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Is it already that time of the year? The whirlwind that is 2016 has flown by so fast, thrusting us forward from one season to the next. We've witnessed several amazing events unfold, some of us embarked on new journeys, while others said bittersweet goodbyes to children going to college—all of this and more packed into one glorious year, which now culminates into some much-needed introspection. As we recover from an unprecedented election, this time of the year is as much for spending time with friends and family as it is for taking pause to reflect on the year gone by. While we look inward and take stock of our goals, accomplishments and regrets, we look to others for inspiration, to take cues from their lives.
That is why we, at India Currents decided to bring to you stories from across the ever-upwardly-mobile Indian American community. We forayed into different arenas in search of accomplished professionals to get an insight into what motivates them, and what values guide them on their quest for greatness. What resulted is an eclectic group of highly driven individuals who shared their inspiring stories, giving us a telescopic view of what books, movies and uplifting words-to-live-by shaped them and determined the course of their journeys.
Compiling this story was nothing short of a miracle for they show us that prominence isn't just reserved for a fraction of the population; that even us, with our everyday and common mindset and skills, can inspire and lead if we're so inclined. It's been a privilege to interview and indulge in colorful conversations with these people and we hope you enjoy this piece just as much as we did putting it together.
Dr. Piya Sorcar, Founder and CEO of TeachAIDS
Most of us look at the problems that the world is facing today, empathize with those affected, and move on with our lives. Others go ahead and take action. Piya Sorcar read reports that millions of dollars were being invested in HIV prevention efforts in India and yet, HIV rates were on the rise and basic knowledge levels among young people was low. As a student of education at Stanford, she was curious to see if she could do something about it. The result was TeachAIDS, which creates free, research-based, culturally-appropriate learning materials to address the challenges associated with health education. Today governments, NGOs and educational institutions in over 70 countries use this software, and it is funded by institutions like Yahoo!, UNICEF, Barclays Bank, Time Warner, Google, and national governments all over the world.
Dr. Piya Sorcar holds a PhD in Learning Sciences and Technology Design from Stanford University, and teaches at Stanford's Graduate School of Education and at the School of Medicine. In 2011, MIT Technology Review named her to its TR35 list of the top 35 innovators in the world under 35. In 2016, she became the youngest recipient of Stanford's Alumni Excellence in Education Award.
In an attempt to understand her motivations and draw inspiration from her, we asked Priya some questions.
What is the biggest challenge that you have experienced in your work?
All challenges serve as opportunities. The greater the challenge, the greater the opportunity. Ours was how to effectively teach about HIV education to a population where sex education had been banned in schools.
What change would you like to see?
I would like to see more concrete efforts, particularly from the United States, towards addressing global warming.
What inspires you to keep going, everyday?
Imagining the faces of the children we wish to serve.
What book/s do you have on your nightstand right now?
Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard by Dan Heath and Chip Heath, The Man Who Lied to His Laptop by Clifford Nass and Capital in the Twenty-First Century by Thomas Pikett
What things/tasks do you not like to do?
Driving! I'm looking forward to self-driving cars.
Dinesh Sabu, Independent Filmmaker
Dinesh Sabu is an independent documentary filmmaker who recently completed his directorial debut, a feature-length documentary titled Unbroken Glass. The film is Dinesh's journey across the United States and India to piece together the story of his mother's schizophrenia and eventual suicide.
Dinesh learned vérité cinematography from legendary Kartemquin co-founder Gordon Quinn. His accomplishments include being a finalist for the prestigious Edes Prize for Emerging Artists in 2011, and a fellowship from Firelight Media's Documentary Lab in 2014.
His story is filled with a yearning to tackle the problem of stigma within the Indian-American community about mental illness, a subject begging to be shared on a larger platform. Let's dive in to better understand the man behind the camera lens.
What's the book on your nightstand?
I've got two books—fiction and non-fiction. The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan and Speaking Truths with Film by Bill Nichols.
Which book has had an impact on the way you approach life?
We Wish to Inform You that Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families, an account of the Rwandan genocide in 1994, lyrically written by Philip Gourevitch, a writer for the New Yorker. When I read this several years ago, it really clarified the power of nonfiction storytelling. Gourevitch's work was at once beautifully written, morally clear, and did not sacrifice nuance or complexity for the sake of storytelling. It still has an urgency about it today, a work that sets its readers on fire. After I read it, I realized my goal was to make a documentary that aspires to achieve what Gourevitch did in this work.
What book will you recommend to your 16 year old self?
When I was 16, I was pretty cynical. I wish I had picked up a book like Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children. I think I would have appreciated the sci-fi elements of it, as well as the level of beauty and craftsmanship in the sentences.
Which movie has had a lasting impression on you?
Stevie by Steve James. It's a documentary made by Kartemquin Films, where I made my current film. It's a personal documentary where the filmmaker, Steve James, revisits the kid he used to be a "big brother" to in rural Illinois, the eponymous "Stevie." At least a decade has passed and now an adult, Stevie has been failed by the foster care system time and time again. In the film, Stevie is accused of a heinous crime, and the filmmaker follows the repercussions unfold while trying to come to grips with this man who he cares for. Like Gourevitch's work, it's the kind of art I aspire to make.
Anuradha Nehru, Dancer
Anuradha Nehru is a Kuchipudi dancer and founder-director of Kalanidhi Dance Company, a non-profit dedicated to Indian classical dance based in Washington D.C. She has been recognized by the Governor of Maryland for her service to the arts, and has been supported by the Maryland State Arts Council.
Her lifelong commitment to this art form took a decisive turn 25 years ago, when her guru, Guru Vempati Chinnasatyam, drew her aside after a performance and told her to dedicate her life to dance. Overwhelmed by his endorsement, she spent the next six months at his dance academy at Chennai, India, and then came back to Maryland and founded Kalanidhi Dance. Kalanidhi Dance Company recently celebrated its 25th anniversary.
Share a lifelong lesson you learnt from a mentor.
There are no shortcuts in life. Hard work, sweat, and perseverance are the only ways to achieve your dreams.
What's the most challenging aspect about dancing and performing?
To continuously find fresh ways to connect with the audience.
Has there been any book/artistic work that has had an impact on the way you approach life?
I have been deeply moved by a book I am currently reading, Balasarasawati: Her Art and Life, which describes her deep passion and her unswerving commitment to staying true to her art form.
What change would you like to see in the world around you?
Definitely greater appreciation and better financial support for the performing arts, especially Indian classical dance!
What's your favorite quote/motto?
"Dance is the hidden language of the soul of the body."— Martha Graham
Failure is not an option. Believe in yourself and commit yourself fully to what you do.
Sujit Saraf, Playwright-Director, Naatak
Sujit Saraf is a Bay Area novelist and playwright, having published four novels and a dozen plays, and directed many of those plays for Naatak, America's biggest Indian theater company. His second novel, The Confession of Sultana Daku, is soon going to be a motion picture; and his latest book, Harilal and Sons, a fictionalized account of his grandfather's travels through India and Bangladesh, is slated to be published in December.
Sujit strongly believes that it's hard to reach that happy place of accomplishment in the very first attempt. His advice to folks just entering the world of theatre is that, "Your first 12 plays are crap," so to keep at it, never give up, and to never lose perspective along the way—a challenge he dodges everyday.
The death of social media.
What song is running through your head right now?
Yeh raatein, yeh mausam, yeh hasanaa hasaanaa, a lovely song by Pankaj Mallick.
"Vimrishyaitat asheshen yathecchasi tathaa kuru." In the Gita, Krishna tells Arjun, "Having deliberated fully on this, do as you like."
Something about you that drives people crazy.
I'm loud. Very loud.
Best advice that you've ever received.
"When in doubt, shout!" But I believe the opposite: "When not in doubt, you are probably wrong."
What inspires you to keep going everyday?
The world. As soon as I feel I have run dry, something happens and I feel I must interpret it, record it, express it.
Nandita Bakhshi, President and CEO, Bank of the West
Nandita Bakhshi arrived in America thirty years ago, armed with a Master of Arts in International Relations from Jadavpur University, and tons of ambition. She started her career as a branch employee, an experience that has allowed her to understand the role that branch employees play in the bank's success. Over the years, true to her favorite quote by Winston Churchill, "The kite, after all, rises only against the wind," she rose to hold leadership roles.
