He named Tricado one of his official representatives and replaced the old seal of a campesino beheading a U. S. Marine with the symbol of EMECU.

It is said that it took multiple blows of the axe to sever his head ( though some sources say it took eight blows, the official Tower of London fact sheet says it took five blows, while Charles Spencer, in his book Blenheim, claims it was seven ).

The adjective Dilmun is used to describe a type of axe and one specific official ; in addition there are lists of rations of wool issued to people connected with Dilmun.

In the novel, the Brain Gremlin subdues and locks Bischoff in his bathroom before taking the reins for a little bit to explain that the Gremlins take over at this point in the film, his displeasure at Bischoff using the nickname " Mr. Glasses " instead of his official name, and begins a treatise on politics before Bischoff breaks his way out of the bathroom with an axe and subdues the Brain Gremlin.

According to Valerius Maximus: " When the senate decreed that the temples of Isis and Serapis be demolished and none of the workmen dared touch them, Consul L. Aemilius Paullus took off his official gown, seized an axe, and dashed it against the doors of that temple.

Finland's foreign politics before this deal had been varied: independence from Imperial Russia with support of Imperial Germany in 1917 ; participation in the Russian Civil War ( without official declaration of war ) alongside the Triple Entente 1918 – 1920 ; a non-ratified alliance with Poland in 1922 ; association with the neutralist and democratic Scandinavian countries in the 1930s ended by the Winter War ( 1939 ); and finally in 1940, a rapprochement with Nazi Germany, the only power able to protect Finland against the expansionist Soviet Union, leading to the Continuation War in 1941.

* Three Wise Men Day, or Epiphany, in Latin America, Spain, Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic, and is, although not celebrated as widely or in the same way as in countries with a Spanish history, an official holiday in many European countries, for example Austria, Italy, Sweden, Finland, Liechtenstein, Slovakia and Croatia, as well as in parts of Germany and Switzerland.

Finland is the only nation to have ever swept the medals at a currently recognized official Olympics, and has done so twice, in 1920 and 1932.

** Finnish markka, mark in Swedish, official currency of Finland from 1860 to 2001

In 1942, an official SS Volunteer Committee was established in Finland to take care of the battalion's somewhat strained relations with its German superiors.

However, " he himself most often used the abbreviation Z. or the form Zachris, even in official contexts ", as explained in the National Biography of Finland.

Nevertheless it remains an official church festival in many Protestant churches, such as the ( Lutheran ) Church of Sweden, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, and others.

In 1996 it was declared the official Christmas City of Finland.

Even if Turku had no official capital status, both the short-lived institutions of Dukes and Governors-General of Finland usually had their Finnish residences there.

After the Finnish War, which ended when Sweden ceded Finland to Imperial Russia at the Treaty of Fredrikshamn in 1809, Turku became briefly the official capital, but soon lost the status to Helsinki, as Emperor Alexander I felt that Turku was too far from Russia and too aligned with Sweden to serve as the capital of the Grand Duchy of Finland.

Turku is also the official Christmas city of Finland, and ' Christmas Peace ' in Finland is declared on every 24 December from the Brinkkala Hall balcony.

During her lifetime ( 1353 – 1412 ) the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden ( including the Faroe Islands, as well as Iceland, Greenland, and present-day Finland ) became linked under her capable rule, in what became known as the Kalmar Union, made official in 1397.

Finland, for example, has the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland and Finnish Orthodox Church as its official state religions, yet upholds the right of free expression of religion in article 11 of its constitution.

There is no law on an official national anthem in Finland, but Maamme is firmly established by convention.

Usually in Finland the highest executive official is not democratically elected, but appointed to a public office by the city council, and is called simply kaupunginjohtaja " city manager " or kunnanjohtaja " municipal manager ", depending on whether the municipality defines itself as a city.

Due to its proximity to Finland, Finnish is an official minority language in the municipality and most names have a Finn counterpart.

In Finland, the Finnish term hyvä veli-verkosto ( literally dear brother network ) is used to refer to the alleged informal network of men in high places whose members use their influence to pervert or circumvent official decision-making processes to the members ' mutual benefit.

The word is also used by Swedish speakers for the parliaments of Finland ( it is the official term used by the Swedish-speaking minority there ) and Estonia, and for the old Reichstag of Germany as well as the parliament building in Berlin ( reciprocally, " Reichstag " is the standard German translation of " riksdag ").

When the regent, General Mannerheim, later heard about this, he invited Gallen-Kallela to design the flags, official decorations and uniforms for the newly independent Finland.

Municipalities of Finland with Swedish as an official language in blue: White: unilingually Finnish municipalities Light blue: bilingual municipalities with a Finnish majority Bright blue: bilingual municipalities with a Swedish majority Dark blue: unilingually ( 92-94 %) Swedish municipalities More than 17, 000 Swedish-speaking Finns live in officially monolingual Finnish municipalities, and are thus not represented on the map.

In 1809, when Finland became an autonomous Grand Duchy in the Russian Empire, Swedish remained the only official language.

It was the official painting of the occasion and, hence, resides at Buckingham Palace.

It is the location of the official residence of the Italian Head of State, who resides in the Quirinal Palace ; by metonymy " the Quirinal " has come to stand for the Italian President.

As Second Lord, his official residence is Number 11 Downing Street in London, next door to the residence of the First Lord of the Treasury ( a post usually, though not always, held by the Prime Minister ), who resides in 10 Downing Street.

This is where the governor resides when he or she is in Juneau for official business.

Most of that land resides in adjacent Jasper county, where a Swamplands scandal in the early 1860s resulted in a county official, who was accused of embezzlement, burning down the local courthouse to cover his tracks before skipping town.

Hoover Lee, a long-time citizen, businessman, and government official resides here.

The Secretary of State resides in Hillsborough Castle, the previous residence of the Governor and the official government and royal residence in Northern Ireland, and exercises their duties through the Northern Ireland Office.

In addition to its use as a military installation, it has been also an official residence of the Queen in Right of Canada and the Governor General of Canada since 1872, who by tradition resides there for several weeks out of the year.

The present monarch, King Bhumibol Adulyadej ( Rama IX ), currently resides at Chitralada Palace, but the Grand Palace is still used for official events.

According to that decree Yanaon and Mahé were provided with Chef de service ( Service Chief ) who resides in his official residence.

The official Icy Tower list resides on the web server of Free Lunch Design.

The self-owned ( private ) residence of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh ( he resides at his official residence in Central Delhi ) is also located in Vasant Kunj.

The Governor in office resides at Government House, which serves as the official residence.

Dansk Sprognævn ( " Danish Language Committee ") is the official regulatory body of the Danish language as a part of the Danish Ministry of Culture, and resides at the University of Copenhagen.

Before Microsoft issued official instructions on removing the WGA Notifier ( a desktop application which resides in the notification area and periodically displays messages, reminding users to authenticate their operating system ), users simply had to remove 2 files in order to get rid of the software from their system ( four files: one executable and one dynamic link library in C: