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Marlboro College Sugar Rush 2019 Exceeds Donor Goal
April 11, 2019 March 1, 2021
Marlboro College concluded their Sugar Rush 2019 spring fundraising challenge on April 3, exceeding their donor goal and unlocking $350,000 in challenge funds. The Sugar Rush goal was to reach 225 donors during the two weeks leading up to April 3, and the final donor count was 91% above that number at a stunning 429 gifts, raising a combined total of more than $410,000 in gifts and challenge dollars.
"We couldn't be happier with the results, both in terms of the number of people who participated but also the awareness raised,"said Rennie Washburn, director of advancement at Marlboro. "This effort blows all of our recent spring campaigns out of the water. It will result in a substantial contribution to our Annual Fund, moving us closer to our total goal of $2 million."
Supported by mailings, emails, personal outreach, and social media, including a count-down of 10 greatest "sweet" songs, Sugar Rush culminated on April 3 with a sugar-on-snow event on campus and a presentation at the college community's Town Meeting. These efforts drove record participation from the campus community, including students, faculty, and staff.
"The Marlboro campus really stepped forward on this one," said Mark Scrimenti, director of leadership giving. "One of the advantages to being a small, tight-knit community is that we are there for each other, and Sugar Rush was a really great example of this. Plus, we had a lot of fun."
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Dissertation Dive: Famine After The Black Death
Dissertation Dive: How Exotic Dancers, Pageant Contestants Are Regulated and Commodified


Take advantage of the healing powers of nature, while exploring diverse ecosystems on Sonoma Mountain. The Naturalist Training Program prepares university students and community members to lead guided tours focusing on natural history and local environmental processes. Please join us for the learning experience!


Oily food could cause an oily face.
Seasons, mood fluctuations, and air pollutants are three seriously underrated conditions that could show up as acne on your face. The breakouts seem to come out of nowhere, they're awkward and painful, and they often stick around for days. What's especially frustrating is the lack of control you have over it all — it's not as if you can tell your stress to just go away!
Click here for the Foods Dermatologists Say You Should Avoid slideshow.
There is, however, one condition you can control — your diet. We consulted top dermatologists and discovered that the foods you eat really can have an impact on the look and feel of your skin.
When choosing our dinners, we often think about the health of our gut, the effects on our blood pressure, and the calories that could count. But we don't think much about our skin. The experts have spoken — there are some foods that just aren't great if you want a clear complexion.


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CHANNELe2e | Pax8 Acquires Microsoft Cloud Service Provider TVG; Continues Global Cloud Marketplace Expansion
Catalyst Investors portfolio company Pax8 continues to expand its cloud and channel marketplace for MSPs worldwide. The latest move involves Pax8 acquiring TVG, a Microsoft cloud services partner and software distributor in northeastern Europe. The TVG acquisition propels Pax8 into the Baltic States of Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia.
PresenceLearning Acquires Global Teletherapy and Propels Next Phase of Growth with Majority Investment from Spectrum Equity and TPG's Rise Fund
Catalyst portfolio company PresenceLearning acquired Global Teletherapy, the leading teletherapy service provider to virtual K-12 schools, and signed a definitive agreement for Spectrum Equity, a leading growth equity firm, and The Rise Fund, TPG's multi-sector global impact investing strategy, to acquire a majority stake in the company. Bain Capital Double Impact and Catalyst Investors will retain minority stakes and Bain will continue to have representation on the company's Board of Directors.
Datavail Acquires Atlanta-Based Oracle Consultancy
Catalyst portfolio company Datavail acquired Skybridge Global, an Atlanta-based Oracle consultancy with expertise in Oracle ERP/CX cloud implementations and support across Oracle's ERP, HCM, SCM and Oracle Cloud CX Suite business applications.
Cox Enterprises Expands its Cleantech Portfolio with Acquisition of BrightFarms
Catalyst exited its investment in BrightFarms with Cox Enterprises' acquisition of the indoor farming company and provider of locally grown packaged salads. The move solidifies BrightFarms' leadership in the indoor agriculture space and provides a strong, stable foundation committed to accelerating growth with partner retailers.
Pax8 Acquires Resello to Expand International Reach
Catalyst portfolio company Pax8, the best place for IT professionals to buy cloud products, announced the acquisition of Resello, a cloud services distributor specializing in making as-a-service easy to understand, sell, and manage. The acquisition enables Pax8 to expand to more than 40 countries across Europe and empowers its fast-growing partner base to accelerate digital transformation worldwide.
Channel e2e | Pax8 Acquires Microsoft Azure Cloud Partner Wirehive
Catalyst portfolio company Pax8 acquired UK Miscrosoft partner Wirehive to further assist IT professionals, MSPs and channel partners with cloud services.
American Tower Announces Agreement to Acquire InSite Wireless Group
American Tower Corporation (NYSE: AMT) entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Catalyst portfolio company InSite Wireless Group, LLC ("InSite"), which owns, operates and manages approximately 3,000 communications sites, primarily in the U.S. and Canada. The portfolio includes more than 1,400 owned towers in the U.S., over 200 owned towers in Canada and approximately 70 distributed antenna system ("DAS") networks in the U.S. In addition, InSite controls more than 600 land parcels under communications sites as well as approximately 400 rooftop sites.
EDB Completes Acquisition of 2ndQuadrant; Becomes Largest Dedicated Provider of PostgreSQL Products and Solutions Worldwide
Catalyst portfolio company EDB, a leading contributor to PostgreSQL, acquired 2ndQuadrant, a global PostgreSQL solutions and tools company based out of the UK. The deal brings together the world's top PostgreSQL experts, combining decades of experience and two best-in-class technical teams. It also vastly expands EDB's capacity to meet the immediate and future needs of its now even broader global customer base and the PostgreSQL market.
InSite Wireless Group Expands Rooftop Portfolio Through Acquisition of Repeater Communications
Catalyst-backed InSite Wireless Group, LLC, one of the largest privately-owned tower and wireless infrastructure companies in the U.S., acquired Repeater Communications Group, LLC, one of the leading operators of leased rooftop telecommunications sites in New York City and surrounding markets. With this acquisition, InSite expands its portfolio of urban rooftop assets and gains a significant foothold in some of the nation's largest BTA markets.
Xplornet Announces Completion of Sale to Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners
Catalyst portfolio company Xplornet Communications Inc., Canada's largest rural-focused broadband service provider, completed its sale to Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners, whereby Stonepeak acquired the controlling stake in Xplornet.

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Police have not given a motive for why Dear staged the shooting rampage at the Planned Parenthood, and it was unclear whether he lawfully obtained his AK-47-style weapon.
Obama concluded by mentioning the name of the slain police officer, from the University of Colorado's Colorado Springs campus, to plead with leaders to show the will to address such shootings.
"May God bless Officer Garrett Swasey and the Americans he tried to save – and may He grant the rest of us the courage to do the same thing," Obama said.


