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I have added a new entry at Talk:Habib R. Sulemani. Please read. —iFaqeer (Talk to me!) 21:32, Dec 15, 2004 (UTC)

Nabokov
Ah, why did you (seemingly) make a copy of the Vladimir Nabokov article at Vladimir Nobokov? I'm puzzled.... Noel (talk) 22:43, 11 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Jamee-uth!
I like your text about the IJT's role in violence, etc. (I pretty much agree with you.) However, we'll need to state it in more neutral langugage, so no one can say "That's a POV; I am taking it out." —iFaqeer (Talk to me!) 21:27, Mar 21, 2005 (UTC)

Marilynne Robinson
Hi FactFinder. I've listed Marilynne Robinson at Copyright problems, since it was copied straight from. Cheers, dbenbenn | talk 00:25, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * I've now listed Shaheen Sehbai. I recommend you stop creating pages until you know more about how Wikipedia works, and what our goals are here.  I've put some welcome links at the top of this page; please go read them.  dbenbenn | talk 00:56, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman
Why did you create Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman when you already had Mir Shakil ur Rehman? Where do you want the article? / up+land 15:00, 3 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * I just realized that perhaps you are not yet aware that you can move an article from one title to another? I now made the first article into a redirect to the second, but next time you can just use the "move" tab at the top of the page to move the article to a better title. Since both articles are entirely your own work from the same day, I don't suppose it matters much that the edit history gets split on two articles, but had you moved the article, you would have been able to see all edits in one and the same edit history. Cheers! / up+land 15:50, 3 Apr 2005 (UTC)

A request to u
Due to the continous vandlism of User:Truth aspirant-- the article Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman has become a ‘business-propaganda-feature’ rather an ‘encyclopedic article.’ Just see history of the article [[Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman  and Talk:Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman page--You are requested to take intrest in this serious editorial issue and make things straight in this global phenomena (Wikipedia). Thanx. Wiki4u

Encyclopedic article not a ‘business-profile’
The ‘critical’ portion of this article is again included to make it a balanced article...this is not a ‘business-profile’ of Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman...plz help to make it an ‘encyclopedic article.’ Thanks. Wiki4u

Accusations and controversies
In 1998 the Pakistani government of prime minister Nawaz Sharif took action against Mir Shakil on charges of tax theft but soon it refrained from its position. Conspiracy theorists believe that Mir Shakil’s Jang Group has also a rule I the removal of the Nawaz government in the very next year, 1999. There have been a number of accusations and controversies about Mir Shakil and his Jang Group:

 * Mir Shakil’s Jang Group is accused by journalists and many other groups of being "the mouthpiece of the existing government" and promoter of self-censorship journalism in Pakistan. Professional journalists in the country also accuse Mir Shakil for destroying the much respected institution of the 'editorship' in the newspaper industry-- After the death of his father he is reportedly hiring incompetent and flattering people as the so called 'chairman editorial committee' not on professional and intellectual but on on political basis.
 * He is the president of the All Pakistan Newspapers Society  (APNS), an influential body of all newspapers' owners in Pakistan. Therefore he is not only accused of denying the rights of his hundreds of thousands employees across the country but also thought to be the biggest hurdle in the implementation of the Wage Board Award of newspaper employees in the country. The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists is often demonstrating for the rights of the working journalists of the country.
 * Some business groups accuse him of blackmailing—they say if Jang Group is not given advertisement, it gives news reports against those uncooperative parties.
 * Tax theft and many other corruption charges are labeled against Mir and his business empire. In 1999 the then Pakistani government officials announced that Jang Group owes customs duties on previous shipments of newsprint amounting to 1.6 billion rupees (US$31.4 million). The government also accused the group tax evasion of more than 2 billion rupees (US$40 million).
 * Some conservative Pakistanis believe that Mir Shakil is an ‘agent of the West’ and a promoter of Westernization.
 * He has many cases in the courts of the country in family feuds on the ownership of many of the business units.
 * He is believed to be the owner of many unknown inland and offshore companies and has accused of undeclared assets around the globe.
 * Mir Shakil is known as a 'dictator' in his approach and thought by his family members and employees.

Low profile
Media analysts say that Mir Shakil always plays from behind the scene. He very rarely publishes his own activities as news or feature items. No one in the country can dare to publish or telecast something about him-- He is very choosy about other persons as well. He very rarely goes to the public meetings and is not a social animal rather a ‘moneymaker’ in each and every situation. His late father recognized his intelligence and therefore he succeeded him after his death in 1992. Amazingly he prefers the projection of his elder son, Mir Ibrahim Rahman known as MIR, (CEO of GEO TV), to some extent in the media. Among Mir Shakil's employees are the best people available in Pakistan. His business is spreading around the world by leaps and bounds.

Mir Shakil is trying his best to bring peace in the South Asian region, especially between Pakistan and India. During a business tour of India, he said, "India’s positive image due to its films, TV--Musharraf has opened up business opportunities, media; Indo-Pak film-makers must not demonise RAW, ISI; Yash Chopra’s brand means wholesome entertainment..."

Wiki4u

Vandalism of 'user:Truth aspirant'
The user Truth aspirant is vandelizing Wikipedia and surprisingly accuses other serious users of this moral crime like some media-guys in Pakistan.—This uncivilized user is using different names and is not giving space to the other side of the story—like the Pakistani press—thus this article has become a busness-projection propoganda compaign not a balanced encyclopedic article. This may be to ‘satisfy his personal grudges’ or make happy his employer-- My school fellows think this user may be a leacky-employe of Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman or who knows he may be furios himself of this global-free media—anyhow the user/s should keep in mind that Wikipedia is not a publication of the Jang Group but is a property of all human being—and it shows us the true face of the world. Please let us make this article a balanced one with its positive as wel as negative aspects. Remember: Wikipedians reserve the right to sue YOU!

I've added to this article because it reads like a cross between a CV and a magazine article about the chap. Itjust doesn't read like an encyclopaedia article. Also some words/links need wikifying. Also I think the chronology is wrong in places - unsure about this. -- SGBailey 16:29:56, 2005-09-02 (UTC)

(And comments thereon embedded and indented within () symbols by SGBailey 20:59:53, 2005-09-02 (UTC))
Truth Aspirant is just a truth aspirant but what else can a "school boy" think - he has a certain limited level to think beyond.
 * (((Sorry, whilst I understand the individual words, I find the entire sentence meaningless.)))

Truth Aspirant cannot see anyone misusing Wikipedia for satisfying his personal yet malicious grumblings and we, the Wikipedians will not spare such a culprit - yes we will sue them for using Wikipedia for the malevolence.
 * (((This sounds like some form of rant, I am not sure what about, but I am sure I am not interested.)))

Please keep Wikipedia free of revengefulness, not making it a tool for satisfying your personal frustrations and spleens with people of our own country - what the rest of world will think about people like you? Think broadmindedly! Pessimists harm not only others but also themselves.
 * (((What a lovely paragraph. Not sure what it has to do with the fact that the style of the main article isn't encyclopaedic, but this needs framing and hanging in a gallery.)))

Wikipedia is not meant for publicising and propagating false and self created accusations. So, please don't appropriate Wikipedia to your advantage. I think people should have the right to sue those maligners who are abusing the power of Wikipedia by writing GIGO literature to defame the people of their own country.
 * (((Sentence 1 - OK. Sentence 2 - OK. Sentence 3 - What?)))

If they have frustration about anything, they should choose some other ways like bloggin or discussion forums to vent it. These people have set some targets for maligning at Wikipedia and this can easily be seen by looking at their "Contributions" which are very prcisely targetted and they are maligning those targetted entries in Wikipedia to talk only ill of their targets. I repeat they are NOT contributing to Wikipedia but doing something else!
 * (((If you say so. What has this to do with improving the article?)))

Had they been sincere they'd have critcised all entries of the country giving balanced opinion but they are helpless and can't attain the level of this maturity.
 * (((If you say so. What has this to do with improving the article?)))

