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Para-Nordic skiing is a type of skiing for people with disabilities.  It includes two sports.  They are cross country skiing and biathlon.  Both sports are for blind people and people with physical disabilities.

Biathlon 
Biathlon uses the same rules created by the International Biathlon Association (IBU).  Some changes have been made to the rules by the International Paralympic Nordic Skiing Committee (IPNNC).

Biathlon is two sports combined. These sports are shooting and cross country skiing.  Biathlon has several types of races.  They are 7.5 km, 12.5 km, and pursuit. During the race, people shoot their guns two to four times.  Each time they shoot, they take five shots.  Depending on the competition, there are two different consequences for missing.  They may get a points penalty.  They may have to ski a penalty distance.

Blind people and people with physical disabilities compete in the biathlon.  People with physical disabilities are separated into two groups.  These are standing skiers and sitting skiers.

Blind people use a special electro-acoustic firing system.  Their helmets have a wireless connection with their weapons.  Using their headphones, they can locate the target.  The closer their weapon is aimed at the target, the louder the sound.

Cross country skiing 
The rules for cross country skiing are similar to the ones created by International Ski Federation (FIS).  They have been modified by the International Para Nordic Skiing Committee (IPNNC). Blind people and people with physical disabilities compete in cross country skiing.  People with physical disabilities are separated into two groups.  These are standing skiers and sitting skiers.  People with physical disabilities who ski while standing are classified from LW2 to LW9.  People with physical disabilities who use a sit ski are classified from LW10 to LW12.  People who are blind are classified from B1 to B3.  People who are blind use a guide skier.  Guide skiers tell a blind skier which direction to ski.

Because people with different types of disabilities ski against each other, a system has been created to make the results more fair.  The person with the best time does not always win.  Instead, the finishing time is multiplied against a percentage.  The percentage is based on how difficult a person's disability makes it to ski.  The time multiplied by the percentages gives a new time result.  This new time is used to determine who wins a race.

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Skiing
Wheelchair curling is a type of curling.  It is for people with physical disabilities.

History 
Curling started to be at the Olympic Games in 1998.  Wheelchair curling was introduced to the Winter Paralympics program in 2002.  People from 16 countries played wheelchair curling in 2017.

Rules 
Wheelchair curling is governed by the World Curling Federation. Wheelchair curlers play on teams of four people.  One person on the team throws a 19.96 kilogram granite stone across an ice track.  The track is 45 meter long. At the end of the track is a big circle.  It has 4 rings.  The diameter is 183 centimeters.  There is a dot in the center.  A team tries to get their stones the closest to the center.  After each team throws ten stones, the team with the most stones closest to the center wins.

The person who throws the stone sits in their chair on a rubber mat.  They use a special stick to assist in throwing the stone.

Eligibility 
People who can play wheelchair curling have to have a disability.  There are several eligible types of disabilities.  They include paraplegics, people with cerebral palsy, people with amputations of the lower limbs, and people with multiple sclerosis.

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Financial regulation is supervision of financial institutions to certain rules and guidelines.

The aim is to keep the financial system honest and legal. Regulation may be done by either a government or non-government organization. Also, financial regulation has increased the variety of financial products available.

In the early modern period, the Dutch were the pioneers in financial regulation. The first recorded regulation was a ban on short selling done by the Dutch authorities in 1610.

Aims 
The objectives of financial regulators are usually:
 market confidence – to keep confidence in the financial system
 financial stability 
 consumer protection – getting the right protection for consumers.

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Kalapani is a territory disputed between India and Nepal. It has been  embroiled in controversy since mid-1996, shortly after the ratification of the Mahakali treaty with India by Nepal’s Parliament. India claims the area is part of Uttarakhand’s Pithoragarh district, while Nepal believes it to be part of its Dharchula district.

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Mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) is a species of insect pest which lives in the forests of western Canada and the United States. The beetle feeds on the inner bark of pine trees like the lodgepole pine, forming tunnels under the bark to lay their eggs. Normally, the mountain pine beetle prefers to attack sick or old trees because they can't defend themselves easily. However, sometimes the beetles become so numerous that they will group up and start attacking healthy trees in massive outbreaks. This makes the control and monitoring of mountain pine beetle very important for the forest industry in Canada and the U.S., because massive outbreaks of mountain pine beetle can kill entire forests.

Recently, a large outbreak of the beetle in British Columbia became a major problem, killing millions of trees across the province. Due to global warming making it easier for the beetle to survive high in the Canadian Rockies, the beetle was able to spread into Alberta, Canada, where the beetle has never been seen before. Scientists are worried that there is nothing stopping the mountain pine beetle from spreading across the entire continent now.

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Anthony Cumia (born April 26, 1961) is an American radio personality and broadcaster. He was born in Elwood, New York.

