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Digital 3D is a non-specific 3D standard in which movies, television shows, and video games are presented and shot in digital 3D technology or later processed in digital post-production to add a 3D effect. One of the first studios to use digital 3D was Walt Disney Pictures. The 2008 animated feature "Bolt" was the first movie which was animated and rendered for digital 3D.
4K resolution talks about a horizontal display resolution of about 4,000 pixels. Digital television and digital cinematography commonly use several different 4K resolutions. In television and consumer media, 3840x2160 (4K UHD) is a common 4K standard. The movie projection industry uses 4096x2160 (DCI 4K). The 4K used for iMac's display is 4096 x 2304 px. 4K is generally considered to be the upgrade to 1080p (1920x1080). The advantages of 4K are that the display has four times more pixels than 1080p which allows the picture to be clearer.
The 2021 Christian Democratic Union leadership election is set to take place during the Christian Democratic Union party's 33rd Congress. It was set to take place in Berlin on the 25 April 2020, following Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer's decision in February 2020 to resign as Leader of the party. However, the election was delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic. On 14 September 2020, it was announced that the election would be held as a one-day meeting on 4 December 2020, during which the leadership election would take place. In October 2020, it was postponed again to 15 and 16 January 2021. Background. After her announcement, Norbert Röttgen surprisingly announced on 18 February 2020 his intention to run for the leadership. This was followed by a joint announcement on 25 February 2020 by Armin Laschet and Jens Spahn, in which Spahn endorsed Laschet for the leadership and Laschet announced his intention to stand. A couple of hours later on 25 February 2020 Friedrich Merz in turn announced his intention to stand for the leadership of the party.
Armin Laschet (born 18 February 1961) is a German politician. On 16 January 2021, he was elected Leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), replacing Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer. He was the Minister-president of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia from 2017 until 2021. He has also been a member of the Bundestag since 2021 and Vice President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe since 2022.  In February 2020, Laschet announced his candidacy for Christian Democratic Union of Germany leader in the 2021 leadership election. He won the leadership race on 16 January 2021 after beating Friedrich Merz in the second round. In the 2021 election, the CDU lost 50 seats with many news outlets seeing it as a historical loss. Following the federal election, Laschet claimed personal responsibility for the bad result and resigned as party leader. Laschet resigned as Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia on 26 October 2021 in order to become a member of the Bundestag.
Norbert Röttgen (born 2 July 1965) is a German lawyer and politician. He is a member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). He was Federal Minister for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety in the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel from 2009 to May 2012. In February 2020, Röttgen announced his candidacy for Christian Democratic Union of Germany leader in the 2021 leadership election. He was eliminated in the first round of voting on 15 January 2021.
Vice is a Canadian-American magazine. It was started by Suroosh Alvi, Gavin McInnes and Shane Smith in 1994 in Montreal, Canada as "The Voice of Montreal". It was a magazine for alternative punk music and received government funding. It is now an alternative media outlet which talks about lifestyle, the arts, culture, news and politics. When the editors later sought to get rid of their connections with the original publisher Alix Laurent, they bought him out and changed the name to "Vice" in 1996. As of February 2018, the magazine's editor-in-chief is Ellis Jones and former editor-in-chief for the UK, Alex Miller, was appointed to the position of global head of content.
