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The Asian Handball Nations Championship is the official competition for senior national handball teams of Asia (since 2018, also includes teams from Oceania) and takes place every two years. In addition to crowning the Asian champions, the tournament also serves as a qualifying tournament for the World Championship. Summary. Notes: 1. Played in January 2000.
John Robert Thompson Jr. (September 2, 1941 – August 30, 2020) was an American college basketball coach, player and sports commentator. He coached for the Georgetown Hoyas between 1972 to 1999. In 1984, he became the first African-American head coach to win a major collegiate championship. During his basketball playing career, he played for the Boston Celtics. He was born in Washington, D.C.. Thompson was honored into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on October 1, 1999. Thompson died on August 30, 2020 in Arlington, Virginia at the age of 78.
21 Bridges is a 2019 American action thriller movie directed by Brian Kirk. The movie stars Chadwick Boseman as an NYPD detective who shuts down the 21 bridges of Manhattan to find two suspected cop killers (Stephan James and Taylor Kitsch). Sienna Miller, Keith David, and J. K. Simmons also star. Brothers Joe and Anthony Russo produce the movie. "21 Bridges" was theatrically released in the United States on November 22, 2019 by STXfilms. It received mixed reviews from critics.
Anthony Russo (born February 3, 1970) and Joseph Russo (born July 18, 1971) are American directors, producers, screenwriters, and actors. They direct most of their work together. They are best known for directing four movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe: ' (2014), ' (2016), ' (2018), and ' (2019).
The Amazon weasel ("Mustela africana"), is a type of weasel. It is native to South America. It is also called the tropical weasel. It was first identified from a museum example that was not labeled well. The museum label said it was from Africa. That is why the scientific name is "Mustela africana." Description. The Amazon weasel is 43 to 52 cm (17 to 20 in) in length. Its tail is 16 to 21 cm (6.3 to 8.3 in) long. They have a long, slender, torso and short legs and ears. They have short fur. It is reddish to dark brown on the upper body, and is pale orange-tan on the underparts. The whiskers are short and there is almost no hair on the bottom of the feet. Distribution. The Amazon weasel live in the Amazon basin in northern Brazil and eastern Peru and Ecuador. They may also live in southern Colombia, Venezuela and the Guyanas, as well as northern Bolivia. The region it lives in is covered by tropical rainforest. Biology and Behavior. The Amazon weasel is rarely seen. Little is known about its habits. They eat rodents and other small mammals. They have been reported to make burrows in the stumps of hollow trees. They have been found from sea level to 1,250 m (4,100 ft). They have been reported to swim in rivers or estuaries. Sometimes, they swim far from the shore.
Stephan James (born December 16, 1993) is a Canadian actor. He is known for playing track and field sprinter Jesse Owens in the 2016 movie "Race". He also played John Lewis in the 2014 drama "Selma". He also stars as Walter Cruz in the Amazon series "Homecoming", for which he received a Golden Globe Award nomination. He also played Julian Williams on the Canadian teen drama "".
Special functions are some mathematical functions used in mathematical analysis or physics. Most of them appear in higher education. Some experts are studying numerical methods for them. Definition. In mathematics, most functions are defined as a solution of a differential equation. For example, the exponential function formula_1 is the solution of the ordinary differential equation formula_2. Due to this relation, some mathematicians are studying the connection between ODEs and special functions. Examples. For more examples, find textbooks named "special functions".
Ava Marie DuVernay (; born August 24, 1972) is an American filmmaker.  For her work on "Selma" (2014), DuVernay became the first black woman to be nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Director, and also the first black female director to have her movie nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.  In 2017, she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for her movie "13th" (2016). DuVernay's 2018 Disney children's fantasy movie "A Wrinkle in Time" made her the first black woman to direct a live-action movie earning $100 million at U.S. box office.
