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“Left hand or right?” From the sound of the voice, it was an enforcer. Every other week, he probably found himself in a situation like this, holding a hammer, or an icepick, or a shovel, prepared to scare, maim, or kill for the highest bidder. Today was most likely no different.

“You sick bastard. You’re crazy! I already told you, I can get Richie his money. Call him up, tell him, for the love of God, just stop!” The man’s voice was ripe with panic. He was in over his head. Every gambler hits rock bottom someday. And as the weight of a five pound hammer crunched the fine bones inside his hand, Marco had hit rock bottom. I had seen the descent.

“He said it doesn’t matter. He said to make an example out of you, one that every no-good deadbeat will understand. You know what we do to people who cheat, Marco?” It was a rhetorical question, one with an implied answer that involved a hole in the desert. But Marco was the type to keep his mouth running.

“I ain’t no cheat, man! Lady Luck shined on me, and then she cut out my heart. I know you’re gonna kill me regardless of circumstance, so I don’t have much reason to lie. I won that hand fair and square.” Marco was indeed today’s luckiest loser. The series of events that had brought him to this point were strange indeed. The enforcer just made a noise that resembled human laughter.

“That’s a good joke. You drew a full house, a straight flush, and then a royal flush, all in the same game. Now, I am not a mathematician, as you can see. My business is hurting people. But even a guy like myself can tell how unlikely that is. How stupid did you think we were, Marco?” Mick judged his quarry to be guilty, but he wasn’t there to give him a fair trial. The truth was unknown. Maybe, against astronomical odds, he had legitimately won the game. But if so, his luck had run out. His fortune had turned to misfortune very quickly.

See, that’s where I come in, hiding in an armoire. I’m the poor sap Marco’s wife hired to keep an eye on him. I had tailed him, kept watch on his activities, saw him squander a fortune. I felt bad for the wife, but she wasn’t paying me to stop him. No, she paid me solely to provide surveillance and photography of his transgressions and many sins. I got the impression she wanted a divorce. But if I didn’t do anything soon, she would be a widow.

 At the time, I thought I was the best in the business. My ear to the ground of the criminal underworld, an ex-cop with a mostly honorable discharge, up until that day, I felt untouchable. What was some angry unfaithful husband going to do against a private eye with a gun and a badge he didn’t know was expired? Nine times out of ten, they’d always back down. But this was no cuckolded spouse.

There were six bullets in my gun. I wondered if I should just let Marco die, leave him to his unhappy fate and inform his wife she’s a widow. Instinctually, I knew the whole job had gone rotten, that the money wasn’t worth the risk any more. But something in me told me I couldn’t abandon a man to such an awful death. I unholstered my revolver, and burst out of the armoire. I leveled it at the man’s back.

“I’ve got a .357 pointed right about where your spine ought to be, pal, and I like making cripples. Means I don’t have to kill you. Let’s talk.” I spoke, and the enforcer tensed up at the unexpected company. He dropped his box-cutter, and began to turn. “Keep your back to me, friend. I’m not going to risk you making any sudden moves. You got a name?”

“I am Mr. Smith. This man owes a debt to Richard Smiler. You will come to regret becoming involved his business.” His voice was almost robotic. Behind him, Marco moaned. He was cut up in a dozen places, his hands deep purple, and useless. His one remaining eye stared at me.

“You know, I used to be a cop once. I used to put away people like you. I used to collect evidence on Smiler. We could never get enough for a warrant though. You know what I learned after they discharged me from the force? Warrants, trial by jury, Miranda rights, they don’t mean a damned thing. All that matters is that the wolves are cut down so the sheep may live.” A man with a gun digging into his back tends to listen to what they’re told.

“This isn’t right. You can’t just shoot me in the back. That’s not honorable.” The enforcer spoke, and cold cynical laughter rang out. This time, it was mine.
	“You’re really going to go for that argument? It isn’t honorable? You torture people for money.” I wondered if it was right to kill this man. I certainly wanted to. I cocked the revolver. With one trigger pull, it would be wheelchairs and colostomy bags for the rest of his life if I wanted to make it so.

“Who are you? This guy, he’s a deadbeat. You leave now, I forget your face, and this all goes away.” I never saw a hit-man plead for his life. I couldn’t help but chuckle at the unique nature of the situation.

“One thing at a time… First off, my name’s Granby. I’m a private detective. Second, I knew Marco was a professional loser. His wife, nice lady by the name of Neria hired me to keep an eye on him. And as to you forgetting my face, believe me, you will. Have you caught on to why I’m telling you all of this? When this pistol goes off, it’ll punch through your skull. After that, it pretty much just turns everything inside your head into scrambled eggs. You won’t remember my face, you won’t remember anything at..-” I informed the enforcer of what was to come, until he rudely interjected.

“A private eye? Just a private eye? Are you some sort of idiot? Let’s say you kill me. Smiler sends two men after Marco, and his pretty wife. I’m sure at some point, one of them will squeal, and mention your name. You’re a dead man.” The enforcer was right. Killing him would be a death sentence. But I was tired of the grind. Of the endless stakeouts in parked cars, watching husbands violate their wedding vows in low rent motels. I felt the bloodlust inside, and for a moment, I wondered if I had lost the plot. But the feelings of self-doubt passed, and I steeled myself.

“It’s as good a cause as any to die over. We’re both dead men. But the difference is what we’re giving our lives for. You’re going to die here, for the cause of cruelty and greed. Myself, well, I know how Smiler runs his operation. The emaciated bastard rules everything from here to the coast. I knew a girl, escaped from one of his so called massage parlors. I still feel sick every time I think about what they did to her. After she left protective custody, we found her a week later in a shallow grave.” I told him my rational. Yet, he laughed when I spoke of the girl. The trigger pull weight of my revolver popped into my head. It was three and a half pounds.

“I knew that girl. It is indeed a small world, Granby. Smiler was very specific about how the job was to be done. She lasted three days before she died, you know.”
	“You’re not going to last three minutes.” I shot him dead center in his lower back. I’m not a doctor, but I was fairly sure I hit the spine. His legs sprawled out haphazardly. He gasped, a strange desperate whooping.

“I’ll kill you, you stupid bastard! My legs! I can’t feel my goddamned legs!” His cries of pain confirmed my suspicions. I had gotten him pretty good. Still, I thought I could do better.

“Left lung or right, Smith?” I laughed again, that same cold variation.

“You go to hell.” Defiant to the end, but it wasn’t going to save him. I chose for him, and gave him a two for one special. He was dead. The clock indicated it had been two minutes and thirty seconds. Far too quick for his type, but I had business to attend to. I untied Marco, and looked him over. He was beat to hell, covered in blood and missing an eye, but he was alive.

“You said your name is Granby? That you’re a private detective? Why the hell were you following me?!” The nerve of some people, you save them from death at the hands of a professional psychopath, and it’s nothing but questions, questions, questions. It was a hell of a show of gratitude.

“I just saved your life. Let’s get out to my car before I start answering any questions. When you shoot someone, you don’t typically stick around for their friends to show up.” It was time to make a hasty exit. The gunshots would surely attract attention, and being identified was the last thing in the world I wanted to happen. So we left the room, a blood soaked wreck of a place that had once served as lodging. I led Marco to my car, and he got in.

“Alright, Granby. We’re in the car. Now, since you were kind enough to save my life, would you please tell me what in the hell is going on?” His voice was grating and hot tempered, but I couldn’t blame him for being in a rotten mood after what he’d been through.

title: Granby's Luck

question: What does the story say about the narrator's relationship with Marco?

answer: Marco is a gambler, and the narrator is an ex-cop, now a private detective, that was hired by Moarco's wife to follow and provide photographs of Marco's transgressions and many sins. The narrator follows Marco and sees that Mick is going to kill Marco because he cheated. The narrator decides to intervene. He kills Mick and saves Marco's life.

question: What does the story say about Mick?

answer: Mick is a hit-man hired by Smiler to kill Marco because of a debt. He captures Marco and is going to kill him. The narrator tries to persuade him not to kill Marco, but Mick does not listen to him. Then the narrator kills Mick.

question: What does the story say about when Marco and Neria met?


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SUN YAT SEN MEMORIAL HOUSE (; ) or MEMORIAL HOUSE OF DR. SUN YAT SEN is a museum located in São Lázaro, Macau, China where former family members and relatives of Sun Yat-sen, the 'Father of Modern China' used to live. The House bears witness to his short but significant stay in Macau in the early 20th century where Macau serve as the starting point for Dr. Sun's travels around the world; it also act as an important venue in which he conducted revolutionary activities and finally as the ideal place he chose to settle his family in later years.

History

[Dr. Sun (Back row, fourth from the left) and his family in Honolulu, circa 1901.] Known formerly as “Mansion of Sun”, the House was built in 1912 as residence for his first wife, Lu Muzhen. It is located within walking distance of Lou Lim Ieoc Garden where Dr. Sun once stay during his later visits to Macau in 1912. Designed in mock-moorish style, the House is a three-storey high building with ornate verandahs and spacious courtyards.

Lu Muzhen settled down in the House in 1913 with their two daughters, Sun Yan (孙延), Sun Wan (孙琬) and son Sun Ke at Dr. Sun's request. She lived in Macau for 40 years before passing away at the age of 85 on 7 September 1952. A son-in-law of hers and a granddaughter lived over a long period of time and died in Macau too. Another notable mention is Dr. Sun's elder brother Sun Mei (孙眉) and his wife moved to Macau in 1913 and settled in together with Lu Muzhen, where he conducted business and organised a fishermen's association in Macau. Sun Mei died in Macau at the age of 60 on 11 February 1915.[1]

Macau is a fusion of Chinese and Western culture that stretches back to the 16th century when it was opened up as a harbour for trade with the West. Dr. Sun's former residence in the village of Cuiheng, Xiangshan County in China is only 37 kilometres from Macau. Both Cuiheng and Macau were historically under the sway of Xiangshan County before gradually succumbing to the occupation of the Portuguese in the second half of 19th century.

