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Division of Curtin

The Division of Curtin is an Australian Electoral Division in Western Australia. It was created in 1949 and is named for John Curtin, who was Prime Minister of Australia 1941-45. Much of the area was part of the Division of Fremantle, which Curtin represented from 1928 to 1945. It covers the beachside suburbs of Perth, including Claremont, Cottesloe, Mosman Park, Nedlands, Subiaco and Swanbourne.

Members

Its most famous member was Paul Hasluck, a Cabinet minister and later Governor-General of Australia. Julie Bishop was Minister for Education, Science and Training and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Women's Issues in the Howard Government. She is the Deputy Leader of the parliamentary Liberal Party, making her the first woman to hold this role.

Election results
 2004 election results
 2007 election results
 2010 election results

References

Other websites
 Division of Curtin - Australian Electoral Commission
 Julie Bishop's website 

Electoral divisions of Australia
Western Australia
1949 establishments in Australia
Malachi Favors

Malachi Favors (August 22, 1927 – January 30, 2004) was an American jazz bassist. He was best known for his work with the Art Ensemble of Chicago.

Favors was born on August 22, 1927 in Lexington, Mississippi. He was raised in Chicago, Illinois.

Well known records of his include Natural and the Spiritual (solo bass, 1977) and Sightsong (duets with Muhal Richard Abrams, 1975). In 1994 he played with Roman Bunka (Oud) at Berlin Jazz Fest and recorded the German Critics Poll Winner album Color me Cairo.

Favors died on January 30, 2004 in Chicago, Illinois from pancreatic cancer, aged 76.

References

Other websites
JazzWeekly.com: A Fireside Chat with Malachi Favors 

1927 births
2004 deaths
Deaths from pancreatic cancer
Bassists
American jazz musicians
Musicians from Mississippi
Musicians from Chicago
R. Hunter Middleton

Robert Hunter Middleton (May 6, 1898 – August 3, 1985) was an Scottish-American book designer, painter, and type designer. 

Middleton was born in Glasgow, Scotland on May 6, 1898. He came to Chicago in 1908 where he studied at the School of the Art Institute. 

He joined the design department of the Ludlow Typograph Company in 1923 and served as director of the department of typeface design from 1933–71. In 1944 he began operating a private press, The Cherryburn Press. He died in Chicago.

Middleton died on August 3, 1985 from natural causes in his home in Chicago, Illinois, aged 87.

References

1989 births
1985 deaths
Deaths from natural causes
American painters
Writers from Chicago
People from Glasgow
Povilas Tautvaišas

Povilas Tautvaišas (English:  Paul Tautvaisas / Tautvaisis) (born 6 May 1916, Mogilev – died November 1980, Chicago) was a Lithuanian-American chess master.

He played twice for the Lithuanian team in the Chess Olympiads, at eighth board (+4 –8 =2) at Munich 1936 (unofficial Olympiad), and at fourth board (+5 –9 =6) in the 8th Olympiad at Buenos Aires 1939, during which World War II broke out. 

Tautvaisas returned to Europe, unlike many other players in that event (Najdorf, Stahlberg, Eliskases, Frydman, et al.). He took 5th, behind Birmanas, Arlauskas, Abramavičius, and Vaitonis, at the 1943 Lithuanian chess championship in Vilnius. 

Tautvaišas died in November 1980 in Chicago, Illinois from a heart attack, aged 64.

References

1916 births
1980 deaths
Deaths from myocardial infarction
Lithuanian sportspeople
American chess players
Carl Wright (actor)

Carl Wright (February 2, 1932 – May 19, 2007) was an American tap dancer, actor, and comedian. He was known for his roles in Soul Food, Barbershop, and Big Momma's House. 

For several years, Wright teamed up with Chicago radio legend Pervis Spann playing a misguided and mischievous reverend on his Chicago television show, "Blues and More". 

Wright was born in Orlando, Florida on February 2, 1932. He toured as a tap dancer as a young man, and for a time performed as The Three-Leggers with a one-legged partner. Wright died of cancer at his home in Chicago.

Movies
The Cookout (2004) .... Grandpa
Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004) .... Checkers Fred
Platinum Playaz (2003) .... Mr. Green
M.I.T.: Murder Investigation Team .... Darren (1 episode, 2003)
Rubbish (2003) TV episode .... Darren
When Thugs Cry (2003) .... Minister
Barbershop (2002) .... Checkers Fred
Just Visiting (2001) .... Station Master
Big Momma's House (2000) .... Ben Rawley
Early Edition .... Henderson (1 episode, 1998)
Walk, Don't Run (1998) TV episode .... Henderson
Soul Food (1997) .... Reverend Williams

References

Other websites

1932 births
2007 deaths
Actors from Orlando, Florida
African-American movie actors
American radio personalities
Cancer deaths in Florida
Fulk II of Anjou

Fulk II of Anjou (–960), called the good (), was a French nobleman and the Count of Anjou from 942 to his death in 960.

Career 

Fulk II was born about 905. He was the son of Fulk the Red and his wife Roscilla de Loches. She was a daughter of Warnerius, Seigneur de Villentrois. He succeeded his father in 942 as the second count of Anjou (also called the count of Angers) and remained in power until 960.

