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  2. The Rise of the Penitentiary in New York - Wikipedia

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    During the 50 years following 1796, New York built four prisons - Newgate, Auburn, Sing Sing, and Dannemora.These institutions reflected the realities of the state at the time: brutality, a lack of knowledge, unconcern for inmates, carelessness, misuse of religion, political infighting, apathy and selfishness. [1]

  3. Vehicle registration plates of New York - Wikipedia

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    New York. The U.S. state of New York was the first to require its residents to register their motor vehicles, in 1901. Registrants provided their own license plates for display, featuring their initials until 1903 and numbers thereafter, until the state began to issue plates in 1910.

  4. Development of the nervous system in humans - Wikipedia

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    The development of the nervous system in humans, or neural development, or neurodevelopment involves the studies of embryology, developmental biology, and neuroscience.These describe the cellular and molecular mechanisms by which the complex nervous system forms in humans, develops during prenatal development, and continues to develop postnatally.

  5. Ford Model C - Wikipedia

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    About 160-170 Model C were assembled in Canada at Ford's new Ford Canada location in Walkerville. Due to the Dodge Brothers owning a ten percent share of the company, as well as supplying many parts and assemblies, the Model C took to the road with Dodge-built engines and other key assemblies. [1] The Model C engine was an opposed twin, 10 hp ...

  6. List of mayors of New York City - Wikipedia

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    The first mayor of the expanded city was Robert Anderson Van Wyck . The longest-serving mayors have been Fiorello H. La Guardia (1934–1945), Robert F. Wagner Jr. (1954–1965), Ed Koch (1978–1989) and Michael Bloomberg (2002–2013), each of whom was in office for twelve years (three successive four-year terms).

  7. Post-normal science - Wikipedia

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    Post-normal science ( PNS) was developed in the 1990s by Silvio Funtowicz and Jerome R. Ravetz. [ 1][ 2][ 3] It is a problem-solving strategy appropriate when "facts [are] uncertain, values in dispute, stakes high and decisions urgent", conditions often present in policy-relevant research. In those situations, PNS recommends suspending ...

  8. List of New York state prisons - Wikipedia

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    The New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision is the department of the New York State government that maintains the state prisons and parole system. [1] There are 44 prisons funded by the State of New York, and approximately 28,200 parolees at seven regional offices as of 2022. [2] As of 2016 New York does not contract ...

  9. Women Who Run with the Wolves - Wikipedia

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    The Wild Woman can act as an ally, leader, model, teacher to women. She carries everything a woman needs to know and medicine for all things. To be with the instinctual nature means to act wholeheartedly and groundedly. Old scars and passion are doors through which a woman may find her way back to instinctual nature. [4]