text: Larry Clark Robinson (born June 2, 1951) is a Canadian ice hockey coach, executive and former player. Robinson is currently the associate coach for the San Jose Sharks. He has also served as head coach for the New Jersey Devils on two separate occasions, as well as for the Los Angeles Kings. For his play in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Montreal Canadiens and Los Angeles Kings, Robinson was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1995. Larry Robinson was inducted into the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame in 2014.

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text: associate

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text: for

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text: Los

text: Angeles

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text: play

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text: the

text: National

text: Hockey

text: League

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text: Angeles

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text: Hockey

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text: An expansion team is a brand new team in a sports league, usually from a city that has not hosted a team in that league before, formed with the intention of satisfying the demand for a local team from a population in a new area. Sporting leagues also hope that the expansion of their competition will grow the popularity of the sport generally. The term is most commonly used in reference to the North American major professional sports leagues but is applied to sports leagues in other countries with a closed franchise system of league membership. The term comes from the expansion of the sport into new areas. That sometimes results in the payment of an expansion fee to the league by the new team and an expansion draft to populate the new roster.

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text: applied

text: to

text: sports

text: leagues

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text: closed

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text: league

text: membership

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text: the

text: expansion

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text: the

text: sport

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text: The Ontario Hockey League (OHL) is one of the three major junior ice hockey leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League. The league is for players aged 1621.

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text: Hockey

text: League

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text: of

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text: three

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text: hockey

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text: constitute

text: the

text: Canadian

text: Hockey

text: League

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text: league

text: is

text: for

text: players

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text: Henrik Lars Sedin (born 26 September 1980) is a Swedish professional ice hockey centre who currently serves as captain of the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL). His identical twin brother Daniel also plays for the Canucks. Having played together throughout their careers, the pair are known for their effectiveness playing off one another. Henrik, a skilled passer, is known as the playmaker, while Daniel is known as the goalscorer. On 15 February 2013, Henrik Sedin became the all-time leading scorer for the Vancouver Canucks. On January 20, 2017 Henrik earned the 1,000th point of his career all earned while in a Canuck Uniform against former teammate and current Florida Panther Goalie Roberto Luongo.

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text: hockey

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text: as

text: captain

text: of

text: the

text: Vancouver

text: Canucks

text: of

text: the

text: National

text: Hockey

text: League

text: NHL

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text: identical

text: twin

text: brother

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text: plays

text: for

text: the

text: Canucks

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text: played

text: together

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text: careers

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text: known

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text: effectiveness

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text: playmaker

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text: goalscorer

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text: Vancouver

text: Canucks

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text: the

text: point

text: of

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text: career

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text: earned

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text: teammate

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text: current

text: Florida

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text: Junior hockey is ice hockey competition generally for players between 16 and 21 years of age. Junior hockey leagues in the United States and Canada are considered amateur (with some exceptions) and operate within regions of each country.

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text: ice

text: hockey

text: competition

text: generally

text: for

text: players

text: between

text: and

text: years

text: of

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text: Junior

text: hockey

text: leagues

text: in

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: and

text: Canada

text: are

text: considered

text: amateur

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text: some

text: exceptions

text: and

text: operate

text: within

text: regions

text: of

text: each

text: country

text: Michael Richards (born February 11, 1985) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is currently an unrestricted free agent who most recently played for the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL). Richards previously played for and was captain of the Philadelphia Flyers, and has also played for the Los Angeles Kings. He was drafted in the first round of the 2003 NHL Entry Draft by the Flyers, 24th overall.

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text: ice

text: hockey

text: player

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text: is

text: currently

text: an

text: unrestricted

text: free

text: agent

text: who

text: most

text: recently

text: played

text: for

text: the

text: Washington

text: Capitals

text: of

text: the

text: National

text: Hockey

text: League

text: NHL

text: Richards

text: previously

text: played

text: for

text: and

text: was

text: captain

text: of

text: the

text: Philadelphia

text: Flyers

text: and

text: has

text: also

text: played

text: for

text: the

text: Los

text: Angeles

text: Kings

text: He

text: was

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text: first

text: round

text: of

text: the

text: NHL

text: Entry

text: Draft

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text: the

text: Flyers

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text: The Colorado Avalanche are a professional ice hockey team based in Denver, Colorado. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Avalanche are the only team in their division not based in the Central Time Zone; the team is situated in the Mountain Time Zone. Their home arena is Pepsi Center. Their general manager is Joe Sakic.

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text: professional

text: ice

text: hockey

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text: Denver

text: Colorado

text: They

text: are

text: members

text: of

text: the

text: Central

text: Division

text: of

text: the

text: Western

text: Conference

text: of

text: the

text: National

text: Hockey

text: League

text: NHL

text: The

text: Avalanche

text: are

text: the

text: only

text: team

text: in

text: their

text: division

text: not

text: based

text: in

text: the

text: Central

text: Time

text: Zone

text: the

text: team

text: is

text: situated

text: in

text: the

text: Mountain

text: Time

text: Zone

text: Their

text: home

text: arena

text: is

text: Pepsi

text: Center

text: Their

text: general

text: manager

text: is

text: Joe

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text: James Elmer Benning (born April 29, 1963) is a retired professional ice hockey defenceman and the current general manager of the Vancouver Canucks. Drafted in the first round, sixth overall, in the 1981 NHL Entry Draft by the Toronto Maple Leafs, he played 610 games over nine seasons for the Leafs and the Canucks, compiling 52 goals and 243 points. He was identified during his playing career as an offensive defenseman.

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text: professional

text: ice

text: hockey

text: defenceman

text: and

text: the

text: current

text: general

text: manager

text: of

text: the

text: Vancouver

text: Canucks

text: Drafted

text: in

text: the

text: first

text: round

text: sixth

text: overall

text: in

text: the

text: NHL

text: Entry

text: Draft

text: by

text: the

text: Toronto

text: Maple

text: Leafs

text: he

text: played

text: games

text: over

text: nine

text: seasons

text: for

text: the

text: Leafs

text: and

text: the

text: Canucks

text: compiling

text: goals

text: and

text: points

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text: was

text: identified

text: during

text: his

text: playing

text: career

text: as

text: an

text: offensive

text: defenseman

text:
British Columbia (BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, with a population of more than four million people located between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains.
British Columbia is also a component of the Pacific Northwest and the Cascadia bioregion, along with the U.S. states of Idaho, Oregon, Washington and Alaska.

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text: westernmost

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text: than

text: four

text: million

text: people

text: located

text: between

text: the

text: Pacific

text: Ocean

text: and

text: the

text: Rocky

text: Mountains

text: British

text: Columbia

text: is

text: also

text: component

text: of

text: the

text: Pacific

text: Northwest

text: and

text: the

text: Cascadia

text: bioregion

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text: with

text: the

text: U.S.

text: states

text: of

text: Idaho

text: Oregon

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text: The Vancouver Canucks are a professional ice hockey team based in Vancouver, :British Columbia. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Canucks play their home games at Rogers Arena, formerly known as General Motors Place, which has an official capacity of 18,860. Henrik Sedin is currently the captain of the team, Willie Desjardins is the head coach and Jim Benning is the general manager.

