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Pullman, one of Chicago's 77 defined community areas. It is a neighborhood located on the city's South Side. Twelve miles from the Chicago Loop. It is named after Chicago industrialist George Pullman.
Since the late 20th century, the Pullman neighborhood has been gentrifying. Many residents are involved in the restoration of their own homes, and projects throughout the district as a whole. Walking tours of Pullman are available.
Pullman has many historic and architecturally significant buildings; among these are the Hotel Florence; the Arcade Building, which was destroyed in the 1920s. The area is home to churches in Chicago built in Polish Cathedral style, the former church of St. Salomea. It is now used by Salem Baptist Church of Chicago.
In a contest sponsored by the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, Pullman was one of seven sites nominated for the Illinois Seven Wonders.
South Deering, Chicago
South Deering, located on Chicago's far South Side, is the largest of the 77 official community areas of that city. It is part of the 10th Ward, once under the control of former Richard J. Daley ally Alderman Edward Vrdolyak.
It is an industrial neighborhood, a small group of homes exists in the northeast corner and Lake Calumet takes up a large portion of the area. 80% of the community is zoned as industrial, natural wetlands, or parks. The remaining 20% is zoned for residential and small-scale commercial uses.
Louis Rosen documented the racial transition of this and nearby communities in his 1998 book "The South Side: The Racial Transformation of an American Neighborhood".
West Pullman, Chicago
West Pullman is a neighborhood located on the far south side of the Chicago, Illinois. It is one of the 77 official community areas of Chicago. West Pullman is not a part of the historic Pullman company town.
It is bounded on the north by 115th Street, on the east by the former Illinois Central Railroad, on the south by the Calumet River and Riverdale, on the west by Calumet Park, Blue Island and Ashland Avenue.
At the local level, West Pullman is located in Chicago's 9th and 34th wards represented by Democrats Anthony Beale and Carrie Austin respectively.
Riverdale, Chicago
Riverdale is one of the 77 official community areas of Chicago, Illinois and is located on the city's far southeast side.
As originally designated by the Social Science Research Committee at the University of Chicago and officially adopted by the City of Chicago, the Riverdale community area extends from 115th Street south to the city boundary at 138th Street.
In 1880, George Pullman began constructing his model city just north of 115th Street.
Currently, the area has the highest "hardship index" of any Chicago community area.
Hegewisch, Chicago
Hegewisch (pronounced "heg-wish" by the locals) is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago, Illinois, located on the city's far south side.
It is bordered by the neighborhoods of Riverdale and South Deering to the west, the East Side to the north, the village of Burnham to the south and the city of Hammond, Indiana to the east.
The community area is named for Adolph Hegewisch, the president of U.S. Rolling Stock Company who hoped to establish “an ideal workingman's community” when he laid out the town along a rail line in 1883, six years before Chicago annexed the town.
There are approximately 2,550 jobs in the Hegewisch community area.
Under the most recent version of Red Ahead, the Red Line extension plan would reach to Hegewisch.
The Chicago Tylenol murders were a series of poisoning deaths resulting from drug tampering in the Chicago metropolitan area in 1982. The victims had all taken Tylenol-branded acetaminophen capsules that had been laced with potassium cyanide. A total of seven people died in the original poisonings, with several more deaths in subsequent copycat crimes.
These incidents led to reforms in the packaging of over-the-counter medications and to federal anti-tampering laws. The actions of Johnson & Johnson to reduce deaths and warn the public of poisoning risks have been widely praised as an exemplary public relations response to such a crisis.
No suspect was ever charged or convicted of the poisonings. New York City resident James William Lewis, who was considered the prime suspect, was convicted only of extortion for sending a letter to Johnson & Johnson that took credit for the deaths and demanded $1 million to stop them.
Horace Ashenfelter
Horace Ashenfelter III (January 23, 1923 – January 6, 2018) was an American athlete. He competed in international athletics from 1947 to 1956. He was born in Collegeville, Pennsylvania.
Ashenfelter was the surprise winner of the steeplechase at the 1952 Summer Olympics at Helsinki with a devastating surge following the final water jump. He was inducted into the National Track and Field Hall of Fame in 1975.
Ashenfelter died in West Orange, New Jersey on January 6, 2018 at the age of 94.
Shoichiro Toyoda
Toyoda served as chairman of Toyota Motor Corporation between 1992 to 1999 and also serving as chairman of the powerful , beginning in May 1994 through May 1998.
Isabelle Geneviève Marie Anne "France" Gall (9 October 1947 – 7 January 2018) was a French singer. She was born in Paris.
Gall was known for her songs "Laisse tomber les filles", "Poupée de cire, poupée de son", and "Ella, elle l'a". She was a Eurovision Song Contest winner for the 1965 contest. Gall was married to Michel Berger, until his death.
Gall died of an infection complicated from cancer of unknown primary origin at a Paris hospital in Neuilly-sur-Seine on 7 January 2018 at the age of 70.
Gerhard Weinberg
Gerhard Ludwig Weinberg (born 1 January 1928) is a German-born American diplomatic and military historian. He is known for his studies in the history of World War II. He was born in Hanover, Germany. He is known for his book "".
Weinberg currently is the William Rand Kenan, Jr. Professor Emeritus of History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has been a member of the history faculty at UNC-Chapel Hill since 1974. Previously he served on the faculties of the University of Michigan (1959–1974) and the University of Kentucky (1957–1959).
Tony Britton
Anthony Edward Lowry "Tony" Britton (9 June 1924 – 22 December 2019) was an English actor. He was known for his role as Inspector Thomas in the 1973 movie "The Day of the Jackal".
Britton died on 22 December 2019 at the age of 95.
