title: Perry, Georgia

paragraphs: Perry is a city in Houston and Peach counties in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the county seat of Houston County. The population was 13,839 at the 2010 census.


title: Endometriosis

paragraphs: Endometriosis is a sickness when endometrium cells of the uterus grow outside the uterus. As many as 11% of American women between 15 and 44 years-old may have this sickness. It is most common in women 30-40 years-old. Having endometriosis can make it hard to have a baby. Endometriosis can be treated by a doctor. Treating endometriosis may help a woman get pregnant.

paragraphs: A woman can have endometriosis for a long time. It can be very painful. Women with endometriosis can have problems with their menstrual flow. This sickness can be so painful that it affects many areas of life.

paragraphs: Endometriosis is hard to find in some women. To find endometriosis in a woman a doctor may order many medical tests. These tests may be a pelvic exam and an ultrasound. When a woman has a pelvic exam the doctor will feel for lumps or scars. An ultrasound will help the doctor see cysts on the ovaries. The doctor may put a wand-shaped ultrasound probe into the vagina. A scanner may be used on your abdomen. Another test may be used. It is called an MRI. The MRI takes a picture of the inside of the body.

paragraphs: A doctor may try to treat endometriosis with medicine. There different kinds of medicine that treat endometriosis. Birth control medicine can help some women have less pain. Another kind of medicine is called Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonists. If the pain is less after taking medicine then the doctor may decide that the woman has endometriosis. If the woman stops taking the medicine the pain may come back.

paragraphs: Endometriosis is treated with surgery on some women. This is called laparoscopy. The doctor doing the surgery can look inside the body to find endometriosis tissue. Surgery is the only way to be sure that a woman has endometriosis. The doctor may see endometriosis tissue during laparoscopy. A doctor may remove a sample and study it under the microscope to decide.


title: Univers

paragraphs: Univers is the name of a sans-serif typeface family designed by Adrian Frutiger and released in 1957. It is sans-serif in a geometrical style. It was made in a huge range of weights and widths. Univers was based on a much earlier design of about 1898, called Akzidenz-Grotesk.

paragraphs: Univers was one of the first typeface families to fulfil the idea that a typeface should form a family of consistent, related designs. By creating a matched range of styles and weights, Univers allowed documents to be created in one consistent typeface for all text documents. This matched the desire among practitioners of the "Swiss style" of typography for neutral sans-serif typefaces avoiding artistic excesses. By "excesses" might be meant blackletter, which had been used earlier in German language publications. But Univers also leaves out all the styling of the classical Roman lettering, including the use of serifs at the end of letter strokes.

paragraphs: One important influence was the coming of modernism, with its rejection of tradition in favour of plain function. That is mentioned by most of the people who promoted Univers and other sans serif fonts. Critics of Univers critics point to its lack of character, and monotony when used (as it is) on a huge variety of printed forms.

paragraphs: Historian James Mosley has described it as "probably the last major" release of a large family as metal type. The font is available for phototypesetting and computer typesetting. It is marketed under licence by almost all outlets serving the print industry.


title: Auto Club Speedway

paragraphs: Auto Club Speedway (formerly called California Speedway) is a , low-banked D-shaped oval superspeedway which had hosted NASCAR races since 1997, It was also used for open wheel racing events, The speedway is located near the former locations of Ontario Motor Speedway and Riverside International Raceway, The track is owned by International Speedway Corporation. The speedway is served by the nearby Interstate 10 and Interstate 15 freeways as well as Metrolink station located by the backstretch.

paragraphs: Construction of the track, on the site of the former Kaiser Steel Mill, began in 1995 and was completed in late 1996, The speedway has a capacity of 68,000 and 28 skyboxes and a total of 28,000, In 2006, a fan zone was added behind the main grandstand, Lights were added to the speedway in 2004 with the addition of a second annual NASCAR race weekend. Since 2011, Auto Club Speedway has hosted only one NASCAR race weekend.

paragraphs: IndyCar hosted events since 2012 with its season finale (a 500-mile night race), the series previously ran a 400-mile race from 2002 to 2005.

paragraphs: On April 20, 1994, Roger Penske and Kaiser announced the construction of a racetrack on the site of the abandoned Kaiser Steel mill in Fontana, California, A day after the announcement, CART announced it would hold an annual race at the speedway, Three months later, NASCAR president Bill France Jr. agreed to sanction a Winston Cup Series race at the track that yet to be built. Community meetings were held to discuss issues related to the construction of the track and the local effects of events held, The local community largely supported construction of the speedway citing potentially increased land values and rejuvenation of the community, In April 1995, after touring the sister track, Michigan International Speedway, the San Bernardino County Board of Superiors unanimously approved the project. The California Environmental Protection Agency gave Penske permission to begin construction after Kaiser agreed to pay $6 million to remove hazardous waste from the site, Construction of the site began on November 22, 1995 with the demolition of the Kaiser Steel Mill. The 100-foot water tower, a landmark of the Kaiser property, was used as a scoreboard. of contaminated dirt was removed and transported to a toxic waste landfill, To prevent remaining impurities from rising to the surface, a cap of non-porus polyethylene was put down and covered with of clean soil. Construction of the track was completed in late 1996.

paragraphs: On January 10, 1997, Marlboro Team Penske's driver Paul Tracy became the first driver to test on the new speedway, NASCAR held its first open test session on at the track from May 5-7, The official opening and ribbon cutting ceremony was held on June 20, 1997, with the first race, a NASCAR West Series race, being held the next day.

paragraphs: The first NASCAR Winston Cup Series race (now the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series) was held on June 22, 1997, and the first NASCAR Busch Series (now the Xfinity Seriesrace was held on October 30, 1997.

paragraphs: Auto Club Speedway lost its playoff date in 2011.

paragraphs: The track length is , the interior test circuit is , the sports car course is , the Motorcycle course is , and the drag strip is .


title: Lawrence J. DeNardis

paragraphs: Lawrence Joseph "Larry" DeNardis (March 18, 1938 – August 24, 2018) was an American politician. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives for the state of Connecticut's 3rd congressional district from 1981 to 1983. He was also president of the University of New Haven.

paragraphs: He announced on January 12, 2010, that he was forming an exploratory committee to run for Governor of Connecticut in 2010 as a Republican.

paragraphs: DeNardis died from a short-illness in New Haven on August 24, 2018 at the age of 80.


title: Michael Stonebraker

paragraphs: Michael Ralph Stonebraker (born October 11, 1943) is an American computer scientist.

paragraphs: He is the founder of many database companies, including Ingres Corporation, Illustra, Paradigm4, StreamBase Systems, Tamr, Vertica and VoltDB, and served as chief technical officer of Informix. He is also an editor for the book "Readings in Database Systems".


title: Newburyport, Massachusetts

paragraphs: Newburyport is a small city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States, northeast of Boston. The population was 17,416 at the 2010 census.


title: Denise Scott Brown

paragraphs: Denise Scott Brown (née Lakofski; born October 3, 1931) is an American architect, planner, writer, educator, and principal. She worked for the firm Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates in Philadelphia. Scott Brown and her husband and partner, Robert Venturi, are thought as the most influential architects of the twentieth century.


title: Beverly Willis

paragraphs: Beverly Willis (born February 17, 1928) is an American architect.

paragraphs: Her best known built-work is the San Francisco Ballet Building in San Francisco, California. She is the co-founder of the National Building Museum, in Washington, D.C., and founder of the Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation, a non-profit organization working to change the culture for women in the building industry through research and education.


title: Jacksonville Landing shooting

paragraphs: The Jacksonville Landing shooting was a mass shooting that happened on August 26, 2018, at a "Madden NFL 19" video game tournament at the Jacksonville Landing in Jacksonville, Florida. Three people were killed, including the shooter, and eleven others were injured.

paragraphs: The shooter, 24 year-old David Katz, was a competitor in the tournament who lost. He left and then came back with a gun and fired 12 shots. Katz was the only suspect and had only one handgun.

paragraphs: In addition to the gunman, two people were confirmed killed: Taylor Robertson, age 27, and Eli Clayton, age 22.

paragraphs: The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office urged individuals to stay away from the location at 2:13 p.m. EDT, and SWAT officers evacuated and searched the area.

paragraphs: U.S. President Donald Trump contacted Florida Governor Rick Scott, offering federal assistance in response to the shooting.


title: Elite Dangerous

paragraphs: Elite Dangerous or "Elite: Dangerous" is an online-only space adventure, trading, and combat simulation video game made by Frontier Developments. The player is a spaceship pilot in a realistic recreation of the Milky Way. The people who made the game designed it to be very close to a exact copy of the Milky Way as possible.


title: Margarita Mamun

paragraphs: Margarita "Rita" Mamun (born November 1, 1995 in Moscow, Russia) is a retired Russian rhythmic gymnast. She won a gold medal in the individual all-around competition at the 2016 Rio Olympics. She has won fourteen World Championships medals, including two all-around silver medals in 2014 and 2015. Mamun starred in the documentary film "Over the Limit."

paragraphs: Mamun has a Bangladeshi father and a Russian mother. Her mother is a former rhythmic gymnast. Mamun began training in rhythmic gymnastics when she was seven years old. As a junior gymnast, Mamun represented Bangladesh for one year. As a senior gymnast, she represented Russia. Mamun became a senior gymnast in 2011. That year, she won a bronze medal in the all-around and a gold medal in ball finals at the Montreal World Cup. In 2011, she was ranked twenty-second in the world. In 2012, Mamun won three bronze medals at the Deriugina World Cup. She also won the all-around gold at the Sofia World Cup, and won the team gold medal at the Aeon Cup. Mamun was ranked seventeenth in the world in 2012. She did not compete at the 2012 London Olympics.

paragraphs: In 2013, Mamun competed at the Moscow Grand Prix and won the all-around gold medal. She also won three gold medals and one bronze in the apparatus finals. At the 2013 European Championships, Mamun and her teammates won team gold for Russia. She won a gold medal and three silver medals in the apparatus finals. Mamun competed at the 2013 Summer Universiade, where she won all-around gold and three gold medals in the apparatus finals. At the 2013 World Championships, Mamun won two gold medals and a bronze in the apparatus finals. She was ranked first in the world during the 2013 season.

paragraphs: In 2014, Mamun again competed at the Moscow Grand Prix and won the all-around gold medal. She won three gold medals and one silver in the apparatus finals. Mamun competed at the 2014 European Championships, but only placed fifth in the all-around. At the 2014 World Championships, Mamun and her teammates won team gold. Mamun won the all-around silver medal, as well as two gold medals and two silvers in the apparatus finals. She was ranked second in the world in 2014.