Dr. Sun's father, Sun Dacheng was a Macau resident. He arrived in Macau at the age of 16 to work as a cobbler in a shoe shop in Largo do S. Domingos before returning to his hometown 16 years later to farm and marry a year later to Lady Yang, Dr. Sun's mother. In 1879, she took 13-year-old Dr. Sun to Macau and he consequently became familiar with the territory. From whence he accompanied his mother on his first sea voyage on board the British iron ship _S.S. Grannock_ bound for Honolulu in Hawaii to embark upon a western education. In 1884, five years after his first voyage, the young man went abroad again by ship from Macau once more. Subsequently, Macau was to serve as the starting point for Dr. Sun to leave his own country and travel around the world.[2]

Medical practice

[A dictionary formerly used by Dr. Sun while learning medicine at the College of Medicine for Chinese, circa 1890s.] At the age of 26, Sun Yat-Sen graduated from the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese. In 1892, Dr. Sun was invited by Kiang Wu Hospital in Macau to set up the Western Medicine Department as a voluntary doctor and diagnosed patients for free. He became the first Chinese doctor to practice Western medicine in Macau. With borrowed funds from the hospital, he subsequently opened the Chinese-Western Medicine Joint Clinic in Rua das Estalagens and was well known for his outstanding medical skills and enjoyed widespread admiration in the community.[3]

Revolutionary activities

Whilst studying at the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese, the young Dr. Sun constantly travelled between Hong Kong and Macau to criticise the corruption of the Qing regime and agitated for revolution to save the country. He, along with Chan Siu-bak, Yau Lit and Yeung Hok-ling, were known as the _Si Da Kou_ (Four Bandits).[4] During this period, Sun Yat-Sen made many revolutionary statements and his first great essay—_Letter to Zheng Zaoru_—in his anthology was published by a Macau newspaper in 1890.

During the Chinese Revolutionary Party years straddling 1915, Sun Yat-Sen and his associates regarded Macau as an important base for their defensive activities in Southern China. The Chinese in Macau provided valuable support for Dr. Sun at all times and supported his revolutionary enterprises materially and spiritually. The support from them and the overseas Chinese was an important chapter of the Chinese republican revolution. Dr. Sun also made frequent contact with the renowned thinker, reformer and entrepreneur Zheng Guanying (郑观应). Later, two of his earlier essays were incorporated in Zheng's _Sheng Shi Wei Yan_ (“Warnings to a Prosperous Age”), a collection of his works that act as a welcome boost to Dr. Sun fledgling revolutionary aspirations.[5]

While making revolutionary plans in Macau, Dr. Sun maintained good relationships not only with the Chinese in Macau but also with Portuguese lawyers. Dr. Sun during his studies in Hong Kong made the acquaintance of Francisco Hermenegildo Fernandes, a Macanese working as clerk in the Hong Kong Courts, where he served as Chinese interpreter.[6] Fernandes' family was in the printing industry in Macau. In July 1893, Fernandes set up Macau's first weekly Chinese newspaper, _Echo Macaense_ (Ching-Hai Tsung-Pao), from which news about Sun Yat-Sen's medical practice in Macau and his early revolutionary activities gained ongoing coverage. As a Macanese, Fernandes accepted democratic ideology prevalent in Western countries at that time, and thus he was sympathetic towards, and supported Dr. Sun's revolutionary cause. A deep friendship consequently blossomed between them. Fernandes died in 1923 and was interred in Macau's Cemiterio S. Miguel Arcanjo.[7]

On 13 February 1912, Sun Yat-Sen resigned his position as provisional President of the Republic of China and conducted an inspection tour of China to invigorate its development, visiting Macau in May 1912 and June 1913. In May 1919, Sun Yat-Sen expelled the warlord Gui Xi (Guizhou military clique) in Guangdong and assigned his son Sun Ke to set up an office at the Rua de Inacio Baptista No. 10 to plan and agitate on behalf of the Constitutional Protection Movement. In 1922, Sun Yat-Sen supported the anti-tyranny wishes of the Chinese people of Macau and received a petition delegation from Macau workers in Guangzhou to make every effort to defend the Macau populace.[8]

Lou Lim Ieoc Garden

[Dr. Sun, circa 1924.] In May 1912, Sun accepted the invitation by Chinese businessmen to pay a return visit to Macau. It had been 17 years since he first visited the territory. He was warmly received by the Chinese and Portuguese communities in Macau then. Accompanied by his beloved eldest daughter, Sun Wan, he spend two nights at the _Spring Herb Hall_ (former name of Lou Lim Ieoc Garden) built earlier by business man Lou Lim Ieoc, who was the Chairman of Kiang Wu Hospital.[9]

Sun Yat-Sen was too occupied by military affairs to return to Macau after 1913 but nevertheless remained in close contact with Macau. Sun Yat-Sen died in Beijing on 12 March 1925. Over 20,000 people (one fifth of the city's population then) in Macau attended the solemn memorial ceremony held at Kiang Wu Hospital on 29 March 1925. Since his passing, Macau has hosted large-scale ceremonies over the decades to commemorate the birthday of Dr. Sun and the Xinhai Revolution. In November 2006, a photographic commemoration exhibition was organised by the Macau Government Tourist Board and Macau History Association in his honour.[10] In addition, Macau has dedicated three grand statues of Dr. Sun and has named one memorial hall, one garden and two new roads after him too.[11]

The Memorial House today

[The interior of Dr. Sun Yat Sen Memorial House today.] In 1933, the House was reconstructed and was renamed to its present name in 1958. A full-length bronze statue of Dr. Sun in the courtyard was cast by his Japanese friend Shōkichi Umeya in 1934. Three other identical bronze statues of Dr. Sun now stand at Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum in Nanjing, the Whampoa Military Academy and the Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou.

The House is currently open to the public which showcases his books, letters, photographs, personal belongings and old newspapers accounts of his life and the Chinese republican revolution which finally overthrew the regime of the Qing Dynasty in 1911.

[1] Chan, “Macau is the city that Sun Yat-Sen and his family choose to settle in”, p. 10.

[2] Chan, “Macau served as the starting point for Sun Yat-Sen's travels around the world”, p. 7.

[3] Chan, “Sun Yat-Sen practised medicine in Macau”, p. 8.

[4] Chan, “Sun Yat-Sen advocated revolutionary activities from Macau” p. 8.

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[6] Zhang, Sheng and Fok, p.22 (Portuguese), p.39 (Chinese), p.55 (English)

[7] Chan, “Sun Yat-Sen and Francisco Hermenegildo Fernandes's friendship blossomed in Macau”, p. 9.

[8] Chan, “Macau was an important base from which Sun Yat-Sen and his comrades in arms defended the Republic”, p. 9.

[9] Chan, Panel 10, p. 46.

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[11] Chan, “Sun Yat-Sen will be forever cherished by the people of Macau”, p.10.

title: Sun Yat Sen Memorial House

question: What does the text say about how Dr. Sun Yat Sen became a doctor in Macau?

answer: Dr. Sun graduated from Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese at 26. Then in 1892, Kiang Wu hospital invited him to Macau to set up the Western Medicine department as a volunteer doctor and diagnose patients free of charge. He then became the first Chinese doctor to practice Western medicine in Macau. He borrowed funds from the hospital to open the Chinese-Western medicine joint clinic in Rua das Estalagens and became famous for his outstanding medical skills.


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MERGER GUIDELINES in the United States are a set of internal rules promulgated by the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) in conjunction with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). These rules have been revised over the past four decades. They govern the process by which these two regulatory bodies scrutinize and/or challenge a potential merger. Grounds for challenges include increased market concentration and threat to competition within a relevant market.

The merger guidelines have sections governing both horizontal integration and vertical integration.

History

The first merger guidelines set forth by the DOJ were the 1968 Merger Guidelines.[1] The guidelines were developed by former U.S. Assistant Attorney General Dr. Donald Turner, an economist and lawyer with expertise in the field of industrial organization.[2]

These merger guidelines were criticized in some quarters for excess concern with issues of market structure such as barriers to entry and concentration ratios at the expense of efficiency and economies of scale.[3] They were, however, a step forward in two ways: they gave more accurate advice to corporate management as to when and how mergers would be examined and brought new economic ideas into antitrust enforcement, specifically the “structure-conduct-performance” model of industrial organization.[4]

They remained largely unchanged until 1982 when Associate Attorney General Bill Baxter, under the authority of U.S. Attorney General William French Smith, released a new set of guidelines, which made heavier use of modern concepts of microeconomic theory, including using the Herfindahl index to measure market concentration.[5] The newer guidelines took a more favorable view of economies of scale and efficiency of production as rationales for integration.[6] Moreover, they raised the level of market concentration necessary for the government to scrutinize mergers, effectively treating competition as a means to greater efficiency rather than as an independent goal.[7] This approach was controversial: some antitrust lawyers saw it as a loosening of previous restraints on corporate consolidation, and some State Attorneys General responded to Baxter's changes by tightening merger enforcement at the state level.[8]

The guidelines were revised again in 1984.[9] The only portion of the 1984 guidelines that remains in effect is Section Four, which governs the examination of market effects of vertical integration. These guidelines were replaced by the 1992 Merger Guidelines,[10] which fine-tuned previously established tools and policies, such as the SSNIP test and rules governing the acquisition of failing firms.[11] The 1992 Guidelines were revised in 1997, almost concurrently with the FTC's challenge of the Staples-Office Depot merger in federal court.

The 1997 Horizontal Merger Guidelines were replaced on August 19, 2010.[12] These guidelines introduced the concept of “upward pricing pressure” resulting from a merger between competing firms. The 2010 revisions, while deemed by some to be an improvement,[13] attracted criticism from law and economics scholars who contend that they do not update efficiencies analysis,[14] that they may not be recognized by the courts[15] and that they do not embody principles that reflect dynamic competition.[16]

Notes

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[2] Oliver E. Williamson, The Merger Guidelines of the U.S. Department of Justice-In Perspective. Accessed November 4, 2007.

[3] Remarks of Assistant Attorney General Charles A. James.

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[5] Time magazine, “Guidelines for the Merger Thicket”, June 28, 1982. Accessed September 12, 2007.

