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  2. Lies (Status Quo song) - Wikipedia

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    "Lies" / "Don't Drive My Car" is a double A-side single released by the British rock band Status Quo in 1980. Lies [ edit ] "Lies" was considered to be the most commercial of the two.

  3. Playing card - Wikipedia

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    Playing cards are typically palm-sized for convenient handling, and usually are sold together in a set as a deck of cards or pack of cards. The most common type of playing card in the West is the French-suited , standard 52-card pack , of which the most widespread design is the English pattern , [a] followed by the Belgian-Genoese pattern . [5]

  4. Card counting - Wikipedia

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    Design and selection of systems. The primary goal of a card counting system is to assign point values to each card that roughly correlate to the card's "effect of removal" or EOR (that is, the effect a single card has on the house advantage once removed from play), thus enabling the player to gauge the house advantage based on the composition of cards still to be dealt.

  5. Payment card number - Wikipedia

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    Payment card numbers are composed of 8 to 19 digits, [1] The leading six or eight digits are the issuer identification number (IIN) sometimes referred to as the bank identification number (BIN). [2] : 33 [3] The remaining numbers, except the last digit, are the individual account identification number. The last digit is the Luhn check digit.

  6. Tracking (dog) - Wikipedia

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    Tracking refers to a dog 's ability to detect, recognize and follow a specific scent. Possessing heightened olfactory abilities, dogs, especially scent hounds, are able to detect, track and locate the source of certain odours. [1] A deeper understanding of the physiological mechanisms and the phases involved in canine scent tracking has allowed ...

  7. Radio-frequency identification - Wikipedia

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    Radio-frequency identification ( RFID) uses electromagnetic fields to automatically identify and track tags attached to objects. An RFID system consists of a tiny radio transponder called a tag, a radio receiver, and a transmitter. When triggered by an electromagnetic interrogation pulse from a nearby RFID reader device, the tag transmits ...

  8. Political status of Puerto Rico - Wikipedia

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    Background. The United States acquired the islands of Puerto Rico in 1898 after the Spanish–American War, and the archipelago has been under U.S. sovereignty since.In 1950, Congress enacted the Puerto Rico Federal Relations Act of 1950 or legislation (P.L. 81-600), authorizing Puerto Rico to hold a constitutional convention and, in 1952, the people of Puerto Rico ratified a constitution ...

  9. Piledriver (album) - Wikipedia

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    Released: 10 November 1972 [1] "Don't Waste My Time". Released: 1972 (US only) Piledriver is the fifth studio album by the English rock band Status Quo, released in 1972. It was the first to be produced by the group themselves, and their first on the Vertigo label. It peaked at number five in the UK and included several favourites that would be ...