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Coventry, Connecticut

**Coventry** is a town in Connecticut. It is in Tolland County. There were 12,235 people living in Coventry in 2020. Coventry became a town in May 1712. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of  of which  is land and  (1.67%) is water.

## Other websites

- Coventry, CT website

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Coventry, Connecticut
- **settlement type**: New England town, Town
- **image skyline**: Coventry Village.jpg
- **image caption**: The center of South Coventry historic district
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision type1**: U.S. state
- **subdivision type2**: County (United States), County
- **subdivision name2**: Tolland County, Connecticut, Tolland
- **subdivision type3**: Councils of governments in Connecticut, Region
- **subdivision name3**: Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut, Capitol Region
- **established title**: Incorporated
- **established date**: 1712
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **area total km2**: 99.5
- **area total sq mi**: 38.4
- **area land km2**: 97.7
- **area land sq mi**: 37.7
- **area water km2**: 1.7
- **area water sq mi**: 0.6
- **elevation m**: 200
- **elevation ft**: 656
- **population total**: 12235
- **population as of**: 2020 United States Census, 2020
- **population density km2**: 125.2
- **population density sq mi**: 324.5
- **timezone**: North American Eastern Standard Time, EST
- **utc offset**: -5
- **timezone dst**: Eastern Daylight Time, EDT
- **utc offset dst**: -4
- **postal code type**: ZIP Code
- **postal code**: 06238
- **area code**: Area codes 860 and 959, 860/959
- **blank name**: Federal Information Processing Standards, FIPS code
- **blank info**: 09-17800
- **blank1 name**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS feature ID
- **blank1 info**: 0213413
Old Saybrook, Connecticut

**Old Saybrook** is a town in Connecticut. It is in Middlesex County. There were 10,481 people living in Old Saybrook in 2020. The incorporated borough of Fenwick is in Old Saybrook. The census-designated places of Old Saybrook Center and Saybrook Manor are also part of the town.

Saybrook, Illinois is named after Old Saybrook.

## National Register of Historic Places in Old Saybrook

- Black Horse Tavern, added December 1, 1978
- Elisha Bushnell House, added November 29, 1978
- Connecticut Valley Railroad Roundhouse and Turntable Site, added April 28, 1994
- Jedidiah Dudley House, added April 12, 1982
- Samuel Eliot House, added November 9, 1972
- General William Hart House, added November 9, 1972
- James Pharmacy, added August 5, 1994
- Lynde Point Lighthouse, added May 29, 1990
- Old Saybrook South Green, added September 3, 1976
- Parker House, added November 29, 1978
- Humphrey Pratt Tavern, added November 7, 1972
- Saybrook Breakwater Lighthouse, added May 29, 1990
- William Tully House, added March 15, 1982
- Ambrose Whittlesey House, added August 23, 1985
- John Whittlesey Jr. House, added October 26, 1984

## Other websites

- Town government Web site

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Old Saybrook, Connecticut
- **settlement type**: New England town, Town
- **image skyline**: Saybrook breakwater light.jpg
- **imagesize**: 250px
- **image caption**: Saybrook Breakwater Light
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision type1**: U.S. state
- **subdivision type2**: County (United States), County
- **subdivision name2**: Middlesex County, Connecticut, Middlesex
- **subdivision type3**: Councils of governments in Connecticut, Region
- **subdivision name3**: Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Connecticut, Lower CT River Valley
- **established title**: Settled
- **established date**: 1738
- **established title1**: Incorporated
- **established date1**: 1854
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **area total km2**: 55.9
- **area total sq mi**: 21.6
- **area land km2**: 38.8
- **area land sq mi**: 15.0
- **area water km2**: 17.0
- **area water sq mi**: 6.6
- **elevation ft**: 20
- **population total**: 10481
- **population as of**: 2020
- **population density km2**: 270.1
- **timezone**: Eastern Standard Time Zone, Eastern
- **utc offset**: −5
- **timezone dst**: Eastern Standard Time Zone, Eastern
- **utc offset dst**: −4
- **postal code type**: ZIP code
- **postal code**: 06475
- **area code**: Area codes 860 and 959, 860/959
- **blank name**: Federal Information Processing Standard, FIPS code
- **blank info**: 09-57320
- **blank1 name**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS feature ID
- **blank1 info**: 0213484
Wethersfield, Connecticut

**Wethersfield** is a town in Connecticut. It is in Hartford County. Many records from colonial times spell the name Weathersfield. However, Native Americans called it **Pyquag**. There were 27,298 people living in Wethersfield in 2020.

## Other websites

- Wethersfield homepage

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Wethersfield, Connecticut
- **settlement type**: New England town, Town
- **motto**: Ye Most Auncient Towne in Connecticut
- **image skyline**: Joseph Webb and Isaac Stevens Houses - Wethersfield, CT - 2.jpg
- **image caption**: Joseph Webb and Isaac Stevens houses
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision type1**: U.S. state
- **subdivision type2**: County (United States), County
- **subdivision name2**: Hartford County, Connecticut, Hartford
- **subdivision type3**: Councils of governments in Connecticut, Region
- **subdivision name3**: Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut, Capitol Region
- **established title**: Settled
- **established date**: October 1634
- **established title2**: Incorporated
- **established date2**: February 21, 1637
- **named for**: Wethersfield, Essex
- **area total km2**: 34.0
- **area land km2**: 31.9
- **area water km2**: 2.1
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **population as of**: 2020
- **population total**: 27298
- **population density sq mi**: auto
- **timezone**: Eastern Standard Time Zone, Eastern
- **utc offset**: −5
- **timezone dst**: Eastern Standard Time Zone, Eastern
- **utc offset dst**: −4
- **elevation ft**: 43
- **postal code type**: ZIP Code
- **postal code**: 06109
- **area code**: Area codes 860 and 959, 860/959
- **blank name**: Federal Information Processing Standards, FIPS code
- **blank info**: 09-84900
- **blank1 name**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS feature ID
- **blank1 info**: 212042
- **blank3 name**: Interstates
- **blank3 info**:
- **blank4 name**: U.S. Highways
- **blank4 info**:
- **blank5 name**: State Routes
- **blank5 info**:
The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol

***The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol*** is an American computer-animated short film, based on _The Smurfs_ comic book series and _A Christmas Carol_ by Charles Dickens. It was directed by Troy Quane and it stars voices of George Lopez, Jack Angel, Melissa Sturm, Fred Armisen, Gary Basaraba, Anton Yelchin, and Hank Azaria. The special was produced by Sony Pictures Animation with the animation by Sony Pictures Imageworks and Duck Studios. _The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol_ was released on DVD on December 2, 2011, attached to _The Smurfs_.

## Synopsis

When Grouchy Smurf (voiced by George Lopez) behaves badly to everyone and refuses to celebrate Christmas, the Smurfs of Christmas Past, Present, and Future teach him to appreciate Christmas.

## Cast

- George Lopez as Grouchy Smurf (voice)
- Jack Angel as Papa Smurf (voice) (replacing Jonathan Winters)
- Melissa Sturm as Smurfette / The Smurf of Christmas Past (voice)
- Fred Armisen as Brainy Smurf / The Smurf of Christmas Present (voice)
- Gary Basaraba as Hefty Smurf / The Smurf of Christmas Future (voice)
- Anton Yelchin as Clumsy Smurf (voice)
- Hank Azaria as Gargamel

## Other websites

- Official website
Ivan Droppa

**Ivan Droppa** (born February 1, 1972) is a Slovak retired professional ice hockey player that played 2 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Chicago Blackhawks.

Droppa was drafted 37th overall in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft by the Chicago Blackhawks.

Droppa mainly played in Europe during his career. He has played for the Nuremberg Ice Tigers, Kassel Huskies, and Duesseldorf EG/DEG Metro Stars of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). The Slavia Praha HC and Litvinov CHP HC of the Czech Extraliga. The MsHK Žilina and HC Košice of the Slovak Extraliga.

Droppa retired from professional ice hockey in 2010.

## Infobox (ice hockey player)

- **image size**: 230px
- **played for**: **National Hockey League, NHL**:
Chicago Blackhawks
**Deutsche Eishockey Liga, DEL**:
Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers, Nuremberg Ice Tigers
Kassel Huskies
Düsseldorfer EG, Duesseldorf EG/DEG Metro Stars
**Czech Extraliga**:
HC Slavia Praha, Slavia Praha HC
HC Litvínov, Litvinov CHP HC
**Slovak Extraliga**
MsHK Žilina
HC Košice
- **position**: Defenceman, Defence
- **shot**: Left
- **height ft**: 6
- **height in**: 2
- **weight lb**: 209
- **birth place**: Liptovský Mikuláš, Czechoslovakia
- **draft**: 37th overall
- **draft year**: 1990
- **draft team**: Chicago Blackhawks
- **career start**: 1990
- **career end**: 2010
Nyangatjatjara College

**Nyangatjatjara College** is an independent high school based in the Northern Territory of Australia. It has campuses in Yulara, Kaltukatjara, Muṯitjulu and Imanpa. It teaches students who speak Pitjantjatjara as their first language.

The school was first opened on 21 July 1997. The campus at Yulara is the school's original and main campus. It has boarding facilities to allow students to from the other, smaller, campuses to live at the college while studying. Kaltukatjara, Muṯitjulu and Imanpa are small communities in remote areas. The campuses there were opened between 1998 and 2002. The students are taught at their home campuses for part of the year, and then study at the Yulara campus for the other part. The school teaches both boys and girls, but their classes are separated.

Nyangatjatjara College is owned by the Nyangatjatjara Aboriginal Corporation. It is a member of the Association of Independent Schools of the Northern Territory (AISNT).

## Other websites

- Description  from AISNT

## Infobox (school)

- **name**: Nyangatjatjara College
- **city**: Yulara, Northern Territory, Yulara
- **state**: Northern Territory
- **country**: Australia
- **pushpin map**: Australia Northern Territory
- **pushpin mapsize**: 250
- **pushpin map caption**: Location of the Yulara, Northern Territory, Yulara campus
- **type**: Independent school, Independent Mixed-sex education, co-educational secondary school
- **specialist**: Pitjantjatjara language
- **affiliation**: Association of Independent Schools of the Northern Territory
- **chairman**: Malya Teamay (2015)
- **principal**: Chris Harvey
- **grades**: Year One (education), 1–Year 12, 12
- **grades label**: Years
- **campus type**: Suburban and Remote learning, Remote
Lexington Barbecue Festival

The **Lexington Barbecue Festival** is a one-day food festival held each October in Lexington, North Carolina, a city that calls itself the "Barbecue Capital of the World."  Each year up to 160,000 people go to the festival Up to 20 different companies compete to see who has the best barbecue.  There are many people who sell other items, too.  The festival is a celebration of slow cooked pork barbecue.

## History

The first Lexington Barbecue Festival was in 1984.  It was the idea of Joe Sink, Jr., who worked for Lexington's newspaper, _The Dispatch_.  The city of Lexington was already famous for barbecue and the city decided it was a good idea to have a festival every year.  The first year, 30,000 people came to eat barbecue at the festival.  The festival is one of the largest in the United States now. By 1994, more than 100,000 people came each year, and they had to cook 11,000 pounds of meat.  In 2012, more than 160,000 people came to try the Lexington barbecue.

