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Club

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Lauri_Clapp

Lauri Clapp is a former state legislator in Colorado. The Colorado Independent described her as a conservative firebrand. She served in the Colorado House of Representatives from 1999 to 2006.<ref> A Republican, she represented Arapahoe County.<ref>

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50_sen_note

Meiji Tsūhō (1872)

The first fifty sen notes adopted and released by the Japanese government are known as "Meiji Tsūhō half yen" (明治通宝半円) notes, which are part of the "Meiji Tsūhō" (明治通宝) series. Notes from this series are the first Japanese currency ever to be printed using western printing at "Dondorf and Naumann", which was located in Frankfurt.<ref> Tomomi Iwakura met with Otto von Bismarck in March 1871 (Meiji 4) as part of the Iwakura Mission to study western culture. The "Paper Money Office" (known today as the National Printing Bureau) was later established in July of that year following the abolition of the han system. This entity was later organized into the "Paper Money Bureau" in January 1872.<ref> Incomplete banknotes manufactured by Dondorf Naumann began to arrive from Germany around the same time. These notes were left incomplete for security reasons which required the words "Meiji Tsuho" and the mark of the Minister of Finance to be supplemented and printed at the Paper Money Bureau. Woodblock printing was eventually employed to save hundreds of people the work of handwriting the characters "Meiji Tsuho" on each individual note. These fifty sen notes were eventually released in April, 1872 (year 5) giving Japan a westernized currency system to go with the recently established yen.<ref> All of the old former government and clan banknotes were intended for exchange upon the issuance of the new currency.<ref> Meiji Tsūhō notes were given an elaborate design that was difficult to forge as counterfeiting was previously rampant with these clan notes. These thieves eventually adapted to these changes by legally obtaining unstamped Meiji Tsūhō notes sent to Japan from Germany. Normally Japanese officials would add stamps to the notes finalizing the process, where in this case the counterfeiters added their own stamps.

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Ōkura-kyō series (1882)

Previous Meiji Tsūhō fifty sen notes were printed using western technology which had its disadvantages in terms of quality. Over time these fragile notes became discolored easily due to the climate of Japan. Counterfeiting was another issue as these thieves eventually found a way around the elaborate Meiji Tsūhō design. This was done by legally purchasing unstamped notes from Germany as mentioned in the section above. The series as a whole was still considered to be "extremely decorative" and received top-class reputation internationally. These notes were made as a countermeasure against counterfeiting by using the best technology available at the time.

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Ōkura-kyō series (1882)

Ōkura-kyō fifty sen notes were issued with twenty sen notes in December 1882 (year 15) to a favorable public reception. It was during this time that the government decided to end the circulation of government issued banknotes by the end of the century. Fifty sen Ōkura-kyō notes were thus abolished on December 31, 1899 (year 32) along with other government banknotes.

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Taishō fractional notes (1917–1922)

During the reign of Emperor Taishō, the Japanese government initially issued silver coinage as had been done previously under Meiji. World War I started on July 28, 1914, eventually bringing Japan a booming economy due to a large trade surplus. Silver bullion to make silver subsidiary coins also rose above their face value which posed a financial challenge to the mint. To remedy the situation an imperial ordinance was promulgated on October 29, 1917, issuing fractional currency in the amount of thirty million yen. The obverse side of the notes feature the Finance Minister's seal and chrysanthemum flower emblem, while on the reverse is decorated in a colored pattern. There is a central feature on the reverse side which mentions counterfeit penalties (1 year imprisonment or 200,000 yen fine) enforced by law.<ref>

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Taishō fractional notes (1917–1922)

It was initially agreed that the notes would be bound by a restriction stating that they could only be issued until one year after the end of the war. This date came and went as World War I ended in November 1918 (year 7 of Taishō) and the new year began. It was ultimately decided to allow the issuance to continue for a while longer as there was still a shortage in coinage. Fifty sen notes were issued until 1922 (year 11) when they were discontinued in favor of silver coinage. Rapid inflation caused by World War II eventually rendered Taishō fifty sen notes worthless and obsolete. The notes held on to their legal tender status until August 31, 1948, when they were abolished.

