`` We the people of the Confederate States, each state acting in its sovereign and independent character, in order to form a permanent federal government, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity -- invoking the favor and the guidance of Almighty God -- do ordain and establish this Constitution for the Confederate States of America ''.

In its defensive formulations, the theory will attack conscious change on the grounds of the independent existence of the community.

The Fisher Body division, long controlled by the Fisher brothers under a voting trust even though General Motors owned a majority of its stock, followed an independent course for many years, but by 1947 and 1948 `` resistance had collapsed '' and its purchases from Du Pont `` compared favorably '' with purchases by other General Motors divisions.

So, for all practical purposes, it was an independent nation and by now had its own organized government ( unrecognized outside its own borders ).

In addition to asparagus, the production of hops plays a major role locally, the region having its own label, and there are still three independent breweries in the area.

This peculiar thing, called Mind ( Nous ), was no less illimitable than the chaotic mass, but, unlike the logos of Heraclitus, it stood pure and independent ( mounos ef eoutou ), a thing of finer texture, alike in all its manifestations and everywhere the same.

This led to the first of a number of periods in which an outside power controlled Athens ; Often the outside power set up a local agent as political boss in Athens ; but when Athens was independent, it operated under its traditional form of government ; even the bosses, like Demetrius of Phalerum, kept the traditional institutions in formal existence.

* 1849 – Hungary declares itself independent of Austria with Lajos Kossuth as its leader.

Today its focus is on ethics and it is known as the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs, an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization, whose mission is to be the voice for ethics in international affairs.

The SS-TV was an independent unit within the SS with its own ranks and command structure.

One independent group which had been active in NFL exhibition promotions in Atlanta applied for franchises in both the American Football League and the NFL, acting entirely on its own with no guarantee of stadium rights.

Since its inception in the early 1990s, the group has carried out bombings, kidnappings, assassinations and extortion in what they describe as their fight for an independent Islamic province in the Philippines.

The National Museum of Computing, an independent voluntary organisation, rents space from the Trust to house its collection of historic computers.

It was also the capital of an independent state under Edward, the Black Prince ( 1362 – 1372 ), but in the end, after the Battle of Castillon ( 1453 ) it was annexed by France which extended its territory.

Its first editor, William O. Eaton, just 22 years old, said " The Herald will be independent in politics and religion ; liberal, industrious, enterprising, critically concerned with literacy and dramatic matters, and diligent in its mission to report and analyze the news, local and global.

* Ark narrative ( 1 Samuel 4: 1b-7: 1 and 2 Samuel 6: 1-20 ): the ark's capture by the Philistines in the time of Eli and its transfer to Jerusalem by David-opinion is divided over whether this is actually an independent unit.

The party is keen to maintain its independent identity however, and argues that the need for a modern Liberal force in British politics has never been greater.

The " H-H-L " team impressed Hollywood with its success ; as Life wrote in 1957, " fter the independent production of a baker's dozen of pictures it has yet to have its first flop ... ( They were also good pictures.

The Cypriot Church claimed Barnabas as its founder in order to rid itself of the supremacy of the Patriarch of Antioch, as did the Archbishop of Milan afterwards, to become more independent of Rome.

For example, the CIA World Factbook uses the word in its " Country name " field to refer to " a wide variety of dependencies, areas of special sovereignty, uninhabited islands, and other entities in addition to the traditional countries or independent states ".< sup id = Note_1 >

In the later twentieth century, however, powerful and general theoretical methods were developed, making combinatorics into an independent branch of mathematics in its own right.

On 11 August 1960, Chad became an independent country and François Tombalbaye became its first President.

In February 2011, the Bombay High Court reaffirmed astrology's standing in India when it dismissed a case which had challenged its status as a science.

The Gulf News published on 30 November 2011, saying " This is the biggest drug bust of its kind in 2011 and the second big one in the last three years worldwide ," said Dr. Wadia Maalouf, International expert at the United Nation's Drug and Crime office.

Ajmer has a population of around 551, 360 in its urban agglomeration and 542, 580 for the city ( 2011 census ), and is located west of Jaipur, the state capital, 274 km from Udaipur, 439 km from Jaisalmer, and 391 km from Delhi.

" The original sequence and its 1959 sequel, The Return of the Shmoo, have been collected in print many times since, most recently in 2011, always to high sales figures.

According to the Turkish Statistical Institute, as of 2011 the city of Bursa had a population of 1, 704, 441 and its metropolitan municipality 1, 948, 744.

On July 2011, Beltelecom announced a plan to raise the capacity of its Internet gateway to Russia by 20Gbit / s by the end of 2011 and announced a tender to provide the service.

On 25 May 2011 the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society renamed its fast interceptor vessel, MV Gojira, as MV Brigitte Bardot in appreciation of her support.

** The Wii is backward compatible with all games from the Nintendo GameCube, due to its being based on the PowerPC, the same base as the latter ; however, a " Family Edition " model released in North America and Europe in late 2011 removes GameCube support.

The Bank's Financial Policy Committee held its first meeting in June 2011 as a macro prudential regulator to oversee regulation of the UK's financial sector.

In December 2011, BJU announced its intention to apply for regional accreditation with the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools ( SACS ).

Smaller containers may be made of glass, aluminum or plastic. Lone Star State Edition Budweiser On August 3, 2011, Budweiser announced its twelfth can design since 1936, one which emphasizes the bowtie.

In the Fall of 2011, the nationwide Occupy Wall Street movement made its appearance at two locales in Berkeley: on the campus of the University of California and as an encampment in Civic Center Park.

On 15 April 2011, a day before his 122nd birthday anniversary, Google celebrated him with a special Google Doodle video on its global and other country-wide homepages.

The two dominant political parties in Canada have historically been the Liberal Party of Canada and Conservative Party of Canada ( or its predecessors ), and as of the 2011 election the social-democratic New Democratic Party ( NDP ) has risen to prominence.

As of September 2011, Canada's national unemployment rate stood at 7. 1 %, as the economy continues its recovery from the effects of the 2007-2010 global financial crisis.

They were also criticised for shutting down all servers except the Japanese servers for the games Resident Evil: Outbreak and its sequel Resident Evil Outbreak File 2, which the servers for Outbreak and Outbreak File 2 in Japan finally closed on June 30, 2011, over three and a half years after shutting down the North American and European servers on December 31, 2007.

In April 2011, Limehouse Library having closed in 2003, the Attlee statue was unveiled in its new home at Queen Mary University of London.

Caltech managed $ 332 million in sponsored research and $ 1. 77 billion for its endowment in 2011.

In December 2009 the company announced that it will close its three Columbus, Georgia manufacturing facilities between June 2010 and December 2011.

In September 2011 the Federal Aviation Administration proposed a US $ 2. 4M fine against the company for its failure to follow quality assurance requirements while producing fiberglass components at its plant in Chihuahua, Mexico.

As a part of the 2011 Kallikratis government reform, the prefecture was abolished, and its territory was divided into 9 regional units of the South Aegean region:

* On 3 April 2011, Fulham unveiled a statue of Michael Jackson inside the stadium before its match with Blackpool.