Cumia is best known as the co-host of the Opie and Anthony radio show with Gregg "Opie" Hughes that aired from 1995 to 2014, alongside comedian Jim Norton from 2001.

In 2014, Cumia was fired by SiriusXM Radio after posting a series of tweets, which they deemed to be "racially-charged and hate-filled". He started his own video podcast soon after named The Anthony Cumia Show, which aired until September 2017. He has since been the co-host of The Artie and Anthony Show with comedian and actor Artie Lange.

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Scuol is a municipality of the district Inn in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. It is the largest municipality by area in Switzerland.

It is a well known spa town and ski resort and is the business center of the Unterengadin valley.

On 1 January 2015 the former municipalities of Ardez, Guarda, Tarasp, Ftan and Sent merged into the muncipality of Scuol.

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 Scuol tourism office 
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Orlando Manuel "Peruchin" Cepeda Pennes (; born September 17, 1937) is a Puerto Rican former Major League Baseball first baseman. He is a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. He was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico.

During a 17-year career, he played with the San Francisco Giants (1958–66),  St. Louis Cardinals (1966–68), Atlanta Braves (1969–72), Oakland Athletics (1972), Boston Red Sox (1973), and Kansas City Royals (1974). 

Cepeda was selected to play in seven Major League Baseball All-Star Games during his career, becoming the first player from Puerto Rico to start one.

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Teresa Gisbert Carbonell de Mesa (November 30, 1926 – February 19, 2018) was a Bolivian architect and art historian. She specialized in the history of the Andean region. She was born in La Paz, Bolivia. 

From 1954 to 1970, she taught Bolivian culture and art history in the Faculty of Humanities at the Higher University of San Andrés and in 1972 and 1975 she taught American Art in the Faculty of Arquitecture of this same institution. She directed the Bolivian Cultural Institute from 1985 to 1989 and was president of the International Council on Monuments and Sites in Bolivia from 1986 to 1992.

Gisbert Carbonell in La Paz on February 19, 2018 at the age of 91.

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Peggy Cooper Cafritz (born Pearl Alice Cooper; April 7, 1947 – February 18, 2018) was an American art collector, educator, civil rights activist, philanthropist and socialite. She was born in Mobile, Alabama, and studied at Georgia Washington University.

In 1968, she organized a black arts festival and had inner-city students in to the festival. This program became the magnet school Duke Ellington School of the Arts, which she and Malone founded in 1974 and which they modeled after New York City's High School of Performing Arts.

Cafritz died of complications from pneumonia in Washington, D.C. on February 18, 2018 at the age of 70.

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The Zauro polder project is an irrigation plan for the Rima River floodplain in Kebbi State, Nigeria. 

The project started because the yearly rainfall in Kebbi, is not much. It is about . The temperatures are about , ranging from  between April and June.
With these, there is little or no farming. Dams and irrigation plans are ways by which the government wants to use the abundant water of the rainy season for farming in the dry season.

Delays
The state government and the federal ministry of agriculture and water resources started the plan for the project started in 1969. However, there have been repeated delays.

As at July 1995 there was nothing being done on the project.
In March 2003, while campaigning for reelection in Birnin Kebbi, President Olusegun Obasanjo promised to complete the project.
In October 2006 the Federal and Kebbi state governments signed a memorandum of understanding for execution of the project, at an estimated cost of N15 billion.
In May 2008 President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua ordered work to start immediately on the first part of the project, which was now estimated to cost over N18.5 billion.
In January 2009 Kebbi State governor Sa'idu Dakingari said work would soon start.

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The Goulbi de Maradi is a river in south central Niger and north central Nigeria. Its source is near Katsina in Nigeria, and its end in the Rima River.
It important for farming and rearing cattle in the Niger cities of Maradi, Guidan Roumdji, and Madarounfa, where it flows through. But the Goulbi de Maradi never flows more than  from the Niger–Nigeria border. It is a seasonal river and flows only during the rainy season.

Rivers of Africa
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, (September 23, 1919 – February 20, 2018) was a Japanese writer. He was born in Chichibu, Saitama. He studied at the University of Tokyo and worked for the Bank of Japan.

Kaneko started to write poems (haiku) helped by his father Mitsuharu Kaneko. In his career, he won Cikada Prize (2005), Person of Cultural Merit (2008), Kikuchi Kan Prize (2010) and Asahi Prize (2015).

Kaneko died on February 20, 2018 of pneumonia in Kumagaya, Saitama at the age of 98.

References

Works
 Kaneko Tohta. In: World Kigu Database - Introducing Haiku Poets, Famous People, Places and Haiku Topics.
 Kaneko Tōta. In: J. Thomas Rimer, Van C. Gessel: The Columbia Anthology of Modern Japanese Literature: From 1945 to the present. Columbia University Press, 2007, , p. 444.