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text: Vancouver

text: Canucks

text: are

text: professional

text: ice

text: hockey

text: team

text: based

text: in

text: Vancouver

text: British

text: Columbia

text: They

text: are

text: members

text: of

text: the

text: Pacific

text: Division

text: of

text: the

text: Western

text: Conference

text: of

text: the

text: National

text: Hockey

text: League

text: NHL

text: The

text: Canucks

text: play

text: their

text: home

text: games

text: at

text: Rogers

text: Arena

text: formerly

text: known

text: as

text: General

text: Motors

text: Place

text: which

text: has

text: an

text: official

text: capacity

text: of

text: Henrik

text: Sedin

text: is

text: currently

text: the

text: captain

text: of

text: the

text: team

text: Willie

text: Desjardins

text: is

text: the

text: head

text: coach

text: and

text: Jim

text: Benning

text: is

text: the

text: general

text: manager

text: In ice hockey, the goaltender is the player responsible for preventing the hockey puck from entering their team's net, thus preventing the opposing team from scoring. The goaltender usually plays in or near the area in front of the net called the "goal crease" (often referred to simply as " the crease" or "the net"). Goaltenders tend to stay at or beyond the top of the crease to cut down on the angle of shots. In today's age of goaltending there are two common styles, butterfly and hybrid (hybrid is a mix of the traditional stand-up style and butterfly technique). Because of the power of shots, the goaltender wears special equipment designed to protect the body from direct impact. The goalie is one of the most valuable players on the ice, as their performance can greatly change the outcome or score of the game. One-on-one situations, such as breakaways and shootouts, have the tendency to highlight a goaltender's pure skill, or lack thereof. Only one goaltender is allowed to be on the ice for each team at any given time.

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text: goaltender

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text: player

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text: the

text: hockey

text: puck

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text: entering

text: their

text: team

text: 's

text: net

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text: preventing

text: the

text: opposing

text: team

text: from

text: scoring

text: The

text: goaltender

text: usually

text: plays

text: in

text: or

text: near

text: the

text: area

text: in

text: front

text: of

text: the

text: net

text: called

text: the

text: goal

text: crease

text: often

text: referred

text: to

text: simply

text: as

text: the

text: crease

text: or

text: the

text: net

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text: tend

text: to

text: stay

text: at

text: or

text: beyond

text: the

text: top

text: of

text: the

text: crease

text: to

text: cut

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text: the

text: angle

text: of

text: shots

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text: today

text: 's

text: age

text: of

text: goaltending

text: there

text: are

text: two

text: common

text: styles

text: butterfly

text: and

text: hybrid

text: hybrid

text: is

text: mix

text: of

text: the

text: traditional

text: stand

text: up

text: style

text: and

text: butterfly

text: technique

text: Because

text: of

text: the

text: power

text: of

text: shots

text: the

text: goaltender

text: wears

text: special

text: equipment

text: designed

text: to

text: protect

text: the

text: body

text: from

text: direct

text: impact

text: The

text: goalie

text: is

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: most

text: valuable

text: players

text: on

text: the

text: ice

text: as

text: their

text: performance

text: can

text: greatly

text: change

text: the

text: outcome

text: or

text: score

text: of

text: the

text: game

text: One

text: on

text: one

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text: shootouts

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text: tendency

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text: pure

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text: lack

text: thereof

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text: the

text: ice

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text: each

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text: The Memorial Cup is a junior ice hockey club championship trophy awarded annually to the Canadian Hockey League (CHL) champion. It is awarded following a four-team, round-robin tournament between a host team and the champions of the CHL's three member leagues: the Ontario Hockey League (OHL), Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) and Western Hockey League (WHL). Sixty teams are eligible to compete for the Memorial Cup, representing nine provinces and four American states. The London Knights are the current champions, defeating the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 3-2 in overtime. The Memorial Cup is often regarded as one of the toughest trophies to win, due to 60 teams participating and the age limit only being 16-21.

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text: Memorial

text: Cup

text: is

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text: ice

text: hockey

text: club

text: championship

text: trophy

text: awarded

text: annually

text: to

text: the

text: Canadian

text: Hockey

text: League

text: CHL

text: champion

text: It

text: is

text: awarded

text: following

text: four

text: team

text: round

text: robin

text: tournament

text: between

text: host

text: team

text: and

text: the

text: champions

text: of

text: the

text: CHL

text: 's

text: three

text: member

text: leagues

text: the

text: Ontario

text: Hockey

text: League

text: OHL

text: Quebec

text: Major

text: Junior

text: Hockey

text: League

text: QMJHL

text: and

text: Western

text: Hockey

text: League

text: WHL

text: Sixty

text: teams

text: are

text: eligible

text: to

text: compete

text: for

text: the

text: Memorial

text: Cup

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text: nine

text: provinces

text: and

text: four

text: American

text: states

text: The

text: London

text: Knights

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text: the

text: current

text: champions

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text: the

text: Rouyn

text: Noranda

text: Huskies

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text: overtime

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text: Memorial

text: Cup

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text: often

text: regarded

text: as

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: toughest

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text: The Stanley Cup is the championship trophy awarded annually to the National Hockey League (NHL) playoff winner. Originally commissioned in 1892 as the "Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup", the trophy is named for Lord Stanley of Preston, thenGovernor General of Canada, who awarded it to Canada's top-ranking amateur ice hockey club, which the entire Stanley family supported, with the sons and daughters playing and promoting the game. The first Cup was awarded in 1893 to Montreal HC, and subsequent winners from 1893 to 1914 were determined by challenge games and league play. Professional teams first became eligible to challenge for the Stanley Cup in 1906. In 1915, the two professional ice hockey organizations, the National Hockey Association (NHA) and the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA), reached a gentlemen's agreement in which their respective champions would face each other annually for the Stanley Cup. After a series of league mergers and folds, it was established as the "de facto" championship trophy of the NHL in 1926 and then the "de jure" NHL championship prize in 1947.

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text: National

text: Hockey

text: League

text: NHL

text: playoff

text: winner

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text: the

text: Dominion

text: Hockey

text: Challenge

text: Cup

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text: trophy

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text: named

text: for

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text: Stanley

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text: Preston

text: thenGovernor

text: General

text: of

text: Canada

text: who

text: awarded

text: it

text: to

text: Canada

text: 's

text: top

text: ranking

text: amateur

text: ice

text: hockey

text: club

text: which

text: the

text: entire

text: Stanley

text: family

text: supported

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text: the

text: sons

text: and

text: daughters

text: playing

text: and

text: promoting

text: the

text: game

text: The

text: first

text: Cup

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text: awarded

text: in

text: to

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text: HC

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text: subsequent

text: winners

text: from

text: to

text: were

text: determined

text: by

text: challenge

text: games

text: and

text: league

text: play

text: Professional

text: teams

text: first

text: became

text: eligible

text: to

text: challenge

text: for

text: the

text: Stanley

text: Cup

text: in

text: In

text: the

text: two

text: professional

text: ice

text: hockey

text: organizations

text: the

text: National

text: Hockey

text: Association

text: NHA

text: and

text: the

text: Pacific

text: Coast

text: Hockey

text: Association

text: PCHA

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text: gentlemen

text: 's

text: agreement

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text: respective

text: champions

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text: each

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text: Stanley

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text: facto

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text: Wilbrod "Willie" Desjardins (born February 11, 1957) is the current head coach of the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL).

text: Wilbrod

text: Willie

text: Desjardins

text: born

text: February

text: is

text: the

text: current

text: head

text: coach

text: of

text: the

text: Vancouver

text: Canucks

text: of

text: the

text: National

text: Hockey

text: League

text: NHL

text: A head coach, senior coach, or manager is a professional at training and developing athletes. They typically hold a more public profile and are paid more than other coaches. In some sports, the head coach is instead called the "manager", as in association football and professional baseball. In other sports such as Australian rules football, the head coach is generally termed a senior coach.

