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The New School of Northern Virginia

The New School of Northern Virginia (also referred to simply as "The New School") is an independent, private school serving grades 6-12 located in Fairfax, Virginia. Their goal is for their students to independently own their education. The New School is small by design, with 120 students and 26 teachers and staff, all of whom are on a first-name basis.

History
The New School of Northern Virginia was founded in 1989 by John Potter. The school opened in Vienna, Virginia with 14 students in kindergarten through ninth grade. As of 2020, the school comprises four buildings: the main office building featuring the gym, media center, black box theatre, and classrooms, two academic buildings, and a science center.

In 1993, the school moved to its current location in Fairfax City.

In 2007, the school added facilities including a gymnasium, black box theater, a library and art studio.

Philosophy
The New School is known for a teaching style based around essential questions and critical thinking, with a focus on student-centered learning. Teachers use tools of authentic assessment (portfolios, exhibitions, performances, projects, presentations, essays, and more) to evaluate the academic growth and achievement of each student.

Academics
The New School is a college-preparatory school that trains its students in the traditional academic disciplines (English, science, social studies, foreign language, and mathematics), and essential skill categories for success in college and the professional world. These essential skill categories are a fundamental component of the school's pedagogy and culture.

Inward Looking Skill Categories

Self Awareness & Management

Problem Solving

Critical Thinking & Analysis

Outward Looking Skill Categories

Information Literacy

Communicating Meaning

Social & Global Responsibility

Students at The New School choose their own classes. There are credit requirements and a course catalog. Rather than “9th Grade English” or “10th grade Chemistry,” the school has a variety of topic-based classes. Examples of course titles include Food Chemistry and Post-Modern American Literature.

Portfolios
At The New School, students are required to complete a portfolio that demonstrates the student's understanding of the Essential Skills. The portfolio should contain some of the student's projects, papers, and other school related items. These items are used to prove the student's understanding of the six essential skills, as well as show what the student has learned over the year, and how they have grown as a person. Every year, the students of The New School will present their portfolios to a committee. This committee includes the student's advisor and parents or guardians, and at least one other faculty member. Importantly, students must pass the junior-year review to obtain senior status and begin working on their Senior Exhibition.

International Program
The New School offers an English for Speakers of Other Languages Program for international students who are at a low level of English and hold a F-1 student VISA. All first year international students must attend an orientation program for two weeks. Students may be exempted from the program if they pass the English language proficiency test administered during the orientation program.

The International Orientation Program is divided into two one-week sessions. During the first week, students are introduced to the layout of the school, the student handbook, and the daily schedule. In addition, all required office documentation will be completed. Introductions to the staff, teachers, and administration will also be done during this week. Students will take a math placement test, select classes for their school year, and have their photos taken for school ID cards.

During the second week of orientation, students will be instructed to practice English and be assessed after teaching with writing, reading, speaking, and listening methods, and each student’s performance on these, as well as their overall interaction and participation during the week, will be used to decide in which level of English the student will enroll. In addition to English instruction, students will continue to be introduced to the school and other students.

Arts and Drama
The Art Department is run by the school's artist-in-residence, Alexis Nolasco. Jonathan Rushbrook is the current theater director.

Before the completion of the John Swayze black box theater in 2007, The New School's productions were very small and limited. The theater houses student and professional productions every year.

Student life
If a student is interested in a topic, one can easily form a club and set up a schedule for meetings.

The student-teacher dynamic is collegial at The New School. Students may refer to teachers by their first name: students and teachers are encouraged to interact as equals.

Sports
The New School has four varsity sports teams: co-ed soccer, girls' volleyball, co-ed volleyball, co-ed basketball, and co-ed softball. These teams compete with other local private schools.

Awards
The New School of Northern Virginia was named one of the Washington area's top 10 schools by The Washington Post in April 2005.

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Backstreet Boys (1997 album)

Backstreet Boys is the reissue of the 1996 album of the same name, released by the vocal-pop group Backstreet Boys in the United States on August 12, 1997. Its initial release contains six tracks from their first studio album, Backstreet Boys (1996) and five tracks from their second studio album Backstreet's Back (1997). Released a day after Backstreet's Back, both albums share nearly the same cover but with different titles. The album served as their debut in the United States, where their previous records were not released.

The album became one of their most successful albums and received acclaim from music critics. It peaked at number four on the Billboard 200 albums chart and has been certified 14× platinum (diamond) by the RIAA for sales to retailers, having sold over 14 million copies to date in the United States. The album was reported as the second highest seller in the past fourteen years for Music Club sales as of 2003, selling 1.72 million units.

Background
The original 1997 pressing of the album contains 11 songs—six from the 1996 Backstreet Boys album and five from Backstreet's Back. This version did not include "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)", which was included on Backstreet's Back.

The album was reissued for a second time in 1998. The reissue contains the single mixes of "Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)" and "As Long as You Love Me" in addition to an extended version of "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)". For the single version of "Quit Playing Games", the second verse was re-recorded to feature Nick Carter, replacing Brian Littrell's verse from the original version. The single version of "As Long as You Love Me" uses different instrumentation, arrangement, and mixing.

The original pressing of the album had a maroon spine and blue background on the back inlay. The second pressing of the album had a teal spine and a straw-colored background on the back inlay. Both versions of the album contained the same Enhanced Section, containing videos and other multimedia files.

Marketing
To promote the album the group appeared on Live with Regis and Kathie Lee, Saturday Night Live, MTV, The Ricki Lake Show, The Rosie O'Donnell Show, Soul Train and All That. The group also appeared on Sabrina the Teenage Witch, and a remix of "Hey, Mr. DJ (Keep Playin' This Song)" was included on the show's soundtrack.

Commercial performance
Backstreet Boys debuted at number 29 on the U.S. Billboard 200 the week of August 30, 1997, with 40,000 copies sold. On January 31, 1998, it peaked at number four on the chart; by this point the album had sold two million copies in the United States. According to Nielsen SoundScan, it was the fifty-second best selling record of 1997 in the United States with 1,300,000 copies sold and the third best selling album of 1998 with 5,700,000 copies sold. The album was certified fourteen times platinum by the RIAA on April 5, 2001, denoting shipments of fourteen million.

As of March 2015, the album had sold 11,687,000 copies in the US according to Nielsen Music. It had sold additional 1.72 million units at the BMG Music Club as of February 2003.

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Mario Lanza: Opera Arias and Duets

Mario Lanza: Opera Arias and Duets is a compact disc from RCA Victor released October 8, 2001, of recordings re-mastered in 1999. At the time of its release, it was the only all-operatic Mario Lanza CD collection that RCA has issued. It includes several previously unreleased versions of a number of operatic arias associated with Lanza, together with the duet "Dio ti giocondi" from Otello with soprano Licia Albanese, the Improvviso ("Un di all'azzurro spazio") from Andrea Chénier, and "M'appari" from Martha. The CD also includes four recordings from The Mario Lanza Radio Show. Writing in Records and Recordings in October 1967, the critic Delcie C. Howard described Lanza's recording of the Improvviso featured here as "a well-nigh model account of this impassioned outpouring".

Track listing
Mario Lanza: Opera Arias and Duets
 * 1) "Celeste Aida" (from The Mario Lanza Radio Show, 1952)
 * 2) "Amor ti vieta" from Giordano's Fedora (from The Mario Lanza Radio Show, 1952)
 * 3) "Un di, all'azzurro spazio" from Giordano's Andrea Chénier
 * 4) "O soave fanciulla" from Puccini's La bohème (duet with Jean Fenn)
 * 5) "La fleur que tu m'avais jetée" from Bizet's Carmen
 * 6) "O paradiso, sarti de l'onde" from Meyerbeer's L'Africaine
 * 7) "Un tal gioco, credetemi" from Leoncavallo's Pagliacci
 * 8) "Stolta paura, l'amor non uccide ma dà vita" from Puccini's Madama Butterfly (duet with Elaine Malbin)
 * 9) "La donna è mobile" from Verdi's Rigoletto
 * 10) "Vesti la giubba" from Leoncavallo's Pagliacci (from The Mario Lanza Radio Show)
 * 11) "M'appari, tutt'amor" from Flotow's Martha
 * 12) "Nessun dorma" from Puccini's Turandot
 * 13) "Testa adorata" from Leoncavallo's La bohème
 * 14) "Come un bel dì di maggio" from Giordano's Andrea Chénier
 * 15) "Lamento di Federico" from Cilea's L'arlesiana (from The Mario Lanza Radio Show)
 * 16) "Dio ti giocondi" from Verdi's Otello (duet with Licia Albanese)

The recordings on the radio show broadcasts were usually conducted by Constantine Callinicos. The other arias were of Callinicos conducting the Naples Allesandro Scarlotti Orchestra.

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Roebourne Regional Prison

Roebourne Regional Prison is an Australian prison near Roebourne in the City of Karratha in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. It was established in March 1984 following the closure of the colonial-era Roebourne Gaol.

the new facility is controversial because of potential for deaths in custody of its predominantly Indigenous inmates—cells can swelter in 50-degree-Celsius temperatures with no air-conditioning.

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Incognito Entertainment

Incognito Entertainment (formerly Incognito Studios and Incog Inc. Entertainment) was an American video game developer headquartered in Salt Lake City.

History
Incognito Entertainment was founded in 1999 by Scott Campbell, who had previously led the development of Rogue Trip (1998) for SingleTrac. In January 2000, the company signed a publishing agreement with a "major North American publisher". The studio was originally known as Incognito Studios and later renamed Incog Inc. Entertainment. Sony acquired Incog Inc. Entertainment in August 2002 and made it an internal studio of Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA). At the time, studio employed 51 people.

