married Donna Walters. The couple went on to have a daughter, Eliza. The following year, Brownjohn formed Brownjohn, Chermayeff & Geismar (BCG) with fellow designers Ivan Chermayeff (a son of Brownjohn's mentor) and Tom Geismar. BCG designed for print initially, producing experiments in typographical design as well as taking on commercial projects. Amongst the experimental work was the booklet, "Watching Words Move", in which words were redesigned to suggest their meaning in graphical as well as literal terms, e.g. "+dd", "-tract" and "sexxx". In 1958 BCG won the commission to design the United States' stand at the Brussels World's Fair. BCG also counted the Pepsi-Cola Company amongst its largest clients at this time. In addition to designing the company magazine, it also created the widely hailed Christmas decorations for Pepsi's New York headquarters. During this period, he also taught advanced advertising design as an adjunct professor at Pratt and Cooper Union.
The end of 1959 saw the end of BCG. Brownjohn's drug use had escalated and he moved to London with his family in order, he hoped, to take advantage of the UK's more liberal attitude to drug use. Following Brownjohn's departure, the company (known as Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv today) became known for its seminal corporate identity programs.
London career.
As one of the most fêted and socially connected designers from New York, Brownjohn fitted into the Swinging London scene effortlessly. He initially worked at the J. Walter Thompson advertising agency before leaving the firm to join McCann Erickson in 1962. It was in this year that Donna left Brownjohn, taking daughter Eliza, and moved to Ibiza.
Brownjohn's career began to shift to working primarily with moving images. In 1963, the producers of the James Bond films approached Brownjohn after disagreements with film title designer Maurice Binder. Harry Saltzman asked Brownjohn to design the title sequence for the second James Bond film, "From Russia with Love".
Movie title sequences.
Robert Brownjohn's work on two James Bond title sequences, "From Russia with Love" and "Goldfinger", is probably his most widely known achievement. In these he used the technique of projecting moving footage onto the bodies of models and filming the results. The idea of filming projections is one gleaned from the Bauhaus and was used by László Maholy-Nagy in his early constructivist films of the 1920s. The combination of this artistic technique with the style and glamour of the 1960s typify Brownjohn's work. The use of wit and risqué humour, for example the deliberate lining up of a projected shot of a golf putt so that the ball appears to roll down gold painted model Margaret Nolan's cleavage, are also classic Brownjohn devices.
"Goldfinger"'s title design, photographed by David Watkin cost £5000. Brownjohn also designed the British posters for the film featuring Sean Connery and Honor Blackman over a gold painted Margaret Nolan. A second poster, featuring the characters in a golden hand, was designed for Ireland. Eventually Saltzman and Brownjohn fell out, and Brownjohn worked on no other Bond films.
In all, Robert Brownjohn designed four title sequences:
Later career and death.
The most notable work from Brownjohn's post-Bond career is probably the cover for the 1969 Rolling Stones album "Let It Bleed". He also created moving graphics for Midland Bank and Pirelli between 1966 and 1970. His final piece of graphic design was a poster for the New York Peace Campaign in 1969: an ace of spades playing card is laid on a plain white background with the letters "PE" hastily scribbled to the left of it and a question mark to the right. Brownjohn also had a small role as a fur coat-clad heavy in Dick Clement's film "Otley".
Robert Brownjohn died from a heart attack in London on August 1, 1970, seven days shy of his 45th birthday.


The Arts Club

The Arts Club is a London private members club founded in 1863 by, among others, Charles Dickens, Anthony Trollope, and Lord Leighton in Dover Street, Mayfair. It remains a meeting place for men and women involved in the creative arts either professionally or as patrons.
History.
The Arts Club was a hub of the arts during the 19th century and, although a social venue, it was known to be a place where influence could be exerted and careers developed. It was seen as the powerhouse behind the dealings of the Royal Academy. Its members and guests included Dickens, Millais, Whistler, Kipling, Monet, Rodin, Degas and Turgenev. As early as 1891, James Whistler, one of the Arts Club's leading members, broke away to found the rival Chelsea Arts Club.
The Arts Club has continued to provide a forum and meeting place for those involved in all the arts. The visual arts predominate the professional artists amongst today's membership; the vast majority of Royal Academicians still present amongst the members. Members not professionally active as artists include art dealers, gallery owners, artists' agents, as well as those who simply have an amateur or recreational interest in the arts.
Various scandals undermined the club during the last century, including the disappearance of the club's extensive collection of first-edition books and silver during refurbishments (the crates when opened were full of bricks) as well as fifty artworks from its collection.
The Club was completely refurbished in 2011/12.
Clubhouse.
The original club premises were at 17 Hanover Square, Mayfair. After thirty years there, the club moved nearby to its current accommodation, an 18th-century townhouse at 40 Dover Street, Mayfair, just north of the Ritz Hotel on Piccadilly, formerly the London home of the family of the Baron Stanley of Alderley. It was badly bombed in the Blitz and extensively rebuilt. The Arts Club is also looking at expanding its clubhouses, and planning venues in Los Angeles and Canary Wharf in London.
Membership.
Current membership includes a number of Royal Academicians, architects, musicians, actors and writers. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh was the Patron and Sir Peter Blake is the President of the Club. The Chairman of the Club is Gary Landesberg and the Chief Operating Officer is Remy Lyse. Current members include Grayson Perry, the photographer Tom Hunter, the actresses Gwyneth Paltrow and Kim Cattrall and also Ronnie Wood. Well known "non-artist" members include Richard Attenborough, Matthew Parris, and Henry Blofeld.
There are regular activities, recitals and lectures. The Arts Club operates a smart dress code. Membership requirements are a participation or interest in art, literature or science. Members must be proposed and seconded by existing members.
As of 2012, the Club has no reciprocal clubs in the UK. However, a number of clubs outside the UK of similar character and prestige have reciprocal arrangements, including the Cercle de l'Union interalliée in Paris, The Arts and Letters Club of Toronto, the St. Botolph and Algonquin Clubs in Boston, the Cosmos Club in Washington DC, the Arts Club of Chicago and the Arts Club of Washington DC, and the Century Association, The Coffee House, National Arts Club and Salmagundi Club in New York.