paragraphs: In 2015, she won gold in the all-around, ribbon final and hoop final at the Moscow Grand Prix. She also won bronze in the ball final. At the 2015 European Championships, Mamun and her teammates won team gold. She won gold in the hoop final and silver in the ball final. In 2015, the European Games were held for the first time. Mamun competed at the European Games and won the all-around silver and a gold medal in the hoop final. At the 2015 World Championships, Mamun and her teammates won team gold. Mamun won a gold medal and three silver medals. She was awarded the Longines Prize for Elegance. Mamun was ranked second in the world in 2015.

paragraphs: In 2016, Mamun won the all-around silver at the Russian Championships. She also won the all-around silver at the 2016 European Championships. She won gold in the all-around at the 2016 Baku World Cup, and set a record by scoring the highest number of points ever in the all-around. Mamun competed in the 2016 Rio Olympics. She won the individual all-around gold medal and set an Olympic record, scoring the highest number of points ever at an Olympic Games. Mamun was ranked first in the world during the 2016 season. Sadly, two days after she won gold at the Olympics, Mamun's father died.

paragraphs: Shortly after the 2016 Olympics, Mamun became engaged to Alexandr Sukhorukov. She married him in 2017. On November 4, 2017, Russian coach Irina Viner announced that Mamun was retiring from gymnastics.


title: Henrik Thrap-Meyer

paragraphs: Henrik Thrap-Meyer (31 July 1833 – 29 December 1910) was a Norwegian architect. He is most associated with a wide range of significant buildings, including churches and schools.

paragraphs: Thrap-Meyer was born in Bergen, Norway. He was the son of Johan Jacob Busch Meyer (1801-1880) and Henriette Christiane Thrap (1812-1883). He was educated at Polytechnicum in Hannover and Zurich (1855–1860). He also conducted study trips to England 1870–71; Italy 1873; France 1878.


title: FC Den Bosch

paragraphs: FC Den Bosch is a football club that plays in the Netherlands.


title: Krystyna Janda

paragraphs: Krystyna Jolanta Janda (born 18 December 1952, in Starachowice, Poland) is a Polish film and theater actress best known for playing leading roles in several films by Polish director Andrzej Wajda, including "Man of Marble" ("Człowiek z marmuru", 1976) and "Man of Iron" ("Człowiek z żelaza", 1981).

paragraphs: Throughout her career, she has received numerous prestigious awards, such as Best Actress at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival, Silver Shell for Best Actress at the San Sebastian Film Festival for her role in Waldemar Krzystek's film "Zwolnienie z życia", Best Actress Award at the 1987 Montreal Film Festival for the role in Helma Sanders-Brahms's "Laputa", Best Actress Award at the Belgrade Film Festival for "Interrogation," the Zbigniew Cybulski Award for best young Polish actress, as well as 4 Golden Duck Awards. She is widely regarded as one of the greatest actresses in the history of Polish cinema and was selected in a 1998 "Polityka" magazine survey among the greatest actresses of the 20th century.

paragraphs: In 2005, she established her own private "Polonia Theatre" in Warsaw. She is the founder and head of the Krystyna Janda Cultural Foundation.

paragraphs: During 1974–1979 she was in a relationship with the actor Andrzej Seweryn. In 1981, she married Edward Kłosiński, who died on 5 January 2008. She has three children: daughter Maria Seweryn and two sons Adam and Jędrzej Kłosiński. Janda currently lives in Milanówek near Warsaw.


title: The Stolen Child

paragraphs: "The Stolen Child" is a poem by William Butler Yeats, published in 1889 in "The Wanderings of Oisin and Other Poems". Several critics praised the poem.

paragraphs: The poem shows the early influence of Romantic literature and Pre-Raphaelite verse.

paragraphs: The poem was first published in the "Irish Monthly" in December 1886.


title: Photosphere

paragraphs: Photospheres are the layer of stars from which light is radiated. It is the deepest region of a star that is transparent to photons of certain wavelengths.


title: R Scuti

paragraphs: R Scuti is a variable star located in the Scutum constellation. It is the first variable star discovered in its constellation.


title: 119 Tauri

paragraphs: 119 Tauri, also known as CE Tauri, is a red supergiant star located in the Taurus constellation. It has a diameter that is more than 590 times bigger than that of the Sun's. This is about 830 million kilometers. It has a diameter almost the size of Jupiter's orbit and can be easily seen in the night sky.


title: Rusty Schweickart

paragraphs: Russell Louis "Rusty" Schweickart (also Schweikart; born October 25, 1935) is an American aeronautical engineer, and a former NASA astronaut, research scientist, U.S. Air Force fighter pilot. He is also a former business executive and government executive.

paragraphs: He is best known as the Lunar Module Pilot on the 1969 Apollo 9 mission, the first manned flight test of the Lunar Module.

paragraphs: Schweickart was born in Neptune, New Jersey. He studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.


title: Loren Acton

paragraphs: Loren Wilber Acton (born March 7, 1936) is an American physicist and politician. He flew on Space Shuttle mission STS-51-F as a Payload Specialist for the Lockheed Palo Alto Research Laboratory. He was born Lewistown, Montana. He did scientific studies of the Sun and other celestial objects using advanced space instruments. He was a co-investigator on one of the Spacelab 2 solar experiments, the Solar Optical Universal Polarimeter.

paragraphs: Acton ran for local office as a Montana state representative as a Democrat, but lost the election in 2006.


title: Lewistown, Montana

paragraphs: Lewistown is a city in and the county seat of Fergus County, Montana, United States. The population was 5,901 at the 2010 census.

paragraphs: Lewistown is located in central Montana, the geographic center of the state, southeast of Great Falls. Big Spring Creek (Montana) flows through the town. The Big Snowy Mountains are nearby.


title: Globe, Arizona

paragraphs: Globe (nicknamed: "Place of Metal") is a city in Gila County, Arizona, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population of the city was 7,532. The city is the county seat of Gila County.


title: Momo Challenge hoax

paragraphs: The "Momo Challenge" is a hoax and urban legend about a social media challenge that didn’t exist. It was mainly spread on Facebook. The hoax says that victims are made to contact a "Momo" account through social media network WhatsApp. If they do, they get violent images, graphic threats and are told to do dangerous things, including suicide, record it on video and send it to "Momo". They might also say they are going to make their personal information public, hurt their family members, and some are even threatened with curses. An image of a woman with large eyes and mouth, which was shocking to some people, was used with the hoax.

paragraphs: The hoax made people believe the "challenge" had caused many suicides, including one in Argentina, but this is not true according to police. The image used by Momo accounts is actually of a sculpture made by a Japanese artist, but some people thought it was a mask or makeup.


title: 20 Fenchurch Street

paragraphs: 20 Fenchurch Street is a commercial skyscraper in London that takes its name from its address on Fenchurch Street, in the historic City of London financial district. It has been nicknamed "The Walkie-Talkie" because of its distinctive shape. The 34-storey building is tall, making it the fifth-tallest building in the City of London.

paragraphs: Designed by architect Rafael Viñoly and costing over £200 million, 20 Fenchurch Street features a highly distinctive top-heavy form which appears to burst upward and outward. A large viewing deck, bar and restaurants are included on the top three floors; these are open to the public.

paragraphs: The tower was originally proposed at nearly tall but its design was scaled down after concerns about its visual impact on the nearby St Paul's Cathedral and Tower of London. It was subsequently approved in 2006 with the revised height. Even after the height reduction there were continued concerns from heritage groups about its impact on the surrounding area. The project was consequently the subject of a public inquiry; in 2007 this ruled in the developers' favour and the building was granted full planning permission.

paragraphs: In their preliminary results for 2007, joint-developers Land Securities and Canary Wharf Group said 20 Fenchurch Street would be completed in 2011, however in 2009 during the depths of the Great Recession, the estimated completion was changed to 2014.


title: Pope Damasus I

paragraphs: Pope Damasus I (; c. 305 – 11 December 384) was Pope of the Catholic Church. He was Pope From October 366 to his death in 384. He was born in Rome, Western Roman Empire. He is recognized as a saint by the Catholic Church. His feast day is December 11.


title: WhatsApp

paragraphs: WhatsApp Messenger is a freeware and cross-platform messaging and voice over IP (VoIP) service owned by Facebook. The application allows the sending of text messages and voice calls, as well as video calls, images and other media, documents, and user location.

paragraphs: The application runs from a mobile device though it is also accessible from desktop computers. The service requires consumer users to provide a standard cellular mobile number. Originally users could only communicate with other users individually or in groups of individual users. In September 2017 WhatsApp announced a forthcoming business platform which will enable companies to provide customer service to users.


title: Oberndorf am Lech

paragraphs: Oberndorf is a municipality in the district of Donau-Ries in Bavaria in Germany.


title: Oettingen in Bayern

paragraphs: Oettingen in Bayern is a town in the Donau-Ries district, in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany. It is northwest of Donauwörth, and northeast of Nördlingen.


title: Otting

paragraphs: Otting is a municipality in the district of Donau-Ries in Bavaria in Germany.


title: Rain, Swabia

paragraphs: Rain (also: "Rain (Lech)") is a town in the Donau-Ries district, in Bavaria, Germany. It is on the river Lech, close to where it joins with the Danube, 11 km east of Donauwörth.


title: Reimlingen

paragraphs: Reimlingen is a municipality in the district of Donau-Ries in Bavaria in Germany.


title: Rögling

paragraphs: Rögling is a municipality in the district of Donau-Ries in Bavaria in Germany.


title: Tapfheim

paragraphs: Tapfheim is a municipality in the district of Donau-Ries in Bavaria in Germany.


title: Wallerstein, Bavaria

paragraphs: Wallerstein is a municipality and former principality in the district of Donau-Ries in Bavaria in Germany.


title: Wechingen

paragraphs: Wechingen is a municipality in the district of Donau-Ries in Bavaria in Germany.


title: Wemding

paragraphs: Wemding is a town in the Donau-Ries district of Bavaria, Germany.


title: Wolferstadt

paragraphs: Wolferstadt is a municipality in the district of Donau-Ries in Bavaria in Germany.


title: Job Control Language

paragraphs: Job Control Language (JCL) is a name for scripting languages used on IBM mainframe operating systems. It instructs the system on how to run a batch job or start a subsystem.

paragraphs: The purpose of JCL is to say which programs to run, using which files or devices for input or output. It can indicate under what conditions to skip a step.

paragraphs: There are two distinct IBM Job Control languages:

paragraphs: They share some basic syntax rules and a few basic concepts, but are otherwise very different.