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text: senior

text: coach

text: or

text: manager

text: is

text: professional

text: at

text: training

text: and

text: developing

text: athletes

text: They

text: typically

text: hold

text: more

text: public

text: profile

text: and

text: are

text: paid

text: more

text: than

text: other

text: coaches

text: In

text: some

text: sports

text: the

text: head

text: coach

text: is

text: instead

text: called

text: the

text: manager

text: as

text: in

text: association

text: football

text: and

text: professional

text: baseball

text: In

text: other

text: sports

text: such

text: as

text: Australian

text: rules

text: football

text: the

text: head

text: coach

text: is

text: generally

text: termed

text: senior

text: coach

text: William Charles Barber (born July 11, 1952) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward who played twelve seasons for the Philadelphia Flyers in the National Hockey League (NHL). As part of the famed LCB (Leach, Clarke, Barber) line, Barber helped lead the Flyers to the franchise's two Stanley Cups in 1974 and 1975. He is currently a scouting consultant with the Flyers.

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text: Charles

text: Barber

text: born

text: July

text: is

text: Canadian

text: former

text: professional

text: ice

text: hockey

text: forward

text: who

text: played

text: twelve

text: seasons

text: for

text: the

text: Philadelphia

text: Flyers

text: in

text: the

text: National

text: Hockey

text: League

text: NHL

text: As

text: part

text: of

text: the

text: famed

text: LCB

text: Leach

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text: Barber

text: line

text: Barber

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text: Flyers

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text: franchise

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text: Stanley

text: Cups

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text: Flyers

text: Michael Duco ( born July 8 , 1987 ) is a Canadian professional ice hockey winger . He is currently playing for the Sheffield Steelers of the Elite Ice Hockey League ( EIHL ) . Duco played his major junior hockey with the Kitchener Rangers of the Ontario Hockey League , and has played in the National Hockey League with the Florida Panthers and Vancouver Canucks .

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text: Duco

text: born

text: July

text: is

text: Canadian

text: professional

text: ice

text: hockey

text: winger

text: He

text: is

text: currently

text: playing

text: for

text: the

text: Sheffield

text: Steelers

text: of

text: the

text: Elite

text: Ice

text: Hockey

text: League

text: EIHL

text: Duco

text: played

text: his

text: major

text: junior

text: hockey

text: with

text: the

text: Kitchener

text: Rangers

text: of

text: the

text: Ontario

text: Hockey

text: League

text: and

text: has

text: played

text: in

text: the

text: National

text: Hockey

text: League

text: with

text: the

text: Florida

text: Panthers

text: and

text: Vancouver

text: Canucks

text: Dale Robert Hunter (born July 31, 1960) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and the former head coach of the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League and current head coach of the London Knights of the Ontario Hockey League. Hunter was born in Petrolia, Ontario, but grew up in Oil Springs, Ontario, and was one of three brothers, with Dave and Mark, to play in the NHL.

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text: July

text: is

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text: professional

text: ice

text: hockey

text: player

text: and

text: the

text: former

text: head

text: coach

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text: the

text: Washington

text: Capitals

text: of

text: the

text: National

text: Hockey

text: League

text: and

text: current

text: head

text: coach

text: of

text: the

text: London

text: Knights

text: of

text: the

text: Ontario

text: Hockey

text: League

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text: was

text: born

text: in

text: Petrolia

text: Ontario

text: but

text: grew

text: up

text: in

text: Oil

text: Springs

text: Ontario

text: and

text: was

text: one

text: of

text: three

text: brothers

text: with

text: Dave

text: and

text: Mark

text: to

text: play

text: in

text: the

text: NHL

text: The 2008 Memorial Cup was played in May 2008 in Kitchener, Ontario at the Memorial Auditorium. It was the 90th annual Memorial Cup competition and determined the major junior ice hockey champion of the Canadian Hockey League (CHL). Kitchener defeated competing bids from Oshawa, Saginaw, London, Sarnia and Kingston to host the Memorial Cup, with the official announcement being made on May 10, 2007. The tournament was competed between the WHL champion Spokane Chiefs, the QMJHL champion Gatineau Olympiques, the Kitchener Rangers as host of the tournament and OHL champions, and the OHL representative Belleville Bulls, who earned their place by reaching the OHL finals against Kitchener. The Memorial Cup tournament is a four team tournament with a round-robin format.

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text: Ontario

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text: Memorial

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text: the

text: annual

text: Memorial

text: Cup

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text: and

text: determined

text: the

text: major

text: junior

text: ice

text: hockey

text: champion

text: of

text: the

text: Canadian

text: Hockey

text: League

text: CHL

text: Kitchener

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text: bids

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text: Oshawa

text: Saginaw

text: London

text: Sarnia

text: and

text: Kingston

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text: the

text: Memorial

text: Cup

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text: the

text: official

text: announcement

text: being

text: made

text: on

text: May

text: The

text: tournament

text: was

text: competed

text: between

text: the

text: WHL

text: champion

text: Spokane

text: Chiefs

text: the

text: QMJHL

text: champion

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text: Kitchener

text: Rangers

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text: the

text: tournament

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text: the

text: OHL

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text: place

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text: OHL

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text: against

text: Kitchener

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text: Memorial

text: Cup

text: tournament

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text: four

text: team

text: tournament

text: with

text: round

text: robin

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text: A knight is a person granted an honorary title of "knighthood" by a monarch or other political leader for service to the monarch or country, especially in a military capacity. Historically, in Europe, knighthood was conferred upon mounted warriors. During the High Middle Ages, knighthood was considered a class of lower nobility. By the Late Middle Ages, the rank had become associated with the ideals of chivalry, a code of conduct for the perfect courtly Christian warrior. Often, a knight was a vassal who served as a fighter for a lord, with payment in the form of land holdings. The lords trusted the knights, who were skilled in battle on horseback. Since the early modern period, the title of knight is purely honorific, usually bestowed by a monarch, as in the British honours system, often for non-military service to the country. The modern female equivalent in the United Kingdom is Dame.