The city closes many city blocks on Main Street for the event.  In addition to barbecue, there are over 400 other people selling arts and crafts, homemade fudge and other things.  There are also many carnival rides, several stages for live music (bands), and other competitions and events.  Over the years, many large companies have helped pay for the festival, such as Childress Vineyards, Pepsi, BB&T, Walmart, and other  corporations.

## Official status

In 2007, The North Carolina government pass a law called "NC House Bill 433" and now the festival is officially the**"Official Food Festival of the Piedmont Triad Region of the State of North Carolina"**.

## Images of the festival

These are images of some of the activities at the festival.
Lorentz transformation

The **Lorentz transformations** is a set of equations that describe a linear transformation between a stationary reference frame and a reference frame in constant velocity. The equations are given by:

,
 ,
 ,

where represents the new x co-ordinate,  represents the velocity of the other reference frame,  representing time, and  the speed of light.

On a Cartesian coordinate system, with the vertical axis being time (t), the horizontal axis being position in space along one axis (x), the gradients represent velocity (shallower gradient resulting in a greater velocity). If the speed of light is set as a 45° or 1:1 gradient, Lorentz transformations can rotate and squeeze other gradients while keeping certain gradients, like a 1:1 gradient constant. Points undergoing a Lorentz transformations on such a plane will be transformed along lines corresponding to  where n is some number
Transformation

In mathematics, a **transformation** is a rule that describes relations between two different coordinate systems and points in them.

Some examples are translation, dilation, rotation, reflection, shear mapping, point reflection, and circle inversion. Any combination of transformations is also a transformation.
Ken Page

**Kenneth Page** (January 20, 1954 – September 30, 2024) was an American actor, voice actor and singer. He was best known for voicing Oogie Boogie in _The Nightmare Before Christmas_.

Page was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He was openly gay. Page died on September 30, 2024 at his home in St. Louis at the age of 70.
Child-headed family

A **child-headed family** or **child-headed household** is a family in which a minor (child or adolescent) has become the head of the household. They are most common in developing countries and areas of war, where the children's parents have been killed by conflict or disease.  In some cases, relatives of the children adopt them after the parents die. Situations where a child, usually the eldest, has to provide for the family happen when there are no adult relatives to take the children or the relatives can not afford to support more children. Whether and how much the government helps the orphaned family depends on the country. Most help comes from charity and aid organisations like UNICEF.

Child-headed families are most common in Africa. The HIV/AIDS epidemic has led to many situations where both parents have died and left behind a family of orphans. The children may begin taking over their parent's responsibilities before the last surviving parent has died, when the parent is sick or too weak to work. The eldest children often have to stop going to school and get a job instead in order to gain income for the family. A study by Cornell University in 2005 showed that, in Namibia, the average age of the children acting as parents in their families was 17; some were as young as 9 years old. The number of children heading households in sub-Saharan Africa is reported to be growing. A survey in South Africa in 2006 showed that 122,000 (0.67%) of the country's children were living in child-headed households.

In Rwanda, it is estimated that the 1994 genocide left at least 60,000 households to be run by children. Many of the girls who were raped during the conflict are left to raise both their siblings and their own children.

## Other websites

- Child-Headed Households in Africa , African Child Policy Forum
- Child-headed households , International Foster Care Organisation
The Reluctant Dragon (movie)

***The Reluctant Dragon*** is a 1941 American combined live action and animated movie. It was produced by Walt Disney. It was released by RKO Radio Pictures on June 27, 1941. The movie gives a tour of the then-new Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California.

The movie stars radio comedian Robert Benchley and many Disney staffers such as Ward Kimball, Fred Moore, Norman Ferguson, Clarence Nash and Walt Disney, all as themselves.

The first third of the movie is in black-and-white. The last two-thirds are in Technicolor. Most of the movie is live-action. There are four short animated parts. There is a black-and-white part with Casey Junior from _Dumbo_ in his first appearance. There are three Technicolor cartoons: _Baby Weems_, Goofy's _How to Ride a Horse_, and _The Reluctant Dragon_. The Reluctant Dragon is based on Kenneth Grahame's book of the same name.

Notably, The Reluctant Dragon was Disney's first attempt at focusing on live action characters, being Disney's first live action movie. As such, it was the first Disney movie to not be in part of the Disney Canon. Other than Casey Junior, the Disney characters introduced are Bambi as a painted cel and Peter Pan, Tinker Bell, Captain Hook, Mr. Smee, John Darling, Michael Darling, Aunt Sarah and Si and Am as statues. The characters would later appear in their respective future Disney animated movies.

## Infobox (movie)

- **name**: The Reluctant Dragon
- **director**: Alfred Werker (live action)
Hamilton Luske (animation)
Jack Cutting (sequence director)
Jack Kinney (sequence director)
Ub Iwerks (sequence director)
- **writer**: _Live-action:_
Ted Sears
Al Perkins
Larry Clemmons
William Cottrell, Bill Cottrell
Harry Clork
Robert Benchley (uncredited)
Erdman Penner
T. Hee
_Baby Weems_ segment:
Joe Grant
Dick Huemer
John Miller
- **based on**: (The Reluctant Dragon segment)
- **starring**: Robert Benchley
Frances Gifford
Buddy Pepper
Nana Bryant
- **producer**: Walt Disney
- **editing**: Paul Weatherwax
- **studio**: Walt Disney Animation Studios, Walt Disney Productions
- **distributor**: RKO Radio Pictures
- **released**: June 27, 1941
- **runtime**: 74 minutes
- **country**: United States
- **language**: English
Victory Through Air Power (movie)

***Victory Through Air Power*** is a 1943 Walt Disney Technicolor animated movie.  It is based on the 1942 book _Victory Through Air Power_ by Alexander P. de Seversky. De Seversky is in the movie.  This was different from the Disney animated movies of the time.

The movie received an Academy Award nomination for Best Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture.

