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text: NBA TV is an American sports-oriented cable and satellite television network that is owned by the National Basketball Association (NBA) and operated by the Turner Broadcasting System subsidiary of Time Warner; the NBA also uses the network as a way of advertising the league's out-of-market sports package NBA League Pass, and partner channel TNT. Dedicated to basketball, the network features exhibition, regular season and playoff game telecasts from the NBA and related professional basketball leagues, as well as NBA-related content including analysis programs, specials and documentaries. The network also serves as national broadcaster of the NBA D-League and WNBA games. NBA TV is the oldest cable network in North America to be owned or controlled by a professional sports league, having launched on March 17, 1999.

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text: Tim Donaghy (born January 7, 1967) is a former professional basketball referee who worked in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for 13 seasons from 1994 to 2007. During his career in the NBA, Donaghy officiated in 772 regular season games and 20 playoff games.

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text: The National Basketball Association (NBA) is the predominant men's professional basketball league in North America, and is widely considered to be the premier men's professional basketball league in the world. It has 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada), and is an active member of USA Basketball (USAB), which is recognized by FIBA (also known as the International Basketball Federation) as the national governing body for basketball in the United States. The NBA is one of the four major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada. NBA players are the world's best paid sportsmen, by average annual salary per player.

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text: In North America, an out-of-market sports package is a form of subscription television that broadcasts sporting events to areas where the events are unable to be seen by viewers on other broadcast and cable television networks due to the games not being broadcast in their local market.

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text: The major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada are the highest professional competitions of team sports in the United States and Canada. The four leagues universally included in the definition are Major League Baseball (MLB), the National Basketball Association (NBA), the National Football League (NFL), and the National Hockey League (NHL). Other prominent leagues include Major League Soccer (MLS) and the Canadian Football League (CFL).

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text: Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963), also known by his initials, MJ, is an American retired professional basketball player, businessman, and principal owner and chairman of the Charlotte Hornets. Jordan played 15 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Chicago Bulls and Washington Wizards. His biography on the NBA website states: "By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time." Jordan was one of the most effectively marketed athletes of his generation and was considered instrumental in popularizing the NBA around the world in the 1980s and 1990s.

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text: The NBA League Pass is sports television service that features all National Basketball Association games. It was made available prior to comparison the premium service was £169.99 for UK viewers (these prices are for access to the full season prior to the first game and before any discounts, in previous seasons prices have dropped as the season moves closer towards the play-offs.

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text: The 1996 NBA All-Star Game was the 46th edition of the NBA All-Star Game, an exhibition basketball game played on Sunday February 11, 1996. The event was held at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas and was a part of the 50th season of the NBA. The game was televised nationally by the television providers TNT and TBS in the United States. As for Canada the game was televised nationally by TSN. There were 36,037 people in attendance. Michael Jordan put on a show for the fans in his first game back from retirement and ended up receiving the game's most valuable player award.

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text: Ronnie Nunn ( born in Brooklyn , New York ) is a former professional basketball referee in the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) for nineteen seasons and served for five years as the league 's Director of Officials , until being reassigned in 2008 in the wake of the Tim Donaghy scandal . More recently he was host of Making the Call With Ronnie Nunn on NBA TV . He officiated 1,134 regular season , 73 playoff , four NBA Finals games , and the 1996 NBA All - Star Game .

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text: National

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text: The NBA Finals is the championship series of the National Basketball Association (NBA) played between the Western and Eastern champions of the Conference Finals. The first team to win four games in the best-of-seven game series is declared the league champion and is awarded the Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy. Winners from 1946 to 1983 received the Walter A. Brown Trophy redesigned in 1977 to the current form. The NBA Finals has been played at the end of every NBA and Basketball Association of America season in history, the first being held in 1947.