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Twinkle Khanna signs three book deal with Penguin Random House
Created: Feb 3, 2015 - 08:53 IST
Being the daughter of popular actress Dimple Kapadia and India's first superstar Rajesh Khanna, Twinkle Khanna tried her hand at Bollywood and soon took up interior designing after her marriage to superstar Akshay Kumar. However, not restricting herself to designing, the former actress decided to pursue writing and is now also a famous columnist.
While her writing has gained popularity, it seems that Twinkle Khanna has now decided to pen down books and has taken a step already towards it. Apparently, she has signed a three book deal with the renowned Penguin Random House and her first book may be published this year itself. Though there have been no details released about her upcoming book, we hear that it will be related to the columns she has written by far along with some new pieces.
We tried contacting Twinkle Khanna for details but we haven't received any response from the former actress.
Tags : Akshay Kumar, Dimple Kapadia, Penguin Random House, Rajesh Khanna, Twinkle Khanna
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Margins Beyond: Self Taught
Forrest Bess, Vanzant Driver, Bill Haveron, Bert Long, Richard Gordan Kendall, Susan Te Kahurangi King, Frank Jones, Ike Morgan, Alessandra Michelangelo and Rev. Johnnie Swearingen
Opening reception Saturday, January 14 from 6:00-8:00 pm
Kirk Hopper Fine Art is pleased to collaborate with Intuitive Eye's Jay Wehnert (Houston), the Webb Gallery (Waxahachie), Murray Smither (Dallas) and Chris Bryne (Dallas) to present Margins Beyond, featuring the work of self taught artists including Forrest Bess, Vanzant Driver, Bill Haveron, Bert Long, Richard Gordan Kendall, Susan Te Kahurangi King, Frank Jones, Ike Morgan, Alessandra Michelangelo and Rev. Johnnie Swearingen.
Self-taught artworks are usually derived through the simplest of means, from the solitude of the maker to the most commonly available materials used to produce their artworks. Often perceived to be simple, crude, and primitive, self-taught artists seek to delve deeper into the human psyche with the rawness and intensity that often fills their own lives. Many of the artists included in Margins Beyond are inherently connected to his or her own spiritual realm, methodically conjuring alternative worlds. However, the value of the art is not always recognized, sometimes owing to certain psychiatric conditions, homelessness, and detachment from the art world at large. These circumstances are not necessarily impediments but, instead, attributes that uniquely shape the work created by these visionaries.
Selected Biographies
Forrest Bess, Untitled, 1950, oil on canvas, 9" x 12"
Born October 5, 1911, in Bay City, Texas, Forrest Bess lived his life there in virtual isolation, on a strip of land accessible only by boat. Bess stated, "I try to tell myself that only by breaking completely away from society can I arrive at a reasonable existence." Always an avid painter, he did briefly attend college where he studied some architecture, but ultimately he was attracted to studies of religion, psychology and anthropology, readings that would later inform his own radical theories. In 1932, he dropped out of college and worked several years in the Beaumont oil fields. During the war he enlisted in the Army Corps of Engineers and was given the task of designing camouflage. In later years, his artwork gained notoriety and he forged lasting relationships with Meyer Shapiro and Betty Parson. Bess died in 1977.
Frank Jones was born in Clarksville, Texas, in 1900. His ancestors were slaves who had been re-settled in East Texas from other Southern states to provide labor for cotton farming. Jones was often in and out of jail and ultimately spent the rest of his life in Huntsville State Prison. In the late 1960s, Jones began creating artworks in prison, intricate drawings of structures with jagged walls that resembled schematic renderings with horns. He called these drawings "devil houses." Jones continued to create and elaborate on his themes of evil, temptation and protection in the spirit and corporeal worlds for the next five years until his death in 1969.
Susan Te Kahurangi King was born in 1951 in Te Aroha, New Zealand. Sometime between the ages of four and nine years, Susan gradually stopped speaking but would occasionally hum or sing while she drew. Susan eventually developed an exceptional precocity, constantly honing her skills and developing her methodical rendered worlds, which are reconfigured and distorted. King currently lives and works in Auckland, New Zealand.
For decades, Bill Haveron's art has been influenced by experiences as a youth at his mother's honky-tonk bar and spooky agrarian upbringing in Bryan, Texas. His works exert a palpable closeness, an intimacy with the viewer that is disorienting and destabilizing. By uncovering hidden layers of meaning, by pointing out inconsistencies in our world, Haveron breaks down religious, cultural and intellectual hierarchies and reintroduces the play of intuition and metaphor. Haveron currently resides in Bryan, Texas.
Richard Gordon Kendall, Cityscape, acrylic, ink, whiteout and graphite, 13.5" x 16.5". Courtesy of Jay Wehnert
Susan Te Kahurangi King, Untitled, c. 1960, crayon on paper, 13.5" x 8.3". Courtesy of the artist and Chris Byrne


The development route of high energy density includes: high voltage cathode material, high capacity cathode material. High voltage cathode material usually refers to the battery voltage is higher than 4.2V cathode material. Lithium cobalt oxide, lithium manganese oxide, three yuan of high voltage material. One high voltage lithium cobalt commercial has been very mature, a large number of applications in high-end digital products, its energy density is higher than the ordinary three yuan battery. At present, high voltage lithium cobalt battery voltage is usually 4.35V, the next 3-5 years 4.4V, 4.5V high voltage lithium cobalt oxide battery or large-scale applications. Three high voltage cathode materials are rarely used. But three yuan high voltage cathode material may be a breakthrough in the future to achieve 300Wh/kg energy density. At present, three yuan NCM811 grams capacity has more than 180mAh/g, coated or doped by high voltage can be achieved at the same time, it will further improve the capacity of G (high voltage material equivalent to low voltage when no active lithium activation, greater use of materials). However, there are many technical problems of three yuan of high voltage material is not resolved, the stability of the material itself has not been resolved.


