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___MASK94___ ( pronounced ) is the capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States . ___MASK94___ is also the seat of Suffolk County , although the county government was disbanded on July 1 , 1999 . The city proper covers with an estimated population of 667 , 137 in 2015 , making it the largest city in New England and the 23rd most populous city in the United States . The city is the economic and cultural anchor of a substantially larger metropolitan area known as Greater ___MASK94___ , a Metropolitan Statistical Area ( MSA ) home to a census - estimated 4 . 7 million people in 2014 and ranking as the tenth - largest such area in the country . Alternately , as a Combined Statistical Area ( CSA ), this wider commuting region is home to some 8 . 1 million people , making it the sixth - largest as such in the United States . The Practice is an American ___MASK35___ ___MASK14___ created by David E . Kelley centering on the partners and associates at a ___MASK94___ law firm . Running for eight seasons on ABC from 1997 to 2004 , the show won the Emmy in 1998 and 1999 for Best Drama Series , and spawned the spin - off series " ___MASK94___ Legal ", which ran for five more seasons , from 2004 to 2008 . ___MASK94___ Legal is an American legal dramedy created by David E . Kelley and produced in association with 20th Century Fox Television for ABC . The series aired from October 3 , 2004 , to December 8 , 2008 . The series , starring James Spader , with Candice Bergen , and William Shatner , is a spin - off of the long - running Kelley series " The Practice ", following the exploits of former " Practice " character Alan Shore at the legal firm of Crane , Poole & Schmidt . Advertising is an audio or visual form ___MASK92___ marketing communication that employs an openly sponsored , nonpersonal message to promote or sell a product , service or idea . Sponsors ___MASK92___ advertising are often businesses who wish to promote their products or services . Advertising is differentiated from public relations in that an advertiser usually pays for and has control over the message . It is differentiated from personal selling in that the message is nonpersonal , i . e ., not directed to a particular individual . Advertising is communicated through various mass media , including old media such as newspapers , magazines , Television , Radio , outdoor advertising or direct mail ; or new media such as search results , blogs , websites or text messages . The actual presentation ___MASK92___ the message in a medium is referred to as an advertisement or " ad ". Animation is the process ___MASK92___ making the illusion ___MASK92___ motion and the illusion ___MASK92___ change by means ___MASK92___ the rapid display ___MASK92___ a sequence ___MASK92___ images that minimally differ from each other . The illusion  as in motion pictures in general  is thought to rely on the phi phenomenon . Animators are artists who specialize in the creation ___MASK92___ animation . Animation can be recorded with either analogue media , a flip book , motion picture film , video tape , digital media , including formats with animated GIF , Flash animation , and digital video . To display animation , a digital camera , computer , or projector are used along with new technologies that are produced . A television set , more commonly called a television , TV , TV set , television receiver , or telly , is a device that combines a tuner , display , and loudspeakers for the purpose ___MASK92___ viewing television . Introduced in the late 1920s in mechanical form , television sets became a popular consumer product after World War II in electronic form , using cathode ray tubes . The addition ___MASK92___ color to broadcast television after 1953 further increased the popularity ___MASK92___ television sets in the 1960s , and an outdoor antenna became a common feature ___MASK92___ suburban homes . The ubiquitous television set became the display device for the first recorded media in the 1970s , such as Betamax , VHS and later DVD . It was also the display device for the first generation ___MASK92___ home computers ( e . g ., Timex Sinclair 1000 ) and video game consoles ( e . g ., Atari ) in the 1980s . In the 2010s flat panel television incorporating liquid - crystal displays , especially LED - backlit LCDs , largely replaced cathode ray tubes and other displays . Television or TV is a telecommunication medium used for transmitting moving images in monochrome ( black - and - white ), or in color , and in two or three dimensions and sound . It can refer to a television set , a television program (" TV show "), or the medium ___MASK92___ television transmission . Television is a mass medium , for entertainment , education , news , and advertising . An audience is a group ___MASK92___ people who participate in a show or encounter a work ___MASK92___ art , literature ( in which they are called " readers "), theatre , music ( in which they are called " listeners "), video games ( in which they are called " players "), or academics in any medium . Audience members participate in different ways in different kinds ___MASK92___ art ; some events invite overt audience participation and others allowing only modest clapping and criticism and reception . A film , also called a movie , motion picture , theatrical film or photoplay , is a series ___MASK92___ still images which , when shown on a screen , creates the illusion ___MASK92___ moving images due to the phi phenomenon . This optical illusion causes the audience to perceive continuous motion between separate objects viewed rapidly in succession . The process ___MASK92___ filmmaking is both an art and an industry . A film is created by photographing actual scenes with a motion picture camera ; by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques ; by