At that moment, the nominal ruler of al-Andalus, emir Yusuf ibn ' Abd al-Rahman al-Fihri ( another member of the Fihrid family, and a favorite of the old Arab settlers ( baladiyun ), mostly of south Arabian or ' Yemenite ' tribal stock ) was locked in a contest with his vizier ( and son-in-law ) al-Sumayl ibn Hatim al-Qilabi, the head of the new settlers ( shamiyum, the Syrian junds or military regiments, mostly of north Arabian Qaysid tribes, which had arrived only in 742 ).

" Mebyon Kernow is a member of the European Free Alliance and although it did not contest European Parliament elections in 2004 or 1999, it has six candidates for the 2009 Euro elections.

The teams start with the rope's centre line directly above a line marked on the ground, and once the contest ( the " pull ") has commenced, attempt to pull the other team such that the marking on the rope closest to their opponent crosses the centre line, or the opponents commit a foul ( such as a team member sitting or falling down ).

He remained a Senator until, in accordance with the Westminster tradition that the Prime Minister is a member of the lower house of parliament, he resigned on 1 February 1968 in order to contest the House of Representatives by-election for the electorate of Higgins in south Melbourne ( necessitated by Holt's death ).

He was also a member of the Canadian team which was disqualified in the final of the 4 × 100 metre relay contest.

He had initially indicated a willingness to contest the June 1927 general election as a Sinn Féin candidate but withdrew after the Irish Republican Army threatened to court-martial any member under IRA General Army Order 28, which forbade its members from standing in elections.

Lewis has a cameo appearance in the film as a faculty member who rejects Marty McFly's band's audition for the school's " Battle of the Bands " contest.

* 2010 Republican Jim Landtroop, an insurance agent in Plainview, is elected as the District 85 member of the Texas House of Representatives, after having lost the 2006 legislative contest to Joseph P. Heflin of Crosby County.

* Marqus Blakely ( born 1988 ), Two-time America East player of the Year, winner of the 2010 college slam dunk contest at University of Vermont, and a member of the Houston Rockets.

The Visitors are also dealt with in Statutes and consist of the Chancellor of the University and one other person ( usually a member of the Judiciary ) and are a final appeal should anyone contest a decision of the Board or a procedure within College which has been appealed through Departmental School, Faculty, Council, and Board levels and is still contested.

He became a member of the so-called " gang of five " with Jackie Fahey, Mark Killilea, Jnr, Tom McEllistrim and Seán Doherty which aligned itself to Charles Haughey and supported him in the subsequent leadership contest.

Despite being robbed of some quickness and athleticism, he still managed to score 27. 0 points per game, and he also added 6. 7 assists per contest, his highest average as a member of the Jazz.

However, Norton lost it in his first defense on a split-decision by 1 point to Larry Holmes in a great contest ( Holmes-Norton is ranked as the 10th greatest heavyweight fight of all time by Monte D. Cox, a member of the International Boxing Research Organization ).

In the summer of 2003, RI: SE launched a contest in which a member of the public could become the RI: SE reality correspondent.

Around the same time, Schlesinger announced a studio-wide contest, with a money prize to whichever member of the staff turned in the best original story.

Had they appeared in the 1980 UK contest, the group would have been up against former member Danny Finn, who was the lead singer of the winning group Prima Donna.

" Rajaji, however, refused to contest a by-election and remained an as unelected member of the legislative council.

He was chosen as a Liberal Candidate in Peel County to contest the general election for the House of Commons in 1891 against the sitting Conservative member W. A. McCulla.

The Combine's member corps all agreed to demand, starting in the 1971 competitive season, a fixed and predetermined appearance fee from contest sponsors where Combine corps would compete, rather than accept traditional prize money awards dependent on contest placements.

Nile has been a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council since 1981, except for a period in 2004 when he resigned to contest ( unsuccessfully ) the Australian Senate at the 2004 federal election.

Walker had a record of 94 wins, 18 losses, 4 draws, 2 no contest and 46 no decisions ( Newspaper decisions: 37-7-1 ) in 163 professional bouts, his 60 knockout wins making him a member of the exclusive group of boxers who have won 50 or more bouts by knockout.

By convention, if a competitive leadership race between sitting members of the party's caucus is taking place, the interim leader should be a caucus member who is not standing as a candidate in the leadership race, so they do not gain unfair advantage in the contest.

Boswell was chosen to contest the Daventry constituency after the sitting Conservative MP and former Labour Cabinet member Reg Prentice had announced his retirement.

The contest generated a record 80 % member participation and a clear result, and he is strongly endorsed by Alan Williams, and by Assembly Minister Andrew Davies.

Just as I know I would make a bad soldier even though I cannot sincerely call myself a pacifist, so too I would not be either a hangman by profession or, if I could avoid it, even a member of a hanging jury.

In 1989, she was a member of the jury at the 39th Berlin International Film Festival.

In 1986, he was a member of the jury at the 36th Berlin International Film Festival.

In 1969, he was a member of the jury at the 19th Berlin International Film Festival.

* 2002 – American civil rights movement: a jury in Birmingham, Alabama, convicts former Ku Klux Klan member Bobby Frank Cherry of the 1963 murders of four girls in the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church.

* May 22 – 16th Street Baptist Church bombing: A jury in Birmingham, Alabama, convicts former Ku Klux Klan member Bobby Frank Cherry of the 1963 murders of 4 girls.

Casta served as a jury member at the 69th Venice International Film Festival in 2012.

This work described several now famous results, including Condorcet's jury theorem, which states that if each member of a voting group is more likely than not to make a correct decision, the probability that the highest vote of the group is the correct decision increases as the number of members of the group increases, and Condorcet's paradox, which shows that majority preferences become intransitive with three or more options – it is possible for a certain electorate to express a preference for A over B, a preference for B over C, and a preference for C over A, all from the same set of ballots.

In 1978, he was a member of the jury at the 28th Berlin International Film Festival.

Parties, lawyers, and witnesses are not allowed to speak with a member of the jury.

When selected, being a member of a jury pool is, in principle, compulsory.

Instead, all six selected finalists were students of Charles Lenepveu, a member of the jury and heir apparent of Dubois as director of the Conservatoire.

Neleh agreed and Kathy was the last member to join the jury.

In 1991, she was a member of the jury at the 41st Berlin International Film Festival.

In 1978, he was a member of the jury at the 28th Berlin International Film Festival.

She was formerly president of the Société des Gens de Lettres de France and a member of the Prix Femina jury.

Flynt himself made a cameo appearance as an Ohio judge and also a jury member in the court scene of the Jerry Falwell case.

Jury finding from Kentucky County, Virginia, confiscating lands of two men adjudged to be United Kingdom | British citizens – Daniel Boone was listed as member of jury.

In 1985, he was a member of the jury at the 35th Berlin International Film Festival.

In 1977, he was a member of the jury at the 27th Berlin International Film Festival.

In 1979, he was a member of the jury at the 29th Berlin International Film Festival.

* Each jury member, in turn, may ask each of the final players a question, and that player must respond.

* Each jury member then votes for one of the final players, indicating which player he or she wants to win the game.

In 1957 Dolores del Rio was the first female member of the jury as a Sélection officielle – Member.

Condorcet's jury theorem proved that if the average member votes better than a roll of dice, then adding more members increases the number of majorities that can come to a correct vote ( however correctness is defined ).