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Fuji Sakura (1938)

Japan found itself in conflict when the Marco Polo Bridge Incident occurred in July 1937 (year 12 of Shōwa). This incident would eventually lead to the gradual occupation of Chinese territory by the Japanese as the Second Sino-Japanese War. The National Mobilization Law was legislated in the Diet of Japan by Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe on March 24, 1938, to prepare the country for a potentially prolonged war. Konoe's action led to the promulgation of the "Temporary Currency Law" which came into effect on June 1, 1938. It now became possible to change the material and purity of money without a resolution from the Imperial Diet. Fifty sen coins at the time had been made out of silver, which is a precious metal that was rising in price at the time. The production of these coins was suspended in favor of banknotes as the Japanese government wanted to redeem the alloy.<ref><ref> The notes issued are called "Fuji Sakura 50 sen" (富士桜50銭) as Mount Fuji and sakura are featured on the obverse side of the notes. There are no features on the reverse side other than ornamentation and the value written in Latin and Kanji script. Fuji Sakura notes were first released to the public when the "Temporary Currency Law" came into effect. They were ultimately produced in large amounts which exceeded a billion notes issued.

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Yasukuni (1942–1945)

Fifty sen notes made during this time are called "Yasukuni 50 sen" (靖国50銭札), after the now controversial Yasukuni Shrine. This shrine is featured on the obverse side of the notes along with the symbolic golden kite. Both of these are war themed as the shrine honors those who died in service of Japan, and allegedly Emperor Jimmu used the kite to defeat his enemies in battle. No fifty sen coins were minted during World War II due to a shortage of metal used for production. Yasukuni fifty sen notes were an emergency government issued series approved by the Minister of Finance rather than the Imperial Diet. Yasukuni notes of this post-war second series are also referred to as the "A series" (A五十銭). These notes were manufactured towards the end of 1945 under the GHQ occupation policy which initially prohibited the use of State Shinto designs. This change caused the notes to have the number of colors decreased which is most noticeable on the obverse. While there was no reduction in size, the security watermarks were changed to a Paulownia. These notes were issued in March 1946 and were legal tender until August 31, 1948, when they were abolished.

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B series (1948)

Fifty sen notes of the "B series" (B五十銭) were printed in response to coinage supply issues. When World War II ended, a large amount of brass was left over from war material used to make aircraft. The Japanese government made do with the situation by using the alloy to produce fifty sen coins in 1946 until the brass supplies eventually ran out. Fifty sen notes were first printed in March 1948 (year 23 of Shōwa) to fill the void left behind. The reverse side of these notes meanwhile feature the National Diet Building with a floral design. Fifty sen "B series" notes measure 105&nbsp;mm x 65&nbsp;mm in size, and were poorly made in terms of quality. Large amounts of "B series" notes were made as they circulated in commerce while being devalued by rapid inflation. They were eventually demonetized at the end of 1953 when the Japanese government passed a law abolishing subsidiary notes in favor of the yen.

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Collecting

The value of any given banknote is determined by survivability rate and condition as collectors in general prefer original notes with bright rich coloring. In contrast to this are notes with ink stains, missing pieces, and evidence of repairs which can all impact the value of any given note. The oldest fifty sen notes (aka half yen notes) include the Meiji Tsūhō series which were first issued in 1872 and later abolished in 1899. These were all made in Germany with a print run of 22,717,569 notes during their fifteen year use in commerce.<ref> This figure is low when compared to other denominations such as the higher face value Meiji Tsūhō one yen notes. The last series issued for commerce in the pre-Shōwa era were Taishō fractional notes from 1917 (Taishō year 6) to 1922 (Taishō year 11). These are valued from oldest to newest in descending amounts for any given condition.