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[7] William J. Kolasky and Andrew R. Dick, The Merger Guidelines and the Integration of Efficiencies into Antitrust Review of Horizontal Mergers, 10 June 2002. Accessed September 12, 2007.

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[9] 1984 Merger Guidelines

[10] 1992 Merger Guidelines

[11] Joshua R. Wueller, _Mergers of Majors: Applying the Failing Firm Doctrine in the Recorded Music Industry_, 7 Brook. J. Corp. Fin. & Com. L. 589, 591–92 (2013) (describing section 11 of the 2010 Guidelines (and section 5.1 of the earlier 1997 Guidelines), which governs the failing firm doctrine for the FTC and DOJ).

[12] 2010 Horizontal Merger Guidelines

[13] Judd E. Stone & Joshua D. Wright, _The Sound of One Hand Clapping: The 2010 Merger Guidelines and the Challenge of Judicial Adoption_, 39 REV. IND. ORGAN. 145 (2011).

[14] _Id._

[15] Leah Brannon & Kathleen Bradish, _The Revised Horizontal Merger Guidelines: Can the Courts Be Persuaded?_, THE ANTITRUST SOURCE, October 2010, at 4.

[16] _See_ J. Gregory Sidak & David J. Teece, _Rewriting the Horizontal Merger Guidelines in the Name of Dynamic Competition_, 16 GEO. MASON L. REV. 885 (2009), https://www.criterioneconomics.com/docs/rewriting-horizontal-merger.pdf.

title: Merger guidelines

question: What were the flaws associated with the revised Horizontal Merger Guidelines?

answer: On August 19, 2010, the 1997 Horizontal Merger Guidelines were superseded with the 2010 Horizontal Merger Guidelines, which included "upward pricing pressure" stemming from a merger between industry rivals. Law and economic specialists, on the other hand, argued that the updated rules didn't follow the latest efficiency study. They further said that the guidelines might not be accepted by the courts and do not incorporate concepts that reflect dynamic competition.

question: What does the text say about the U.S. merger guidelines?

answer: A set of rules issued by the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) in partnership with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) governs the United States merger guidelines. Over the previous four decades, these regulations have been modified. These regulatory agencies are based on rules that govern how they examine or dispute a proposed merger. Two examples of grounds for challenges are increased market concentration and dangers to competition within a relevant market. There are components in the merger guidelines that control both horizontal and vertical integration.

question: What does the text say about the history of the DOJ?


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GEORGE HENRY HOTCHKISS (July 1, 1906 – December 25, 1989) was an American professional basketball coach for the Oshkosh All-Stars in the United States' National Basketball League (NBL). He was the NBL Coach of the Year in 1940–41.[1] During Hotchkiss' tenure, the All-Stars transitioned from being a barnstorming team in 1936–37 to a perennial NBL powerhouse, winning four straight regular season division or league titles from 1938 to 1941, made four straight NBL championship series appearances in that span, and won the league championship in 1941.[2] He stepped down as coach after that season.[3]

As a player, Hotchkiss played football and basketball for the University of Wisconsin in the 1920s.[4][5] In basketball, he was named to the All-Big Ten Conference second-team as a senior in 1927–28.[6] He then played for the Oshkosh All-Stars prior to the formation of the NBL in 1937–38.[7]

In his post-basketball career, Hotchkiss was a self-employed insurance agent for Northwestern Mutual.[8]

Head coaching record

The below season records reflect Hotchkiss' tenure as head coach when the Oshkosh All-Stars were in the NBL. In 1936–37 they were still a barnstorming team and that season is not counted toward official NBL coaching records.[9] |- | align=“left” |Oshkosh | align=“left” |1937–38 | 14||12||2||||align=“center” |1st in Western||5||3||2|||| align=“center” |Lost in NBL Finals |- | align=“left” |Oshkosh | align=“left” |1938–30 | 28||17||11||||align=“center” |1st in Western||5||2||3|||| align=“center” |Lost in NBL Finals |- | align=“left” |Oshkosh | align=“left” |1939–40 | 28||15||13||||align=“center” |T–1st in Western||8||4||4|||| align=“center” |Lost in NBL Finals |- style=“background:#FDE910;” | align=“left” |Oshkosh | align=“left” |1940–41 | 24||18||6||||align=“center” |1st ||5||5||0|||| data-sort-value=“1” align=“center” |WON NBL CHAMPIONSHIP |- |-class=“sortbottom” | align=“center” colspan=“2”|Total | 94||62||32|||| ||23||14||9||||

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title: George Hotchkiss

question: What team did George Henry Hotchkiss coach?

answer: The Oshkosh All-Stars.

question: Describe Hotchkiss's career prior to becoming a coach.

answer: He played football and basketball for the University of Wisconsin. He also played for the Oshkosh All-Stars before the NBL was formed.

question: When did Hotchkiss retire?

answer: He stepped down from his coaching position in 1941 after the All-Stars won the league championship.

question: Name some of Hotchkiss's accomplishments.

answer: He was NBL Coach of the Year in 1940-41. The All-Stars also won four straight regular season division or league titles and won the league championship in 1941 under his guidance.

question: What sport did Hotchkiss play?

answer: Basketball

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: George Hotchkiss was a coach for the Oshkosh All-Stars in the United States Basketball League. Under his guidance, the team won the championship in 1941, after which he stepped down from the position. Hotchkiss started out as a player before becoming a coach.


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MAGOFFIN COUNTY is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2010 census, the population was 13,333.[1] Its county seat is Salyersville.[2] The county was formed in 1860 from adjacent portions of Floyd, Johnson, and Morgan Counties. It was named for Beriah Magoffin who was Governor of Kentucky (1859–62).[3][4]

History

The area now encompassed by Kentucky's Magoffin County was first bounded in 1772, when all of what is now the state of Kentucky was in the frontier county of Fincastle County, Virginia. Fincastle was divided in 1776, with the western portion named Kentucky County, Virginia.[5] In 1780, the Virginia legislature set aside all land in Kentucky County for soldiers who had served in the Revolutionary War. In 1780, Kentucky County was divided into 3 counties, Jefferson, Fayette, and Lincoln. Fayette County was divided in 1785, with part becoming Bourbon County.[6][7] In 1792, the lower part of Bourbon County was partitioned off to form Clark County.[8] The area was further divided in 1796 to form Montgomery County, with Fleming County being partitioned from the area in 1798. In 1800, Floyd County was created from portions of Fleming, Mason, and Montgomery Counties. In 1843, Johnson County was carved out of the previous Bath County area,[9] which was created in 1811 from Montgomery County, and which lost a portion of its territory in 1843 for the creation of Johnson County.

In 1860, the Kentucky Legislature partitioned parts of Johnson, Floyd, and Morgan Counties, to create Magoffin County. Its boundaries have remained unchanged since that time.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.2%) is water.[10] It is watered by Licking River.[11]

Adjacent counties

-   Morgan County (northwest)
-   Johnson County (northeast)
-   Floyd County (southeast)
-   Knott County (south)
-   Breathitt County (southwest)
-   Wolfe County (west)

Demographics

As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 13,333 people living in the county. 98.6% were White, 0.3% Native American, 0.1% Black or African American, 0.1% Asian, 0.2% of some other race and 0.7% of two or more races. 0.7% were Hispanic or Latino (of any race).

As of the census[12] of 2000, there were 13,332 people, 5,024 households, and 3,858 families living in the county. The population density was . There were 5,447 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the county was 99.29% White, 0.15% Black or African American, 0.20% Native American, 0.08% Asian, 0.02% from other races, and 0.27% from two or more races. 0.42% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There is a significant Melungeon or Black-Dutch population in Magoffin County, known locally as the “Brown People of Magoffin County”. In a 2007 study by the U.S. Census Bureau, Magoffin County, along with Mitchell County in Iowa, was cited as the U.S. county having the largest percentage of individuals in the demographic category of “Non-Hispanic white alone.”[13]

There were 5,024 households, out of which 37.50% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.90% were married couples living together, 11.20% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.20% were non-families. 21.40% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.20% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.62 and the average family size was 3.04.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 26.80% under the age of 18, 10.10% from 18 to 24, 30.20% from 25 to 44, 22.40% from 45 to 64, and 10.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 97.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.40 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $19,421, and the median income for a family was $24,031. Males had a median income of $27,745 versus $18,354 for females. The per capita income for the county was $10,685. About 31.20% of families and 36.60% of the population were below the poverty line, including 45.90% of those under age 18 and 29.10% of those age 65 or over.

Politics

Between 1932 and 2004, Magoffin County generally voted Democratic in presidential elections, however it has voted Republican since then. It voted for Democrat Andy Beshear for Governor in the 2019 election, but Republican for all other statewide offices.

