The necessity of a central asset listing is made clear when considering there are 10,700 rare diseases -- and tens of thousands of compounds with therapeutic potential.
bioXcross will serve as a logical first stop for orphan asset search. It is not a subscription service, but a free site open to all industry actors for maximum information exchange. This unique tool should accomplish in a single day what presently can take weeks.
With a tens of thousands of diseases, compounds, and participants a central forum is needed to rationalize orphan asset transactions.
To optimize their opportunities, firms must have access to the widest range of assets.
In seeking acquisitions, partners, or buyers, biopharmas would benefit by not being limited to conventional approaches, but a more comprehensive and systematic approach - bioXcross.
More than 75% of biopharmas that achieve success will do so by selling out to a larger firm. Right now management has limited control of the end game once it puts itself in the hands of an investment bank with companies shown on average to only three potential buyers. However, a firm seeking a buyer on its own for a significant asset or the entire company is not practical in the present environment. Management risks increased exposure to shareholder litigation – especially in the absence of an investment bank valuation. With bioXcross, a firm can anonymously solicit bids from the widest possible list of buyers while keeping the process in its own hands for as long as possible.
Biopharmas will ultimately derive full benefit when a central information exchange is mated with an auction process exposing an asset to bidding from all interested parties.
2. Has virtually unlimited space.
3. May remain as long as the registrant wishes.
4. A registrant may list multiple assets and/or services. Registrants are welcome to list whatever assets they wish to sell, partner, or purchase downloading as much relevant information as needed.
5. Individual executives, scientists, and clinicians are welcome to list their resumes and employment goals on bioXcross pages that will also be available free of charge.
6. Provides the basis for competitive bidding to determine the true market price of an asset.


Sony has confirmed that the popular Playstation Network has gone offline for a whopping 11 hours window as it undergoes routine maintenance.
Such a move will affect players globally from March 9, 1600 UK time until 0300 on March 10. Those trying to log in the Playstation Network will be greeted with a message saying that "the PlayStation Network has been suspended". This doesn't mean your account has been suspended; it means the PlayStation Network has been taken offline."
We're not sure at this stage what changes Sony will perform during the maintenance. With the launch of the Sony Next Generation Gaming platform as well as the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play and the accompanying Android-based gaming suite, the gaming giant will probably need to add a number of new features to enhance compatibility and squash any bugs.
Gamers have been advised that this doesn't mean that their account has been suspended; some players are also expecting Sony to release yet another firmware update concurrently and criticised the fact that the company did not give warnings early enough to its customers.


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Club Deportivo Plus Ultra is a football team based in Llano de Brujas, Murcia. Founded in 1986, the team plays in Tercera División Group 13.

The club's home ground is Estadio Municipal.

Season to season

12 seasons in Tercera División

References

External links
Official website
Futbolme team profile

Football clubs in the Region of Murcia
Association football clubs established in 1986
1986 establishments in Spain

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Q: Linked Server Provider Options - Do I need to restart the SQL service (or server) after modifying any of these options? Under Server Options -> Linked Server there are the Providers that each of my linked servers use.
If I right click on a specific Provider and modify the Provider Options, such as "Dynamic parameter" or "Nested queries", do I need to restart my SQL service or server for the changes to take effect?

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VOTE: Mansfield News Journal Female Athlete of the Week
It is that time of the week again.
Cast your vote for the Mansfield News Journal Female Athlete of the Week.
Here are your nominees:
• Mansfield Christian's Alexis Rippel scored a team-best 16 points and added five assists in the Flames' 58-39 win over Lucas.
• Clear Fork's Bekah Conrad scored 11 points in the Colts' 59-26 win over Galion and scored 16 points in a 60-39 win over Triway.
• Shelby's Olivia Baker broke the career 3-point record as she improved her total to 144 made threes with two treys and 11 points in the Whippets' 71-31 win over Marion Harding. She tied the record with six threes and 20 points in a 48-31 win over Pleasant earlier in the week.
• Madison's Faith Kuhn scored 11 points and added 11 rebounds in a 30-29 win over Lexington and also had 13 points and 13 rebounds in a 36-27 win over Crestview.
• Buckeye Central's Emily Siesel exploded for 34 points and 15 steals in a win over Riverdale, she finished the week with 59 points, 21 steals, 10 assists, 9 rebounds.
• Galion's Troie Grubbs smoked the field in the girls 200 free (1:59.39) and 100 free (53.97) winning both events at the Friendly House Invite on Saturday.
• Shelby's Reyna Hoffman was a triple winner at the Friendly House Invite winning the 100 backstroke in 1:03.59, the 200 Individual Medley in 2:21.00 and was a part of the 200 Medley Relay winning team.
• Mansfield Senior's Madelyn Cramer won the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:16.50 at the Friendly House Invite.
Voting ends at 7 p.m. on Friday.

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More marketing emails reaching Australian inboxes
But inbox placement dipped sharply over holidays, according to a report by Return Path.
Adam Bender (CMO)
More than one in 10 marketing emails in Australia failed to reach the target's inbox in the 12 months before May, according to a report by Return Path.
However, Australia had an 89 per cent success rate for marketing emails over the year-long period, which was still one of the highest results in the world, Return Path said.
No surveyed country reached 90 per cent, and Brazil fared the worst with a 60 per cent success rate.
Of the 11 per cent of emails that failed to reach inboxes, 4 per cent got caught in spam filters and the rest went missing, the report said.
The Australian success rate was a big improvement over the previous financial year, when Return Path reported that only 80 per cent of emails reached the inbox.
Within Australia, the distribution industry scored the best success rate at 96 per cent, while telecommunications came in last with only 45 per cent of emails reaching their intended targets, the report found.
Read more Using big data for small business wins: I Love Linen's ecommerce story
Return Path cautioned that performance varied widely from one brand to another and throughout the year. Performance was also erratic across ISPs, with email programs often performing well in some systems but poorly in others, it said.
Australia's success rate dropped sharply during the holiday season, dipping to 84 per cent in November and never recovering. The drop was influenced by more Australians marking emails as spam and the presence of spam traps, decoy accounts used to catch spammers, Return Path said.
"What seems to have changed is mailbox providers' decision-making ability, which has become increasingly complex, with users having a greater ability to determine whether messages are delivered to their inboxes," said Return Path Global CEO, Matt Blumberg.
Read more Email deteriorates as a marketing and sales channel
"Applying best practices across programmes and trusting that most mailbox providers will then treat your email in a similar way, is a highly unreliable tactic."
Return Path used a representative sample of about 492 million commercial email messages sent with permission to consumers around the world.
Adam Bender covers digital marketing and emerging technology for CMO and is the author of dystopian sci-fi novels We, The Watched and Divided We Fall. Follow him on Twitter: @WatchAdam
Follow CMO on Twitter: @CMOAustralia, take part in the CMO Australia conversation on LinkedIn: CMO Australia, join us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CMOAustralia, or check us out on Google+: google.com/+CmoAu
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One often hears British officers in the Indian Army that Pathan has more in common with Englishman than other sepoys. This is because he is an individualist. Personality has more play on the border, and the tribesmen is not bound by the complicated ritual that lays so many restrictions on the indian soldier. His life is more free. He is more direct and outspoken, not so suspicious or self-conscious. He is a gambler and sportsman and bit of an adventurer , restless by nature, and always ready to take on a new thing. He has good deal of joie de vivre. His sense of humour approximates to that of thomas Atkins, and is much more subtle than gurkha's, though he laughs at the same things. He will smoke a pipe with Dublin fusiliers and share his biscuits with the man of cardiff or kent. He is a highlander, and so, like the Gurkhas, naturally attracted by Scots. Yet behind all these superficial points of resemblance he has a code which in ultimate things cuts him off from the british soldier with as a clean line of demarcation as unbridged crevasse.


