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Roseland, located on the far South Side of the city, is one of the 77 official community areas of Chicago, Illinois. It includes the neighborhoods of Fernwood, Princeton Park, Lilydale, the southern portion of West Chesterfield, Rosemoor, Sheldon Heights and West Roseland. George Pullman planned a model industrial city built around a factory that manufactured his "Palace" railway coaches. The much lauded mural "I Welcome Myself to a New Place: Roseland Pullman Mural," by Olivia Gude, Jon Pounds, and Marcus Jefferson, 1988, was designed to unite the predominantly African American community. The community is known for being one of the most violent of the city with high numbers of gang violence.
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, 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 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 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 (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.
--&gt; 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. Seven people were killed in the original poisonings, with several more killed in subsequent copycat crimes. Effects. These incidents led to reforms in the packaging of over-the-counter medications and to federal anti-tampering laws. The actions of Johnson &amp; 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 the prime suspect, was convicted only of extortion for sending a letter to Johnson &amp; Johnson that took credit for the deaths and demanded $1 million.
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 KBE (豊田 章一郞, Toyoda Shōichirō, February 27, 1925 — February 14, 2023) was a Japanese businessman. 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. Toyoda died on February 14, 2023, at the age of 97.
Isabelle Geneviève Marie Anne Gall (9 October 1947 – 7 January 2018), known by her stage name France Gall, was a French singer. Career. Gall was known for her songs "Laisse tomber les filles", "Poupée de cire, poupée de son", and "Ella, elle l'a". She won the Eurovision Song Contest in1965 representing Luxembourg.  Life and death. She was born in Paris. 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 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).
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 Vasilyevich Filipchenko (; February 26, 1928 – August 7, 2022) 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). Filipchenko died on August 7, 2022 at the age of 94.
Daniel Ellsberg (April 7, 1931 – June 16, 2023) was an American activist and former United States military analyst who was known for releasing the classified Pentagon Papers to "The Washington Post". Pentagon Papers. 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. Charge. 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. Death. In March 2023, Ellsberg wrote that he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. He died at his home in Kensington, California, on June 16, 2023.
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 is a city in eastern Missouri. It is not far from St. Louis. Florissant is in northern St. Louis County. As of the 2020 census, over 52,000 people were living in the city. Florissant was founded in 1785.
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. Works. 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"). Death. Thomas died on 4 January 2018 of prostate cancer in Surrey at the age of 76.
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.
Mohammad Manzarpour (Born 8 March 1972, Tehran) () is an Iranian journalist, presenter and producer.He also is Former Exacutive Editor of VOA Persian Career. 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 (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.  History. 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.
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 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", Low Saxon: "Zaender" or "Zaevender") is a municipality and city in the province of Gelderland, the Netherlands. About 44,000 people were living in the municipality and about 25,000 people in the city in 2021. It lies both in the Liemers and IJsselvallei regions, on the northeast bank of the Rhine river, which enters the Netherlands near the hamlet of Spijk. Germany is partly on the southwest bank and partly southeast of the municipality. In the north the municipality lies also on the southeast bank of the IJssel river. Zevenaar got city rights in 1487. The municipality of Rijnwaarden joined Zevenaar in 2018.
Turkmens are one of the main Turkic ethnic group in Central Asia, mainly in Turkmenistan, ethnic minorities in Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Afghanistan and Iran. They speak Turkmen language of the Turkic languages family. Engagements, marriages, and the circumcision of boys, known as the sünnet parties, are big festivals.  The term Turkoman was also used for people who take a Turkish identity and lost there own original Background, as example in the case of the so called Balkan Turkoman Gipsys, a subgroup of the Xoraxane Roma.
Pamiris are a group of Iranian ethnic groups, who live mainly in the Badakhshan of Tajikistan and Afghanistan, Hunza and Chitral regions of Pakistan and the far western portion of Xinjiang in western China. They speak the Pamiri languages of the Iranian language family. Ethnic groups. Following is the list of Pamiri ethnic groups:
Badakhshan is a part of the northeast of Afghanistan and the southeast of Tajikistan. People. The majority of the people in this area are the Pamiris and Tajiks.
Nuristanis (نورِستانی) are a group of ethnic groups living in the Hindu Kush areas of Nuristan Province in eastern Afghanistan and Chitral District of northwestern Pakistan. They speak the Nuristani languages of the Indo-Iranian language family.
The Kyrgyz people are a Turkic ethnic people native to Kyrgyztan, Uzbekistan, China, Pakistan and Afghanistan. They also live in Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkey. Most of them are Sunni Muslims. They speak the Kyrgyz language. What does their name mean. 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. Where are they from. 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. History. 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 Ky
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 in Phoenix, Arizona from liver failure at the age of 68.
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 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 John Preston (23 May 1938 – 6 January 2018) was a British journalist and author. He was editor of "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 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 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.
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 (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 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.
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. As of 2024, the ground can hold 10,104 people seated.
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. History. 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. University leaders. In 2014, Lubna Khalid Al Qasimi became president of the university. In 2015, Marilyn Roberts became acting provost of the university. Study. 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: Academic Bridge 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. Nickname. Zayed University is sometimes called ZU.
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 (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 &amp; Pop" magazine. He also had his own radio show ("Beatová klenotnice") on Radio Beat. Lindaur died on 8 January 2018 at age of 60.