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Edward Joseph Johnston (born November 24, 1935 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey goaltender, coach, and general manager. Johnston played 22 years in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played with the Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, St. Louis Blues, and Chicago Black Hawks. He was the head coach of the Black Hawks for 1 year and the head coach of the Pittsburgh Penguins for 7 years. He was also the general manager of the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Hartford Whalers.

He won the Stanley Cup with the Bruins twice, in 1970 and 1972. He retired from playing professional ice hockey in 1978. He is the Penguins' all-time leader in coaching losses (224) and games coached (516).

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An electric arc is an electrical breakdown of a gas which produces a plasma spark.

The electric arc was first described in 1801. Electric arcs are used for welding, plasma cutting and lighting for stage performances. Electric arc furnaces are used in making steel and other things.

Electricity
Peter Elliot Shumlin (born March 24, 1956) is an American politician. He was the Governor of Vermont from 2011 to 2017. In 2010, he was elected Governor of Vermont. He is a member of the Democratic Party of the United States.

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Jeremiah Wilson "Jay" Nixon (born February 13, 1956) is an American politician. He was the Governor of Missouri from 2009 to 2017. He is a member of the Democratic Party of the United States.

Nixon's ancestor, John Inskeep, was mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Michael George Karakas (December 12, 1911 – May 2, 1992) was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender. Johnston played 6 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played with the Chicago Black Hawks and the Montreal Canadiens. He was the NHL's first American-born and trained goaltender.

He won the Stanley Cup with the Black Hawks in the 1937–38 NHL season. During the playoffs, he broke his toe before the start of the Stanley Cup final against the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Black Hawks substituted Alfie Moore in the first game. After the first game, Moore was ruled ineligible, and the Black Hawks lost the next game. Karakas returned with a steel-toed boot and he won the next two games which lead to the Black Hawks winning their second Stanley Cup win.

In 1973, he was named as an original member of the United States Hockey Hall of Fame which is located in his hometown of Eveleth.

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Dannel Patrick "Dan" Malloy (born July 21, 1955) is an American politician. He was the Democratic Governor of Connecticut from 2011 to 2019.

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Steven Lynn "Steve" Beshear (born September 21, 1944) is an American politician. In 2007, he became the Governor of Kentucky. He left office on December 8, 2015 because of term limits and was succeed by Matt Bevin.

In 1996, he ran for U.S. Senator representing Kentucky, but lost to Mitch McConnell.

Beshear delivered the Democratic response to a speech to a joint session of the United States Congress given by President Donald Trump on February 28, 2017. 

His son is Governor Andy Beshear.

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Stephen Clark Bullock (born April 11, 1966) is an American politician. In 2013, he became the Governor of Montana. He left the office in 2021.

Bullock was born in Missoula, Montana. He graduated from Claremont McKenna College and Columbia Law School. He was a professor at the George Washington University Law School before opening his own law firm upon returning to Montana. In 2008, Bullock was elected Attorney General of Montana, and was the state's attorney general from 2009 to 2013.

In 2012, he beat Republican nominee Rick Hill in the 2012 gubernatorial general election with 48% of the vote. In 2016, Bullock won re-election with 50.2% of the vote, beating Republican nominee Greg Gianforte.  

Bullock chaired the National Governors Association from 2018 to 2019. 

On May 14, 2019, Bullock announced his candidacy for President of the United States in 2020. His slogan was "A Fair Shot for Everyone". He ended his campaign on December 2, 2019.
On March 8, 2020, Bullock announced his candidacy for the United States Senate challenging incumbent Republican Senator Steve Daines. He lost the election to Daines in November 2020.

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John Albert Kitzhaber (born March 5, 1947) is an American politician. In 2011, he became the Governor of Oregon. He was also Governor of Oregon from 1995 to 2003.

On February 13, 2015, Kitzhaber resigned as governor due to some serious allegations against him. His resignation became effect on February 18 when Kate Brown succeeded him.

On May 2, 2016, Kitzhaber announced his endorsement for Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders in his 2016 nomination for the Democratic nomination.

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Terence Richard "Terry" McAuliffe (born February 9, 1957) is an American politician. In 2014, he became the 72nd Governor of Virginia. His term ended on January 13, 2018, when he was succeeded in his position by Lieutenant Governor Ralph Northam.

McAuliffe began his business career at the age of 14. He was seen as a possible candidate for President of the United States in the 2020.

