Alliance Party of Northern Ireland - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland The Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI) is a political party operating in Northern Ireland. They were formed in April, 1970 as an alternative to the estabished parties, particularly the Ulster Unionist Party. The party's main ambition was to present a non-sectarian unionist alternative to attract Catholic support for Northern Ireland to remain a part of the United Kingdom. The party was boosted in 1972 when three Members of the Stormont Parliament joined the party (one actually a nationalist). An Ulster Unionist/Conservative member of the Westminster Parliament also joined, providing Alliance with its only Westminster representation to date. Its first electoral challenge was the District Council elections of May, 1973 when they managed to win a respectable 13.6% of the votes.
USS Alliance (1778) - USS Alliance (1778) (add image here) Career Laid down: 1777 Launched: 28 April 1778 Fate: sold 1785 General Characteristics Displacement: 900 tons Length: 151 ft ( m) Beam: 36 ft ( m) Depth: 12.5 ft ( m) Complement: 300 officers and men Armament: 28 x 12-pounder guns, 8 x 9-pounders The first USS Alliance of the United States Navy was a 36-gun sailing frigate. Originally named Hancock, she was laid down in 1777 on the Merrimack River at Salisbury, Massachusetts, by the partners and cousins, William and James K. Hackett, launched on 28 April 1778, and renamed Alliance on 29 May 1778 by resolution of the Continental Congress. Her first commanding officer was Capt. Pierre Landais, a former officer of the French Navy who had come to.
Albany Northern League - Albany Northern League The Northern League (currently sponsored by the Albany Uninsured Loss Recovery Service and known as the Albany Northern League) is a football league in North East England for semi-professional and amateur teams. Having been founded in 1889, the Northern League is the oldest surviving league after The Football League. It consists of two divisions. Division 1 of the Northern League is on the eighth tier of the football pyramid,four divisions below the Football League. The champions of the first division win promotion to the Northern Premier League. The Northern League ran as one of three major amateur competitions (with the Isthmian League and the Southern League) in tandem with the (professional) Football League until the professional game was broadened in the 1950s. Below the.
Alliance Party - Alliance Party The term Alliance Party is used of several political parties throughout the world. Among them are: The Alliance - a political party in New Zealand which attracted a lot of support in the 1990s, but collapsed in 1999. The Alliance Party of Northern Ireland - a minor, nonsectarian party The Canadian Alliance - a former Canadian political party, formed by the merger of the Reform Party with some conservatives in 1996. The Canadian Alliance recently merged (2003) with the Progressive Conservative Party to form the Conservative Party of Canada. The Fijian Alliance - the former ruling party of Fiji (1970-1987) The Liberal-Social Democrat Alliance, popularly known simply as "The Alliance," a formal electoral alliance comprising the Liberal Party (United Kingdom) and the Social Democratic.
Kingdom of Israel - the descendants of Jacob, who is also known as Israel. Following the death of Solomon, this kingdom was divided into a Northern Kingdom known as Israel and a Southern Kingdom known as Judah. See also History of ancient Israel and Judah. Soon after the death of Solomon, Ahijah's prophecy (1 Kings 11:31-35) was fulfilled, and the kingdom was rent in twain. Rehoboam, the son and successor of Solomon, was scarcely seated on his throne when the old jealousies between Judah and the other tribes broke out anew, and Jeroboam was sent for from Egypt by the malcontents (12:2,3). Rehoboam insolently refused to lighten the burdensome taxation and services which his father had imposed on his subjects (12:4), and the rebellion became complete. Ephraim and all Israel raised the old cry, "Every.
Kiowa - of at the time of the arrival of Europeans. Currently the Kiowa Nation is a registered tribe, with about 6000 members living in southwestern Oklahoma in 1989. The Kiowas originated in the northern basin of the Missouri River, but migrated south to the Black Hills around 1650 and lived there with the Crow. Pushed southward by the invading Cheyennes and Sioux who were being pushed out of their lands in the great lake regions by the Objiwe tribes, the Kiowas moved down the Platte River basin to the Arkansas River area. There they fought with the Comanches, who already occupied the land until around 1790, when they formed an alliance and agreed to share the area. From that time on, the Comanches and Kiowas formed a deep bond; the peoples hunted,.
Vestini - an ancient Sabine tribe which occupied the eastern and northern bank of the Aternus in central Italy. The tribe entered into the Roman alliance, retaining its own independence, in 304 BC, and issuing coins of its own in the following century. A northerly section round Amiternum near the passes into Sabine country probably received the Caerite franchise soon after. In spite of this, and of the influence of Hadria, a Latin colony founded about 290 BC (Livy, Epit. xi.), the local dialect, which belongs to the north Oscan group, survived certainly to the middle of the 2nd century BC (see the inscriptions cited below) and probably until the Social War. The oldest Latin inscriptions of the district are C.I.L. ix. 3521, from Furfo with Sullan alphabet, and 3574, "litteris antiquissimis," but.