The Angevins, Fulk II included, had become very good at making marriage alliances that helped their goals. His father, Fulk the Red, had arranged his marriage to a Carolingian, Gerberga, the daughter of Ratburnus I Viscount of Vienne. Among other things this marriage made it possible for their daughter Adelaide-Blanche to marry a future king of France. It made them important enough for their son Guy to become Bishop of le Puy.

After Gerberga died  Fulk made another astute political marriage. He married Adelaide, the widow of Alan II, Duke of Brittany. Alan II had also been Count of Nantes and the marriage probably gave Fulk control of Nantes. Adelaide was also the sister of Theobald I, Count of Blois. This allowed Fulk II to form an alliance with the House of Blois. Fulk died in 960. He was succeeded by his son Geoffrey Greymantle.

Family

By his wife, Gerberge,  Fulk II had several children:

 Adelaide-Blanche of Anjou, married five times.
 Geoffrey I, Count of Anjou, married Adelaide of Vermandois.
 Bouchard, Count of Vendome.
 Guy of Anjou, Bishop of le Puy.
 Humbert d'Anjou, mentioned 957.

By his second wife Adelaide, he had no children.

Notes

References

900s births
960s deaths
Counts of Anjou
Morpho

A Morpho is a butterfly in one of over 29 species and 147 subspecies in the genus Morpho.

Morphos are Neotropical butterflies found mostly in South America, Mexico and Central America. Morphos range in wingspan from the 7.5 cm (3 inch) M. rhodopteron to the imposing 20 cm (8 inch) Sunset Morpho, M. hecuba.

Colours 
Many Morpho butterflies are coloured in metallic, shimmering shades of blue and green. These colours are not caused by pigment. They are an example of iridescence: light reflects through the microscopic scales covering the Morpho's wings.

Sexual dimorphism 
The blue Morpho species have sexual dimorphism. In some species only the males are iridescent blue, the females are camouflaged brown and yellow. In other species the females are partially iridescent but less blue than the males.

Biology

Habitat 
Their habitat is the primary forests of the Amazon and Atlantic. They can  breed in other forested habitats, for instance the dry deciduous woodlands of Nicaragua and in secondary forests.

Flight 
Morphos are strong fliers, found at altitudes between sea level and about 1400 m. Morphos are diurnal: males spend the mornings patrolling along forest streams and rivers. They are territorial and will chase any rivals. Morphos typically live alone out of the mating season.

Protection 
The adults are usually palatable, but hard to catch because they are such strong fliers. Birds find it very hard to catch them.

The conspicuous blue coloration shared by most Morpho species may be a case of Müllerian mimicry, or may be 'pursuit aposematism'. This means the bird learns that the colour says, in effect, "don't waste your energy, you can't catch me".

Life cycle 
The entire life cycle of the Morpho butterfly, from egg to death, is approximately 115 days.

Although the adults are palatable, the larvae are not. Their hairs are irritating, and when disturbed they secrete a noxious fluid which smells like rancid butter. The strong odour is a defence against predators.

The caterpillar will molt five times before entering the pupal stage. The bulbous chrysalis is pale-green or jade-green and emits a repulsive, ultrasonic sound when touched. It is suspended from a stem or leaf of the foodplant.

References 

Nymphalidae
Battle of Malvern Hill

The Battle of Malvern Hill was a battle in the American Civil War. It was fought on July 1, 1862.

American Civil War battles
1862 in Virginia
July events
Northwest Division (NBA)

The Northwest Division is one of three divisions in the Western Conference of the National Basketball Association, along with the Pacific Division and the Southwest Division. The five teams in this division are the Denver Nuggets, Minnesota Timberwolves, Oklahoma City Thunder, Portland Trail Blazers, and the Utah Jazz.

References 

National Basketball Association divisions
Pacific Division (NBA)

The Pacific Division is one of three divisions in the Western Conference of the National Basketball Association, along with the Northwest Division and the Southwest Division. The five teams in this division are the Golden State Warriors, Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Clippers, Phoenix Suns, and the Sacramento Kings.

References 

National Basketball Association divisions
Southwest Division (NBA)

The Southwest Division is one of three divisions in the Western Conference of the National Basketball Association, along with the Pacific Division and the Northwest Division. The five teams in this division are the Dallas Mavericks, Houston Rockets, Memphis Grizzlies, New Orleans Pelicans, and the San Antonio Spurs.

References 

National Basketball Association divisions
Protocol 41

Protocol 41 is a communication protocol which embeds internet protocol version 6 (IPv6) packets inside Internet protocol version 4 (IPv4) packets. It is usually used to allow a computer or router with only an IPv4 address to obtain an IPv6 address (or maybe more than one address, to serve more than one computer).  Most IPv6 tunnel providers support Protocol 41, including Hurricane Electric and SixXS.  6to4, 6rd, and 6in4 are all different ways of using Protocol 41.  Protocol 41 does not use TCP or UDP (although the IPv6 packets inside can carry TCP and UDP traffic).  It is not to be confused with TCP or UDP port number 41.

6to4
6to4 is a special usage of protocol 41. A 6to4 address starts with the digits 2002, followed by the IPv4 address of its router. A 6to4 address might look like: 2002:CB00:71FF:0:fe64:3486:d398:3346

Related pages
 Teredo tunneling
 John Kristoff's IP protocol 41 feed blog post
 IP protocol 41 feed

Internet protocols
Castor and Pollux

Castor and Pollux were twin brothers in Greek and Roman mythology.  Together they are called the Dioscuri.  They were the sons of Queen Leda of Sparta.  Their twin sisters were Helen of Troy and Clytemnestra.  Castor and Pollux were changed into the constellation called Gemini.  Tyndareus, the king of Sparta, was the father of Castor, which made Castor mortal, while Zeus was the father of Pollux which made him a demigod.

