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Mathematical Applications Group, Inc. (a.k.a. MAGI or MAGI/SynthaVision) was an early computer technology company founded in 1966 by Dr. Philip Mittelman and located in Elmsford, New York, where it was evaluating nuclear radiation exposure.  Business. By modeling structures using combinatorial geometry and applying monte carlo radiation ray tracing techniques the mathematicians could estimate exposures at various distances and relative locations in and around fictional structures. In 1972, the graphics group called MAGI/SynthaVision was formed at MAGI by Robert Goldstein. CGI animation. It was one of four companies hired to create the CGI animation for the movie Tron. MAGI was responsible for most of the CGI animation in the first half of Tron, while Triple-I worked mainly on the second half of the movie. MAGI modeled and animated the light cycles, recognizers and tanks.
Clyde Evans (June 26, 1938 – August 11, 2021) was an American politician. He was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 2003 to 2010. He ran for the Ohio Senate, but lost the primary election. Evans was a member of the Republican Party. He was born in Rio Grande, Ohio. Evans died on August 11, 2021, in Gallipolis, Ohio at age 83.
Benoît Genecand (28 January 1964 – 11 August 2021) was a Swiss politician. He was a member of FDP.The Liberals (PLR). He was on the National Council of Switzerland from 2015 to 2019 and the Grand Council of Geneva from 2013 to 2015. Genecand was born in Geneva. Genecand was diagnosed with stage-4 cancer in June 2019. He died of the disease on 11 August 2021 at the age of 57.
Miroslav Tetter (3 April 1938 – 11 August 2021) was a Czech politician and academic. He was a representative of the South Bohemian Region from 2000 to 2008 and Mayor of České Budějovice from 1998 to 2006 and again in 2010. He was born in Vsetín, Czechoslovakia. Tetter died on 11 August 2021 in České Budějovice at the age of 83.
Georg Gallus (6 July 1927 – 13 August 2021) was a German politician. He was a member of the Free Democratic Party (FDP). He was member of the German Bundestag from 1970 until 1994. Gallus was born in Hattenhofen, present-day Baden-Württemberg. Gallus died on 13 August 2021 in Hattenhofen at the age of 94. References.
Jacques Fournier (5 May 1929 – 14 August 2021) was a French Socialist Party politician and businessman. He was born in Épinal, France. He was the Secrétaire général du Gouvernement from 1982 until 1986. He was also president of Gaz de France from 1986 until 1988. Fournier was also president of SNCF from 1988 until 1993. Fournier died on 14 August 2021, aged 92.
Algirdas Pocius (28 August 1930 – 14 August 2021) was a Lithuanian politician and writer. He was born in Mažeikiai District Municipality, then-Soviet Union. Pocius was a member of the CPSU and LDDP. From 1992 until 1996, he was a member of the Seimas. Pocius died on 14 August 2021 at the age of 90.
Edward V. "Mickey" Stephens (April 4, 1944 – August 14, 2021) was an American politician. He was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives from 2009 until his death. He was a member of the Democratic Party. He was also a member of the State House from 2002 to 2004. Stephens was born in Savannah, Georgia. Stephens died on August 14, 2021 in Savannah at the age of 77.
Giuseppe Montalbano (7 June 1925 – 15 August 2021) was an Italian politician. He was a member of the Italian Communist Party (PCI). He was Mayor of Sambuca di Sicilia from 1964 to 1980 and was a Senator from 1979 to 1987. Montalbano was born in Sciacca, Italy. Montalbano died on 15 August 2021 in Palermo, Italy at the age of 96.
Joseph Frank "Tiger" Walton (December 15, 1935 – August 15, 2021) was an American football player and coach. He was born in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. He played for the Washington Redskins from 1957 until 1960 and for the New York Giants from 1961 until 1964. Walton coached the New York Jets from 1983 until 1989. Walton died on August 15, 2021 at the age of 85.
Raymond Murray Schafer (18 July 1933 – 14 August 2021) was a Canadian composer, writer, music educator, and environmentalist. He was best known for his "World Soundscape Project". He also wrote "The Tuning of the World" (1977). He was known for being the first recipient of the Jules Léger Prize in 1978. Schafer was born in Sarnia, Ontario. In 2013, he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada "for his contributions as an internationally renowned composer of contemporary music, and for his groundbreaking work in acoustic ecology". Schafer died on 14 August 2021 of problems caused by Alzheimer's disease, aged 88.
