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First Engineer Bridge The First Engineer Bridge (, Pervy Inzhenerny most) is one of several bridges that span the Moika River in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The bridge is one of a group of four bridges located near the Mars Field, and opposite the main entrance to the Summer Garden, spanning the Moika River, the Fontanka River, and the Swan Canal in the historic center of the city.
First English Civil War The First English Civil War (1642–1646) was the first of three wars, known as the English Civil War (or "Wars"). "The English Civil War" refers to the series of armed conflicts and political machinations which took place between Parliamentarians and Royalists from 1642 until 1652, and includes the Second English Civil War (1648–1649) and the Third English Civil War (1649–1651).
First Epistle of John The First Epistle of John is a book of the Bible New Testament, the fourth of the catholic or "general" epistles. It was written in Ephesus about 90-110 AD, apparently by the same author or authors who wrote the Gospel of John and the other two epistles of John.
First Epistle to the Corinthians The First Epistle to the Corinthians is a book of the Bible in the New Testament. 1 Corinthians is a letter, or a conflation of several letters, from Paul of Tarsus and Sosthenes to the Christians of Corinth, Greece.
First Epistle to Timothy The First Epistle to Timothy is one of the three Pastoral Epistles, normally attributed to Saint Paul and part of the canonical New Testament. It consists mainly of counsels to Timothy regarding the forms of worship and organization of the Church, and the responsibilities resting on its several members, including episcopi (translated as "bishops") and diaconi ("deacons"); and secondly of exhortation to faithfulness in maintaining the truth amid surrounding errors (iv.
First Everingham Ministry The First Everingham Ministry was the fifth ministry to come from the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly and the first to have the full legislative power that was granted when self-government was received in 1978. It came into existence on July 1, 1978, when self-government came into effect, and lasted until January 1, 1979, when Chief Minister Paul Everingham decided to promote Nick Dondas to a ministerial position and created several new portfolios accordingly.
First Evil The First Evil is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon for the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The malevolent entity was variously portrayed by Sarah Michelle Gellar, Shane Barach, Edward Edwards, Cornelia Hayes O'Herlithy, Robia LaMorte, Adam Busch, Clare Kramer, George Hertzberg, Harry Groener, Juliet Landau, Mark Metcalf, Azura Skye, Kristine Sutherland, James Marsters, Danny Strong, Amanda FĂĽller, K.
First Exhibition (1756) The First Exhibition took place in London during 1756 when the British Society of Arts inaugurated its series of Fine Art Exhibitions. They offered prizes for improvements in the manufacture of tapestry, carpets, and porcelain, the winners chosen from a competition of submitted articles.
First fire The first fire is the moment when a furnace or another heating device (usually for industrial use such as metallurgy or ceramics) is first lit after its construction. The refractory of the furnace walls should be as dry as possible and the first fire should be done slowly with a small flame as the refractory of the still unfired furnace has a minimal amount of moisture.
First fit algorithm The first fit algorithm is an algorithm which provides a fast but often nonoptimal solution to the bin packing problem, involving placing each item into the first bin in which it will fit. It requires Θ(n log n) time.
First flush It is well known in urban hydrology, that the constituents are normally more concentrated in the first part of runoff. This phenomenon was already described in the beginning of the 20th century (METCALF AND EDDY, 1916) as “first flush” or “first foul flush”.
First Family Church First Family Church is a large Evangelical Christian church in Overland Park, situated in southern Johnson County, in the South part of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. The church was founded on September 22, 1996 by Pastor Jerry Johnston.
First Family of the United States The First Family of the United States consists of the President of the United States, the President's wife (usually the First Lady), and their children. The family is afforded Secret Service protection while the President remains in office and share in the perquisites of the Presidency, including the use of Air Force One, the White House, and Camp David.
First Fandom Hall of Fame award First Fandom Hall of Fame award is an annual award for contributions to the field of science fiction dating back more than 30 years. Contributions can be as a fan, writer, editor, artist, agent, or any combination of the five.