Zeus seduced Leda as a swan and she laid four eggs, these eggs hatched and four children were born to Leda, the two brothers Castor and Pollux, and two sisters, Helen and Clytemnestra; Castor and Clytemnestra were considered to be the children of King Tyndareus,  Pollux and Helen were the demigod offspring of Zeus.

Castor and Pollux are universally named among the Argonauts, the crew of the Argo who sailed for Colchis with Jason.  During the quest for the Golden Fleece, Pollux is noted for having bested the King of Bebryces during a boxing match.

One of the best-known myths with Castor and Pollux is how they became a constellation.        During a battle Castor, being mortal was killed. Heartbroken at the death of his brother, Pollux prayed to Zeus to make Castor immortal which meant Pollux would have to give up half of his immortality.  Eventually, Zeus agreed to the request, and so Castor and Pollux were transformed into the Gemini constellation.  To balance the cosmos, the Dioscuri would only be on Olympus one half of the year, and the other six months would be spent in the Underworld in the Elysium fields.

They became the gods of sailing and horsemanship. ... Pollux and Castor were also known for their boxing abilities and were thus the gods of athletes and athletic competitions. In both art and literature, Pollux and his brother were shown with horses, as the two were famed horsemen.

People in Greek mythology
Roman mythology
Sodablasting

Sodablasting is a process for cleaning and removing old paint from surfaces. Sodium bicarbonate is "blasted" against the surface using compressed air.

Cleaning tools
On Human Nature

On Human Nature is a 1979 Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Harvard biologist E.O. Wilson. 

The book tries to explain how aspects of humans and society can be explained from the point of view of evolution. He explains how evolution has left its traces on the characteristics which are the specialty of the human species. Examples are generosity, self-sacrifice, worship and the use of sex for pleasure. 

The book was an attempt to complete the Darwinian revolution by bringing biological thought into social sciences and humanities.

References 

Biology books
1978 books
Sociobiology: the new synthesis

Sociobiology: the new synthesis is a book by E.O. Wilson that helped start the sociobiology debate, one of the great scientific controversies of the 20th century.  Wilson popularized the term "sociobiology" as an attempt to explain the evolutionary mechanics behind behaviours such as altruism, aggression, and nurture. The fundamental principles guiding sociobiology are:
 an organism's evolutionary success is measured by the extent to which its genes are represented in the next generation.
 this applies to an animal's behaviour and social life as much as it does to any other aspect of its life.

The book was first published in 1975, then reprinted in 1976.  A twenty-fifth anniversary edition was published in 2000 by Harvard University Press.

Reception 
The application of sociobiology to humans was immediately controversial. Some people, such as Stephen Jay Gould, and Richard Lewontin said that sociobiology was biologicially determinist. They argued that it would be used, as similar ideas had been in the past, to justify the status quo, entrench ruling elites, and legitimize authoritarian political programmes. They referred to social darwinism and eugenics of the early 20th century, and to other more recent ideas, such as the race and IQ controversy of the early 1970s as cautionary tales in the use of evolutionary principles as applied to human society.

Wilson and his admirers countered these criticisms by saying that Wilson had no political agenda, and if he had one it was certainly not authoritarian (Wilson is an outspoken environmentalist). They argued that sociobiology does not necessarily lead to any particular political ideology as many critics implied.

Many other sociobiologists have used sociobiology to argue quite separate points. Noam Chomsky surprised many by coming to the defense of sociobiology on the grounds that political radicals need to postulate a relatively fixed idea of human nature in order to be able to struggle for a better society. They needed to know what human needs were in order to build a better society.

An extensive account of the controversy around the book was published 25 years later. It largely supporting Wilson's views. For ethologists, Wilson's ideas are mainstream, and for them his book is not controversial.

Related pages 
 Adaptive unconscious
 Blank slate
 Evolutionary psychology
 Human nature
 Nature vs nurture
 Sociobiology

References 

Biology books
1975 books
Bremach

Bremach is an Italian manufacturer of trucks. It specializes in the manufacturing of military vehicles, and 4WD fire engines. Some are used in France and Germany.

Italian automobile companies
Trucks
Cessna T-41 Mescalero

The Cessna T-41 Mescalero is an American training aircraft. It is a military variant of the Cessna 172. It first flew in 1965. It was first used the same year. It was used by many air forces including Argentina, Greece, Iran, Laos.

United States Air Force aircraft 
T-41
Bell 47

The Bell 47 is an American helicopter. It was the first civilian helicopter in the world built in series. Militaries used it as OH-13. It was built under licence in Italy by Agusta and in Japan by Kawasaki. Its first flight was in 1947.

47
Civil aircraft
List of heads of state of Libya

This is a list of heads of state of Libya since independence in 1951.

Heads of state of Libya (1951–present)

Affiliations

References
World StatesmenLibya

Libya
List of heads of government of Libya

This is a list of heads of government of Libya since independence in 1951.

Since independence, heads of government of Libya have been Prime Ministers from 1951 to 1977. Then General Secretaries of the General People's Committee from 1977 to 2011. Prime Ministers were back in the Libyan government since 2011.