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Dildaar Remo on Zee TV's Dance India Dance
He might have been named ' Gabbar' for being little stern with the contestants last year, but this Gabbar actually has a heart of gold! Chotu Lohar belongs to a very impoverished family in Jharkhand and earns a meager living by cutting stones in the mines. Last season of DID invoked his passion for dance and he tried to learn the art by watching television. The passion drove him to Kolkata where Chotu left the mentors spell bound with his muscle flexing. " Aap agar untrained hoke itna achha dance kar sakte ho….toh I wonder under training aap kitna achha perform karoge", was Remo's immediate reaction. A teary eyed chotu said, " Sir, train karne ke liye paise kahan hai….pet bharne ke liye paise nahi hote, dance karne ke liye paise kahan se laoonga.."
Master Remo was so very moved by the boy's dedication, that he offered a life changing proposition to him. " main aapko letter deta hoon. aap mere dance academy mein jao aur apna training shuru karo …all free of cost.. aur DID 3 mein wapas aao.."
One word from Geeta ma had changed Sanjay Sinha's life, we hope this will give a new dimension to Chotu's life as well.
Posted by Ashish Agarwal at 12/27/2009 10:03:00 PM 0 comments
Labels: Competition, Contest, Dance, Dance India Dance, Dancing, Hindi, Hindi Serial, Reality Show, Serial, Talent, TV, Zee
From US to India… to become the Dancing Star
The final 18 are yet to be selected in the Nation's much waited dance show Lux Dance India Dance but one girl who is already making headlines is 21 year old Nikitasha Marwah from Washington DC. The first NRI to have reached this far is already touted as one of the strongest contenders of this season. Whoever has seen her perform can't stop talking about the girl's agility and versatility. It's a surprise that inspite of being a gen x girl and being brought up in USA, Nikitasha harbors a keen interest in Indian Classical Dance. This North Indian kudi has trained herself in 'one of a kind' and relatively difficult dance forms - Mohoniattam and Kuchipudi, staying in Washington!
The bundle of surprises do not end here. Nikitasha also holds the title of ' Miss India Worlwide'. Not only has she become Remo's pride , but also Geeta and Terence's darling. They just cannot rave and rant enough about the girl's professionalism. Says one of the trainers, " She is an extremely obedient pupil and a gentle human being at the same time. Her dedication and eagerness to learn has really made her popular amongst one and all".
Don't miss the upcoming episodes of Lux Dance India Dance to catch Nikitasha's mindblowing performances.
Labels: Competition, Contest, Dance India Dance, Dancing, Hindi, Hindi Serial, Reality Show, Serial, Talent, TV, Zee
Zee Dance India Dance: Sisters cross swords for TRPs!
What happens when two sisters participate in two reality shows on competing channels slotted for telecast in the same time slot? It's a war for TRPs under the same roof!!! Delhi girls Shakti Mohan and Neeti Mohan are sisters who have made it to Zee TV's Lux Dance India Dance and Star Plus's Amul Music Ka Maha Muqabla, two high-profile mega-budget reality shows scheduled for telecast in the same weekend primetime slot on the two competing channels. And what's more … the girls are not exactly unknown. Neeti Mohan first shot to fame with Channel V's Popstars 2, where she made it to the music band 'Aasma' that belted out the catchy pop number "Chandu ke Chacha Ne Chaandi Ke Chamche se…".
A few years later, as readies herself to impress the judges on Star Plus's music show, her sister Shakti is all set to dazzle the dance gurus with her moves on Zee TV's Lux Dance India Dance. If the buzz is anything to go by, the two sisters bear a marked resemblance and are superlative at their respective art forms. So is the rivalry catching up at home? Shakti immediately clarified, "Oh no, not at all. We are extremely close as sisters and nothing matters to us more than each other's happiness. We hope both the shows do exceedingly well. And that we get noticed for our talent. Just pray for both of us!" So, will it be Neeti who sets the TRP's soaring for Star Plus or will Shakti prove lucky for Zee TV and dance up a TRP storm for Lux Dance India Dance? Only time will tell … stay tuned!
Labels: Competition, Contest, Dance India Dance, Dancing, Hindi, Hindi Serial, Reality Show, Serial, Talent, Zee
Big Boss Season 3 - Vindu Dara Singh was the winner
Finally, the third version of Big Boss has now ended. The season this time tried to be more glamorous in terms of stars by bringing in former stars such as Vindu Dara Singh, Poonam Dhillon, but the biggest star to grace the sets was getting Amitabh Bachchan in the form of the presenter. Compared to having previous presenters such as Arshad Warsi and Shilpa Shetty, getting Amitabh was a bigger coup, and would have contribute to raising the profile.
At the same time, it seems like the people in Big Boss are getting encouraged to fight much more to rake up controversy, since some of the fights, especially by Pravesh, and by Kamal Khan were without any reason. And once Kamaal was evicted because of his bad behavior, to bring him back for some time was like doing a provocation. At the same time, apparently Big Boss was also told to be careful about being careful on the amount of skin show, since the skin show was drastically reduced, and there was nobody behaving like Payal Rohatgi from last time.
The various people in this version of Big Boss were:
Ismail Darbar
Kamal Rashid Khan
Poonam Dhillon (2nd runners up)
Bhakhtiyaar M Irani
Tanaaz B Irani (first time a husband wife team was included)
Vindu Dara Singh(Winner)
Jaya Sawant
Rohit Verma
Raju Srivastav
Pravesh Rana (runners up)
Vinod Kambli
Labels: Big Boss, Colors, Competition, Contest, Hindi, Hindi Serial, Reality Show, Serial, TV
Bandini - Santo has to take a hard decision
This is now completely ridiculous, how can a person land up in the same problem; looks like the writer of the serial is manufacturing things from thin air. Consider the earlier case, Santo was married to DM, and as a result, Khemi and Hiten could not get married. In the end, Khemi married Arjan, and saved her sister the trouble.
And then, many episodes later, it came out again that Arjan is also DM's son (looks like he has got sons all over the place, and since Moulick was not his own, he just got a replacement). But the same situation all over again, how can Khemi be married to Arjan, since by relation, Arjan is now Santo's son (after all, the son cannot marry his mother's sister). To get around this, DM asks Santo to sit in decision this time. The added complication is that Hiten does not like Arjan, and said that he would not like to live in the same house as Arjan.
However, when Santo gives her decision, she rules against Khemi and Arjan, something that causes all of them, Hiten, Khemi, and Arjan all to criticize her. Khemi even sarcastically calls her the "malkin" (owner of the house). At this, probably for the first time, Dharamraj calls the family and scolds all of them for forgetting what all Santo has done, that she took the right decision, and how can Hiten even think about criticizing her. Arjan however says that he will leave with Khemi, and suddenly, it turns out that Khemi is pregnant, and is advised bed rest. What will happen to Santo's order ?
Posted by Ashish Agarwal at 12/22/2009 12:10:00 AM 0 comments
Labels: Bandini, Drama, family, Hindi, Hindi Serial, NDTV Imagine, Serial, TV
Aapki Antara: Antara picks up singing
The show from time to time shows the disappointments in the life of a parent, who has autistic children, along with the struggle and the hard work. However, it is also shown that autistic children have certain properties that can surprise their parents and others near them. For example, many autistic children have been known to have very good artistic abilities, and even though they cannot express themselves easily in terms of learning or being able to speak normally, these abilities can surprise.
In this case, Vidya has been feeling depressed, not able to handle Antara, and her needs. She has also been feeling a bit distant from her husband Aditya, and she gets advised by both Aditya and Dr. Vikram to take up singing again, since this used to be her passion, and also because this would be very useful for Antara. She agrees, and starts a concert, but is unable to continue since she breaks. At this time, surprisingly, Antara starts singing and completes the song.
Labels: Aap Ki Antara, Child, Children, Drama, family, Hindi, Hindi Serial, Serial, TV, Zee
Zee TV - Dance India Dance starts again
In 2008 and parts of 2009, Dance India Dance was a popular program on Zee that allowed normal citizens to show their dance capabilities (and some of them were very good). This was compared to other dance reality shows that allowed stars (from all walks of life, but still well know people) to show their capabilities. Dance India Dance became much more popular as things moved on, with the master judge Mithun Chakraborty adding a nice touch to the whole proceedings.
Now, the show has re-started, and auditions are ongoing from city to city. There are huge crowds ready to audition, with the 3 judges being the ones to decide:
Geeta Kapur
The host of the show was and is Jay Bhanushali
The show promises to be as exciting this time as it was last time.
Labels: Competition, Contest, Dance India Dance, Dancing, Hindi, Hindi Serial, Reality Show, Serial, TV, Zee
Palkon ki Chaaon Mein - dead or not
Palkon ki Chaaon Mein is a serial that reverts to the traditional older concept of how a widow would be treated, and one is not sure whether the serial makers wanted to play on the concept of emotion and tragedy rather than show something uplifting. The serial started out right with a young orphan girl Suman having been taken in by a family, and then she falling in love with the younger son Karan. And then she realizes that the mother of the family actually wanted to get her married to the elder son Karthik who also has a soft corner for Suman. It takes a fair number of episodes to get the mother to believe in the love story between Karan and Suman, and to convince everybody in the house that this marriage can happen.