On December 8, 2020, McAuliffe announced he would run for Governor again in the 2021 election. In June 2021, he won the Democratic nomination winning 62% of the vote. In November, he lost the election to Republican Glenn Youngkin.

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Jack Alan Markell (born November 26, 1960) is an American politician and businessman who is the United States ambassador to Italy and San Marino since 2023. Markell was the United States Ambassador to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development from 2022 to 2023. He was the Governor of Delaware from 2009 until 2017. Markell was a member of the Democratic Party. He was the State Treasurer of Delaware from 1999 to 2009.

In June 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Markell to be the U.S. Ambassador to the OECD. His nomination was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 18, 2021.

On May 12, 2023, President Joe Biden nominated Markell to serve as the United States ambassador to Italy and San Marino. He was confirmed by the full Senate to this position on July 27, 2023.

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Earl Ray Tomblin (born March 15, 1952) is an American politician. In 2010, he became Acting Governor of West Virginia after Joe Manchin was elected to the U.S. Senate. He was Acting governor from November 15, 2010 until 2011. From 2011 to 2017 he was the Governor of West Virginia. On October 2011, he won a special election to fill the term expiring in January 2013. On November 2012, he won election to his first full term. Before becoming governor, he was President of the West Virginia senate.

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Aron Lee Ralston (born October 27, 1975) is an American outdoorsman, engineer, mountain climber, and motivational speaker. He is best known for having to amputate his own right arm to free himself from a boulder in Blue John Canyon, in eastern Wayne County, Utah on April 26, 2003. The event was the subject of his autobiography Between a Rock and a Hard Place and the 2010 movie 127 Hours, starring James Franco.

Ralston was born in Marion, Ohio and was raised in Denver, Colorado. During adulthood, he moved to Aspen, Colorado to pursue a life of climbing mountains. He has two children and lives in Boulder, Colorado.

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Jack Chakrin (June 24, 1923 – June 28, 2015), known by his professional name of Jack Carter, was an American comedian, actor and host. He worked with Sid Caesar, Milton Berle, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, and Don Rickles.

Carter was born in Brooklyn, New York. He died of respiratory failure in Beverly Hills, California, aged 93.

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Before playing in the NHL, Lamothe played 3 seasons in the OHL with the Kingston Frontenacs. He was drafted with the 92nd overall pick by the Montreal Canadiens in the 1992 NHL Entry Draft. He has played for the Fredericton Canadiens, Syracuse Crunch, Hamilton Bulldogs and Grand Rapids Griffins of the AHL, as well as the Wheeling Thunderbirds of the ECHL and the Indianapolis Ice of the IHL. When he left North America, he joined Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the RSL. He also played for Severstal Cherepovets and SKA St. Petersburg. He played 15 games in the KHL with Barys Astana, 14 games in the SM-liiga with the Pelicans, and 15 games in the DEL with the Hamburg Freezers.  His season with the Pelicans was cut short after he suffered a medial ligament tear in his knee. He returned to North America on November 23, 2010 after being released from the Freezers. He retired from playing professional ice hockey in 2011.

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Marga Spiegel (21 June 1912 – 11 March 2014) was a German writer. She was Jewish and survived the Holocaust of World War II. Her story was published into a book in 1969 and a movie, Unter Bauern – Retter in der Nacht, released in 2009. She was born in Oberaula, Hesse, German Empire.

Spiegel died from natural causes on 11 March 2014 in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. She was 101 years old.

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Howard Hollis Callaway, known as Bo Callaway (April 2, 1927 -March 15, 2014) was an American politician and businessman. He served as Secretary of the Army from 1973 to 1975. He was also a United States representative from Georgia.

Callaway was born in LaGrange, Georgia. In 1949 he graduated from West Point with a degree in military engineering. He died in Atlanta, Georgia from a brain hemorrhage, aged 86.

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Everett Leslie "Terry" Fullam (July 1, 1930 – March 15, 2014) was an American priest, biblical scholar, and academic. He was best known to the Episcopal Church, and the Worldwide Anglican, Roman Catholic, and Protestant communities for his renewal ministries from 1972 to 1998. He was born in Montpelier, Vermont.

Fullam died after falling health on March 15, 2014 in Ormond Beach, Florida. He was 82 years old.