Heads of Government of Libya (1951–present)

(Dates in italics indicate continuation of office)

Affiliations

Related pages
List of heads of state of Libya

References
World StatesmenLibya

Libya
Ali Zeidan

Ali Zeidan (sometimes written as Zidan; ; born 1950) is a former Prime Minister of Libya. He was appointed by the General National Congress on 14 October 2012. Zeidan took office on 14 November after Congress approved his cabinet nominees. Before the Libyan civil war, Zeidan was a human rights lawyer in Geneva. According to the BBC, he is considered by some local observers as a strong-minded liberal.

It was reported on 10 October 2013 that Zeidan was kidnapped by armed men in Tripoli, during the early hours in the morning. He was freed hours later.

References

Other websites

1950 births
Living people
Kidnapped people
Prime Ministers of Libya
Air Forces of the National People's Army

The Air Forces of the National People's Army () was the air force of East Germany. It was a part of the National People's Army, established in 1956.

Structure

1. Luftverteidigungsdivision (1. LVD) 
 Jagdfliegergeschwader 1 "Fritz Schmenke" (HQ Holzdorf)
 Jagdfliegergeschwader 3 "Wladimir Komarow" (HQ Preschen)
 Jagdfliegergeschwader 7 "Wilhelm Pieck" (HQ Drewitz)
 Jagdfliegergeschwader 8 "Hermann Matern" (HQ Marxwald)
 41. Fla-Raketenbrigade "Hermann Dunker" (HQ Ladeberg)
 51. Fla-Raketenbrigade "Werner Lamberz" (HQ Sprötau)
 Fla-Raketenregiment 31 "Jaroslaw Dombrowski" (HQ Straßgräbchen)

3. Luftverteidigungsdivision (3. LVD) 
 Jagdfliegergeschwader 2 "Juri Gagarin" (HQ Trollenhagen)
 Jagdfliegergeschwader 9 "Heinrich Rau" (HQ Peenemünde)
 43. Fla-Raketenbrigade "Erich Weinert" (HQ Sanitz)
 Fla-Raketenregiment 13 "Etkar André" (HQ Parchim)
 Fla-Raketenregiment 23 "Rudolf Breitscheid" (HQ Stallberg)

Equipment

Fighter Aircraft 
Mikoyan MiG-21
Mikoyan MiG-29
Mikoyan MiG-23
Mikoyan MiG-23BN
Sukhoi Su-22
Aero L-39 Albatros

Transport Aircraft 
Antonov An-2
Antonov An-26
Ilyushin Il-62
Tupolev Tu-134
Tupolev Tu-154
Let L-410 Turbolet
Zlín Z 43

Helicopters 
Mil Mi-2
Mil Mi-8
Mil Mi-24
Mil Mi-14

Surface-to-Air Missiles 
S-75 Dvina (SA-2 Guideline)
S-75 Wolchow (SA-2 Guideline)
S-125 Newa (SA-3 Goa)
S-200 Wega (SA-5 Gammon)
S-300 (SA-10 Grumble)

National People's Army
Military of Germany
Raúl Héctor Castro

Raul Hector Castro (June 12, 1916  April 10, 2015) was a Mexican-born American politician. He has served in both elected and non-elected public offices, including Ambassadors from the United States and the 14th Governor of Arizona (1975–77).

He was the first hispanic to be elected governor of Arizona. At the age of 98, he became the oldest living United States governor, after the death of former Washington Governor Albert Rosellini at the age of 101.

Early life
Castro was born on June 12, 1916 on Cananea, Mexico. He studied at Northern Arizona University and at James E. Rogers College of Law.

Career
In 1954, he was elected county attorney and served in that capacity until 1958, when he became a Pima County Superior Court Judge. His national stature grew over the years, and President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Castro as U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador in 1964. After four years there, he served as Ambassador to Bolivia until the end of 1969.

Returning to Tucson, Arizona in 1969 to specialize in international law, Castro continued to rise to the top in Arizona Democratic politics. Seeking state office for the first time in 1970, he won the Democratic nomination for governor, but narrowly lost the general election to Republican incumbent Jack Williams. In 1974, Castro was elected governor. In 1977, after two years as governor, he was selected by President Jimmy Carter to be ambassador to Argentina. Castro held that post until 1980.

Detention
On June 12, 2012, despite searing temperatures, Castro was stopped by U.S. Border Patrol after they detected traces of radiation in his vehicle. After explaining that the radiation was due to a medical procedure from the previous day, the ex-governor was released after a short detention.

Death
Castro died in his sleep while under hospice care in San Diego, California, aged 98.

References

Other websites
 
 Interview with R.H. Castro for the newspaper Clarín of Buenos Aires, Argentina, 20 December 1998 concerning the Beagle conflict: Clarín .
 The Raul Castro Collection at the University of Arizona UAiR Collection 

 

1916 births
2015 deaths
Governors of Arizona
Naturalized citizens of the United States
Ambassadors of the United States
US Democratic Party politicians
Guinevere

Guinevere was the wife of King Arthur in the Camelot stories.  Part of the story is that she fell in love with Lancelot, Arthur's very close friend and greatest knight.