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text: other

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text: leader

text: for

text: service

text: to

text: the

text: monarch

text: or

text: country

text: especially

text: in

text: military

text: capacity

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text: Europe

text: knighthood

text: was

text: conferred

text: upon

text: mounted

text: warriors

text: During

text: the

text: High

text: Middle

text: Ages

text: knighthood

text: was

text: considered

text: class

text: of

text: lower

text: nobility

text: By

text: the

text: Late

text: Middle

text: Ages

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text: rank

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text: become

text: associated

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text: chivalry

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text: of

text: conduct

text: for

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text: perfect

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text: vassal

text: who

text: served

text: as

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text: for

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text: with

text: payment

text: in

text: the

text: form

text: of

text: land

text: holdings

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text: the

text: knights

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text: were

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text: in

text: battle

text: on

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text: early

text: modern

text: period

text: the

text: title

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text: British

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text: for

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text: military

text: service

text: to

text: the

text: country

text: The

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text: female

text: equivalent

text: in

text: the

text: United

text: Kingdom

text: is

text: Dame

text: Ice hockey is a contact team sport played on ice, usually in a rink, in which two teams of skaters use their sticks to shoot a vulcanized rubber puck into their opponent's net to score points. Ice hockey teams usually consist of six players each: one goaltender, and five players who skate up and down the ice trying to take the puck and score a goal against the opposing team.

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text: is

text: contact

text: team

text: sport

text: played

text: on

text: ice

text: usually

text: in

text: rink

text: in

text: which

text: two

text: teams

text: of

text: skaters

text: use

text: their

text: sticks

text: to

text: shoot

text: vulcanized

text: rubber

text: puck

text: into

text: their

text: opponent

text: 's

text: net

text: to

text: score

text: points

text: Ice

text: hockey

text: teams

text: usually

text: consist

text: of

text: six

text: players

text: each

text: one

text: goaltender

text: and

text: five

text: players

text: who

text: skate

text: up

text: and

text: down

text: the

text: ice

text: trying

text: to

text: take

text: the

text: puck

text: and

text: score

text: goal

text: against

text: the

text: opposing

text: team

text: Allan MacInnis (born July 11, 1963) is a retired Canadian ice hockey defenceman who played 23 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Calgary Flames and St. Louis Blues. A first round selection of the Flames in the 1981 NHL Entry Draft, he went on to become a 13-time All-Star. He was named the Conn Smythe Trophy winner as the most valuable player of the playoffs in 1989 after leading the Flames to the Stanley Cup championship. He was voted the winner of the James Norris Memorial Trophy in 1999 as the top defenceman in the league while a member of the Blues.

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text: MacInnis

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text: July

text: is

text: retired

text: Canadian

text: ice

text: hockey

text: defenceman

text: who

text: played

text: seasons

text: in

text: the

text: National

text: Hockey

text: League

text: NHL

text: for

text: the

text: Calgary

text: Flames

text: and

text: St.

text: Louis

text: Blues

text: first

text: round

text: selection

text: of

text: the

text: Flames

text: in

text: the

text: NHL

text: Entry

text: Draft

text: he

text: went

text: on

text: to

text: become

text: All

text: Star

text: He

text: was

text: named

text: the

text: Conn

text: Smythe

text: Trophy

text: winner

text: as

text: the

text: most

text: valuable

text: player

text: of

text: the

text: playoffs

text: in

text: after

text: leading

text: the

text: Flames

text: to

text: the

text: Stanley

text: Cup

text: championship

text: He

text: was

text: voted

text: the

text: winner

text: of

text: the

text: James

text: Norris

text: Memorial

text: Trophy

text: in

text: as

text: the

text: top

text: defenceman

text: in

text: the

text: league

text: while

text: member

text: of

text: the

text: Blues

text: The Canadian titles debate has been ongoing since the presentation to the Canadian House of Commons of the Nickle Resolution in 1917. This resolution marked the earliest attempt to establish a Canadian government policy requesting the sovereign not to grant knighthoods, baronetcies, and peerages to Canadians and set the precedent for later policies restricting Canadians from accepting titles from foreign countries. Dissatisfaction with the British honours system led to the gradual creation of a separate system for Canada.

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text: Canadian

text: titles

text: debate

text: has

text: been

text: ongoing

text: since

text: the

text: presentation

text: to

text: the

text: Canadian

text: House

text: of

text: Commons

text: of

text: the

text: Nickle

text: Resolution

text: in

text: This

text: resolution

text: marked

text: the

text: earliest

text: attempt

text: to

text: establish

text: Canadian

text: government

text: policy

text: requesting

text: the

text: sovereign

text: not

text: to

text: grant

text: knighthoods

text: baronetcies

text: and

text: peerages

text: to

text: Canadians

text: and

text: set

text: the

text: precedent

text: for

text: later

text: policies

text: restricting

text: Canadians

text: from

text: accepting

text: titles

text: from

text: foreign

text: countries

text: Dissatisfaction

text: with

text: the

text: British

text: honours

text: system

text: led

text: to

text: the

text: gradual

text: creation

text: of

text: separate

text: system

text: for

text: Canada

text: Vancouver, officially the City of Vancouver, is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada, and the most populous city in the province.

text: Vancouver

text: officially

text: the

text: City

text: of

text: Vancouver

text: is

text: coastal

text: seaport

text: city

text: on

text: the

text: mainland

text: of

text: British

text: Columbia

text: Canada

text: and

text: the

text: most

text: populous

text: city

text: in

text: the

text: province

text: The Florida Panthers are a professional ice hockey team based in the Miami metropolitan area. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). It was founded in 1993 as an expansion team. They play home games at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida; the Panthers are the southernmost team in the NHL. The team has made one appearance in the Stanley Cup Finals, in 1996; they lost to the Colorado Avalanche in four games.

text: The

text: Florida

text: Panthers

text: are

text: professional

text: ice

text: hockey

text: team

text: based

text: in

text: the

text: Miami

text: metropolitan

text: area

text: They

text: are

text: members

text: of

text: the

text: Atlantic

text: Division

text: of

text: the

text: Eastern

text: Conference

text: of

text: the

text: National

text: Hockey

text: League

text: NHL

text: It

text: was

text: founded

text: in

text: as

text: an

text: expansion

text: team

text: They

text: play

text: home

text: games

text: at

text: the

text: BB&T

text: Center

text: in

text: Sunrise

text: Florida

text: the

text: Panthers

text: are

text: the

text: southernmost

text: team

text: in

text: the

text: NHL

text: The

text: team

text: has

text: made

text: one

text: appearance

text: in

text: the

text: Stanley

text: Cup

text: Finals

text: in

text: they

text: lost

text: to

text: the

text: Colorado

text: Avalanche

text: in

text: four

text: games

text: Ice is water frozen into a solid state. Depending on the presence of impurities such as particles of soil or bubbles of air, it can appear transparent or a more or less opaque bluish-white color.

