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American Debut of Chinese Novel Set Wednesday, Oct. 19, in Milford, Conn.
The American debut of “When the Purple Mountain Burns,” a novel about the Rape of Nanking, will be 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 19, part of the Fall Lecture Series at the Milford Senior Center, 9 Jepson Drive, Milford, Conn.
PiPTrader Adds Chinese Language to its Forex Portal Web Site
PiPTrader is proud to announce that it adds a Chinese version to its popular forex portal web site to serve the needs of many Chinese forex traders around the world.
Titan Missile Museum Sells Nuclear War in Gift Shop
The Titan missile base south of Tucson, Arizona that has been converted into a tourist site, has started selling a unique card game based on Nuclear War in its gift shop. The game is published by an oddly-named Scottsdale, Arizona company called Flying Buffalo Inc.
The Amazing British Museum
Among the countless tourist attractions in contemporary London, such as the Houses of Parliament, Tower Bridge and Buckingham Palace, the one that can easily be considered the unforgettable "Queen" amongst them all, is the British Museum. Britain's national museum of archaeology and antiquities was established by an act of Parliament in 1753, when the government purchased three large private collections consisting of books, manuscripts, prints, drawings, paintings, medals, coins, seals, cameos, and natural curiosities. Today, home of approximately seven million objects from all continents, the British museum is considered to be the most popular and famous museum in the world.
Chinese Medicine Can Provide An Effective Hot Flash Remedy
There is no way to completely avoid hot flashes, but turning to a hot flash remedy may help ease the intensity and severity of an attack. It doesn?t matter whether or not a doctor prescribes the hot flash remedy or the treatment is more of a natural alternative. It never hurts to consider some of the methods available to the public when it comes to finding an effective way to relieve hot flashes.
Grand Opening of the Currier Museum of Art New Hampshire Icon Offers New Galleries in Dramatic Addition
The long awaited reopening of the Currier Museum of Art will take place on Sunday, March 30, 2008 after almost two years of expansion. The reinstalled galleries and breathtaking new public spaces will be unveiled free to the public during the first week, March 30 - April 5 (excluding Tuesday when the museum is closed), with special events throughout the week. For a full schedule of special events visit www.currier.org/reopening.
As Chinese Companies Struggle With Quality-Control And Process-Control Issues, American Engineering Firms Offer A Secure Alternative
John Armistead, founder and owner of Maryland-based Armistead Technologies, comments on the recent quality-control and process-control lapses of Chinese-based vendors and subcontractors, and points out the benefits of outsourcing reverse engineering projects to smaller American engineering firms.
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Students Present Award Winning Projects at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery
Washington (PRWEB) June 11, 2007 -- See history come alive in dramatic performances, exhibits and documentaries on Wednesday, June 13. Young history scholars selected from Arizona, Florida, Iowa, Michigan, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin will present their work reflecting this year's National History Day theme "Triumph and Tragedy in History" between 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Performances will take place in the museums' Nan Tucker McEvoy Auditorium while documentaries and exhibits will be on display in the auditorium lobby. Visitors can reach the auditorium via the museums' G Street lobby.
The 22 students selected to present their projects are part of a larger group of more than 2,000 finalists participating in the National History Day (NHD) national contest at the University of Maryland June 10-14. These young historians are bringing with them the products of months of research - creative presentations in the form of research papers, dramatic performances, documentaries, and exhibits.
The NHD program annually engages more than half a million participants in grades 6-12 across America.
More than a student competition, NHD is a campaign to change the teaching and learning of history our nation's classrooms. The program is having a profound impact on education and received the Charles Frankel Prize for Public Programming from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Through publications and education programs, NHD trains teachers to move students beyond textbooks and expand their classrooms to include libraries, museums and archives. More information is available at www.nhd.org.
The National Portrait Gallery and the Smithsonian American Art Museum, part of the Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture, are located at Eighth and F streets, N.W. in Washington, D.C., above the Gallery Place-Chinatown Metrorail station.
Contact:
National History Day
Mark Robinson / 301.314.9542
Editor's Note: For contact information on local schools or students from your state contact Mark Robinson at 301-314-9739 or mark@nhd.org. Interviews and photo opportunities are available.
2007 National History Day Projects
Performances
Alfred Nobel: Poverty to Prizes
Student: Kelsey Tate
School: Deerlake Middle School
City: Tallahassee, Fla.
Teacher: Andrew Keltner
Play Ball! A Triumph for Women Begins Amidst the Tragedy of World War II
Student: Alayna Klco
School: Whitehall Middle School
City: Whitehall, Mich.
Teacher: Jan Klco
The Triumph and Tragedy of Patrick Henry
Student: Patrick Bond
School: Walton Middle School
City: Charlottesville, Va.
Teacher: Natalie Capps
Traditional Irish Music and Dance: Triumphing over Tragedy
Student: Leigh Douglas
School: Northshore Junior High School
City: Redmond, Wash.
Teachers: Paula Cautrell and Patti Kalinski
Documentaries
1966 Texas Western Miners: Breaking the Unwritten Rules
Students: Ryan Andrews-Armijo and Ashley Page
School: Moriarty Middle School
City: Monarty, N.M.
Teacher: Bethany Vaughn
Boarding the Freedom Train: The Underground Railroad in Iowa
Student: Rebekah Frese
School: Lenihan Intermediate School
City: Melbourne, Iowa
Teachers: Millie Frese and Karen Roessler
For Every Girl, Everywhere: The Story of Josephine Groves Holloway
Student: Brennan Kuster
School: Meigs Magnet Middle School
City: Nashville, Tenn.
Teacher: Jamie Schimenti
Léaró Dóchais: The Irish Triumph over Tragedy in America
Student: Shannon Burns
School: Los Alamos Middle & High School
City: Los Alamos, N.M.
Teacher: Gayle Beckett
Strangers in a Strange Land
Student: Eleanor Haack
School: Holub Middle School
City: Houston, Texas
Teachers: Cindi Payne and Doni King
The Experience of the Hitler Youth
Students: Kelsey Stanga and Katie Thill
School: Neillsville Middle School
City: Neillsville, Wis.
Teacher: Kathleen Gehrke
They Slipped the Surly Bonds of Earth to Touch the Face of God - The Tragedy of the Space Shuttle Challenger
Students: Stephen Deming and John Nunes
School: Gorton Junior High School
City: Warwick, R.I.
Teacher: Thomas Hewes
Two Days in June: Tragedy in Tiananmen Square
Students: Nicholas Chan, Andrew Ngo, and Emily Tat
School: Holub Middle School
City: Houston, Texas
Teachers: Cindi Payne and Doni King
Worth the Risk of Life: The Tragedy and Triumph of Apollo I
Student: Matthew Mariutto
School: American Heritage School
City: Plantation, Fla.
Teacher: Leslie Porges
Exhibits
A Fight Against Wrong: The Story of Mother Jones in Pennsylvania
Student: Amy Summer
School: Kutztown Area Middle School
City: Kutztown, Pa.
Teacher: Betty Imboden
A Place Beyond Fear: Corrie ten Boom Struggles to Save Holland's Jews
Students: Melissa Gump and Jayna Snyder
School: Kutztown Middle School
City: Kutztown, Pa.
Teacher: Betty Imboden
Hope to Destruction: Uranium from Dine Bikayah
Student: Tyler Henderson
School: Page Middle School
City: Page, Ariz.
Teacher: Mary Landahl
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