  Year                               Republican                                  Democratic                                  Third parties
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  style=“text-align:center;” |2020   style=“text-align:center;” |76.6% _4,174_   style=“text-align:center;” |22.3% _1,213_   1.1% _59_
  style=“text-align:center;” |2016   style=“text-align:center;” |74.8% _3,824_   style=“text-align:center;” |22.9% _1,172_   2.4% _120_
  style=“text-align:center;” |2012   style=“text-align:center;” |69.1% _3,391_   style=“text-align:center;” |29.2% _1,433_   1.7% _82_
  style=“text-align:center;” |2008   style=“text-align:center;” |52.3% _2,434_   style=“text-align:center;” |45.3% _2,105_   2.4% _112_
  style=“text-align:center;” |2004   style=“text-align:center;” |49.6% _2,836_   style=“text-align:center;” |49.7% _2,843_   0.7% _39_
  style=“text-align:center;” |2000   style=“text-align:center;” |51.1% _2,785_   style=“text-align:center;” |47.7% _2,603_   1.2% _65_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1996   style=“text-align:center;” |35.5% _1,434_   style=“text-align:center;” |55.6% _2,249_   9.0% _362_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1992   style=“text-align:center;” |34.9% _1,992_   style=“text-align:center;” |57.1% _3,261_   8.0% _458_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1988   style=“text-align:center;” |42.5% _2,158_   style=“text-align:center;” |57.0% _2,895_   0.5% _27_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1984   style=“text-align:center;” |44.2% _2,343_   style=“text-align:center;” |55.5% _2,942_   0.3% _13_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1980   style=“text-align:center;” |42.8% _2,265_   style=“text-align:center;” |56.4% _2,986_   0.9% _46_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1976   style=“text-align:center;” |42.1% _1,793_   style=“text-align:center;” |57.5% _2,451_   0.5% _19_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1972   style=“text-align:center;” |52.4% _2,243_   style=“text-align:center;” |47.3% _2,024_   0.3% _14_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1968   style=“text-align:center;” |46.7% _1,927_   style=“text-align:center;” |47.7% _1,967_   5.6% _229_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1964   style=“text-align:center;” |64.8% _2,498_   style=“text-align:center;” |34.4% _1,327_   0.7% _28_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1960   style=“text-align:center;” |52.5% _2,736_   style=“text-align:center;” |47.5% _2,471_   0.0% _0_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1956   style=“text-align:center;” |52.0% _2,343_   style=“text-align:center;” |48.0% _2,162_   0.1% _4_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1952   style=“text-align:center;” |48.2% _2,093_   style=“text-align:center;” |51.7% _2,243_   0.1% _6_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1948   style=“text-align:center;” |45.5% _1,882_   style=“text-align:center;” |54.5% _2,253_   0.0% _0_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1944   style=“text-align:center;” |51.3% _2,135_   style=“text-align:center;” |48.8% _2,031_   0.0% _0_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1940   style=“text-align:center;” |48.7% _2,668_   style=“text-align:center;” |51.3% _2,812_   0.0% _1_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1936   style=“text-align:center;” |50.2% _2,577_   style=“text-align:center;” |49.7% _2,554_   0.1% _6_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1932   style=“text-align:center;” |49.3% _2,661_   style=“text-align:center;” |50.4% _2,721_   0.2% _13_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1928   style=“text-align:center;” |60.9% _2,816_   style=“text-align:center;” |39.1% _1,806_   0.0% _0_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1924   style=“text-align:center;” |55.3% _2,196_   style=“text-align:center;” |44.2% _1,757_   0.6% _22_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1920   style=“text-align:center;” |63.2% _2,347_   style=“text-align:center;” |36.4% _1,352_   0.4% _16_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1916   style=“text-align:center;” |51.2% _1,535_   style=“text-align:center;” |47.8% _1,433_   0.9% _28_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1912   style=“text-align:center;” |43.5% _1,004_   style=“text-align:center;” |38.6% _891_     17.9% _413_

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Economy

The last active coal mine in Magoffin County closed in 2015. Major employers now include several coal truck businesses.[15]

Communities

-   Elsie
-   Falcon
-   Foraker
-   Fredville
-   Gunlock
-   Hendricks
-   Ivyton
-   Logville
-   Royalton
-   Salyersville (county seat)
-   Sublett
-   Swampton
-   Wheelersburg
-   Wonnie

Notable people

-   Jimmy Flynt, Co-Founder of _Hustler_ magazine
-   Larry Flynt, publisher of _Hustler_ magazine

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title: Magoffin County, Kentucky

question: What does the text say about the people of Magoffin County?

answer: 13,333 people live in Magoffin County, and almost all of them are white. 37.5% of households have children, and 61.9% are married couples. 23.3% of households are individuals. On average, there are 2.62 people in a household. 26.8% of the population is below 18, with 10.6% above 65, and the median age is 34. For every 100 females, there are 97.2 males. The median household income is $19,421, the per capita income is $10,685, with 36% of the population living below the poverty line. The county is mostly Republican since 2004, but it was mostly democratic from 1932 to 2004.


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TINA PISNIK (born 19 February 1981) is a former professional tennis player from Slovenia. Pisnik turned professional since 1999. Pisnik's highest singles ranking was world number 29, which she reached on 12 January 2004. Her highest doubles ranking was world number 63 on 3 April 2000. She won one singles title and two doubles titles on the WTA tour.

Biography

Pisnik is a baseliner who plays a serve-and-volley style game on grass. Her father Boris is a former Slovenian national team soccer player and a soccer coach and he traveled with her on tour. Her mother Saska is an economic technician. Other sports interests include basketball and soccer. She moved to United States in 2015 and was a High performance director at CPAC, Lincolnshire until early 2020. She owns a business called Smash Tennis and currently coaches at Northbrook Raquet Club in Northbrook, IL.

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (1–0)

  Legend: Before 2009          Legend: Starting in 2009
  ---------------------------- --------------------------
  Grand Slam tournaments (0)
  WTA Championships (0)
  Tier I (0)                   Premier Mandatory (0)
  Tier II (0)                  Premier 5 (0)
  Tier III (1/0)               Premier (0)
  Tier IV & V (0)              International (0)

  Outcome   No.   Date         Tournament     Surface   Opponent          Score
  --------- ----- ------------ -------------- --------- ----------------- --------------------
  Winner    1.    7 May 2000   Bol, Croatia   Clay      Amélie Mauresmo   7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–2)

Doubles: 3 (2–1)

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| Outcom | No.    | Date   | Tourna | Surfac | Partne | Oppone | Score  |
| e      |        |        | ment   | e      | ring   | nt     |        |
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| Winner | 1.     | 14     | Kuala  | Hard   | Jelena | Rika   | 3–6,   |
|        |        | Novemb | Lumpur |        | Kostan | Hiraki | 6–2,   |
|        |        | er     | ,      |        | ić     |  Yuka  | 6–4    |
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| Runner | 1.     | 6 May  | Bol,   | Clay   | Nadia  |        | 5–7,   |
| -up    |        | 2001   | Croati |        | Petrov |        | 4–6    |
|        |        |        | a      |        | a      |        |        |
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|        |        | ry     | Colomb |        | Gaglia | Kurhaj |        |
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    $100,000 tournaments       Hard (0–0)
    $75,000 tournaments        Clay (1–0)
    $50,000 tournaments        Grass (0–0)
    $25,000 tournaments        Carpet (0–0)
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  Outcome   No.   Date             Tournament          Surface   Opponent       Score
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  Winner    1.    18 August 1997   Maribor, Slovenia   Clay      Nina Schwarz   6–0, 6–2

Doubles (3–1)

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    $100,000 tournaments       Hard (0–1)
    $75,000 tournaments        Clay (2–0)
    $50,000 tournaments        Grass (0–0)
    $25,000 tournaments        Carpet (1–0)
    $10,000 tournaments

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| e      |        |        | ment   | e      | r      | nts    |        |
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| Winner | 1.     | 9 June | Velenj | Clay   | Tina   | Helena | w/o    |
|        |        | 1997   | e,     |        | Hergol | Fremut |        |
|        |        |        | Sloven |        | d      | hová   |        |
|        |        |        | ia     |        |        |  Aneta |        |
|        |        |        |        |        |        | Soukup |        |
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| Winner | 2.     | 18     | Maribo | Clay   | Tina   | Nives  | 6–3,   |
|        |        | August | r,     |        | Hergol | Ćulum  | 6–2    |
|        |        | 1997   | Sloven |        | d      |  Tina  |        |
|        |        |        | ia     |        |        | Hojnik |        |
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| Runner | 3.     | 15     | Rogašk | Hard   | Miriam | Tina   | 0–6,   |
| -up    |        | Februa | a      | (i)    | Schnit | Križan | 3–6    |
|        |        | ry     | Slatin |        | zer    |        |        |
|        |        | 1998   | a,     |        |        | Katari |        |
|        |        |        | Sloven |        |        | na     |        |
|        |        |        | ia     |        |        | Srebot |        |
|        |        |        |        |        |        | nik    |        |
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| Winner | 4.     | 1      | Urtijë | Carpet | Barbor | Darija | 6–2,   |
|        |        | Februa | i,     | (i)    | a      | Jurak  | 3–6,   |
|        |        | ry     | Italy  |        | Záhlav |        | 7–6(7– |
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title: Tina Pisnik

question: What does the text say about Tina Pisnik's career?

answer: Tina Pisnik is a former professional tennis player from Slovenia. Pisnik turned professional since 1999. She won one singles title and two doubles titles on the WTA tour.

question: What was Pisnik's position when she was a professional tennis player?

answer: Pisnik was a baseliner who plays a serve-and-volley style game on grass.


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Jul 18, 2018

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    Emily KaplanESPN

    Close

Team rankings come in all shapes and forms. We analyzed the rosters of all 31 teams to determine which franchise is best suited for the future behind a locked-in young core.

How is that determined? Given the average age of NHL players to begin the 2017-18 season was a shade over 27, we considered only PLAYERS WHO ARE 27 OR YOUNGER.

The rankings also factored in length of contracts -- the longer the better for young talent -- and accounted only for players who are INKED FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT THREE SEASONS. For example, the New Jersey Devils might look strong at first glance, but Taylor Hall and 2017 No. 1 overall pick Nico Hischier are both signed for just two more seasons, leaving a lot up in the air.

Here are the top locked-in young cores in the NHL, when considering age and contract status.

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1. Edmonton Oilers

CORE: Connor McDavid (Center, 21 years old, $12.5 million AAV, through 2025-26); Leon Draisaitl (Center, 22 years old, $8.5 million AAV through 2024-25); Oscar Klefbom (Defense, 24 years old, $4.167 million AAV through 2022-23)

The Oilers might require some refinement before they ultimately win, but it's hard to argue with the core they have drafted and subsequently locked in for the next five to eight years. Then again, it's not exactly high-level managing to commit to a player like McDavid when given the opportunity. However, the pledge to McDavid's sidekick, Draisaitl, is a nice touch, and Klefbom's low cap hit will keep the salary cap at bay for some time, which lands the Oilers here at No. 1. And that's before you even mention that the Oilers also just signed their 2018 first-rounder, Evan Bouchard, adding another young asset on the blue line.

