Swimfin

Swimfins, swim fins or diving fins are finlike accessories worn on the feet, legs or hands and made from rubber, plastic, carbon fiber or combinations of these materials, to aid movement through the water in water sports activities such as swimming, bodyboarding, bodysurfing, float-tube fishing, kneeboarding, riverboarding, scuba diving, snorkeling, spearfishing, underwater hockey, underwater rugby and various other types of underwater diving.
Swimfins help the wearer to move through water more efficiently, as human feet are too small and inappropriately shaped to provide much thrust, especially when the wearer is carrying equipment that increases hydrodynamic drag. Very long fins and monofins used by freedivers as a means of underwater propulsion do not require high-frequency leg movement. This improves efficiency and helps to minimize oxygen consumption. Short, stiff-bladed fins are effective for short bursts of acceleration and maneuvering, and are useful for bodysurfing.
History.
Early inventors, including Leonardo da Vinci and Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, toyed with the concept of swimfins. Benjamin Franklin made a pair of early swimfins (for hands) when he was a young boy living in Boston, Massachusetts near the Charles River; they were two thin pieces of wood, about the shape of an artist's palette, which allowed him to move faster than he usually did in the water.
Modern swimfins are an invention by the Frenchman , "capitaine de corvette" (Lieutenant Commander) in the French Navy. In 1914 Corlieu made a practical demonstration of his first prototype for a group of navy officers, Yves le Prieur among them who, years later in 1926, invented an early model of scuba set. Corlieu left the French Navy in 1924 to fully devote himself to his invention. In April 1933 he registered a patent (number 767013, which in addition to two fins for the feet included two spoon-shaped fins for the hands) and called this equipment "propulseurs de natation et de sauvetage" (which can be translated literally as "swimming and rescue propulsion device").
After struggling for years, even producing his fins in his own flat in Paris, Louis de Corlieu finally started mass production of his invention in France in 1939. The same year he issued a licence to Owen Churchill for mass production in the United States. To sell his fins in the USA Owen Churchill changed the French Corlieu's name ("propulseurs") to "swimfins", which is still the common English name. Churchill presented his fins to the US Navy, which decided to acquire them for its Underwater Demolition Team (UDT). American UDT and British COPP frogmen (COPP: Combined Operations Pilotage Parties) used the "Churchill fins" during all prior underwater deminings, thus enabling in 1944 the Normandy landings. During the years after World War II had ended, De Corlieu spent time and efforts struggling in civil procedures, suing others for patent infringement.
In Britain, Dunlop made frogman's fins for World War II, but after the war saw no market for them in peacetime, and, after the first supply of war-surplus frogman's kit was used up, the British public had no access to swimfins (except for home-made attempts such as gluing marine plywood to plimsolls), until Oscar Gugen began importing swimfins and swimming goggles from France.
In 1946 Lillywhites imported about 1,100 pairs of swimfins; they all sold in under 3 months.
In 1948 Luigi Ferraro, collaborating with the Italian diving equipment company Cressi-sub, designed the first full-foot fin, the Rondine, named after the Italian word for swallow. A distinctive feature of Cressi's continuing Rondine full-foot fin line is the embossed outline of the bird on the foot pockets and the blades.
After The Amphibians Club, the UK's first post-war sport diving club, was founded by Ivor Howitt and friends in 1948 in Aberdeenshire, "swim fins were made by wiring stiff rubber piping each side of a flap of inner tube rubber. Very uncomfortable, but they worked. As secretary of The Amphibians, (Howitt) wrote to the Dunlop Rubber Company in February 1949, as they had made the naval frogmen's fins during the war. Incredibly, they replied that they could see no commercial market for swim fins in peacetime. This response reflected the virtual non-existence of sport diving in the UK at that time."
Seven military, national and international standards relating to swimfins are known to exist: US military standard MIL-S-82258:1965; USSR and CIS standard GOST 22469—77 (Active); German standard DIN 7876:1980; BN-82/8444-17.02. (Active). Austrian standard ÖNORM S 4224:1988; Malaysian standards MS 974:1985; MS 974:2002 (Active); and European standard EN 16804:2015 (Active).
Types.
Types of fins have evolved to address the requirements of each community using them. Recreational snorkellers generally use lightweight flexible fins. Free divers favour extremely long fins for efficiency of energy use. Scuba divers need large wide fins to overcome the water resistance caused by their diving equipment, and short enough to allow acceptable maneuvering. Ocean swimmers, bodysurfers, and lifeguards favour smaller designs that stay on their feet when moving through large surf and that make walking on the beach less awkward. Participants in the sports of underwater hockey or underwater rugby use either full-foot or open-heel fins, and the chosen fin style is usually a compromise in performance between straight-line power and turning flexibility - carbon fibre blades are popular at higher levels of competition, but the over-riding requirement is that the fins must not have sharp or unprotected edges or points, nor buckles, which could injure other competitors. Structurally, a swimfin comprises a blade for propulsion and a means of attaching the blade to the wearer's foot.
Fins vs monofins.
The vast majority of fins come as a pair, one fin is worn on each foot. This arrangement is also called bifins, to distinguish it from monofins. A monofin is typically used in finswimming and free-diving and it consists of a single fin blade attached to twin foot pockets for both the diver's feet. Monofins and long bifin blades can be made of glass fibre or carbon fibre composites. The diver's muscle power and swimming style, and the type of activity the fins are used for, determine the choice of size, stiffness, and materials.
Full-foot vs open-heel.
Full-foot or closed-heel fins fit like a shoe and are designed to be worn over bare feet or soft neoprene socks; they are sometimes called "slipper" fins. Most fins with complete foot coverage have toe openings for comfort and for ease of water drainage inside the foot pocket. If a larger size is chosen, however, full-foot fins can also be worn over thicker neoprene socks or thin-soled booties. They are commonly used for surface swimming, and come in non-adjustable sizes.
Open-heel fins have a foot pocket with an open heel area, and the fin is held to the foot by springs or straps which are usually adjustable and so will fit a limited range of foot sizes. They can be worn over boots and are common in diving, in particular where a diver has to walk into the water from a shore and requires foot protection. Some manufacturers produce fins with the same blade architecture but a choice of heel type.
Paddle vs split.
Paddle fins have simple plastic, composite, or rubber blades that work as extensions of the feet while kicking. Some paddle fins have channels and grooves claimed to improve power and efficiency though it has been shown that the desired effect does not usually occur. Relatively stiff paddle fins are widely believed to be the most versatile and have improved swimming economy in men. Tests in women showed a more flexible fin to be more economical, most likely due to lower leg power. Stiff paddle fins are required for certain types of kicks - such as back kicks and helicopter turns - performed by scuba divers trained in cave diving and wreck diving to avoid stirring up sediment.