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Longtime Congressman Dingell Mourned by US Leaders
by Charlie Goetzman — February 15, 2019
Prominent U.S. political leaders convened Thursday at Holy Trinity Catholic Church to commemorate the life of John Dingell Jr. (CAS '49, LAW '52), a former representative of Michigan and the longest-serving member of Congress in U.S. history.
At 92 years old, Dingell died at his home in Dearborn, Mich., on Feb. 7, following complications from prostate cancer. Notable attendees at Dingell's funeral included former Speaker John Boehner, former President Bill Clinton (SFS '68), former Secretary Hillary Clinton and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.).
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY | John Dingell Jr. (CAS '49, LAW '52), the longest-serving member of Congress in U.S. history, was commended by former President Bill Clinton (SFS '68) and other leaders at his funeral service Thursday.
Bill Clinton paid tribute to Dingell's work ethic and dedication to public service in his eulogy at the funeral, which was open to the public.
"He was a remarkable man," Clinton said. "A patriot, in some cases, without peer in the history of America. He spent more time in the Congress trying to fulfill the Founders' admonition to form a more perfect union than anyone else."
A reception was held in the Healey Family Student Center after the funeral. Dingell's wife Debbie Dingell (SFS '75, GRD '96) (D-Mi.), who assumed his seat after he stepped down, was in attendance at the closed event. John Dingell will be interred at Arlington National Cemetery on Friday morning.
A service for Dingell was held earlier in the week in Dearborn, Mich., where former Vice President Joe Biden gave a eulogy. Biden remembered Dingell for his commitment to his work as a representative.
"Generations of Americans are going to study his work, know they are better off because he lived," Biden said. "Remember a man who could always be found standing firm on the right side of history. And when he had to, stand alone."
Dingell had represented what is now Michigan's 12th district from 1955 to 2014, a record 59 years. He was in the House of Representatives during the administrations of 11 of the United States' 45 presidents, and for more than a quarter of Congress's existence.
Dingell's legacy as a politician and a public figure will outlast his death, former President Clinton said in 2005, Dingell's 50th year in the legislative body.
"Presidents come and presidents go," Clinton said. "John Dingell stays forever."
Up to the end of his life, Dingell remained a part of the Georgetown community, regularly visiting campus, speaking at Georgetown events and attending John Carroll Weekend.
Dingell honored the 225th anniversary of Georgetown's founding in the Congressional Record in January 2014 and praised the university for remaining true to its founding principles.
"I can attest to the University's commitment to addressing the challenges faced by our society and its consistent focus on developing students who are ready to contribute to future prosperity and positive civic leadership," Dingell wrote.
Dingell's family possessed strong ties to the university as well. Both his brother James Dingell (C '54, GRD '57, GRD '63) and his wife Debbie also attended Georgetown.
Dingell was honored by the Law's school with its Robert F. Drinan, S.J. Law Alumni Public Service Award in 2013.
Dingell was known, however, as much for his accomplishments in the House as he was for the length of his tenure, Rebecca Hollister (COL '21), chair of Georgetown University College Democrats, wrote in an email to The Hoya.
"We are very appreciative of Representative Dingell's service to our country, its people, and the Democratic party," Hollister wrote. "He was essential in the fights for healthcare and welfare for all who needed it in the nation and for that we are immensely grateful. Our loving thoughts are with his family and friends at this time."
From 1981 to 1995 and again from 2007 to 2009, Dingell chaired the Energy and Commerce Committee, an influential committee with a wide-ranging policy portfolio, affecting legislation from consumer protection to the environment. Dingell helped pass landmark legislation in the House of Representatives, such as the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the 1965 passage of Medicare.
After graduating the university, Dingell went on to hold a number of jobs in the legal profession, working for a private firm and as a prosecutor in Wayne County, Mich. When his father died of tuberculosis in 1955, Dingell ran in and won a special election for his seat in the House, representing a district outside of Detroit.
In 2014, after he announced that he would retire the following year, Dingell received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor awarded by the U.S. government.
Dingell was dedicated to serving his constituents throughout his time in Congress, former Secretary of State James Baker wrote in a Feb 8. statement following Dingell's passing.
"America was built on the shoulders of great leaders like John Dingell who dedicated their lives to serving our nation," Baker said.
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Author: Charlie Goetzman


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Carriera

Club
Rausch giocò per Meidericher SV (ora ) fino al 1963 e  terminò la carriera nel 1971 nello .

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Al termine della carriera da giocatore, entra nello staff tecnico dello  e dirige per anni le giovanili fino al passaggio in prima squadra nel 1976. Nella stagione 1976-1977 arriva secondo in campionato staccato di un punto dal . Partecipa alla Coppa UEFA e si ferma agli ottavi, contro il . Esonerato nel dicembre 1977, l'8 gennaio 1979 firma con l', battendo lo Schalke 3-1 alla sua prima partita. Guida la squadra al quinto posto in Bundesliga, valido per la qualificazione nella Coppa UEFA 1979-1980. Nella stagione seguente il club fatica in campionato, andando avanti nella competizione europea: Rausch elimina , , ,  e due tedesche negli ultimi due atti, il  (5-1 ai supplementari della sfida di ritorno dopo aver ribaltato il 2-0 subito a Monaco) e il Borussia M'gladbach nella doppia finale. Nonostante cinque sconfitte, il tecnico si aggiudica la Coppa UEFA.

A fine stagione accetta l'incarico offertogli dai turchi del , dove allena per quasi due stagioni senza ottenere risultati di rilievo. Nell'aprile 1982 si accasa a Maastricht, senza riuscire a salvare la società dalla retrocessione in seconda divisione: Rausch resta nei Paesi Bassi, ma fallisce l'obbiettivo di riportare l'MVV in prima serie. Nel 1983-1984 allena in Grecia, all', prima di trasferirsi a Lucerna nella primavera 1985. Resta in Svizzera per nove stagioni, guidando il Lucerna alla vittoria in campionato nel 1989 e in coppa nel 1992. Nello stesso anno del successo in Coppa Svizzera, il Lucerna retrocede in seconda divisione. Rausch passa al , in seconda divisione svizzera: accede al gruppo che vale la promozione in prima divisione, tuttavia raggiunge la quarta posizione e la squadra resta nella divisione cadetta.

Tornato in patria, col  sfiora nuovamente la vittoria della Bundesliga, arrivando secondo a un punto dal  nella stagione 1993-1994. L'anno dopo è quarto, a tre punti dal  campione di Germania. Nel marzo 1996 è licenziato dall'incarico: termina la sua esperienza al K'lautern senza aver mai perso nei novanta minuti in Coppa di Germania in tre anni, arrivando fino alle semifinali nel 1995. Allena in Austria (), prima di tornare in Germania: firma con il M'gladbach nell'aprile 1998 ed è confermato per la stagione successiva. Ciononostante, dopo un buon avvio, la squadra inizia un percorso segnato da pesanti sconfitte che culminano con un 8-2 in casa col  e un 7-1 a Wolfsburg al termine del quale la dirigenza decide di esonerarlo dalla panchina.

Nel gennaio 1999 è chiamato alla guida del  per risollevare la formazione dalla zona retrocessione in Bundesliga: Rausch coglie 12 risultati utili tra cui un 2-0 al Bayern campione e si ritrova a giocarsi una sorta di spareggio salvezza contro il , club con gli stessi punti del Norimberga, all'ultima giornata di campionato, in casa. I padroni di casa cedono 2-1 al Friburgo e, complici le vittorie di  ed Eintracht, retrocedono in Zweite Bundesliga. Rausch è sollevato dall'incarico durante la stagione seguente, con la squadra fuori dalla lotta per la promozione nella massima serie teutonica.

La sua ultima vetrina è offerta dall'Eintracht Francoforte e culmina con la quarta retrocessione in carriera. L'Eintracht gli affida l'incarico di direttore tecnico per un paio di mesi alla fine della stagione 2000-2001, poi svolge il medesimo ruolo a Lucerna tra il marzo 2004 e il giugno 2006.

Ad aprile 2006 ha rivelato di avere un cancro alla pelle.

Statistiche

Club
In grassetto le competizioni vinte.