title: Bodolz

paragraphs: Bodolz is a municipality in the district of Lindau in Bavaria in Germany.


title: Gestratz

paragraphs: Gestratz is a municipality in the district of Lindau in Bavaria in Germany.


title: Grünenbach

paragraphs: Grünenbach is a municipality in the district of Lindau in Bavaria in Germany.


title: Heimenkirch

paragraphs: Heimenkirch is a municipality in the district of Lindau in Bavaria in Germany.


title: Hergatz

paragraphs: Hergatz is a municipality in the district of Lindau in Bavaria in Germany.


title: Hergensweiler

paragraphs: Hergensweiler is a municipality in the district of Lindau in Bavaria in Germany. It is member of the municipal association of Sigmarszell.


title: Lindenberg im Allgäu

paragraphs: Lindenberg im Allgäu is the second largest town of the district of Lindau in Bavaria, Germany. It is an air health resort.


title: Maierhöfen

paragraphs: Maierhöfen is a municipality in the district of Lindau in Bavaria in Germany. It is in the Allgäu region.


title: Jo Swinson

paragraphs: Joanne Kate "Jo" Swinson (born 5 February 1980) is a British politician who was the Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 22 July 2019 to 12 December 2019. Before this She was the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 2017. She was a member of the UK Parliament for an area in Scotland called "East Dunbartonshire".

paragraphs: On 30 May 2019, Swinson announced her plans to run as Vince Cable's replacement for party leader. She won the leadership contest beating Ed Davey.

paragraphs: Swinson led her party in the 2019 general election. She lost her seat to the Scottish National Party and immediately resigned as party leader.


title: Nonnenhorn

paragraphs: Nonnenhorn is one of the three Bavarian towns on Lake Constance in the district of Lindau in Bavaria in Germany. It is an air health resort and a famous wine town. It is located between Wasserburg am Bodensee and Kressbronn am Bodensee (Baden-Württemberg).


title: Oberreute

paragraphs: Oberreute is a municipality in the district of Lindau in Bavaria in Germany and member of the municipal association of Stiefenhofen. It is an air health resort. Oberreute is located in the Allgäu region.


title: Opfenbach

paragraphs: Opfenbach is a municipality in the district of Lindau in Bavaria in Germany.


title: Röthenbach (Allgäu)

paragraphs: Röthenbach (Allgäu) is a municipality in the district of Lindau in Bavaria in Germany. It is the seat of the municipal association Röthenbach.


title: Scheidegg, Bavaria

paragraphs: Scheidegg is a municipality in the district of Lindau in Bavaria in Germany. It is a licensed Kneipp cure spa and air health resort.


title: Podklanc

paragraphs: Podklanc () is a settlement on the left bank of the Meža River south of Dravograd in the Carinthia region in northern Slovenia.


title: Municipality of Radovljica

paragraphs: The Municipality of Radovljica (; ) is a municipality in the Upper Carniola region of northern Slovenia. The capital of the municipality is the town of Radovljica. The municipality has around 18,000 inhabitants and an area of . It is located at the southern slope of the Karawanks mountain range at the confluence of the Sava Dolinka and the Sava Bohinjka, both headwaters of the Sava River.


title: Wild Frontier

paragraphs: Wild Frontier is the sixth solo studio album by Irish guitarist Gary Moore, released in 1987. His first studio effort after a trip back to his native Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1985. The album contains several songs about Ireland and even the music itself is steeped in Celtic roots. The album is dedicated to the memory of Moore's close friend and former Thin Lizzy bandmate Phil Lynott, who died on 4 January 1986, with the words "For Philip" on the rear cover.

paragraphs: "Wild Frontier" contains the hit single "Over the Hills and Far Away", which reached No. 20 in the UK, as well as a cover of the Easybeats' song "Friday on My Mind". The Max Middleton-penned "The Loner" which was originally recorded by Cozy Powell for his "Over the Top" album in 1979 (on which Moore performed, but not on Powell's recording of "The Loner"). The track was substantially altered by Moore for his own recording, that is why he is credited as a co-writer.

paragraphs: All drums on "Wild Frontier" are sequenced with a drum machine, although the programming is uncredited in the liner notes of the album. Future Toto drummer Simon Phillips would appear on the music video for "Over the Hills and Far Away," as well in early promotions for the album. He would be replaced by former Black Sabbath drummer Eric Singer for the tour, before leaving shortly afterwards to form Badlands.

paragraphs: "Over the Hills and Far Away" was covered by the Finnish symphonic power metal band Nightwish on their 2001 EP of the same title, and by Swedish viking metal band Thyrfing on their album "Urkraft". The Spanish band Saurom also recorded a cover of this song with alternative lyrics, titled "La Disolución de la Comunidad".


title: Quatermass II

paragraphs: Quatermass II is a British science-fiction series, originally broadcast by BBC Television in the autumn of 1955. It is the second in the "Quatermass" series by writer Nigel Kneale, and the oldest of those serials to survive in its entirety in the BBC archives.

paragraphs: Although sometimes compared unfavourably to the first and third "Quatermass" serials, "Quatermass II" was praised for its allegorical concerns of the damaging effects of industrialisation and the corruption of governments by big business. It is described on the British Film Institute's "Screenonline" website as "compulsive viewing."

paragraphs: On 22 September 1955 the ITV network was launched in the UK, bringing commercial television to Britain for the first time and ending the BBC's broadcasting monopoly in the country. The new network's creation had been established by the Television Act 1954, and the BBC had known in advance that they would need programmes to combat the new rival for television audiences. Referring to the 1953 science-fiction serial "The Quatermass Experiment" in a memo written in 1954, BBC Television's Controller of Programmes, Cecil McGivern, noted that: "Had competitive television been in existence then, we would have killed it every Saturday night while ["The Quatermass Experiment"] lasted. We are going to need "many" more 'Quatermass Experiment' programmes."

paragraphs: Reginald Tate, who had played the title role in "The Quatermass Experiment", collapsed and died on 23 August 1955, aged 58. This was less than a month before the shooting of the location filming for "Quatermass II" began, and necessitated the casting of a replacement lead actor at short notice; John Robinson was chosen to fill the part. Robinson was an experienced actor from a range of different films and television programmes since the 1930s, but was uncomfortable about taking over from Tate, and had difficulty in learning some of the technical dialogue he was required to deliver. Robinson's delivery of his lines has been criticised by some later reviewers.

paragraphs: The available British television audience had doubled since "The Quatermass Experiment" had been shown in 1953, and the viewing figures for "Quatermass II" were accordingly higher. The series gained an audience of 7.9 million viewers for its first three episodes, which rised to 8.3 million for the fourth and fifth and concluded with 9 million. A BBC audience research report commissioned after "Quatermass II" had finished found that 90% of those questioned in the sample had watched at least five episodes of the production.

paragraphs: As with "The Quatermass Experiment", the film rights to the series were purchased by Hammer Film Productions — in this case after they had only read the scripts, before the series was even made. Titled "Quatermass 2", the film was released in 1957 and once again directed by Val Guest, with Brian Donlevy starring; unlike the first film, Kneale wrote the screenplay himself. In the United States, the film was released under the title "Enemy from Space".

paragraphs: In April 2005 BBC Worldwide released a DVD box set of all their existing "Quatermass" material. This included digitally restored versions of all six episodes of "Quatermass II", with the sound and vision of the recordings cleaned up as far as possible, and some of the existing special effects inserts that survived on their original film elements being re-inserted into the episodes.

paragraphs: In 2016 released "Quatermass II" and "Quatermass and the Pit".


title: Thief II: The Metal Age

paragraphs: Thief II: The Metal Age is a 2000 stealth video game developed by Looking Glass Studios and published by Eidos Interactive. Like its predecessor "", the game follows Garrett, a master thief who works in and around a steampunk metropolis called the City. The player assumes the role of Garrett as he unravels a conspiracy related to a new religious sect. Garrett takes on missions such as burglaries and frameups, while trying to avoid detection by guards and automated security.

paragraphs: "Thief II" received positive reviews from critics, and its initial sales were stronger than those of its predecessor. However, the game's royalties were gained slowly, which made Looking Glass's financial troubles worse. As a result, the company closed in May 2000, with plans for "Thief III" cancelled. The third game in the series, entitled "", was developed by Ion Storm and published by Eidos in 2004. "Thief 2X: Shadows of the Metal Age", a widely praised expansion mod for "Thief II", was released in 2005. In 2014, Square Enix published a reboot of the series, developed by Eidos Montréal.

paragraphs: "Thief II" is a stealth game that takes place from a first-person perspective in a three-dimensional (3D) graphical environment. The player seeks to complete mission objectives and to evade the notice of opponents such as guards. The player must minimize the visibility and audibility of the player character, Garrett, to escape detection. Players try to avoid lit areas and loud flooring in favor of shadows and quiet flooring. A light monitor on the heads-up display (HUD) indicates the player character's visibility. While it is possible for the player character to engage in direct combat, he is easily defeated.

paragraphs: "Thief 2" debuted high on the bestsellers list for computer games, and its initial sales were better than those of its commercially successful predecessor. By November 2000, its global sales had surpassed 220,000 copies; "PC Zone" described these figures as "commercial acclaim." The United States alone accounted for 67,084 sales by the end of 2000, which drew in revenues of $2.37 million. The game later received a "Silver" sales award by the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA), indicating sales of at least 100,000 copies in the United Kingdom. "Thief II" also received positive reviews from critics, with an aggregate score of 87 on Metacritic and 89.14% on GameRankings.


title: Social Democratic Party (UK)

paragraphs: The Social Democratic Party (also known as the SDP) was a centrist political party that was made by Labour Party politicians in 1981 who did not like how left-wing the party was becoming. The SDP was founded on 26 March 1981 by four senior Labour Party moderates, dubbed the "Gang of Four": Roy Jenkins, David Owen, Bill Rodgers and Shirley Williams.

paragraphs: They allied with the Liberals, winning 25% of the vote in 1983 and 23% in 1987. The alliance between the SDP and the Liberals was called the "SDP-Liberal Alliance". The SDP and Liberals merged in 1988 to form the Liberal Democrats.


title: M50 motorway (Great Britain)

paragraphs: The M50 is a motorway in South West England. It goes from from the M5 to near Ross-on-Wye. Together with the A40 and A449, it links the West Midlands to South Wales. It is about .