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Zigmas Zinkevičius (January 4, 1925 in Juodausiai, Ukmergė district – February 20, 2018 in Vilnius) was a Lithuanian linguist-historian, professor at Vilnius University, and a full member of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences. He has contributed to studies in the history of languages, onomastics 

Zinkevičius was a recipient of the Herder Prize, which was presented to him in 1994. Zinkevičius was the author of 30 academic books and several hundred scientific publications in various languages.

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Manohar Gopalkrishna Prabhu Parrikar (13 December 1955 – 17 March 2019) was an Indian politician. He was the leader of Bharatiya Janata Party. He was the Chief Minister of Goa from 14 March 2017 to 17 March 2019. He was Chief Minister of Goa from 2000 to 2005 and from 2012 to 2014. He worked under Prime Minister Narendra Modi as Defence Minister of India from 2014 to 2017.

In October 2018, it was announced that Parrikar had pancreatic cancer. He died on 17 March 2019 from the disease at his home in Panaji, Goa at the age of 63.

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Barry Crimmins (July 3, 1953 – February 28, 2018) was an American stand-up comedian and political satirist. He was the author of Never Shake Hands with a War Criminal.

Crimmins founded two comedy clubs, The Ding Ho and Stitches, in the 1980s in Boston. Shows at these clubs, produced by Crimmins, included performances by comedians Steven Wright, Paula Poundstone, Bobcat Goldthwait, Kevin Meaney, Jimmy Tingle and many others.

Crimmins's life and work in comedy and politics are the subject of a documentary called Call Me Lucky (2015) directed by Bobcat Goldthwait.

In January 2018, Crimmins was diagnosed with cancer and said that the diagnosis is "not very well". He died of the disease one month later on February 28, 2018, in Syracuse, New York at the age of 64.

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Steven Alexander Wright (born December 6, 1955) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and Oscar-winning movie producer. He is known for his low voice and slow, deadpan delivery of ironic comedy. He is known for his Oscar-winning short movie The Appointments of Dennis Jennings (1988).

Wright was ranked as the 15th Greatest Comedian by Rolling Stone in a list of the 50 Greatest Stand-up Comics.

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The Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities (IATH) is a research institute at the University of Virginia in the United States. It specializes in the use of Information technology in the humanities.The institute was founded in 1992 with money donated by IBM. In 2010, the institute developed the Social Networks and Archival Context (SNAC) database. This database has authority controls for people and what other people have written about the person. The database also tells which libraries have the writings about the person. Each person in the database has their own unique number. As of 2016, the SNAC database had entries for 2.5 million people.

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Official website of the Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities (IATH)
Official website of the Social Networks and Archival Context database (SNAC)
Example of the SNAC entry for Henry David Thoreau

Databases
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Northern California is a region of California. The definitions of it vary, but it usually contains the area around San Francisco and Sacramento. 10,000,000 people live in Northern California.

Geography of California
Wild Fire is an American rock band founded in Biloxi, Mississippi on November 5, 2015. The band consists of three members: Zack Sawyer on vocals, Wade Sigue on guitar and Tyler Voss on bass. The band released a single on November 5, 2015 called "Villain", which was later included in their debut album that was released on May 23, 2017 titled "Revolt." Revolt contains 15 tracks, one of them being a cover of Dr. Hook's Cover of the Rolling Stone, which was the final track of the album. The band's music is influenced by artists such as Korn, Incubus, Sevendust, Nothing More, Periphery, Twelve Foot Ninja, Avenged Sevenfold, and vocalist Zack Sawyer's past experiences. Wild Fire has been featured at 1065 Fest 2016, Rocklahoma 2017, Gulfport Music Fest 2017, and Inktober Fest 2017.

History 

Wild Fire was founded on November 5, 2015 in Biloxi, Mississippi. Wild Fire is originally a transformation from a local band called "Cathercist," which was active for five years before Wild Fire was founded. The band released their first debut album titled Revolt on May 23, 2017. the lead single of the album is titled Villain, which is the band's most popular recording as of February 21, 2018, the music video of the song reaching over 4 million views on YouTube and streamed more than 600,000 times on Spotify. The single also peaked at number 82 of The Media Base Rock Charts in the 3rd quarter of 2017.

In an interview, when Roberts was asked about Villain, he said that the song was about being a villain after he hinted that he didn't write the song. he cited The Joker as an inspiration, saying that "there's always been something so fascinating about [Joker]. He's a villain you fall in love with and every now and again, you can find yourself in those same shoes, so his character becomes very relatable."

The band covered one of Dr. Hook's songs titled "Cover of the Rolling Stone", which is included in Villain. Sawyer revealed that his cousin, Ray Sawyer, is a member in Dr. Hook, and that he's been supportive through the recording process of his band's debut album.

the band started touring across the United States after the release of Revolt. They announced their first show on December 15, 2017, opening for Sleeping With Sirens in the House of Blues Parish Room in New Orleans. In early 2018, the band announced a free concert at the House of Blues alongside of Appetite for Destruction and a tribute band to Guns N' Roses. Sawyer revealed plans for a new record in summer 2018.

