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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.

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Mary Poppins (movie)

***Mary Poppins*** is a 1964 American musical movie starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke. It was produced by Walt Disney. It was based on the story of destiny Mary Poppins and the *Mary Poppins* book series by P. L. Travers. It was shot at Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California.

Julie Andrews won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as Mary Poppins. The movie also won Oscars for Best Movie Editing, Original Music Score, Best Song for "Chim Chim Cher-ee" and Best Visual Effects. The movie received a total of 13 nominations.

## Plot
The movie is about a family named Banks that live in London of 1910. The family members are George Banks - a serious man that works in the bank, Winifred Banks - a Women's rights activist, and their children Jane and Michael.

George Banks is busy in his bank work while Winifred is busy in her Women's rights activities and both of them almost never dedicate time for their children but instead keep them with different nannies. When one of the nannies named Katie quits the job, Mr. Banks begins to search for a different nanny. At night, the children write their father a letter that describes the kind of nanny they want, but he then rips the letter and throws it into the fire and writes for himself the kind of nanny that he wants, someone that is serious and arranged.

Many nannies come to the house in order to be chosen as the nanny but the strong wind blows them all away. At the same time the children who are looking from the window see a woman flying into their house, named Mary Poppins and she is the kind of nanny the children really wanted. With her magic and love she takes care of the children and takes them to special adventures. In the beginning Mr. Banks does not like the way she takes care of the children but later in the movie she manages (is able to do something, especially something difficult) to connect between him and the children and makes the Banks family all happy again.

## Awards
*Mary Poppins* is the most Oscar-winning and Oscar-nominated Disney movie in history.

;**Awards:**
* Best Actress in a Leading Role -- Julie Andrews
* Best Original Song for "Chim Chim Cher-ee"-- Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman
* Best Substantially Original Score—Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman
* Best Film Editing -- Cotton Warburton
* Best Visual Effects -- Peter Ellenshaw, Eustace Lycett and Hamilton Luske

;**Nominations:**
* Best Art Direction (Color) -- Carroll Clark, William H. Tuntke, Emile Kuri and Hal Gausman
* Best Cinematography (Color)
* Best Costume Design (Color)
* Best Director -- Robert Stevenson
* Best Scoring of Music-adaptation or treatment -- Irwin Kostal
* Best Picture
* Best Sound -- Robert O. Cook 
* Best Adapted Screenplay

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* Empire - The Worst British Accents Ever - Number 11 - Dick Van Dyke singing in Mary Poppins (1964) (requires Flash)
* Mary Poppins and the Blessed Virgin Mary
Pinaceae

**Pinaceae** (the **pine family**) are trees or shrubs, including many of the well-known conifers of commercial importance such as cedars, firs, hemlocks, larches, pines and spruces. 

The family is included in the order Pinales, formerly known as Coniferales. Pinaceae are monophyletic. They are the largest living conifer family in species diversity, with between 220-250 species in 11 genera, and the second-largest (after Cupressaceae) in geographical range.

They are found in most of the Northern Hemisphere with most species in temperate climates. The family often forms the dominant component of boreal, coastal and montane forests.  One species just crosses the equator in southeast Asia. Major centres of diversity are found in the mountains of southwest China, Mexico, central Japan and California.
Billy Gardell

**William** "**Billy**" **Gardell** (born August 20, 1969) is an American actor. He currently acts in the television series *Mike & Molly*. He also made an appearance in several episodes of *My Name Is Earl*. He voiced Santa in *Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas*.

## Early life
Born in Swissvale, Pennsylvania, Gardell attended Winter Park High School in Orange County, Florida, during 1985.

## Filmography
### Film
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## Comedy specials
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* Billy Gardell at dve.com
Judah Friedlander

**Judah Friedlander** (born March 16, 1969) is an American actor and comedian best known for his acting on the sitcom *30 Rock*.

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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.
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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.

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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.

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Christopher McDonald

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**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**.

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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

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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.

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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*.

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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

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List of governors of Connecticut

The **Governor of Connecticut** is in charge of the executive branch of Connecticut's government. The Governor is also commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. The governor must  state laws. The governor also can approve or veto bills passed by the Connecticut General Assembly. The governor of Connecticut has no power to pardon. This is  among other US governors. There have been 68 governors of the state. The current Governor is Ned Lamont, who took office on January 9, 2019.

