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The Biggest Loser: Couples 2 is the seventh season of the NBC reality television series The Biggest Loser. [1] The season premiered on January 6, 2009, with 11 overweight couples (relationships to one another ranging from mother and daughter to husband and wife and cousins) competing for a cash prize of $250,000. [2]
Also in 2016, Quizlet launched "Quizlet Live", a real-time online matching game where teams compete to answer all 12 questions correctly without an incorrect answer along the way. [15] In 2017, Quizlet created a premium offering called "Quizlet Go" (later renamed "Quizlet Plus"), with additional features available for paid subscribers.
Losar is celebrated for 15 days, with the main celebrations on the first three days. On the first day of Losar, a beverage called changkol is made from chhaang (a Tibetan-Nepali equivalent of beer). The second day of Losar is known as King's Losar (gyalpo losar). Losar is traditionally preceded by the five-day practice of Vajrakilaya.
Students of the exile school system are taught that this usage of Tashi delek has roots in premodern Tibet, and that Chinese Tibetans' exclusive usage of Tashi delek for New Year's is corrupt. [7] Tour operators have promoted the phrase, along with khata scarves and prayer flags , as essentialized and commodifiable aspects of Tibetan culture ...
Orthodox Christmas: 7 January – in churches using the Julian calendar. Until the year 2100, 7 January in the Julian Calendar is equivalent to 25 December in the Gregorian calendar. Secular. Saint Basil's Day: 1 January – In Greek traditions, he is the Father Christmas figure. New Year's Day: 1 January – First day of the Gregorian Year. [1]
Sonam Lhosar is a New Year's day festival of the Tamang and Hyolmo people of Nepal as well as Sikkim and Darjeeling regions of India. It falls on the second new moon after the winter solstice which is usually the Magh Sukla Pratipada based on the eastern lunar calendar.
Losartan, sold under the brand name Cozaar among others, is a medication used to treat high blood pressure (hypertension). [4] It is in the angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) family of medication, and is considered protective of the kidneys.
The losartan/hydrochlorothiazide combination preparation is marketed by Merck under the brand name Hyzaar and by Xeno Pharmaceuticals under the name Anzaplus. [6] Merck, Sharp & Dohme market it as Ocsaar Plus in Israel. It is marketed as Cozaar comp in Sweden and South Africa. [citation needed]