First Financial Holdings Agan The First Financial Holdings Agan(第一金控金剛, abbreviated 第一金剛) or First Securities Agan was a defunct professional baseball team belonging to Taiwan's Chinese Professional Baseball League(CPBL), and existed for only one year in 2003. The Agan was owned and administered by the First Financial Holding Corporation, a government-funded financial holding services whose then chairman Chen Chien-lung(陳建隆) was a keen political supporter of President Chen Shui-bian and immediately said yes when President Chen invited him to take over the remaining one of the 2 Taiwan Major League(TML)'s absorbed teams right after the merger of TML into CPBL in January 2003; Macoto Bank already decided to run the Macoto Gida eariler so Chen Chien-lung's promises officially settled down the merger.
First Fitna The First Fitna, 656–661 CE, followed the assassination of the caliph Uthman ibn Affan, continued during the brief caliphate of Ali ibn Abu Talib, and was ended, on the whole, by Mu'awiya's assumption of the caliphate. This civil war is often called the Fitna, and regretted as the end of the early unity of the Islamic ummah (nation).
First Five-Year Plan The First Five-Year Plan was a list of economic goals that was designed to strengthen the USSR's economy between 1928 and 1932, making the nation both militarily and industrially self-sufficient. Launched by Stalin in 1928 and administered by the Gosplan, the First Five-Year Plan employed tactics such as keeping detailed records on every item manufactured in the nation and shipping it to where it needed to go at the right time.
First Fleet The First Fleet is the name given to the 11 ships which sailed from Great Britain in May 1787 to establish the first European colony in New South Wales. It was a convict settlement, marking the beginnings of transportation to Australia.
First Flight Handicap The First Flight Handicap is a race for thoroughbred horses and is named in honor of Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney`s champion 2 year old of 1946. First Flight, a filly, won the Matron Stakes, and beat male opponents in winning the Futurity Stakes.
First Four-Track Demo Brand New's First Four Track Demo is the first organized display of music from the Long Island based rock band. "Jude Law and a Semester Abroad" contains only the chorus and some of the background vocals from the version found on their album Your Favorite Weapon.
First French Empire The First French Empire, commonly known as the French Empire or the Napoleonic Empire, covers the period of the domination of France and much of continental Europe by Napoleon I. Constitutionally, it refers to the period of 1804 to 1814, from the Consulate to the restoration of the Bourbon monarchy in the history of the French state, as well as the Hundred Days period in 1815.
First General Bank First General Bank (大通銀行) is a overseas Chinese bank in the United States. Headquartered in Rowland Heights, California, with branch office in Arcadia, California, this privately-held bank was first established on October 13, 2005.
First Gentleman In situations where the head of state or government is a woman, the term First Gentleman is sometimes, but infrequently, used, to mirror the term First Lady. The title is usually chosen by the female leader's husband.
First Glasgow Route 20 The First Glasgow Route 20 is the late-night high-frequency service from Drumchapel to East Kilbride via Glasgow City Centre and Fernhill, operated by First Glasgow. The service has an excellent record for being extremely frequent, although there have been recent complaints about the reliability of the service within East Kilbride.
First Glasgow Route 62 The First Glasgow Route 62 is a 24-hour bus service running on the Faifley - City Centre - Baillieston via Partick route; it is operated by First Glasgow. The service is amongst the most frequent in Glasgow and has an excellent passenger uptake.
First Goryeo-Khitan War The First Goryeo-Khitan War was a 10th-century conflict between the kingdom of Goryeo and Khitan forces near what is now the border between China and North Korea. The Goryeo-Khitan Wars continued with the second and third campaigns until 1019.
First Grammatical Treatise The First Grammatical Treatise is an anonymously-authored 12th century work on the phonology of the Old Norse or Old Icelandic language. It was given this name because it is the first of four grammatical works bound in the Icelandic manuscript Codex Wurmianus.