Arthurian legend
Scott Wilson (actor)

Scott Wilson (born William Delano Wilson; March 29, 1942 – October 6, 2018) was an American actor of television and movies. He was known for his roles in In the Heat of the Night, In Cold Blood, The Great Gatsby, Dead Man Walking, Pearl Harbor, and Junebug.

Wilson was born on March 29, 1942 in Thomasville, Georgia. He married Heavenly Wilson in 1977. Wilson died of complications from leukemia on October 6, 2018 in Los Angeles, California, aged 76.

References

Other websites

1942 births
2018 deaths
Deaths from leukemia
Cancer deaths in Los Angeles
American movie actors
American television actors
American voice actors
American stage actors
Actors from Atlanta, Georgia
Dick Gregory

Richard Claxton "Dick" Gregory (October 12, 1932 – August 19, 2017) was an American comedian, social activist, social critic, writer, and entrepreneur.

Gregory was born on October 12, 1932 in St. Louis, Missouri. He was raised in Chicago, Illinois. Gregory studied at Sumner High School and at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. He had been married to Lillian Gregory since 1959. They had 10 children.

Gregory died at a hospital in Washington, D.C. on August 19, 2017 of heart failure at the age of 84.

References

Other websites

A short biography from www.dickgregory.com   
Dick Gregory's oral history video excerpts at The National Visionary Leadership Project
Booknotes interview with Gregory on Callus on My Soul: A Memoir, March 4, 2001. 
Speech by Dick Gregory given on October 20, 1969. Audio recording. From the University of Alabama's Emphasis Symposium on Contemporary Issues.
Footage of October, 1968 interview with Dick Gregory regarding his candidacy for the Presidency in 1968

1932 births
2017 deaths
African American comedians
African American writers
American civil rights activists
American critics
Businesspeople from Chicago
Businesspeople from St. Louis, Missouri
Cardiovascular disease deaths in Washington, D.C.
Comedians from Chicago
Comedians from St. Louis, Missouri
Deaths from heart failure
Writers from St. Louis, Missouri
Writers from Chicago
Hip hop soul

Hip hop soul is a genre of music that fuses hip hop, R&B, soul, and new jack swing. Some notable artist include R. Kelly, Mary J. Blige, Ashanti, Keyshia Cole,  Frank Ocean, Mariah Carey, Ray J and Akon.

Characteristics
Hip hop soul first started as a fusion genre that fused hip hop with soul music, Some of the best songs of hip hop soul include "I'll Make Love to You", "Lonely", "Swim Good" and "Can't Be Without You". It was very popular at first, but then it began to lose commercial success because of its late sexual lyrics and dark themes.

Notable artists

Fusion music genres
Hip hop genres
R&B music
Order of Lenin

The Order of Lenin (Russian: Орден Ленина, Orden Lenina), named after Vladimir Lenin, was the highest decoration bestowed by the Soviet Union. The order was awarded to:
 Civilians for outstanding services rendered to the State,
 Members of the armed forces for exemplary service,
 Those who promoted friendship and cooperation between peoples and in strengthening peace
 Those with meritorious services to the Soviet state and society

The order was established by the Central Executive Committee on April 6, 1930. It was disestablished in 1991, because of the fall of the Soviet Union.

Other websites

 Legal Library of the USSR

Soviet Union
1930 establishments
1991 disestablishments in the Soviet Union
Orders, decorations, and medals
20th-century establishments in the Soviet Union
Con Air

Con Air is an American 1997 action crime thriller movie. It was directed by Simon West and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. It stars Nicolas Cage, John Malkovich, John Cusack, and Steve Buscemi. It received positive reviews. Roger Ebert gave the movie three out of four stars. In was released on June 6, 1997.

Other websites

 
 
 
 
 

1997 crime movies
1997 thriller movies
1997 action movies
1990s crime thriller movies
American action movies
American crime thriller movies
English-language movies
Saving Mr. Banks

Saving Mr. Banks is a 2013 biographical comedy-drama movie. It is based on the real life events during the making of the 1964 Disney movie Mary Poppins.

Saving Mr. Banks stars Tom Hanks as Walt Disney and Emma Thompson as P. L. Travers. Paul Giamatti, Bradley Whitford, Kathy Baker, Rachel Griffiths and Colin Farrell also appear in the movie.

Meryl Streep was the first choice to play Travers. Thompson took the part because the studio could not get Streep. Thompson has said the role of P. L. Travers was the most difficult one she's played.

Photography began in September 2012. The movie was filmed in the Los Angeles area, and the Disney Studios. Care was taken to keep any post-1964 rides from being caught on film.

Saving Mr. Banks was given its world premiere at the London Film Festival on October 20, 2013. It has received much critical praise. The Hollywood Reporter said the movie was an "affecting if somewhat soft-soaped comedy drama, elevated by excellent performances."

References

2013 drama movies
2010s biographical movies
American biographical movies
American drama movies
Disney movies
English-language movies
Movies set in the 1960s
Jokkmokk

Jokkmokk is a locality in the county of Dalarna in Sweden. It is the seat of Jokkmokk Municipality.

References

Other websites

Settlements in Norrbotten County
Skin graft

A skin graft is a transplants of skin. The most common way to do this is to transplant skin from one part of a person to another place on the same person. The technique was developed in World War II by surgeons who had to deal with people who had suffered severe burns.

Transplants of skin from one person to another is limited by tissue rejection caused by the immune system. As with organ transplants, tests are done to find a donor who is "compatible" with the host. Identical twins make the perfect donors for each other because they are genetically identical.