means ___MASK92___ CGI and computer animation ; or by a combination ___MASK92___ some or all ___MASK92___ these techniques and other visual effects . A law firm is a business entity formed by one or more lawyers to engage in the practice ___MASK92___ law . The primary service rendered by a law firm is to advise clients ( individuals or corporations ) about their legal rights and responsibilities , and to represent clients in civil or criminal cases , business transactions , and other matters in which legal advice and other assistance are sought . Entertainment is a form ___MASK92___ activity that holds the attention and interest ___MASK92___ an audience , or gives pleasure and delight . It can be an idea or a task , but is more likely to be one ___MASK92___ the activities or events that have developed over thousands ___MASK92___ years specifically for the purpose ___MASK92___ keeping an audience ' s attention . Although people ' s attention is held by different things , because individuals have different preferences in entertainment , most forms are recognisable and familiar . Storytelling , music , drama , dance , and different kinds ___MASK92___ performance exist in all cultures , were supported in royal courts , developed into sophisticated forms and over time became available to all citizens . The process has been accelerated in modern times by an entertainment industry that records and sells entertainment products . Entertainment evolves and can be adapted to suit any scale , ranging from an individual who chooses a private entertainment from a now enormous array ___MASK92___ pre - recorded products ; to a banquet adapted for two ; to any size or type ___MASK92___ party , with appropriate music and dance ; to performances intended for thousands ; and even for a global audience . Filmmaking ( or in an academic context , film production ) is the process ___MASK92___ making a film . Filmmaking involves a number ___MASK92___ discrete stages including an initial story , idea , or commission , through screenwriting , casting , shooting , sound recording and reproduction , editing , and screening the finished product before an audience that may result in a film release and exhibition . Filmmaking takes place in many places around the world in a range ___MASK92___ economic , social , and political contexts , and using a variety ___MASK92___ technologies and cinematic techniques . Typically , it involves a large number ___MASK92___ people , and can take from a few months to several years to complete . Monochrome describes paintings , drawings , design , or photographs in one color or values ___MASK92___ one color . A monochromatic object or image reflects colors in shades ___MASK92___ limited colors or hues . Images using only shades ___MASK92___ grey ( with or without black or white ) are called grayscale or black - and - white . However , scientifically speaking , monochromatic light refers to visible light ___MASK92___ a narrow band ___MASK92___ wavelengths ( see spectral color ). Performance art is a performance presented to an audience within a fine art context , traditionally interdisciplinary . Performance may be either scripted or unscripted , random or carefully orchestrated ; spontaneous or otherwise carefully planned with or without audience participation . The performance can be live or via ___MASK61___ ; the performer can be present or absent . It can be any situation that involves four basic elements : ___MASK82___ , space , the performer ' s body , or presence in a medium , and a relationship between performer and audience . Performance art can happen anywhere , in any type ___MASK92___ venue or setting and for any length ___MASK92___ ___MASK82___ . The actions ___MASK92___ an individual or a group at a particular place and in a particular ___MASK82___ constitute the work . Computer animation is the process used for generating animated images . The more general term computer - generated imagery ( CGI ) encompasses both static scenes and dynamic images , while computer animation " only " refers to the moving images . Modern computer animation usually uses 3D computer graphics , although 2D computer graphics are still used for stylistic , low bandwidth , and faster real - ___MASK82___ renderings . Sometimes , the target ___MASK92___ the animation is the computer itself , but sometimes film as well . David Edward Kelley ( born April 4 , 1956 ) is an American television writer and producer , known as the creator ___MASK92___ " Picket Fences ", " Chicago Hope ", " The Practice ", " Ally McBeal ", " ___MASK94___ Public ", " ___MASK94___ Legal ", and " Harry ' s Law " as well as several films . Kelley is one ___MASK92___ very few screenwriters to have created shows aired on all four top commercial U . S . television networks ( ABC , CBS , Fox and NBC ). An actor ( or actress for females ; see terminology ) is a person who portrays a character in a performance . The actor performs " in the flesh " in the traditional medium ___MASK92___ the theatre , or in modern mediums such as film , radio , and television . The analogous Greek term is , literally " one who answers ". The actor ' s interpretation ___MASK92___ their role pertains to the role played , whether based on a real person or fictional character . Interpretation occurs even when the actor is " playing themselves ", as in some forms ___MASK92___ experimental performance art , or , more commonly ; to act , is to create , a character in performance . ___MASK14___ is the specific mode ___MASK92___ fiction represented in performance . The term comes from a Greek word meaning " action " ( Classical Greek : , " drama "), which is derived from " to do " ( Classical Greek : , " drao "). The two masks associated with drama represent the traditional generic division between comedy and tragedy . They are symbols ___MASK92___ the ancient Greek Muses , Thalia , and Melpomene . Thalia was the Muse ___MASK92___ comedy ( the laughing face ), while Melpomene was the Muse ___MASK92___ tragedy ( the weeping face ). Considered as a genre ___MASK92___ poetry in general , the dramatic mode has been contrasted with the epic and the lyrical modes ever since Aristotle ' s " Poetics " ( c . 