Barrett v. United States, 169 U.S. 218 (1898), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that South Carolina had never effectively been subdivided into separate judicial districts. Therefore, it was held, a criminal defendant allegedly tried in one district for a crime committed in the other had in fact been permissibly been tried in a separate division of a single district.

Facts of the case
The defendant, Charles P. Barrett, was one of a group of men in Spartanburg, South Carolina, alleged to have been involved in a conspiracy to defraud companies selling items by mail order. Barrett, apparently an attorney, arranged to have post offices established in rural areas with the name of each post office being the name of another defendant (e.g. Owens, McElrath, Wyatt). Companies sending mail to those individuals would thereby be led to think that the individuals were proprietors of the respective post offices. Barrett also created a letterhead on which to send orders for goods, in order to further induce the trust of the companies from which orders were placed, and his co-conspirators ordered goods including encyclopedias, a piano, an organ, a desk, and a safe, none of which were ever paid for. The fraud was far reaching, as the trial court reported that parties coming to testify that they had been defrauded:

...came from New York and Chicago, from New Jersey and Pennsylvania, from Boston, Baltimore, and Atlanta, from Washington, Richmond, and Savannah, from Charlotte and Augusta...

Barrett and his co-conspirators were charged with conspiracy to defraud, and the trial was held in the United States circuit court in Columbia, South Carolina, before judge William H. Brawley. Several of Barrett's co-conspirators pleaded guilty, and Barrett was convicted.

Issue of the case

Barrett appealed, asserting that the trial was unconstitutional. The Vicinage Clause of the Sixth Amendment states that "in all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law".

The United States District Court for the District of South Carolina was one of the original 13 courts established by the Judiciary Act of 1789, 1 Stat. 73, on September 24, 1789. Congress had, in various pieces of legislation, subdivided South Carolina into Eastern and Western jurisdictions, and set forth the times when the circuit court of each jurisdiction would sit. The most recent rewording of these, adopted June 22, 1874, included a provision that:

The State of South Carolina is divided into two districts, which shall be called the eastern and western districts of the district of South Carolina. The western district includes the counties of Lancaster, Chester, York, Union, Spartanburg, Greenville, Pendleton, Abbeville, Edgefield, Newberry, Laurens and Fairfield, as they existed February 21, 1823. The eastern district includes the residue of said State.

The same act, however, provided that there would be a single district court judge, a single clerk of the court, a single United States Attorney, and a single United States Marshal appointed for the entire state of South Carolina. Barrett's claim was that the state constituted two districts and that because the crime was alleged to have been committed in Spartanburg, in the western district, his trial in Columbia had not been held before a jury of the "district wherein the crime shall have been committed".

Opinion of the Court
The Supreme Court, in a unanimous opinion written by Chief Justice Melville Fuller, held that Congress had never intended to divide South Carolina into separate judicial districts. The language adopted in 1874 had not been enacted by Congress but was merely a rewording of a previous statute which had been enacted in 1823. The 1823 statute was referenced in the margin of the 1874 act, and had stated: "The district of South Carolina is divided into two divisions, which will be called the eastern and western divisions of the district of South Carolina". The Supreme Court found that "Congress... seems to have construed the act of 1823, not as dividing the State into two judicial districts, as indicated in the title of the act, but into two districts in the sense of geographical divisions, which is in harmony with the language used in the body of the act".

Finding that the state of South Carolina constituted a single judicial district, the Court found it unnecessary to further examine the jurisdiction of the circuit court. Rather, it determined that Barrett was tried and convicted in the district in which the crime had been committed and that the jury had likewise been empaneled from that district.

Later developments
The case itself, standing for a particularly narrow proposition, was only cited in a handful of later decisions by other courts, and only once by the United States Supreme Court for the proposition decided in the case. That decision, Matheson v. United States, similarly held that no constitutional error occurred when a criminal defendant accused of a crime in one part of Alaska was prosecuted in another, the territorial court having been arranged in divisions.

Congress made a more explicit effort to subdivide the District of South Carolina on March 3, 1911, by 36 Stat. 1087, 1123. South Carolina was again subdivided into Eastern and the Western Districts, with one judgeship authorized to serve both districts, effective January 1, 1912. Congress finally authorized an additional judgeship for the Western District, and assigned the sitting judge exclusively to the Eastern District, on March 3, 1915, by 38 Stat. 961. However, on October 7, 1965, by 79 Stat. 951, South Carolina was reorganized as a single judicial district with four judgeships authorized for the district court. It has since remained a single District.

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Liu Miaomiao (; born 1962 in Guyuan, Ningxia) is a Chinese film director. Liu, a Hui Muslim, was the youngest member of the 1982 class of the Beijing Film Academy, commonly referred to as the Fifth Generation. Her career has spanned both film and television, though she remains less well known than many of her male counterparts to international audiences.

Career
Liu graduated from the BFA's directing program, in which she enrolled at the age of sixteen, along with directors such as Tian Zhuangzhuang and Chen Kaige. Upon graduation, she was assigned to the Xiaoxing Film Studio where she directed her first solo work, Stories of the Voyage in 1985 at the age of 23.

In 1987, she directed the war film Women on the Long March, about eight female Red Army soldiers who find themselves separated from their main force during the Long March. In the early 1990s, Liu filmed two important works, 1993's Chatterbox, and 1994's Family Scandal (co-directed with Cui Xiaoqin). Both films garnered international notice, particularly the former, which won an award at the Venice International Film Festival. Chatterbox was a personal work as well, with Liu receiving no salary for the film and borrowing heavily to bring it to an international venue.

Liu Miaomiao has also shifted her career into filming television programs and films.

Selected filmography

References

External links

 Liu Miaomiao at the Chinese Movie Database

1962 births
Living people
Film directors from Ningxia
Chinese women film directors
Hui people
People from Guyuan
Beijing Film Academy alumni


"He Went to Paris"  is a song written and performed by American singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was first released on his 1973 album A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean and was his fourth and final single from that album.  Although it never placed on the charts, it's become one of his most popular songs, having appeared on several of his greatest hits compilations.

Buffett was inspired to write the song after meeting musician Eddie Balchowsky, a one-armed veteran of the Spanish Civil War he met while playing in Chicago. On the live album You Had to Be There, Buffett mentions this as a favorite song he wrote.

The song appears on Songs You Know By Heart, a greatest hits compilation that includes Buffett's concert favorites ranging from 1973 to 1979.  However, "He Went to Paris" was the only song off that album that Buffett rarely played live, until he found out that Bob Dylan likes the song and decided to start playing it on a more frequent basis. Buffett included a live version, recorded in Paris, France in 2009, on his album "Encores".

Outlaw country singer Waylon Jennings covered the song on his 1980 album Music Man.

Country singer Doug Supernaw covered the song on his 1994 album Deep Thoughts From a Shallow Mind.

References

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Jimmy Buffett songs
Songs about musicians
Songs about Paris
Songs written by Jimmy Buffett


Hong Kong Macau cultural exchange was a trip that took place on the Sunday morning of March 15, 2009.  The goal was to have Pan-democracy camp members test the newly enacted Macau national security law by going from Hong Kong to Macau to see who gets banned.

Summary
Macau national security law was enacted and took in effect on March 3, 2009.  Since then decision have been made to bar a handful of Hong Kong politicians, academics and a photographer.  This has underscored the cultural and political gaps between the two former colonies, which now both belong to the People's Republic of China after 1997 for HK and 1999 for Macau.  One of the high point was when University of Hong Kong dean of law Johannes Chan was banned from Macau in February 2009.  Macau casino tycoon Stanley Ho called the democrats "troublemakers stirring shit up".  Democrat Lee Cheuk-yan had fought back the comment saying Stanley Ho was "old and confused".

Exchange trip

Preparation
A total of 33 Pan-democracy camp members got together to cross the Hong Kong Macau border starting at 9am from the Kowloon Peninsula.  Antonio Ng and the New Democratic Macau Association picked up the democrats at Macau ferry terminal, followed by a 3-hour seminar that discuss how Macau's politics and economic conditions had changed since the security law came into effect.  The trip from Hong Kong to Macau is a 45-minute ferry ride.

Denied
At the Macau entrance, 5 members were banned from entering.  Among those turned down were League of Social Democrats member Lee Cheuk-yan, Leung Kwok-hung (Long Hair), activist Tsang Kin-shing, Koo Sze-yiu and Lui Yuk-lin.  Leung Kwok-hung said that "Macau's internal security laws target triads and terrorists, and I am definitely not one of them. I wish the government would defend the dignity of the Hong Kong people."

Allowed
Some of the more public democrats allowed include democratic legislators Lee Wing-tat, Albert Ho, Kam Nai-wai, Cheung Man-kwong and Emily Lau.  After entry, they staged a protest in Macau for their fellow democrats.  Ivan Choy Chi-keung, a political scientist at Chinese University, said the Macau authorities had reduced the number of people denied entry to pacify Hong Kong and to give Donald Tsang face.

See also
 Hong Kong Basic Law Article 23
 Liza Wang#Pan-democrat home return permits request
 Macau Basic Law

References

2009 in Hong Kong
2009 in Macau


Kfar Melki (), also known as Kafrmelki or Kfarmilki, is a town in the Sidon District, South Governorate, Lebanon. It is situated 11 kilometres east of Sidon.

Kfar Melki is located in the Kaza of Saida one of Mohafazah of South Lebanon kazas (districts). Mohafazah of South Lebanon is one of the eight mohafazats (governorates) of Lebanon. It's  away from (Beirut) the capital of Lebanon. It is  above sea level. Kfarmelki surface stretches for

Kfar Melki was the birthplace of footballer Mahmoud Hamoud.

References

External links
 Official web page
 Localiban Kfar Melki

Populated places in Sidon District


Washington Nuclear Project Nos. 3 and 5, abbreviated as WNP-3 and WNP-5 (collectively known as the Satsop Nuclear Power Plant) were two of the five nuclear power plants on which construction was started by the Washington Public Power Supply System (WPPSS, also called "Whoops!") in order to meet projected electricity demand in the Pacific Northwest. WNP-1, WNP-2 and WNP-3 were part of the original 1968 plan, with WNP-4 (a twin to WNP-1 and located at the same site) and WNP-5 (a twin to WNP-3, in similar fashion) added in the early 1970s.