Surgery
Animal tissues
List of World Heritage Sites in Azerbaijan

World Heritage Sites in Azerbaijan are places that are in the World Heritage Site List of UNESCO, a part of the United Nations, which are selected by UNESCO's World Heritage Committee.  These are places of outstanding cultural or natural importance to the common heritage of mankind. 

There are currently 2 UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Azerbaijan.
Below is the actual list and the proposed list of the sites in Azerbaijan:

References

Other websites

 UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Azerbaijan 

Azerbaijan
Nirodha

Nirodha is a Sanskrit word, which is also a concept used in Buddhism. It is one of the Four Noble Truths. It is the end of suffering and its causes. According to Thubten Chodron, Nirodha is the final disappearance of all bad experiences and their causes in such a way that they can no longer occur again.

Notes

Sources

 

Buddhist terminology
Shahram Rostami

Shahram Rostami (born 19??) was an Iranian flying ace in the Iran-Iraq War. He was an F-14 Tomcat pilot. He shot down 6 Iraqi fighters: 1 MiG-21, 3 Mirage F1s and 2 MiG-25s. He was the first fighter pilot in the world, who shot down a MiG-25.

References 

Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Aviators
Generals
Iranian military people
Brookhaven, Georgia

Brookhaven is a city in western DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. It is northeast of Atlanta. Brookhaven became DeKalb County's 11th city on December 17, 2012. It has been approved in a referendum on July 31, 2012.

In 2012, about 49,000 people live in Brookhaven. It is the largest city in DeKalb County. The new city stretches over .

References

Other websites
 City of Brookhaven 
 Brookhaven Directory 
 Brookhaven Neighborhood Association

2012 establishments in the United States
21st-century establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)
Cities in Georgia (U.S. state)
M129 Grenade launcher

M129 Grenade launcher is an American 40-mm automatic grenade launcher. It is weapon for helicopters. It was made in 1966 by the Ford aerospace company and it is still being used today. It is advanced version of the earlier M75. The rate of fire of M75 was 225 rounds per minute, but the M129 can shoot 400 rounds per minute. M129 is used by these helicopters:

Bell AH-1 Cobra
Lockheed AH-56 Cheyenne
Bell UH-1 Iroquois
OH-6A Cayuse
OH-58 Kiowa

References

Weapons
Russian literature

Russian literature is literature written in the Russian language or by Russian people. Famous writers who were Russian include Leo Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Ivan Turgenev, Nikolai Gogol, Vladimir Nabokov, Mikhail Sholokhov and Solzhenitsyn.

Old Russian literature

18th century

Golden Age of Russian literature (19th century)

Silver Age

Soviet Russian literature

Modern Russian literature
William P. Clark Jr.

William Patrick Clark, Jr. (October 23, 1931 – August 10, 2013) was an American rancher, judge, and public servant. He served under President Ronald Reagan as the Deputy Secretary of State from 1981 to 1982, National Security Advisor from 1982 to 1983, and the Secretary of the Interior from 1983 until 1985.

Clark was a judge of the Superior Court of California from 1969 to 1971 and an associate justice of the California State Supreme Court from 1973 to 1981.

On September 21, 1983 Secretary of the Interior James G. Watt embarrassed the administration by yet again making bigoted remarks to the media, causing him to resign on November 8, and Clark requested and received an appointment to replace Watt.

He returned to California after his stint serving the administration and pursued a variety of law firm and other business interests.

Clark was born on October 23, 1931 in Oxnard, California. He was raised as a Catholic.

Clark was married to Johanna "Joan" Brauner until her death in April 2009. They had five children; Monica, Peter (nicknamed Pete), Nina, Colin, and Paul.

Clark died on August 10, 2013 in Shandon, California from Parkinson's disease, aged 81.

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 Department of the Interior listing 
 American President - William Patrick Clark 

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Haji (actress)

Haji (Cerlet Catton; January 24, 1946 – August 10, 2013) was a Canadian-born actress and former exotic dancer known for her role in the Russ Meyer's 1965 cult classic Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!.

Haji was born on January 24, 1946 in Quebec, Canada. She had one daughter out of wedlock. Haji died on August 10, 2013 from unknown causes.

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Russ Meyer

Russell Albion "Russ" Meyer (March 21, 1922 – September 18, 2004) was an American movie director, producer, screenwriter, cinematographer, editor, actor and photographer.

Meyer is known writing and directing on a series of successful low-budget sexploitation movies that featured campy humor, sly satire and large-breasted women such as in Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!.

During his early movie career, Meyer used to work with future Pulitzer Prize-winning movie critic Roger Ebert.

Early life
Meyer was born on March 21, 1922 in San Leandro, California to a German-American family. He was raised in Oakland, California.

Marriages
He was married to Betty Valdovinos from 1949 until they divorced in 1950. Then he was married to Eve Meyer from 1952 until they divorced in 1966. Then he was married to Edy Williams from 1970 until they divorced in 1973.

Death
Meyer died on September 18, 2004 in Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, California from complications from pneumonia after battling Alzheimer's disease. He was 82 years old. Meyer was buried at Stockton Rural Cemetery in Stockton, California.

Biopic
Fox Searchlight Pictures is currently negotiating the rights to create a biopic covering the early years of Meyer's career.