Her advice on how to make professional choices that further one's career are definitely words to live by. She refers to it as the Rule of the Thirds. "Always seek a position that is one third comfortable, one third a stretch and one third, pure, white-knuckle terror," she says.
What values do you like to see in your workplace?
I encourage people to bring their authentic selves to work. I've found that people appreciate the rich diversity this brings to a corporate culture. You shouldn't have to be a certain type to advance. Don't be afraid to take thoughtful or measured risks. Every time I've taken on a new challenge I have grown personally and professionally.
What things do you not like to do?
I like spending time in the field with team members and customers, so I don't like it when I can't. For me, it's important to be close to the perspectives that our team members and customers share.
What was your favorite subject in high school?
My favorite subjects were history and international studies. I enjoyed learning about the past and how that could influence the future global landscape.
If you were marooned on an island, which book would you rather have with you?
A book of poetry by the poet laureate, Rabindranath Tagore. His work inspires me, specifically Gitanjali.
Our customers and our team members inspire me every day. I believe if you have the spirit to serve and focus on doing right by people—be they colleagues or customers—you can do no wrong.
Priyanka Wali, Doctor and Comedian
Priyanka Wali, a versatile stand-up comedian, was named by Refinery29 as "50 Female Stand-Up Comedians You Need To Know." She performs at corporate gigs and comedy clubs nationally and internationally. She's been featured in The Today Show, Uproxx, and Cosmopolitan. Priyanka, often called "Pri Pri" by her friends, truly believes laughter is the best medicine, but was a board-certified practicing physician in Internal Medicine in a previous avatar.
Stand up comedy had always been Priyanka's most morbid fear, something she decided to defeat one day during a "face your fears" kick! What also inspired her to take on the intimidating world of stand up comedy was a Russell Peters's autobiography where he describes how he pursued comedy despite lack of support from his father, something she could easily relate to. While she draws material for her shows from the various books she reads and by asking a lot of questions, there are some words she tends to live by. One of them includes a quote from Midnight in Paris, "The artist's job is not to succumb to despair but to find an antidote for the emptiness of existence."
Which is the most successful gig that you've performed? And why?
Success in comedy is subjective but the end goal is always to make people laugh. One of the most successful gigs for me personally was when an audience member came up to me and said "I am currently undergoing chemotherapy. Tonight's show was so funny that I forgot I had cancer for a few hours." Honestly, that kind of stuff is the reason I do comedy—to make people feel good on a truly personal level.
Right now at this exact moment, it is Obesity: Evaluation and Treatment Essentials by Michael Steelman (it's a real page turner!)
How to Spot A Dangerous Man Before You Get Involved by M.A. Sandra L. Brown
What's the best advice that you've ever received?
Take your insecurities and your weaknesses, everything that you dislike about yourself…and embrace it.
What's the most challenging aspect about being a standup comedian?
Sometimes having to act funny on stage when you're actually sad inside.
Any parallels you've successfully drawn between medicine and comedy?
Both are important and necessary in life. I mean—let's get real. Laughter is definitely the best medicine, but taking antibiotics after your ex-boyfriend gave you chlamydia is important too.
Beena Ammanath, VP of Data and Analytics, GE
Award-winning technology innovator. Aviator. Foodie. Baseball fan. Voracious reader. Supporter of diversity in technology. Beena Ammanath's enthusiasm for life enables her to wear all these hats and several others with panache.
Beena is currently the VP of Data and Analytics at GE. She is on the board of directors for the non-profit organization, ChickTech. She is the winner of the 2016 Women Super Achiever Award from World Women's Leadership Congress for supporting diversity in technology.
Beena seems to personify her motto "The only person I have to be better than is the person I was yesterday." Her passion for life shines through in her responses.
Has there been a defining point/incident in your life that brought you to this field?
My parents wanted me to be a doctor I wanted to be a pilot or a photojournalist. But when I had to choose, I chose Computer Science because it was such a new field. I had always excelled at Math even without trying and the lure of learning something that not many were pursuing was too fascinating.
What would you like to see changed in the world around you?
I want every child to receive an education. When we do not provide an equal opportunity to half the children in the world, it means that the world is losing out on the brainpower of half the world that maybe would have found a cure or discovered the next amazing thing that the world needs.
Innovation and curiosity combined with honesty and transparency leads to great teams doing great work together.
Did you have a mentor?
If yes, who, and how have they influenced you?
I have several mentors. I refer to them as my board of directors. These are a group of people, who have inspired me with their expertise, are my role models and to whom I turn to whenever I am in a personal or professional dilemma.
I don't like to be idle. I have way too much energy and way too many great ideas to try out.
What is the biggest challenge that you have faced in your workplace?
Driving cultural change to accept new technologies is one of the biggest challenges that I have seen.
History. In general, I am a people person—I like meeting people and getting to know their story, their aspirations and dreams. History gave me insight into so many people's lives to see how their actions have shaped our lives today.
Is there anything about you that drives people around you crazy?
My enthusiasm, my continuous drive to try out new experiences, new places, new food, and meet new people. My family, friends and team members are always wondering what I will make them try next. This world is amazing in so many dimensions that it's up to us to experience all that it has to offer. And then enrich it for the generations after us.
"How to survive and escape from a marooned island?"
On a serious note, I am a voracious reader—on any given day, I am in the middle of reading four books. If I had to choose, it would be The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch. His book is a powerful reminder on how to live a happy, full life no matter what life throws at you.
My sons. They are amazing smart energetic upbeat little human beings who love me, admire me and are counting on me. No matter what happens, it is my responsibility to leave this world a better place for them. They are my inspiration, my motivation and my sunshine, who make me be the best I can be.
What, according to you, is the greatest technical innovation ever?
Artificial Intelligence is going to change our world in a way that we cannot even imagine today. I think we are just beginning to see some of its impact but it is just the tip of the iceberg.
Sima Patel, Hotelier
Sima Patel arrived in the United States as a newly-married 17-year-old who barely spoke English, and the very next day, she started working at the front desk of a small inn owned by her husband. She had no background in hospitality, but her husband taught her. In a textbook example of the American dream, Sima Patel rose to become the CEO of Ridgemont Hospitality, and recently became the first industry-elected Chair of the Board of Directors of Visit California. She founded SAAHELI, a global online community for South Asian women, as part of her advocacy efforts towards the Indian-American community.
When asked what change she wants to see in the world, she says that she would like to see more encouragement for women to take on leadership roles. True to her favorite quote by Mahatma Gandhi, "Be the change you want to see in this world," Bay Area based Sima has led by example by challenging stereotypes all along.
What is the biggest challenge that you have experienced in your workplace?
Maintaining a work-life balance.
Terminating or disciplining employees.
Geography; explains my love for travel!
I am a high-energy person who is always multi-tasking and I expect the same from my team. My expectation for them to keep up with me drives them crazy.
Working in an industry that creates millions of jobs and generates billions in revenue for the state's economy, and being able to contribute to those results even in a small part is very fulfilling!
Ramya Harishankar, Dancer
Ramya Harishankar is a Bharatanatyam dancer and Artistic Director of Arpana dance company. Southern California based Arpana Dance Company (ADC) is set to celebrate 35 years in existence early next year under her direction. The company has traveled to India, Europe, Japan, and to many cities in the United States. The company has won grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, Fund for Folk Culture, LA County Department of Cultural Affairs and many other arts agencies. The company has presented over 15 full length productions, many raising funds for charities world wide.
Ramya believes that she has been changed through constant interactions with academics, gurus and others passionate about dance. These meaningful interactions have helped crystallize and redefine her connection to her art from the time she was a little girl.
What drew you to dancing?
Though I started dance lessons when I was six, learning abhinaya from Guru Kalanidhi Narayanan was the catalyst.
Knowing that what I do makes a difference in someone's life and hopefully this instills in them a love for dance/art/life.
What is the most challenging aspect about dancing and performing?
As a US-based dancer and teacher, the challenge is to balance the 'traditional" and the "contemporary" and I am always aspiring to keep my art relevant.
