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Man people think "" was the first First-person shooter game to have health regeneration, but it was not. Health regeneration was not even in the first "Halo" game, but it was added in "Halo 2" and was a feature in most "Halo" games since then. Even so, it has existed in shooter games before "Halo". Nonetheless, since "Halo 2", it became more common to have have health regeneration instead of health bars and it later became standard in shooter games. Other shooter games that use health regeneration include the "Call of Duty" games, the "Gears of War" games, and the "Sniper Elite" games.
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Sniper Elite series
The Sniper Elite series is a series of stealth-based World War II third-person shooter video games with special attention placed on long-distance bullet physics. In these games, players need to pay attention to how far their enemies are, the effective range of their sniper rifles, and how hard the wind is blowing, since all of these will affect where the player's bullets will hit. Most of the levels are about the player going to the vantage point (the best place for a sniper to kill his or her target), killing or destroying his or her target, and evacuating the area.
Players will need to use stealth throughout the levels, since the player can die with just a few hits. If players fire their rifles when there are loud noises in the background, the player can kill enemy soliders without other soldiers noticing. However, the player must be careful to hide dead bodies or shoot when no one is watching, since dead bodies will alert other enemy soldiers and make them harder to hit. If the player holds his or her lungs, the in-game time will slow down and there will be a marker that shows where the bullet will hit. The games have an X-ray feature that shows where the bullets hit the enemy and how the bullets injure enemies. Points are awarded based on how far the player is, where the player hits the enemy, and whether other enemy soldiers notice the player killing them.
Along with a sniper rifle, the player can also carry a pistol, a submachine gun, and explosives. Some pistols have a suppressor so that the player can kill enemies without being heard, others do not, so the player must be careful when choosing his or her weapons. Submachine guns are best used in emergency close-quarters firefights, but the player must be careful not to waste ammo. Explosives can be used to lay traps for the enemy or protect the player from being flanked.
In some of the games, there are DLC levels where the player is sent to assassinate Adolf Hitler.
Jumpscare
A jumpscare is a way to scare the audience using sudden, loud noises and/or quick visual changes. It is not only used in horror movies, but also in many non-horror movies as well. They are often criticized, with people saying it is a cheap and/or lazy way to scare the audience.
Calcium sulfide
Calcium sulfide is a chemical compound made of one calcium atom and one sulphide atom. It has the chemical formula CAS. It is white and forms cubes.
It has a high melting point of 2,525 Celsius (4,577 °F; 2,798 Kelvin), and decomposes upon contact with water.
Chitetsu Watanabe
Chitetsu Watanabe (渡邉智哲; "Watanabe Chitetsu", 5 March 1907 – 23 February 2020) was a Japanese farmer and supercentenarian and at the time of his death aged 112 years, 355 days the world's oldest living man as well as the oldest man ever from Niigata Prefecture (since 31 August 2018 when he surpassed the age of Jokichi Ikarashi).
Watanabe was born 5 March 1907 in the village of Uragawara, which now is Joetsu, in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. His parents were farmers. He studied at Niigata Prefectural Takada Agricultural High School before moving to Taiwan where he lived and worked for the sugarcane company Dai-Nippon Sugar Company though until the end of World War II when he returned to Joetsu. He lived with his son's family until 2015 when he aged 108 got infected by influenza and moved to a retirement home. He has in total 5 children, 12 grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild, who was born on 15 January 2019, just five days before he became the oldest living Japanese man after 113-year-old Hokkaido man Masazō Nonaka's death.
After 114-year-old German man Gustav Gerneth's death on 22 October 2019, Watanabe was the oldest known living man in the world, and credited his longevity to laughing often, forgetting bad things and not to get angry, and said he wanted to try his best to eat delicious healthy food until age 120 and might eat his own food except hard food and liked sweet food. He was recognized as the world's oldest living man by Guinness World Records on 12 February 2020. He died just eleven days later, at 11:10pm local time the evening of 23 February, just eleven days before his 113th birthday, and was succeeded as the oldest living man by Englishman Robert Weighton.
John Millington Synge
Edmund John Millington Synge (16 April 1871 – 24 March 1909) was an Irish playwright, poet, prose writer, travel writer and collector of folklore. He is best known for his play "The Playboy of the Western World".
Typhoon Francisco (2019)
Typhoon Francisco was a typhoon that devastated Japan, especially Kyushu, and South Korea. It was the next typhoon after Typhoon Wutip of the 2019 Pacific typhoon season.
On August 1, a tropical depression formed east of the Mariana Islands and got the name 10W. The depression rapidly began intensifying while moving NW and became a tropical storm. When 10W became a tropical storm is got the name Francisco. Overtime Francisco continued intensifying while moving towards Japan. Francisco gradually strengthened over the next few days becoming a severe tropical storm with 65 mph winds and a pressure of 985. Francisco continued to move when it the Bonin Islands. The storm moved towards Japan and after 12 hours it became a typhoon. Typhoon Francisco made landfall in Japan on August 6 early in the morning. Typhoon Francisco weakened down to a tropical storm but, is said to make landfall in South Korea as well.
In anticipation of coastal flooding, 20,020 people were evacuated from Kokuraminami-ku and Moji-ku. Striking Kyushu as a typhoon, Francisco brought heavy rain and strong winds to much of the island. Rainfall accumulations exceeded in Nobeoka and in Saiki. A maximum wind gust of was observed at Miyazaki Airport. Two people suffered injury after being knocked over by strong winds.