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Collecting

Fuji Sakura fifty sen notes (1938) were the first Shōwa era series to be released for this denomination. These are now common as over a billion of these notes were issued leaving a large amount of existing survivors. Fifty sen notes were issued for the last time in 1948 are part of the "B series" aka Itagaki 50 sen. During this time notes were outsourced to different private printing companies which had their own serial group. The notes are accordingly valued by the last two digits in their serial numbers as some firms produced more notes than others:

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Collecting

Most of these notes can be collected inexpensively in uncirculated grades. Examples from Takinogawa (serial ending with 12) are worth a small premium, while those from Odawara (serial ending with 26) are rare. This only applies to the last two digits as the first digit of each note indicates authority. Notes issued on behalf of the Bank of Japan have "1" as the first digit, while government issued notes use the first digit "2".

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2020_South_Florida_Bulls_football_team

The 2020 South Florida Bulls football team represented the University of South Florida (USF) during the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bulls were led by first-year head coach Jeff Scott and played their home games at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. They competed as members of the American Athletic Conference.

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Previous season

The Bulls finished the 2019 season 4–8, 2–6 in AAC play to finish in fourth place in the East Division. Head coach Charlie Strong was fired December 2, compiling a 21–16 record during his tenure.<ref> On December 9, 2019, the university announced the hiring of Clemson co-offensive coordinator and Broyles Award finalist Jeff Scott.<ref>

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Schedule

The Bulls had games scheduled against Texas,<ref> Bethune–Cookman.<ref> and Nevada<ref> all canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Schedule

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Jeftimije_of_Dečani

Venerable Jeftimije of Dečani also Jeftimije Dečanski (Serbian: преподобни Јефтимије Дечански; 16th century) was a Serbian monk who became a martyr after the Ottomans invaded Medieval Serbia in the 16th century and he died a martyr's death.<ref>

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Jeftimije_of_Dečani

Jeftimije of Dečani is celebrated on 24 November (New Style) and 11 November (Old Style) according to the calendar of the Serbian Orthodox Church.<ref><ref>

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References

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1996_Davis_Cup_Americas_Zone_Group_I

In the Americas Zone there were three different tiers, called groups, in which teams competed against each other to advance to the upper tier. Winners in Group I advanced to the World Group Qualifying Round, along with losing teams from the World Group first round. Teams who lost their respective ties competed in the relegation play-offs, with winning teams remaining in Group I, whereas teams who lost their play-offs were relegated to the Americas Zone Group II in 1997.<ref>

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Banqiao_Power_Station

Banqiao Power Station, also known as Nanjing Thermal Power Station and Jiangsu Nanre Coal Power Plant, is a coal-fired power station in the Jiangsu province of China, located near the city of Nanjing.

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Banqiao_Power_Station

Banqiao Power Station is owned by China Resources Power Holdings Co Ltd. It has been active since 2004 and has a power capacity of 830 Megawatt. Its operational units consist of 2 × 135 MW and 2 × 330 MW.<ref>industryabout.com/banqiao-coal-power-plant

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Javalakar_Uma_Devi

Javalakar Uma Devi (born 26 September 1959) is a judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Court, in India.

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Life

Uma Devi was born in 1959, in Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh, to Javalakar Gnanoba Rao and Javalakar Thulasibai. She earned a Bachelor in Commerce from the Sri Satya Sai Institute of Higher Learning in Anantapur in 1982, and a Bachelor in Law from Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapur in 1986. She also earned a Masters in Law from Annamalai University in Chennai.

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Career

Uma Devi enrolled with the Bar Council of Andhra Pradesh in 1986 and initially practiced in district courts in Anantapur. She was appointed as a District Judge in 1996, and has served as the principal district judge in several places, including Kurnool, Madanapalle, Warangal, Visakhapatnam, and Hyderabad. She was later appointed the Chief Judge of the Court of Small Causes in Hyderabad.

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Career

On 17 January 2017, she was appointed a judge in the High Court of Andhra Pradesh.