Waku Waku 7

 is a 1996 2D fighting game developed and published by Sunsoft initially as an arcade game for the Neo Geo MVS arcade system in 1996 worldwide.
A port for the Nintendo Switch, part of the Arcade Archive collection from the Japanese video game publisher Hamster Corporation, was released in March 2017. A year later the same port was released on Xbox One and PlayStation 4.
Gameplay.
"Waku Waku 7" has an irregular feature set for a fighting game of its time, and includes features common to SNK fighting games (such as four basic attacks and screens zooming).
The game has a roster of nine characters (two of which were available only in the Versus mode of the console ports). Each has a significantly different playstyle and parodies a well-known character from another game. Each character has a powerful special move (referred to as the Harahara movement, or Harahara motion). They have several factors that make them unique, including a need to be charged (during which the character concentrates, says something, strikes a pose or blows a fanfare) and being unblockable and difficult to dodge, but can be interrupted while charging; while charging, the game flashes a warning and sounds an alarm. Characters can be launched through the screen to hit the other corner, and attacked while on the ground; but can also dodge or attack while getting up.
Plot.
"It is said that the person who collects all seven of the legendary WakuWaku balls will have their dearest wish granted. Those who find one of the balls become obsessed with the ruthless desire to obtain the others, who will be victorious in the bitter battle to become the owner of all the balls. Victory or defeat - it all lies in your hand."
Characters.
Selectable only in the versus mode:
Development.
It was Sunsoft's third fighting game after their 1994 Super Famicom spin-off of their "Hebereke" series, "Sugoi Hebereke", and their 1995 "", their first 2D fighting game. Although numbers in titles of games and other types of media are used to tell if they are sequels, the title of the game actually refers to its seven playable characters in the roster. The word "Waku Waku" is a Japanese onomatopoeia for sounds of excitement. Two years later, Sunsoft worked with a small company SANTACLAUS in producing the 1998 airborne-based fighting game "Astra Superstars" for the Sega ST-V arcade system.
Home releases.
"Waku Waku 7" was later ported to the Neo-Geo AES home console, which features easy-to-access difficulty settings and limited credits.
A Neo-Geo CD version was in development, but was canceled due to the Neo-Geo CD failing in the market. This version was later ported to the Sega Saturn instead, but exclusively in Japan. It requires the Saturn's 1 MB RAM expansion cartridge.
In 2008, the original Neo-Geo version was included with the Neo-Geo CD version of Sunsoft's other fighting game "" in Vol.11 of the Neo Geo Online Collection series for the PlayStation 2, titled . While the Neo-Geo CD soundtrack of "Galaxy Fight: Universal Warriors" was added in this version, the soundtrack of "Waku Waku 7" is completely different from the unreleased Neo-Geo CD version that was later ported to the Sega Saturn. SNK was unable to add the Neo-Geo CD / Sega Saturn version of the soundtrack because of licensing issues.
The Neo-Geo AES home console version was ported to the Wii Virtual Console in Japan on April 27, 2010.
Soundtrack.
A soundtrack album of the Neo-Geo version was released by Pony Canyon and Scitron Label on August 21, 1996 exclusively in Japan under the catalog number PCCB-00215. It contains nearly every background music, as well as sound effects and voice samples from the arcade version. It was composed and arranged by Masato Araikawa.
Reception.
"Waku Waku 7" was met with generally positive reception from critics since its initial release in arcades and other platforms. "AllGame"s Kyle Knight reviewed the AES version regarded the graphical presentation as among the best on Neo Geo, praising the audio design, unique fighting system and character roster but criticized its implementation of the power gauge mechanic. The Sega Saturn conversion was met with a more mixed response from reviewers for being a straightfoward conversion of the original arcade game. However, fan reception was positive; Readers of the Japanese "Sega Saturn Magazine" voted to give the Saturn port a 7.4692 out of 10 score, ranking at the number 527 spot below "Galaxy Fight: Universal Warriors", indicating a popular following.
The Nintendo Switch re-release garnered mostly positive response from retrospective reviewers. The Switch version holds a 76.25% on the video game review aggregator "GameRankings". "Nintendo Life"s Damien McFerran commended the cartoon-style audiovisual presentation, frantic pacing and varied character roster. "Nintendo World Report"s Zachary Miller noted its diverse and bizarre character roster but criticized the initial Switch release for the "washed" color palette.
In 2012, "Complex"s Elton Jones ranked this "underrated and virtually unknown fighter" as the 12th best SNK fighting game ever made, commenting, ""Waku Waku 7" was a trip. Most of the cast was full of colorful beasts and parodies of popular fighting game characters. Mauru had to be the strangest looking creature on the roster (he was also one of the most fun guys to play with). We appreciate this game’s tight gameplay, super cheery graphics, and hilarious super moves. Do yourself a favor and import a copy of this joint." That same year, "GamesRadar"s Lucas Sullivan included "this cheery, colorful Neo Geo fighter" among the little-known classic fighting games that deserve HD remakes, adding: "Though the zany roster is only seven fighters strong (not including goofy secret characters like a sentient punching bag), Sunsoft crafted quite the fun brawler that gives you super meter and glitzy special moves as often as modern-day "Marvel Vs." games."