Heavy rainfall will also be a concern across South Korea as Francisco tracks northward through Wednesday.
Busan and southeast South Korea were the first to be impacted by Francisco with nearly 75 mm (3 inches) of rain falling in less than 10 hours on Tuesday.
Rainfall of 75-150 mm (3-6 inches) is expected across the eastern half of the country with 25-75 mm (1-3 inches) in west-central locations and less than 25 mm (1 inch) in western parts of the country, including Seoul.
Francisco will remain a tropical depression as it moves into the Sea of Japan (East Sea) late Wednesday.
Typhoon Lekima (2019)
Typhoon Lekima, known in the Philippines as the Typhoon Hanna, was the second-costliest typhoon in Chinese history, only behind Fitow in 2013. The ninth named storm of the 2019 Pacific typhoon season, Lekima originated from a tropical depression that formed east of the Philippines on July 30. It gradually organized, became a tropical storm and was named on August 4. Lekima intensified under favourable environmental conditions and peaked as a Category 4–equivalent super typhoon. However, an eyewall replacement cycle caused the typhoon to weaken before it made landfall in Zhejiang late on August 9, as a Category 2–equivalent typhoon. Lekima weakened subsequently while moving across the East China, and made its second landfall in Shandong on August 11.
Lekima's precursor enhanced the southwestern monsoon in the Philippines, which brought heavy rain to the country. The rains caused three boats to sink and 31 people died in this accident. Lekima brought catastrophic damage in mainland China, with a death toll of 89 people and more than CN¥53.7 billion (US$7.6 billion) in damages. The system also caused minor damage in Ryukyu Islands and Taiwan.
On August 2, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) began to monitor a tropical depression which developed over the Philippine Sea. The system slowly developed while moving northward. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) also monitored the system and gave the identifier "10W" early on August 4. The JMA upgraded the system to a tropical storm and assigned the name "Lekima" at 6:00 a.m. UTC that day. The JTWC followed suit later that day. Though Lekima was affected by moderate wind shear, warm waters of and good outflow channel allowed Lekima to slowly intensify, and Lekima became almost stationary due to the absence of steering current.
On August 6, Lekima steered by a subtropical ridge to the northeast and accelerated to the northwest, and the JMA upgraded Lekima to a severe tropical storm. Later that day, both JMA and JTWC upgraded Lekima to a typhoon, after the system developed a central dense overcast. As Lekima continued to move northwestward, the system moved into an area of low wind shear, and it started a process of rapid intensification on August 7. The eye became evident on satellite imagery. On August 8, the JTWC upgraded Lekima to a super typhoon, and stated that the system had acquired some of the annular characteristics. Later that day, the JMA stated that Lekima attained maximum sustained winds of . At the same time, Lekima passed between Miyako-jima and Tarama-jima.
Shortly thereafter, Lekima began an eyewall replacement cycle. The typhoon developed a concentric eyewall, as seen from the radar. This cycle also caused the motion of Lekima slightly veered to the north, and the JTWC downgraded Lekima back to typhoon late on August 8. Environmental conditions in East China Sea became less favourable, causing Lekima to slowly weaken while approaching East China. At 1:45 a.m. China Standard Time () August 10, Lekima made landfall in Wenling, Zhejiang with two-minute sustained winds of . Lekima quickly weakened and turned to the north, along the western side of the subtropical ridge. Lekima dropped below typhoon intensity early on August 10, and weakened further to a tropical storm later that day. Lekima emerged into the Yellow Sea early on August 11, and made second landfall in Xihai'an, Qingdao, Shandong at 8:50 p.m. CST, with two-minute sustained winds of . The JTWC issued its final warning to the system around that time. Lekima meandered over the Shandong Peninsula and Bohai Sea throughout August 12, and the JMA downgraded it to a tropical depression later that day.
As Lekima moved northwestward and approached the northern part of the Philippines, PAGASA issued PSWS#1 to Batanes and the Babuyan Islands late on August 6. These warnings were lifted after Lekima left the Philippine Area of Responsibility.
Though Lekima, locally known as "Hanna", did not directly affect the Philippines, it enhanced the southwest monsoon which caused heavy rain to the nation. Three boats sank in Guimaras Strait; 31 people died and three were left missing. Heavy rains also caused flooding in Metro Manila. Classes of numerous cities were suspended on August 5. A motorboat carrying 10 passengers capsized off the coast of Mactan Island in the early morning of August 7. To the south, waves from Lekima displaced more than 1,300 people in Davao City. Agricultural damage in Central Luzon was at ₱80.5 million (US$1.55 million).
As Lekima approached the southwestern Ryukyu Islands, Ishigaki-jima and Miyako-jima received a storm warning. The JMA urged the residents on these islands to beware of high waves, heavy rain, and sudden gusts. Gusts in Miyako-jima reached , while gusts in Shimojishima Airport and Iriomote-jima reached and respectively. Six people were injured during the storm, and thousands of families suffered from power outages. Hundreds of flights and passenger ship trips were cancelled on August 7–9, mainly in Miyako-jima and Ishigaki-jima, affecting thousands of passengers. Agricultural damage across the island chain was JP¥347 million (US$3.29 million).
Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau (CWB) issued a sea warning on August 7. As Lekima continued to approach the island, the CWB issued a land warning to the northern part of Taiwan early on the next day, locally. The CWB lifted the land warning late on August 9, and lifted the sea warning early on the next day, after Lekima made landfall in East China. On late August 8, school and work were cancelled for the next day in eight municipalities and counties in the northern part of Taiwan and in the Matsu Islands. Hundreds of flights and ships were cancelled and delayed.
Throughout Taiwan, Lekima killed two people and injured 15 others. More than 80,000 families suffered power outages. On August 8–9, Wufeng Township recorded a rainfall total of , while rainfall in Taichung amounted to . Lekima's downdraft affected Kinmen on August 9, where a farmland recorded temperature of , setting the national record for the second highest temperature. Jinfeng Township also recorded a temperature of . Institutional damage of Lekima, along with a magnitude 6.0 earthquake reached NT$5.24 million (US$167,000).
Striking East China as a super typhoon, according to China Meteorological Administration, Lekima wrought major damage across numerous provinces. In all, the typhoon killed 56 people and left 14 others missing. Damage nationwide reached CN¥53.72 billion (US$7.6 billion). Zhejiang was the worst hit province; 39 people died in the province, and economic loss reached CN¥24.22 billion (US$3.43 billion). Most of those killed died because of landslides in Yongjia County, and the landslides blocked a river. Water levels rose in ten minutes, and many residents could not evacuate in time. Wenling recorded peak wind gusts of , while daily rainfall in Beilun District amounted to .
Lekima also brought significant effects in Shandong, where 5 people were killed and the damage statewide amounted to CN¥1.475 billion (US$209 million). Because Lekima looped around Shandong for days, it brought heavy rainfall in the province. Daily rainfall in Linqu County reached .
The tail front of Lekima stretched south to Malaysia and struck the northern states of the Malay Peninsula on August 9, causing widespread damage and injuring 10 people in the states of Kedah, Penang and Perlis. The storm also caused damage to 329 schools, according to the Malaysian Ministry of Education. Wind speeds in some areas were recorded at .
Michael E. Krauss
Michael E. Krauss (15 August 1934 – 11 August 2019) was an American linguist and educator. He was the founder and long-time head of the Alaska Native Language Center. The Alaska Native Language Archive is named after him. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He was known for being an expert on the Eyak language which became extinct in 2008. Krauss focused on raising awareness of the global problem of endangered languages.
Krauss died at his son's home in Needham, Massachusetts on 11 August 2019, just four days before his 85th birthday.
Needham, Massachusetts
Needham is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. It is a suburb of Boston. Its population was 30,999 in 2017. It is home to the Olin College, an engineering school.
In 2005, Needham became the first city in the United States to raise the age to legally buy tobacco products to 21.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 12.7 square miles (32.9 km²), of which 12.6 square miles (32.7 km²) is land and 0.1 square mile (0.2 km²) is water.
Ningali Lawford
Ningali Josie Lawford (1967 – 11 August 2019) was an Australian actress. She was known for her roles in the movies "Rabbit-Proof Fence" (2002), "Bran Nue Dae" (2009), and "Last Cab to Darwin" (2015). In 2016, she was nominated for the AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. Lawford was born in Wangkatjungka, Western Australia.
Lawford died while on tour in Edinburgh, Scotland on 11 August 2019 when she suffered an asthma attack. She was 52.
Hussein Salem
Hussein Salem (); (11 November 1933 – 13 August 2019) was an Egyptian-Spanish businessman. He was the co-owner of the East Mediterranean Gas Company (EMG). He was an ally and advisor to former president Hosni Mubarak. He was also the chairman and CEO of HKS Group, a hospitality company that operates Maritim Jolie Ville Resort in Sharm El Sheikh.
He was described as "one of the most secretive businessmen in Egypt". He was known as the "Father of Sharm El Sheikh" due to his resort development activities.
Graham Farmer
Graham Vivian "Polly" Farmer (10 March 1935 14 August 2019) was an Australian rules football player and coach. He was a handballer.
Farmer joined the East Perth Football Club as a ruckman in 1953. He later played for the Victorian Football League (VFL) in 1962 for the Geelong Football Club, where he played 101 games. Farmer returned to Western Australia and became the captain/coach of the West Perth Football Club in 1968.
In 1999, Farmer was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. He died in Fiona Stanley Hospital in Murdoch, Western Australia on 14 August 2019 from the disease, aged 84.
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Kim Ji-soo is a South Korean singer, actress, and model. She goes by the mononym Jisoo. She is known for being a member of Blackpink, which as of 2019 is the highest-charting female k-pop group. Jisoo is also well known as a model in advertisements in South Korea, including for LG. She has also appeared in a few television series. Jisoo is well known on social media in South Korea, with 38.2 million followers.
Jisoo was born in South Korea on 3 January 1995. In 2011, she joined YG Entertainment as a trainee. Later she became a member of Blackpink. In 2015, she made her first appearance as an actress.
Cat café
A Cat Café is a café for drinking coffee with cats. You can watch and play with cats. There are often desserts such as cookies or cake. The food is often in a separate area from the cats.
The world's first Cat Café started in Taipei. The name was "Cat Flower Garden". The idea was from Japan. The first Japanese one was "Neko no Jikan" in Osaka.
Asian Cat Cafés are special because they are popular. European Cat Cafés are special because they take cats from shelters. Cat Cafés are new in North America, South America and Oceania.