Palmarès

Giocatore

Competizioni internazionali

Schalke 04: 1968

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Competizioni nazionali
 Coppa TSYD: 1
Fenerbahçe: 1980-1981

Lucerna: 1988-1989

Lucerna: 1991-1992

Competizioni internazionali

Eintracht Francoforte: 1979-1980

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Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni


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Tampa Bay Rays and Chicago White Sox trade ahead of non-waiver deadline
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Dan Jennings will join the Rays while the White Sox add a prospect to the farm system.
by Shane Kristopher Lambert (article) and Milos Kitanovic (video)
July 27, 2017 at 4:52 PM July 27, 2017 at 4:52 PM
The non-waiver trade deadline for Major League Baseball is quickly approaching. This weekend promises to see a lot of transactions as buyers and sellers look to load up or dump salary accordingly. On Thursday, the Tampa Bay Rays appeared to make a move to improve their chances in both the AL East pennant race and the AL's Wild Card race. They acquired a relief pitcher from the chicago white sox in Dan Jennings and gave up an AAA player in Casey Gillaspie.
Dan Jennings is a dedicated reliever that has basically no starting-pitcher potential. In six seasons in the Major Leagues, Jennings has appeared in 281 games and all of them have been relief appearances.
A short-term reliever, he has averaged less than one inning of work in his career appearances. He has a 2.81 ERA for his career, a career WHIP of 1.39, and a record of 12-13.
Jennings' 2017 season so far
This season for the Chicago White Sox, Jennings appeared in 48 games with an ERA of 3.45. His WHIP has been very good at 1.22, however, he has yielded more home runs than he has at other points in his career (6 this season compared to 10 total in his other five seasons combined). In making the move the White Sox appear to be dumping salary in a continued fire sale. Given that they are the last-place team in the NL Central division, they have very little potential to make the post-season.
While the Sox did get Gillaspie, at this point in his career he's not a clear candidate to make the Major Leagues thanks to an OPS of .653 in AAA.
Rick Hahn, the GM of the White Sox, argued that Chicago did get something of substance back in return for Jennings.
"Casey is a recent first-round pick who has shown a quality approach at the plate with some power throughout his minor-league career," Hahn claimed. "He gives us yet another highly touted hitter who has stood out at every level in the Rays system and increases our organizational depth as we continue to add prospects to the system."
Rays make push for the post-season
The move for the Rays certainly signifies an interest in their current season.
Tampa Bay entered Thursday playing .520 baseball and they are just one game out of the Wild Card race. Furthermore, the Rays are just 2.5 games back of the AL East leading Boston Red Sox. The New York Yankees are also in the mix in both races, a team that the Rays trail by just a game and a half. With a big weekend series coming up against the Yankees, Tampa Bay probably did not want to wait any longer before adding a quality relief arm like Jennings.
The Yankees are a core competitor of the Rays in both the Wild Card race and the AL East's pennant race.
Welcome to the #Rays, @LtDanJennings! pic.twitter.com/DpiaMvjUxj
— Tampa Bay Rays (@RaysBaseball) July 27, 2017
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Q: Basic Flask Issue w/ Importing I'm following a Flask tutorial and am getting an import error.  I have a file called run.py which contains:
from app import app
app.run(debug = True)

When I run ./run.py, I get:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./run.py", line 2, in <module>
    from app import app
  File "/Users/myName/Desktop/SquashScraper/app/__init__.py", line 1, in <module>
    from flask import Flask
ImportError: cannot import name Flask

This seems similar to this issue: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26960235/python3-cannot-import-name-flask
So I attempted the checked solution by running:
virtualenv -p /usr/bin/python3 my_py3_env

Unfortunately, I get:
The executable /usr/bin/python3 (from --python=/usr/bin/python3) does not exist

Any ideas what may be happening here?
Thanks for the help,
bclayman

A: If you want your virtual environment to be Python 3 but don't know the installation directory, use which python3. Use that directory in your virtualenv -p [directory] my_py3_env command to set up the Python 3 virtual environment.
I sounds like your pip is installing to your Python 2.X directory. If you're okay with that, you'll need to run the app either with python2 run.py, python2.X run.py where x is your installed version, or change the symlink of python in /usr/bin/python to your installation of Python 2.
This question has some more information.
Regardless of the version of Python that you wish to use, you will need to install Flask to that version of Python. See this question for that.


THIS IS THE FIRST PART OF THE IMPERATIVES. I HAVE SENT IT AS PPT BEFORE BUT I THINK IT IS MORE USEFUL AND FUNCTIONAL AS WS. THIS PART IS ABOUT THE FORM OF THE IMPERATIVE AND THERE ARE 2 EXERCISES(KEY INCLUDED)HOPE YOU LIKE IT. HAVE A NICE WEEKEND!
THIS IS THE SECOND PART OF THE IMPERATIVES. THIS PART IS ABOUT THE USES OF THE IMPERATIVES. EXERCISES ARE IN THE 3RD PART.HOPE YOU LIKE IT!
HERE IS THE LAST PART OF THE IMPERATIVES. IN THIS PART THERE ARE 2 EXERCISES ABOUT THE FORM AND USES OF THE IMPERATIVES(KEY INCLUDED). HAVE A NICE WEEKEND!
IT�S ABOUT FORM AND USE OF SIMPLE PAST TENSE. IT ALSO INCLUDES SOME EXERCISES. HOPE YOU LIKE IT! HAVE A NICE SUNDAY!
information about the uses of the imperatives with colorful visuals and examples.
AN EASY BUT A USEFUL EXERCISE ABOUT COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS.HOPE YOU LIKE IT! HAVE A NICE WEEKEND!
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Віктор Олексійович Закревський (1807, с. Березова Рудка, Пирятинський повіт, Полтавська губернія, Російська імперія — 1858, Там же) — український поміщик (один із власників с. Березова Рудка), ротмістр у відставці, брат Платона Закревського і Софії Закревської, знайомий Тараса Шевченка.

Біографія
Віктор Закревський — нащадок давнього шляхетського роду.

Серед Закревських були: київський полковий осавул — Осип Закревський, юрист і політик — Гнат Закревський, дослідник української старовини — Микола Закревський, повітові, губернські та столичні урядовці.

Придбане в 1752 році помістя Березова Рудка Пирятинського повіту Полтавської губернії (тепер Пирятинського району Полтавської області) стає родовим маєтком.

Віктор Олексійович Закревський відрізнявся доброзичливістю, людяним ставленням до кріпаків, за що рідні називали його «Infant Terrible». Вершиною його добродушної вдачі став цивільний шлюб з простою селянкою.

Віктор Закревський очолював «Товариство мочемордія» (п'яниць) — гурток молодих вільнодумців та опозиційно налаштованих щодо російського самодержавства, до якого належали Віктор та Михайло Закревські, брати Яків та Сергій де Бальмени, історик М. Маркевич, офіцер Ціхонський та ін.

Молоді чоловіки, збираючись проголошували вільнодумні тости, розмовляли про «фальш шляхетсько-панського життя, що виробилась віками, та особливо при кінці XVIII і на початку ХІХ дійшла до найвищого ступеня …».

1848 року, за доносом пирятинського повітового маршалка Д. Селецького, вони притягалися до слідства за тости: «Да здравствует французская республика!», «Да здравствует украинская республика!».

Взаємини Тараса Шевченка та Віктора Закревського
Вони познайомились 29-30 червня 1843 року на балу в Тетяни Волховської в селі Мойсівці.

Під час поїздки в Україну влітку і восени 1843 року у «товаристві мочемордія» бував і Шевченко.

У грудні того ж року намалював олівцем шаржовий портрет Віктора Закревського.

У них виявилось багато спільного, спілкування було не офіційним, а простим і дружнім.

Шевченко листувався з Віктором Закревським. Один лист, написаний з Яготина, Шевченко завершив: «…нехай тобі Бахус помага тричі по тричі морду намочить. Амінь. Нудьгою і недугою битий Т.Шевченко».

Шевченко був закоханим у невістку Віктора Закревського, дружину його брата Платона — Ганну.

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 Національний музей Тараса Шевченка
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 Енциклопедія життя і творчості Тараса Шевченка. Лист до В. О. Закревського