Zork Nemesis

Zork Nemesis: The Forbidden Lands is a graphic adventure game developed by Zombie LLC, published by Activision, and released in 1996 for Windows 95, MS-DOS, and Macintosh. It is the eleventh game in the "Zork" series, and the first title not to be marketed under the Infocom label, while featuring a darker, less comical story within the Zork setting. The story focuses on players investigating the sudden disappearance of four prominent figures and their children to the hands of a mysterious being known as the "Nemesis", and uncovering a sinister plot during their investigations that they must thwart. The game features performances by Lauren Koslow, W. Morgan Sheppard, Allan Kolman, Stephen Macht, Paul Anthony Stewart, Merle Kennedy, and Bruce Nozick.
The game received favorable reviews, despite some criticism of the puzzles and lack of relevance to the Zork setting, and won the 1996 Spotlight Award for "Best Prerendered Art". The MS-DOS edition of the game was later released by GOG on their website, who made it compatible for use with Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10.
Gameplay.
"Zork Nemesis" operates from a first-person perspective and uses a simple point-and-click system. The cursor fundamentally allows for interaction with the player's surrounding, changing to symbolize what can be done; an arrow going forward or back allows for movement; arrows for side-to-side or up-and-down allow for examining locations from different viewpoints; a gold arrow allows for interaction with objects; and a hand icon allows for objects to be picked up or to symbolize where objects can be used. Each location, ranging from corridors, small rooms, and vast halls, can be viewed in panoramic 360-degree to find objects to examine and interact with, with a still screen used when zooming in to examine an object in more detail (i.e. a book). Items collected by the player are stored in a simple inventory that be cycled through the right mouse-button.
Puzzles in the game generally require the player to find clues that will help them solve it, ranging from finding certain objects or triggering something in the right combination; a score system mostly denotes when a player has completed a section of the game's story.
Story.
Setting.
The game takes place in the fantasy world of Zork, with players initially solving puzzles and exploring the Temple of Agrippa, a large complex situated in a mountainous region within the Forbidden Lands. Later the player has the ability to travel and explore the following locations: Frigid River Branch Conservatory - a musical school and performance hall near to Flood Control Dam #3; Steppinthrax Monastery – an abandoned monastery in disrepair; Grey Mountains Asylum – a mental institution in the frigid, frozen peaks of the Grey Mountains; Castle Irondune - a military fort with private museum of battles, situated in the Irondune desert.
Plot.
Following the demise of Agent L. Bivotar, Vice Regent Syovar the Strong assigns the player with the task of continuing their investigations within the region known as the Forbidden Lands, in which Bivotar had been instructed to discover what had happened to four prominent figures of the Empire who went missing – Doctor Erasmus Sartorius, General Thaddeus Kaine, Bishop Francois Malveaux, and Madame Sophia Hamilton - while determining if rumours of a mysterious curse that had emerged from within the region were substantiated, and investigate possible illegal magic being conducted. Travelling to the Temple of Agrippa, an ancient temple within the Eastlands that Bivotar had learnt about during their investigations, the player uncovers a message left behind by the spirit of Alexandria Wolfe, a young woman who seeks help to deal with a great evil that resides within the temple.
Entering the main building of the temple, the player uncovers information revealing that Sartorius, Kaine, Malveaux and Sophia were operating in secret as alchemists, each mastering one of the four elements: Air, Fire, Earth, and Water. The group had been seeking the mysterious fifth element called "the Quintessence" - , until a mysterious entity known as the Nemesis killed them. After finding each member's corresponding element, the group explain that Nemesis not only killed them but also Alexandria, Francois' daughter, and Thaddeus' son Lucien. Using their combined power, the group stop Nemesis from attacking the player, and advises them to visit their homes and seek out the elemental metals aligned to each of them. Using a special planetarium, the player travels to each member's home – Steppinthrax Monastery, Castle Irondune, Grey Mountains Asylum, and Frigid River Branch Conservatory – and find the pure samples of each metal within each alchemist's personal laboratory.
Whilst in each of these locations, the player slowly learns more about the Alchemists' work and the identity of the Nemesis, through visions and various letters. The player learns that Sartorius sought to complete the research of his father into the Quintessence which could grant eternal life. Learning that it required mastery of the four elements and their pure metals, both of which he could not accomplish on his own, Sartorius recruited the assistance of Sophia, Francois and Thaddeus, each for their own reasons: Francois sought to avoid his death from an incurable disease; Thaddeus sought power to win a war against a rival; and Sophia sought to live forever, having fallen in love with Thaddeus. The group soon learned that they needed to create a child, who had to be born when an alignment of planets, each corresponding to each alchemical element, occurred at the same time of a solar eclipse, who would lead them to finding the fifth element.
Sartorius sourced the child, Alexandria, from one of his patients at his asylum, and left Francois in charge of raising her. Alexandria was taught a special song by Sophia, unaware it would purify her soul for a ritual the group would perform on her. However, the alchemists had not foreseen Lucien falling in love with Alexandria when he attended one of her concerts, thus Thaddeus had him arrested on a false charge of draft-dodging. Knowing the fifth element would be theirs at the next solar eclipse, the group lured Alexandria to their Agrippa for sacrifice. Lucien, learning of their plan, escaped from his cell, but arrived too late to save Alexandria. Angered, Lucien killed the group in revenge, and became the Nemesis in order to find the fifth element himself, and revive Alexandria with it. When the player returns, having revived the group, the alchemists attempt to convince them to drink from a chalice, but seeing them not willing, chose to send them away, while resuming their ritual.
Lucien, knowing they must not find Alexandria's body, beseeches the player for help since they know the truth, and passes on a gold ring. Entering a hidden chamber below the temple, the player creates a special Alchemy symbol, representing Infinity, from both Lucien's and Alexandria's rings. With the rings now purified and imbued with the fifth element, representing pure love, the player quickly uses it to stop the Alchemists. The resulting power from the fifth element kills them, revives Alexandria, and destroys the temple. This ends the curse in the Forbidden Lands, and the game ends with Lucien and Alexandria walking away together to live in peace.
Production.
"Zork Nemesis" employed technology Activision dubbed "Z-Vision Surround Technology," which gives users a simulated 360-degree view of each location visited. It was one of the first games to employ such technology, though "Zork Nemesis" only allows panning in either horizontal or vertical where both panning options are available, unlike in later games such as ' or '. Furthermore, details were far more difficult to make out in the panoramic scenes than in the still screens; the sequel, "", made significant improvements to the Z-Vision system. Technical director Laird Malamed felt the game suffered from time constraints, saying that once the advanced game engine was completed, the team didn't have enough time left to implement anything more than simple control panel puzzles.
Like other adventure games of its time, "Zork Nemesis" made use of live actors. The game features a significant amount of screen-time for the actors, thanks to its use of flashbacks at key locations (or objects) and the use of monologues in which characters address the player explaining and justifying their actions.
The game's plot was written by Cecilia Barajas, Nick Sagan and Adam Simon and is a departure from the series usual comedic treatment in its games, by featuring a much darker and less humorous story than previous games. The budget of "Zork Nemesis" surpassed $3 million. The live-action scenes contributed to this cost, which ultimately rose to around USD$3.5 million. The game was heavily marketed, with an estimated $1 million spent on this aspect.
Reception.
The game received "favorable" reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings. "Next Generation" said, "With 3D sound and stunning graphics (the game is almost worth the price just to examine the fantastic architectural environments), this game was destined for five stars, until the puzzles – and these are what really count, to us, anyway – dragged the game back down."
"Zork Nemesis" placed 10th on "PC Data"s monthly computer game sales chart for April 1996. It secured positions 12 and 11 the following two months, respectively. By November 1996, "Zork Nemesis" had sold above 100,000 units. According to Activision, strong sales of the game during the 1996 holiday shopping season contributed to high revenues in the company's third quarter, which increased 78% over the third quarter of 1995.
"Zork Nemesis" won the 1996 Spotlight Award for "Best Prerendered Art" from the Game Developers Conference. It was also nominated for the 1996 "Adventure Game of the Year" awards of "Computer Games Strategy Plus", "PC Gamer", CNET Gamecenter and "Computer Game Entertainment", but these went variously to "The Neverhood", "" and "The Pandora Directive". "PC Gamer" highlighted "Nemesis"s "charm and vitality", and called it "graphically gorgeous".
In 2011, "Adventure Gamers" named "Zork Nemesis" the 51st-best adventure game ever released.