Carmen Morales (10 October 1939 – 13 August 2021) was an Argentine comedic actress. She was born in Buenos Aires. Her career began in 1960. She was known for playing Carmen in the 1973 comedy "Los caballeros de la cama redonda". Morales was married to entertainer Gerardo Sofovich. She also appeared on the weekly sketch series "La noche del domingo".  Morales died on 13 August 2021 in Buenos Aires from problems caused by Alzheimer's disease, aged 81.
Hipólito Reyes Larios (13 August 1946 – 8 August 2021) was a Mexican Roman Catholic prelate. He was born in Veracruz, Mexico. He was made a priest in 1973. Reyes Larios was Bishop of Orizaba from 2000 until 2007 and Archbishop of Xalapa from 2007 until his death. Reyes Larios died on 8 August 2021 in Xalapa, Mexico from a gastrointestinal hemorrhage, five days before his 75th birthday.
General elections were held in Zambia on 12 August 2021 to elect the President and National Assembly. President-elect Hakainde Hichilema was declared the winner when releasing the final results from 156 constituencies, defeating current President Edgar Lungu. Hichilema won 2,810,757 votes while Lungu was in second place with 1,814,201 votes, out of 7 million registered voters. Lungu has refused to accept losing the election by calling the election a fraud.
The National Assembly is Zambia's unicameral legislative body. Between 1972 and 1990, Zambia was a one-party state with the United National Independence Party (UNIP) as the sole legal party. The Speaker, first deputy speaker and the Vice President are also given a seat in the assembly.
The Forum for Democracy and Development (FDD) is a political party in Zambia. The FDD was founded in 2001 by former members of the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy (MMD) not happy with Frederick Chiluba's works to change the constitution to allow him to fun for a third term.
chomikuj.pl, or Chomik, Polish for hamster, is a Polish-language file hosting service founded in 2006. As of February 2013 it was the 15th most popular website in Poland. Any type of file can be published on the web site. Unregistered users can instantly retrieve files sizes of 1 MB. After registration, a user is not subject to any limit when downloading a single file, but is limited to 50 MB transfer per day. Transfer limit can be increased by paying for additional bandwidth. In 2015 it was successfully sued for copyright infringement, although it immediately appealed to the court.
Abdelhamid Brahimi () (April 2, 1936 – August 15, 2021) was an Algerian politician. He was Prime Minister of Algeria under Chadli Bendjedid from January 22, 1984, until November 5, 1988. Brahimi was born in Constantine, Algeria. Brahimi died on August 15, 2021 in Algiers, Algeria at the age of 85.
Ali Kafi (; ALA-LC: "ʿAlī Kāfī"; 7 October 1928 – 16 April 2013) was an Algerian politician who was Chairman of the High Council of State and acting President from 1992 to 1994. Kafi died at the age of 84 on 16 April 2013 in Geneva, Switzerland.
Chadli Bendjedid (; ALA-LC: "ash-Shādhilī bin Jadīd"; 14 April 1929 – 6 October 2012) was the third President of Algeria from 9 February 1979 to 11 January 1992. Bendjedid was hospitalized in Paris in January 2012 for cancer treatment and returned to hospital again in May and October 2012. He died of cancer on 6 October 2012 in Paris.
Sid Ahmed Ghozali () (31 March 1937 – 4 February 2025) was an Algerian politician who was the Prime Minister of Algeria from 1991 to 1992. He was a member of the National Liberation Front party. He was a supporter President Houari Boumedienne. He was an ambassador to France. In 1988, he was promoted as Minister of Finance until 1989. Ghozali died in Algiers on 4 February 2025, at the age of 87.
The UK Holocaust Memorial is a suggested memorial and learning centre. It is planned to remember the people who died in the Holocaust. This includes Jews, Roma, LGBT, and disabled people. In July 2021, planning permission was allowed for the Holocaust memorial. The memorial is planned to be in Victoria Tower Gardens. Victoria Tower Gardens is a Royal Park next to the Houses of Parliament. The suggestion for it to be built there is controversial.