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Career

In October 2020, following criticism of the Andhra Pradesh judiciary by members of the YSR Congress Party on social media, Uma Devi and another judge, Rakesh Kumar, directed India's federal investigative agency, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), to examine these social media posts to determine if there was a 'conspiracy' behind them, and submit a report to them in two months.<ref> Uma Devi and Kumar also authorised the CBI to file a First Information Report, i.e. a police document that begins the criminal process, against persons making these social media posts, at its discretion.

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Prizzi's_Money

Plot summary

On the opening page Henry George Asbury, "adviser to presidents", is kidnapped from his powerboat in the middle of Long Island Sound. We learn soon enough that Asbury, a millionaire director of innumerable companies and well-known confidant to the last four presidents, has, along with his beautiful wife, Julia, arranged for his own kidnapping in order to use the eventual ransom money to preserve his faltering companies. Julia, a noted hostess and society fixture, is actually Julia Melvini, daughter of a Prizzi hitman called "the Plumber" who is second cousin to Corrado Prizzi, the capo di tutti capi, and subordinate to Charley Partanna. All four Prizzi books are about money, power, murders, and politics, but in this one money itself is the prime concern and the three other elements, although inextricably linked to it, are clearly subordinate. The main theme of the book is the twist-filled struggle between Julia Asbury, as Sicilian in her plotting as the most devious capo, and the ancient but still indomitable Don Corrado himself. Charley Partanna, 36 years old as the book opens, eventually plays his usual role of naive, good-natured, and love-stricken semi-simpleton as well as deadly killer.

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Condon's style

In Prizzi's Honor, Condon's normal exuberance was somewhat curbed by choosing to narrate the events through the viewpoints of its various semi-literate gangsters, which limited the scope of his imagery. In Money, however, he returns to being his usual omniscient narrator, giving the reader:

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Condon's style

<blockquote>Vincent had a totally closed face, like a bank vault shut impenetrably by a system of time locks. Somewhere, hidden deep within his past, there was a boyish openness that had not been seen by anyone for over sixty years because, through carelessness, the combination to the shut vault of his expressiveness had been lost, somewhere in his preternatural resentment of everything that moved.<ref>Prizzi's Money, by Richard Condon, Crown Publishers, Inc., New York, 1994, page 41</blockquote>

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Condon's style

<blockquote>He was a smallish man with a jockey's hump at the top of his spine, coffee-colored skin, and a nose not quite as large or as colorful as a keel-billed toucan's.<ref>Prizzi's Money, by Richard Condon, Crown Publishers, Inc., New York, 1994, page 42</blockquote>

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Condon's style

<blockquote>Charley Partanna... was a large, muscular man with a voice like grinding taxicab gears. In fact, if taxis wore clothes they would resemble Charley.<ref>Prizzi's Money, by Richard Condon, Crown Publishers, Inc., New York, 1994, page 43</blockquote>

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Real-life names in the book

All of Condon's books have, to an unknown degree, the names of real people in them as characters, generally very minor or peripheral. The most common, which appears in most of his books, is some variation of Franklin M. Heller. The real-life Heller was a television director in New York City in the 1950s, '60s, and 70s, who initially lived on Long Island and then moved to a house on Rockrimmon Road in Stamford, Connecticut.<ref>Remembrance of Frank Heller, by Ira Skutch, at In this book Franklin Marx Heller is the senior partner of a Wall Street law firm called O'Connell, Heller & Melvin. page

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Real-life names in the book

A.H. Weiler, a film critic for The New York Times, was another friend of Condon's who in this book is mentioned several times as Doctor Abraham Weiler, "the most renowned plastic surgeon of the day". page 37

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Real-life names in the book

In a number of books a character named Keifetz appears, named apparently for Norman Keifetz, a New York City author who wrote a novel about a major league baseball player called The Sensation—a novel that was dedicated to Condon. In this book he is referred to as Wambly Keifetz of the Bahama Beaver Bonnet Company. page 101

