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  2. Porta Romana (Milan) - Wikipedia

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    Porta Romana ("Roman Gate") is a former city gate of Milan, Italy. In its present form, the gate dates back to the 16th century Spanish walls of Milan. Its origins can be traced further back to the Roman walls of the city, which had a corresponding "Roman Gate" roughly in the same area. Porta Romana was the first and the main imperial entrance ...

  3. Chicago Public Schools - Wikipedia

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    Chicago Public Schools (CPS), officially classified as City of Chicago School District #299 for funding and districting reasons, [5] in Chicago, Illinois, is the fourth-largest [6] school district in the United States, after New York, Los Angeles, and Miami-Dade County. For the 2023–24 school year, CPS reported overseeing 634 schools ...

  4. Pedro Martinez (school administrator) - Wikipedia

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    Signature. Pedro Martinez (born 1969/1970) [1] is a Mexican-American school administrator serving as the CEO of Chicago Public Schools (the superintendent position of Chicago Public Schools) since 2021. He formerly served as superintendent of the San Antonio Independent School District and superintendent of the Washoe County School District.

  5. Crown Prosecution Service - Wikipedia

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    The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is the principal public agency for conducting criminal prosecutions in England and Wales. It is headed by the Director of Public Prosecutions. The main responsibilities of the CPS are to provide legal advice to the police and other investigative agencies during the course of criminal investigations, to decide ...

  6. Civilian Public Service - Wikipedia

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    Civilian Public Service firefighting crew at Snowline Camp near Camino, California, 1945. The Civilian Public Service (CPS) was a program of the United States government that provided conscientious objectors with an alternative to military service during World War II. From 1941 to 1947, nearly 12,000 draftees, willing to serve their country in ...

  7. Child protective services - Wikipedia

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    Child protective services (CPS) is the name of an agency responsible for providing child protection, which includes responding to reports of child abuse or neglect.Some countries and US states use other names, often attempting to reflect more family-centered (as opposed to child-centered) practices, such as department of children and family services (DCFS).

  8. Director of Public Prosecutions (England and Wales) - Wikipedia

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    Legal profession. v. t. e. The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) is the head of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and the third most senior public prosecutor in England and Wales, ranking after the attorney general and solicitor general. First created in 1879, the office was merged with that of the Treasury Solicitor five years later, [1 ...

  9. Porta Romana, Florence - Wikipedia

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    Porta Romana, Florence. Coordinates: 43°45′38.44″N 11°14′30.80″E. View of the gate from the inner (city) side, note the modern statue in the street circle in front. The Porta Romana, once known as the Porta San Pier Gattolino was the southernmost gate in the 13th-century walls of the Oltrarno section of Florence, region of Tuscany, Italy.