Campbell and David Jaffe, alongside the majority of the company's staff, left Incognito Entertainment in July 2007 to form Eat Sleep Play, an independent studio backed by SCEA. The remainder of Incognito Entertainment was led by Dylan Jobe and maintained the PlayStation 3 game Warhawk. In March 2009, he and several other staff members left the studio to establish LightBox Interactive.

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Jarrett C. Belle-Isle, student at the University of Chicago.

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Greenough Regional Prison

Greenough Regional Prison is an Australian prison located in Narngulu, a suburb of Geraldton, Western Australia. The prison was opened in 1984 and had an operational capacity of 328 as of November 2012. The prison houses prisoners from around the Mid West region, including a large proportion of Aboriginal prisoners. A mix of maximum (remand), medium and minimum security prisoners are held at Greenough, including 25 female prisoners, with two cells available for mothers and babies and a minimum security facility that houses 36 male prisoners.

Six allegedly drunk prisoners escaped from the facility in 1989 after throwing mattresses over razor wire and climbing over. The prisoners had secretly brewed the alcohol in the prison and consumed it prior to their escape.

Two prisoners escaped from the minimum security section of the prison in 2008 after digging their way out under a security fence using a pool cue and a dust pan.

A report released in 2010 on conditions in the prison found that conditions were degrading with overcrowding, forcing up to three inmates to share cells that were designed to hold one. At the time the prison was designed to hold a total population of 219 had was found to have 260 inmates being housed. Bunk beds used at the facility were found to be a safety risk.

Marlon Noble was held at Greenough for 10 years without being charged with a crime; he was released in 2012. Later the same year three prison officers were injured when attempting to break up a fight between thrill killer Valerie Parashumti and another inmate. Parashumti attempted to escape in 2013 and managed to breach at least one fence before being recaptured and moved to a management cell. On 24 July 2018, ten prisoners escaped from the facility.

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Prince Alexander

Prince Alexander may refer to:
 * Alexander, a character from the King's Quest series of video games
 * Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone, born as Prince Alexander of Teck
 * Alexander Karađorđević, Prince of Serbia (r. 1842–1858)
 * Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke, born as Prince Alexander Albert of Battenberg (1886–1960)
 * Alexander of Bulgaria, born as Alexander Joseph of Battenberg (1857–1893)
 * Alexander I of Serbia (1876–1903), King of Serbia
 * Alexander I of Yugoslavia (1888–1934), King of Yugoslavia
 * Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine (1823–1888)
 * Prince Alexandre of Belgium, Alexander Emmanuel Henry Albert Marie Léopold (1942–2009)
 * Prince Alexander of Denmark (1903–1991), later became King Olav V of Norway
 * Prince Alexander von Fürstenberg (born 1970)
 * Prince Alexander of Georgia (1770–1844)
 * Prince Alexander of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst (1794–1849)
 * Prince Alexander of Imereti (1674–1711)
 * Prince Alexander of Imereti (1760–1780)
 * Prince Alexander of Kartli (1726–1791)
 * Prince Alexander of Kartli (died 1711)
 * Prince Alexander of Kartli (died 1773)
 * Prince Alexander of Liechtenstein (1929–2012)
 * Willem-Alexander, King of the Netherlands
 * Prince Alexander of the Netherlands (1818–1848)
 * Prince Alexander of Prussia (1820–1896)
 * Prince Alexander Ferdinand of Prussia (1912–1985)
 * Prince Alexander Romanov (1929–2002)
 * Alexander, Prince of Saxony (born 1954)
 * Prince Alexander of Sweden, Duke of Södermanland (born 2016), son of Prince Carl Philip of Sweden, Duke of Värmland and grandson of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden
 * Prince Alexander John of Wales (1871), short-lived son of Edward VII
 * Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia (born 1945), head of the House of Karageorgevic
 * Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia (born 1982)
 * Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia (1924–2016)

A few other princes have borne the name Alexander:

 * George V of Hanover (1819–1878)
 * Prince Alfred of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1874–1899)
 * Prince George, Duke of Kent (1902–1942)
 * Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester (born 1944)
 * Prince George of Wales (born 2013)

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User:Eric Winesett

Projects
WikiProject Contemporary Art

Reference

 * External links
 * Manual of Style

New Pages Added

 * Hunter Museum of American Art
 * Miriam Young
 * Dorothea Rockburne

Contributions (more than minor)

 * Graffiti Art (merged into Graffiti)
 * Let's Active
 * Sex Clark Five

To Do:

 * cleanup Louise Bourgeois
 * Robert Ryman - expand

drafts
/hunter (Hunter Museum of American Art)

/rockburne (Dorothea Rockburne)

/vox (additions to Vox (musical equipment))

/ryman (Robert Ryman)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Man with van

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was delete — Xezbeth 09:09, May 3, 2005 (UTC)

Man with van
"poo-heads"? An unsigned (possibly made-up) band. Non notable/vanity. --Dmcdevit 06:53, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Split up completely?!? Then you get deleted. Sorry bro, that's showbusiness for ya! Master Thief Garrett 09:37, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete -- Unsigned, unencyclopedic, unneeded here. - Longhair | Talk 12:22, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * No evidence supplied that the WP:NMG criteria are, or rather were, met. Delete. Uncle G 14:07, 2005 Apr 23 (UTC)
 * Delete, not notable, band vanity. Megan1967 06:28, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Ha ha ha ha ha... (sigh). Delete. -- 8^D gab 01:33, 2005 Apr 28 (UTC)
 * Comment: could you do Wikipedia a favor, and copyedit articles even if they are on VfD? Just because something is waiting to be deleted doesn't mean it shouldn't look nice during that wait. Kingturtle 07:26, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Copyedit...? Yes, but based on what?!? I couldn't find any Google hits. "Man with van" merely comes up with house-moving firms. Therefore, what data can possibly be added that isn't there already...? Other than a few typos, I cannot see anything to fix/expand... Master Thief Garrett 11:15, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * This page is now preserved as an archive of the debate and, like some other VfD subpages, is no longer 'live'. Subsequent comments on the issue, the deletion, or the decision-making process should be placed on the relevant 'live' pages. Please do not edit this page.


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Linear Aerospike SR-71 Experiment

LASRE was NASA's Linear Aerospike SR-71 Experiment which took place at the Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, California, until November 1998. The experiment sought to provide flight data to help Lockheed Martin validate and tune the computational predictive tools used to determine the aerodynamic performance of the Lockheed Martin X-33 lifting body and linear aerospike engine combination and to lay groundwork for a future reusable launch vehicle.

LASRE was a small, half-span model of the X-33's lifting body with eight thrust cells of an aerospike engine, rotated 90 degrees and mounted on the back of a Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird aircraft, to operate like a kind of "flying wind tunnel." The experiment focused on determining how a reusable launch vehicle's engine plume would affect the aerodynamics of its lifting body shape at specific altitudes and speeds reaching about 750 miles/hour (335 meter/second or 1207 km/h). Design refinements looked to minimize the interaction of the aerodynamic flow with the engine plume, which could create drag.

The aircraft completed seven research flights. Two initial flights were used to determine the aerodynamic characteristics of the LASRE apparatus on the back of the aircraft. The first of those occurred 31 October 1997. The SR-71 took off at 8:31 a.m. (Pacific Standard Time-PST). The aircraft flew for 1:50 hour, reaching Mach 1.2 and an altitude of 33,000 feet (10,000 m), landing at Edwards AFB. The result validated the SR-71/pod configuration.

Five later flights focused on the experiment; two were used to cycle gaseous helium and liquid nitrogen through the experiment to check its plumbing system for leaks and to check engine operation characteristics. The first of these flights occurred 4 March 1998. The SR-71 took off at 10:16 a.m. PST. The aircraft flew for 1:57 hour, reaching Mach 1.58 before landing at Edwards AFB.

During three more flights in the spring and summer of 1998, liquid oxygen was cycled through the engine. In addition, two engine hot firings were conducted on the ground. Researchers decided against a hot-fire flight test because of liquid oxygen leaks in the test apparatus. The ground firings and the airborne cryogenic gas flow tests provided enough information to predict the hot-gas effects of an aerospike engine firing during flight.

LASRE hardware
The experiment itself was a small, half-span model of a lifting body shape. The model contained eight thrust cells of an aerospike engine and was mounted on a housing known as the "canoe," which contained the gaseous hydrogen, helium, and instrumentation gear.

The model, engine, and canoe together were called the "pod." The entire pod was 41 feet in length and weighed 14,300 lb. The experimental pod was mounted on a NASA SR-71.

Hardware and aircraft
Lockheed Martin may have used information gained from LASRE and the X-33 Advanced Technology Demonstrator to develop a potential future reusable launch vehicle. NASA and Lockheed Martin were partners in the X-33 program through a cooperative agreement.

The goal of the X-33 program, and a major goal for NASA's Office of Aero-Space Technology, was to enable significant reductions in the cost of access to space, and to promote the creation and delivery of new space services and other activities that would improve U.S. economic competitiveness. The program implemented the National Space Transportation Policy, which is designed to accelerate the development of new launch technologies and concepts to contribute to the continuing commercialization of the national space launch industry.

Both the X-33 and the smaller X-34 technology testbed demonstrator were under the Space Transportation Program Offices at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL. The air-launched, winged X-34 also was to demonstrate technologies applicable to future-generation reusable launch vehicles designed to dramatically lower the cost of access to space.

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Famagusta District

Famagusta District (Mağusa kazası) is one of the six districts of Cyprus. Its main town is the island's most important port, Famagusta.