However, soon it came about that due to a tragedy, Karan dies and Suman got injured. And that is when the serial started showing all the horrors that a widow faces, including the mother being convinced that Suman was responsible for the death of her son. Only Karthik defends her and is aghast at the treatment of Suman, and at the same time, there is some amount of suspense about whether Karan is still alive or not.
Labels: Hindi, Hindi Serial, Marriage, NDTV Imagine, Orphan, Palkon ki Chaaon Mein, Romance, Serial, TV
Raaz - Pichle Janam Ka - something different
Reality shows, for many years now, have been the types of serials that bring users to watch the shows. However, people have got a bit bored with the familiar serials that have celebrities coming into song or dance, or those which are essentially the same types of competition. In between, you started getting Roadies and Dadagiri types of serials where the main point of the show was to surprise and humiliate the participants, with the hosts of the show being vicious, sarcastic, and so on. Serials even started bringing in popular film stars to make some difference.
In the midst of all this, comes the reality show called "Raaz - Pichle Janam Ka", that is now airing on NDTV Imagine and which stars the popular Bhojpuri actor "Ravi Kishan" as the host. The concept of the serial is somewhat interesting, that some of the problems that a person has could be based on some of the experiences of their previous birth, based on the popular Indian concept of reincarnation.
So, for example, the first episode took a lady who had a fear of flying, put her on a couch, and then she was taken back to experience the last minutes of her previous life, where she was a sailor who was traveling to New York, and who died in the same plane crash which also killed the renowned scientist Dr. Homi Bhabha in 1966. The concept is that exploring this side can eventual lead to them getting rid of the problem.
Labels: Hindi, Hindi Serial, NDTV Imagine, Raaz Pichle Janam Ka, Reality Show, Serial, TV
Bandini - Dharamraj now faced with another son
Things start to get more like other hindi serial in the latest twists and turns in this serial. Suddenly everybody is locked into equations of relations, and complications. The major issue in this serial is that Santu is the wife of DM, the head of the house, and it is impossible for her sister to marry Hiten since that would make the relations between the sisters as that of mother-in-law and DIL. So, Khemi marries Arjan and not Hiten, and Hiten finally accepts this.
And then there is the controversy about Moulick not being the son of DM, and being the son of Taru instead. DM cannot accept that he has been lied to for so long, and sends Taru off to live with Kanji. Just when these things are starting to settle down, and Moulick's marriage (not to Khemi) is about to happen, things start moving in the direction that Arjan turns out to be DM's long lost son, and then the equation between Santu and Khemi will be the same again.
In the meantime, Arjan is suspicious of Hiten and tries to kill him, and is just saved in the nick of time. DM refuses to believe that Arjan is his son, and asks for conclusive proof that Arjan is indeed his son, something that nobody can provide (nobody has heard of DNA).
Labels: Bandini, Drama, family, Hindi, Hindi Serial, Marriage, NDTV Imagine, Serial, TV
Pavitra Rishta - Manav's family spends time in jail
Pavitra Rishta seems to be moving towards a climax. Whenever Manav tries to prove his innocence, things seem to go the other way and his image is further sullied, increasing the distance between him and Archana. Archana also started believing that Manav was responsible for some misdeeds that were blamed on him, and as a result, Manav is further shocked. However, Manav's father and Archana's sister believe in this relationship, and want to try anything to ensure that they get a chance to meet - this includes going to the other party's house to send over invitations for functions, and getting Archana to come over for the opening of Manav's garage.
This time, Manav manages to get proof of Ajit boasting that he was the one who was behind all these activities, and rides off to show this proof (proof was in a recording). However, Ajit's sister Manjusha decides to prevent this from happening, and files a complaint in the police station that Manav and his family commit torture on Archana (and the police take Manav in and beat them up - they do this without verifying the complaint and without even hearing the girl in question). As a result, Manav decides to finally break off all ties with Archana, even though Archana did not do any of this.
In the meantime, Sulochna and Archana's father have decided to get Archana married to Sathish, but Archana opposes this when she hears of this, since she cannot get Manav out of her mind. However, she does not know that Manav and his family are in jail, tortured and beaten up, and no longer so loving of Archana. What will happen next ?
Labels: Drama, family, Hindi, Hindi Serial, Marriage, Pavitra Rishta, Serial, TV, Zee
Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hain - The Mohit story
Trust a serial maker to drag a serial on and on. When the serial planned the marriage between Akshara and Naitik, it seemed like this would be a good time to end the serial. However, you cannot end a serial unless forced to, and hence the serial goes on and on. Nowadays, there are multiple stories that are ongoing;
- Akshara is facing the challenge of integrating with a new household that is more conservative than her own family; already seen when she is forced to always have her pallu over head.
- She is given responsibility of running the house, but the current servants of the house feel that she is demanding accountability for every bit of money spent, and they resent it
- The story of Naitik's friend, Mohit, has started unfolding. His family is in a bad financial position, and his mom nags both him and his father to do something about this. She wants Mohit to work with her brother, but this is not something that Mohit can accept. He is looking for a job, and from behind the scenes, Naitik is trying to help.
- Naitik's sister, who is handicapped, has started liking Mohit, but is unwilling to accept this easily, and snipes back at Akshara when Akshara suggets this
- Most problematic for Akshara, her mother-in-law has mistakenly thought that Akshara was complaining about her, and is now becoming cold.
Labels: Drama, family, Hindi, Hindi Serial, Marriage, Romance, Serial, Star Plus, TV, Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai
Perfect Bride - Rumpa is the one
Perfect Bride, on Star Plus, finally reached an end. The show, which featured a number of girls and boys with their parents with the girls and boys steadily getting eliminated, finally came down to 2 girls (Rumpa and Priyanka) and 2 boys (Hitesh and Rajbir). And the couples had already been formed with Rumpa being attached to Hitesh, and Priyanka getting attached to Rajbir.
However, the relationship between Rajbir and Priyanka was not close to being committed since Rajbir's father was not ready to accept this marriage via the show, and in his absence, both Rajbir and his mother were not ready to go ahead with a marriage. But Rajbir had given a commitment to Priyanka that he stated he would honour.
And now the date of the final version of the show, on Sunday 12 December 2009, came up, and the show reached a final 3 hour end-game. Rakhi Sawant was there as one of the main attractions, and here she declared that her engagement with Elesh was over, and was irritating as usual.
3 main things happened on the show:
- Rajbir's father, reached over phone, refused to commit to a marriage now. He apparently does not like all this business about getting married in a hurry, and the intervention of Shekhar Suman did not have any difference. He wants the 2 families to meet and discuss, something very logical.
- Rumpa became the Perfect Bride, beating out Priyanka
- Rumpa and Hitesh also got married
Labels: Competition, Contest, Hindi, Hindi Serial, Marriage, Perfect Bride, Reality Show, Serial, Star Plus, TV
Uttaran - the Thakur goes down, and is now in hospital
Things are really going haywire in the serial Uttaran. After the shock that Tapasya delivered by forcing a switch so that she could get married to Veer, he never got over the shock, to the extent that he decided that he no longer acknowledged Tapasya to be his child, and now only claims that Ichcha was his daughter. However, Damini was able to see that the love for Tapasya was still there with Divya, and she wanted to ensure that Ichcha now stayed out of Veer's life, and she really did not acknowledge that Tapasya made a mistake. In addition, Ichcha herself did not really want to accept that Tapasya had done anything wrong.
With all this, Damini decided that this was the time for her to leave Jogi Thakur's house along with Ichcha, something that shocked both Jogi Thakur and Divya. Nani of course never liked Ichcha and Damini (considering them as servants), and hence was happy that they were leaving. Jogi Thakur however took this as a shock, and had a heart attack just when Ichcha was leaving. At the same time, there was the addition of a new member in Veer's house, his father's younger brother who was back from prison and of whom nobody really wants to talk about.
Tapasya is trying to fit into the house, but she has problems with doing some of the duties that a bride must do, such as some amount of cooking, given that she has not been used to doing such things and considers them not worthy of doing.