Some swimfins have a split along the centreline of the blade. The manufacturers claim that split fins operate similarly to a propeller, by creating lift forces to move the swimmer forwards. The claim is that water flowing toward the center of the fin's "paddle" portion also gains speed as it focuses, creating a "suction" force. A 2003 study by Pendergast "et al" called this into question by showing that there was no significant change in performance for a particular split fin design when the split was taped over. The technology used in most commercial split fin designs is patented by the industrial design firm Nature's Wing, and is used under license.
Paddle variations.
Vented.
Vented fins were first designed in 1964 by Georges Beuchat and commercialised as Jetfins. The Jetfin tradename and design were sold to Scubapro in the 1970s. Vented fins are generally stiff paddle fins that have vents at the base of the foot pocket. The vents are intended to allow for the passage of water during the recovery stroke, but prevent passage during power strokes due to the blade angle, attempting to lessen effort during recovery and improve kick efficiency. A review and study by Pendergast "et al" in 2003 concluded that vented fins did not improve economy, implying that water does not pass through the vents. The study is only partially significant because it only considers the flutter kick, whereas the jetfin is mostly used with frog kick in the technical diving community. There is a risk of objects snagging in the vents.
Freediving.
These are very similar to paddle fins, except they are far longer, and designed to work with slow stiff-legged kicks that are claimed to conserve oxygen and energy. The vast majority are made in the "full-foot" design with very rigid footpockets, which serves to reduce weight and maximize power transfer from the leg into the fin. Freediving fin blades are commonly made of plastic, but are also often made from composite materials using fibreglass or carbon fibre reinforcement. The composite blades are more resilient and absorb less energy when flexing, but are relatively fragile and more easily damaged.
Swimming training.
The value of fins as an active aid in the teaching, learning and practice of swimming has long been recognised. In the US, as early as 1947, they were used experimentally to build the confidence of reluctant beginners in swimming, while a 1950 YMCA lifesaving and water safety manual reminded swimming instructors how "flippers can be used to great advantage for treading water, surface diving, towing, underwater searching and supporting a tired swimmer. In 1967, research was conducted on fin use in teaching the crawl stroke. During the 1970s, the so-called "flipper-float" method came into vogue in Europe with the aim of helping beginners learn to swim faster and more safely, while the deployment of fins to assist competitive swimmers in building sprint swimming speed skills also came under scrutiny. By 1990, ready-made short-bladed fins such as Marty Hull's "Zoomers" and cut-down longer-bladed fins became popular for lap swimming as swim workouts grew to be more nuanced and less regimented. Training fins, as they are now called, continue to be popular tools in an aquatic athlete's swimbag well into the new millennium, for recreational reasons as well as skill-building purposes.
Bodysurfing.
Fins intended for bodyboarding or bodysurfing are usually relatively short with a stiff-blade, designed to produce a short burst of power and assist in catching a wave. Some versions have blades which are shorter at the inside edge. They are often made with an integral strap but an open heel, allowing sand to wash out more easily.
Attachment.
Open heel fins are secured to the foot by a strap which passes around the back of the ankle. These are usually elastic and may be adjustable. Early fins used rubber straps connected to the fin by a wire buckle, and were not readily adjustable. Later versions incorporated swivels, buckles, quick release connectors and adjustable tension, but the increased complexity and decreased reliability, and tendency of the loose strap ends to hook on things triggered a return by some manufacturers and aftermarket accessory manufacturers to simpler systems. These include stainless steel spring straps and bungee straps, which once set up, are not adjustable, and which reduce the number of potential failure points and places where the fin can snag on obstructions like net, line and seaweed. Some heel straps have a loop for better grip with wet hands or gloves.
Some fins designed for surf use have integral straps which can neither be replaced nor adjusted, but are simple and have no projections which can snag or scratch the swimmer's legs. They are much like full foot pocket fins without the back part of the sole, but do not trap as much sand when used in the surf.
A full-foot swimming fin is designed to be secured on the foot by the elasticity of the fin's heelpiece. If this fin has a slightly oversized foot pocket, it may fall off when the user is swimming in choppy waters, but a pair of fin grips can help avert this mishap. "Fixe-palmes", fin retainers, or fin grips, were invented and patented in 1959 by the French diving equipment company Beuchat in Marseilles. Widely copied during the 1970s, they are simple flat rings with three loops or straps made from thin high stretch rubber. These Y-shaped anchor straps are worn over the arch, the heel and the instep of each foot in order to secure strapless shoe-fitting (full foot) swim fins (see Figure 3). Although they are not designed to hold open-heel and strap models on, some swimmers and divers use them for this purpose. One loop is pulled over the foot above the ankle and the swim fin fitted to the foot. The second loop is pulled under the heel of the fin, leaving the remaining loop at the back of the heel. This procedure is illustrated in Figures 4–7.
Use.
Techniques.
The use of swimfins for propulsion can be divided into propulsion and maneuvering aspects.
Propulsion.
Three basic modes of propulsive finning can be distinguished:
Modified styles of flutter and frog kick can be used to reduce down-flow of water which can disturb silt and reduce visibility, and are used when finning close to silty surfaces, such as inside caves and wrecks, or near the bottom of quarries, dams, lakes and some harbours.
Manoeuvring.
Turning on the spot and reversing are possible with suitable fins and skills.
The use of a separate fin on each foot allows far more freedom of motion for manoeuvring, as they can be used independently, in parallel or in opposition to produce thrust in a wide variety of directions. Manoeuvrability with a monofin is relatively restricted.
Training.
Divers are initially taught to fin with legs straight, without excess bending of the knee, the action coming from the hips; a leg action with much upper leg flexion with bent knees like riding a bicycle is inefficient and is a common fault with divers who have not learned properly how to fin swim. This leg action feels easier because it is actually producing less thrust. Fins with differing characteristics (e.g. stiffness) may be preferred, depending on the application, and divers may have to learn a modified finning style to match.
Power.
The upper sustainable limit of a diver's fin-kick thrust force using a stationary-swimming ergometer was shown to be . The maximum thrust averaged over 20 seconds against a strain gauge has been measured as high as . Resistive respiratory muscle training improves and maintains endurance fin swimming performance in divers.
Ergonomics.
Experimental work suggests that larger fin blades are more efficient in converting diver effort to thrust, and are more economical in breathing gas for similar propulsive effect. Larger fins were perceived to be less fatiguing than smaller fins.