History
Most of the district has been under Turkish control since the 1974 invasion. Since 1998, the northeastern section, including the Karpaz Peninsula, has been administered separately as the İskele District, a division not recognized by the Republic of Cyprus.

A district administration in "exile" exists on the Republic of Cyprus-controlled part of the island. This part of the district has a population of 54.282 inhabitants.

Cape Greco (Capo Greco; Κάβο Γκρέκο; "Greek cape"), is a headland in the southeastern part of the district. It is at the southern end of Famagusta Bay. It is visited by tourists for its natural environment, and is a protected coastal nature park. From the high points on the cliff that rests at the cape one can view out to sea. According to local legend, it is also the home of the Ayia Napa sea monster.

The area includes the fertile area known as the 'red villages' (Kokkinochoria, Κοκκινοχώρια), named after the distinct red color of the soil.

Settlements
According to Statistical Codes of Municipalities, Communities and Quarters of Cyprus per the Statistical Service of Cyprus (2015), Famagusta District has 8 municipalities and 90 communities. Municipalities are written with bold.

 * Acheritou
 * Achna
 * Afania
 * Agia Trias
 * Agios Andronikos (Topçuköy)
 * Agios Andronikos
 * Agios Chariton
 * Agios Efstathios
 * Agios Georgios
 * Agios Iakovos
 * Agios Ilias
 * Agios Nikolaos
 * Agios Sergios
 * Agios Symeon
 * Agios Theodoros
 * Akanthou
 * Aloda
 * Angastina
 * Ardana
 * Arnadi
 * Artemi
 * Assia
 * Avgolida
 * Avgorou
 * Ayia Napa
 * Bogazi
 * Davlos
 * Deryneia
 * Enkomi
 * Eptakomi
 * Famagusta
 * Flamoudi
 * Frenaros
 * Gaidouras
 * Galateia
 * Galinoporni
 * Gastria
 * Genagra
 * Gerani
 * Gialousa
 * Goufes
 * Gypsou
 * Kalopsida
 * Knodara
 * Koilanemos
 * Koma tou Gialou
 * Komi Kebir
 * Kontea
 * Kornokipos
 * Koroveia
 * Kouklia
 * Krideia
 * Lapathos
 * Lefkoniko
 * Leonarisso
 * Limnia
 * Liopetri
 * Livadia
 * Lysi
 * Lythrangomi
 * Makrasyka
 * Mandres
 * Maratha
 * Marathovounos
 * Melanagra
 * Melounta
 * Milia
 * Monarga
 * Mousoulita
 * Neta
 * Ovgoros
 * Paralimni
 * Patriki
 * Peristerona
 * Perivolia
 * Pigi
 * Platani
 * Platanissos
 * Prastio
 * Psyllatos
 * Pyrga
 * Rizokarpaso
 * Santalaris
 * Sinta
 * Sotira
 * Spathariko
 * Strongylos
 * Stylloi
 * Sygkrasi
 * Tavros
 * Trikomo
 * Trypimeni
 * Tziaos
 * Vasili
 * Vathylakas
 * Vatili
 * Vitsada
 * Vokolida

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Kyrenia District

Kyrenia District is one of the six districts of Cyprus. Its main town is Kyrenia (Κερύνεια; Girne). It is the smallest of Cyprus' districts, and is the only one controlled in its entirety by the unrecognised de facto state of Northern Cyprus, where the same territory is administered as the de facto Girne District, a distinct entity.

It is bordered on the south by Nicosia District and on the east and south-east by Famagusta District. It includes much of the north coast, with the towns of Kyrenia, Lapethos and Karavas. Also the Kyrenia Mountains, which overlook the coast, with the prominent castles of St. Hilarion and Buffavento.

Unlike the portions of Nicosia, Famagusta and Larnaca under Northern Cyprus' control, which are variously partitioned into five of its six districts, the boundaries of Cyprus' de jure Kyrenia District are coterminous with Northern Cyprus' de facto Girne District. A district administration-in-exile exists in the Republic of Cyprus-controlled part of the island, near Ledra Palace, while the TRNC district has a kaymakam.

History
Under Lusignan and Venetian rule, Kyrenia District was known as the contrée (French) or contrade (Italian ) of Cérines, which was one of the eleven provinces of the Kingdom of Cyprus. At that time, the province of Nicosia, known as the Vicomté, extended closer to the sea, encroaching upon the Pentadaktylos foothills in the present Kyrenia District.

Under Ottoman Turkish rule, Kyrenia was one of the six cazas into which the island was divided. The Caza of Kyrenia,  was divided into three nahiehs – Kyrenia, Lefka and Morphou. The caza was headed by a Kaimakan. When the British took control of Cyprus in 1878, these administrative units were retained. But by 1881, Kyrenia Caza was reduced to one nahieh, namely Kyrenia, which covered roughly the same as its present area.

A British officer styled a Commissioner (later District Officer) was appointed for the Caza, while the Turkish Kaimakan was initially retained with certain of his functions.

In 1881 the Caza and Nahieh of Kyrenia had a population of 13,266, (Greek 75%, Turkish 20%), representing 7% of the population of Cyprus. By 1960 the population had grown to 31,015 (Greek 79%, Turkish 14%, Maronite 6%). The Maronite population was almost entirely located in the villages of Kormakiti, Asomatos and Karpaseia.

Settlements
According to Statistical Codes of Municipalities, Communities and Quarters of Cyprus per the Statistical Service of Cyprus (2015), Kyrenia District has 3 municipalities and 44 communities. Municipalities are written with bold.

 * Agia Eirini
 * Agios Amvrosios
 * Agios Epiktitos
 * Agios Ermolaos
 * Agios Georgios
 * Agirda
 * Agridaki
 * Asomatos
 * Bellapais
 * Charkeia
 * Diorios
 * Elia
 * Fotta
 * Ftericha
 * Kalograia
 * Kampyli
 * Karakoumi
 * Karavas
 * Karmi
 * Karpaseia
 * Kato Dikomo
 * Kazafani
 * Kiomourtzou
 * Klepini
 * Kontemenos
 * Kormakitis
 * Koutsovendis
 * Krini
 * Kyrenia
 * Lapithos
 * Larnakas tis Lapithou
 * Livera
 * Motides
 * Myrtou
 * Orga
 * Palaiosofos
 * Panagra
 * Pano Dikomo
 * Pileri
 * Sychari
 * Sysklipos
 * Templos
 * Thermeia
 * Trapeza
 * Trimithi
 * Vasileia
 * Vouno

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Robert Balch

Robert William Balch is a sociologist from the University of Montana. Balch is best known for his studies of Heaven's Gate (with David Taylor), the Aryan Nations, and the Love Family.

Heaven's Gate
Balch found a UFO flyer for Heaven's Gate at a Christian coffeehouse in Sedona, Arizona. At the time Balch was on unpaid leave from University of Montana. He called up graduate student David Taylor, asking him to drop everything and move with him to California. He and Taylor joined Heaven's Gate for 3 months in the 1970s, traveling with the cult and secretly taking extensive notes on his experience before eventually leaving to go resume his life.

After leaving Heaven's Gate, Balch and Taylor published articles about Heaven's Gate. Eventually, they lost track of Heaven's Gate in the late 1970s. Balch's work as a sociologist took off from his studying of Heaven's Gate.

He held a reunion for surviving ex-members in the late 90s that included "Ti"'s daughter.

Education

 * Ph.D., Sociology, University of Oregon, 1972
 * M.A., Sociology, Arizona State University, 1968
 * B.A., Sociology, Arizona State University, 1966

Publications

 * Forthcoming, "The Rise and Fall of Aryan Nations: A Resource Mobilization Perspective." Journal of Political and Military Sociology.
 * 2003. "Heaven's Gate: Implications for the Study of Commitment to New Religions." pp. 122–237 in James R. Lewis, (ed.), Encyclopedic Sourcebook of UFO Religions. Amherst, NY: Prometheus. (co-author, David Taylor)
 * 2002. "Making Sense of the Heaven's Gate Suicides." pp. 209–228 in David G. Bromley and J. Gordon Melton (eds.), Cults, Religion, and Violence. New York: Cambridge University Press.
 * 1998 "How the Problem of Malfeasance Gets Overlooked in Studies of New Religions: An Examination of the AWARE Study of [CUT]," Robert W. Balch & Stephan Langdon in  Wolves within the Fold. Anson Shupe, Ed. Rutgers.
 * 1977. "Seekers and Saucers: The Role of the Cultic Milieu in Joining a UFO Cult." Rob Balch & David Taylor. American Behavioral Scientist 20, no. 6 (1977), P. 839–60.
 * 1976 "Salvation in a UFO.", Robert W. Balch & David Taylor. Psychology Today 10

Selected courses

 * SOC 110: Principles of Sociology: Overview of the principles and concepts used in the study of human social interaction, groups, communities and societies.
 * SOC 130: Sociology of Alternative Religions: Unconventional religious groups in American society. Topics include recruitment, conversion, commitment, defection, leadership, belief systems, organizational structure and change.
 * SOC 201: Social Science Methods: Methods of research in the social sciences including naturalistic observation, interviewing, measurement, experiments, surveys, content analysis, and basic data analysis.
 * SOC 310: Extraordinary Group Behavior: The study of emergent social behavior including rumors, crowds, crazes, riots, panics, terrorism, revolutions and social movements.
 * SOC 488: Field Research Methods: The studying of people in their natural environment by observing what they do as they go about their everyday lives.