Has there been any book/performance/artistic work which has had an impact on the way you approach life?
Good Earth by Eckhart Tolle
What do you believe in when it comes to keeping classical dance alive?
My guru Swamimalai Rajarathnam had a way of creating moving pictures in choreography which has stayed with me. Dance has to be precise, but, it should also have grace and elegance.
I hold on to my roots and expand on that base. Living away from India, mythological stories tend to be culturally specific and can be enjoyed only by those who are familiar with those themes. But, apart from that, there are so many songs like padhams for instance, which stand for a woman's freedom to express her myriad emotions. These are truly universal themes —anyone can appreciate and enjoy them. I perform pieces expressing a whole continuum of thought.
As you look at the upcoming 35th anniversary of Arpana, what are your thoughts?
There has been tremendous growth in the company. It is very heartening to see a handful of my students dedicate themselves to classical dance full-time. I am definitely more at peace with what I am doing.
What book or experience will you recommend to your 16 year old self?
Live the life you love!
How would your best friend/sibling describe you?
Passionate, talented, focused and task oriented.
Anything from the Beatles to a Kshetrayya padham.
"God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference."—Reinhold Niebuhr
The above quote.
Writer. Activist. Music enthusiast. Shilpa Sachdev knew she would be a writer the day she was grabbed out of the womb. However, other career paths had her wandering, until recently. Rain or shine, you're sure to find her plugged in, constantly bobbing her head to tunes by Johnny Cash, Pink Floyd and more.
Shruthi Rao loves books, desserts, trees, and long walks. She enjoys stories in all forms, especially if they contain insights into what motivates fellow humans. www.shruthi-rao.com.
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Due to being out of the normal media loop when in Zimbabwe this summer, the news of Neil Armstrong's death was only brought to my attention by a recent BBC biopic on him.
For those of you who didn't know, Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon.
His life story is fascinating. His professional life was filled courage, adventure and achievement. His personal life had joys, but also sorrows, not least in the loss of his 2yr old daughter to a brain tumour.
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Can Saraswati river be revived?
If there ever was a single entity that could be called as an epitome or paradigm of the ancient Vedic culture civilization of pre-historic India, it was surely the mythical river Saraswati. It is now believed that the entire Vedic culture did blossom and bloom along the banks of this mythical and grandest of all rivers in India. Since the river was never seen in the known historical period of India, a legend grew which said that the river was invisible. Lay people did believe in this legend but for more scientifically minded souls, some kind of proof was necessary to accept it's existence.
The story of the discovery of this once mighty but later thought to be invisible river is quite fascinating. To begin, let us first move to the vast marshy land known as Rann, sandwiched between India's Kutch region and Pakistan's Sind province. Up to 1918, a river known as Kori river flowed from Sind into the Rann, eventually emptying itself in Arabian sea through what is known as Kori creek. From the times of Alexander the great (325 BC) and Ptolemy (150 AD) this Kori river was always thought to be a subsidiary of the mighty Indus and Kori creek was called as eastern mouth of the Indus. In 1819, a major earth quake struck the region. As a result of earthquake, entire Sindh shoreline north of Rann rose up like a bund known as "Allah's Bund" or God's Bund. This God's bund effectively closed the eastern mouth of the Indus or Kori river forever. The lost Kori river is of special relevance to our story as would be clear later. In 1870, a geologist Alex Rogers discovered Alluvium or sand, mud, deposits formed by flowing water in Gulf of Khambat, suggesting a past presence of a major river system in the area. In 1886, a British officer, Oldham, reported finding a vast dry bed of a river, through which a much smaller seasonal monsoon fed river, known as Ghaggar now flowed. Ghaggar river, originates near Ropar in Punjab and dissipates itself in the sands of Rajasthan deserts.
In 1921, finding of Mohenjodaro city, on the bank of Indus river, led to the discovery of the most ancient civilization of Indian sub continent, known as the Indus civilization, that existed during 5000 to 2500 BCE. European historians came up with many fancy theories after this discovery, about Aryan invasion of India that was supposed to have destroyed the newly found Indus civilization and that is what was generally believed till even three or four decades ago.
Extensive excavations carried out by the Archaeological survey of India along the banks of the dry bed of Ghaggar river, has brought to light, hundreds of places, like Kalibangan, Rakhigarhi and Ganweriwala, where chalcolithic civilizations thrived once, during 3500 to 2500 BCE. Discovery of the port city of Dholavira further supported the historical fact that the now marshland of Rann, was once a navigable channel of water, mainly fed by Sarswati waters.
Mr. R.N. Athavale, is a former Scientist with National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad, and Emeritus Scientist, CSIR, India. He was involved in the research work concerning Saraswati basin. He says that by 2008, most of the scientists believed that the ancient Saraswati river was not mythical but originated in Himachal Pradesh, entered Haryana near Kalka, moved through Punjab and Haryana into Rajasthan, meandered and wound further downstream, till it debouched in the Gulf of Katch. The river is currently known as Ghaggar River in its upper reaches and Hakra and Nara in the lower reaches. The Ghaggar today is an ephemeral stream fed only by monsoon waters. In the past, several major and minor tributaries joined the Sarasvati over its course. The relevance of Kori river would now be clear. Kori probably was not the mouth of Indus but Saraswati. (Sankaran, A.V., 1999; Roy and Jakhar, 2001)
Another report on a study, was published on 28th May 2012 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and lead authored by Liviu Giosan, a geologist with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), that claimed to have found the answer to the Saraswati riddle. The study was done from 2003 to 2008 from the Arabian Sea coast to the fertile valleys of Punjab and the northern Thar Desert in Pakistan. Over this period, Liviu Giosan's team of 15 international experts, which Included Prof Ronojoy Adhikari of the Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, studied satellite photos and topographic data collected by the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission. From this data the team created digital maps of landforms in the basins of Indus and other rivers. This analytical work was then confirmed with help of field work in the area, consisting of drilling, taking core samples and digging deep trenches to study cross-sectional views. The report says that archeological evidence suggests very intensive human settlements during Harappan times in the basin of Ghaggar-Hakra river, which is believed to be the long lost Sarswati of the Vedas. The geological evidence like presence of sediments, topography discovered in this study shows that these rivers (Ghaggar-Hakra)were indeed sizable and highly active in this region, most likely due to strong monsoons, during Harappan period.
We now come to the next question. How did the Saraswati river disappear. Everyone agrees that it disappeared sometime between 5000 and 3000 BCE. However there are tow schools of thought for the reasons behind this disappearance. Liviu Giosan report assigns gradually weakening monsoon rains as the main reason for drying up of Sarswati, whereas CSIR scientists believe that The Sarasvati river system was always a separate entity and was never part of the Indus basin. It dried up a few thousand years back, due to tectonic movements, tributary diversions and climate changes, when it was no longer fed by the Himalayan snow.
Whatever may be the reasons, the fact remains that the dry courses of the main river and its tributaries are at present covered with sand, loam and silt, deposited by wind over last few thousand years and they could be discerned only after the advent of satellite remote sensing techniques.
Readers might have felt puzzled for my bringing up this subject now, but there is reason for that. India's federal minister for water resources and river development minister has just announced that Government plans to take up the issue very seriously to trace the route of the river.
I do not know, what purpose would be served by taking up this study as everyone in the scientific community knows that the Saraswati river is not a myth. Satellite images of northwestern India shows presence of underground channels of water below the river bed and the water has been found to be at least 3500 years old by scientists. It is also known that the river passed through plains of Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat and finally emptied in the Arabian sea through the great Rann.
Some people want the river to be revived. It could be a game changer as river once flowed through zones that are arid and desert like today. It can certainly bring riches and wealth to the arid region no doubt. To do this, we may have to divert the waters of Satlaj and Yamuna rivers in the bed of Ghaggar. Though technically it is feasible, there are other difficulties that are of political nature. Satlaj ultimately meets Indus river, which now is in Pakistan. Satlaj water is shared by the two countries as per an international agreement. Pakistan is unlikely to allow diversion of Satlaj water to India. This means that we can only divert some of the Yamuna water to Ghaggar, which in any case may not bring back the former glory to Sarswati.