Hum Award for Best Drama Serial

The Hum Award for Best Drama Serial or Hum Award for Best Drama Serial Jury is one of the Hum Awards of Merit presented annually since the awards debuted in 2013, by the Hum Television Network and Entertainment Channel (HTNEC) to production company of their producers working in the television industry and is the only category in which every member is eligible to nominate for. Best Drama Serial is considered the most important of the Hum Awards, as it represents all the directing, acting, music, writing, and other efforts put forth into a drama. Consequently, Best Drama is the third last final award besides Best Actor and Actress and the conclusion of the annual Hum Awards ceremony. As of 3rd Hum Awards, there have been 22 dramas nominated for the Best Drama Serial award. This category is the equivalent to the Hum Award for Best Drama Serial - Popular, decide by public voting.
History.
Category name and changes.
The best drama category originates with the 1st Hum Awards ceremony since 2013. This category has been given to the best drama of previous year to the ceremony held. Since Hum Awards has been just started, this category has not a brief history. The name of the category officially termed by the channel is:
From second year ceremony the drama serial was categorized into two different categories, one being awarded by the jury's decision and other being awarded by public voting. Though drama serial was being awarded on jury decision and Hum membership, the official acknowledgment was developed in second year ceremony.
Recipients.
Originally the producers were presented the award until first ceremony (2012), where all credited producers were able to receive the award. But as of second year ceremony (2013) the award is presented to production company and is usually received by the owner of the production and those who share screen credits with the production company. , all recipients are eligible for the award if they meet the following conditions.
For the first time three producers was nominated at 3rd Hum Awards for drama serial "Sadqay Tumhare" under production company MD Productions for Momina Duraid and two individuals Samina Humayun Saeed and Tariq Ahmed Shah who independently served as executive producers.
Best Drama Serial and Best Director.
The Hum Awards for Best Drama Serial and Best Director Drama Serial have been very closely linked throughout their inception. Of the 22 drama serials that have been nominated for Best Drama Serial, 21 have also nominated for Best Director Drama Serial. Only "Zindagi Gulzar Hai" won both Best Director and Best Drama award, at 2nd Hum Awards in 2014. Only "Shehr-e-Zaat" and "Bunty I Love You" won the Best Drama Serials awards for their producers without winning Directing awards. Presently only four drama serials have nominated for Best Director without their producers being nominated: "Sanjha", "Durr-e-Shahwar", "Mata-e-Jaan Hai Tu" and "Bilqees Kaur", while "Sanjha" is the only serial who won Best Director award without being nominated as Best Drama Serial. Drama Serial "Mausam" and "Ahista Ahista" are the only serials that alternatively received Best Drama and Best Director nominations respectively.
Due to the inception of Hum Award for Best Drama Serial - Popular, two drama serials "Zindagi Gulzar Hai" and "Sadqay Tumhare" have won both Directing and Drama Serial Popular award.
Winners and nominees.
In the list below, winners are listed first in the colored row, followed by the other nominees. The year shown is the one in which the drama serial first telecast; normally this is also the year before the ceremony at which the award is given; for example, a drama serial exhibited telecast during 2005 then this will be eligible for consideration for the 2005 Best Drama Serial Hum Awards, awarded in 2006. The number of the ceremony (1st, 2nd, etc.) appears in parentheses after the awards year, linked to the article on that ceremony. Each individual entry shows the title followed by the production company, and the producer. From Second ceremony, the Best Drama Serial Viewers Choice award has given to Production company rather than to producer. But received by the Producer who owns that company.
For the first ceremony, the eligibility period spanned full calendar years. For example, the 1st Hum Awards presented on April 28, 2013, to recognized 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. However this rule was subjected to change when two ("Sadqay Tumhare" and "Digest Writer") of nominated drama serial were still airing when nominations were announced.
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.


European Film Award for Best Production Designer

This is an incomplete list of recipients of the European Film Award for Best Production Designer.


Mustafa Hassanali

Mustafa Hassanali (born June 9, 1980) is a Tanzanian fashion designer and a qualified doctor.
Hassanali's collections have been shown widely throughout Africa and Italy. His work features detailed beadwork and embellishments.
His work has been showcased at the Cape Town fashion week, Vukani Fashion Awards in Pretoria, Miss Ethiopia Beauty pageant, Mediterranean Fashion Festival in Sicily, Italy and Uganda and Kenya Fashion Week, as well as signature shows in Tanzania.


Matrax

Matrax is an American, Juno nominated songwriting and production duo from Philadelphia, consisting of Scott "Robot Scott" Carter and Damon "Haze" Hayes, who are best known as the producers for Keshia Chante', Eva Avila and Glenn Lewis. They produced the first and second singles for Keshia Chante', "Been Gone", "2U" and "Ring The Alarm", which was used for WarChild's "Keep The Beat" charity campaign. All the proceeds from "Ring The Alarm" went to supported children at war and was also featured on triple platinum compilation "MuchDance 2006". The duo also wrote the first single for Eva Avila entitled "Give me the music" and worked on Glenn Lewis upcoming album Moment of Truth they produced the second single "Ugly Face".
Matrax initially gained acclaim in the Philadelphia area working with local hip-hop artists including Ms. Jade (Interscope), E Ness (Bad Boy), Roscoe P. Coldchain (StarTrak), and Freeway (Rocafella). Since that time they have worked with talent spanning the Pop, R&B, Alternative, Hip Hop spectrum, and have also had work featured on television. In 2010 they produced an updated remake of Brandy Norwood and Wanya Morris Duet "BrokenHearted" Ft. Karina Pasian and Sammie
Matrax Productions recently helped develop Good Girl a female R&B group out of Philadelphia, with partners Dyshon Penn and Philly Phatboiz Productions they have collectively formed Walk The Sky LLC. Last year they signed with their partners Kopi Writes a new artist by the name of Kamil Sahar who is now working on her debut album with Chris Schwartz of the new RuffHouse Records. In the summer of 2012 Matrax helped in engineering, producing and developing a sound for newcomer Kat Dahlia alongside a host of talented writers ( Frankie Storm, Meleni Smith, Poison Ivory) and producers (Synamatik, Danny and J Dens) which caught the ear of by Vested In Culture VP of A&R Amanda Berkowitz.Berkowitz quickly brought Dahlia to the attention of veteran record executive Sylvia Rhone. In 2012, describing Dahlia as "more than just a pop artist," Rhone signed her to her newly launched label, Vested In Culture (VIC), a joint venture with Epic Records. Dahlia's debut album is set to come out in 2013, and will be VIC's inaugural release. Also in early 2012 Scottishh of Matrax scored a short film called Zero directed by Kim Towens for HBO.
Since 2016 Scott Carter and William Carter with New Partner Ali Prawl have formed Triangle Park Music.


Gunlok

Gunlok is a squad based action-adventure real-time strategy video game developed by Rebellion Developments, released in 2000; it was re-released in 2009 on GamersGate.
Plot.
Set in a post apocalyptic earth, robots have almost completely wiped out mankind. However, a few pockets of human resistance fight on. Gunlok, a warrior in modular power armor powered by energy from Earth's core, fights on. As a member of Earth's elite Special Forces, Gunlok leads a campaign against the massive robot army.
Reception.
"Gunlok" received a mixed review from GameSpot's Scott Osborne, who gave the game a score of 6.2/10. He praised the game's controls and interface, but criticized the plot and graphics.


Eric B. Vogel

Eric B. Vogel is a clinical psychologist, a professor of psychology, and a game designer.
Career.
Professor of Psychology.
As a Doctor of Psychology, Vogel teaches at John F. Kennedy University in Pleasant Hill, California. He is the 2009 winner of the Eugene Benjamin Sagan award for Outstanding Teaching in Psychology.
Game Designer.
Vogel's game design career began in 2004 with Land of Psymon, a psychotherepeutic game intended to teach children Cognitive behavioral therapy skills by showing them how to defend against psychological monsters ("psymon") that represent negative thinking and common cognitive distortions.
In 2008, with the Cambria board game produced by Sandstorm Productions, Vogel began producing more mass-market releases. To date, his most successful has been The Dresden Files Cooperative Card Game, which raised over a half-a-million dollars in a Kickstarter campaign. This was produced as part of an ongoing partnership with Evil Hat Productions that has resulted in several releases.


Patrick Lucien Price

Patrick Lucien Price is a game designer and editor who worked on the "Dungeons & Dragons" fantasy role-playing game from TSR.
Early life and education.
Pat Price was born in Whiting, Indiana. Price earned a B.A. in French and Spanish from Marian College in Indianapolis, Indiana, and worked as a teacher and tutor in those languages for several years.
Career.
Pat's brother, Mike Price, was a game designer for TSR, Inc., Pat answered the call for new editors at TSR, beginning as a games editor in 1980 for the revisions "Dungeons & Dragons Basic Set" and "Expert Set". A year later, he was promoted to manager of the Pre-Press Department, and managed the department for nearly three years before transferring to TSR's magazines department. “By this time, I had the technical background to be a good editor, and I could be useful in all phases of the operation,” Price said. “I’m not a gaming fan, or a would-be game designer, or a would-be writer. I like the editor’s role—the responsibility for helping people come up with ideas and make them work. I think I’ve got a good critical sense for identifying problem areas in manuscripts and advising writers on improvements?” Price worked on the editorial staff for "Dragon" magazine, reviewing all fiction submissions for "Dragon", editing book reviews, and other editorial duties. Price also worked as Assistant Editor for "Strategy & Tactics", and Managing Editor for "Amazing Stories" while with TSR. With George H. Scithers, he coordinated all business and production aspects of "Amazing Stories". Price also worked on "Dungeon" magazine, and contributed to the Dragonlance supplement, "Leaves from the Inn of the Last Home" (1987).