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Michel Larocque (born October 3, 1976 in Lahr, West Germany) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey goaltender. Larocque played 3 games in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played with the Chicago Blackhawks.

Before playing in the NHL, Larocque played college hockey for 4 years at Boston University. During his time playing for BU, he was named the William Flynn Tournament Most Valuable Player in 1997. He was drafted with the 137th overall pick by the San Jose Sharks in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft. He played 1 game with the Cleveland Lumberjacks of the IHL, 4 games with the Greensboro Generals of the ECHL and 4 games with the Saint John Flames as well as 13 games with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the AHL. He debuted in the NHL during the 2000-01 NHL season with the Chicago Blackhawks. He played 3 games and 35 games with the Norfolk Admirals for 35 games. He retired from professional ice hockey in 2001.

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Raymond J. LeBlanc (born October 24, 1964) is an American retired professional ice hockey goaltender. LeBlanc played 1 game in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played with the Chicago Blackhawks.

He played 1 season with the Kitchener Rangers of the OHL, 2 seasons in the ACHL with the Pinebridge Bucks and Carolina Thunderbirds, 4 seasons in the IHL with the Flint Spirits and Saginaw Hawks, 1 game in the AHL with the New Haven Nighthawks, 5 more seasons in the IHL with the Fort Wayne Komets and Indianapolis Ice, 1 game in the NHL with the Chicago Blackhawks, 2 more seasons with the Indianapolis Ice, 1 seasons with the Cincinnati Cyclones, 4 seasons with the Chicago Wolves of the IHL, 1 season with the Flint Generals of the UHL, and 2 seasons with the Jacksonville Lizard Kings of the ECHL.
During the 1986–87 IHL season, he won the Ken McKenzie Trophy. LeBlanc is best known for being the goaltender for the United States team at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France. The United States were unable to win a medal and they lost 6–1 to Czechoslovakia in the bronze medal game.

He retired from playing professional ice hockey in 2000. He is married to his wife Julie and they have three childrenl 2 sons and 1 daughter. He live in Largo, Florida and works in receiving for Budweiser at Great Bay Distributors. He also works with the homeless and spreads the gospel in downtown St. Petersburg with Team Hope, his church group at Calvary Chapel.

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David Sive (September 22, 1922 – March 12, 2014) was an American lawyer, environmentalist, and professor of environmental law. He is recognized as a pioneer in the field of United States environmental law, and is credited with helping create the field of environmental law. He was born in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, New York.

Sive died on March 12, 2014 in West Orange, New Jersey. He was 91 years old.

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Samuel "Sam" Lacey (March 8, 1948 – March 14, 2014) was an American professional basketball player. He played as a center. He played for the Cincinnati Royals / Kansas City-Omaha Kings, New Jersey Nets, and Cleveland Cavaliers in a thirteen-season career in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Lacey was born in Indianola, Mississippi to an African American family. After basketball, he worked in real estate.

Lacey died from natural causes on March 14, 2014 in Kansas City, Missouri, aged 66.

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Violet & Daisy is an action, comedy and drama movie of 2011. It was released in June 2013. It is about two teenage assassins who take a job they think may be easy. However, their plan is changed by one of the people they plan to kill. James Gandolfini plays Michael. Alexis Bledel plays Violet.

Reviews of the movie were mostly negative. Running time for the movie is 88 minutes.

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The Possession is an American melodramatic and supernatural horror movie of 2012. It is about a haunted box and things related to it. Kyra Sedgwick plays Stephanie Brenek.

Reviews of the movie were mixed. It made over $78 million.

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Alexei Anatolievich Navalny (рус. Алексей Анатольевич Навальный) (born 4 June 1976) is a Russian lawyer, politician, and activist. He is a known critic of President Vladimir Putin.

Early life
Navalny was born in Butyn to a Ukrainian father and Russian mother. In 1993 he started his law degree at Peoples’ Friendship University, in Moscow. In 1998 he graduated. In 2000, Navalny joined the Russian United Democratic Party, "Yabloko".

Career
He became known through his LiveJournal blog. In 2012, The Wall Street Journal described him as "the man Vladimir Putin fears most." In September 2013 Navalny came second in the Moscow mayoral election. Navalny is a Russian Opposition Coordination Council member. He is a Yale World Fellow. 60 minutes called Navalny ‘’the man trying to beat Putin’ in a program aired in December 2017.

