The title refers to Alma the Younger, a prophet and " chief judge " of the Nephites.

The people accept this system and the elections are held, and Alma the younger becomes the first " chief judge " a title designating the head of the government.

( Some passages speak of multiple " chief judges ," probably synonymous with " higher judges "; e. g., Alma 62: 47 ; 3 Ne.

The first chief judge was Alma ( known as Alma the Younger ), the son of that Alma who had been a priest of King Noah.

He is first mentioned in the Book of Alma, as " the chief captain over the Nephites.

Alma the Younger subsequently became the first elected chief judge of the Nephites as well as their religious leader.

( Alma 4: 11 ) He resigned his post as chief judge and began traveling from city to city to preach to the Nephites.

In 1879, an Apache army under the war chief Victorio launched a campaign against the American settlers in and around Alma, New Mexico.

She is the sister of Donald Graham, the Washington Post Company's chief executive officer, and the mother of Katharine Weymouth, the newspaper's publisher and Pamela Alma Weymouth, writer for Huffington Post.

The leaders, lawyers, and judges of the city of Ammonihah then brought Alma and Amulek before their chief judge, accusing them of denouncing their laws and of teaching that God's Son would come among the people but would not save them.

Korihor is turned over to higher authority and later gets into an argument with the chief judge and governor, Alma, about the existence of God.

: But king Mosiah said unto Alma: Behold, I judge them not ; therefore I deliver them into thy hands to be judged.

The song was retitled to " Alma Mater " in the 1980s when its lyrics were changed to refer to women as well as men.

The new bayonet proved its worth in the Battle of Alma and the Battle of Inkerman during the Crimean War, where the Imperial Russian Army learned to fear it as well.

Alma is surrounded by several rural towns as well, including Rudy to the north, Dyer and Mulberry to the east, and Kibler to the southwest.

The Alma area is located about midway between Saginaw and Grand Rapids, and thus also receives TV and radio signals from both cities, as well as Mt.

The Alma is also situated at the north of Thornhill, there is also one other pub up the road from The Alma next to the church called The Savile Arms that serves a range of traditionally brewed real ales as well as regularly having guest ales.

In 1998, a team of surgeons from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center attempted to transplant a group of brain cells to Alma Cerasini, who had suffered a severe stroke that caused the loss of mobility in her right limbs as well as limited speech.

Today, Northwestern's official color is purple, although white is something of an official color as well, being mentioned in both the university's earliest song, Alma Mater ( 1907 ) (" Hail to purple, hail to white ") and in many university guidelines.

Alma Maria Mahler Gropius Werfel ( born Alma Maria Schindler ; 31 August 1879 – 11 December 1964 ) was a Viennese-born socialite well known in her youth for her beauty and vivacity.

On the campus of Columbia University on the steps of Low Library there is a well known bronze statue of Alma Mater by Daniel Chester French.

Includes the Ockeghem Alma Redemptoris mater, the Obrecht Missa Sub tuum presidium, as well as motets by Willaert, Clemens non Papa, Josquin, Mouton, and Gombert.

Of the works attributed to him only about fifty survive, among which are two complete masses, three sets of connected mass sections, fourteen individual mass sections, twelve complete isorhythmic motets ( including the famous one which combines the hymn Veni creator spiritus and the sequence Veni sancte spiritus, and the less well-known Albanus roseo rutilat mentioned above ), as well as twenty-seven separate settings of various liturgical texts, including three Magnificats and seven settings of Marian antiphons, such as Alma redemptoris Mater and Salve Regina, Mater misericordiae.

Alma Manu brings together Alma Media's three newspaper printing houses in Tampere, Pori and Rovaniemi as well as the newspaper distribution company Aamujakelu Oy operating in Pirkanmaa, Sea Lapland and Satakunta.

He accompanied the French Army during the Crimean War, producing several paintings, including one of the Battle of the Alma, which was not as well received as his earlier paintings.

Captain Alma Negra is pretty evil but sometimes clumsy as well ( once being hurt with his own dagger while trying intimidate Chapulín ).

The population belongs almost entirely to ancient tribes native to the area such as Qahtan, Bareg, Bal-Garn, Elyan, Khatha'm, Rijal Alma, Rijal Al-Hajr, Amro, Shehr, Shahran, Bal-Asmar, and Bal-Ahmar, as well as a large confederation of tribes known as the ' Asir ( or ' Asaryah ), after whom the region was named.

As Alma crossed the eastern Gulf of Mexico, it retained a very well defined circulation with an eye appearing on radar, but shear limited convection and strength.

Alma Isabella Bosse ( 1863-1946 ) was born in Denmark, and became a well known Norwegian actress and theatre manager together with her husband Johan Fahlstrøm.

Alma moved on to the cities of Gideon and Melek, where his call to humility was also well received.

These four albums, Alma de Diamante ( 1980 ), Los Niños que Escriben en el Cielo ( 1981 ), Bajo Belgrano ( 1983 ) and Madre en Años Luz ( 1984 ), represent a defined style as well as the footprints of Spinetta's evolution.

The khan also possessed all the salt lakes and the villages around them, as well as the woods around the rivers Alma, Kacha, and Salgir.

Under the law of the land, as high priest of the Church of Christ, Alma could exercise this power to excommunicate unpenitent members of the Church.

The city has Booth ( formerly Alba ) Elementary School Alba Middle School, and Secondary public school Alma Bryant High in Irvington, where all the high school students attend.

Alma d ' arte is a high school with a focus on an integrated arts curriculum.

In 1949 the schools of the Humbird, Merrillan, and Alma Center consolidated and all high school students were transported to Alma Center.

( The principal trumpet in the orchestra for the work's première even confronted Mahler, saying " I'd just like to know what's beautiful about blowing away at a trumpet stopped up to high C-sharp " Mahler had no answer, but later pointed out to Alma that the man did not understand the agony of his own existence ).

Undertaking the siege operations around Sevastopol whilst securing the Allies ' eastern flank was stretching the recourses of Raglan's dwindling forces – British casualties at the Alma had been high, and many were still suffering from the cholera epidemic ; others simply fell sick from exhaustion.

Zarahemla's King Mosiah soon authorized Alma to serve as the first high priest over the Church in Zarahemla.

Shortly before his death, Alma conferred the office of high priest upon his son.

He sought the guidance of Alma, the high priest, in locating Nephites that had been captured by the Lamanites, his son Lehi joining him.

After moving by the region, Alma turned to the southeast due to a high pressure system to its north.

Alma Wilford Richards ( February 20, 1890 – April 3, 1963 ) was a high jumper and was famous for being the first resident of Utah to win a gold medal at the Olympic Games, in 1912, in the running high jump event.

Their film clip for their song Minha Alma was also held in high regard winning many MTV Brasil's Vídeo Music Awards.