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Larnaca District

Larnaca District (Επαρχία Λάρνακας, Larnaka kazası) is one of the six districts of Cyprus. Its capital is Larnaca. It is bordered on the east by Famagusta District, on the north by Nicosia District and on the west by Limassol District. A small part of the district was occupied by the Turkish army in 1974, and most of the occupied part is now de facto administered as part of Northern Cyprus's Lefkoşa District, with the remaining area near Pergamos being de facto administered by the Gazimağusa District.

The communities of Melouseia, Tremetousia and Arsos lie in the occupied zone, while the municipal/community areas of Athienou, Troulloi and Pergamos are partially occupied.

Located in the district are Larnaca International Airport, the island's primary airport, and the Hala Sultan Tekke and the towns of Larnaca, Aradippou, Athienou and Lefkara.

In 2021, Larnaca District had a population of 155,753, of which 58,1% was urban.

History

During Turkish rule, Larnaca was one of the six cazas into which the island was divided. Cazas were subdivided into nahiehs, but in the case of Larnaca there was only one, which was coterminous with the caza.

The caza was headed by a Kaimakan. When the British took control of Cyprus in 1878, these administrative units were retained. A British officer styled a Commissioner (later District Officer) was appointed for the caza of Larnaca, while the Turkish Kaimakan was initially retained with certain of his functions.

Some northern parts of the present District were at that time included in Famagusta District, namely Arsos, Athienou, Melousia, Troulli, Tremetousia and Pergamos. At the first British Census Larnaca District (i.e. both the caza and nahieh) had a population of 20,766. By 1891 Athienou had been moved to Nicosia District, while the other villages were later moved to Larnaca District. Athienou was united to Larnaca District in the 1920s.

Settlements
According to Statistical Codes of Municipalities, Communities and Quarters of Cyprus per the Statistical Service of Cyprus (2015), Larnaca District has 6 municipalities and 53 communities. Municipalities are written with bold.

 * Agia Anna
 * Agioi Vavatsinias
 * Agios Theodoros
 * Alaminos
 * Alethriko
 * Anafotia
 * Anglisides
 * Aplanta
 * Aradippou
 * Arsos
 * Athienou
 * Avdellero
 * Choirokoitia
 * Delikipos
 * Dromolaxia–Meneou
 * Goşşi
 * Kalavasos
 * Kalo Chorio
 * Kato Drys
 * Kato Lefkara
 * Kellia
 * Kiti
 * Kivisili
 * Klavdia
 * Kofinou
 * Kornos
 * Lageia
 * Larnaca
 * Livadia
 * Mari
 * Maroni
 * Mazotos
 * Melini
 * Melouseia
 * Menogeia
 * Mosfiloti
 * Odou
 * Ora
 * Ormideia
 * Oroklini
 * Pano Lefkara
 * Pergamos
 * Pervolia
 * Petrofani
 * Psematismenos
 * Psevdas
 * Pyla
 * Pyrga
 * Skarinou
 * Softades
 * Tersefanou
 * Tochni
 * Tremetousia
 * Troulloi
 * Vavatsinia
 * Vavla
 * Xylofagou
 * Xylotymbou
 * Zygi

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Nicosia District

Nicosia District (Greek: Eπαρχία Λευκωσίας) is one of the six districts of Cyprus. Its main town is the island country's capital city, Nicosia. The de-facto TRNC-controlled northern part of the district is the Lefkoşa District of the unrecognized Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.

TRNC-controlled areas of the Larnaca District of the Republic of Cyprus are administered as part of Nicosia District, while western parts of the Nicosia District under de facto TRNC control are administered as part of the new Güzelyurt and Lefke Districts.

History
Under Lusignan rule, at least the latter part and then during the Venetian period, the Kingdom of Cyprus was divided into eleven provinces called in French contrées and in Italian contrade. The area around Nicosia was the province of Vicomté (literally the domain of a Viscount). It covered the eastern half of the present District of Nicosia, what would later become the Nahiehs of Dagh and Deyirmenlik (orange on map). The western half of the present district formed the province of Pendaïa (Pendagia). One significant difference in the borders was that Vicomté extended closer to the sea, encroaching upon the Pentadaktylos foothills in the present Kyrenia District.

Under Ottoman Turkish rule, Nicosia was one of the six cazas into which the island was divided. The Caza of Nicosia, also known as the Caza of Deyirmenlik, was divided into two nahiehs - Dagh (Orini) and Deyirmenlik (Kythrea). The caza was headed by a Kaimakan. When the British took control of Cyprus in 1878, these administrative units were retained. A British officer styled a Commissioner (later District Officer) was appointed for the caza of Nicosia, while the Turkish Kaimakan was initially retained with certain of his functions.

The Nahiehs of Lefka and Morphou were previously in the Caza of Kyrenia. But by 1881, the Nahiehs of the Caza of Nicosia were: The town of Nicosia, previously separate, came under the Nahieh of Deyirmenlik (Greek: Kythrea) in the British period.
 * Lefka
 * Morphou
 * Dagh
 * Deyirmenlik

Population
The population of Nicosia Caza or District in 1881 was as follows:

At the most recent census the population of the district was as follows:

The total figure above includes 1,599 for the communities of Melouseia, Tremetousia and Arsos in Larnaca District and Afania in Famagusta District.

Thus, the population of Nicosia District has increased eight-fold since 1881.

Settlements
According to Statistical Codes of Municipalities, Communities and Quarters of Cyprus per the Statistical Service of Cyprus (2015), Nicosia District has 12 municipalities and 162 communities. Municipalities are written with bold.

 * Agia
 * Agia Eirini
 * Agia Marina
 * Agia Marina (Skylloura)
 * Agia Varvara
 * Agioi Iliofotoi
 * Agioi Trimithias
 * Agios Dometios
 * Agios Epifanios Oreinis
 * Agios Epifanios Soleas
 * Agios Georgios
 * Agios Georgios Lefkas
 * Agios Ioannis (Selemani)
 * Agios Ioannis Malountas
 * Agios Nikolaos Lefkas
 * Agios Sozomenos
 * Agios Theodoros, Nicosia
 * Agios Theodoros Tilliria
 * Agios Vasileios
 * Aglandjia
 * Agrokipia
 * Akaki
 * Alampra
 * Alevga
 * Alithinou
 * Alona
 * Ammadies
 * Ampelikou
 * Analiontas
 * Anageia
 * Angolemi
 * Anthoupolis
 * Apliki
 * Arediou
 * Argaki
 * Askas
 * Astromeritis
 * Avlona
 * Beykeuy
 * Dali
 * Deneia
 * Dyo Potamoi
 * Elia
 * Engomi
 * Epicho
 * Episkopeio
 * Ergates
 * Evrychou
 * Exometochi
 * Farmakas
 * Fikardou
 * Flasou
 * Fterikoudi
 * Fyllia
 * Galata
 * Galini
 * Gerakies
 * Geri
 * Gerolakkos
 * Gönyeli
 * Gourri
 * Kakopetria
 * Kaliana
 * Kalo Chorio Kapouti
 * Kalo Chorio Oreinis
 * Kalo Chorio Soleas
 * Kalopanagiotis
 * Kalyvakia
 * Kampi
 * Kampia
 * Kampos
 * Kanli
 * Kannavia
 * Kapedes
 * Karavostasi
 * Kataliontas
 * Kato Deftera
 * Katokopia
 * Kato Koutrafas
 * Kato Moni
 * Kato Pyrgos
 * Kato Zodeia
 * Katydata
 * Kazivera
 * Klirou
 * Kokkina
 * Kokkinotrimithia
 * Korakou
 * Kotsiatis
 * Kourou Monastiri
 * Kyra
 * Kythrea
 * Lagoudera
 * Lakatamia
 * Latsia
 * Lazanias
 * Lefka
 * Linou
 * Livadia
 * Louroujina
 * Loutros
 * Lympia
 * Lythrodontas
 * Malounta
 * Mammari
 * Mandres
 * Mansoura
 * Margi
 * Margo
 * Masari
 * Mathiatis
 * Meniko
 * Mia Milia
 * Mylikouri
 * Mitsero
 * Mora
 * Morphou
 * Mosfileri
 * Moutoullas
 * Neo Chorio
 * Nicosia
 * Nikitari
 * Nikitas
 * Nisou
 * Oikos
 * Orounta
 * Ortaköy
 * Pachyammos
 * Palaichori Morphou
 * Palaichori Oreinis
 * Palaikythro
 * Paliometocho
 * Pano Deftera
 * Pano Koutrafas
 * Pano Pyrgos
 * Pano Zodeia
 * Pedoulas
 * Pentageia
 * Pera
 * Pera Chorio
 * Peristerona
 * Peristeronari
 * Petra
 * Petra tou Digeni
 * Pigenia
 * Platanistasa
 * Politiko
 * Polystypos
 * Potami
 * Potamia
 * Prastio
 * Psimolofou
 * Pyrogi
 * Saranti
 * Selladi tou Appi
 * Sia
 * Sinaoros
 * Skouriotissa
 * Skylloura
 * Spilia
 * Strovolos
 * Syrianochori
 * Temvria
 * Trachoni
 * Trachonas
 * Tsakistra
 * Tseri
 * Tymbou
 * Variseia
 * Voni
 * Vroisha
 * Vyzakia
 * Xerovounos
 * Xyliatos

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Talk:Linear Aerospike SR-71 Experiment

This article is copied nearly verbatim from http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/history/pastprojects/SR71/Lasre/index.html; all works of NASA are in the public domain. Triddle 06:55, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Article could do with a timeline
There was extensive development and ground testing before the first flight, and in the first 5 test flights (prior to Sept 1998) only cold flow experiments were done. One problem seemed to be getting all 8 sections of the engine to ignite. - Rod57 (talk) 13:44, 1 May 2020 (UTC)

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Paphos District

Paphos District (Επαρχία Πάφου; Baf kazası) is one of the six districts of Cyprus and it is situated in the western part of Cyprus. Its main town and capital is Paphos. The entire district is controlled by the internationally recognized government of Cyprus. There are four municipalities in Paphos District: Paphos, Yeroskipou, Peyia, and Polis Chrysochous. The area of the district is 1,396 km2, which constitutes the 15.1% of the total area of the island, and the population was 100,175. Its coastal area is characterized by gulfs and coves, capes and points, beaches and tiny isles. The district can be divided into three morphological regions: the coastal plain, lying mainly below 200 metres, the hilly area extending from plain up to the igneous rocks of Paphos forest and the mountainous region, lying mainly on the igneous rocks of the Paphos forest. North-west of the District is the Akamas peninsula which contains a national park where the green sea turtle is a protected animal.