Mohammad Azharuddin
Mohammad Azharuddin is a politician who was a cricketer before he became a poltician. He was the captain of the Indian cricket team in the 1990's.
Azharuddin was born in Hyderabad. He completed his undergraduate studies and earned a degree in commerce from Nizam College, Osmania University.
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Pig Goat Banana Cricket
Pig Goat Banana Cricket is a Nickelodeon show that aired from July 29, 2015, to August 2018.
Tabun
Tabun is a nerve agent. It was the first of the G-series nerve agents, and called GA. Its potential was known from
the 1900s because of technical publications.
The substance was developed in 1936 by the German chemist Gerhard Schrader. He was responsible for the I.G. Farben (Leverkusen) work on pesticides. From 1942 Tabun was industrially produced. It was filled in bombs and shells for the Wehrmacht in WWII, but not used.
Lever-action firearms
Lever-action firearms are guns that hold multiple bullets and are loaded by pulling and pushing a lever at the bottom of the gun.
Lever-action rifles first became important weapons during the American Civil War. Two rifles made during this time were the Henry and Spencer rifles. They fired much more quickly and could be loaded much faster than muzzleloading rifles. However, their use was limited because many generals felt that the ability to shoot many bullets without reloading would cause soldiers to shoot with less accuracy. However, after the Civil War, lever-action guns became much more popular. They were popular with not just soldiers, but also with hunters and even civilians. They were so popular that the most famous lever-action rifle, the Winchester Model 1873, was called "the gun that won the West".
Both the militaries of the United States and the Russian Empire used lever-action guns often until the beginning of the 20th century. Even though lever action guns can fire much faster than bolt-action rifles (lever-actions can fire 2 rounds a second in skilled hands,) the bolt-action rifle was chosen to be the main gun for most infantry. This was because bolt-action rifles could easily be fired when soldiers are lying on the ground, but lever-actions cannot do so easily.
Lever-action guns were made for many different types of bullets, both pistol and rifle bullets. Most lever-action guns are rifles, but there are also lever-action shotguns as well. The most famous of these are the Winchester Model 1887.
Winchester Model 1887
The Winchester Model 1887 is a lever-action shotgun invented by John Browning. It was one of the first successful repeating shotguns. When the repeating rifle became more popular in the decades after the American Civil War, the need for a shotgun that could hold more than just two shotgun shells at a time also grew. Using the same lever action used in repeating rifles, John Browning created the Model 1887. While it was popular at the time it was first made, its popularity quickly went away after John Browning invented the first pump-action shotgun a few years later.
Even though it quickly lost its popularity in the real world, it is still a popular gun shown in movies and video games. It was the gun of choice for characters Kyle Reese and the T-800 in the "Terminator" movies. It was also one of the most popular guns used in the video game .
Gatling gun
The Gatling gun is a machine gun that has many barrels that fire bullets by turning the barrels around in a circle. It was the first machine gun ever made. It was first used by the Union Army during the American Civil War. Although it was very powerful, it was not much used because it cost a lot of money and was heavy. It was used more often in other wars during the second half of the 19th century. It was used in the Anglo-Zulu War, the Boshin War, and the Spanish-American War. Early in the 20th century armies stopped using it because other machine guns were better.
The Minigun is based on the Gatling gun. The Gatling gun is a machine gun, but it is not called an automatic weapon because a user must continue to crank it instead of merely holding down the trigger. Still it was very useful in the wars.
Consumer Reports (CR) is a nonprofit organization focused only on unbiased product testing, investigative journalism, consumer-focused research, public education, and consumer advocacy.
Founded in 1936 as Consumer Union, CR was created to serve as a information source that consumers could use to help assess product performance and safety. Since that time, CR has continued its testing and analysis of products and services, and advocate for the consumer in legislative and rule-making areas. Consumer Reports helped advocate for seat belt laws, the dangers of cigarettes, and recently, the growth of consumer finance protection and the growth of consumer access to better health care. The organization has also expanded its scope to a set of digital platforms.
The organization’s headquarters, including its 50 testing labs, is in Yonkers, New York, while its cars are tested at a track site in East Haddam, Connecticut. CR is funded by subscriptions to its magazine and website, as well as through independent grants and donations. Marta L. Tellado is the current CEO of Consumer Reports. She joined the organization in 2014, with the goal of expanding its engagement and advocacy efforts.
Consumer Reports' website and magazine writes reviews and comparisons of consumer products and services based on reporting and results from its in-house testing laboratory and survey research center. CR accepts no advertising, and has no shareholders as a nonprofit organization. It also publishes general and targeted product/service buying guides. Consumer Reports pays for all the products it tests through common ways citizens buy products and services. They do this through secret, anonymous shoppers.
Only paid subscribers can access its website ConsumerReports.org, in its entirety. ConsumerReports.org writes updates on product availability, and adds new products to already existing test results. In addition, the online data includes features that is not in the magazine; for example, vehicle reliability (frequency of repair) tables online show the full 10 model years reported in the Annual Questionnaires, but the magazine has only a six-year history of each model.
Consumer Reports also allows the creators of the product to improve its product before Consumer Reports publishes its final results.
Plymouth Fury
The Plymouth Fury is an American car produced by Plymouth of Chrysler from the 1959 to 1978 model years.
It is a full-size from 1959 to 1961, mid-size from 1962 to 1964, again full-size from 1965 to 1974 and again mid-size from 1975 to 1978.
