Commonwealth or State?

Commonwealth or State? - Factbites
Where results make sense
About us | Why use us? | Reviews | PR | Contact us

Topic: Commonwealth or State?

Note: these results are not from the primary (high quality) database.

In the News (Tue 22 Dec 09)

Northern Trust

Marvin Harrison

Peter Chernin

Gary Locke

Match Play

Penelope Cruz

Mickey Rourke

AR Rahman

Danny Boyle

Hugh Jackman

	Commonwealth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) is a loose alliance or confederation consisting of 12 of the 15 former Soviet Republics.
		Thus commonwealth originally meant a state governed for the common good (as opposed to a tyrannical state).
		The Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act created a federal system, in which power is divided between the federal, or national, government and the States- the evolved status of the colonies.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Commonwealth (942 words)

	Commonwealth of Nations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Commonwealth of Nations, usually known as The Commonwealth, is an association of 53 independent sovereign states, almost all of which are former territories of the British Empire.
		Commonwealth membership was held to have lapsed until 1997, after racist provisions in the republican constitution were repealed and reapplication for membership made.
		The Commonwealth has often been likened to an English gentlemen's club, and the issue of who is and who is not a member often seems to be more important, and certainly attracts much more attention, than what the organisation actually does.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations (3708 words)

	The Commonwealth - The Commonwealth of Learning
		When the Commonwealth Games were staged for the fourth time in Canada in 1994, the event attracted 2,446 of the world’s top athletes from 63 nations (Commonwealth countries and associated states and territories), all of whom were competing for the honour of the Commonwealth Gold.
		The Commonwealth is a voluntary association of more than 50 independent sovereign states, which provide support to each other, and work together toward international goals.
		The Commonwealth Business Council was established by the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in October 1997 to involve the private sector in the promotion of trade and investment.
	www.col.org /comover.htm (1708 words)

	CIS: State Symbols
		There also may have been some anti-monarchic sentiment in using the word "Commonwealth." The name, which in the eighteenth century was used to mean "republic", can be traced to the second draft of the state Constitution, written by John Adams and accepted by the people in 1780.
		Commonwealths are states, but the reverse is not true.
		In the era leading to 1780, when the state Constitution was ratified, a popular term for a whole body of people constituting a nation or state was the word "Commonwealth." This term was the preferred usage of some political writers.
	www.sec.state.ma.us /cis/cismaf/mf1a.htm (2395 words)

	Constitution of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
		He shall present to the Legislative Assembly, at the beginning of each regular session, a message concerning the affairs of the Commonwealth and a report concerning the state of the Treasury of Puerto Rico and the proposed expenditures for the ensuing fiscal year.
		All public officials and employees of the Commonwealth, its agencies, instrumentalities and political subdivisions, before entering upon their respective duties, shall take an oath to support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution and laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
		The government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall be republican in form and its legislative, judicial and executive branches as established by this Constitution shall be equally subordinate to the sovereignty of the people of Puerto Rico.
	welcome.topuertorico.org /constitu.shtml (6369 words)

	Warnings and Cautions for Writers--Case Studies
		Commonwealth, which identified itself as a "subsidy" publisher (the implication being that the writer was contributing only a portion of the cost) typically charged $4,500 for publication, with a promised print run of 10,000.
		Also like Commonwealth, it claimed to be a "subsidy" publisher, and to provide a range of supporting services for its authors, including editing, marketing and distribution.
		Only a couple of years after Commonwealth's implosion, Donald Phelan hit the headlines again in connection with The Write Image, a publishing company owned by his wife Lorraine.
	www.sfwa.org /beware/cases.html (3283 words)

	BBC NEWS World Europe Country profiles Profile: The Commonwealth
		Commonwealth Games 2002, held in Manchester, UK Unlike the United Nations, Commonwealth members have no contractual obligations, but members commit themselves to the statements of beliefs set out by heads of government.
		He is elected by heads of government from among Commonwealth diplomats and foreign ministers for a maximum of two four-year terms.
		The Commonwealth has no constitution or charter, but the heads of government of its member states hold Commonwealth Heads of Government Meetings (CHOGM) every two years to discuss issues of common interest.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/1554175.stm (696 words)