[Note: And yes.... Truth Aspirant is self-employed]
 * (((The above reply to my original post does not have the flavour of a serious reply. This is sad. -- SGBailey 20:59:53, 2005-09-02 (UTC))))

Comments by User:202.165.238.5
SGBailey. Well said.

User:Truth Aspirant again
Dear SGBailey: First of all I appreciate your presence at Wikipedia as you seem to be the last hope to stop the worsening of this artcle and consequently Wikipedia by users like User:Wiki4u|Wiki4u and some other anonymous.

The response was not addressed to you and there was some confusion. Rather it was for those people who were abusing Wikipedia on the other hand, you are enhancing it and letting it grow in the right direction.

Wikipedia is happening every second - it's a phenomena that's going on because millions are involoved in it. However, it must be monitored to save it from biased entries and comments in its content.

I totally agree that there's a lot of margin for improvement in the said article to give it the flavour of encyclopedia article rather than going to either of the extremes. I hope that someone will come up and will change the tone of this article to be truly balanced and encyclopedic. However, what Wiki4u and some others are adding is only negative propaganda and not based on facts probably due to their personal issues with the said person. Please review their contributions and if found guilty please recommend a ban on them.

I hope that my response clears the misunderstanding that was created between you and me. My earlier response wasn't for you.

Thanks.

Truth_aspirant

Request to serious Wiki-Editors
Due to the continous vandlism of User:Truth aspirant the article Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman has become a business-propaganda-feature rather an encyclopedic article. Just see history of the article [[Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman and Talk:Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman page--You are requested to take intrest in this serious editorial issue and make things straight in this global phenomena (Wikipedia). Wiki4u

References needed
Hi, FactFinder. I was adding blue links to the article Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists, and I noticed it was uncited. According to its history, you have provided almost all of the info in the article, so can you provide some references? Thanx.-- The  i  kiro  id  (talk parler hablar paroli 说 話し parlar) 02:38, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

 * I have listed Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists as a copyvio. I am notifying you as the creator of the page. A good portion appears to be directly from this site. If this is not a copyvio please let me know why on my talk page. Thanks! -- Joe Jklin  ( T C )  05:35, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

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Willa Ford

Amanda Lee Williford (born January 22, 1981), known by her stage name Willa Ford, is an American television personality, film actress, dancer, model, and former singer and songwriter. She released her debut album, Willa Was Here, in 2001. Ford also has appeared in movies such as Friday the 13th (2009), hosted several reality television shows, posed for Playboy and competed on ABC's Dancing with the Stars.

Early life
Ford was raised in Ruskin, Florida. She began singing with the Tampa Bay Children's Choir at age eight. At age 11, she started singing with the Tampa-based children's performing arts troupe, Entertainment Revue. She attended East Bay High School in Gibsonton, Florida.

Music career
In 1999, the 18-year-old Ford started performing under the stage name Mandah and was signed to MCA. Ford was later dropped from MCA and signed by Atlantic Records. Atlantic placed one of Ford's songs, "Lullaby," on the soundtrack for Pokémon: The First Movie. Ford changed her stage name from Mandah to Willa Ford to avoid confusion with Mandy Moore.

In 2000, she was one of the opening acts on the Backstreet Boys' "Into the Millennium" tour.

In 2001, Ford signed on to a new label, Lava Atlantic Records, while on a mall tour for Nautica Kids. Ford wrote most of her own lyrics and served as executive producer for most of her first album. On July 17, 2001, she released Willa Was Here. The album included the single "I Wanna Be Bad" which featured rapper Royce da 5'9". Willa Was Here reached 56 on the Billboard 200 and sold approximately 200,000 copies. Ford went on to release a second single from the album, "Did Ya' Understand That," which was released on September 11, 2001, failed to garner much attention. She would later explain that "Everything that happened that day froze; the world stood still, as it should have. My second single didn’t do well because anything that launched that day kind of got canned." "Ooh Ooh" was released as a promotional single, but also failed to find success.

Ford was a spokesperson for Pantene Pro-V's ProVoice campaign while promoting the album. She also appeared in Uncle Kracker's video for "In A Little While." Ford also went on to guest-host MTV's TRL and Say What Karaoke, which led to a hosting contract with Viacom. Ford hosted the MTV reality shows The Morning After and I Bet You Will. In 2001, Ford also co-wrote and recorded a duet with South Korean pop star Park Ji-yoon. The song, titled "Nastified," appeared on Park's fifth album, Man. She was also part of an ad campaign for Six Flags.

In 2003, Ford released a song titled "A Toast to Men." The song, which featured guest rapper Lady May, was featured in daytime promotional ads for soap operas. The single came from her unreleased second album Sexysexobsessive, which was previously titled Porn Poetry. The title track, "Sexysexobsessive," was to be the second single, but it was only released through Ford's official website.

From 2005 to 2006, she appeared as a guest doll in Pussycat Dolls' show at the club in Las Vegas. In 2010, she released the first song since 2003 "All This Time" online, collaborated with Riley Smith. In 2011, Ford resumed her music career with a performance at The Viper Room in LA. In the performance, she revealed her first solo song since 2003, "Back Back Back." In 2014, she was featured in the song "Rock Tonight" by Willa Ford, Eve Nelson and Ray Cervenka.

She would state that after her music didn't garner as much success as hoped for, she "really took a step back because I felt like I wasn't doing what I was supposed to be at the time." "I know that sounds crazy, but it was the perfect storm, and I walked away," as she would go on to try out many different careers.

Television, film, and magazine appearances
In 2002, Ford appeared in an episode of the short-lived television sitcom Raising Dad, playing a bully named Edie. In 2005, Ford hosted the first season of the reality show The Ultimate Fighter on Spike TV. After the show's finale, Ford was contracted as a summer's guest doll performer for the Las Vegas shows of The Pussycat Dolls. Ford was later featured as the June celebrity on FHM's 2005 pin-up calendar.

In early 2006, Ford played as one of the four celebrity quarterbacks for the Lingerie Bowl, which was shown during the half-time of Super Bowl XL. Later that year, she was featured in a nude pictorial in the March 2006 issue of Playboy. Stuff magazine ranked her No. 48 in the 101 Sexiest Online Women supplement later that year. In fall 2006, Ford competed on the third season of Dancing with the Stars. Ford and her partner, Maksim Chmerkovskiy, were eliminated in the fifth week of competition. She talked about her experience with Maxim in its January 2007 issue.

Ford appeared on an episode of My Celebrity Home on the Style Network, which aired on January 31, 2007 She also hosted the third season of Pants-Off Dance-Off on Fuse TV. On August 23, 2007, Ford and her then-husband, NHL hockey player Mike Modano, were featured in an episode of MTV Cribs.

Ford appeared in the 2009 slasher film Friday the 13th.

Ford played Becca in the direct-to-video Universal Squadrons, which was first shown at the Comic-Con International Independent Film Festival in 2010.

Ford appeared in a 2011 episode of The Glades. In 2012, she appeared in 4 episodes of the Magic City and an episode of Leverage season five. In June 2014, it was announced that she was working on four films: Submerged, Any Day, The Nurse, and Checkmate.

Ford was also cast in the film Assassin's Fury, but was later dropped. In an interview with BZFilm.com, producer Fabio Soldani said that Ford was replaced after five days of shooting and that she was "a nightmare to be around" and "shooting was a really sad place to be for those 5 days".

She currently runs a home interior design business, WFord Interiors.

In 2019, Ford appeared on an E!'s reality show Flip It Like Disick.

Personal life
Ford and hockey player Mike Modano married in a small, private ceremony on August 25, 2007, in Athens, Texas. In August 2012, Ford and Modano announced that they were divorcing.

In April 2015, Ford married former NFL linebacker Ryan Nece. In March 2016, it was announced that the couple were expecting their first child. On September 7, 2016, Ford gave birth to a son.

Other

 * Television live performances
 * Teensasion Hard Rock Live
 * Total Request Live
 * The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
 * Live with Regis and Kelly
 * All That

 * Television commercials
 * Six Flags Magic Mountain

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Woodward Academy

Woodward Academy (also known as Woodward or WA) is an private, co-educational college-preparatory school for pre-kindergarten to 12th grade on two campuses located in College Park and Johns Creek, Georgia, United States, within the Atlanta metropolitan area.