title: Electric beacon

paragraphs: In navigation, an electric beacon (or electromagnetic beacon) is a kind of beacon, as a device which sends a signal and marks a fixed location and allows direction finding equipment to find relative bearing, as the direction to the beacon. The most common are radio beacons, which broadcast a radio signal which is picked up by radio direction finding systems on ships, aircraft or cars to determine the bearing to the beacon. However, the term "beacon" also covers infrared and sonar beacons.


title: Sigmarszell

paragraphs: Sigmarszell is a municipality in the district of Lindau in Bavaria in Germany.


title: Finland at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

paragraphs: Finland sent people to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. They competed in para-alpine skiing, para-Nordic skiing, para-snowboarding and wheelchair curling.

paragraphs: The table below contains the list of members of people (called "Team Finland") that will be participating in the 2018 Games.

paragraphs: Santeri Kiiveri finished sixth at the 2017 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships in the super combined.

paragraphs: The first event on the para-alpine program is the downhill. It starts on 10 March, running from 9:30 AM to 1:30 PM. The second event on the program is Super-G. All skiers will race between 9:30 AM and 1:00 PM on 11 March. The super combined takes place on 13 March. The Super-G part of the event is in the morning. The slalom part is in the afternoon. The slalom event gets underway on 14 March and conclude on 15 March. Women and men both race during the same sessions in the morning. The afternoon sessions start with the women doing their second run. Then the men go.The last para-alpine skiing race of the 2018 Games is the giant slalom. It takes place on 17 - 18 March.  Men and women both race at the same time in the morning sessions.  Women race first in the afternoon sessions, with the men racing a half hour after they end.

paragraphs: Sini Pyy went to the 2014 Winter Paralympics. Ilkka Tuomisto competed at the 2006, 2010 and 2014 Winter Paralympics.  He won a silver medal at the 2017 World Championships in the 20 kilometer race. Inkki Inola is competing in his first Paralympic Games in South Korea.  He is blind. His guide skier is Vili Sormunen. Rudolf Klemetti is a blind skier.  He competed at the 2002, 2010 and 2014 Winter Paralympics.  His guide skier is Jaakko Kallunki. Juha Härkönen went to the 2014 Winter Paralympics.  The 2018 Winter Paralympics are his second Games.

paragraphs: On 12 March, the 15 km race takes place, with standing and vision impaired women starting at 10:00 PM. Thee sprint classic qualification takes place on 14 March from 10:00 AM – 11:25 AM for both men and women in all classes. It is followed in the afternoon by the semifinals and finals.  The classic race takes place on 17 March. The standing and visually impaired women's race takes place from 10:00 AM - 12:30.

paragraphs: Matti Suur-Hamari competed at the 2014 Winter Paralympics. He won two gold medals at the 2017 World Para Snowboarding Championships in the men’s cross and banked slalom SB-LL2. Earlier this year, Suur-Hamari also won the men’s cross and banked slalom SB-LL2 events at World Cups in Landgraaf and Pyha. Before the Games, the people who will make it hard for Suur-Hamari to medal in South Korea were thought to be Americans Evan Strong and Mike Shea, and Gurimu Narita of Japan. Matti Sairanen is competing at his first Paralympic Games in South Korea.

paragraphs: The snowboard cross event starts on 12 March, running from 10:30 AM to 5:00 PM for all classes for both men and women. The slalom race is scheduled to take place on 16 March, going from 10:30 AM – 4:55 PM for men and women in all classes.

paragraphs: In November 2017, Finland played in a tournament in Estonia.  They finished third.  Estonia was first, and Latvia was second. Neither Estonia nor Latvia are going to the 2018 Winter Paralympics.

paragraphs: Sari Karjalainen competed at the 2014 Winter Paralympics. Vesa Leppänen is going to his first Games in South Korea. Markku Karjalainen went to the 2014 Winter Paralympics.  He also competed in the 1992 Summer Paralympics. Riitta Särösalo is competing in her first Games in 2018. Yrjö Jääskeläinen is also competing at this first Paralympics in South Korea. Skip Sari Karjalainen is married to fourth player Markku Karjalainen.

paragraphs: Wheelchair curling competition starts on 10 March. On 14 March, Finland plays against Sweden.


title: Estonia at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

paragraphs: Estonia is planning to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. After not having gone to the Winter Paralympics since 2002, Estonia is sending a team of one person to South Korea. Kardo Ploomipuu is competing in para-Nordic skiing. He previously competed at the at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Paralympics in para-swimming. He won a bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

paragraphs: The table below contains the list of members of people (called "Team Estonia") that will be participating in the 2018 Games.

paragraphs: Estonia has not competed at many Winter Paralympics. Prior to 2018, the last time the country went to the Winter Paralympics was 2002. That year, the Estonia national sledge hockey team finished sixth.

paragraphs: Kardo Ploomipuu competes in para-Nordic skiing and para-swimming. The 2018 Games are not his first Paralympics. He competed at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Paralympics in para-swimming. He won bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Paralympics. Ploomipuu is the first person from Estonia to go to the Summer and Winter Paralympics.

paragraphs: After finishing fourth in London, Kardo Ploomipuu started taking skiing more seriously with an idea of making the Winter Paralympics. Kardo Ploomipuu chose Nordic skiing over alpine because he has a strong upper body and always liked the sport. He was first classified internationally in Finland in 2017. After getting classified as LW4, he was injured and unable to compete for a while.  Despite this, Estonia gave him their wild card allocation.


title: Denmark at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

paragraphs: Denmark sent people to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. There will be at least one person competing in para-snowboarding.

paragraphs: The table below contains the list of members of people (called "Team Denmark") that will be participating in the 2018 Games.

paragraphs: In autumn of 2017, responsibility for sending a team to the Paralympics was changed from Parasport Denmark, the National Paralympic Committee of Denmark, to National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark (DIF). The decision was made because people wanted to make Olympic and Paralympic sport more equal. Niels Christiansen, secretary general of Parasport Denmark, said, "We are very happy with the move, and we look forward to working together with DIF. The Paralympics and the development and preparation of world class Para-athletes is still very much a focal point of our work in Parasport Denmark, but allowing DIF to take the reigns sends an important message and hopefully it will lead to even more Paralympic success for Denmark." Despite this change, Parasport Denmark was still in charge of preparing to send a team to the Winter Paralympic Games.

paragraphs: Denmark first went to the Winter Paralympics in 1980 in Geilo.  Before South Korea, they had won a total of two gold medals, one silver medal and three bronze medals at the Winter Games. Both of their gold medals and all of their bronze medals were won by para-Nordic blind skier Anne-Mette Bredahl. Her gold medals were in the biathlon 7.5 kilometres free technique B 1-3 race. The last time the country won a medal at the 1994 Winter Paralympics. Denmark sends few people to the Winter Paralympics.  They sent six people to the 2006 Winter Paralympics, and two people to the 2010 and 2014 Games.

paragraphs: Daniel Wagner is a two sport competitor. He was part of the Denmark team at the 2016 Summer Paralympics, where he won a gold medal. Wagner was the world champion in the long jump.

paragraphs: The snowboard cross event starts on 12 March. It starts at 10:30 AM and goes to 5:00 PM for all classes for both men and women. The slalom race is scheduled to take place on 16 March. It goes from 10:30 AM – 4:55 PM. Men and women in all classes are racing at that time.


title: Czech Republic at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

paragraphs: Czech Republic sent people to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. People are competing two sports: para-alpine skiing and sledge hockey. There were 24 sportspeople, 16 support people and 4 administrators. First allocated four sports in para-alpine skiing, the country won two more spots and are sending six skiers. The sledge hockey team goes to South Korea after qualifying at a tournament in Sweden. They had financial difficulties before the Winter Paralympics because of corruption in sports funding. This made it more difficult to train and compete for the 2018 Games.

paragraphs: In June 2017, the Executive Committee of the Czech Paralympic Committee (ČPV) was told by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) they had been given four spots to send people to the 2018 Winter Paralympics to compete in para-alpine skiing. Three of these spots were for men, and one was for a woman. Patrik Hetmer was the first skier to be nominated for inclusion on the 2018 team going to Pyeongchang. In September 2017, Pavel Bambousek, Miroslav Lidinský and Anna Pešková seemed to be the most likely skiers to be named to the team in para-alpine skiing. The full team was named by the ČPV on 6 February 2018. It included people in two sports: para-alpine skiing and sledge hockey. There were 24 sportspeople, 16 support people and 4 administrators. Anička Pešková was the only woman representing the Czech Republic in Pyeongchang. The team included 6 alpine-skiers and their 2 guides. Tomáš Vaverka, who competed at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in snowboarding, was selected to compete in para-alpine skiing.

paragraphs: The group was scheduled to fly to South Korea on 3 March 2018.

paragraphs: The table below contains the list of members of people (called "Team Czech Republic") that will be participating in the 2018 Games.

paragraphs: In June 2017, the Executive Committee of the Czech Paralympic Committee (ČPV) was told by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) they had been given four spots to send people to the 2018 Winter Paralympics to compete in para-alpine skiing. Three of these spots were for men, and one was for a woman. In September 2017, Pavel Bambousek, Miroslav Lidinský and Anna Pešková seemed to be the most likely skiers to be named to the team in para-alpine skiing.

paragraphs: The team had a training camp in early autumn 2017 on the glaciers in the Czech Republic. This was to prepare for their first races, which took place in November in Landgraaf, Netherlands. After that, the team went Pitztal to race.

paragraphs: Health Care in the Hradec Králové supported Czech para-alpine skiers before Winter Games. This program was supervised by Deputy Governor for Health Care Ing. Aleš Cabicar. Shesaid, "The project of the handicapped skiers center is known, especially their teaching program, which they realize in the Krkonoše Mountains. I am very glad that successful athletes are being prepared in our region to achieve great results. When the representatives of the Center approached me with the request for support and support, I did not hesitate and I am glad that the Hradec Králové Region is one of the partners of the Czech representatives."

paragraphs: Patrik Hetmer was the first skier to be nominated for inclusion on the 2018 team going to Pyeongchang. He competed at the 2014 Winter Paralympics. Hetmer has a vision impairment. The blind skier races with guide skier Miroslav Máčka. Anička Pešková was the only woman representing the Czech Republic in Pyeongchang. The blind skier is accompanied by her guide skier, Michaela Hubačová. Pešková won a medal at the 2010 Winter Paralympics. She returned to alpine-skiing in 2017 after taking maternity leave. Benjamínek Tadeáš Kříž is racing in South Korea with guide skier Radim Nevrlý. Tomáš Vaverka, who competed at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in snowboarding, was selected to compete in para-alpine skiing.