Labels: Colors, Drama, family, Hindi, Hindi Serial, Marriage, Rich, Romance, Serial, TV, Uttaran
Perfect Bride - 2 couples announce their engagement
The Perfect Bride is reaching close to a conclusion; after the drama of the past many weeks, the show on this Sunday, on the 6th of December, 2009, has announced the engagements of the couples - Rajbir and Priyanka; and Hitesh and Rumpa. The day before, Hitest did a major drama by saying that he was not ready for the marriage, since he had been told many things by the mother of Rumpa, and as a result, he was hurt. However, today this was revealed to be just a drama, and that he was interested in committing to Rumpa.
The story of Rajbir and Priyanka is not so easy to resolve, since Rajbir's father is not fully in favor of this marriage, and as a result, his mother (who is there on the show), is unwilling to give her approval. She may like Priyanka, but until his father approves and the family is fine, she will not give her approval; this is something that Priyanka really does not like and she has got into cold wars with Rajbir over this situation.
Labels: Contest, Hindi, Hindi Serial, Marriage, Perfect Bride, Reality Show, Serial, TV
Agle Janam Mohe Bitiya hi Kijo on Zee TV - Laali runs away
The story is taking a different turn, with a trip to Nepal being the way out for a hunted Laali and Shekhar. For some time now, Laali is being hunted by Ranvijay who has a running fight with his own brother Shekhar. Things reached a peak where Ranvijay plotted to kill Laali by burying her alive, and it was only when Shekhar reached there in the nick of time that he was able to dig out the earth covering Laali and saved her. Eventually, after a confrontation between Shekhar and Ranvijay where Shekhar also threatens his own father, Thakur Loha Singh with a gun, Shekhar leaves the place along with Laali. He also states quite clearly that his father will have to make a choice between his sons, with one unable to give a heir, and the other not willing to give a heir.
Ranvijay follows soon after, and eventually they end up in Laali's village where she meets her family, but Ranvijay is following soon after. Seeing that Laali has already left, he catches Munna (Laali's brother) and threatens to hang him if they don't tell him where Laali has gone. Petrified of the threat to Munna, they tell Ranvijay enough that he leaves Munna. And then they show Laali and Shekhar getting off the jeep and seemingly heading towards Nepal.
Labels: Agle Janam Mohe Bitiya Hi Kijo, Hindi, Hindi Serial, Serial, TV, Zee
Aap ki Antara - Being forced out of school
As the focus in the show has shifted to the children getting a bit older, they are starting to show the challenges that an older Antara is facing. Billu is now pretty smart and confident, able to take on any challenge that he needs. However, things are not so easy for Antara. Abhishek, who was so supportive of Antara when he was a small child, has started to get irritated with this burden and responsibility. He is unable to stomach the ridicule that he faces because of Antara's autism, and gets irritated.
Antara autism had led to her getting involved with terrorists, and this was something strange, given the entire situation. 2 terrorists had used Antara to get past a police check post, and when they were caught later, Antara was also caught. However, she was released due to her autism, and since it would seem obvious that she had no connection with the terrorists.
In the meantime, Antara also got removed from her school, since it would seem that she was unable to pass her class (although she had a good mathematical brain) and her school principal wanted her out of the school, as did her school teacher. Finally, they made her sit in a test, but she was unable to clear the test, and is now at home.
Labels: Aap Ki Antara, Child, Children, Hindi, Hindi Serial, Serial, TV, Zee
Perfect Bride - trying to do match-making via a reality show
Perfect Bride is a reality show being run on Star Plus on weekdays at 10:30 PM. The show, with 3 glamorous judges in the form of Amrita Rao, Shekhar Suman and Malaika Arora Khan. The show started on September 12, 2009, and follows the hunt of 5 bride-grooms to find their brides. The show started with 10 brides, and are slowly getting eliminated on a weekly basis.
The men have to do various contests (that involve a combination of physical strength and their balance) which will give them the right to stop a bride from getting eliminated. Out of the 5 boys, 2 of them have been eliminated over the course of the program, and we are now left with 3 boys. Further, the girls stay with the mothers of the boys, and have to impress the mothers of the grooms (and very oddly, the mothers of the grooms are also known by the name of their sons, not by their own name).
Every week, a girl is chosen as the bride of the week, and gets a gift hamper. Further, the girl cannot be eliminated by the selected mom of one of the boys, and another girl has to be selected. What used to happen was that the mother who was selected to eliminate a girl would typically eliminate a girl who was not comfortable with her son, increasing the chances that the remaining girls would be more comfortable with their son.
The remaining boys are Hitesh Chauhan, Rajbeer Singh, Vivek Agrawal
The remaining girls are Priyanka Sharma, Gurpreet Kaur Sandhu, Rumpa Roy
Labels: Competition, Contest, Hindi, Hindi Serial, Marriage, Perfect Bride, Reality Show, Serial, Star, Star Plus, TV
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As a small business owner, there's always lots to do and phone calls to make. If you've ever played phone tag, then these appointment scheduling tools will save you time.
What are appointment scheduling tools or programs?
Appointment scheduling apps or scheduling software allow you to book a meeting time with another person. And you won't have to play phone or email tag.
Meeting scheduling tools do vary in the way they work. Some allow you to book 1:1 meetings which allow you to first block out any times that you don't want to make available. You then send the other person a meeting request. They can see your availability of free times and book a suitable time to talk.
Other plans allow you to schedule a meeting with multiple people. These tools allow you to create a poll depicting your available times, then it's sent to all meeting attendees. Everyone puts in their available times and hopefully, there's a time that suits you all.
If you're a solopreneur and you're playing phone tag then you're spending a fair bit of time on admin and not your core business. Why waste your valuable time when you could be spending it on billable work? Or doing something you enjoy.
What appointment scheduling systems can you use?
There are a number of online scheduling tools, but I'll go over just a few. My aim was to find something which allows inbound meeting requests. So you send a link to a potential client, they view your meeting availability and they schedule a time to chat.
Other tools allow you to create polls where you select some proposed times, send to the others you are wanting to meet with. They vote in the poll and then hopefully there's a time everyone is available to schedule the time.
Calendly is a free tool – which makes it great for solo-entrepreneurs. There are also some paid versions which give you more functionality such as the ability to create multiple event types. It has a clean interface and pretty easy to use.
If features inbound meeting requests as you can see below. I've blocked out my calendar and have created a link that also embeds into my website. It allows for someone to request a meeting with you. But you need to first set up your availability and how far in advance you want to allow someone to schedule.
The free version allows you to customise one event such as 15 min meeting but not create a 15-minute meeting plus a 30-minute meeting. Though for a solopreneur, perhaps that's all you need. Calendly is easy to use and streamlined.
This was the first online meeting scheduling tool I'd come across and it got me thinking about how much time you'd save by automating meeting bookings.
Schedule Once has a 14 day trial period and 4 plans (plus, premium, professional and enterprise). Best of all you don't need to provide credit card details. It features an ability to add multiple team members and handles cancellations and rescheduling well.
The Plus plan offers 1 booking page and integrates with iCloud and Google calendars. If you want integration with Outlook you'll need to go either the Professional or Enterprise plan.
SetMore is another calendar scheduling tool aimed at small business owners. It offers mobile apps for Android and IOS so you can manage your bookings on the go.
It allows for a booking button to be integrated with your WordPress website via an embed code or through a button integrated with a plugin. It has a lot of functions such as adding contacts to your Mailchimp account and adding different staff calendars for meeting requests too.
Setmore has a free option as well as a paid Premium version. The Premium version offers extra functionality such as 2-way syncing with Outlook and Google as well as SMS reminders.
If you're after something free and mobile friendly then try SetMore.
Doodle is a meeting booking tool that also features iOS and Android apps. It allows you to create a poll in order to find the times that best suit a number of attendees, and then schedule a meeting.
The free plan on the iOS app, at this stage, doesn't feature the ability to send a meeting link request to a client in order for them to schedule a time with you. If you log into the website you have an option to create a MeetMe page which syncs to your Google calendar.
You can then send a link to a client so they can see your availability and book a time for a 1:1 meeting. This free tool has a limited range of functions but may be just what you need. Or view their pricing for the Private and Business plans and for more functionality.