Hum Award for Best Actress

The Hum Award for Best Actress is an award presented annually by the Hum Television Network and Entertainment Channel (HTNEC). It is given in honor of an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role while working within the Television industry. The 1st Hum Awards (for 2012) was held in 2013 with Mahira Khan winning the award, who was honored for her role in "Shehr-e-Zaat".
The award has commonly been referred to as the hum for Best Actress Jury or Best Drama Actress Jury. Currently, nominees are determined by single transferable vote, within the actors and jury branch of HTNEC; winners are selected by a plurality vote from the entire eligible voting members of the Hum. This awards is equivalent to the Hum Award for Best Actress Popular, which is given in the ceremony but winners are only selected by viewers voting's. Multiple nominations for an actress in same category but for different work is eligible.
Since its inception the award has been given to three actresses, while Saba Qamar was nominated five times on three occasions more than any actress. As of the 2017 ceremony, Sajal Ali is the most recent winner in this category for her role in "Gul-e-Rana".
Winners and nominees.
In the list below, winners are listed first in the colored row, followed by the other nominees. Following the hum's practice, the dramas below are listed by year of their Pakistan qualifying run, which is usually (but not always) the drama's year of release. As of the first ceremony, total of Eight (actually seven, actress Saba Qamar nominated twice) Actresses were nominated for the award. For the following years, five to six actors will be nominated for the award.
For the first ceremony, the eligibility period spanned full calendar years. For example, the 1st Hum Awards presented on April 28, 2013, to recognized actors of dramas that were released between January, 2012, and December, 2012, the period of eligibility is the full previous calendar year from January 1 to December 31. Date and the award ceremony shows that the 2010 is the period from 2010-2020 (10 years-decade), while the year above winners and nominees shows that the dramas year in which they were telecast, and the figure in bracket shows the ceremony number, for example; an award ceremony is held for the dramas of its previous year.


CosmoGirl

CosmoGirl, also stylized as CosmoGIRL!, was an American magazine based in New York City, published from 1999 until 2008. The teenage spin-off of "Cosmopolitan" magazine, it targeted teenage girls and featured fashion and celebrities. It was published ten times a year and reached approximately eight million readers before folding. The last issue was released in December 2008; thereafter, subscribers received issues of fellow Hearst publication "Seventeen".
The magazine was founded by Atoosa Rubenstein, who was asked to create a mock issue. She repeatedly scrawled the word "Girl!" in bed using fuchsia lipstick for use on the magazine cover. When she and her husband woke up, they were covered in lipstick.
Ann Shoket was the executive editor before leaving the magazine to replace Atoosa Rubenstein as the editor-in-chief of fellow Hearst magazine, "Seventeen". The last editor-in-chief was Susan Schulz, who was reassigned to special projects at Hearst Magazines.
After the final issue, "CosmoGirl" initially continued online, similar to "Elle Girl", of which the last printed issue appeared in June 2006. In late June/early July 2010, the website was merged with that of "Seventeen".
Content.
Inside each issue of CosmoGirl, there was an interview and photo shoot with a current celebrity, a beauty section featuring hair, skin, and makeup tips and trends, a fashion section highlighting various spreads of trends and clothes, and the Stars section which included articles on celebrities other than those featured on the cover. A monthly free calendar allowed readers to win various prizes by typing in a code to enter for a chance to win a prize on the magazine's website.
There was also a section introduced in March 2008 named JSYK (Just So You Know), which had advice and stories of how readers fell in love, and a shocking real-life story. There were also embarrassing stories, and a manga comic featuring a character named CG. The magazine's content was rounded out with the Body & Soul section, which covered sexual health, mental health, fitness, and nutrition.
Project 2024.
Project 2024 was created in 2002. It was named 2024 because that was when the youngest readers would be thirty-five years old, old enough to run for President of the United States. Project 2024 was about helping young girls realize their dreams and has been supported by Senator Hillary Clinton, fashion designer Michael Kors, music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs, and MySpace creator Tom Anderson.
Editions in other languages.
There have also been editions of the magazine in other countries, including the UK, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Turkey, China, Hong Kong and Indonesia, all written in the country's native language. As of 2019, only the Dutch version (from the Netherlands) still has both a magazine and a frequently updated website. The Indonesian website is still online, but no longer updated, with the last published magazine being the September 2017 issue. (See also the External links section.)
The UK "CosmoGirl" closed in June 2007. The reason given was that the magazine had become 'unsustainable', since many adolescent girls had migrated to the web or to other magazines targeted at an older age group.


