text: Scandinavia is a historical and cultural region in Northern Europe characterized by a common ethnocultural North Germanic heritage and mutually intelligible North Germanic languages.

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text: cultural

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text: The Stanley Cup playoffs is an elimination tournament in the National Hockey League consisting of four rounds of best-of-seven series. Eight teams from each of the two conferences qualify for the playoffs based on regular season points totals. The final round is commonly known as the Stanley Cup Finals, which sees the two conference champions play for the Stanley Cup.

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text: elimination

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text: in

text: the

text: National

text: Hockey

text: League

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text: Stanley

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text: conference

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text: for

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text: Mestis (from 'Mestaruussarja', 'Championship series'), is the second-highest ice hockey league in Finland.

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text: Mestaruussarja

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text: the

text: second

text: highest

text: ice

text: hockey

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text: Philips Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in Atlanta, Georgia that is home to the Atlanta Hawks, of the National Basketball Association, and the Atlanta Dream, of the Women's National Basketball Association. It also served as home to the National Hockey League's Atlanta Thrashers from 1999 to 2011, before the team moved to Winnipeg. It opened in 1999 at a cost of $213.5 million, replacing the Omni Coliseum. It is owned by the Atlanta Fulton County Recreation Authority and operated by Tony Ressler, who also, with a group of investors that includes Grant Hill, owns the Hawks.

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text: Women

text: 's

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text: Association

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text: The Atlanta Thrashers were an American professional ice hockey team based in Atlanta, Georgia. Atlanta was granted a franchise in the National Hockey League (NHL) on June 25, 1997, and became the League's 28th franchise when it began play in the 19992000 NHL season. They were members of the Southeast Division of the NHL's Eastern Conference, and played their home games at Philips Arena in downtown Atlanta. The Thrashers qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs only once, during the 200607 season in which they won the Southeast Division, but were swept in the first round by the New York Rangers.

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text: professional

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text: hockey

text: team

text: based

text: in

text: Atlanta

text: Georgia

text: Atlanta

text: was

text: granted

text: franchise

text: in

text: the

text: National

text: Hockey

text: League

text: NHL

text: on

text: June

text: and

text: became

text: the

text: League

text: 's

text: franchise

text: when

text: it

text: began

text: play

text: in

text: the

text: NHL

text: season

text: They

text: were

text: members

text: of

text: the

text: Southeast

text: Division

text: of

text: the

text: NHL

text: 's

text: Eastern

text: Conference

text: and

text: played

text: their

text: home

text: games

text: at

text: Philips

text: Arena

text: in

text: downtown

text: Atlanta

text: The

text: Thrashers

text: qualified

text: for

text: the

text: Stanley

text: Cup

text: playoffs

text: only

text: once

text: during

text: the

text: season

text: in

text: which

text: they

text: won

text: the

text: Southeast

text: Division

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text: first

text: round

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text: the

text: New

text: York

text: Rangers

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.

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text: NHL

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text: States

text: and

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text: The

text: Stanley

text: Cup

text: the

text: oldest

text: professional

text: sports

text: trophy

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text: is

text: awarded

text: annually

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text: league

text: playoff

text: champion

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text: end

text: of

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text: season

text: Northern Europe is the northern part or region of Europe. Although no definitive borders or definition exists for the term, geographically, Northern Europe may be considered to consist approximately of all of Europe above the 52nd parallel north; which includes (from west to east) most or all of: Iceland, the Republic of Ireland, the Isle of Man, the United Kingdom, the Faroe Islands, the Netherlands, northern Germany, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, northern Poland, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and northwest Russia. However, narrower definitions may also be used based on other geographical factors, such as climate and ecology. Greenland, geographically a part of North America, is politically a part of the Kingdom of Denmark, and may be included depending on the definition.

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text: SM-Sarja was the top level of ice hockey in Finland from 1928 to 1975. SM-sarja is a common abbreviation for "Suomen mestaruussarja", "Finnish Championship Series".

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text: top

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text: common

text: abbreviation

text: for

text: Suomen

text: mestaruussarja

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text: Championship

text: Series

text: Russia (from the  Rus'), also officially known as the Russian Federation, is a country in Eurasia. At , Russia is the largest country in the world by surface area, covering more than one-eighth of the Earth's inhabited land area, and the ninth most populous, with over 140 million people at the end of March 2016. The European western part of the country is much more populated and urbanised than the eastern, about 77% of the population live in European Russia. Russia's capital Moscow is one of the largest cities in the world, other major urban centers include Saint Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, Nizhny Novgorod and Samara.

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text: the

text: largest

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text: world

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text: Earth

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text: inhabited

text: land

text: area

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text: the

text: ninth

text: most

text: populous

text: with

text: over

text: million

text: people

text: at

text: the

text: end

text: of

text: March

text: The

text: European

text: western

text: part

text: of

text: the

text: country

text: is

text: much

text: more

text: populated

text: and

text: urbanised

text: than

text: the

text: eastern

text: about

text: of

text: the

text: population

text: live

text: in

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text: Russia

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text: 's

text: capital

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text: is

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: largest

text: cities

text: in

text: the

text: world

text: other

text: major

text: urban

text: centers

text: include

text: Saint

text: Petersburg

text: Novosibirsk

text: Yekaterinburg

text: Nizhny

text: Novgorod

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text: Samara

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.