Kosice - Catholic archbishopric (since 1995), Evangelic Lutheran bishopric and a Greek Catholic bishopric. The town has a historic center. Characteristics Area 24 382 ha Density of population 991,8/km2 Population 2001: 242,066 Location: 48 43' of northern latitude, 21 25' if eastern longitude Elevation in m above sea level: 208 Medium (851 Maximum, 184 Minimum) Administrative division: 4 District / 22 City Parts: Košice I: Džungľa, Kavečany, Sever, Sídlisko Ťahanovce, Staré mesto, Ťahanovce Košice II: Lorinčík, Luník IX, Myslava, Pereš, Poľov, Sídlisko KVP, Šaca, Západ Košice III: Dargovských Hrdinov, Košická Nová Ves Košice IV: Barca, Juh, Krásna, Nad jazerom, Šebastovce, Vyšné Opátske History The first signs of inhabitance can be traced back to the end of the older stone age. The first written reference to the suburb can be dated back to the.
Kuwait - a principality; the current ruling family are descendants from these princes. In 1899, growing British influence led to Kuwait becoming a British protectorate. This status ended with independence in 1961, by which time the discovery of oil had made the nation a wealthy one, attracting many immigrant laborers (which are not granted citizenship). After being allied with Iraq during the Iran-Iraq War, it was occupied and annexed by Iraq in August 1990. An American-led alliance repelled the Iraqi forces and reinstated the emir. Politics Main article: Politics of Kuwait Chief of state is the Emir, a semi-heriditary title. The emir appoints the prime minister, which is currently the emir's crown prince. A council of ministers aids the prime minister in his task as head of government. The parliament, or Majlis al-Umma,.
Ku Klux Klan - from the first Klan; the first Klan was Democrat and Southern; this Klan was Republican and Midwestern, and had major political influence on the Republicans in several Midwestern states. It collapsed largely as a result of a scandal involving David Stephenson, the Grand Dragon of Indiana, who was convicted of rape and murder in a sensational trial. After World War II, there was a revival of several Ku Klux Klan organizations which were established to counter the Civil rights movement of the 1960s. This is the Klan that is still seen today, though as American society has become more racially tolerant the Klan has once more shrunk dramatically and fractured. The major factions currently include the Imperial Klans of America, the American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, and Knights of.
James J. Hill - of dedication. Hill was once quoted telling a questioner that the secret to success was 'Work, hard work, intelligent work, and then more work.' Secondly, he was almost maniacally competitive. This 'crusty' man took it almost as a point of personal honor to be the best, the biggest, the most competitive, of any business out there. Thirdly, and perhaps most importantly, Hill was simply a brilliant man, and a brilliant leader of men. he was able to quickly pick up the nuances of working in any new business; his business strategy was amazing; he was able to convince almost anyone to come to his side. All of these traits had a role in James Hill?s precipitous rise to power- most especially his almost uncanny ability to predict the future of business,.
January 2002 - - American Automobile Association - House of Lords - United States Department of Transportation People: Yasser Arafat - Caroline Dickinson - Saddam Hussein - Shimon Peres - Colin Powell - Condoleezza Rice - Nabil Shaath - Ariel Sharon Religion: Islam - Judaism Concepts: Military and defense: biological weapons program - sniffer dogs - weapons of mass destruction - x-ray searching Other: airline baggage - bounty - bounty hunter - sniffer dog - x-ray searching Background for events in January 2002 The War in Afghanistan: Background Developing stories: 2001 U.S. Attack on Afghanistan - individual cases of anthrax Ethnicity: People of Afghanistan - Azerbaijan - Pashtun - Tajik Geography: Afghanistan - Baghlan, Afghanistan - Israel - Kabul - Kandahar - Kunduz, Afghanistan - New York City - Pakistan - Palestine - United.
Jehoshaphat - (2 Chr. 17:7-9). The author of 2 Chronicles generally praises his reign, stating that the kingdom enjoyed a great measure of peace and prosperity, the blessing of God resting on the people "in their basket and their store." Jehosaphat also pursued alliances with his contemporaries ruling the northern kingdom, the first being with Ahab, which was based on marriage. This alliance led to much disgrace, and brought disaster on his kingdom (1 Kings 22:1-33) with the Battle of Ramoth-Gilead. While Jehoshaphat safely returned from this battle, he was comfronted by the prophet Jehu, son of Hanni, (2 Chr. 19:1-3) who reproached him for this alliance. We are told that Jehoshaphat repented, and returned to his former course of opposition to all idolatry, and promoting the worship of Yahweh and in the.