## List
## Living former Governors of Connecticut 
As of February 2026, there are two living former Governors of Connecticut, the oldest being Dannel Malloy, who served as the 73rd Governor of Connecticut (served 2011-2019), at 70. The most recent death of a former governor was that of Jodi Rell, who served as the 72nd Governor of Connecticut (served 2004-2011) on November 20, 2024.

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## Other websites 
* Office of the Governor of Connecticut
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.

In 1999, Afghanistan made over 4,581 metric tons of raw and refined opium. Criminal organizations and corrupt government officials have used drug trafficking as a way to make money. In 2001, Afghanistan was the source of 87% of the world's illegal opium. 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. 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.

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Maurice LaMarche

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**Maurice LaMarche** (born March 30, 1958) is a Canadian voice actor and stand-up comedian. He is best known for his voicework in *Futurama* as Kif Kroker, as Egon Spengler in *The Real Ghostbusters*, Verminous Skumm and Duke Nukem in *Captain Planet and the Planeteers*, Big Bob Pataki in *Hey Arnold!*, Dizzy Devil in *Tiny Toon Adventures*, The Brain in *Animaniacs* and *Pinky and The Brain*, *The Powerpuff Girls*, and his portrayal of Mr. Freeze in *Batman: Arkham City*.

## Early life 
LaMarche was born on March 30, 1958 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, but his family moved to Timmins, Ontario, very soon after he was born. LaMarche's childhood was filled with his "own little world of cartoons and sixties television".

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* Interview with Maurice LaMarche on "The Joe Cook Program"
* Maurice LaMarche Interview on Talk Radio Meltdown
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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

## References
## Other websites
*MBTA - Babcock Street
* Station from Google Maps Street View
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.

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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.

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Richard Carmona

**Richard Henry Carmona** (born November 22, 1949) In November 2011, he said he would try to become the Democratic Party's choice for United States Senate. He won the nomination, but lost the election to Jeff Flake.

## References
Barry Shabaka Henley

**Barry Shabaka Henley** (born September 15, 1954) is an American actor and comedian. He portrayed Eddie Walker in *Barbershop: The Series*, taking over from Cedric the Entertainer.

He often works in movies directed by Michael Mann.

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Crime in Bulgaria

**Crime in Bulgaria** has been frequent. 

In 2006 the European Commission made goals for Bulgaria to improve its fight against corruption and organised crime.  In 2011 Bulgaria ranked 86th out of 182 countries on how corrupt they are thought to be. They scored a 3.3 with 10 the highest possible.

## Crime in Varna
Varna is known to be the main place for Bulgarian organized crime. Some parts of the economy, including gambling, corporate security, tourism, real estate, and professional sports, are believed to be controlled by these groups.

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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, 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.

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Surgeon General of the United States

The **Surgeon General of the United States** is in charge of the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps (PHSCC). They are the main spokesperson about things dealing with public health in the federal government. The Surgeon General's office and staff are known as the **Office of the Surgeon General** (OSG).

## Selection and current office-holder 
The Surgeon General is chosen by the U.S. President and confirmed by the Senate. The Surgeon General serves for a four-year period of time. The Surgeon General is either the highest ranking or second highest ranking uniformed officer of the PHSCC. This depends on if the current Assistant Secretary for Health is a PHSCC commissioned officer or not. The position has the grade of a three-star vice admiral .

## List of surgeons general of the United States 
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## References
Student's t-test

A **t-test** is a statistical hypothesis test. People use it when they want to compare a mean (average) of a measurement from one group A to some theoretical, expected value. People also use it when they want to compare the mean (average) of a measurement of two groups A and B. They want to decide if the mean in group A is different to the theoretical value or to the mean in group B.
## Example
For example, pretend there are two groups of people. One group exercises a lot and the other doesn't. Do the people who exercise tend to live longer than those who don't? Then the property of interest is the average life time. Is the average life time of people who exercise different to the average life time of people who don't? A t-test can help answer this question.
## When this is used
The t-test is used when the property's variance in the groups is unknown. When people want to do the t-test they have to calculate the variance from the sample (the collection of data). This calculated variance is almost always different to the true variance in the group. The t-test was created to care about this difference.
Crime in Bhutan

**Bhutan** has a low **crime** rate. Petty crime is sometimes reported in the country. Violent crime is very uncommon. Some cases of drug abuse are reported. alcohol abuse is a problem. In general, drug trafficking is low. The most serious threat to Bhutan's security is terrorism by different groups from India who are staying in the nation.

