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Mike Karakas

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 Malloy

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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Steve Beshear

Steven Lynn "Steve" Beshaer (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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Steve Bullock

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. 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 Kitzhaber

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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Terry McAuliffe

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 Markell

Jack Alan Markell (born November 26, 1960) is an American politician and businessman. Markell is the United States Ambassador to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development since 2022. 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.

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Earl Ray Tomblin

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 Ralston

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. He has three dogs and is blind and in a wheelchair.

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Jack Carter (comedian)

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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Marc Lamothe

Marc Lamothe (born February 27, 1974) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey goaltender. Lamothe played 4 games in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played with the Chicago Black Hawks and the Detroit Red Wings.

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

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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Bo Callaway

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 L. Fullam

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 (ice hockey, born 1976)

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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Ray LeBlanc

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

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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Sam Lacey

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

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

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 Navalny

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.

Awards 
 Sakharov Prize (2021)

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Distinguished Service Cross (United States)

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 

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 

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 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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Lady Jane

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.

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

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Duke of Noailles

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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Trump International Hotel and Tower (Vancouver)

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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Sam LoPresti

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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American Athletic Conference

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 12 current full members (those that house most of their sports in the league), only the newest member, Wichita State, does not have a football team.

Members

Associate members
As of the 2018–19 school year, The American has six "associate members" that play only one sport 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.

Former associate members 
One other school was a member in a single sport starting from the Big East/American split in 2013 through 2015.

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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List of governors of Iowa

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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Bob Mason

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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Chao (Sonic)

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 Roberts

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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Bev Perdue

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 Swift

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, South Carolina

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, 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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Florence, South Carolina

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 Trefilov

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, South Carolina

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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Falmouth, Massachusetts

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.

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Jim Henry (ice hockey)

Samuel James "Sugar Jim" Henry (October 23, 1920 – January 21, 2004) was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender. Henry played 406 games in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played with the New York Rangers, Chicago Black Hawks, and Boston Bruins.

Henry also played in the AHL for the New Haven Eagles/New Haven Ramblers and Indianapolis Capitals, as well as the USHL for the Kansas City Mohawks and the Omaha Knights. He retired from playing professional ice hockey in 1959 after playing 9 games with the St. Paul Saints of the IHL. After he retired, Henry coached the Toledo Mercurys of the IHL for 1 season and the Brandon Wheat Kings of the SJHL for 1 season.

On October 7, 1948, he was involved in a trade which sent him to the Chicago Black Hawkss for Emile Francis and Alex Kaleta. He was inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame & Museum in 2004. He died on January 21, 2004.

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Hughie Lehman

Frederick Hugh "Old Eagle Eyes" Lehman (October 27, 1885 – April 12, 1961) was a Canadian ice hockey goaltender and coach. He played 48 games in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played with the Chicago Black Hawks.

He is best known for his time in the PCHL with the Vancouver Millionaires/Vancouver Maroons. He spent 9 years with the franchise and won a Stanley Cup with them in 1914. He then spent 1 year with Chicago Black Hawks of the NHL and split the second year to coach them.

After he retired, he worked in the road construction business and became the president of a paving company. Lehman was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1958.

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Poul Schlüter

Poul Holmskov Schlüter (, 3 April 1929 – 27 May 2021) was a Danish politician. He served as Prime Minister of Denmark from 1982 to 1993. He was also a member of the European Parliament from 1994 until 1999.

Schlüter died on 27 May 2021 in Copenhagen, aged 92.

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Klute

Klute is a 1971 American mystery thriller movie directed by Alan J. Pakula. It is set in New York City. It stars Donald Sutherland, Jane Fonda, Charles Cioffi, Lee Wallace, Sylvester Stallone, Jean Stapleton, and Roy Scheider. It was released on June 25, 1971. Fonda won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for her role.

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Mike Leigh

Mike Leigh, OBE (born 20 February 1943) is an English screenwriter, movie director and actor. His best known movies are Life Is Sweet (1990), Naked (1993), Secrets & Lies (1996), Career Girls (1997), Topsy-Turvy (1999), All or Nothing (2002), and Vera Drake (2004).

Leigh was born in Brocket Hall, Welwyn, Hertfordshire. He was bought up in Broughton, Salford, Lancashire. He is Jewish. He was married to actress Alison Steadman from 1973 until they divorced in 2001. They have two sons, Toby and Leo. Leigh lives in Camden, London.

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Catherine Martin

Catherine Martin (born 26 January 1965) is an Australian costume designer, production designer, set designer, and movie producer. She has won two Academy Awards for Moulin Rouge! (2001) in 2002 and another two for The Great Gatsby (2013) in 2014. This makes her the most awarded Australian in Oscar history.

Martin was born in Lindfield, Sydney, New South Wales. She is married to movie director Baz Luhrmann. They have two children.

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Qamar-ud-din Khan, Asif Jah I

Qamar-ud-din Khan Siddiqi, Asaf Jah I is the first ruler of Hyderabad Kingdom in 1720. He is the founder of Asaf Jahi dynasty.

Personal life
Asaf Jah was married to Sayed-UnNissa Begum, who belonged to a Sayed family from Gulbarga With this marriage he had four children, two daughters and two sons; Ghazi-Uddin and Nasir Jung. From other wives he had four more sons; Salabat Jung, Nizam Ali Khan-(later Nizam II), Basalat Jung, and Mogal Ali Khan.

