** The British government announces the prorogation of the Parliament of Northern Ireland and the introduction of ' Direct Rule ' of Northern Ireland, after the Unionist government refuses to cede security powers.

The Parliament of Northern Ireland was the home rule legislature of Northern Ireland, created under the Government of Ireland Act 1920, which sat from 7 June 1921 to 30 March 1972, when it was suspended with the introduction of Direct Rule.

Stormont was abolished and Direct Rule from Westminster was introduced in March 1972, just six weeks after Bloody Sunday, when the Unionist government refused to hand over responsibility for law and order to Westminster.

The system of Direct Rule was originally introduced on 28 March 1972 under the terms of the UK's Northern Ireland ( Temporary Provisions ) Act 1972, which also suspended the Parliament of Northern Ireland (" Stormont ").

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Direct Service Service of process may be made outside the state but within the United States in the same manner provided in Rule 4. 1 ( d )-( l ) of these Rules by a person authorized to serve process under the law of the state where such service is made.

Northern Ireland has also been governed by ministers under the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland during periods of Direct Rule.

* March 30-UK Prime Minister Edward Heath dissolves the Stormont Parliament and imposes Direct Rule over Northern Ireland.

The establishment of the Northern Ireland Assembly in 1998 led to reports that a by-pass may commence sooner than the 6-to 15-year projection of the Direct Rule administration, supposing that a coalition of County Down MLAs could push the Executive to approve the project faster than Northern Ireland Office ministers would.

Academics since the 1970s have problematised the Direct versus Indirect Rule dichotomy, arguing the systems were in practice intermingled in both British and French colonial governance, and that the perception of indirect rule was sometimes promoted to justify quite direct rule structures.

From 1969 to 1972 she served on the first Northern Ireland Community Relations Commission and when Direct Rule was introduced, on Whitelaw's Advisory Commission.

Open Direct Connect also did not have complete support for the full file sharing aspects of the protocol, but a port to Java did.

Despite the LC's lack of NuBus slots, it did come with a Processor Direct Slot ( PDS ).

Like the Macintosh SE and SE / 30 before it, the Color Classic did come with a single expansion slot: an LC-type Processor Direct Slot ( PDS ), otherwise incompatible with the SE slots.

When, in March 1972, Direct rule was instated, the practice did not cease altogether, and at the end of 1972 the European Commission of Human Rights accepted a second case on behalf of victims of the practice.

Direct or positive evidence is when a witness can be called to testify to the precise fact which is the subject of the issue in trial ; that is, in a case of homicide, that the party accused did cause the death of the deceased.

Specsavers attracted some controversy after condemning Glasses Direct, a UK Internet retailer claiming that an internet service " did not meet required standards " and " could not offer advice from dispensing opticians ".

Shortly before the publication of Uncanny X-Men # 137, future freelance writer Kurt Busiek, then still a college student, heard about the upcoming events through the fan grapevine, as did fellow future comics pros Carol Kalish ( who would go on to head up Marvel's Direct Sales Department for years ) and Richard Howell ( artist of the Vision and The Scarlet Witch 12-issue limited series, among others ).

Direct Revenue did not charge fees to consumers ; instead, it charges fees to the companies whose products it advertises.

The deal did not materialize, and instead, in the summer of 2000, Bertelsmann acquired CDNow for its new BeMusic internet music group ( which was also to include BMG Direct, a record club ), and was also related to Bertelsmann's financial involvement with Napster.

After receiving spam from Mansfield and discovering that the unsubscribe option did not work, and that contact details in the messages were fake, McNicol had set up a website publishing the details of T3 Direct and other Mansfield companies, as well as publishing these details in newsgroups.

This technique, called Direct Memory Access was typical for many early computers using volatile memory that did not retain its contents when the power was switched off.

Direct applicability is now taken to mean that regulations require no domestic implementation-if direct effect was only ever intended to be a consequence of direct applicability then the relationship has been severed by a series of ECJ cases.

* Direct / Indirect: " direct ( what words mean ) and indirect ( what words imply ) communication, also has its flaws.

) Direct levels of assistance to groups with special problems on the labour market ( including low-skilled persons, older unemployed persons, young people, and the long-term unemployed ) through the provision of integration, internship, and continuing education programs, personal guidance and mentoring, and wage subsidies.

Direct democracy ( or pure democracy ) is a form of democracy in which people vote on policy initiatives directly, as opposed to a representative democracy in which people vote for representatives who then vote on policy initiatives.

Direct action occurs when a group of people take an action which is intended to reveal an existing problem, highlight an alternative, or demonstrate a possible solution to a social issue.

As recently as July 2011, ING Direct Canada had over 1. 7 million clients, employed over 900 people and had over US $ 37. 6 billion in assets.

Politicians and community leaders on both sides whipped up mutual suspicion and fear, culminating in dreadful events such as the riots during the Muslim League's Direct Action Day of August 1946 in Kolkata ( then " Calcutta "), in which more than 5, 000 people were killed and many more injured.

Direct Marketing Associations have attracted controversy, as people believe they aim to promote spam and to defend junk mail and unsolicited telemarketing, which many consumers find irritating and intrusive.

The party supports the use of Electronic Direct Democracy, and encourages people to develop their own political platforms and post them on the POC web site.

On 30 April 2009 Shop Direct closed its call centre in Crosby, Merseyside, making over 1, 000 people redundant.

NHS Direct supports many local health authorities in England, including Primary Care Trusts ( PCTs ), helping them to deliver the best possible standards of healthcare to people in each region.

The aim of NHS Direct, as stated by the government in the NHS White Paper, The New NHS, was " to provide people at home with easier and faster advice and information about health, illness, and the NHS, so that they are better able to care for themselves and their families ".

Direct selling through the party plan typically uses multi-level marketing ( salesperson is paid for selling and for sales made by people he recruits or sponsors ) rather than single-level marketing ( salesperson is paid only for the sales he makes himself ).

Direct Action Network is also the name used by a British organization which employs " tactics of non-violent civil disobedience to promote the full participation and equality of disabled people in society ".

Carswell was the first British Conservative to propose this idea in print in his October 2002 pamphlet Direct Democracy ; empowering people to make their lives better.

* " Direct Democracy ; empowering people to make their lives better ".

The Direct Democracy Party of New Zealand ( 2005-2009 ) was a political party in New Zealand that promoted greater participation by the people in the decision-making of government.

Direct links operate straight to the airport terminal, while other systems require an intermediate use of people mover or shuttle bus.

A web site, Connexions Direct, offers information on various topics of potential interest to young people in England.

: Aktivdemokrati is a Direct democratic party, running for the parliament of Sweden Democracylab. us is a Portland Oregon nonprofit ( 501 ( c )( 3 ) nonprofit organization, partnered with the Oregon 150 Project, building an online public think tank in which the votes of users determines policy, seeking to connect the values people hold to their positions on issues and the policies they advocate.