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2. Nashville Predators

CORE: Filip Forsberg (Left wing, 23 years old, $6 million AAV through 2021-22); Ryan Johansen (Center, 25 years old, $8 million AAV through 2024-25); Viktor Arvidsson (Right wing, 25 years old, $4.25 million AAV through 2022-23); Juuse Saros (Goaltender, 23 years old, $1.5 million AAV through 2020-21)

This is the most balanced roster in the NHL. While the Predators boast plenty of stars seasoned and in their prime (Roman Josi and P.K. Subban headline the league's best group of defensemen), the first-line talent highlights why Nashville will be a Stanley Cup contender until further notice. Arvidsson's contract is a steal, and Forsberg is probably underpaid as well. Saros is currently the No. 2 goalie for Nashville, but locking up the team's goalie of the future for three more seasons gives some protection in the crease if Pekka Rinne leaves when he becomes a unrestricted free agent after next season. And if 19-year-old rookie Eeli Tolvanen breaks out next season, it only further cements the Predators' standing here.

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3. St. Louis Blues

CORE: Vladimir Tarasenko (Right wing, 26 years old, $7.5 million AAV, through 2022-23); Ryan O'Reilly (Center, 27 years old, $7.5 million AAV, through 2022-23); Jaden Schwartz (Left wing, 26 years old, $5.4 million AAV through 2020-21)

No team improved more this offseason than the Blues. General manager Doug Armstrong willed the Blues onto this list with the addition of O'Reilly, a terrific two-way center who should make his presence felt in St. Louis for the next five seasons. Combined with the pure skill of Tarasenko (whose 149 goals since the beginning of the 2014-15 season trail only Alex Ovechkin) and the potential of Schwartz (should he stay healthy), this group could push the Blues over the playoff hump.

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4. Toronto Maple Leafs

CORE: John Tavares (Center, 27 years old, $11 million AAV through 2024-25); Nazem Kadri (Center, 27 years old, $4.6 million AAV through 2021-22); Morgan Rielly (Defense, 24 years old, $5 million AAV through 2021-22)

Tavares picked his hometown Maple Leafs in free agency in large part because he believed in the team's young core. It's hard to place Toronto this low knowing the talent on the roster, but until the extensions for Mitch Marner, William Nylander and especially Auston Matthews are done, the Leafs are straddled here. Here, however, is not a bad place to be at all.

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5. Winnipeg Jets

CORE: Mark Scheifele (Center, 25 years old, $6.125 million AAV, through 2023-24); Nikolaj Ehlers (Left wing, 22 years old, $6 million AAV, through 2024-25); Connor Hellebuyck (Goaltender, 25 years old, $6.166 million AAV through 2023-24)

The Jets rose last week by locking in Hellebuyck. The longstanding goaltending woes that plagued the Jets over the past decade might at last be solved. Winnipeg can be an even bigger climber on this list by the end of summer if management also takes care of 20-year-old sniper Patrik Laine (eligible for an extension, as his entry level contract expires at the end of next season). In the meantime, having Ehlers and Scheifele under long-term contracts at a bargain rate is a huge boon.

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6. Buffalo Sabres

CORE: Jack Eichel (Center, 21 years old, $10 million AAV through 2025-26); Rasmus Dahlin (Defense, 18 years old, $925,000 AAV through 2020-21); Rasmus Ristolainen (Defense, 23 years old, $5.4 million AAV through 2021-22)

The one thing the Sabres can cling onto right now is future hope. After winning the Dahlin lottery, the surefire stud defenseman inked a three-year, entry-level deal. The max commitment to Eichel is what propels the Sabres here. Let's remember, the No. 1 center is still just 21. Ristolainen, another guy in the too-young-to-rent-a-car-without-an-extra-fee club, has already proved he can shoulder a huge workload. He has four more years with a sub-$6 million cap hit until he's an UFA.

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7. Florida Panthers

CORE: Aleksander Barkov (Center, 22 years old, $5.9 million AAV through 2021-22); Vincent Trocheck (Center, 25 years old, $4.75 million AAV through 2021-22); Jonathan Huberdeau (Left wing, 25 years old, $5.9 million AAV through 2022-23); Aaron Ekblad (Defense, 22 years old, $7.5 million AAV through 2024-25)

Surprised to find the Panthers this high? This is as much about quality as it is about quantity. The Panthers might have some flaws as a team, and they're only just knocking at the door for the playoffs, but management has identified the young core it likes and inked it for the foreseeable future. This is the only team in our rankings with four top everyday 27-and-under players under contract for at least the next three seasons (Nashville's Saros is a backup goalie).

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8. Vegas Golden Knights

CORE: Jonathan Marchessault (Left wing, 27 years old, $5 million AAV through 2023-24); Reilly Smith (Right wing, 27 years old, $5 million AAV through 2021-22); Colin Miller (Defense, 25 years old, $3.875 million AAV through 2021-22)

What's the Golden Knights' best asset? Depth, of course. And while it was a largely veteran crew that led the Golden Misfits to the Stanley Cup final last season, it's hard not to be optimistic about the future that's locked in, especially when considering some very affordable contracts here. With the prospect of a new contract for 25-year-old top center William Karlsson lurking, Vegas has plenty of pieces to build around.

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9. Philadelphia Flyers

CORE: Sean Couturier (Center, 25 years old, $4.33 million AAV through 2021-22); Shayne Gostisbehere (Defense, 25 years old, $4.5 million AAV through 2022-23)

Ink Ivan Provorov or Travis Konecny to an extension? The Flyers will end up much higher on this list. Both players will see their entry-level contracts expire next summer. But we still love what GM Ron Hextall is building here -- and we're not even getting into Philadelphia's loaded prospect crop -- especially considering he has one of the best two-way forwards in the game and an ascending offensive defenseman signed at reasonable rates for the next few seasons.

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T10. Colorado Avalanche

CORE: Nathan MacKinnon (Center, 22 years old, $6.3 million AAV through 2022-23); Gabriel Landeskog (Left wing, 25 years old, $5.571 million AAV through 2020-21)

The Avalanche are destined to catapult on this list should they sign the skilled Mikko Rantanen to an extension. The 21-year-old's entry-level contract expires after next season. MacKinnon's term (five more seasons until UFA status) and discount cap hit buoy the team's status on this list. Landeskog's contract is a great addition, though he has only three seasons before his deal is up. What the Avalanche need to work on is depth; all three of these players compose the team's top, and by far most productive, line.

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T10. Calgary Flames

CORE: Johnny Gaudreau (Left wing, 24 years old, $6.75 million AAV through 2021-22); Sean Monahan (Center, 23 years old, $6.375 million AAV through 2022-23); Elias Lindholm (Center/right wing, 23 years old, $4.85 million AAV through 2023-24)

Like the Avalanche and Jets, the Flames boast a terrific one-two punch of forwards. The combination of Gaudreau and Monahan should be creating magic for the Flames for years to come. Even better, they bring relatively low cap hits. Calgary has a chance to make huge leaps should Matthew Tkachuk sign an extension. We're also waiting to see if Lindholm and Noah Hanifin enjoy breakout seasons after a change of scenery.

_JUST MISSED: Washington Capitals, Carolina Hurricanes_

question: Summarize all about the Vegas Golden Knights.

answer: The Golden Knights' best asset is their depth. While their crew was largely veteran, there is a lot of optimism about the future with some affordable contracts coming in, like their latest top center William karlsson.

question: Summarize all about the Toronto Maple Leafs.

answer: The team's core, Tavares, picked his hometown Maple Leafs in free agency in large part since he believed in the team's young core. The Leafs are straddled until the extensions for Marner, Nylander, and Matthews are done.

question: What aspects have been helping the Calgary Flames?

answer: The combination of Gaudreau and Monahan is creating magic for the team. Along with this, they also bring relatively low cap hits.


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(CNN)A murder investigation in a peaceful golf community in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, has come to a bizarre conclusion.

Now, police say a 71-year-old man who was found shot to death in the community in late January wasn't killed at all. He actually killed himself -- in a very unusual way.

The puzzling investigation into Alan Abrahamson's death started six months ago as a homicide. Palm Beach Gardens, a city of about 50,000, is praised by local police as one of the safest places in the state.

A crime like this would be shocking for anyone who lives in Palm Beach Gardens. It was especially odd for Abrahamson's family and friends, who said the man they knew wasn't in any trouble.

He didn't have any known enemies. He and his wife were "soul mates," and he was "somebody everybody would gravitate to," a friend told police.

"Alan was an avid golfer, enjoyed traveling and had a zest for life. He was known for his extraordinary smile, contagious laugh and the twinkle in his eyes," reads his obituary published in the Palm Beach Post.

But something wasn't adding up. Police would soon find out what.

THE INVESTIGATION BEGINS

Linda Abrahamson told police her husband was probably going to meet his friend at Starbucks the morning he died, according to a Palm Beach Gardens police report. It had become a recent routine of his: taking morning strolls to the nearby shopping center for coffee.

That January day was no exception, she said.

Using Alan Abrahamson's Google history, police tracked some of the man's final moves.

The police report, made public last week, details the following account of his last day and the investigation that followed:

At 5:42 a.m. on January 25, Abrahamson left his house wearing shorts, a royal blue sweatshirt and a ball cap.

Minutes later, he reached the gated community's north entrance. At 5:53 a.m., he walked out of the security camera's sight. Thirty-seven minutes later, a single gunshot can be heard on the surveillance video.

The next to spot him would be a dog, who jumped off a golf cart and found Abrahamson around 7 a.m. He was lying on his back in a field near the gate, with a hole in his sweatshirt surrounded by blood.

By 9:30 a.m., detectives were on the scene. They found Abrahamson's phone and wallet in his pocket, along with a pair of scissors. But they didn't find the watch he normally wore, or the hundreds of dollars he was known to carry, or the gun that shot him.

They also didn't find any sign of a struggle. An autopsy showed only one hole and one bullet, which had mushroomed into six points when it entered his body, hitting his heart and lungs and breaking a rib, the report says.

The incident was ruled a homicide, and the investigation was on.

POLICE FIND PIECES OF THE PUZZLE

A week after finding the body, police still didn't know what had happened.

They interviewed Abrahamson's wife, his two children and his friends. They walked around the country club looking for clues or evidence, like the missing gun or the casing of the bullet that pierced his chest.

They didn't find them. What they did find on his computer was a little more interesting.

In his email inbox, police saw a message about an order Abrahamson placed less than a month before he died -- for a $55 weather balloon.