Anatoly Filipchenko
Anatoly Vasilyevich Filipchenko (; born February 26, 1928) was a Soviet cosmonaut of Ukrainian descent. He flew on the Soyuz 7 and Soyuz 16 missions. He was born in Davydovka, Voronezh Oblast, RSFSR.
After leaving the space programme in 1982 Filipchenko became the Deputy Director of the OKB in Kharkiv.
He was awarded: Hero of the Soviet Union, Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR, Order of Lenin, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration", State Prize of the USSR, Order of the Banner of the Bulgarian People's Republic, Medal "For the Strengthening Military Cooperation" (Czechoslovakia) and Medal "Brotherhood in Arms" (GDR).
Daniel Ellsberg
Daniel Ellsberg (born April 7, 1931) is an American activist and former United States military analyst who was known for releasing the classified Pentagon Papers to "The Washington Post".
While employed by the RAND Corporation, precipitated a national political controversy in 1971 when he released the Pentagon Papers, a top-secret Pentagon study of U.S. government decision-making in relation to the Vietnam War, to "The New York Times" and other newspapers.
Ellsberg was charged under the Espionage Act of 1917 along with other charges of theft and conspiracy, carrying a total maximum sentence of 115 years. Due to governmental misconduct and illegal evidence gathering, and the defense by Leonard Boudin and Harvard Law School professor Charles Nesson, Judge William Matthew Byrne Jr. dismissed all charges against Ellsberg on May 11, 1973.
Peter Sutherland
Peter Denis Sutherland (25 April 1946 – 7 January 2018) was an Irish international businessman and former Attorney General of Ireland, associated with the Fine Gael party. He served as Attorney General from 1981 through 1982 and again from 1982 to 1984.
Sutherland was also European Commissioner responsible for Competition Policy (1985–89); Founding Director-General of The World Trade Organisation and former Chairman of Goldman Sachs International (1995–2015).
Sutherland died from an illness on 7 January 2018 in Dublin at the age of 71.
Florissant, Missouri
Florissant is a city in eastern Missouri. It is not far from St. Louis. Florissant is in northern St. Louis County. As of the 2010 census, over 52,000 people were living in the city.
Florissant was founded in 1785.
Ray Thomas
Raymond "Ray" Thomas (29 December 1941 – 4 January 2018) was an English musician. He was best known as a flautist, singer and composer in the rock band, The Moody Blues.
Some of his compositions are; "Another Morning" and "Twilight Time" (from "Days of Future Passed"), "Dr. Livingstone, I Presume" and "Legend of a Mind" (from "In Search of the Lost Chord"), "Dear Diary" and "Lazy Day" (from "On the Threshold of a Dream"), "Eternity Road", and "Floating" (from "To Our Children's Children's Children"), "And the Tide Rushes In" (from "A Question of Balance"), "Our Guessing Game" and "Nice to Be Here" (from "Every Good Boy Deserves Favour"), "For My Lady" (from "Seventh Sojourn"), and the medley "Painted Smile/Reflective Smile/Veteran Cosmic Rocker" (from "Long Distance Voyager").
Thomas died on 4 January 2018 of prostate cancer in Surrey at the age of 76.
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Craig Shoemaker
Craig Shoemaker (born November 15, 1958) is an American comedian, writer, and voice actor. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
He is best known for his baritone-voiced character, "The Lovemaster", which he routinely portrays in his comedy act. In 1997, he was named Funniest Male Stand-Up Comic at the American Comedy Awards.
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Mohammad Manzarpour
Mohammad Manzarpour (Born 8 March 1972, Tehran) () is an Iranian journalist, presenter and producer.He also is Former Exacutive Editor of VOA Persian
He started his career as a social reporter for Peyk-e Azadi student weekly publication, in 1996.In 1998, Manzarpour joined the English daily, Tehran Times and was soon promoted to the Economic editor of this newspaper.
In 2002, Manzarpour Joined BBC Persian Radio as a producer. He was promoted to Senior producer in 2007 and joined BBC Persian Television in 2008 as their Middle East Correspondent.
Woodlands MRT station
Woodlands MRT station (NS9/TE2) is an above-ground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the North South Line and Thomson-East Coast Line in Woodlands, Singapore. It is located next to the Woodlands Temporary Bus Interchange and Causeway Point.
In 1990, the government of Singapore said that the North South Line will be extended to connect the already-opened Choa Chu Kang and Yishun stations. The station opened on 10 February 1996 as part of this extension. The section on the Thomson–East Coast Line opened on 31 January 2020, as part of Stage 1 of the line.
Bicycle path
A bicycle path is a way marked for people on bicycles to use.
Many bicycle path networks can be found in countries such as Denmark or Netherlands, which has had a national system of cycle routes since 1993. These networks may use routes dedicated exclusively to cycle traffic or minor rural roads whose use is otherwise restricted to local motor traffic and agricultural machinery. A safe way to go on a bicycle is when you have a bicycle path. These are made in places where bicycle safety is given consideration, so you do not have to cycle in busy traffic on dangerous roads
The Dutch word "Fietspad" means Bicycle Path in English. In the Netherlands you can go on the bicycle path to the shops, housing, stations, schools, and workplaces.
The more sensible approach is based on efforts to increase Utility cycling. In countries like Denmark, the Netherlands and Germany the high levels of utility cycling also includes shopping trips e.g. 9% of all shopping trips in Germany are by bicycle.
Utility cycling
Utility cycling encompasses any cycling done simply as a means of transport rather than as a sport or leisure activity. It is the original and most common type of cycling in the world.