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text: presence

text: of

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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: Cup

text: is

text: the

text: championship

text: trophy

text: awarded

text: annually

text: to

text: the

text: National

text: Hockey

text: League

text: NHL

text: playoff

text: winner

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text: commissioned

text: in

text: as

text: the

text: Dominion

text: Hockey

text: Challenge

text: Cup

text: the

text: trophy

text: is

text: named

text: for

text: Lord

text: Stanley

text: of

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

text: with

text: the

text: sons

text: and

text: daughters

text: playing

text: and

text: promoting

text: the

text: game

text: The

text: first

text: Cup

text: was

text: awarded

text: in

text: to

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text: HC

text: and

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

text: reached

text: gentlemen

text: 's

text: agreement

text: in

text: which

text: their

text: respective

text: champions

text: would

text: face

text: each

text: other

text: annually

text: for

text: the

text: Stanley

text: Cup

text: After

text: series

text: of

text: league

text: mergers

text: and

text: folds

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text: was

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text: de

text: facto

text: championship

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text: the

text: NHL

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text: jure

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text: Norway (; Norwegian: (Bokmål) or (Nynorsk); Sami: "Norgga"), officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a sovereign and unitary monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula plus the island Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard. The Antarctic Peter I Island and the sub-Antarctic Bouvet Island are dependent territories and thus not considered part of the Kingdom. Norway also lays claim to a section of Antarctica known as Queen Maud Land. Until 1814, the Kingdom included the Faroe Islands (since 1035), Greenland (1261), and Iceland (1262). It also included Shetland and Orkney until 1468. It also included the following provinces, now in Sweden: Jämtland, Härjedalen and Bohuslän.

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text: or

text: Nynorsk

text: Sami

text: Norgga

text: officially

text: the

text: Kingdom

text: of

text: Norway

text: is

text: sovereign

text: and

text: unitary

text: monarchy

text: whose

text: territory

text: comprises

text: the

text: western

text: portion

text: of

text: the

text: Scandinavian

text: Peninsula

text: plus

text: the

text: island

text: Jan

text: Mayen

text: and

text: the

text: archipelago

text: of

text: Svalbard

text: The

text: Antarctic

text: Peter

text: Island

text: and

text: the

text: sub

text: Antarctic

text: Bouvet

text: Island

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text: dependent

text: territories

text: and

text: thus

text: not

text: considered

text: part

text: of

text: the

text: Kingdom

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text: also

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text: claim

text: to

text: section

text: of

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text: as

text: Queen

text: Maud

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text: the

text: Kingdom

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text: Faroe

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text: since

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text: and

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text: included

text: Shetland

text: and

text: Orkney

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text: It

text: also

text: included

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text: following

text: provinces

text: now

text: in

text: Sweden

text: Jämtland

text: Härjedalen

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text: Bohuslän

text: Luke Sellars ( born May 21 , 1981 ) is a professional ice hockey player who plays for the Jokipojat of the Mestis in Finland . He played one game for the Atlanta Thrashers of the NHL .

text: Luke

text: Sellars

text: born

text: May

text: is

text: professional

text: ice

text: hockey

text: player

text: who

text: plays

text: for

text: the

text: Jokipojat

text: of

text: the

text: Mestis

text: in

text: Finland

text: He

text: played

text: one

text: game

text: for

text: the

text: Atlanta

text: Thrashers

text: of

text: the

text: NHL

text:
The 19992000 NHL season was the 83rd regular season of the National Hockey League. Twenty-eight teams each played 82 games. This was the first season played in which teams were awarded a point for an overtime loss. The New Jersey Devils defeated the defending champion Dallas Stars for their second Stanley Cup championship. During the regular season, no player reached the 100-point plateau, the first time this had happened in a non-lockout season since the 196768 season. Also, in the 2000 Stanley Cup playoffs, the New Jersey Devils overcame a three games to one deficit against the Philadelphia Flyers to win the Eastern Conference Finals. This was the first time that this had happened this late in the playoffs also since the 196768 season.
League business.
Throughout the regular season and playoffs, teams wore a patch celebrating the turn of the millennium (see above). Starting in the 19992000 season, teams would earn one point for an overtime loss in the regular season instead of zero. It was hoped that this change would stop teams from playing very defensively during the overtime in an effort to guarantee the single point from a tie. The number of ties had been going up for some years and the NHL was hoping to counter this trend, and in fact did so quite successfully with this rule change.