The Plymouth Sport Fury is a top-model of the Fury made from 1959 and 1962 to 1971.
The Plymouth VIP is a luxury version of the Fury made from 1966 to 1969.
The Plymouth Fury was succeeded by the Plymouth Gran Fury in the late 1970s.
A 1958 Plymouth Fury was famous for the 1983 horror movie Christine.
Plymouth (automobile)
Plymouth was a brand of automobiles based in the United States, produced by the Chrysler Corporation and its successor DaimlerChrysler. The brand was founded in 1928 and ended in 2001.
Jim Marsh (basketball)
James Marsh (April 26, 1946 – August 12, 2019) was an American professional basketball player. He played for the National Basketball Association (NBA) for one season. He played college basketball at the University of Southern California. Marsh played professionally for the Portland Trail Blazers of the NBA from 1971 to 1972.
Marsh was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2004. He died on August 12, 2019 in Portland, Oregon at the age of 73.
Héctor Rivoira
Héctor Oscar Rivoira (10 April 1960 – 14 August 2019) was an Argentine football manager and player. He worked as the manager of Chacarita Juniors and Atlético Tucumán. He played for Almirante Brown from 1981 to 1984. He was born in Buenos Aires.
Rivoira died on 14 August 2019 in Buenos Aires from colorectal cancer at the age of 59.
Peter Murphy (musician)
Peter John Joseph Murphy (born 11 July 1957) is an English singer-songwriter, and musician. He was the vocalist of the goth rock band Bauhaus. His best known albums were "Love Hysteria", "Deep", and "Holy Smoke". He is known as the Godfather of Goth".
In August 2019, Murphy was hospitalized for a heart attack in New York City.
George Keiser
George J. Keiser (born February 22, 1946) is an American politician. He is a member of the North Dakota House of Representatives. He represented the 47th district. He was a Republican. Keiser was first elected in 1992. From 1988 to 1992 he was Commissioner of Bismarck.
In August 2019, Keiser was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Vidya Sinha
Vidya Sinha (15 November 1947 – 15 August 2019) was an Indian film actress. She acted in Bollywood movies and television shows. In movies, she was most known for "Rajnigandha" (1974) and "Chhoti Si Baat" (1975). In television, her best known role was as the grandmother on "Qubool Hai". Her last movie role was in Salman Khan's "Bodyguard" (2011). Sinha was born in Bombay.
On 15 August 2019, Sinha died at a hospital in Mumbai of respiratory failure caused by heart and lung disease at the age of 71.
Barbara March
Barbara March (October 9, 1953 – August 11, 2019) was a Canadian actress. She was born in Toronto. March was best known for her role as the Star Trek character Lursa, one of the Duras sisters. She appeared as Lursa in "" ("" and ""), "" ("Past Prologue"), and "Star Trek Generations".
March died of cancer on August 11, 2019 at the age of 65. She was married to actor Alan Scarfe from 1979 until her death. They had two children.
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Thomas Stafford Williams
Thomas Stafford Williams ONZ ChStJ (born 20 March 1930) is a New Zealand Catholic official. He was born in Wellington. He was cardinal in the Catholic church and before his retirement in 2005. He was the fifth Archbishop of Wellington.
FIBA
The International Basketball Federation (FIBA ; French: ) is the governing body of the sport of basketball. Originally known as the , in 1989 it dropped the word "amateur" from its name but kept the acronym; the "BA" now represents the first two letters of "basketball".
FIBA defines the rules of basketball such what equipment and facilities to use, organises international competitions, regulates the transfer of athletes across countries, and controls the appointment of international referees. A total of 213 national federations are now members, organized since 1989 into five zones: Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania.
The FIBA Basketball World Cup is a world tournament for men's national teams held every four years. Teams compete for the Naismith Trophy, named in honor of basketball's Canadian creator James Naismith. The tournament occurred in the same year as the FIFA World Cup from 1970 through 2014, but starting in 2019, the Basketball World Cup will move to the year following the FIFA World Cup.
University of Southern Mississippi
The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) is a public research university in the United States. Its with its main campus is in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The Hattiesburg campus is about north of Gulfport, Mississippi and northeast of New Orleans, Louisiana. It has another campuses at Long Beach. That campus is called Gulf Park. In addition, USM has five more teaching and research sites. USM is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) to award baccalaureate, master's, specialist, and doctoral degrees.
It is known informally as Southern Miss.
The school was founded on March 30, 1910.
Italian Parliament
The Italian Parliament () is the national parliament of the Italian Republic.
It is the representative body of Italian citizens. It is a bicameral legislature with 945 elected members and a small number of unelected members ("parlamentari"). The Italian Parliament is made up of the Chamber of Deputies (with 630 members or "deputati" elected on a national basis) and Senate of the Republic (with 315 members or "senatori".
The two houses are independent from one another and never meet jointly.
Antonio Rastrelli
Antonio Rastrelli (15 October 1927 – 15 August 2019) was an Italian politician and lawyer. He was born in Portici, Italy. Rastrelli was a member of the Senate from 1979 to 1994 and was a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1994 to 1995. Rastrelli was President of Campania from 1995 to 1999.
Rastrelli died on 15 August 2019 at the age of 91.
Mādhava of Sañgamāgrama was an Indian mathematician of ancient time.
HD 136418
HD 136418 is a star located in the constellation Boötes 340 light years away from Earth. It has a planet orbiting it, like Jupiter.