On December 8, 1941, The Walt Disney Company became a propaganda machine for the United States government. While most World War II movies were made for training, movies such as _Victory Through Air Power_ were made to build public morale among the U.S. and Allied powers. Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt were influenced by the movie.

## Infobox (movie)

- **name**: Victory Through Air Power
- **image**: Victory Through Airpower - Tràiler 1943.ogv
- **caption**: Trailer
- **director**: Perce Pearce
 **Animated Sequences:**
James Algar
 Clyde Geronimi
 Jack Kinney
 **de Seversky scenes:**
 H.C. Potter
- **producer**: Walt Disney
- **writer**: **Story direction:**
 Perce Pearce
 **Story adaptation:**
 T. Hee
 Erdman Penner
 William Cottrell
 James Brodero
 George Stallings
 Jose Rodriguez
- **based on**: _Victory Through Air Power_ by Alexander de Seversky, Maj. Alexander P. Seversky
- **narrator**: Art Baker (actor), Art Baker
- **starring**: Alexander de Seversky
- **music**: Edward H. Plumb
 Paul J. Smith
 Oliver Wallace
- **cinematography**: Ray Rennahan
- **editing**: Jack Dennis
- **studio**: Walt Disney Animation Studios, Walt Disney Productions
- **distributor**: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
 United Artists
- **runtime**: 65 minutes
- **country**: United States
- **language**: English
- **budget**: $788,000
- **gross**: $799,000
So Dear to My Heart

***So Dear to My Heart*** is a 1948 movie produced by Walt Disney. It was released nationwide on January 19, 1949. _So Dear to My Heart_ was re-issued to theaters in 1964. The movie combines animation and live action. It is based on the Sterling North book _Midnight and Jeremiah_.

## Cast

- Bobby Driscoll as Jeremiah 'Jerry' Kincaid
- Luana Patten as Tildy
- Beulah Bondi as Granny Kincaid
- Burl Ives as Uncle Hiram Douglas
- Harry Carey
- Raymond Bond
- Walter Soderling
- Matt Willis
- Spelman B. Collins
- John Beal
- Ken Carson
- Bob Stanton
- The Rhythmaires

## Awards

The movie was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song for Burl Ives's version of the 17th-century English folk song "Lavender Blue".  It lost to "Baby, It's Cold Outside" from _Neptune's Daughter_.

## Infobox (movie)

- **name**: So Dear to My Heart
- **director**: Harold D. Schuster
Hamilton Luske
- **producer**: Walt Disney
Perce Pearce
- **writer**: Ken Anderson (animator), Ken Anderson
John Tucker Battle
Marc Davis (animator), Marc Davis
Bill Peet
Maurice Rapf
Ted Sears
**Novel**
Sterling North
- **starring**: Bobby Driscoll
Luana Patten
Beulah Bondi
Burl Ives
- **music**: Eliot Daniel
Irving Berlin
- **cinematography**: Winton C. Hoch
- **editing**: Lloyd L. Richardson
Thomas Scott (film editor), Thomas Scott
- **studio**: Walt Disney Animation Studios, Walt Disney Productions
- **distributor**: RKO Pictures, RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Warner Bros.<small> (Today)
Buena Vista Distribution</small>
- **released**:
<small>(Chicago premiere)</small>

<small>(United States)</small>
- **runtime**: 82 minutes
- **country**: United States
- **language**: English
T. J. Miller

**Todd Joseph** "**T. J.**" **Miller** (born June 4, 1981) is an American actor and stand-up comedian. He first began acting in television. He is best known for his supporting role as Erlich Bachman in the television sitcom _Silicon Valley_ until he left the show in 2018_._  His first role in a movie was _Cloverfield_, in which he played the character who videotaped most of the scenes.

## Controversy

On December 9, 2016, he was arrested for allegedly assaulting an Uber driver in Los Angeles.
In 2017, a woman claimed that Miller had sexually assaulted her at George Washington University in 2001. Miller denied the claims and called the accused a "vindictive former member of a comedy troupe". Dreamworks dropped Miller from _How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World_ and recast his character Tuffnut Thorston.

On April 9, 2018, Miller was arrested for LaGuardia Airport in Queens, New York after he called in a fake bomb threat onboard an Amtrak train on March 18. Authorities said Miller was very intoxicated and verbally fighting a woman. His charges were dropped and then dismissed.
Bedknobs and Broomsticks

***Bedknobs and Broomsticks*** is a 1971 musical movie produced by Walt Disney Productions. It combines live action and animation. It was released in North America on December 13, 1971. It is based on the books _The Magic Bed Knob; or, How to Become a Witch in Ten Easy Lessons_ and _Bonfires and Broomsticks_ by English children's author Mary Norton.

The movie is often compared to _Mary Poppins_. It is also partly set in the streets of London. It shares some of the cast from Mary Poppins, a similar crew, the same songwriters and director.

The movie was made at Walt Disney Studios. The castle scenes were shot on location at Corfe Castle, Dorset, England, UK.

## Cast

- Angela Lansbury as Miss Eglantine Price, an apprentice witch.
- David Tomlinson as Emelius Browne, Miss Price's former teacher and headmaster of Correspondence College of Witchcraft.
- Roddy McDowall as Mr. Rowan Jelk, the local vicar
- Sam Jaffe as Bookman, an antiquarian book merchant
- John Ericson as Colonel Heller, leader of German invasion force.
- Bruce Forsyth as Swinburne, Bookman's assistant

**The Children:**
- Cindy O'Callaghan as Carrie
- Roy Snart as Paul
- Ian Weighill as Charlie

- Tessie O'Shea as Mrs. Jessica Hobday
- Arthur Gould-Porter as Captain Bill Ainsley Greer
- Ben Wrigley as Portobello Road workman
- Reginald Owen as Major General Sir Brian Teagler, leader of the Home Guard. This is Owen's last film before his death the next year.
- Cyril Delevanti as Elderly farmer
- Rick Traeger and Manfred Lating as German sergeants