In June 1999, television was introduced in the country. Bhutan was the last nation in the world to have television. Some people think the introduction of television did not fit with Bhutanese culture.  They say it is a reason crime increased.

## Non-political crime
Violent crime is very low in Bhutan. Levels of theft are low.

In 2011, Bhutan was ranked 38th out of 182 countries for corruption (least corrupt countries are at the top of the list). Its score was 5.7 with 10 being the highest possible. This made Bhutan the first nation in the world to ban tobacco sales. Severe punishment was added for selling of tobacco. Many terrorist camps were destroyed. It is thought that terrorists are trying to make retaliatory attacks against Bhutan. On September 5, 2004, a bomb exploded in Gelephu killing two people and injuring twenty seven. The NDFB was suspected behind the attack.

## References
* The First Nonsmoking Nation *Slate.com*
* Timeline: Bhutan *BBC News*
* Has TV changed Bhutan? *BBC News*
* Blasts rip through Bhutan  *CNN*
* Series of bomb blasts rock Bhutan *International Herald Tribune*
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"

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1810 United States census

The **United States Census of 1810** was the third Census in the United States. It was done on August 6, 1810. It showed that 7,239,881 people were living in the United States. 1,191,362 of the total were slaves.

The 1810 Census included one new state: Louisiana. The original census returns for the District of Columbia, Georgia, Mississippi, New Jersey, Ohio, and Tennessee were lost or destroyed over the years.

## References
1820 United States census

The **United States Census of 1820** was the fourth census in the United States. It was completed on August 7, 1820. The total population was found to be 9,638,453. 1,538,022 of the total were slaves.  

## Further reading
*Historic US Census data
1830 United States census

The **United States Census  of 1830** was the fifth Census in the United States. It was completed on June 1, 1830. It found the population of the 24 states to be 12,866,020. 2,009,043 of the total were slaves. 

The center of population was about 170 miles (274&nbsp;km) west of Washington, D.C. in Grant County, Virginia.

## Further reading
*Historic US Census data
1840 United States census

The **United States Census of 1840** was the sixth census of the United States. It was completed on June 1, 1840. It found the population of the United States to be 17,069,453. This was an increase of 32.7 percent from the 1830 Census. The total population included 2,487,355 slaves. In 1840, the center of population was about 260 miles (418&nbsp;km) west of Washington, D.C., near Weston, West Virginia.
1850 United States Census

The **United States Census of 1850** was the seventh census of the United States. It was completed on June 1, 1850.  It found the population of the United States to be 23,191,876. This was an increase of 35.9 percent from the 1840 Census. The total population included 3,204,313 slaves.

This was the first census where there was an attempt to collect information about every member of every household, including women, children, and slaves. It was also the first census to ask about place of birth.

Hinton Rowan Helper made use of the 1850 census results in his politically notorious book *The Impending Crisis of the South*.
1860 United States Census

The **United States Census of 1860** was the eighth Census in the United States. It was completed after November 1, 1860. It found the population to be 31,443,321. This was an increase of 35.4 percent from the 1850 Census. The total population included 3,953,761 slaves.

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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

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Awan

**Awan**  was the second daughter of Adam and Eve in the Abrahamic religions. Awan was also the sister-wife of Cain. Although Awan was first paired in a sibcestual pairing with Abel, after Abel was killed by her twin Cain, her marriage to him became a twincestual marriage.

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Talokar

**Talokar** is the name of a village in the Haripur District of Hazara, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly North-West Frontier Province) in Pakistan. It is situated at Latitude 33.9852778 degrees; and Longitude 72.9419444 degrees. It is quite closely situated to Haripur town (approx 2&nbsp;km) the local area headquarters. 

## History
It was originally founded during the 12th or 13th century AD by the Talokar khoker Awan tribe. Since then, it has remained the principal seat of a *Jagir* estate during the British Raj, of a famous aristocratic family which also produced Khan Sahib Abdul Majid Khan Tarin, OBE, Jemadar Abdul Latif Khan Tarin IDSM, and others.