Timebridge is another tool that you may find useful. It allows meeting time to be coordinated between a number of people by checking their calendar availability. The useful thing is that it also allows inbound meeting requests. So you sync to your Google calendar and send a link (URL) of this to the person that wants to meet with you. They can view your meeting availability and book a meeting time.
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Water safety project helps tackle high drowning rates in Fiji
by Annabel Mansfield
UniSA student, Emily Behn, celebrates achievements with her swimming students and local co-teacher, Bindu.
While most Australians consider learning to swim a rite of passage, for children in some of Australia's Asia-Pacific neighbours, it is a potentially life-threatening skills gap. Many children in Fiji aren't taught to swim – a major contributor to the country's high drowning rates.
Between 2014 and 2016 Dr Bec Neill and Alexandra Diamond from UniSA's School of Education, worked in a coastal, rural community Fiji developing a preschool literacy initiative designed to improve children's multilingual literacy. As part of the project, they became familiar with the community's context, needs and stories.
"It was distressing to learn that so many families had relatives who had died through drowning," says Diamond.
"Most of the adults we spoke to had never learnt to swim, and devastatingly, nine-year-old Kushal Lachman Gounder had recently drowned, which hit the community hard.
"As educators, we thought we could find a way to help prevent drowning deaths, and that's when Dr Alison Wrench, Dr Bec Neill and I came up with the idea to develop a water safety program in the community."
Knowing that some undergraduate teachers were also qualified swimming instructors, the UniSA team constructed a cross-cultural leaning opportunity for pre-service teachers to teach swimming to children in Fiji, while also enabling them to learn more about Fiji's life and cultures.
With guidance from UniSA undergraduates and a local teacher, a group of children practise the correct kicking technique before re-entering the water.
Successfully applying to the Australian Government's New Colombo Plan (NCP), the Fijian water safety program was established and delivered in late 2018. The New Colombo Plan is a signature initiative of the Australian Government which aims to lift knowledge of the Indo Pacific in Australia by supporting Australian undergraduates to study and undertake internships in the region.
The project was named the Kushal Lachman Gounder Memorial Swimming and Water Safety Project (with permission from Kushal's parents), and saw 11 AUSTSWIM-qualified swimming instructors from within the UniSA cohort of undergraduate teachers deliver a free two-week program of daily, one-hour swimming and water safety lessons to a group of 80 children aged between 4-12 years. The program of lessons focused on each child's individual learning needs.
"On day one, some children were well on the way to swimming competence, while others were too afraid to enter the water," Diamond says.
"To meet each child's learning needs and to build trust, we grouped the children according to their existing abilities in relation to water and ensured that they had same teacher every lesson.
With playful support from UniSA undergraduates and a local kindergarten teacher, a group of children become more confident in the water.
"As their confidence grew, so too did their skills, and by the end of week two, not only did the children have much more knowledge and water safety skills, but so too did their parents."
The curriculum included core swimming skills, recognising and responding to dangers in the water, performing rescues and being rescued, with a central focus on fun to ensure the children were motivated to learn and become water-confident.
Diamond says that the program generated immense interest from the local and broader communities, especially as the Australian students spent time engaging with local families and organisations.
"The success of the swimming and water safety program has depended on both Australian and local support," Diamond says.
"Locally, parents and teachers from the kindergarten, school and college were all keen to support the program, and to continue to remind and educate children about water safety.
"Fiji Surf and the Fijian Lifeguard Service provided much needed expertise about local water conditions, lifeguard services, and the loan and transportation of equipment.
"Plus, the local Sangam Temple Committee offered us free use of their premises, if weather conditions prevented safe water-based lessons.
"We were also fortunate to be supported by additional funds from the Organisation Mondiale pour l'Éducation Préscolaire (South Australian branch), Rotoract and the Rotary Club of Salisbury, South Australia, and a number of South Australian families and individuals.
"Without question, it was absolutely a cross-cultural experience and effort.
"Bringing it together and watching the kids and communities learn and advance, was an important experience for all involved."
Extending the learning, Dr Neill and others involved in the project also produced a multilingual book for young children in Fiji, Keimami Na Dau Qalo Qaqarauni / Hum Sab Safe Swimmers Hai / We Are Safe Swimmers, which not only reiterates the lessons of the project, but also provides children with a literacy resource in their home languages, a need identified in the preschool literacy initiative which first brought the UniSA team to Fiji.
The UniSA team will reapply for NCP funding to continue the learn-to-swim and water safety education project, that was highly valued by participating families and schools in Fiji.
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Meet the Culture Starters - juno general store
We chatted to Mhari, founder of Glasgow-based Juno general store, to find out more about the business.
When and why did you start your business?
In summer 2020 I was furloughed from work, and with a lot of time on my hands I decided to finally take the plunge and start. I'd had the idea for a while, but it's easy to always find an excuse to not do something. I knew my goal was one day to be self-employed, and figured this was an ideal time to start the process. With a lot of encouragement from my husband, I started experimenting with flavours and giving them to friends and family to taste.
What has your business journey been like?
it was exciting but also stressful starting out. I felt confident in the kitchen but didn't truly appreciate how much else was involved in terms of admin, invoicing, costings, buying packaging etc - it all takes a lot of time, and a lot of space when you are in a one-bed flat. When we got our first ever order (for Zero Waste Market in Dennistoun) it was so exciting, but it also felt like it took a lifetime to get the order ready. Thankfully they were incredibly kind and patient, and I will always be thankful to them for giving us that opportunity.
There have been highs and lows along the way, selling out at our first ever market at Park Lane was brilliant, it gave me the boost that people were enjoying my products, and spurred me on to work harder. Rebranding to juno general store in July 2021 also made a world of difference. People loved the rebrand, and a flurry of new stockists followed, which again gave us a real boost in confidence (the imposter syndrome is real at times). Going full time in October 2021 was also a great, but daunting decision. I knew there was only so much I could achieve working around a job, and my creative side was taking a hit as I was constantly tired. Going full time has allowed me to structure my week as it suits me - making stock, planning market events, as well as taking days to experiment with flavours for the upcoming season.
What have been your greatest challenges and successes?
Beginning trading during the pandemic was a concern, with so much disruption and uncertainty - would shops be willing/able to take us on? However, slowly but surely, we have built up a selection of small businesses who have been nothing but kind and complimentary of us. It's lovely to get to know other small business owners and share experiences. In terms of successes, winning a silver at the Dalemain Marmalade Awards in 2021 was a lovely surprise. Marmalade is a tricky one to get right, but I got great written feedback from the judges, and its lovely to be able to stick a silver sticker on my jars this year.
What does the future hold for juno?
The goal for this year is to branch outside of Glasgow with some of our market events, and to continue to grow our stockist list in Glasgow. We also desperately need to sort a website out! Beyond that we're not too sure, but we'd love to have an actual bricks and mortar general store at some point.
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A Friend Of The Deceased
In Adam's Rib (1991), adapting a contemporary novel, director Vyacheslav Krishtofovich revealed a fine sense of absurdist anomaly in probing personal relations in the former Soviet Union. Working six years later with Andrei Kourkov's adaptation of another novel, he gives us a piquant story about an unemployed intellectual in today's Ukraine (Alexandre Lazarev) that's entirely worthy of its predecessor. The hero's married to an advertising executive who's about to leave him for another man, and when an old friend proposes hiring a hit man to rub out his rival, he agrees but flippantly designates himself as the victim instead. A few days later, after meeting a cheerful prostitute, he decides he wants to live after all, and hires a second hit man to rub out the first. It's a well-told story of a society where, as one character points out, business relationships have replaced friendships, and Krishtofovich recounts it with dry wit and telling detail. (JR)