Another major difficulty is that the dry bed of Saraswati in the lower reaches almost entirely falls within political boundaries of Pakistan. A question naturally arises as to why should we divert eastwards flowing Yamuna waters to Sarswati bed, if ultimately it will go to Pakistan. The idea of revival therefore is a non starter and would work to some extent if Pakistan agrees to diversion of Satlaj waters because finally it would be going back to that country only. Without Pakistan's cooperation, any talk of revival of Saraswati has no meaning at all.
There is another possibility though, as suggested by Mr. R.N. Athavale. The states of Punjab and Haryana and to some extent similarly affected irrigated parts of Rajasthan, are today facing the problem of disposal of the water drained out from the thousands of hectares of waterlogged, salinized and erstwhile fertile areas. The problem is considered as the most difficult aspect of reclamation through man made sub surface drainage. It is suggested that the presently dry and pristine sub surface beds of the Sarasvati and its tributaries in the desert area, can be used to dispose off the water collected through a network of sub surface drains. This appears to me as the most practical solution as excess waters would be carried to the arid region because of the natural slope of the river course. Since this water flow is not likely to be very large, it need not flow to Pakistan at all and could be used for agriculture in Rajasthan alone.
I feel that any other plan for revival of Sarswati would prove to be a non starter.
Labels: Ghaggar river, Hakka -Nara rivers, Indus, Indus civilization, Kori Creek, Liviu Giosan, Monsoon, Saraswati river, tectonic movements, weakened monsoons
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Priest Hua was so powerful that once he moved, even the world sensed him. Dense dark clouds silently pressed down towards the water surface, bringing a despairing sense of destruction.
The dark atmosphere surrounded everyone. Thousands of chained priests and thousands of Jia Clan warriors guarding around the chariot popped out their eyes, but saw nothing; they listened carefully, but heard nothing; they wanted to shout, but couldn't make even the slightest sound.
Their sensibilities were taken away. These priests and Jia Clan warriors were thrown into a despairing darkness, and within a single moment, their souls had reached the verge of collapse, all because of power of destruction contained in the thunderbolt released by Priest Hua.
Yemo Shayi suddenly burst with a high-pitched growl. A dark mist puffed out of his head, then a hundred-miles-wide dark swirl began spinning slowly above his head, releasing a strong power of destruction that seemed to devour and destroy everything.
The power of destruction delivered by Priest Hua's thunderbolt intensively clashed against Yemo Shayi's dark swirl. The purely dark swirl quaked intensely, and soon was compressed into a flicking, twisting, dark line, that seemed to break at any time.
Suffering the power of destruction, Man Man released a fiery light from her head. Within the light, a crystalline, burning silhouette was seen reaching hundred-miles high. The fire giant roared towards the sky and released a raging flame in all directions, burning half of the sky red.
Behind Shaosi and Taisi, hazy shadows emerged as well, faintly visible. Standing by the side of Man Man's fire giant, they tried their best to twist the space and to ease the strong pressure caused by Priest Hua's thunderbolt.
Yu Mu's fat had been shaking quickly. He shouted out loud while a gray stream of smoke rose from his head, reaching hundreds of miles high into the sky. A hazy silhouette appeared in the smoke; this silhouette was invisible to ordinary human beings, and only people with special eye powers and powerful magics could see it.
This giant silhouette was holding the Disease God streamer, standing behind Man Man's fire giant while waving the streamer and releasing an extremely toxic mist. It spread out into an enormous shield that covered the entire nine dragons chariot, defending everyone against the dreadful power of destruction.
At last, Feng Xing gave a resonant growl. His eyes shone with a blinding light as he raised his bow and forcibly pulled it open.
A hundred-miles-tall, muscular giant showed up above Feng Xing's head. The giant was blurred; he had a piece of hide wrapped around his waist and his arms raised, as if he were also pulling open a bow. Following a shrill swishing noise, a sharp beam of arrow light darted out from between this giant's hands and struck on the thunderbolt released by Priest Hua.
The thirty-meter-thick, tens of thousands of meters long thunderbolt was stopped for a second.
Bang! Bang! A fiery light blasted before the thunderbolt. The arrow light was shattered, and Feng Xing snorted heavily in pain. He was sent flying backward, vomiting blood. Bone cracking noise came from his body, sounding like popping corns. After that, he weakly fell to the ground and couldn't move anymore.
When the others combined their powers to fight against the thunderbolt, Ji Hao stood up with difficulty.
The target of the thunderbolt was no body else but Ji Hao. Those priests, Jia Clan warriors, Man Man, Shaosi and Ji Hao's other friends, they had only been suffering from the afterwinds of the thunderbolt.
The pressure and the power of destruction that Ji Hao had been taking were over a hundred times greater than for Man Man and the others.
Inch by inch, Ji Hao straightened his body. He stood up against the pressure purely with his physical strength. Above his head, layers of transparent space-ripples were shattered by his body, causing a buzzing noise.
"Priest Hua!" Ji Hao raised his head and stared at Priest Hua.
Looked at the thunderbolt which was flashing over, Ji Hao sensed a piercing pain from his eyes. Instinctively, he closed his eyes.
"Duo!" He shouted. The golden bridge darted out from his erect eye and released a clear light. The light was shaking slightly. All of a sudden, a thousands of meters tall door coiled in colorful warm clouds opened before that thunderbolt, which disappeared without a trace.
"The all worlds monument!" Priest Hua trembled slightly. Staring at Ji Hao, he asked coldly, "Ji Hao, this supreme treasure belongs to our sect. How dare you take it?"
"Priest Hua, the all worlds monument is destined to be mine!" Ji Hao opened his eyes, raised his right hand, and responded seriously, "Under the witness of the world, the all worlds monument is indeed destined to be mine. It was destined to be sent to me by Gold Water."
While grinning, Ji Hao continued blandly, "If you don't believe me, ask the world itself. Ask the world if it agrees with me."
Man Man and Shaosi chuckled together. The lingering power from that thunderbolt hadn't faded yet, and Ji Hao's friends were still suffocated by it, their hearts still drumming. But what Ji Hao said just now as way too shameless and naughty, which made Man Man and Shaosi unable to help but laugh.
"Hehe." Yu Mu and Feng Xing laughed with a simple and honest look. They nodded at Priest Hua and said, "Isn't that right? The world is our witness. The all worlds monument is truly destined to be ours! Old man, if you don't believe us, ask it, just ask the world itself."
Priest Hua gazed at Ji Hao in the eyes. That intent of killing in his eyes was evident.
Since forever, 'the treasure is destined to be ours', this sentence was even a tagline of Priest Hua and Priest Mu. With this sentence, how many treasures that did have owners were looted by him? But today, Ji Hao used this sentence against Priest Hua!
"Good, good, good! Yu Yu has been upright for his whole life, but he took you, such a shameless thing, as a disciple. Enough about the all worlds monument for now. You killed tens of thousands of our disciples. This is…"
Ji Hao smiled, interrupted him, and said, "Please, don't say anything you want only because you are old. Those disciples of yours were evil, so the thunderbolts descended from the sky struck them to death. I didn't do it."
Ji Hao continued while smirking, "If you don't believe me, ask the sky. Ask the sky if it sent down thunderbolts to kill your disciples or not.
Priest Hua paused briefly. Then, he abruptly raised his head and pointed at Ji Hao, seeming to say something. But his look changed slightly.
"Brother…How can I forget about things like this?"
"No, how can I forget about it? You have taken ninety percent of the powers and life-force of those disciples to make the enlightening dew for them to use after the reincarnation! You told me about this days ago."
"But, how can I forget anything like this? No, this is not right. If I knew that you had taken their powers, I wouldn't send them to kill Ji Hao. I told them to kill Ji Hao at all costs and with all their powers, but they were all weakened by over ninety percent…They didn't even have all of their powers anymore."
"I should never have made a mistake like this, but, but…"
Priest Hua started murmuring to himself with a panicked look. All of a sudden, a stream of blood spurted out from his mouth and splashed tens of meters away.