Utility or "transport" cycling generally involves travelling short and medium distances (several kilometres, not uncommonly 3–15 kilometers one way, or somewhat longer), often in an urban environment. It includes commuting for example going to work, school or university, going shopping and running errands, as well as heading out to see friends and family or for other social activities.
Zevenaar, Liemers: "Zênder" or " Zêvender", is a municipality and village in the region of the Liemers, Province of Gelderland, the Netherlands.
The municipality had about 32,000 people in 2017.<br>
The village had about 24,000 people in 2012.
Zevenaar received city rights in 1487.
The municipality borders Germany, and the Rhine River enters the Netherlands near the hamlet of Spijk.
Since 2018, Rijnwaarden became a part of the municipality of Zevenaar.
Turkmen people
Turkmens are one of the main Turkic ethnic group in Central Asia, mainly in Turkmenistan, ethnic minorities in Afghanistan and Iran. They speak Turkmen language of the Turkic languages family.
Pamiri people
Pamiris are a Persian-speaking ethnic group, which is the majority of Badakhshan region and the Xinjiang in western China.
Badakhshan
Badakhshan is a part of the northeast of Afghanistan and the southeast of Tajikistan.
The majority of the people in this area are the Pamiris and Tajiks.
Nuristani people
Nuristanis are an ethnic group living in the Hindu Kush areas mainly in Nuristan Province in eastern Afghanistan, whose languages are from the Indo-Iranian branch known as Nuristani languages.
Greg Herman
Gregory Chandler Herman (born May 28, 1977 in Bloomington Indiana) is an American screenwriter, director, producer, editor motion designer and musician, who comes from a history of design and art direction in the TV and commercial branding world. Prior to writing and directing movies and re-branding numerous national television campaigns Herman was a founding member of Metal Blade Records mathcore band; PsyOpus.
Herman's motion design career includes many national television campaigns and rebrands including work from NBC, ABC, FOX Sports, and NFL Network. In 2014 Greg worked as VFX editor and motion designer on Marvel's Captain America : The Winter Solder. In 2015, Herman was one of the select motion design professionals showcased and interviewed in the Focal Press book "Design for Motion: Fundamentals and Techniques of Motion Design" written by Austin Shaw. As a writer and director of narrative content, Greg has produced, written, directed, designed and edited several short movies, most notably the award winning Last Hit, and The Straight and Narrow Greg's debut feature movie was produced in 2017 by his own production company, AGN&S Wolf, from a script he wrote, and directed. The movie is titled Little Lamb and comes out in 2018.
Herman was the original drummer and one of the founding members of PsyOpus, who signed with Black Market Activities in 2002 based off the demo titled 3003. PsyOpus's debut full length album, Ideas of Reference, came out in 2003 on Black Market Activities initially but was re-released on Metal Blade Records in 2004, securing them international distribution. Herman toured with Psyopus in support of Ideas of Reference until the end of 2004, when he left the band to pursue a career in movies and design.
The Kyrgyz people are a Turkic ethnic people living in Central Asia and China. Kyrgyzstan is their home country. Most of them are Sunni Muslims.
It comes from the Turkic word "kyrk" which means "forty". "Kyrgyz" means "a collection of forty tribes".
It also means "imperishable", "inextinguishable" and "immortal".
The hero Manas unified 40 tribes against the Khitans. The History of Yuan (written 1370) says there were 40 women born on a steppe.
Their name is also spelt Kirgiz (in China). In Kyrgyz, it is Кыргыз / قىرعىز.
They come from Southern Siberia since at least 201 BC. They descend from the Yenisei Kyrgyz. The Yenisei Kyrgyz lived in the upper Yenisey River valley, central Siberia. The earliest Kyrgyz were also related to the Sakas (Scythians), Wusun, Dingling, Mongols and Xiongnu.
They first appear in Sima Qian's "Records of the Grand Historian" (109 - 91 BC, Han dynasty, China). They were called "Gekun" (, ) or "Jiankun" ().
During the 2nd century the Yenisei Kyrgyz were part of the Xiongnu (Huns), Tiele, Rouran, and Xianbei. Later between the 5 - 10 c, the Yenisei Kyrgyz were part of the Göktürk and Uyghur Khaganates.
In 840, the Kyrgyz allied with the Tang dynasty to defeat the Uyghur Khaganate (Mongolia). The Kyrgyz qaghan (king) killed the Uyghur qaghan and rescued Princess Taihe. They moved to Jeti-su and spread south to the Tian Shan mountains and Xinjiang. The Kyrgyz then lived peacefully around Central Asia and Xinjiang, as vassals to the Tang.
The "Tanghuiyao" (8–10 c) called them "Tsze-gu" (Kirgut) and "Xiajiasi". According to Tang records Xiajia could mean "yellow head and red face". That's what the Uyghurs called the Kyrgyz. Their tamga (tribe symbol) is identical to the modern day Kyrgyz tamga.
In the 10 - 12 c, the Kara-Khanid and then Western Liao invaded the area. In the 13th century the Mongol Empire unified everybody. Genghis Khan's first son Jochi occupied Kyrgyzstan.
They were part of the Chagatai Khanate and ruled by other Turkic people. In 1685 the Oirat (Dzungar, Mongolic) ruled them.
Russia then took over, Modern Kyrgyzstan declared independence in 1991.
By the 16th century they lived in Siberia, Xinjiang, Tian Shan, Pamir-Alay, Middle Asia, Urals, Kazakhstan, etc. In China, the term Kyrgyz also refers to the oldest Turkic tribes that lived there (the Tiele and Yeniseian Kyrgyz).
Genetic shows that Kyrgyz have mostly East Eurasian. In Tajikstan, East Eurasian ancestry is one half to two-thirds.