Juul Haalmeyer

Juul Haalmeyer is a costume designer, best known for doing costume design on several iterations of SCTV. Haalmeyer also worked as a costume designer for many movies, television shows, theatre productions, concerts wardrobes for various artists and specials like "Bridge to Silence", "All My Sons", "Long Day's Journey into Night", "Noddy", the "Shining Time Station" Family Specials, "Mr. Conductor's Thomas Tales", "Diamonds", "", and "Ghostwriter".
Career.
Juul Haalmeyer started his career as a costume designer in 1969, working on TV, movies, and theatre in Toronto.
The Juul Haalmeyer Dancers.
The Juul Haalmeyer Dancers were a woefully inept troupe of variety show dancers on the television sketch comedy show SCTV. They premiered on series 4, cycle 1, episode 8, titled "Bouncin' Back to You with The Tubes".
Catherine O'Hara wanted bad dancers for the "Bouncin' Back to You" segment with Lola Heatherton. O'Hara auditioned professional dancers, but they couldn't dance poorly, so she asked Haalmeyer, the show's costume designer, to put something together with whoever was available. O'Hara named the dance group The Juul Haalmeyer Dancers because it sounded similar to the June Taylor Dancers.
The dance group changed with each episode they appeared on, with Haalmeyer being the only constant. The dancers were made up of the show's cast members who weren't busy elsewhere, the show's writers, and miscellaneous crew members who were available.
All the dancers were dressed identically, with Haalmeyer creating the costumes. The choreography and dance routines were kept simple and jointly developed by the dancers. The signature exit move — fingers pointing down while backing up — was developed by Eugene Levy.
The character of "Juul Haalmeyer" was allowed to develop over the course of several episodes and was seen on occasion without the dance troupe. In his final appearance, he and SCTV character Lola Heatherton revealed that they were in a relationship.
Appearances.
The Juul Haalmeyer Dancers only appeared on these six episodes of SCTV.
Juul Haalmeyer also appeared as "himself" (i.e. in character, but without the dance troupe) in:
Haalmeyer (NOT in character) can also be glimpsed as an extra in a handful of other episodes.
Charity.
Haalmeyer is active in charity work, donating costumes to groups such as the acrobatic/dance group "Fantasy Flyers".
Filmography.
COSTUME DESIGN:
YEAR PRODUCER PRODUCTION / PERFORMER CATEGORY # Shows
1999-2000 IMG Skate The Nation with Brian Orser & International Champions Skating Tours
1998-99 PBX/BBC/TVO Noddy Children's Series (44 episodes) * Received EMMY Award for Costume Design Jayne Eastwood, Sean McCann
1994-95 CATALYST / PBS Shining Time Station Children's Special
1993-94 ALLIANCE / FAMILY Mighty Jungle Sitcom (22 episodes)
1993 TOUCHSTONE / DISNEY Cool Runnings, John Candy - Personal Assistant
1989-92 CBC / SALTER STREET FILMS Codco Comedy Series (47 episodes) - Cathy Jones, Greg Malone, Tommy Sexton, Mary Walsh
1990-91 BILL GRAHAM / IMG Skating I & II North American Tour with Brian Boitano / Katarina Witt
1991 McKENNA / GLOBAL / HA! Peeping Tom Comedy Pilot
1989 NORSTAR / SIMPSON / SAGAR Prom Night III – The Last Kiss Film
1989 CDN. CENTRE FOR ADVANCED FILM STUDIES Exposed Film - Co-designed with Sylvie Bonniere
1989 CBS / SHOWTIME Together Again Comedy Special with Andrea Martin
1989 CBS / WHITLEY / SHOWTIME Second City 15th Anniversary Comedy Special with SCTV & Second City Alumni
1988 FAR NORTH / FRIES / CBS Bridge to Silence Movie of the Week with Lee Remick, Marlee Matlin
1988 MALABAR / PITTSBURGH L.O. Annie Get Your Gun Stage Musical
1988 MALABAR / MUNI – ST. LOUIS Grease Stage Musical
1987-88 ALLIANCE / CBS Diamonds Drama Series (22 episodes)
1987 WHITLEY / H.B.O. The Enigma of Bobby Bittman Comedy Special with Eugene Levy
1987 CBC / ROTHMAN Rendezvous 87 Variety Special
1987 CINEMAX Max Campaign Commercials
1986 BRANDMAN / WHITLEY / UNIVERSAL Long Day's Journey Into Night Drama Special with Jack Lemmon / (Key to Willa Kim)
1986 BRANDMAN/WHITLEY/UNIVERSAL/PBS/G.W. All My Sons Drama Special with Aidan Quinn / Michael Learned / James Whitmore
1986 SHOWMAKERS Hollywood Then & Now Stage Productions
1985 SHOWTIME / INTERCHANGE The Incredible Time Travels of Henry Osgood * Winner of A.C.E. Award for Costume Design Comedy Special – Film
1985 SHOWTIME / CBC The Martin Short Comedy Special Comedy Special with SCTV Cast & Christopher Guest
1985 TAFFNER / CTV / G.W. Check It Out Sitcom (start-up)
1985 SHOWMAKERS Young & Alive Stage Production
1980-85 SHOWMAKERS Mary Kay Industrials
1984 ALNDON / CBC Claus Mission Christmas Special
1984 SHOWMAKERS Ontario Bicentennial Tour Stage Production
1984 CANDY / HBO / WHITLEY The Last Polka Comedy Special with John Candy and Eugene Levy
1981-84 OLD FIREHALL / NBC / CINEMAX S.C.T.V. Comedy Series with John Candy / Joe Flaherty / Eugene Levy / Andrea Martin / Rick Moranis / Catherine O’Hara / Martin Short / Dave Thomas
1978-84 BALMUR / CBS / CBC Anne Murray Concert Wardrobe
1980 ESSEX / CBS Castle Rock Drama Special
1980 VALENTINE / TWP Valentine Brown Stage Production * Nominated for Dora Mayor Award for Costume Design
1980 OSMONDS / CTV Big City Comedy Show Comedy Series (12 episodes) with John Candy
1980 CBC Mr. Smith Goes To The Movies Variety Special
1980 SALOME BEY ENTERTAINMENT Indigo Cabaret
1980 ANDROCLES Dinah Christie & Friends Cabaret
1979 OECA Read All About It Children's Series (22 episodes)
1979 CJOH / CTV The Magic Show Variety Special
1979 CJOH / CTV Beauty & The Beast Ballet
1979 WOLF RISSMILLER Jethro Tull – Storm Watch World Tour
1976-78 CHAMPLAIN / CTV The Julie Show Variety Series (44 episodes)
1976-78 CHAMPLAIN / CTV Loto Canada Variety Specials (10 episodes)
1977 DISTORTED REFLECTIONS Dolly Parton Concert Wardrobe (with Patrick Reeves-Aaron)
1976 CBC / HARTLEY The Shari Lewis Special Variety Special
1976 CTV / GLENWARREN The David Steinberg Show Comedy Series (22 episodes)
1976 CTV / BLYE / GLENWARREN The Bobby Vinton Show Variety Series (24 episodes)
1975 HALLMARK / CBS / G.W. Valley Forge Drama Special (Key to Anne Roth)
1975 ABC / CTV Welcome To My Nightmare Variety Special with Alice Cooper
1975 CHAMPLAIN / CTV Kidstuff Children's Series (44 episodes)
1975 OECA Portrait Of The Novel Drama Anthology (6 episodes)
1975 OECA Monkey Bars Children's Series (12 episodes)
1974 NBC / CTV / G.W. Razzle Dazzle Variety Series (12 episodes) (Key to Ret Turner)
1974 ABC / CTV Salem Village Movie of the Week
1973 HALLMARK / FOX The Borrowers Children's Special * Nominated for an EMMY Award, Costume Design with Eddie Albert, Tammy Grimes, Dame Judith Anderson
1973 CTV / WESTINGHOUSE Norman Corwin Presents Anthology Drama Series (22 episodes)
1973 JAN KADAR / PBS The Blue Hotel Film Drama Special
1973 ABC / CTV / G.W. Jack Lemmon – George Gershwin Variety Special (Key to Theoni Aldredge)
1971 ABC / CTV / G.W. Rollin’ On the River Variety Series (32 episodes) with Kenny Rogers & The First Edition (Key to Aleida MacDonald)
1971-74 CTV The Pig & Whistle Variety Series (66 episodes)
1971 NBC / CTV / ROTHMAN / G.W. ½ The George Kirby Comedy Hour Variety Series (18 episodes)
1969-70 MALABAR COSTUMES LTD. International Operas and Musicals Coordinated 200+ productions
1969–present NUMEROUS COMMERCIALS AND INDUSTRIALS
1971–present VARIOUS ARTISTS & SKATERS Performance & Competition Wardrobe & Commercials