Louis XI (3 July 1423 – 30 August 1483), called "Louis the Prudent" (), was King of France from 1461 to 1483. His father was Charles VII and his mother was Marie of Anjou. Born in Bourges, France, Louis was married to Margaret Stewart, daughter of James I of Scotland. Louis rebelled against his father in 1440 as head of the "Praguerie". Despite this, he was forgiven. Louis gave him the management of an area of south-east France known as the Dauphiné. There, Louis led his own political establishment and married Charlotte of Savoy, daughter of Louis, Duke of Savoy. His father did not approve of the marriage and sent an army, but Louis fled to Burgundy, where he was hosted by Charles' biggest enemy Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy. When Charles VII died in 1461, Louis became King of France. He earned the nicknames "the Cunning" (Middle French: "le rusé") and "the Universal Spider" (Middle French: "l'universelle aragne"), as his enemies accused him of spinning webs of plots and conspiracies. In 1472, the next Duke of Burgundy, Charles the Bold, fought against Louis in the Burgundian Wars. However, Louis was able to separate Charles from his English allies by signing the Treaty of Picquigny (1475) with Edward IV of England. The treaty officially ended the Hundred Years' War. With the death of Charles the Bold at the Battle of Nancy in 1477, the dynasty of the Dukes of Burgundy ended. Louis took advantage of the situation to seize numerous Burgundian territories, including Burgundy itself and Picardy. Without direct foreign threats, Louis was able to get rid of his rebellious vassals, expand royal power, and strengthen the economic development of his country. He died on 30 August 1483, and was succeeded by his son Charles VIII.
Peptide hormones are hormones whose molecules are peptide. Peptide hormones have shorter amino acid chain lengths than protein hormones. These hormones have an effect on the endocrine system of animals, including humans. "The word "peptide" refers to peptide bonds between amino acids", according to media.
Florin-Vasile Cîțu (born 1 April 1972) is a Romanian politician and senator. He was elected in 2016. On 4 November 2019, he became finance minister in the Orban Cabinet, lead by prime minister, Ludovic Orban. On 26 February 2020, after the Romanian Parliament passed a motion of no confidence against the Orban Cabinet, President Klaus Iohannis designated Cîțu Prime Minister of Romania and asked him to form a new government. He resigned in November 2021 and later became President of the Senate of Romania.
A stellar association is a loose star cluster, looser than both open clusters and globular clusters. Stellar associations usually have from 10 to 100 or more stars. The stars have a common origin. They are moving together through space. Stellar associations were first discovered by the Soviet Armenian astronomer Victor Ambartsumian in 1947.
Bethnal Green is an area in East London. It is in the borough of Tower Hamlets, in London, United Kingdom. History. Bethnal Green has a wide history. It was the place where over 150 people lost their lives in the underground. This was the worst civilian casualty number in the whole of World War II.
David Baszucki (born January 20, 1963) is a Canadian-born American entrepreneur, engineer, and inventor. He is the co-founder of "Roblox". Roblox. Main article: Roblox In December 2003, Baszucki, along with Erik Cassel – who worked as Baszucki's VP of Engineering for Interactive Physics – began working on an early prototype of Roblox under the working title DynaBlocks. It was later renamed Roblox, a portmanteau of "robots" and "blocks", in January 2004. The website was launched in 2004, whilst Roblox was officially released on September 1, 2006. In a June 2016 interview with Forbes, Baszucki stated that the idea for Roblox was inspired by the success of his Interactive Physics and Working Model software applications, especially among young students. Baszucki owns a roughly 13% stake in the Roblox Corporation, the company that owns Roblox, a stake estimated to be worth around $470 million as of 2020. He said he would donate any future compensation he earns from Roblox's listing on the New York Stock Exchange for philanthropic purposes. In December 2021, a New York Times investigation alleged that he and his relatives used a tax break intended for small business investors in order to legally avoid tens of millions of dollars in capital gains taxes. According to Business Insider, Baszucki was the seventh-highest-paid CEO in 2021, making $232.8 million.
The Fargo tornado was a deadly F5 tornado that struck Fargo, North Dakota, on Thursday, June 20, 1957. The tornado was part of a larger system of storms that resulted in five separate tornadoes in the immediate region. Results. Damage was extensive and included 100 blocks of Fargo. Approximately 329 homes were destroyed and some of them were completely swept off their foundations - a classic example of F5 damage. Historical Significance. Dr. Ted Fujita studied the Fargo Tornado and coined many terms including wall cloud, tail cloud,and collar cloud. A reunion of survivors took place on June 20, 2007, the same day the tornado took place in Fargo, North Dakota.