During the Tang Dynasty, they were described with "red hair and green eyes", while those with dark hair and dark eyes descended from the Chinese.
The Kyrgyz were fair-skinned, green- or blue-eyed and red-haired people with East Asian features.
Nowadays Kyrgyz are mostly Muslims of the Hanafi Sunni school.
But they were originally shamanist. Arab traders travelled along the Silk Road and arrived by the 8th century. But the Kyrgyz were not immediately converted. The Persian text "Hudud al-'alam", said that the Kyrgyz "venerate the Fire and burn the dead".
Islam spread during the Mongol empire and following Chagatai Khanate.
By the 18th century the Kyrgyz were converted by the Khanate of Kokand (a vassal of the Qing dynasty).
Some Kyrgyz-Chinese practice Tibetan Buddhism.
The Kyrgyz-Chinese are one of the 56 ethnic groups of China. There are more than 145,000 Kyrgyz livinng in China. They are known as "Kē'ěrkèzī zú" (). They live mainly in Xinjiang.
In the 19th century, the Russians conquered Kyrgyz land and drove many to China. The Kyrgyz had a better life in China than in Russia. The Russians fought against the Muslim nomadic Kyrgyz. But because there were so many Chinese-Kyrgyz, the Russians stopped because they did not want to fight against the Chinese. The Muslim Kyrgyz were sure that in any upcoming conflict, China would defeat Russia.
Some are called the "Fuyu Kyrgyz". They are Yenisei Kirghiz (Khakas people) people. In the 17th c, the Dzungar khanate moved them from the Yenisei river to Dzungaria. In the 18th c, the Qing dynasty then defeated Dzungaria and moved them to Manchuria. They now live in Wujiazi Village, Fuyu County, Heilongjiang. Their language is related to the Khakas language (the Fuyü Gïrgïs dialect).
They speak a Turkic language. It used to be written in Turkic old script. In Kyrgyzstan, it is written with the Cyrillic alphabet. In China it is written with an Arabic script. President Atambaev of Kyrgyzstan said switching from Cyrillic to Latin (like Kazakhstan had) may hurt communication with Kyrgyz people in Russia.
Kyrgyz language
Kyrgyz language is the official language of Kyrgyzstan and a branch of Turkic languages that most Kyrgyz people speak with.
Barnstable County, Massachusetts
Barnstable County is a county in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. As of the 2010 census, the population was 215,888. The county seat is Barnstable.
Thomas Bopp
Thomas J. Bopp (October 15, 1949 – January 6, 2018) was an American astronomer. He was best known as the co-discoverer of comet Hale–Bopp (with Alan Hale) in 1995.
On the night of July 22, Bopp was observing the sky with friends in the Arizona desert when he made the discovery. It was the first comet he had observed and he was using a borrowed, home-built telescope. Hale and Bopp both discovered the comet by chance at approximately the same time.
Bopp died on January 6, 2018 at the age of 68.
Chris Tsangarides
Christopher Andrew Tsangarides (17 August 1956 – 6 January 2018) was a British Grammy-nominated record producer, sound engineer, and mixer.
Tsangarides was best known for his work with many heavy metal bands, including Judas Priest, Anvil, Gary Moore, Thin Lizzy, Helloween, Angra, Anthem, Yngwie Malmsteen and Tygers of Pan Tang. Tsangarides worked with many pop and alternative artists as well, including Depeche Mode, Tom Jones, Concrete Blonde, and The Tragically Hip.
Tsangarides died of heart failure complicated from pneumonia on 6 January 2018, aged 61.
Anna Mae Hays
Anna Mae Virginia McCabe Hays (February 16, 1920 – January 7, 2018) was an American military personnel of World War II and the Korean War. She was born in Buffalo, New York.
Hays served as Chief of the U.S. Army Nurse Corps from 1967 through 1971. She was the first woman in the U.S. Armed Forces to be promoted to a general officer rank. In 1970, she was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General. She received two Legion of Merit.
Hays died in Washington, D.C. on January 7, 2018 of complications from a heart attack at the age of 97.
Peter Preston
Peter John Preston (23 May 1938 – 6 January 2018) was a British journalist and author. He was editor of the "The Guardian" for twenty years, from 1975 to 1995. He contributed a weekly column to "The Observer". He was born in Barrow upon Soar, Leicestershire.
He reported on Conservative MPs, including the perjurious Jonathan Aitken and cash-for-questions affair involving Neil Hamilton and Tim Smith.
Preston died of melanoma on 6 January 2018 at the age of 79.
Marjorie Holt
Marjorie Sewell Holt (September 17, 1920 – January 7, 2018) was an American politician and lawyer. She was a Republican. She was a U.S. Congresswoman who represented Maryland's 4th congressional district from January 3, 1973 to January 3, 1987. She was the first Republican woman elected to Congress from Maryland. She was born in Birmingham, Alabama.
Holt died on January 7, 2018 in Severna Park, Maryland at the age of 97.
Markku Into
Markku Vesa Milton Into (20 October 1945 – 7 January 2018) was a Finnish poet. He was one of the main members in Finnish 1960s underground movement of Turku. Into wrote a collections of poetry, prose and plays. He has also translated into Finnish such American Beat generation writers as Allen Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Gregory Corso; also Charles Bukowski.
Into wrote lyrics for the band Suomen Talvisota 1939–1940. His literary debut was "Tuonela Rock" of 1971. Markku Into has also received the Eino Leino Prize in 2001.
Into died on 7 January 2018 in Turku at the age of 72.
Kato Ottio
Benkato "Kato" Ottio (20 March 1994 – 9 January 2018) was a Papua New Guinean rugby league footballer. Mainly playing at centre, Ottio represented the Papua New Guinean national team, most notably at the 2017 World Cup. He was born in Tatana, near Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.