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Les trois ninjas se déchaînent ou 3 ninjas à la foire au Québec (3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain) est un film américain américain réalisé par Sean McNamara, sorti en 1998. C'est le quatrième et dernier film de la franchise des Trois Ninjas.

Synopsis
Rocky, Colt et Tom Tom, les trois frères pratiquant de ninjutsu, se rendent au parc d'attraction Mega Moutain. Ils espèrent y rencontrer leur idole : la superstar de la télévision Dave Dragon. Mais pendant que les trois garçons s'amusent, Lotahr Zong et ses hommes prennent tout le parc en otage. Ils demandent une rançon de 10 millions de dollars. En voyant leur star favorite capturée par des bandits, les 3 ninjas passent à l'attaque en unissant leurs formidables pouvoirs pour sauver leur héros et les autres otages.

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 Titre français : Les trois ninjas se déchaînent
 Titre original : 3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain
 Titre québécois : 3 ninjas à la foire (puis Trois Ninjas : Plein midi à la foire pour sa diffusion TV)
 Réalisation : Sean McNamara
 Scénario : Sean McNamara, Jeff Phillips
 Directeur artistique : Chase Harlan
 Décors : Chuck Conner
 Costume : Miye Matsumoto
 Photographie : Blake T. Evans
 Montage : Annamaria Szanto
 Musique : John Coda
 Production : Yoram Ben-Ami, James Kang, Arthur Leeds (exécutif), Sang-ok Shin (exécutif)
 Sociétés de production : Ben-Ami/Leeds Productions, Sheen Productions, TriStar Pictures
 Distribution : Columbia TriStar Films
 Pays d'origine : États-Unis
 Langue originale : anglais
 Format : 1.85 : 1 • 35mm - son Dolby SR
 Genre : comédie d'arts martiaux, aventure
 Durée : 93 minutes
 Dates de sortie :
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 Mathew Botuchis : Samuel « Rocky » Douglas Jr.
 Michael J. O'Laskey II : Jeffrey « Mustang » Douglas (Colt en )
 James Paul Roeske II : Michael « Ram Dam » Douglas (Tum Tum en )
 Hulk Hogan : Dave Dragon
 Loni Anderson : Mary Ann « Medusa » Rogers
 Jim Varney : Lothar Zogg
 Victor Wong : Mori Tanaka
 Alan McRae : Sam Douglas Sr.
 Brendan O'Brien : Zed

Production

Le film a été tourné dans le Colorado, à Denver et notamment au parc d'attractions Elitch Gardens. Il a également lieu en Californie, à Santa Cruz.

Accueil

Autour du film
 Le nom du personnage du méchant, Lothar Zogg, est une référence au personnage du même nom interprété par James Earl Jones dans Docteur Folamour de Stanley Kubrick (1964).
 Alan McRae, qui joue le père des garçons, apparaît dans tous les films de la saga, excepté Les 3 ninjas se révoltent.
 Le spectacle Dave Dragon and the Star Force 5 que vont voir les trois frères est inspiré des Super sentais tels que les Power Rangers.