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Prizzi's_Money

Reception

Publishers Weekly liked it a lot: <blockquote>...Love rears its intrusive head when she [Julia Asbury] gets involved with Prizzi enforcer Charley Partanna, who reads romantic novels, cooks dinner for his widowed father and can fall in love—or kill—at the drop of a hat. Since Don Corrado has chosen Julia as the ideal wife for one of his sons, matters become hilariously complicated. As is his wont, Condon uses these goings-on as a base from which to take pointed shots at the rich and powerful, especially Reagan Republicans, and several broad swipes at American life in the '90s. It's all great fun, even if the heavy-handed lampoonery goes over the top now and again.<ref>Publishers Weekly, 31 January 1994</blockquote>

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Prizzi's_Money

Reception

The New York Times loved it: <blockquote>... the latest riotously funny installment in a series of novels.... As was the case in Prizzi's Honor, the infamous don, his vile sons and their assorted vindicatori, intimidatori and even what Mr. Condon refers to as "assistant intimidatori" and "apprentice vindicatori" now find themselves confronted by a force of nature that they are culturally unequipped to deal with: a perfidious woman 10 times more cunning and determined than they are. As the long-suffering don gloomily laments: "Sixteen months ago this Asbury woman was a simple housewife, now she runs 137 companies and wants to take over the biggest conglomerate in America. It's that... woman's movement that puts these crazy ideas into their heads.".... The delicious notion that the Cosa Nostra could somehow be subverted by Naomi Wolf-style power feminism is only one of the gloriously crackpot ideas that appear in "Prizzi's Money.".... Of course, what really makes the novel work is Mr. Condon's acid prose.... <ref>The New York Times, 6 February 1994</blockquote>

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St_Edmund's_Memorial,_Hoxne

The legend

Edmund was King of East Anglia and in 865 faced an invasion by a Viking force known as the Great Heathen Army. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle simply notes that King Edmund fought the Vikings while they wintered at Thetford in 869 and was defeated and killed. However subsequent documentation offers greater detail and contributed to the medieval Cult of St Edmund. In the 10th century Abbo of Fleury wrote the Passio Sancti Eadmundi, which the local legend to some extent matches. According to Abbo, Edmund chose not to fight the Vikings, but rather chose the role of a martyr.

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St_Edmund's_Memorial,_Hoxne

The oak

An oak, considered by many to be this royal oak, collapsed in September 1848. Sir Edward Kerrison, 1st Baronet, the then owner of Hoxne Hall, on whose land the oak stood, informed the Bury and West Suffolk Archaeological Institute of the event, relating how an arrowhead found in the tree had been exhibited by his son-in-law Lord Mahon at the Society of Antiquaries, of which Mahon was president.

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St_Edmund's_Memorial,_Hoxne

The monument

The current monument is not the original monument which collapsed during a storm 27th June 1905. It was rebuilt by Agnes Burrell Bateman-Hanbury, the daughter of Sir Edward Kerrison, 1st Baronet. She had inherited Oakley Park, as Hoxne manor was then known following the death of her brother Sir Edward Kerrison, 2nd Baronet who had died in 1886. Faulty instructions given to Richard F. Perfitta, a stone mason based in Diss, led to errors in the inscription.

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Tintagel_Haven

Tintagel Haven also known as Castle Cove is a small beach on the north side of Tintagel Island on the north coast of Cornwall, South West England.

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Tintagel_Haven

Slate from Tintagel's coastal quarries was brought by donkey to the cliffs above Tintagel Haven. Here it was loaded onto beached ships which also brought in cargoes such as Welsh coal.<ref> An 1818 sketch of Tintagel castle by J. M. W. Turner shows clifftop derricks where slate from Tintagel’s quarries has been brought on wheeled carts to be loaded onto ships below.<ref> The remains of a derrick can still be seen above the beach. In order to manoeuvre ships around the dangerous rocks to access the beach, they were towed by rowing boats then manoeuvred by gangs of men pulling on ropes, a practice known as “hobbling.” <ref>

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Brad_Buckley_(politician)

Education

Buckley earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1989 and his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine in 1993 from Texas A&M University.