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text: was

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text: regular

text: season

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text: National

text: Hockey

text: League

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text: teams

text: each

text: played

text: games

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text: was

text: the

text: first

text: season

text: played

text: in

text: which

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text: were

text: awarded

text: point

text: for

text: an

text: overtime

text: loss

text: The

text: New

text: Jersey

text: Devils

text: defeated

text: the

text: defending

text: champion

text: Dallas

text: Stars

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text: their

text: second

text: Stanley

text: Cup

text: championship

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text: the

text: regular

text: season

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text: player

text: reached

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text: plateau

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text: first

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text: season

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text: Stanley

text: Cup

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text: New

text: Jersey

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text: games

text: to

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text: deficit

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text: the

text: Philadelphia

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text: Eastern

text: Conference

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text: first

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text: playoffs

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text: season

text: League

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text: regular

text: season

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text: playoffs

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text: turn

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text: millennium

text: see

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text: season

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text: point

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text: regular

text: season

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text: overtime

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text: single

text: point

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text: Downtown Atlanta is the central business district of Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The largest of the city's three commercial districts, Downtown is the location of many corporate or regional headquarters; city, county, state and federal government facilities; Georgia State University; sporting venues; and most of Atlanta's tourist attractions. Downtown measures approximately four square miles, and had 26,700 residents as of 2010. Similar to other central business districts in the U.S., Downtown has recently undergone a transformation that included the construction of new condos and lofts, renovation of historic buildings, and arrival of new residents and businesses.

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text: the

text: central

text: business

text: district

text: of

text: Atlanta

text: Georgia

text: United

text: States

text: The

text: largest

text: of

text: the

text: city

text: 's

text: three

text: commercial

text: districts

text: Downtown

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text: the

text: location

text: of

text: many

text: corporate

text: or

text: regional

text: headquarters

text: city

text: county

text: state

text: and

text: federal

text: government

text: facilities

text: Georgia

text: State

text: University

text: sporting

text: venues

text: and

text: most

text: of

text: Atlanta

text: 's

text: tourist

text: attractions

text: Downtown

text: measures

text: approximately

text: four

text: square

text: miles

text: and

text: had

text: residents

text: as

text: of

text: Similar

text: to

text: other

text: central

text: business

text: districts

text: in

text: the

text: U.S.

text: Downtown

text: has

text: recently

text: undergone

text: transformation

text: that

text: included

text: the

text: construction

text: of

text: new

text: condos

text: and

text: lofts

text: renovation

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text: historic

text: buildings

text: and

text: arrival

text: of

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The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in New York City. They are members of the Metropolitan Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). The team plays its home games at Madison Square Garden, located in the borough of Manhattan. The Rangers are one of three NHL franchises in the New York metropolitan area, along with the New Jersey Devils and New York Islanders. The club is also one of the oldest teams in the NHL, having joined in 1926 as an expansion franchise. They are part of the group of teams referred to as the Original Six, along with the Boston Bruins, Chicago Blackhawks, Detroit Red Wings, Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs. The Rangers were the first NHL franchise in the United States to win the Stanley Cup, which they have done four times, most recently in 199394.
History.
Early years.
George Lewis "Tex" Rickard, president of Madison Square Garden, was awarded an NHL franchise for the 192627 season to compete with the now-defunct New York Americans, who had begun play at the Garden the previous season. The Americans (also known as the "Amerks") proved to be an even greater success than expected during their inaugural season, leading Rickard to pursue a second team for the Garden despite promising the Amerks that they would be the only hockey team to play there. The new team was quickly nicknamed "Tex's Rangers".
Rickard's franchise began play in the 192627 season. The first team crest was a horse sketched in blue carrying a cowboy waving a hockey stick aloft, before being changed to the familiar R-A-N-G-E-R-S in diagonal. Rickard managed to get future legendary Toronto Maple Leafs owner Conn Smythe to assemble the team. However, Smythe had a falling-out with Rickard's hockey man, Col. John S. Hammond, and was fired as manager-coach on the eve of the first seasonhe was paid a then-hefty $2,500 to leave. Smythe was replaced by Pacific Coast Hockey Association co-founder Lester Patrick. The new team Smythe assembled turned out to be a winner. The Rangers won the American Division title their first year but lost to the Boston Bruins in the playoffs.

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text: A sovereign state is, in international law, a nonphysical juridical entity that is represented by one centralised government that has sovereignty over a geographic area. International law defines sovereign states as having a permanent population, defined territory, one government, and the capacity to enter into relations with other sovereign states. It is also normally understood that a sovereign state is neither dependent on nor subjected to any other power or state.

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text: Atlanta is the capital of and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia, with an estimated 2015 population of 463,878. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, home to 5,710,795 people and the ninth largest metropolitan area in the United States. Atlanta is the county seat of Fulton County, and a small portion of the city extends eastward into DeKalb County.

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text: Jokipojat is a Finnish semi-professional ice hockey team that plays in the Mestis. The full name of the club is "Joensuun Kiekko ry". It has spent three seasons in the top flight of Finnish hockey, season 1971-72 in SM-sarja and seasons 1989-90 and 1991-92 in SM-liiga. The club was known as Joensuun Kiekko-Pojat (JoKP) during most of its existence, the current name being in official use since 2001.

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text: top

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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: hockey

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text: net

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text: equipment

text: designed

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text: the

text: body

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text: direct

text: impact

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text: of

text: the

text: most

text: valuable

text: players

text: on

text: the

text: ice

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text: performance

text: can

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text: outcome

text: or

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text: game

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text: tendency

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text: ice

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text: A team sport includes any sport which involves two or more players working together towards a shared objective. A team sport is an activity in which individuals are organized into opposing teams which compete to win. Examples are basketball, volleyball, water polo, handball, lacrosse, cricket, baseball, and the various forms of football and hockey.