**The voices of:**
- Robert Holt as Codfish
- Lennie Weinrib as Secretary Bird and Lion
- Dal McKennon as Bear

## Awards

- Best Visual Effects (**won**) (Alan Maley, Eustace Lycett, and Danny Lee)
- **Nominations**
- Best Art Direction (John B. Mansbridge, Peter Ellenshaw, Emile Kuri and Hal Gausman)
- Best Costume Design
- Best Scoring Adaptation and Original Song Score
- Best Original Song''' for "The Age of Not Believing"

## Infobox (movie)

- **name**: Bedknobs and Broomsticks
- **director**: Robert Stevenson (director), Robert Stevenson
- **producer**: Bill Walsh (producer), Bill Walsh
- **screenplay**: Bill Walsh
Don DaGradi
- **starring**: Angela Lansbury
David Tomlinson
Ian Weighill
John Ericson
Cindy O'Callaghan
Roy Snart
- **music**: **Songs:**

**Score:**
Irwin Kostal
- **editing**: Cotton Warburton
- **cinematography**: Frank V. Phillips
- **studio**: Walt Disney Animation Studios, Walt Disney Productions
- **distributor**: Buena Vista Distribution Company, Buena Vista Distribution
- **runtime**: 117 minutes
- **country**: United States
- **language**: English
- **budget**: $20 million
- **gross**: $17,871,174
Judah Friedlander

**Judah Friedlander** (born March 16, 1969) is an American actor and comedian best known for his acting on the sitcom _30 Rock_.

## Infobox (person)

- **image**: 10.9.10JudahFriedlanderByLuigiNovi.jpg
- **caption**: Friedlander at the New York Comic Convention in Manhattan, October 9, 2010
- **nationality**: Americans, American
- **birth place**: Gaithersburg, Maryland, U.S.
- **name**: Judah Friedlander
- **occupation**: actor/comedian
- **yearsactive**: 1989–present
Chris Wedge

**John Christian "Chris" Wedge** (born March 20, 1957) is an American movie director, producer and voice actor. He is best known for the movies _Ice Age_ and _Robots_.

## Infobox (person)

- **image**: Chris Wedge 2014.jpg
- **name**: Chris Wedge
- **birthname**: John Christian Wedge
- **birth place**: Binghamton, New York, United States, U.S., England
- **nationality**: American
Irish
Jewish
Swazi
Greek
- **occupation**: Film director, film producer, screenwriter, cartoonist, voice actor
- **yearsactive**: 1982–present
- **notable works**: _Ice Age (movie), Ice Age_
_Robots (movie), Robots_
Karen Disher

**Karen Beth Disher** (born August 7, 1972) is an American storyboard artist and movie director. She has also done many voice over roles in cartoons, television, movies and video games.

She has worked for MTV, where she designed the main characters for the cartoon series _Daria_. She then joined Blue Sky Studios, where she worked as storyboard artist on many animated movies, such as _Robots_, _Ice Age: The Meltdown_, _Horton Hears a Who!_, _Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs_, _Ice Age: Continental Drift_, and _Epic_.

## Personal life

In 2001, Disher married Robert Todd Partington, then a supervisor of computer graphics and animation technologies for MTV Networks.

### Film

|Year|Title|Role|Notes||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2005|_Robots_||rowspan="3"|storyboard artist|
|2006|_Ice Age: The Meltdown_||||
|rowspan="2"|2008|_Horton Hears a Who!_|Who Kid||
|_Surviving Sid_ (short film)|S'more|director|||
|2009|_Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs_|Scratte|storyboard artist||
|2011|_Rio_|Mother Bird|head of story||
|2012|_Ice Age: Continental Drift_|Scratte|rowspan="6"|storyboard artist|
|2013|_Epic_||||
|2014|_Rio 2_||||
|2015|_The Peanuts Movie_||||
|2016|_Ice Age: Collision Course_||||
|2017|_Ferdinand_||||
|2019|_Spies in Disguise_||additional story artist, Blue Sky senior creative team||
|2024|Trouble||creative director||

### Television

|Year|Title|Role|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1994–1997|_Beavis and Butt-head_||layout artist|
|1997–2002|_Daria_|Sally (season 3)|supervising director/original character designer|
|2003|_Codename: Kids Next Door_||storyboard artist Episode: "Operation: T.O.M.M.Y."|
|2011|_Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas_|Molehog|director|

### Video games

|Year|Title|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- |
|2000|_Daria's Inferno_|creative consultant|

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Karen Disher
- **image**: Karen Disher.jpg
- **caption**: Disher in 2015
- **birthname**: Karen "Beth" Disher
- **birth place**: San Francisco Bay Area
- **alma mater**: Tisch School of the Arts
- **occupation**: Film director, storyboard artist
- **yearsactive**: 1993–present
- **employer**: Blue Sky Studios (2002–2021)
20th Century Animation (2021–present)
- **spouse**: Robert Partington (m. 2001–present)
- **notable works**: Daria (1997–2002)
 Ice Age (franchise), Ice Age franchise (2006–present)
Seann William Scott

**Seann William Scott** (born October 3, 1976) is an American actor. He is best known for playing the role of Steve Stifler in the _American Pie_ series. He also played roles in the movies _Final Destination_, _Road Trip_, _Dude, Where's My Car?_, _Evolution_, _Bulletproof Monk_, _The Rundown_, _The Dukes of Hazzard_, _Role Models_, _Cop Out_, and _Goon_. Scott voiced the character  Crash in the _Ice Age_ franchise.