Ottio died of a suspected case of cardiac arrest at a hospital in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea on 9 January 2018 at the age of 23.
Donnelly Rhodes
Donnelly Rhodes (December 4, 1937 – January 8, 2018) was a Canadian actor. He was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Rhodes was best known to American audiences as the hapless escaped convict Dutch Leitner on the ABC soap opera spoof "Soap".
Rhodes was well known to Canadian audiences as Sgt Nick Raitt in the CBC TV series "Sidestreet" (1975-1978) and as Grant "Doc" Roberts in another CBC TV series called "Danger Bay" (1985-1990). He also starred as Doctor Cottle ("Doc") on the Sci Fi Channel television program "Battlestar Galactica" (2004).
Rhodes died on January 8, 2018 in Maple Ridge, British Columbia of liver cancer at the age of 80.
Castle Rock Entertainment
Castle Rock Entertainment is an American movie and television company. It was founded in 1987. It is a part of Time Warner's Warner Bros. Rob Reiner, Alan Horn, Andrew Scheinman, Martin Shafer and Glenn Padnick founded the company.
Reiner named the company after the fictional Maine town used in Stephen King stories.
In August 1993, the Turner Broadcasting System agreed to join with Castle Rock, along with New Line Cinema. The sale was completed on December 22, 1993.
Castle Rock became a division of Warner Bros. in 1996.
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Stark's Park
Stark's Park is a football stadium in Kirkcaldy, Scotland. It is the home to Raith Rovers F.C., who have played there since 1891. From 2016, the ground can hold 8,867 people.
Zayed University
Zayed University () is a federal university in the United Arab Emirates. The university is named for Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the country's first leader. There is one campus in Abu Dhabi and one campus in Dubai.
Zayed University opened in 1998. It was an Emirati women's university for ten years. In 2008, 200 men started attending the university. The first Abu Dhabi campus was on Delma Street in the city but in 2011, they moved to a new campus in Khalifa B city. The Dubai campus moved to Academic City in 2006.
In 2014, Lubna Khalid Al Qasimi became president of the university. In 2015, Marilyn Roberts became acting provost of the university.
Students study all subjects in English at Zayed University. They must score a 5.5 on IELTS or a 1500 on EMSAT exams to enter the colleges. If they do not get those scores, they can enter the Academic Bridge Program (ABP) to improve their English language skills.
The University has six colleges and one language program:
The ABP is a one year program. It helps students improve their academic English language skills in reading, writing, speaking and Listening. If students succeed at the program, they can enter the colleges at Zayed University to continue their studies.
Zayed University is sometimes called ZU.
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Juan Carlos García (8 March 1988 – 8 January 2018) was a Honduran footballer.
He began his career at Marathón and later went on to C.D. Olimpia. Before transferring to Wigan in 2013 he was loaned to CD Tenerife.
A full international since 2009, García has earned over 30 caps for Honduras. He was included in their squads for three CONCACAF Gold Cups and the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
García died from leukemia on 8 January 2018 at the age of 29.
Vojtěch Lindaur
Vojtěch Lindaur (12 September 1957 – 8 January 2018) was a Czech journalist, teacher and record producer. He was born in Plzeň, Czech Republic. He studied in Mělník. In 1981, he graduated from Charles University in Prague. In 1987, he produced "Doba ledová" by Precedens, their debut album. Since 1990, he was working for "Rock & Pop" magazine. He also had his own radio show ("Beatová klenotnice") on Radio Beat.
Lindaur died on 8 January 2018 at age of 60.
Parpan used to be a municipality of the district Plessur of the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. On 1 January 2010 the municipalities of Malix and Parpan became part of Churwalden.
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Denise LaSalle
Ora Denise Allen (July 16, 1939 – January 8, 2018), known by the stage name Denise LaSalle, was an American blues and R&B/soul singer-songwriter, and record producer. Since the death of Koko Taylor, had been recognized as the "Queen of the Blues". She was born in Leflore County, Mississippi. She was known for her song "Trapped by a Thing Called Love".
LaSalle died on January 8, 2018 in Jackson, Mississippi of heart disease and complications from a fall at the age of 78.
Britain First
Britain First is a far-right street protest group and political organisation in the United Kingdom. It is against Islam and immigration in the UK. The group was founded in 2011. It sometimes holds protests against the building of mosques, Islamic extremists, child grooming and hebephilia.
Havana (song)
"Havana" is a song by Cuban American singer Camila Cabello, taken from her first solo album, "Camila". It is her best-charting lead single since leaving the music group Fifth Harmony. In the song, Cabello sings of her love for the city of Havana, Cuba, and her Cuban heritage. There is a rap by American rapper Young Thug in the song. The official remix features verses from Puerto Rican singer Daddy Yankee. The song has been a success worldwide, reaching the top two in Switzerland, Germany, Austria, France, Belgium, Denmark, and New Zealand, and number one in the United States, Australia, Canada, Spain, and the UK.
After spending seven weeks at number two on the US "Billboard" Hot 100, it was announced that the song reached the top for the week ending January 27, 2018. She became only the third artist in "Billboard" history to have both their first number-one song and album in the same week, after Beyoncé (2003) and Britney Spears (1999).
The song was certified sextuple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for sales and streams of six million copies in the United States.
Greta Thyssen
Greta Thyssen (born Greta Thysegen; March 30, 1927 – January 6, 2018), was a Danish-born American actress and former model. She was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. She was known for being the double of Marilyn Monroe in the movie "Bus Stop" and many other of her movies. She was also a co-star in "The Three Stooges". She also appeared "Accused of Murder", "Terror Is a Man", "Three Blondes in His Life" and "Journey to the Seventh Planet".