Saga Trois ninjas

Victor Wong est le seul acteur à apparaître dans les 4 films de la saga. Ce  sera d'ailleurs son tout dernier film puisqu'il décédera en 2001. Alan McRae, qui joue le père des trois garçons, apparaîtra dans tous les autres films, excepté Les 3 ninjas se révoltent.

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Articles connexes
 Trois ninjas, série de films
 Ninjutsu
 Ninja

Liens externes

Film américain sorti en 1998
Film d'aventure américain
Comédie d'action américaine
Film de TriStar Pictures
Film tourné au Colorado
Film tourné en Californie
Film se déroulant dans un parc de loisirs
Film d'arts martiaux
Film sur une prise d'otages
Suite de film américain
Film Ninja Kids

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An Ace in the Hole
January 8, 2019 By Craig Rullman 18 Comments
Henry Steen was captured at Shiloh and imprisoned at the infamous Libby Prison, near Richmond, Virginia.
Out in the shed behind our shop I've kept an old travel-bag given to me by my grandmother in the year before she died. When she gave it to me I might have given it a cursory glance — those were busy times, full of constant change — and before long that old bag sank deeper and deeper into the ocean of higher priorities. All this time I've known the bag was out there, calling my name and aging ungracefully in a poor environment, but what with one thing or another, I've just not managed to answer the call.
Fortunately, that old shed is mouse-proof, so what may have been a disaster turned out quite well when I finally got out there the other day, claimed the bag from a top shelf, and brought it back to the house for a long overdue inventory of its contents.
I brought the bag upstairs to my study, set it on the table, and then sat down and quietly opened up a portal into another world.
The first thing I encountered, beset with a bluish tinge of mold and in a state of steady disintegration, was the front page of the Decorah Public Opinion from March 31, 1938, out of Decorah, Iowa. I managed to unfold the paper without wrecking it, and right there, above the crease, beside a photograph entitled "Broken Draw Bar Wrecks Train", with an instructive caption revealing that nineteen out of forty-three loaded freight cars derailed at 35 mph on the Nickel Plate Line, and opposite another article declaring that one Mr. Elmer Gripp was found Not Guilty after being charged with leaving the scene of an injury accident, was a 1000 word obituary headlined in all caps and bold ink:
Henry Steen, Civil War Veteran, Is Dead—Last Survivor of Six Brothers Serving in Civil War
Henry Steen was my great, great grandfather.
Over the years I have paid particular attention to my family history. Not because my family is in any way unique from anyone else's, only that from a very young age I have been imbued with an abiding appreciation for the experiences of my ancestors. I've wanted to know them, or at least about them, and so maybe learn something about myself as I've traveled through this life. And it is the Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, and Missouri branches of my family — Norwegians, Germans, and Dutch — who all wound up farther west at one point or another, that I have learned the most about. I think that is because those people, too, took particular pride in who they were, and where they came from, and were at pains to preserve some evidence of their lives for posterity. They saved clippings, photos, letters, and other incidentals, and they passed on a passion for writing and photography still evident in my relations today. They created gifts out of the special moments in their own lives, and preserved them for the rest of us.
But back to Henry. I have known about Henry Steen because, as young boys do, I asked a lot of questions of my grandparents. My grandparents were happy to engage in these discussions because, I think, it rekindled their own memories of people, places, and times that were forever fading into the gray background of their lives. So they told me about Henry, about Barefoot Clarence, a tramp who lived in a hobo camp on the farm in Iowa, and could some days be found on the porch, eating dog food. They told me about The Conehead, another tramp who passed through and whose head — I have a photo — was shaped precisely like Dan Akroyd's character from SNL. All of these stories have pressed together to form the anthology of my family's history in North America.
So I knew something of Henry. I was aware that he had enlisted in the Union Army along with his brothers. I knew that he was a Norwegian. And I knew what he looked like because I have pictures of him among the many photographs I asked for, and received, from my grandparents — so that I might preserve them once again, for my own grandchildren, and for their grandchildren.
But surprises come from old bags full of stuff — what else are old bags full of stuff good for? — and here is what I learned, that I didn't know, from the Public Opinion's front page obituary of Henry Steen: He was born in Akers, Norway, on September 20, 1843, son of Thron and Ingeborg, who came to America and Winneshiek County in 1852. They settled on a farm near Glenwood Township. He was 94 when he died on March 21, 1938, at the Veteran's Home in Retsil, Washington.
Henry was one of eight sons born to my great-great-great grandparents. Six of them volunteered to fight for the Union Army. Theodore, John, and Henry were all taken prisoner at the Battle of Shiloh and sent to Libby Prison near Richmond, Virginia, a three-story brick warehouse on Tobacco Row where many died of starvation, disease, or shear misery.
Libby Prison
Libby was a notoriously bad place to be imprisoned, and by 1863 housed nearly 1000 prisoners in appalling conditions. Several sources note that Libby was second only to Andersonville in the horrors visited upon its inmates.
Conditions were so bad that at the end of the war, Abraham Lincoln, while touring the facility, encountered a crowd of people who said they would tear it down in a show of remorse. "No," Lincoln told them in disgust. "Leave it as a monument."
Henry had enlisted in Company G, 12th Iowa Infantry, and left Decorah with his brothers and comrades on October 25, 1861. All 90 men of the company marched to the court-house that morning where they were "…entertained by patriotic speeches and songs. The Ladies Aid Society of the M.E. church presented each member with a pocket testament and a small pin-cushion. The men then rode in wagons to McGregor, Iowa, and then boarded a steamboat to Dubuque, where the rest of their regiment had already assembled."
From Dubuque the 12th Iowa was sent to Benton Barracks, St. Louis, where seventy-five members of the regiment, including Henry's Company Commander, were killed by measles, pneumonia, or typhoid. From St. Louis, in February of '62, they joined General Grant for the attack on Fort Henry in western middle Tennessee, followed by the attack on Fort Donelson on the Kentucky border only a week later, which opened the Cumberland River for the invasion of the south.
Next, my great great grandfather Henry went on to fight at Shiloh, where on the battle's first day (April 6, 1862), he fought in the advance until sundown, and along with his comrades in Company G, held back "…the enemy while other regiments withdrew to a new point and waited the arrival of Maj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell. The regiment, together with the 8th and 14th Iowa Infantry Regiments, comprised four-fifths of that advance and surrendered only when surrounded by ten times their numbers."
Henry and his brothers had been taken prisoner, but the war raged on, and his regiment went on to fight at the siege of Vicksburg, the Battle of Atlanta, and finally the Battle of Nashville. According to the Public Opinion, speaking of Henry and his brothers, "There perhaps was no other instance in the Civil War where six brothers enlisted and served faithfully until the end of the war."
Henry mustered out in 1866. Of his brothers, only Charles' death is attributed directly to the war. Having enlisted in 1861 with Co. A of the 1st Minnesota infantry at the age of 27, Charles "died in August 1877 from wounds received in battle which never healed."
Thron Steen. 1800–1866
Henry Steen would survive to father Charles Edward Steen – it is hard to believe he wasn't named after Henry's deceased brother — who fathered my grandmother, Jean Lucille Steen, who was raised in Omaha, Nebraska, where she became high school sweethearts with my grandfather, Russell Rullman, and then made my father, Stephen Rullman, who met my mother, Christine Anderson, who made me.
The genealogy is fun but what matters most is the stories behind the names. And as I dug deeper into the bag I began uncovering a treasure trove of stories told and untold, some held like a hot stone in my palm, others running through my fingers like a handful of sand.
My great great-grandfather Henry's son, Charles Steen, was a railroad man. A brakeman. Among the items in the bag is his original Northern Pacific Railway Company Rules and Regulations book, stamped # 18835, with an assortment of handwritten notes, and a letter from one Jas Shannon, Trainmaster, assuring Charles that he would not lose his train privileges due to a family illness. Who was sick, I have no idea, and it could easily have been Charles himself, as he became a notorious drinker and would, on occasion, disappear for days at a time on benders.
Elsewhere in the treasure bag there is an article about my grandmother, from the Omaha Bee-News in 1935, when she was bitten by a rabid dog on the way to school.
There is a handwritten letter, from June 13, 1877, written in Norwegian. It is accompanied by an English translation revealing that the author's sister, Anna, has died of tuberculosis. Both the Norwegian letter and the English translation are written by my great-grandmother, Eugenie Steen, informing their mother of Anna's untimely death.
There are postcards from various Norwegian towns where the ancient Steens are buried. There is a picture of Henry Steen on the porch of the Veteran's Home in Washington. There is his Civil War service medal. There is a picture of Henry Steen and his son, Charles — father and son shaking hands in what can only be described as a rather rigid embrace. Charles is wearing a bow-tie.
There is a photo of my grandfather Russ in his Navy flight suit, grilling steaks over a makeshift bbq, somewhere in the Pacific. On the back he wrote: "What a way to fight a war."
But chief among the many treasures from the bag was something I found in a small, unobtrusive blue box near the bottom. Nothing about the box clamored for attention so I had set it aside when first looking through the bag, thinking I would come back to it. And after an hour or so of reading various letters and clippings, straining for detail in old tintypes held up to the light, I finally returned to the box.
Inside the box I found a very old pocket watch, not working but in otherwise decent condition, and a letter folded into a tiny square underneath. The letter, addressed to my grandmother, is from a Francis Steen of Dodge Center, Minnesota, written in 1974. In the letter she explains that her grandfather, Martin, was a brother to my great great grandfather Henry. Martin, I learned elsewhere, enlisted in Co. E of the 38th Iowa Infantry in August, 1862. After mustering out of the war he worked in St. Paul, Minnesota, for a Mr. Folsom, who was father to President Grover Cleveland's wife. (Which, if you are paying attention, lends some credence to the 6° of separation theory, because it sets President Grover Cleveland and me exactly six historical degrees apart. Which is a little bit funny.)
In the letter, handwritten, Francis explains to my grandmother that she has no healthy heirs upon whom to bequeath the watch, and that the watch was never really hers, or her father Martin's, because it was actually carried by Henry Steen throughout the Civil War. There is no word on how she came to have it, but there is likewise no reason to doubt the authenticity of her claim. She graciously asks my grandmother if she would like to have the watch.
An Ace in the Hole. Henry Steen's pocket watch.
So that is what I found in the bag I had been neglecting out in the old green shed — a pocket watch carried by my great great grandfather in the Civil War. It is tempting to wonder how he managed to hang onto the watch when conditions in Libby might have tempted him to trade it for comforts, but he had his brothers with him, and I prefer to think that he kept it as a kind of Ace in the Hole. Perhaps, in those dark days when he was starving and the men around him were covered in lice, when disease flashed through the prison taking his friends and comrades by the hour, he held onto that watch as a source of humanity, and reason, and hope.
And then again, maybe not.
I will never know for certain, but the bonafides are solid. Time creates gaps and leaves questions that can never be answered. But where those facts cannot be properly addressed, where the abyss stares back, it is the storyteller's job to take command.
And perhaps there will come a day when I will have my own grandchild who pesters me about family history, who wants to know about Barefoot Clarence, or The Conehead, or who demands to know who among us married who, who got divorced, who lived where, what they did, and why. Perhaps, and I sincerely hope it comes to pass, that child will call me late at night as I grow old, demanding to know who in the family ever lived in Wathena, Kansas, and what in the hell they were doing there.
Perhaps that inquisitive child, whose veins will run with the blood of Thron and Ingebord, of Henry and Charles, of Jean Lucille, might like to hear some evening about a little box I keep in the study, and the treasure that resides so perfectly, and quietly, inside.
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Good stuff Craig
Thank you. Appreciated.
Steve Erickson says
There must be a feeling of completeness accompanying this column and particularly the connection to your past. As always a great read. Plus, anybody descended from a man named Thron has to be good.
Thanks Steve. I think there is some feeling of wholeness, or at least a connectivity through time that I cherish as a gift. And Thron, just wow. My next mission is to find out what happened in Norway to drive them out. I know why the Germans left — that pesky Kaiser — but not sure about Thron's history. And of course, Wendy and I must make a pilgrimage to take a look.
Rick Schwertfeger says
Wonderful and very touching. Beyond that I'm kinda speechless.
Thanks Rick.
Keith West says
This is a wonderful story of discovery. You should write a book and give it to family members at Christmas.
Thanks, Keith. And I think you are right about that.
Ugly Hombre says
It's important to talk to the oldsters in your family about the past- when they are gone, so is your past. So write down what they tell you. And save those old papers, photos and clipped out articles.
"My Commander sent me up there to do recovery- so I would see what it was"
"A mad woman out on the prairie"
"Two relatives in the revolutionary war- one carried a spear that's why I am DAR"
"When you see a man break because he can't take it, to get a drink of water and he is shot then- you will know what discipline means"
"He went out to get a pack of smokes- she never saw him again."
"Homer had a hard time keeping his pants up- I found I had a half brother out in Arkansas."
"The gun was a S&W heavy duty 38 special on a 44 frame- he had it for a reason."
Sooner or later though- it all fades..
It fades. And then the storytelling starts. Which is the life redrawn, and renewed.
Yes Sir, that's it.
That was fun Craig, thanks. It reminds me of the Johansen's getting their name changed to Johnson at Ellis Island so many years ago.
Thron huh? Probably why you look like Ragnar when your angry.…
Ragnar looks like me. 🤠
I keep telling Rullman he needs Norse scalp tattoos. He always mutters something about sleeping in the barn…
HAH! Perfect.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdTtvsMBL_Q
Craig dealing with his Lt.'s…
And, like Ragnar, they eventually threw me in a pit full of vipers. 🙂
Some Iowa and midwest roots. The Midwest has left an indelible impression on me. Got some Tramp in here too. Have you ever heard of Willis Ray Willey from Mt. Ayr, Iowa? He ended up in Spokane, WA and was quite a specimen. Look him up if you are not already familiar with him.
You have quite the story here and I am surprised as to how long it took to finally satisfy your curiosity. All things at their chosen time. A very impressive family lineage and the contribution to the Civil War. Now frozen in time with that priceless and precious treasure of a timepiece. It all fits together now. Trying to keep up with you and Cornelius requires a fast horse.
With that said below is a comment to your most recent Bunkhouse piece. It just required more words than allowed on that forum. Hope you don't mind an interloper on this real estate.
Not that you need to be defended as you did an admirable job yourself and your courage alone is very admirable as well. Regarding the illegal / legal controversy, I have had a lot of exposure to this myself. I have always contended that on balance the abuses have far and away been against immigrants (illegal or legal). They came for a reason. Jobs. Jobs that were willingly handed out by Americans to their own financial advantages. Now the scapegoats are for the most part the immigrants and not the businesses that many times have exploited them. The outcry is mostly against the so called illegals and discrimination is pervasive towards legal immigrants as well. Of course I want a nation of sensible laws. Throwing them all out is unrealistic and dangerous. We need a fresh start with fairness for all, but that remains very problematic. It must be done however. I myself do not want to see a violent revolution, but even FDR feared it and addressed the unfairness of capitalism and even saved capitalism by creating his programs in the Great Depression. Not perfect. Nothing ever is. This is not a matter of victim hood it is a matter of humanity. I stand for those that overcome the odds and rise above their circumstances. Those that abuse and diminish what we have that is worth saving should be addressed accordingly. Demagoguery, blind fear and hypocrisy is not the way out. I surely hope we can find our way out and return to solving the regular (bad enough) problems of the day. A very loaded statement I know. Thanks for this post Craig and for standing up as you did and should have.
Thanks Tramp. And right here is the essence of it: This is not a matter of victim hood it is a matter of humanity. I stand for those that overcome the odds and rise above their circumstances. Those that abuse and diminish what we have that is worth saving should be addressed accordingly. Demagoguery, blind fear and hypocrisy is not the way out. If we allow any of these issues to diminish our humanity we surrender to demagoguery, and I refuse to do that. Many of the problems are real, but they can be addressed in a reasonable way. I will check out Mr. Willey, I'm curious as hell. Also, thanks again for the tip on the new mag, I took a look and enjoyed it. Might even try to send a piece or two their way. Thanks for being at this campfire, Tramp, always great to have your voice here. Safe travels.


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