AMSRefs

The AMSRefs package is an extension package for LaTeX that facilitates the creation of bibliographies and citations in LaTeX documents. Use of AMSRefs allows for the retention of rich markup that makes references easier to reuse in other publishing environments, such as on the Web, in other book or journal formats, or with citation services. The package is available for free on the American Mathematical Society's website.
The purpose of AMSRefs is to provide a simpler, more flexible way to use many of the bibliography and citation features that users of LaTeX and BibTeX have come to expect. AMSRefs has been designed to encourage the preservation of structured markup of the
bibliography throughout the entire lifetime of a document, from rough draft to final archival version. It does this by replacing the unstructured .bbl file format of LaTeX by a fully structured format. The package is compatible with the “showkeys”, “hyperref”, and “backrefs” packages and implements the functionality of the “cite” package. AMSRefs provides that the bibliography style is controlled completely through LaTeX instead of being determined partly by a BibTeX style file and partly through LaTeX. The same data format is used in the database file and in the LaTeX document. Thus an AMSRefs-format database is a valid LaTeX document that can be printed directly. Also, an author can send an article with embedded references to a publisher without any loss of internal structural information about the entries. It is possible to use the AMSRefs package without abandoning one’s existing BibTeX database files.
AMSRefs may be distributed and/or modified under the LaTeX Project Public License, either version 1.3c of this license or (at your option) any later version.


Valkyrae

Rachell Hofstetter (born January 8, 1992) better known by her online alias Valkyrae, is an American internet personality. A recipient of a Game Award, she was referred to as the "Queen of YouTube" after becoming the platform's most-watched female streamer in 2021. She is a co-owner of 100 Thieves, an esports and an apparel company, and has been a content creator for the brand since 2018. Hofstetter is an advocate for women in online gaming, sometimes playing games on all-female teams.
Career.
After graduating from community college, Hofstetter worked various jobs, including a job at GameStop. In 2014, while working she began sharing her gaming hobby on Instagram, gaining a significant following. She was encouraged by various Instagram followers, friends & Twitch streamers to start streaming on Twitch, beginning in 2015. After gathering a following, Hofstetter began posting gaming videos on YouTube.
In 2018, she became the first female gamer and content creator for 100 Thieves, a competitive American esports team. On April 7, 2021, Hofstetter was announced as a co-owner of 100 Thieves alongside fellow 100 Thieves content creator CouRageJD. They join Scooter Braun, Dan Gilbert, the rapper Drake, and founder Matthew 'Nadeshot' Haag. As co-owners, Valkyrae and CouRage will receive equity in the company, which Forbes magazine recently valued at $190 million.
On January 13, 2020, Hofstetter left Twitch for an exclusive streaming contract on YouTube. While initially struggling to maintain an average viewer count of 5,000 towards the beginning of 2020, her YouTube channel experienced a significant boost when she started playing the online multiplayer social deduction game "Among Us" and began collaborating with popular streamers including Disguised Toast, Sykkuno, Pokimane, Jacksepticeye, Corpse Husband, xChocoBars, and Fuslie. She became the fastest growing female streamer of the year and surpassed Pokimane as the most-viewed female streamer of 2020. Towards the end of 2020, Hofstetter's stream regularly peaked at concurrent viewer counts exceeding 100,000, typically during "Among Us" sessions.
On March 14, 2021 Hofstetter and content creator "Natsumiii" released a cover version of the song "Last Cup of Coffee" by "LilyPichu". On March 18, 2021, she starred as Corpse Husband in the music video for the song "DAYWALKER!" by Machine Gun Kelly featuring Corpse Husband. On April 6, 2021, Hofstetter, alongside Sykkuno and Corpse Husband, participated in a fundraiser for Feeding America hosted by Jimmy Fallon as a part of a segment for "The Tonight Show". The segment included them playing "Among Us" with members of the American hip hop band The Roots, Tariq Trotter, Kirk Douglas, and Questlove, as well as cast members of the critically acclaimed American TV series "Stranger Things", Gaten Matarazzo and Noah Schnapp. On May 13, 2021, she starred in the music video for Bella Poarch's song "Build a Bitch".
Personal life.
Hofstetter is of part Filipino and German descent and was raised in Washington. Her father died of cancer in 2017. She has one younger sister. She graduated with an Associate in Arts from a community college in Washington. Hofstetter currently lives in Los Angeles with fellow streamers Pokimane, xChocoBars, and Starsmitten.


FHM (India)

FHM India is the Indian edition of the British monthly men's lifestyle magazine called "FHM". It is now published in India by TCG Media Limited and is the 32nd international edition of "FHM". The first issue was launched in the October 2007 with Ujjwala Raut - India's most successful overseas supermodel on the cover.
High-profile names have been published in the magazine include top models, actresses and singers Priyanka Chopra, Katrina Kaif, Laig, Ujjwala Raut, Nicole Scherzinger, Olga Kurylenko, Kelly Brook, Maria Sharapova and Padma Lakshmi.
FHM India claims to have 10,00,000+ reach per month.
History.
The magazine began publication in 1985 in the UK under the name "For Him Magazine" and changed its title to FHM in 1994 when Emap Consumer Media bought the magazine, although the full "For Him Magazine" continued to be printed on the spine of each issue.
"FHM" was published by NGPL, from its inaugural issue up to the July 2010 issue. From August 2010 to March 2015, a publishing company out off Delhi published "FHM" and there after TCG Media took the charge of FHM in India. Bauer Media shut down FHM & Zoo in UK in early 2016 along with some major license editions in few countries. TCG Media Limited decided to continue publishing FHM India with consent from Bauer Media. TCG Media Limited is headquartered in New Delhi and also has offices in Ahmedabad, Mumbai and Bengaluru.
The magazine was launched with the October 2007 issue with Ujjwala Raut - India's most successful overseas supermodel on the cover.


John Meehan (art director)

John Meehan (June 13, 1902 – May 15, 1963) was an American art director and production designer.
He was born in Tehachapi, California and attended the University of Southern California. Meehan won three Academy Awards for his art direction: William Wyler's "The Heiress" (1949), Billy Wilder's "Sunset Boulevard" (1950) and Richard Fleischer's 1954 adaptation of the Jules Verne classic for Walt Disney, "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea". He also worked on
"The Strange Love of Martha Ivers" (1946), "Golden Earrings" (1947), "Samson and Delilah" (1949), "Salome" (1953) and "It Should Happen to You" (1956).