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Fitness Eğitmeni Carrera Fitness Spa Güzellik Turizm Sağlık San. ve Tic. Aş.
Excellent communication skills in all aspects: verbal, written and non-verbal Fluent in Turkish and English. Additional languages would be beneficial Preferably male Quality driven with a passion for excellence. Minimum 3 years experiences in similar position ( luxury hotel experience would be beneficial ) Must posses a local Fitness Instructor certificate Must possess a good written and verbal command in the English Language and Possess an ACE certification and be CPR certified.
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Chicago area's top prosecutor starts new anti-crime efforts
CHICAGO (AP) - The Chicago area's top prosecutor announced new efforts Wednesday to prosecute gun crimes in city neighborhoods plagued by violence and revamp a unit of her office that reviews possible wrongful convictions.
Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx, who took office in December, said three attorneys from her office have teamed up with federal prosecutors and been embedded in two police districts with high gun-violence rates. She said the teams, which will decide if cases should be charged at federal or county levels, will manage cases from investigation to conviction.
"We must go after those who are violently attacking neighborhoods," Foxx told the City Club of Chicago, a civic organization.
Police called the approach a first for Chicago, which has experienced a surge in violent crime. The city recorded more than 760 homicides last year. Violent crimes at the start of 2017 are on pace with last year.
Foxx, who ousted two-term incumbent Anita Alvarez amid public outcry over the fatal 2014 police shooting of black 17-year-old Laquan McDonald, said she's also revamping a unit that reviews wrongful convictions.
The Chicago area has led the nation over the years in wrongful convictions and Alvarez faced criticism for lagging behind in reviewing them. Her office did oversee improvements after starting a Conviction Integrity Unit in 2012. The unit helped exonerate 11 people last year in Cook County, one of the highest totals among counties nationwide, according to the National Registry of Exonerations.
Foxx said she's consulting with a New York office that's considered a national model in exonerations. She added she will also review convictions stemming from arrests by a former police officer accused of shaking down gang members.
"We have an issue of credibility with our criminal justice system," she said.
Most of the roughly 140 exonerations in Cook County since 1989 have involved official misconduct such as false police testimony, according to the registry.
Foxx said she will hire a chief ethics officer as well - news that follows other criminal justice reforms made public this week in Chicago.
Cook County Chief Judge Timothy Evans announced an order Tuesday aimed at helping people in custody talk to a lawyer for free at the police station, instead of making them wait until they appear in court.
Follow Sophia Tareen on Twitter at https://twitter.com/sophiatareen.
New details released after Chicago man opened fire on group of teens trying to buy designer shoes from him


Question: I'm wrestling with an inheritance question: whether to pass my parents' money to my kids. I don't think I need it, and it could give them a good boost. It could go into a trust or something, though that seems controlling. I want my kids to be free. Down the road, I also don't want to be worth too much more dead than alive. Any thoughts?
Paul Sutherland: Many thoughts run through my mind as I consider your question, but the first thing I want to share is a story that was told to me years ago. I don't remember it exactly, but the story came from one of the first books on sociology, published in 1897 by a Frenchman named Emile Durkheim, who studied change in social status. The world really seemed to be speeding up back then!
Durkheim had asked people to picture a tall and handsome prince riding through the countryside on a beautiful horse, wearing his finest and looking for a lovely maiden. Next, he asked them to visualize a young maiden who sleeps on the ground with the chickens and pigs and often gets by eating grubs. The maiden gets swept up by the prince. She's washed and gloriously dressed, fed fantastic foods, and given a warm, safe place to live. No more sleeping with pigs, no more bugs to eat! Suddenly she's living the dream in a fairy-tale castle—and that all sounds great. But, shockingly, the title of Durkheim's famous text is Suicide.
It seems that many people who get rich all of a sudden because of a prince, a wealthy grandparent, or a winning lottery ticket become prone to depression and eventually even suicide. You probably knew that, but maybe you didn't realize it was part of your question.
I also think about this sudden change of status when I consider the current suicide epidemic in our military. Imagine going from a normal life here in America to a modern war zone like Afghanistan, where your sergeant or your superior officer tells you what to say, how to react, where you will live, what you will do—all in an environment where so many of the normal rules of life have broken down. You come home again, and then are rotated into the front lines of battle, and then return home for good. That cycle alone could be stressful enough to trigger depression, all kinds of self-medication, and even suicide.
Go see a good, fee-only financial advisor and ask her or him whether, in fact, you yourself might need the inheritance to sustain you through the rest of your life. You probably don't want to become a burden for your kids in your later years.
Contemplate the first of Gandhi's Seven Social Sins: "Wealth without work." Consider whether it applies to your children's possible inheritance.
Contemplate your own spiritual values around wealth and money. Do you believe that money, wealth, and things over which you have control are actually yours to use as you please? Or do you feel a karmic or even God-given responsibility to help other people, the plants and animals all around us, and the earth itself?
Just enjoy being in the uncertainty of what to do. You will figure it out, and a lot of good will come out of this wrestling with moral and financial choices. Thank you for the question!


What can possibly be more exciting than watching a dog working the wind and suddenly locking on point? Here at Falkland Farms much effort is spent in making our preserve as traditional a place to hunt as possible. With the shrinking quail population, our preserve is still a place where you can come hunt liberated birds with a possibility of getting into some wild coveys. The hunting is mostly done in thinned plantation pines. Every year the farm does controlled understudy burning which is beneficial to Quail and other wildlife. Much time is also spent planting lespodeza, millet, partridge pea, and other game foods. The farm has modern kennels which host mostly German Shorthair Pointers. However, you are more than welcome to bring your own dogs. All of our hunts are guided and include the use of our dogs or yours, and the cleaning and freezing of your quail. The preserve allows us to have a very long hunting season. What a great opportunity to get rid of those winter blahs when other hunting seasons are closed, or in early fall, to get a jump start on getting your dog into peak hunting form!
On our three day hunts, after a large Southern breakfast, hunters, guides, and dogs head to the woods for an exhilarating hunt filled with much pointing, flushing, and shooting. We then break for a sit-down lunch that can't be beat. Perhaps after lunch, we may head to the sporting clay range to sharpen your shooting skills. Afterwards, hunters and dogs head back out to the woods for an afternoon of challenging wing shooting. If asked, the chef will prepare your quail into a mouth-watering Epicurean delight. The rest of the evening is spent boasting about fine dog work and impossible shots made, perhaps while sipping a drink by the fire.
Falkland Farms offers everything from a half day hunt to a three day mini vacation. On a three day hunt, bring lots of ammunition because you also get to warm up on our challenging sporting clay course. Also bring lots of shells because the state does not have a bag limit on quail for preserves. Depending upon the time of year, you may wish to do a combination hunt. In the winter, you may wish to add Duck Hunting.
For those of you looking for an alternative to business golf outings, Falkland Farms can offer a fun and unique opportunity to enjoy a social hunting experience. With its upscale lodging and facilities, Falkland Farms is a great place to hold a corporate meeting. With the sporting clay range and liberated quail, we have the ability to customize a hunt tailored to everyone's capabilities.
A 50% down payment is required to confirm dates on all hunts.
Down payments are transferable but not refundable.


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#Uber started as a simple idea: What if you could request a ride from your phone?
More than 5 billion trips later, we're working to make transportation safer and more accessible, helping people order food quickly and affordably, reducing congestion in cities by getting more people into fewer cars, and creating opportunities for people to work on their own terms. In Brooklyn, hustle is the only thing that moves faster than change.
Da Republic of Brooklyn is a Spike Lee joint following the journey of five Uber driver-partners as they chase their dreams in New York's biggest borough.