History
Woodward Academy was founded in 1900 as Georgia Military Academy. Originally an all-male school, in 1964 it became coeducational and was renamed Woodward Academy in 1966. The boarding program was discontinued in 1993. Woodward draws its students from 23 metro Atlanta counties taken to school by MARTA, Woodward buses, parents, or carpool. The school has two campuses – the Main Campus in College Park (preK-12) and Woodward North in Johns Creek (preK-6).

Academics
Woodward Academy is divided into five schools. Located on the Main Campus in historic College Park are the Upper, Middle, Lower, and Primary schools. The second campus, Woodward North, serves preK through sixth grade. The Primary School has students in preK through 3rd grade, the Lower School has 4th through 6th grade students, the Middle School has 7th and 8th grade students, and the Upper School has students in 9th grade through 12th grade.

Athletics
Woodward Academy's athletics program sponsors 18 varsity sports across fall, winter and spring seasons. Woodward (formerly Georgia Military Academy) has won 84 State Championships administered by the Georgia High School Association.

History and Traditions of Georgia Military Academy (GMA) before it became known as Woodward Academy
The Woodward Story, A History of Georgia Military/Woodward Academy 1900-1990", by Robert Ballentine, published 1990 by Jostens Printing and Publishing; content used with permission of the copyright holder, Woodward Academy Inc., College Park, Georgia, USA.

Georgia Military Academy, also known as GMA, was a private, college-preparatory military school located in College Park, Georgia that taught both boarding and non-boarding students from its founding in September 1900 to 1965. It was called GMA by its students, faculty and staff. In 1965 its Board of Directors changed the corporate name to Woodward Academy and discontinued Army ROTC as well as all the school’s previous military traditions and customs.

Georgia Military Academy was opened in September 1900 by Colonel John Charles Woodward and his wife, Lucile Woodward, in the single three-story building which became known as Founders Hall. The building had been the site of a previous, short-lived military academy known as Southern Military Academy. The campus consisted of sixteen acres of unimproved scrub land. The first class of thirty cadets lived and worked in Founders Hall in its eight resident rooms. Founders’ Hall included ten classrooms, laboratories, a library and an armory. By the 1901 term, enrollment had grown to fifty cadets, the grounds had been cleared, a garden, hog pens and a small dairy had been added. By 1907, GMA had grown to one hundred and twenty cadets and ten teachers. The first major construction at GMA was Rugby Hall which was completed in 1902 and which contained fourteen resident rooms for teachers and cadets. A gymnasium was added in 1907 which later became known as the “Old Gym.” In 1908, at the order of President Teddy Roosevelt, a Regular U.S. Army officer was posted to serve as a full-time military instructor. In that same year, a football field was constructed and dedicated.

The years 1911 to 1925.
During the years leading up to and immediately after World War I, GMA continued to expand and took on greater importance in Georgia and National history. In 1914, its founder Col. Woodward was instrumental in launching the Association of Military Colleges and Schools (now known as AMCSUS) of which GMA became a founding member school. In 1916, GMA was established as a Junior Reserve Officer’s Training Corp (“JROTC” or “Junior ROTC”) under the National Defense Act of 1916. Six hundred GMA alumni served in World War I and most served as commissioned officers. Thirteen GMA alumni were killed in WWI and are memorialized in Monument Row along the central avenue of Woodward Academy also honoring alumni killed in World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War and in military conflicts since 1973. The campus grew to over twenty-five acres and other iconic buildings were added, all in the same red brick with white column architectural style including Memorial Hall, the Founders Hall Annex and the New Gym which was believed to be the largest gym of any prep school in the country. The New Gym was renovated to administrative offices in 1943 and continued in use until 1975.

GMA was designated as an Honor Military Academy in 1925. In June 1925 GMA was notified that it had achieved the designation of Honor Military Academy in a letter from then Major General Douglas MacArthur who would later become famous as General of the Army in World War II. Every year from then forward the Corps of Cadets prepared for its annual Army inspection to decide whether the “Honor” designation could be maintained. GMA Cadets painted, cleaned, mopped, oiled, policed, polished, mended and drilled for weeks in preparation. In the military tradition of preparing for inspection, no outside help was ever received. This annual ritual exemplified the Academy’s emphasis on personal self-reliance and attention to detail. The Honor Military Academy designation gave GMA the right to appoint one cadet to each of the four Service Academies.

Challenging years – the Great Depression.
The years beginning around 1926 were financially challenging for GMA. The day student population had declined to seven cadets by 1926. Colonel Woodward cultivated a relationship with Cuban friends and persuaded Major N.J. Castellanos and his wife Maria to join the faculty. Recruitment of Cuban students and other full-tuition-paying students from other countries helped keep GMA going. During these years, teacher salaries were low and some teachers were working for room and board. The iconic Memorial Gate was dedicated by the Class of 1929-1930 and the band got their first uniforms. Lucile Woodward, co-founder of GMA, died in 1931.

The Great Gesture – 1932.
In 1932, in what became known as the “Great Gesture,” Col. Woodward transferred all his ownership to and became a co-founder of the non-profit corporation known as Georgia Military Academy. The Academy, now a corporation with a governing board, remained in College Park, Georgia and was founded “not for pecuniary gain to stockholders, but for the purpose of conducting a charitable and educational institution.” Other founders included William Roe Brewster, who was to replace Col. Woodward in the 1930s, Robert W. Woodruff, R.S. Rosser, D.C. Woodward, George W. West, C.D. Woodward, Glenville Giddings, Mrs. Mildred C. Woodward, Mrs. Ruth Gladys McQuarrie, Mrs. Elsie Gore Woodward, Grace Charles Woodward, Majorie Lucille Woodward and others.

Col. William R. Brewster becomes President of GMA.
In 1939, Col. Woodward died and Col. William R. Brewster, Sr., son-in-law of Col. Woodward, was elected by the Board of Directors to become the second president of GMA. Col. Brewster, a 1920 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy and been a professor of mathematics and commandant of GMA. He guided GMA’s growth from 400 cadets to 1,000. He founded a Junior School (primary school grades) that grew from 50 cadets to 300. He founded the GMA Junior College in 1940 and initiated its termination in 1953 when draft deferment was ended for junior college students. He planned for and supervised the construction of the Junior School building, the Administration Building (West Hall), the Rugby Hall Annex and the Gymnasium.

Commander (later Captain) William R. Brewster, Jr., U.S. Navy Reserve, becomes President of Georgia Military Academy.
In 1960 Commander William R. Brewster, Jr., U.S.N.R, became the third president of GMA from 1959 to 1979. “Commander Brewster,” as he was known by cadets, graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy with the class of 1942 days after Pearl Harbor on December 19, 1941. In Operation Torch in North Africa his ship, the BERNADOU, was awarded a Presidential Unit Citation and Brewster as its Gunnery Officer the Silver Star Medal. In October 1944 off Okinawa, his ship USS Prichett (DD 561) was attacked and he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal with a Combat “V.” He was a Naval Aviator, remaining in the Naval Air Reserve. Commander Brewster taught mathematics and science and served as commandant at GMA. During the next thirty-three years he worked up the administrative ladder. His wife of 57 years, Kathryn (“Kitty”) Cummings Brewster, was a beloved figure to GMA Cadets for her warmth and charm. She was active in the school’s administration, including interior design for new buildings, approval of weekly menus, landscape design and supervision, purchasing and distributing textbooks and supervision of school opening and social functions. During his tenure as President, he initiated the school’s first fundraising effort in its 65-year history which raised enough capital to renovate many old facilities and build necessary new ones. Between 1965 and 1966, he carried out the transition of GMA from a military academy to a non-military college preparatory school, Woodward Academy, and brought many other changes including phasing out the Army ROTC program.