## Infobox (person)

- **image**: Seann William Scott 2012.jpg
- **caption**: Scott at the _American Reunion_ premiere in Sydney, 2012.
- **birth place**: Cottage Grove, Minnesota, United States
- **othername**: Seann W. Scott
- **occupation**: Actor, Comedian
- **yearsactive**: 1996–present
- **notable works**: Steve Stifler in _American Pie (movie), American Pie_
Al-Hujwiri

**Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Uthman ibn Ali al-Jullabi**, commonly known by the nisba **al-Hujwiri** and reverentially as **Data Ganj Bakhsh**, was an 11th-century Islamic scholar and writer. He made a significant contribution both to the spreading of Islam in South Asia.

## Life

Ali ibn Uthman ibn Ali ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Abd Allah ibn Ali ibn Hasan ibn Zayd ibn Hasan ibn Ali is said to be his genealogy. He was born around 990 CE near Ghazni, Afghanistan during the era of the Ghaznavid Kingdom and moved to Lahore in present-day Pakistan in 1077 CE.

## Work

His most famous written work is the _Kashf al-Mahjub_, written in the Persian language. This is one of the earliest and most respected treatises of Sufism in Persian, and it debates Sufi doctrines of the past.

## Legacy

Al-Hujwiri was interred in a famous mausoleum in Lahore, which is surrounded by a large marble courtyard, a mosque and other buildings. It is the most frequented of all the shrines in that old city, and indeed one of the most famous in Pakistan and the entire region. He is venerated as the Patron Saint of Lahore, where his name is a household word, and his mausoleum the object of pilgrimage from distant places, by people of all religious beliefs. Along with Khwaja Moin-ud-Din Chishti, Farid-ud-Din Ganj Shakar, Lal Shahbaz Qalandar and Jalal-ud-Din Surkh Bukhari, he is deemed in popular Punjabi literature and culture, as one of the _Panj Peer_ (Five Sages/Holy Ones) who exert mystic control and authority over all of the South Asia.
Christopher McDonald

**Christopher McDonald** (born November 16, 1954) is an American actor. He is known for his acting roles in _Happy Gilmore_, _Requiem for a Dream_, and _61*_.
Pete's Dragon (1977 movie)

***Pete's Dragon*** is a 1977 live-action/animated musical movie from Walt Disney Productions. It was released on November 3, 1977, _Pete's Dragon_ was re-released in theaters on March 9, 1984 by 104 minutes. It is a live-action movie but its title character, a dragon named Elliott, is animated. The story is about a young orphan named Pete who goes to the town of Passamaquoddy, a small fishing community in Northeastern Maine. His only friend is a dragon named Elliott. Elliott is also his protector and can make himself invisible.

## Cast

- Helen Reddy as Nora, the kind daughter of the local lighthouse keeper.
- Jim Dale as Dr. Terminus, a scheming quack and showman.
- Mickey Rooney as Lampie, the local lighthouse keeper and Nora's father.
- Red Buttons as Hoagy, the assistant of Dr. Terminus.
- Shelley Winters as Lena Gogan, the matriarch of the Gogans.
- Sean Marshall as Pete, an orphan escaping the cruel Gogans.
- Jane Kean as Miss Taylor, the strict, no-nonsense, and abusive teacher.
- Jim Backus as the Mayor of Passamaquoddy.
- Charles Tyner as Merle Gogan, the patriarch of the Gogans.
- Gary Morgan as Grover Gogan, Merle and Lena's older sadistic son.
- Jeff Conaway as Willie Gogan, Merle and Lena's younger sadistic son.
- Cal Bartlett as Paul, a sailor who disappeared at sea and Nora's fiancé.
- Walter Barnes as the Captain of the ship Paul returns home on.
- Charlie Callas as the vocal effects for Elliott, a dragon who befriends Pete.

## Awards and honors

- Academy Awards
_Pete's Dragon_ was nominated for two Academy Awards:
- Academy Award for Best Original Song - Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn for "Candle on the Water"
- Academy Award for Original Song Score - Al Kasha, Joel Hirschhorn and Irwin Kostal
- Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films Awards
The movie was nominated for four Saturn Awards:
- Saturn Award for Best Fantasy Film
- Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor - Red Buttons
- Saturn Award for Best Costume
- Saturn Award for Best Special Effects
- Golden Globes
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association nominated _Pete's Dragon_ for one Golden Globe Award:
- Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score - Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn

## Infobox (movie)

- **name**: Pete's Dragon
- **director**: Don Chaffey
- **producer**: Jerome Courtland
Ron W. Miller
- **screenplay**: Malcolm Marmorstein
- **story**: S.S. Field
Seton Miller
- **starring**: Helen Reddy
Jim Dale
Mickey Rooney
Red Buttons
Shelley Winters
Sean Marshall (actor), Sean Marshall
- **music**: Joel Hirschhorn
Al Kasha
Irwin Kostal
- **cinematography**: Frank Phillips
- **editing**: Gordon D. Brenner
- **studio**: Walt Disney Animation Studios, Walt Disney Productions
- **distributor**: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, Buena Vista Distribution
- **runtime**: 128 minutes
- **country**: United States
- **language**: English
- **budget**: United States dollar, $10 million
- **gross**: $36,000,000
DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp

***DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp*** is a 1990 animated movie.  It was based on the children's television series _DuckTales_. It was released by Walt Disney Pictures on August 3, 1990.