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American rock bands
Zulfiqar Ghouri is a Pakistani politician who has been the member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, since May 2013.

Early life and education 
He was born on 31 March 1955 in Sialkot.

He received intermediate level education from Government Murray College, Sialkot in 1973.

Political career 
He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) on reserved seat for minorities in Pakistani general election, 2013.

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Zafar Iqbal is a Pakistani politician who has been the member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab since May 2013.

Early life and education 
He was born on 7 September 1959 in Attock District.

He has received Matriculation level education.

Political career 
He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) from Constituency PP-19 (Attock-V) in Pakistani general election, 2013.

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Sahibzada Ishaq Zafar was an Azad Kashmiri politician. He was interim President of Azad Kashmir from 20 to 29 July 1991.

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Zakia Shahnawaz Khan (; born 5 March 1946) is a Pakistani politician who has been the member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab since May 2013.

Early life and education 
Khan was born on 5 March 1946 in Isakhel.

She received her education from St Denys High School, Murree and Queen Mary College, Lahore and completed matriculation level education.

Political career 
Khan was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab on a reserved seat for women in Pakistani general election, 1977.

She was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab on a reserved seat for women in Pakistani general election, 1985.

She was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) on a reserved seat for women in Pakistani general election, 2013. In June 2013, she was added in the provincial cabinet of Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif and was made Provincial Minister of Punjab for Population Welfare. In November 2016, she was made Provincial Minister of Punjab for environment protection.

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Pakistani politicians
Zulfiqar Ali Khan  is a Pakistani politician who has been the member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab since May 2013.

Early life and education 
He was born on 19 May 1954 in Chakwal.

He graduated in law from University of Karachi in 1997 and has a degree of Bachelor of Arts and a degree of Bachelor of Laws.

Political career 
He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) from Constituency PP-22 (Chakwal-III) in Pakistani general election, 2013.

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1954 births
Living people
Pakistani politicians
Abdilaqim Ademi (December 20, 1969 – February 16, 2018) was a Macedonian politician. He was born in Tetovë, Macedonia. He served as Minister of Education and Science of Macedonia from 2014 until his death in 2017.

Ademi died in Tetovë on February 16, 2018 at the age of 48.

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 Ministry Website 

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Juan Osvaldo Roberto Suárez (March 17, 1934 – 16 February 2018) was a long-distance runner. He was born in Buenos Aires.

Suárez won four gold medals at the Pan American Games. He was punished by the Revolución Libertadora (The Liberating Revolution) and blamed for receiving favors to travel, so he could not be at the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games. 

After that, he represented his native country at two Summer Olympics, in 1960 and 1964. After retiring from his running career, he became a professional athletics coach.

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Beebe Freitas (August 28, 1938 - February 17, 2018) was an American pianist, organist, vocal coach and educator. She was the Head of Music for Hawaii Opera Theatre. She was born in Youngstown, Ohio.

Freitas died at her home in Aina Haina, Hawaii on February 17, 2018 of congestive heart failure at the age of 79.

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Hafiz Hayat () is a place in district of Gujrat, Pakistan. It is named after a local Sufi saint Hafiz Muhammad Hayat.

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Andrew M. Yang (born January 13, 1975) is an American entrepreneur, political commentator and politician. He is the Founder of Venture for America. He was a candidate for President of the United States in the 2020 presidential election. Until 2021, he was a Democrat. Yang ran for Mayor of New York City in the 2021 election. In 2021, he founded the Forward Party.

Career
Yang has started and helped run new companies and companies in their early stages. He is the author of Smart People Should Build Things, a book about entrepreneurship, published by HarperCollins, and The War on Normal People, about people's jobs being replaced by technology, published by Hachette Book Group.

2020 presidential campaign

In November 2017, Yang filed to run for President of the United States in 2020 as a Democrat. Supporters of Yang are known as the "Yang Gang". Yang proposed that the government should pay all Americans $1000 every month. He ended his campaign on February 11, 2020 after a poor performance in the New Hampshire primary. Days later, Yang joined CNN as a political commentator.

2021 New York City mayoral campaign
On December 24, 2020 Yang filled paperwork to run for Mayor of New York City in the 2021 election. He officially entered the race on January 13, 2021. On July 6, 2021, Associated Press announced that Eric Adams won the Democratic primary.

Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Support 
When he tried to become President of the United States and Mayor of New York, Yang wanted to improve the cryptocurrency industry. On February 11th, 2021, he wrote "As mayor of NYC - the world’s financial capital - I would invest in making the city a hub for BTC and other cryptocurrencies." Later in 2021, he also wrote "Cryptocurrency is one path to universal basic income."

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 Official campaign website

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Schenectady  () is a city in Schenectady County, New York, United States, of which it is the county seat. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 66,135.