The Cabinet of Afghanistan is the executive power of the government of Afghanistan. It is made of the heads of government ministries. The Cabinet of prime minister Akhund is in power, as of 2023. Amrullah Saleh is the leader of the "government in exile"; Afghanistan's embassy in Switzerland said that, and media told about that on September 30. Cabinet. Ministers of the Islamic Emirate are: Deputy ministers and directors are. As of [the third quarter of] 2021, the Taliban government does not have "formal recognition by the majority of [countries in the world, or] the international community". Women can not be a part of the Cabinet, the Taliban said in early September. Former ministers. Ministers of the Islamic Emirate who have quit or who changed job in the Cabinet of Afghanistan, are: Cabinet of Ashraf Ghani. In August 2021 the Cabinet of Ashraf Ghani lost power over most of the country, and president Ghani escaped from Afghanistan on 15 August 2021. As of 17 August 2021, Amrullah Saleh has the highest position of elected politicians that had not resigned or escaped from the country. The Cabinet of Afghanistan was made of the heads of all the government ministries. Earlier ministers of the Ashraf Ghani cabinet. The Cabinet of Hamid Karzai, was the cabinet before the Ashraf Ghani cabinet. References.
Katie Findlay (born August 28, 1990) is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her role as Rosie Larsen in the American crime drama television series "The Killing". From 2014 to 2015, Findlay played Rebecca Sutter in the first season of the ABC series "How to Get Away with Murder". Findlay was born in Windsor, Ontario. Her career began in 2010.
Vác is a city in Hungary, in Pest county. Connections. The M2 Motorway goes south towards Dunakeszi. 2 national roads are also connected with Vác: Another minor road from Vác goes east towards Acsa. Cement factory. The Cement factory is Vác's most important industry. It's on the property of Duna-Dráva Cement Ltd.. It started its operation in 1963. Thanks to its continuous modernization, the plant is now one of the most modern cement plants in Europe, producing more than 36 million tons of clinker and more than 50 million tons of cement in recent decades. Landmarks. The most important landmark of Vác is the Vác Cathedral. The Vác Cathedral is the seat church of the Diocese of Vác, one of the largest cathedrals in Hungary. It was built between 1761 and 1777 according to the plans of the Austrian Isidore Canevale. It is located on the northern part of Burgundia. Other landmarks in the city are the Church of the Holy Cross, the Greek church and the Arc de Triomphe.
Volodymyr Stepanovych Holubnychy (; 2 June 1936 – 16 August 2021) was a Soviet and Ukrainian race walker. He won four Olympic medals: two gold (1960, 1968), one silver (1972) and one bronze (1964). He was born in Sumy, Ukrainian SSR. Holubnychy died on 16 August 2021, aged 85.
Paul Mitchell III (November 14, 1956 – August 15, 2021) was an American businessman and politician. He was a U.S. Representative for from 2017 until 2021. He first ran for congress in 2014, but lost the Republican nomination. In July 2019, Mitchell announced he would not run for a third term in Congress because he wanted to spend more time with his family. Mitchell was a member of the Republican Party until he left the party in December 2020 because of President Donald Trump's remarks that the 2020 presidential election was stolen and rigged. In June 2021, Mitchell announced he had been diagnosed with stage-4 kidney cancer. He died from the disease on August 15, 2021 in Dryden Township, Michigan at the age of 64.
Twinkle Khanna (born Tina Jatin Khanna; born on 29 December 1973) is an Indian author, newspaper columnist, interior designer, producer and actress. Her first book, "MrsFunnybones" came out in 2015. She was India's highest-selling woman writer that year. Her second book, "The Legend of Lakshmi Prasad" was made into a movie called "Pad Man"  Family. Her parents are actors Rajesh Khanna and Dimple Kapadia. In 2001, she married actor Akshay Kumar. They have two children Aarav and Nitara.  Life and career. In 2015, Khanna released her first non-fiction book, Mrs Funnybones which was declared a bestseller, making Khanna India's highest-selling woman writer that year. Khanna's second book "The Legend of Lakshmi Prasad", a collection of short stories, one of which was based on social entrepreneur Arunachalam Muruganantham , was later made into National Award winning feature film, Pad Man with the focus on dispelling taboos around menstruation. It was produced by Khanna's production house, Mrs. Funnybones Movies, which she established in 2016. Her third book, "Pyjamas Are Forgiving" (Juggernaut Books, 2018) made her the highest-selling female author in India on 2018, according to Nielsen BookScan India. In 2023 Khanna released fourth book , "Welcome to Paradise" and It became the top-selling fiction book of 2023. Also ranked no. 1 on Nielson BookScan and Crossword.
