Ferenc Koncz (2 October 1959 – 10 July 2020) was a Hungarian teacher and politician. He was a member of the National Assembly (MP) for Szerencs (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County Constituency XI) from 2010 to 2014 and for Tiszaújváros (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County Constituency VI) from 2018 until his death.
He was also a Member of Parliament from the Fidesz Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County between 1998 and 2002, and from the party's National List from 2004 to 2006. He was Mayor of Szerencs from 2010 to 2018. He was a member of Fidesz.
Koncz was killed in a car crash on 10 July 2020 in Bekecs, Hungary at the age of 60.
Mike Ryan (catcher)
Michael James Ryan (November 25, 1941 – July 10, 2020) was an American baseball player and coach. He was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts. He played for Major League Baseball between 1964 to 1974. He played for the Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Phillies and the Pittsburgh Pirates. He coached the Phillies between 1980 to 1995.
Ryan died on July 10, 2020 in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire at the age of 78.
Languages of Australia
Australia has no official language, but the national language of Australia is English. There are also many languages spoken by Indigenous Australians and by different ethnic groups.
The English language was spoken by the British colonists who came to Australia in the 18 and the 19 centuries. It was used in the colonies they started. Most people who live in Australia today speak English. In 2016, 72.7 percent of people living in Australia only spoke English at home. A dialect of English is spoken in Australia, called Australian English.
Indigenous Australians have been living in Australia for at least 50,000 years. There are around 290 to 363 Indigenous languages. They are from around 28 language families and language isolates. Many of these languages are not spoken any more or by many people because of the use of English. The largest language family is the Pama-Nyungan family, which has 248 languages.
Three Indigenous languages are spoken in the Torres Strait Islands. These languages are Kalaw Lagaw Ya, Meriam Mir and Yumplatok, a creole of Pacific English. Yumplatok is spoken on the islands more than the other languages.
Many different languages are spoken by communities of migrants in Australia. In 2016, 22.2 percent of people living in Australia spoke a language other than English at home. In the same year, these were the languages which were spoken at home by the most people:
Bakerganj Upazila
Bakerganj is an upazila in the Barisal district of Bangladesh.
According to the 2011 census, the total population of Bakerganj upazila is 3,13,845. Of these, 1,48,925 are males and 1,64,920 are females. The total number of families is 71,536
Upazila
Upazila is a unit in the administrative system of Bangladesh. An upazila is made up of a few villages or unions and a district is made up of a few upazilas. There are 492 upazilas in 64 districts under 8 divisions in Bangladesh.
The word upazila is a combination of Sanskrit and Arabic. The sub is a Sanskrit prefix and the word zila is derived from the Arabic word dila.
AlphaGo
AlphaGo is a computer program that plays the board game Go. It was made by DeepMind Technologies (Google affiliate). This program became famous due to the victories against professional players.
Many new technologies were used to create AlphaGo, including deep learning, optimization, and the Monte Carlo algorithm.
After the release of AlphaGo, DeepMind Technologies has made powered versions such as the AlphaGo Zero and the AlphaZero: AlphaZero is a self-taught program. This means that it became powerful without human guidance.
The following table is the summary of AlphaGo achievements (including its variants).
After the appearance of AlphaGo, several research groups have created computer Go programs with similar technical viewpoints.
This was made by Facebook. The source codes are available on GitHub.
This was made in Japan. Nihon Ki-in was also involved in its research and development.
Santur
Santur () is an Iranian traditional musical instrument. It can also be referred to as santoor or santour. It is usually based on 18 Bridge () on the left and right side (9 in left and 9 on the right).
Santoor has 4 strings in each bridge. It is commonly played with two wooden stick named () which has strings usually either white and yellow.
The three different parts provide different tones where the yellow strings which is often the first position, while the white strings being in the second position and the bridge, and lastly the yellow strings behind the bridge.
The santur was invented and developed in the area of Iran and Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq). From there, the instrument was traded and traveled to different parts of the Middle East.
Each country customized and designed its own versions to adapt to their musical scales and tunings. The original santur was made with tree bark and stones, and strung with goat intestines.
The Mesopotamian santur has been claimed to be the father of the harp, the Chinese yangqin, the harpsichord, the qanun, the cimbalom, and the American and European hammered dulcimers
CTAN
CTAN (Comprehensive TeX Archive Network) is an online collection of open source LaTeX-related files and software (including Beamer). In other words, this network is a LaTeX-only GitHub.
CTAN is based in the United States, United Kingdom and Germany. They also have several mirror sites (certified clones). Mirror sites are needed in order to avoid access concentration. This effort helps the users to download files without fatal delay.
CPAN (Comprehensive Perl Archive Network) is the Perl version of CTAN. In the field of statistics, CRAN (Comprehensive R Archive Network) is frequently used.
59th Street–Columbus Circle station
59th Street - Columbus Circle is a station on the IND Eighth Avenue Line and BMT Broadway - Seventh Avenue Line in the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 57th Street, 58th Street, 59th Street and 8th Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, It is served by the A, C, and 1 trains.
After this station on the Eighth Avenue Line, the next stations will be 72nd Street and 50th Street.
After this on the Seventh Avenue Line, the next stations will be 50th Street and 66th Street - Lincoln Center.
This station is for A, C , B ,D and 1 trains.
Fifth Avenue–59th Street station
5th Avenue is a station on the BMT Broadway Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 5th Avenue and 60th Street in Manhattan, it is served by the N, R and W trains.
This station is for N, R and W trains.
Behind the station is Central Park.
After this station, the next stations will be 57th Street 7th Avenue and Lexington Avenue 59th Street.
49th Street station (BMT Broadway Line)
49th Street is a station on the BMT Broadway Line of the New York City Subway. Located t the intersection of 49th Street and 7th Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. It is served by the N, Q, R and W trains.
Behind the station is Times Square.
This station is for N, Q, R and W trains.
After this station on the Broadway Line, the next stations will be 57th Street Seventh Avenue and Times Square 42nd Street.
Indonesian big-eyed tree frog
The Indonesian big-eyed tree frog ("Nyctimystes fluviatilis") is frog from southeastern Papua New Guinea. It was first found by western scientists when they were camping by the Idenburg River. The scientists who saw it were camping 50 meters above sea level. Later, it was also found by the Wapoga River in West Sepik Province.
The frog is about 5.0 cm long. Its front feet are about half webbed and its hind feet have more webbing. When dead and preserved, this frog is light brown with darker spots and some dark stripes on its legs.
Grant's big-eyed tree frog
The Grant's big-eyed tree frog ("Nyctimystes granti") is a large tree frog from Papua New Guinea. Scientists found this frog on the Utakwa River and Fly River catchment, about 1000 meters above sea level.