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Brad_Buckley_(politician)

Career

Since 1994, he has been a veterinarian having his own practice in Killeen, Texas.

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Brad_Buckley_(politician)

Texas House of Representatives

On May 22, 2018, Buckey defeated incumbent Scott Cosper in the Republican primary runoff election for the Texas House District 54.<ref> On November 6, 2018, Buckley won the general election with 53.8% of the vote; Kathy Richerson, his Democratic opponent, received 46.2%.

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Brad_Buckley_(politician)

Texas House of Representatives

In 2021, Buckley introduced legislation that would prohibit companies that produce meat-like substances made from plants from using the terms "meat" in their labelling.

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Jatdumri_Halt_railway_station

Jatdumri Halt railway station is a halt railway station on the Patna–Gaya line under Danapur railway division of the East Central Railway zone. The station is situated beside National Highway 22 at Jatdumri in Patna district in the Indian state of Bihar.<ref><ref>

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Jatdumri_Halt_railway_station

History

Gaya was connected to Patna in 1900 by East Indian Railway Company by Patna–Gaya line.<ref> The Gaya to Jahanabad was electrified in 2002–2003.<ref> Electrification of the Patna–Gaya line was completed in 2003.<ref>

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1996_Davis_Cup_Americas_Zone_Group_II

The Americas Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 1996.

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1996_Davis_Cup_Americas_Zone_Group_II

In the Americas Zone there were three different tiers, called groups, in which teams compete against each other to advance to the upper tier. Winners in Group II advanced to the Americas Zone Group I. Teams who lost their respective ties competed in the relegation play-offs, with winning teams remaining in Group II, whereas teams who lost their play-offs were relegated to the Americas Zone Group III in 1997.<ref>

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Fort_Morgan_High_School

History

The school was established in the 1920s. In 1931, robbers broke into the principal's office and stole $50 worth of student funds.<ref> In 1965 a new school building was constructed to replace the old one, which became a middle school.<ref> In 2000, the school was temporarily closed for four months after an asbestos cleanup went awry.<ref>

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Fort_Morgan_High_School

History

The schools American football team were state champions in 1911, 1952, 1999, and 2021.<ref><ref><ref>

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Fort_Morgan_High_School

Student demographics

The demographic breakdown of the 879 students enrolled for the 2020-2021 school year was:<ref> The demographic breakdown for student by gender was 464 male students and 415 female students.

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Three_Green_Eyes

Three Green Eyes is a 1919 American silent comedy film directed by Dell Henderson and starring Carlyle Blackwell, Evelyn Greeley and Montagu Love.<ref>Connelly p.420

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Nadeem_Khayal

Nadeem Khayal Khan is a Pakistani politician from Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. He has been a member-elect of the National Assembly of Pakistan since April 2022.<ref><ref>

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Nadeem_Khayal

2022

Khayal was elected as a member of the 17th National Assembly of Pakistan in the 2022 by-election from the NA-33 (Hangu) constituency as a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.<ref><ref> He received 20,772 votes and defeated Obaid Ullah, a candidate of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F).<ref><ref> Khayal was notified by the Election Commission of Pakistan on 30 April 2022, but has not yet taken oath as a member of the National Assembly.<ref><ref>

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Autograph_suit_of_Sandy_Powell

The autograph suit of Sandy Powell is a cream calico toile (a tailor's mock-up) two-piece suit, designed and worn by multi-Oscar and BAFTA-winning costume designer Sandy Powell. During the film awards season in early 2020, Powell wore the suit and collected celebrities' autographs on it, signed with permanent marker. The suit was then auctioned to raise funds for the purchase of artist, filmmaker and gay rights activist Derek Jarman's cottage at Dungeness in Kent, England. The suit was bought by Edwina Dunn, who then donated it to the Theatre and Performance Collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) in London.