text: Ice

text: is

text: water

text: frozen

text: into

text: solid

text: state

text: Depending

text: on

text: the

text: presence

text: of

text: impurities

text: such

text: as

text: particles

text: of

text: soil

text: or

text: bubbles

text: of

text: air

text: it

text: can

text: appear

text: transparent

text: or

text: more

text: or

text: less

text: opaque

text: bluish

text: white

text: color

text: The Canadian Hockey League (CHL) is an umbrella organization that represents the three Canadian-based major junior ice hockey leagues for players 16 to 20 years of age. The CHL was founded in 1975 as the Canadian Major Junior Hockey League, and is composed of its three member leagues, the Western Hockey League, Ontario Hockey League, and Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. For the 2016-17 season, its three leagues and 60 teams represent nine Canadian provinces (52 teams) as well as four American states (8 teams).

text: The

text: Canadian

text: Hockey

text: League

text: CHL

text: is

text: an

text: umbrella

text: organization

text: that

text: represents

text: the

text: three

text: Canadian

text: based

text: major

text: junior

text: ice

text: hockey

text: leagues

text: for

text: players

text: to

text: years

text: of

text: age

text: The

text: CHL

text: was

text: founded

text: in

text: as

text: the

text: Canadian

text: Major

text: Junior

text: Hockey

text: League

text: and

text: is

text: composed

text: of

text: its

text: three

text: member

text: leagues

text: the

text: Western

text: Hockey

text: League

text: Ontario

text: Hockey

text: League

text: and

text: Quebec

text: Major

text: Junior

text: Hockey

text: League

text: For

text: the

text: season

text: its

text: three

text: leagues

text: and

text: teams

text: represent

text: nine

text: Canadian

text: provinces

text: teams

text: as

text: well

text: as

text: four

text: American

text: states

text: teams

text: The City of New York, often called New York City or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States. With an estimated 2015 population of 8,550,405 distributed over a land area of just , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the United States. Located at the southern tip of the state of New York, the city is the center of the New York metropolitan area, one of the most populous urban agglomerations in the world. A global power city, New York City exerts a significant impact upon commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and entertainment, its fast pace defining the term "New York minute". Home to the headquarters of the United Nations, New York is an important center for international diplomacy and has been described as the cultural and financial capital of the world.

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text: of

text: New

text: York

text: often

text: called

text: New

text: York

text: City

text: or

text: simply

text: New

text: York

text: is

text: the

text: most

text: populous

text: city

text: in

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: With

text: an

text: estimated

text: population

text: of

text: distributed

text: over

text: land

text: area

text: of

text: just

text: New

text: York

text: City

text: is

text: also

text: the

text: most

text: densely

text: populated

text: major

text: city

text: in

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: Located

text: at

text: the

text: southern

text: tip

text: of

text: the

text: state

text: of

text: New

text: York

text: the

text: city

text: is

text: the

text: center

text: of

text: the

text: New

text: York

text: metropolitan

text: area

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: most

text: populous

text: urban

text: agglomerations

text: in

text: the

text: world

text: global

text: power

text: city

text: New

text: York

text: City

text: exerts

text: significant

text: impact

text: upon

text: commerce

text: finance

text: media

text: art

text: fashion

text: research

text: technology

text: education

text: and

text: entertainment

text: its

text: fast

text: pace

text: defining

text: the

text: term

text: New

text: York

text: minute

text: Home

text: to

text: the

text: headquarters

text: of

text: the

text: United

text: Nations

text: New

text: York

text: is

text: an

text: important

text: center

text: for

text: international

text: diplomacy

text: and

text: has

text: been

text: described

text: as

text: the

text: cultural

text: and

text: financial

text: capital

text: of

text: the

text: world

text: Rogers Arena is an indoor sports arena located at 800 Griffiths Way in the downtown area of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Opened in 1995, the arena was known as General Motors Place (GM Place) from its opening until July 6, 2010, when General Motors Canada ended its naming rights sponsorship and a new agreement for those rights was reached with Rogers Communications. Rogers Arena was built to replace Pacific Coliseum as Vancouver's primary indoor sports facility and in part due to the National Basketball Association's 1995 expansion into Canada, when Vancouver and Toronto were given expansion teams.

text: Rogers

text: Arena

text: is

text: an

text: indoor

text: sports

text: arena

text: located

text: at

text: Griffiths

text: Way

text: in

text: the

text: downtown

text: area

text: of

text: Vancouver

text: British

text: Columbia

text: Canada

text: Opened

text: in

text: the

text: arena

text: was

text: known

text: as

text: General

text: Motors

text: Place

text: GM

text: Place

text: from

text: its

text: opening

text: until

text: July

text: when

text: General

text: Motors

text: Canada

text: ended

text: its

text: naming

text: rights

text: sponsorship

text: and

text: new

text: agreement

text: for

text: those

text: rights

text: was

text: reached

text: with

text: Rogers

text: Communications

text: Rogers

text: Arena

text: was

text: built

text: to

text: replace

text: Pacific

text: Coliseum

text: as

text: Vancouver

text: 's

text: primary

text: indoor

text: sports

text: facility

text: and

text: in

text: part

text: due

text: to

text: the

text: National

text: Basketball

text: Association

text: 's

text: expansion

text: into

text: Canada

text: when

text: Vancouver

text: and

text: Toronto

text: were

text: given

text: expansion

text: teams

text: The National Hockey League (NHL) is a professional ice hockey league currently composed of 31 member clubs. Of the 30 clubs currently playing, 23 are in the United States and 7 in Canada. Headquartered in New York City, the NHL is considered to be the premier professional ice hockey league in the world, and one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada. The Stanley Cup, the oldest professional sports trophy in North America, is awarded annually to the league playoff champion at the end of each season.

text: The

text: National

text: Hockey

text: League

text: NHL

text: is

text: professional

text: ice

text: hockey

text: league

text: currently

text: composed

text: of

text: member

text: clubs

text: Of

text: the

text: clubs

text: currently

text: playing

text: are

text: in

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: and

text: in

text: Canada

text: Headquartered

text: in

text: New

text: York

text: City

text: the

text: NHL

text: is

text: considered

text: to

text: be

text: the

text: premier

text: professional

text: ice

text: hockey

text: league

text: in

text: the

text: world

text: and

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: major

text: professional

text: sports

text: leagues

text: in

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: and

text: Canada

text: The

text: Stanley

text: Cup

text: the

text: oldest

text: professional

text: sports

text: trophy

text: in

text: North

text: America

text: is

text: awarded

text: annually

text: to

text: the

text: league

text: playoff

text: champion

text: at

text: the

text: end

text: of

text: each

text: season

text: Ontario, one of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada, is located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province by a large margin, accounting for nearly 40 percent of all Canadians, and is the second-largest province in total area. Ontario is fourth-largest in total area when the territories of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut are included. It is home to the nation's capital city, Ottawa, and the nation's most populous city, Toronto.