## Population and economy
The approximate population of the main Talokar village at the  time of the last major national census  was about 4800-5000.  and it is primarily an agrarian area. It is well known for its fine vegetables, wheat and maize crops and orchards of loquats, oranges and other fruits. Although the majority of the residents are engaged in farming activities, a fairly large number are also in government and military service and some few working in local industries or working abroad as immigrant labour.

## Ethnic groups
The main tribes and ethnic groups include Gurjars, Maliars, Pathans, Syeds, Awans and some others. The principal families and landowners are still mostly Tarin/Tareen Pathans (Pashtuns). In terms of religious practices, the population is overwhelmingly Muslim, mostly of the Sunni Islamic persuasion. The main language spoken here are Hindko, Northern Punjabi language (Chhachi dialect) and some Pashto.

## Education
The general level of literacy/education is quite high by Pakistani standards, with schooling for both boys and girls available until high school level and an average literacy rate of 74%. For further education, most students go to colleges in Haripur town or nearby Abbottabad and some even as far as  Peshawar, Islamabad and Rawalpindi.

## Popular pastimes
Among popular pastimes here are sports such as Cricket, Football (soccer), Field hockey and Volleyball. Many people also engage in hunting, horse riding and the traditional martial art of Gatka.

## References
Hazara

**Hazara Division** is part of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.

The division is made up of eight districts, these are:

* Abbottabad District
* Battagram District
* Haripur District
* Lower Kohistan District
* Upper Kohistan District
* Kolai Palas District
* Mansehra District
* Tor Ghar District

The native language spoken in the area is Hindko.
Don Dunstan

**Donald Allan** "**Don**" **Dunstan** AC, QC (21 September 1926 &ndash; 6 February 1999) was a South Australian politician. He was the leader of the state's Labor Party from 1967, and was Premier of South Australia between June 1967 and April 1968, and again between June 1970 and February 1979.
## Early life
Dunstan was born in Fiji to a rich Australian couple. He moved to Adelaide when he was a teenager. He moved to go to school on a scholarship. He later studied law and arts at the University of Adelaide. 
## Career
He entered politics in 1953. He got a seat in the South Australian parliament at the age of 26. He became well known for his campaign against the death penalty during the 1950s, and his status in the Labor Party rose quickly. As a member of the opposition, he was able to get the parliament to pass changes to Aboriginal civil rights. He was also an important figure in his party's abandoning the White Australia Policy.

Dunstan was a socially progressive premier. His government recognised native title over Aboriginal lands, decriminalised (made legal) homosexuality, and abolished the death penalty. the first indigenous governor. Dunstan also relaxed censorship and drinking laws in the state, created a ministry for the environment, and made laws against discrimination. His nine years in office during the 1970s are remembered as the *Dunstan Decade*. However, there were also problems: the state's economic growth began to slow down, and led to major infrastructure plans being abandoned. Unemployment in South Australia began to rise, as well as rumours of corruption. Dunstan became strained after the death of his wife, and he suddenly resigned from the premiership in 1979 after collapsing from illness. He lived for another two decades, and remained very outspoken in public about social policies.

## References
## Other websites 
*Past Premier profile: SA Parliament 
*Don Dunstan Foundation

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David Tonkin

Dr **David Oliver Tonkin** AO (20 July 1929 – 2 October 2000) was the 38th Premier of South Australia, from 18 September 1979 to 10 November 1982. He was elected to the South Australian parliament in the 1970 election. He became the state's leader of the Liberal Party in 1975. His party won the state elections in 1979, after Don Dunstan of the Labor Party had resigned as premier.

Tonkin's government focused on the economy while also continuing the socially progressive ideas of the previous government. He developed copper and uranium mining in the state, and made laws against discrimination. He also passed a land rights act through parliament that gave the Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara people ownership over most of their homeland in South Australia.

Tonkin's party ran for a second term in 1982, but was defeated by the Labor Party, which was led by John Bannon.

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Kashan

**Kashan** is a city in Iran. It is near Isfahan, about  from Tehran. The city is known for its textiles. In the Middle Ages, it was also known for ceramics. As of 2012, about 275,000 people live in the city, about 317,000 in its metropolitan area. The city is along the road from Qom to Kerman. Kashan is located at the edge of a desert, along the first oasis. The city has a desert climate, with hot summers, and cold winters.
## Education
There is a university in the city, which offers higher education in medicine.
## Industry
Rose water is produced in the city.