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text: Time Warner, Inc. (also known as AOL Time Warner from 2001-2003; stylized as TimeWarner) is an American multinational media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered in New York City. It is currently the world's third largest entertainment company in terms of revenue, after Comcast and The Walt Disney Company. It was also once the world's largest media conglomerate. Time Warner was first founded in 1990 with the merger of Time Inc. and Warner Communications. The current company consists largely of the assets of the former Warner Communications (as well as HBO, a Time Inc. subsidiary prior to the merger), and the assets of Turner Broadcasting (which was acquired by the company in 1996). Time Warner currently has major operations in film and television, with a limited amount in publishing operations. Among its most popular assets are HBO, Turner Broadcasting System, The CW Television Network, Warner Bros., CNN, DC Comics, and as of August 2016, Hulu, owning 10%. In the past, other major divisions of Time Warner included Time Inc., AOL, Time Warner Cable, Warner Books and Warner Music Group. All of these operations were either sold to other investors or spun off as independent companies from 2004 to 2014.

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question: occupation ronnie nunn

answer: basketball player

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text: Gustav I, born Gustav Eriksson of the Vasa noble family and later known as Gustav Vasa (12 May 1496  29 September 1560), was King of Sweden from 1523 until his death in 1560, previously self-recognised Protector of the Realm ("Riksföreståndare") from 1521, during the ongoing Swedish War of Liberation against King Christian II of Denmark, Norway and Sweden. Initially of low standing, Gustav rose to lead the rebel movement following the Stockholm Bloodbath, in which his father perished. Gustav's election as King on 6 June 1523 and his triumphant entry into Stockholm eleven days later meant the end of Medieval Sweden's elective monarchy and the Kalmar Union, and the birth of a hereditary monarchy under the House of Vasa and its successors, including the current House of Bernadotte.

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text: born

text: Gustav

text: Eriksson

text: of

text: the

text: Vasa

text: noble

text: family

text: and

text: later

text: known

text: as

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text: King

text: of

text: Sweden

text: from

text: until

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text: death

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text: recognised

text: Protector

text: of

text: the

text: Realm

text: Riksföreståndare

text: from

text: during

text: the

text: ongoing

text: Swedish

text: War

text: of

text: Liberation

text: against

text: King

text: Christian

text: II

text: of

text: Denmark

text: Norway

text: and

text: Sweden

text: Initially

text: of

text: low

text: standing

text: Gustav

text: rose

text: to

text: lead

text: the

text: rebel

text: movement

text: following

text: the

text: Stockholm

text: Bloodbath

text: in

text: which

text: his

text: father

text: perished

text: Gustav

text: 's

text: election

text: as

text: King

text: on

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text: and

text: his

text: triumphant

text: entry

text: into

text: Stockholm

text: eleven

text: days

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text: meant

text: the

text: end

text: of

text: Medieval

text: Sweden

text: 's

text: elective

text: monarchy

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text: the

text: Kalmar

text: Union

text: and

text: the

text: birth

text: of

text: hereditary

text: monarchy

text: under

text: the

text: House

text: of

text: Vasa

text: and

text: its

text: successors

text: including

text: the

text: current

text: House

text: of

text: Bernadotte

text: The House of Vasa was an early modern royal house founded in 1523 in Sweden, ruling Sweden 15231654, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth 15871668 and the Tsardom of Russia 16101613 (titular until 1634). Its agnatic line became extinct in Poland with the death of King John II Casimir of Poland in 1672.

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text: of

text: Vasa

text: was

text: an

text: early

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text: royal

text: house

text: founded

text: in

text: in

text: Sweden

text: ruling

text: Sweden

text: the

text: Polish

text: Lithuanian

text: Commonwealth

text: and

text: the

text: Tsardom

text: of

text: Russia

text: titular

text: until

text: Its

text: agnatic

text: line

text: became

text: extinct

text: in

text: Poland

text: with

text: the

text: death

text: of

text: King

text: John

text: II

text: Casimir

text: of

text: Poland

text: in

text: The House of Bernadotte, the current royal house of Sweden, has reigned since 1818. Between 1818 and 1905, it was also the royal house of Norway. Its founder, Charles XIV John of Sweden (who was born Jean Bernadotte), was adopted by Charles XIII of Sweden, whose House of Holstein-Gottorp was becoming extinct.