	VA Secretary of the Commonwealth: FAQs
		The Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Justices of the Supreme Court, all judges, and all employees of the Commonwealth of Virginia who have been designated by the Secretary of the Commonwealth are required to file a Statement of Economic Interests form.
		Constitutional officers, which are the city or county Treasurer, Sheriff, Commonwealth's Attorney, Clerk of Circuit Court and Commissioner of Revenue, must complete the Statement of Economic Interests form as a condition of taking office and must also file a form annually.
		Pursuant to Section 2.2-122 of the Code of Virginia, the seals of the Commonwealth may be authorized for commercial purposes upon a finding that such use promotes an appropriate image of the Commonwealth, its heritage and its history, and that such use is carried out in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth.
	www.commonwealth.virginia.gov /FAQs/FAQs.cfm (3722 words)

	CBC News Indepth: The Commonwealth
		The summits, known as CHOGMS (Commonwealth Heads of Government Meetings), are held every two years.
		The Commonwealth is a collection of 54 countries drawn largely from the former British Empire.
		There are many other Commonwealth foundations and associations run under the aegis of the secretariat including the Commonwealth Business Network, the Commonwealth Foundation (arts), the Commonwealth Science Foundation, the Commonwealth of Learning, and the Commonwealth Business Council.
	www.cbc.ca /news/background/commonwealth (770 words)

	Kentucky Tourism - Kentucky Facts
		Kentucky is one of four states to call itself a "commonwealth." In 1792 when Kentucky became the 15th state- the first on the western frontier - both "commonwealth" and "state" were used.
		Commonwealth, meaning government based on the common consent of the people, dates to the time of Oliver Cromwell's England in the mid-1600s.
		The other U.S. commonwealths, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Virginia, were originally British colonies.
	travel.ky.gov /facts_symbols.aspx (391 words)

	Andromeda Cultures - The Systems Commonwealth
		His new crew are almost as committed to the restoration of the Commonwealth as he is. His closest ally is the Andromeda with a fanatically loyal computer and whopping arsenal of weapons, devices and offensive gadgets at his command.
		The Systems Commonwealth was 10,000 years old and had 1,247,000 member worlds before the Nietzscheans ended it with the war.
		The Nietzscheans expected a total victory and as a result, outright control of the Systems Commonwealth (and all the spoils of war that would bring).
	www.sadgeezer.com /andromeda/andromeda_cultures_commonwealth.htm (872 words)

	History of the Commonwealth
		With a common working language and similar systems of law, public administration and education, the Commonwealth has built on its shared history to become a vibrant and growing association of states in tune with the modern world.
		For the Commonwealth, apart from the successful birth of Zimbabwe and the continuing struggle against apartheid in South Africa, the 1980s was the decade of Expert Group reports.
		The Commonwealth's principled opposition to all forms of racism, and especially apartheid, led to the withdrawal of South Africa in 1961.
	www.chogm99.org /what/history1.htm (1351 words)

	Commonwealth Party Main
		The Commonwealth Party though entertains the secession of any or all of the current 50 states should it come to a head-- that is all of America should secede from 'itself' and reconfigure into the Commonwealth.
		The Commonwealth Party is a party that favors limited government, regional/local autonomy and opposes government oppressions such as: over taxation, prohibition drug policy, overregulation in business, government waste and mismanagement, the policies of the welfare state and the over use of government.
		SECESSION: In the interests of preserving a union that fulfills the principles of the Constitution, the Commonwealth Party will support states and territories should they secede in order to preserve those Constitutional rights and freedoms.
	home.att.net /~CommonwealthParty/main.htm (3653 words)

	Kentucky as a Commonwealth - Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
		In modern times, to be a "commonwealth" of the United States means to be "a self-governing, autonomous political unit voluntarily associated with the United States, namely, Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands." (Dictionary.com) A few of the differences between contemporary commonwealth status and statehood are:
		There are four states in the United States that are titled commonwealths: Kentucky, Virginia, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts.
		To be a commonwealth rather than a state grants no differences legally or economically.
	www.kdla.ky.gov /resources/KYCommonwealth.htm (503 words)