First Great Eastern First Great Eastern was a railway company that operated suburban, local and medium distance train services from London Liverpool Street via Romford to Essex and Ipswich. From April 1, 2004, all First Great Eastern services were transferred to 'one', a new company operating all services from Liverpool Street.
First Great Western First Great Western is the operating name of First Greater Western Ltd,Copyright page of the FGW website detailing the companies legal name (retrieved 15/07/06) a British train operating company owned by First Group, which operates services in the west and south west of England and South Wales.
First Great Western Link First Great Western Link was a train operating company owned by First Group that provided train services, on a franchise basis, from Paddington Station to destinations such as Slough, Reading, Didcot, Oxford, Goring and Streatley, Henley-on-Thames, Newbury, Bedwyn, Hereford, Worcester and Banbury. Train services were also provided from Reading to Gatwick Airport (via Guildford and Dorking), and from Reading to Basingstoke.
First Gulf Bank First Gulf Bank (FGB), is a publicly owned bank headquartered in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates and owned by several sons of the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan. It was established in 1979 in Ajman and provides financial services across the UAE, with a wide distribution network of branches in different business & industrial areas such as Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, and Al Ain and is currently one of the fastest growing banks in the region.
First Hawaiian Center First Hawaiian Center is the tallest building in the City & County of Honolulu and the State of Hawaii. Located at 999 Bishop Street in downtown Honolulu near Bishop Park, the First Hawaiian Center is the world corporate headquarters of First Hawaiian Bank, Hawaii's oldest bank and multi-billion dollar company established by Charles Reed Bishop, consort of Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop.
First Hill, Seattle, Washington First Hill is a neighborhood in Seattle, Washington, named for the hill on which it is located. The hill, in turn, is so named for being the first hill one encounters traveling east from downtown Seattle toward Lake Washington.
First Humanist Society of New York In 1929 Charles Francis Potter founded the First Humanist Society of New York whose advisory board included Julian Huxley, John Dewey, Albert Einstein, and Thomas Mann. Potter was a minister from the Unitarian tradition and in 1930 he and his wife, Clara Cook Potter, published Humanism: A New Religion.
First Chechen War The First Chechen War (Russian: первая чеченская война) was fought between Russia and Chechnya from 1994 to 1996 and resulted in Chechnya's de facto independence from Russia. Russian forces attempted to control the mountainous area of Chechnya but were set back by Chechen guerrilla raids, in spite of Russia's overwhelming manpower, weaponry, and air support.
First Chester & The Wirral First Chester & The Wirral is a division of bus operator First PMT Ltd, running local bus services in and around Chester and the Wirral, north west England. The company is a subsidiary of FirstGroup plc, the largest bus operator in Britain.
First Chief Directorate The First Chief Directorate (Russian: Первое Главное Управление) [or-PGU] of the Committee for State Security (KGB), was the organization responsible for foreign operations and intelligence collection activities by the training and management of covert agents, intelligence collection management, and the collection of political, scientific and technical intelligence. Formed with in KGB structures in 1954, and after the collapse of the Soviet Union changed in Central Intelligence Service, and latter renamed Foreign Intelligence Service or SVR.
First Chief Master Sergeant The rank of First Chief Master Sergeant in the Armed Forces of the Philippines has been passed in a bill filed by Senator Rodolfo Biazon back in July 2004. It is expected that President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will sign it very soon, enabling the rank to be created "GMA ready to sign amended VAT law", November 8, 2006 .
First Christian Church, Columbus, Indiana The First Christian Church (originally known as the Tabernacle Church of Christ) in Columbus, Indiana, was built in 1942. It was the first contemporary building in Columbus and one of the first churches of contemporary architecture in the United States.
First Christian Reformed Church of Toronto The First Christian Reformed Church of Toronto is a congregation of the Christian Reformed Church in North America in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is one of the more liberal churches in its classis and the denomination.
First Church of Christ, Scientist The First Church of Christ, Scientist (Christian Science Center in common reference) is the mother church and administrative headquarters of the Christian Science Church and is located in the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.