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Thomas Milton Benson (July 12, 1927 – March 15, 2018) was an American businessman, philanthropist and sports franchise owner. He was the owner of the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL) and New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

As a sports team owner, Benson had a Super Bowl victory; with the Saints winning Super Bowl XLIV.

Benson died of complications from influenza on March 15, 2018 in Jefferson, Louisiana at the age of 90.

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On 3 March 2009, the Sri Lankan national cricket team was attacked in Lahore, Pakistan. Six members of the Sri Lanka national cricket team were injured. Six Pakistani policemen and two civilians were killed.

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A tetradecagon or 14-gon is a shape with 14 sides and 14 corners.

Regular tetradecagon 
A regular tetradecagon has Schläfli symbol {14} and can be constructed as a quasiregular truncated heptagon, t{7}, which alternates two types of edges.

Area 
The amount of space a regular tetradecagon takes up is

The area of a regular tetradecagon of side length a is given by

a is the length of one of its sides.

Dissection
Coxeter states that every parallel-sided 2m-gon can be divided into m(m-1)/2 rhombs. For the regular tetradecagon, m=7, and it can be divided into 21: 3 sets of 7 rhombs. This decomposition is based on a Petrie polygon projection of a 7-cube, with 21 of 672 faces.  The list A006245 defines the number of solutions as 24698, including up to 14-fold rotations and chiral forms in reflection.

Numismatic use
The regular tetradecagon is used as the shape of some commemorative gold and silver Malaysian coins, the number of sides representing the 14 states of the Malaysian Federation.

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The Swiss Life Group is the largest life insurance company of Switzerland and one of Europe’s leading comprehensive life and pensions and financial solutions providers, with approximately CHF 185 bn of assets under management. The company was founded in 1867 in Zurich as the Schweizerische Lebensversicherungs und Rentenanstalt cooperative, the company entered the Swiss stock market in 1997 and adopted its current name in 2002. In 2015, the group declared a premium income of CHF 18.9 bn, a 5% increase over the previous year. Swiss Life is one of the twenty companies listed under the Swiss Market Index, as SLHN.

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Keserwan District is a district in the Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon.

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Abū Ḥanīfa al-Nuʿmān b. Thābit b. Zūṭā b. Marzubān  (c. September 5, 699 - June 14, 767) was known as Abū Ḥanīfa, or as Imam Abū Ḥanīfa by Sunni Muslims. He was an 8th-century Iraqi Sunni Muslim theologian and jurist. 

Abu Hanifa founded the Hanafi school of orthodox Sunni jurisprudence. This is still the most widely practiced law school in the Sunni tradition. He is often spoken of as al-Imām al-aʿẓam ("The Great Imam") and Sirāj al-aʾimma ("The Lamp of the Imams") in Sunni Islam.

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Ramosch used to be a municipality of the district of Inn in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.  On 1 January 2013 the municipalities of Ramosch and Tschlin joined to become the new municipality of Valsot.

Former municipalities of Graubünden
Tschlin used to be a municipality of the district of Inn in the canton of Graubünden in far east Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the municipalities of Ramosch and Tschlin joined to become the new municipality of Valsot.

Former municipalities of Graubünden
Valsot is a municipality of the district of Inn in the canton of Graubünden in far east Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the municipalities of Ramosch and Tschlin joined to become the new municipality of Valsot.

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Sent used to be a municipality of the district of Inn in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.

On 1 January 2015 the municipalities of Ardez, Guarda, Tarasp, Ftan and Sent became part of the municipality of Scuol.

Former municipalities of Graubünden
Verbania is an Italian city in Piemonte. It is on the shore of Lake Maggiore. In 2017, 30,827 people lived there.

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Irndorf is a municipality in Tuttlingen in the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

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The SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities is a private university in Warsaw, Poland. There are five campuses of the SWPS, located in Warsaw, Wrocław, Sopot, Poznań, and Katowice.  

There are about 16,500 students enrolled.

Overview 
It was founded in 1996 by three professors as the first private university. SWPS means High School of Social Psychology (Szkoła Wyższa Psychologii Społecznej).

In 2008,  Piotr Voelkel took the position  of SWPS University founder.

In 2015, it received a university status under Polish law.

There are 8 faculties in SWPS University:

 Warsaw Faculty of Psychology
Warsaw Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Warsaw Faculty of Law
Sopot Faculty of Psychology
Katowice Faculty of Psychology
Wrocław Faculty of Psychology
Wrocław Faculty of Law and Communication
Poznań Faculty of Social Sciences and Design
The University's main study areas are Psychology, Law, Languages, Literature and Culture Studies, Media and Communication, Management, and Design.