Thyssen died on January 6, 2018 in Manhattan, New York of pneumonia at the age of 90.
Paul Hester
Paul Newell Hester (8 January 1959 – 26 March 2005) was an Australian musician and television personality. He was best known as the drummer for the rock bands Split Enz and Crowded House. He last performed with Crowded House in 1996. He later worked on television and radio. He was born in Melbourne, Victoria. He was the father two daughters.
Hester had depression in his final years. He killed himself on 26 March 2005 in Melbourne, at the age of 46.
Civic Platform
Civic Platform (Polish: "Platforma Obywatelska") is a political party in Poland. It is currently the second largest political party in Poland.
The party gets a lot of its support from the north and west of Poland.
Some famous Civic Platform politicians include Donald Tusk, Jerzy Buzek, Ewa Kopacz, Bronisław Komorowski and Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz.
The party supports the European Union.
The party is against same-sex marriage, abortion, euthanasia, fetal stem cell research and the removal of religious symbols from schools.
Intrinsic factor
Intrinsic factor (IF), or gastric intrinsic factor (GIF), is a glycoprotein. It is produced by the parietal cells of the stomach.
IF is necessary for the absorption of vitamin B (cobalamin) later on in the ileum of the small intestine. In humans, the gastric intrinsic factor protein is encoded by the "GIF" gene.
Tommy Lawrence
Thomas Johnstone Lawrence (14 May 1940 – 10 January 2018) was a Scottish professional footballer. He played as a goalkeeper.
He played for English clubs Liverpool and Tranmere Rovers from the 1950s through to the 1970s. He also played in three times for Scotland during the 1960s. He was a twice league champion and an FA Cup winner with Liverpool.
Lawrence was born in Dailly, Ayrshire. He had a son, Stephen. In 2015, Lawrence made news headlines when a BBC journalist asked if he remembered a game between Liverpool and Everton. He replied "I do, I played in it. I was the goalkeeper for Liverpool."
Lawrence died on 10 January 2018 in Warrington, Cheshire. He was 77.
Praden
Praden () is a village in the municipality of Tschiertschen-Praden in the district Plessur in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.
The formerly independent municipality merged with Tschiertschen to form Tschiertschen-Praden on January 1, 2009.
Réguisheim
Réguisheim is a commune. It is found in the Haut-Rhin department of eastern France.
Khitan people
Khitan or Khitai were a nomadic people in northeastern Asia, from the fourth century, who lived in the region of Mongolia, northeastern China and Russian Far East. Khitans spoke the Khitan language, which is close to the Mongolic languages.
Wagyu beef
Wagyu beef is the beef that comes from the Japanese Wagyu cattle. It is very expensive and regarded as one of the best slices of beef. There is a lot of marbling in the meat, which means that there are streaks of fat within the red meat which makes the meat more tender and moist, while adding flavor. Sometimes the Wagyu beef is called different things based on where it is from. Some examples include Kobe beef, Matsusaka beef, or Omi beef.
Khitan language
Hazaristan
Hazaristan or Hazarajat (Dari Persian: ) is a big mountainous area in the central highlands of Afghanistan which is the main and the historical land of the Hazara people. Hazaristan areas including provinces such as Bamyan, Daykundi, Ghor, Ghazni, Urozgan, Maidan Wardak, Parwan, Samangan, Sar-e Pol, Baghlan, Balkh, Badghis, Herat and some other areas mostly in central Afghanistan.
Abe Tsimiklis
Abraham (Abe) Tsimiklis (born 18 January 1996) is an Australian mixed martial artist and taekwondo practitioner. He holds a 2nd Dan. He made his international debut for Australia at the World Taekwondo Championships in the -25 year old sparring on 9 July 2014 where he placed 2nd for Australia in his first international competition. He also won the Australian Taekwondo National Championship in 2015 for the -68kg weight category in sparring. He competed in Taekwondo at the Arnold Classic Australia 2015. He placed first in his division and competed again in 2017 at the Arnold Classic Australia placing first again.
Jim Renacci
James B. Renacci (born December 3, 1958) is an American businessperson and politician. In 2011, he became the U.S. Representative for . He left the office on January 3, 2019. He is a member of the Republican Party. He served as Mayor of Wadsworth, Ohio, from 2004 to 2008.
In March 2017, Renacci announced his candidacy for the governorship of Ohio for the 2018 election. However, he later dropped out to run for the United States Senate. He lost the general election to incumbent Sherrod Brown.
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Hamadan
Hamadān () or Hamedān (, "Hamedān") (Old Persian: Haŋgmetana, Ecbatana) is the capital city of Hamadan Province of Iran.
Rose black spot
Rose back spot is a fungus that affects rose plants.
As the name suggests, the disease creates black spots on the leaves of the rose plant. If the plant is very badly affected, the leaves will look fully black.
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Karni Mata Temple
Karni Mata Temple (Hindi: करणी माता मंदिर) is a Hindu temple dedicated to Karni Mata at Deshnoke, 30 km from Bikaner, in Rajasthan, India. It is also known as the Temple of Rats.
The temple is famous for the approximately 25,000 black rats that live, and are revered in, the temple. These holy rats are called kabbas, and many people travel great distances to pay their respects. The temple draws visitors from across the country for blessings, as well as curious tourists from around the world.
Karni Mata
Karni Mata ( or Karniji;) (Karni Mata is also referred to as "Nari Bai") (circa 2 October 1387 – circa 23 March 1538,) was a female Hindu warrior sage born in the Charan caste. Also known as Shri Karniji Maharaj, she is worshiped as the incarnation of the warrior goddess Durga by her followers. She is an official deity of the royal families of Jodhpur and Bikaner.
