The Kitakyūshū Monorail terminus is in Kokura Station and serves the commuters and residents living in Kokurakita and Kokuraminami Wards.

A " special ward " is opened at the hospital, but its 80 beds are filled within three days.

Etymologically, the name is derived from the Greek " Αλέξανδρος " ( Aléxandros ), meaning " defending men " or " protector of men ", a compound of the verb " ἀλέξω " ( alexō ), " to ward off, to avert, to defend " and the noun " ἀνδρός " ( andros ), genitive of " ἀνήρ " ( anēr ), " man ".

Sometime between 1763 and 1764 Salieri suffered the death of both parents and was briefly taken in by an anonymous brother, a monk in Padua, and then for unknown reasons in 1765 or 1766 he became the ward of a Venetian nobleman named Giovanni Mocenigo ( which Giovanni is at this time unknown ), a member of the powerful and well connected Mocenigo family.

In The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Bishop is the leader of a local congregation, called a ward.

It is therefore believed that he has both the right and ability to receive divine inspiration ( through the Holy Spirit ) for the ward under his direction.

Because it is a part-time position, all able members are expected to assist in the management of the ward by holding delegated lay positions ( for example, women's and youth leaders, teachers ) referred to as ' callings.

The bishop is also responsible for the physical welfare of the ward, and thus collects tithing and fast offerings and distributes financial assistance where needed.

A bishop is the president of the Aaronic priesthood in his ward ( and is thus a form of Mormon Kohen ; in fact, a literal descendant of Aaron has " legal right " to act as a Bishop after being found worthy and ordained by the First Presidency ).

Each bishop is selected from resident members of the ward by the stake presidency with approval of the First Presidency, and chooses two counselors to form a bishopric.

A brazen serpent is made to ward off these serpents.

In practice a groveling letter of apology to the court is sufficient to ward off this possibility, and in any event the warrant is generally ' backed for bail ' i. e. bail will be granted once the arrest has been made and a location where the person can be found in future established.

It is also usually associated with an unconscious magical ritual to ward off anxiety engendered by these same women .”

Furthermore, in the Enchiridion Augustine attempts to refute skepticism by stating, " y not positively affirming that they are alive, the skeptics ward off the appearance of error in themselves, yet they do make errors simply by showing themselves alive ; one cannot err who is not alive.

* A ward at Northwick Park Hospital is called Jenner Ward

The emperor is traditionally venerated at the misasagi memorial shrine in the Ukyō-ku ward of Kyoto.

Ko-Ko loves his ward, Yum-Yum, but she loves a musician, who is really the son of the emperor of Japan ( the Mikado ), and who is in disguise to escape the attentions of the elderly and amorous Katisha.

It is in the West St Leonards ward, stretching into the parish of Crowhurst.

The final SSSI, Hastings Cliffs to Pett Beach, is within the Ore ward of Hastings, extending into the neighbouring Fairlight and Pett parishes.

Wilfred of Ivanhoe is disinherited by his father Cedric of Rotherwood for supporting the Norman King Richard and for falling in love with the Lady Rowena, Cedric's ward and a descendant of the Saxon Kings of England.

Wearing of amulets and devotional medals to provide protection or ward off evil is common in some cultures ; these may take the form of symbols ( such as the ankh ), stones, plants, animals, body parts ( such as the Khamsa ), or glyphs ( such as stylised versions of the Throne Verse in Islamic art ).

While an antimanic agent such as valproic acid or carbamazepine cannot treat depression directly as the former two drugs can, it is widely thought to help ward off depression in bipolar patients by keeping them out of mania and, thus, preventing their moods from cycling.

Princetown is the most deprived ward in Devon, as when the Home Office changed its rules on where prison officers should live, staff moved out of the town and much poor-quality housing became available, which was then offered to the disabled, the unemployed and one parent families.

Bellingham is a neighbourhood and electoral ward in the London Borough of Lewisham, and consists mainly of social / council housing built in the 1920s on what was then farm land.

Crofton Park is a vibrant, mainly residential suburb and electoral ward in the London Borough of Lewisham.

The new owners of the castle undertook repairs, focussed mainly on the outer ward.

Communications are mainly used in mating season and to ward off predators.

To the north, the ward border mainly runs along Moss Lane East.

Norris Green's district centre is known locally as " Broadway ", consisting of mainly shops found around Broadway and Broad Lane ( though this is actually located in neighbouring Clubmoor ward ).

And also from Birchgrove, which is a busy shopping area that comes under the ward of Heath but is composed mostly of more affordably priced housing, mainly of terraced, and has taken on an identity of its own.

It is mainly in the Hyde Park & Woodhouse ward, though some areas of what is often considered to be Hyde Park lie within the Headingley Ward ( e. g. Hyde Park Picturehouse, Brudenell Social Club ).

Recent elections have seen seats changing hands, and as of the 2010 election the area has mainly Conservative representation, with one Labour and one Liberal Democrat councillor in Elthorne ward.

The ward consists mainly of post 1950's housing and includes Portsmouth City Council's Wecock Estate.

However, boundary changes in 2004 resulted in Didsbury being split mainly between the two new wards of Didsbury East and Didsbury West while a small section of West Didsbury was incorporated into the new ward of Chorlton Park.

Although the population of the ward ( 1, 446, including surrounding hamlets ) has remained fairly stable for 30 years, this masks the out-migration mainly of the younger generation affecting the population structure.

In local government Rowlands Gill is located mainly within the ward of ' Chopwell and Rowlands Gill '.

Four of the five Kidsgrove wards were transferred back to Stoke-on-Trent North with only one mainly rural ward, Newchapel remaining in Staffordshire Moorlands.

The ward has an ethnic minority population of over 82. 6 % the largest portion of which is Muslim of Pakistani descent, mainly from Mirpur.

It is a mainly residential area which lies east of Swansea city centre across the River Tawe and falls within the St Thomas ward.

The ward is mainly rural and consists of some or all of the following areas: Dunvant, Ilston, Killay, Sketty and Upper Killay in the parliamentary constituency of Swansea West.

The ward consists of mainly suburban residential areas.

The village of Killay is located mainly in this ward, set high above sea level, about 3. 5 miles west of Swansea city centre.