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Wartime Colleagues Don Underwood and Jack Valenti
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Jack Valenti (far left) and Don Underwood in Flight School or in theatre (undated)
Purely by luck, Don Robert went through flight school with Jack Valenti, and the two kept in touch over the years. (To family: Who has the letters?) For those who haven't seen the PBS American Experience. Here is a snip from the transcript of the show's episode on LBJ. The context? LBJ's historic push to pass the Civil Rights Bill.
Jack Valenti, Special Assistant to the President: And he said to Dick Russell, 'I want this Civil Rights Bill passed and you nor no one else is going to stand in my way.' And I remember Richard Russell said to him, he said, 'Well, Mr. President, you may do it, but I'll tell you what — it's going to cost you the South and it will cost you an election.'
While most people will remember Valenti as the head of the Motion Picture Association of America, Wikipedia recounts Valenti's World War II career:
During World War II, he was a first lieutenant in the United States Army Air Force. Valenti flew 51 combat missions as the pilot-commander of a B-25 medium bomber and received four decorations, including the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal.[1]
What we do know is that DRU was rather proud of the success his wartime colleague had in later life.
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Allan Underwood WW II Story
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Training photo: 838th Bombardment Squadron, Heavy, 1943. Allan Underwood in top row, 4th from left.
Despite reservations about the military-industrial complex, and the disproportionate weight given to war storytelling, the story of Allan Underwood is worth telling. The details are provided by a web site for the 487th Bomb Group, which as of this writing is still holding reunions. As the site explains, the toll on U.S. airmen was considerable; the air battles cost 26,000 lives and 18,000- wounded — 10% of all U.S. deaths in the war. This group flew B-24H/J and B17G aircraft, and it lost 33 aircraft. Its bases of operation were farflung, including locations in Nebraska, New Mexico, Florida and New Jersey. In Europe, the base was Station 137 in Lavenham, Suffolk, England.
Like his four brothers, Allan was born in Nogales. As a young man, he moved to Los Angeles where he completed one year of college, and worked in a semiskilled occupation in the building of aircraft. He was single when he enlisted in the U.S. Army in Phoenix on 21 January 1943. The version of the story I know does not include details of his training, but we know this about air crew training:
Marker at Arlington Nat'l Cemetery (credit Ross Underwood)
Becoming a USAAF pilot during WWII wasn't an easy, simple or quick procedure. To illustrate how difficult and dangerous the task was, consider that 324,647 cadets entered training between January 1941 and August 1945. 132,993 washed out or were killed during training. This attrition rate of nearly 40%, was due primarily to physical problems, accidents or inability to master the rigorous academic requirements. –WRAFS Museum, Arkansas
Allan's experience would have been highly compressed. The group's first combat mission was not flown until its control was transferred to England's Eighth Air Force. That event took place in 7 May 1944.
Missions flown were not limited to Germany. For instance, the group flew numerous missions to attack V-weapon installations in France, marshalling points in Belgium and airfields in Holland.
From here, Paul Webber, who researched the history for the 487th Bomb Group Association, takes the story:
After training, he was assigned as navigator on the heavy bomber crew of Second Lieutenant Charlton A. Deuschle, in the 838th Bomb Squadron of the 487th Bomb Group. This Group was based at Army Air Forces Station 137, near the village of Lavenham, Suffolk, England, and was part of the 8th U.S. Army Air Force in Europe.
Lt. Underwood and seven of his crew mates were killed in action on 5 August 1944 while on a mission to bomb an aircraft factory at Magdeburg, Germany. Their aircraft, B-17G 43-38007 [which the crew dubbed "The Moldy Fig"], was shot down by flak during the bomb run, and crashed near Lostau, Germany, 13 kilometers southwest of Burg, Germany, just northeast of Magdeburg. Pilot Lt Deuschle and gunner Sgt Robert J. Crooker survived and became prisoners of war. The dead were buried initially at the village cemetery in Lostau. (Lostau is a village and a former municipality in the Jerichower Land district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 Jan 2010, it is part of the municipality Möser). After the war, Underwood's remains were returned to the United States and re-interred at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. He is buried in Section 11, Site 253 LH.
There are a few other details. Survivor Sgt Crooker, who told relatives that he was "severely mistreated by German civilians" while he served as a POW, reported that their B-17G took a direct flak hit on the right wing and in its bomb bay 1-2 minutes before the start of the bombing run. Part of the wing came off and the aircraft exploded, all in a matter of seconds.
German civilian losses from Eighth Air Force strategic bombing, while not associated with this particular mission, were at times consequential. For instance, a raid two months later on Duisburg, about 250 miles from the crash site, caused a firestorm and killed 2,500. Duisburg was a logistics center for the Nazis and a center for chemical, steel and iron industry at the time.
The war stories from Bill, John and Robert have not been a major part of family lore — at least not so far. From what has been determined so far, the Underwood boys were loyal, disciplined and answered a calling that — as wartime callings go — had a moral high ground.
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DRU in Borneo Raid
Sister Kris recently went through newspapers that DRU saved — all without comment or annotation by him, so far as I could detect. Since tomorrow would have been his birthday, I thought all would be fascinated to read an account of a Borneo (now part of Malasia) raid he flew, reportedly, in July 1945. The story appeared in his local newspaper on the front page of the Nogales International. The "Crusaders" were a nickname for the 42nd Bombardment Group of the Army Air Force. This force was part of the Battle of North Borneo, well described in Wikipedia.
Don Underwood in Attack on North Borneo
HEADQUARTERS 13 AAF, PHILIPPINES July 19 Second Lieutenant Don R. Underwood, pilot of a B-25 of "The Crusaders," medium bombardment group of the 13th AAF, recently participated in a minumum altitude attack in support of ground action on Labuan, North Borneo [Google Map].
Australian Troops in Labuan North Borneo 1945
Their target was a small pocket of Nip troo0ps and the area was so small that they could not strafe for fear of hitting their own troops. The accuracy and effectiveness of their bombing was reported the next day when the Australian troops moved in to mop up.
A total of 397 Nip dead were counted and 18 slightly dazed Japs were taken prisoner, along with one giesha [sic] girl.
Lieutenant Underwood has completed over 13 missions over enemy targets in the Halmaheras [Google Map], the Celebes [Google Map], Borneo and the Philippines since joining his organization in April 1945.
Lieutenant Underwood is the son of Mrs. Ellen C. Underwood of 106 Alameda Street, Nogales. –Nogales International, 1945-07-20.
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The Unspoken-of Front
Mitchell B-25
When this belated factoid appeared as a correction in the NYT, I wanted to pick up the phone and call the house in Tucson where I still picture him sitting. From that spare and uncomfortable roost, he would probably have given a glancing, indirect account of how friendly fire incidents were discussed and reported in the World War II theater where he served as an Army Air Force B-25 pilot. It was a mistaken B-25 strike that killed the NYT reporter and U.S. troops on that day in 1942. Or he would have simply said, "Yes," in a tone of voice that hinted at horrors he witnessed, or feared, and, silently, "Speak of it no more this day."
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Military-Industrial Service
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As Eisenhower noted in his farewell speech cautioning the nation about the rising power of the military-industrial complex (MIC), Americans are touched in many ways by the U.S. military. In the draft era, some were called to serve directly. In the voluntary service era, some chose to serve. Many more were affected by working as civil servants on military bases or defense laboratories, developed personnel or weapons systems, worked in VA hospitals and clinics. Still more were indirectly affected by the toll that war takes on a family.
In this sense, our family is no different. In World War I, DRU's mother Ellen was a volunteer in the Navy nursing corps. Don Robert and his brothers John, Bill and Allan Underwood all served in World War II. Bill became a career officer in the Air Force. DRU's first wife Billie was an Army nurse, and the two met when DRU was convalescing at a Van Nuys hospital from what was then called shell shock. Billie's brother John served in the Navy during World War II, and brother Jay served as an officer in the Army, working in electronics. Mark's first wife Kathleen worked in a Navy Personnel laboratory where Mark also later worked, and she continued to help military wives and family members when she became a clinical psychologist. Mark's business ventures often entailed work that was sponsored by DARPA, Air Force or Army research initiatives, and he worked at several defense contract outfits (Visicom Labs, Applied Visions).