War service of GMA alumni.
During the Second World War and the Korean War, GMA offered continuous school which allowed graduation in two and one-half years. An estimated 1,500 alumni served in the armed forces during those wars with over fifty percent serving as commissioned officers. About 600 GMA alumni served in World War I and many GMA alumni also served in the Vietnam War. The entry to the Woodward Academy campus along East Rugby Street is lined with memorials to GMA alumni who died in each war of the 20th and 21st Centuries.

Traditions of GMA.
The military traditions of GMA in some cases mirrored those of the U.S. Military Academy. Some of those traditions are summarized here:

 * Bull Ring - Cadet infractions could bring on an “award” of demerits by military members of the faculty for violation of Cadet Regulations, failure to properly maintain uniforms, rooms or equipment and for other infractions too numerous to repeat here. A cadet who received ten or more demerits in one week would be required to “walk off” those demerits on Saturday or after church on Sunday by marching around the East Rugby Avenue oval which circled the War Memorials (the “Memorial Oval”) for one hour to remove each demerit. This was known as “walking off demerits” or “walking bull-ring” and was supervised by the Commandant’s office. There was no appeal from the Commandant’s determination that an infraction had occurred.
 * Morning Formation - The entire Cadet Corps of the Senior School (Grades 9-12) would assemble each morning at 07:30 hours on the south side of the Memorial Oval for inspection and announcements. The Corps assembled in platoons three ranks deep and each platoon leader inspected for shave, haircut, shoeshine, tie, collar spiffy in place, clean starched shirt and trousers, shirt seam aligned with trouser flap (i.e., “gig line” correct). The Commandant would then make announcements over the public address speaker system. Any cadets whose names had been called would assemble at the required locations (the “South Sally Port” was a favorite assembly point) for any required administrative purpose. The formation would then be dismissed so cadets could attend class.
 * Bugle Calls - The lives of cadets were regulated each day by standard U.S. Army bugle calls which came from the Commandant’s Office in Rugby Hall. A scratchy record announced, in turn, First Call, Reveille, Attention, Mess Call, Assembly, School Call, Recall, Retreat, Taps.
 * Springtime Sunday parades - GMA held full Cadet Corps parades each Sunday in the Spring to which the public was invited. The Robert W. Woodruff Cadet Band led the Cadet Corps onto the field with John Phillip Souza marches including High School Cadets, King Cotton, The Thunderer, The Washington Post and El Capitan. After Adjutant’s Call, the whole Corps passed in review.
 * Presidential Inaugural Parades - The GMA Cadet Corp participated in Presidential Inaugural parades including those for Theodore Roosevelt, Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson, Dwight Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson
 * Springtime Sunday Parades - Young cadets in uniform had the admiration of the local girls and earned the animosity of the local boys. Being an all-male institution, cadets dated girls from the local community who were invited to the school’s military balls and were asked to be sponsors of cadet officers at the graduation parade.

Notable Georgia Military Academy Alumni

 * Erskine Mayer (1907) – former MLB player, 1912–1919
 * Robert W. Woodruff (1908) – former President of The Coca–Cola Company, 1923–1955; philanthropist
 * William Tate – former Dean of Men at University of Georgia, 1946–1971
 * Edwin W. Pauley (1919) – oil company executive; philanthropist
 * Sterling Holloway (1920) – film and voice actor
 * Thomas J. Pearsall (1923) – former Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives, 1947–1949; author of the Pearsall Plan, a school integration initiative
 * John W. Bowen (1928), U.S. Army lieutenant general
 * Randolph W. Thrower (1930) – former U.S. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 1969–1971
 * Michael C. Carlos (1944) – former Chairman and CEO of the National Distributing Company; philanthropist
 * J. Leonard Rawls, Jr. (1949) - Co-founder of Hardee's Food Systems, Inc., honored with a Distinguished Alumni Award in 1971, for outstanding foresight and achievement in the field of business and accounting. As co-founder of the nationwide Hardee's Food Systems, Inc., his application of business principles has placed him in the forefront of his profession. He has held many positions of leadership and responsibility in community affairs. As a member of the Board of Directors of Rocky Mount North Carolina Chamber of Commerce and United Community Services, and Secretary to the North Carolina Medical Foundation Co-Founders Club, he is mindful of individual, community and national betterment. He has made a meaningful contribution to education by serving as a member of the Woodward Academy Governing Board and Board of Trustees of Rocky Mount Academy and North Carolina Wesleyan College.
 * Williamson S. Stuckey, Jr. (1952) – former U.S. Representative, Georgia's 8th Congressional District, 1967–1977; Chairman of Stuckey’s Corporation, 1985–2019
 * Walter E. Johnston, III (1953) – former U.S. Representative, North Carolina's 6th Congressional District, 1981–1983
 * John James Flynt, Jr. – former U.S. Representative, Georgia's 4th Congressional District, 1954–1979
 * Stephen W. Pless (1957) – former Major, United States Marine Corps; awarded Congressional Medal of Honor 1969.
 * Phil Gramm (1961) – former U.S. Senator, Texas, 1985–2002; U.S. Representative, Texas's 6th Congressional District, 1979–1985

GMA External Links

 * Unofficial GMA Alumni Website
 * GMA Alumni Facebook Group

Additional Reference Information
Excerpts from “The Woodward Story, A History of Georgia Military/Woodward Academy 1900-1990", by Robert Ballentine, published 1990 by Jostens Printing and Publishing; content used with permission of the copyright holder, Woodward Academy Inc., College Park, Georgia, USA.

 * Cadet Regulations of Georgia Military Academy, College Park, Ga. August 1961
 * Catalog, Georgia Military Academy, 1956
 * Woodward Academy History

Notable alumni
See Woodward Academy Alumni Awards

Government

 * Irlo "Bud" Bronson, Jr. – former Florida State Representative, 1983–1993
 * Amy Carter (1985) – daughter of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter
 * John James Flynt, Jr. – former U.S. Representative, Georgia's 4th Congressional District, 1954–1979
 * Spencer Frye (1986) – Georgia State Representative, 2013–present
 * Phil Gramm (1961) – former U.S. Senator, Texas, 1985–2002; U.S. Representative, Texas's 6th Congressional District, 1979–1985
 * Marty Harbin – Georgia State Senator, 2015–present
 * Brian Jack (2006) – White House Political Director, 2018–2021
 * Walter E. Johnston, III (1953) – former U.S. Representative, North Carolina's 6th Congressional District, 1981–1983
 * Burt Jones (1998) – Georgia State Senator, 2013–present
 * David Knight – Georgia State Representative, 2005–present
 * Thomas J. Pearsall (1923) – former Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives, 1947–1949; author of the Pearsall Plan, a school integration initiative
 * Williamson S. Stuckey, Jr. (1952) – former U.S. Representative, Georgia's 8th Congressional District, 1967–1977; Chairman of Stuckey’s Corporation, 1985–2019
 * Randolph W. Thrower (1930) – former U.S. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 1969–1971
 * Andy Welch (1990) – Georgia State Representative, 2011–present
 * Damian Williams (1998)- United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York
 * Bruce Williamson (1972) – Georgia State Representative, 2011–present
 * Fred Wood – Idaho State Representative, 2006–present

Athletics

 * Andrew Adams (2011) – NFL player, 2016–present
 * Henry Anderson (2010) – NFL player, 2015–present; 93rd pick of the 2015 NFL Draft
 * Kiesha Brown (1996) – former WNBA player, 2002–2010
 * A. J. Cole III (2014) – NFL player, 2019–present
 * Delino DeShields, Jr. (2010) – MLB player, 2015–present; 8th overall pick of the 2010 MLB Draft
 * Elijah Holyfield (2016) – NFL player, 2019–present; son of Evander Holyfield
 * Julian Jenkins (2002) – former NFL player, 2006; 156th pick of the 2006 NFL Draft
 * Dan Lyle (1988) - United States national rugby union team player, 1994–2003
 * Tommy Lyons (1966) – former NFL player, 1971–1976; 350th pick of the 1971 NFL Draft
 * Spider Maxwell (1983), former collegiate gymnast; 1987 Nissen Award Winner
 * Erskine Mayer (1907) – former MLB player, 1912–1919
 * Tim Simpson (1974) – former PGA Tour golfer, 1977–1998; former PGA Tour Champions golfer, 2006–2011
 * Reed Sorenson (2004) – Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series driver, 2005–present
 * Juwan Thompson (2010) – former NFL player, 2014–2016
 * Walker Kessler (2020) – NBA player, 2022–present