text: Ontario

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: provinces

text: and

text: territories

text: of

text: Canada

text: is

text: located

text: in

text: east

text: central

text: Canada

text: It

text: is

text: Canada

text: 's

text: most

text: populous

text: province

text: by

text: large

text: margin

text: accounting

text: for

text: nearly

text: percent

text: of

text: all

text: Canadians

text: and

text: is

text: the

text: second

text: largest

text: province

text: in

text: total

text: area

text: Ontario

text: is

text: fourth

text: largest

text: in

text: total

text: area

text: when

text: the

text: territories

text: of

text: the

text: Northwest

text: Territories

text: and

text: Nunavut

text: are

text: included

text: It

text: is

text: home

text: to

text: the

text: nation

text: 's

text: capital

text: city

text: Ottawa

text: and

text: the

text: nation

text: 's

text: most

text: populous

text: city

text: Toronto

text: The Kitchener Rangers are a major junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League that have called Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, their home since 1963. The Rangers are a publicly owned hockey team, governed by a 40-person Board of Directors made up of season ticket subscribers. The Rangers hosted the 2008 Memorial Cup tournament. They are also one of the most successful CHL teams in terms of NHL alumni with over 140 players including Mike Richards, Dale Hunter, David Clarkson, Steve Mason, Derek Roy, Steve Downie, 2011 Calder Trophy winner Jeff Skinner, 2012 Calder Trophy winner Gabriel Landeskog, and Hall of Famers Scott Stevens, Bill Barber, Paul Coffey, Larry Robinson and Al MacInnis.

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text: Kitchener

text: Rangers

text: are

text: major

text: junior

text: ice

text: hockey

text: team

text: in

text: the

text: Ontario

text: Hockey

text: League

text: that

text: have

text: called

text: Kitchener

text: Ontario

text: Canada

text: their

text: home

text: since

text: The

text: Rangers

text: are

text: publicly

text: owned

text: hockey

text: team

text: governed

text: by

text: Board

text: of

text: Directors

text: made

text: up

text: of

text: season

text: ticket

text: subscribers

text: The

text: Rangers

text: hosted

text: the

text: Memorial

text: Cup

text: tournament

text: They

text: are

text: also

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: most

text: successful

text: CHL

text: teams

text: in

text: terms

text: of

text: NHL

text: alumni

text: with

text: over

text: players

text: including

text: Mike

text: Richards

text: Dale

text: Hunter

text: David

text: Clarkson

text: Steve

text: Mason

text: Derek

text: Roy

text: Steve

text: Downie

text: Calder

text: Trophy

text: winner

text: Jeff

text: Skinner

text: Calder

text: Trophy

text: winner

text: Gabriel

text: Landeskog

text: and

text: Hall

text: of

text: Famers

text: Scott

text: Stevens

text: Bill

text: Barber

text: Paul

text: Coffey

text: Larry

text: Robinson

text: and

text: Al

text: MacInnis

text: Steve Downie (born April 3, 1987) is a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger currently an unrestricted free agent who was last signed to the Arizona Coyotes of the National Hockey League (NHL). He has previously played in the NHL for the Philadelphia Flyers, Tampa Bay Lightning, Pittsburgh Penguins and Colorado Avalanche, the Flyers having drafted him in the first round, 29th overall, in 2005.

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text: April

text: is

text: Canadian

text: professional

text: ice

text: hockey

text: right

text: winger

text: currently

text: an

text: unrestricted

text: free

text: agent

text: who

text: was

text: last

text: signed

text: to

text: the

text: Arizona

text: Coyotes

text: of

text: the

text: National

text: Hockey

text: League

text: NHL

text: He

text: has

text: previously

text: played

text: in

text: the

text: NHL

text: for

text: the

text: Philadelphia

text: Flyers

text: Tampa

text: Bay

text: Lightning

text: Pittsburgh

text: Penguins

text: and

text: Colorado

text: Avalanche

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text: Flyers

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text: drafted

text: him

text: in

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text: first

text: round

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text: The City of Kitchener is a city in Southern Ontario, Canada. Located approximately 100 km west of Toronto, Kitchener is the seat of the Regional Municipality of Waterloo. It was the Town of Berlin from 1854 until 1912 and the City of Berlin from 1912 until 1916. The city had a population of 219,153 in the 2011 Census and a population of 239,900 at year end 2015 as estimated by the Region of Waterloo. The metropolitan area, which includes the neighbouring cities of Waterloo and Cambridge, has 507,096 people, making it the tenth largest Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) in Canada and the fourth largest CMA in Ontario. The city is adjacent to the smaller cities of Cambridge to the south, and Waterloo to the north. Kitchener and Waterloo are often referred to jointly as "Kitchener-Waterloo" (K-W), although they have separate municipal governments. Including Cambridge, the three cities are known as "the Tri-Cities".

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text: of

text: Toronto

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text: the

text: seat

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text: of

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text: city

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text: population

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text: Census

text: and

text: population

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text: by

text: the

text: Region

text: of

text: Waterloo

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text: includes

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text: neighbouring

text: cities

text: of

text: Waterloo

text: and

text: Cambridge

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text: people

text: making

text: it

text: the

text: tenth

text: largest

text: Census

text: Metropolitan

text: Area

text: CMA

text: in

text: Canada

text: and

text: the

text: fourth

text: largest

text: CMA

text: in

text: Ontario

text: The

text: city

text: is

text: adjacent

text: to

text: the

text: smaller

text: cities

text: of

text: Cambridge

text: to

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text: south

text: and

text: Waterloo

text: to

text: the

text: north

text: Kitchener

text: and

text: Waterloo

text: are

text: often

text: referred

text: to

text: jointly

text: as

text: Kitchener

text: Waterloo

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text: have

text: separate

text: municipal

text: governments

text: Including

text: Cambridge

text: the

text: three

text: cities

text: are

text: known

text: as

text: the

text: Tri

text: Cities

text: Gabriel Landeskog (born 23 November 1992) is a Swedish professional ice hockey forward who currently serves as captain of the Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected second overall in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft by Colorado. On 4 September 2012, Landeskog was named the fourth captain in Colorado Avalanche history, at the time becoming the youngest captain in NHL history at 19 years and 286 days.

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text: Landeskog

text: born

text: November

text: is

text: Swedish

text: professional

text: ice

text: hockey

text: forward

text: who

text: currently

text: serves

text: as

text: captain

text: of

text: the

text: Colorado

text: Avalanche

text: of

text: the

text: National

text: Hockey

text: League

text: NHL

text: He

text: was

text: selected

text: second

text: overall

text: in

text: the

text: NHL

text: Entry

text: Draft

text: by

text: Colorado

text: On

text: September

text: Landeskog

text: was

text: named

text: the

text: fourth

text: captain

text: in

text: Colorado

text: Avalanche

text: history

text: at

text: the

text: time

text: becoming

text: the

text: youngest

text: captain

text: in

text: NHL

text: history

text: at

text: years

text: and

text: days

text: An earl is a member of the nobility. The title is Anglo-Saxon in origin, akin to the Scandinavian form jarl, and meant "chieftain", particularly a chieftain set to rule a territory in a king's stead. In Scandinavia, it became obsolete in the Middle Ages and was replaced by duke ("hertig"/"hertug"/"hertog"). In later medieval Britain, it became the equivalent of the continental count (in England in the earlier period, it was more akin to a duke; in Scotland it assimilated the concept of mormaer). However, earlier in Scandinavia, "jarl" could also mean a sovereign prince. For example, the rulers of several of the petty kingdoms of Norway had the title of "jarl" and in many cases they had no less power than their neighbours who had the title of king. Alternative names for the "Earl/Count" rank in the nobility structure are used in other countries, such as Hakushaku during the Japanese Imperial era.

