11/50 Remote Deposit – cashing in a cheque without going to the bank, so from home or the office by scanning the image through to the bank. Usually done by businesses, but growing rapidly. Made legal in the US under the Check 21 Act in 2004 to prevent financial meltdown in the event of a loss of rapid long-distance transportation.
12/50 Football at the 2009 Southeast Asian Games – held in Laos in December 2009, men’s under 23s national teams, women no age limit. Malaysia won the men’s gold, Vietnam the women’s.
13/50 Canadian River-class Destroyer – a class of 14 destroyer ships (fast, manoeuvrable, long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels and defend them from smaller, powerful, short-range attackers) in the Royal Canadian Navy, all named after Canadian Rivers. Used during WWII after acquisition from the British Royal Navy; in service 1931-45.
14/50 L’Ametlla del Vallés – Spanish village in Catalonia, population 8,111
15/50 Mareks Jurevičus – Latvian basketball player, played for his national team, now plays in France’s club Elan Chalon, very accomplished, plays shooting guard or small forward
16/50 Wagonette – small horsecar with springs, passengers face each other, drivers bench is separate and front-facing
17/50 Sara Davidson – author of Loose Change, which was later adapted in to a TV series, journalist and screenwriter
18/50 Nanai Station – train station on the Mooka Railway in Mashiko, Japan
19/50 Palestinian Freedom Movement – political party, believe in ending the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip
20/50 Rudolf Veiel – German General of the Panzertruppe (armoured troop, tanks) in WWII, Nazi Germany, distinguished role in invading Poland, France, Yugoslavia, Greece and the Soviet Union before his armoured days, 2 years in American captivity at end of WWII
(less)2/50 Lance Storm – professional Canadian wrestler, won 13 championships including 3 simultaneously in his World Championship Wrestling stint (the only one to ever achieve this), now has a wrestling academy in Calgary
3/50 2006 IIHF World Championship Division III – International Ice Hockey Federation tournament in April; Iceland won and both them and Turkey were promoted to division II
4/50 La Belliole – commune (town) in Burgandy, north-central France, population of 257
5/50 A17 – road connecting Newark to Kings Lynn, 62 miles across the Fens, overused and mostly single carriage way
6/50 Media in Visalia, California – Visalia Times-Delta is the major daily, many Spanish papers including the main one, El Sol
7/50 2012 Saint Francis Red Flash football team – university team played division I, ending the season in tied 4th
8/50 Church of San Juan (Salvatierra) – church in Salvatierra, Spain, designated a Good of Cultural Interest in 1984
9/50 ThinkServer – a series of servers from Lenovo, designed to reduce the need for IT support by easing the process of server management
10/50 Colin Hercules Mackenzie – Special Operations Executive (sabotage, reconnaissance and espionage in occupied Europe and South East Asia) spymaster during WWII
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