Zarifa Ghafari (; born in 1992) is an Afghan advocate, activist, politician and entrepreneur. Biography. Zarifa Ghafari was born 1992 in Kabul. She studied at Panjab University, Chandigarh, India. She is the current mayor of Maidan Shahr, capital city of the Wardak Province, Afghanistan since 2018. Zarifa is one of the few Afghanistani female mayors, and also is the youngest to be appointed at the age of 26. She was listed in 100 inspiring and influential women from around the world for 2019 by BBC. Zarifa was chosen as an International Woman of Courage in 2020. She has survived three assassination attempts.
Free Guy is a 2021 American science fiction action comedy movie directed by Shawn Levy. It stars Ryan Reynolds (who also co-produced) as a bank teller named Guy who discovers he is actually a non-player character in an open-world video game. It also stars Taika Waititi, Jodie Comer, Lil Rel Howery, Utkarsh Ambudkar, and Joe Keery also star. The film features cameo appearances from gamers and streamers Jacksepticeye, Ninja, Pokimane, DanTDM, and LazarBeam. "Free Guy" was released in the United States on August 13, 2021 to positive reviews. A sequel to the film is also in development.
Jean-Christophe Beck (born November 30, 1972) is an Emmy Award-winning Canadian television and film score composer and conductor. Beck won an Emmy Award in 1998 for his work on the television series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". His movie works include "The Hangover", "The Muppets" (2011), "Frozen", Marvel's "Ant-Man" movies, and "Frozen II".
Emma-Louise Corrin (born 13 December 1995) is an English actor. They are best known for playing Diana, Princess of Wales, in the fourth season of the Netflix period drama series "The Crown". For their role, they won a Golden Globe Award and was nominated for an Emmy Award.  Corrin was born in Royal Tunbridge Wells, England. In July 2021, Corrin came out as queer and in July 2022 added "they/them" pronouns to their Instagram account. They later said they identified as non-binary in an interview with "The New York Times". They played the main character of "" at the West End's Garrick Theatre. Critics liked how they played the role. Corrin was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress for their 2021 West End debut in "Anna X" at the Harold Pinter Theatre. Corrin starred in the 2022 movies "My Policeman" and "Lady Chatterley's Lover". Corrin played Cassandra Nova, the main antagonist, in "Deadpool &amp; Wolverine" (2024), set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. She also played Anna Harding in the 2024 supernatural horror movie "Nosferatu". In 2022, they became "Vogue" magazine's first non-binary cover star.
Trainwreck is a 2015 American romantic comedy movie directed by Judd Apatow and written by Amy Schumer. The movie stars Schumer and Bill Hader along with an ensemble cast that includes Brie Larson, Colin Quinn, John Cena, Vanessa Bayer, Tilda Swinton, Ezra Miller, LeBron James, Mike Birbiglia, and Norman Lloyd. It was released July 17, 2015, by Universal Pictures. It was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards.
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is a 2016 fantasy movie directed by David Yates. It is a spin-off of and prequel to the "Harry Potter" movie series. It was produced and written by J. K. Rowling. It stars Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol, Ezra Miller, Samantha Morton, Jon Voight, Carmen Ejogo, Ron Perlman, and Colin Farrell.
Carmen Elizabeth Ejogo (; born 22 October 1973) is an English actress and singer.  Ejogo is best known for her roles in "Metro" (1997), "The Avengers" (1998), "Love's Labour's Lost" (2000), "What's the Worst That Could Happen?" (2001), "Boycott" (2001), "Away We Go" (2009), "Sparkle" (2012), "Alex Cross" (2012), ' (2014), "Selma" (2014), "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" (2016), "It Comes at Night" (2017), ' (2017), and "" (2018).  In 1998, she was married to musician Tricky for a short time. In 2004, she married actor Jeffrey Wright. They divorced in 2014. They had two children.