Selma is a 2014 historical drama movie directed by Ava DuVernay and written by Paul Webb. It is based on the 1965 Selma to Montgomery voting rights marches.  The movie stars actors David Oyelowo as Martin Luther King Jr., Tom Wilkinson as President Lyndon B. Johnson, Tim Roth as George Wallace, Carmen Ejogo as Coretta Scott King, and Common as James Bevel. It was released worldwide on January 9, 2015.
Lea Gottlieb (September 17, 1918 - November 17, 2012) is the founder of beach fashion. Lea Gottlieb was an Israeli fashion designer and businesswoman. Made a swimsuit, once a purely functional thing, a high fashion item. Biography. Lea Lenke Roth (later Gottlieb) was born in Sajószentpéter, Hungary. At the end of World War II, the Gottlieb-Lea family, her husband Armin and their young daughters moved to Israel from Hungary. The decision to immigrate was tough, but the situation in Hungary in the post-war years left little choice for the Lea family. After arriving in Israel, the Leah Gottlieb family settled in a very small house located in the former Arab quarter. Lea and Armin started working right away. Lea continued to sew children's clothes, just as she did in Hungary. While this did not make the Gottlieb family much money, Lea continued to pursue sewing and design. She started to get involved in sewing when she was only six years old. Already in those years, many noted her talent and ability to create an original, unique design. Finally, her natural talent was shaped by the education she received in the specialty - fashion design. Fashion career. With money borrowed from family and friends, she and her husband opened a similar raincoat factory near Tel Aviv in 1949. As a result, in 1956 they founded Gottex, a high-fashion beachwear and swimwear company that became a leading exporter, shipping to 80 countries. The company's name is a combination of "Gottlieb" and "textiles".
Mustapha Adib Abdul Wahed () (born 30 August 1972) is a Lebanese diplomat, politician, researcher and academic. He has been the ambassador of Lebanon to Germany since 2013. On 31 August 2020, he became Prime Minister-designate of Lebanon after being asked by President Michel Aoun to form a new government. Nearly a month later, on 26 September 2020, he stepped down from the role after failing to form a government.
Gupabal Station is a station on South Korea's Seoul Subway Line 3. Some trains finish at this station, although it is not the end of the line. The station opened on July 12, 1985. The name comes from 'Pabal', a Joseon-era post station that was in the area. Nearby attractions include Jingwan Neighborhood Park, Gupabal Falls, Bukhansan National Park and Seooreung royal tombs. Lotte Mall, Eunpyeong NewTown and Eunpyeong Hanok village are near the station. Gupabal Station is part of the New Town Project in Seoul. This urban development plan aims to make parts of the city more equal. The plan puts Gupabal Station at the center of Eunpyeong New Town district.
Arsenal Women Football Club is an English professional women's football club based in Islington, London, England that is affiliated with Arsenal. The club plays in the Women's Super League, the top flight of English women's football. Arsenal’s Women’s team are the only team in Europe male or female to win a European Continental Sextuple. Arsenal are one the most decorated teams in English Football history, men or women’s with 59 titles. They are the only English Women’s side to have won the UEFA Women’s Champions League. Current squad.
Ecosia is a search engine based in Berlin, Germany. Its profits are mainly given to nonprofit organizations for replanting trees.  The description of the company show it is a social business. It keeps information about users safe.The company claims to have planted over 200 million trees around the world. Search engine. When the company was created, it used Yahoo!, Microsoft Bing, and Wikimedia's technology. Yahoo! served as advertisements. Soon in 2018, Ecosia said it would be a privacy-friendly search engine. In the Privacy Policy it states that it would not permanently store data or use tracking services. When a search is made to a partnered website, a Euro is donated to tree replant services. From September 2023, Ecosia will be partnering with new search providers to keep improving your search experience and to have an even greater positive climate impact. From now on, you will be getting search results from both Microsoft Bing and Google, to improve your search experience.  History. Ecosia was officially launched on December 7, 2009 as a search engine to plant and replant trees. By 2011, €250,000 was raised. Ecosia spent it funds in 2014 donating to the Plant a Billion Trees program. On January 23, 2020, Ecosia spent all of its funds to ReForestNow. Extension. Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Microsoft Edge, and a few other browsers have the Ecosia extension that allows it to become the default search engine. Ecosia is available as an app for Android and iOS. On April 22, 2024, Ecosia launched its own Chromium-based web browser for desktop users. The company also started to promote affiliate links to collect revenue from user purchases on sites such as Amazon.