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text: sport

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text: or

text: more

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text: together

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text: shared

text: objective

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text: in

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text: are

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text: into

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text: teams

text: which

text: compete

text: to

text: win

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text: volleyball

text: water

text: polo

text: handball

text: lacrosse

text: cricket

text: baseball

text: and

text: the

text: various

text: forms

text: of

text: football

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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: opponent

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text: net

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text: ice

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text: puck

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text: The Gulf of Finland  is the easternmost arm of the Baltic Sea. It extends between Finland (to the north) and Estonia (to the south) all the way to Saint Petersburg in Russia, where the river Neva drains into it. Other major cities around the gulf include Helsinki and Tallinn. The eastern parts of the Gulf of Finland belong to Russia, and some of Russia's most important oil harbours are located farthest in, near Saint Petersburg (including Primorsk). As the seaway to Saint Petersburg, the Gulf of Finland has been and continues to be of considerable strategic importance to Russia. Some of the environmental problems affecting the Baltic Sea are at their most pronounced in the shallow gulf.

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text: easternmost

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text: Baltic

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text: north

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text: Estonia

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text: south

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text: way

text: to

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text: Petersburg

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text: Russia

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text: river

text: Neva

text: drains

text: into

text: it

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text: major

text: cities

text: around

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text: gulf

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text: Helsinki

text: and

text: Tallinn

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text: eastern

text: parts

text: of

text: the

text: Gulf

text: of

text: Finland

text: belong

text: to

text: Russia

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text: some

text: of

text: Russia

text: 's

text: most

text: important

text: oil

text: harbours

text: are

text: located

text: farthest

text: in

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text: Saint

text: Petersburg

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text: Primorsk

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text: seaway

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text: Petersburg

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text: Gulf

text: of

text: Finland

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text: continues

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text: Russia

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text: environmental

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text: affecting

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text: Baltic

text: Sea

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text: at

text: their

text: most

text: pronounced

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text: Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a sovereign state in Northern Europe. A peninsula with the Gulf of Finland to the south and the Gulf of Bothnia to the west, the country has land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east. Estonia is south of the country across the Gulf of Finland. Finland is a Nordic country situated in the geographical region of Fennoscandia, which also includes Scandinavia. Finland's population is 5.5 million (2014), staying roughly on the same level over the past two decades. The majority of the population is concentrated in the southern region. In terms of area, it is the eighth largest country in Europe and the most sparsely populated country in the European Union.

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text: Republic

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text: Finland

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text: sovereign

text: state

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text: Northern

text: Europe

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text: Gulf

text: of

text: Finland

text: to

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text: south

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text: the

text: Gulf

text: of

text: Bothnia

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text: west

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text: country

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text: land

text: borders

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text: Sweden

text: to

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text: northwest

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text: to

text: the

text: north

text: and

text: Russia

text: to

text: the

text: east

text: Estonia

text: is

text: south

text: of

text: the

text: country

text: across

text: the

text: Gulf

text: of

text: Finland

text: Finland

text: is

text: Nordic

text: country

text: situated

text: in

text: the

text: geographical

text: region

text: of

text: Fennoscandia

text: which

text: also

text: includes

text: Scandinavia

text: Finland

text: 's

text: population

text: is

text: million

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text: roughly

text: on

text: the

text: same

text: level

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text: past

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text: decades

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text: of

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text: population

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text: concentrated

text: in

text: the

text: southern

text: region

text: In

text: terms

text: of

text: area

text: it

text: is

text: the

text: eighth

text: largest

text: country

text: in

text: Europe

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text: the

text: most

text: sparsely

text: populated

text: country

text: in

text: the

text: European

text: Union

text: The European Union (EU) is a political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. It has an area of , and an estimated population of over 510 million. The EU has developed an internal single market through a standardised system of laws that apply in all member states. EU policies aim to ensure the free movement of people, goods, services, and capital within the internal market, enact legislation in justice and home affairs, and maintain common policies on trade, agriculture, fisheries, and regional development. Within the Schengen Area, passport controls have been abolished. A monetary union was established in 1999 and came into full force in 2002, and is composed of 19 EU member states which use the euro currency.

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text: European

text: Union

text: EU

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text: political

text: and

text: economic

text: union

text: of

text: member

text: states

text: that

text: are

text: located

text: primarily

text: in

text: Europe

text: It

text: has

text: an

text: area

text: of

text: and

text: an

text: estimated

text: population

text: of

text: over

text: million

text: The

text: EU

text: has

text: developed

text: an

text: internal

text: single

text: market

text: through

text: standardised

text: system

text: of

text: laws

text: that

text: apply

text: in

text: all

text: member

text: states

text: EU

text: policies

text: aim

text: to

text: ensure

text: the

text: free

text: movement

text: of

text: people

text: goods

text: services

text: and

text: capital

text: within

text: the

text: internal

text: market

text: enact

text: legislation

text: in

text: justice

text: and

text: home

text: affairs

text: and

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text: common

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text: Fennoscandia , Fenno-Scandinavia, or the Fennoscandian Peninsula, is the geographical peninsula of the Nordic region comprising the Scandinavian Peninsula, Finland, Karelia, and the Kola Peninsula. It encompasses Finland, Norway and Sweden, as well as Murmansk Oblast, much of the Republic of Karelia and parts of northern Leningrad Oblast in Russia. Its name comes from the Latin words "Fennia" (Finland) and "Scandia" (Scandinavian). The term was first used by the Finnish geologist Wilhelm Ramsay in 1898. Geologically, the area is distinct because its bedrock is Archaean granite and gneiss with very little limestone, in contrast to neighboring areas in Europe.

