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  Read about Mayor at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Mayor and learn about Mayor here!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
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 Mayor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mayors may also function as the head of the city council, sometimes elected as mayor by the council rather the citizens, while day-to-day operations of the city are delegated to a professional city manager.
In Canada mayors are usually elected at large by the citizens of a municipality for a fixed term.
In London, the ceremonial Lord Mayor of London, representing the City of London, should be distinguished from the elected Mayor of London who is responsible for the whole of Greater London.
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 Lord Mayor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Lord Mayor is the lofty title of the mayor of a major city, with special recognition.
In England, Wales and Northern Ireland it is a purely ceremonial post, see Mayors in the United Kingdom, list of cities in the United Kingdom, especially Lord Mayor of London (with the trappings of a 'viceroy', but only the ceremonial representative of the one square mile small financial district).
In Denmark, as the translation of Danish Overborgmester, it is the title of the highest mayor of such large cities as Copenhagen, Aarhus, and Aalborg.
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 Mayor: Just the facts...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
A mayor (from the Latin (Any dialect of the language of ancient Rome) maīor, meaning "larger","greater") is the politician (A person active in party politics) who serves as chief executive official of some types of municipalities (additional info and facts about municipalities).
Mayors may also function as the head of the city council, sometimes elected as mayor by the council rather the citizens, while day-to-day operations of the city are delegated to a professional city manager (The head of a city government).
In spite of its etymology, "mayor" was not a Roman (An inhabitant of the ancient Roman Empire) office.
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 Mayor Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
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*List of mayors of MemphisList of mayors of Memphis, Tennessee
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 Encyclopedia: Mayor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
A Lord Provost is the Scottish equivalent of a Lord Mayor.
The longest serving mayor in the U.S. was Robert Linn, who served for 58 years as mayor of Beaver, Pennsylvania.
There are currently no elected mayors in any cities whose mayor has the right to bear the title Lord Mayor (the title Lord Mayor of London refers only to the City of London within the greater city), but if this were to arise, it may be the elected mayor would inherit that title.
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 Melbourne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
There is a directly elected Lord Mayor of Melbourne, currently Lord Mayor John So, and an elected Melbourne City Council, but these are responsible only for the City of Melbourne, which takes in the central business area and a few adjoining inner suburbs.
The Lord Mayor, however, is frequently treated as a representative of the whole city.
Although Brisbane and Perth are faster growing cities (but only in percentage terms), and Victoria's net interstate migration has fluctuated, the Melbourne statistical division has grown by approximately 50,000 people a year since 2003, more than any other Australian city.
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 List of Mayors and Lord Mayors of Brisbane - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
List of Mayors and Lord Mayors of Brisbane - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
This is a list of the Mayors and Lord Mayors of the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, a Local Government Area covering much of the urban area in the Brisbane River valley.
List of Mayors and Lord Mayors of Brisbane.
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 Definition of The Right Honourable - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
The Lord Mayors of London, Dublin, Cardiff, Belfast, York and Bristol; and of Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane and Hobart; and
The Irish Privy Council was abolished with the creation of the Irish Free State in 1922; nevertheless the Lord Mayor of Dublin, like his counterparts in the United Kingdom, retains the usage of the honorific; the Lord Mayor of Cork has never been entitled to the title.
The Lord Mayors of Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide and Hobart are styled The Right Honourable, but the style (which has no connection with the Privy Council) attaches to the title of Lord Mayor, and not to their names, and is relinquished upon leaving office.
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 Mayoral -- Recommendations and Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
The title of 'Lord Mayor' was conferred on the position of Mayor by King Edward VII on December 18 1902.
This is a list of the Mayors and Lord Mayors of the City of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
The title of 'Lord Mayor' was conferred on the position of Mayor during the 1934-1935 council.
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 Melbourne - LearnThis.Info Enclyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
The City's current Lord Mayor is John So, who was inaugurated in 2001, after the first direct election of a Lord Mayor for the city.
Melbourne is built on the land of the Kulin nation, the original Aboriginal inhabitants of the area.
The building was granted World Heritage listing on 2 July 2004, the first building in Australia to be granted this status.
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 Encyclopedia topic: Lord Mayor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
In the Republic of Ireland (additional info and facts about Republic of Ireland), the posts of Lord Mayor of Dublin and Lord Mayor of Cork still exist.
See list of cities in Australia (additional info and facts about list of cities in Australia).
It is also, as the translation of Oberbürgermeister, the title of the mayors of independent (county-free) or formerly independent cities in Germany (A republic in central Europe; split into East German and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990).
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 The Courier-Mail: Mayors restrict flow of details on water curbs [10dec05]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
But the mayors also agreed to keep details of this agreement from ratepayers, with Brisbane Lord Mayor Campbell Newman refusing to discuss the restrictions even in general terms.
Cr Newman said the mayors agreed to uniform level one restrictions at the meeting, rather than using different agreements as they did when the laws were first imposed earlier this year.
Brisbane City Council's previous level one restrictions, which ended in October when level two was introduced, include the use of sprinklers on three designated days each week from 7pm-7am.
www.couriermail.news.com.au /common/story_page/0,5936,17518548^3102,00.html   (474 words)

