The ecosystem has "Cyperus papyrus", floating grasses, miombo woodland, and reeds that support a lot of crocodiles, fish, and water birds. Some mammals in the Bangweulu Wetlands are buffalo, zebra, elephants, hippopotamus, hyenas, jackals, lechwe, sable antelope, and sitatunga. Millions of straw-coloured fruit bats go to Bangweulu's Mushitu swamp forest, in Kasanka National Park. In 2016, African Parks partnered with Fondation Segré to help 600 animals, including hartebeest, impala, and puku, into the wetlands.
Bangweulu has been called a "Important Bird Area" by BirdLife International. The wetlands are home to more than 400 bird species, including cormorants, ducks, egrets, Geese, herons, ibises, pygmy goose, and waders. Other animals found in Bangweulu include the great white pelican, saddle-billed stork, spoonbill, and wattled crane.
Bangweulu holds several villages, and around 50,000–90,000 people depend on the wetlands, resulting in human–wildlife conflict. The ecosystem could be damaged by habitat burning for farming, overfishing, and poaching. 75 poachers were arrested in 2010, and 115 were arrested in 2011. The use of mosquito nets for fishing has lessened fish populations in Bangweulu and Zambia.
The Gods Must Be Crazy II
The Gods Must Be Crazy II is a 1989 South African Botswanan movie directed by Jamie Uys and is the sequel to the 1980 "The Gods Must Be Crazy". It stars N!xau reprising his role, Hans Strydom, Lena Farugia and was distributed by 20th Century Fox.
All-time Asian Winter Games medal table
The total medal count for all Asian Winter Games from 1986 Asian Winter Games in Sapporo, Japan to 2017 Asian Winter Games in Sapporo, Japan is tabulated below.
Black Soft-shell Turtle
The black soft-shell turtle or Bostami turtle ("Nilssonia nigricans") is a species of freshwater turtle found in India (Assam) and Bangladesh (Chittagong and Sylhet). It was long believed to be inbred individuals of the Indian softshell turtle ("A. gangeticus" or "N. gangeticus") or the Indian peacock softshell turtle ("A. hurum" or "N. hurum"), but later found to be a distinct species.In the 1800s it was believed these turtles were brought from Iran to Chittagong shrine pond by Hazrat Bayezid Bostami. His turtles he had brought to this pond were treated as sacred and respected by the public. Previously declared extinct by the International Union for Conservation of Nature in 2002, these turtles were found to still exist in a temple’s pond called the Hayagriva Madhava Temple located in Assam, India. Through conservation methods and protection of the species, some of these turtles can be found today throughout the wild, and scientists and environmental biologists are continuing to work hard to preserve this endangered species and their natural habitat.
Asian Winter Games
The Asian Winter Games (AWG) is an international multi-sport event held every four years for members of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) which features winter events.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939 movie)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a 1939 American mystery movie directed by Alfred L. Werker and is the second movie of the fourteen movies in the series. It stars Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Ida Lupino, George Zucco, Alan Marshall, Terry Kilburn, Arthur Hohl and was distributed by 20th Century Fox.
2015 Formula One World Championship
In the 2015 Formula One season, Lewis Hamilton won the championship with Mercedes.
Thailand at the Asian Games
Thailand has competed at every celebration of the Asian Games, including hosting the Games in 1966, 1970, 1978 and 1998. Thai athletes have won a total of 109 gold medals (7th out of 37) and 463 overall medals (5th out of 43) at the Asian Games.
At Gunpoint
At Gunpoint is a 1955 American western movie directed by Alfred L. Werker and starring Fred MacMurray, Dorothy Malone, Walter Brennan, Skip Homeier, Tommy Rettig, John Qualen. It was distributed by Allied Artists Pictures.
All-time Asian Para Games medal table
Below is the all time medal table for Summer Asian Para Games from 2010 to 2018. This does not include the medals won at the other events hosted by the Asian Paralympic Committee.
The Rains Came
The Rains Came is a 1939 American romantic adventure drama movie directed by Clarence Brown and is based on the novel of the same name by Louis Bromfield. It stars Myrna Low, Tyrone Power, Nigel Bruce, George Brent, Brenda Joyce, Mary Nash, Jane Darwell and was distributed by 20th Century Fox. It was nominated for 6 Oscars and won Academy Award in 1940 and was remade in 1955 under the title "The Rains of Ranchipur".
The Great Redeemer
The Great Redeemer is a 1920 American western drama movie directed by Clarence Brown and Maurice Tourneur and stars House Peters, Marjorie Daw, Jack McDonald, Joseph Singleton. It was distributed by Metro Pictures.
Asian Para Games
The Asian Para Games is a multi-sport event regulated by the Asian Paralympic Committee that held every four years after every Asian Games for athletes with physical disabilities.
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1932 movie)
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm is a 1932 American children's drama movie directed by Alfred Santell and is the second adaption of the 1903 novel and 1910 play of the same name. It stars Marian Nixon, Ralph Bellamy, Mae Marsh, Louise Closser Hale, Sarah Padden, Alphonse Ethier and distributed by 20th Century Fox.
Lillian Russell (movie)
Lillian Russell is a 1940 American biographical musical drama movie directed by Irving Cummings and starring Alice Faye, Henry Fonda, Don Ameche, Edward Arnold, Warren William, Leo Carrillo, Nigel Bruce, Irving Bacon, Lew Fields, Helen Westley, Ernest Truex. It was distributed by 20th Century Fox and was nominated for an Academy Award in 1941.
Lluís Juste de Nin
Lluís Juste de Nin (1945 – 21 May 2020) was a Spanish illustrator, cartoonist and fashion designer.
He was creative director for the Spanish fashion label Armand Basi. His work was first published in the 1960s. His political cartoons were used to criticize Francisco Franco. He signed his works as "El Zurdo". For many years, he was engaged in creating illustrations for articles by Manuel Vázquez Montalbán in "Mundo Obrero".
Juste de Nin died on 21 May 2020 in Barcelona of cancer at the age of 75.
Surapong Tovichakchaikul
Surapong Tovichakchaikul (May 1, 1953 – May 20, 2020) was a Thai politician. He was Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand from 2011 to 2014. He was born in Chiang Mai Province, Thailand. He was a member of the Pheu Thai Party.
Surapong died on 20 May 2020 of liver cancer at a hospital in Bangkok, aged 67.
Head of the Virgin (Pittoni)
Head of the Virgin (also known as La Tête de Vierge or La Testa della Vergine) is a 18th-century portrait painted in oil by Giambattista Pittoni, made around 1730, during the Rococo in Venice, Italy,
exhibited at the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg. Many people Think Head of the Virgin's eyes glance is mysterious, as at the time it was not portrayed with a low gaze.
The remote pictorial touch, the delicate palette, are typical Pittoni characteristics. The work is the detail of the great painting that can be found in the National Gallery in London titled «The Nativity with God the Father and the Holy Spirit». The painting could be a cover created for sale by Pittoni or a preparatory sketch ("The Croquis") for the altarpiece as for the similar work from Berlin.
The closed eyes that look down, for the time, a unique and rare representation of the Madonna, which is also repeated in the Pittoni The Nativity with God the Father and the Holy Ghost of the London National Gallery museum.