paragraphs: The first event on the para-alpine program is the downhill. It starts on 10 March, running from 9:30 AM to 1:30 PM. The second event on the program is Super-G. All skiers will race between 9:30 AM and 1:00 PM on 11 March. The super combined takes place on 13 March. The Super-G part of the event is in the morning. The slalom part is in the afternoon. The slalom event gets underway on 14 March and conclude on 15 March. Women and men both race during the same sessions in the morning. The afternoon sessions start with the women doing their second run. Then the men go.The last para-alpine skiing race of the 2018 Games is the giant slalom. It takes place on 17 - 18 March.  Men and women both race at the same time in the morning sessions.  Women race first in the afternoon sessions, with the men racing a half hour after they end.

paragraphs: The team had a goal of winning a bronze at the 2018 Winter Paralympics. They thought their biggest competition would be the United States and Canada. It was the third time the Czech Republic had gone to the Winter Paralympics. Their first appearance at the Winter Games was in 2010. They went again in 2014.

paragraphs: Defensemen Pavel Doležal and Karel Wagner are going to their first games. The other defensemen were all part of the team that went to Sochi. Michal Geier, Zdeněk Hábl, Zdeněk Krupička, Zdeněk Šafránek, David Palat, David Motyčka, Zdeněk Klíma and Martin Novák are the centers and wingers, playing in the attacking positions. The team is coached by Jiří Bříza. He has been leading the team since 2013. Jan Katauer is an assistance coach, and Jakub Novotny is the goaltender coach.

paragraphs: In the two years before the start of the Winter Games, the sledge hockey team dealt with financial difficulties. Corruption in the Czech Republic involving subsidies for sport resulted in the national team getting less money to support their training and ability to compete in tournaments. FAČR Chairman Miroslav Pelta was arrested as part of the corruption issues. About the corruption, team captain Zdeněk Šafránek said, "The subsidy scandal has radically reduced the amount we receive. For the sake of illustration, the Czech Paralympic Committee has now gotten less money than last year's sledge hockey players, and it has to be divided into a lot of sports." The team could not buy time to use ice at skating rinks to train much before their final qualifying competition in Sweden. They also could not buy new equipment like sledges, hockey sticks or hockey gloves. To make sure they were ready to qualify, the captain thought the team needed around 1 million Czech Koruna () to pay for all the costs of training and traveling. Because they could not get funding from the government, players had to ask individuals to support them financially.

paragraphs: The team went to Nagano to compete in a tournament in February 2018 to prepare for the Games.

paragraphs: Japan, Sweden and the Czech Republic were the last 3 teams that were able to go to the 2018 Games. They could go because of how they finished at the Qualification Tournament in October in Ostersund, Sweden in October 2017. Teams participating in the tournament included Sweden, Germany, Slovakia, Japan and Great Britain.

paragraphs: The United States, South Korea, the Czech Republic and Japan were in Group B for the sledge hockey competition. They play South Korea on 11 March. They play the United States on 12 March. The Czech Republic plays Japan on 13 March.

paragraphs: Some of the Paralympics would be broad on television by ČT TV and ČT Sport. Live streaming of the Winter Games was also made available free on ČT Sport's website.


title: Croatia at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

paragraphs: Croatia sent people to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. One person representing Croatia is para-alpine skier Dino Sokolovič. He stopped skiing in 2016 for 20 months because of an injury.

paragraphs: The table below contains the list of members of people (called "Team Croatia") that will be participating in the 2018 Games.

paragraphs: Dino Sokolovič is a standing skier. He was injured in 2016. Because of the injury, he did not ski for 20 months.

paragraphs: Dino Sokolovič went to Slovenia in January 2018. He competed in the World Cup in Kranjska Gora. After 20 months away from skiing because of an injury, he won his first race at Kranjska Gora.


title: China at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

paragraphs: China sent people to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. China had never won a medal at the Winter Paralympics prior to the start of the 2018 Winter Games. They have a team competing in wheelchair curling.

paragraphs: China had never won a medal at the Winter Paralympics prior to the start of the 2018 Winter Games. The best finish they had was fourth at the 2014 Winter Paralympics.  Their wheelchair curling team finished fourth.  China's best individual finish was also in 2014. Peng Yuanyuan finished fifth in the  women's cross-country skiing 5 km classic style standing.

paragraphs: 15 National Paralympic Committees and the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation signed a letter expressing support for the National Paralympic Committee of Russia in August 2017.  The countries included Armenia, Belarus, Bulgaria, Vietnam, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, China, Laos, Moldova, Mongolia, Serbia, Tajikistan, Montenegro, and South Korea.  They asked the IPC Governing Board to consider letting Russia compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics.  The letter was signed weeks before the IPC Governing Board met in Abu Dhabi. In September 2017, this decision was reviewed and upheld. The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) still had concerns about doping in Russian sport. All the conditions the IPC required of the Russians were not met.

paragraphs: The team starts playing on 10 March when they go against Sweden.


title: Chile at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

paragraphs: Chile sent people to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. There were 4 people in para-alpine skiing. The skiers went to races to be allowed to go to South Korea. Starting in November 2017, they went to 15 races in Europe, the United States and Canada to get ready. Santiago Vega went to the 2014 Winter Paralympics. Nicolás Bisquert, Diego Seguel and Julio Soto were going to their first Paralympic Games.

paragraphs: Chile had 4 people at the 2018 Winter Paralympics. In the past, Diego Seguel was part of Team Chile at competitions around the world in another sport: para-athletics. All four had 220 points by February 2018.  They needed to have 220 total points or more in the time between when the 2014 Winter Paralympics ended and February 2018. Vega competed at the 2014 Winter Paralympics for Chile. He was the only member of the team to do that. The 2018 Games will be the first for Bisquert, Seguel and Soto.

paragraphs: The table below contains the list of members of people (called "Team Chile") that will be participating in the 2018 Games.

paragraphs: The skiers go to Pyeongchang wanting to do better than they did in the past. Chile competed in para-alpine skiing at the 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014 Winter Paralympics. The best finish they had was in 2010 when Patricio Morande finished fourteenth in the giant slalom. The coach is Carlos Torres. The team practiced for South Korea at the La Parva Ski Center in Chile. When at La Parva, they lived at the Ski Chile Hotel in Farellones. They worked together for over 170 days before leaving for the Winter Paralympics. From November 2017 to February 2018, they went to 15 races in Europe, the United States and Canada . They also had national team training camps.

paragraphs: Soto went to competition in North America in January 2018. In the Giant Slalom race, he had a time of 1 minute and 31 seconds and finished sixth. Because of his finish, Soto went to South Korea and was able to compete in the Giant Slalom race. At the same competition in Winter Park, Bisquertt finished first in the Giant Slalom race.  He beat world champion Corey Peters in the race. Soto was able to compete in the Slalom because of a race in 2017 where he was fifth. He was the first person from Chile who could go to the South Korea. Soto said he wanted to finish in the top 20 in the Slalom race in Pyeongchang.

paragraphs: When he was 9-years-old, Soto went to school. He had pain in his legs. He was later told by doctors he had osteosarcoma, a type of bone cancer. To fix it, doctors needed to amputate one of his legs. He played sports as part of his rehabilitation. After he finished university, he became a Level 1 Ski Instructor class at the National Ski School. In 2015, he became of part of Team Chile and represented his country in ski races around the world.

paragraphs: Bisquertt went to a ski race in Winter Park in January 2018 with other people from Chile. Because of past races, he could go to South Korea in two events. After his races in Winter Park, he could go to Pyeongchang for the Super G. In January 2018, Bisquertt said he wanted to win a medal at the 2018 Winter Paralympics.

paragraphs: Bisquertt had a motorcycle accident when he was a 14-year-old. The accident fractured his spine.

paragraphs: Before the 2018 Winter Paralympics, Diego Seguel went to a ski race in January 2018 in Winter Park. He finished third in the Giant Slalom. It was the first time he finished in the top three places at an international ski race. Because of his finishes in Winter Park, he could go to the South Korea in the slalom and giant slalom races.

paragraphs: In 2002, Diego Seguel had a snowboarding accident. He was 17-years-old. He got a disability because the accident hurt his spine. One year after the accident, he started doing para-alpine skiing using a mono-ski. He has competed for Chile every year since 2011.


title: United States at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

paragraphs: The United States sent people to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The team is competing in para-alpine skiing, para-Nordic skiing, para-snowboarding, sledge hockey and wheelchair curling. It has 63 people.

paragraphs: The World Para Alpine Skiing World Cup Finals took place in Kimberly, British Columbia in February 2018. The event was the last one used to decide who would represent the United States at the 2018 Games. The team to go was announced on 20 February 2018. In the men's downhill sitting race, Andrew Kurka of the United States won gold. He also won a silver in the men's Super-G sitting race.

paragraphs: The last date that countries could nominate people for their para-Nordic skiing teams at the 2018 Games was 23 February 2018. Kendall Gretsch won two gold medals in the first two days of competition.  One was in biathlon's women's 6 km race.  The other was in cross country skiing's women's 12 km sitting race. Daniel Cnossen won two medals in the first two days of competition.  His first was a gold in the men's 7.5 km sitting biathlon race.  His second was a silver in cross country skiing's men's 15 km sitting race.

paragraphs: The World Para Snowboard World Cup Finals in Big White, British Columbia took place in February 2018. The event was the final one used to decide who would represent the United States at the 2018 Games. On February 20, the names of the U.S. Paralympic Snowboarding Team were made public.

paragraphs: The USA finished in the first four at the 2017 Sledge Hockey World Championships.  This was why they could compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics. The United States, South Korea, the Czech Republic and Japan were in Group B for the sledge hockey competition.

paragraphs: Before the Games started, American wheelchair curlers had a few important dates in preparation for the Games. These included the U.S. Open in Utica, New York in December 2017, the Kisakallio Cup in Kisakallio, Finland in January 2018, and Sochi Open in January 2018. They started play on 10 March.

paragraphs: The country has the largest team among all nations. It has 63 people. New Zealand, Sweden and the United States were the first countries to name people to their teams. The people won their places by November 2017.

paragraphs: The table below contains the list of members of people (called "Team USA") that will be participating in the 2018 Games.

paragraphs: The World Para Alpine Skiing World Cup Finals took place in Kimberly, British Columbia in February 2018. The event was the last one used to decide who would represent the United States at the 2018 Games. 19 February 2018 was the deadline for American alpine skiers to get 2017-18 season race points in at least one race to be eligible to represent the United States at the Paralympic Games. The team to go was announced on 20 February 2018.