John Walker Lindh - be able to read the Qur'an in its original language. He returned to the United States in 1999, living with his family for about eight months before returning to Yemen in February 2000, whence he left for Pakistan to study at an austere madrassa (Islamic school). He is believed to have entered Afghanistan in the spring of 2001. Walker was first captured on November 25, 2001, by Northern Alliance forces and questioned by CIA agent Mike Spann and another agent at a prison near Mazar-e Sharif. Later that day, the prison was the scene of a violent uprising, in which Spann was killed along with hundreds of Taliban fighters. Walker took refuge in a basement bunker after taking a bullet in the upper-right thigh, hiding with other Taliban members. He was.
John Lambert (General) - of Nantwich and Bradford. At Marston Moor (2 July 1644) Lambert's own regiment was routed by the charge of Goring's horse; but he cut his way through with a few troops and joined Cromwell on the other side of the field. When the New Model Army formed in the beginning of 1645, Colonel Lambert was appointed to succeed Sir Thomas Fairfax in command of the northern forces, with the title of commissary-general. He was soon replaced by Sydnam Poyntz, and under this officer he served in the Yorkshire campaign of 1645, receiving a wound before Pontefract. In 1646 he was given a regiment in the New Model, serving with Sir Thomas Fairfax in the west of England, and he was a commissioner, with Cromwell and others, for the surrender of Oxford.
Johann Patkul - king-elector at Dresden and bombarded Augustus with proposals for the partition of Sweden. His first plan was a combination against her of Saxony, Denmark and Brandenburg; but, Brandenburg failing him, he was obliged very unwillingly to admit Russia into the partnership. The tsar was to be content with Ingria and Estonia while Augustus was to take Livonia, nominally as a fief of Poland, but really as a hereditary possession of the Saxon house. Military operations against Sweden’s Baltic provinces were to be begun simultaneously by the Saxons and Russians. After thus forging the first link of the partition treaty, Patkul proceeded to Moscow, and, at a secret conference held at Preobrazhenskoye, easily persuaded Peter the Great to accede to the nefarious league on November 18, 1699. Thoughout the earlier, unluckier days.
John Flaxman - for a statue of Alexander the Great. From work of this class he could not obtain a regular income. It was in his twentieth year that he first received empldyment from Josiah Wedgwood and his partner Bentley, as a, modeller of classic and domestic friezes, plaques, ornamental vessels and medallion portraits, in those varieties of "jasper" and "basalt" ware which earned in their day so great a reputation for the manufacturers who had conceived and perfected the invention. In the same year, 1775, John Flaxman the elder moved from New Street, Covent Garden, to a more commodious house in the Strand (No. 420). For twelve years, Flaxman junior lived chiefly by his work for the firm of Wedgwood. The beauty of the product is undeniable, and the training which the sculptor.
June 24 - voyage to the East Indies reaches Bantam (on Java). 1662 - Dutch attempt but fail to capture Macao. 1664 - The colony of New Jersey is founded. 1692 - Kingston, Jamaica founded. 1793 - First republican constitution in France adopted. 1812 - Napoleon invades Russia. 1859 - Battle of Solferino (Battle of the Three Sovereigns). Sardinia and France defeat Austria in northern Italy. 1861 - Tennessee becomes the 11th and last state to secede from the US. 1880 - First performance of O Canada, the song that would become the national anthem of Canada, at the Congrčs national des Canadiens-Français. 1894 - The International Olympic Committee decides to hold the Olympic Games every four years. 1901 - First exhibition of Pablo Picasso's work opens. 1913 - Greece and Serbia annul their.
Julius Caesar - new house – the Domus Publica (public house) – in the Forum, the responsibility of all Roman religious affairs and the custody of the Vestal virgins under his roof. For Caesar, it also meant a relief of his debts. Caesar's debut as Pontifex was however marked by a scandal. Following the death of his wife Cornelia, he had married Pompeia, a granddaughter of Sulla. As the wife of the Pontifex and an important matrona, Pompeia was responsible for the organization of the Bona Dea festival in December. These rites were exclusive to women and considered very sacred. However, Publius Clodius Pulcher managed to get in the house disguised as a woman. This was absolute sacrilege and Pompeia received a letter of divorce. Caesar himself admitted that she could be innocent in.
Juliana of the Netherlands - was organized by her mother. In a legal document that spelled out exactly what the German Prince could and could not do, and the amount of money he could expect from the sole heir to the fortune of the world's wealthiest woman, the astute Queen Wilhelmina left nothing to chance. Duly signed, the happy couple's engagement was announced on September 8, 1936. The wedding announcement divided a country that mistrusted Germany under Adolf Hitler. Prior to the wedding, on November 24, 1936, Prince Bernhard was granted Dutch citizenship and was obliged to change the spelling of his names from German to Dutch. They married on January 7, 1937, the date on which Princess Juliana's grandparents, King William III and Queen Emma, had married fifty-eight years earlier. The civil ceremony was held.
