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Conrad Janis (February 11, 1928 – February 1, 2022) was an American jazz trombonist and actor. He was born in New York City. He starred in "Margie", "The Brasher Doubloon", "The Buddy Holly Story" and in the Goldie Hawn comedy "The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox". He also starred as Mindy McConnell's father Frederick on "Mork &amp; Mindy". Janis died on February 1, 2022 in Los Angeles, California ten days before his 95th birthday.
Irving A. Kanarek (May 12, 1920 – September 2, 2020) was an American criminal defense attorney. He was best known for representing Charles Manson and "Onion Field" killer Jimmy Lee Smith. During the course of the trial he was jailed twice by Judge Older for contempt of court. In his summation, Bugliosi dubbed Kanarek "the Toscanini of Tedium." Kanarek was born in Seattle. He attended the University of Washington as an undergraduate and Loyola Law School. He was admitted to the California Bar in 1957. Kanarek died on September 2, 2020 in Garden Grove, California at the age of 100.
Charles Kay (born Charles Piff, 31 August 1930 – 8 January 2025) was an English actor. He was known for his stage roles with the Royal Shakespeare Company.  Kay was known for his roles in "", "Fall of Eagles", "I, Claudius", "The Devils Crown," "To Serve Them All My Days", "By the Sword Divided", "Fortunes of War", "Rumpole of the Bailey", "The Citadel", "Edge of Darkness", "The Darling Buds of May", "Jonathan Creek", "Hetty Wainthropp Investigates", "Holby City", "Midsomer Murders" and "The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes" story "The Creeping Man". Kay died on 8 January 2025, at the age of 94.
Yaphet Frederick Kotto (November 15, 1939 – March 15, 2021) was an American actor. He was known for his roles in NBC television series "" (1993–99) as Lieutenant Al Giardello. His movie roles include the science-fiction/horror movie "Alien" (1979), "The Running Man" (1987). He played the main villain Dr. Kananga/Mr. Big in the James Bond movie "Live and Let Die" (1973).  He appeared opposite Robert De Niro in the comedy thriller "Midnight Run" (1988) as FBI agent Alonzo Mosely. Kotto died on March 15, 2021 in Manila, Philippines at the age of 81.
Steffan Lewis (1984 – 11 January 2019) was a Welsh politician. He was elected to the National Assembly for Wales in the 2016 election. He represented the electoral region of South Wales East as a member of Plaid Cymru. In December 2017, Lewis was diagnosed with terminal bowel cancer. He died on 11 January 2019 from the disease, aged 34.
Henry Lincoln (born Henry Soskin; 12 February 1930 – February 2022) was a British author, television presenter, scriptwriter and actor. He was born in London. He co-wrote three "Doctor Who" multi-part serials in the 1960s and inspired three Chronicle BBC Two documentaries on the alleged "mysteries" surrounding the French village of Rennes-le-Château. Lincoln was known for his book series "The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail", which became the inspiration for Dan Brown's 2003 best-selling novel, "The Da Vinci Code". Lincoln died in February 2022, aged 92.
José Luis Núñez Clemente (7 September 1931 – 3 December 2018) was a Spanish businessman and politician. He was president of FC Barcelona between 1978 and 2000. Núñez used to own the "Núñez i Navarro" construction company and "Núñez i Navarro Hotels" chain. He was elected club president on 1 July 1978. His main objectives were to establish Barça as a world class sports club and to give the club financial stability. He was born in Guriezo, Cantabria. In July 2011, Núñez was sentenced to six years in jail following conviction on a series of fraud charges. The sentence was appealed and Núñez was allowed bail. In November 2014, he entered in jail. Núñez died on 3 December 2018 in Barcelona at the age of 87.
Michele Carey (born Michele Lee Henson, February 26, 1943 – November 21, 2018) was an American actress. She was known for her role as Josephine "Joey" MacDonald in the 1966 movie "El Dorado". She appeared in movies in the 1960s and 1970s. She was born in Annapolis, Maryland. She also starred in "Live a Little, Love a Little" (1968), "The Sweet Ride" (1968), and "Dirty Dingus Magee" (1970). Carey died in Newport Beach, California on November 21, 2018 at the age of 75.
