Claire Bretécher (; 17 April 1940 – 10 February 2020) was a French cartoonist. He was known for her works which focused on women and gender issues. Her creations included "Les Frustrés", and the unimpressed teenager "Agrippine". He was born in Nantes, France. She co-founded "L'Echo des savanes".
Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, she published successful collections, such as "The Destiny of Monique" (1982). In 2001, Bretécher's series "Agrippine" was made into a 26-episode TV series by Canal+.
Bretécher died on 10 February 2020 at the age of 79.
Dmitri Borgmann
Dmitri Borgmann was the man who created the sentence "Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo". He published the sentence in his book "Beyond Language". The sentence was later used by William J. Rapaport who was a professor in the University at Buffalo in Buffalo, New York. The sentence has had a recent resurgence on the internet.
Apatheism
Apatheism (; a portmanteau of "apathy" and "theism") is the attitude of apathy towards the existence or non-existence of God(s). It is more of an attitude rather than a belief, claim, or belief system.
An apatheist is someone who is not interested in accepting or rejecting any claims that gods exist or do not exist. The existence of God(s) is not rejected, but may be designated irrelevant.
Scientist and philosopher Ian von Hegner has argued that apatheism is an alternative to positions such as theism, atheism, and agnosticism, with implications that have been overlooked in modern philosophical discussions. Philosopher Trevor Hedberg has called apatheism "uncharted territory in the philosophy of religion."
Theological noncognitivism
Theological noncognitivism is the position that religious language – specifically, words such as "God" – and "Allah" – are not coherently defined. It is sometimes considered synonymous with ignosticism and igtheism.
One argument holds to the claim that definitions of "God" and "Allah" are irreducible, self-instituting relational, circular. For example, a sentence stating that "God is He who created everything, apart from Himself", is seen as circular rather than an irreducible truth.
George Coyne
George V. Coyne, S.J. (January 19, 1933 – February 11, 2020) was an American Jesuit priest and astronomer. He was Director of the Vatican Observatory from 1978 to 2006 and head of the observatory's research group which is based at the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona. He was McDevitt Chair of Religious Philosophy at Le Moyne College in Syracuse, New York from 2012 until his death.
Coyne was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He died on February 11, 2020 at a hospital in Syracuse of bladder cancer at the age of 87.
Wendell Rodricks
Wendell Rodricks (28 May 1960 – 12 February 2020) was an Indian fashion designer and author. He was born in Goa, India. He was also an activist for social causes, the environment, and gay rights. Rodricks was known for his eco-friendly fashion.
Rodricks began his career in fashion by designing for Garden Vareli, Lakmé Cosmetics and DeBeers. He launched his own label in 1989.
He made cameo appearances in the 2003 movie "Boom" and in the television play "True West" in 2002. He also played himself in the 2008 movie "Fashion".
In 2014, the Government of India awarded him its fourth-highest civilian award, the Padma Shri.
Rodricks died on 12 February 2020 at his home in Goa of cardiac arrest, aged 59.
Constance Baker Motley
Constance Baker Motley (September 14, 1921 – September 28, 2005) was a civil rights activist. She was also the first African-American woman to be appointed to the Federal judiciary of the United States, where she served as United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Bjelovar-Bilogora County
Bjelovar-Bilogora County (; ) is a county in central Croatia.
The town of Bjelovar was first mentioned in historical records in 1413. It became important when a fort was built in 1756 to defend against the Ottoman Empire, who often invaded Croatia.
A hill, Bilogora, is along the northern edge of the county. Thus the name comes from the two important features in the county, Bjelovar and Bilogora.
Other towns in the county are Daruvar, Garešnica, Čazma and Grubišno Polje.
The Bjelovar-Bilogora County borders on Koprivnica-Križevci County in the north, Virovitica-Podravina County in the northeast, Požega-Slavonia County in the southeast, Sisak-Moslavina County in the southwest and Zagreb County in the west.
Bjelovar-Bilogora County is divided into 5 towns and 18 municipalities.
As of the 2011 census, the county had 119,764 people in it. The population density is 45 people per km.
Most people are ethnic Croats. They are 84.8% of the population. Serbs are 6.3%, and Czechs are 5.2%.
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NGC 3603-B
NGC 3603-B (HD 97950B) is a Wolf-Rayet star located at the centre of the HD 97950 cluster in the NGC 3603 star-forming region. It is about 20,000 light years from Earth. It has the spectral type of WN6h and is among the most luminous and massive stars known. WN6 indicates that there are ionized nitrogen lines that are strong in comparison to the ionized carbon lines. NGC 3603 is 132 times the mass of the Sun. It has a luminousity of 2,900,000. Although the star is very young, 1.5 million years old, it has lost a considerable fraction of it's initial masses.
Second Sudanese Civil War
The Second Sudanese Civil War was a conflict from 1983 to 2005 between the central Sudanese government and the Sudan People's Liberation Army. It was largely a continuation of the First Sudanese Civil War of 1955 to 1972. Although it started in southern Sudan, the civil war spread to the Nuba mountains and the Blue Nile. It lasted for 22 years and is one of the longest civil wars on record. The war resulted in the independence of South Sudan six years after the war ended.
Roughly two million people died as a result of war. The conflict also caused famine and disease. Four million people in southern Sudan were displaced at least once during the war. The civilian death toll is one of the highest of any war since World War II and was marked by numerous human rights violations. These include slavery and mass killings.
Flappy Bird
Flappy Bird is a mobile game developed by Vietnamese video game artist and programmer Dong Nguyen (), under his game development company dotGears. The point of the game is for the titular bird to fly between columns of green pipes with the player controlling the bird making it fly higher.
The game also generated some criticism because of the similarities it had with popular videogame franchise "Mario", the one by which Flappy Bird was accused of plagiarism and lack of originality.
"Flappy Bird" was released on May 24, 2013.
Mehriban Aliyeva
Mehriban Arif qizi Aliyeva (née Pashaeva, ; born 26 August 1964) is an Azerbaijani physician, ophthalmologist and politician. She is the First Vice President since 2017 and First Lady of Azerbaijan since 2003.
She is also the head of Heydar Aliyev Foundation, the chairperson of Azerbaijani Culture Friends Foundation, the President of Azerbaijani Gymnastics Federation, and the goodwill ambassador of UNESCO and ISESCO.
In 1983, she married Ilham Aliyev. They have three children.
Nikitas Venizelos
Nikitas Venizelos (; July 1930 – 12 February 2020) was a Greek shipping businessman and politician. He ran the Venezelos SA shipping company. He was a member of the Hellenic Parliament from 1974 to 1981 and again from 1993 to 1996. He was Deputy Speaker from 1993 to 1996. He was born in Athens.
Venizelos died on 12 February 2020 in Athens at the age of 89.
Des Britten
Sir Desmond John Britten (1939 – 13 February 2020) was a New Zealand restaurateur, radio broadcaster, television chef, cookbook writer and Anglican priest. He was Wellington City Missioner for 17 years, and was knighted in 2012. He was born Otane in Hawke's Bay.