paragraphs: Skiers had training runs for the downhill race on 7 March. Their practice runs in the downhill on 8 and 9 March were cancelled.

paragraphs: The first event on the para-alpine program was the downhill. It started on 10 March, running from 9:30 AM to 1:30 PM. The second event on the program is Super-G. All skiers will race between 9:30 AM and 1:00 PM on 11 March. The super combined takes place on 13 March. The Super-G part of the event is in the morning. The slalom part is in the afternoon. The slalom event gets underway on 14 March and conclude on 15 March. Women and men both race during the same sessions in the morning. The afternoon sessions start with the women doing their second run. Then the men go.The last para-alpine skiing race of the 2018 Games is the giant slalom. It takes place on 17 - 18 March.  Men and women both race at the same time in the morning sessions.  Women race first in the afternoon sessions, with the men racing a half hour after they end.

paragraphs: Anna Schaffelhuber of Germany won gold in the women's downhill sitting race.  Momoka Muraoka of Japan won silver.  Laurie Stephens of the United States won bronze. In the men's downhill sitting race, Andrew Kurka of the United States won gold, Taiki Morri of Japan won silver and Corey Peters of New Zealand won bronze. In the men's Super-G sitting race, Kurt Oatway of Canada won gold, Andrew Kurka of the United States won silver, and Frederic Francois of France won bronze.

paragraphs: In December 2017, the World Para Nordic Skiing World Cup took place in Canmore, Alberta. The World Para Nordic Skiing World Cup in Oberried, Germany took place in January 2018. The last date that countries could nominate people for their teams at the 2018 Games was 23 February 2018.

paragraphs: Blind skier Danelle Umstead is married to her guide skier, Rob Umstead. The two call themselves "Vision4Gold". Umstead is one of the few mothers competing in South Korea. Oksana Masters was born in 1989 in the Ukraine, near the Chernobyl site. Her disability was because of the radiation from the accident in 1986. When she was 7-years-old, she was adopted by a woman from the United States who said she should play sports. Masters tried very hard, and later went to the 2012 Summer Paralympics where she competed in adapted rowing. After the 2012 Games, she had pain in her back and changed to para-Nordic skiing.

paragraphs: Cross country skiing events take place on 10, 11, 14, 17 and 18 of March.  Biathlon events take place on 10, 13 and 16 of March. On 12 March, the 15 km race takes place, with standing and vision impaired women starting at 10:00 PM. Thee sprint classic qualification takes place on 14 March from 10:00 AM – 11:25 AM for both men and women in all classes. It is followed in the afternoon by the semifinals and finals.  The classic race takes place on 17 March. The standing and visually impaired women's race takes place from 10:00 AM - 12:30.

paragraphs: Dan Cnossen won the first gold medal for the United States in biathlon. He won gold in the men's 7.5 km sitting race.

paragraphs: In the women's 6 km biathlon sitting race,  Kendall Gretsch of the United States won gold, Oksana Masters won silver and Lidziya Hrafeyeva of Belarus won bronze.

paragraphs: In cross country skiing's men's 15 km sitting race, Maksym Yarovyi of Ukraine won gold, Daniel Cnossen of the United States won silver, and Sin Eui Hyun won bronze.

paragraphs: In cross country skiing's women's 12 km sitting race, Kendall Gretsch of the United States won gold, Andrea Eskau of Germany won silver, and Oksana Masters of the United States won bronze.

paragraphs: The World Para Snowboard World Cup Finals in Big White, British Columbia took place in February 2018. The event was the final one used to decide who would represent the United States at the 2018 Games. To be eligible to represent the United States at the Paralympic Games, American snowboarders had to get season race points in at least one race in the 2017-18 season. The deadline to get the points was 19 February 2018. On February 20, the names of the U.S. Paralympic Snowboarding Team were made public.

paragraphs: The snowboard cross event starts on 12 March, running from 10:30 AM to 5:00 PM for all classes for both men and women. The slalom race is scheduled to take place on 16 March, going from 10:30 AM – 4:55 PM for men and women in all classes.

paragraphs: The USA finished in the first four at the 2017 Sledge Hockey World Championships.  This was why they could compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics. They went to South Korea after winning a gold medal in sledge hockey at the 2014 Winter Paralympics.

paragraphs: The United States went to the 2018 Winter Paralympics looking to win their third consecutive Paralympic gold, having claimed gold at the 2010 and 2014 Winter Paralympics. Canada was thought to be their biggest competitor. They had won three consecutive gold medals at the World Championships, with their most recent gold at the 2017 World Championships A-Pool.

paragraphs: The United States national sledge hockey team played in several tournaments and friendly games to get ready for the Winter Paralympics. The team played in the December 2017 World Sled Hockey Challenge in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. They played in the Para Ice Hockey International Tournament in Turin, Italy in January 2018. They also played in the 2018 Border Series in Buffalo, New York and Pt. Colborne, Ontario in February 2018.

paragraphs: 19-year-old Brody Roybal is from Chicago. He was part of the United States national sledge hockey team at the 2014 Winter Paralympics. He won a gold medal at those games. He started playing sledge hockey in 2006. He was born with a congenital, bilateral amputation.

paragraphs: Joe Misiewicz will be competing at his first Paralympic Games in Pyeongchang as a 29-year-old. When he was with the 1st Battalion 5th Marines in Afghanistan, he was injured. This happened during a patrol, when his vehicle hit an improvised explosive devise. Because of injury, he is a double above-knee amputee.

paragraphs: Chicagoan Kevin McKee also was part of the United States national sledge hockey team at the 2014 Winter Paralympics. Competing with the team, he won a gold medal in Sochi. in 2018, he was ranked third on the national team. This was based on his performance at the World Sled Hockey Challenge in December 2017. McKee has sacral agenesis. He was born with this disorder.

paragraphs: The United States, South Korea, the Czech Republic and Japan were in Group B for the sledge hockey competition. They played against Japan on 10 March. They play against the Czech Republic on 11 March. They play against South Korea on 12 March.

paragraphs: The national team first decided who might be part of the national team in September 2017 in Incheon, South Korea. The second time when the national team said some people may not be able to go was at an event in Green Bay, Wisconsin in October 2017. The final choice of who would be on Team USA for the 2018 Games was made at USA National Team event in Wausau, Wisconsin in early November 2017.

paragraphs: They started playing on 10 March. They played against Sweden on 11 March.


title: Uzbekistan at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

paragraphs: Uzbekistan sent people to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Only one skier from Uzbekistan was selected to go. Yokutkhon Kholbekova () is going to compete in para-Nordic skiing. Saodat Numanova was selected to referee para-alpine skiing events. 2018 is the second time Uzbekistan will go to the Winter Paralympics.

paragraphs: Skiers from Uzbekistan were invited to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics. Yokutkhon Kholbekova () was the only skier selected to go to South Korea. She competed in para-Nordic skiing. Saodat Numanova was selected to referee para-alpine skiing events.

paragraphs: The table below contains the list of members of people (called "Team Uzbekistan") that will be participating in the 2018 Games.

paragraphs: Uzbekistan first went to the Winter Paralympic Games in 2014. They sent 2 sportspeople. Ramil Gayazov was the only one who competed. They did not win any medals.

paragraphs: Yokutkhon Kholbekova went to a World Cup event in January 2018. She also competes in para-athletics events, participating in national championships in Uzbekistan.

paragraphs: On 12 March, the 15 km race takes place, with standing and vision impaired women starting at 10:00 PM. Thee sprint classic qualification takes place on 14 March from 10:00 AM – 11:25 AM for both men and women in all classes. It is followed in the afternoon by the semifinals and finals.  The classic race takes place on 17 March. The standing and visually impaired women's race takes place from 10:00 AM - 12:30.


title: Ukraine at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

paragraphs: Ukraine sent people to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. People from Ukraine competed in para-alpine skiing, para-Nordic skiing and para-snowboarding. The National Paralympic Committee of Ukraine, Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ukraine and Lifecell helped the team go to the Winter Paralympics. They gave the team money, clothes and mobile phones. They also gave money to pay for people to practice for their races.

paragraphs: On the first day of competition, Anatolii Kovalevskyi, Liudmyla Liashenko, Vitaliy Luk'yanenko, Ihor Reptyukh and Oksana Shyshkova all won medals in the biathlon. The Government of Ukraine gives monetary awards to Paralympic Games medalists. For the 2018 Winter Paralympics, dold medalists get USD$125,000, silver medalists get USD$80,000 and bronze medalists get USD$55,000.

paragraphs: The first time Ukraine sent people to the Winter Paralympics was in 1998. At the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Ukraine was the fourth country by total medals won. People from Ukraine went to Pyeongchang to compete in para-alpine skiing, para-Nordic skiing and para-snowboarding.

paragraphs: The table below contains the list of members of people (called "Team Ukraine") that will be participating in the 2018 Games.

paragraphs: Help for the team was given by the National Paralympic Committee of Ukraine, Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ukraine and a mobile phone company named Lifecell.

paragraphs: The government of the Ukraine gave money to the national team for the 2018 Winter Paralympics. The money was for clothes, footwear and accessories for competition, and the opening and closing of the 2018 Paralympics. The government gave people UAH 20.2 million in 2017 to practice for the Winter Paralympics. In 2018, the government gave people UAH 10.27 million.

paragraphs: Lifecell gave mobile phones to members of the team. The phones could be used in Pyeongchang by people from the Ukraine for free.

paragraphs: People from Ukraine thought the best luck to win a medal was in the biathlon.

paragraphs: In the men's 7.5 km standing race,  Benjamin Daviet of France won gold, Mark Arendz won silver and Ihor Reptyukh of Ukraine won bronze. In the men's 7.5 km visually impaired race,  Vitaliy Luk'yanenko of Ukraine won gold, Yury Holub of Belarus won silver and Anatolii Kovalevskyi of Ukraine won bronze. In the women's 6 km biathlon standing race,  Ekaterina Rumyantseva won gold, Anna Milenina won silver, and Liudmyla Liashenko of Ukraine won bronze. In the women's 6 km biathlon visually impaired race,  Mikhalina Lysova won gold,  Oksana Shyshkova of Ukraine won silver and Sviatlana Sakhanenka of Belarus won bronze.

paragraphs: In cross country skiing's men's 15 km sitting race, Maksym Yarovyi of Ukraine won gold, Daniel Cnossen of the United States won silver, and Sin Eui Hyun won bronze.

paragraphs: Ukrainian sportspeople who win a Paralympic medal get money from the government as part of an work of the government to bring dignity and make life better for Paralympians compared to Ukrainian Olympians. Gold medalists get USD$125,000. Silver medalists get USD$80,000. Bronze medalists get USD$55,000.


