Formerly it was an island, separated from the main part of Brooklyn by Coney Island Creek, which was partially tidal mudflats, but it has since been developed into a peninsula.

The suttas portray one disciple who has developed his mind through loving-kindness saying: " Formerly this mind of mine was limited, but now my mind is immeasurable.

Formerly a customs point on the trade route between Transylvania and Wallachia, the town developed at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century as an oil extraction and processing center.

Ammunition and Components Plant: Formerly developed in Bridgeport, Connecticut, All of Remington's ammunition is now developed at the 35-year old plant in Lonoke, Arkansas.

Formerly known as Greenwich Marshes and as Bugsby's Marshes, it became known as East Greenwich as it developed in the 19th century, but more recently has been called North Greenwich due to the location of the North Greenwich tube station.

Formerly known as " Radio 5 ", the station developed from a commercial station, LM Radio, which had been operating from Lourenço Marques ( now Maputo ) in neighbouring Mozambique.

Formerly rural, it was developed as a post war overspill housing area, largely featuring Prefabricated housing.

Formerly a country estate between the two industrial towns of Rutherglen and Cambuslang, Eastfield was developed with housing between the 1930s and 1960s.

Formerly the Department of the Ancient Near East, with a collection numbering some 330, 000 works, the British Museum possesses by far the world's largest and most important collection of Mesopotamian antiquities outside Iraq.

Formerly, they were administered from Paris by an assisted by a secretary-general ; since December 2004, however, their administrator has been a préfet, currently Rollon Mouchel-Blaisot, with headquarters in Saint-Pierre on Réunion Island.

Formerly handwritten, these can now be generated by genealogical software.

Formerly a Liberal stronghold, the industrial districts switched to Labour by 1922, with a base in the Irish Catholic working class districts.

( Formerly, the year on the seal was 1664, the year of the provisional Articles of Transfer, ensuring New Netherlanders that they " shall keep and enjoy the liberty of their consciences in religion ", negotiated with the English by Pieter Stuyvesant and his council ).

Formerly little more than a gap in the customs wall, it was replaced by a much grander affair consisting of two matching Doric-style stone gate-houses, like little temples ( a nod to Friedrich Gilly perhaps ), facing each other across Leipziger Straße.

Formerly by law, and now by tradition, the highest positions, such as Rector or Dean, are only held by professors.

Peter B. Gustavson School of Business – Formerly the Faculty of Business, renamed following a donation by local entrepreneur Peter B. Gustavson.

Formerly the Danish West Indies, they were sold to the United States by Denmark in the Treaty of the Danish West Indies of 1916.

Formerly empowered local lords who did not want to be oppressed by greedy kings emigrated overseas.

Formerly the main population of the medieval state of Kievan Rus, by the seventeenth century they evolved into the Russian, Ukrainian, and Belarusian peoples.

Formerly, much time would be spent by the Casal faller preparing the ninots ( Valencian for puppets or dolls ).

Formerly known as Aeronautica Macchi, the company was founded in 1913 by Giulio Macchi at Varese in north-western Lombardy.

Formerly titled the W. C. Handy Awards, the International Blues Awards are presented by the Blues Foundation ( headquartered in Memphis ) for Blues music achievement, with weeklong competitions and an awards banquet including a night of performance and celebration.

Formerly, state legislatures appointed the U. S. Senators from their respective states until the ratification of the 17th Amendment in 1913 required the direct election of Senators by a state's voters.

Formerly in Pakistan most transportation was done by horse-drawn carriages called tongas, but more cost-effective auto rickshaws have now taken their place in small cities.

Formerly, all outside visitors to a public dance would be offered a meal in a Pueblo home, but because of the large number of visitors, such meals are now by personal invitation only.

Formerly treated as the only genus in the family Cuscutaceae, recent genetic research by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group has shown that it is correctly placed in the morning glory family, Convolvulaceae.

Formerly a village in its own right, it lies to the southwest of the city and is bounded to the south by the White Cart Water.

Formerly it was a walled city surrounded by fortifications and gates ( doroshi ).

Formerly self-styled as the " World's Greatest Newspaper " ( for which WGN radio and television are named ), it remains the most read daily newspaper of the Chicago metropolitan area and the Great Lakes region and is currently the eighth largest newspaper in the United States by circulation ( and became the second largest under Tribune's ownership after the Chicago Tribune's parent company purchased the Los Angeles Times ).

Formerly managed jointly by Kent and Essex county councils, the crossing is now managed by Connect Plus ( M25 ) Limited on behalf of the Highways Agency.

Formerly, Kraft Foods and IBM had their headquarters in the village.

Formerly a senior engineer for IBM, Bell was first elected to the Durham County Board of Commissioners in 1972, where he served until 1994, and again from 1996 to 2000.

Formerly home to one of the most powerful Communist organizations, the Communist Party of Germany ( KPD ) was quickly and easily suppressed.

Formerly the School of Business and Humanities, the Faculty of Enterprise and Humanities focuses on the knowledge, media and entertainment sectors.

Formerly known as Featherstone Technology College, the school successfully made the transition to an E-ACT sponsored academy with English and Enterprise specialisms.

* Enterprise ( Formerly Southwest – as of July 7, 2008 ) ( Sectors O, P, R and S )- this area serves mostly the southwest valley west of I-15 and south of Charleston Blvd.

Formerly called Tomsk Production Aviation Amalgamation and Tomsk State Aviation Enterprise.

* REDF ( Formerly Roberts Enterprise Development Fund )

: Formerly a Captain of the British Special Air Service, Ian subsequently joined MI5.

Formerly the Full Service Network, also known as FSN was an 18-month trial interactive television service launched by Time Warner Inc. in Orlando, Florida.

Formerly an executive agency of the FSA, the Meat Hygiene Service merged with the FSA in April 2010 to form a new operations group.

Formerly a civilian branch of the Metropolitan Police Service, the PCO is now part of Transport for London, under control of the Mayor of London.

* Jourdain, Lieutenant-Colonel H. F. N. CMG: The Connaught Rangers – 1st Battalion, Formerly 88th Foot ( London, Royal United Service Institution, 1926 ) 3-volume regimental history.

Formerly known as the State Rail Fire Service, the unit is based in Sydney and respond to emergency incidents involving the rail network including automatic fire alarms within the underground and nearby stations.

Formerly known as the National Youth Advocacy Service, the charity changed its name to NYAS in March 2012.

Formerly deputy director and emergency services director for Church World Service.

Formerly named Texas Agricultural Research Service, the agency's name was changed January 1, 2008 as part of a rebranding of Texas A & M AgriLife ( formerly Texas A & M Agriculture ).

* VT Communications ( Formerly Merlin Communications, formed from privatisation of BBC World Service transmitter sites.

Formerly the Human Resources & Career Centre for Students and the Hire-a-Student program, the Service Canada Centres for Youth ( SCCY ) are centres, set up by the Government of Canada as part of its Youth Employment Strategy, by which it helps students and employers across Canada with their summer employment needs.

Formerly known as Kearney Municipal Airport, it is served by one commercial airline with scheduled passenger service subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.

Formerly Secretary of the Cabinet and Head of the Home Civil Service.

Formerly the Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service, the Royal Fleet Reserve, and the Royal Corps of Naval Constructors were also considered part of the Naval Service.

Formerly known as Waynesville Regional Airport at Forney Field, it is served by one commercial airline with scheduled service subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.