	Commonwealth Construction: a full-service industrial construction company providing services to resource development, processing and manufacturing industries.
		Commonwealth is a full-service industrial construction company providing a comprehensive range of innovative project development, management, and construction services to customers worldwide in the resource development, processing and manufacturing industries.
		In 1998, Commonwealth was purchased by VECO Corporation whose financial resources have made it possible for Commonwealth to bid successfully on much larger projects.
		VECO is also available to offer engineering / procurement / construction / construction management in partnership with Commonwealth or assist with any part of its global resources, as needed on projects.
	commonwealth.ca (317 words)

	Commonwealth - Home
		Commonwealth Youth Ministers' Meeting, 22 to 26 May 2006, Nassau, The Bahamas click for more...
		Commonwealth Secretary-General Don McKinnon has condemned attacks on civilians and security forces following recently concluded successful elections in Solomon Islands.
		In a statement released in London, UK, on 19 April 2006, the Secretary-General called for calm and restraint, and the immediate restoration of law and order.
	www.thecommonwealth.org (266 words)

	VisitPA :: Facts & History
		The official state song of the Commonwealth was written and composed by Eddie Khoury and Ronnie Bonner and is the official song for all public purposes.
		Authorized by the General Assembly in 1791, the Seal of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a symbol of authenticity which verifies that proclamations, commissions and other papers of state are legal and official.
		In Pennsylvania, all legal processes are carried out in the name of the Commonwealth, although the word does not appear on the State Seal.
	www.visitpa.com /visitpa/facts.do (1056 words)

	Commonwealth
		Commonwealth does not encourage contributors to include subtitles within articles.
		Thank you for thinking of offering your work to Commonwealth.
		Commonwealth publishes critical studies on post-colonial literatures in English.
	www.u-bourgogne.fr /ITL/cwt.htm (1177 words)

	The Monarchy Today > Queen and Commonwealth > Origins
		This was accepted in the London Declaration agreed at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in 1949, provided that India accepted The King (George VI) 'as the symbol of the free association of the independent Member Nations and as such Head of the Commonwealth'.
		Member countries of the Commonwealth can therefore have different constitutions: a republic with a president as Head of State (India, South Africa); an indigenous monarchy (Lesotho, Malaysia, Swaziland, Tonga); a sultanate (Brunei); an elected Paramount Chieftaincy (Western Samoa); or a realm recognising The Queen as Sovereign (for example, Canada, Australia, Barbados).
		The London Declaration made it possible for the Asian and African states of the former Empire, most of which wished to become republics, to remain within the Commonwealth upon attaining independence, and led to the development of the contemporary multi-racial Commonwealth.
	www.royal.gov.uk /output/Page341.asp (379 words)

	Commonwealth Day
		Commonwealth Day is a day to promote understanding about global issues, international cooperation and the work of the modern Commonwealth, which is made up of 1.7 billion people in 53 independent states, or 30% of the world's population.
		Schools activities are an important part of the Commonwealth Day celebrations, and the second Monday in March was agreed upon by Commonwealth leaders because it was a day when schools in most of the member nations would be in session.
		This is not an official Commonwealth Day site, and it not related to the Royal Commonwealth Society or any other official body.
	www.commonwealthday.co.uk (261 words)

	Commonwealth
		The following text string is encrypted within the Commonwealth viral code: "Commonwealth of Independent States" It is unknown what Commonwealth does besides replicate.
		When the first Commonwealth infected program is executed, this virus will install itself memory resident as a low system memory TSR of 2,048 bytes.
		Commonwealth is a memory resident, file infecting virus.
	vil.nai.com /vil/content/v_294.htm (756 words)

	Commonwealth Institute of Cambridge, MA USA -- Home Page
		The Commonwealth Institute is an operating program of the Commonwealth Foundation, an unendowed non-profit corporation registered in Massachusetts, USA.
		Help support the Commonwealth Institute while staying warm and comfortable in union made clothing from No Sweat Apparel.
		Welcome to the home page of the Commonwealth Institute, an independent, non-profit, non-governmental public policy research center doing critical studies in the fields of international security, inequality and poverty.
	www.comw.org (190 words)

	Coventry Commonwealth Games of Virginia
		The Coventry Commonwealth Games of Virginia evoke a strong sense of community and state pride in its participants by offering athletes a unique opportunity to participate and compete with citizens of Virginia.
		The Coventry Commonwealth Games of Virginia is an Olympic-style amateur sports festival for male and female athletes of all ages and abilities.
		The Coventry Commonwealth Games of Virginia is produced by Virginia Amateur Sports, Inc., a non-profit corporation located in Roanoke.
	www.commonwealthgames.org (213 words)