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 Nathaniel Rich on Russ Meyer in the San Francisco Chronicle

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Public Enemies (2009 movie)

Public Enemies is a 2009 biographical-crime-drama movie set in Chicago during the 1930s. It was directed by Michael Mann. It stars Johnny Depp as John Dillinger. Christian Bale, Marion Cotillard, Stephen Lang, Leelee Sobieski, Channing Tatum, and Billy Crudup also star. It was released on July 1, 2009.

Roger Ebert, Peter Travers, Rex Reed, and Michael Phillips gave it positive reviews.

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Douglas Seale

Douglas Seale (28 October 1913 – 13 June 1999) was an English actor, director, and producer.

Career 
He provided the voice of Krebbs in The Rescuers Down Under (1990). Two years later, Seale voiced the Sultan in Aladdin.

He also appeared in several movie including Amadeus and Ernest Saves Christmas (1988) in which he played Santa Claus. He appeared in the 1986 Christmas movie, A Smoky Mountain Christmas, as Vernon.

Seale was born on 28 October 1913 in London, England. He was married three times, first two ended in divorce. His last marriage was to Louise Troy until her death of breast cancer in 1994.

Seale died on 13 June 1999 in New York City, New York from pneumonia, aged 85. He was cremated and his ashes were scattered into the Atlantic Ocean.

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University of Paris

The University of Paris () was a famous university in Paris, France. It was one of the first universities to be established in Europe. It was founded in the middle of the 12th century. The university is often referred to as the Sorbonne or la Sorbonne, after the creation of the college (Collège de Sorbonne) founded around 1257 by Robert de Sorbon.

In 1971, the university was split into thirteen independent universities.

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 Sorbonne - Universités Paris I, III, IV and V (official homepage)

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Not Without My Daughter

Not Without My Daughter is a 1991 American drama movie by director Brian Gilbert. It plays Sally Field and Alfred Molina. It is based on Betty Mahmoody's 1987 book by telling the story about the escape with her daughter from her husband from Iran.

Plot
American Betty Lover marries Iranian doctor Sayeed Bozorg Mahmoody (nicknamed: Moody). They have a daughter called Mahtab (Persian: "Moonlight").

Moody wants to see his family in Tehran, Iran, because he has not seen his family for ten years. Betty doesn't want to go to Iran, because she thinks that it is dangerous. Moody persuades Betty, that she goes to Iran for a two week holiday. But Moody has hidden the termination of his job in a hospital in the USA from Betty and Mahtab and tells his family, that they will stay in Iran forever. Because a man has the say in Iran, they have to stay here and Betty cannot take her daughter Mahtab out of the country without her husband's permission. She searches for help to escape from the country with Mahtab, for example from the Swiss embassy.

She has major problems to adapt to the strict laws and customs of the country, because as an American she is much-hated in Iran. Moody often abuses Betty, because she does not obey him. After 18 months, Betty succeeds to escape Iran with her daughter Mahtab. They flee over the Zagros mountains in the northwest of Iran to Turkey. They fly back to USA from there.

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Tehran
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Heteropogon contortus

Heterpogon contortus is a kind of perennial grass. It is native to southern Africa, southern Asia and parts of Australia and Oceania. Common names for the species include black spear grass and tanglehead. The plant can reach a height of . The plants grow particularly well in areas where wildfires are frequent. Native Hawaiians used it to thatch their houses.

References

Poaceae
Land reclamation

Land reclamation is the idea of getting new land. It is usually done in coastal areas. Sometimes it is also done in areas like rivers and lakes. Usually, there is a natural process which fills such areas with sand, dirt and other materials. Land reclamation uses the same process, which is sped up. In many cases, this is done using dikes. An example where land reclamation is done is the IJsselmeer in the Netherlands.

Pioneer plants, such as Salicornia or Ammophila grow there. When the level of the land is as high as that of the high tide, new ditches are dug, and the process can repeat.

Sometimes, it is too time-consuming to wait for the land to rise. In that case, it is possible to pump out the water in the enclosed area. This was done in the Netherlands, where many areas are below sea level. The problem with this approach is that it needs to be repeated, for example in the case of heavy rainfall.
Few examples are Kansai Airport in Osaka, Japan.

The creation of large, artificial islands, such as Palm Islands in Dubai or Maasvlakte, which is part of the port of Rotterdam is not known as Land reclamation.

Gallery

Geography
Jerry Maren

Jerry Maren (born Gerard Marenghi; January 24, 1920 – May 24, 2018) was an American actor and writer. He was the only confirmed surviving dwarf Munchkin from The Wizard of Oz (in 2014). 

The other surviving munchkin cast member was Ruth Robinson Duccini until she died in 2014. Maren is the last surviving male dwarf Munchkin from the movie and later the only living Munchkin actor since the death of Duccini. Maren retired from public appearances in September 2011.

Early life
Maren was born Gerard Marenghi in Boston, Massachusetts on January 24, 1920.

Career
In the 1950s, Maren worked as a Little Oscar for the Oscar Mayer Company and as Buster Brown in television and radio commercials. Later he joined his friend Billy Barty in organizing Little People of America. Maren has also portrayed Mayor McCheese and The Hamburglar in commercials for McDonald's.

In the late 1970s, he was the dapper little man on The Gong Show, heralding each show's big finish with an onslaught of confetti as Milton Delugg's band played "Hoop Dee Doo".