Bad Mojo is a computer game by Pulse Entertainment and Drew Pictures. It was made in 1996. In this game, an insect scientist named Roger is turned into a cockroach and must move through an old house back to his human body. On the way, he learns his landlord Eddie's big secret. It was released on CD-ROM. Vincent Carrella and Phill Simon made the game. Gameplay. This is an adventure game, which means the player moves through the game world and solves puzzles. There is almost no fighting in this game. The player uses the arrow keys to tell the character where to go. Because he is a cockroach, he can only move himself and very small things. For example, the player can use a lit cigarette butt to burn up a spider that wants to eat the player. Roger can die by being killed by an animal or by getting stuck in one place for too long. For example, if the player makes Roger step in paint, he can be stuck. Like in arcade games, the player has "lives" meaning Roger can die more than once and still keep playing the game. "Bad Mojo" starts with five lives. The player can also save the game and come back later. Touching some things in the game starts a full motion video in which actors give clues. During the game, the spirit of Roger's dead mother, Angelina, can help the player. He can also talk to other cockroaches. Someone who is good at video games can play "Bad Mojo" from beginning to end in about an hour. Story. Part of the story for this game came from "Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka. It is a famous story from 1915. In "Metamorphosis", a man called Gregor Samsa wakes up as a giant insect-like monster. In "Bad Mojo", insect scientist Roger Sams has stolen one million dollars. He plans to run away with it. Roger's mother, Angelina, died before the game began. Before leaving with his stolen money, Roger touches a necklace that had been his mother's necklace. It is a magical necklace and it turns him into a cockroach and drops him in the sewer below
Penelope Pussycat is an animated cartoon cat shown in the Warner Bros. classic "Looney Tunes". She is usually a non-speaker, though she meows and purrs. She was often called Penelope, Fifi, Fabrette and Le Cat. The name "Penelope Pussycat" was created under Warner Bros. for marketing. Penelope first appeared in the 1949 animated short "Scent-imental Reasons". That movie got an Academy Award. Her first speaking role was "Carrotblanca", a 1995 animated short movie.
Converse is an American lifestyle brand known for sneakers, skating shoes, footwear, apparel, and accessories. The company was founded by Marquis Mills Converse, and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The corporation is owned by Nike Inc. References. Converse Oficial Global And Converse Latam (Latino American)
Stephen Anthony Smith (born October 14, 1967) is an American sports television personality, radio host and journalist. He works for ESPN. He is a commentator on ESPN's "First Take". He is also an analyst for EPSN's "SportsCenter" and "NBA Countdown". Smith was born in the Bronx, New York City. He grew up in Hollis, Queens. His parents were from Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.