And on January 23, police found, he went to an industrial gas store in West Palm Beach and left with a helium tank.

But Abrahamson didn't have any hobbies that used those tools, his family and friend told police.

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CNN has reached out to Abrahamson's family for comment but has not received a response.

There was another piece to the puzzle authorities couldn't explain. According to surveillance video, Abrahamson walked past the gatehouse 37 minutes before the gunshot was heard, but he hadn't left the country club area.

A detective had walked the route from the gatehouse to where the body was found on the sidewalk. It only took him 4 minutes.

What was Abrahamson doing for the other 30-so minutes?

Then detective Bryan Broehm had a wild idea: Maybe the whole thing was a suicide.

PUTTING THE PIECES TOGETHER

Police started to think through Broehm's theory.

How would it work? If Abrahamson had tied a gun to a weather balloon, it would have disappeared into the sky once he shot himself, a detective wrote in the report.

"Although the theory seemed far-fetched, it was plausible," the report said.

So, the research continued until detectives stumbled upon a similar incident -- in a 2003 "CSI: Las Vegas" episode. A character had tied a gun to helium-filled balloons to stage a homicide.

But after making some calls, no one said they'd seen a weather balloon on January 25.

Instead, police looked to Abrahamson's Google history for answers. They found them in a trove of searches trailing at least 10 years back.

In July 2009, he searched "Suicide" and "How to commit Suicide." In 2012, he searched "Life insurance suicide."

Most life insurance policies have a suicide clause, which says a death benefit won't be paid if the insured person kills themselves within two years of taking out a policy.

In March 2016 Abrahamson typed "Undetectable suicide methods" into the search engine.

By August 2017, his focus had narrowed. He wrote, "How many cubic feet of helium do you need to raise one pound?"

On January 23, he looked for nearby helium suppliers.

His last search, on January 24: "Dawn / Dusk times."

POLICE RULE THE DEATH A SUICIDE

The pieces finally fit together, and to investigators the picture became clear: Abrahamson wasn't murdered.

He killed himself.

"To be honest with you, it's just a bizarre situation," psychologist Raphi Wald toldCNN affiliate WPEC. "I mean the word that comes to mind is just bizarre."

On March 5, detectives met with the State Attorney's Office and showed what they found.

"We informed them through our investigation that it was a suicide made to look like a homicide," the report said.

question: What clues revealed that Abrahamson's death wasn't a homicide?

answer: Alan Abrahamson, 71, died in Palm Beach Gardens. This incident was odd considering Palm Beach Gardens is a pleasant and safe area of Florida. Initial autopsy results thought it a homicide until recent discoveries proved otherwise. The cops detected internet searches for suicide on Abrahamson's PC. Then they discovered Abrahamson had bought a $55 weather balloon and a helium tank from an industrial gas store. The cops believe Abrahamson's manner of suicide is similar to a CSI: Las Vegas episode where a character hooked a gun to a helium-filled balloon to stage a homicide. With these clues, the cops declared his death a suicide.

question: Why did Abrahamson commit suicide?

question: What does the text say about life insurance suicide?

answer: Alan Abrahamson was presumed murdered, although he really committed suicide. For the most part, most life insurance contracts carry a suicide clause. The death benefit is not paid if the insured dies within two years after purchasing the insurance. In other words, he had just bought his policy and couldn't wait for the timeframe to elapse. Abrahamson hoped his insurance payouts would go to his family after he died, so he made it look like he was attacked. During their investigation into his death, the cops discovered this plot via his computer's online search history.


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Her Excellency MONIQUE T. G. VAN DAALEN (born 1960) is a Dutch diplomat. She is the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of The Netherlands to the United Nations.

Life

Van Daalen was born in Amsterdam in 1960. She attended the University of Amsterdam where she obtained a Master’s degree in Modern Asian History. She already had graduate degrees in International Law and Art History and Archaeology.[1]

In 1988 she joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and after a training year she spent two years in South Korea. She returned to The Hague in 1991 and rose to join the Dutch Permanent Mission to the United Nations as a First Secretary in 1996. She spent three years in Miami and more time at The Hague before being appointed the Dutch Ambassador to Germany in 2013.[2]

She became the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of The Netherlands to the United Nations and other international organizations in Geneva in 2013. She was in this role in 2017[3] when she spoke on behalf of several European delegations to send delegates chosen by Zeid Raad Al Hussein to investigate human rights violations committed in Yemen's war.[4]

[1]  Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken|author=Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken|date=2018-12-27|website=www.nederlandwereldwijd.nl|language=nl|access-date=2019-11-13}}

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title: Monique van Daalen

question: Who is Monique T.G. Van Daalen?

answer: a Dutch diplomat and current Permanent Representative of The Netherlands to the United Nations

question: Where did Monique T.G. Van Daalen go to university?

answer: University of Amsterdam

question: Who is Zeid Raad Al Hussein?

answer: the article does not answer this question

question: What does Monique T.G. Van Daalen have higher degrees in?

answer: International Law, Art History and Archaeology, and Modern Asian History

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: Monique T.G. Van Daalen is a Dutch diplomat and the current Permanent Representative of The Netherlands to the United Nations.


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They told me that hell was a horrid place filled with fire and brimstone. The devil's supposed to be here.

Lucifer...wielding a three-pronged pitchfork (overcompensating for his rarely reported "sullen wang," no doubt) and more than prepared to shove it elbow deep into a sinner's rectum.

THEY TOLD ME...As a matter of fact, THEY PROMISED! They promised that it would be something so trivial as infinite and unyielding torture.

They swore--from Gospels to Revelations--that my soul would burn and I would feel every whimsical millisecond upon nanosecond of relentless pain until my woe-ed screams filled its ringed caverns.

YES! That IS what they said!

Either, they lied or they were wrong. I'm not quite sure which act of incompetence had led them so horribly askew.

BUT, I can promise! Oh, how I've promised, that if it is the eternal, insufferable, incubator of flame that you fear, FEAR NOT! It isn't real. No more than God and his pigeons are "down here".

Do you wish to know? If not then read no further.

Hell is not the devil's plaything or a pit where evil goes to fester. Hell is not some tilted spear splicing into your gullet, retreating, then resplicing--retreating then resplicing--until your genitalia quiver.

No! Hell is none of those awful things. In fact, it's quite pleasant at first.

Hell is a single moment, (any old moment will do). It's every feeling that moment's brought to you multiplied by six, then four, then two.

Hell is every simple satisfaction you've taken for granted to hold dear. It's every single smile. Every frown or either's tears.

It's a bone-dry steak in the process of a thorough molding. Wine before fermentation. Hell is detention, less the scolding.

Hell is a very instance played in succinctness with the last. Hell is tiring of the time and yet no time at all has passed.

Hell is having all sense of sense removed from your cerebellum and if you wish to share your grief, hell is the inability to tell them.

Lucifer is a concoction of angst and brittle will. His demons are no more or less than the thoughts of warming chills.

So you see you shouldn't fear at all the moment of death or just before.

You are correct in fearing hell, however.

...Poe's down here too.

"Say the raven, nevermore."

"Shut up, Edgar!"

title: [HM] Three Seconds in Hell

question: What is the name of the devil in this text?

answer: Lucifer.

question: What is Lucifer a concoction of?

answer: Angst and brittle will.

question: Which famous dead writer is in hell?

answer: Edgar Allan Poe.

question: What should you fear, according to the author, instead of death or the moment before death?

answer: Hell.


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ALEXEI MIKHAILOVICH (; – ) was the Tsar of Russia from 1645 until his death in 1676.[1] His reign saw wars with Poland and Sweden, schism in the Russian Orthodox Church, and the major Cossack revolt of Stenka Razin.[2] Nevertheless, at the time of his death Russia spanned almost .

Early life and reign

[Kneaze Alexey Michailovitz, Great Duke of Moscovie, 1664 (inaccurate engraving that fails to depict him becoming Tsar)]

Born in Moscow on ,[3] the son of Tsar Michael and Eudoxia Streshneva,[4] the sixteen-year-old Alexei acceded to the throne after his father's death on 12 July 1645. In August, the Tsar's mother died, and following a pilgrimage to Sergiyev Posad he was crowned on 28 September in the Dormition Cathedral.[5] He was committed to the care of his tutor Boris Morozov, a shrewd boyar open to Western ideas.[6]

Morozov's pursued a peaceful foreign policy, securing a truce with the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and carefully avoiding complications with the Ottoman Empire. His domestic policy aimed at limiting the privileges of foreign traders and abolishing useless and expensive court offices. On 17 January 1648, Morozov procured the marriage of the tsar with Maria Miloslavskaya, himself marrying her sister, Anna, ten days later,[7] both daughters of Ilya Danilovich Miloslavsky.

Morozov was regarded as a corrupt, self-seeking boyar and was accused of sorcery and witchcraft. In May 1648 Muscovites rose against his faction in the Salt Riot, and the young Tsar was compelled to dismiss them and exile Boris to the Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery. Four months later, Boris secretly returned to Moscow to regain some of his power.[8]

The popular discontent demonstrated by the riot was partially responsible for Alexis' 1649 issuance of a new legal code, the Sobornoye Ulozhenie.[9]

Later reign

Military reform

In 1648, using the experience of creating regiments of the foreign system during the reign of his father, Alexis began reforming the army.