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Origin

In 1985 artist, filmmaker and gay rights activist Derek Jarman gave Sandy Powell her first job in the film industry, as the costume designer for his film Caravaggio. The year Caravaggio was released, Jarman was diagnosed with HIV. Shortly afterwards, he moved into Prospect Cottage, a Victorian fisherman's cottage on the shingle beach at Dungeness in Kent, in the shadow of Dungeness Nuclear Power Station. Jarman died in 1994, and the cottage was bequeathed to his partner Keith Collins. The house was put up for sale in 2018 after Collins' death,

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Autograph_suit_of_Sandy_Powell

Origin

In January 2020, with Prospect Cottage at risk of being sold privately and its contents dispersed, the Art Fund began a fundraising drive to secure the cottage's future. To help with this, Powell decided to collect celebrities' signatures on a suit toile she had designed (getting the signatures while wearing it), and then auction the suit. As Powell was to be awarded the Dilys Powell Award for Excellence in Film at the Critics' Circle awards, she had plenty of opportunity to collect autographs at the coming awards ceremonies.

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She participated in the 2014 Women's LEN Super Cup, 2016 Women's LEN Super Cup,<ref> 2019 Women's LEN Super Cup, 2014–15 LEN Euro League Women, 2015–16 LEN Euro League Women<ref> and 2019 Women's LEN Super Cup

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Autograph_suit_of_Sandy_Powell

The suit

The suit was auctioned online between 4 and 11 March 2020 by Phillips Auction House, after being displayed in the foyer of its gallery in Berkeley Square, London, along with four handwritten keys identifying almost all the signatures on the various parts of the suit. The suit underwent conservation cleaning at the museum, and Powell visited the museum to help choose the mannequin on which it was to be displayed. Powell's handwritten keys were to be mounted alongside the suit in the gallery when it was to go on display.

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The suit

The campaign to save Prospect Cottage was a success, and it will host residencies for artists, academics and gardeners.

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List of most of the signatories on the suit

By the time of its auction there were over 200 signatures on the suit.Other references (4 March Art Fund article) give the number at 100, but the list at the end of 4 March Art Fund article contains 190 names. It seems the body of the text had not been updated. Powell noted in the 2022 television programme Secrets of the Museum that some of the signatures had yet to be identified. Those who signed it include:<ref>Names listed here are taken from the 4 March 2020 Art Fund article unless otherwise stated.

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2020_COSAFA_Women's_Championship_squads

This article lists the squads for the 2020 COSAFA Women's Championship, the 8th edition of the COSAFA Women's Championship. The tournament is a women's international football tournament for national teams organised by COSAFA, teams from Southern Africa, and was held in Nelson Mandela Bay from 3 to 14 November 2020. In the tournament were involved ten national teams: nine teams from COSAFA and Tanzania, who were invited as guests. Each national team registered a squad of 20 players.

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Angola

The final squad was announced on 23 October 2020.<ref><ref><ref>

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Comoros

Coach: Choudjay Mahandhi

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Comoros

The final squad was announced on 30 October 2020.<ref>

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Eswatini

Coach: Christian Thwala

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South Africa

Coach: Desiree Ellis

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South Africa

A provisional 27-woman squad was announced on 15 October 2020.<ref> The final squad was announced on 28 October 2020.<ref>

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Lesotho

Coach: Lehloenya Nkhasi

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Lesotho

The final squad was announced on 28 October 2020.<ref><ref> On 30 October 2020, Litšeoane Maloro was ruled out due to an ankle injury and was replaced by Maseeiso Mphubelu.<ref>

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Malawi

Coach: McNelbert Kazuwa

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Malawi

A provisional squad was announced on 24 October 2020.<ref> The final squad was announced on 3 November 2020.<ref><ref>

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Zambia

Coach: Bruce Mwape

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Zambia

A 28-woman provisional squad was announced on 25 September 2020.<ref> The final squad was announced on 1 November 2020.<ref><ref>

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Botswana

Coach: Gaoletlhoo Nkutlusang

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Botswana

A provisional squad was announced on 16 October 2020.<ref> The final squad was selected prior to the tournament.<ref>

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Tanzania

Coach: Bakari Shime

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Tanzania

A provisional squad was announced on 16 October 2020.<ref><ref>

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Zimbabwe

Coach: Sithethelelwe Sibanda

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Player representation

Statistics are per the beginning of the competition.