335 BCE ) the earliest work ___MASK92___ dramatic theory . Theatre or theater is a collaborative form ___MASK92___ fine art that uses live performers , typically actors or actresses , to present the experience ___MASK92___ a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place , often a stage . The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations ___MASK92___ gesture , speech , song , music , and dance . Elements ___MASK92___ art , such as painted scenery and stagecraft such as lighting are used to enhance the physicality , presence and immediacy ___MASK92___ the experience . The specific place ___MASK92___ the performance is also named by the word " theatre " as derived from the Ancient Greek  ( théatron , " a place for viewing "), itself from  ( theáomai , " to see ", " to watch ", " to observe "). Art is a diverse range ___MASK92___ human activities in creating visual , auditory or performing artifacts ( artworks ), expressing the author ' s imaginative or technical skill , intended to be appreciated for their beauty or emotional power . In their most general form these activities include the production ___MASK92___ works ___MASK92___ art , the criticism ___MASK92___ art , the study ___MASK92___ the history ___MASK92___ art , and the aesthetic dissemination ___MASK92___ art . An ion is an atom or a molecule in which the total number ___MASK92___ electrons is not equal to the total number ___MASK92___ protons , giving the atom or molecule a net positive or negative electrical charge . Ions can be created , by either chemical or physical means , via ionization . The phi phenomenon is the optical illusion ___MASK92___ perceiving a series ___MASK92___ still images , when viewed in rapid succession , as continuous motion . Max Wertheimer , one ___MASK92___ the three founders ___MASK92___ Gestalt psychology , defined this phenomenon in 1912 . The phi phenomenon and persistence ___MASK92___ vision together formed the foundation ___MASK92___ Hugo Münsterberg ' s theory ___MASK92___ film and are part ___MASK92___ the process ___MASK92___ motion perception . A television program is a segment ___MASK92___ content intended for broadcast on over - the - air , cable television , or Internet television , other than a commercial , trailer , or any other segment ___MASK92___ content not serving as attraction for viewership . It may be a single production , or more commonly , a series ___MASK92___ related productions ( also called a television series or a television show ). In filmmaking , visual effects ( abbreviated VFX ) are the processes by which imagery is created and / or manipulated outside the context ___MASK92___ a live action shot . NeWS ( Network extensible Window System ) is a discontinued windowing system developed by Sun Microsystems in the mid - 1980s . Originally known as " SunDew ", its primary authors were James Gosling and David S . H . ___MASK76___ . The NeWS interpreter was based on PostScript ( as was the later Display PostScript , although the two projects were otherwise unrelated ) extending it to allow interaction and multiple " contexts " to support windows . Like PostScript , NeWS could be used as a complete programming language , but unlike PostScript , NeWS could be used to make complete interactive programs with mouse support and a GUI . Radio is the technology ___MASK92___ using radio waves to carry information , such as sound , by systematically modulating properties ___MASK92___ electromagnetic energy waves transmitted through space , such as their amplitude , frequency , phase , or pulse width . When radio waves strike an electrical conductor , the oscillating fields induce an alternating current in the conductor . The information in the waves can be extracted and transformed back into its original form . Color ( American English ) or colour ( Commonwealth English ) is the characteristic ___MASK92___ human visual perception described through color " categories ", with names such as red , yellow , purple , or bronze . This perception ___MASK92___ color derives from the stimulation ___MASK92___ cone cells in the human eye by electromagnetic radiation in the spectrum ___MASK92___ light . Color categories and physical specifications ___MASK92___ color are associated with objects through the wavelength ___MASK92___ the light that is reflected from them . This reflection is governed by the object ' s physical properties such as light absorption , emission spectra , etc . Human trichromacy is the basis for all modern color spaces that assign colors numerical coordinates and associate corresponding distances between colors . John Keefe ( born October 29 , 1979 ) is an American film and television actor , ___MASK86___ known for playing Julian Garrison in Return ___MASK92___ the Living Dead : Necropolis , and its following sequel , Return ___MASK92___ the Living Dead : Rave from the Grave . He also played the main character in Not Another High School Show ( 2007 ) . He played as Brad Crow in White Air ( 2007 ) . He also played a minor role in Proof ( 2005 ) . He played Eric in The Inside ( 2005 ) . And also , he played Tom Quillen in The Practice . He was also the Chief Machinist in visual effects in The Aviator . He is now a Latin teacher at Shrewsbury House School in Surbiton , UK A performance , in the performing arts , generally comprises an event in which a performer or group ___MASK92___ performers present one or more works ___MASK92___ art to an audience . Usually the performers participate in rehearsals beforehand . Afterwards audience members often applaud .