He was a candidate for President of Russia in the 2018 election. He ran against President Vladimir Putin.
On January 2021, he published his investigation about Putin's palace. Because of it, rallies of Navalny's supporters had been started.

Personal life
Navalny was poisoned by Putin on August 2020. After this incident and after being in hospital, Navalny is in prison. 

He has two children and wife. He met his wife after a vacation in Turkey in 1999.

2020 poisoning and arrest
On 20 August 2020, Navalny was poisoned during a flight from Tomsk, Siberia to Moscow and was hospitalized in Omsk. He was soon in a coma, on a ventilator. On 7 September 2020, he woke up from the coma, and on 14 September, he was taken off the ventilator. He was released on 22 September.

On 17 January 2021, he went back to Russia, where he was arrested for going against terms of a suspended jail sentence.

On 4 August 2023, Navalny was given an increased sentence of 19 years in prison for extremism charges.

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The Distinguished Service Cross (abbreviation DSC) is the second highest military award that can be given to a member of the United States Army. It is awarded for extreme gallantry and risk of life in actual combat with an armed enemy force.  Actions that merit the Distinguished Service Cross must be above those required for all other U.S. combat decorations, but are not high enough for the Medal of Honor. The Distinguished Service Cross is the same as the Navy Cross (Navy and Marine Corps). The Air Force) has the Air Force Cross and the Coast Guard has the equivalent Coast Guard Cross. All are equivalent (equal) awards.

History
History 

The Distinguished Service Cross was first awarded during World War I.  In addition, a number of awards were made for actions before World War I. These were to soldiers who had received a 'Certificate of Merit' for gallantry. At the time the certificate was given it was the only other honor for gallantry the Army could award other than a Medal of Honor. Others were awarded for earlier actions in the Philippines, on the Mexican Border and during the Boxer Rebellion.

Criteria
Criteria 

The Distinguished Service Cross may be awarded to any person serving in any capacity with the United States Army. The person must distinguish himself or herself by extraordinary heroism while engaged in an action against an enemy. Or, while engaged in military operations involving conflict with an opposing/foreign force or while serving with friendly forces. The act or acts of heroism must have been so notable and have involved risk of life so extraordinary as to set the individual apart from his or her comrades. But it is not sufficient to merit the Medal of Honor.

Order of precedence 

The Distinguished Service Cross is worn on the uniform after the Medal of Honor but before the Defense Distinguished Service Medal. It is to be worn before the Silver Star. When a second (or more) award is given an oak leaf cluster is added to the award.

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Algebraic geometry is a type of mathematics, studying polynomial equations. Modern algebraic geometry is based on more abstract techniques of abstract algebra, especially commutative algebra, with the language and the problems of geometry.

Aims
The main objects of study in algebraic geometry are algebraic varieties, which are geometric manifestations of sets of solutions of systems of polynomial equations. Examples of the most studied classes of algebraic varieties are: plane algebraic curves, which include lines, circles, parabolas, ellipses, hyperbolas, cubic curves like elliptic curves and quartic curves like lemniscates, and Cassini ovals. A point of the plane belongs to an algebraic curve if its coordinates match a given polynomial equation. Simple questions involve the study of points of special interest like the singular points, the inflection points and the points at infinity. More difficult questions involve the topology of the curve and relations between the curves given by different equations.
Algebraic geometry takes a central place in modern mathematics.  The concepts it uses connects it to diverse fields such as complex analysis, topology and number theory.  At the start, algebraic geometry was about studying systems of polynomial equations in several variables. Algebraic geometry starts at the point where equation solving leaves off: In many cases, finding the properties of all the solutions in a given set of equations have, are more important than finding a particular solution: this leads into some of the deepest place in all of mathematics, both conceptually and in terms of technique.
Developments in the 20th century 
Much of the development of the main stream of algebraic geometry in the 20th century occurred within an abstract algebraic framework, with increasing emphasis being placed on "intrinsic" properties of algebraic varieties not dependent on any particular way of embedding the variety in an ambient coordinate space. The developments in topology, differential and complex geometry came much in the same way.
In the 20th century, algebraic geometry split into several subareas.
 The main stream of algebraic geometry is devoted to the study of the complex points of the algebraic varieties and more generally to the points with coordinates in an algebraically closed field.
 The study of the points of an algebraic variety with coordinates in the field of the rational numbers or in a number field became arithmetic geometry (or more classically Diophantine geometry), a subfield of algebraic number theory.
 The study of the real points of an algebraic variety is the subject of real algebraic geometry.
 A large part of singularity theory is devoted to the singularities of algebraic varieties.
 When computers became more common, a field named 'computational algebraic geometry' was developed. It looks at the intersection of algebraic geometry and computer algebra. It is concerned with the development of algorithms and software for studying and finding the properties of explicitly given algebraic varieties.
Scheme theory
One key achievement of this abstract algebraic geometry is Grothendieck's scheme theory. This allows one to use sheaf theory to study algebraic varieties in a way which is very similar to its use in the study of differential and analytic manifolds. This is obtained by extending the notion of point: In classical algebraic geometry, a point of an affine variety may be identified, through Hilbert's Nullstellensatz, with a maximal ideal of the coordinate ring, while the points of the corresponding affine scheme are all prime ideals of this ring. This means that a point of such a scheme may be either a usual point or a sub variety.