WNP-2 was the only unit of the five that was completed and put into operation. WNP-3 and WNP-5 are located on  on the Satsop Site near Elma in Grays Harbor County, Washington. Today the site hosts the Satsop Business Park and the Overstock.com Call Center.

History
WPPSS applied for a construction and operation permit in 1973, and both WNP-3 and WNP-5 started construction in 1977. Cost overruns led to major management changes at all five WPPSS nuclear plants in 1980. Bechtel was appointed the construction manager for WNP-1, 2 and 4 at Hanford and EBASCO brought in a new management team for WNP-3 and 5 at Elma.

WNP-3 was WPPSS's showcase project and construction advanced at an estimated rate of 2% per month under the leadership of the new management team brought in by EBASCO. Washington state voters put Initiative 394 (I-394) on the ballot for November 1981, which asked in its title "Shall public agencies obtain voter approval prior to issuing bonds for the construction or acquisition of major public energy projects?" I-394 was aimed directly at the five nuclear projects being built by WPPSS, with the Statement For, written by supporters, citing the rise in the estimated construction budget for the five plants, which had grown from an initial estimate of US$4.1 billion to US$24 billion. Despite being outspent by a margin of nearly seven-to-one, I-394 passed overwhelmingly, meaning that WPPSS would have to submit future bond issues to the public for a vote. Prior to I-394, WPPSS had the authority to issue bonds without voter consent as a municipal corporation.

Just a few years later, with the failure of WPPSS to sell nearly  in bonds to complete the project, WNP-3 was placed in an extended construction delay in July 1983 while nearly 76 percent complete. Construction on WNP-5 was terminated in January 1982 while only 16 percent complete. Of the original five proposed nuclear units, only WNP-2 was completed and put into operation.

Equipment at WNP-3 was preserved to allow a restart of construction if regional energy demand warranted it. In 1994, the WPPSS board adopted a resolution to terminate WNP-3, and preservation funding was discontinued in 1995. Construction Permit CPPR-154 was terminated in 1999 and the ownership of the site was transferred to the Satsop Redevelopment Project.

Site reuse and redevelopment

Under contemporary plans, none of the existing structures were slated for demolition, although some equipment (such as the WNP-3 turbine) was to be removed and existing buildings were to be reconfigured to support the conversion of the site to an industrial, business or research park. Approximately  of the site were retained by WPPSS for development of a combustion turbine electric generating plant, which later came to fruition as the combined-cycle . Grays Harbor provides 650 MW of electric generation and came on-line in 2008, with an additional 650 MW of generation approved but not yet constructed.

In 2018, the grounds were used to store thousands of diesel Volkswagen vehicles that had been recalled as a result of the company's emissions scandal.

Design

WNP-3/5 would have been pressurized water reactors, with the nuclear steam supply system provided by Combustion Engineering. The architect/engineer for the plant was EBASCO, who also were responsible for plant construction.

Like contemporary C-E designs, the System-80 NSSS in each unit would have featured a two-loop design, with two steam generators, four reactor coolant pumps and one pressurizer to maintain reactor coolant system pressure. The System-80 NSSS was designed to be capable of burning mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel.

In popular culture
Since being abandoned, the site has served as the filming site for a number of projects. The site is operated as the Satsop Business Park by the Port of Grays Harbor, and daily filming rates were established in 2013. Local artist Etsuko Ichikawa filmed "Echo at Satsop" in 2013 as a reaction to the 2011 tsunami and subsequent nuclear disaster at Fukushima Daiichi.

An independent movie, Depth, based on the video game SOMA, was filmed at Satsop in 2014.

See also

 List of nuclear reactors
 List of cancelled nuclear reactors in the United States

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Liu Miaomiao may refer to:

 Liu Miaomiao (director) (born 1962), Chinese film director
 Liu Miaomiao (film editor), see A World Without Thieves
 Liu Miaomiao (athlete) (born 1989), Paralympic long jumper from China


State Route 153 (SR 153) is part of Maine's system of numbered state highways.  It runs  from an intersection with SR 6 and SR 16 to an intersection with Smith Lane near Sebec Lake in Dover-Foxcroft.  The route is also known as Greeley's Landing Road.

Route description

SR 153 begins at its southern terminus in Dover-Foxcroft at an intersection with SR 6 / SR 16 (just north of its intersection with SR 15). It then heads north for just less than  and ends at intersection with Cotton Brook Road south of Sebec Lake.

Junction list

References

External links

Floodgap Roadgap's RoadsAroundME: Maine State Route 153

153
Transportation in Piscataquis County, Maine


Are You with It? is a 1948 American musical comedy film directed by Jack Hively. The plot is about a young insurance man who quits his job to join a traveling carnival. The film is based on the 1945 Broadway musical of the same name and the 1941 novel Slightly Perfect by George Malcolm-Smith. The film stars Donald O'Connor, Olga San Juan, Martha Stewart and Lew Parker. Parker reprised his role from the musical.

Plot
Previously infallible actuary Milton Haskins is mortified when he misplaces a decimal point which would have cost the Nutmeg Insurance Company money if it had not been caught. He also loses a brand new promotion. Depressed, he lets wisecracking carny Goldie McGoldrick talk him into getting "with it" and joining Acres of Fun, a traveling carnival. They discover that Milton can tap dance (due to his mathematical skills) and sing. He gets to show off his newfound abilities when a performer shows up drunk. Milton dances and sings "Down at Baba's Alley", and the act gets three curtain calls.

Milton's fiancee and former secretary, Vivian Reilly, tries to get him to resume his old, humdrum life, but he likes it where he is. Bunny La Fleur, Goldie's girl, talks Vivian into coming along so she can try to change Milton's mind. Meanwhile, a mysterious person tries to search through Milton's suitcase, and when Milton shows up, throws a knife at him.

On the train, Sally (at the instigation of Herman Bogel, the carnival's accountant) asks Milton about insurance to find out more about him. Vivian overhears what sounds like Milton being too friendly with Sally from the next compartment, though Milton is actually dealing with Sally's dog Boopsie. That causes a rift between the couple.

Later, Milton is startled when Vivian shows up in the middle of his act and starts doing a fan dance (though it is clear she is fully, if skimpily, clothed). When he drags her off the stage, the audience riots, and they all end up in jail. That leaves the carnival in dire financial straits, and owner Jason "Pop" Carter in danger of losing it to potential buyer Mrs. Minerva Henkle and unable to post bail for most of his people. Bogel reveals that he is now working for Mrs. Henkle. Faced with ruin, Pop reluctantly agrees to sell.

Nutmeg executive Mr. Bixby pays for Milton and Vivian's release on condition that Milton go back to work for him (and pay for it out of his salary). At a business meeting, Milton advises the company to keep his original mistake; it turns out that what Nutmeg loses with the reduced rate is more than made up by the large number of new customers. Then Vivian shows him what she found out about Mrs. Henkle from the company's files.

The couple hurry back to the carnival and convince Pop to fight to keep it. They put on a show, starting with just the five of them, then use the receipts to gradually bail out the rest of the carnies. When Bogel and Mrs. Henkle show up to take possession of the carnival, Milton proves that she defrauded Nutmeg, collecting on a life insurance policy a week ago for her husband, presumed lost at sea and legally declared dead seven years later. Milton identifies Bogel as Mr. Henkle by the tattoo on his chest. Since the payout was used to buy the carnival, Nutmeg is the new owner, so Milton and Vivian can work for both.

Cast
 Donald O'Connor as Milton Haskins
 Olga San Juan as Vivian Reilly
 Martha Stewart as Bunny La Fleur
 Lew Parker as John "Goldie" McGoldrick
 Walter Catlett as Jason "Pop" Carter
 Patricia Dane as Sally (as Pat Dane)
 Ransom Sherman as Mr. Bixby, Milton's Nutmeg boss
 Louis DaPron as Bartender. DaPron was a longtime choreographer at Universal who frequently worked with O'Connor. In this film, he performed a tap dance number with O'Connor and Parker and is credited as the "Dance Director".
 Noel Neill as Terry
 Julie Gibson as Ann
 George O'Hanlon as Buster, the drunk
 Eddie Parks as Herman Bogel
 Raymond Largay as Mr. Mapleton, president of Nutmeg
 Jody Gilbert as Mrs. Minerva Henkle
 Howard Negley as Ed McNaughton

Musical numbers
All written by Sidney Miller and Inez James

 "Are You with It?", performed by Martha Stewart
 "Down at Baba's Alley", performed by Donald O'Connor
 "What Do I Have to Do?", performed by Donald O'Connor
 "Daddy, Surprise Me", performed by Olga San Juan
 "I'm Looking for a Prince of a Fella", performed by Olga San Juan

Reception
The New York Times gave Are You with It? a lukewarm review, describing it as "a collection of specialty numbers, loosely strung together by a frivolous plot". "The picture ambles along good naturedly enough, but its lines and situations are for the most part thin inducement to laughter."

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1948 musical comedy films
American black-and-white films
American musical comedy films
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1940s English-language films
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Films directed by Jack Hively
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James Cooper House is an historic house in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In 2008, the house became the heaviest residential structural relocation in Canadian history, when it was moved  east and  south from its original location. The relocation took place over two phases, moving east on September 25, 2008 and south on December 11, 2008, at a reported cost of .

The house is located at the corner of Sherbourne Street and Linden, just south of Bloor Street. It was built in 1881 for James Cooper, a wealthy importer, manufacturer, and retailer of shoes. It was one of many mansions in the Sherbourne and Jarvis area, once among Toronto's wealthiest. The eight bedroom house was opulently constructed in the Second Empire style with Classical detailing. The City of Toronto designated the structure a heritage property and affixed a Heritage Toronto plaque in 2010.
After Cooper departed, the building became home to the Keeley Institute for Nervous Diseases, an organization assisting those with alcohol and substance abuse problems. In 1910, it became home to the Toronto Knights of Columbus, who used the facility as a meeting and fundraising venue for almost a century and added the assembly hall seen in the black and white photograph from 1956.