Amanda Wakeley

Amanda Wakeley OBE (born 15 September 1962) is a British fashion designer best known for her evening and cocktail dresses and accessories, and for her “clean glam” signature style, has also developed a presence in daywear, including day-dresses, tailoring and knitwear and a line of accessories and jewellery. Sposa is the brand's bridal collection. Wakeley is an advocate for international organisation Women for Women.
Early life.
Wakeley is the daughter of Sir John Wakeley, 2nd Baronet (1926–2012), a prominent surgeon and former chief inspector for the City of London Special Constabulary, and his wife June, a physiotherapist.
Wakeley grew up in Cheshire, and was educated at Cheltenham Ladies College.
Career.
Following a spell as a fashion model in New York in the 1980s, Wakeley launched her signature line in 1990, opening a small studio and boutique in Chelsea, London, with a £20,000 loan from her father.
Patronage from Princess Diana solidified her success. Since 2009, she has built her brand and business, with substantial financial investment from AGC Equity Partners, a private equity firm based in London, in 2012.
Stores.
Wakeley's flagship store is located in Albemarle Street, Mayfair, London. Besides the UK, where Wakeley has concessions at Harvey Nichols throughout the country and at other leading retailers, the brand's international presence continues to grow and is now available in more than 50 fashion and luxury retailers throughout Europe, America and the Middle East.
In September 2016, Wakeley launched an accessories brand on UK shopping channel QVC. The range, Monogram Collection, is mostly leather bags, with some smaller items such as purses and card holders.
Personal.
Her first marriage was to "a much older investment banker". Aged 26, she married Neil Gillon, an Australian-born property developer, but they split in 1998, and since 2005 she has been in a relationship with businessman Hugh Morrison, with whom she bought back her label for £1 million in 2009.
Wakeley was appointed an OBE in 2010 for her services to the fashion industry, and is also the winner of numerous awards, including three British Fashion Awards. Since 1996, she has co-chaired the committee for the Fashion Targets Breast Cancer appeal leading the efforts to raise substantial funds to support the charity.


Rinzu

 is a Japanese silk satin damask. It was the preferred fabric for kimono in the Edo period.


Petri Camera

The Camera Company was an optical company and manufacturer of cameras in Japan. It was founded in 1907. Prior to World War II, it was known as Kuribayashi Shashin Kōgyō or Kuribayashi Camera Industry, inc. Japan (the company name means "Chestnut Grove"). In 1962 it changed its name to Petri Camera Ltd. In 1963 the company produced the cult model, the Petri 7S Circle-Eye System coupled rangefinder, leaf-shuttered model, which was used by some professionals in the 1960s, and which was so well built that it is still used today, particularly by street photography enthusiasts. This was followed by the very successful Petri 7S 11 in 1966. Both models had colour-corrected lenses.
The first Petri SLR was the "Penta" (1959). After the first model, the original product line cameras were named Penta for the domestic Japanese market and PetriFlex for export. The original Penta came with a 'universal' M42 screw type mount, while most subsequent models in the Penta, Flex and FT lines used the proprietary Petri breech lock bayonet. Adapters were manufactured to allow interchangeability, albeit with some loss of function. A very limited range of lenses was produced. They returned to the M42 mount in 1974 with the Petri FTX body, continuing to use it on low cost bodies such as the FT1000/500 and the compact MFT1000 and Micro MF-1 bodies.
For the pictured Petri 7 1.8 the company offered a kit that included a front adapter lens marked AUX TELEPHOTO which screws onto the primary lens; a similar lens for WIDE ANGLE is in the kit. The kit includes an optical view finder, TELE-WIDE FINDER, which attaches on the flash shoe and contains two optically marked frames showing telephoto and wide angle. This kit works on the Petri 7 1.9 and the Petri 7 1.8 camera. The single primary lens diaphragm works with these adapted lens mounted on the front, a lower cost design than lenses that include all the back glass and diaphragm with each lens. The camera with primary lens is 13 cm wide, 8 cm tall and 7 cm deep, All these lens have 3.5 cm screw rings. Metering is powered by a ring photocell so no battery is required. Focus is manual on primary lens/viewfinder so the photographer must match the yellow/tinted image with the clear one in the primary viewfinder, then shift the eye to the auxiliary viewfinder to frame the picture when an auxiliary lens is used. 1.8 Camera weighs 710 grams (1 lb 9 oz).
Petri produced many early bellows, rangefinder and single-lens reflex cameras. Due to increased electronization, mass production and competition from other camera vendors, Kuribayashi filed for final bankruptcy in 1977. The labor union, affiliated with Sohyo, continued the company under the name Petri Kōgyō K.K. with employee capital. The last model produced was the MF10, but with its screw-mount lens it could not compete with products having electrical contacts, and disappeared in the autofocus boom of the 1980s. The Petri Camera brand was sold to the Dixons Group in the UK and became an "in-house" brand for a short time in the early eighties.
Now out of the camera business, Petri Kōgyō manufactures telescopes at a plant in the town of Sugito, Saitama Prefecture.


TIPA (software)

TIPA is a free software package providing International Phonetic Alphabet and other phonetic character capabilities for TeX and LaTeX. Written by , TIPA is based upon the author's previous work in TSIPA. In 2018, the TeX TIPA Roman font was selected as best representing the IPA symbol set by the International Phonetic Association's Alphabet, Charts and Fonts committee.
TIPA characters are placed within a LaTeX document using any of the following ways: codice_1, codice_2, or codice_3.
TIPA supports the symbols in the "Phonetic Symbol Guide" (though macros are sometimes required) as well as a few idiosyncratic ones, such as a small-capital Q and an ligature .


Donald Graham Burt

Donald Graham Burt is an American production designer. He has worked on multiple films including "The Joy Luck Club", "Dangerous Minds", and "Donnie Brasco", as well as with David Fincher on "Zodiac" in 2007. In 2008, he designed the sets for "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" which won an Academy Award for Best Art Direction in 2009, an Art Directors Guild Award for Best Achievement in Art Direction, and a BAFTA Film Award for Best Production Design, along with receiving a nomination for a Satellite Award for Best Art Direction & Production Design. In 2020, Burt won an Academy Award for David Fincher's black-and-white biographical drama film "Mank".
Burt is a 1976 graduate of Independence (Kansas) High School and studied art at the University of Arizona.


Monica Gill

Monica Gill is an American model, actress and beauty pageant title holder. She won the Miss India Worldwide 2014 on 21 June 2014. She is also Miss India USA winner on 26 November 2013 while serving as Miss India New England.
Career.
Gill was working in pharmaceuticals trying to figure out if she wanted to pursue her medical career. After winning Miss India Worldwide USA, Gill decided to pursue Bollywood in India. Her pageant win opened up many doors in the Indian film industry including a meeting with Tips that lead to a three film deal. Gill was originally hoping to land roles in Bollywood but her Hindi-speaking skills were an issue. Coming from Punjabi family, Gill was fluent in speaking Punjabi and decided to pursue Punjabi films instead. Gill landed a talent agent in Mumbai and went to acting school before making her film debut.
Gill made her Punjabi film debut in the 2016 Tips' film "Ambarsariya" opposite Diljit Dosanjh. That year, she went on to star in three back to back blockbuster Punjabi films. The following year, she made her Hindi film debut in the 2017 K9 film "Firangi". In 2018, she was seen in the Hindi film "Paltan", where she played love interest to Harshvardhan Rane. In 2019, she acted in Punjabi-language period drama "Yaara Ve". Monica supported the 2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest.
Personal life.
Gill met Gurshawn Sahota, a California-based dentist at her cousin's wedding. The couple maintained a long distance relationship, getting engaged in 2018. Gill moved back home with her parents to plan her wedding but due to the pandemic, their wedding has been on hold until it is safe to hold inperson events.