title: Turkey at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

paragraphs: Turkey sent people to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The country sent one person, alpine skier Mehmet Çekiç. Turkey tried to qualify in other sports, like wheelchair curling. They just were unable to win spots to the Games. Turkey only made its first Winter Paralympics appearance at the 2014 Games.

paragraphs: In December 2017, the National Paralympic Committee of Turkey said one person would go to Pyeongchang. Alpine skier Mehmet Çekiç was the person selected. The National Paralympic Committee provided Çekiç with all the resources he needed. This was done with assistance from Turkey's national ski federation. The country wanted to send more people to South Korea for the Games. People had problems with qualifications for the Games. The President of the National Paralympic Committee of Turkey said they wanted to send more people to the 2022 Winter Paralympics. They would work hard to make that happen. Financial problems and being responsibility for 18 sports made securing more positions for Pyeongchang difficult.

paragraphs: The table below contains the list of members of people (called "Team Turkey") that will be participating in the 2018 Games.

paragraphs: Turkey tried to go to the 2018 Winter Paralympics in wheelchair curling. Turkey Physically Disabled Sports Federation Wheelchair Curling was created a year before the ability to get the right to go by winning the Wheelchair Curling World Championships B Tournament. The team had many problems, and did not do well. They did not the earn the right to compete. The team was coached by Gökçe Ulugay. It included wheelchair curlers Züleyha Bingöl, Kenan Coşkun, Serpil Arslan , Mesut Güle and Turan Akalın. The competition was the first international tournament Turkey participated in.

paragraphs: Skiers from Turkey also tried to get the right to go to Pyeongchang. Like wheelchair curlers in Turkey, the skiers had many challenges. They were not able to get the right to compete.

paragraphs: The first event on the para-alpine program is the downhill. It starts on 10 March, running from 9:30 AM to 1:30 PM. The second event on the program is Super-G. All skiers will race between 9:30 AM and 1:00 PM on 11 March. The super combined takes place on 13 March. The Super-G part of the event is in the morning. The slalom part is in the afternoon. The slalom event gets underway on 14 March and conclude on 15 March. Women and men both race during the same sessions in the morning. The afternoon sessions start with the women doing their second run. Then the men go.The last para-alpine skiing race of the 2018 Games is the giant slalom. It takes place on 17 - 18 March.  Men and women both race at the same time in the morning sessions.  Women race first in the afternoon sessions, with the men racing a half hour after they end.

paragraphs: Turkey went to the 2014 Winter Paralympics. It was the first time Turkey competed at the Winter Paralympics. The Winter Sports division of the National Paralympic Committee was created in 2012. This was two years before the start of the 2014 Winter Paralympics. Esat Hilmi Bayindir earned the right to go. Because of a process to help countries that are underrepresented at the Paralympics, Mehmet Çekiç was invited to participate. This process is called Bipartite Invitation. Esat Hilmi Bayindir was in a traffic accident. Because of this, he has a disability. At the time of the 2014 Winter Paralympics, the skier was living in the United States. He started skiing in 1982. Mehmet Çekiç started skiing in France in 2011. In 2013, Çekiç went to alpine skiing competition in France and Italy. Because of a traffic accident in 2009, he has a disability. After the 2014 Winter Paralympics, Turkey hoped they could go to the 2018 Winter Paralympics.

paragraphs: The only authorized ticket seller in Turkey for the Paralympic Games was Setur.


title: Switzerland at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

paragraphs: Switzerland sent people to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Switzerland has a team of 31 people. Only 13 are sportspeople. They are competing in three sports: para-alpine skiing, para-Nordic skiing and wheelchair curling.

paragraphs: The team has 13 people. They are competing in three sports: para-alpine skiing, para-Nordic skiing and wheelchair curling. 18 other people are part of the team. They include coaches, administrators and sport officials. The flag bearer for the Opening Ceremonies is Felix Wagner. Luana Bergamin is the Chef-de-Mission. Bergamin said he wants Switzerland to win 3 medals at the 2018 Games.

paragraphs: The table below contains the list of members of people (called "Team Switzerland") that will be participating in the 2018 Games.

paragraphs: Switzerland and Germany share a meeting place during the Winter Paralympics. It is called "Maison des Alpes". Fans, sportspeople, journalists and other people can go there and talk. The place includes a Swiss restaurant.

paragraphs: Christoph Kunz went to Pyeongchang with 2 gold medals. He won them at earlier Winter Paralympic Games.

paragraphs: Skiers had training runs for the downhill race on 7 March. Their practice runs in the downhill on 8 and 9 March were cancelled.

paragraphs: The first event on the para-alpine program was the downhill. It started on 10 March, running from 9:30 AM to 1:30 PM. The second event on the program was Super-G. All skiers will raced between 9:30 AM and 1:00 PM on 11 March. The super combined takes place on 13 March. The Super-G part of the event is in the morning. The slalom part is in the afternoon. The slalom event gets underway on 14 March and conclude on 15 March. Women and men both race during the same sessions in the morning. The afternoon sessions start with the women doing their second run. Then the men go.The last para-alpine skiing race of the 2018 Games is the giant slalom. It takes place on 17 - 18 March.  Men and women both race at the same time in the morning sessions.  Women race first in the afternoon sessions, with the men racing a half hour after they end.

paragraphs: Theo Gmur won a gold medal in the men's downhill standing race.  Arthur Bauchet of France won silver.  Markus Salcher of Austria won bronze. In the men's Super-G standing race, Theo Gmur of Switzerland won gold, Arthur Bauchet of France won silver, and Markus Salcher of Austria won bronze.

paragraphs: The Switzerland national wheelchair curling team members are Felix Wagner, Claudia Hüttenmoser-Pfister, Marcel Bodenmann, Beatrix Blauel, and Hans Burgener. Wagner is the skip. They won the 2016 Wheelchair Curling World Championships. This won them the right to go to the 2018 Winter Paralympics. To get ready for the Games, the team played in 5 international tournaments. They took place in Copenhagen, Wetzikon, Stirling in Scotland, Richmond in British Colombia, and Ottawa. B. Braun Medical SA is the team's sponsor.

paragraphs: Wheelchair curling competition started on 10 March. Switzerland plays against Sweden on 15 March.


title: Sweden at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

paragraphs: Sweden sent people to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The team has 22 people. They are competing in para-alpine skiing, para-Nordic skiing, sledge hockey and wheelchair curling. The Games are being shown on television on SVT.

paragraphs: 22 people from Sweden competed in the 2018 Winter Paralympics. People are competing in para-alpine skiing, para-Nordic skiing, sledge hockey and wheelchair curling. New Zealand, Sweden and the United States were the first countries to name people to their teams after sportspeople won spots by November 2017. The first person named to the team was para-Nordic skier Zebastian Modin.

paragraphs: The table below contains the list of members of people (called "Team Sweden") that will be participating in the 2018 Games.

paragraphs: People from Sweden went to the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia. Of the 22 total people, 18 were men and 4 were women. They won 1 gold medal, 2 silver medals and 1 bronze medal.

paragraphs: People from Sweden were critical of anti-doping work planned for the 2018 Winter Olympics and Paralympics. They did not like the fact that anti-doping officials were not being paid.

paragraphs: Aaron Lindström made the team for the 2018 Games when he was a 17-year-old. He was the first alpine skier to be named to the team for Sweden. He competes in the slalom, giant slalom and Super G races.

paragraphs: Zebastian Modin has problems seeing, and uses a guide skier. Before South Korea, he competed at the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver and the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi. He won a bronze medal in 2010, and  two silver medals and a bronze medal in 2014.

paragraphs: On 12 March, the 15 km race takes place, with standing and vision impaired women starting at 10:00 PM. Thee sprint classic qualification takes place on 14 March from 10:00 AM – 11:25 AM for both men and women in all classes. It is followed in the afternoon by the semifinals and finals.  The classic race takes place on 17 March. The standing and visually impaired women's race takes place from 10:00 AM - 12:30.

paragraphs: Japan, Sweden and the Czech Republic were the last 3 teams that were able to go to the 2018 Games. They could go because of how they finished at the Qualification Tournament in October in Ostersund, Sweden in October 2017.

paragraphs: Canada, Norway, Italy and Sweden were in Group A for the sledge hockey competition. Sweden's first game is on 10 March against Canada. They play against Italy on 12 March. They play against Norway on 13 March.

paragraphs: The Swedish national wheelchair curling team includes Viljo Petersson Dahl, Kristina Ulander, Ronny Persson, Zandra Reppe and Mats-Ola Engborg. The team starts playing on 10 March when they compete against China. They play the United States on 11 March. They play Slovakia on 12 March. They play Great Britain on 12 March. They play Norway and Germany on 13 March. On 14 March, they play against Finland and South Korea.


title: Spain at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

paragraphs: Spain sent people to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The team from Spain had 4 people. They included 2 snowboarders and 2 skiers. Blind skier Jon Santacana and guide skier Miguel Galindo Garces competed at the Paralympics before in 2002, 2006, 2010 and the 2014. Astrid Fina Paredes went to the 2014 Winter Paralympics. Snowboarder Víctor González will be going to his first Paralympic Games.

paragraphs: Spain sent 4 people to the 2018 Winter Paralympics. They were snowboards and alpine skiers. The team went to an event in Madrid on 26 February 2018 in Madrid. After the event, they went to South Korea.

paragraphs: The table below contains the list of members of people (called "Team Spain") that will be participating in the 2018 Games.

paragraphs: Traditionally, the United States, Canada, Germany, Switzerland, New Zealand, Norway and Sweden have been the best countries at the Winter Paralympics. Spain has not sent many people, and has not won many medals. One of the reasons is that there are not many places to ski, and it is very expensive. This discourages people from trying winter sports. Paralympic sports are also treated the same as women's sports in Spain. They are hidden away, and the media gives little coverage to the sporting accomplishments of its elite Paralympic sportspeople. While Olympic people have guaranteed money because of Plan ADO, Paralympic people get much less money from Plan ADOP. The money they get is also much less secure, changing from year to year. This makes it difficult for Spanish Paralympic people to plan in advance their practice and competition calendar. Olympic people get money for the year. Paralympic people only get money for a month. The next month, they may not get any money from Plan ADOP. While Spain has a lot of people with disabilities, only 0.5% have a sports license.