This is just a sampling of the military-industrial reach. Many family members have been omitted from this brief list. How families have been affected by such service is perhaps less well understood than the conversation about PTSD would indicate. For those who survive — and of course most do — it can be a steady, sometimes even rewarding career choice. For others, the frequent relocations can put a burden on families, especially women. The goal of military work — to deter and in necessary defeat by destroying what is today's enemy — contains many paradoxes that not everyone has worked through.
There is little doubt that what became the MIC had a major impact on DRU and his family.
Filed Under: Family, World War II Tagged With: Allan Underwood, Bill Underwood, Billie Allen Underwood, DARPA, Ellen Rentzmann, John Underwood, Kathleen Durning, Mark Underwood, military-industrial complex
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Diana Vreeland : the eye has to travel / Gloss Studio presents a Mago Media production ; co-directed and edited by Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt, Frédéric Tcheng ; directed and produced by Lisa Immordiano Vreeland ; written by Lisa Immordino Vreeland, Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt & Frédéric Tcheng.
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During Diana Vreeland's fifty-year reign as the "Empress of Fashion," she launched Twiggy, advised Jackie Onassis, and established countless trends that have withstood the test of time. An intimate portrait and a vibrant celebration of one of the most influential women of the twentieth century, an enduring icon who has had a strong influence on the course of fashion, beauty, publishing and culture.
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (86 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Edition: Widescreen.
Publisher: Port Washington, NY : E One, Entertainment One, [2012]
Program content: c2011.
Extras: Theatrical trailer ; Interviews.
Music supervisor, Susan Jacobs ; original music, Paul Cantelon ; director of photography, Cristobal Zañartu.
Featuring, Philippe de Montebello, Diana Vreeland.
Rating: PG-13; for some nude images.
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Nature's Great Experiment, by artist/filmmaker Jordan Baseman, will tour nationally as part of the Wellcome Collection's Identity Project season. The tour comprises three films created in 2007 with funding from the Wellcome Trust and Arts and Humanities Research Board.
Heavily edited interviews coalesce with 16mm archive film from the Wellcome Collection library, field recordings, and/or new footage created by Baseman himself, to create powerful, astute and often disturbing insights into the work of the Twin Research Team at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College, London. Exploring the perspectives of those involved (the scientist, the family interviewer and the mother of twins), the project raises the question: What constitutes normality?
The films, independently titled Nature's Great Experiment, (15 minutes), Tape 1 Tape 2, (9 minutes) and Laws of Variation, (13 minutes), will tour to various venues across the UK including Catalyst Arts, Belfast, Bury St Edmunds Art Gallery, Aberdeen University (hosted by Aberdeen Art Gallery) and will be part of GLIMMER: The 8th Hull International Short Film Festival.
Please visit www.hullfilm.co.uk for further information as to where films will be screened on campus. Please note there will not be a discussion following this screening.
Tickets for festival screenings at Hull University are £3.50 (full)/£2.50(concs) and are available on the door 10 minutes before a screening is due to start.
Booking is required at this event, please visit: http://www.abdn.ac.uk/medical-humanities/events/ for further information and to book a place.
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Catalog Description: Provides the beginning certified diver with training and skill development in the open water environment. Two class hours, two laboratory hours. Prerequisite: Diver certification required.
Catalog Description: Introduces basic volleyball rules, skills, and team strategies. One and one-half class hours.
Catalog Description: Focuses on beginning soccer skill development for the inexperienced soccer participant. One and one- half class hours.
Catalog Description: Focuses on advanced swimming skill and stroke development for the experienced swimmer. Includes personal safety and rescue skills. One and one-half class hours. Prerequisite: PED105.
Catalog Description: Focuses on beginning basketball skill development for the inexperienced participant. Includes individual and team skills and game rules. One and one-half class hours.
Catalog Description: Focuses on achieving the physical and mental conditioning and training required to execute a variety of basic martial arts techniques and forms or kata and engages in effective sparring and self-defense. Acquaints students with the historical and philosophical and spiritual aspects of the martial arts. Designed for students with little or no background in the martial arts. One and one-half class hours.
Catalog Description: Focuses on beginning bowling skill development for the inexperienced bowler. Fee associated with course. One and one-half class hours.
Catalog Description: Focuses on advanced bowling skill development and techniques for the experienced participant. Emphasizes strategies of competitive bowling. Fee associated with course. One and one-half class hours. Prerequisite: PED 146.
Catalog Description: Presents the basic skills of golf including grip, stance, swing, rules, and etiquette. One and one-half class hours.
Catalog Description: Focuses on beginning tennis skill development for the inexperienced participant. Includes single and double match play and court strategies. One and one-half class hours.
Catalog Description: Develops game skills and court strategies for match play in singles and doubles for beginning and advanced players. One and one-half class hours.
Catalog Description: Focuses on beginning softball skill development for the inexperienced participant. Includes game rules and strategies and practice in game situations. One and one-half class hours.
Catalog Description: Focuses on beginning skiing or snowboarding skill development, equipment terminology and safety. Students will be responsible for providing or renting their equipment, fees for lift passes, as well as transportation to the ski resort. One and one-half class hours.
Catalog Description: Builds on basic skiing knowledge with a focus on advanced skill development and techniques for the experienced participant. Students ski on local slopes during evening. One class hour, one off-campus laboratory hour. Prerequisite: PED 155.
Catalog Description: Focuses on the advanced aspects of the martial arts and expands physical and mental aspects of martial arts training. Concentrates on perfecting sparring, kata, and self-defense learned in Beginning Karate. Deepens understanding of historical and philosophical and spiritual aspects of the martial arts. One and one-half class hours. Prerequisite: PED 132.
Catalog Description: Designed for students with minimal workout experience. Emphasizes weight control techniques, nutritional recommendations, safety precautions, warming up and cooling down, and cardiovascular training. Provides the opportunity to work out and learn new techniques including plyometrics, speed and agility exercises, balance exercises, and stability ball exercises.
Catalog Description: Designed for the inexperienced participant. Introduces fitness center safety, warm up and cool down, weight training adaptations, and nutritional considerations. Provides the opportunity to learn and practice common weight training techniques.
Catalog Description: Focuses on individuals who have a disability limiting their participation in the regular physical education offerings or individuals who wish to learn to assist a person with a disability. Students develop and participate in an individualized, self-designed and modified sport, game or exercise program and learn to select activities for individuals with disabilities which will be of value in meeting immediate and future physical and motor fitness. Three class hours.
Catalog Description: Introduces students to the lifetime benefits of rhythmic movement and dance. Focuses on creative movement programs that teach about movement through time and space with force and flow to music. Includes a variety of movement formats and music. Provides opportunity to analyze skills and plan and implement drills and activities while adhering to the New York State and National Physical Education Standards.
Catalog Description: Provides students of all experience levels with a practical introduction to the lifetime sport of fly fishing. Presents students with the many aspects of fly tying and fly fishing for salmon, trout and bass so that they can enjoy fishing success for the remainder of their active adult lives.
Catalog Description: Introduces basic yoga postures, breathing techniques, meditation and relaxation.
Catalog Description: Intermediate yoga postures, breathing techniques, mediation, and relaxation. 1 class hour.
Catalog Description: Prepares students to teach American Red Cross Water Safety courses to diverse populations. Identifies appropriate course planning, organization, teaching methods and facilitation skills used in various courses. Studies correct and safe skill instruction for the Infant and Preschool Aquatics Program, the Learn to Swim Program, the Community Water Safety Course and the Basic Water Rescue Course. Provides Red Cross certification in Water Safety Instruction upon successful completion of requirements. Prerequisite: Instructor approval.
Catalog Description: Introduces careers in physical education and sport, contemporary concepts, and new approaches to physical education and sport activities. Examines careers in teaching, coaching, sport administration, sport information, and related areas.
Catalog Description: Examines career opportunities within the sport industry and provides knowledge relevant to the management, marketing, legal, and financial operations of sport organizations. Incorporates management applications in a variety of sport entities including intercollegiate athletics, recreation, event and facility management, health and fitness clubs, professional as well as international sport.
Catalog Description: Presents the foundation of athletic training. Studies contemporary principles and methods of conditioning, prevention, and first-aid care of injuries occurring in athletics. Introduces the fundamentals of taping and wrapping techniques, inspection and physical examination, and training room procedures.