Tridel development corporation purchased the building and its large lot in 2005, intending to erect a condominium tower on the site. The building would be preserved, but moved to a part of the lot about 60 feet away from its original location.  The assembly hall addition would be demolished. This process began in 2008 when crews lifted the 800-ton house off its foundation and moved it to a temporary spot during construction.  Tridel's new 32 storey tower is named "James Cooper Mansion," and the old house will serve as an amenities centre for the new building.

References

External links
Tridel page on the construction

Houses in Toronto
Second Empire architecture in Canada
Knights of Columbus buildings
Houses completed in 1881
Relocated houses
1881 establishments in Ontario


The Brisbane School Girls Sports Association (BSGSA) was a group of mainly girls' schools in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia that was founded in 1996. The association grew to include 12 members and 9 associate members, both girls' and coeducational schools. The organisation was split in 2014 with most of the girls-only colleges forming the Catholic Secondary Schoolgirls' Sports Association. Many of the coeducational schools formed the South Eastern Colleges Association.

Former member schools

Sports
 Cricket
 Basketball
 Football (AFL)
 Hockey
 Netball
 Soft Ball
 Soccer
 Touch Football
 Volleyball

See also
 Catholic Secondary Schoolgirls' Sports Association
 List of schools in Queensland

References

Australian school sports associations


Robert Dugald Caldwell Stewart (2 December 1907 – 25 August 1967) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Dalhousie, New Brunswick and became a lawyer by career.

He was first elected at the Charlotte riding in the 1958 general election. Stewart served for one term, the 24th Canadian Parliament, then was defeated at Charlotte in the 1962 election. He was also unsuccessful in regaining the riding in the 1965 election.

Stewart first campaigned for federal office in the 1935 election at Nova Scotia's Digby—Annapolis—Kings riding for the Conservative Party.

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Members of the House of Commons of Canada from New Brunswick
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Real Women Have Curves is a stage play by Josefina López and is set in a tiny sewing factory in East Los Angeles in September 1987. It is marked by the issues of gender politics and the Latina immigrant experience. The story is told from the point of view of Ana, the youngest employee at the factory. Ambitious and bright, Ana yearns to go to college, but does not have the money. The action follows the course of a week at the factory, as the women talk about their lives, loves and deepest desires while attempting to meet impossible production deadlines. Within that week at the factory, the woman face many challenges such as the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (called La Migra in Spanish slang), troubles with their husbands and other male characters mentioned in the play, judgement from other characters, as well as yearning for dreams that do not seem possible to fulfill.

In the playwright's notes, López writes about how she grew up in Los Angeles herself. With the threat of la migra looming over her childhood, she once saw a meter maid in a corner store and immediately attempted to "act white" out of fear that the official looking person could deport her. After the 1987 Simpson-Rodino Amnesty Act, López was able to become a legal resident. She reflects on the undocumented people she knew who were afraid to register themselves for fear that the act was a trick. "They, like me, couldn't believe that after hiding and being persecuted for so long they were finally going to have the freedom to live and work in this country." She recounts that before she went to college she worked in a garment factory; those experiences inspired Real Women Have Curves.

In 2002, the play was adapted into a film of the same name, directed by Patricia Cardoso and starring America Ferrera as Ana.

Characters
Ana: the young feminist and recent high school graduate. She is politically active and concerned; she is waiting on her financial aid to come through so she can attend college at her dream school, New York University. She sometimes sneaks away from her work to the bathroom where she has a hidden journal and pen that she writes her true feelings in. At the beginning of the play she is ashamed to be working at the factory, but by the end she realizes how much the women in the factory have taught her that her years of education could not. Getting her temporary residence card soon.
Estela: the owner of the Garcia Sewing Factory, behind on her payments, kind but hardworking. Described in the play's intro as "plain-looking" and "plump". She is afraid to apply for amnesty because she owes money on some sewing machines, and thus spends most of the play's action being nervous, afraid and driven to complete her large order. She has a huge crush on a man the group jokingly calls "El Tormento"; he takes her for a date and behaves inappropriately, making sexual advances that a smarter woman would have seen coming. Eventually pays off her debts and dreams of owning her own retail boutique one day.
Carmen: the oldest of the women, mother of Ana and Estela, described as "short" and "large". She is a conventional example of a Latina mother; has a talent for storytelling and a tendency to use a harsh, blunt tone. She speaks her mind on all issues. Uncomfortable within her body, makes judgment on other characters’ appearances, especially her two daughters. By the end of the play she learns to accept herself and embrace her body. Recently became a US resident under the 1987 Simpson-Rodino Amnesty Act.
Pancha: Smart, sassy, described as a "huge woman". She is very comfortable with herself despite the fact that she cannot have children, something her social conditioning has raised her to expect from life. Her character is, like Carmen, rather conventional, believing that Ana's education will be a turn-off for her future husband. Believes that a woman should endure anything a man does to her if she loves him. López hints that Pancha might be in a sometimes abusive relationship but it is never directly mentioned. Recently became a US resident under the 1987 Simpson-Rodino Amnesty Act.
Rosali: often acts as the mediator of fights within the group, a little thinner than the others probably because she is constantly dieting. She is described as "sweet and easygoing" by the playwright. Recently became a US resident under the 1987 Simpson-Rodino Amnesty Act.

Reception

While the reception of the play has changed over the years, most critics agree that the play continues to have important modern relevance.

 In 2007, the American Drama Institute argued that Real Women Have Curves “can and should be read as a working-class text” since the play “highlights the difficulties of mediating between the individual and the collective, and the issue of class mobility.”

 In 2012, Arturo J. Aldama noted that “López consistently, creatively, and effectively draws structural connections between the individual and the communal.” Additionally, Lopez “recounts that before she went to college, she worked in a garment factory; those experiences inspired Real Women Have Curves.”

 The 2015 Pasadena Playhouse production was noted for its warmth and humor. Los Angeles Times determined the play “was revolutionary for its time and still, decades later, feels subversive: It puts women center stage, and not rich, glamorous women.”

 The 2017 production by Main Street Players in Miami Lakes credited López’s writing, stating that it “has a well-deserved congratulatory feel that someone is finally speaking on stage for the hard-working blue collar Latina women.”

 A 2018 review of the production at Austin’s Teatro Vivo determined that the show’s “place and relevance in our community are undeniable,” and a similar sentiment was expressed in 2019 in regard to the production at Dallas Theater Center. Artistic director Bill English of the 2020 San Francisco Playhouse Production also believes this play is still relevant, telling BroadwayWorld that “thirty years after its premiere in San Francisco, Real Women Have Curves still carries a potent and empowering message.”

 Yet in 2022, a reviewer for Sonoma County Gazette critiqued the play, arguing that the play’s humorous moments make “for comfortable viewing, but are often to the detriment of helping us understand what these women have to bear as impoverished, invisible and largely powerless Latina immigrants in California.”

Select Production History

 Victory Gardens Theatre in Chicago, IL, October–November 1993
 Depot Theatre in Westport, NY, 2012 Season
 Pasadena Playhouse in Pasadena, CA, September–October 2015
 Douglas Morrisson Theatre in Hayward, CA, August–September 2016
 Main Street Players Theater, February 2017
 Women's Theatre Project in Fort Lauderdale, FL, August 2017
 Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center production, August 2018
 Garry Marshall Theatre in Burbank, CA, October–November 2018
 Dallas Theatre Center at the Kalita Humphreys Theater in Dallas, TX, April–May 2019
 Center Players Dessert Theatre in Freehold, NJ, July–August 2019
 The Public Theatre in San Antonio, TX, September–October 2019
 San Francisco Playhouse in San Francisco, CA, March–April 2020
 Aurora Arts Theatre’s 2021 'Real Women Have Curves, August-September 2021
 Powerstories Theatre, February 2022
 6th Street Playhouse, May 2022

References

1990 plays
American plays adapted into films
Hispanic and Latino American culture in Los Angeles
Hispanic and Latino American plays
Plays based on actual events
Plays set in the 1980s
Plays set in Los Angeles
Working-class literature
Working class women


Jeon Won-Keun  (, born 13 November 1986) is a South Korean football player.

Club career

Gangwon FC called upon Jeon as their first pick in the 2009 K-League Draft. He quickly established himself in the first team, playing in all but two of Gangwon's league matches in 2009.  At the end of the 2009 playing season, on 30 November 2009, he moved to Daegu FC. He saw little on field action during the 2010 season, making only three appearances with the senior squad. On 2 August 2011, he moved to K-League rivals Gyeongnam FC.

Club career statistics

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Living people
South Korean men's footballers
Gangwon FC players
Daegu FC players
Gyeongnam FC players
Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dockyard FC players
K League 1 players
Korea National League players
Korea University alumni
Men's association football defenders


The 2009 Summer Tour was the fifth concert tour by American rock group No Doubt.

Background

On December 3, 2008, the band announced on their official website plans of a tour and a new album . They stated, "As most of you saw from our little iChat (yes, it was really us), we have decided to go on tour next year while continuing to work on our album.  We are working on tour dates now and can't wait to get out there and play for all of you – it's been too long!  We'll announce tour dates soon so be sure to check back for updates.  Have a safe and happy holiday and we'll see you on the road in 2009!" The tour was officially announced in January 2009 by MTV News. Stefani cited the reason for tour was to perform their favorite songs and explore new musical directions. A survey on the band's website complied fan's favorite songs that have a possibility of being performed on the tour. During an interview with guitarist Tom Dumont, he explained the tour will have A Clockwork Orange theme, saying, "Gwen came up with the Clockwork Orange thing—she started getting into the visuals of those modernist movies from the 60's. We've been looking at tons of art and it's like this space-age modernism from that decade—it's retro and modern at the same time, so we're building this crazy stage set that has that vibe. We have a bunch of really great artists doing t-shirts and posters that echo that. There's a whole look for the tour even though there's not an album yet."It was also revealed that the group will give away their entire music catalog (in digital format) to spectators  who purchased high level tickets. The group appeared on The Today Show, American Idol, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live! and Gossip Girl to promote the tour. This tour should not be considered a reunion tour, because No Doubt stated it is not a reunion since the band had never broken up.