Achievements of the scheme theory
This approach also enables a unification of the language and the tools of classical algebraic geometry, mainly concerned with complex points, and of algebraic number theory. Wiles's proof of the Fermat's last theorem is an example of the power of this approach.

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The movie Lady Jane is a 1986 romance drama and biographical movie. It is about Lady Jane Grey.

After King Edward VI dies, Jane is named queen in place of the king's sister, Mary. Mary later becomes queen anyway. Jane is put into prison. Mary tells Jane that she will be killed if she does not become a Catholic. Jane refuses, and is executed with some of her family.

Helena Bonham Carter plays Lady Jane Grey. Patrick Stewart plays Jane's father.

On Rotten Tomatoes the movie has a rating of 56%.

This movie was released 7 February 1986. It is 141 minutes long.

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The title of Duke of Noailles was a French peerage created in 1663 for Anne de Noailles, Count of Ayen. 

Noailles is the name of a great French family, derived from the castle of Noailles in the territory of Ayen, between Brive and Turenne in the Limousin, and claiming to date back to the 11th century. It did not obtain fame until the 16th century, when its head, Antoine de Noailles (1504–1562), became admiral of France and was ambassador in England during three important years, 1553–1556, maintaining a gallant but unsuccessful rivalry with the Spanish ambassador, Simon Renard. 

Henri (1554–1623), son of Antoine, was a commander in the religious wars and was made Count of Ayen by Henry IV of France in 1593.

The title of Duke of Ayen was also given to the family. However, the heir to the Noailles dukedom was usually called the Prince of Poix. 

The family owned a lavish townhouse in Paris called the Hôtel de Noailles.

List of Dukes of Noailles
Anne de Noailles (1663-1678).
Anne Jules de Noailles (1678-1708).
Adrien Maurice de Noailles (1708-1766).
Louis de Noailles (1766-1793).
Jean de Noailles (1793–1824).
Paul de Noailles (1824–1885).
Jules Charles Victurnien de Noailles (1885–1895).
Adrien de Noailles (1895–1953). 
François de Noailles (1953–2009).
Hélie de Noailles (2009–present).

The present holder of the title is Hélie de Noailles, but as France is now a republic, titles are not officially recognised. 

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The Trump International Hotel and Tower Vancouver is a skyscraper that is located in Downtown Vancouver, British Columbia. It is 188 meters (617 feet) tall and has 63 floors. Once completed, it claimed the title of second largest building in Vancouver behind the Shangri-La tower. 
Construction for the building was cancelled in 2009. On June 19, 2013, during a press conference, Holborn Group president Joo Kim Tiah and Donald Trump along with his three children unveiled the $360 million Trump International Hotel & Tower Vancouver. The building opened in the fall of 2016. The hotel will feature Vancouver's first pool bar nightclub.

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Samuel Leo LoPresti (January 30, 1917 – December 11, 1984) was an American professional ice hockey goaltender. LoPresti played 2 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played with the Chicago Black Hawks. LoPresti also played 3 seasons for the St. Paul Saints and 13 games with the Kansas City Americans; both of the AHA. He made NHL history on March 4 during a game against the Boston Bruins. He faced a league record 83 shots in a regulation, 60 minute game.

