Dole died in Orange, California on January 2, 2018 from a long-illness at the age of 60.
Ashburn, Chicago
Ashburn, one of Chicago's 77 community areas, is located on the southwest side of the city. Greater Ashburn covers nearly five square miles.
Metra's SouthWest Service provides Monday-Saturday rail service at the Ashburn railroad station.
In 1999, "The New York Times" did an article on the Ashburn neighborhood as a case study in the difficulties of neighborhood integration in Chicago. Wrightwood, to the east, was the first section of the neighborhood to integrate, becoming dominately African-American.
Timothy McCarthy, a retired member of the United States Secret Service who took a bullet for President Ronald Reagan during the assassination attempt by John Hinckley, Jr., was named interim village manager in July 2016.
Fourier inversion theorem
In mathematics, the Fourier inversion theorem says that for many types of functions it is possible to recover a function from its Fourier transform. Intuitively it may be viewed as the statement that if we know all frequency and phase information about a wave then we may reconstruct the original wave precisely.
Ellicott's Mills Historic District
Ellicott's Mills Historic District is a historic district in Oella, Maryland, United States. It is on the east bank of the Patapsco River, opposite Ellicott City.
This historic district is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Michael Pfeiffer
Michael "Michel" Pfeiffer (19 July 1925 – 2 January 2018) was a German professional football player and manager. He was born in Eschweiler, Germany. He played for SG Eschweiler, Alemannia Aachen, Rot-Weiss Essen and Fortuna 54 Geleen. He coached Roda JC Kerkrade,
Sittardia, SC Schwenningen, Alemannia Aachen, FK Pirmasens, Austria Salzburg, SV Arminia Gütersloh, SV Baesweiler 09, BSV Schwenningen, TuS Langerwehe, Sporting Jeddah and CS Sfax.
Pfeiffer died on 2 January 2018 at the age of 92.
Flag of Chad
The national flag of Republic of Chad (, ) is a vertical tricolour of blue, gold, and red. The design is almost identical to that of the flag of Romania.
Flag of Cameroon
The national flag of Cameroon is a vertical tricolor of green, red and yellow, with a five-pointed yellow star in its center.
Tartar, Switzerland
Tartar is a former municipality of the district of Hinterrhein in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. On 1 January 2010 the former municipalities of Portein, Präz, Sarn and Tartar merged into the municipality of Cazis.
Tschappina
Tschappina is a municipality of the district Hinterrhein in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.
Raedersheim
Raedersheim is a commune. It is in the Haut-Rhin department. This in the east of France.
Flag of Nigeria
The flag of Nigeria is a vertical tricolour of green, white, and green. It was adopted on 1 October 1960.
Flag of Ghana
The flag of Ghana has three equal horizontal bands of red, yellow, and green, with a five-pointed black star in its center.
Crêpe paper
Crêpe paper is a type of paper which has been coated with sizing and then creped to create gathers.
Rammersmatt
Rammersmatt is a commune. It is found in the Haut-Rhin department of eastern France.
Chatham, Chicago
Chatham is one of the 77 community areas of the city of Chicago, Illinois. It is located on the city's South Side. It includes the neighborhoods of Chatham, East Chatham, West Chatham and the northern portion of West Chesterfield.
Its residents are mainly African American, and it is home to former Senator Roland Burris. Housing many city employees and other officials, Chatham has been a central area for Chicago's middle-class African Americans since the late 1950s.
In the 1990 census Chatham was found to be 1.0% White, 98.7% Black, 0.5% Hispanic, 0.1% Asian and 0.3% other.
The CTA Red Line stations at 79th and 87th also serve Chatham.
Carlos Heitor Cony
Carlos Heitor Cony (March 14, 1926 – January 5, 2018) was a Brazilian journalist and writer. He was a member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters (Portuguese: Academia Brasileira de Letras). He was born in Rio de Janeiro.
Cony was a center-leftist and faced persecution under the military government in the 1960s. Four of his works were adapted to movies. He was a columnist at the Brazilian newspaper "Folha de S.Paulo".
Cony died in Rio de Janeiro on January 5, 2018 of multiple organ failure at the age of 91.
Gruyère cheese
Gruyère () is a hard yellow cheese from Switzerland. It is produced in the village with the same name. It is made from the milk of cows. Gruyère is sweet but slightly salty, with a flavor that varies widely with age.
David Bennent
David Bennent (born 9 September 1966) is a Swiss actor. He was born in Lausanne, Switzerland. When he was 11 he starred in "The Tin Drum", which caused much controversy because David was shown in sex scenes with an adult. At age 19, he acted as Honeythorn Gump in the movie "Legend", co-starring together Tom Cruise and Mia Sara. Bennent has appeared in such plays as "Peer Gynt" (2004), "Die Juden" (2003), "Michael Kramer" (2003), and "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (2002).
Jim Anderton
James Patrick Anderton (21 January 1938 – 7 January 2018) was a New Zealand politician. He served as Deputy Prime Minister from 1999 to 2002. In 2010, he ran unsuccessfully for the mayoral position of Christchurch.
Anderton retired from Parliament at the 2011 election. After his retirement, he and former MP Philip Burdon were the two prominent campaigners for the restoration of ChristChurch Cathedral.
Anderton died in Christchurch on 7 January 2018, two weeks before his 80th birthday.
Gossau, St. Gallen
Gossau is a municipality in St. Gallen in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
New City, Chicago
New City is one of Chicago's 77 official community areas, located on the southwest side of the city in the South Side district. It contains the neighborhoods of Canaryville and Back of the Yards.
The area was home to the famous Union Stock Yards that were on Chicago's south side until closed in 1971.
The Canaryville neighborhood is one of the oldest neighborhoods in Chicago and, with neighboring Bridgeport.
Ranspach
Ranspach is a commune. It is in the Haut-Rhin department of eastern France. In 2015, 841 people lived there.
Volzhsky
Volzhsky () is an industrial city in Volgograd Oblast, Russia. It is located on the east bank of the Volga River and its distributary the Akhtuba, northeast of Volgograd. In 2010, 314,255 people lived in the city.
Finesse (song)
"Finesse" is a song recorded by American singer Bruno Mars. It is the eighth track on his third studio album, "24K Magic". On January 4, 2018, a remix of the song, featuring American rapper Cardi B, was released. It has reached number one on the iTunes charts of eight countries. The song and its video are noted for its 1990s style.
The song entered the "Billboard" Hot 100 at number 35 but rose to number three the following week. It also reached number three in Canada and the top five in the UK.
The music video contains various influences of the 1990s, including the background dancers, which appear to mimic the "Fly Girls" from the TV series "In Living Color".
Rumersheim-le-Haut
Rumersheim-le-Haut is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department of east France.
Rita Crocker Clements
Rita Crocker Clements (October 30, 1931 – January 6, 2018) was an American Republican Party organizer and heritage preservationist. She was the First Lady of Texas serving from 1979 to 1983 and again from 1987 through 1991. Clements was born in Newton, Kansas.
In 1996, she was appointed to the University of Texas Board of Regents by Governor George W. Bush, and re-appointed by Governor Rick Perry, serving until November 2007. She was elected to the Texas Women's Hall of Fame in 1996.
Clements died in her sleep of complications from Alzheimer's disease in Dallas, Texas on January 6, 2018 at the age of 86.
Garfield Ridge, Chicago