The main direction of the reform was the mass creation of New Order Regiments: Reiters, Soldiers, Dragoons and Hussars.[10] These regiments formed the backbone of the new army of Tsar Alexis. To fulfill the reform goals, a large number of European military specialists were hired for service. This became possible because of the end of the Thirty Years' War, which created a colossal market for military professionals in Europe.[11]

Rebellions

Throughout his reign, Alexei faced rebellions across Russia. After resolving the 1648 Salt Riot Alexei faced rebellions in 1650 in the cities of Pskov and Great Novgorod. Alexei put down the Novgorod rebellion quickly, but was unable to subdue Pskov, and was forced to promise the city amnesty in return for surrender. The Metropolitan Nikon distinguished himself at Great Novgorod and in 1651 became the Tsar's chief minister.[12]

By the 1660s, Alexei's wars with Poland and Sweden had put an increasing strain on the Russian economy and public finances. In response, Alexei's government had begun minting large numbers of copper coins in 1654 to increase government revenue but this led to a devaluation of the ruble and a severe financial crisis. As a result, angry Moscow residents revolted in the 1662 Copper Riot, which was put down violently.[13]

In 1669, the Cossacks along the Don in southern Russia erupted in rebellion. The rebellion was led by Stenka Razin, a disaffected Don Cossack who had captured the Russian terminus of Astrakhan. From 1670 to 1671, Razin seized multiple towns along the Volga River. The turning point in his campaign was his failed siege of Simbirsk in October 1670. Razin was finally captured on the Don in April 1671, and was drawn and quartered in Moscow.[14]

War against Safavid Iran

In 1651, Safavid troops attacked Russian fortifications in the North Caucasus. The main issue involved the expansion of a Russian garrison on the Koy Su River, as well as the construction of several new fortresses, in particular the one built on the Iranian side of the Terek River. The successful Safavid offensive resulted in the destruction of the Russian fortress and its garrison being expelled. In 1653, Alexis, initially thinking about sending the Zaporozhian Cossacks, eventually decided to send an embassy to Persia for a peaceful settlement of the conflict. In August 1653 courtier Prince Ivan Lobanov-Rostov and steward Ivan Komynin traveled from Astrakhan to Isfahan. Shah Abbas II agreed to settle the conflict, stating that the conflict was initiated without his consent.

Wars against Poland and Sweden

[Tsar Alexis Mikhalovich]

In 1653, the weakness and disorder of Poland, which had just emerged from the Khmelnytsky Uprising, encouraged Alexei to attempt to annex the old Rus’ lands. On 1 October 1653 a national assembly met at Moscow to sanction the war and find the means of carrying it out, and in April 1654 the army was blessed by Nikon, who had been elected patriarch in 1652.[15]

The campaign of 1654 was an uninterrupted triumph, and scores of towns, including the important fortress of Smolensk, fell into the hands of the Russians.[16] Ukrainian Hetman Bogdan Khmelnitsky appealed to Tsar Alexei for protection from the Poles, and the Treaty of Pereyaslav brought about Russian dominance of the Cossack Hetmanate in Left-Bank Ukraine.

In the summer of 1655, a sudden invasion by Charles X of Sweden briefly swept the Polish state out of existence, in what became known as the Deluge. The Russians, unopposed, quickly appropriated nearly everything that was not already occupied by the Swedes. When the Poles offered to negotiate, the whole grand-duchy of Lithuania was the least of the demands made by Alexei. However Alexei and the king of Sweden quarrelled over the apportionment of the spoils, and at the end of May 1656, with encouragement by the Habsburg emperor and the other enemies of Sweden, Alexei declared war on Sweden.[17]

Great things were expected by Russia of the Swedish war, but nothing came of it. Dorpat was taken, but countless multitudes of men were lost in vain before Riga. In the meantime, Poland had so far recovered herself as to become a much more dangerous foe than Sweden, and, as it was impossible to wage war with both simultaneously, the tsar resolved to rid himself of the Swedes first. In the Peace of Kardis (2 July 1661), Russia retroceded all her conquests.[18]

The Polish war dragged on for six years longer and was then concluded by the Truce of Andrusovo (11 February 1667), nominally for thirteen years, which proved the most durable of treaties. According to the truce, Polotsk and Polish Livonia were restored to Poland, but the more important cities of Smolensk and Kiev remained in the hands of Russia together with the whole eastern bank of the Dnieper River. This truce was the achievement of Afanasy Ordin-Nashchokin, the first Russian chancellor and diplomat in the modern sense, who after the disgrace of Nikon became the tsar's first minister until 1670, when he was superseded by the equally able Artamon Matveyev, whose beneficent influence prevailed to the end of Alexei's reign.[19]

Response to English Civil War

[Tsar Alexis turning his back to Peter the Great on the Millennium Monument in Novgorod.]

When Charles I of England was beheaded by the Parliamentarians under Oliver Cromwell in 1649, an outraged Alexei broke off diplomatic relations with England and accepted Royalist refugees in Moscow. He also banned all English merchants from his country (notably members of the Muscovy Company) and provided financial assistance to [[Henrietta Maria of France|“the disconsolate widow of]] that glorious martyr, King Charles I.”[20]

Schism with the Old Believers

In 1653, Patriarch Nikon established a series of reforms that aimed to bring the practices of the Russian Orthodox Church into line with its Greek counterpart. Most notably, the church began to mandate the use of three fingers instead of two in making the sign of the cross. This resulted in significant dissent among the church community. Nevertheless, Alexei continued to support Nikon until 1658, when Nikon abandoned his post due to a personal insult, leaving the seat of the patriarch vacant.[21]

In 1666, the tsar convened the Great Moscow Synod, which was attended by Patriarch Macarios III of Antioch and Patriarch Paisius of Alexandria, in order to address the problems caused by Nikon. The synod agreed to formally depose Nikon, and also decided to excommunicate all who opposed the reforms of the church; those opponents broke away from the official Russian Orthodox Church to form the Old Believers movement.[22]

Assessment

According to the _Encyclopædia Britannica_ Eleventh Edition:

Alexei's letters were first published by Pyotr Bartenev in 1856. They have earned him a place in the history of Russian literature, as assessed by D.S. Mirsky:

  A few private letters and an instruction to his falconers is all we have of him. But it is sufficient for Sergey Platonov to proclaim him the most attractive of Russian monarchs. He acquired the moniker _Tishayshy_, which means “most quiet” or “most peaceful”. He received this moniker through the ways he behaved- he would be kind and friendly, but the sounds created from instruments would provoke him. Certain aspects of Russian Orthodoxy, not its most purely spiritual, but its aesthetic and worldly aspects, found in him their most complete expression. The essence of Alexei's personality is a certain spiritual Epicureanism, manifested in an optimistic Christian faith, in a profound, but unfanatical, attachment to the traditions and ritual of the Church, in a desire to see everyone round him happy and at peace, and in a highly developed capacity to extract a quiet and mellow enjoyment from all things.[23]

Family and children

[_Tsar Alexei chooses his bride_, by Grigory Sedov (the winner of the Tsardom-wide contest organized by Boris Morozov was his relative Maria Miloslavskaya).]

Alexei's first marriage to Miloslavskaya was harmonious and felicitous. She bore him thirteen children (five sons and eight daughters) in twenty-one years of marriage, and died only weeks after her thirteenth childbirth. Four sons survived her (Alexei, Fyodor, Semyon, and Ivan), but within six months of her death, two of these were dead, including Alexei, the 15-year-old heir to the throne. The couple's children were:

-   Tsarevich Dmitri Alexeevich (1648–1649); crown prince; died in infancy
-   Tsarevna Yevdokia Alekseevna (1650–1712)
-   Tsarevna Marfa Alekseyevna (1652–1707)
-   Tsarevich Alexei Alexeevich (1654–1670); crown prince; died unwed aged 15
-   Tsarevna Anna Alexeevna (1655–1659); died in infancy
-   Tsarevna Sofia Alexeevna (1657–1704), regent of Russia (1682–89) for her two younger brothers;[24] never married
-   Tsarevna Ekaterina Alexeevna (1658–1718)
-   Tsarevna Maria Alexeevna (1660–1723)
-   Fyodor III (1661–1682); succeeded his father as Tsar of Russia;[25] died childless
-   Tsarevna Feodosia Alexeyevna (1662–1713)
-   Tsarevich Simeon Alexeyevich (1665–1669); died in infancy
-   Ivan V (1666–1696); was co-ruler along with his younger half-brother Peter the Great;[26] father of Empress Anna
-   Tsarevna Yevdokia Alexeevna (1669–1669)

Alexei remarried on 1 February 1671 to Nataliya Kyrillovna Naryshkina (1 September 16514 February 1694). She was brought up in the house of Artamon Matveyev, whose wife was the Scottish-descended Mary Hamilton. Their children were:

-   Peter I (1672–1725), known to history as “Peter the Great,” Tsar of Russia
-   Tsarevna Natalya Alexeevna (1673–1716)
-   Tsarevna Fyodora Alexeevna (1674–1678)

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title: Alexis of Russia

question: Summarize the preceding and succeeding monarchs of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich.

answer: Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich acceded to the throne after the death of his father, Tsar Mikhail, in 1645. Following Alexei's death in 1676, his son Fyodor III became Tsar of Russia, but died childless. Alexei's daughter Tsarevna Sofia Alexeevna subsequently became regent for two younger brothers, Ivan V and Peter I (known as Peter the Great). Ivan V co-ruled with Peter and fathered Empress Anna; Peter remained tsar after Ivan's death.

question: What does the text say about ostracism?

answer: Alexei was compelled to exile his former tutor Boris Morozov to the Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery. Morozov was regarded as corrupt and accused of witchcraft, and after Muscovites rose against his faction in the Salt Riot, the tsar was compelled to pardon them and punish Morozov.

question: What does the text say about Ilya Danilovich Miloslavsky?

answer: Ilya Danilovich Miloslavsky was the father of Maria and Anna Miloslavskaya. His daughter Maria reportedly had a happy marriage with Alexei Mikhailovich as his first wife until her death following her thirteenth childbirth. His other daughter Anna was married to the tsar's tutor, Boris Morozov. Notably, Morozov was a relative of Miloslavsky and arranged both marriages.

question: What does the text say about Novokribirsk?


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It's about 7:45 in the morning and a group of high school kids are waiting on a corner. Few seconds pass by and a few more kids show up. Pete Robinson walks up to the corner, and examines all the kids who are there. He watches their body language, and he pays attention to the way they talk to each other. The bus arrives, and they all get on the bus.

Pete sits next to a younger male student. Pete immediately introduces himself. "My names Pete, what's yours?"

"Simon", replies the boy.

"You want to see a magic trick, Simon?"

He nods. Pete reaches into he pocket, and pulls out a deck of cards. He starts shuffling them in front of Simon.