## Voice cast

- Alan Young - Scrooge McDuck
- Rip Taylor - Genie / Gene
- Christopher Lloyd - Merlock
- Russi Taylor - Huey / Dewey / Louie / Webby
- Terrence McGovern - Launchpad McQuack
- Richard Libertini - Dijon
- Joan Gerber - Mrs. Beakely
- Chuck McCann - Duckworth
- June Foray - Mrs. Featherby

### Additional voices

- Charlie Adler
- Jack Angel
- Steve Bulen
- Sherry Lynn
- Mickie McGowan
- Patrick Pinney
- Frank Welker

## Infobox (movie)

- **name**: DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp
- **director**: Bob Hathcock
- **producer**: Bob Hathcock
Jean-Pierre Quenet
- **screenplay**: Alan Burnett
- **starring**: Alan Young
Rip Taylor
Christopher Lloyd
Russi Taylor
Terry McGovern (actor), Terrence McGovern
- **music**: David Newman (composer), David Newman
- **editing**: Charles King
- **studio**: Walt Disney Animation France, Walt Disney Animation France S.A.
- **distributor**: Walt Disney Pictures
Buena Vista International
- **runtime**: 74 minutes
- **country**: France
United States
- **language**: English
- **gross**: $18,115,724
Al Roker

**Albert Lincoln Roker Jr.** (born August 20, 1954) is an American weatherman and an actor. He is known for being a presenter on the television program _Today_.

In September 2020, Roker was diagnosed with prostate cancer.
Fariduddin Ganjshakar

Hazrat Sheikh **Farīd-ud-dīn Mas'ūd Ganj Shakar**  (4 April 1179 – 7 May 1266), commonly known as Baba Farid _Ganjshakar_ (Punjabi, lit: 'Treasury of Sugar/Sweetness'), was a  renowned Sufi preacher, mystic poet and saint of the Chishti Order of South-central Asia.

Fariduddin Ganjshakar is generally recognized as the first major poet of the Punjabi language, and is considered one of the pivotal saints of the Punjab and indeed, one of the _Panj Peers_, or five main/great saints of South Asia. Revered equally by Muslims and Hindus, he is also considered one of the fifteen Sikh _bhagats_. Selections from his work are included in the Guru Granth Sahib, the Sikh holy scripture.

His world-famous shrine is located in Pakpattan, in present-day Punjab (Pakistan). It was built in 1267. Each year during the Islamic month of _Muharram_, special festivities are held there and pilgrims from many countries come to visit.
Crime in Afghanistan

**Crime** in **Afghanistan** happens in many ways.  Some of the crimes are: corruption, contract killings or assassinations, kidnapping, drug trafficking, money laundering, black marketeering, and other ordinary crimes.

Growing Opium poppy and drug trafficking are important to the political and economic situation of Afghanistan. After the Soviet war in Afghanistan, growing opium poppy  increased. Growing opium poppy was taxed.  Some members of the military were directly involved in illegal drug trade. The Taliban did not want people to grow drugs.  Because it made so much money they were tolerant and taxed the drug growing.

In 1999, Afghanistan made over 4,581 metric tons of raw and refined opium. This led to more international pressure from places the drugs were sold to. In response, the Taliban said no one could grow opium poppy.  The did allow the opium trade to continue. With the ban the opium was reduced to 185 metric tons. This little production of opium continued in areas under the control of the United Islamic Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan.

Since the downfall of the Taliban in 2001, growing and trafficking of opium has increased significantly. Criminal organizations and corrupt government officials have used drug trafficking as a way to make money. Some anti-government groups make profit from the drug trafficking.

Afghanistan is world's largest producer of opium. In 2001, Afghanistan was the source of 87% of the world's illegal opium. 80-90% of the heroin consumed in Europe comes from opium made in Afghanistan. According to Antonio Maria Costa "drugs are now a clear and present danger" in Afghanistan. In 2007 the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime said 93% of the opiates on the world market came from Afghanistan.

Unemployment among a large portion of the population is part of the reason for crime. Other forms of crime include robbery as well as kidnappings and assault. Many riots have occurred in the country in response to the political and other issues.

Since the downfall of the Taliban, crime rate has greatly increased in the capital city Kabul. Armed robberies are reported in the western districts of Kabul. Between March 2002 and January 2003, 48 cases of homicide, 80 cases of theft and 12 cases of kidnappings were reported in Kabul municipal boundaries.
Crime in Armenia

**Crime in Armenia** includes human trafficking, domestic violence, murder, political murder, contract killing, tax evasion, corruption, extortion, money laundering, police brutality, organized crime, and clan or gang violence.

The quick change from a Communism system to a free market capitalist system destroyed the socioeconomic structure of Armenia.

During the first ten months of 2008, crime in Armenia's capital Yerevan rose nearly 14 percent from the same period in 2007.

## Organized crime and "brotherhoods"

Organized crime is a part of the Armenian economy. In Yerevan there are organized, criminal clans known as "akhperutyuns" (or _brotherhoods_).  The different groups sometimes battle for rights over their territory. Members are guided by the underworld laws brought from Russian prisons.

Most of the smaller cities, towns, and villages of Armenia are also controlled by a clan or family.

## Human trafficking

A "well-paid job" is very often the bait used to persuade women in difficult social situations to travel abroad.

### Sexual exploitation

In July 2004, Russia’s Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliev said that growing cooperation between Russian and Armenian law enforcement bodies has prevented more than one hundred Armenian women from being trafficked abroad for sexual exploitation.  According to Nurgaliev, "criminal groups" which have been neutralized planned to transport the mostly young women to third countries, mainly the United Arab Emirates, via Russia. On June 24, 2004, members of a criminal group who were intent on forcing 6 Armenian women into prostitution were arrested.

On April 20, 2009, Anoush Martirosyan, the infamous "Madame Pimp" of Dubai, was sentenced to thirteen years in prison by a Yerevan judge.  Martirosyan ran a prostitution ring in Dubai to which she lured girls from Armenia.

## Domestic violence

According to a 2008 study by Amnesty International, more than a quarter of women in Armenia "have faced physical violence at the hands of husbands or other family members."  Reporting domestic violence is heavily stigmatized in Armenian society.  Many of these women have no choice but to stay in abusive situations.
Crime in Bahrain

There is a low rate of **crime in Bahrain**. Some petty crime such as pickpocketing and bag snatching are reported especially in the old market areas (souks). Violent crime is uncommon, but increasing. Much of the crime in the nation is committed by the large South Asian population of guest workers. Though small in size, there is a  growing underground drug market in the country. According to Emile Nakhleh, about 65% of violent crime and theft are done by foreign citizens living in Bahrain.