Opening acts
Paramore (select dates)
The Sounds (select dates)
Bedouin Soundclash (select dates)
Janelle Monáe (select dates)
Tinted Windows (select dates)
Katy Perry (August 4)
Panic! at the Disco (select dates)
Matt Costa (select dates)

Setlist

"Spiderwebs"
"Hella Good"
"Underneath It All"
"Excuse Me Mr."
"Ex-Girlfriend"
"End It On This"
"Tragic Kingdom"
"Squeal"
"Simple Kind of Life"
"Bathwater"
"Guns of Navarone"
"New"
"Hey Baby"
"Running"
"Magic's In The Makeup"
"Different People"
"Total Hate"
"Don't Speak"
"It's My Life"
"Just a Girl"
Encore
"Rock Steady"
"Stand and Deliver"
"Sunday Morning"

Tour dates

a This concert is a part of the Bamboozle Festival
b This concert is a part of Tiger Jam XII
c This concert is a part of Summerfest

Box office score data

References

External links

 Official site

2009 concert tours
No Doubt concert tours
Paramore concert tours


Thunderer may refer to:

 Thor, a nickname for the Norse God of Thunder is "the Thunderer"
 Colt M1877, a double-action revolver
 The Thunderer, a nickname for the British newspaper The Times
 HMS Thunderer, the name of a number of British naval vessels since the 18th century
 , a British tug in service 1953–58
 the anglicised name of the god Pērkons in Latvian mythology
 the prophet Elijah (in Eastern Europe)
 Thunderer, a fantasy novel by Felix Gilman
 The Thunderer, a DC Comics villain in Metamorpho's Rogue's Gallery
 The Thunderer (Marvel Comics), a Marvel Comics character
 The Thunderer, a character in The 7th Portal
 The Thunderer, a march by John Philip Sousa
 "The Thunderer" (Dion song), a 2007 song about Saint Jerome
 The Thunderer (Wyoming), a mountain peak in Yellowstone National Park
 Gromoboi (ship), two ships of the Russian Imperial Navy; "Gromoboi" is Russian for "Thunderer"
 Thunderer, a gun weapon from a popular game called Pixel Gun 3D.

See also
 Thunder (disambiguation)


Pengajaran dan Pembelajaran Sains dan Matematik Dalam Bahasa Inggeris  (PPSMI) (the teaching and learning of science and mathematics in English) is a government policy aimed at improving the command of the English language among pupils at primary and secondary schools in Malaysia. In accordance to this policy, the Science and Mathematics subjects are taught in the English medium as opposed to the Malay medium used before. This policy was introduced in 2003 by the then-Prime Minister of Malaysia, Mahathir Mohamad. PPSMI has been the subject of debate among academics, politicians and the public alike, which culminated to the announcement of the policy's reversal in 2012 by the Deputy Prime Minister, Muhyiddin Yassin.

History
PPSMI's inception as a Malaysian Government policy was the result of the Cabinet meeting on 19 July 2002 under the administration of the fourth prime minister, Mahathir Mohamad. According to the Malaysian Ministry of Education, the policy would be run in stages, starting with the 2003 school session, pioneered by the all students of Year 1 in primary education level, and Form 1 of the secondary education level. PPSMI was then fully implemented to all secondary students in 2007, and to all primary students in 2008.

Objective
According to the statement regarding PPSMI in the Ministry of Education's website:

When proposing the policy, Mahathir Mohamad was in the opinion that Malaysia's progress is declining in the age of globalisation, and he had hoped that this policy gives a competitive edge to the nation, following the footsteps of Singapore and India which are moving forward because of their utilisation of the English language.

Implementation
PPSMI was implemented for the 2003 school session students enrolling in Year 1 and Form 1 in primary and secondary schools respectively. Students of other grades are not affected, and continued to study Mathematics and Science in the mother tongue. PPSMI learning materials were offered in the form of packages consisting of these components:
 Textbooks: Given to students as the basic source for learning on concepts and skills in Science and Mathematics.
 Activity Books: Given as supplementary material for students to practice their understanding of the concepts learned from textbooks. These "Buku Latihan dan Aktiviti" or "BLA" were provided for students of Year 1 only.
 Teacher's Guide: Material prepared for teachers as reference and guide to plan and implement effective teaching of the Science and Mathematics.
 MyCD or "Pupil's CD-ROM": "BLA" in the form of multimedia presentations recorded in compacts discs and included with every Activity Book. The contents consists of an interactive games and simulators as well as electronic tests.
 Teacher's CD-ROM: This material was meant to help teachers  to plan and implement effective teaching of the Science and Mathematics. Among the contents are questions banks, additional activities as well as URLs to websites with relevance to the subject. These CDs are included in the Teacher's Guide.
 Science Practical Book: Published to ensure that Science are taught not only in theory but also in practice.
 Glossary Book: A reference guide containing definition to terms pervasive in Science and Mathematics.

As for the implementation in Chinese schools, after a protest was made by the nation's union of Chinese schools Dong Jiao Zong, a compromise was reached where the teaching of Science and Mathematics was made done both in English and Mandarin.

References

Education policy in Malaysia


Forecast Earth is the name for The Weather Channel's environmental initiatives. It also was the name of an environment news program that ran on TWC from 2006 to 2008.

History of the brand
The Forecast Earth brand was introduced in 2003 for special series. In 2004, The Weather Channel announced that it would be creating six more special programs under the Forecast Earth name at its April upfront presentation to advertisers. In conjunction with the 2008 launch of the channel's new studios, several environmentally friendly features were connected to the Forecast Earth brand on an online studio tour.
In December 2007, The Weather Channel held a Forecast Earth Summit for 22 high school students. A second summit was planned for 2008, but was canceled after the entire Forecast Earth program was disbanded. However, the finalists were still given an opportunity to showcase their green ideas on a web page.

Forecast Earth and the workplace
The Weather Channel kept the environment in mind when constructing its HD studios, which made their on-air debut on 2 June 2008. TWC aimed for LEED gold certification in constructing the building, and various technologies were integrated to both the new and existing structures to improve energy efficiency. In August 2007, TWC announced a branch of the Forecast Earth initiative titled "Forecast Earth: Going Green at Work" to promote environmentally friendly workplaces and its own internal initiatives, including telecommuting, carpooling, and using sustainable materials.

Classroom Earth
TWC also launched a related "Classroom Earth" program providing grants to teachers who incorporated environmental issues into their lesson plans.

The television program

The Forecast Earth television program began in 2006 as the 30-minute The Climate Code with Dr. Heidi Cullen. On April 29, 2007, the names of The Climate Code and of One Degree, an accompanying broadband initiative, were changed to Forecast Earth; at the same time, the TV program became an hour-long show. Natalie Allen became the program's primary presenter at the beginning of 2008, moving from CNN.

As part of cost-cutting measures, it was announced on 20 November 2008 (ironically, in the midst of new parent company NBC Universal's "Green is Universal" Week) that the entire Forecast Earth team except for Allen would be laid off and Forecast Earth canceled. At the time, the channel announced that it would air other environmental programs. Eco Update segments with environmental news still aired on the channel presented by Allen and bearing the Forecast Earth name.

References

The Weather Channel original programming
2006 American television series debuts
2009 American television series endings


Piero Baglioni (born 1952, in Florence) is an Italian chemist and University professor at the University of Florence. Baglioni produced several innovations in the field of both inorganic and organic colloids. Baglioni is the author of more than 250 publications on books and largely diffused international journals. He is also the author of 16 patents for the preparation of aqueous suspensions at high concentration of particulate, for the therapy and photodynamic diagnosis of tumors, for the conservation of the cultural heritage, for the setup of a new process for the treatment of textile industrial waste, for production of emulsions from Bio Crude Oil, for production of nanoparticles and novel nano-coatings via flame-spraying, and using homogeneous and heterogeneous solutions.

Research and achievements

Within the broad field of modern colloid and surface chemistry, his research is mainly concentrated into the following areas:

1. Self-assembly of bio-inspired surfactants (nucleolipid and ascorbic acid derivatives) and of biomolecules (cyclodextrins)
2. Core-shell nanostructures with tunable magnetic properties
3. Inorganic nanophases applied to Cultural Heritage conservation and to nanocoating of materials (building materials, textiles, etc..)
4. Interaction potentials in protein solutions
5. Nanostrucutured surfaces for biosensors application
6. Additive effects on microstructure and hydration in cement pastes
7. Confined water in inorganic and biological matrices.

Baglioni is currently Full Professor of Physical Chemistry and lecturer of Physical Chemistry of Disperse Systems and Interfaces at the Department of Chemistry of the University of Florence. He has been appointed as Visiting Scientist/Professor by several laboratories such as the Department of Chemistry of the University of Houston, the Weizmann Institute, the Collège de France, and M.I.T. He is the Director of the National Consortium for Nanosystems (CSGI) and in the Advisory Board and reviewer of several international journals and International organization (European Science Foundation (ESF), National Science Foundation (NSF)). He is member of the scientific board of several national and international Institutions, industries (Italcementi, FAST, HMI, etc.) and Journals, coordinator of several National and European Union’s projects.

Honors and awards
Baglioni received in 2002 the ECIS - Rhodia European Colloid and Interface Prize for Colloids and Interfaces for his work on surfactants organizing in micelles with recognition between head-groups.

He also received the 2003 European Grand Prix for Innovation Award.

In 2010 he was honored as Caballero Aguila which is the most prestigious recognition from CONACULTA-INAH for the Mexican Cultural Heritage conservation.

In 2011 he was awarded for Lifetime Achievement by the Journal of Colloid and Interface Science.

Notes

External links

1952 births
Living people
Italian physical chemists


Macclesfield Castle (also known as Buckingham Castle or Buckingham Palace) was a fortified manor house in Macclesfield, Cheshire (). John de Macclesfield began construction of the castle in 1398. It was made from sandstone, and was square with projecting wings. Alterations were made in the 15th century, and it passed through the hands of two families of earls. By 1585 the building was ruinous, and all that survived to the 20th century was the porch. This was dismantled in 1932, and the site reused for cottages and shops.