text: The

text: House

text: of

text: Bernadotte

text: the

text: current

text: royal

text: house

text: of

text: Sweden

text: has

text: reigned

text: since

text: Between

text: and

text: it

text: was

text: also

text: the

text: royal

text: house

text: of

text: Norway

text: Its

text: founder

text: Charles

text: XIV

text: John

text: of

text: Sweden

text: who

text: was

text: born

text: Jean

text: Bernadotte

text: was

text: adopted

text: by

text: Charles

text: XIII

text: of

text: Sweden

text: whose

text: House

text: of

text: Holstein

text: Gottorp

text: was

text: becoming

text: extinct

text: John III ( Swedish : Johan III , Finnish : Juhana III ) ( 20 December 1537 -- 17 November 1592 ) was King of Sweden from 1568 until his death . He was the son of King Gustav I of Sweden and his second wife Margaret Leijonhufvud . He was also , quite autonomously , the ruler of Finland , as Duke John from 1556 to 1563 . In 1581 he assumed also the title Grand Prince of Finland .

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text: III

text: Swedish

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text: III

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text: Juhana

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text: November

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text: King

text: of

text: Sweden

text: from

text: until

text: his

text: death

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text: was

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text: son

text: of

text: King

text: Gustav

text: of

text: Sweden

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text: his

text: second

text: wife

text: Margaret

text: Leijonhufvud

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text: was

text: also

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text: the

text: ruler

text: of

text: Finland

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text: Duke

text: John

text: from

text: to

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text: assumed

text: also

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text: title

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text: Prince

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question: noble_family john iii of sweden

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text: World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although related conflicts began earlier. It involved the vast majority of the world's nationsincluding all of the great powerseventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis. It was the most widespread war in history, and directly involved more than 100 million people from over 30 countries. In a state of "total war", the major participants threw their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities behind the war effort, erasing the distinction between civilian and military resources. Marked by mass deaths of civilians, including the Holocaust (in which approximately 11 million people were killed) and the strategic bombing of industrial and population centres (in which approximately one million were killed, and which included the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki), it resulted in an estimated 50 million to 85 million fatalities. These made World War II the deadliest conflict in human history.

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text: most

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text: The War Shipping Administration (WSA) was a World War II emergency war agency of the US government, tasked to purchase and operate the civilian shipping tonnage the US needed for fighting the war. Both shipbuilding under the Maritime Commission and ship allocation under the WSA to Army, Navy or civilian needs were closely coordinated though Vice Admiral Emory S. Land who continued as head of the Maritime Commission while also heading the WSA.

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text: Vice Admiral Emory Scott Land (January 8, 1879  November 27, 1971) was an officer in the United States Navy, noted for his contributions to naval architecture, particularly in submarine design. Notable assignments included serving as Chief of the Navy's Bureau of Construction and Repair during the 1930s, and as Chairman of the U.S. Maritime Commission during World War II.

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text: officer

text: in

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text: United

text: States

text: Navy

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text: his

text: contributions

text: to

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text: particularly

text: in

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text: design

text: Notable

text: assignments

text: included

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text: as

text: Chief

text: of

text: the

text: Navy

text: 's

text: Bureau

text: of

text: Construction

text: and

text: Repair

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text: and

text: as

text: Chairman

text: of

text: the

text: U.S.

text: Maritime

text: Commission

text: during

text: World

text: War

text: II

text: USNS Private John F. Thorson ( T - AK - 247 ) was a United States Maritime Administration C1 - M - AV1 type coastal cargo ship , originally planned as an Alamosa - class cargo ship . Constructed as Becket Bend for the Administration , completed in August 1945 and placed in operation by the War Shipping Administration . However , the war ended , and she was transferred to the U.S. Army as USAT Private John F. Thorson who kept her in service until transferred to the U.S. Navy in 1950 . She was struck in 1960 , ending her military career .

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text: Private

text: John

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text: Administration

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text: Army

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text: Private

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text: U.S.

text: Navy

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text: struck

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text: military

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annotations: follows single

question: operator usns private john f. thorson

answer: united states navy

text: united states navy