Ryan Shwayder

Ryan Shwayder, commonly known by his pseudonym Blackguard, is a prolific online game designer who is known both for his work on massively multiplayer games as well as his writings on the subject of game development. He currently works for the Curt Schilling-lead game company in Massachusetts known as 38 Studios, alongside author R.A. Salvatore and artist Todd McFarlane.
Biography.
Shwayder got his start on the media side of the industry, running fan sites for specific games and writing for various gaming press sites on the web. He began his career in the online gaming industry working on a short-lived MMORTS called Fighting Legends, and later obtained a position at Sony Online Entertainment in San Diego. He finished his tenure at SOE in late 2006 as Community Relations Manager for EverQuest II, and was hired by development startup Green Monster Games to become a Game Designer and Community Relations Manager.
He gained much of his popularity in the massively multi-player gaming community by running a commentary site about game development and design called Nerfbat, as well as game development discussion forums known as the MMO Round Table. Ryan has also volunteered his time with local IGDA chapters, most recently in San Diego.
After Green Monster Games, Ryan became a quest designer on the World of Warcraft team at Blizzard Entertainment.


Epoxy Art Group

Epoxy Art Group (active from 1982 to 1992) was a group of six Hong Kong native artists who were based in New York City. This group consisted of the artists Ming Fay, Jerry Kwan, Kwok Mang Ho, Bing Lee, Kang Lok Chung, and Eric Chan. Exalting the values of collaboration, they chose to use the name “Epoxy”, which derives from epoxy resin, a binding agent, to symbolize an innate bond they felt through their similar backgrounds and the idea that they could create better art together than by themselves, thus subverting notions of individualistic studio practices. They were able to establish opportunities together that they would not have own their own as it was a disadvantage to be an Asian-American artist. Their art focused on concepts of social and political commentary and they used a variety of medium including mixed-media, photocopied images, sound installation and projection in order to convey these themes. Typically, they would meet at Kwok Gallery, which served as their base.
Exhibitions.
The works by Epoxy Art Group has shown in a variety of venues. One of their first shows entitled, "Works on Wall", was shown at Kwok Gallery in 1983; this installation included a guest artist, Andrew Culver, who performed live music at the show's opening.
Their installation, "Myths", was displayed at the Catherine Gallery, Basement Workshop, Inc in 1985 and featured sculptures as well as a floor to ceiling mural. The show referenced the cultural myth that Asian-Americans are well assimilated into American culture, yet they are frequently viewed as outsiders
In 1987, at a show called "Out of Context" in Hong Kong, the Epoxy Group emphasized the cross cultural confusion between Eastern and Western societies by displaying a wall covered in photocopies of people while projecting the names of missiles in Chinese and English onto a backdrop.
Another show in 1987 called, "36 Tactics", composed of a series of 36 xeroxed collages, used images appropriated and reworked from notable photographs from the media, such as pictures of former President Reagan and chairman Mao Zedong. The images were layered with text deriving from Sun Tzu's "The Art of War" written in both English and Chinese, which evoked issues related to political deception and military applications. The exhibition was shown at various locations including Sabrina Fung Gallery (1987), the Alternative Museum (1987) and the New Museum (1990) in a group exhibition, called "The Decade Show: Frameworks of Identity in the 1980s".
Epoxy's last group show entitled, "18 Levels of Hell", was displayed at the Asian American Arts Centre in 1988. The central idea was based from the Chinese myth called Di Yu, which describes the traditional Chinese conception of purgatory. The exhibition included a variety of elements such as sculpture, writing, music, and a mural that covered the gallery space from floor to ceiling.


Irving Force

Irving Force (real name Adam Skog) is a synthwave producer from Stockholm, Sweden. He previously was a member of the black metal bands Vanhävd and Vapenlicens, before becoming interested in 80's-influenced film scores.
Works and style.
Irving Force's musical and aesthetic style is influenced by 1980's action films and characters, such as John Carpenter films and his character Snake Plissken. Skog originally intended Irving Force to have a more pop oriented sound, but the music soon took on elements from his heavy metal past.
He also cites cyberpunk science fiction from all types of media and the band Tangerine Dream as further influences. Having come from a film-score background, much of Irving Force's music is designed to have some sort of narrative or story element - such as his 2015 release "The Violence Suppressor." A video was filmed for the title track on that album, which was made to invoke classic sci-fi and action movies like Assault on Precinct 13 and Judge Dredd. Following releases were set out to take place in a loose thematic universe.
In April 2020, Irving Force provided the soundtrack for the Android retro point & click adventure game "Awaken Alone". His music has been described by reviewers as "guiding the listener through cyberpunk narratives that twist and mutate with a musical playfulness". Others have praised its "next level grooves" and "balls to the wall rhythms".


Zen 49

Zen 49 was a group of German artists, who came together in the gallery "Otto Stangl" in Munich in July 1949. Originally the "Gruppe der Ungegenständlichen", they took the name Zen 49 the following year. The seven members were Willi Baumeister, Rolf Cavael, Gerhard Fietz, Rupprecht Geiger, Willy Hempel, Brigitte Meier-Denninghoff and Fritz Winter. They were joined by Bernard Schultze in 1955.
Their first exhibition was held in June 1949 in the Munich Amerikahaus. The group continued to exhibit until 1957. Retrospectives exhibitions were held in Baden-Baden in 1987,Centre d'art contemporain de Saint-Priest in France in 1989 and in Munich in 1999.


He Qun

He Qun (; 7 December 1955 – 31 December 2016) was a Chinese filmmaker. A graduate of the 1982 class of the Beijing Film Academy, he was an inaugural member of China's "Fifth Generation" movement.
Early life.
He was born in 1955 in Nanjing, Jiangsu. Like many of his generation, his early life was thrown into turmoil by the Cultural Revolution. His father, an artist, was denounced as a rightist, and He was sent to the outskirts of Beijing where he did manual labor as a welder for six years. In 1978, He was admitted to the Beijing Film Academy in its art department, and was assigned to the Guangxi Film Studio when he graduated in 1982.
Career.
He's early career was as an art director, where he worked on many important films of the early Fifth Generation movement, including "The Big Parade" (1986, directed by Chen Kaige) and "Widow Village" (1988, directed by Wang Jin).
In 1988, he began his career in direction with the war film "Mutiny". Since then, he has directed films of several genres, including gangster films ("Westbound Convict Train", 1989), comedies ("Once Conned", 1992) and mysteries ("The Vanished Woman" (1992). In 1993, He found critical success with his rural drama "Country Teachers", which won the Golden Rooster Award for best picture.


Stephen Waldschmidt

Stephen Waldschmidt is an actor, playwright, theatre director, scenic designer, graphic designer, and stay-at-home dad originally from Cleveland, Ohio, United States.
Theatre career.
Stephen Waldschmidt is an actor, playwright, theatre director, scenic designer, graphic designer, and stay-at-home dad originally from Cleveland, Ohio, United States. He is known for portraying Jesus in the Canadian Badlands Passion Play in Drumheller, a part that he has played five times. He also performed as Greville in the premiere of "A Bright Particular Star". As a scenic designer, he designed the set for a 2007 performance of "The Quarrel" and a revolving set for a 2009 performance of "Lettice and Lovage". As a playwright, he wrote "Hockey Dad: A Play in 3 Periods" with James Popoff. He is one of Burnt Thicket Theatre's artistic associates.
"She Has a Name".
In 2010, Waldschmidt attended a presentation by Andrew Kooman in Strathmore about human trafficking. The location of Kooman's presentation was Waldschmidt's home church. Kooman mentioned "She Has a Name", a play that he had written about human trafficking, and Waldschmidt soon asked Kooman for permission to read the script. Waldschmidt felt drawn to address the issue of human trafficking even before discovering "She Has a Name" and had gotten involved with some fair trade initiatives. Waldschmidt attested to his feet sweating after having first read the script and said that it was one of only two scripts that he had ever read that he could not put down before finishing. Nonetheless, he initially backed off from the play because of the immensity and ugliness of the issue. Eventually, however, he and Kooman worked together on the script, expanding it to a full-length play with an extra hour's worth of material by the end of 2010, resulting in a play that can be performed in ninety minutes but may last up to two hours. Kooman and Waldschmidt were moved to continue working on the play because of worldwide human trafficking statistics; namely, that 800000 people are trafficked across international borders each year, that there are 10 million children forced to work in the sex industry, that 1 million of these are child prostitutes, and that sex traffickers have an average annual income of $280000 per victim. Waldschmidt directed the premiere of "She Has a Name", a performance for which he also served as scenic designer. He was also the director for the 2012 tour of "She Has a Name".