First Church of Monson The Congregational Church, or the First Church of Monson as it is sometimes known as, was first established in Monson, MA in 1762. A second meeting house was built in 1803, and was replaced by the current structure in 1873.
First Impressions First Impressions (1959) is a Broadway musical with music and lyrics by George Weiss, Robert Goldman, and Glenn Paxton, and book by Abe Burrows, based on the stage adaptation by Helen Jerome of Jane Austen's classic novel Pride and Prejudice. The Broadway production premiered at the Alvin Theater, New York City, on March 19, 1959, and played 84 performances.
First Indochina War The First Indochina War (also called the French Indochina War, the French War or the Franco-Vietnamese War) was fought in Indochina between 1946 and 1954 between the imperial forces of the French Republic and the Hồ Chí Minh-led Việt Minh (Vietnam Independence League). Most of the major actions took place in the northern third of Vietnam (the area the French referred to as Tonkin) although the conflict engulfed the entire country and also extended into the neighboring Indochinese countries of Laos and Cambodia.
First Information Report A First Information Report or FIR is a written document prepared by the police in India and Pakistan when they receive information about the commission of a cognizable offence. It is a report of information that reaches the police first in point of time and that is why it is called the First Information Report.
First Intermediate Period of Egypt The First Intermediate Period is the name conventionally given by Egyptologists to that period in Ancient Egyptian history between the end of the Old Kingdom and the advent of the Middle Kingdom. As such, depending on when individual historians place the 'downfall' of the Old Kingdom - with the end of either the Sixth or the Eighth Dynasties - the First Intermediate Period (sometimes abbreviated as "FIP") can be considered to embrace the Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, and most of the Eleventh Dynasty.
First International Computer First International Computer, Inc. (FIC) is a Taiwanese computer and components manufacturer, that designs and manufactures computer products and electronic components for other electronics equipment manufacturers worldwide.
First International Conference on Neoplatonism and Gnosticism The First International Conference on Neoplatonism and Gnosticism at the University of Oklahoma in 1984 explored the relationship between Neoplatonism and Gnosticism. The conference also led to a book named Neoplatonism and Gnosticism.
First International Symposium on Chinese Women and Their Network Capital First International Symposium on Chinese Women and Their Network Capital is an international conference of this kind held from June 20-21, 2002 at the University of Hong Kong. Sponsored by Lee Foundation of Singapore, the Department of Sociology of HKU hosted the event with more than 30 scholars from all over the world.
First Internet Backgammon Server First Internet Backgammon Server (FIBS) is the earliest backgammon server on the internet, operating since July 19, 1992. FIBS allows internet users to play backgammon in real-time against other people and tracks player performance using a modified version of the ELO rating system.
First Intifada The First Intifada, or Palestinian uprising refers to a series of violent incidents between Palestinians and Israelis between 1987 and approximately 1990.Benny Morris, Righteous Victims: A History of the Zionist-Arab Conflict, 1881-1999, Knopf, 1999.
First Invasion: The War of 1812 First Invasion: The War of 1812 was a documentary produced by the History Channel which aired on September 11, 2004. As the name suggests the documentary was about the American War of 1812 when the American's fought the British for the first time since the American Revolutionary War.
First Investment Bank First Investment Bank (, Parva investitsionna banka) is the seventh biggest Bulgarian bank (measured in dependence of total assets) founded on 8 October 1993. It has 21 branches and 68 offices throughout the country, as well as two branches abroad: one in Cyprus and one in Tirana, Albania, as well as in office in Durrës.
First Italian War The First Italian War (1494–95), sometimes referred to as the Italian War of 1494 or Charles VIII's Italian War, was the opening phase of the Italian Wars. The war pitted Charles VIII of France, who had initial Milanese aid, against the Holy Roman Empire, Spain, and an alliance of Italian powers led by Pope Alexander VI.