Staff

Rectors 

 Andrzej Eliasz (from 1996 to 2016)
 Roman Cieślak (since 2016)

Notable people 

 Jan Strelau, doctor honoris causa
Shevah Weiss, doctor honoris causa
Robert Cialdini, doctor honoris causa
Philip Zimbardo, doctor honoris causa
Helmut Skowronek, doctor honoris causa
Małgorzata Kossut, head of the Department of Psychophysiology of Cognitive Processes

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 SWPS University - official site

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Mr. Checkout Distributors is an American corporation that provides distribution services for retail products. According to Entrepreneur.com, Mr. Checkout has been behind the retail launch of several products featured on ABC's Shark Tank. The company was awarded the Top Distributor Award three times by Independent Distributors Association of America.

Foundation
In 2013, Florida based entrepreneur Joel Goldstein purchased Mr. Checkout Distributors which was founded by Bob Goldstein, Joel's father. The company started their services by a group of distributors which is also known as direct-store-delivery (DSD). Mr. Checkout became one of the largest national group of independent distributors in the U.S. with 50,000 independent retail owners and 1,000 distributors.

Mr. Checkout Distributors were the first company to introduce 5 Hour Energy Drink into retail stores.

Awards
 Top Distributor Award

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2016 establishments in the United States
Companies based in Florida
2010s establishments in Florida
The Third Party System is a term of periodization used by historians and political scientists to describe the history of political parties in the United States from 1854 until the mid-1890s, which featured profound developments in issues of American nationalism, modernization, and race.

19th century in the United States
A hexagram is a six-pointed star, with all lines the same length and all angles the same.  A 'hexangle', 'star hexagon', or 'hexalpha' means the same thing.
It is used in historical, religious and cultural contexts, for example in Hanafism, Judaism, Hinduism and occultism. It is possible that this simple geometric shape, like the triangle, circle, or square, has been created by various peoples with no connection to one another.

Group theory
In mathematics, the root system for the simple Lie group G2 is in the form of a hexagram, with six long roots and six short roots.

Construction by compass and a straight edge 
A six-pointed star, like a regular hexagon, can be created using a compass and a straight edge:
Make a circle of any size with the compass.
Without changing the radius of the compass, set its pivot on the circle's circumference, and find one of the two points where a new circle would intersect the first circle.
With the pivot on the last point found, similarly find a third point on the circumference, and repeat until six such points have been marked.
With a straight edge, join alternate points on the circumference to form two overlapping equilateral triangles.

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Symbols
Religious symbols
Cartoon Network: Block Party is an arcade-style video game for Game Boy Advance developed by American studios Monkeystone Games and One Man Band LLC and published by Majesco Entertainment in the United States on August 5, 2004, and in Europe and Oceania on September 15, 2004. It features characters from Cartoon Network original animated series such as Johnny Bravo, Ed, Edd n Eddy, Courage the Cowardly Dog, and Cow and Chicken.

Gameplay
The gameplay is similar to Nintendo's Mario Party video game series. Players can experience places from Cartoon Network shows in a board game style. They can also play up to 30 mini-games based on the Cartoon Network shows. Players can choose any of the Cartoon Network characters they like.

Plot
First, Cow and Chicken have gone to a farm, and after eating too many potatoes, their parents suggest that they have some protein. Cow and Chicken both want their favorite protein food: pork butts. In this board the player has to get four pork butts before returning to the start and winning.

Second, in the Ed, Edd n Eddy world, Eddy wants to win a skateboarding competition. Double-D doubts Eddy has a chance. The player must collect three trophies and 50 dollars before returning to the start and winning.

Then, in the world of Johnny Bravo, Johnny is trying his luck with the ladies, when Carl arrives. It turns out he has a date, and Johnny wants to help him prepare. The player must collect a pie, hair goo, a corn dog, a black shirt, and at least 50 dollars before returning to the start and winning.

Last, in Courage's world, Eustace and Muriel are trapped in the mansion of the evil Katz. Courage is in the mansion and is attempting to save them. The player must collect three spiders and 75 cobwebs before returning to the start and winning.

Party video games

2004 video games
Game Boy Advance games
Game Boy Advance-only games
Dexter's Laboratory: Chess Challenge is a board game-style video game developed by Virtucraft and published by BAM! Entertainment for the Game Boy Advance. The game is based on the Cartoon Network animated series Dexter's Laboratory as well as the game Battle Chess. It was released in North America on October 29, 2002, alongside The Powerpuff Girls: Him and Seek.

Gameplay
The player uses one of four chess sets (Dexter's, Dee Dee's, Mandark's, or Major Glory's) featuring Dexter's Laboratory-themed pieces in the traditional game of chess. Piece captures are accompanied by animated scenes depicting the defeat of the captured piece. There is also a puzzle mode, which when completed unlocks the hardest game difficulty.

A versus mode allows two players to swap a single Game Boy Advance back and forth or play against each other on two separate Game Boy Advances with two copies of the game. The game's difficulty is geared towards younger players.