Happie Nuts

Happie Nuts was a gal fashion magazine published monthly in Japan by Inforest Publishing. Targeted at women in their late teens and early 20s, "Happie Nuts" was highly oriented toward the style of "oneh-gal" ("o-neh-san gal", lit. "older-sister gal") and dark-skin. Based in Tokyo, it was in circulation between 2004 and 2016.
History.
"Happie Nuts" was first published in November 2004 as the successor to "Happie", a fashion magazine targeted at female teenagers. "Happie Nuts" spawned its special edition, "Koakuma & Nuts", in October 2005, which later grew to be "Koakuma Ageha" as one of the highest-selling fashion magazines in Japan.
In 2014 "Happie Nuts" was closed, but was restarted in July 2015. However, the magazine ended publication again in March 2016.
Model.
Its exclusive models were called "Nuts Mates", which have included Ena Matsumoto, Sayoko Ozaki, Akane Satomi, Sayaka Taniguchi, Miyu Ishima, Saki Nanba, Eriko Tachiya, Shizuka Takeda, Hiromi, Akane Suda, and Nicole Abe.


The Camera Club of New York

Since 1884, The Camera Club of New York has been a forum to explore photography. Though the Club was created by well-to-do 'gentlemen' photography enthusiasts seeking a refuge from the mass popularization of the medium in the 1880s, it accepted its first woman as a member, Miss Elizabeth A. Slade, in 1887, only four years after its inception, and later came to accept new ideas and new approaches to the medium.
Over the years the Club helped launch revolutionary new approaches to photography and nurture many photographers who later became giants in the field. Alfred Stieglitz used the Club as a forum and venue to convince a still skeptical public that photography was an art worthy of comparison to painting. Later, as the medium matured, the Club was again the place where the new "straight photography" approach would emerge. Paul Strand, who joined the Camera Club at 17, was introduced to a camera at the Club that had a right-angle viewfinder, allowing one to photograph people unaware. Strand used this camera to produce some of his most memorable images on the streets of New York, including Blind Woman and Wall Street.
The Camera Club was also an important place to hear about new advances in photography. For instance, X-Ray photography was demonstrated there in 1898 and the Autochrome Lumière process, an early form of color photography, in 1909. In 1930 Willard D. Morgan first introduced the new Leica camera to Club members. Among the important lectures held at the Club were Aero Photography by Edward Steichen in 1921 and The Life and Work of Eugène Atget by Berenice Abbott in 1931. Later, Richard Avedon lectured on fashion Photography in 1949.
Today, the Camera Club continues to function as an important resource for photography. The club offers classes in basic camera and darkroom skills, which help nurture and create new pioneers of photography and workspaces for established and emerging photographers. Lectures and exhibits are an important part of the club's program. Since 1999 such important photographers as Eugene Richards, Nigel Parry, Duane Michals, Oliver Weber, Andres Serrano, Eddie Adams, Ryan Foerster, and Henry Horenstein have exhibited and lectured at the club.
The Camera Club of New York is located at 126 Baxter Street, New York, NY 10013.


Club Moral

Club Moral is a Belgian noise band formed in 1981 by Danny Devos and Anne-Mie van Kerckhoven based in Antwerp, Belgium. They are known for their controversial performances and imagery. In 2001 "Dylan" briefly joined the band. Between 2003 and 2011 Mauro Pawlowski joined the band. And in 2010 and 2011 Aldo Struyf played bass in the band. Since 2012 Devos and van Kerckhoven are the sole member performing music concerts.
Club Moral 1981-1987.
From 1981 until 1987 Club Moral acted as both a venue and performance band. Club Moral the venue was in Antwerp where numerous exhibitions, performances, concerts, lectures and film-shows were organized. Club Moral the band had its first performance on September 19, 1981. The show was billed as an "Attack" and took place at the event "Das Konzil", organized by Boris Nieslony in the Künstlerhaus of Stuttgart, Germany. According to DDV, "The Club Moral 'attack' took place in a small room with no windows and all 4 walls covered with mattresses. We played very loud with heavy bass volumes. At the end of the concert people were complaining of nausea and vomiting."
As a venue, the first documented show at Club Moral took place June 19, 1981 and featured Etat Brut performing live with Mécanique Végétale.
Club Moral continued to both perform and act as a venue through 1987. Acts that have performed at Club Moral have included Boyd Rice (NON), Michael Moynihan (Coup De Grace), Slave State, Whitehouse, Trevor Brown, Culturcide, John Duncan, Jack Stevenson and many, many more.
Since 1983 they published a magazine Force Mental, of which 15 issues have appeared in print. A sixteenth issue was published on the internet in 2004 and a 'Force Mental RVSTD' facsimile edition of all issues was printed in 2010.
Club Moral 2004-Present.
In 2005 Club Moral was declared dead by its founders and a War Memorial made for all those who ever performed, played or exhibited at Club Moral or contributed to Force Mental. About 300 names carved in a slab of green marble, 140 x 280 cm. The monument resides in the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Antwerp).
The noise band claimed to cease its activities after a performance at the Death Petrol festival in Antwerp, Belgium; in 2006, Club Moral restructured as a new band called Bum Collar, an anagram of Club Moral with a new member: Belgian writer Paul Mennes.
Bum Collar performed a number of gigs between 2006 and 2007, but in late 2007 Club Moral was resurrected for a show at De Resoor, Sint-Truiden, Belgium. The show was billed as, "After two years of silence Club Moral will perform on stage live again. We have abandoned our improvisational gigs and get back to our original repertoire with stunning versions of our best tracks. An opportunity not to miss!".
In 2010 a new series of concerts took off with Danny Devos on vocals, Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven on electronics, Mauro Pawlowski on drums and Aldo Struyf on bass.
In 2015 Club Moral performed twice in its original setting with Danny Devos on vocals and electronics, and Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven on electronics. On both occasions the performance was on the occasion of an exhibition by Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven, at the Kunstverein München and castillo/corrales in Paris.