Catalog Description: Provides students with direct experience in injury prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of athletes under the supervision of an athletic trainer. Prepares students who wish to transfer into a four-year athletic training program. One and one-half class hours. Prerequisites: PED 255 and HED 205 each with a grade of 'C' or higher, and interview with and permission of the College's head athletic trainer during the second half of the student's first semester.
Catalog Description: Provides academic and practical experience in injury evaluation and the development and implementation of rehabilitation programs. Prerequisite: PED 256 with a grade of 'C' or higher.
Catalog Description: Introduces students to marketing, promotion and advertisement, sales, and the elements of the marketing mix as they pertain to the sport enterprise, including the coverage of decision making and planning from the sport manager's perspective and sponsorship strategies utilized in the sports industry. Specific topics include: the nature of sport marketing, studies of sport consumers and consumer behaviors, data based marketing research, the sport product, managing sport brands, licensing, pricing and promotion, sales, electronic media, public relations, and the marketing mix. Also examined will be the legal aspects of sports marketing and ideas for future trends.
Catalog Description: Focuses on fitness theory, basic fitness training and conditioning techniques, while working toward specific individual fitness goals. Emphasizes basic conditioning routines, proper use of free weights and exercise machines. Students use a specialized training facility and develop a variety of information resources to gain personal knowledge in appropriate fitness conditioning strategies.
Catalog Description: Introduces students to the lifetime benefits of hiking, backpacking and walking for Fitness. Focuses on creative exercise programs that fit the individual's needs, interests, abilities and goals. Includes a variety of workout formats and locales.
Catalog Description: Introduces high school and college level coaching. Presents coaching philosophy, roles and responsibilities, legal requirements, discipline, respect, motivation, practice planning, teaching methodology, conditioning and coaching ethics. Includes New York State mandated Child Abuse Prevention Workshop, SAVE Legislation (Schools Against Violence in Education), Alcohol and Tobacco Use and Abuse, and Signs and Symptoms of Drug Use. Mandated Reporter and SAVE Legislation Certification available.
Catalog Description: Introduces the history of interscholastic athletics in New York State. Presents the objectives, rules, regulations and policies of athletics, as well as performance skills, technical information, and organization and management practices. The special training and conditioning of the athletes in specific sports, the fitting of equipment, specific safety precautions and officiating methods will also be examined. An internship that will include practical experience as a coach in the specific sport and periods of observing other approved coaches in that specific sport will also be required. Prerequisites: HED 209, and PED 271.
Catalog Description: Introduces the foundations of personal training. Prepares students for certification in personal training or for pursuing a career in fitness center management. Discusses basic principles including functional anatomy of the human body, biomechanics, exercise physiology, nutrition for performance and health, and weight management techniques. Provides hands-on training in pre-exercise assessment, flexibility assessment, resistance training techniques, and cardiovascular training techniques. Introduces design of an individualized workout plan for varying populations. Prerequisites: PED171, PED172, and PED 255 and prerequisite or corequisite: BIO 150.
Catalog Description: Promotes opportunity to practice and improve skills to become effective personal trainers. Provides students with direct experience in pre-exercise assessment, flexibility assessment, resistance training techniques, and cardiovascular training techniques. Encourages professional interaction with clientele and opportunities to design and implement fitness and nutritional programs. Prerequisite: PED273.
Catalog Description: Introduces principles of fitness, exercise physiology, nutrition, program design, and research data through classroom instruction and clinical experience emphasizing fundamental knowledge and skills necessary to help individuals reach their fitness goals. Two class hours, two lab hours. Prerequisite: BIO 150 or BIO152/BIO105.
Catalog Description: Introduces students to Sport Facility Management, Facility Development, Facility Systems and Operations, Facility Administration and Event and Activity Management. Specific topics include History and Future of Sport Facilities, Facility Management Basics, Human Resources, Facility Planning, Site, Design and Construction, Maintenance Systems, Sport Facility Operations, Marketing and Sales, Finance and Budget, Legal Responsibilities and Security, and Sport Facility Preparation and Event Management.
Catalog Description: Presents the identification, use and management of major cool season grasses. Emphasizes the proper procedures used in turf grass establishment, general maintenance and pest management. Provides NYSDEC Pesticide Applicator certification upon successful completion of requirements.
Catalog Description: Examines the role of golf club components in golf swing performance. Presents methods for altering existing equipment to conform with unique swing characteristics. Presents methods for club making, repairs, and re-gripping. Provides methods for fitting to various clubs, and presents the key variables in fitting clubs to players. Examines the role of the United States Golf Association in golf club and golf ball conformity. Lecture/Lab: 3 hrs.
Catalog Description: Examines the functional capacity and the adaptations of the human body to the demands of sport and exercise. Metabolic, cardiovascular, and neuromuscular adjustments in relationship to exercise of varying intensities and duration will be studied. Additional topics include the relationship between physical activity and various diseases, as well as, the effects of ergogenic aids commonly used in sport and exercise.


Pinch pleated drapes offer elegance to any room and any décor. Pinch pleated drapes are also called French pleated curtains and are considered one of the more attractive kinds of curtains to be used in the windows of any house. Pinch pleated draperies have been around for several ages, and with several factories dedicated to specialize in making them since 1954 it is no surprise that it has been one of the most popular styles for decades not only because of its versatility and dramatic effects on the whole concept of decorating but also for superior natural insulation value due to the thickness of the drapes. And pinch pleated drapes comes in wide variety of materials, patterns, stripes, and solid colors. Pinch pleated drapes are a timeless style, which you can update with different drapery rods.
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The deceased has now been formally identified as Danveer Singh Sadhra (19) of Newtown Linford.
OFFICERS investigating a fatal collision in Cropston at the weekend have named the deceased.
Emergency services were called at 2.31am on Saturday, September 20, to Bradgate Road, Cropston, where they discovered a silver Mercedes E220 AMG car and a man's body.
Detective Constable 4406 Kath Orr is investigating the collision, she said: "It is believed that the Mercedes was travelling along Bradgate Road, near to the junction with Reservoir Road, in the direction of Cropston when it left the road and collided with a tree.
"Enquiries are very much ongoing into the collision but at this stage there is nothing to suggest any other vehicle or any other individual was involved in the collision.
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Hello, winter people! The wait is finally over because cross-stitched has launched its winters dress collection. As this time, it took a little longer to disclose their latest embroidered collection, so the consumers were impatiently looking forward to this launch. For this cold weather of winters, the brand has launched its heart stealing the warm yet sophisticated range of embroidered and printed suits for this year. Here we are sharing another exciting and lovely winter dresses series with you, Cross Stitch Winter Printed Embroidered Dresses Collection 2018-2019.
Cross stitch as the name of the brand says is the oldest form of embroidery in the form of 'x.' This brand was introduced in Pakistan since past few years and has gained huge popularity in a very short span of time due to the high-quality fabrics and the unique designs. The outfits are especially famous for young girls due to the chic and fashionable designs. Whether it is Eid or any other festival, winter or summer, Cross stitch has always been punctual in disclosing its collections. The styles are always kept unique, and color combinations are always refreshing. The outfits by this brand are slightly expensive, but that means nothing because of its long lasting and high quality of fabrics. Its clothing line ranges to embroidered ones mostly including thread embroideries. Also, the stitching is done very finely and neat.
The cross stitch winter gallery comprises of embroidered & printed ready to wear formal dresses, shirts and suits for women. the designs are so artistic and prints are so cool to pick for this cold season. The winter dresses for women by cross stitch collection comprised of plain, embroidered and printed ready to wear dresses with fine embroideries over necklines. Other than that pretty laces are used to adorn the borders, the color palette is very refreshing to add life to boring and dull days of winters like blue, pink, orange, red, black, purple, peach, yellow, plum and many more. Floral and digital prints, the contrast trousers and dupatta are adding the grace of the dresses. So whether you are wearing casually or going at semi-formal events, these Swiss lawn, jacquard linen and net dresses are perfect for all. There are several Cross stitch stores all over the country. This attire is now disclosed at all outlets of Cross stitch. Don't be late and grab your hands on your favorite dress soon before the stock gets over. Have a sight on the image selection just posted below. I know you will definitely fall in love with each design pattern.