The star and its planet will be named after something in the culture of Canada.
Trailer (vehicle)
A trailer vehicle is a vehicle that does not have any engine, and instead is attached to another vehicle to move, which could be another trailer or a truck, but the vehicle at the front almost always has an engine to let the trailers move.
Trailers may be used for carrying cargo either being things that are not alive or sometimes animals like horses that are too big for the main vehicle. Some boats might also be a trailer as well to allow them to be moved on land.
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Christina of the Netherlands
Christina of the Netherlands (born Maria Christina; 18 February 1947 – 16 August 2019) was a Dutch royal, educator and singer. She was the youngest of four daughters of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands and Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld. She was the youngest sister of Beatrix of the Netherlands. She was born in Soestdijk Palace, Baarn, Netherlands.
During pregnancy, her mother was diagnosed with rubella and as a result, Christina was born nearly blind. Her godfather was British Prime Minister Winston Churchill.
In June 2018, it was announced that Christina had been diagnosed with bone cancer. She died on 16 August 2019 in Noordeinde Palace, Den Haag, Netherlands from the disease, aged 72.
Irene of the Netherlands
Princess Irene of the Netherlands (born Irene Emma Elisabeth; 5 August 1939) is a Dutch royal and environmentalist. She is the second child of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands and Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld.
The Princess used the following names since her divorce:
Margriet of the Netherlands
Princess Margriet of the Netherlands (Margriet Francisca; born 19 January 1943) is a Dutch royal and philanthropist. She is the third daughter of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard.
As an aunt of the reigning monarch, King Willem-Alexander, she is a member of the Dutch Royal House and currently eighth and last in the line of succession to the throne.
From 1984 to 2007, Princess Margriet was president of the European Cultural Foundation, who set up the "Princess Margriet Award for Cultural Diversity". She is a member of the honorary board of the International Paralympic Committee.
Pieter van Vollenhoven
Pieter van Vollenhoven Jr. (born 30 April 1939) is a Dutch royal, photographer, educator and pianist. He is the husband of Princess Margriet of the Netherlands and a member, by marriage, of the Dutch Royal House. He was born in Schiedam, Netherlands. He was chairman of the Dutch Safety Board from which he retired in February 2011.
Van Vollenhoven was diagnosed with melanoma twice in May 2017 and in November 2017.
Karim Olowu
Alhaji Karim Ayinla Babalola "KAB" Olowu (OON) (7 June 1924 – 14 August 2019) was a Nigerian sprinter and long jumper. He was part of Nigeria's first delegation to the Olympic Games and the Commonwealth Games.
Olowu participated in the 1952 Summer Olympics and in the 1956 Summer Olympics. He participated in the 1950 British Empire Games. At the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, he won silver medals in long jump and the 4×110 yards relay, becoming the first Nigerian athlete to win two medals at the Commonwealth Games.
At the 1992 Barcelona Olympics he became the first Nigerian Olympic torch bearer. He was one of Africa's oldest living Olympians.
Olowu died at a hospital in Lagos, Nigeria on 14 August 2019 at the age of 95.
Reuven Hammer
Reuven Hammer (1933 – 12 August 2019) was an American-Israeli Conservative rabbi, scholar of Jewish liturgy, author and lecturer. He was born in Syracuse, New York. He was a founder of the "Masorti" (Conservative) movement in Israel. He was president of the International Rabbinical Assembly. For many years, he was head of the Masorti Beth Din in Israel. He was a regular columnist for "The Jerusalem Post" "Tradition Today" column.
Hammer died of brain cancer on 12 August 2019 in Jerusalem at the age of 86.
Gjergj Xhuvani
Gjergj Xhuvani (20 December 1963 – 14 August 2019) was an Albanian movie director, screenwriter, and producer. He was born in Tirana, Albania. His 2001 movie "Slogans" was Albania's submission to the 74th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted His 2009 movie "" was selected as the Albanian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards, but it didn't make the shortlist.
Xhuvani died of a possible heart attack on 14 August 2019 in Rome, Italy at the age of 55.
Eddie Marlin
Edward Marlin (August 13, 1930 – August 15, 2019) was an American promoter and professional wrestler. He was born in Nashville, Tennessee. In 1967, Marlin wrestled for Nick Gulas' NWA Mid-America promotion under a mask as "The Mummy". He retired in 1993.
In the early-1970s, Marlin formed a tag team with Tommy Gilbert. The duo achieved their greatest success in NWA Mid-America, winning the NWA Southern Tag Team Championship, NWA World Six-Man Tag Team Championship, and NWA Mid-America Tag Team Championship.
Marlin died on August 15, 2019 from multiple organ failure under hospice care in Gallatin, Tennessee at the age of 89.
Qin Hanzhang
Qin Hanzhang (Chinese: 秦含章; 19 February 1908 – 15 August 2019) was a Chinese engineer, scientist and supercentenarian. He was a known figure in the field of food science and industrial fermentation. He was also a scholar in the wine industry. In 1950, Premier Zhou Enlai appointed Qin as a counselor of the Ministry of Food Industry and the Ministry of Light Industry.
Lu Yonggen
Lu Yonggen (; 2 December 1930 – 12 August 2019) was a Chinese agronomist, plant geneticist, educator, and philanthropist.