Settlements
According to Statistical Codes of Municipalities, Communities and Quarters of Cyprus per the Statistical Service of Cyprus (2015), Paphos District has 4 municipalities and 121 communities. Municipalities are written with bold.

 * Acheleia
 * Agia Marinouda
 * Agia Varvara
 * Agios Dimitrianos
 * Agios Georgios
 * Agios Ioannis
 * Agios Isidoros
 * Agios Nikolaos
 * Akoursos
 * Amargeti
 * Anadiou
 * Anarita
 * Androlykou
 * Argaka
 * Arminou
 * Armou
 * Asprogia
 * Axylou
 * Ayia Marina Chrysochous
 * Ayia Marina Kelokedharon
 * Chloraka
 * Choletria
 * Choli
 * Choulou
 * Chrysochou
 * Dhrousha
 * Drymou
 * Eledio
 * Empa
 * Episkopi
 * Evretou
 * Faleia
 * Fasli
 * Fasoula
 * Foinikas
 * Fyti
 * Galataria
 * Geroskipou
 * Gialia
 * Giolou
 * Goudi
 * Inia
 * Istinjon
 * Kallepia
 * Kannaviou
 * Karamoullides
 * Kathikas
 * Kato Akourdhalia
 * Kato Arodes
 * Kedares
 * Kelokedara
 * Kidasi
 * Kilinia
 * Kinousa
 * Kissonerga
 * Koili
 * Konia
 * Kouklia
 * Kourtaka
 * Kritou Marottou
 * Kritou Terra
 * Lapithiou
 * Lasa
 * Lemona
 * Lempa
 * Letymvou
 * Livadi
 * Loukrounou
 * Lysos
 * Makounta
 * Mamonia
 * Mamountali
 * Mandria
 * Marathounta
 * Maronas
 * Meladeia
 * Melandra
 * Mesa Chorio
 * Mesana
 * Mesogi
 * Milia
 * Miliou
 * Mousere
 * Nata
 * Nea Dimmata
 * Neo Chorio
 * Nikokleia
 * Pano Akourdaleia
 * Pano Archimandrita
 * Pano Arodes
 * Pano Panagia
 * Paphos
 * Pegeia
 * Pelathousa
 * Pentalia
 * Peristerona
 * Philousa Kelokedharon
 * Philousa Khrysokhous
 * Pitargou
 * Polemi
 * Polis, Cyprus
 * Pomos
 * Praitori
 * Prastio
 * Psathi
 * Salamiou
 * Sarama
 * Simou
 * Skoulli
 * Souskiou
 * Statos–Agios Fotios
 * Stavrokonnou
 * Steni
 * Stroumpi
 * Tala
 * Terra
 * Theletra
 * Thrinia
 * Timi
 * Trachypedoula
 * Tremithousa
 * Trimithousa
 * Tsada
 * Vretsia
 * Zacharia

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Talk:Alice Coltrane

Early Discussion
Mel, thank you very much for starting this page. It's an important one. --Drasil 06:56, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * My pleasure; I hope that other people can add more material. I'll do so too, when i get time. Mel Etitis  ( Μελ Ετητης ) 08:56, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Name
In the early 1970s, after years of involvement with Eastern religion, Coltrane took the name Swami Turyasangitananda.

This being the case, shouldn't 1) the page's name, 2) the picture caption and 3) the in-text reference reflect it?

Of course, there's the possibility that Alice Coltrane is maintained as her name as an artist and performer, in which case, fine my be - but even then, shouldn't there be an indication in the intro, of what her real name is (similar to the way that people known for their monickers rather than real names have an indication of their real name following their monicker in bold)?

Am I missing something? Zeppocity 17:39, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

 * That seems dubious to me. I never heard that. Maybe it's an honorific or something. See here, for instance, which says nothing about that name. Every Google hit for that name is a Wikipedia derivative. —Chowbok 20:34, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

Isn't it Swamini Turiyasangitananda? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 86.25.48.196 (talk • contribs) 05:28, July 16, 2006 (UTC)

 * Aha! Yes, you are right. That brings up a lot of confirmations. I will change the article to reflect that. —Chowbok 14:56, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Shouldn't there be at least a reference to her name Swamini Turiyasangitananda somewhere in the article? It barely makes mention of it all! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 61.68.166.83 (talk) 10:17, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

Date of death
This source (http://www.startribune.com/466/story/935461.html) says Alice died on Friday...that would be the 12th, not the 13th. 213.39.213.220 06:46, 14 January 2007 (UTC)nomennescio

Secondary discography
This is an odd list, not normally found in articles (which usually include only recordings as leader). Unless someone has a reason for this article being different, I'll remove it. --Mel Etitis ( Μελ Ετητης ) 17:44, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

 * OK, I'll remove it. It's likely to be huge if complete, and arbitrary if not. --Mel Etitis  ( Μελ Ετητης ) 11:08, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

 * Sorry didint see your note or I would have responded sooner. Jazz is a collective enterprise, and the appearance as a sideman/woman is in many cases as significant and important a piece of an artist's biography as their work as a "leader." I'm giong to restore the info, as its important and in many instances hard to locate. Many important musicians contributed some of their most significant work in ensembles under someone else's leadership. BabyDweezil 20:20, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

True in many cases — but should we include all of a musican's work as sideman (which is generally way beyond the scope of an encyclopædia article) or select the ones that we feel are important (which is likely to be controversial and subjective)? Besides, in Coltrane's case, it's not at all clear to me that her sideman work is terribly central to her significance. --Mel Etitis ( Μελ Ετητης ) 23:14, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

 * It shows her growth as an artist and the breadth of her work, just as we would for artists in other fields where your work isnt subsumed under the leadership of someone else. Also, Alice's list is a relatively short list and each work is distinctive; some jazz musicians have appeared on hundreds of recording as an ensemble member, in which case we would have to be a bit selective. BabyDweezil 23:31, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

I don't see how a list of recordings shows that; how? --Mel Etitis ( Μελ Ετητης ) 23:54, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

 * It provides a reader a guide to explore the development of her work, although maybe we could just link to an online discography instead? BabyDweezil 16:01, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Ah, yes — could we compromise on that? --Mel Etitis ( Μελ Ετητης ) 16:22, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

 * Done, alhtough with all the bloated puff pieces on WK about insignificant figures, I do hope this entry on such a great artist can get beefed up! Cheers. BabyDweezil 18:30, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Well, as the person who started the article (and those on the albums), I can't disagree too strongly, though I must admit I don't think of her as a great artist (not in the top 100, say) — often a very good one, though. --Mel Etitis ( Μελ Ετητης ) 18:46, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

 * I'd like to see included in the list of her colaborations, the arrangements to the Santana's peak quality work "Welcome".--el_cambembo, 20:34, 15April 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.5.163.109 (talk)

SSB template
Hi there, I noticed that the Sathya Sai Baba template was removed. May I ask why? Is it inappropriate considering that Coltrane was a follower? Regards, Ekantik talk 16:34, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

 * I have reinstated the template. She was one of his most famous American followers, and that is worth noting... (Ptah, the El Daoud 18:31, 29 March 2007 (UTC))

Mel
First, the infobox is based on the template used on various jazz artists ranging from John Coltrane to Eric Dolphy, and the info within this box comes from either this article or the pre-existing wiki articles regarding her various solo LPs. If you don't like it, that's a shame, but there is no legitimate reason to delete it. Second, her husband was John Coltrane (check her official website), and the work she did with him propelled her to international fame... There is no reason to cut a reference about her marriage out of the introduction. Third, dates are frequently hyperlinked in wiki articles the first time they are mentioned. I don't see any reason for their deletion. Fourth, the LP hyperlinks were inserted to allow myself to follow up on her discography when I have more time (I intended to do one now, but unfortunately I have to spend this time reinstating my edits). Fifth, I inserted a reference to the fact that she rarely performed publicly in her later years (primarily the eighties and nineties), but, as I do not have an adequate citation off the top of my head, I have now added a "citation needed" template. Sixth, The "See Also" links refer to three subjects: her personal philosophy, which has already been established in the article; jazz itself; and, lastly, the prominent artists that she worked with. If you do not believe that these musicians made significant contributions to her music, you can check: the wiki links to her LPs, most of which cite the musicians who worked on the LP in question; [www.allmusic.com Allmusic.com], which caries the complete credits for nearly all of her LPs; and, lastly, your own jazz collection. Finally, if you do not believe that the the Sri Satya Sai Baba template belongs on this site, you should check out the late artist's official homepage.