He decided to leave the NHL to join the United States Navy in World War II. He served as a gunner's mate on the SS Roger B. Taney. When the ship was torpedoed and sunk during an Atlantic crossing in February 1943, LoPresti was listed as missing in action and was thought to be the first casualty among American professional athletes in the conflict.
He was one of 29 people who took refuge in a single lifeboat with a small amount of water or food. They drifted for 42 days and traveled nearly 2,500 miles (4,000 km) southwest before they were found and rescued off the coast of Brazil. The men collected rain water when they could and sometimes drank only 4 imperial fluid ounces (110 mL) per day and had only a small amount of biscuits and bakers chocolate for food. LoPresti was credited with having saved the men's lives after he caught the only real food they had during their entire ordeal after he noticed dolphins that were swimming around their boat on one occasion. He improvised a weapon by lashing a sheath knife to a boat hook, he plunged into the ocean, caught a 35-pound (16 kg) dolphin and they hauled it into the boat. They then drank its blood and cooked the meat in a metal bucket with rags and kerosene.

He was inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 1973. He died on December 11, 1984 in Eveleth, Minnesota from a heart attack.
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The American Athletic Conference (also known as "The American" or "AAC") is a big college sports conference in the United States. Its members play in NCAA Division I. In football, they play in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS; known before 2006 as Division I-A), the higher of two levels of Division I football.

The American has its roots in the original Big East Conference. That conference was started in 1979 as a basketball-first league by a group of schools in the Eastern U.S. The Big East added football in 1991. That led to years of conflict between schools that played I-A/FBS football and those that did not. In July 2013, the Big East split into two conferences. The seven schools that did not play FBS football left to form a new Big East Conference. The FBS schools that did not go to other conferences stayed in the old conference structure. Along with several new members, they began operating as the American Athletic Conference.
The American kept the original Big East charter. That makes it the legal successor of the old Big East. However, both The American and the new Big East claim 1979 as their founding dates. Both also claim the pre-split history of the old Big East, at least in corporate terms. However, both leagues agreed that the current Big East would maintain the sporting history of the original conference in most sports. The only exceptions are football and women's rowing, the only two sports sponsored by The American but not the current Big East. In those two sports, neither offshoot league recognizes the history of the original Big East.

Of the 14 current full members (those that house most of their sports in the league), only Wichita State does not have a football team.
During a major conference realignment triggered in 2021 when Big 12 Conference mainstays Oklahoma and Texas announced they would move to the Southeastern Conference no later than 2025, The American was heavily affected. The Big 12 then raided The American, inviting Cincinnati, Houston, and UCF to join that conference, with their arrival date eventually set for 2023. In turn, The American raided Conference USA, inviting six members of that conference to move to The American in 2023—Charlotte, Florida Atlantic, North Texas, Rice, UAB, and UTSA. Later in the realignment cycle, SMU announced it would leave The American for the Atlantic Coast Conference in 2024.

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As of the 2023–24 school year, The American has eight "associate members" that play one or two sports in the conference.
Former members
Two schools left The American after spending only the 2013–14 school year in the renamed conference. Before 2013, both had been members of the original Big East. A third school left The American in 2020 to rejoin most of its historic all-sports rivals in the current Big East. Three more schools left for the Big 12 in 2023, one of which stayed in The American for women's lacrosse only.

Former associate members 
Two other schools have been single-sport members, both in women's rowing.

Sports
The American holds championships in 10 men's sports and 12 women's sports:
 Baseball (men only)
 Basketball (both)
 Cross country (both)
 Football (men only)
 Golf (both)
 Lacrosse (women only)
 Rowing (women only)
 Soccer (both)
 Softball (women only)
 Swimming and diving (both)
 Tennis (both)
 Track and field, indoor (both)
 Track and field, outdoor (both)
 Volleyball (women only)

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The Governor of Iowa is the head of Executive Branch for the Government of Iowa, and commander in chief of military forces in the state. The governor has a term of four years. For being elected, one must be at least 30, and have been a citizen of Iowa for two years. There are no term limits on how long a governor may serve. The current governor is Kim Reynolds since May 24, 2017.

The longest serving governor is Terry Branstad. He served four terms, 1983-99, and was elected again in 2010. He left office in 2017 to become an ambassador. The governors between the terms of Branstad were Tom Vilsack, who served 1999-2007, and Chet Culver.

Governors

These are the Governors who have served Iowa:

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Robert Thomas Mason (born April 22, 1961) is an American retired professional ice hockey goaltender and current goaltending coach for the Minnesota Wild. Mason played 145 games in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played with the Washington Capitals, Chicago Blackhawks, Quebec Nordiques and the Vancouver Canucks.