paragraphs: There were some issues related to clothing making Joma sponsoring the Winter Paralympic team. The company already sponsored the 2018 Spanish Winter Olympic team. This started during preparations for the 2016 Summer Paralympics. Joma wanted to provide clothing for only some members of the Spanish team going to Rio de Janeiro. They did not want to provide clothes for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the Summer Paralympics. The company cited a lack of commercial visibility for the Paralympic Games as the reason they wanted to do this. While Joma was not providing clothing for all team members for all parts of the Summer Paralympics, the company created advertising saying they were official sponsors of the team. The Spanish Paralympic Committee did not consider them to be sponsors as they were not providing everyone with clothing. They asked Joma to stop what they thought was deceptive advertising. The Spanish Paralympic Committee also considered taking legal action against Joma. The Summer Paralympics became the first Paralympic Games in 20 years where the Spanish Olympic and Paralympic teams did not have the same clothing sponsor. This situation continued with the 2018 Winter Paralympics.

paragraphs: Jon Santacana competed at the 2002, 2006, 2010 and the 2014 Winter Paralympics with his guide, Miguel Galindo Garces. He won eight medals between 2002 and 2014 at the Paralympics. Three were gold. Three were silver. Two were bronze.

paragraphs: The first event on the para-alpine program is the downhill. It starts on 10 March, running from 9:30 AM to 1:30 PM. The second event on the program is Super-G. All skiers will race between 9:30 AM and 1:00 PM on 11 March. The super combined takes place on 13 March. The Super-G part of the event is in the morning. The slalom part is in the afternoon. The slalom event gets underway on 14 March and conclude on 15 March. Women and men both race during the same sessions in the morning. The afternoon sessions start with the women doing their second run. Then the men go.The last para-alpine skiing race of the 2018 Games is the giant slalom. It takes place on 17 - 18 March.  Men and women both race at the same time in the morning sessions.  Women race first in the afternoon sessions, with the men racing a half hour after they end.

paragraphs: Spain sent two snowboarders to the Paralympic Games in South Korea. They were Astrid Fina Paredes and Víctor González. They are members of Federación Española de Deportes de Personas con Discapacidad Física, a sport organization for people with physical disabilities.

paragraphs: Astrid Fina Paredes went to the IPC World Cup 2017 in La Molina, Spain.  She won two silver medals.  The World Cup was part of her training for the 2018 Winter Paralympics.  In February 2017, she went to the IPC Para-Snowboarding World Championships in Big White, Canada. She finished fourth in the snowboard slalom race and fifth in the snowboard cross race. In 2017, she wanted to go to the 2018 Paralympic Games and win a medal. Her fear was she would get hurt. This would make it difficult to race and get a medal. She leaves for South Korea on 2 March 2018, with her first race on 12 March and her second one 15 March.

paragraphs: Astrid Fina Paredes was at the 2014 Winter Paralympics, with the 2018 Games being her second Games. At Sochi 2014, she finished sixth in snowboard cross. From Barcelona, Fina Paredes has a physical disability because of a traffic accident in 2009. In 2013, her leg was amputated. She started para-snowboarding that year. It was one year from when she start that she went to Sochi. Participating in snowboarding costs a lot of money. To continue to practice and compete in the southern hemisphere during 2016, she needed to rent out her apartment in Spain. Team Spain had no money to help her.

paragraphs: Víctor González was a snowboarder. He had an accident. Because of the accident, he got a disability in his legs. After the accident, he switched to para-snowboarding.

paragraphs: The snowboard cross event starts on 12 March, running from 10:30 AM to 5:00 PM for all classes for both men and women. The slalom race is scheduled to take place on 16 March, going from 10:30 AM – 4:55 PM for men and women in all classes.

paragraphs: The Government of Spain said there was 135,000 € total to give to Spanish sportspeople who won medals at the 2018 Games. If a person won a gold medal, they got up to 30,000 €.  If a person won a silver medal, they got up to 15,000 €.  A person with a bronze medal got up to 9,000 €. These totals have been criticized. At the 2016 Summer Olympics and Paralympics, the government allocated 1,861,000 € for Olympic medalists but only 684,000 € to people who won medals at the Paralympics. The individual totals are still better than the past. At the 2012 Summer Paralympics, Olympic gold won a person 94,000 € but a gold medal at the Paralympics only won a person 10,000 €.


title: South Korea at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

paragraphs: South Korea sent people to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. South Korea and North Korea will enter the Opening Ceremonies as one team, walking behind a unification flag. South Korea is competing in sledge hockey.

paragraphs: The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) said North Korea was going to participate in the Winter Games for the first time. The North Koreans will competing under a Korean unification flag like their delegation for the 2018 Winter Olympics did. This is the first time that North Korea went to the Winter Paralympics. The country had gone to the 2012 Summer Paralympics and the 2016 Summer Paralympics. On 1 January 2018, Kim Jong-un said he wanted to have North Koreans competing at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Paralympics. North Koreans had a meeting with the IPC in Lusanne, Switzerland on 20 January 2018. At the meeting, North Korea and South Korea asked the IPC if they could compete as one team. On 27 February, the two countries met at a small village on the border with South Korea. They discussed how the two countries would compete together at the Winter Games. The Government of South Korea thinks the North going to the Games is important. They think it can reduce the tensions between the two countries.

paragraphs: South Korea wanted to win at the 2018 Winter Olympics and 2018 Winter Paralympics because they did not want to be as the Games were going to be South Korea. To do this, they looked around the world for coaches and people who could compete at the Games. They gave citizenship to 19 people for Team South Korea at the Olympics. They gave citizenship to one person for the Paralympics, but this person was not chosen to be part of the team that competed at the Paralympic Games.

paragraphs: The country has the fourth largest team among all nations. It has 36 people.

paragraphs: South Korea had a goal of winning four medals at the Games. They wanted to win one gold, one silver and two bronze medals.

paragraphs: 15 National Paralympic Committees and the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation signed a letter expressing support for the National Paralympic Committee of Russia in August 2017. The countries included Armenia, Belarus, Bulgaria, Vietnam, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, China, Laos, Moldova, Mongolia, Serbia, Tajikistan, Montenegro, and South Korea. They asked the IPC Governing Board to consider letting Russia compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics. The letter was signed weeks before the IPC Governing Board met in Abu Dhabi. In September 2017, this decision was reviewed and upheld. The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) still had concerns about doping in Russian sport. All the conditions the IPC required of the Russians were not met.

paragraphs: South Korea was where the 1988 Summer Paralympics were. The 2018 Winter Paralympics was the second time South Korea hosted the Games. South Korea has gone to every Winter Paralympic Games since the 1992 Winter Paralympics.

paragraphs: On 12 March, the 15 km race takes place, with standing and vision impaired women starting at 10:00 PM. Thee sprint classic qualification takes place on 14 March from 10:00 AM – 11:25 AM for both men and women in all classes. It is followed in the afternoon by the semifinals and finals.  The classic race takes place on 17 March. The standing and visually impaired women's race takes place from 10:00 AM - 12:30.

paragraphs: In cross country skiing's men's 15 km sitting race, Maksym Yarovyi of Ukraine won gold, Daniel Cnossen of the United States won silver, and Sin Eui Hyun won bronze.

paragraphs: People think Jung Segun-Hwan is one of the best forwards in the world. He scored a goal in the bronze medal match at the 2017 Sledge Hockey World Championships. The goal helped his team win bronze.

paragraphs: South Korea could play at the 2018 Paralympics because the Games were in South Korea. South Korea played in the 2017 World Sledge Hockey Challenge in December in Charlottetown, Canada. South Korea played in a tournament in January in Japan. They beat Norway 0 - 5 to win gold.

paragraphs: South Korea won a bronze medal at the 2014 Winter Paralympics. They went to the Games with people thinking they could win another medal in 2018.

paragraphs: The United States, South Korea, the Czech Republic and Japan were in Group B for the sledge hockey competition. They play against Japan on 10 March. They play against the Czech Republic on 11 March.


title: Slovenia at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

paragraphs: Slovenia sent people to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. One para-alpine skier was named to the team. The person was 16-year-old Jernej Slivnik. He had an injury a few months before the Winter Games started. He is coached by Roman Podlipnik. While he was named to the team in 2017, he met all the criteria to compete at the Games in January 2018.

paragraphs: The table below contains the list of members of people (called "Team Slovenia") that will be participating in the 2018 Games.

paragraphs: 16-year-old Jernej Slivnik had a shoulder injury five months before the 2018 Games. He started practicing again at a ski resort in Slovenia in December 2017. His goal was to be prepared for the 2018 World Cup in Kranjska Gora. The competition was one of seven World Cup races before the season before the Games. He was coached by Roman Podlipnik. He also trained with Slovene deaf skier Anja Drev. His coach was happy in late December. Slivnik was recovering faster than expected from his shoulder injury. At the end of December 2017, he was the only Slovene to have earned the right to compete at the Paralympics. Because his recovery went so fast, he competed at a World Cup in Zagreb, Croatia in early December. This was in addition to the World Cup a week later in Slovenia. After his first run in Zagreb, he was in thirteenth position. He did not finish his second run. His coach was still happy with his performance. At the World Cup in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, he finished his races. The World Cup was only a few days after the World Cup in Zagreb. While he finished thirteenth, his finishing the World Cup race was very important. It meant he completed all the things required of him to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics. After the race, his coach said, ""I congratulate Jernejo, because I know he has not been able to do it in the last few weeks. He was injured, but he did not finish the race in Zagreb, even though he was skiing well. Depending on the layout and the conditions on the track it worked well. I expect that now the preparations for the Paralympic Games will be relaxed and fully dedicated." Slivnik said after qualifying for the Paralympics, "Before the first run there were some problems with the track, but the Kranjska Gora team did a great job and prepared a track that was excellent. In the second, the track was already slightly slapped. I made a little mistake, but I did not want to give in, I wanted to aim. I did it. I am glad that I have confirmed my departure for the Paralympic Games, as this idea of successfully passing the game was a long time in the head."

paragraphs: The first event on the para-alpine program is the downhill. It starts on 10 March, running from 9:30 AM to 1:30 PM. The second event on the program is Super-G. All skiers will race between 9:30 AM and 1:00 PM on 11 March. The super combined takes place on 13 March. The Super-G part of the event is in the morning. The slalom part is in the afternoon. The slalom event gets underway on 14 March and conclude on 15 March. Women and men both race during the same sessions in the morning. The afternoon sessions start with the women doing their second run. Then the men go.The last para-alpine skiing race of the 2018 Games is the giant slalom. It takes place on 17 - 18 March.  Men and women both race at the same time in the morning sessions.  Women race first in the afternoon sessions, with the men racing a half hour after they end.