  
 Asia Pacific Cities Summit - Asia Pacific Cities Summit
Brisbane is a thriving city of 1.6 million people and Australia's fastest growing capital.
Brisbane offers world class facilities and ever-expanding infrastructure, competitive property and labour frameworks, an imposing resident skills set, close proximity to the Asian market and, perhaps more importantly, unparalleled lifestyle opportunities.
Lord Mayor Campbell Newman and Mayor Wang Hongju at the signing of the Brisbane Chongqing Sister City Agreement, 11 October 2005.
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 Rt Hon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
The Lord Mayors of London, Dublin, Cardiff, Belfast, York and Bristol ; and of Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane and Hobart ; and
The Irish Privy Council was de facto abolished with the creation of the Irish Free State in 1922 ;nevertheless the Lord Mayor of Dublin, who wasex-officio a member of the Irish Privy Council, retains the usage of the honorific.
The Lord Mayors of Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide and Hobart are styled The Right Honourable during their terms of office, but this has no connection withmembership of the Privy Council, and the title is not retained for life.
www.therfcc.org /rt-hon-317507.html   (796 words)

  
 City Mayors: Local government in Australia
City Mayors profiles city leaders from around the world, and examines how local success stories could be adopted by other cities.
City Mayors reports on topical urban issues and publishes ideas, research and proposals by mayors, governments and NGOs as well as contributions by the private sector.
Peter Adamson, the Lord Mayor of Darwin, northern Australia, is an ardent supporter of the Sister City Movement
citymayors.com /government/aus_locgov.html   (1401 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Tjeker   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
However, because this list is identical to the one Merneptah included in his victory inscription and because Ramses also describes several fictitious victories on his temple walls, some Egyptologists believe that he never actually fought the Sea Peoples, but only claimed the victories of Merneptah as his own - a common ancient Egyptian practice.
The council met the next morning and talked with the Tjeker (Wente 123), and a messenger from the king informed me of their decision.
Tjekerbaal said that he would give us a head start against the Tjeker, but his messenger reminded us that our king wished to have as little trouble with the Tjeker as possible (Casson, 1974, 42).
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Tjeker   (682 words)

  
 biology - Melbourne   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
There is a directly elected Lord Mayor of Melbourne and an elected Melbourne City Council, but these are responsible only for the City of Melbourne, which takes in the central business area and a few adjoining inner suburbs.
The Port of Melbourne is located in the inner west of Melbourne, near the junction of the Maribyrnong and Yarra rivers.
Trams in Melbourne, List of Melbourne tram routes
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 Appendix I
The lord mayors of Adelaide, Brisbane, Hobart, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney have the title The Right Honourable attached to their offices but not to their names.
The lord mayors of Brisbane, Hobart and Sydney are aldermen, in Adelaide and Perth they use only the conventional title (Mr etc.); the lord mayor of Melbourne is councillor.
Mayors of other cities are addressed as 'His (or Her) Worship the Mayor of …' The mayoress, wife of a mayor, is addressed as 'The Mayoress of …'
pandora.nla.gov.au /pan/13691/20011019/www.dofa.gov.au/ausinfo/style_manual/appendix_i.html   (2682 words)