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text: geographical

text: peninsula

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text: the

text: Nordic

text: region

text: comprising

text: the

text: Scandinavian

text: Peninsula

text: Finland

text: Karelia

text: and

text: the

text: Kola

text: Peninsula

text: It

text: encompasses

text: Finland

text: Norway

text: and

text: Sweden

text: as

text: well

text: as

text: Murmansk

text: Oblast

text: much

text: of

text: the

text: Republic

text: of

text: Karelia

text: and

text: parts

text: of

text: northern

text: Leningrad

text: Oblast

text: in

text: Russia

text: Its

text: name

text: comes

text: from

text: the

text: Latin

text: words

text: Fennia

text: Finland

text: and

text: Scandia

text: Scandinavian

text: The

text: term

text: was

text: first

text: used

text: by

text: the

text: Finnish

text: geologist

text: Wilhelm

text: Ramsay

text: in

text: Geologically

text: the

text: area

text: is

text: distinct

text: because

text: its

text: bedrock

text: is

text: Archaean

text: granite

text: and

text: gneiss

text: with

text: very

text: little

text: limestone

text: in

text: contrast

text: to

text: neighboring

text: areas

text: in

text: Europe

text: The Gulf of Bothnia is the northernmost arm of the Baltic Sea. It is situated between Finland's west coast and Sweden's east coast. In the south of the gulf lie the Åland Islands, between the Sea of Åland and the Archipelago Sea.

text: The

text: Gulf

text: of

text: Bothnia

text: is

text: the

text: northernmost

text: arm

text: of

text: the

text: Baltic

text: Sea

text: It

text: is

text: situated

text: between

text: Finland

text: 's

text: west

text: coast

text: and

text: Sweden

text: 's

text: east

text: coast

text: In

text: the

text: south

text: of

text: the

text: gulf

text: lie

text: the

text: Åland

text: Islands

text: between

text: the

text: Sea

text: of

text: Åland

text: and

text: the

text: Archipelago

text: Sea

question: place_of_birth luke sellars

answer: toronto

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text: The Yarra Valley is the name given to the region surrounding the Yarra River in Victoria, Australia. The river originates approximately 90 kilometres east of the Melbourne central business district and flows towards it and out into Port Phillip Bay. The name Yarra Valley is used in reference to the upper regions surrounding the Yarra River and generally does not encompass the lower regions including the city and suburban areas, where the topography flattens out, or the upper reaches which are in inaccessible bushland. Included in the Yarra Valley is the sub-region of Upper Yarra (or the Upper Yarra Valley) which encompasses the towns of the former Shire of Upper Yarra in the catchment area upstream of and including Woori Yallock. The Yarra Valley is a popular day-trip and tourist area, featuring a range of natural features and agricultural produce, as well as the Lilydale to Warburton Rail Trail.