If you think minor alterations in style, structure or grammar should be made, by all means go for it. If you would like a citation, either ask here or include the citation needed template after the sentence in question. Please avoid making a major revert when it is apparent that much of the information being reverted has already been stated or implied within the article in question. Thank you.--(Ptah, the El Daoud 23:43, 29 March 2007 (UTC))

 * First, many (including me) would say that defining her in the leasd in terms of her relationships with various me is to show disrespect to her as a person.
 * Secondly, in line with the MoS on links, years shouldn't be linked unless information on them has some significance to the article. It used to be habit to link years, and so Wikipedia is fill of them; new editors often see that, and follow it, but it's not in line woith the MoS.
 * Thirdly, red links aren't forbidden, but it's better practice to add a link when you're creating an article to link to.
 * Fourthly, we don't provide "see also" links for everyone with whom a musician played — nor, usually, for even the more important, because they should already be in the article.
 * Fifthly, the addition of the Satya Sai Baba template is unnecessary, and has been pushed by devotees, hence my removal of it. It's an attempt to raise the profile of the group, not to provide genuine information.
 * Sixthly, your edits would perhaps have attracted more respect if they'd been explained.
 * Seventhly, incidentlally, it would have been pleasanter to have written as though I wasn't in need of elementary education about her; I did, after all, start and write most of the article, as well as the articles on her albums. --Mel Etitis ( Talk ) 10:14, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Impact section
Nice job with this article--it's pretty great. Maybe we could make it better by improving the Impact section, though--it's just a list of a few random references to her outside of jazz, without any evaluation of her impact. If anyone wants to describe her critical reception, influence on younger players, or something like that we could really improve things.Tdimhcs (talk) 06:28, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Neutral point of view dispute
This sentence in the first paragraph is not neutral, nor is it supported by the citation (which is merely a link to a discography): "Her essential recordings were made in the late 1960s and early 1970s for Impulse! Records." Specifically, I take issue with the use of the word "essential." Of course, without this word, there is no need or purpose for this sentence in the article at all. I propose that this sentence be removed altogether. Pjdjr (talk) 02:25, 23 May 2014 (UTC)

No one has objected, so I will remove (or otherwise edit) the aforementioned non-neutral sentence in a few days. Pjdjr (talk) 20:39, 2 June 2014 (UTC)

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Wiki Education assignment: Asian Religions in America
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Please add her harp teacher Velma Froude
French wiki speaks of her harp teacher being Velma Froude, English doesn't yet https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Coltrane#Jeunesse_et_formation ; it's the same person as Dorothy Ashby so it's relevant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Ashby#Early_life_and_education 81.11.255.218 (talk) 10:35, 10 April 2023 (UTC)

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Eastern Goldfields Regional Prison

Eastern Goldfields Regional Prison is an Australian prison located in South Boulder, Western Australia.

Foundation
It replaced the Kalgoorlie Regional Prison in December 1980. The old prison was retained as an annexe to the new prison for three years to hold maximum and medium-security prisoners on a short-term basis. It was closed down permanently with the opening of a maximum-security remand block at the new prison in 1983.

In April 2005, the prison opened the Mount Morgans work camp, which allows approved low-risk prisoners to live, care for themselves and work under supervision in the area. The Mount Morgans work camp was closed in 2011 and 2 months later the brand new Warburton work camp was opened.

A variety of employment and educational activities are available to prisoners. An education officer and tutors provide a range of education activities/courses from basic numeracy and literacy to university subjects. Courses are provided specifically for Aboriginal prisoners. Training is also conducted in a number of trades with formal accreditation gained on completion.

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Abingdon Abbotts F.C.

Abingdon Abbotts Football Club is a football club based in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England.

History
The club was established as Abingdon Football Club in 1870. In 1892 they joined the Oxford & District League. After absorbing St Michaels in 1899, they went on to win back-to-back league titles in the next two seasons. After the second title the club joined the Berks & Bucks League, but left after a single season to join the West Berks League. In 1904 they changed leagues again, this time transferring to the Reading Temperance League.

In 1919 Abingdon joined the North Berks League, going on to win the league title at the first attempt. After a second championship win in 1922–23 the club switched to the Reading & District League. In 1928 they became Abingdon Town. After a third-place finish in Division One in 1931–32 the club were promoted to the Premier Division. Although they finished bottom of the table in the next two seasons they were not relegated. They finished bottom again in 1936–37, after which they transferred into the Oxfordshire Senior League for a season (in which they also finished last), before returning to the North Berks League in 1938.

Following World War II Abingdon Town rejoined the Reading & District League in 1945. They were runners-up in 1946–47 after losing a championship play-off to Thatcham Town. However, the following season saw the club win the league. In 1950 they moved up to the Spartan League, in which they played for three seasons before becoming founder members of the Hellenic League in 1953. When the league gained a second division in 1956 the club were placed in the Premier Division and went on to win the division in its first season. They were champions again in 1958–59, also winning the Berks & Bucks Senior Cup, and retained the league title the following season.

After their back-to-back titles, Abingdon's success diminished and in 1965–66 the club finished bottom of the Premier Division and were relegated to Division One. The following season saw them finish as Division One runners-up, earning an immediate promotion back to the Premier Division. Although they went on to be runners-up in both 1970–71 and 1971–72, the club finished bottom of the division again in 1974–75, resulting in relegation back to Division One. However, another immediate return was achieved as they won Division One at the first attempt, losing only one league match all season.

Abingdon Town were Premier Division champions for a fourth time in 1986–87, and after finishing second the following season, they returned to the Spartan League, joining its Premier Division. The club won the Spartan League at the first attempt, earning promotion to Division Two South of the Isthmian League. They were Division One South champions in 1990–91 and were promoted to Division One. After seven seasons in Division One the club were relegated to Division Two at the end of the 1997–98 season. The following season they were relegated again, this time to Division Two. The club returned to Division Two when the league was restructured in 2002, although it was effectively a rename of Division Three.

Despite a seventh-place finish in Division Two in 2004–05, Abingdon Town dropped into the Premier Division of the Hellenic League. The next nine seasons saw the club struggle, finishing outside the bottom four on only three occasions. In 2013–14 the club ended the season in last place in the Premier Division, subsequently dropping two divisions into Division One of the North Berks League. The club was inactive during the 2016–17 season, but returned to the Hellenic League for the 2017–18 season, joining Division Two East, which was largely composed of reserve teams. They moved up to Division One East prior to the 2018–19 season.

Abingdon Town made headlines in December 2019 when, after conceding eight goals in the first half of a league match against rivals Abingdon United, the team refused to play the second half and instead left the ground. Abingdon Town's manager Tranell Richardson resigned the following day, claiming the team had been unable to train for three months due to lack of facilities, and accusing the club's officials of not providing enough support. Within a few days new manager, Byron O'Regan, and assistant, Chris Adams, were brought in to bring stability back to the club in the short term. In their spell at the club they raised their profile, including appearances on BBC Oxford Sports Report. Before finishing his short term tenure prior to the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown of March 2020, Byron O'Regan and his team successfully improved the quality of their squad including signing Trinidad and Tobago's Jacob Blackstock.

Ahead of the 2021–22 season, Abingdon Town withdrew from the Hellenic League after failing to reach an agreement with Culham Road's new owners. After being renamed Abingdon Abbots, they joined Division One of the Oxfordshire Senior League for the 2022–23 season.

Ground
The club played at Culham Road. A stand was built in 1928 and two years later the club were able to buy the ground for £300. The stand burnt down following an Easter Monday game soon after World War II and was replaced in 1948. A covered terrace was built in 1950. The pitch was later rotated 90° and a new main stand built in 1991, with its seats taken from the original Wembley Stadium. One end of the ground has covered standing, with an open terrace at the other end. The ground has a capacity of 3,000, of which 1,771 is covered and 271 seated.

In June 2021 the ground was sold to Singaporean-based company iRama.

Honours

 * Isthmian League
 * Division Two South champions 1990–91
 * Hellenic League
 * Premier Division champions 1956–57, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1986–87
 * Division One champions 1975–76
 * Spartan League
 * Premier Division champions 1988–89
 * Reading & District League
 * Champions 1947–48
 * North Berks League
 * Champions 1919–20, 1922–23
 * Oxford & District League
 * Champions 1899–1900, 1900–01
 * Berks & Bucks Senior Cup
 * Winner 1958–59

Records

 * Best FA Cup performance: Fourth qualifying round, 1960–61, 1989–90, 1992–93
 * Best FA Trophy performance: First round, 1992–93
 * Best FA Vase performance: Fifth round, 1975–76, 1985–86, 1989–90
 * Record attendance: 4,000 vs Swindon Town, Maurice Owen benefit match, 1950

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Østmarka

Østmarka is a forested area to the east of Oslo and part of the congregation of woodland areas known as Oslomarka. The area is situated within the municipalities Oslo, Lørenskog, Rælingen, Ski and Enebakk. Østmarka is delimited to the west by populated areas of Oslo, to the north of communities of Skårer, Lørenskog and Rælingen and to the east by the lake Øyeren, to the south-east lies Enebakk and to the south-west Sørmarka, another forested area.

The change from Østmarka to Sørmarka takes place at the lake Langen. Østmarka is marked by its location on top of basement rock (more than 1 billion years old) containing easy-to-see folds that make up valleys and hills in the north-south direction. For this reason the terrain has a lot of hills, no matter where one goes.

Along the upper marine border (about 210 meters) the ice of the last ice age has left large amounts of gravel and sand. Sand, Sandbakken ("Sandy Hill"), Sandbekken ("Sandy Creek") and Grusbakken ("Gravel Hill") are all on about the same elevation. The sand mines at Ødegården have been left there by the ice. Beach snails have been found at Lutvann at an elevation of 200 meters.