	The Commonwealth Server Project
		Commonwealth's underlying philosophy is to achieve a WEALTH of performance through the use of COMMON components, and to do so along an incremental upgrade path.
		The Commonwealth project is designing, implementing, and evaluating a prototype architecture and a set of associated protocols for scalable Web services.
		The Commonwealth architecture for hosting scalable Web services allows scalability through (1) parallel processing on tightly-coupled nodes within a Web site, and (2) load distribution across loosely-coupled Web sites.
	www.cs.bu.edu /groups/cwealth (795 words)

	The Monarchy Today > Queen and Commonwealth > Commonwealth realms
		Respect for the particular circumstances of The Queen's Commonwealth realms was secured by providing that legislation on the Royal Title was to be enacted separately by each of The Queen's Commonwealth realms, that is, each Commonwealth country which retained a monarchical constitution recognising The Queen as Sovereign.
		In 1949, to facilitate the desire of India and Pakistan to become republics, George VI was recognised as 'Head of the Commonwealth', while remaining the personal sovereign of those countries within the Commonwealth association who wished to retain a monarchical system of government.
		The Queen and the Royal Family have close links with the Commonwealth realms, visiting them when they can to mark occasions such as significant national and provincial anniversaries and centenaries, the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meetings, and the Commonwealth Games.
	www.royal.gov.uk /output/Page345.asp (1536 words)

	The Commonwealth Institute
		In 2000 the Commonwealth Institute was restructured as a Trust the members of which are all Member Governments of the Commonwealth who elect a Board of Trustees responsible to them.
		The Institute then was funded almost exclusively by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and it became a Non Departmental Public Body responsible to the FCO.
		From its foundation in the 19th Century by the UK and Colonial Governments the underlying purpose of the (now) Commonwealth Institute was education and research.
	www.commonwealth.org.uk /theCI/history.htm (418 words)

	CommonWealth Credit Repair
		CommonWealth is a full service legal credit consulting and credit restoration company registered with the Secretary of State.
		Commonwealth was able to raise my score over 100 points in less than 2 months and I am now a proud first-time homeowner!
		CommonWealth has really changed my life, I had a lot of inaccurate items on my credit, with the help of their knowledgeable staff,
	www.commonwealthcreditrepair.com (941 words)

	Introducing the Commonwealth, United Nations and Commonwealth Division, NZ Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
		The apex of the association’s governmental activities is the biennial meeting of Commonwealth Heads of Government, where the policy and activities of the Commonwealth are decided.
		The Commonwealth is an intergovernmental organisation, with countries as its members.
		All Commonwealth countries accept the British sovereign as the "Head of the Commonwealth".
	www.mfat.govt.nz /foreign/unc/commonwealth/introcw.html (440 words)

	Important Information NetBank Product Disclosure Statement
		Commonwealth Bank Complete Home Loan customers who obtained their home loan on or before 31 October 1997 to assist in the purchase of the property in which they live.
		Withdrawals made at the ATMs of the PT Bank Commonwealth in Indonesia are converted into Australian dollar equivalents by PT Bank Commonwealth at a rate set by them on the day the transaction is processed.
		Belonging to the Commonwealth Bank of Australia ABN 48 123 123 124.
	www.commbank.com.au /login/conditions_splash.asp (10730 words)

	Commonwealth Press Union - Press Freedom & Human Rights
		The CPU report "Imperfect Freedom" is to-date the most comprehensive report on the state of self-regulation of the press in the Commonwealth.
		CHRI’s mandate is to promote awareness of and adherence to the Harare Principles, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other internationally recognized human rights instruments and declarations made by the Commonwealth Heads of Governments as well as domestic instruments supporting human rights in the Commonwealth.
		The CPU works in close harmony with other Commonwealth and international organisations, in the pursuit of freedom of expression and protection of human rights for the press throughout the Commonwealth.
	www.cpu.org.uk /prfree.html (718 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)

Topic: Commonwealth or State?

Ads by Google

Related Topics

In the News (Tue 22 Dec 09)