First Jewish-Roman War The first Jewish-Roman War (66–73 CE), sometimes called The Great Revolt (, ha-Mered Ha-Gadol), was the first of three major rebellions by the Jews of Judaea Province against the Roman Empire (the second was the Kitos War in 115–117, the third was Bar Kokhba's revolt, 132–135).
First Judicial District of Pennsylvania The First Judicial District is the judicial body and subseqent empowered agencies governing the county of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It consits of the Court of Common Pleas, the Municipal Court, and Traffic Court for the jurisdiction of Philadelphia.
First King of Shannara The First King of Shannara, a 1996 novel by Terry Brooks, is a prequel to Brooks' The Sword of Shannara, set during the Second War of the Races. Many famous characters from the series, and their ancestors, appear in this story.
First language A first language, native language, or mother tongue is the first language that a person learned. In terms of that view, the person is defined as a native speaker of the first language, although one may also be a native speaker of more than one language if all of the languages were learned without formal education, such as through cultural immersion before puberty.
First law of thermodynamics The first law of thermodynamics is an expression of the universal law of conservation of energy, and identifies heat transfer as a form of energy transfer. The most common enunciation of first law of thermodynamics is:
First Labour Government (UK) The first Labour government of the United Kingdom lasted from January to November 1924. The Labour Party, under James Ramsay MacDonald, had won the general election of December 1923, winning 151 seats, although the Conservative government under Stanley Baldwin was not dissolved immediately since Labour did not possess a majority in the House of Commons.
First Ladies of Chile First Lady of Chile is the unofficial title for the wife of the President of Chile. In colonial times the wives of the Royal Governors were known as Presidentas, title that was in use during the first half of the XIX century, but was slowly superseded by the newer of First Lady.
First Lady of the Philippines First Lady of the Philippines is the unofficial title of the hostess of the Malacañang Palace. Because this position is traditionally filled by the wife of the President of the Philippines, the title is sometimes taken to apply only to the wife of a sitting president.
First Lady of the United States First Lady of the United States is the unofficial title of the hostess of the White House. Because this position is traditionally filled by the wife of the president of the United States, the title is sometimes taken to apply only to the wife of a sitting president.
First Landing First Landing is a 2002 science fiction novel by Robert Zubrin that tells the story of the first manned space expedition to Mars. Zubrin is the head of the Mars Society, an organization lobbying the real world NASA to send astronauts to Mars.
First Law First Law is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov, first published in 1956 in Fantastic Universe Science Fiction magazine and later collected in The Rest of the Robots and The Complete Robot. It is part of the Robot Series, with a plot involving positronic robots, however it contains numerous inconsistencies that arguably place it outside the Foundation universe.
First League of Herzeg-Bosnia The First League of Herzeg-Bosnia served as the top football league for Croatian clubs in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the country's war and post-war periods of the 1990s. During these years, football was divided along ethnic lines, with the Croat, Bosniak and Serb populations each running their own league.
First League of the Republika Srpska Prva liga Republike Srpske or Прва лига Републике Српске (First league of the Republika Srpska) is a second level football competition in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Since there were three different championships in country, organized on ethnical principles, Prva liga Republike Srpske was top flight in Republika Srpska before 2002.
First Leake ministry The first Leake ministry was the third ministry of the Government of Western Australia. It succeeded the Throssell ministry on 27 May 1901, and ran until 21 November, when it was succeeded by the Morgans ministry.
First Letter (Plato) The First Letter of Plato, also called Epistle I or Letter I, is an epistle that tradition has ascribed to Plato, though it is universally considered a forgery.Hamilton and Cairns, Collected Dialogues, 1516 In the Stephanus pagination, it spans III.
First Letts Executive The First Letts Executive was the first ministry to come from the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly. It oversaw the Northern Territory under Country Liberal Party Majority Leader Dr Goff Letts from November 1974 to August 1975, when Letts replaced Paul Everingham with then-Speaker Bernie Kilgariff.
First Liberal Government of New Zealand The First Liberal Government of New Zealand was the first responsible government in New Zealand politics organised along party lines. The Government formed following the founding of the Liberal Party and took office on the 24 January 1891, and governed New Zealand for over 21 years until 10 July 1912.
