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The local paper called it a "Murder Factory." The residents at the Archer Home for Elderly and Indigent Persons were dying at an alarming rate: Forty-eight of them between 1911 and 1916. That might not seem like an unusual figure for a nursing home - these folks were old, after all - but as it turns out? They were being poisoned. Amy archer gilliganThe Archer Home was located at 37 Prospect St. in Windsor, Connecticut. It was operated by a prim, churchgoing widow named Amy Archer-Gilligan.

Alan Watts was a walking TED Talk. The British Zen Buddhist philosopher and self-described "spiritual entertainer" could hold a room in the thrall of his engaging personality, prophetic voice and seemingly endless extemporaneous wisdom. Aldous Huxley once called Watts, who carried a silver cane for "pure swank," "half monk and half racecourse operator.

Banks are exploiting artificial intelligence to target individuals with products and third-party rewards based on their specific needs and tastes, as part of a broader effort to strengthen customer relationships by homing in on the "segment of one.

This is the latest edition of OZY's Huddle newsletter, which brings you a smart, flavorful conversation-starter for your next game watch party. No stale takes allowed. Add The Huddle to your OZY email subscriptions here. Four months ago, an inebriated Brett Hull sang "Gloria" and kissed a chinchilla named Boris as his St. Louis Blues hoisted the Stanley Cup for the first time in franchise history. On Opening Night on Wednesday, the Washington Capitals beat St. Louis, 3-2, in overtime.

Sometimes I dream that I'm in it again - that cyclone of trying and failing.I remember the exact moment when I realized that I was too happy. I was struck by the reality that change is inevitable and wondered how that would look for me and Troy. I met Troy two days after he came to the Bay Area to work in the UC Berkeley Controller's Office, managing its NASA grant portfolio.He was smart, funny, attractive, kind, well-educated.

OZY Newsmakers: Deep dives on the names you need to know.Police violence has become a troublingly common narrative to the American public in recent years. On Tuesday, a Dallas jury flipped the usual ending.Former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger, 31, was found guilty of murder in a case that's captured the gaze of activists nationwide.

Andrew Telfer and his wife, Mel, just moved into a new house. But one key renovation is still needed."I get a little bit too hyped, screaming at a nice goal," he says. "Then I wake her and that's not the best. I'm working on soundproofing my basement."Telfer, 25, is better known as "Nasher," hockey influencer extraordinaire. And by "nice goal," he is talking about his virtual skills.Nasher straddles the boards between video games and real life.

While thousands of cars roll off the production lines at the headquarters of Volkswagen each day, a group of German butchers huddles around a table at lunch to carefully inspect, smell and taste test a different product: the day's freshly produced currywurst sausage.

"No speaking about politics," "No references to religion" and "No commenting on the music" are among the 10 rules plastered on the door of Beirut's oldest communist bar. Terrez Saieda, a 56-year-old with dark shadows under her eyes, doesn't enforce every rule, but she has thrown a few people out for fighting about politics in the past.Saieda is the owner of Abou Elie, a small bar where young and old Lebanese communists still hang out.

In 1968, I was 6 years old. My family was holed up in a derelict shack on Stierlin Road in Mountain View, California, out by the city dump. The place was so small that my younger sister and I bunked on the back porch.Our neighborhood was made up of sprawling family farms interspersed with clusters of World War I-era homes. There was a bar with six stools, a corner store and a handful of weathered Victorian mansions. It's all gone now.