Lu was President of South China Agricultural University from 1983 to 1995. He was elected an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1993. He was named China's second most generous philanthropist in 2017 after donating his entire life savings of 8.8 million yuan (US$1.34 million) to his university.
Lu was born in Hong Kong. He died on 12 August 2019 in Guangzhou at the age of 88.
Glenn Tasker
Glenn Robert Tasker (10 November 1951 – 15 August 2019) was an Australian sport administrator. He was known for his works in swimming, tennis and the Paralympic movement. He was President of the Australian Paralympic Committee from 2013 to 2018.
Tasker died while in a coma on 15 August 2019 in Sydney due to cardiac arrest-related problems, aged 67.
Wrestling Pro
Edward Leon Baxter (June 4, 1938 – August 15, 2019) was an American professional wrestler. He worked for the National Wrestling Alliance in the 1960s and 70s. He was best known for wrestling under a mask as (The) Wrestling Pro and also wrestled under the ring name Tarzan Baxter. He had famous feuds with Ken Mantell for the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship and Jack Brisco for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship.
Basu Chatterjee
Basu Chatterjee (; 10 January 1930 – 4 June 2020) was an Indian movie director and screenwriter. His works were known for the urban settings, focusing on marriage and love relationships.
He was best known for his movies "Us Paar", "Chhoti Si Baat" (1975), "Chitchor" (1976), "Rajnigandha" (1974), "Piya Ka Ghar" (1972), "Khatta Meetha ", "Chakravyuha", "Baton Baton Mein" (1979), "Priyatama" (1977), "Man Pasand", "Hamari Bahu Alka", "Shaukeen" (1982), and "Chameli Ki Shaadi" (1986).
Mala Sinha
Mala Sinha (born Alda Sinha; 11 November 1936) is an Indian actress.
Her best known roles were in "Pyaasa" (1957), "Anpadh" (1962), "Dil Tera Deewana" (1962), "Gumrah" (1963), "Bahurani" (1963), "Gehra Daag", "Apne Huye Paraye", "Jahan Ara", "Himalaya Ki God Mein" (1965), "Nai Roshni", "Aankhen" (1968), "Maryada" (1971) and "Babu".
Morogoro tanker explosion
On 10 August 2019, a fuel tanker exploded in Morogoro, Tanzania. It killed at least 89 people and injuredat least 55. It was one of the largest disasters of its kind in Tanzania.
The incident happened in the town of Morogoro. A fuel tanker crashed and people gathered at the accident site to steal the fuel. The tanker exploded during the looting, burning 60 people to death. Another 55 people were injured in the incident and many suffered serious burns.
7 August 2019 Kabul bombing
A suicide car bomb exploded at a security checkpoint outside a police station in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on 7 August 2019. The explosion happened in the early morning, in a Shia neighbourhood in western Kabul.
At least 14 people were killed and 145 injured, mostly civilians. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
Ural Airlines Flight 178
Moscow Domodedovo Airport
Moscow Domodedovo Airport (), formally "Domodedovo International Airport named after Mikhail Lomonosov" is an international airport located in Domodedovo, Moscow Oblast, Russia. It is south-southeast from the centre of Moscow. Domodedovo is one of the four major Moscow airports, as well as one of the largest airports in Russia.
In 2017, it served 30,700,000 passengers, an increase of 7.6% compared to 2016, making it the second busiest airport in Russia after Sheremetyevo International Airport.
Following a 2019 naming contest and presidential decree, it became named after Russian scientist Mikhail Lomonosov.
Sheremetyevo International Airport
Sheremetyevo Alexander S. Pushkin International Airport ( "Sheremet'yevo Aeroport Mezhdunarodnyy imeni A.S. Pushkina") is one of four international airports that serves the city of Moscow. It is the busiest airport in Russia. Sheremetyevo was a military base which became a civilian airport in 1959, and in a 2019 contest, was named after Russian poet Alexander Pushkin.
The airport had six terminals: four international terminals (one under construction), one domestic terminal, and one private aviation terminal. It is located in northwest of central Moscow, in the city of Khimki, Moscow Oblast.
Zhukovsky International Airport
Zhukovsky International Airport , formerly (and still occasionally) known as Ramenskoye Airport or Zhukovsky Airfield (, Аэропорт Жуковский) is an international airport. It is located in Moscow Oblast, Russia 36 km southeast of central Moscow, in the town of Zhukovsky.
Official opening of the Zhukovsky International Airport took place on 30 May 2016 with declared capacity of the first stage of the airport of 4 million passengers annually.
Vnukovo International Airport
Vnukovo International Airport, formally "Vnukovo International Airport named after Andrei Tupolev", () , is a dual-runway international airport located southwest of the centre of Moscow, Russia.
It is one of the four major airports that serve Moscow, along with Moscow Domodedovo Airport, Sheremetyevo International Airport, and Zhukovsky International Airport.
In 2015, the airport handled 15.82 million passengers. It is the third-busiest airport in Russia.
Vnukovo is Moscow's oldest operating airport. It was opened and used for military operations during the Second World War, but became a civilian facility after the war.
In 1980, Vnukovo was expanded because of the 22nd Summer Olympic Games.
Mariscal Sucre International Airport
Mariscal Sucre International Airport () is the busiest airport in Ecuador and one of the busiest airports in South America. It is located in the Tababela parish, about east of Quito. It is the largest hub of TAME, the flag carrier of Ecuador, with an average of over 220 weekly flights.