Mason started his career playing with the Green Bay Gamblers of the United States Hockey League. He then played college hockey for 2 years at the University of Minnesota Duluth. Aside from the NHL, Mason played 141 games in the AHL with the Hershey Bears, Binghamton Whalers, Halifax Citadels, Baltimore Skipjacks, and Hamilton Canucks. He also played 127 games in the IHL with the Milwaukee Admirals and Fort Wayne Komets.

He retired from playing professional ice hockey in 1995. After retiring, Mason became the goaltending coach for the Minnesota Wild which he still is. He was also the goaltending coach for the Atlanta Thrashers during their first 2 seasons of play.

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Nimrata Nikki Randhawa Haley (simply called Nikki Haley; born January 20, 1972) is an American politician. She was the 29th United States Ambassador to the United Nations beginning on January 24, 2017. She resigned on October 9, 2018 and left the office on December 31, 2018.

On January 12, 2011, she became the Governor of South Carolina and left the office in 2017 to become Ambassador. She is a member of the Republican Party. She is the first female governor of South Carolina. At the age of 42, she was the youngest governor in the United States, followed by another fellow Republican governor, Bobby Jindal.

In February 2023, Haley announced her plans to run for President of the United States in the 2024 election.
Early life
Haley was born at Bamberg County Memorial Hospital in Bamberg, South Carolina. Her parents were Ajit Singh Randhawa and Raj Kaur Randhaw, from Punjab, India. Her father was a professor at Punjab Agricultural University. Her mother started a clothing company, Exotica International. Haley earned a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from Clemson University. She has one sister and two brothers.

Governor of South Carolina (2011–2017)
On May 14, 2009, Haley announced that she would run for the Republican nomination for Governor of South Carolina in 2010.
The Republican gubernatorial primary took place on June 8, 2010, and Haley captured 49% of the vote. A runoff election happened on June 22, because nobody won 50% of the vote. Haley won handily in the runoff vote. Haley was elected governor on November 2, 2010, over the Democratic candidate, Vincent Sheheen 51% to 47%. On August 12, 2013, Haley announced she would seek a second term during a rally August 26, 2013, at the BI-LO Center in downtown Greenville. Haley was re-elected on November 4, 2014, with a 55.9 percent to 41.3 percent win, almost tripling her previous margin of victory over Sheheen in 2010 gubernatorial elections.

Haley supports lower taxes, opposes regulation and is extremely anti-union. In June 2015, following the Charleston church shooting, Haley led bi-partisan calls for the removal of the Confederate flag from the State Capitol and its grounds. In July 2015, Haley signed a Bill to authorize removing the Confederate flag from the flagpole on the grounds of the South Carolina Capitol.
In April 2016, Haley indicated she would not support legislation introduced by the South Carolina State Senate which would require transgender individuals to use restrooms based on biological sex instead of gender identity.

Ambassador to the United Nations (2017–2018)
On November 23, 2016, President-elect Donald Trump announced his intention to nominate Haley for Ambassador to the United Nations. On January 20, 2017, President Trump sent Haley's nomination to the Senate. Haley was overwhelmingly confirmed by the Senate 96-4 on January 24, 2017.

Her tenure focused on harsh responses to the Bashar al-Assad regime and sanctions against North Korea as tensions grew between Trump and Kim Jong-un.
Haley resigned on October 9, 2018 to return to her beloved home state. Multiple U.N. watchdogs called for an investigation over her many private jet plane travels. She was also falsely accused of overspending on $52,000 curtains which were actually purchased during the Obama Administration. She left the office on December 31, 2018.

2024 presidential campaign

In July 2022, Haley said that she was thinking about running for president in the 2024 U.S. presidential election. On February 1, 2023, it was reported that Haley was going to announce a bid for the presidency on February 15, making her the first challenger to former President Donald Trump's campaign. 

On February 14, 2023, Haley officially announced her candidacy for president. She is the third Indian-American politician to seek a presidential nomination after Bobby Jindal and current Vice President Kamala Harris.
Personal life
In September 1996, she married Michael Haley, a South Carolina National Guard. They have two children: Rena and Nalin Haley.

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Chao are fictional characters that appear in the Sonic the Hedgehog series of video games. They are small, childlike creatures that do not have a gender. They have a pudding-like body and act like human babies. They first appeared in Sonic Adventure.