History
Between 1392 and 1398, John de Macclesfield, an officer in the court of Richard II and Keeper of the Great Wardrobe. began acquiring land in the town of Macclesfield for the purpose of building a manor house. Construction of the house – Macclesfield Castle – began in 1398. In 1398, and again in 1399, Macclesfield applied for a licence to crenellate his new manor house. The historian of the castle, R.C. Turner, attributes this to the crisis towards the end of Richard II's reign. The king died before he could grant Macclesfield's request, however, and was succeeded to the throne by Henry IV. Although he fell out of favour and returned to his home in Macclesfield after being replaced as Keeper of the Wardrobe, John was granted a licence to crenellate in 1410. John de Macclesfield was a commoner, despite his previous position as Keeper of the Wardrobe, and to allow him to fortify his home – which was in the royal borough of Macclesfield – was very unusual.

When John de Macclesfied died in 1422, his estates passed to his bastard children. By 1444, these lands had been bought by Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham. In the mid-15th century additions were made to the castle. The castle passed from the possession of the Dukes of Buckingham – after whom the house became known as Buckingham Palace or Buckingham Castle – into the hands of the Stanley family, Earls of Derby from 1485. It is assumed that when Henry VII visited the Earl of Derby in Macclesfield in 1496, he stayed at Macclesfield Castle. The castle had fallen into disrepair by the late 16th century, as in 1585 it was described by William Smith as a "huge place all of stone in a manner of a castle – but now gone into much decay".

Parts of the castle were still in use in 1793–1811, when a room of the castle was used by Macclesfield's Roman Catholic congregation. By the 20th century, all that remained of the building was the porch (or gateway) – which dated to the reign of Henry VII – where Palace Yard is now and parts of the curtain wall. Despite plans to preserve the porch, it was dismantled in 1932 and the site reused to build cottages and shops. In 1985, dressed stone that had originally been part of the castle was accidentally discovered, although it was heavily weathered; the site was excavated the same year. The courtyard of Macclesfield Town Hall contains stones from the porch.

Layout
When the castle was described in 1585, Smith recorded that Macclesfield Castle was a square building with projecting wings and decorative towers. Because so little of the building survives, it is unknown whether it had a great hall, but Turner believes the building was probably influenced by the contemporary construction of Bodiam Castle and alterations to Kenilworth Castle; Turner comes to this conclusion as he believes John de Macclesfield would have been involved in organising payment for the construction of these castles in his role as Keeper of the Wardrobe. Macclesfield Castle was constructed from sandstone, and the remains of it which were uncovered in 1985 have not survived well due to weathering. The overall layout and size of Macclesfield Castle is uncertain, but it was probably  The porch which survived until 1932 was on the west side and measured  square and  high. It was built from coursed rubble sandstone and faced with ashlar; it probably had a castellated parapet. Unusually, it featured a vaulted interior with an unusual Tudor rose, dating it to the reign of Henry VII.

See also

Buckingham Palace – palace built for the Dukes of Buckingham in 1703
List of castles in Cheshire

References

Bibliography

Hartwell C., Hyde M., Hubbard E., Pevsner N. (2011). The Buildings of England: Cheshire (2nd edn) (Yale University Press) ().

Further reading

Castles in Cheshire
Buildings and structures in the Borough of Cheshire East
Macclesfield


Lim Jong-Eun (; born 18 June 1990) is a South Korean footballer who currently plays for Ulsan Hyundai.

Club career statistics

Honours

Club
Ulsan Hyundai
 K League 1: 2022

References

External links

 FIFA Player Statistics

1990 births
Living people
Men's association football defenders
South Korean men's footballers
Ulsan Hyundai FC players
Seongnam FC players
Jeonnam Dragons players
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors players
K League 1 players


Haodlon Island is an island located within Coronation Gulf, south of Victoria Island, in the Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is situated at an elevation of  above sea level.

Other islands in the vicinity include Anchor Island, Hatoayok Island, Hokagon Island, Kabviukvik Island, Mangak Island, Nanortut Island, and Nanukton Island, as well as the Berens Islands, Black Berry Islands, Deadman Islands, Home Islands, Lawford Islands, Leo Islands, and Sir Graham Moore Islands. The community of Kugkluktuk (formerly Coppermine) is located on the mainland,  to the south.

References

Islands of Coronation Gulf
Uninhabited islands of Kitikmeot Region


The Quail rock art panel is a panel of Native American rock art located at the intersect of Grand Gulch and Step Canyon in Cedar Mesa, San Juan County, Utah.  Grand Gulch contains a large number of relatively well-preserved rock art and ledge dwellings.  The Quail Panel is a grouping of pictographs that were probably created by people of the Basketmaker II or Fremont culture.  Cedar Mesa is located at a point where the two cultures overlapped.

The panel is probably named for a conspicuous depiction of a quail or quail-like bird with a vivid green and red-brown eye.  The panel contains a row of anthropomorphs or warriors with shields and topknots or feathered headbands.  The collection includes two green figures, which is a rare pigment for southwestern rock art.  The panel also includes a red, scowling visage that may represent a mountain lion.

Hiking to Quail Panel is 9.6 miles via the "Government Trail" past Polly's Island.  This is typically the easiest and shortest route. The Government Trail passes the Big Man Panel.  Hiking to Quail Panel is 18.5 miles from the Collins Spring trailhead through Collins Canyon and 19.5 miles from the Kane Gulch Ranger Station trailhead through Kane Gulch.

External links

References

Rock art in North America
Fremont culture
Geography of San Juan County, Utah
Petroglyphs in Utah


Mario Zampi (1 November 19032 December 1963) was an Italian film producer and director. A co-founder of Two Cities Films, a British production company, he is most closely associated with British comedies of the 1950s.

Biography

Zampi began his career as an actor in Italy at the age of 17. By 1930, he was working for Warner Bros. as a film editor in London. In 1937, he and compatriot Filippo Del Giudice founded Two Cities Films. While the company was noted for such serious films as In Which We Serve, Henry V, and Hamlet, Zampi is most remembered for comedies. He made his mark with such films as Laughter in Paradise (1951), The Naked Truth (1957), and Too Many Crooks (1959), often in the dual role of director and producer.

Filmography
Director and producer unless otherwise indicated.

Tredici uomini e un cannone (1936) producer
13 Men and a Gun (1938)
French Without Tears (1940) producer
Spy for a Day (1940)
Freedom Radio aka A Voice in the Night (1941) producer (uncredited)
The Phantom Shot (1947)
Third Time Lucky (1948) producer
The Fatal Night (1948)
The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950) producer
Shadow of the Past (1950)
Come Dance with Me (1950)
Laughter in Paradise (1951)
Top Secret, aka Mr. Potts Goes to Moscow (1952)
 I Chose Love aka Ho scelto l'amore (1953) director
Happy Ever After, aka Tonight's the Night (1954)
Now and Forever (1956)
The Naked Truth, aka Your Past Is Showing (1957)
Too Many Crooks (1959)
Bottoms Up (1960)
Five Golden Hours, aka Cinque ore in contanti (1961) director

References

Kay Weniger. Das große Personenlexikon des Films, Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf Verlag, Berlin 2001,

External links

Biography at britmovie.co.uk

Italian film directors
Italian film producers
1903 births
1963 deaths
Italian emigrants to the United Kingdom


The 2–3 zone defense is a defensive strategy used in basketball as an alternative to man-to-man defense. It is referred to as the 2–3 because of its formation on the court, which consists of two players at the front of the defense (closer to half court) and three players behind (closer to the team's basket).

History
In 1914, Eli Camden "Cam" Henderson's Bristol High School first used a 3–2 zone defense against Clair Bee's team, Grafton YMCA, in West Virginia. The zone defense was used because the gym floor was made of green pine and it was very slippery when wet, when the roof leaked.

The 3-2 zone defense did not provide the rebounding support for the fast break that Cam Henderson was using. The top defender dropped back to form the 2–3 zone. Henderson developed this style of basketball successfully at Davis & Elkins College, before moving on to coach at Marshall University.

In 1938, Marshall University upset Long Island University, to snap their 40-game winning streak.

In 1947, Henderson led Marshall to a National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) championship title with his 2–3 zone defense and fast break offense.

In 2003, Syracuse University coach Jim Boeheim led his team to an NCAA tournament championship playing the 2–3 zone, which has become Boeheim's trademark.

How to play a 2–3 zone defense
The widespread use of the 2–3 zone is likely due to its somewhat intuitive operation. The two players on the top of the zone are usually a team's guards, and they guard the zones closest to them on the perimeter and three-point arc. In the same way, a team's forwards guard the sides of the zone and its center guards the lane and center of the defense. As the opposing team moves with the basketball around the court, the zone as a whole shifts accordingly.

The individuals that make up a 2–3 zone are often described as "being on a string." This means that as one player moves, he pulls the imaginary string (which is attached to every defensive player) and therefore pulls the entire defense in that same direction. As the ball moves throughout the court, every player should shift simultaneously in the direction of the ball. When a player in the zone is shifting, that player should look to fill in gaps of space vacated by other shifting players and also guard offensive players in that space.

For example, if a player with the ball stood on the right wing (beyond the three-point arc), defensive players 1 and 2 would shift towards that direction. To effectively operate the 2–3 zone, a defense must move as a whole. In this case, that would mean every defensive player shifting around 5 to 6 feet in the direction of the right wing and the player with the ball. Similarly, if that player moved to the right corner, the 4 player would move to guard him and the rest of the defense would shift towards that direction. So much so, in fact, that ideally no defensive players should be on the left side of the court at all, because it would require several passes, or a long pass(skip pass) through the defense to get the ball to the left side.

Key points of emphasis
Communicate — this is probably the most important thing to remember when playing a 2–3 zone. Players should talk to each other on the court about who's open, who should be where, what to do, and everything else worth knowing. The team must work together, and the best way to do so is to communicate with each other on the floor.
Players should anticipate the next pass before it happens, so that when it does, each person knows where to go on the floor and fewer breakdowns happen.
Although it is a zone defense, players should always be aware of the offensive players' locations on the floor. It is more important to guard an open player than stay within the normal constraints of the zone.
Offensive players closer to the basket take priority. The defense begins at the basket and radiates outwards—the idea is to force the offense to take shots from the perimeter and prevent access to the basket and surrounding area.