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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: professional

text: sports

text: leagues

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text: United

text: States

text: and

text: Canada

text: are

text: the

text: highest

text: professional

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text: team

text: sports

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text: the

text: United

text: States

text: and

text: Canada

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text: four

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text: in

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text: definition

text: are

text: Major

text: League

text: Baseball

text: MLB

text: the

text: National

text: Basketball

text: Association

text: NBA

text: the

text: National

text: Football

text: League

text: NFL

text: and

text: the

text: National

text: Hockey

text: League

text: NHL

text: Other

text: prominent

text: leagues

text: include

text: Major

text: League

text: Soccer

text: MLS

text: and

text: the

text: Canadian

text: Football

text: League

text: CFL

text: Ronald Scott Stevens (born April 1, 1964) is a retired professional ice hockey defenceman, and current assistant coach of the Minnesota Wild. Stevens played 22 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Washington Capitals, St. Louis Blues, and the New Jersey Devils, serving as captain of the Devils from 1992 to 2004. Although offensively capable, Stevens was largely known for his defensive play and his heavy body checking on opponents.

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text: Scott

text: Stevens

text: born

text: April

text: is

text: retired

text: professional

text: ice

text: hockey

text: defenceman

text: and

text: current

text: assistant

text: coach

text: of

text: the

text: Minnesota

text: Wild

text: Stevens

text: played

text: seasons

text: in

text: the

text: National

text: Hockey

text: League

text: NHL

text: for

text: the

text: Washington

text: Capitals

text: St.

text: Louis

text: Blues

text: and

text: the

text: New

text: Jersey

text: Devils

text: serving

text: as

text: captain

text: of

text: the

text: Devils

text: from

text: to

text: Although

text: offensively

text: capable

text: Stevens

text: was

text: largely

text: known

text: for

text: his

text: defensive

text: play

text: and

text: his

text: heavy

text: body

text: checking

text: on

text: opponents

question: occupation mike duco

answer: ice hockey player

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text: Joseph Maurice Ravel (7 March 1875  28 December 1937) was a French composer, pianist and conductor. He is often associated with impressionism along with his elder contemporary Claude Debussy, although both composers rejected the term. In the 1920s and 1930s Ravel was internationally regarded as France's greatest living composer.

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text: Maurice

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text: French

text: composer

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text: conductor

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text: is

text: often

text: associated

text: with

text: impressionism

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text: with

text: his

text: elder

text: contemporary

text: Claude

text: Debussy

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text: composers

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text: the

text: term

text: In

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text: and

text: Ravel

text: was

text: internationally

text: regarded

text: as

text: France

text: 's

text: greatest

text: living

text: composer

text: Les Six is a name given to a group of six French composers who worked in Montparnasse. The name, inspired by Mily Balakirev's "The Five", originates in critic Henri Collet's 1920 article "" ("Comoedia", 16 January 1920). Their music is often seen as a reaction against the musical style of Richard Wagner and the impressionist music of Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel.

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text: worked

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text: The

text: name

text: inspired

text: by

text: Mily

text: Balakirev

text: 's

text: The

text: Five

text: originates

text: in

text: critic

text: Henri

text: Collet

text: 's

text: article

text: Comoedia

text: January

text: Their

text: music

text: is

text: often

text: seen

text: as

text: reaction

text: against

text: the

text: musical

text: style

text: of

text: Richard

text: Wagner

text: and

text: the

text: impressionist

text: music

text: of

text: Claude

text: Debussy

text: and

text: Maurice

text: Ravel

text: Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev (; 2 January 1837   ) was a Russian pianist, conductor and composer known today primarily for his work promoting musical nationalism and his encouragement of more famous Russian composers, notably Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. He began his career as a pivotal figure, extending the fusion of traditional folk music and experimental classical music practices begun by composer Mikhail Glinka. In the process, Balakirev developed musical patterns that could express overt nationalistic feeling. After a nervous breakdown and consequential sabbatical, he returned to classical music but did not wield the same level of influence as before.

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text: composer

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text: work

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text: musical

text: nationalism

text: and

text: his

text: encouragement

text: of

text: more

text: famous

text: Russian

text: composers

text: notably

text: Pyotr

text: Ilyich

text: Tchaikovsky

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text: began

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text: career

text: as

text: pivotal

text: figure

text: extending

text: the

text: fusion

text: of

text: traditional

text: folk

text: music

text: and

text: experimental

text: classical

text: music

text: practices

text: begun

text: by

text: composer

text: Mikhail

text: Glinka

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text: process

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text: musical

text: patterns

text: that

text: could

text: express

text: overt

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text: feeling

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text: nervous

text: breakdown

text: and

text: consequential

text: sabbatical

text: he

text: returned

text: to

text: classical

text: music

text: but

text: did

text: not

text: wield

text: the

text: same

text: level

text: of

text: influence

text: as

text: before

text: Arthur Honegger ( French : ( aty n ) ; 10 March 1892 -- 27 November 1955 ) was a Swiss composer , who was born in France and lived a large part of his life in Paris . He was a member of Les Six . His most frequently performed work is probably the orchestral work Pacific 231 , which was inspired by the sound of a steam locomotive .

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text: lived

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text: of

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text: in

text: Paris

text: He

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text: member

text: of

text: Les

text: Six

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text: frequently

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text: probably

text: the

text: orchestral

text: work

text: Pacific

text: which

text: was

text: inspired

text: by

text: the

text: sound

text: of

text: steam

text: locomotive

annotations: likely multiple

question: movement arthur honegger

answer: classical music

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text: Self-publishing is the publication of any book or other media by its author without the involvement of an established publisher. A self-published physical book is said to have been privately printed. The author is in control of the entire process including, for a book, the design of the cover and interior, formats, price, distribution, marketing, and public relations. The authors can do it all themselves or may outsource some or all the work to companies which offer these services.

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text: Robert Olen Butler (born January 20, 1945) is an American fiction writer. His short-story collection "A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain" was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1993.

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UBC's Vancouver campus is within the University Endowment Lands, about west of Downtown Vancouver. The Okanagan campus, acquired in 2005, is in Kelowna.

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text: Kelowna is a city on Okanagan Lake in the Okanagan Valley, in the southern interior of British Columbia, Canada. It serves as the head office of the Regional District of Central Okanagan. Its name derives from an Okanagan language term for "grizzly bear". Kelowna is the third largest metropolitan area in the province and ranks as the 22nd largest in Canada, with a population of 179,839 in 2011. Nearby communities include the City of West Kelowna (also referred to as Westbank, Westside) to the west across Okanagan Lake, Lake Country and Vernon to the north, as well as Peachland to the southwest and, further to the south, Summerland and Penticton.

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British Columbia (BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, with a population of more than four million people located between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains.
British Columbia is also a component of the Pacific Northwest and the Cascadia bioregion, along with the U.S. states of Idaho, Oregon, Washington and Alaska.