Cecil County is a county in the U.S. state of Maryland. As of the 2020 census, the population was 103,725. The county seat is Elkton. Cecil is named after Cecil Calvert, the first Proprietary Governor of the Province (colony) of Maryland.
Kaal Bhairav Rahasya (season 2) is an Indian television soap opera thriller series. The series will be produced by Ravi Garahni and directed by Dharmesh Shah. It premiered in 2018, broadcast on Star Bharat. It stars Gautam Rode and Additi Gupta in the lead roles.
The common wood pigeon ("Columba palumbus") is a large species of pigeon. It is found mostly in Europe but also in western Asia. They are related to the rock dove.  Food. Wood pigeons eat many things, mainly plants such as grains, berries, and nuts. Because of this, they are seen as pests. Wood pigeons feed their babies on crop milk to help them grow. This causes them to grow very large. Description. The wood pigeon is mostly grey, with large white patches on both sides of the neck. They are some of the largest pigeons in the Columbidae (pigeon and dove) family.
Van Buren County is a county of the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 15,796. The county seat is Clinton. The county was formed on November 11, 1833, and named for Martin Van Buren, 8th President of the United States (1837–1841).
Münchenstein (Swiss German: "Minggestai") is a municipality in Arlesheim in the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland.
Alicia is a town in the US state of Arkansas. In 2020, the population was 143 people.
Ugo De Censi Scarafoni (January 26, 1924 – December 2, 2018) was an Italian-Peruvian priest. He was born in Polaggia, Italy. He was the founder of Operazione Mato Grosso "(Operation Mato Grosso)". He was the parish priest of San Martin Pope Chacas, Ancash, Asunción, Peru from 1976 until his death in 2018. De Censi died on December 2, 2018 in Lima, Peru at the age of 94.
Markus Beyer (28 April 1971 – 3 December 2018) was a German professional boxer. He was born in Erlabrunn, East Germany. Beyer won the WBC super middleweight title.  Beyer was an amateur he represented Germany at the 1992 and 1996 Olympics in the light middleweight division. He also won a bronze medal at the 1995 World Amateur Boxing Championships and silver at the 1996 European Amateur Boxing Championships. Beyer died on 3 December 2018 in Berlin at the age of 47.
Selma Engel-Wijnberg (born Saartje (Selme) Wijnberg; 15 May 1922 – 4 December 2018) was a Dutch Jewish Holocaust survivor. She successfully escaped from Sobibor extermination camp after 3 months of imprisonment and survived the war. Engel-Wijnberg moved to the Netherlands then Israel at the end of the war she later moved to the United States with her family in 1957. She returned to Europe only to testify against the war criminals of Sobibor. Engel-Wijnberg died in Branford, Connecticut on 4 December 2018 at the age of 96.
A Boolean data type is a data type that can be either one of these two values: true or false. It was originally added to the C++ language by the ISO/ANSI(International Standards Organization/American National Standards Organization) committee in 1998. The expressions are named after the English mathematician George Boole, who formulated rules for mathematical logic. Boolean expressions also end up with a value of either true or false. Boolean expressions are used in branching and looping statements. In programming, a boolean can be used with conditional statements (statements that only happen when the right condition is met). Examples. An example of a boolean in pseudocode: if (Boolean_Expression) Yes_Statement_1 Yes_Statement_Last else No_Statement_1 No_Statement_Last Boolean data types can also be used with other booleans inside of conditional statements using a conjunction operator. For example:  if (Boolean_Expression1 and Boolean_Expression2) Yes_Statement_First Yes_Statement_Last else No_Statement_First No_Statement_Last It can also be used with a disjunction operator: if (Boolean_Expression1 or Boolean_Expression2) Yes_Statement_First Yes_Statement_Last
Nikoloz Rurua (, 17 March 1968 – 4 December 2018) was a Georgian politician. He was a member of the Cabinet of Georgia as Minister of Culture and Monument Protection of Georgia from 10 December 2008 until 25 October 2012 during the Mikheil Saakashvili presidency. He was born in Tbilisi, Georgia. Rurua died of a heart attack at his Tbilisi apartment on 4 December 2018, aged 50.