First Lift Station Dedicated as a Texas Historic Landmark by the Texas Historical Commission in 1985, the First Lift Station in Mission, Texas once provided water for irrigating the crops of the early Rio Grande Valley. In 1907 John J.
First Line (comics) The First Line was a fictional team of superheroes and adventurers from the Marvel Comics series Marvel: The Lost Generation. Essentially a retcon to fill the gaps caused by Marvel's "sliding timescale", in which the emergence of major superheroes and events was only supposed to have occurred "about ten or fifteen years ago" at any given time, this team first appeared in March of 2000, and the 12-issue series told of a supposedly decades-long existence with a huge number of (mostly undocumented) behind-the-scenes adventures.
First Love and Other Sorrows First Love and Other Sorrows is a collection of short stories by Harold Brodkey, first published in 1958. Ten of its eleven stories were originally printed in The New Yorker and "Trio for Three Gentle Voices" in Mademoiselle.
First Love of a Royal Prince First Love of a Royal Prince/A Prince's First Love (Hangul: 황태자의 첫사랑) is an 18-episode South Korean television drama drama broadcasted by MBC in 2004, focusing on two brothers, both royal princes (played by Tae-Hyun Cha and Nam-Jin Kim), who share a love for a young, poor and beautiful young lady (Yoo-Ri Sung) who has a "consuming passion for life."
First Love: A Gothic Tale "First Love: A Gothic Tale" is a short novel by Award-winning novelist and essayist Joyce Carol Oates. It tells the story of Joise S_____, a girl who goes to stay at her aunt's mansion in upstate New York.
First Lutheran Church of Venice First Lutheran Church of Venice is a congregation in the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod (LCMS), located on the westside of Los Angeles. It serves the communities of Venice, Mar Vista and Marina del Rey, and is in the Pacific Southwest District of the LCMS.
First Lutheran School of Venice First Lutheran School of Venice is a Christian elementary school on the Westside of Los Angeles with 115 students in classes ranging from kindergarten to 8th grade. Approximately 30% of students are members of First Lutheran Church of Venice, with the remaining 70% coming from a variety of faith backgrounds.
First Macedonian War The First Macedonian War (214 BC - 205 BC) was fought by Rome, allied (after 211 BC) with the Aetolian League and Attalus I of Pergamon, against Philip V of Macedon, contemporaneously with the Second Punic War against Carthage. There were no decisive engagements, and the war ended in a stalemate.
First Malayan Five Year Plan The First Malayan Five Year Plan (1956 – 1960) was the first economic development plan launched by the Malayan government, just before independence in 1957. The colonial British government had concentrated available resources on fighting the Malayan communist insurgency instead of developing the rural areas of Malaya.
First Malaysia Plan The First Malaysia Plan (1966–1970) was an economic development plan implemented by the government of Malaysia. It was the first economic plan for the whole of Malaysia — Sabah and Sarawak included — as opposed to just Malaya, which previous economic plans (such as the Second Malayan Five Year Plan) had confined themselves to.
First Maroon War The First Maroon War started in Jamaica in 1731 as a rebellion by Maroons (escaped slaves) against British forces. It lasted on and off for eight years, though in fact it really began in 1655 and continued for 84 years.
First Marshal of the Empire First Marshal of the Empire was a military rank established by the Italian Parliament on March 30, 1938. The highest rank in the Italian Military, it was only granted to Benito Mussolini and King Victor Emmanuel III.
First Martin Ministry The First Martin Ministry was the 42nd ministry to come from the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly. It was the first ever Australian Labor Party ministry in the history of the Northern Territory, and was sworn in on August 27, 2001 after Clare Martin's victory in the 2001 election.
First Master Chief Petty Officer The rank of First Master Chief Petty Officer in the Armed Forces of the Philippines has been passed in a bill filed by Senator Rodolfo Biazon back in July 2004. It is expected that President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will sign it very soon, enabling the rank to be created "GMA ready to sign amended VAT law", November 8, 2006 .