Teretriphora is a genus of very small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks. They are in a family called Triphoridae. Species. Species within the genus "Teretriphora" include:
The Children's Blizzard, also known as the Schoolchildren's Blizzard, School Children's Blizzard, or Schoolhouse Blizzard, was a severe blizzard that hit the U.S. plains states on January 12, 1888. The blizzard came unexpectedly on a relatively warm day, and many people were caught unaware, including children in one-room schoolhouses. Results. 235 died in the storm (213 being children, 22 being adults). Most died trying to return home.
The "North Dakota Hymn" is the regional anthem (or "state song") of the U.S. state of North Dakota. It was written by a poet named James Foley in 1926 in such a way that it could be sung along with the tune of "The Austrian Hymn". C. S. Putman arranged the music with distinct ragtime syncopation. North Dakota, North Dakota, With thy prairies wide and free, All thy sons and daughters love thee, Fairest state from sea to sea; North Dakota, North Dakota, Here we pledge ourselves to thee. Hear thy loyal children singing, Songs of happiness and praise,  Far and long the echoes ringing, Through the vastness of thy ways; North Dakota, North Dakota, We will serve thee all our days. Onward, onward, onward going, Light of courage in thine eyes, Sweet the winds above thee blowing, Green thy fields and fair thy skies; North Dakota, North Dakota, Brave the Soul that in thee lies. God of freedom, all victorious, Give us Souls serene and strong, Strength to make the future glorious, Keep the echo of our song;  North Dakota, North Dakota, In our hearts forever long.
Attica is a town in Harper County, Kansas, United States. In 2020, 516 people lived there. The town was named after the historical area of Attica, in Greece. History. Land for the City of Attica was bought in late June 1884. It became the end of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway. The town was incorporated on February 16, 1885, and 1,500 people lived there. More people came to Attica until the Cherokee Outlet in northern Oklahoma was opened by a Land run in 1893. Many people moved south to that area. On May 12, 2004, the town was damaged by an F4 tornado. It was shown on an episode of Shockwave on the History Channel. Geography. Attica is at (37.242124, -98.227489). The United States Census Bureau says that the city has a total area of . All of it is land. Weather. Attica has hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. The Köppen Climate Classification system says that Attica has a humid subtropical climate, shortened to "Cfa" on climate maps. People. 2020 census. The 2020 census says that there were 516 people, 218 households, and 127 families living in Attica. Of the households, 72.9% owned their home and 27.1% rented their home. The median age was 47.6 years. Of the people, 90.1% were White, 2.1% were Native American, 0.4% were Asian, 1.6% were from some other race, and 5.8% were two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.8% of the people. 2010 census. The 2010 census says that there were 626 people, 246 households, and 155 families living in Attica. 2000 census. The 2000 census says that there were 636 people, 254 households, and 154 families living in Attica. Education. Attica is served by USD 511 Attica Public Schools. The Attica High School mascot is the Bulldogs.
Aleksey Nikolayevich Botyan (; 10 February 1917 – 13 February 2020) was a Soviet-Russian spy and intelligence officer. He was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation in 2007 for his role in protecting the Polish city of Kraków from destruction by the Nazis in January 1945. Botyan died in Moscow on 13 February 2020, at the age of 103.
Dalia Dorner (Hebrew: דליה דורנר; born March 3, 1934) is an Israeli law professor. She was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Israel, serving from 1993 to 2004. She was born in Istanbul, Turkey.  Dorner became a District Court Judge, first in the Southern District and later in the Jerusalem District. She was one of the judges who convicted John Demjanjuk and sentenced him to death in 1988, a decision overturned by Israel's Supreme Court, in 1993.
Germaine Poliakov (15 December 1918 — 19 February 2020) was an Ottoman-born French music teacher and Holocaust survivor. She went into hiding from the Gestapo in Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne, and worked as a teacher for a hidden colony of Jewish children.  Germaine Poliakov died on 19 February 2020 at the age of 101.
Willy Wonka is a fictional character who ran a chocolate factory from the story "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory". His character originated from a book and his character has been in movies. Original book. In "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl, Willy Wonka started a factory to make chocolate and became rich by selling it. So other candy-makers sent spies to steal his candy recipes. So Willy Wonka closed his factory and fired everyone. Ten years later he opened it again and started selling chocolate again. He started a contest where he put five golden tickets in five different chocolate bars and said that any kid who bought a chocolate bar with a golden ticket would get a free tour of the factory and a lifetime supply of chocolate. At the end of the book, it turns out that Willy Wonka secretly tested all five of the kids and all of them failed except for one kid named Charlie. So Willy Wonka tells Charlie that he's a lot older than Charlie thinks he is and wants Charlie to take over the factory when he dies. Charlie says yes.  "Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator". In the sequel, "Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator", Willy Wonka takes Charlie and his family with him to Outer space and America and fights monsters.  1971 movie. In the movie "Willy Wonka &amp; the Chocolate Factory", Willy Wonka is played by Gene Wilder. He hires someone to pretend to be his enemy Slugworth and try to bribe all the kids to steal a new candy from Willy Wonka. Charlie Bucket takes the candy to give to Slugworth but then decides that it's wrong to do that, gives it back to Willy Wonka and apologizes. So Willy Wonka decides that he can trust Charlie to take over the factory when he dies.  2005 remake. In the movie "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", Willy Wonka is played by Johnny Depp. The movie gives Willy Wonka an Origin story where he was the son of a dentist named Dr. Wilbur Wonka who never let him eat candy so Willy became a Chocolate-maker to rebel against him. Wil
Candyman is an American supernatural slasher horror movie directed by Nia DaCosta and written by Jordan Peele. It is a direct sequel to the 1992 movie of the same name and the fourth movie in the "Candyman" franchise. It is based on the short story "The Forbidden" by Clive Barker.  The movie stars Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Teyonah Parris, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Colman Domingo, with Tony Todd and Vanessa A. Williams reprising their roles as the title character and Anne-Marie McCoy. The movie was filmed in Chicago and takes place there. It was released on August 27, 2021 by Universal Pictures.
Shlomo Aronson (1936 – 21 February 2020) was an Israeli historian and political scientist. He was a professor of political science at Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His best known work was the 2004 book, "Hitler, the Allies, and the Jews".  Aronson died on 21 February 2020 in Kfar Saba, aged 83.
Loreley "Lee" June Phillip Bell (June 10, 1928 – February 25, 2020) was an American talk show host and soap opera creator. During her career on Chicago television, she hosted over 10,000 programs. Her best known works were "The Bold and the Beautiful" and "The Young and the Restless". Bell was born in Chicago. Bell died on February 25, 2020 at her home in Beverly Hills, California at the age of 91.
Sam Boghosian (December 22, 1931 – February 26, 2020) was an American college and professional football coach. He played college ball as a guard for the UCLA Bruins, and was later an assistant coach at his alma mater. He was added into the UCLA Athletic Hall of Fame. Boghosian died on February 26, 2020 at his home in Indian Wells, California at the age of 88.
Valdir Ataualpa Ramirez Espinosa, usually known as Valdir Espinosa (October 17, 1947 – February 27, 2020) was a Brazilian football (soccer) manager. He was born in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Espinosa was known for managing Cerro Porteño, Botafogo, and Corinthians. Espinosa died on February 27, 2020 from surgery-related problems in Rio de Janeiro, aged 72.
Ellendale is a city in Dickey County, North Dakota, United States. It is also the county seat. The population was 1,125 at the 2020 census. Ellendale was founded in 1882. It is the home of Trinity Bible College, located on the former campus of the North Dakota State Normal and Industrial School and the Ellendale Opera House currently under renovation. History. Ellendale was created as county seat of the newly formed Dickey County in 1882. That same year saw the arrival of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad into the area. Ellendale is named for the wife of S. S. Merrill. Geography. Ellendale is at (46.002987, -98.523112). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. Demographics. As of the census of 2020, there were 1,125 people, 455 households, and 256 families living in the city.
Sudhakar Chaturvedi () (died 27 February 2020) was an Indian Vedic scholar, Indologist, and alleged supercentenarian. At the claimed age of 122 years, 313 days, some Indian newspapers reported him as the oldest Indian ever. One report also claimed an age of 121 in 2011, which would put his birth in 1890. Chaturvedi was a contemporary of Mahatma Gandhi, whom he first met when studying the Vedas in a "gurukula" in northern India. Chaturvedi died on 27 February 2020, at the claimed age of 122.
Samvel Karapetian (; 30 July 1961 – 27 February 2020) was an Armenian historian, researcher, author, and expert of medieval architecture. His works were on the study of the historical monuments of Armenia, Nagorno Karabakh and other regions of the Southern Caucasus.  He surveyed and catalogued thousands of artifacts of Armenian history and architecture. Karapetyan was head of the Yerevan branch of the NGO Research on Armenian Architecture (RAA). Karapetyan was also known as an outspoken critic of the treatment of Armenian monuments in Turkey. He presented his findings to United States Congress in 2007 and to the European Court of Human Rights in 2008. In 2007 he won the Armenian Presidential Humanitarian Sciences Prize for his work in literature. Karapetyan was an outspoken critic of the Armenian Apostolic Church and a supporter of the separation of church and state in Armenia.
Suthep Wongkamhaeng (สุเทพ วงศ์กำแหง; 12 May 1934 – 27 February 2020) was a Thai singer. He was a crooner. Wongkamhaeng's style of music was known as Luk krung. He was well-known from his songs "Luk Kom pà" (Orphan), "Rak kunh Kai laen" (I'd Have Loved You Now), and "Jai pi" (My Heart).  He was named a National Artist in 1990.  He died at his home in Bangkok from problems caused from a blood infection on February 27, 2020. He was 85 years old.
Braian Ezequiel Toledo (8 September 1993 – 27 February 2020) was an Argentine javelin thrower. He improved the World Youth Best in boys' javelin throw by more than six metres. He won the inaugural javelin title at the 2010 Youth Olympics in Singapore and also won gold at the 2010 South American Youth Championships and 2009 Pan American Junior Championships. Toledo was killed on 27 February 2020 in a motorcycle accident, aged 26.
Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King is a 2008 movie. Heroes. This is a list about the heroes who appear in the movie.
Epinephelus bleekeri, is a type of fish. It belongs to the subfamily Epinephelinae. It is also called the duskytail grouper.  Habitat. This fish can usually be found in shallow water.
Thomas Isidore Noël Sankara (; born 21 December 1949 – 15 October 1987) was a Burkinabé revolutionary. He was President of Burkina Faso from 1983 to 1987. He was a Marxist and pan-Africanist. His supporters viewed him as a charismatic and iconic figure of revolution. For this reason, he is sometimes called "Africa's Che Guevara". Career. There was a coup in 1983, supported by the people. A number of revolutionaries seized power for Sankara, who was under house arrest at the time. Aged 33, Sankara became the President of the Republic of Upper Volta.  He immediately launched programmes for social, ecological and economic change and renamed the country from the French colonial name Upper Volta to Burkina Faso ("Land of Incorruptible People"), with its people being called Burkinabé ("upright people"). His foreign policies were centred on anti-imperialism, with his government refusing all foreign aid, pushing for odious debt reduction, nationalising all land and mineral wealth and averting the power and influence of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank. His domestic policies were focused on preventing famine with agrarian self-sufficiency and land reform, prioritising education with a nationwide literacy campaign and promoting public health by vaccinating 2.5 million children against meningitis, yellow fever and measles. His national agenda also included planting over 10 million trees to combat the growing desertification of the Sahel, redistributing land from feudal landlords to peasants, suspending rural poll taxes and domestic rents and establishing a road and railway construction programme. On the local level, Sankara called on every village to build a medical dispensary and had over 350 communities build schools with their own labour.  Moreover, he made female genital mutilation, forced marriages and polygamy illegal. He appointed women to high governmental positions and encouraged them to work outside the home and stay in school, even if pregnant. Sankara encouraged the prosecution of officials accused of corruption, counter-revolutionaries and "lazy workers" in Popular Revolutionary Tribunals. As an admir