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Diego Simeone building a fortress at Atletico Madrid
Saturday 21st July 2018
Antonio Anan Atletico Madrid Diego Simeone European Football La Liga Rodri Henandez Spain Thomas Lemar
La Liga has historically been more about the two powerhouses Real Madrid and Barcelona, but Atletico Madrid rarely fall far behind. Los Rojiblancos have always sought to make their presence felt. Since Diego Simeone took over as manager in December 2011, it's been especially so. In the six full seasons the Argentine has been in charge, Atleti have been genuine title contenders. The club has not finished below third in La Liga during his time. In fact, the team went to the Camp Nou lion's den to win the title in 2014.
Limited in resources and lacking the successful continental history their city neighbours and bitter rivals have, Atleti under Simeone have refused to take no for an answer. Two Champions League final appearances in the last five years speak volumes, as do a pair of Europa League crowns. The former Inter Milan star wants more. He is making new acquisitions and reshaping his team to achieve that. Have a look.
Thomas Lemar
Thomas Lemar attracted attention from top European clubs for more than two seasons before Los Colchoneros landed him. Lemar was a significant part of Monaco's Ligue 1 title run in 2016/17. He has distinguished himself as a top-class talent. Arsenal and Liverpool were said to be in the hunt for him.
Just 22, Lemar comes loaded with experience after playing consistently in Ligue 1 and the Champions League for Monaco. The World Cup winner is versatile. He can play both as a midfielder and winger on either side of the pitch. He adds width to Simeone's attack.
After months of speculation, Atletico finally signed Rodri from Villarreal. The 21-year-old midfielder joined Los Rojiblancos on a 5-year deal. He made 47 appearances for the Yellow Submarine in 2017/18. A Euro U19 winner with Spain in 2015, the holding mid is seen as the natural replacement for Sergio Busquets in luis Enrique's national team.
Atleti's legendary holding midfielder, Gabi, has now gone to Qatar. Signing a young yet experienced replacement provides the necessary cover in that area of the pitch. The former captain will rarely be missed.
Antonio Adan
Atleti have also added an experienced player ito back up Jan Oblak between the sticks. Adan was signed from Real Betis on a two-year deal for a reported €1 million fee. Oblak is not expected to leave despite rumours linking him to the Premier League. Adan emerged from the Real Madrid academy and played seven times for the senior team before joining Betis in 2014.
The 22-year-old keeper, Andre Moreira, is also back at the club after spending last season on loan at Belenenses. The duo may battle it out to be Simeone's second choice.
Luciano Vieto
Luciano Vieto has been a journeyman through La Liga. Having signed initially for Villareal in 2014, he was picked up by Atletico in 2015. He has spent the last two seasons on loan at Sevilla and Valencia respectively. He provides another option in the opponent's box for the manager.
Club legend Fernando Torres followed Andres Iniesta to Japan, signing with Sagan Tosu in the J.League. His departure may provide the necessary opportunity for Vieto to slot into the team.
Areas to address
Simeone has assembled a squad with the right balance of youth and experience. The first team is made up of top players who can fit into any top club. From Diego Godin to his compatriot Jose Gimenez to World Cup finalist full backs Sime Vrsaljko and Lucas Hernadez, the Argentine has a solid back line. Koke, Saul, Thomas Partey and new signing Lemar man the midfield. Upfront, there is the dependable Diego Costa and flashy Antoine Griezmann. support comes from Angel Correa. This is a team that can do big things.
However, it remains to be seen if the club can hold on to first-choice goalkeeper Oblak. Losing the goalie could be the team's undoing. Adan is not quite at the same level.
Another top center back is still needed to provide depth. Other than Godin, Gimenez and Stefan Savic, there is Emiliano Velazquez. The 24-year-old who returns from Rayo Vallecano may not be at the required level to fill this void.
Emmanuel Odey
Emmanuel is a freelance football journalist who lives and breathes the round leather game. He is a contributor on several platforms. You can follow him on Twitter for more.


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Q: List only blobs/files in a container and not directories, sub-directories, sub-files Let's say that I have the following file structure in my azure storage account.
container-1
    directory-1
        file-1-1.csv
        file-1-2.json
        file-1-3.jpeg
    directory-2
        file-2-1.csv
    file-1.csv
    file-2.csv
container-2
    directory-1
        directory-1-1
            file1-1-1.csv

I want to list only files (file-1.csv, file-2.csv) inside container-1 and not any other results is there a way to make such a request.
Currently, the URL which I am using is this:
https://${account}.blob.core.windows.net/container-1?comp=list&restype=container&prefix=/

which returns:
directory-1
directory-1/file-1-1.csv
directory-1/file-1-2.json
directory-1/file-1-3.jpeg
directory-2
directory-2/file-2-1.csv
file-1.csv
file-2.csv

while I only need:
file-1.csv
file-2.csv

A: It is not possible to list just blobs using Blob Storage REST API. There is very limited server-side filtering support available there and listing just blobs is not one of them.
One "hacky" way would be to filter blobs by prefix. Assuming all files at the container level start with some pre-defined characters (file for example) and no virtual directories at that level start with those characters, then you can specify file as prefix and then REST API will only return the blobs names of which start with those characters.

A: You can make a List Blobs request to the Azure Blob REST API. In that request you can specify a delimiter in the querystring. Use the delimiter /.
That'll cause the result to list all your blobs that are in the root of your request to use the XML <Blob> element. All blobs that are not in the root of your search will appear grouped under a <BlobPrefix> element with the foldername. Discard all <BlobPrefix> elements and you're left with only the blobs that are not contained in (another) 'folder'.