First Mesa, Arizona First Mesa (Hopi: WĂ lpi) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Navajo County, Arizona on the Hopi Reservation. As of the 2000 census, the CDP population was 1,124, spread among three Hopi Indian villages atop the 5,700-foot (1,740-meter) mesa: Hanoki (or Tewa), Sitsomovi (or Sichomovi), and Waalpi (or Walpi).
First Minister for Wales The First Minister () is the leader of the Welsh Assembly Government, Wales's devolved administration. When initially set up under the Government of Wales Act 1998, the title was known as First Secretary (in Welsh Prif Ysgrifennydd), as Wales was given a less powerful assembly and executive than Northern Ireland and Scotland.
First Minister of Bajor The First Minister of Bajor is a role analogous to Prime Minister in the politics of the fictional planet Bajor in Star Trek, the religious leader being the Kai. In the mirror universe this role is non-existent, Bajor being under the administration of Intendant Kira Nerys.
First Minister of Northern Ireland The First Minister of Northern Ireland and the Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland are the leaders of the Northern Ireland Executive, Northern Ireland's home rule government set up in the late 1990s as a result of the Belfast Agreement. The office and the executive of the Northern Ireland Assembly are currently suspended, although the Assembly itself is not.
First Minister of Scotland The First Minister (in English; First Meinister in Scots) is the Prime Minister of Scotland's national devolved government, the Scottish Executive, which was established in 1999 along with the devolved Scottish Parliament.
First Minister's Question Time (Scotland) First Minister's Question Time is the question period in the Scottish Parliament where MSP's can directly question the First Minister on any issue under his/her jurisdiction. It normally takes place between 12pm and 12.
First Ministers conference In Canada a First Ministers Conference is a meeting of the provincial and territorial premiers and the Prime Minister. These events are held at the call of the prime minister and, since 1950, have typically been held annually.
First Moog Quartet The first group to ever play electronic music in Carnegie Hall, the First Moog Quartet was formed by Gershon Kingsley in 1970, as the result of a request by Sol Hurok to hear the Moog synthesizer's capabilities demonstrated live. While reactions were mixed, immediate results included a university tour, and some interesting collaborative works with the Boston Pops.
First Motion Picture Unit The First Motion Picture Unit (FMPU) was a nickname for the 18th Air Force Base Unit of the United States Army Air Forces. It was the first unit of the United States Military to be made up entirely of motion picture personnel.
First name alphabet The First Name Alphabet is a widely used method of spelling out words letter by letter in the United States in an effort to clarify which word has been said. Finance professionals frequently use the First Name Alphabet when spelling out stock tickers.
First normal form First normal form (1NF) is a normal form used in database normalization. First normal form excludes the possibility of repeating groups by requiring that each field in a database hold an atomic value, and that records be defined in such a way as to be uniquely identifiable by means of a primary key.
First National The First National Exhibitors' Circuit was founded in 1917 by the merger of 26 of the biggest First Run cinema chains in the United States of America, eventually controlling over 600 cinemas, more than 200 of them so-called "first run" houses (as opposed to the "second run" neighborhood theaters to which films moved when their first run boxoffice receipts dwindled).
First National (TV series) First National was a Canadian television newscast, which aired on the Global Television Network's stations in Ontario and Manitoba from 1994 to 2001. It was also seen in Quebec after Global launched there in 1997.
First National Building The First National Building is an office tower in downtown Detroit, Michigan. Completed in 1922, the structure rises 26 stories, and occupies an entire block along Cadillac Square (adjacent to Campus Martius Park).
First National of Nebraska First National of Nebraska is an Omaha, Nebraska-based interstate bank holding company; the largest banks it owns are First National Bank of Omaha, First National of Colorado, First National Bank of Kansas and First National Bank South Dakota. Founded in 1857, First National is one of the largest private banking companies, and the third-largest family owned bank in the United States.

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