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Misandry similar to Misogyny means hating a certain gender and Misandry means hating men. It is a type of misanthropy but against males. A misandrist is a person who hates men or boys. They may hate men because they believe there is something wrong with them, such as being stupid, dirty or evil.
Misandry is different from sexism, which is not based on hate. Radical feminists are sometimes viewed as misandric. Misandry includes violence or discrimination against men. Some misandrists are prejudiced against men. For example they may think that all men or boys are potential rapists.
Gender differences in crime
Gender differences in crime are differences between females and males as criminals or as the victims of crime. Studies of this subject may be in the areas of criminology (study of criminal behavior), sociobiology and women's studies.
According to statistics, males commit more crimes than females. But females do sometimes commit crimes matching those of men, such as bank robbery, murder and burglary.
A 2008 study of domestic violence shows that women have different reasons from men when committing violence against their partner. Women are more likely to do this because they are afraid or to defend themselves. Men, on the other hand, are more likely to be trying to be in control. Men are more likely to beat up, choke or strangle their partner. Women were more likely to slap, kick, bite, throw something at their partner, punch their partners or hit with objects.
Bank robbery
A bank robbery is the crime of stealing (taking) money from a bank. Bank employees or customers are threatened with force or violence. It happens in both cities and towns.
According to "The New York Times" and "Saturday Evening Post", the first bank robbery in the United States happened in March 1831. On February 13, 1866, several men believed to be affiliated with Jesse James robbed Clay County Savings Association in Liberty, Missouri. During the robbery, the men shot a 19-year-old student. They then escaped with over $60,000. This was Jesse James' first bank robbery. It may have been the 1st successful peacetime bank robbery in U.S. history.
Bank robberies are usually done by men. Women who have robbed banks include Bonnie Parker, Patty Hearst, and the Barbie Bandits.
Bank robbery is a federal crime in the United States.
Peoria Heights, Illinois
Peoria Heights is a village in central Illinois. It is a suburb of Peoria.
Since the 1970s, the number of people in the village has declined. As of 2016, the number of people in Peoria Heights is 5,936.
Carpentersville, Illinois
Carpentersville is a village in northeastern Illinois, next to Aurora. The village is in Kane County; Carpentersville is one of many suburbs of Chicago.
The number of people in Carpentersville in 2016 was 38,291.
Work Bitch
"Work Bitch", stylized as "Work B**ch" or "Work Work" (clean version), is an electronic dance song from American singer Britney Spears. It is off the singer's 2013 studio album "Britney Jean". The song was released on September 16, 2013.
The song has mostly spoken lyrics in which Spears repeatedly tells women to "get to work."
The song peaked at #12 on the United States "Billboard" Hot 100. Outside the U.S., it peaked within the top ten in Canada, the United Kingdom, and France. It peaked at #2 on UK's Dance Chart. It also charted well in several other countries.
The song got high marks from music critics. In 2018, it was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for more than one million copies shipped and streamed in the US.
Averna (Company)
Averna
Averna Technologies, or Averna, is a Test Engineering & Quality Solutions company with about 400 employees in 11 offices worldwide (in Canada, the United States, Mexico, Europe and Japan), and corporate headquarters in Montreal, Quebec.
Founded in 1999, Averna offers automated and in-line test systems, vision inspection systems, prototyping and consulting, and precision assembly expertise for clients in the aerospace, automotive, consumer, defense, life sciences, semiconductor, telecom and other industries.
Their product line include broadband solutions, radio frequency (RF) signal testers and generators and record/playback instrumentation, and their expertise encompasses RF and microwave, fiber optics, machine vision/machine learning and mechatronics, as well as instrumentation and control systems.
Averna has earned industry certifications such as ISO, Control Systems Integrators Association (CSIA), and ITAR registration, and is a Platinum Alliance Partner with National Instruments, ThingWorx, Keysight Technologies, Ettus (now National Instruments), M3 Systems, MaxEye Technologies and JOT Automation.
• September 2017: Averna Becomes a PTC Platinum Partner
• May 2017: Averna honored for Highest Number of National Instruments Certified LabVIEW and TestStand Architects and Developers
• March 2016: Averna acquires Test & Measurement Solutions of Europe
• June 2016: Averna acquires Nexjen Systems of Charlotte, NC
• Dec. 2015: Averna’s RP-6100 awarded a “Hot 100 Products of 2015: Test & Measurement” mention by EDN Network
• Oct. 2015: Averna’s DP-1000 DOCSIS Protocol Analyzer awarded 5 Diamonds Innovation (Top Rank) Award by Broadband Technology Report
• April 2015: Tandem Expansion Fund, a Canadian growth-equity investor, acquired a majority interest in Averna
• March 2015: Averna Receives the 2015 Global DOCSIS Cable Networks New Product Innovation Award
• September 2014: Averna acquired the U.S. West Coast based Cal-Bay Systems
• 2014: Averna awarded National Instruments’ Alliance Partner of the Year
• April 2009: Acquisition of U.S. based DAQTron Inc.
• February 2008: Acquisition of Mindready Solutions Inc.
• 1999: Averna is founded, with 3 employees.
The Nore
The Nore is a sandbank at the mouth of the Thames Estuary, England. It marks the point where the River Thames meets the North Sea In previous years, it marked the Port of London Authority's seaward limit.
Since the sandbank could be a hindrance to passing ships, in 1732 it got the world's first lightship. This became a major landmark, and was an assembly point for shipping. By 1919 there were nine lightships. Now the job is done by a buoy.