FarsiTeX

FarsiTeX is a free Persian/English bidirectional typesetting system based on the TeX system. The FarsiTeX project was initiated by Mohammad Ghodsi at Sharif University of Technology in 1993.
The latest (experimental) version of FarsiTeX in 2006 is released with a Windows installer, bundled with an editor and makeindex utility. The source tarball can be used on Linux and other systems as well.
It is released under the GNU GPL.


Grace Wales Bonner

Grace Wales Bonner (born 1992) is a British fashion designer, whose work "addresses the politics of identity, sexuality, and race through projects that delicately balance multinationalism with a sense of personal subjectivity". Her designs are characterized by a blend of sportswear and tailoring and her interest in making everyday clothes, such as the tracksuit, more elegant. In 2014 she founded the London-based label Wales Bonner, originally specializing in menswear. The recipient of several awards, she was voted number 41 on the "Dazed 100" list in 2017.
Biography.
She was born in south London to a white English mother and Jamaican father, and after her parents' separation was brought up between her mother's house in Dulwich and her father's in Stockwell.
Wales Bonner studied at Central Saint Martins art school, graduating in 2014, and winning the L'Oréal Professionnel Talent award for her BA collection "Afrique". Subsequent awards she has received include the "Emerging Talent – Menswear" at the 2015 British Fashion Awards, the 2016 LVMH Prize for Young Fashion Designers, and the British Land London emerging design medal in 2018.
In 2019 she curated her debut show, "A Time For New Dreams", for the Serpentine Sackler Gallery, seeing it as "a space for meditation and reflection ... to connect with ideas of history and ancestor’s lineage, but it's also very global and open in its approach, so it's more of a place to reflect on how engaged with ideas we are both physically and bodily but also mentally and spiritually." The exhibition, which attracted 25,000 visitors, took its name from a collection of essays by Nigerian writer Ben Okri, and included work by several artists (including Chino Amobi, Black Audio Film Collective, David Hammons, Rotimi Fani-Kayode, Liz Johnson Artur, Rashid Johnson, Kapwani Kiwanga, Eric N. Mack and Paul Mpagi Sepuya), featuring Okri's words on the wall, as well as footage of African-American writer Ishmael Reed. According to Hans-Ulrich Obrist, artistic director of the Serpentine Gallery: "Grace is a fashion designer, but she’s also a thinker, a writer, an editor. She makes connections between different fields, from music to art."
In 2019, Anna Wintour named Wales Bonner as one of the "new, young designers that she's excited about right now" when asked by Rihanna in a special edition of "Vogue Magazine"s "ASK ANNA". The following year, In 2020, Wales Bonner was recognised as one of the United Kingdom's most influential people of African or African Caribbean heritage by being included in the 2021 edition of the annual "Powerlist".


Mail Order Brides (artist collaborative)

Active since 1995, Mail Order Brides/M.O.B. is a Filipina American artist trio known for their use of humor and camp to explore issues of culture and gender. Founded in San Francisco by artists Eliza Barrios, Reanne Estrada, and Jenifer K. Wofford, the group's full name, Mail Order Brides/M.O.B., conflates a once-common stereotype of Filipina women as "mail order brides" with an acronym suggestive of an organized crime organization. The group has often been referred to in shorthand as "M.O.B."
In addition to their karaoke videos and performances, M.O.B. is well known for installations, public service posters, and workshops.
Mail Order Brides/M.O.B.’s work has been exhibited at the San Jose Museum of Art, the M.H. de Young Museum, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, the Triton Museum of Art, the Chinatown Cultural Center in San Francisco, Kearny Street Workshop, the Luggage Store, and with the San Francisco Art Commission. Their film/video works have screened at the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival, the International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, the Mix Festival and the International Film Festival in Detroit.
Projects.
"Market Street Art In Transit", 1998.
Mail Order Brides/M.O.B. created a series of posters for the San Francisco Art Commission’s Market Street Art In Transit project that were displayed along Market Street.
"Museum Pieces: Bay Area Artists Consider the de Young", 1999.
Prior to the 2nd demolition and new construction of the M.H. de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park, guest curator Glen Helfand selected 18 site-specific works to be commissioned and included in the exhibition "Museum Pieces" that opened in 1999. As part of the exhibition the Mail Order Brides/M.O.B. surveyed visitors to learn how to make the museum space more inviting. Based on the responses they collected, the artists created an installation that incorporated decorating solutions for the museum.
"Mail Order Bride of Frankenstein", 2002.
As part of their residency at the McColl Center for Visual Art in Charlotte, North Carolina the collaborative team filmed the karaoke horror film “Mail Order Bride of Frankenstein” (video) as part of their “Karaoke Trilogy” that included “What Now My Love” and “Holiday” (video). The work screened at the 23rd Annual SF International LGBT Film Festival; SF International Asian American Film Festival, Mix Festival (NY)
"Always A BridesMaid Never A Bride", 2005.
Offering "Professional Bridesmaid" services to those in need. Installation and infomercial videos created for Yerba Buena Center for The Arts' signature "Bay Area Now 4" exhibition
"Manananggoogle", 2013.
Inspired by the Manananggal, a mythical, vampire-like creature from Philippine mythology, the collective created an installation and performance piece parodying corporate culture. This project was commissioned by curator Monica Ramirez-Montagut at the San Jose Museum of Art.
Manananggoogle later hosted an "Onboarding" performance event at the Global Fund for Women's office in San Francisco for Southern Exposure's Long Conversation Show for their 39th Anniversary. Manananggoogle has also hosted recruitment events in the San Diego/Tijuana border area, and team-building activities at San Francisco's Somarts Cultural Center.


