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Central bank

A central bank, reserve bank, or monetary authority is an institution that manages the currency and monetary policy of a state or formal monetary union, and oversees their commercial banking system. In contrast to a commercial bank, a central bank possesses a monopoly on increasing the monetary base. Most central banks also have supervisory and regulatory powers to ensure the stability of member institutions, to prevent bank runs, and to discourage reckless […]

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Neil Millar

Neil Millar is a former Scottish cricketer who played first-class cricket for Oxford University. He played as a right-handed middle-order batsman. Personal information Born 3 February 1981(age 40)Battersea, Greater London, England Batting Right-handed Bowling Right-arm medium Domestic team information Years Team 2000–2003 Oxford University

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Tamara Kolton

Born Tamara Ruth FeldsteinMarch 13, 1970(age 51)Bloomfield Hills, Michigan Religion Judaism Spouse Isaac Kolton Denomination Non-denominational(formerly Humanistic) Jewish leader Website rabbikolton.com Tamara Ruth Kolton is an American non-denominational psychologist. She was the first person ordained as a member of the Humanistic Jewish movement. Over time, her religious position evolved from agnosticism to a more spiritual perspective that drove her away from humanistic Judaism. Kolton later

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Santa Ana Zoo

Date opened 1952 Location Santa Ana, California, United States Coordinates 33°44′38.094″N 117°50′33.11″W Land area 20 acres (8.1 ha) No. of animals 250 Annual visitors 270,000 Major exhibits Amazon’s Edge, Colors of the Amazon Aviary, Crean Family Farm, Monkey Row, Tierra de las Pampas Website www.santaanazoo.org The Santa Ana Zoo at Prentice Park in Santa Ana, California, is a 20-acre (8.1 ha) zoo focusing on the

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Stëblevë

Stëblevë is a village and a former municipality in the Elbasan County in eastern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Librazhd. The population at the 2011 census was 809. The municipal unit consists of the villages Borovë, Llangë, Moglicë, Prodan, Sebisht, Steblevë and Zabzun. History In 1900, Vasil Kanchov gathered and compiled statistics on demographics

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Khoy County

Khoy County is located in Iran’s West Azerbaijan Province. The county’s capital is Khoy. Khoy city was fortified at several points during its history, most recently by the Qajar dynasty in the nineteenth century. Khoy was seized by Ottoman soldiers in 1911, and then by Russian troops during World War I, who retreated in 1917.

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Rysa Walker

Rysa Walker is an American science fiction writer. Her first book, Timebound, won the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award in 2013. Since then, she has published two series of novels, along with several short stories and other works. Early life Rysa Walker was born in Pensacola, Florida. She lived in several different cities and towns in Florida before finally settling in Wewahitchka, Florida when

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Axtell, Nebraska

Axtell is a village in western Kearney County, Nebraska, United States. It is part of the Kearney, Nebraska Micropolitan Statistical Area. History The first settlement at Axtell was made in the 1870s. Axtell was incorporated as a village in 1885 when the Burlington & Missouri River Railroad was extended to that point. It was named for a railroad worker.

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