text: The

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text: is

text: the

text: name

text: given

text: to

text: the

text: region

text: surrounding

text: the

text: Yarra

text: River

text: in

text: Victoria

text: Australia

text: The

text: river

text: originates

text: approximately

text: kilometres

text: east

text: of

text: the

text: Melbourne

text: central

text: business

text: district

text: and

text: flows

text: towards

text: it

text: and

text: out

text: into

text: Port

text: Phillip

text: Bay

text: The

text: name

text: Yarra

text: Valley

text: is

text: used

text: in

text: reference

text: to

text: the

text: upper

text: regions

text: surrounding

text: the

text: Yarra

text: River

text: and

text: generally

text: does

text: not

text: encompass

text: the

text: lower

text: regions

text: including

text: the

text: city

text: and

text: suburban

text: areas

text: where

text: the

text: topography

text: flattens

text: out

text: or

text: the

text: upper

text: reaches

text: which

text: are

text: in

text: inaccessible

text: bushland

text: Included

text: in

text: the

text: Yarra

text: Valley

text: is

text: the

text: sub

text: region

text: of

text: Upper

text: Yarra

text: or

text: the

text: Upper

text: Yarra

text: Valley

text: which

text: encompasses

text: the

text: towns

text: of

text: the

text: former

text: Shire

text: of

text: Upper

text: Yarra

text: in

text: the

text: catchment

text: area

text: upstream

text: of

text: and

text: including

text: Woori

text: Yallock

text: The

text: Yarra

text: Valley

text: is

text: popular

text: day

text: trip

text: and

text: tourist

text: area

text: featuring

text: range

text: of

text: natural

text: features

text: and

text: agricultural

text: produce

text: as

text: well

text: as

text: the

text: Lilydale

text: to

text: Warburton

text: Rail

text: Trail

text: Frankston Freeway is a very short stretch of Melbourne freeway that was designed to upgrade Wells Road to freeway standard in the 1970s and provides a link from suburban Melbourne to Frankston . The freeway has previously been congested in holiday months due to missing section of the Mornington Peninsula Freeway ( now known as Peninsula Link ) , which since the opening of Peninsula Link through traffic has reduced immensely on the Frankston Freeway . The Frankston Freeway is now mostly used by local traffic ( as through traffic now exit EastLink onto Peninsula Link and vice versa ) . The freeway is a major express link - in and out of the largest city to the south of Melbourne or near the Mornington Peninsula , which is Frankston . It saves bumper - to - bumper congestion ( seeing as traffic would have to come from alternate major highways with numerous traffic lights / intersections / roundabouts ) , with traffic coming from Melbourne wanting to enter Frankston and its surroundings . The freeway connects with three other urban freeways : EastLink ( Tollway ) , Mornington Peninsula Freeway ( northern section ) and Peninsula Link .

text: Frankston

text: Freeway

text: is

text: very

text: short

text: stretch

text: of

text: Melbourne

text: freeway

text: that

text: was

text: designed

text: to

text: upgrade

text: Wells

text: Road

text: to

text: freeway

text: standard

text: in

text: the

text: and

text: provides

text: link

text: from

text: suburban

text: Melbourne

text: to

text: Frankston

text: The

text: freeway

text: has

text: previously

text: been

text: congested

text: in

text: holiday

text: months

text: due

text: to

text: missing

text: section

text: of

text: the

text: Mornington

text: Peninsula

text: Freeway

text: now

text: known

text: as

text: Peninsula

text: Link

text: which

text: since

text: the

text: opening

text: of

text: Peninsula

text: Link

text: through

text: traffic

text: has

text: reduced

text: immensely

text: on

text: the

text: Frankston

text: Freeway

text: The

text: Frankston

text: Freeway

text: is

text: now

text: mostly

text: used

text: by

text: local

text: traffic

text: as

text: through

text: traffic

text: now

text: exit

text: EastLink

text: onto

text: Peninsula

text: Link

text: and

text: vice

text: versa

text: The

text: freeway

text: is

text: major

text: express

text: link

text: in

text: and

text: out

text: of

text: the

text: largest

text: city

text: to

text: the

text: south

text: of

text: Melbourne

text: or

text: near

text: the

text: Mornington

text: Peninsula

text: which

text: is

text: Frankston

text: It

text: saves

text: bumper

text: to

text: bumper

text: congestion

text: seeing

text: as

text: traffic

text: would

text: have

text: to

text: come

text: from

text: alternate

text: major

text: highways

text: with

text: numerous

text: traffic

text: lights

text: intersections

text: roundabouts

text: with

text: traffic

text: coming

text: from

text: Melbourne

text: wanting

text: to

text: enter

text: Frankston

text: and

text: its

text: surroundings

text: The

text: freeway

text: connects

text: with

text: three

text: other

text: urban

text: freeways

text: EastLink

text: Tollway

text: Mornington

text: Peninsula

text: Freeway

text: northern

text: section

text: and

text: Peninsula

text: Link

text: In the study of human settlements, an urban agglomeration is an extended city or town area comprising the built-up area of a central place ("usually a municipality") and any suburbs linked by continuous urban area. INSEE, the French Statistical Institute, uses the term "unité urbaine", which means continuous urbanized area. However, because of differences in definitions of what does and does not constitute an "agglomeration", as well as variations and limitations in statistical or geographical methodology, it can be problematic to compare different agglomerations around the world. It may not be clear, for instance, whether an area should be considered to be a satellite and part of an agglomeration, or a distinct entity in itself.

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text: the

text: study

text: of

text: human

text: settlements

text: an

text: urban

text: agglomeration

text: is

text: an

text: extended

text: city

text: or

text: town

text: area

text: comprising

text: the

text: built

text: up

text: area

text: of

text: central

text: place

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text: municipality

text: and

text: any

text: suburbs

text: linked

text: by

text: continuous

text: urban

text: area

text: INSEE

text: the

text: French

text: Statistical

text: Institute

text: uses

text: the

text: term

text: unité

text: urbaine

text: which

text: means

text: continuous

text: urbanized

text: area

text: However

text: because

text: of

text: differences

text: in

text: definitions

text: of

text: what

text: does

text: and

text: does

text: not

text: constitute

text: an

text: agglomeration

text: as

text: well

text: as

text: variations

text: and

text: limitations

text: in

text: statistical

text: or

text: geographical

text: methodology

text: it

text: can

text: be

text: problematic

text: to

text: compare

text: different

text: agglomerations

text: around

text: the

text: world

text: It

text: may

text: not

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text: clear

text: for

text: instance

text: whether

text: an

text: area

text: should

text: be

text: considered

text: to

text: be

text: satellite

text: and

text: part

text: of

text: an

text: agglomeration

text: or

text: distinct

text: entity

text: in

text: itself

text: Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area. The neighbouring countries are Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and East Timor to the north; the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu to the north-east; and New Zealand to the south-east. Australia's capital is Canberra, and its largest urban area is Sydney.