Nature reserve
Østmarka nature reserve has an area of 18 square kilometers. It received its status in 1990 and was expanded in 2002. The purpose of the protection is the conservation of a substantial, relatively untouched coniferous forest along with plant and animal life typical for this part of Oslomarka, and which has particular scientific and educational significance. The bulk of the reserve is located in Rausjømarka and is owned by the municipalities Oslo, Lørenskog and Rælingen.

Farms, cabins and restaurants in Østmarka

 * Mariholtet
 * Østmarkskapellet
 * Rustadsaga
 * Skullerudstua
 * Sandbakken
 * Vangen
 * Losby
 * Larsbråten
 * Skjelbreia

Highest peaks
(•) signifies that the trigonometric point is not situated on the peak's highest point.

Plank Road
During the period when small sawmills were being increasingly used throughout the forests of Oslomarka and the timber export became a substantial industry - from ca 1750 and well into the 19th century - this engendered a big need for transportation. In Østmarka alone there were over 2,000 drivers and 4-5000 horses occupied with moving planks between Øyeren and Kristiania (today Oslo). It was too long to drive from Enebakk via Øyeren and Strømsveien to get to Kristiania. This is why the Plank Road was built. The Plank Road starts at Eikeberg and Børter in Enebakk - it crosses the ice on Børtervann and moves up to Rausjø and turns up towards Vangen and Skjelbreia, further over Eriksvann, Søndre Skytten, Elvåga, across to Nøklevann, Rustadsaga, Østensjøvannet and down to the city. The Plank Road is today open and tagged as a ski track.

Other sources

 * Østmarka fra A til Å, by Even Saugstad, ISBN 82-995415-0-6.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Matt Bettinelli-Olpin

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Matt Bettinelli-Olpin
Not notable, vanity. "Influential"? No. Delete. --Dmcdevit 06:58, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, the "influential" line alone is POV. ?fancruft?, ?vanity?, etc. If anything, we'd have a page for Line 80 or whatever it was and him on it. Master Thief Garrett 09:32, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, not notable, possible vanity. Megan1967 06:29, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. let the stub grow. Kingturtle 07:30, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)

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Bunbury Regional Prison

Bunbury Regional Prison is a multi-security prison located in College Grove, a southern suburb of Bunbury, Western Australia. It opened in February 1971, and the minimum-security block was commissioned in 1982. Self-care units were added in 1992 that allowed some prisoners to do their own cooking and cleaning.

Offenders are expected to work or study, and can access the prison's education and employment facilities. In the education centre, prisoners can study subjects from basic adult literacy and numeracy to a wide range of TAFE subjects and courses. A feature of the prison is a market garden which supplies a large proportion of fresh vegetables consumed in the State's prisons. It is the major employer of minimum-security prisoners and off-sets the cost of managing prisons in the State.

The prison found itself in the news in 2005, when two minimum-security inmates escaped. Additionally sex offender Paul Stephen Keating held a female art tutor hostage for over six hours and during this time sexually assaulted her. Not long after these incidents, the State Government announced that Bunbury would be the first regional prison to have personal duress alarms for staff.

In July 2005, then Justice Minister John D'Orazio announced a $9.6million upgrade of Bunbury Regional Prison to improve its security and to improve offender rehabilitation.

In September 2008 a new Pre-Release Unit was opened to house minimum security prisoners, the size of this unit was 72 beds, now increased to 110 beds.

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Axiom (record label)

Axiom was a record label founded by musician Bill Laswell in 1990 with the support of Chris Blackwell, founder of Island Records.

History
In 1989, Chris Blackwell sold Island to PolyGram, which in 2000 became a subsidiary of Universal Music Group, with Blackwell remaining as CEO. In 1997, he resigned from PolyGram after struggling with what he saw as restrictive oversight of his management. Axiom was shut down but was reactivated when Blackwell started Palm Pictures. Palm scaled back its involvement in the music business, making Axiom dormant again.

Axiom released Sonny Sharrock's Ask the Ages and Henry Threadgill's Too Much Sugar for a Dime, as well as records by Laswell's bands such as Praxis and Material.

A series of world music titles were also released by Axiom, including Simon Shaheen's tribute to Mohammed Abdel Wahab, Shankar's Soul Searcher and  field recordings of Gnawa music in Morocco, Mandinka & Fulani Music of the Gambia, and the Master Musicians of Jajouka in the Rif Mountains of Morocco.

After moving to Palm Pictures, Axiom released only a handful of albums, notably by Material and the group Tabla Beat Science, which included Laswell, Zakir Hussain, Karsh Kale, and Ustad Sultan Khan.

Artists

 * Umar Bin Hassan
 * Zakir Hussain
 * Karsh Kale
 * Ustad Sultan Khan
 * Material
 * Praxis
 * Simon Shaheen
 * L. Shankar
 * Sonny Sharrock
 * Tabla Beat Science
 * Henry Threadgill

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Abingdon United F.C.

Abingdon United Football Club is a football club based in Abingdon-on-Thames, England. The club are currently members of the and play at The Northcourt.

History
The club was founded in 1946 by ex-servicemen as a rival to the already existing Abingdon Town at the Anchor pub on the bank of the River Thames. The new club joined Division One of the North Berks League, and won the league's Charity Shield in their first season, beating Wallingford Town 3–2 after extra time in the final. Despite finishing ninth out of twelve clubs in Division One in 1947–48, they were relegated to Division Two.

Abingdon went on to win Division Two in 1952–53, and were promoted back to Division One. In 1958 they moved up to the Hellenic League, where for the next 19 seasons the club remained in the bottom division of the Hellenic League, winning the Division One Cup in 1965–66. After finishing third in 1976–77 they were promoted to the Premier Division. They stayed in the premier division until the 1980–81 season, in which they finished bottom and were relegated back to Division One. However, after a single season in Division One, they made an immediate return, finishing as runners-up. The club then remained in the Hellenic premier Division for another 24 seasons.

In 1982–83 season Abingdon entered the FA Vase for the first time; four seasons later they played in the FA Cup for the first time, losing to Stourbridge after two replays in the first qualifying round. The 1996–97 season saw the club win three trophies; the Hellenic League's Floodlit Cup, the Hellenic – Hungerford Cup and the Berks & Bucks Senior Trophy. They retained the Berks & Bucks Senior Trophy the following season, and won the Hellenic – Hungerford Cup again in 2001–02. In 2005–06 the club finished third in the Premier Division, and were promoted to Division One South & West of the Southern League. The club remained in the Southern League Division One South & West until the end of the 2012–13 season, when they resigned from the league and rejoined the Hellenic League Premier Division.

At the end of the 2015–16 season Abingdon were relegated to Division One East. However, after finishing as runners-up in Division One East the following season, they were promoted back to the Premier Division. Abingdon were relegated back to Division One of the Hellenic League in the 2018–19 season.

Ground

Abingdon United play their home games at the Northcourt Stadium in Northcourt Road, Abingdon. It has a capacity of 2,000, of which 158 is seated and 258 covered.

Honours

 * Hellenic League
 * Division One Cup winners 1965–66
 * Floodlit Cup winners 1996–97
 * Hellenic – Hungerford Cup winners 1996–97, 2001–02
 * North Berks League
 * Champions 1952–53
 * Berks & Bucks Senior Trophy
 * Winners 1996–97, 1997–98
 * North Berks Charity Shield
 * Winners 1946–47

Records

 * Highest league position: 11th in Southern League Division One South & West, 2006–07
 * Best FA Cup performance: Second qualifying round, 2000–01, 2009–10, 2014–15
 * Best FA Trophy performance: Second qualifying round, 2006–07, 2007–08
 * Best FA Vase performance: Third round, 1988–89
 * Record attendance: 1,500 vs Oxford United, friendly, 1994

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Antimaniax

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Antimaniax
Not notable band. I'm glad they're vegans but this is hardly encyclopedic. Delete. --Dmcdevit 07:00, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete in the absence of any claim/evidence of notability. Everyking 07:18, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. non-notable, ?vanity?, ?fancruft?, etc. tags go here. Master Thief Garrett 09:31, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, not notable, band vanity. Megan1967 06:29, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, not meeting Notability and Music Guidelines Tuf-Kat 17:08, Apr 24, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete What Tuf-Kat said. Dsmdgold 15:09, Apr 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * keep. Antimaniax retrieves over 7,000 hits. Kingturtle 07:31, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * keep, Kingturtle is right. Maggie311 09:15, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * keep it seems important and isverifiable Yuckfoo 16:23, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)
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Talk:GeForce

Change 'product naming scheme' graph
The product naming scheme graph is not up to date and should not include notes about specific generations, rather all the generations and how they're named. Here is a link to the ATI naming scheme graph which does it right:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radeon#Product_naming_scheme

I believe that the Memory graph area should be taken completely out of the graph as it pertains to specific generation models rather than the naming scheme. I do not want to do it so please consider this and someone who is more involved take it out.

Thanks - 8/28/07

The only problem is is that NVIDIA didn't use this product naming scheme until GeForce FX (which I thought there should be a note about that). For example, the GeForce 4 Ti 4200 isn't a budget GeForce 4, its power was more of a midrange card. Plus all NVIDIA did before GeForce 4 (when they had four numbers in their models) was either use three numbers, or just suffixes, which still aren't consistent with today. Besides that, ATI's lineup isn't any better. ATI's best DirectX 8 card was Radeon 8500, which isn't a midrange card. While I'm sure they marketed the 9200 as a budget R300 card, it was really a budget R200 card. -- XenoL-Type 20:37 10 September, 2007 (UTC)

Naming of series to reflect "real world" naming conventions
There series titles should reflect the actual name of the GPUs, for example, GEFORCE GTX 1660 belongs in the one thousand (1000) series. The same with the newer line of GEFORCE 3080 belong in the three thousand (3000) series, not in the hundreds series ー 100 and 300 respectively like they are posted now. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Newb787 (talk • contribs) 10:52, 20 December 2020 (UTC)

Adding information on current and past processors
The RISC-V page includes a reference to GeForce processors under Implementations- In Development. All GeForce cards currently use a processor called Falcon, and Nvidia is developing a replacement for it, using the RISC-V architecture. Should there be a new section on the GeForce processors? Or should we include some basic info on them in the introduction?