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Stamkos focused on team success, not personal milestones
Associated PressNov 20, 2019, 9:28 AM EST
TAMPA, Fla. — Steven Stamkos celebrated another milestone in a stellar career with grace and humility.
The long-time captain of the Tampa Bay Lightning scored his 400th goal last weekend, joining an elite group that includes eight other active players – Alex Ovechkin, Patrick Marleau, Marian Hossa, Sidney Crosby, Ilya Kovalchuk, Eric Staal, Joe Thornton and Marian Gaborik.
"I'm sure this will be one of those moments you reflect on after the fact, but in saying that it's still pretty surreal," the six-time All-Star, who's played his entire career with Tampa Bay, said after accomplishing the feat during a loss at home to the Winnipeg Jets.
"You never envision scoring that many goals in the NHL, and hopefully a lot more to come," Stamkos added. "But it's a great honor and privilege to play in this league for a long time, and to do it with one organization is pretty special."
At 29, Stamkos is in his 12th season and no longer the most dynamic scorer on a deep, talented roster featuring reigning league MVP and scoring champion Nikita Kucherov and rising star Brayden Point. He remains the face of the franchise, though, and entered Tuesday night's game against defending Stanley Cup champion St. Louis Blues with a team-leading seven goals, along with 13 assists for 20 points.
He scored No. 400 on a one-timer late in a 4-3 loss to the Jets, reaching the milestone in his 763 career games. Among active players with at least 400, only Ovechkin did it in fewer games.
"Minor hockey to juniors, I don't think I've scored 400 goals in my life and he's done it at the highest level you can play at. What an amazing accomplishment. …Probably him and Ovechkin are the best goal scorers in the league," Lightning forward Pat Maroon said.
Maroon, in his first season with Tampa Bay, signed with the Lightning as a free agent after helping the Blues win their first NHL title.
"Every single night he proves he's a natural goal scorer, and that's why teams lock on him all the time. He's dangerous at all parts of the ice, especially in the O-zone," Maroon said. "I'm really happy for him. … Now he gets to chase 500."
A more immediate goal is to help the Lightning get back to the playoffs, where Tampa Bay was swept in the first round after matching the league record for regular season victories with 62.
The team is off to a slower than anticipated start – 9-7-2 after Tuesday night's 3-1 loss at St. Louis – however coach Jon Cooper and his players say there's no cause for alarm.
Thursday night's game at Chicago concludes a season-opening stretch in which the Lightning play 12 of 19 games on the road, including an extended trip to Sweden for the NHL Global series, where they won two games against Buffalo and felt they began to come together as a team.
This weekend starts a five-week stretch in which they will play 14 of 18 at home.
"We've got to build on what happened in Sweden. It will be nice come end of November (and) December to get a little rhythm at home, and hopefully we can get a little traction," Cooper said.
"Obviously, being away for two weeks is tough, but I'd say we made the most of it as a group," Stamkos said. "We got two big wins. It doesn't stay over there, though. It's about coming together now. We've had a really difficult season. We see the record that we have with two straight weeks on the road and the majority of our games being played (on the road). I think we're pretty happy with the results. … I think we took a step forward (in Sweden)."
One potential benefit to playing so many early road games is the schedule has allowed for additional practice time, where the Lightning have focused on several areas that were problematic during the team's first-round postseason loss to Columbus last spring.
The Lightning were the NHL's highest scoring team last season. The offense remains elite, and there's also a concerted effort to get better defensively.
"From the games in Sweden to (now), we've just to keep building, keep on playing the right way," center Anthony Cirelli said, "and good things will happen."
HOLTBY BOUNCING BACK
Defensive miscues in front of Washington Capitals goaltender Braden Holtby have made his numbers this season look less than stellar. But the 2016 Vezina Trophy winner has been better than the stats indicate and specifically is 10-0-1 with a 2.40 goals-against average and .926 save percentage since a brief "reset" in mid-October.
"I said from that day there's no goaltending controversy and there isn't," coach Todd Reirden said. "He's a winner. He's a competitor. He battles. He's not stopping until he figures out a way to improve. It's such a credit to him as a person. (Goalie coach) Scott Murray does a great job with him. They work well together in terms of coming up with ways to figure out what's going wrong."
FLYERS ON TRACK
The typically slow-starting Philadelphia Flyers have points in 14 of their first 20 games, and much of the credit for that goes to Alain Vigneault. Philadelphia's new coach put in video teaching that gets players to see their mistakes to correct them, and an onus on accountability is working.
"What we're trying to do here is tell our players what they need to do on the ice, what they need to do as far as team preparation," Vigneault said. "Accountability, I think a lot of it has to do with understanding the game. When you can understand the game and evaluate your performance the way you're supposed to, it helps you work on certain things and it helps you improve your game."
Tags: Steven Stamkos, Tampa Bay Lightning, Alex Ovechkin, Anthony Cirelli, Braden Holtby, Brayden Point, Eric Staal, Ilya Kovalchuk, Joe Thornton, Marian Gaborik, Marian Hossa, Nikita Kucherov, Pat Maroon, Patrick Marleau, Sidney Crosby, Steven Stamkos
Who will make up the 2020 Hockey Hall of Fame class?
By Sean LeahyNov 19, 2019, 7:00 AM EST
The 2019 Hockey Hall of Fame class has been inducted, with Hayley Wickenheiser, Guy Carbonneau, Sergei Zubov, Vaclav Nedomansky, Jim Rutherford, and Jerry York getting enshrined in Toronto.
With that, it's time to turn the page and take a look at who Hall of Fame chairman Lanny MacDonald might call next June when the 2020 class is revealed.
Per the Hockey Hall of Fame, eligible players "must have not played in a professional or international hockey game during any of the three (3) playing seasons prior to his or her election." A maximum of four male and two female inductees can be elected in the player category a year.
Like the 2019 class, there is one lock for 2020, and that's Jarome Iginla. Beyond the longtime Flames captain, there are some players right on the cusp who have been waiting for the call. The voting process is secretive, so we have no idea how close any individual player is to getting inducted, but here's our look at what the next group of Hockey Hall of Famers may look like.
Jarome Iginla — "Iggy" spent 20 seasons in the NHL with five teams, but will forever be remembered as a member of the Flames. In 1,554 career games, Iginla scored 625 goals and recorded 1,300 points. He hit the 50-goal mark twice and scored at least 40 goals four times. He played in six All-Star Games and was a two-time winner of the Rocket Richard Trophy, and also won the King Clancy and Art Ross Trophies, as well as the Ted Lindsay Award. Before he reached the NHL, Iginla won two Memorial Cups with the WHL's Kamloops Blazers. On the international scene, he represented Canada at various levels, winning two World Junior Championships, one World Cup of Hockey, and two Olympic gold medals. It was his pass that led to Sidney Crosby's golden goal during the 2010 tournament in Vancouver, ending Canada's drought.
THE PROBABLY-SHOULDS
Marian Hossa – He's a first-ballot HOFer to me, but given how under-appreciated he was during his 19-season NHL career it would be fitting if he's overlooked in a year absent a large number of locks. For his resume, Hossa has a Memorial Cup title and three Stanley Cup rings to his name. He represented Slovakia at the World Championships eight times, Olympic Games four times, and played in two World Cup of Hockey tournaments — once for his home country and the other for Team Europe. In 1,309 NHL games, Hossa scored 525 goals and recorded 1,134 points. The production continued into the postseason with 149 points in 205 playoff games.
His trophy case lacks a number of individual honors, however. He was runner-up for the Calder Trophy in 1999, the only time in his career he was a finalist for an NHL award. His two-way game was sorely underrated and that was reflected in Selke Trophy voting where he finished 10th or better only three times.
Alex Mogilny – He was the first Soviet player to defect west and when he arrived he quickly made his mark. His 76-goal season in 1992-93 tied him for the NHL's goal scoring lead with Teemu Selanne. He would finish with a 127 points that season. A year later the Buffalo Sabres named him the first European captain in league history. When it was all said and done, the six-time All-Star scored 473 goals and recorded 1,032 points. He's a member of the IIHF's Triple Gold Club after winning the Stanley Cup, Olympics and World Championship.
Daniel Alfredsson – Will the second time around be the charm for Alfie? A veteran of 18 NHL seasons, Alfredsson has an impressive resume and strong international credentials to make the cut. He scored 444 goals and recorded 1,157 points during his NHL career, and has a trophy cabinet that features Olympic gold and silver medals, the 1996 Calder Trophy, six NHL All-Star appearances, and the King Clancy Trophy. He's also known for scoring the first shootout goal in league history, and sported Hall of Fame worthy hairstyles over his career.
THE POSSIBLES
Jeremy Roenick – 513 goals, 1,216 points, nine-time All-Star, silver medals at Canada Cup and Olympic Games. JR's elite level status only lasted for a few seasons in the early 1990s. After three-straight 100-point and 45-plus goal seasons, his production settled into the "very good" range in the mid-90s. He certainly has the "fame" part down with the personality he's shown during and after his NHL career as an analyst for the NHL on NBC, as well as his influential role in the 1996 movie "Swingers." Roenick, however, did not win any individual hardware, so even in classes where there appears to be an opening, the door might remain closed for him.
[MORE: Meet the 2019 Hockey Hall of Fame class]
Doug Wilson – 237 goals, 827 points, 1982 Norris Trophy winner, eight-time All-Star, Canada Cup gold. You don't hear the San Jose Sharks general manager's name much when these discussions come up. He played during an era dominated by Paul Coffey and Ray Bourque, but examine his career and it was a pretty solid one. He finished his career top 20 in points by a defenseman and top 10 in points per game. This is a good note from Sean McIndoe of The Athletic that bolsters his case: "Here's the complete list of players who both won a Norris Trophy (peak) and finished in the top 25 all-time in defenseman scoring (longevity), but haven't been inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame: Doug Wilson, and that's it."