Strengths of the 2–3 zone
The 2–3 zone is a very effective defense when executed properly. This defense's strong suits include:

Forcing outside shots—it generally holds true that as players get further away from the basket, their chances of scoring decrease. The 2–3 essentially fills the middle of the court and is very effective at preventing penetration into the lane and heart of the defense, leaving the perimeter as an offense's most accessible option.
"Hiding" poor defensive players—because the 2–3 zone is so team-oriented, players who are less effective defensively are less likely to be exploited by the offense. It is very difficult to target just one defensive player in the 2–3 because the zone is always shifting and players work together. Similarly, using a 2–3 more evenly distributes fouls throughout the players on defense, meaning foul-prone players are less likely to accumulate many fouls or foul out.
Slowing the game (Gibson)—Because the 2–3 often guards the interior of the court well, offenses generally pass the ball around the perimeter frequently before attempting to penetrate the defense or initiate an offense. As a result, it takes longer for an offense to take a shot, and therefore slows the tempo of the game. Therefore, hypothetically defensive players have more time to catch their breath as a result. Also players exert somewhat less energy in a zone than in man-to-man since they often cover less ground while playing defense.
Fewer offensive plays—There are far fewer zone offenses than there are man-to-man offenses to prepare for as a defense. As a result, defenses often have a better idea of what to expect from the offensive team when playing a zone defense.

Weaknesses of the 2–3 zone
On the other hand, there are many reasons why many coaches prefer not to use the zone. Its strengths can easily become its weaknesses, which include:

Perimeter scoring—because the 2–3 zone often leaves some parts of the perimeter wide open for the opposing offense's long-range shooters, offenses that excel at 3-point shots and mid-range jump shots always have a chance to keep the score even (or, to build large leads). This is probably the 2–3's most obvious Achilles' heel.
Playing from behind—teams that are losing rarely use the 2–3 zone, because it gives the opposing  offense ample time—and space—to repeatedly pass the ball around the perimeter, reducing the amount of time left in the game.
Rebounding—in man-to-man defense, defensive players know whom to "block out" if the shot misses, and an offensive rebound's attempted; each defender covers the individual offensive player they're assigned to personally defend. However, in the 2–3 zone, defensive players do not guard individuals, only areas of the court (zones); so, it is more difficult to quickly and accurately assess where the offensive players are, and which defensive players are supposed to block them out. As a result, 2–3 zones often yield more rebounds for the opposing offense, which can tire out a defense, and/or put them far behind in scoring.
Gaps in the zone—there are a few areas on the court that often cause breakdowns in the 2–3 zone, especially at the high-post area. The high post/free throw line area (i.e., the center of the 2–3 zone) is often a weak spot in the zone that is exploited by the offense.  Multiple defensive players tend to "collapse" (i.e., converge at once) on an offensive player who has the ball in this part of the zone, leaving other offensive players unguarded on the wings, blocks, and/or baseline areas.
Degree of difficulty—because the 2–3 zone relies so heavily on well-timed teamwork, each individual player must know exactly where to be at all times. Because a zone defense is more complex than simply following one player always following his counterpart around the court, there is a higher probability that at least one defensive player will forget which opposing player he/she was assigned to guard. Players must be extremely practiced and knowledgeable to run a 2–3 zone correctly.

Notes
The 2–3 zone is sometimes called a 2–1–2 zone, simply because the player (usually the center) standing under the basket moves further up on the key. The concept, however, remains the same. The 2–1–2 concept is used when the other team runs cutters to break down the zone.

External links
 HoopTactics: 2-3 Zone Defense

References

Basketball strategy
Basketball terminology


Homeland Security Centers of Excellence (HS-Centers) are sponsored by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. These Centers develop technology and training for police and domestic military units. The Centers were created under the Homeland Security Act in 2002 in order to establish a coordinated, university-based system to increase domestic security measures.

Current Centers
The Center of Excellence network includes twelve Centers, ten of which are active, each with a unique security focus.

The Arctic Domain Awareness Center (ADAC)
The Arctic Domain Awareness Center (ADAC), led by the University of Alaska Anchorage, develops products and educational programs related to security in the Arctic maritime environment.

The Center for Visualization and Data Analytics (CVADA)
The Center for Visualization and Data Analytics (CVADA), co-led by Purdue University (visualization sciences-VACCINE) and Rutgers University (data sciences-CCICADA), researches data mining for security purposes.

The Center of Excellence for Awareness & Localization of Explosives-Related Threats (ALERT)
The Center of Excellence for Awareness & Localization of Explosives-Related Threats (ALERT), led by Northeastern University, pursues explosives-related research.

The Center of Excellence for Zoonotic and Animal Disease Defense (ZADD)
The Center of Excellence for Zoonotic and Animal Disease Defense (ZADD), co-led by Texas A&M University and Kansas State University, researches animal disease threats.

The Coastal Hazards Center of Excellence (CHC)
The Coastal Hazards Center of Excellence (CHC), co-led by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Jackson State University, performs research and develops education programs to improve safeguards from catastrophic natural disasters.

The Maritime Security Center (MSC)
The Maritime Security Center (MSC), led by Stevens Institute of Technology, develops strategies to support Marine Transportation System resilience and educational programs for current and future security professionals.

The National Center for Border Security and Immigration (NCBSI)
The National Center for Border Security and Immigration (NCBSI), co-led by the University of Arizona in Tucson and the University of Texas at El Paso, develops products related to immigration, economics, and border security.

The National Center for Food Protection and Defense (NCFPD)
The National Center for Food Protection and Defense (NCFPD), led by the University of Minnesota, researches the safety and security of the domestic food supply chain.

The National Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events (CREATE)
The National Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events (CREATE), led by the University of Southern California, researches the economic implications of terrorism and security countermeasures.

The National Counterterrorism Innovation, Technology, and Education Center (NCITE)
The National Counterterrorism Innovation, Technology, and Education Center (NCITE), led by the University of Nebraska at Omaha, develops knowledge and technology to counter and prevent terrorism and targeted violence.

Emeritus Centers
The Center for Maritime, Island and Remote and Extreme Environment Security (MIREES), co-led by the University of Hawaii and the Stevens Institute of Technology, focuses on developing research and education programs for subarctic maritime security.
The National Center for the Study of Preparedness and Catastrophic Event Response (PACER), led by Johns Hopkins University, optimizes the Nation’s medical and public health preparedness, mitigation, and recovery strategies in the event of an extreme natural or man-made disaster.
The National Transportation Security Center of Excellence (NTSCOE), co-led by the University of Connecticut, Tougaloo College, and Texas Southern University, is a seven-institution consortium focused on developing products to increase the resilience of the Nation’s multi-modal transportation infrastructure.
The Center for Advancing Microbial Risk Assessment (CAMRA), co-led by Michigan State University and Drexel University and established jointly with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, researches threats from microbial hazards.

 The National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START), led by the University of Maryland, focuses on disrupting terrorist groups and improving the resilience of the general population in the event of terrorist attacks.

See also
 Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
 War on Terrorism
 Surveillance

References

Surveillance
War on terror
United States Department of Homeland Security


Gerakan Mansuhkan PPSMI (GMP) is a coalition of 40 NGOs and political parties in Malaysia, which campaigns to abolish Pengajaran dan Pembelajaran Sains dan Matematik Dalam Bahasa Inggeris (PPSMI) in Malaysia education policy. Its leader is Dato’ Dr. Hassan Ahmad, ex-director of Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka. PPSMI is a Malaysian government policy at primary and secondary schools in Malaysia to improve English fluency among Malaysian pupils. All science and mathematics are to be taught in English medium instead of the Bahasa Melayu medium as before. This policy was introduced in 2003 by Malaysian ex-prime minister, Mahathir bin Mohamad.

References

 Jimadie Shah Othman. "Sah, Dr Hassan ketuai bantahan PPSMI", Malaysiakini, 2009-01-08. Dicapai pada 2009-01-19.
 Pengajaran Dan Pembelajaran Sains Dan Matematik (PPSMI), Portal Rasmi Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia,

Politics of Malaysia


Amaury Miguel García (born May 20, 1975) is a former Major League Baseball second baseman and current hitting coach for the Hagerstown Suns. He played for the Florida Marlins for ten games during the 1999 Florida Marlins season.

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1975 births
Brevard County Manatees players
Calgary Cannons players
Charlotte Knights players
Dominican Republic expatriate baseball players in Canada
Dominican Republic expatriate baseball players in Italy
Dominican Republic expatriate baseball players in Mexico
Dominican Republic expatriate baseball players in South Korea
Dominican Republic expatriate baseball players in the United States
Elmira Pioneers players
Florida Marlins players
Gulf Coast Marlins players
Hanwha Eagles players
Kane County Cougars players

Living people
Major League Baseball players from the Dominican Republic
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Portland Sea Dogs players
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Dominican Republic expatriate baseball players in Taiwan
Macoto Cobras players


Libertas Sweden () is a political party in Sweden. It intended to contend the 2009 European Parliament elections under a common banner with Declan Ganley's Libertas.eu.

History
On 26 February 2009, Libertas announced that it wanted to open a branch in Sweden and appealed for the 1500 signatures required to register as a political party in Sweden. The results were submitted to the Valmyndigheten (the Swedish Election Authority) 58 minutes before the deadline expired. The results were not submitted as a list of signatures: instead, a document from a Notary Public certifying that the signatures existed was submitted in its place.

When Libertas Sweden (Libertas Sverige) was set up Sören Wibe of Junilistan stated that Ganley had visited Sweden in January and offered Junilistan 10 million kronor (SEK) to rename the party to "Junilistan - Libertas", and that Junilistan had rejected the offer and Libertas.

Libertas.eu held a press conference on April 27 at which Stefan Kihlberg, the former party secretary of Ny Demokrati (NyD) was introduced as the head of the Libertas list in Sweden.

European Parliament elections, 2009

Libertas Sweden intended to contend the 2009 Euroelections on the specific issue of a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty. The policies and core values of the umbrella pan-European party Libertas.eu were on its website or on the main article here.

On 21 May 2009 Libertas Sweden announced that it was ending its campaign, stating that it did not have the resources to cover the cost of printing and transporting ballots.

See also
Libertas Party
Jens-Peter Bonde
Declan Ganley
2009 European Parliament election
Treaty of Lisbon

References

Political parties established in 2009
Sweden
Minor political parties in Sweden
2009 establishments in Sweden


Anchor Island is an island located within Coronation Gulf, south of Victoria Island, in the Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut, Canada.

Other islands in the vicinity include Duke of York Archipelago, Haodlon Island, Hatoayok Island, Hokagon Island, Kabviukvik Island, Kingak Island, Mangak Island, Nanortut Island, Nanukton Island, Takhoalok Island, as well as the Aiyohok Islands, Akvitlak Islands, Black Berry Islands, Home Islands, Lawford Islands, Miles Islands, Nauyan Islands, and Outcast Islands.

References

 Anchor Island #7 at the Atlas of Canada

Islands of Coronation Gulf
Uninhabited islands of Kitikmeot Region


Sir Gerald Herbert Portal  (13 March 1858 – 25 January 1894) was a British diplomat who was the Consul General for British East Africa and British Special Commissioner to Uganda, and a main figure in the establishment of the Uganda Protectorate.

Diplomatic career
Gerald Portal was the second son of the politician Melville Portal. He was educated at Eton College, joined the diplomatic service as an attaché in 1879, and was posted to Rome where he was promoted to third secretary of legation in 1881.

In June 1882 Portal had the good fortune to be temporarily attached to the consulate-general at Cairo, at a critical period in the history of British relations with Egypt. He was present at the bombardment of Alexandria, and for his services on that occasion received a medal with clasp and the Khedive's Star. He became a favourite with Sir Evelyn Baring (afterwards Lord Cromer), the British representative. On 1 April 1885 he was promoted second secretary. For some weeks in the summers of 1886 and 1887 he took charge of the residency during Lord Cromer's absence, and conducted its affairs with credit.

In October 1887 Portal was ordered to attempt a reconciliation between the Emperor of Ethiopia and the Italian government. To succeed in such a mission was almost impossible, but he made every effort. He returned on 31 December, without effecting his purpose, but with a considerably enhanced reputation. He was made CB, and in My Mission to Abyssinia (1888) he gave an account of the expedition.

Returning to his duties at the Cairo agency, Portal was chargé d'affaires in the autumn of 1888. From 30 April to 14 November 1889 he acted as Consul-General at Zanzibar, and in 1891 he was appointed there as Consul-General for British East Africa.

Mission to Uganda
In 1892 Portal was appointed British Special Commissioner to East Africa. He was directed to visit Uganda and to report to the British Government on the desirability of setting up a British Protectorate to replace the Imperial British East Africa Company. The British East Africa Company, which was the administrator of British East Africa (including the territory of Uganda), was becoming increasingly ineffective in its venture as a commercial company with colonial administrative rights – amidst conflicts between rival factions, including the Kabaka (King) of Buganda, French Catholic, and British Protestant missionaries.

Portal established a settlement between the French and British Missionaries in Uganda, and on 1 April 1893, Portal hauled down the flag of the British East Africa Company at Mengo (the Kabaka's residence) and hoisted the Union Jack. On 29 May 1893, he signed a treaty with Mwanga II, the Kabaka.

Portal returned to Britain and recommended the declaration of Uganda as a protectorate. He died from typhoid fever in London on 25 January 1894, at the age of 36. On 18 June 1894, Uganda was declared a British Protectorate. In this case, it is therefore important to note that General Portal never declared Uganda as a British protectorate. The declaration was made by Lord Rosebery five months after Portal's death.

The town of Fort Portal in western Uganda, where Portal had his base, is named after him.

Cricket
Portal was a sound middle order batsman and a fast left arm bowler who played for I Zingari. He played in one first class game, scoring 6 and taking 4 wickets for 55 runs.

Family

In 1890 Gerald Portal married Lady Alice Bertie, daughter of the Earl of Abingdon. They had no children.

He is buried in Winchester Cathedral together with his brother, Captain Melville Raymond Portal. Their monument was sculpted by Waldo Story.

Honours
Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) – 1888
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) – 1892

References

Death Of Sir Gerald Portal, The Times, London, 26 January 1894, page 3
Sir Gerald Herbert Portal – thepeerage.com

External links

1858 births
1894 deaths
People educated at Eton College
Companions of the Order of the Bath
Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
19th century in Uganda
Deaths from typhoid fever
I Zingari cricketers
People from Laverstoke
British East Africa


Hatoayok Island is an island located within Coronation Gulf, south of Victoria Island, in the Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut, Canada.

Other islands in the vicinity include Anchor Island,Douglas Island, Haodlon Island, Hokagon Island, Ivonayak Island, Kabviukvik Island, Mangak Island, Nanortut Island, and Nanukton Island. The community of Kugkluktuk (formerly Coppermine) is located on the mainland,  to the south.

References

Islands of Coronation Gulf
Uninhabited islands of Kitikmeot Region


State Route 195  (SR 195) is part of Maine's system of numbered state highways. It runs entirely in the town of Gouldsboro for a length of . It travels from an intersection with Corea Road and Crowley Island Road in Corea to an intersection with U.S. Route 1 (US 1).

The route is notable due to not being renumbered or decommissioned after the Interstate Highway System was installed, as was the case with State Route 95.

Major junctions

References

External links

Floodgap Roadgap's RoadsAroundME: Maine State Route 195

195
Transportation in Hancock County, Maine


Folkestone and Hythe District Council is the local authority for the Folkestone and Hythe District in Kent, England. The district was called Shepway prior to 2018. The council is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2015, 30 councillors have been elected from 13 wards.

Political control
The first election to the council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority before coming into its powers on 1 April 1974. Political control of the council since 1973 has been held by the following parties:

Leadership
The leaders of the council since 1999 have been:

Council elections
1973 Shepway District Council election
1976 Shepway District Council election
1979 Shepway District Council election (New ward boundaries)
1983 Shepway District Council election
1987 Shepway District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)
1991 Shepway District Council election
1995 Shepway District Council election
1999 Shepway District Council election
2003 Shepway District Council election (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by 10)
2007 Shepway District Council election
2011 Shepway District Council election
2015 Shepway District Council election (New ward boundaries)
2019 Folkestone and Hythe District Council election
2023 Folkestone and Hythe District Council election

By-election results

1995-1999

1999-2003

2003-2007

2007-2011

2011-2015

2015-2019

References

By-election results

Folkestone and Hythe District
Council elections in Kent
District council elections in England


Friedrich August Körnicke (29 January 1828 – 16 January 1908) was a German agronomist and botanist born in Pratau (now a part of Wittenberg, Saxony-Anhalt). He was the father of agricultural botanist Max Koernicke (1874–1955).

Körnicke studied sciences at Humboldt University of Berlin, where in 1856 he earned his doctorate. As a student he participated in numerous botanical field trips, and at the university was influenced by distinguished botanists that included Alexander Braun (1805–1877) and Johannes von Hanstein (1822–1880). After graduation, he worked as curator of the herbarium at the botanical gardens in St. Petersburg.

From 1858 to 1867 he taught classes at the Landwirtschaftlichen Akademie Waldau (Waldau Agricultural Academy) near Königsberg. Afterwards he was successor to Julius Sachs (1832–1897) as professor of botany at the Agricultural Academy of Poppelsdorf in Bonn, a position he maintained until 1898.

Körnicke was a leading authority on cereal grains, especially wheat. At Bonn he conducted important investigations of agricultural crops, and performed systematic research involving improved varieties of grain. With agricultural scientist Hugo Werner (1839–1912), he published a landmark textbook on grain cultivation called "Handbuch des Getreidebaues".

In addition to his work in agricultural science, he performed significant studies of flora found in the Rhineland. Also, he was the taxonomic authority of many taxa within the botanical families Eriocaulaceae and Marantaceae.

Selected publications
 Monographia scripta de Eriocaulaceae, 1856).
 Vegitation des zollvereinten und nördlichen Deutschlands, 1858.
 Zur Geschichte der Gartenbohne, 1885.
 Die Entstehung und das Verhalten neuer Getreidevarietäten, 1908.

References
 This article is based on a translation of an equivalent article at the German Wikipedia.

1828 births
1908 deaths
Scientists from Wittenberg
German agronomists
19th-century German botanists


Lewis Crum Bidamon (January 16, 1806 – February 11, 1891) was a leader in the Illinois militia that assisted Latter Day Saints in the 1846 "Battle of Nauvoo". In 1847, Bidamon married Emma Smith, the widow of Joseph Smith, the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement; from this time, Bidamon was the stepfather of Joseph Smith III and the other surviving children of Joseph and Emma Smith.

Personal life
Bidamon was born in Smithfield, Virginia. When he was fourteen years old, his family moved to Highland County, Ohio. He later relocated to Canton, Illinois. In 1846, just as the Latter Day Saints were beginning to depart Nauvoo, Illinois, Bidamon moved to Nauvoo. He was a lieutenant colonel of the 32nd Regiment of the Illinois militia, and he helped control the violence being perpetuated against the Latter Day Saints. Because of his position in the Illinois militia, he was often referred to as "Major" Bidamon.

Bidamon married Nancy Sebree in 1827, with whom he had four children. During this first marriage, he also fathered a child with another woman. After Nancy Bidamon died, Lewis Bidamon married Mary Ann Douglas in 1842, but the marriage only lasted six months. He moved to Nauvoo after he was divorced from his second wife.

Unlike the majority of Latter Day Saints, Emma Smith did not follow Brigham Young's suggestion that the Latter Day Saints leave Nauvoo and settle in the Salt Lake Valley in present-day Utah. Her husband Joseph Smith had been killed in 1844, and after his death Emma Smith decided to remain in Nauvoo. On 23 December 1847, which would have been Joseph's 42nd birthday, Bidamon and Smith were married in Nauvoo by a Methodist circuit rider. At the time of the marriage, Bidamon was the father of two daughters (his two sons had died) and Emma was the mother of five surviving children. Bidamon was not a Latter Day Saint; he believed that Joseph Smith was an honest man but that Smith had somehow been deceived into believing he was a prophet. Bidamon had been raised as a Lutheran, and he had helped establish a Congregational church in Canton, Illinois, but in general he did not consider himself to be religious.

Bidamon traveled to California during the gold rush and during the American Civil War he was a major and colonel in the Illinois militia. He lived in Nauvoo until his death, and on numerous occasions was elected a justice of the peace and a police magistrate for the city. He was also a businessman and ran a number of ventures in Illinois and on the Mississippi River. The Bidamons lived in the Mansion House, which Joseph Smith had begun constructing prior to his death in 1844. In 1871, they moved to the Nauvoo House, which Bidamon converted into a smaller structure they called Riverside Mansion. Emma and Lewis Bidamon both lived in the Nauvoo House until their deaths.

In 1864, during his seventeenth year of marriage to Emma, Bidamon fathered the child of Nancy Abercrombie, a widow who had recently moved to Nauvoo. After Emma died in 1879, Lewis Bidamon married Abercrombie. He was married to her until his death. Bidamon was buried at the Smith Family Cemetery in Nauvoo.

Bidamon's papers are held by the Huntington Library in San Marino, California.

References

External links
Inventory of the Lewis Crum Bidamon Collection, 1837–1962: Huntington Library

1807 births
1891 deaths
American militiamen
Smith family (Latter Day Saints)
Union Army officers
People from Nauvoo, Illinois
People from Smithfield, Virginia
Burials at the Smith Family Cemetery
19th-century American merchants


This is a list of shipwrecks of Oregon. The location is the nearest modern community or primary landmark.

North coast

Central coast

South coast

Rivers

See also
 Graveyard of the Pacific
 Shipwrecks of the inland Columbia River
 Lists of Oregon-related topics

References

External links

Shipwrecks map. Northwest Power & Conservation Council. Created 2020-02-07 based on Wikipedia references plus James Gibbs' Pacific Graveyard.

Shipwrecks
Oregon


Thomas Bolt (born 1959 in Washington, D.C.) is an American poet and artist.

Life
He attended public and private schools. He was a pre-college scholarship student at the Corcoran School of Art and received a B.A. in English (cum laude) and Art from the University of Virginia.

His paintings have been shown in group exhibitions in New York. Land (1982), a hand-printed book of his poems and etchings, is in the rare book collections of the Library of Congress and the University of Virginia.

His poems have appeared in The Paris Review, BOMB, and Southwest Review (where his long poem, "Wedgwood," won an award for the best poem the quarterly published in 1994).

He has read from his work in New York (at Mad Alex Presents, the Limbo Reading Series, the Poetry Society of America, the Alliance Stage Poets' Reading Series, and the Poetry Center of the 92nd Street Y), and in Rome (at the Villa Aurelia). He lives in New York City.

Awards
 Rome Prize for Literature of the American Academy of Arts and Letters
 Yale Younger Poets Prize
 The Peter I. B. Lavin Younger Poet Award of the American Academy of Poets
 Ingram Merrill Fellowship
 1997 Artist's Fellowship from the New York Foundation for the Arts

Works
 Thomas Bolt, BOMB, Issue 45 Fall 1993
 At the Motel of the Villa of the Mysteries, Literary Imagination 2005 7: 258-261

Books

 Dark Ice, 1993–1997, a poem of 1,001 lines with notes and parodies of notes, was first published in BOMB in the fall of 1993.
 Dark Ice on Zembla hypertext and the ASCII version on NABOKV-L

Anthologies
 1971 Pontiac LeMans, The Paris Review, No. 109, Winter 1988
 Sixty Years of American Poetry (Harry N. Abrams, New York, 1996).
 "A Cluster of Sunsets," in the Autumn 1997 issue of Southwest Review
 Two Poems, The Paris Review, No. 154, Spring 2000

Interviews
 James Merrill, Thomas Bolt, BOMB Magazine, Issue 36 Summer 1991
 Brian Boyd, Thomas Bolt, BOMB Magazine, Issue 71 Spring 2000

Reviews
Publishers Weekly:Bolt handles his subject matter with admirable attention to detail and precision of language; he ranges easily from adjective-replete accounts to stark, minimalist statements

References

External links
 Author's Webpage

Living people
Poets from Washington (state)
University of Virginia alumni
1959 births
20th-century American poets


Donguang Church (), located in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China, is one of the largest and oldest Protestant churches in Northeast China.  It is also known as the cradle of Christianity of the Koreans in China and in the Korean Peninsula.

General

Donguan Church, built in the second half of the 19th century, is located in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China.  It is one of the largest and oldest Protestant churches in Northeast China.  It was so named because it was built just outside East Gate, also called Dongguan (East Barrier), as a church was not allowed within the city wall.

John Ross (his Chinese name: ), sent by the United Presbyterian Church, Scotland, to Manchuria, went first to Yingkou, then moved to Mukden (Shenyang) and established a church here in 1889.  This church building was destroyed during the Boxer Rebellion in 1900, but was reconstructed in 1907.  It was damaged during the Cultural Revolution, yet enlarged in 1992. An Annex was built in 1998. The centennial of the 1907 church building dedication was celebrated in 2007.

Today, Christian worship is held in the main Church building and, on Sundays (7:00, 9:00 and 11:00 am), relayed also to the 5-storey Annex building behind, by cable TV. On the right of the main building is John Ross Memorial Hall, which is also open to the public.

First Korean Bible translation
While in China, John Ross met traders from Korea one day, and decided to get a Korean translation of the New Testament Bible, which was completed in 1887 and brought to Korea.

References

See also

 Christianity in China
 Christianity in Korea
 Korean Bible translation
 Xita Church

Churches in Shenyang
Protestant churches in China


WeatherVentures is a non-fiction program that aired on The Weather Channel hosted by Meteorologist Jeff Mielcarz. The purpose of this show was to inform people of how weather affects different parts of the United States. It debuted on Monday, October 1, 2007 and was canceled in early 2009. WeatherVentures was one of the first HD programs on The Weather Channel along with Epic Conditions.

References

The Weather Channel
2007 American television series debuts
2009 American television series endings


Live Oak Decline is an alternative rock band from Austin, Texas.

Members
 Noah Watson – Vocals, Drums, Guitar
 Greg Combs – Guitars
 Keld Ewart – Bass
 Rob Schilz – Drums
 Steve Littleton – Keyboards

Biography
Live Oak Decline began in 2001 when Combs, Ewart, and Watson moved into a house together on Live Oak Street in Austin, Texas. The neighbors were not accepting of their partying and late night recording sessions, so the band often joked about being the decline of the neighborhood's peaceful reputation. Shortly after, the band's name was coined. It has also been implied the name is meant to send an environmental message. Live oak decline is actually another term for oak wilt, a tree disease that can devastate live oak tree populations. A bird has always been the subject of their logos.

For the band's first several shows at Austin's famous Antone's, Cody Banks was recruited to play drums, while Noah performed up front playing acoustic guitar and singing. They recorded a 4-song demo (Coffee & Cars, Ups and Downs, A Song To Fall Asleep To, Circles), and planned to begin work on a full-length album. Littleton, an experienced keyboardist, had recently moved to Austin from Oklahoma, and had planned to begin recording with the group. Only weeks into the recordings, Watson quit and for personal reasons. For the next few years, he recorded and performed with several other musicians in different projects, including Tucker Livingston and Spoon bassist Joshua Zarbo. The other members would also continue to perform with other bands, including Django Walker (Jerry Jeff Walker's son), Dexter Freebish, and Stoney Larue.

In the winter of 2005, Combs, Ewart, Littleton, and Watson began discussing the possibilities of re-uniting to complete the album they started in 2001. They would eventually begin rehearsing and performed their first show with Littleton at Antone's in Austin, Texas, with Watson on drums while singing lead. Shortly after, they decided to record the album themselves, and built a studio in Ewart's house. One of the tracks, entitled "Woody Harrelson", is about an encounter with the actor at Austin's famous natural spring swimming hole, Barton Springs. After a full year of recording 11 songs, the band hired Nick Brophy for mixing and mastering in Nashville, Tennessee. Brophy has mixed albums for Everclear, Avril Lavigne, The Rolling Stones, and Hootie and the Blowfish. After several weeks working with Brophy, the band released their self-produced debut album at Stubb's in Austin, Texas on January 31, 2007. Rob Schilz, drummer for Dexter Freebish, was recruited to play drums for the CD release and would perform with Live Oak Decline several more times, including a live performance on ME TV. Watson eventually took over drums while still singing lead, and has performed this way since.

As of 2011, Littleton is performing with Cody Canada of Cross Canadian Ragweed in their band The Departed.

Noah Watson has since released a solo track, "When the Cold Wind Blows", on his website and has stated another release is in the works.

Hello World
Full-length album recorded between 2005 and 2007 at the Ewart residence and Metanaut Recorder in Austin, Texas. Released on January 31, 2007 at Stubb's in Austin, Texas.

Produced by Live Oak Decline

All songs written by Noah Watson

Mixed and mastered by Nick Brophy in Nashville, Tennessee.

Engineered by Greg Combs, Noah Watson, and Morgan Spenceley

Track list
 Woody Harrelson
 Meet Me at the Climbing Tree
 Does Anything Ever Change?
 Coffee & Cars
 A Song To Fall Asleep To
 The Earth Is Much Bigger
 Too Many Dollars
 I Forgot How Sweet It Is
 Sweet Oxygen
 Black Edged Letters
 Control

Radio Play
Coffee & Cars (Hello World) made its way into national mainstream radio rotation, placing top 100 in the adult contemporary category in the summer of 2008.

"Woody Harrelson", "Meet Me at the Climbing Tree", "A Song To Fall Asleep To", and "I Forgot How Sweet It Is" have also received regular radio play in Texas, Arizona, and several other states.

References

External links

 Noah Watson Official website

Alternative rock groups from Texas
Musical groups from Austin, Texas
Musical groups established in 2001
2001 establishments in Texas