Charisse Tia Maria Coston and Freda Adler wrote a book about the reasons behind the low crime rate in Bahrain. The society of Bahrain follows the teachings of the Qur'an; the Qur'an influences political, economic and social environment. Islam, which is most important in the structure of Bahraini society, teaches wrongdoings will result in downfall of societies.

Bahrain is a destination country for men and women trafficked for the purposes of involuntary servitude and commercial sexual exploitation. Men and women from Africa, South Asia and Southeast Asia cine to Bahrain to work as laborers or domestic servants.  Some are placed in involuntary servitude such as unlawful withholding of passports, restrictions on movements, non-payment of wages, threats and physical or sexual abuse. Women from Eastern Europe, Central Asia, Southeast Asian country like Thailand and North African nation like Morocco are trafficked to Bahrain for the purpose of commercial sexual exploitation.

Threat of terrorist attack is a matter of concern. The Government of Australia advised travelers "to exercise a high degree of caution in Bahrain" due to high threat of terrorism.

In the Corruption Perceptions Index 2007, Bahrain was ranked 46th out of 179 countries for corruption.
Glires

**Glires** (from Latin _glīrēs_, dormice) is a clade (sometimes ranked as grandorder) consisting of rodents and lagomorphs (rabbits, hares, and pikas). This hypothesis that these form a monophyletic group has been long debated based on morphological evidence, although recent morphological studies strongly support monophyly of Glires.
Euarchonta

The **Euarchonta** are a grandorder of mammals containing four orders: the Dermoptera or colugos, the Scandentia or treeshrews, the extinct Plesiadapiformes, and the Primates.

Euarchonta and Glires together form the Euarchontoglires, one of the four Eutherian clades.
Crime in Bangladesh

**Crime in Bangladesh** includes many different crimes.  Some of these crimes are done by an individual and some crimes are organized by a group.  Examples of crime are: drug trafficking, money laundering, extortion, murder for hire,  fraud, human trafficking, robbery, corruption, black market, political violence, terrorism, abduction, etc.

Bangladesh is used to move narcotics made in neighboring countries. A 2007 report said that Bangladesh is now the main point for the movement and trafficking of heroin from Southeast Asia to the European market .

A total of 10,331 homicides were reported from 2001 to 2003.  This is a large increase.

For the Asia Pacific region, Bangladesh is ranked as one of the main countries for software piracy. It is believed that software vendors lose around 102 million US dollars every year to this black market trade.  There is no strict law to stop this practice.

In 2011 Bangladesh was ranked 120th for corruption in a list of 182 countries. This means there appears to be a high amount of corruption in the country.
Babcock Street (MBTA station)

**Babcock Street** is a station on the MBTA Green Line "B" Branch located in Boston, Massachusetts. The station is located on Commonwealth Avenue at Babcock Street. Babcock Street consists of two side platforms which serve the "B" Branch's two tracks. Babcock street is 24 minutes away from Park Street.

## Other websites

- MBTA - Babcock Street
- Station from Google Maps Street View

## Infobox (station)

- **name**: BABCOCK STREET
- **style**: MBTA green
- **image**: Babcock Street MBTA station, Boston MA.jpg
- **image caption**: An outbound train at Babcock Street in May 2011
- **address**: Commonwealth Avenue (Boston), Commonwealth Avenue at Babcock Street
Boston, Massachusetts
- **platform**: 2 side platforms
- **tracks**: 2
- **passengers**: 1,387 (weekday average boardings)
- **pass year**: 2011
- **ada**: yes
- **owned**: MBTA
Peshtigo fire

The **Peshtigo Fire** was a great fire in on October, 8, 1871 in Peshtigo, a town in Wisconsin in the United States. It was a natural disaster. The fire killed between 1,500 people and 2,700 people. Occurring on the same day as the more famous Great Chicago Fire, the Peshtigo Fire has been largely forgotten.

The setting of small fires was a common way to clear forest land for farming and railroad construction. On the day of the Peshtigo Fire, a cold front moved in from the west, bringing strong winds that fanned the fires out of control. A huge fire was started.
Crime in Belgium

**Belgium** is considered a mostly safe country compared to its neighbouring countries. Brussels had the fourth highest number of recorded crimes of European capitals (behind Stockholm, Amsterdam, and Berlin). Brussels had a rate of 10 murders or violent deaths per 100,000 citizens. Belgium's second largest city, Antwerp, has crime rates about 20% below those of Brussels. Liège and Charleroi, industrial cities with high unemployment rates, saw higher crime rates than the less industrialized cities of Ghent and Bruges. The rural areas are generally very safe.

## History

Marc Dutroux did many serious crimes and is likely Belgium's worst criminal. He is in prison.

In November 2005, Brussels was very minorly affected by the spread of the French riots. There has been a steep increase in violent armed robberies carried out by minors. Cybercrime is also growing.

In 2011, a man killed six people, then himself, in Liege.

## Gangs in Belgium

In the 1990s and early 2000s, attacks were made on vans used to move.  They often killed the security agents in charge. The country had several large-scale crime scandals, such as those of the Brabant Wallon killers, the Scarface gang and the Belgian Mafia. More recently, some scandals have been about corruption and misuse of public resources. In addition, petty crimes such as street thefts, purse snatchings, and pickpocketing are in the main city centers. There are not very many of these crimes. Car theft used to happen often.  There have been less in the last decade.

### Belgian Mafia

The known groups in the mafia in Belgium are:
- Belgian mafia
- Nijvel gang
- Haemers gang
- Bonnot Gang
- Scarface gang