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text: The Pulitzer Prize is an award for achievements in newspaper, magazine and online journalism, literature, and musical composition in the United States. It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of American (Hungarian-born) Joseph Pulitzer who had made his fortune as a newspaper publisher, and is administered by Columbia University in New York City. Prizes are awarded yearly in twenty-one categories. In twenty of the categories, each winner receives a certificate and a US$15,000 cash award (raised from $10,000 starting in 2017). The winner in the public service category of the journalism competition is awarded a gold medal.

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text: A research university is a university that expects all its tenured and tenure-track faculty to continuously engage in research, as opposed to merely requiring it as a condition of an initial appointment or tenure. Such universities can be recognized by their strong focus on innovative research and the prestige of their brand names. On the one hand, research universities strive to recruit faculty who are the most brilliant minds in their disciplines in the world, and their students enjoy the opportunity to learn from such experts. On the other hand, new students are often disappointed to realize their undergraduate courses at research universities are overly academic and fail to provide vocational training with immediate "real world" applications; but many employers value degrees from research universities because they know that such coursework develops fundamental skills like critical thinking.

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text: McGill University is an English and French-language public research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, ranked among the world's top 30 institutions. It was established in 1821 by royal charter, issued by King George IV of Great Britain. The University bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Scotland whose bequest in 1813 formed the university's precursor, McGill College.

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text: Erin Soros is a Canadian author of short stories . She was awarded the University of British Columbia 's Governor General 's Gold Medal for a Master 's Degree in 2001 and the Commonwealth Prize for the Short Story in 2006 . Her fiction has been published widely in such journals as the Indiana Review and the Iowa Review . She is a two - time finalist for the Robert Olen Butler Prize , a winner of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation 's Bob Weaver award for short fiction and has been awarded 2nd prize for the prestigious Costa Short Story Award 2016 . One of her essays was named a notable essay in The Best American Essays 2005 . She has been working on her first novel since 2005 . She holds an Master of Arts in English from the University of British Columbia , an Master of Fine Arts in writing from Columbia University and has completed her PhD program in the school of literature , drama and creative writing at the University of East Anglia .

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text: Vancouver, officially the City of Vancouver, is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada, and the most populous city in the province.

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text: City

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text: Pushcart Prize winner and Best American Short Stories author Mark Wisniewski third novel, "Watch Me Go" (Penguin Putnam, January 22, 2015), received early praise from Salman Rushdie, Ben Fountain, and Daniel Woodrell. Mark's first novel, "Confessions of a Polish Used Car Salesman", was praised by the "Los Angeles Times", the "Chicago Tribune", the "Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel", and C. Michael Curtis of "The Atlantic Monthly". Wisniewski's second novel, "Show Up, Look Good", was praised by Ben Fountain, "Kirkus", "Publishers Weekly", "Psychology Today"s Creativity Blog, Jonathan Lethem, Christine Sneed, Molly Giles, Richard Burgin, Kelly Cherry, Diana Spechler, DeWitt Henry, and T.R. Hummer.

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text: Creativity

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text: Canada (French: ) is a country in the northern half of North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering , making it the world's second-largest country by total area and the fourth-largest country by land area. Canada's border with the United States is the world's longest land border. The majority of the country has a cold or severely cold winter climate, but southerly areas are warm in summer. Canada is sparsely populated, the majority of its land territory being dominated by forest and tundra and the Rocky Mountains. About four-fifths of the country's population of 36 million people is urbanized and live near the southern border. Its capital is Ottawa, its largest city is Toronto; other major urban areas include Montreal, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Quebec City, Winnipeg and Hamilton.

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text: three

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text: Atlantic

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text: Pacific

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text: Arctic

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text: world

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text: United

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text: world

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text: country

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text: populated

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text: majority

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text: country

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text: Jacob M. Appel (born February 21, 1973) is an American author, bioethicist, physician, lawyer and social critic. He is best known for his short stories, his work as a playwright, and his writing in the fields of reproductive ethics, organ donation, neuroethics and euthanasia. Appel's novel "The Man Who Wouldn't Stand Up" won the Dundee International Book Prize in 2012.

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text: known

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text: work

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text: playwright

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text: his

text: writing

text: in

text: the

text: fields

text: of

text: reproductive

text: ethics

text: organ

text: donation

text: neuroethics

text: and

text: euthanasia

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text: 's

text: novel

text: The

text: Man

text: Who

text: Would

text: n't

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text: Up

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text: Dundee

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text: Book

text: Prize

text: in

text: Downtown Vancouver is the southeastern portion of the peninsula in the north-central part of the City of Vancouver. It is the business, commercial, cultural, financial, government, and entertainment centre of the city and the Metro Vancouver and Lower Mainland regions.

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text: the

text: southeastern

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text: of

text: the

text: peninsula

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text: the

text: north

text: central

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text: City

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text: business

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text: entertainment

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text: city

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text: Metro

text: Vancouver

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text: Lower

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text: The Robert Olen Butler Prize is a prize for short fiction awarded by Del Sol Press in conjunction with Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Robert Olen Butler, who chooses the winning story. The winning stories are also collected into an annual anthology, "The Robert Olen Butler Prize Anthology". As of 2009, three individuals had appeared in the anthology more than once: Jacob M. Appel (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009), Erin Soros (2008, 2009) and Mark Wisniewski (2008, 2009).

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text: Robert

text: Olen

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text: Prize

text: is

text: prize

text: for

text: short

text: fiction

text: awarded

text: by

text: Del

text: Sol

text: Press

text: in

text: conjunction

text: with

text: Pulitzer

text: Prize

text: winning

text: novelist

text: Robert

text: Olen

text: Butler

text: who

text: chooses

text: the

text: winning

text: story

text: The

text: winning

text: stories

text: are

text: also

text: collected

text: into

text: an

text: annual

text: anthology

text: The

text: Robert

text: Olen

text: Butler

text: Prize

text: Anthology

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text: three

text: individuals

text: had

text: appeared

text: in

text: the

text: anthology

text: more

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text: once

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text: Appel

text: Erin

text: Soros

text: and

text: Mark

text: Wisniewski

text: Del Sol Press was founded in 2002 by Michael Neff of Web del Sol. The first book published by the press was a revision of Michael Brodsky's 1978 novel, "Detour". Since that time the press has gone on to publish work by Nin Andrews, David Blair, Joan Houlihan, Ander Monson, Don Thompson, Walter Cummins, and Thomas Kennedy, among others. The press also offers a literary prize: The Del Sol Press First Novel Competition.

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text: first

text: book

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text: press

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text: novel

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text: press

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text: Houlihan

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text: An author is narrowly defined as the originator of any written work and can thus also be described as a writer (with any distinction primarily being an implication that an author is a writer of one or more major works, such as books or plays). More broadly defined, an author is "the person who originated or gave existence to anything" and whose authorship determines responsibility for what was created. The more specific phrase published author refers to an author (especially but not necessarily of books) whose work has been independently accepted for publication by a reputable publisher , versus a self-publishing author or an unpublished one .

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