In Natanz, about  south of Kashan, there is an uranium enrichment plant. This plant uses gas centrifuges. It is part of the Iranian nuclear program.
Great Victoria Desert

The **Great Victoria Desert** is the largest desert in Australia. It consists of sand dunes, small sandhills, grassland plains, areas with closely packed  pebbles (called desert pavement or gibber plains) and salt lakes. The desert is an Australian IBRA.

The desert covers a large area, about  in the states of New South Whales and Victoria . lizards, kangaroos and many birds live in the Great Victoria Desert. These animals have also adapted to survive in extreme heat and extreme cold.

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Natanz

**Natanz** is a city in the arid center of Iran. The city lies in an oasis in the desert. The city is located about  southeast of Kashan. About 12,000 people live in the city. The city is well known for the pears grown there. There are shrines in the area, for example that of Abdas-Samad Esfahani. He was a Sufi who died in Natanz in 1299 CE. King Darius III was killed in the mountains near the city, about 330 BC. The village Abyaneh, near Natanz is a well-known holiday resort today. Before Ismail I made Twelver Islam the state religion, it was a center of Zoroastrianism. Zoroastrianism originated in Iran, around 1000 BC. 

Around  east of Natanz, there is a mine for Fluorite and Baryte. Southeast of the city, there is an uranium enrichment plant which is part of Iran's nuclear programme.
Kings Canyon (Australia)

**Kings Canyon** is a canyon in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is part of Watarrka National Park, about  southwest of Alice Springs. The walls of Kings Canyon are over 100&nbsp;metres high, with Kings Creek at the bottom. The rock is sandstone. At the top of the gorge is a maze of weathered rock domes, a lot like those found in Purnululu.

Kings Canyon and the area around it is Aboriginal land. It is part of the Luritja people's traditional country, and title over the land was granted to them in July 2012. Before the arrival of Europeans in the region, the damp climate at the bottom of the gorge was an important refuge during droughts. Rock engravings at the base of the canyon date are many hundreds of years old. Many of them are sacred sites for Luritja and are closed to visitors. The name *Waṯarrka* refers to the area around the sacred Dreaming path that runs through the park; it comes from the Luritja name for the *Acacia ligulata* tree.

## References
## Other websites
* General information
Kings Canyon

**Kings Canyon** may refer to:
*Kings Canyon National Park, in California, United States
*Kings Canyon (Australia), in the Northern Territory
*Kings Canyon (Utah), in Utah, United States
Ollie

An **Ollie** is a basic skateboarding trick. It is when the person riding the board leaps into the air with the board still attached to their feet. No hands are used; the board is moved into the air by  the back of the board down so the front is raised. From there it uses a combination of  and momentum to keep the board with the rider.
Madagascar (2005 movie)

***Madagascar*** is a 2005 American computer-animated movie made by Dreamworks. The story is about a group of animals from the zoo in Central Park, New York City. The main characters are Alex the Lion (Ben Stiller), Marty the Zebra (Chris Rock), Melman the Giraffe (David Schwimmer) and Gloria the Hippotamus (Jada Pinkett Smith). With the penguins Skipper (Tom McGrath), Private (Christopher Knights), Kowalski (Chris Miller) and Rico (John DiMaggio) also living in the zoo, they end up in Madagascar with King Julien (Sacha Baron Cohen), Maurice (Cedric the Entertainer) and Mort (Andy Richter). The movie has two sequels: Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa and Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted, as well as a Christmas special, a spinoff series, and the movie of the same name.

It was released on May 27, 2005.

## Plot
Alex the lion, Marty the zebra, Melman the giraffe and Gloria the hippopotamus become best friends in the movie.

## Voice Cast 
* Ben Stiller as Alex, a lion.
* Chris Rock as Marty, a zebra.
* David Schwimmer as Melman, a giraffe.
* Jada Pinkett Smith as Gloria, a hippopotamus.
* Sacha Baron Cohen as King Julien, a ring-tailed lemur who is the king of Madagascar.
* Cedric the Entertainer as Maurice, an aye-aye who is Julien’s royal adviser.
* Andy Richter as Mort, a mouse lemur.
* Tom McGrath as Skipper, the leader of a group of penguins.
* Chris Miller as Kowalski, one of the penguins.
* Christopher Knights as Private, one of the penguins.
* Jeffery Katzenberg as Rico, one of the penguins.
* Conrad Vernon as Mason, a chimpanzee.