Reception
Joel Santo Domingo of PCMag.com gave the game a 3/5 "good" rating, calling it "basically the same novelty" as Battle Chess.

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2002 video games
Game Boy Advance games
Game Boy Advance-only games
Dexter's Laboratory: Robot Rampage is an action video game published by BAM! Entertainment for the Game Boy Color and released in the United States on November 14, 2000. It is a graphically redesigned version of the game Elevator Action EX, also developed by Altron, with characters from the American animated television series Dexter's Laboratory from Cartoon Network.

Gameplay
The player, as Dexter, runs through different levels via elevators, elevator shafts, small cars, ledges, and doors while battling robots with an assortment of weapons. Three different Dexter suits are available, though they have no effect on gameplay. Each stage ends with the player facing a line of enemies.

Reception
Jeff Gerstmann of GameSpot gave the game a 6.9/10 in his review, complimenting it for its use of classic Elevator Action gameplay. IGN editor Marc Nix gave the game a 7/10, praising the game's improvements to the original, such as the added puzzles and life bar, but criticizing the game's lackluster stage endings.

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2000 video games
Game Boy Color games
Game Boy Color-only games
Ben 10: Omniverse is a video game based on the American animated action-comedy series of the same name. The game was published by D3 Publisher in November 2012 for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS, Wii, and Wii U.

It is also available for digital download from the Nintendo eShop on the Wii U, the PlayStation Store for PS3 and Xbox Live Arcade for Xbox 360 in North America and Europe on December 11, 2012.

Plot
When a change in Ben's Omnitrix goes wrong, his new partner, Rook, is sent back in time, finding Ben from when he was eleven years old. Young Ben and Rook enter into a fight with the villain Malware who absorbs Rook's Prototool to get new, much stronger, abilities which leads to a terrible alternative future timeline.

Both young Ben and teen Ben need to work together with his new partner Rook to solve the crime, fix the past and present, and defeat the evil intentions of Malware on destroying the world.

Sequel

Omniverse also spawned a second video game, Ben 10: Omniverse 2 which was developed by High Voltage Studios for the Wii U, Wii, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 and by 1st Playable Productions for the Nintendo 3DS. This game takes place during the events of Frogs of War, where Ben must fight the Incursions to get back to Earth and stop Emperor Milleous, Attea, Dr. Psychobos, and the Way Bads.

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2012 video games
Nintendo 3DS games
Nintendo DS games
PlayStation 3 games
Wii games
Wii U games
Xbox 360 games
AS-202 (also referred to as SA-202) was the second uncrewed, suborbital test flight of a production Block I Apollo command and service module launched with the Saturn IB launch vehicle. It was launched on August 25, 1966, and was the first flight which included the spacecraft guidance and navigation control system and fuel cells. The success of this flight enabled the Apollo program to judge the Block I spacecraft and Saturn IB ready to carry men into orbit on the next mission, AS-204.

Objectives 
AS-202 was the third test flight of the Saturn IB engine, because a delay in the readiness of the Apollo spacecraft 011 pushed its launch past the July 1966 launch of AS-203. It was designed to test the rocket more than had been done on AS-201 by launching the rocket higher and having the flight lasting twice as long. It would also test the command and service module (CSM-011) by having the engine fire four times during the flight.

The flight was also designed to test the heat shield by subjecting it to intense heat during reentry. Over the course of the reentry it generated equivalent energy needed to power Los Angeles for over one minute in 1966.

CSM-011 was basically a production model capable of carrying a crew. However it lacked the crew couches and some displays that would be included on later missions for the astronauts. This was the first flight of the guidance and navigation system as well as the fuel cell electrical system.
Spaceflight
Shahdara is a geographical region in the city of Delhi. It is situated on the banks of Yamuna River. It is one of the oldest localities of Delhi. This region is the headquarters of the newly formed Shahdara district.

History 
Shahdara was established by a Mughal king.  In Urdu, Shahdara means "door of kings".  One of the oldest market, Chandrawali village was situated here.

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Delhi
Letzgi (also called Lezgian language), (Lezgian: Лезги язҍїк, Lezgi iazyk) is a Caucasian language. It is spoken in Dagestan and Azerbaijan. There are about 600,000 speakers. In the Russian part of the territory, Lezgian has the status of an official language, that can be studied at universities. There are also radio programmes using the language. In Azerbaijan, the language has no official status. From 1939 to 1991, it was forbidden to use the language in schools in Azerbaijan. Originally, the language used the Arabic script, but in 1929, this was changed to Cyrillic, like the rest of the Soviet Union.

Caucasian languages
Languages of Azerbaijan
Languages of Russia
Susch (formerly Süs) used to be a municipality of the district of Inn in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.

On 1 January 2015 the municipalities of Lavin and Susch became part of the municipality of Zernez.

The Flüela Pass connects Susch with Davos.

