For example the Federal government of the United States ' TIGER initiative compiled interlinked databases of federal, state and local political borders and census enumeration areas, and of roadways, railroads, and water features with support for locating street addresses within street segments.

Following his death there was an initiative to rename a part of the main street of Sarajevo from Ulica Maršala Tita ( Marshall Tito Street ) and the Sarajevo International Airport in his honour.

The desire to impose order on the medieval street pattern of London dates back to the Great Fire of London ( 1666 ) when Sir Christopher Wren drew up plans for rebuilding the city on the classical formal model, but that initiative was lost.

Liberty Village's name comes from its central street, Liberty St. named in honour of a historic prison reform, the initiative of then Provincial Secretary William John Hanna who forced the closure of Toronto's Central Prison located north of the CNE and west of Strachan Avenue in 1915.

In 2009 this exhibition series featured a premier event from T. J. Bateson, a group show, TransMasculinities, which explored aspects of gender, as well as a range of work at the artist run gallery initiative 69 Smith Street on the street of the same name, in Melbourne's Fitzroy.

Mayor Bloomberg's sustained initiative to amend the law, so that licensed livery cabs may pick up street hails just as yellow medallion cabs do, requires the Governor's approval ; but Governor Andrew Cuomo opposes the City's choice of a non-wheelchair-accessible yellow cab.

Thus, a compromise plan was announced in December 2011: the next 4, 000 new medallions must go to accessible cabs, and the Governor will ratify the Mayor's initiative to let livery cars compete for street hails.

The program features employees of First Security, working as part of an initiative to reduce the workload of the city police force, dealing with street crime such as drunken disorder, street fighting, break ins, road rage and car accidents.

One of these public works projects, an $ 8, 000, 000 street lighting initiative led to charges of graft and corruption in city government.

From the eighteenth century, Spanish sources reported that immediately after the takeover of the city, Sir George Rooke, the British admiral, on his own initiative caused the British flag to be hoisted, and took possession of the Rock in name of Anne, Queen of Great Britain, whose government ratified the occupation.

The OSGi Alliance ( formerly known as the Open Services Gateway initiative, now an obsolete name ) is an open standards organization founded in March 1999 that originally specified and continues to maintain the OSGi standard.

By 1966 all non-degree courses were moved to the Manchester Polytechnic which is now known as Manchester Metropolitan University, and in 1966 the name finally changed to the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology on the initiative of Acting Principal Frank Morton.

Edward III was not content with the peace agreement made in his name, but the renewal of the war with Scotland originated in private, rather than royal initiative.

He began an initiative called Operation Soft Drill — a name which reporter Declan McCullagh wrote was created by Bell — with the stated intention of intimidating police and corporate polluters into respecting human rights.

The name comes from Australia's initiative to create the group.

* Church Rural Overseas Program, a former initiative of Church World Service, whose name survives in CWS ' CROP Walk fundraising events

The airline reverted back to its abbreviated English brand name Saudia ( used from 1972 to 1996 ) from Saudi Arabian Airlines ( historic name in use until 1971 and reintroduced in 1997 ) on 29 May 2012, the name was changed to celebrate the company's entry into the SkyTeam airline alliance on that day, and it was a part of a larger rebranding initiative.

Concord was founded under the name of Todos Santos (" all saints "; a name still borne by the central city plaza and park between Willow Pass Road and Salvio Street ), on the initiative of Pacheco in 1869.

The name chosen for the new municipality was taken from a corresponding ecclesiatical entity, Nordanstigs kontrakt, which got this name in 1916 on the initiative of Nathan Söderblom, the archbishop of Uppsala.

The role of troops fighting mostly on their own initiative due to the foggy conditions during the battle has earned the engagement the name " The Soldier's Battle ".

The letter also said, in part, " I am pleased to send to Your Excellency in my name most solemn assurances of thanks and appreciation for the efforts you exert in the service of Islam, Muslims and all mankind through your initiative to teach Islam, spread the culture of Islam, and solve disputes, for which you are known internationally.

A similar scheme under the same name, European Citizens ' Initiative ( ECI ), has been put forward in the now ratified European Lisbon Treaty ( which entered into force on 1 December 2009 ), enabling a limited indirect initiative right.

The Academy was founded 1710 in Uppsala on the initiative of the university librarian Erik Benzelius ( jr ) ( later archbishop ) under the name of Collegium curiosorum.

For his initiative, Ormonde's name is now given to one of the city quays.

In 1965 Évry became part of the French new town initiative and took its current name.

* In March 2007, a group of San Jose State students sponsored an official student initiative to restore the words " California State University " to the school's official public identity while preserving the " SJSU " city-state name.

Iceland Music Export is the name of a government sponsored initiative which " aims to bring together the disparate strands of Iceland's eclectic scene under one roof.

The German Geophysical Society (, DGG ) is a society for geophysics in Germany ; it was founded in 1922 in Leipzig, Germany on the initiative of the great seismologist Emil Wiechert, as the Deutsche Seismologische Gesellschaft ( German Seismological Society ) but changed its name into the current one in 1924.

* Helped fund Colorado's 1992 Amendment 2, a ballot initiative designed to overturn local and state laws that prohibit discrimination against individuals on the basis of sexual orientation but was invalidated by Romer v. Evans after it passed .< ref name = Ind01 >

It was arranged that he would board in the home of one of the old members of the church, a woman named Catt who, as Wilson afterward found, was briefly referred to as The Cat because of her sharp tongue and fierce initiative.

This trade was subject to a tariff of 7.5 per cent after February 1835, but much was smuggled into Assiniboia with the result that the duty was reduced by 1841 to 4 per cent on the initiative of the London committee.

A sense of self-certainty and the freedom to experiment with different roles, or confidence in one's own unique behavior as an alternative to peer-group conformity, is more easily developed during adolescence if, during early childhood, the individual was permitted to exercise initiative and encouraged to develop some autonomy.

A wedding set for January 1, 1841, was canceled when the two broke off their engagement at Lincoln's initiative.

( Personal initiative was required since his division commander, Brig.

Despite Frankish advances in the years that followed, Alaric was not afraid to take the military initiative when it presented itself.

File: Vilnius. Sv. Onos baznycia. Saint Ann's church2. jpg | Gothic St. Anne's Church in Vilnius was constructed on his initiative in 1495-1500.

Altogether, the boule was responsible for a great portion of the administration of the state, but was granted relatively little latitude for initiative ; the boule's control over policy was executed in its probouleutic, rather than its executive function ; in the former, it prepared measures for deliberation by the assembly, in the latter, it merely executed the wishes of the assembly.

Having in mind the bad condition of the forest fund, and in particular the catastrophic wildfires which occurred in the summer of 2007, a citizen's initiative for afforestation was started in the Republic of Macedonia.

The first World Social Forum ( WSF ) in 2001 was an initiative of Oded Grajew, Chico Whitaker, and Bernard Cassen.

The reluctance of his Dutch allies to see their frontiers denuded of troops for another gamble in Germany had denied Marlborough the initiative, but of far greater importance was the Margrave of Baden ’ s pronouncement that he could not join the Duke in strength for the coming offensive.

It was an initiative of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, and of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization and involves chemical societies, academics, and institutions worldwide and relied on individual initiatives to organize local and regional activities.

Because he was proclaimed Emperor on the initiative of the Praetorian Guard instead of the Senate — the first Emperor thus proclaimed — Claudius ' repute suffered at the hands of commentators ( such as Seneca ).

In 1974, an initiative was taken by L. Ottens, a director of the audio industry group within the Philips Corporation in Eindhoven, the Netherlands.

The resulting Treaty of Versailles, due to European allies ' punitive and territorial designs, showed insufficient conformity with these points and the U. S. signed separate treaties with each of its adversaries ; due to Senate objections also, the U. S. never joined the League of Nations, which was established as a result of Wilson's initiative.

The precise facts have been obscured by history, but modern historians believe Nerva was proclaimed Emperor solely on the initiative of the Senate, within hours after the news of the assassination broke.

In 1956, the very rare DKW Monza was put into small scale production on a private initiative.

Beatty impressed Battenburg, who gave him excellent reports, but was critical of the lack of imagination and initiative shown in exercises, and of the general inexperience of all admirals in handling large fleets.

He was an aggressive commander who expected his subordinates to always use their initiative without direct orders from himself.

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