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By club

Clubs with 5 or more players represented are listed.

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Kingston_Stadium

Kingston Stadium is a football stadium in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Kingston Stadium is located southwest of downtown Cedar Rapids, adjacent to Veterans Memorial Stadium and ImOn Ice Arena. Opened September 12, 1952, it was named for a settlement called Kingston established in 1839 on the west side of the Cedar River which was later annexed into Cedar Rapids.

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Kingston_Stadium

In 2019, Kingston Stadium underwent three-months of renovations at a cost of $2 million. Upgrades included new turf, improved ADA compliant bleachers, and an eighth track lane allowing for state qualifying meets. The north bleachers were demolished and replaced with a grassy hillside.

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Uses

Kingston Stadium hosted a Canadian Football League exhibition game in 1961, and one NFL exhibition game each in 1961, 1962, and 1963.

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Uses

In the 1970s Kingston Stadium was home to three semipro football teams: the Rapid Raiders (Midwest Football League) in 1972 and 1973; the Buccaneers (Central States League) in 1974; and the Falcons (Chicagoland League; Northern States League) in 1976 and 1977.

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Uses

The Cedar Rapids Rampage United amateur soccer team in the Premier League of America played at Kingston Stadium in 2017.<ref>

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Uses

The stadium has also been used for public school graduation ceremonies, cheerleading, marching band festivals, track meets and soccer matches.

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Tai_Wan_Village,_Lamma_Island

Tai Wan Village is a village located in the area of Yung Shue Wan on the North side of Lamma Island, the third largest island in the territory of Hong Kong. It comprises the two settlements Tai Wan Kau Tsuen and Tai Wan San Tsuen.

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Administration

Tai Wan Kau Tsuen and Tai Wan San Tsuen are recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy.<ref>

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1990_Centenary_Challenge

The 1990 Centenary Challenge was an invitational snooker challenge match played over three legs in 1990. Contested between Stephen Hendry and Steve Davis and with a prize fund of £100,000, it was snooker's richest head-to-head prize fund.

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1990_Centenary_Challenge

The tournament format differed from other snooker events and the players earned money for points, similar to golf's "skins" tournaments. Each point scored was worth £10, with bonuses of £250 for a break of 50 and a further £1,000 for a century break, plus an extra £1,000 for the frame winner.

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Impade

Impade is a cookie of Sephardi Jewish origin that is most commonly found among members of the Venetian Jewish community and their descendants, and is traditionally prepared at Purim, but is also prepared year round.<ref><ref><ref>

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Pak_Kok_Village

Pak Kok Village is a village on Lamma Island, Hong Kong. It comprises the two settlements Pak Kok Kau Tsuen and Pak Kok San Tsuen.

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Pak_Kok_Village

Administration

Pak Kok Kau Tsuen and Pak Kok San Tsuen are recognized villages under the New Territories Small House Policy.<ref>

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Pak_Kok_Village

History

At the time of the 1911 census, the population of Pak Kok was 52. The number of males was 15.<ref>

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Impade

Etymology

The name "impade" may be related to "empanada", the savory pastries popular among Sephardic Jews dating back to their residence in pre-Inquisition Iberia, their name means “wrapped in bread” in Spanish, and they date back to at least the year 1500 CE.<ref><ref><ref>

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Impade

History

""Today, Venice is home to only about 450 Jews, 30 of whom live in the (now very touristy) ghetto, where you can still find a kosher bakery cooking up traditional treats like impade.""