Janet Froelich

Janet Froelich (born 1946, New York, NY) is an American graphic designer and creative director.
Biography.
Janet Froelich received her undergraduate degree from Cooper Union and graduate degree from Yale University.
She was a designer of "", a feminist journal that was produced from 1977 to 1993 by the New York-based Heresies Collective. Froelich was featured in "The Heretics", a film that examines the inside story of the "second wave" of the Women's Movement.
Froelich worked for "The New York Times" for 22 years, serving as creative director for "The New York Times Magazine", as well as "". As art director at "The New York Times", she was involved in the development of the "New York Times Magazine" cover illustration that led to the "Tribute in Light" memorial to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack in New York City. Also during her time as art director at the Times, she decided to use a controversial photo of photographer and breast-cancer survivor Matuschka to illustrate a story on the politics of breast cancer. The cover photo, which ran in 1993, sparked controversy due to its graphic nature.
She was creative director at "Real Simple" magazine from 2009-2014.
Awards.
Froelich's work has appeared in the annuals of the AIGA, the Type Directors Club, Graphis, Print, American Photography and American Illustration. She has been featured in "Print Magazine", where she was interviewed by Steven Heller, as well as "Creative Review".
In 2006, Froelich was inducted into the Art Directors Hall of Fame. She has also been honored by Hall of Femmes, an organization that highlights the work of women in art direction and design. Froelich's career in graphic design was part of "Women of Design: Influence And Inspiration From The Original Trailblazers To The New Groundbreakers" (HOW Books 2009 )


Dolly Jain

Dolly Jain is a saree and dupatta draper in Kolkata.
Early life.
Dolly Jain was born and raised in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
Career.
Dolly Jain became interested in saree draping after her marriage, when she was required to wear a saree herself. She learnt a variety of draping styles and taught them to other women, and was also asked to help brides with the draping of their wedding saree. Designer Sandeep Khosla recommended her to celebrity clients, and she eventually decided to pursue it as a career.
In 2019, she submitted a record to the Limca Book of Records, and was credited for draping a saree in 325 different ways and taking as low as 18.5 seconds to drape a saree. She draped the wedding outfits of Sonam Kapoor, Deepika Padukone, Priyanka Chopra, and Isha Ambani.


Darkstalkers 3

Darkstalkers 3, known in Japan as , is the second sequel in the "Darkstalkers" series of fighting games by Capcom, originally released in arcades in 1997. The third installment centers around a demonic nobleman from Makai named Jedah Dohma, who creates a pocket dimension named Majigen where he tries to bring in souls to help nourish his new world.
Gameplay.
The game retains the character roster of "", omitting Donovan, Huitzil and Pyron from the lineup. Taking their place are four new characters: Jedah, Lilith, Q-Bee and B. B. Hood. It also features Dark Jon Talbain, an evil counterpart of Jon Talbain who serves as his final opponent and is also a hidden playable character, as well as Shadow, a secret character/mode where the player assumes the identity of the defeated character for the next fight (e.g. if Morrigan is defeated, then in the next fight, the player will play as Morrigan).
"Vampire Savior" eschews the traditional round-based system in favor of what is dubbed the "Damage Gauge System": battles take place during a single round, with each fighter having two life bars and corresponding life markers similar to those in Rare's "Killer Instinct". When one fighter loses a life marker after the life bar is emptied, the fighters reset their positions as if starting a new round, but the victorious fighter retains their remaining life bar. When the player is attacked, some of the health lost is displayed in white, which can be recovered if the player doesn't take any more damage. The game also introduces the "Dark Force System" which uses a bar or super meter to allow players to perform special abilities unique to each character for a limited period. The PlayStation version separates Dark Force into 2 modes from which the player chooses before each match: "Dark Force Change" is the same as the traditional Dark Force mode, whereas "Dark Force Power" is an enhanced mode that takes 2 bars of the super meter and the player can inflict damage that is not recoverable (but will also take non-recoverable damage). In Dark Force Power, the player can still activate their special enhancement, but they have to press a unique button combination rather than it being tied to whether or not the player is in Dark Force mode.
Plot.
Jedah Dohma, one of the high nobles of Makai, is resurrected after a premature death long ago. Seeing the current chaotic state of the demon world, he decides that the only way to save Makai is to recreate it. To this end, he conjures a pocket dimension known as Majigen, to which he summons worthy souls to help feed his new world. As luck would have it, those souls belong to the returning Darkstalkers from the first two games, in addition to three newcomers.
Release.
"Darkstalkers 3" was first released in Japanese arcades in 1997 as "Vampire Savior: The Lord of Vampire". The game was originally planned to be released as "Darkstalkers: Jedah's Damnation" outside of Japan, but this title was never used; instead, it was localized for arcades in North America as "Vampire Savior: World of Darkness".
Updates.
 and are two simultaneously released updated versions of "Vampire Savior" that were released exclusively in Japan only a few months after the release of the original "Vampire Savior".
Along with minor tweaks and changes to the characters' move lists, and the combo system (removal of air chains) the main difference between the two upgrades and the original "Vampire Savior" are in its character roster. "Vampire Hunter 2" features the same character roster and soundtrack as "Night Warriors" (which was known as "Vampire Hunter" in Japan), omitting the characters introduced in "Vampire Savior", while "Vampire Savior 2" features the "Vampire Savior" cast along with Donovan, Huitzil and Pyron, omitting Jon Talbain (as well as Dark Talbain), Rikuo and Sasquatch. Both versions feature Oboro Bishamon and Shadow as secret characters, as well as Marionette, with which the fights consist of "mirror matches" (e.g. Morrigan vs Morrigan, Demitri vs Demitri). "Vampire Hunter 2" also retains the music from the original "Vampire Hunter", while Vampire Savior 2 uses the music from the original "Vampire Savior".
Home versions.
A Sega Saturn version was released in Japan only in 1998, which required Capcom's 4MB RAM cartridge. Capcom initially announced that the home version would be exclusive to the Saturn. This version contains all 15 characters from the original "Vampire Savior" as well as the three "Night Warriors" characters (Donovan, Huitzil, and Pyron) who were left out of the original arcade release and brought back in "Vampire Savior 2"/"Vampire Hunter 2". Thanks to the 4MB RAM cartridge, this version more faithfully reproduces the 2D-animation fluidity of the arcade than either of the earlier console releases in the series. However, while Shadow is available in the Saturn version, Marionette is not.
Also in 1998, an update of the game was ported for the PlayStation as Vampire Savior: EX Edition in Japan and "Darkstalkers 3" in North America and Europe. Although it is an EX version of the third canon game in the series, it is actually a compilation of "Vampire Savior" and its two Japan-only arcade updates. This version allows players to use all 18 Night Warriors and the two "hidden characters" (Shadow and Marionette) in all three games. It also features Oboro Bishamon and Dark Talbain as playable characters.
The game was included in "", a compilation of all five "Darkstalkers" arcade games that were released in Japan only for the PlayStation 2 in 2005.
In 2012, the ESRB administered a Teen rating for "Darkstalkers 3" as a PSone Classic for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita. The game was released through PlayStation Network on April 24, 2012.
It was also included in a remastered form as part of the HD remix game "Darkstalkers Resurrection" for the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade. Unlike the previous release for this game on the PSN, which used the PS1 version, the remastered edition is based on the original arcade release with added features like online multiplayer.
Media.
Several licensed tie-ins were released for the game in Japan:
Reception.
"Darkstalkers 3" was positively received. In Japan, "Game Machine" listed "Darkstalkers 3" on their June 15, 1997 issue as being the second most-successful arcade game of the year. "Game Machine" also listed "Vampire Savior II" on their November 15, 1997 issue as being the tenth most-successful arcade game of the year. "Next Generation" reviewed the arcade version of the game, stating that "the game has its moments, but this series has so far reached its zenith in "NightStalkers". "DS3" is more of the same - it's fun, but nothing special". "GamePro" echoed these two conclusions, but in reverse priority: "... "Vampire Savior" is more of the same 2D fighting-game formula Capcom's been churning out for years. Despite this fact, however, the latest Darkstalkers entry holds up beautifully". They gave it a 4.5 out of 5 for fun factor and control, and a perfect 5.0 for sound and graphics. Both "Next Generation" and "GamePro" praised the game's smooth animation and striking special moves.
GameSpot's Jeff Gerstmann hailed it as "easily the best fighter Capcom has put out in years" and noted it is "very well animated", even on the PlayStation, and "has an excellent soundtrack, and the character voices are all terrific". IGN's Randy Nelson described the "surprisingly fluid and animated" as well as "fast, fun, and surprisingly balanced" "Darkstalkers 3" as "an exceptional effort from Capcom on a gameplay and technical front" and one of the best 2D fighting games on the PlayStation.
Retrospectively, GamesRadar's Lucas Sullivan included "Darkstalkers 3" among other lesser-known fighting game classics deserving HD remakes in 2012, saying that "the game’s crisp spritework is a marvel to behold – especially in the backgrounds, which convey the kind of creepy atmosphere that complements the supernatural fighters perfectly". Matt Edwards of Eurogamer opined that "playing it today [in 2013] is akin to playing "" - not because these games are mechanically similar, but because Capcom tends to go the full distance with the second sequel".