Curtis Joseph – 454 wins, 51 shutouts, Olympic gold medal, three-time All-Star. A three-time Vezina Trophy finalist, Joseph had himself a fine career, but did not win a Stanley Cup or any individual hardware. Is he Hall of Fame class or Hall of Very Good class? Only seven goalies, including Martin Brodeur, who was inducted in 2018, have been inducted into the Hall since 1990. Are more coming soon?
Boris Mikhailov – The man Herb Brooks loved to remind his "Miracle on Ice" team looked like Stan Laurel had a decorated career playing for CSKA Moscow and representing the Soviet Union internationally. Domestically, Mikhailov scored 429 goals for CSKA and recorded 653 points, leading them to 11 Soviet League titles. On the international scene, the long time captain captured two Olympic gold medals and eight World Championships. Could Nedomansky's support a year ago help Mikhailov or another player who played significant time in Europe?
Tom Barrasso – 369 wins, 38 shutouts, 1984 Calder Trophy, 1984 Vezina Trophy, 1985 Jennings Trophy, 1991 and 1992 Stanley Cup titles, 2002 Olympic silver medal.
Rod Brind'Amour — With Carbonneau's two-way play earning him love and Hossa potentially getting in with the 2020 class, why not the Hurricanes head coach? He finished his career with 452 goals and 1,184 points in 1,484 NHL games and has two Selke Trophies on his mantle, along with a Stanley Cup.
Shane Doan — (First year of eligibility.) 1,540 games with the Winnipeg Jets/Arizona Coyotes franchise, 402 goals, 972 points, two World Championship gold medals, one World Cup of Hockey gold medal, two-time Memorial Cup winner, two-time NHL All-Star, King Clancy Trophy winner. A very fine career, but worthy of induction?
Patrik Elias – 408 goals, 1,025 points, Olympic bronze, two World Championships bronze medals, two-time Stanley Cup winner, nine 20-plus goal seasons.
Theo Fleury – 455 goals, 1,088 points, seven-time All-Star, gold at the World Junior Championship, Canada Cup and Olympics, silver at the World Championship and World Cup of Hockey, 1989 Stanley Cup winner.
Sergei Gonchar – 220 goals, 811 points, five-time All-Star, 2009 Stanley Cup title (two more as a coach), silver and bronze medals from the Olympics and World Championships, eight 50-plus point seasons, five straight seasons with at least 18 goals.
Steve Larmer – 441 goals, 1,012 points, 1983 Calder Trophy, two-time All-Star, 1991 Canada Cup gold, 1994 Stanley Cup title, owns third-longest consecutive games streak in NHL history.
Vincent Lecavalier – 421 goals, 949 points, 2004 World Cup of Hockey gold and MVP, 2004 Stanley Cup, 2007 Rocket Richard Trophy, 2008 King Clancy Trophy, four-time NHL All-Star. It's not quite the trophy case of 2018 inductee Martin St. Louis, so that could probably leave Lecavalier stuck in the Hall of Very Good.
Jere Lehtinen – 243 goals, 514 points, three-time Selke Trophy winner (as a winger), one Stanley Cup, World Championship gold and three silvers, one Olympic silver, three Olympic bronze medals, one World Cup of Hockey silver, IIHF Hall of Fame inductee.
Kent Nilsson – 262 goals, 686 points, two-time NHL All-Star, 1987 Stanley Cup title, 1978 WHA rookie of the year, IIHF Hockey Hall of Fame, Canada Cup and World Championship silver medals.
Chris Osgood – 401 wins, 50 shutouts, three-time Stanley Cup champion, two-time Jennings Trophy winner. A good goalie on some great Detroit Red Wings teams for a long time. How much has that hurt his candidacy?
Keith Tkachuk – 538 goals, 1,065 points, 1996 World Cup of Hockey champion, Olympic silver medal. Like Roenick, Tkachuk's numbers are good, but he's in a range where there are a handful of players with similar stats. While Joe Mullen's inclusion may help Tkachuk or Roenick at some point in time, right now, he's just on the outside.
Karyn Bye-Dietz – She was part of the gold medal winning U.S. team at the 1998 Olympics and took home silver at the 2002 Games and six World Championships. During the '98 Games, Bye Dietz led the Americans with five goals and eight points and finished her international career with 84 points in 51 games. In 2011 she was only the fifth woman to be inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame and in 2014 was named to the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame.
Maria Rooth – A 2015 IIHF Hall of Fame inductee, the forward represented her country at the Olympic four times, taking home silver and bronze. She played 265 times for Sweden and finished with 105 goals. Before her international career, Rooth played at Minnesota Duluth where she ended her collegiate career as the second-leading scorer in school history (119 goals, 232 points) and a three-time All-American. She's also the only woman to have her number retired in the history of the program.
Kim St. Pierre – There's a lot of gold medals in St. Pierre's trophy case. Inside you'll find three from the Olympics, five from the World Championships, and one from the Four Nations Cup. The longtime netminder recorded 15 shutouts and 24 wins representing Canada on the international stage. She also won the Clarkson Cup with Montreal Stars of the CWHL and was named the league's top goaltender two seasons in a row.
BUILDER CATEGORY
Red Berenson – After an NHL career that lasted 987 games and saw him win a Stanley Cup with the Canadiens, score six goals in a game once, and represent Canada in the famed 1972 Summit Series, Berenson went into coaching. After six seasons as a coach with the Blues and Sabres, he left for the college game and was behind the bench for the University of Michigan until 2017. In those 33 years, he's helped the program to a pair of national championships, 11 Frozen Four appearances and 11 conference titles. Personally, he's a two-time CCHA coach of the year, the 2008 Spencer Penrose Award winner for top D-I coach, and going back to his NHL coaching days, the 1981 winner of the Jack Adams Award.
Ken Hitchcock – After six stints as an NHL head coach, it appears Hitchcock's coaching days are behind him, but after his brief retirement to come back coach the Oilers last season, you never know. For now his coaching resume lists 849 wins (third all-time), one Stanley Cup title, and numerous players thankful for his influence and teams who were improved with him behind their bench. He's also owner of a HOF-worthy sweatshirt.
Mike Keenan – Whether it was his quick hook with goalies or clashing with his players, there was never a dull moment when "Iron Mike" was coaching your team. But he also did win as his 672 NHL victories and 1985 Jack Adams Award shows. His teams won four conference titles and he helped lead the Rangers to the Stanley Cup in 1994, ending their 54-year drought. He also won in Russia, guiding Metallurg Magnitogorsk to the Gagarin Cup title in 2014, making him the first North American coach to win the KHL championship and the first coach to win both the Gagarin Cup and the Stanley Cup. Keenan's championships also include the 1983 AHL Calder Cup and two Canada Cups, including the legendary 1987 tournament.
Bryan Murray – He compiled 620 wins as a head coach for five teams over 17 NHL season and made the Stanley Cup Playoffs 12 times in 13 full seasons behind a bench. He won the Jack Adams Award in 1984 and was named NHL Executive of the Year after building the 1995-96 Panthers team that reached the Cup Final.
Viktor Tikhonov – The head coach of the dominant "Red Machine" passed away in 2014 and is long overdue for induction into the Hall of Fame. Tikhonov, a 1998 IIHF HOF inductee as a builder, led the Soviets to the 1981 Canada Cup, eight golds at the World Championships, two at the Olympics and another coaching the Unified Team in 1992. He also coached CSKA Moscow and led them to 12 straight league titles.
Tags: Alex Mogilny, Atlanta Thrashers, Boston Bruins, Buffalo Sabres, Calgary Flames, Chicago Blackhawks, Colorado Avalanche, Daniel Alfredsson, Detroit Red Wings, Hockey Hall of Fame, Jarome Iginla, Jeremy Roenick, Los Angeles Kings, Marian Hossa, Ottawa Senators, Pittsburgh Penguins, San Jose Sharks, Marian Hossa, Ryan Murray, Sidney Crosby
PHT Morning Skate: Barrie's strong debut; Eakins' difficult journey
By Joey AlfieriOct 4, 2019, 8:15 AM EDT
• Here are five bold predictions for the Boston Bruins in 2019-20. (NBC Sports Boston)
• Caps rookie Martin Fehervary modelled his game after Michal Kempny and now the two are playing on the same team. (Washington Post)
• Could the Devils have three 30-goal scorers this season? Here's some bold predictions for their 2019-20 season. (NJ.com)
• In order for them to have success, the Flyers will have to rely on Carter Hart and Alain Vigneault. (Philly.com)
• Tyson Barrie had an awesome debut for the Toronto Maple Leafs. (Toronto Star)
• How often will the Rangers use Henrik Lundqvist this season? (New York Post)
• Red Wings GM Steve Yzerman learned many important lessons during the 14-year drought the team went through between 1983 and 1997. (Detroit News)
• Dominik Kubalik has dreamed of playing in the NHL and now he'll get to suit up for the 'Hawks in his home country of the Czech Republic. (Chicago Tribune)
• The Ducks need to make sure they become more disciplined in 2019-20. (Anaheim Calling)
• The pressure is mounting on Flames GM Brad Treliving. (Calgary Herald)
• Philadelphia Flyers founder Ed Snider will be honored with a mural in South Philadelphia. (CBS Philly)
• Matt Duchene and Filip Forsberg will be a dynamic duo for the Nashville Predators. (Predlines)
• Marian Hossa is a peace with being forced to leave professional hockey. (NHL)
• Ducks head coach Dallas Eakins is used to long and difficult journeys. (ESPN)
Tags: Filip Forsberg, Matt Duchene, Nashville Predators, Toronto Maple Leafs, Tyson Barrie, Carter Hart, Dominik Kubalik, Filip Forsberg, Henrik Lundqvist, Marian Hossa, Matt Duchene, Michal Kempny, Tyson Barrie
Coyotes betting big on questionable core
By James O'BrienSep 4, 2019, 3:38 PM EDT
The Arizona Coyotes are the NHL's strange beasts.
For years, they suffered through shoestring budgets as their ownership and arena woes continued into infinity. While there still seems to be some turmoil in that area – their majority owner once again changed this summer – they're now becoming a team that raises your eyebrows for seemingly spending more than expected.
Wednesday's announcement of Clayton Keller's eight-year, $57.2 million extension serves as the exclamation point on that sentence.
Consider the players who are now under long-term deals in Arizona:
Keller ($7.15M cap hit starting in 2020-21; runs through 2027-28): Many are pointing out that Keller's contract now makes William Nylander's often-criticized deal look quite reasonable, while others groan that with Keller set to carry a $7.15M cap hit, it sets a higher floor for other RFAs, from Kyle Connor this summer to Nico Hischier entering his contract year.
As PHT's writeup notes, the Coyotes are betting that the 21-year-old has a high ceiling, thus making this a signing with foresight.