Military

 * John W. Bowen (1928), U.S. Army lieutenant general
 * Julien J. LeBourgeois – former Vice Admiral, United States Navy; President of the U.S. Naval War College, 1974–1977
 * Stephen W. Pless (1957) – former Major, United States Marine Corps; Medal of Honor recipient

Business

 * Michael C. Carlos (1944) – former Chairman and CEO of the National Distributing Company; philanthropist
 * Edwin W. Pauley (1919) – oil company executive; philanthropist
 * Robert W. Woodruff (1908) – former President of The Coca–Cola Company, 1923–1955; philanthropist

Academia

 * James D. Bales- bible professor at Harding University
 * Phillip Griffiths – mathematician
 * James F. Jones, Jr. (1965) – President of the Sweet Briar College, 2014–present; former President of Trinity College, 2004–2014; former President of Kalamazoo College, 1996–2004
 * Sheryl McCollum – professor, crime analyst, non–profit founder/director
 * William Tate – former Dean of Men at University of Georgia, 1946–1971

Entertainment

 * Scott Budnick (1995) – film producer, most notably of The Hangover
 * Roshani Chokshi (2009) – author
 * Sterling Holloway (1920) – film and voice actor
 * Jeffrey Stepakoff (1981) – film and TV writer, most notably of Dawson's Creek; author
 * Kris Kross - 90's rap duo
 * Alonso Duralde (1984) - film critic (TheWrap) and author
 * Hunter Bell (1989) - Broadway actor/writer, Tony nominee
 * Jeff Edgerton (1989) - actor, Broadway
 * Kenan Thompson - actor

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RNC Media

RNC Media (formerly Radio-Nord Communications) is a Canadian broadcasting group based in Westmount, Quebec, with offices in Gatineau and Rouyn-Noranda. The company operates five television stations and several radio stations, mostly in Quebec.

The company was founded in 1948 when brothers Jean-Joffre and David Armand Gourd, along with business partner Roger Charbonneau, acquired radio stations CKRN Rouyn (now CHOA-FM), CHAD Amos (defunct) and CKVD Val-d'Or (now CHGO-FM) from Canadian media mogul Roy Thomson.

Terrestrial

 * Gatineau/Ottawa - CHOT-DT (TVA), CFGS-DT (Noovo)
 * Rouyn-Noranda - CFEM-DT (TVA)
 * Val-d'Or/Rouyn-Noranda - CFVS-DT (Noovo)

Radio
The primary brands associated with the company are Radio X, BPM Sports, and WOW-FM. BPM Sports outlets in Gatineau and Quebec City carry music programming during evening hours, due to CRTC-imposed programming restrictions.

 * Gatineau: CFTX-FM (BPM Sports), CHLX-FM (WOW-FM)
 * Montreal: CKLX-FM (BPM Sports)
 * Quebec City: CHOI-FM (Radio X), CHXX-FM (BPM Sports)

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Middle Ages/New Articles

New or renovated articles (most recent at top) Note: doublecheck as you're looking around to make sure that these are all in Category:Middle Ages or an appropriate subcategory:
 * WikiProject Middle Ages/Resources has been renovated significantly.
 * Nishapur It should be reassessed in my opinion. Ehsanbasafa (talk) 11:44, 2 May 2022 (UTC)
 * John Savage (soldier) heavily edited since last assessed. Best regards, Grosseteste (talk) 21:16, 26 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Citole no one in instruments seems active. Maybe here? I have more to do but could someone do an assessment? It's from the middle ages.
 * Liber de apparitione Sancti Michaelis, 6th century hagiography. documents first appearance of St Michael in Latin West
 * William FitzRalph
 * Pseudo-Apuleius
 * Sir James Harrington (Yorkist knight)
 * Mora (ship)
 * Walter of Bibbesworth
 * benefice, please add to the list and check it for quality
 * Anthology of Planudes
 * Greek Anthology
 * Cronaca Fiorentina, chronicle of 14th century
 * Florentine Military Reforms (Does this go in middle ages?
 * Howard Psalter and Hours, new
 * Arch of Janus, added to project
 * Clan of Ostoja, new article
 * Usama ibn Munqidh expanded
 * Robert Fitzwalter
 * De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae, split from Gildas
 * Robert Marmion from DNB
 * Richard de Camville crusader knight (stub)
 * Domne Eafe (is this the most appropriate name?)
 * Gerard de Camville from DNB
 * Thomas de Camville from DNB
 * Alice de Bryene
 * Stamford Ware - needs more detail, but I've done the best I can
 * Bible translations in the Middle Ages (not great but it's a start)
 * Norwegian Crusade
 * Medieval Spanish historiography: Chronicon Burgense, Chronicon Iriense, Annales Compostellani, Anales toledanos, Anales castellanos primeros, Anales castellanos segundos, Crónicas anónimas de Sahagún, Sampiro, Chronicon Compostellanum, Historia silense, Chronicon Ambrosianum
 * Siege of Sidon (1110)
 * Anglo-Saxon royal wives, as good as new: Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury, Ælfgifu, wife of Eadwig, Ælfgifu of York and Ecgwynn
 * John Carpenter, town clerk of London - Town Clerk of London during King Henry V & Henry VI. "Liber Albus."
 * William of Tyre - expanded and referenced. Possibly GA or FA-worthy now?
 * William the Carpenter - A French noble and knight of Melun. Participated in the First Crusade, noted at Toledo (Spain) liberation from the Moors. Was with Peter the Hermit during desertion attempt at Antioch.
 * Early Irish literature (new or revised): Compert Con Culainn, Senchas Fagbála Caisil, Four Treasures, Lúin of Celtchar, Glenmasan manuscript, Mac Cécht (warrior), An Leabhar Breac. 23 N 10, Egerton 88, Baile Bricín, Cú Roí, Fúamnach.
 * Siward Barn
 * Játvarðar Saga
 * New England (medieval)
 * Osbjorn Bulax
 * Siward, Earl of Northumbria rewritten
 * 1113–1115 Balearic Islands expedition
 * Frisian–Frankish wars
 * Philippe Contamine, Knútsdrápa (Óttarr svarti), Acallam Bec, Liber Scintillarum, Vitae duorum Offarum, Felix Liebermann
 * Domnall Claen renovated
 * Old English poems:
 * The Fortunes of Men
 * Vainglory (Old English poem)
 * Christ III
 * Seasons for Fasting
 * Leges Edwardi Confessoris — eg. needs some comments on its importance in Stuart England
 * Ealdgyth (floruit 1015–1016)
 * Coenred of Mercia redone
 * De obsessione Dunelmi
 * Ælfgifu of Northampton redone
 * Adelolf, Count of Boulogne, Abbey of Saint Bertin
 * Strengleikar
 * Nendrum Monastery
 * Áed Ua Crimthainn, Martyrology of Tallaght
 * De primo Saxonum adventu
 * Wulfric Spot
 * Melisende of Arsuf
 * Libellus de exordio
 * Der-Ilei, Dargart mac Finguine
 * Ranulf le Meschin, 3rd Earl of Chester & Lucy of Bolingbroke
 * Jordan of Pisa— not that new, but I put it here because it is orphaned
 * Coutumes de Beauvaisis
 * Jaume Safont, Jacme Scrivà, Melchior de Gualbes, and Gabriel Mòger—all of these are currently orphaned
 * War of the Lombards
 * Maximianus (poet) – new article; sixth century too early for this project?
 * Máel Umai mac Báetáin, Mongán mac Fiachnai
 * Isarn (inquisitor)
 * Hibernicus exul
 * Giorgio Lampugnano
 * Carlo Gonzaga of Milan
 * Filippo Borromeo
 * Vitaliano I Borromeo
 * Ambrosian Republic, rewritten and quintupled
 * Imad ad-Din al-Isfahani
 * Toirdelbach Ua Briain might as well be new; Battle of Mag Mucrama revamped
 * Cosmographia (Bernard Silvestris) — new article; comments and improvements welcome.
 * Stigand - renovated
 * Flaithbertach Ua Néill, Ruaidrí na Saide Buide, Tethbae; Natanleod repurposed
 * Cú Choigcríche Ó Cléirigh Pilip Ballach Ó Duibhgeannáin Laidcenn mac Bairchid Leabhar Adhamh Ó Cianáin William of Drogheada The Book of the Burkes Cín Dromma Snechtai The Book of the White Earl Leabhar Donn all new. Comments welcome.
 * Flann Mainistrech; Cormac mac Cuilennáin revamped
 * De tribus puellis, Terentius et delusor, and Li livres de jostice et de plet
 * Order of Monfragüe
 * Domnall Ilchelgach, Donnchad mac Briain, Dargart mac Finguine
 * Visio Karoli Magni and Visio Karoli Grossi
 * Wala of Corbie
 * Militia of Jesus Christ, Militia of the Faith of Jesus Christ, Order of the Faith and Peace, and Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary (expanded)
 * Galician-Portuguese lyric
 * Fallomon mac Con Congalt; Domnall Midi & Donnchad Midi revamped; the estimable User:Timelinefrog has been busy with Kings of Brega
 * German Pilgrimage of 1064-1065
 * Pedro II Pitões, Bishop of Porto
 * Baha ad-Din ibn Shaddad
 * Gilbert of Hastings
 * Mujir ad-Din
 * Patriarch Fulk of Jerusalem
 * Council of Acre
 * Al-Ashraf Khalil
 * Alternative theories of the location of Great Moravia - new article related to Great Moravia but to expand on the alternative theories. Needs some more editors looking over it.

Archives

 * Archive 1 December 15, 2004–July 9, 2005
 * Archive 2 July 9, 2005–February 10, 2006
 * Archive 3 February 12, 2006–October 11, 2006
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User:Abbulu

One of the authors of wikipedia from Turkey. He is senior at Bilkent University in Computer Science Department.

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Unionist government, 1895–1905

A coalition of the Conservative and Liberal Unionist parties took power in the United Kingdom shortly before the 1895 general election. Conservative leader Lord Salisbury was appointed Prime Minister and his nephew, Arthur Balfour, became Leader of the House of Commons, but various major posts went to the Liberal Unionists, most notably the Leader of the House of Lords, the Liberal Unionist Duke of Devonshire, who was made Lord President, and his colleague in the Commons, Joseph Chamberlain, who became Colonial Secretary. It was this government which would conduct the Second Boer War from 1899–1902, which helped them to win a landslide victory at the 1900 general election.

The government consisted of three ministries, the first two led by Salisbury (from 1895–1902) and the third by Balfour (from 1902 onwards).

The office of Prime Minister
Lord Salisbury was the second and last person to be head of government while not simultaneously holding the title of First Lord of the Treasury. It was said that there were some attempts to distinguish between the two offices, but in the century or more since, they have remained one and the same.

Trade reform
Balfour succeeded Salisbury as Prime Minister in 1902. Eventually, the Unionist government would falter after Chamberlain proposed his scheme for tariff reform, whose partial embrace by Balfour led to the resignation of the more orthodox free traders in the Cabinet.

Chinese miners in South Africa

After the conclusion of the Boer War, the British Government sought to rebuild the South African economy which had been devastated by the war. An important part of the rebuilding effort was to get the gold mines of the Witwatersrand, the richest in history and a major cause of the war, back in production as soon as possible. Because the government decreed that White labour was too expensive and Black labourers were reluctant to return to the mines, the government decided to import over 60,000 contracted workers from China.

This was deeply unpopular at the time, as popular opinion in much of the Western world, including Britain; was hostile to Chinese immigration. It also happened at a time when poverty and unemployment amongst working-class British people was at very high levels. On 26 March 1904, a demonstration against Chinese immigration to South Africa was held in Hyde Park and was attended by 80,000 people. The Parliamentary Committee of the Trade Union Congress then passed a resolution declaring that:

"That this meeting consisting of all classes of citizens of London, emphatically protests against the action of the Government in granting permission to import into South Africa indentured Chinese labour under conditions of slavery, and calls upon them to protect this new colony from the greed of capitalists and the Empire from degradation."

Fall from power
With his majority greatly reduced and defeat in the next election seeming inevitable, Balfour resigned as Prime Minister in December 1905, leading to the appointment of a minority Liberal government under Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman. In the general election which followed in 1906, all but three members of Balfour's Cabinet lost their seats, including Balfour himself.

November 1900 to July 1902
In November 1900, the Cabinet was reformed for the first time.

Balfour ministry

Changes

 * May 1903 – Lord Onslow succeeds Robert William Hanbury at the Board of Agriculture.
 * September to October 1903 –
 * Lord Londonderry succeeds the Duke of Devonshire as Lord President. Londonderry remains President of the Board of Education.
 * Lord Lansdowne succeeds Devonshire as Leader of the House of Lords. Lansdowne remains Foreign Secretary.
 * Lord Salisbury succeeds Arthur Balfour as Lord Privy Seal.
 * Austen Chamberlain succeeds Charles Ritchie at the Exchequer. Chamberlain's successor as Postmaster General is not in the Cabinet.
 * Alfred Lyttelton succeeds Joseph Chamberlain as Colonial Secretary.
 * St John Brodrick succeeds Lord George Hamilton as Secretary for India.
 * H. O. Arnold-Forster succeeds Brodrick as Secretary for War.
 * Andrew Graham-Murray succeeds Lord Balfour of Burleigh as Secretary for Scotland.
 * March 1905 –
 * Walter Hume Long succeeds George Wyndham as Irish Secretary.
 * Gerald Balfour succeeds Long at the Local Government Board.
 * Lord Salisbury succeeds Balfour at the Board of Trade. Salisbury remains Lord Privy Seal.
 * Lord Cawdor succeeds Lord Selborne at the Admiralty.
 * Ailwyn Fellowes succeeds Lord Onslow at the Board of Agriculture.

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Please stop. If you continue to vandalize pages, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia.

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Mayra Verónica

Mayra Verónica Aruca Rodríguez (born August 20, 1980) is a Cuban singer, actress, model, and television public figure who became popular for her appearances on Spanish-language television. Verónica's role in Univision's Don Francisco Presenta brought her to the attention of FHM magazine's US edition. After appearing in FHM, she went on to do additional magazine work. She has taken part in many Spanish-language television shows, as well as appearing in music videos and television commercials.

In 2012, Verónica signed an exclusive worldwide co-publishing deal with BMG Chrysalis in the US. In 2013, she signed with Simon Cowell's label Syco Music (Sony Music). Her debut EP, "Mama Mia", was released on August 29, 2013, on Syco Music by Sony Music Entertainment UK. In 2015, Mayra Veronica signed a major record worldwide deal with Warner Bros. Records. The Cuban-American's career has seen her grace the covers of Billboard Magazine, FHM, Shape & Maxim, along with high-profile national ad campaigns with L'Oréal, Coca-Cola & Nike.

She is a spokeswoman for the USO and is the founder of MVA Entertainment Group, a company dedicated to the promotion, publicity and management of independent music artists.

Early life
Mayra Verónica was born in Havana, Cuba, where her father was a member of one of Cuba's rock bands, Los Dada. At the age of six, she moved to Miami with her mother, Mayra Rodriguez, leaving behind the rest of her family, including her father, Arturo Aruca, and sister, Giselle Guzman. Her father came a year later and reunited with Veronica and her mother, while her sister was unable to meet them until thirteen years later. Mayra grew up with little money and food was sometimes scarce.

Pageants and modeling
Verónica continued school, and after joining a local beauty pageant and becoming Ms. Miami, the photographer who covered the event was captivated by Mayra's photos, and invited her to his studio for free sessions. Thus, Mayra obtained her first modeling book and signed with a local agent in Miami. The agent sent her to an audition for a local TV entertainment news show "Miami Hoy" (at the time Mayra was at Florida International University majoring in psychology and theater). She did not know much about being a reporter but determined she could act like one.