  
 The Brisbane Institute - Transcripts - Performing art - a model of creativity
Last year Brian Blinko from Energex stood at the launch of the Energex Brisbane Festival and gave one of the most inspirational arguments I’ve heard for the importance of the arts within a balanced and spiritually rich society.
Faced with the prospect of becoming Australia’s second largest city in 10 or so years, Brisbane can choose to be a pleasant well-run metropole or it can assert itself as a leader in the celebration and development of creativity through an integrated program of excellence in the performing arts.
Brisbane Institute, as an independent body is in a position to coordinate a strategy for the long term development and promotion of the city’s performing arts.
www.brisinst.org.au /papers/rider_sue_perform/transcript-Performi.html   (1085 words)

  
 Portland NORML News - Saturday, August 1, 1998
Brisbane Lord Mayor Jim Soorley said drug addiction had become a capital city problem with most drug abuse and associated crime occurring there.
Lord Walton of Detchant observed that the subcommittee had not had any convincing evidence that cannabis had any effect on the course of a disease.
The development was reported by BMA witnesses to a House of Lords subcommittee inquiring into the use of cannabis and its derivatives for medical and recreational purposes and into whether any relaxation of the law is appropriate.
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 Highlights from The Week Online with DRCNet, Issue #1
Vancouver Mayor Philip Owen and Police Chief Bruce Chambers said they are ready to look at decrim, as well as any other measure that might ease social and health problems associated with substance abuse in their city.
On December 4, Australia’s Council of Capital City Lord Mayors announced that they had united in commitment to a new national drug strategy, and the formation of a new national advisory committee on the issue which would report directly to them.
The Adelaide Lord Mayor, Dr. Jane Lomax-Smith said that the lord mayors were disappointed with the recent federal decision to cancel planned heroin maintenance trials.
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 The Right Honourable
The Irish Privy Council was de facto abolished with the creation of the Irish Free State in 1922; nevertheless the Lord Mayor of Dublin, who was ex-officio a member of the Irish Privy Council, retains the usage of the honorific.
The Lord Mayors of Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide and Hobart are styled The Right Honourable during their terms of office, but this has no connection with membership of the Privy Council, and the title is not retained for life.
Current list of Canadian notables possessing some form of honorific (incl.
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/the_right_honourable   (938 words)

  
 Global Warming: What can We do?
Participants were Venice Mayor Paolo Costa, Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown, Barcelona Mayor Joan Clos and members of the Italian Senate and Parliament.
As Mayors, we would like to underline the dangers that our local communities, all located on delicate coastal areas, are facing due to global climate change caused by greenhouse gas emissions.
We are confident that you are going to assume a leading and proactive role in fighting against global warming by contributing to create the reference framework within which we, as mayors of some of the more important coastal cities in the world, are going to concentrate the efforts of our local policies.
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FACTOID # 1: Guinea has the wettest capital on Earth, with 3.7 metres of rain a year.
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 Lord Mayor's message - Brisbane City Council   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
Brisbane is a rapidly growing city, in the centre of the fastest growing region in Australia.
I am committed to ensuring Brisbane residents have access to world class infrastructure and making sure our children inherit a city that values its natural assets and preserves its cultural heritage.
My first priority as Lord Mayor is to start work on Project TransApex – a plan to revolutionise cross-town travel through the construction of five tunnels – three crossing the river.
www.brisbane.qld.gov.au /BCC:::pc=PC_1282   (572 words)

  
 Portland NORML News - Saturday, November 14, 1998
The Lords drew on the views of Australian researchers Wayne Hall and Nadia Solowij from the Sydney-based National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, which were also published in The Lancet.
The Lords called for research into other ways of taking cannabis than the traditional way of smoking it, and said there was enough evidence of the toxic effects to justify the ban on recreational use.
Adelaide's Lord Mayor, Dr Jane Lomax Smith, said the group was working from estimates that a heavy drug user needed $40,000 to $50,000 a year to support the habit - generally funded by crime and prostitution.
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 The world's top melbourne websites   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
Another secondary airport is located in Essendon, this was Melbourne's first International and Domestic Airport (the Beatles arrived at this airport when they played in Melbourne during their 1964 tour of Australia).
Melbourne is built on the land of the Kulin nation, the originial Aboriginal inhabitants of the area.
The building was granted World Heritage listing on 2 July 2004, the first building in Ausralia to be granted this status.
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