Oliver Ekman-Larsson ($8.25M starting this season, goes through 2026-27): For quite some time, there was angst about OEL leaving the lowly Coyotes for greener pastures. Then the Coyotes sent all of that green his way, really setting the table for this run of early extensions, as they signed Ekman-Larsson at basically the first possible moment in July 2018.
So, the good news is that they kept the Swede in Arizona for the long-term future. The bad news is that it's possible OEL might not be quite the difference-maker they're paying for. The Athletic's Dom Luszczyszyn listed Ekman-Larsson as an honorable mention for one of the worst contracts in the NHL (sub required).
None of this is to say that OEL is a bad player. Instead, it keeps with the theme that it seems like the Coyotes are paying premiums for players who haven't yet produced truly premium all-around results.
Nick Schmaltz ($5.85M through 2025-26), Jakob Chychrun ($4.6M through 2024-25), Christian Dvorak ($4.45M through 2024-25): Again, these players aren't necessarily "bad," it's just surprising to see so many of them get so much term without overly obvious savings right off the bat. It's the sort of hastiness you'd expect from a team that's been contending, not one that's had money troubles for ages and has missed the playoffs for seven seasons in a row.
Beyond that questionable core, the Coyotes are also spending a considerable chunk of change on veteran players like Phil Kessel, Derek Stepan, Alex Goligoski, Niklas Hjalmarsson, Antti Raanta, and Jason Demers.
Even if you give the Coyotes some leeway for absorbing Marian Hossa's dead contract, it's honestly jarring that they technically are out of cap space heading into 2019-20, according to Cap Friendly.
Now, sure, this is a team that nearly made the 2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs despite a plague of injuries, and with all of this youth and the potential boost of Kessel's sniping, could very well make it in 2019-20 — particularly in a Pacific Division that seems weak on paper.
Still, it remains a bit baffling that the Coyotes are spending this much for a team that doesn't necessarily wow you with its overall talent.
That said, the Coyotes seem like they're approaching RFAs as a market inefficiency, and if any players will prove your risks right, it's young ones. While OEL is already 28, Keller is 21, Chychrun's run of injuries make him a mystery of sorts at 21, and so on. As we've seen with Leon Draisaitl at $8.5M per year, seemingly shaky contracts can end up looking like steals, at least when it comes to players entering their primes.
The Coyotes have to hope this all works out as planned, as they're gambling big on all of this term for young players, and some pretty big bucks for veterans.
Tags: Antti Raanta, Arizona Coyotes, Christian Dvorak, Clayton Keller, Derek Stepan, Jakob Chychrun, John Chayka, Nick Schmaltz, Niklas Hjalmarsson, Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Phil Kessel, Alex Goligoski, Antti Raanta, Christian Dvorak, Clayton Keller, Derek Stepan, Jakob Chychrun, Jason Demers, Kyle Connor, Leon Draisaitl, Marian Hossa, Nick Schmaltz, Nico Hischier, Niklas Hjalmarsson, Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Phil Kessel, William Nylander
NHL Free agency: Most long-term contracts will end in trade or buyout
By Adam GretzJul 5, 2019, 4:36 PM EDT
Exactly six years ago Friday, the Toronto Maple Leafs made one of the most infamous free agent signings in the salary cap era when they inked David Clarkson to a seven-year, $36.75 million contract. It was a dubious signing from the very beginning due to Clarkson's age (he was already 29 years old) and lack of consistent, top-line production in the NHL. Adding to the absurdity was the reception of the contract in Toronto (comparing him to Wendel Clark) and the way then-general manager Dave Nonis defended the signing from any and all criticism by saying, "I'm not worried about six or seven right now. I'm worried about one. And year one, I know we're going to have a very good player. I believe that he's got a lot of good years left in him."
How did that work out?
In year one Clarkson scored five goals in 60 games, was a colossal bust, and was then traded to the Columbus Blue Jackets halfway through year two of the contract for Nathan Horton, another free agent bust from the same offseason whose career would be derailed and ultimately ended by injury. The Maple Leafs knew Horton would never play again and the whole trade was nothing more than a way to shed an albatross contract that looked to be a mistake from the start. It was an obvious — and ultimately legal — circumvention of the league's salary cap.
Clarkson's contract is far from the only one that has gotten general managers in trouble for signing a player for too many years in free agency. Almost every time the justification is similar to the one Nonis gave for the Clarkson signing: We're not worried about four or five years, we just want to win right now.
Most of them never win "right now," and almost all of them are looking for a way out within two years.
Between the summers of 2009 and 2016 there were 35 unrestricted free agents signed to contracts of five years or longer.
What sort of return did teams get on those investments?
Let's start with this, showing the result of each signing.
[Related: PHT 2019 Free Agent Signing Tracker]
This only includes players that actually changed teams as UFA's. It does not include re-signings of players still under contract with their current team (contract extensions), or the re-signing of restricted free agents.
• Fourteen of the 35 players were traded before the end of their contract term. That includes nine players that were traded before completing three full seasons with their new team. Most of these trades were salary dumps or an exchange of undesirable contracts.
• Ten of the contracts ended in a buyout, usually after three or four seasons.
• There are only three players signed during this time period that are still playing out their contracts with their current teams: Zach Parise and Ryan Suter in Minnesota, and Michael Frolik with the Calgary Flames. The latter has been mentioned in trade rumors for more than a year now.
• Only four players played out the entire term with the team that signed them: Paul Martin with the Pittsburgh Penguins, Anton Stralman with the Tampa Bay Lightning, Brian Gionta with the Montreal Canadiens, and Dan Hamhuis with the Vancouver Canucks.
• Three players had their careers ended by injury before the duration of the contract: Marian Hossa with the Chicago Blackhawks, Ryane Clowe with the New Jersey Devils, and Mattias Ohlund with the Tampa Bay Lightning.
• On average, those 35 players played out just 57 percent of their contract term with the team that signed them. Fourteen of them played out only half of the contract or less.
• If you want to go with the "I don't care what happens in six years as long as we win the Stanley Cup with this player" argument, the only players in the above sampling that actually won a Stanley Cup with the team that signed them during their contract were Hossa in Chicago and Matt Niskanen and Brooks Orpik in Washington. The only others to even play in the Stanley Cup Final were Anton Stralman, Valtteri Filpulla, and Matt Carle in Tampa Bay, and Brad Richards with the New York Rangers (he was bought out the following summer after three years of a 10-year contract).
What did teams learn from this sampling?
Mostly nothing, because they have kept doing it.
Between the 2016 and 2018 offseasons there were 13 UFA contracts of five years or more signed, and the early returns are already looking disastrous.
In the summer of 2016 the following deals were signed.
David Backes to the Boston Bruins for five years at $6 million per year
Kyle Okposo to the Buffalo Sabres for seven years at $6 million per year
Frans Nielsen to the Detroit Red Wings for six years at $5.25 million per year
Milan Lucic to the Edmonton Oilers for seven years at $6 million per year
Loui Eriksson to the Vancouver Canucks for six years at $5.5 million per year
James Reimer to the Florida Panthers for five years at $3.4 million per year
Andrew Ladd to the New York Islanders for seven years at $5.5 million per year
Not sure there is anybody that would look at any of those contracts just three years later and argue that any of those teams are getting what they hoped to get. Reimer has already been traded so the Panthers could give another long-term deal to a different goalie (Sergei Bobrovsky) this offseason, while the rest of the contracts have all quickly become an albatross for every team that signed them.
There were six contracts signed over the 2017 and 2018 offseasons with Alexander Radulov, Karl Alzner, John Tavares, James van Riemsdyk, Jack Johnson, and John Moore all getting contracts of five years or more.
So far the Radulov and Tavares contracts look to be the best investments and have provided the most return.
Alzner spent time in the AHL this past season, while Johnson has been the subject of trade rumors after just one season in Pittsburgh.
This offseason seven teams have decided to bet against history and take their chances on long-term deals.
Vancouver signed Tyler Myers to a five-year contract
New York signed Artemi Panarin to a seven-year contract
Florida signed Bobrovsky to a seven-year contract
Pittsburgh signed Brandon Tanev to a six-year contract
Nashville signed Matt Duchene to a seven-year contract
New York Islanders re-signed Anders Lee to a seven-year contract
History suggests that probably at least five of these players will be playing for a different team within two or three years.
The players that have had the highest chances of playing out most of their contract are the high-end players (first-or second-line forwards; top-pairing defenders) that are still reasonably close to the prime of their careers, so that might be good news for the Rangers and Panarin and maybe — emphasis maybe — Duchene and the Predators.
All of the rest? These look like textbook deals that are destined to end in a salary dump trade or a buyout within a couple of years.
If a player makes it to unrestricted free agency you should know what you are bidding on and adjust your expectations accordingly. It is usually a player that has almost certainly already played their most productive hockey in the NHL, and it is usually a player that their former team didn't feel was worth the money or term they were going to be able to get on the open market. It is rare that a team allows a player it actually wants to re-sign and values make it to free agency.
Elite players like Tavares and Panarin are the exception.
The end result is a bidding war for a declining player that probably isn't as good as you think, which then ultimately leads to a team paying a player to NOT play for them (buyout), or trading them for another player another team doesn't want, or giving up a more valuable asset to entice a team to take your bad contract in a trade.
NHL Free agency: Sometimes the best way to win is to not play.
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