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Gothic rock
Gothic rock (also referred to as goth rock or simply goth) is a style of rock music that came from post-punk in the late 1970s. The first post-punk bands which shifted towards dark music with gothic overtones include Siouxsie and the Banshees, Joy Division, Bauhaus and the Cure.
The genre itself was defined as different from post-punk due to its darker music and romantic lyrics.
Martha McSally
Martha Elizabeth McSally (born March 22, 1966) is an American politician. She is a member of the Republican Party. McSally was the United States Senator from Arizona from January 3, 2019 to December 2, 2020. She was a U.S. Representative for Arizona's 2nd congressional district from January 2015 to January 2019. McSally is a retired United States Air Force Colonel.
In January 2018, McSally announced that she was entering the 2018 race to succeed retiring Republican U.S. Senator Jeff Flake. She won the Republican nomination in August 2018 but lost to Democrat Kyrsten Sinema in the general election.
After the Senate election, U.S. Senator Jon Kyl announced his resignation from the state's other seat. Governor Doug Ducey then announced that McSally would Kyl. This made McSally the second woman to be chosen to serve as a U.S. Senator from Arizona, and made Arizona one of the few states with two women serving as its senators.
In November 2020, McSally lost her re-election to Democrat astronaut Mark Kelly.
Zee Bangla
Zee Bangla is a leading Bengali cable television channel in India. It is offered by Zee Network, part of the Essel Group.
The first Bengali television channel in India, Zee Bangla was launched in 1999 by Zee TV's chairman.
It aired the comedy show "Raja and Gaja" before the show switched stations.
This is a list of top five Bangla channels in India as per Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) ratings.
Week 7 (13 - 19 February 2021)
It has its own YouTube Channel and becomes the 1st Bengali-content channel to cross 1 million subscribers.
• Rannaghor
• Didi No.1
• Saregamapa
• Mirakkel
• Dance Bangla Dance Junior
• Dadagiri Unlimited
Vanumotir Khel
Bhanumotir Khel is a Bengali television soap opera that premiered on 8 January 2018 and airs on Zee Bangla. It is produced by Subatra Roy. It stars Shreyosree Roy and Rubel Das in lead roles. Bhanumatir Khel took the time slot of Zee Bangla show *"Baksho Bodol". On 18 June 2018, The Show took the timeslot of Rangiye Diye Jao.
Bhanumoti, the daughter of an gouni insignificant magician learns the tricks of the trade at a very young age. Bhanu, a simple schoolgirl in her teens practises magic. Her mother is totally against it, but she cannot help her instincts in putting her talent to use by turning hatred into love and sadness into happiness for persons in trouble. It is her way of sorting out good from evil to better human lives around her in the streets of the city.
Meghraj, is also a practicing magician. Son of the super magician, Mahendra Sarkar, for him, magic is a form of art that he performs to entertain people who visit his shows. He has the prerequisites of professional performance – a stage, lights, music, an audience waiting to be entertained; that build the atmosphere for his magic shows.
The two meet. He is not only awed by the girl’s quality to convert her magical ability to use the same form of art without any gadgets or ambience, but gets mesmerized by her cause of doing so for the good of society.
Currently in the story of Bhanumotir Khel, after an air crash- Meghraj and Bhanumoti are located in two separated spaces. Their daughter Bhelki is growing up with Bhanumoti. Bhelki is also a street magician who is taking care of her ailing mother and fighting against all odds. Bhelki incidentally meets Meghraj several times not knowing that Bhelki is actually her daughter. The main antagonist Mohini Sarkar, impressed with the magic of Bhelki, pays a lot of money to take Bhelki to their house, Jaadumahal. Just before that day she treats Bhelki and her mother in a renowned hotel in the city where incidentally Meghraj and Ahona(Megh’s secretary) also comes for dinner. Will Meghraj meet Bhanumoti?
Bokul Kotha
Bokul Kotha () is an Popular Indian Bengali television soap opera that Premiered on 4th December 2017 and airs on Zee Bangla and Telecast Monday To Saturday at 9:00 P.M. The Show Stars Ushashi Roy and Honey Bafna in Lead roles. The Show telecast Monday to Saturday at 9:00 P.M. Bokul Kotha took the timeslot of Bikele Bhorer Phool.It is one of the Most Popular Serial Running in this period. In June, 2018 it had a TRP of 11.2.The Show is one of the bengali highest ranking serial in trp ratings.
Bokul Kotha is the story of Bokul, who has been raised as a son. She grows up to be a tomboy, well versed in handling roles that are reserved for the boys. Bokul has short hair and feels comfortable wearing pants and shirts, unlike girls her age who obsess with their beauty.  Bokul doesn’t want to waste her time on make –up and clothes.
She is more interested to become her father’s support system. But a cruel twist in the tale comes in when her father passes away after which she is forced to take the reign of the family in her hands. Though Bokul is not interested in marriage, her mother and grandmother are always worried about what would happen in future when she would be married off.
On the other hand, is Rishi, whose family does everything only after consulting the family guru, an astrologer. Rishi was to be married only if his natal chart matched the girl’s. Being a choosy person, Rishi has already rejected 40 women. As luck would have it, finally his natal charts match with Bokul’s charts. After much drama and confusion, the mismatched couple is married off. But Bokul is neither cut out as an ideal housewife nor is keen to learn the ways of the world as a married woman should.
Colors Bangla
Colors Bangla previously known as ETV Bangla (Bengali: Colors বাংলা) is 24-hour Bengali language television channel. The channel aired the Filmfare Awards East 2017. It Has Popular Shows Like Subho Drishti,and Resham Jhanpi.
Canvey island is an island in Essex. It is in the Thames estuary.
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