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Friends of Debbie KeyThe story of a happy life that came to a tragic end,
and the friends who remember her...
Click Here for Missing Pieces Interview
Deborah Leigh Key was a teacher who worked with disabled kids. She is described by friends as a bubbly, effervescent person. She had contracted a form of Guillain-Barre Syndrome that had nearly killed her, but had struggled back from it, exhibiting enormous will power.
In 1997 Debbie disappeared. It is believed that she was murdered but her body has never been recovered. Her killer has never been brought to justice. Her case remains unsolved.
Because there was no body recovered there was no funeral and no memorial. This website is maintained by friends of Debbie Key in her memory. It is meant to tell her story and to record what was said in the courts, in the press, and in the public forums of blogs.
If you are a friend of Debbie Key you are welcome to email your comments and stories about her to this email contact and they will be added to this site.
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The Abbeydale Hotel is a family run property that offers homely en-suite rooms with flat-screen TVs and free Wi Fi. Located in a quiet residential area the property is a 5-minute walk from Chesterfield town centre with all it s shopping bars and restaurants. Guests can also visit the famous market and Crooked Spire church. The hotel is situated only a 15-minute drive from M1 Junction 29 and less than 10 minutes drive from the fantastic sights of Derbyshire s famous Peak District National Park. The Abbeydale Hotel has easy access to the A61 and the M1 (North/South). The house of the Abbeydale Hotel dates back to 1892 when part of it was a vicarage. The house became a hotel in 1988 and has all the modern facilities you ll need. The right of admission to the hotel even if guest has a confirmed booking. Any guests not behaving appropriately will be denied admission to the property. The Hotel reserves the right to ask for ID from the guest & a Refundable deposit as a security or a Credit Card Guarantee or both The Hotel will charge the guest a minimum of ?100 for any damages to the property and its contents by signing our terms & conditions on check in you are agreeing to it. All Hotel rooms are Non-Smoking. Smoking in a Non-Smoking room is a criminal offence. Smoking in any of our guest rooms carries a penalty charge of ?50/ Day. Lost Keys or non returned keys will be charged at ?50 All non refundable bookings are charged in full on the day of booking . Please note that this property cannot accommodate any arrivals after 21:00. Any Late check ins without prior consent will be charged ?25. The Hotel does not accommodate Hen or Stag Parties. PLEASE NOTE: NO DISABLED ACCESS OR FACILITIES Cots are available on request.


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A warm welcome and an intriguing look into the new face and personality behind NiBBLE esports, NiBBLE Ari. Some may have thought our little mysterious stranger from Halloween was just a mere visitor but After a long and perilous journey, Ari has reached the exciting world of esports and is really keen to stay.
It has always been one of our aspirations to bring the NIBBLE personality to the rest of the world. We needed to connect with gamers and non-gamers alike and create a visual representation of our friendly family approach to community. This brought us to the realization of the importance of a character and familiar figure that the general community could associate with. Thus, the concept of Ari was intuitively born with a strong emotional tie to our neighbourhood skeleton.
NiBBLE, much like individual bones piecing together to form a complex structure, connects multiple members, teams, and ideas to form a whole. This unified structure not only offers a framework for South African esports but creates a unique personality that provides so much more when all pieces work together.
Just like your bones, we are always wanting to grow and adapt to form as a pillar in the esports environment. We hope to inspire others to become the thought leaders that esports needs.
NiBBLE Ari, a skeleton, is a part of all of us but equally offers a different meaning to each individual. Thus, Ari understands each individual's contextual background and tailors our support structure to offer a competitive esports environment which suits them. This unique character emphasizes the unique opportunity that gaming provides in bridging gender and racial divides.
TBH, we also thought having a skeleton would look pretty epic. We drew on a lot of inspiration from skating brands (Blind) and cartoons such as 'The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy'. This felt organic in taking a lot of us back to our childhood memories with a comforting sense of nostalgia.
PS, why go for a mouse nibbling at a block of cheese when you can have a badass skeleton? Be sure to follow us on all our social media to learn more about the journey and creation of Ari and to see how the story unfolds.
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7 USC §7734(a)(1)(B) & 7 CFR §319.56–66(e) make it a federal crime to import dirty Mexican potatoes.
26 USC §§5301, 5606 & 27 CFR §5.22(g) make it a federal crime to sell "tequila" unless it was made in Mexico.
18 USC §1465 makes it a federal crime to sell a "filthy book" across state lines.
16 USC §551 & 36 CFR §261.18(b) make it a federal crime to ride a bike, or have a hang-glider, in a national forest wilderness area.
43 USC §1733 & 43 CFR §3715.6(j) make it a federal crime to knowingly operate a curio shop on public lands.
43 USC §373b(b) & 43 CFR §423.38(k) make it a federal crime to waterski at night in the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's jurisdiction.
21 USC §§333, 343 & 21 CFR §131.206(a) make it a federal crime to sell "non-fat" yogurt with more than 0.5% milkfat.
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The NCEA Convention & Expo is the largest private-education association gathering in the nation. Those participating represent all aspects of Catholic school and faith-based education from preschool, elementary, secondary, adult education, colleges and universities. The Convention is a time to celebrate, to acquire new knowledge, and to renew your spirit.


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UDI ruined my career -Tinago
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UDI ruined my career - Tinago
Zimbabwean boxing legend Langton �Schoolboy� Tinago reckons he could have been one of the world's best boxer at his peak had Rhodesia not been banned from international sports because of the Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI).
Tinago, a three-time Commonwealth champion at two different weights, says sanctions on Rhodesia (post-independent Zimbabwe) in the late 1970s after the Ian Smith regime unilaterally declaring independence from Britain in 1965 greatly affected his career.
The legendary Tinago, now aged 65, rose from Gweru to become an acclaimed boxer, winning two lightweight and a super featherweight crown at the Commonwealth. He won the Commonwealth lightweight in 1980- 1981 and 1986-1987 as well as super featherweight title in 1983-1984.
He was also the country�s welterweight title holder between 1976 and 1979 as well as after Independence in 1984. Between 1974 and 1975 as well as 1983 and 1987, Tinago was the country�s lightweight champion.
Tinago competed in a total 107 bouts, winning 83 with 16 of those victories being knockouts. He lost bouts with four knockouts while he also drew three in his entire boxing career.
�When sorting ties with Rhodesia we cut, I was at the peak of my career and I could have easily become a world champion,�Tinago tells the Daily News.
�Up to this day I feel hurt for not leaving up to my potential at the international stage. During that time I had no defeats when Rhodesia was banned and I had done well against opponents from Zambia and West Africa.�
His recognisable accolades came after Independence when he was already on the wrong side of 30. Tinago�s last crown at the Commonwealth Games in Manchester in 1986 came courtesy of a fifth round thumping of Australia's Graeme Brooke. For his exploits, Tinago was named the Zimbabwe Boxing Board of Control Boxer of the Century.
Despite all the fame that came with winning the accolades, Tinago has nothing to show for it.
He says it is not the lack of proceeds from boxing that is eating his heart, but it is the decay in boxing that is troubling Tinago.
The Shurugwi-born former boxer said he was perplexed to learn that a sport that was the second most popular after football at Independence has sunk into oblivion. What is more worrisome to him is that his son, Brilliant, one of the many promising boxers� career is gathering dust at a time when he is supposed to be at his peak. This he says is a result of lack of sponsorship.
�It pains me most when I see my son Brilliant whom I reckon as more talented than I was, waning away slowly because of lack of bouts,� he says.
�I fear that he can fall into the same predicament as I, his father, who was not able to fight at his peak because of sanctions. Brilliant is not able to fight at his peak because of lack of sponsorship but he is not the only one. They are so many talented youngsters of his age out there who are facing the same predicament. I just pray that we will have sponsorship to revive boxing in the country so that we get to see these youngsters live their dreams.�
Tinago, who never lost a fight to a local opponent, is now into helping youth in Gweru's Mutapa and Ascot suburbs with boxing skills.
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