She began as a correspondent but was promoted to celebrity hostess for Miami Hoy where she was seen writing, producing and editing her own segments as she interviewed a roster of celebrities, ranging from Donald Trump, Oscar de la Renta, Hugh Hefner,Marc Anthony and Dennis Rodman. Throughout, Verónica traveled to New York to continue acting training at the Lee Strasberg Institute to fine-tune her craft, until the station (owned by Media One) was bought by AT&T Corporation and subsequently closed.

After graduating from Florida International University with a major in psychology and a minor in business and theater, she turned to acting full time and moved to New York City to graduate from the famed Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute. Mayra went on to star in feature roles in PBS productions and films such as Tumbe, The Suitor and Pledge This.

Verónica landed a made-for-TV movie called The Suitor and did commercial campaigns for Nike, L'Oréal, and Coca-Cola. Univision announced a new show hosted by Don Francisco. They wanted Verónica to be their model and co-host but with one catch. Due to her ample curves, her last appearance on screen for the day would entail her backside presented before turning around to face the camera, to which she gladly agreed. Once the show aired, the model with the great backside became the talk of Latinos everywhere, so much so, the American press became interested.

Cover girl
FHM, the top men's magazine of the time, contacted Veronica's publicist to ask for a feature spread on their magazine. Veronica agreed and after mail requesting her return, she went on to appear on the cover of the FHM exclusive collection book, which included top sex symbols of the decade such as Pamela Anderson, Eva Longoria, and Carmen Electra. From 2004 to 2010, Mayra Verónica made FHM's "Sexiest Women in the World" list six years in a row. She was featured on other covers for FHM, Billboard Magazine, Maxim, Edge, GQ, Cosmo, Shape, and over 100 other national and international covers. Her popularity on such covers made her website one of the top traffic websites, with more than 4 million hits biweekly. With her popularity came emails from soldiers stationed in Iraq asking for her posters and, by now, famous calendars. Veronica's management sent a care package of approximately 5000 posters. Shortly thereafter, the military named her the favorite pin-up girl for the US Marines and the USO asked her to tour with the troops.

USO tours
The USO tour became a special Thanksgiving tour with Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General James Cartwright, actor Wilmer Valderrama, and comedian Russell Peters, traveling to six countries in six days: Iraq, Afghanistan, Germany, Turkey, Africa, and Greenland. The troops' response was overwhelming and although Verónica had previously decided not to do any more calendars, she changed her mind and appeared on one in 2008, dedicating proceeds to the Wounded Warrior Project.

Upon her return from the tour, she was described as a "modern-day Betty Grable". Verónica continued touring with the USO and became an official spokesperson, appearing with then-President George W. Bush and Gary Sinise on a panel for C-SPAN about the organization.

On July 2, 2009, the New York Stock Exchange asked her to ring the NASDAQ bell for the Fourth of July week. Verónica decided to bring awareness to two of the organizations for which she's an advocate and spokesperson, The USO and UNICEF, and brought them to the bell-ringing ceremony.

Verónica continued her work with the troops by visiting the wounded at Camp Lejeune.

Music
Mayra Verónica collaborated on her first album with Univision Network in 2007, which was titled Vengo Con To (Comin' At Ya With Everything). Performed in the musical style of reggaetón, Verónica's album included "Vengo Con To" of which King magazine said: "Verónica's moaning makes Madonna's Erotica sound like bubblegum pop… chew on that Daddy Yankee." The song charted in the Top 40 on Billboard, while the music video was reportedly banned from Latin television. The album's popularity landed Verónica a deal with Universal Motown, which put out a second single from the album titled "Mamma Mia". A third single, "Es Tan Dificil Olvidarte", dedicated to fallen troops, put Verónica in the top 10 on the pop contemporary charts. In 2014, Veronica's song "Mama Mia" was nominated for "Best Latin Dance Song of The Year" by the 29th Annual International Dance Music Awards (IDMA).

Verónica began 2010 on the cover of Billboard magazine with a new single, "If You Wanna Fly", that reached number 9 on Billboard's Hot Dance Club Play chart, number 11 on Billboard's Hot Dance Airplay chart, number 5 on Billboard Dance/Electronic sales, number 17 on Billboard Heatseekers Songs and number 74 Hot 100 Chart. She released an album titled Saint Nor Sinner in 2012. Mayra Veronica landed the cover of Billboard Magazine  again in July 2011, for the release of her new single "Freak Like Me" which reached top 10 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Charts. In March 2012, Mayra Veronica's video "Freak Like Me", featuring Antonio Sabato Jr.  who plays Verónica's love interest, was added to MTV Hits & VHI Latin America on full rotation. Mayra Veronica also worked on a parody with actor Keenan Cahill for Freak Like me which garnered millions of online views.

Veronica's "Ay Mama Mia" The Remixes went number 1 on Billboard Magazine Hot Dance Club Play chart in March 2013. "Ay Mama Mia" was produced by Grammy-nominated producers, Dave Audé & Roy Tavaré. The video was directed by the Actor/Director Larenz Tate. The original Spanish music video reached over 12 million views on YouTube. "Ay Mama Mia" was signed to publishing at BMG Records and it was also "the official theme song for the new IFC Film The Sons of The Buena Vista Social Media Club Musica Cubana impacting theaters worldwide in 2013" "The song became the most popular song on Just Dance The #1 music video game platform of all time!" A lot of Mayra Veronica's "Ay Mama Mia's" success was attributed to not just its great sound but the influence of record executive Simon Cowell who signed Mayra Veronica and the winning song to his music label Syco Music in London.

Veronica's "MAMA YO!" came in later as a collaboration with the Italian Electro Swing band "The Sweet Life Society" The production is a remake of Carmen Miranda's "Mama Yo Quero". The electro-house track debuted on the US Billboard Dance/Mix Show chart and saw success in Europe and North America. The music video has over 10 Million combined views on YouTube. It was remixed with Sean Paul as a featured artist and renamed "Outta Control" before being released by BMG Records in 2016 together with Yolanda Be Cool Mayra Veronica continued to put out Club/Dance hits like latin producer Sak Noel's "No Boyfriend No Problem" and Nils Van Zandt Party Crasher in 2018

Mayra Veronica returned after the Pandemic with a strong Latin beat. "The multi-talented Cuban American singer/songwriter released her latest infectious, intensely percussive Tropical/Latin Spanish language single on April 8, 2022 via BMG Records" titled "VEN" cowritten by her and Cuban songwriter Carlos Celles "Mayra will then follow the release of 'Ven' with a ballad titled 'Que Mas', also co-written by her and Celles and produced by Gustavo Farias, a multi-Grammy winner who has worked with Juan Gabriel, Marc Anthony, Paul Anka, Vicente Fernandez, Andrea Bocelli, Luis Fonsi" The ballad expects to have its release in late 2024.

Studio albums

 * 2007: Vengo Con To'
 * 2012: Saint Nor Sinner (Unreleased)
 * 2022:  Ven

Label signed

 * 2013 Mama Mia: Syco Music/Sony Music UK (worldwide) Ultra Music (US & Canada)
 * 2015 MAMA YO!: Warner Bros. Records Territory Worldwide licensed to excluding: disco: wax/Sony Music Scandinavia, EGO Music (Italy), Central Station Records/Universal Music Australia
 * 2015 No Boyfriend: Sony Music (worldwide) Ultra Music (US)
 * 2015 Officially signed an artist deal with Warner Bros. Records (worldwide)
 * 2022 Officially signed a record deal with BMG Records (Worldwide)

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Anti-runway penetration bomb

Anti-runway penetration bombs are explosive weapons involving bombs or bomblets designed to damage or destroy runways, or otherwise render them unusable for aircraft.

Perhaps the most strategically decisive, best known, and first wartime use of specialized cratering anti-runway weapons was by Israel during the 1967 Six-Day War. The dibber bombs played a major part in the near complete destruction of the large Egyptian Air Force, mostly on the ground, in a preemptive strike on the first morning of the war by the commitment of the whole of the far smaller Israeli Air Force to the strike. The surprising elimination of the Egyptian, Syrian, Jordenian and Iraqi's air force and resulting Israeli air supremacy contributed significantly to the outcome of the war on all fronts. Before the war, France offered the IAF a $200,000-per-unit Runway Buster solution. It was too expensive for the country still in a recession. So, the head of the IAF Munition Development unit, Lieutenant Colonel Asher Peleg, met with the Head of Research and Development for the IMI, Avraham Makov. The two discussed how to find a solution locally. Within five days, they had their answer: an Israeli-designed Runway Buster that would only cost 2,000 Lira (the country's currency in 1967) to produce. It used rocket braking over the target and a second rocket burst to plunge through the runway surface and explode.

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One system available from 1977 diverging from the French/Israeli runway piercing bomb concept used in 1967 is the Matra Durandal, a single 450 lb bomb with parachute braking, rocket booster, and two warheads. Dropped by aircraft flying at low level, it is braked by parachute, and when at the correct angle fires a rocket to impact the runway. It first ignites a large explosive charge to create a crater, and then uses a smaller charge that has penetrated the crater to displace adjacent concrete slabs. The slabs, once displaced, are far harder to deal with than a simple hole that can be patched with asphalt. The Durandal has been widely exported. The Durandal was used in 1991 by the United States Air Force in the initial stages of the Gulf War, delivered by General Dynamics F-111 Aardvarks against Iraqi airfields.

Another, now withdrawn from service, was the JP233, a dispenser and submunitions system. An aircraft would fly over the target runway and release a mixture of penetrating and anti-personnel submunitions to both crater the runway and impede repair work. The anti-personnel mines could be armed with time-delay fuses, threatening runway repair crews with the risk of death or bodily injury. After the UK signed an international accord banning cluster mines, the JP233 was retired.

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San Francisco Cable Car Museum

The Cable Car Museum is a free museum in the Nob Hill neighborhood of San Francisco, California. Located at 1201 Mason Street, it contains historical and explanatory exhibits on the San Francisco cable car system, which can itself be regarded as a working museum.

Exhibits
The museum contains several preserved cable cars, together with smaller exhibits and a gift shop. The cable cars displayed include:

 * Sutter Street Railway - grip car 46 and trailer 54 dating from the 1870s
 * Clay Street Hill Railroad - grip car 8, the only surviving car from the first cable car company

The museum is part of the complex that also houses the cable car power house, which drives the cables, and the car depot ("barn"). The car depot is not open to the public, but two galleries allow visitors to view the power house from above, and to descend below the junction of Washington and Mason streets to view the large cavern where the haulage cables are routed via large sheaves out to the street.

The museum was established in 1974, and is run by the Friends of the Cable Car Museum. The entrance is at Washington and Mason and the museum is open from 10 AM to 6 PM between April 1 and September 30 and from 10 AM to 5 PM between October 1 and March 31, apart from some public holidays. The museum main level is wheelchair accessible via a separate entrance.

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Tokat Province

Tokat Province is a province in northern Turkey. Its area is 10,042 km2, and its population is 596,454 (2022). Its adjacent provinces are Amasya to the northwest, Yozgat to the southwest, Sivas to the southeast, and Ordu to the northeast. Its capital is Tokat, which lies inland of the middle Black Sea region, 422 kilometers from Ankara. The governor is Numan Hatipoğlu, appointed in 2022.

Etymology
Evliya Çelebi explained the name of the city as Tok-at in return for the satiety of horses because of its rich barley in Turkish etymology. The Ottoman historian İsmail Hakkı explained Uzunçarşılı as Toh-kat, which means "walled city", and Özhan Öztürk, in his work called Pontus, used the word "Dahyu", which means "country, chastity" in Avesta and was first used for Cappadocia in the 6th century BC during the Achaemenid Empire. He claimed that the word "Dokeia", which was corrupted in the Greek dialect, turned into Tokat in time.

History
Tokat, after remaining under the rule of the Hittites, Assyrians, Hurrians and Cimmerians, passed under the rule of Persians, Macedonians of Alexander the Great period, Capodocia Kingdom and Pontus Kingdom, which gave the name "Comana Pontica". In 65 BC, it came under the rule of the Romans and the Byzantine Empire. Tokat Castle, which has a critical importance in Byzantine-Sassanid and Byzantine-Arab wars, is located on Hisartepe, 750 meters high, in the southwest of the city, which was taken under the rule of the Danismendids (1071) after the Malazgirt Victory and later by the Anatolian Seljuks (1150). The oldest traces of Tokat Castle belong to the 5th or 6th century and it is known that the castle existed in these years.

The Armenian genocide in Tokat
For the most part of history, Tokat has been populated by Armenians and Greeks. However, after the invasion of the Seljuk Turks, they slowly started becoming a minority. For most of history, Tokat has played a significant role in trade and culture among the Armenian people. The Armenians have built churches, schools, universities, and cities in the Tokat province.

The Armenians were most prominent in Tokat city in the Tokat province, where the Armenians, Greeks, and Jews controlled the town's commerce up until World War 1.

There used to be four Armenian churches and two Armenian monasteries in the city, as well as Armenian schools and other Armenian cultural places.

Oikonomides states that before the Armenian and Greek Genocides, the population of Tokat city was 40,000, of which 1,000 were Greeks, and 15,000 were Armenians. Tokat has always had a very high Christian population, and for most of history, the Christians outnumbered the Muslims. Before 1837, it was estimated that there were 1000 Christians in the city (primarily Armenians) and only 800 Muslims.

The Armenian genocide in Tokat raised concerns worldwide and attracted the attention of international media. On several occasions, the New York Times reported on the mass killings of Armenians in Tokat, which could be found in their archives online.

After the Armenian genocide, the Armenian population was completely wiped out of the city, and their houses, businesses, and all their belongings were looted. To this day, some Armenian heritage can be found within the city and the region.

Geography
The city, which originates from the northern slopes of the central part of Deveci Mountains and joins Yeşilırmak on the left, is located on the slopes of a river valley, and is located at the junction of important roads connecting the Central Black Sea coast and Central and Eastern Anatolia in a very rugged region. Total area of the province is 10,042 km2. In terms of the footprint area it covers 1.3% of Turkey's land. It is 623 meters above sea level. Geographical Coordinates are being between 39 ° 51 '- 40 ° 55' north latitudes and 35 ° 27'- 37 ° 39 'East longitudes.

Districts
Tokat province is divided into 12 districts (capital district in bold): • Almus

• Artova

• Başçiftlik

• Erbaa

• Niksar

• Pazar

• Reşadiye

• Sulusaray

• Tokat

• Turhal

• Yeşilyurt

• Zile

Landmarks
Two notable monuments in this province are the Hatuniye Külliyesi of the 15th century, built by Sultan Bayezid II, and a Seljuk bridge spanning the Yeşilırmak River, belonging to the 12th century. The Latifoğlu Mansion is a third, which is an example of the traditional architecture of a Turkish house of the 19th century, restored recently to its original state. Tokat Castle and Zile, Niksar and Turhal castles located in Tokat district are frequented by local and foreign tourists. In the city center of Tokat, the historical Tokat Clock Tower and the historical Gök Madrasa are placed. Additionally, The Yağıbasan Madrasah, known as the first madrasah built in Anatolia, the historical Pazar Caravanserai and the Ballıca Cave are located.

Economy
The people of Tokat earn their living from agriculture, animal husbandry and trade. The city is an ideal city for a peaceful life with its regular city structure, numerous natural beauties and economic shopping conditions. Trade and industry of Tokat, whose economy is based on agriculture and animal husbandry, is concentrated in the city center. Tokat Organized Industrial Zone is the area where the city's only industrial activity continues. Again, with its geographical location, it is a city that is suitable for agriculture. In agricultural production, tomatoes, peppers, cherries, potatoes, grapes and sugar beet are the products that have the largest share in the regional production.

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