Robert Fuest

Robert Fuest (30 September 1927 – 21 March 2012) was an English film director, screenwriter, and production designer who worked mostly in the horror, fantasy and suspense genres.
Biography.
Born in London, Fuest served his national service in post-war Germany with the Royal Air Force, air-lifting coal over the Berlin Wall, after which he attended Wimbledon and Hornsey Schools of Art. For a time he lectured at Southampton College of Art. Fuest also spent time as a drummer in a warm-up band for Chris Barber and George Melly.
In the early sixties he designed sets for a variety of different TV programmes, including "ITV Play of the Week" and "Armchair Theatre". It was whilst working on the first season of the new spy series "The Avengers" for director Peter Hammond that Fuest developed the directing bug. Fuest later admitted (on a DVD commentary for the "Avengers" episode "Game") that Hammond's visual style proved a major influence, and opened him up to the stylistic possibilities of film and TV.
In 1965, he contributed material to the Peter Cook and Dudley Moore comedy sketch show "Not Only... But Also".
His first film was "Just Like a Woman" made in 1967, starring Wendy Craig. He also wrote it. His work on this film brought him to the attention of "Avengers" producer Albert Fennell, who offered him the chance to direct episodes. He directed seven episodes in total: "My Wildest Dream", "Game", "They Keep Killing Steed", "The Rotters", "Take Me to Your Leader", "Pandora" and "Take Over". When the series was later revived as "The New Avengers", Fuest was invited back to direct two more episodes, namely "The Midas Touch" and "The Tale of the Big Why".
In further television work, Fuest handled productions on both sides of the Atlantic, including "Revenge of the Stepford Wives", "ABC Weekend Special", "ABC Afterschool Specials", "The Doombolt Chase", "C.A.T.S. Eyes" and "Worlds Beyond".
Fuest's most highly praised and popular films, which feature strong black comedy elements, include cult favorites "The Abominable Dr. Phibes" (1971), "Dr. Phibes Rises Again" (1972) (which he co-wrote), and "The Final Programme" (also known as "The Last Days of Man on Earth"; 1973). In addition to directing "The Final Programme", he also wrote the screenplay and designed the sets.
His other films include "And Soon the Darkness" (1970), a suspense thriller that received considerable critical acclaim but little commercial success, written by "Avengers" writers Brian Clemens and Terry Nation, and "The Devil's Rain" (1975), a horror film shot in Mexico. The latter movie received such scathing reviews it may arguably have killed off his once promising career, as Fuest immediately thereafter found himself relegated to directing fairly anonymous television work. His only subsequent theatrical release was "Aphrodite" (1982), a softcore sex movie filmed in Greece.
During his retirement, he focused on his passion for painting (he had exhibited at the Royal Academy since 1951) and also lectured at the London International Film School.


UGATLahi Artist Collective

UGATLahi Artist Collective is a visual artists' organization based in the Philippines. The group was started in the early 1990s. The group creates images of protest. Since 2001, they have created effigies of the Philippine president for each State of the Nation Address. The group is also active in performance and installation art.
Most UGATLahi artists are often nicknamed as 'artists of social conscience'.
Formation.
In 1992, UGATLahi Artist Collective was formed in response to the growing concerns of Filipino students regarding the role of culture and the visual arts in nation-building. Initially, UGATLahi was a multi-disciplinary arts collective, which later evolved into an organization focusing on the visual arts.
Principles and Practices.
UGATLahi believes that art and culture has a big role in giving voice to the marginalized social sectors. It supports cultural initiatives from these sectors, helping to develop their potential to recognize and realize their role in the country's future.
It urges the campaign for a nationalist culture through engaging in projects and collaborations with other art groups by helping to organize and support the struggles of workers and urban poor communities throughout the country's National Capital Region.
Most of the group's significant works were made during the Oust Erap campaign in the year 2000, where murals and papier-mâché effigies were created and displayed during rallies, peoples’ assemblies and in picket lines.
UGATLahi seeks to promote awareness of human rights. In 2010, after the hostage taking incident in Manila, the group called for swift justice for those responsible for the incident.
A year after the Maguindanao massacre, the group constructed an effigy of the prime suspects in the killing riding a backhoe.
Influences.
UGATLahi's influences include notable art collectives such as Bread and Puppet and Taring Padi, an Indonesian art collective which also dwelves in political art.
Student Involvement.
Though universities are not directly involved with UGATLahi, a lot of students from prestigious universities in the Philippines such as the University of the Philippines, University of Santo Tomas, and Adamson University have closely collaborated with this group.
Collaborations.
UGATLahi links up with other artists initiative such as TutoK. UGATLahi regularly performs at NeoAngono's annual Public Art Festival.
Giving Back.
UGATLahi is also involved in some humanitarian activities with fellow artist groups such as:


Futurecop!

Futurecop! are the British cinematic and electronic composers Manzur Iqbal and Peter Carrol.
Life and career.
Musical career.
Manzur and Peter met at university, where they were enrolled in the same course. Even though Manzur was an outcast and Peter was part of the popular crowd, their love of 1980s/90s memorabilia brought them together, and they became best friends very quickly.
After graduating from university, Manzur spent all of his time re-creating the sound of his childhood. With no previous knowledge of electronic production, he used a laptop, a MIDI keyboard and Reason. Iqbal and Carrol joined to form Futurecop!. They have said Futurecop! is the discovery of life and beyond.
Futurecop! released their second full-length album, "Hopes, Dreams & Alienation," in December 2013. An album influenced by angst and their favourite electro influences such as Justice. Remixes came from Lifelike, Pony Pony Run Run, Anamanaguchi, Strange Talk and Teen Daze. It received favourable reviews from blogs such as Noisey, MTV Iggy, Data Transmission and Indie Shuffle.
On 23 November 2018, Futurecop! released a new single "Edge Of The Universe" with Canadian synth-pop band Parallels on American label New Retrowave.


Ye Zhengda

Ye Zhengda (; 22 August 1927 – 14 December 2017) was a Chinese aircraft designer and lieutenant general of the People's Liberation Army Air Force. He was also an adjunct professor and senior engineer at Northwestern Polytechnical University. He was a member of the 10th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and a delegate to the 5th National People's Congress.
Biography.
Ye was born Ye Funong () on 22 August 1927 in Shanghai, with his ancestral home in Huiyang, Guangdong. He was the first of nine children of the famous general Ye Ting and his wife Li Xiuwen, who both died in a plane crash in 1946. His siblings included Ye Zhengming (, 1931-2003), Ye Huaming (, born 1935), Ye Jianmei (, 1937-1993), Ye Yangmei (, 1936-1946), Ye Zhengguang (, born 1939), and Ye Qiguang (born 1942).
In 1947, Ye attended a Russian-language school in northeastern China founded by the Northeast Democratic United Army. He joined the Communist Party of China in the following year. He graduated from Moscow Aviation Institute in 1955, where he majored in aircraft production.
In August 1956, China established its first aircraft design office at Shenyang Aircraft Corporation, with Xu Shunshou as director. Ye Zhengda and Huang Zhiqian were appointed deputy directors. He participated in the design of China's first trainer jet, the Shenyang JJ-1.
He later served as deputy dean of the Six Research Institute of the PRC Ministry of National Defense, deputy director of Defense Industry of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, deputy director of the Science and Technology Committee of the Commission for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, and director of the 2nd and 3rd Chinese Society of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He was awarded the military rank of lieutenant general (zhongjiang) in 1988. He retired in 1998.
On December 14, 2017, he died in Beijing.
Personal life.
Ye Zhengda married Ren Yue (), an actress of the August First Film Studio, in Moscow.