Philip Michael Bosco (September 26, 1930 – December 3, 2018) was an American actor. He was born in Jersey City, New Jersey. He was known for his Tony Award-winning role as Saunders in the 1989 production of "Lend Me a Tenor". He was a regular actor in the "Law &amp; Order" television series and in the FX series "Damages". His last movie role was as Mr. O'Brien in the 2005 comedy movie "Hitch". Bosco died at his home in Haworth, New Jersey of complications from dementia on December 3, 2018 at the age of 88.
Ekta Kapoor (born 7 June 1975) is an Indian Film/TV Producer and Director. She has produced shows like, Kasamh Se, Jodha Akbar, Kundali Bhagya for Zee TV and Naagin 3, Kasam Tere Pyaar Ki for Colors TV, Qayamat Ki Raat and Kasautii Zindagii Kay 2 for Star Plus. She has been credited as having revamped Indian Television's landscape by some, and by others, due to the low quality of her work, she has been credited with lowering the IQ of the entire nation. Early life and education. Ekta Kapoor is the daughter of actors Jeetendra and Shobha Kapoor. Her younger brother Tusshar Kapoor is also a Bollywood actor. She went to school at Bombay Scottish School, Mahim and attended college at Mithibai College. Production works. Television. The following is the list of Television shows produced by Kapoor under her banner Balaji Telefilms. Note: Television series in bold are the shows presently on air.  Movies. The following is the list of motion pictures produced by Kapoor under her banner Balaji Motion Pictures. Web series. The following is the list of web series created/developed/produced by Kapoor under her banner ALT Digital Media Entertainment for her video on demand platform ALT Balaji.
Prince of Wales–Hyder Census Area is a census area located in the U.S. state of Alaska. As of the 2020 census, the population was 5,753. It is part of the Unorganized Borough and therefore has no borough seat. Its largest communities are Craig and Metlakatla.
The Valdez–Cordova Census Area was a census area in the U.S. state of Alaska. As of the 2010 census, the population was 9,636. It was part of the Unorganized Borough and therefore had no borough seat. Its largest communities were Valdez and Cordova. In January 2019, the United States Census Bureau, in cooperation with the state of Alaska, divided the area into two new census areas.
Petersburg Census Area was a census area in the U.S. state of Alaska. It was part of the Unorganized Borough and therefore had no borough seat. Its largest community was Petersburg. The population was 3,815 at the 2010 census. It was previously known as the Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area until June 1, 2008, when Wrangell, formerly a part of the census area, was incorporated as a city-and-borough. In 2013, it became part of the new Petersburg Borough.
Petersburg Borough is a borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. According to the 2020 census, the population was 3,398. The borough seat is Petersburg. Petersburg is the most recently created county equivalent in the United States. The borough was incorporated in 2013, it took area from the Hoonah–Angoon Census Area and the former Petersburg Census Area. The remaining part of Petersburg Census Area (including Kake) was added to Prince of Wales–Hyder Census Area. It was created in 2008 from the remaining part of Wrangell–Petersburg Census Area upon the incorporation of the City and Borough of Wrangell.
A refresh rate is the number of times a new image is shown on a screen (such as a television or computer monitor) per second. It is measured in hertz (Hz), which is a measurement of frequency. This means that a screen with a refresh rate of 60 Hz will show 60 images per second. The refresh rate is related to another measurement, the frame rate or frames per second (fps). In relation to a screen, the frame rate is how many images a device (such as a computer) is sending to the screen per second to be shown on the screen. If a device is running at 30 frames per second, and the screen has a refresh rate of 60 Hz, then 30 images per second will be shown to the viewer. Even though the screen can display more images per second, it is only getting 30 images per second from the device. However, the device runs at 120 frames per second, then only 60 images per second will be shown on the screen. This is because the screen can not display more than 60 images per second (its refresh rate). As the refresh rate of a screen increases, the amount of images shown also increases. This can make the picture shown on the screen clearer, avoiding motion blur. (Motion blur is when something moves very fast, and it looks blurry. If a screen can not show images fast enough to keep up with an object, motion blur might happen.) Many televisions and computer monitors run at 60 Hz. This is a very common refresh rate. Because 60 frames per second is a common frame rate, 60 Hz monitors can show most things very clearly. However, some people want to have a higher refresh rate, because they use things like video games or very high quality videos, which can have much higher frame rates. Many screens have 120 Hz, 144 Hz , or 240 Hz refresh rates for this reason.