It opened in February 2013. The airport is named after the Venezuelan independence leader Antonio José de Sucre.
Pichincha Province
Pichincha () is a province of Ecuador located in the northern sierra region; its capital and largest city is Quito.
The province is home to many rose plantations, which make up Ecuador's flower-culture industry.
Cotopaxi Province
Cotopaxi () is one of the provinces of Ecuador. The capital is Latacunga. The province has the Cotopaxi Volcano.
The province is divided into 7 cantons. The following table lists each canton with its population (per the 2019 census), its area in square kilometres (km²), and the name of the canton seat (capital).
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Imbabura Volcano
Imbabura is an inactive stratovolcano in northern Ecuador. It has not erupted for at least 14,000 years, it is not thought to be extinct. Imbabura is capped with snow and has no permanent glaciers.
It is covered in volcanic ash. Maize, sugarcane, and beans are all crops of the region. Cattle are also an important commodity.
Cotacachi Volcano
Imbabura Province
Imbabura () is a province located in the Andes of northern Ecuador. The capital is Ibarra. The people of the province speak Spanish and the Imbaburan Quechua language.
The summit of Cotacachi Volcano at an elevation of is north-east of the town of Cotacachi.
The province is divided into six cantons. The following table lists each with its population at the 2010 census, its area in square kilometres (km²), and the name of the capital.
Galápagos Province
Galápagos () is a province of Ecuador in the country's Insular region. It is located off the western coast of the mainland. The capital is Puerto Baquerizo Moreno.
The province has the Galápagos Islands, a group of tiny volcanic islands that sit on the equator.
The province is divided in three cantons, each with a number of islands. They are:
Guayas Province
Guayas () is a coastal province in Ecuador. It is bordered to the west by Manabí, Santa Elena, and the Pacific Ocean. With over 3 million people, it is the most populous province in Ecuador. The largest city of Ecuador, Guayaquil, is within the province.
The province is divided into 25 cantons. The following table lists each with its population at the time of the 2001 census, its area in square kilometres (km²), and the name of the canton seat or capital.
Esmeraldas Province
Esmeraldas () is a province in northwestern Ecuador. The capital is Esmeraldas.
The province is divided into 7 cantons. The following table lists each with its population at the time of the 2019 census, its area in square kilometres (km²), and the name of the canton seat or capital.
Antonio José de Sucre
Antonio José de Sucre y Alcalá (; February 3, 1795 – June 4, 1830), known as the "Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho" (), was a Venezuelan independence leader. He was the fourth President of Peru and the second President of Bolivia.
Sucre was one of Simón Bolívar's closest friends, generals and statesmen. The city of Sucre, Bolivia's capital, is named for him, as is a state of Venezuela and a department of Colombia. The Mariscal Sucre International Airport of Ecuador's capital Quito are also named after him.
Ecuador’s former currency the “Sucre” was also named after him.
Sucre was shot and killed by multiple assassins on June 4, 1830 at the age of 35.
Tocumen International Airport
Tocumen International Airport () is the international airport of Panama City, the capital of Panama. The airport serves as the homebase for Copa Airlines. It is a regional hub to and from the Caribbean, South, North and Central America.
There is high terrain to the north of the airport. The Tocumen VOR-DME (Ident: TUM) and non-directional beacon (Ident: AT) are located just south of the field.
Pramod Mahajan
Pramod Vyankatesh Mahajan (30 October 1949 – 3 May 2006) was an Indian politician. At the time of his death, he was in a power struggle for the leadership of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He was a member of the Rajya Sabha and a General Secretary of his party. As Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's telecommunications minister between 2001 and 2003, he played a major role in India's cellular revolution.
On 22 April 2006, he was shot at and fatally injured by his brother Pravin Mahajan in Mumbai. He died thirteen days later on 3 May at the age of 56.
Orellana Province
Orellana () is an inland province of Ecuador. The capital is Puerto Francisco de Orellana (also known as Coca). It was created on July 30, 1998, from part of Napo Province.
The province is divided into four cantons. The following table lists each with its population at the 2001 census, its area in square kilometres (km²), and the name of the canton seat or capital.
The Great Dictator is a 1940 American political satire comedy-drama film written, directed, produced, scored by, and starring British comedian Charlie Chaplin, following the tradition of many of his other films.
Modern Times may refer to modern history.
Modern Times may also refer to:
Nils Clarke
Nils Clarke is a Canadian lawyer and politician. He is a member of the Yukon Legislative Assembly representing the electoral district of Riverdale North. He is also the current Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. Clarke was elected for the first time in the 2016 general election. He is a member of the Yukon Liberal Party.
Clarke was a lawyer working in the Yukon for 24 years. He became the executive director of the Yukon Legal Services Society. In the 2016 general election, he was one of the 11 Liberal MLAs that were elected. They formed a majority government. On 12 January 2017, he was elected the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.
Prague-West District
The Prague West District (Czech: "okres Praha-západ") is a district of the Central Bohemian Region in the Czech Republic.
Central Bohemian Region
The Central Bohemian Region is a region of the Czech Republic. It covers 14% of the country, with the highest population of any region of the Czech Republic. The capital city for the region is Prague.
Important rivers in the region are Elbe, Vltava, Berounka, Jizera and Sázava. Křivoklátsko Protected Landscape Area is in Central Bohemia.
The Central Bohemian Region is divided into 12 districts:
Religion in Bulgaria