In the Sonic games, Chao are digital pets. Several different types of Chao are in the game. The Chao can evolve into many different forms, depending on how the player raises it. The player can raise them and enter them into races or battles. They have also been a part of the games' story and are sometimes seen during parts of the games. For example, the character Cream the Rabbit has a Chao named Cheese, which she uses to defeat enemies.

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Maurice "Moe" Roberts (December 13, 1905 – February 7, 1975) was an American retired professional ice hockey goaltender. Roberts played 4 years in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played with the Boston Bruins, New York Americans, and Chicago Black Hawks.

Roberts also played for the New Haven Eagles and Philadelphia Arrows of the CAHL, the Cleveland Falcons/Cleveland Barons of the IHL/IAHL/AHL, the Pittsburgh Hornets of the AHL, and the Washington Lions of the EHL.
He retired from playing professional ice hockey in 1947. Roberts for many years held the distinction of being both the youngest and the oldest goaltender in National Hockey League history. On December 8, 1925, he made his debut at age 19 for the Boston Bruins which made him the youngest goaltender in NHL history (the record was later broken by Harry Lumley 20 years later). On November 25, 1951, Roberts (at that point an assistant trainer with the Chicago Black Hawks) had to play the third period of the game because Lumley had been injured. Even though Roberts did not give up a goal, the Hawks still lost to the Detroit Red Wings, 5-2. Roberts at age 45, in his last NHL game, became the oldest player ever to play in an NHL game (the record was later broken by Gordie Howe and then Chris Chelios). He is still the oldest goaltender to play in an NHL game and was also the final NHL player to have been active in the 1920s.

He was inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 2005.

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Beverly Eaves "Bev" Perdue (aka Beverly Marlene Moore; born January 14, 1947) is an American politician. She is a member of the US Democratic party. From January 2009 to 2013, she was Governor of the U.S. State of North Carolina. She was the first female governor in that state.

Because of declining approval ratings, in January 2012, Perdue said she would not do another term. In January of the following year, Pat McCrory became governor.

Perdue was born in Grundy, Virginia in 1947.

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Jane M. Swift (born February 24, 1965) is an American politician. She was the 69th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, in office from 1999 to 2003. She was the Acting Governor of Massachusetts from 2001 to 2003. As of 2014, she is the only female governor in the state of Massachusetts. Swift is Republican.

Swift was born in North Adams, Massachusetts.

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Pawleys Island is a seaport town in northeastern South Carolina. In 2000, 138 people lived there. This town is near Georgetown.

Many cypress cottages on Pawleys Island were built during the 20th century. That made people call the town arrogantly shabby. In September 1989, Hurricane Hugo struck south of Pawleys Island. Some cottages were totally destroyed.

Towns in South Carolina
Mount Pleasant is a coastal town in eastern South Carolina. It is near Charleston. The town had 67,843 people at the 2010 census. Its history began around 1680.

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1680s establishments in the Thirteen Colonies
Florence is a city northeast South Carolina. Around 37,326 people lived there at the 2010 census. The city was officially chartered in 1871. It was incorporated in 1890.

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Andrei Viktorovich Trefilov (born August 31, 1969) is an Russian retired professional ice hockey goaltender. Trefilov played 54 games in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played with the Calgary Flames, Buffalo Sabres, and Chicago Blackhawks.

He played 127 games in the IHL with the Salt Lake Golden Eagles, Indianapolis Ice, Detroit Vipers, and Chicago Wolves. He also played 43 games in the AHL with the Saint John Flames and Rochester Americans, as well as 247 games in the DEL with the Duesseldorf EG and DEG Metro Stars.

He played for the Unified Team that won the gold medal at the 1992 Winter Olympics. He also played for Russia when they won the silver medal in the 1998 Winter Olympics.

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McClellanville is a fishing and port town in eastern South Carolina. At the 2000 census, 459 people lived there. The history of this town began in the 1860s. It was incorporated in 1926.

In September 1989, McClellanville was hit by the northern wall of Hurricane Hugo. During this hurricane, a storm surge nearly drowned refugees taking cover in a high school.

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1860s establishments in the United States
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Falmouth is a coastal town in southeast Massachusetts. The 2010 census population was 31,532. Falmouth is on southwestern Cape Cod, near the Atlantic Ocean.

Towns in Massachusetts