Former municipalities of Graubünden
Antonio Fraguas de Pablo, better known as Forges (17 January 1942 – 22 February 2018) was a Spanish graphic humorist. His artistic name is based on the translation to Catalan of the word "fraguas". He was born in Madrid. He was awarded the Gold Medal for Merit in the Fine Arts, Gat Perich International Humor Award and the Creu de Sant Jordi. He worked for El Jueves, Diario 16, and El País.

Forges died of pancreatic cancer in Madrid on 22 February 2018 at the age of 76.

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1942 births
2018 deaths
Deaths from pancreatic cancer
Cartoonists
People from Madrid
Richard Edward Taylor (2 November 1929 – 22 February 2018) was a Nobel Prize–winning Canadian professor emeritus at Stanford University. 

In 1990, he shared the Nobel Prize in Physics with Jerome Friedman and Henry Kendall "for their pioneering investigations concerning deep inelastic scattering of electrons on protons and bound neutrons, which have been of essential importance for the development of the quark model in particle physics."

Taylor died at his home in Stanford, California on 22 February 2018 at the age of 88.

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1929 births
2018 deaths
Canadian educators
Canadian physicists
People from Alberta
Stanford University faculty
RS can mean: 
 Dandot RS, village in Pakistan
 Reverse sexism
 .rs, country code for serbia
Okara () is the capital city of Okara District, Punjab, Pakistan. The name Okara comes from Okaan, the name of a of tree. The city is located southwest of the city of Lahore and Faisalabad is 100 km by passing away Ravi River. It is famous for its and cotton mills. The nearest major city to Okara is Sahiwal. The population of Okara is 326,801. The Multan road connects Okara City with Lahore.

History 
The Depalpur Tehsil, in the Okara District is older than Mohenjo-daro. It is officially the largest tehsil in Pakistan. Pakpattan near Okara City is also very old. During the British rule in the 19th century, there was a forest of Okaan trees where city is built. During British rule, Okara was considered part of Pakpattan. It was a city many famous fighters and soldiers who came here or passed the city. This includes Alexander the Great (Sikandar-e-Azam) and Changez Khan etc.

Geography 
River Sutlej is to the east and River Ravi is to the west of Okara. That is why it is famous for agriculture. It is the biggest producer of milk in the country. The nearest major city to Okara is Sahiwal. Other cities include Depalpur, and Phool Nagar. The land is flat with livestock and agriculture fields. The Okara Army Cantonement is 141 kilometers away from the city. Okara has some shops and markets. Towns and colonies in the cities are Sahfiq Town, Fateh Town,  Aamir Colony, Rehman Colony and others.

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Cities in Pakistan
Orly Airport is a large airport in France.  It is in the outskirts of Paris. In 2017, it handled 32,042,475 passengers.

The head of the airport is Régis Lacote.

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Airports in France
Buildings and structures in Paris
Julien Simon-Chautemps (born 14 May 1978) is a race engineer of the Sauber Formula One team.

He graduated from Institut polytechnique des sciences avancées.

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1978 births
Living people
French sportspeople
Formula One people
Alumni of the Institut polytechnique des sciences avancées
MacQueen's bustard (Chlamydotis macqueenii) is a large bird in the bustard family.

References 

Birds of Pakistan
Mukha or makha is the traditional Pashtun archery sport played in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The game is played with a long arrow (ghashay) and a long bow (leenda). The arrow has a saucer shaped metallic plate (tubray) at its distal end. The archers play in teams and attempt to hit a small white wooden target called takai surrounded by a circular ring called kwaara. The target is secured in fresh clay placed at some height a few meters away from the archer.

Sport in Pakistan
"On the Floor" is a song recorded by American entertainer Jennifer Lopez.  Rapper Pitbull is featured on the song.  It was released on February 22, 2011, as the lead single from Lopez' seventh studio album, Love?  It samples the song "Lambada" by Kaoma. "On the Floor" was later featured as the first track on Lopez' greatest-hits album, Dance Again... the Hits. 

The song has been very successful worldwide, reaching number one in over 13 countries, including Australia, Canada, Germany, New Zealand, and the UK.  In the US, it reached the top three of the Billboard Hot 100.  It was certified triple-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for sales of over three million copies in the US. 

The music video for the song has received over 1.1 billion views and over three million likes as of February 2018.

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2011 songs
Jennifer Lopez songs
Dance songs
Electro songs
The flag of Peru is a vertical tricolour of red, white, and red.

Peru
Peru
The flag of Bolivia is a horizontal tricolour of red, yellow, and green.

Bolivia
Bolivia
The flag of Guyana was created in 1966. It is also known as The Golden Arrowhead.

Appearance 
It has a green field with the black-fimbriated red isosceles triangle based on the hoist-side superimposed on the larger white-fimbriated golden triangle, also based on the hoist-side, pointed toward the fly-side.

Guyana
Guyana