McCandless is a township with home rule status in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 29,698 at the 2020 census. The town was named after a person, Wilson McCandless (June 19, 1810 – June 30, 1882). He was a judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
Keep America Beautiful is a group from the United States. It made advertisements and public service announcements. It is to stop people from throwing garbage on the ground outside. Its most famous public service announcement is the Crying Indian public service announcement. It is also famous for starting the word "litterbug." Most of the groups that started Keep America Beautiful are for-profit companies. They make bottles, cans, and other packaging. They want people to think pollution comes from people who drop their own pieces of garbage outside. They do not want people to think that pollution come from companies making too much packaging. This is called greenwashing. Beginning. After World War II, many companies decided to sell things in packages that could not be used again. They did this because it was cheaper than using bottles and cans again. Many of these companies did not want the government to make laws telling them what to do. For example, in 1953, the state of Vermont passed a law against one-use bottles. It was because farmers said people were throwing the empty bottles into haystacks and that cows were eating them. This type of law is called a "bottle bill." In 1951, the American Can Company and Owens-Illinois Glass Company and other companies started "Keep America Beautiful". Other groups joined too: Owens-Illinois would later own the Dixie Cup Company. Ideas. The companies behind Keep America Beautiful did not want the government to pass laws that would cost them money. For example, they wanted to stop laws that would make them sell drinks in reusable bottles. Throwaway bottles were cheaper. Keep American Beautiful wanted voters to look at the advertisement and think people made pollution one by one and not that big companies made pollution. The Ad Council started by thinking of litter as something ugly and poor citizenship. They said that people who littered were thoughtless and careless. They also said that these people made the world ugly for other people. The "Keep America Beautiful" media fact sheet read that littering ruined "pleasure and recreation from their beautiful outdoors. [...] Yet their enjoyment of the natural and man-made attractions of our grand landscape is everywhere marred by the litter which careless people leave in their wake. [...] The mountain of refuse
Charles Boyer (August 28, 1899 in Figeac, France- August 26, 1978 in Phoenix, Arizona), was a French-American actor. He appeared in Gaslight and Algiers and may other films. He became a US Citizen on June 15, 1942 in Los Angeles.
New Orleans metropolitan area is a metropolitan statistical area designated by the United States Census Bureau encompassing seven parishes (the statewide equivalent of other U.S. states' counties) in the state of Louisiana.
Charles Edmund Garrett (born 16 April 1963) is a British diplomat. He began working for the Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office in 1987. He was ambassador of the United Kingdom to North Macedonia from 2014 to 2018. Between 2019 and 2022, he was the ambassador of the United Kingdom to Kyrgyzstan. In 2024, he began working for the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Garrett is married to Véronique Frances Edmonde Garrett. He has five children.
Hemp oil (also known as hemp seed oil) is a oil that comes from pressing hemp seeds. It is known to have a grassy and nutty flavor if not refined. It is a clear oil. Its omega-6 to omega-3 ratio is 3:1. Hemp seed oil is got from varieties of "Cannabis sativa" that do not have much tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the principal psychoactive element in the cannabis plant. It is often used in body-care products.
Men I Trust is a Canadian and French dream pop, electropop and indie rock band from Montreal, Quebec. The group was founded in early 2014. The main members of the group are Emmanuelle "Emma" Proulx (lead singer and guitarist for the band), Dragos Chiriac (the group's keyboardist) and Jessy Caron (the bassist and guitarist). The two original men with the group wanted to name the band "Trust". That name, however, was already taken. That was the reason the music group was officially named "Men I Trust". Men I Trust released their self-titled extended play on May 28, 2014. They released their first studio album "Headroom" on June 30, 2015. The group was later joined by the then twenty-three-year-old Emmanuelle "Emma" Proulx. She became an official member with the group in March 2016. Men I Trust released their pop single "I Hope to Be Around" in late 2017. The song was accompanied with a music video. Artistry. National Public Radio said Men I Trust was an electropop music group during a 2018 news article. "One Culture Mag" classified the band as an indie group.
Austin Kirk Jenkins (born 5 July 1989, Lancaster, Pennsylvania) is an American professional wrestler. He is best known by his ring name, Adam Cole. Jenkins is currently signed to All Elite Wrestling. He is also known for his work in New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW), Ring of Honor (ROH), and the WWE. There he competed on the NXT brand and is a former NXT Tag Team Champion, the first ever NXT North American Champion and the longest reigning NXT Champion to date.
The Patrick Star Show is an American animated comedy television series that is developed by Luke Brookshier, Marc Ceccarelli, Andrew Goodman, Kaz, Mr. Lawrence, and Vincent Waller that premiered on Nickelodeon on July 9, 2021. It is a spinoff of "SpongeBob SquarePants" that focuses on Patrick Star and his family hosting a talk show. Premise. Patrick Star hosts his very own talk show at his family home, with the support of his family.