The steppe polecat ("Mustela eversmanii"), is a type of mustelid. It is also called the white or masked polecat. It is native to Central Europe, Eastern Europe and Central Asia. It is a Least Concern species. It is generally light yellowish, with dark limbs and a dark mask across the face. Description. Males are 320–562 mm in length. Females are 290–520 mm. Males may weigh up to 2,050 grams. For may weigh up to 1,350 grams. The winter fur is soft and tall, with short, dense underfur and long, sparse guard hairs. The summer coat is shorter and coarser than the winter fur, and is not as dense and close-fitting, with a more strongly developed ochreous or reddish tone. The ears are completely white, while the throat is yellowish-white or almost white. Sometimes, the head is entirely white. The lower part of the neck is dark blackish-brown or brown, while the chest and front legs are black or blackish-brown. The abdomen is light, yellowish-straw in colour. Behavior. During warm seasons, especially in places with lots of ground squirrels. Old steppe polecats do not change territories until there are no prey in it's territory. Generally, the steppe polecat only lives one home range for a few days or up to a few months. In winter, the steppe polecat is more active, and will move 12–18 km a day. During heavy snowfall, the steppe polecat migrates to much better places, such as along the slopes of steppe ravines, near settlements and winter encampments. The species does not usually dig its own burrow. Instead it uses those of marmots, ground squirrels, hamsters, moles, voles, jerboas and others, after making the burrow a little bit wider. Reproduction. The mating season is different in different regions. Usually, the steppe polecat mates once a year. The gestation period lasts from 36–43 days. The steppe pole
The Polynesian languages are a group of languages spoken in Oceania. They all belong in the Malayo-Polynesian branch of the Austronesian languages. They are mostly spoken in Polynesia, but some are spoken in nearby Melanesia and Micronesia. There are around 30-40 Polynesian languages, with Samoan having the most speakers. Other well-known Polynesian languages include Māori, Tongan, Hawaiian and Tahitian. History. The Polynesian languages formed when Austronesians in New Caledonia (the Lapita culture) started moving to other parts of Oceania. Navigation of Oceania continued until 1300AD, with the discovery of New Zealand (Aotearoa) by the Māori people. Today, there are over 2 million Polynesians, although speakers of Polynesian languages number far less due to historical reasons such as disease and colonialism. Sound changes. Throughout the Polynesian languages, many sound changes occur. They mainly exist in consonants. For example, Samoan "f" corresponds to Hawaiian "h". Hawaiian hale" - Samoan fale" (house) Hawaiian "aloha" - Samoan "talofa" (hello)
Donald Trump (born June 14, 1946) is the 45th president of the United States, as well as an American businessman and television personality. Donald Trump may also refer to:
GirlsDoPorn was an American pornographic website active between 2009 and 2020. It was based in San Diego, California. It shut down because six people from the site were charged with sex trafficking, fraud, and coercion in November 2019. Two more people were charged with preventing police from stopping sex trafficking in December 2019.&lt;ref name="CourthouseNews12/17/19"&gt;&lt;/ref&gt; The website shut down in January 2020. The United States Department of Justice said that the website and its sister website, GirlsDoToys, had earned over $17 million.
Hector the Bulldog is an animated cartoon character in Warner Bros. "Looney Tunes" and "Merrie Melodies" series of cartoons. Hector is a muscular bulldog and walks pigeon-toed. He often wears a black collar with silver studs. Hector first appeared in "Peck up Your Troubles" (1945). In this movie, he stops Sylvester the Cat from getting a woodpecker. In "A Hare Grows in Manhattan", he leads a street gang of dogs. However, his usual role is protecting Tweety Bird from Sylvester and other danger. Granny is the owner of Hector. Hector is a beige and brown dog. When Granny is away or not protecting Tweety Bird from Sylvester the Cat, Hector will step in and protect Tweety. The bulldog will often risk his own life to help Tweety Bird.
Norman Spencer (February 23, 1958 – August 31, 2020) was a Canadian actor and voice actor best known for his portrayal of the Marvel Comics character Cyclops in "X-Men: The Animated Series" and the "Marvel vs. Capcom" video games. Death. He died on August 31, 2020 at the age of 62.
Bukit Kutu or Treacher Hill is a ghost town located on a mountain in Selangor, Malaysia. It is a town no one lived anymore. It was classified as secondary hill station by Aiken due to no growth happening in the town. The place name Treacher Hill comes from the former British Resident of Selangor, William Hood Treacher, while the other name Bukit Kutu comes from Orang Asli people who say that the road is too long until say "Kutu". "Kutu" in Malay language means flea and "Bukit" means hill, hence it is called as "flea hill". The town was opened in 1893 and this town only has two bungalows. It was damaged by the Japanese army with a bomb during World War II. After that, no one lived in this town anymore. The Chimney is the only thing that still standing in this town. The chimney used to be a bungalow belonging by Tom Sargent, construction engineer for Federated Malay States Railway. The town has now very popular for hikers to walk in the route.
