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4 unusual facts about Canny


Canny

John Canny, American computer scientist, namesake of the Canny edge detector

Nicholas Canny (born 1951), Australian playwright and screenwriter

Steven Canny (born 1969), English playwright and BBC Executive Producer

Canny edge detector, an image operator which uses a multi-stage algorithm to detect edges


Al Swearengen

Swearengen's talent for canny alliances and financial payoffs kept him insulated from the general drive to clean up the town, including the otherwise successful work of Seth Bullock, until the Gem burned down once again in 1899.

Bob Lurie

Under Rosen's tenure, the Giants promoted promising rookies such as Will Clark and Robby Thompson, and made canny trades to acquire such players as Kevin Mitchell, Dave Dravecky, Candy Maldonado, and Rick Reuschel.

Cromwell in Ireland

The series consultants included John Morrill, Professor of History at University of Cambridge, Jane Ohlmeyer, Professor of History and Vice Provost at Trinity College, Dublin, Pádraig Lenihan, Lecturer in History at University of Limerick, Nicholas Canny, Professor of History at NUI Galway and Ronald Hutton, Professor of History at University of Bristol.

Naksha

Most critics noted that the film's plot bore a canny similarity to Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and The Rundown.

Scattergood Baines

The homespun but canny Baines was originally created by popular writer Clarence Budington Kelland in stories for The Saturday Evening Post, and a radio version ran from 1938 through 1950.

William Dennison, Jr.

A canny businessman, he led the Exchange Bank and the Columbus and Xenia Railroad, and organized the Columbus and Hocking Valley Railroad, while becoming active in politics.


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