I think these would be relevant sources to include: https://riscv.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Tue1100_Nvidia_RISCV_Story_V2.pdf This source states that Falcon has existed for at least 10 years, and that it is a proprietary ISA. The new RISCV-based architecture will have a 64-bit address and data width, in contrast to Falcon, which is 32-bit.

https://download.nvidia.com/open-gpu-doc/Falcon-Security/1/Falcon-Security.html This source states that Falcon has had 3 security modes since the Maxwell architecture was introduced.

I am looking for a reliable source on the timeline of when the RISCV processor will be introduced, and when Falcon was first introduced.

RedrickSchu (talk) 16:57, 8 November 2022 (UTC)

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Albany Prison

Albany Prison may refer to:

 * Albany Regional Prison, a prison in Albany, Western Australia
 * Albany (HM Prison), a prison on the Isle of Wight in England

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Love Family

The Love Family, or the Church of Jesus Christ at Armageddon, was a U.S. communal religious movement formed in 1968 and led by Paul Erdmann, who renamed himself Love Israel.

After a fractious conflict in 1984, the community was reduced to a small fraction residing on their 300 acre property in Arlington, Washington. The Love Family flourished on that acreage from 1984 until 2004, when they were forced to sell the properties due to bankruptcy.

Beliefs and practices
The group practiced meditation (often with the use of hallucinogenics) and believed that life was eternal and all people were one. Because life was 'eternal', the group did not observe birthdays or perform marriages. They placed personal revelation above traditional doctrine. The group was committed to living in the present – "Now is the time" was one of their mottoes – to the point that they avoided making appointments or incurring debt.

Additional prohibitions including smoking, owning clocks, mirrors, or watches, and reading books or magazines other than the Bible. The group did not use driver's licenses.

The group ate a predominantly vegetarian diet that they sustained in part through gardening and gleaning.

"Love Israel" is a play on one of the fundamental affirmations of the group, "Love is real". Equally important to the remaining members are three other commonly used affirmations: "We are one", "Love is the answer", and "Now is the time". These three 'fundamental belief' statements were used to stave off deeper curiosity and invoke a deeper discussion into the role of humanity on this earth.

Relationships
The community practised group marriage, although Love Israel was the only husband. Unauthorized sexual relationships were not allowed, nor was birth control.

Women
The group supposedly "eliminated the need for women's liberation by being righteous with each other". Women were expected to do housekeeping and cooking, serving the men first at meals. They were supposed to bow when entering a room occupied by a man and were not allowed to speak unless spoken to.

Children
Children were raised communally with strict discipline.

History
Paul Erdmann, a former television salesman from California, moved to Seattle in 1968. The Love Family began in October 1968 as a communal household on Queen Anne Hill, Seattle, with their charter being written in 1971. Shortly after its founding, Erdmann renamed himself Love Israel; many of his followers adopted the "Israel" surname and biblical or virtue first names.

Within the first ten years, the community expanded to a network of about twelve communal homes and businesses. As more people arrived and settled in the surrounding neighborhood, Erdmann, as the leader, continued to inherit land and homes (primarily from those who joined) in other, more rural areas of Washington, Alaska, and Hawaii.

In 1972, two members of the family died after ritually breathing toluene fumes out of a plastic bag.

In 1974, plenty of Love Israel Family members danced and sang on stage at the World’s Fair in Spokane, Washington.

By 1979, the group had about 300 members.

In 1983, a conflict emerged within the family, led by members such as Logic Israel (Brian Allen), one of the principal elders in the family. This culminated in 1984, when the family returned $1.6 million and 14 Seattle properties to former member Daniel Gruener (Richness Israel) as part of an out-of-court settlement. Membership dwindled from 500 to 100 as the group was forced to give back assets and money to disenchanted members.

After the conflict, about 40 remaining members moved to properties in Arlington, and around 30 moved to Los Angeles. The Arlington commune supported both a local organic restaurant and an annual festival open to the public called the Garlic Festival, which drew crowds to the property.

In early 2004, the family sold their Arlington properties to the Union for Reform Judaism due to bankruptcy. In 2007, the former Arlington family grounds became Camp Kalsman, a Jewish summer camp. The remaining members moved to China Bend, a property along the Columbia River, in April 2004, and later to a property in Bothell, Washington.

Love Israel died in February 2016, less than a month after it was reported he was diagnosed with cancer. Daniel Gruener died in 2019.

Current status
The small remaining core of Erdmann's community continues to this day.

The Love Family evolved from being a highly concentrated communal society with a shared economy to what some non-members call a cult with their own laws and ways. The greater community became a social network of autonomous households that interacted through a shared culture they have continued to create together, without the robes and peer-enforced order. Presently, those that continue to claim membership in what remains of the Family are concentrated in homes and lots on the shore of the Columbia River (Lake Roosevelt), where they own the China Bend Winery, just south of Canada.

Remaining family members still maintain they were called together to help each other cultivate love, oneness and the presence of God in everyday family life. Very little is spoken about the continuing belief that Love Israel is a leader directed through his vision from God. They also believe that their gathering has Biblical roots and that their purpose is to help fulfill directed prophecies to benefit man and the promises of Jesus.

The current members still claim to view themselves as both the spiritual tribe of Israel and the Church of Jesus Christ at Armageddon, where Armageddon means the time and place of the gathering of God's family. A few family members continue to be renamed (and newborns named) to remind all that each person's character is gifted with a predominant attribute such as Charity, Honor, Honesty or Contentment, that may already be who they are or part of where they need to be.

In media
A film It Takes A Cult, about the Love Israel Family (directed by Eric Johannsen, who grew up as part of the Love Family), was shown at the 2009 Seattle International Film Festival.

Rachel Israel, who spent 8 years of her childhood as part of the family, published a memoir on her experiences in 2018, called Counterculture Crossover: Growing up in the Love Family.

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Albany Regional Prison

Albany Regional Prison is a maximum security prison located 8 km West of Albany, Western Australia. Albany Prison was commissioned in 1966 with a capacity of 72 minimum security cells. In 1979 it was upgraded to maximum security and in 1988 expanded to a capacity of 126. In 1993 it expanded again, to 186 standard-bed cells and by 2013 to 310.

Albany Prison is the only maximum-security prison outside Perth and manages maximum, medium and minimum-security prisoners and holds a significant number of long-term prisoners originally from other countries.

Since 1996 Albany prison has been responsible for administering the nearby the Pardelup and Walpole work camps.

The prisoners are able to study full-time in various subjects or work in one of the various workshops that are part of the prison.

A prison officer, Anthony Daniels, was stabbed four times during an escape attempt by two prisoners in 1994. Officer Daniels received a Prison Service Bravery Award in 2000.

On 29 December 2010, minimum security inmate Shane Gibbs escaped by driving off in a utility vehicle.

Less than ten prisoners were involved in a riot in September 2018 that caused damage to cells, lights, windows and a security grille. The riot was quelled in less than two hours and was caused by the rejection of an application of two prisoners to relocate to a prison in Perth.

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Stylonychia

Stylonychia is a genus of ciliates, in the subclass Hypotrichia. Species of Stylonychia are very common in fresh water and soil, and may be found on filamentous algae, surface films, and among particles of sediment. Like other Hypotrichs, Stylonychia has cilia grouped into membranelles alongside the mouth and cirri over the body. It is distinguished partly by long cirri at the posterior, usually a cluster of three. The largest can just be seen at a 25x magnification, and the smallest can just be seen at a 450x magnification.

Description

Stylonychia cells are roughly oval in shape, inflexible and flattened from back to front. The organism's cilia are grouped into structures called "cirri," tufts of joined cilia that function together as a unit. The cirri on the ventral surface of the cell can function as legs, enabling the organism to walk along solid substrates, such as submerged algae, leaves or debris.

Like other ciliates of the family Oxytrichidae, Stylonychia has a prominent group of eighteen large cirri on its ventral surface, arranged into six smaller groups: the frontal, buccal, frontoventral, postoral, pretransverse and transverse cirri. The region around the cell mouth (cytostome) is partially encircled by a series of compound cilia which make up the "adoral zone of membranelles", or AZM. This structure, which resembles the collar and lapel of a jacket, is used mainly to circulate water and brush particles of food into the organism's cell mouth. On the right side of the oral area are two "undulating membranes", delicate scarf-like structures made up of fused cilia. At the posterior of the cell are three long, stiff "caudal cirri", attached to the body at the lower margin of its dorsal surface.

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Boronia Pre-release Centre for Women

Boronia Pre-release Centre for Women, opened in May 2004, is a correctional facility located in Bentley, Western Australia. It aims to offer support to low-security women prisoners preparing for reintegration into the community. It was built on the site of the former Longmore juvenile facility, which closed in 1997.

Prisoners at Bandyup Women's Prison who have achieved a rating of Minimum Security serve out their sentence at Boronia. By housing them in an environment that closely mirrors life outside of prison it attempts to allow for a less traumatic transition back to normal life. Staff help facilitate training of the prisoners and try to arrange employment on their release in conjunction with local businesses as a measure to prevent recidivism.

title: Boronia Pre-release Centre for Women