Filiz Aker (20 August 1963 - 27 August 2017) was a Turkish movie actress. Aker died on 27 August 2017, aged 54. Three day later, she was buried at Tuzla Cemetery in Istanbul.
Robert John Sunell (5 June 1929 – 8 August 2020) was a major general in the United States Army. He was Program Manager of Tank Systems for the United States Army Tank-Automotive Command. Sunell was born in Astoria, Oregon. He served on the U.S. Army between 1953 to 1988. Sunell died on 8 August 2020 at the age of 91.
Robert Lee Williams II (February 20, 1930 – August 12, 2020) was an American professor emeritus of psychology and African and Afro-American studies at the Washington University in St. Louis. He was born in Little Rock, Arkansas. He was a well known person in the history of African-American Psychology. He was well known as a critic of racial and cultural biases in IQ testing. He created the Black Intelligence Test of Cultural Homogeneity. He was a founding member of the Association of Black Psychologists, and served as its second president. Williams died on August 12, 2020 in St. Louis, Missouri at the age of 90.
Ralph Ferguson, (September 13, 1929August 30, 2020) was a Canadian farmer and politician. He was born in Ontario. He was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1980 federal election as the Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) for Lambton--Middlesex. He lost his MP re-election in 1984 and was re-elected in 1988 and retired in 1993. During the John Turner cabinet, he was Minister of Agriculture. Ferguson died on August 30, 2020, at age 90.
Angel Faus Belau (9 February 1936 – 30 August 2020) was a Spanish journalist and educator. He was born in Villarreal, Province of Castellón. He was a communications professor at the University of Navarra. He was a well known expert of European radio communication. He was a member of the Academia Española de la Radio. Faus Belau died on 30 August 2020 in Castellón de la Plana at the age of 84.
Jacques Galipeau (22 September 1923 – 30 August 2020) was a Canadian actor and comedian. He was born in Montreal.  Galipeau was known for his roles in "Beau temps, mauvais temps" (1955), "Les Belles Histoires des pays d'en haut" (1969), "The Pyx" (1973), "La Petite Patrie" (1974), "Bingo" (1974), "Duplessis" (1977), "He Shoots, He Scores" (1991), "Black List" (1995), "Set Me Free" (1999) and "Chaos and Desire" (2002). Galipeau died on 30 August 2020, aged 96.
Nina Antonovna Bocharova (, September 24, 1924 – August 31, 2020) was a Soviet-Ukrainian gymnast. He won four medals at the 1952 Summer Olympics, two gold and silver. She was born in Suprunivka, Poltava Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union. Bocharova died on August 31, 2020 in Rome, aged 95.
Jerzy Szczakiel (28 January 1949 – 1 September 2020) was a Polish Speedway rider. He was one of three Polish nationals to win the Speedway World Championship. He won the championship in 1973. He was born in Grudzice, Poland. Szczakiel died on 1 September 2020 in Paris, aged 71.
Jack Danzey Jr. (14 February 1941 – 31 August 2020) was an Australian professional rugby league footballer, referee and administrator. He played in the NSWRFL Premiership for the Newtown, Balmain and Cronulla-Sutherland clubs during the 1960s. His career lasted from 1960 to 1968. He was born in Sydney. Danzey died on 31 August 2020 at the age of 79.
Vladislav Petrovich Krapivin (; 14 October 1938 – 1 September 2020) was a Russian children's books writer. He was born in Tyumen, then-Soviet Union. He began working for "Ural Pathfinder" newspapers. Many of his books were published by Sverdlovsk Publishing House. His best known books were "Meet My Brother" (1968) and "August: The Month of the Winds" (1975). Krapivin was hospitalized for pneumonia on 10 August 2020 in Yekaterinburg, Russia. He died on 1 September 2020, aged 81.
is a Japanese lawyer and politician. She has been a member of the Japanese House of Representatives, representing the 1st Fukui Prefecture since September 2005.  She was the 14th Japanese Minister of Defense from August 2016 to July 2017. She spent time as the Chairwoman of the Policy Research Council of the Liberal Democratic Party in her fourth term as a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet.