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"Kerri Pomarolli is an American stand up comedian, actress and author based in Los Angeles. She has appeared in over 75 stage productions and had recurring roles on Port Charles, and The Young and The Restless and "General Hospital". She has been in motion pictures such as "DeadLock", and her latest is on Netflix, "The Brennan Manning Story". She starred and co-produced I Love Kerri, which premiered on Sky Angel in June 2009. She has toured in stage productions from Off Broadway to Italy to playing the leading role of Vindice at the Young Vic Theater in London. She's also toured in many musical productions including" Leader of the Pack" in New York with leading role of Darlene Love. She has published 4 books. In 2008, she published Guys Like Girls Named Jennie. She is a majorly sought after corporate motivational speaker with past clients such as Ford Motor Company, Chrysler, and Cisco Systems. She can be seen on Nick at Nite, Moms Night Out, her TV web series Momland with co-star Angela Hoover from Americas Got Talent. She also makes an appearance in The Brennan Manning Story, directed by David Leo Schultz on Netflix now. Kerri has 29 appearances on The Tonight Show between 2000-2012, toured with everyone from Sherri Shephard from The View to Candace Cameron Bure, Jim Carey to Carol Channing. She has been the host and emcee for The CA Women's Conference with such stars are Marcia Cross, Tippy Hedren and Fran Drescher. She hosted the GMA Dove Awards in 2006 at the Grand Ole Opry. She hosted her own show "Laugh Break" on MOMTV and was a co host for MOMTV at the Golden Globe Awards 2009. She has also appeared on Good Morning America, ShowBiz Tonight, CNN, Lifetime TV, and the Oxygen Channel. Early life and education Pomarolli was born in Dearborn, Michigan. When she was young, her mother enrolled her in dance classes. However, at the age of 11, she was diagnosed with scoliosis and was not able to pursue a career in dancing. A few months later, Pomarolli called a local theatre company and was cast as the lead in a local production of Lillian Hellman's The Children's Hour. Later, she worked in commercials and theatre in the Detroit area. She graduated from Northville High School and joined University of Michigan from where she graduated in Musical Theatre BFA in 1996. Career After graduating from the University of Michigan, Pomarolli moved to Hollywood and pursued an acting career for several years. However, according to her, the roles she was being offered were challenging to her as a person of faith so she branched into stand up comedy. She attended Stella Adler Conservatory in New York and also The British American Drama Academy in London. She graduated from a two-year program at Second City. She also studied at the Groundlings for Improv and joined the theater ensemble, The Actors Coop. She has appeared in more than 75 stage productions, including off Broadway in New York City at the Lambs Theater. Pomarolli co-founded Act in Faith, a drama ministry. Pomarolli had recurring roles on Port Charles, and The Young and The Restless. She has also appeared on the Tonight Show multiple times playing the parody of Jenna Bush and Tonya Harding. She has also been a correspondent to CNN's Showbiz Tonight on Faith in Hollywood. In 2009, she hosted Laugh Break on Mom TV. Pomarolli appeared on the Oxygen Network's reality show Tori and Dean: Inn Love, and starred and co-produced I Love Kerri, which premiered on Sky Angel in June 2007. She starred in the comedy movie Engaged that also premiered on the Sky Angel network. Pomarolli was also featured in the documentary Hollywood on Fire, where she talked about the condition of faith in the entertainment industry. In 2013, Pomarolli hosted the California Women's Conference. She has a recurring role on Nick Mom Night Out. = Writer = In 2008, she published her book titled If I’m Waiting on God, Then What Am I Doing in a Christian Chatroom?; in which she wrote true stories of her online dating experience. The book was later published under the name Guys Like Girls Named Jennie. Pomarolli's second book was titled How to Ruin Your Dating Life. Her book "Guys Like Girls Named Jennie", about her life, is slated to be a motion picture pending details 2016/2017. She is a monthly columnist for the magazine "WHOA women" and a featured columnist in many publications nationally. She writes a bimonthly advice column Confessions in the magazine Radiant, in Positive Reactions magazine, and is a contributing writer for Hope For Women. Pomarolli also writes a monthly column Report From A Hollywood God Girl in The Chronicle Newspapers a national publication for which she won a writing award. Her latest book, "Moms Night Out", came out with the hit Movie of the same name and is available in stores nationwide. In 2015, she co-wrote and produced the stage musical "The Quarter Slot Sisterhood", based on the book by her mother Barbara Pomarolli. The show opened at The Actor's Co-op Theater and is expected to tour starting in fall of 2016. She also published "Moms Night Out and Other Things I Miss" that came out with the hit movie of the same name with Sean Astin and Patricia Heaton. Personal life She is a professed Christian. She has two daughters, Lucy and Ruby, who live with her in Los Angeles, CA. Bibliography *Guys Like Girls Named Jennie *How to Ruin Your Dating Life, A Christian's Guide for Avoiding [Almost] Every Mistake in the Book *It's Not Me It's You (contributing writer) *Relevant Nation 50 Revolutionaries Under 40 (co-writer) *Two Comics Walk Into a Church " Mom's Night Out and Other Things I Miss" (Writer) ""Kickin It Old School" (iTunes)" "#I Need Attention"(iTunes) "How to Be a Pitbull for Jesus"(DVD) "Clean Comedy Strikes Back"(iTunes) References Category:Living people Category:American stand-up comedians Category:American Christian writers Category:University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance alumni Category:Year of birth missing (living people) "
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"The was a maritime incident which occurred during the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905, in which three Japanese transports were sunk in a Russian commerce raiding sortie by a Vladivostok-based armored cruiser squadron of the Imperial Russian Navy. Background At the start of the Russo-Japanese War, the bulk of the Russian Pacific Fleet was blockaded within the confines of Port Arthur by the Imperial Japanese Navy. However, the Russian subsidiary naval base at Vladivostok, although shelled by a Japanese squadron under the command of Vice Admiral Dewa Shigetō in March 1904, remained largely undamaged and unblockaded. Located at Vladivostok was a garrison force consisting of the protected cruiser and auxiliary cruiser and a stronger Vladivostok Independent Cruiser Squadron consisting of the armored cruisers Russian cruiser Rossia, , and , under the command of Rear Admiral Karl Jessen.Kowner, Historical Dictionary of the Russo-Japanese War, pages 395–397, 412. This small squadron put to sea in the early months of the conflict for commerce raiding operations, and it was the concern of the Imperial Japanese Navy that it might be used either to attack targets on the Japanese mainland, or to coordinate an attack to lift the blockade on Port Arthur. The Japanese were forced to assign the IJN 2nd Fleet under the command of Vice Admiral Kamimura Hikonojō with considerable resources in an attempt to locate and destroy it. Attack on Tsushima Strait Russian Vice Admiral Petr Bezobrazov departed Vladivostok on 12 June 1904 with Rossia, Rurik, and Gromoboi under orders to proceed through the eastern Tsushima Channel in the Korean Strait, cruise for two days on known transport routes, and to then double back through the western channel, after which he was to attempt to join his forces to the fleet still blockaded at Port Arthur. On 15 June, he sighted two military transports, Hitachi Maru and Sado Maru en route to Dalny. Hitachi Maru was transporting 1,238 people, including 727 men of the 1st Reserve Regiment of the Imperial Guard of Japan and 359 men from the IJA 10th Division. Sado Maru was transporting 1,258 people, including 867 members of a railway engineering battalion. Both vessels were transporting a large amount of stores, most critically needed were eighteen Armstrong 11-inch (280 mm) siege howitzers, requested by the IJA 3rd Army to attack the Russian fortifications at Port Arthur. Passing in the opposite direction was the smaller Izumi Maru, which was being used as an unarmed, but unmarked hospital ship transporting sick and wounded men from the front back to Japan.Wilmont. The Last Century of Sea Power. Page 94 The only provision the Imperial Japanese Navy had made for protection of its transports was the protected cruiser , which at this time (0715) was stationed approximately mid-channel. Tsushima sighted the Russian squadron in the heavy early morning fog, but was unable to raise a warning due to the short range of its wireless, and poor atmospheric conditions, and attempted to close the distance to Tsushima Island where conditions were better. She was sighted by the Russian squadron, but they did not pursue. Tsushima managed to transmit her warning at 0815 hours, and then headed back towards the Russian squadron. Admiral Kamimura, based at Takeshiki Guard District on Tsushima sent a warning to Shimonoseki to stop all sailing, then ordered his ships to pursue Tsushima. However, at 0900, the Russian squadron sighted Izumi Maru, and Bezobrazov sent Gromoboi to chase her. Gromoboi opened fire, killing or wounding over 30 men, before the Japanese transport stopped and surrendered. About 100 sick and wounded were taken off her, and then she was sunk west of Okinoshima, with those who refused to surrender still aboard. Around 1000, the Russian squadron sighted Sado Maru, and came into sight of the Japanese fleet at about the same time. Despite having just given the Japanese transport 40 minutes to surrender and abandon ship, Rurik fired two torpedoes into Sado Maru, which exploded, killing 239 passengers and crew, but which did not sink the ship. Sado Maru eventually drifted for the next 30 hours until she grounded on Okinoshima. Next, Gromoboi approached Hitachi Maru, which exhibited no sign of intending to surrender. Gromoboi opened fire with all guns, killing many of the men on deck, including her British captain and senior crewmen, and sinking the ship. Due to deteriorating visibility, the Japanese fleet could not close with the Russian squadron, and at 1330 reached the 152 survivors from Hitachi Maru. Aftermath Hitachi Maru Memorial stele at Yasukuni Shrine The Russian squadron continued its operations against shipping on 16 June, when they seized the British steamer Allanton off Maizuru. The cruisers also sank two sailing boats the following day.Matsumura, Masayoshi (2009) Baron Kaneko and the Russo-Japanese War (1904–05). Lulu.com, p. 144. The attack was a severe blow to Japanese public morale. Memorials were erected in Chidorigafuchi Park in Tokyo, and a mass grave commemorating the Imperial Guards was erected in Aoyama Cemetery. A monument to Sado Maru was built in Shiba Park (and was moved to Yasukuni Shrine in 1964). Kamimura received numerous death threats and came under extreme pressure to track down the Russian squadron, which he did at the Battle off Ulsan on 14 August 1904. NotesReferences * * External links *New York Times article *Russo-Japanese War.com Category:1904 in Japan Category:Maritime incidents in 1904 Category:Naval battles of the Russo-Japanese War Category:June 1904 events "