text: Australia

text: officially

text: the

text: Commonwealth

text: of

text: Australia

text: is

text: country

text: comprising

text: the

text: mainland

text: of

text: the

text: Australian

text: continent

text: the

text: island

text: of

text: Tasmania

text: and

text: numerous

text: smaller

text: islands

text: It

text: is

text: the

text: world

text: 's

text: sixth

text: largest

text: country

text: by

text: total

text: area

text: The

text: neighbouring

text: countries

text: are

text: Papua

text: New

text: Guinea

text: Indonesia

text: and

text: East

text: Timor

text: to

text: the

text: north

text: the

text: Solomon

text: Islands

text: and

text: Vanuatu

text: to

text: the

text: north

text: east

text: and

text: New

text: Zealand

text: to

text: the

text: south

text: east

text: Australia

text: 's

text: capital

text: is

text: Canberra

text: and

text: its

text: largest

text: urban

text: area

text: is

text: Sydney

text: Melbourne is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in Australia. The name "Melbourne" refers to an urban agglomeration spanning which comprises the broader metropolitan area, as well as being the common name for its city centre. The metropolis is located on the large natural bay of Port Phillip and expands into the hinterlands towards the Dandenong and Macedon mountain ranges, Mornington Peninsula and Yarra Valley. Melbourne consists of 31 municipalities. It has a population of 4,529,500 , and its inhabitants are called Melburnians.

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text: is

text: the

text: capital

text: and

text: most

text: populous

text: city

text: of

text: the

text: Australian

text: state

text: of

text: Victoria

text: and

text: the

text: second

text: most

text: populous

text: city

text: in

text: Australia

text: The

text: name

text: Melbourne

text: refers

text: to

text: an

text: urban

text: agglomeration

text: spanning

text: which

text: comprises

text: the

text: broader

text: metropolitan

text: area

text: as

text: well

text: as

text: being

text: the

text: common

text: name

text: for

text: its

text: city

text: centre

text: The

text: metropolis

text: is

text: located

text: on

text: the

text: large

text: natural

text: bay

text: of

text: Port

text: Phillip

text: and

text: expands

text: into

text: the

text: hinterlands

text: towards

text: the

text: Dandenong

text: and

text: Macedon

text: mountain

text: ranges

text: Mornington

text: Peninsula

text: and

text: Yarra

text: Valley

text: Melbourne

text: consists

text: of

text: municipalities

text: It

text: has

text: population

text: of

text: and

text: its

text: inhabitants

text: are

text: called

text: Melburnians

text: The Mornington Peninsula is a peninsula located south-east of Melbourne, Australia. It is surrounded by Port Phillip to the west, Western Port to the east and Bass Strait to the south, and is connected to the mainland in the north. Geographically, the peninsula begins its protrusion from the mainland in the area between Pearcedale and Frankston. The area was originally home to the "Mayone-bulluk" and "Boonwurrung-Balluk" clans and formed part of the Boonwurrung nation's territory prior to European settlement.

text: The

text: Mornington

text: Peninsula

text: is

text: peninsula

text: located

text: south

text: east

text: of

text: Melbourne

text: Australia

text: It

text: is

text: surrounded

text: by

text: Port

text: Phillip

text: to

text: the

text: west

text: Western

text: Port

text: to

text: the

text: east

text: and

text: Bass

text: Strait

text: to

text: the

text: south

text: and

text: is

text: connected

text: to

text: the

text: mainland

text: in

text: the

text: north

text: Geographically

text: the

text: peninsula

text: begins

text: its

text: protrusion

text: from

text: the

text: mainland

text: in

text: the

text: area

text: between

text: Pearcedale

text: and

text: Frankston

text: The

text: area

text: was

text: originally

text: home

text: to

text: the

text: Mayone

text: bulluk

text: and

text: Boonwurrung

text: Balluk

text: clans

text: and

text: formed

text: part

text: of

text: the

text: Boonwurrung

text: nation

text: 's

text: territory

text: prior

text: to

text: European

text: settlement

text: Bass Strait is a sea strait separating Tasmania from the Australian mainland, specifically the state of Victoria.

text: Bass

text: Strait

text: is

text: sea

text: strait

text: separating

text: Tasmania

text: from

text: the

text: Australian

text: mainland

text: specifically

text: the

text: state

text: of

text: Victoria

text:
Peninsula Link (Frankston Bypass) is a freeway that completes the missing sections of the Mornington Peninsula Freeway, running from the EastLink interchange at Seaford, Melbourne, running along the eastern fringe of Frankston. It runs via Baxter and Moorooduc, almost parallel to the existing arterial Moorooduc Highway. It was opened on 18 January 2013.
The project is a Public Private Partnership (PPP) managed by the Linking Melbourne Authority (formerly SEITA) and delivered by private sector partner Southern Way, with the State Government providing quarterly payments for delivery under an availability model, with no charges to motorists. The contract with Southern Way to design, construct and finance the freeway was signed in January 2010, with a total project delivery cost for the two parties being $759 million. Construction commenced in February 2010, with completion expected in early 2013, with Southern Way to operate and maintain the freeway for the next 25 years. The Victorian Parliament enacted legislation, the Road Management Amendment (Peninsula Link) Act 2012 in November 2012 to confer rights on the private operator to manage and maintain the road.