Maren also made a notable appearance in The Odd Couple episode 'Felix the Horseplayer' as Harry Tallman, a racehorse exerciser who was giving Oscar tips on winning horses.

Personal life
Maren was married to Elizabeth Barrington from 1975 until her death at age 69 on January 27, 2011.

He lived in Southern California.

Death
On May 24, 2018, Maren died in San Diego of heart failure complicated by dementia at the age of 98.

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Ruth Duccini

Ruth Duccini (July 23, 1918 – January 16, 2014) was an American actress and writer. She was one of the last two surviving Munchkins from the 1939 movie The Wizard of Oz. The other is Jerry Maren. Duccini was the last surviving female from the movie and also the oldest.

Her role in the movie as a Munchkin villager was not credited. Her most recent appearance was when she (along with the other surviving Munchkins from The Wizard of Oz) was presented with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

While Duccini could not remember what she earned filming Oz in 2013. She said that the Munchkin village actors were paid $125 a week during filming.

Duccini made the news again when Baroness Margaret Thatcher died and critics of the former Prime Minister tried to propel "Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead" on the radio charts to celebrate her passing. Duccini and Maren both called the campaign "terrible" and were saddened by the movement while insisting the song was never to be used in such a way.

Duccini died on January 16, 2014 from natural causes in Las Vegas, Nevada, aged 95.

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University of Leicester

The University of Leicester is a university in Leicester, England.

Related pages 
 International Planning History Society

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 University of Leicester website 
 LUSH Student Radio
 University of Leicester Student Savings Directory 
 Aerial photograph of University College (later Leicester University) in April 1926 

Leicester
Leicester
International Planning History Society

International Planning History Society (IPHS) is an international academic organization for urban planning history. The organization was established in 1974 at the University of Leicester, in Leicester, England as an academic group called "Planning History Group". In 1993, it became an international organization with architecture and urban planning faculties around the world and the name changed to "International Planning History Society".

Related pages 
 Society for American City and Regional Planning History

Other websites 
  International Planning History Society 
  The International Planning History Society International Conference - 2020  website 
  The International Planning History Society International Conference - 2012  website
  The International Planning History Society International Conference - 2014  website

History of urban planning
Urban planning organizations
1974 establishments in England
Leicester
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Yukuhashi, Fukuoka

Yukuhashi is a town in Fukuoka Prefecture, western Japan. It is south of Kitakyushu, near Oita Prefecture. It has around 70,000 people.

Other websites
City website 

Towns in Fukuoka Prefecture
List of Atlantic hurricanes in the 18th century

Atlantic hurricane seasons
Before 1600 1600s 1700s 1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s 1840s 1850s

While information for every storm that happened is not available, some parts of the coastline had enough people to give information of hurricane happenings. Each season was an event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation in the Atlantic basin. Most tropical cyclone formation occurs between June 1 and November 30.

1700–1719 
Although not listed below, the Great Storm of 1703 that struck the Kingdom of England may have been a hurricane.

1720–1739

1740–1759

1760–1769

1770–1779

1780–1789 
The 1780 Atlantic hurricane season was a very deadly hurricane season. About 25,000 people died mainly due to three storms in October.
 A hurricane affected Puerto Rico on June 19, 1780.
 The second hurricane seen hit New Orleans, causing a lot of damage.  
 A hurricane hit Jamaica on October 5, it also hit Cuba. The storm killed about 1115 people. This was also known as the Savanna-la-Mar Hurricane.
 The Great Hurricane of 1780 killed 22,000 people in the eastern Caribbean Sea. Making it the deadliest Atlantic hurricane ever seen. 
 A powerful hurricane in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico from October 17 to the 21st killed 2,000 people. Also known as Solano's Hurricane. 
During late October, a storm hit Barbados and St. Lucia. 
A storm moved along the East Coast of the United States on November 17.

1790–1790

Related pages
List of Atlantic hurricane seasons

References

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http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pastdeadlyapp1.shtml
http://www.candoo.com/genresources/hurricane.htm#1700
http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/research/roth/vahur.htm
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/lch/research/la18hu.htm 

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Crossing the Rubicon

Crossing the Rubicon is a metaphor similar to "Burning one's bridges" and "the point of no return". It means passing a decisive point, where one cannot turn back. It comes from a genuine historical incident. The Rubicon is  a shallow river in north-east Italy. According to Roman tradition and law Roman legions could not be brought south of the river without permission of the Roman Senate.

Caesar's civil war 
In 50 BC, the Senate, led by Pompey, ordered Julius Caesar to disband his army and return to Rome because his term as governor of Gaul had finished. Caesar thought he would be prosecuted if he entered Rome without the immunity enjoyed by a magistrate. Pompey accused Caesar of insubordination and treason.

Crossing the Rubicon 
Caesar and his army approached Rome and crossed the Rubicon in 49 BC. It was the point beyond which no army was supposed to go. The river marked the boundary between Cisalpine Gaul to the north, and Italy proper to the south. Pompey, the lawful Consul, and his friends, fled from Rome as Caesar's army approached. So began a civil war in which Caesar eventually triumphed.

What Caesar reportedly said at the crossing of the Rubicon is "Alea iacta est" ("The die is cast"). This is yet another metaphor. It comes from gambling with dice: once the die or dice have been thrown, no bets can be withdrawn or added, even before the dice have come to rest.

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