"You seem like a smart kid, Simon. This is pretty simple. All you have to do is carefully pull a card out of the pile, without allowing me to see it. "

Simon does what he's told, and pulls out a single card. He smiles once he sees which card it is.

"Now carefully put the card back on top with it's friends, matter of fact, just take the entire stack of card and you can place the card right on the top so we can check back to that in a second."

Pete hands the cards over to Simon.

"Here's what we are going to do. I'll give you a ten dollar bill if I guess the card wrong. But if I guess the card right, I keep my ten dollar bill. Sound fair?", said Pete.

Simon nods. He's really excited about this.

"Alright Simon, is your card... A Queen of Hearts?" asks Pete.

Simon smiles and reveals the card on top of the deck, and it's a 2 of spades. Pete smiles at Simon as he hands him the ten dollar bill and shakes his hand.  The bus had just arrived to the school.

"I honestly thought you were going to win", said Simon.

"It's okay. Hey, since you were such a good sport, I want you to have this special dollar. I got it as a gift a long time ago, and I think you should take it", said Pete.

Simon took the rolled up dollar bill, and saw that on the bill, there was a queen of hearts in the center, with the 2 of spades on each corner. Simon looked to see if he could spot Pete, but he had no luck.

title: [RF]The Magnificent

question: How does Pete choose Simon as the recipient of his good will?

answer: He watches the children at the bus stop. Perhaps he chooses a child who is needy, lonely or kind.

question: Is Pete truly magic?

answer: He appears to be. How else could he have had a dollar bill with the chosen card printed in the corner? He also manages to disappear in the end.

question: Write a ~12 sentence summary.

answer:
It’s 7.45 am Pete Robinson is at the bus stop examining the children. He watches their body language and their interactions. He sits next to a younger student, Simon, on the bus and offers to show him a trick. He shuffles a pack of cards and asks Simon to choose one and then put it back.

Pete offers him ten dollars if he gets the card wrong. He asks Simon if the card was a Queen of Hearts. Simon shows him the 2 of spades. Pete gives him a ten-dollar bill. Then he gives him a special dollar for being a good sport. Simon unrolls the bill. There is a queen of hearts in the center and a two of spades in each corner. Simon looks up but Pete is gone.


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ADOLPH KUMMERNUSS (23 June 1895 – 7 August 1979) was a German trade union leader.

Born in Hamburg, Kummernuss found work in the city's port, and joined the youth wing of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), then in 1912 became a full party member. That year, he also joined the German Transport Workers' Union. In 1915, he was conscripted into the army, serving on the Eastern Front and then after a serious injury, on the Western Front, before being invalided out in 1918.[1]

After the war, Kummernuss took a variety of jobs, and gradually rose to prominence in his union and in the SPD. He strongly opposed the Nazis, and when they forceably dissolved the unions, in 1933, he continued to organise illegal union meetings, working closely with the International Transport Workers' Federation. He was arrested in 1935, and spent several months in the Fuhlsbüttel concentration camp, before being sentenced to two years in prison. He was released in 1937, and found work in a warehouse, later becoming a factory manager.[2]

As soon as World War II finished, Kummernuss began organising a trade union in the civil service of the British occupying force. In 1947, he was elected as chair of the new Local Committee of Greater Hamburg of the German Trade Union Confederation, which represented the trade unions in the region, and also became the founding president of the Public Services, Transport and Traffic Union of the British Zone. From 1946 until 1949, he also served on the Hamburg Citizen's Committee, representing the SPD.[3]

In 1949, Kummernuss' union established the national Public Services, Transport and Traffic Union (ÖTV), closely based on its structure - for example, not including railway workers - and Kummernuss was elected as its first president. He also played a prominent role in establishing the German Trade Union Confederation (DGB), and served on the executive of the Public Services International (PSI). He was sharply critical of former Nazi Party members re-entering public life, and was often spoken of as a possible future leader of the DGB. However, he decided to focus on the ÖTV and, from 1956, an additional role as President of the PSI.[4]

Kummernuss' term as leader of the ÖTV ended in 1961, and as he was above the age limit, he was due to retire. However, the union voted strongly to change the by-laws so he could continue. In 1962, he was appointed to the Economic and Social Committee of the European Economic Community. He retired from his trade union work in 1964, moving to Lübeck. In 1971, he was elected to the seniors' council of the SPD. He died in 1979, and was buried at sea.[5]

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title: Adolph Kummernuss

question: Where was Adolph Kummernuss born?

answer: He was born in Hamburg, Germany on June 23rd, 1895.

question: Why was Kummernuss arrested?

answer: He strongly opposed the Nazis and organized many illegal union meetings, and worked closely with the International Transport Worker's Federation. He was arrested in 1935, spent several months in a concentration camp and was sentenced to two years in prison.

question: What did Kummernuss do after the war?

answer: As soon as the WWII ended, he began to organize a trade union in the civil service of the British occupying force.

question: What happened when Kummernuss exceeded the age limit as leader of the national Public Services, Transport and Traffic Union?

answer: The union voted strongly to change the by-laws so he could continue his term and he worked several more years before his death.

question: Write a ~4 sentence summary.

answer: Adolph Kummernuss was born in Hamburg, Germany in 1985. A strong opposer of the Nazis, he was sent to a concentration camp and then served a two year prison sentence. When the war ended, he got to work organizing unions in the British occupation. He established several unions, and served as the leader of the national Public Services, Transport, and Traffic Union for many years.


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-   Black Zinc 5/8” bolts and fasteners
-   Westside hole spacing: 1” through bench and clean pull area, 2” spacing above/below
-   (1) Pair of Monster Lite J-Cups with UHMW plastic inserts
-   (1) Set of Pin/Pipe Safeties for Squats, Bench & Rack Pulls from any height
-   (4) Band Pegs for additional resistance workouts
-   (1) 43” Beam with Gusset Crossmember and (1) 43” Single Skinny Pull-Up Bar
-   Important: Unit must be bolted to floor unless stabilizer is added. Mounting Hardware Not Included

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Rogue RML-490C Power Rack is rated 4.8 out of 5 by 47.

 Rated 5 out of 5 by from Great Buy Overall this is a great power rack. I had to rent a drill at Home Depot to secure it to the concrete which added another $60 to the price but this thing looks great and is very solid construction. So far been very happy with it.

Date published: 2019-11-01

 Rated 5 out of 5 by Anonymous from Sturdy and strong. Bought this about a month ago. And man am I happy I did. It was the first thing I wanted for my garage gym and I can't wait to get some attachments.

Date published: 2019-10-23

 Rated 5 out of 5 by tsw52 from Great Rack! This rack is great for the price point and I highly recommend it. It is very sturdy and the accessories and attachments available are excellent. The rack is built to last. Assembly was straightforward and easy. All the fasteners were included from Rogue and are very high quality. If you have an impact wrench it will make your life a lot easier and cut the assembly time in half. It only took me about an hour and a half to put together. My wife helped hold the sides up while I bolted the cross members together, so you will need some help for a few minutes, but other than that it can be put together with one person. Everything on this rack is high quality, including the J-cups. This rack looks great as well. You can't go wrong with Rogue equipment!

Date published: 2019-10-21

 Rated 5 out of 5 by Shamus210 from RML-490C Amen! P.S. I saw on a YouTube review that the white powder coat rack, with the black Hardware, was referred to as the “Storm Trooper”. Is this “Darth Vader”?

Date published: 2019-10-03

 Rated 5 out of 5 by ddhills from Don't wait...seriously. For real, for real--buy it I've had this rack for about 2 months, and I couldn't be happier. Moved into a new house that finally had the kind of space/ceiling height that would allow me to purchase. My previous house had a basement, but the ceiling was barely 7ft, so I originally had the SML 70 inch squat stand. It was a beast of a product, and served its purpose, but this rack has exceeded all my expectation and set the standard for the rest of my home gym life. The best thing about the rack: the capacity for so many attachments. I added the matador dip, and plan on adding the landmine attachment soon, along with the multi-grip crosstimber for added applications. For those pondering, BUY THIS RACK, if you can accommodate/afford it. Also, I would encourage you to request that Rogue add the safety strap system instead of those awful pins; its a better deal, in my opinion. Happy lifting! Thanks ROGUE!

Date published: 2019-09-21

 Rated 4 out of 5 by Rwill from Like it - just one change I love my rack but Rogue should include #s on the rack to make it easier/faster to adjust your j hooks. If I could do it again I would buy the Monster Rack that includes the #s. For what you pay for I believe Rogue missed this one. I wouldn’t recommend this rack because someone could buy the monster with not much additional cost that includes this.

Date published: 2019-08-14

 Rated 5 out of 5 by KJOH from As advertised Ive had my rack and many accessories for about a month now. Assembly was extra easy and all the accessories and safety bars are quick and easy to use. Couldn't be happier! Didn't have to bolt it down, just set it on top of rubber flooring and its extremely stable no matter what I do including pikes on the matador.

Date published: 2019-08-03

 Rated 5 out of 5 by GymElie from The Best of the Best! Love this rack and everything rogue makes! Along with the RML-490c rack in dark blue, I purchased 260lbs of the rogue Echo bumper plates and the Echo GHD. Love everything and it has just about finalized my basement gym!

Date published: 2019-07-02

question: What's a complaint about the Rogue Fitness RML-490C?

answer: It would be better if the rack included numbers on the rack to make it easier and faster to adjust j hooks.

question: How much assembly is required?

answer: Quite a bit, from securing it to the ground to erecting it and bolting the cross members together. Takes as much as an hour and a half and is easier with two people.


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The weathered man unrolls a cloth on the ground revealing a silenced Glock 17, accompanying ammunition, and a long slender knife. The engine's noise is echoing in his ears now, and he peers off into the distance, his eyes sharpening. His anger was cold. He used it. *A challenge.*

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title: The Climax

question: What's the setting?

answer: Rural Oregon.

question: What is the man driving?

answer: A Cobra

question: Write a ~6 sentence summary.

answer:
Bombs or rockets are going off in rural Oregon. A man watches.

The man rolls in the grass with his gun.

A man stops his car in the gravel at the base of a mountain. He gets out, and retrieves a sock with a gun in it. He dares them to try and run.