## Video games
A video game titled Madagascar, is an adaptation on the same name of the movie. Release in 2005 for
PlayStation 2, Xbox, Nintendo DS, GameCube, Game Boy Advance and Microsoft Windows.
Pakpattan

**Pakpattan** (also called **Pākpattan Sharīf**) is a city in Punjab (Pakistan).  It is the capital city of Pakpattan District. 

## References
Peter Griffin

**Peter Griffin** is an animated character and the main protagonist in the television comedy *Family Guy*.  

## Information 
He is the husband of Lois Griffin. He has three children, Meg, Chris, and Stewie. His main friends are Glenn Quagmire, Cleveland Brown, and Joe Swanson. He is voiced by the shows creator, Seth MacFarlane, who also voices Stewie Griffin and the family's pet dog Brian.  

He was a redesign of the protagonist, Larry, from Seth MacFarlane's animated short films he made a few years before Family Guy.

Peter used to work in a Toy factory, before it was shut down when the manager of the factory died. He then worked on a boat before he started working at "Pawtucket Patriot Brewery". 

Peter always believed his full name was **Peter Löwenbräu Griffin**, however, later in the show, he finds out his actual full name is **Justin Peter Griffin**, and that he was born in Mexico. He also used to believe that Francis Griffin was his father, however, when Peter visited his father on his deathbed, he and his mother would reveal that his real father is an Irishman called Mickey McFinnigan, whom his mother met while she was in Ireland.

A long-running joke in the show is his relationship with Ernie the Giant Chicken. When Ernie appeared, it was result in a long fight between the two, often taken up to five minutes and randomly happening in an episode.

Peter and Brian Griffin could be said to have originated as Larry and Steve respectively, with the two being introduced in the 1995 short film The Life of Larry, and elaborated and refined upon in Larry & Steve. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0259394/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0312908/

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H. Paul Varley

**Herbert Paul Varley** (February 8, 1931 – December 15, 2015) was an American academic, historian, author, and Japanologist.  He was a professor at Columbia University and Sen Sōshitsu XV Professor of Japanese Cultural History at the University of Hawaii.

## Career
Varley's early work was influenced by Kan'ichi Asakawa at Yale University.

Among other interests, his research focused on the Kamakura period and Muromachi period in the history of Japan.

## Selected works
In an overview of writings by and about Varley, OCLC/WorldCat lists roughly 30+ works in 120+ publications in 6 languages and 8,200+ library holdings. 
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* *The Onin War; history of its origins and background with a selective translation of the Chronicle of Onin,* 1967
* *A Syllabus of Japanese Civilization,* 1968
* *Imperial Restoration in Medieval Japan,* 1971
* *Japanese Culture: a Short History,* 1973
* *A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns: Jinnō Shōtōki of Kitabatake Chikafusa,* 1980
* *Warriors of Japan as Portrayed in the War Tales,* 1994

## Honors
* Order of the Rising Sun, 1969.

## Notes
## Other websites
* Varley, H. Paul at Virtual International Authority File (VIAF)
Sen Sōshitsu

is a traditional name taken on by a series of tea masters of the Uranseke family.

## Lineage
Sen Sōshitsu is the name of the head (*iemoto*) of one of the three schools of the Japanese tea ceremony

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* Sen Rikyū (1522-1591)
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*Urasenke official home page
Sen Sōshitsu XV

was the 15th in a series of Japanese tea masters of the Urasenke family.

## Lineage
Sen Sōshitsu was the name of the head (*iemoto*) of the Urasenke school of the Japanese tea ceremony.

The first person in this line of the Sen family to use the name Sōshitsu was the youngest son of Sen Sōtan. He was a great-grandson of Sen Rikyū.

## Death
Sen Genshitsu died from respiratory failure at a hospital in Kyoto on 14 August 2025, at the age of 102.

## References
## Other websites
* Urasenke official home page