StarPlus is an Indian pay television channel owned by Star India. The network's programming includes family dramas, comedies, youth-oriented reality shows, shows on crime and television films. It is also distributed internationally by Fox Networks Group, subsidiary of 21st Century Fox. History. It was first launched on 21 February 1992. It was an English-language television channel showing international TV shows from the U.S., the UK and Australia, with Zee TV being the Hindi-language counterpart. After Star ended its relationship with Zee TV, Star Plus was turned into a Hindi-language channel. Star World became the network's English-language counterpart channel. In 2000, the company's CEO Sameer Nair and programming chief Tarun Katial introduced a number of new shows. It helped to solidify the channel's position as the leader in the Hindi-language television broadcasting area.
The Bogosort is considered one of the worst sorting algorithms. It works by creating random arrangements of given values and randomly moving them until they are sorted. It is not effective for any form of sorting. Algorithm. The Bogosort first takes in a set of values from a user. Next it randomly arranges these values. If the values are now in a sorted order, then the function is finished, else the function repeats itself. A working analogy for the Bogosort is to sort a deck of cards by throwing them into the air, picking them up at random, and repeating the process until they are sorted. Simple Example. Array = (3,1 ,5 ,7 ,8 ,9) 1st shuffling = (1,3,7,8,9,5) 2nd shuffling = (3,7,8,6,9,1) 3rd shuffling = (7,6,3,8,9,1) 4th shuffling = (6,7,8,9,3,1) 5th shuffling = (3,6,7,8,9,1) (continued shuffling) ... Coding Example. The following code is done in Python 3: import random  def is_sorted(data):   for i in range(len(data) - 1):   if data[i] &gt; data[i + 1]:  return False  return True def bogosort(data):  while not is_sorted(data):   random.shuffle(data)  return data
Procedural animation refers to rule-based or algorithmic methods of creating computer graphics animation. Procedural animation vs. traditional animation. With traditional animation method, principal animation poses are specified by an animator at a specific point in the animation timeline. By setting these poses, an animator can artistically direct how the geometry will be framed in some key events. These poses are in the same sense as how a person may pose for a photography session. Shapes and objects in computer graphics are considered as "geometry". With key events specified, the animation software will then automatically fill the intermediary motions between key points, thereby creating continuous motion throughout the timeline without requiring additional works by an animator. "Procedural animation" is a rule-base approach to creating animations. These rules are typically some form of mathematical or statistical functions which tell the animation software how an object is to be animated. In order for the geometry to be animated, these functions typically require some form of time-based variable as its input. Therefore, one can apply a chain of logical rules and algorithms to create animations without manually specify any key poses. Procedural modeling. In computer graphics, "modeling" refers to an act of digitally sculpting a model. P"rocedural modeling" then refers to same rule-based, algorithmic approach to creating geometry. Procedural modeling differs from procedural animation in that a time-based variable is not required. Proceduralism. Amongst some animators within the computer graphics industry, procedural modeling and animation method is also known as "proceduralism". Advantages and disadvantages of proceduralism. In order to maximize artistic impact of their craft, animators employ traditional animation techniques to set poses manually at a specific point in time. When the objects to be animated become significantly more complex, traditional animation techniques may not be feasible. Therefore, "proceduralism" offers significant advantage as complexities increase significantly. While "proceduralism" enables its practitioners to create infinite variation of models and animations, specific key pose is often left as random chance. Computer graphics animators must decide between the combinations of both techniques in order to achieve the desired outcome. Applications of procedural animation. "Procedural animation" is used extensively in visual effects for movie and gaming industry where animation data and geometry must be generated with certain random probability in order to simulate the physical world.
Pygame is a programming library for Python to make video games. It can do computer graphics and sound. Scripting. With Pygame, one can make 2d games. 3d games are not possible to make.
The Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences is an academic unit of University of California, Irvine (UCI). The school of ICS consists of three departments: Computer Science, Informatics, and Statistics. It is also the only computer science dedicated school within the UC system. University of California, Irvine's School of ICS has three departments: Computer Science, Informatics, and Statistics. It's the only computer science school in UC system. In 2004, Donald Bren donated $20 million and in his honor, the school was renamed after his name, Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences. History. The Department of ICS was first established as an independent department back in 1968, and in 2002 it was officially declared as a school.  During 2004, the school received an anonymous donation of $20 million, and the donor was later revealed to be Donald Bren. Because of his generous act, the school was then renamed after him “Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences”. Academics. Undergraduate. Donald Bren offers 8 undergraduate majors- ICS school also offers certifies specialization within the major- Graduate. The ICS school offers 11 master's and 7 doctorate level graduate programs. People. Currently, the Dean of the Donald Bren School is Marios Papaefthymiou. Notable people graduated from the school include: Roy Fielding, Patrick Hanratty, Paul Mockapetris, Steven Joe. Facilities. The school has three buildings associated with it. The three buildings encompass over 100,000 square feet of space. The three buildings are the Information and Computer Science building, Information and Computer Science 2, and Donald Bren Hall.
Digital light processing (DLP) projector is a kind of video projector. It uses small mirrors that reflect light. The mirrors can be moved to either reflect light or not reflect light. The mirrors move very fast. When the mirror reflects light more often, it makes a lighter color. When the mirror reflects light less often, it makes a darker color. DLP projectors can be bright and have a high resolution. This can make the picture look better. DLP projectors can be small so they can be moved more easily. Some DLP projectors are small enough to fit in a smartphone. Big DLP projectors are often used in movie theaters. Digital Micromirror Devices. DLP projectors use a digital micromirror device (DMD) to make the picture. A DMD is made of many very small mirrors. The mirrors are in a grid on a semiconductor. Each mirror makes a small part of the picture, called a pixel. The resolution increases when the DMD has more mirrors. The mirrors can be moved so they reflect light through the lens or reflect light somewhere else. When mirror reflects light through the lens, the pixel is light. When the mirror reflects light somewhere else, the pixel is dark. The mirrors move much faster than a person can see. When the mirror spends more time reflecting light through the lens, the pixel is lighter. When the mirror spends more time reflecting light somewhere else, the pixel is darker.
User interface design (UI) or user interface engineering is the design of our machines and software interface such as the interface of computer, printer, phones, etc. It helps the person interact with the system in order to increase the user experience and enhance efficiency. Good user interface never draws useless attention and always finish the tasks first. A good format can help the user perform right interactions and a good graphic design can help the user focus on the function in the system. During the design process, we must balance the functions and visual effects to create a stable, adaptable, and functional system for users. Interface design is applied in many different areas such as computers, to cars, to planes. Even though most of these areas have similar human interactions, we still need special skills to accomplish the design goals. That is why designers are usually specialized in some areas than others in order to make the best efforts out of themselves. Standards of user interface design have been developed in 1980s for defining the usability of software products.
Alpha-beta pruning is a Search algorithm that tries to remove options that it can take. This algorithm is commonly used for a computer to play two player games, such as chess, go, and checkers. The algorithm stops analyzing a move when it finds another possible move that is proven to be better, and that move will not be analyzed again. This algorithm is a modification of . Algorithm. The algorithm keeps track of two values, Alpha and Beta, and assigns "points" to possible moves where the greater the amount of points a move has, the higher chance that choosing that move will lead to victory. Alpha represents the minimum amount of points the player the algorithm wants to win can have(the maximizing player), while beta is the maximum amount of points the algorithm wants to lose can have(the minimizing player). Alpha and Beta start as negative infinity and infinity respectively. Whenever a move is found such that the maximizing player's score improves or the minimizing player's score decreases, then Alpha and Beta will be replaced with those new values. In the best case, the complexity of the algorithm is O(formula_1) while the worst case is O(formula_2) where b is the branching factor, that is how much each move splits into future options on average, and d is the depth, as in on average how many possible moves are made into the game.