However the ideals of Civil Defense have been brought back in the United States under FEMA's Citizen Corps and Community Emergency Response Team ( CERT ).

* one of five federal programs promoted under the umbrella organization Citizen Corps, which is funded in part by the Stafford Act ;

CERT and Citizen Corps were transferred to the Office of Domestic Preparedness ( now the Office of Grants and Training ) in August 2004.

The sponsoring agency receives and disburses federal and state Citizen Corps grant funds allocated to its CERT program.

Some sponsoring agencies use Citizen Corps grant funds to purchase response tools and equipment for their members and team ( s ) ( subject to Stafford Act limitations ).

While state and local jurisdictions will implement training in the manner that best suits the community, the Citizen Corps CERT program has an established curriculum.

Topics include ( in part ) identifying local disaster threats, disaster impact, mitigation and preparedness concepts, and an overview of Citizen Corps and CERT.

Citizen Corps CERT training emphasizes safely ' doing the most good for the most people as quickly as possible ' when responding to a disaster.

Each unit of Citizen Corps CERT training is ideally delivered by professional responders or other experts in the field addressed by the unit.

Citizen Corps CERT training is provided free to interested members of the community, and is delivered in a group classroom setting.

Citizen Corps grant funds can be used to print and provide each student with a printed manual.

Some sponsoring agencies use Citizen Corps grant funds to purchase disaster response tool kits.

The Citizen Corps CERT curriculum ( including the Train-the-Trainer course ) was updated during the last half of 2008 to reflect feedback from instructors across the nation.

* U. S. Citizen Corps CERT

MBP also had control over 41, 000 soldiers of the Internal Security Corps, 57, 500 officers of the Citizens ' Militia, 32, 000 officers of Border Troops and 10, 000 Prison Guard and also 125, 000 members of the Volunteer Reserve Citizen Militia.

The MSW was responsible for administrative duties, but eventually it took over the control of Internal Security Corps, Citizens ' Militia, Border Troops, Prison Guard and also members of the Volunteer Reserve Citizen Militia.

The Department also includes a Volunteers in Public Safety ( VIPS ) civilian volunteer team and a Community Emergency Response Team ( CERT ), both part of the Citizen Corps organization.

Community Emergency Response Teams ( CERTs ) are being organized by several SDFs by utilizing training offered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Citizen Corps.

ARES in the U. S. has Memorandums of Understanding with organizations including the American Red Cross, National Weather Service, Department of Homeland Security, Citizen Corps, Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials-International, National Communications System, National Association of Radio and Telecommunications Engineers Inc., Salvation Army, Society of Broadcast Engineers, Quarter Century Wireless Association Inc. and REACT International Inc.

A Local Emergency Planning Committee oversees and administers the Citizen Corps Council through their Education and Training Committee.

Freedom Corps also created new programs such as the Citizen Corps for homeland security, Volunteers for Prosperity for international volunteering, and a President's Council on Service and Civic Participation, which promoted the new President's Volunteer Service Award.

Key components of the USA Freedom Corps have been continued under the administration of President Obama, including the Volunteers for Prosperity program that was authorized under the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act and signed into law by President Obama ; the Citizen Corps for homeland security and its component programs ( Volunteers in Police Service, Medical Reserve Corps, Community Emergency Response Teams, Fire Corps and Citizen Corps Councils ); the President's Volunteer Service Award ; and the White House USA Freedom Corps office, now called the White House Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation.

The School has implemented the 1960 curriculum up to 1999 with the replacement of the traditional history courses with Social Studies I ( The Community ), Social Studies II ( The Nation ), Social Studies III ( Economic Development & Program ), and Social Studies IV ( The World: A Cultural Perspective ), as well as the inclusion of the Youth Development Program ( YDT ) which covers Scouting, Physical Education, Music, and Citizen Army Training ( later replaced by the Preparatory Military Training or PMT ) as required by the Department of Education and Culture in 1972.

In Britain rhyming slang had a resurgence of popular interest beginning in the 1970s resulting from its use in a number of London-based television programmes such as Steptoe and Son, Mind Your Language, The Sweeney ( the title of which is itself rhyming slang —" Sweeney Todd " for " Flying Squad ", a rapid response unit of London ’ s Metropolitan Police ), Minder, Citizen Smith, Only Fools and Horses, and EastEnders.

The last article of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen was adopted on 26 August 1789, by the National Constituent Assembly ( Assemblée nationale constituante ), during the period of the French Revolution, as the first step toward writing a constitution for France.

One of the last rulers of Rome to be theoretically called " Princeps " or First Citizen, Gallienus ' shrewd self-promotion assisted in paving the way for those who would be addressed with the words " Dominus et Deus " ( Lord and God ).

Lafayette believed the Orleanist constitutional monarchy was the safest course for the propertied interests and so Lafayette and Thiers became supporters of the Orleanist " Citizen King "-- Louis-Philippe.

Demands were made for abdication of " Citizen King " Louis-Philippe and for establishment of a representative democracy in France.

However the term Irish Republican Army in its modern sense was first used in the second decade of the 20th century for the rebel forces of the Irish Volunteers and the Irish Citizen Army during the Easter Rising.

The term " game " in improv can also refer to the Upright Citizen Brigade Theatre's concept of the " game of the scene " as a teaching technique and strategy for improv and sketch comedy.

He first gained worldwide fame in the Orson Welles films Citizen Kane ( 1941 ), The Magnificent Ambersons ( 1942 ), and Journey into Fear ( 1943 ), for which Cotten was also credited with the screenplay.

When released on May 1, 1941, Citizen Kane — based in part on the life of William Randolph Hearst — did not do much business at theaters ; Hearst owned numerous major newspapers, and forbade them to carry advertisements for the film.

Reagan was said to be considering a challenge to Sen. Dianne Feinstein in 2012 but announced on Townhall. com on 15 March 2012 that chairing the Citizen Legislature Act " is better for me and the state ".

In 2006, Public Citizen, supported by the Illinois Attorney General, renewed its demand of ten years prior for black box warnings by filing a third petition requesting such changes be made.

In 2008, the National Post and the Ottawa Citizen recognized UNB as being among the top three comprehensive research universities in Canada for the highest percentage growth of research income across a five-year period.

* In the 1941 film Citizen Kane, Charles Foster Kane runs for New York governor and loses.

In 1998, Kohl was named Honorary Citizen of Europe by the European heads of state or government for his extraordinary work for European integration and cooperation, an honour previously only bestowed on Jean Monnet.

The story originated by chance when Delbert Mann and Chayefsky were rehearsing The Reluctant Citizen in the old Abbey Hotel's ballroom, which was also used for Friday night meetings of the Friendship Club.

Arkenstone earned three Grammy nominations for his work: In the Wake of the Wind in 1992, Citizen of the World in 2000, and Atlantis in 2004.

In 1985 he was named Illustrious Citizen of Buenos Aires and premiered his Concerto for bandoneon and guitar at the Fifth International Belgian Guitar Festival on 15 Mar 1985, with the Philharmonic conducted by Leo Brouwer.

Ebert has provided DVD audio commentaries for several films, including Citizen Kane, Casablanca, Dark City, Floating Weeds, Crumb, and Beyond the Valley of the Dolls ( for which Ebert also wrote the screenplay, based on a story that he co-wrote with Russ Meyer ).