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  2. Indulgence - Wikipedia

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    Because of differences in the theology of salvation, indulgences for the remission of temporal punishment of sin currently do not exist in Eastern Orthodoxy, but until the twentieth century there existed in some places a practice of absolution certificates (Greek: συγχωροχάρτια – synchorochartia) which was essentially identical ...

  3. Personal Independence Payment - Wikipedia

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    Personal Independence Payment (abbreviated to PIP and usually pronounced as one word) is a welfare benefit in the United Kingdom that is intended to help working age adults with the extra costs of living with a health condition or a disability. It is available in England, Wales and Northern Ireland but not in Scotland where Adult Disabled ...

  4. Tim Walz - Wikipedia

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    Having served 24 years in the Army National Guard, as a freshman in Congress Walz was given a rare third committee membership when he was assigned to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. [ 224 ] Walz was the lead House sponsor of the Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for American Veterans Act, [ 225 ] which directs the Veterans Administration ...

  5. False or misleading statements by Donald Trump - Wikipedia

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    These have included Barack Obama's citizenship from 2011, known as "birther" theories, these allege Obama was not born in the US [103] [104] [105] In 2011, Trump took credit for pushing the White House to release Obama's "long-form" birth certificate, while raising doubt about its legitimacy, [106] and in 2016 admitted that Obama was a natural ...

  6. Certificate of Degree of Indian Blood - Wikipedia

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    For example, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians requires at least 1/16 degree of Eastern Cherokee blood for tribal membership, whereas the Bureau of Indian Affairs' Higher Education Grant for college expenses requires a 1/4 degree minimum. [2] A Certificate of Degree of Indian Blood does not establish membership in a tribe.

  7. Algorithm - Wikipedia

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    Flowchart of using successive subtractions to find the greatest common divisor of number r and s. In mathematics and computer science, an algorithm (/ ˈ æ l ɡ ə r ɪ ð əm / ⓘ) is a finite sequence of mathematically rigorous instructions, typically used to solve a class of specific problems or to perform a computation. [1]

  8. Concorde - Wikipedia

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    The original programme cost estimate was £70 million in 1962, [65] (£1.68 billion in 2023). [66] After cost overruns and delays the programme eventually cost between £1.5 and £2.1 billion in 1976, [67] (£11.4 billion-16 billion in 2023). [66] This cost was the main reason the production run was much smaller than expected. [68]

  9. DuckDuckGo - Wikipedia

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    On April 12, 2011, Alexa reported a 3-month growth rate of 51%. [36] DuckDuckGo's own traffic statistics show that in August 2012 there were 1,393,644 visits per day, up from an average of 39,406 visits per day in April 2010 (the earliest data available). [ 37 ]