David L. Hoyt

David L. Hoyt is an American puzzle and game inventor and author. He is the most syndicated puzzle maker in America.
Personal life.
David Lawrence Hoyt was born in Waterbury, Connecticut, in 1965. He lives in Chicago with his wife, Claire.
Career.
Hoyt is the inventor of numerous well-known puzzles, games and brain teasers including USA Today Word Roundup, USA Today Up & Down Words, Jumble Crosswords, TV Jumble and more. He is the current co-author of Jumble, the most syndicated daily word game in the world.
His print puzzles and games are syndicated by Tribune Content Agency and Universal Uclick and are carried in more than 700 newspapers, including USA Today, New York Daily News, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post. Hoyt’s online games are featured on sites such as Shockwave.com, Yahoo.com, MSN.com and Games.com. Hoyt also develops puzzles and games across a number of other platforms including mobile, casino games, instant scratch-off games, books and calendars.
Hoyt moved to Chicago in 1990 to work as an option and futures trader on the floor of the Chicago Board of Options Exchange. While working there, he began developing various toys, games and puzzles in his spare time. In 1993, he sold his first game, Crossword the Game, to Parker Brothers. Shortly after, in 1994, he started developing games full-time. Two years later, he partnered with Tribune Content Agency (TCA), the owners of Jumble, to develop new versions of Jumble including Jumble Crosswords, TV Jumble and Jumble BrainBusters. The daily and the Sunday Jumble puzzles appear in more than 600 newspapers internationally and across the United States.
In 2002, Hoyt again partnered with Jeff Knurek, Tribune Content Agency and Hasbro to develop the Boggle BrainBuster syndicated daily puzzle.
Hoyt teamed up with Wheel of Fortune legend Pat Sajak in 2004 to create Pat Sajak Games, an online gaming site. Together, they created Pat Sajak's Lucky Letters, Pat Sajak's Trivia Gems, Pat Sajak's Code Letters and Pat Sajak's Code Number Sudoku.
In 2006, Hoyt invented two new popular games - USA Today's Word Roundup and USA Today's Up & Down Words. Over the next few years, he created additional variations of Word Roundup that are played by millions online everyday.
Hoyt reached a new milestone in his career in 2011, when with Tribune Content Agency and Jeff Knurek, he replaced Mike Argirion as the writer of Jumble, making him the most syndicated puzzle maker in America. In the same year, he partnered with Graeme Thomson and Steve Bullock to co-create David L. Hoyt's Word Winder board game, online game and mobile games. In May 2012, the Word Winder NOOK app was announced the No. 1 board game app on NOOK Apps.
In July 2013, Hoyt launched his newest word game app, Just 2 Words. The app was highly reviewed and well-received, including being named the Corona Labs Inc. App of the Week on July 22, 2013 and App of the Month in July 2013.
In 2015 David, along with his wife Claire founded the David L. Hoyt Education Foundation located in the Lincoln Square Neighborhood in Chicago, Illinois. The Foundation's mission is to facilitate, enable, and develop play-based learning for students of all ages through programming utilizing expertly crafted games and puzzles. In doing so, the organization strives to make learning accessible, interactive, inclusive, and enjoyable. David and his wife Claire Haasl, understand that play is endlessly important to creating global citizens who can make strategic decisions and think creatively. In order to fulfill their mission the foundation strives to accomplish the following objectives: developing curriculum for the Giant Word Winder and Giant Math Winder games; partnering with existing educational and community organizations; providing educational games and/or play-based tools; and providing fundraising tools for those looking to raise money for games. The foundation officially opened its doors in March 2017.


Popeye (magazine)

Popeye is a monthly fashion and men's magazine based in Tokyo, Japan. It is one of the oldest magazines featuring articles about men's fashion. Its tagline is "Magazine for City Boys". The magazine is considered to be the Japanese version of "Nylon" magazine.
History and profile.
"Popeye" was started in 1976 as a male version of "an an", a women's magazine. It is successor of two publications, "Ski Life" and "Made in U.S.A."
The first issue of "Popeye" appeared in July 1976 which featured the dominant fashion trends in Los Angeles. Yoshihisa Kinameri is the launch editor of the magazine. The publisher is Magazine House Ltd., a Tokyo based publishing company. The company, which is also the founder of the magazine, was previously named Heibun Shuppan. The magazine was formerly published on a biweekly basis. It is now published on a monthly basis. It focuses on fashion, and its content mostly is about clothes, bags, shoes and accessories. It targets young educated urban men.
In 2012 Takahiro Kinoshita became the editor-in-chief of the magazine. The same year the magazine was redesigned.
"Popeye" has several sister publications, including "an an", "Brutus" and "Croissant". In 2013 "Popeye" and "Brutus" received best magazine award. In July 2016 Popeye celebrated its 40th anniversary.
In 1999 "Popeye"'s circulation was 220,000 copies.


Gordon Luke Clarke

Gordon Luke Clarke, also known as Luke, was a New Zealand fashion designer based in London during the 1970s.
Clarke was born in Auckland on 9 August 1945 to a Scottish father and Māori mother. At the age of 18, he went to work for the British couturier Hardy Amies as a designer of ready-to-wear for five years, before going on a tour of India. He also worked for Valentino. On his return to London, he launched his ready-to-wear boutique Luke, on the King's Road, Chelsea. He also sold his clothing exclusively through Bonwit Teller in the United States in 1973, stating that although his work had been compared to American sportswear, he felt it was more refined and had a more couture-like appearance.
In 1978, along with a man's outfit by Cerruti, one of Clarke's womenswear ensembles was chosen by Barbara Griggs of the "Daily Mail" to represent the year in the Fashion Museum, Bath's Dress of the Year collection. Griggs considered Clarke to be one of the very few notable designers of the time, praising his ability to make attractive garments that followed the "big, baggy and bulky" multi-layered fashions of 1977–78. The ensemble she chose was a printed cotton tunic, skirt and leggings, worn in combination with a black leather skirt and coat, which represented Clark's focus on very simply shaped, versatile mix-and-match separates for the career woman.