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Non-coding DNA

Non-coding DNA sequences are parts of an organism's DNA which do not code for protein sequences. It is often called junk DNA.

Some non-coding DNA is transcribed into functional non-coding RNA molecules (e.g. transfer RNA, ribosomal RNA, and regulatory RNAs). Other DNA sequences are not transcribed, or give rise to RNA transcripts of unknown function. The amount of non-coding DNA varies greatly between species. For example, over 98% of the human genome is noncoding DNA, while only about 2% of a typical bacterial genome is non-coding DNA.

At first, much non-coding DNA had no known biological function. It was called junk DNA, particularly in the press. But many non-coding sequences are functional. These include genes for functional RNA molecules and DNA sequences such as "start replication" signals, centromeres, and telomeres.

Other noncoding sequences have not-yet-discovered functions. This is inferred from the high levels of sequence similarity seen in different species of DNA.

The Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) project suggested in September 2012 that over 80% of DNA in the human genome "serves some purpose, biochemically speaking".  This conclusion was strongly criticized by some other scientists.

Historical note 
The term "junk DNA" was first used by Charles Ehret and Gérard de Haller in a paper. Widely influential was Susuno Ohno's 1972 paper. The term has been replaced by the more neutral term "non-coding DNA".

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Time of My Life (2011 TV series)

Time of My Life is a 2011 Philippine drama billed as a "danserye" (dance TV series), created and developed by GMA Network, starring Mark Herras and Kris Bernal. It premiered on August 1, 2011 on GMA Network in the Philippines and on August 3, 2011 on GMA Pinoy TV.

Post-production
The very first danserye is based on original concept created for GMA Television by Senedy Que with head writer Des Garbes Severino, choreographers Miggy Tanchanco (modern) and Donald Balbuena (ballroom), and directors Mark Reyes (musicals) and Andoy Ranay (drama). In 2010 it was planned for a working title Jump. It is supposed to be replacing Tween Hearts but the GMA Network decided to put it on the Primetime block. The show is slated for 2011 despite 2010. Several auditions across the Philippines were held. And the auditionees were seen in Party Pilipinas (until it was premiered on August 2011), with a working title Time of My Life.

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Quantitative easing

Quantitative easing (QE) is something a central bank can do to help the economy. It is done by buying bonds or other assets. With this, the interest rate will decrease and the rate of inflation will go up. It is usually used when inflation is very low or negative. It is used when normal expansionary monetary policy doesn't work.

Quantitative easing can help bring an economy out of recession. The International Monetary Fund, the U.S. Federal Reserve, and other economists say that quantitative easing after the 2007-2008 financial crisis helped stop some problems from getting worse.

QE is used by the United States, the United Kingdom and Japan. It has helped to cause a bull market on stock exchanges.

History
The US Federal Reserve used policies similar to quantitative easing during the Great Depression of the 1930s.

Japan before 2007 
A policy called "quantitative easing" (量的金融緩和, ryōteki kin'yū kanwa) was first used by the Bank of Japan (BOJ) to stop domestic deflation in the early 2000s. The BOJ had kept short-term interest rates at close to zero since 1999. The Bank of Japan had for many years, and as late as February 2001, said that "quantitative easing ... is not effective". They did not like to use it for monetary policy.

The Bank of Japan says that they started quantitative easing on 19 March 2001.

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 Credit Easing Policy Tools Interactive chart of the assets on Federal Reserve's balance sheet.
 Deflation: Making Sure "It" Doesn't Happen Here, 2002 speech by Ben Bernanke on deflation and the utility of quantitative easing
 Bank of England – Quantitative Easing
 Bank of England – QE Explained Pamphlet
 Modern Money Mechanics Federal Reserve Document Explaining How Money Is Created
 Quantitative easing explained (Financial Times Europe)
 A Fed Governor Discusses Quantitative Easing Among Other Topics

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Officer Candidate School

Officer Candidate School or Officer Cadet School (OCS) are military institutions which train civilians and enlisted personnel to be officers in the armed forces of a country. Different countries and services run their Officer Candidate schools differently. Most schools are for less than one year. An OCS is different from a service academies which include academic instruction leading to a Bachelor degree. Another difference is that an OCS is taught almost exclusively by the military.

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Loch Sheldrake, New York

Loch Sheldrake is a hamlet and  census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of Fallsburg, New York, in Sullivan County, New York. The zip code for Loch Sheldrake is 12759.

The community was originally named Sheldrake before the railroad came. Because it sat next to a lake it was renamed Loch Sheldrake. The pond there was also renamed Loch Sheldrake Lake. It is bordered by the hamlet of Hurleyville, the Town of Liberty, the hamlet of Hasbrouck, the hamlet of Divine Corners, and the hamlet of Woodbourne. The commercial center of Loch Sheldrake is the intersection of County Road 104 and New York State Route 52, at the edge of Loch Sheldrake lake.

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Kitty Hawk, North Carolina

Kitty Hawk is a town in northeastern North Carolina. It is on the Outer Banks. There were 3,272 people living there at the 2010 census.

In 1903, Kitty Hawk got famous when the Wright brothers made the first powered airplane flight at Kill Devil Hills on December 17.

Towns in North Carolina
Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina

Kill Devil Hills is a town in the northeast region of North Carolina. At the 2010 census, 6,683 people lived there. The Wright brothers had their first powered airplane flight in 1903.

The town received municipal charters in 1953.

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