text: Peninsula

text: Link

text: Frankston

text: Bypass

text: is

text: freeway

text: that

text: completes

text: the

text: missing

text: sections

text: of

text: the

text: Mornington

text: Peninsula

text: Freeway

text: running

text: from

text: the

text: EastLink

text: interchange

text: at

text: Seaford

text: Melbourne

text: running

text: along

text: the

text: eastern

text: fringe

text: of

text: Frankston

text: It

text: runs

text: via

text: Baxter

text: and

text: Moorooduc

text: almost

text: parallel

text: to

text: the

text: existing

text: arterial

text: Moorooduc

text: Highway

text: It

text: was

text: opened

text: on

text: January

text: The

text: project

text: is

text: Public

text: Private

text: Partnership

text: PPP

text: managed

text: by

text: the

text: Linking

text: Melbourne

text: Authority

text: formerly

text: SEITA

text: and

text: delivered

text: by

text: private

text: sector

text: partner

text: Southern

text: Way

text: with

text: the

text: State

text: Government

text: providing

text: quarterly

text: payments

text: for

text: delivery

text: under

text: an

text: availability

text: model

text: with

text: no

text: charges

text: to

text: motorists

text: The

text: contract

text: with

text: Southern

text: Way

text: to

text: design

text: construct

text: and

text: finance

text: the

text: freeway

text: was

text: signed

text: in

text: January

text: with

text: total

text: project

text: delivery

text: cost

text: for

text: the

text: two

text: parties

text: being

text: million

text: Construction

text: commenced

text: in

text: February

text: with

text: completion

text: expected

text: in

text: early

text: with

text: Southern

text: Way

text: to

text: operate

text: and

text: maintain

text: the

text: freeway

text: for

text: the

text: next

text: years

text: The

text: Victorian

text: Parliament

text: enacted

text: legislation

text: the

text: Road

text: Management

text: Amendment

text: Peninsula

text: Link

text: Act

text: in

text: November

text: to

text: confer

text: rights

text: on

text: the

text: private

text: operator

text: to

text: manage

text: and

text: maintain

text: the

text: road

text: Mornington Peninsula Freeway is a freeway in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, that provides a link from outer suburban Melbourne to the Mornington Peninsula.

text: Mornington

text: Peninsula

text: Freeway

text: is

text: freeway

text: in

text: Melbourne

text: Victoria

text: Australia

text: that

text: provides

text: link

text: from

text: outer

text: suburban

text: Melbourne

text: to

text: the

text: Mornington

text: Peninsula

text:
A clan is a group of people united by actual or perceived kinship and descent. Even if lineage details are unknown, clan members may be organized around a founding member or apical ancestor. The kinship-based bonds may be symbolic, whereby the clan shares a "stipulated" common ancestor that is a symbol of the clan's unity. When this "ancestor" is non-human, it is referred to as a totem, which is frequently an animal.
The word clan is derived from the Gaelic "clann" meaning "children or progeny" but not "family" in the Irish and the Scottish Gaelic languages. According to the "Oxford English Dictionary", the word was introduced into English in around 1425, as a label for the nature of the society of the Scottish Highlands ll. Clans in indigenous societies tend to be exogamous, meaning that their members cannot marry one another. Clans preceded more centralized forms of community organization and government and are in every country. Members may identify with a coat of arms or other symbol to show they are an independent clan.

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text: clan

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text: stipulated

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text: is

text: symbol

text: of

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text: clan

text: 's

text: unity

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text: ancestor

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text: as

text: totem

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text: is

text: frequently

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text: animal

text: The

text: word

text: clan

text: is

text: derived

text: from

text: the

text: Gaelic

text: clann

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text: or

text: progeny

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text: not

text: family

text: in

text: the

text: Irish

text: and

text: the

text: Scottish

text: Gaelic

text: languages

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text: to

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text: Oxford

text: English

text: Dictionary

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text: word

text: was

text: introduced

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text: English

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text: as

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text: for

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text: of

text: the

text: society

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text: Scottish

text: Highlands

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text: tend

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text: not

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text: one

text: another

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text: and

text: government

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text: in

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text: country

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text: clan

text: The Moorooduc Highway (also "McMahons Road" / "Frankston-Flinders Road") is a 19 km highway which runs from Frankston to Mount Martha. It is a dual carriageway with two or three lanes each way and, together with the Mornington Peninsula Freeway, was the main arterial road from Melbourne to the Mornington Peninsula until the recent completion of Peninsula Link.

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text: Western Port, commonly but unofficially known as Western Port Bay, is a large tidal bay in southern Victoria, Australia, opening into Bass Strait. It is the second largest bay in the state. Geographically, it is dominated by the two large islands; French Island and Phillip Island. Contrary to its name, it lies to the east of the larger Port Phillip, and is separated from it by the Mornington Peninsula. It is visited by Australian fur seals, whales and dolphins, as well as many migratory waders and seabirds. It is listed under the Ramsar Convention as a wetland of international significance.

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text: Port Phillip (also commonly referred to as Port Phillip Bay or (locally) just The Bay), is a large bay in southern Victoria, Australia; it is the location of Melbourne. Geographically, the bay covers and the shore stretches roughly . Although it is extremely shallow for its size, most of the bay is navigable. The deepest portion is only , and half the region is shallower than . The volume of the water in the bay is around .

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