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Ben Underwood: the boy who could “see” with his ears

Ben Underwood was a remarkable teenager, who loved to skateboard, ride his bicycle and play football and basketball. For the most part, the Californian 14-year-old was just like other kids his age. What made Underwood remarkable was his ability to master these activities despite the fact that he was blind. Underwood had both eyes removed after being diagnosed with retinal cancer at age two. To most people's amazement upon meeting him, he seemed completely unfazed by his lack of sight, defying common stereotypes about blindness as a disability. So how did he do it? The answer is echolocation: the sonar navigation technique used by bats, dolphins, several other mammals and some birds. As Underwood moved about, he habitually made clicking noises with his tongue; these sounds bounced off surfaces and, with each return, added to Underwood's perception of his surroundings.

He was so good at it that he could tell the difference between a fire hydrant and a rubbish bin, distinguish between parked cars and trucks, and — if you took him to a house he had never been to before — he would tell you he could 'see' a staircase in that corner and a kitchen in the other. He could even distinguish between different materials.

An unflinching faith in God guided Ben and his mother during his last few months as cancer spread to Ben's brain and spine. He eventually died on January 2009 at the age of 16.

Nando Parrado

72 - Days of ordeal, Nando Parrado and other survivors of a plane crash in the Andes had to endure before being rescued. Flying over the mountains on a Friday the 13th, the young men and their families who boarded the charter plane joked about the unlucky day when the plane's wing hit the slope of the mountain and crashed. On impact, 13 passengers were instantly dead while 32 others were badly wounded. Hoping to be rescued, the survivors waited in the freezing -37C temperature, melting snow for drinks and sleeping side by side to keep themselves warm. Food was so scarce, everyone had to pool whatever food they can find for a rationed pool.

9 days after the crash, due to dire desperation and hunger, the survivors called for an important meeting. One member proposed that they eat the dead. The 2 hours meeting ended with a conclusion. If any of them died in the Andes, the rest had the permission to use the corpse as food. After 2 weeks, their hope of being found dashed when they found out via their radio transistor that the rescue effort was called off.

On the 60th day after the crash, Nando Parrado and 2 other friends decided to walk through the icy wilderness for help. By the time they left, Nando Parrado said, the crash site was “.. an awful place, soaked in urine, smelling of death, littered with ragged bits of human bone and gristle”. Wearing 3 pairs of jeans and 3 sweaters over a polo shirt, he and his friends trekked the mountains with human flesh as their ration.

Knowing that they must search for rescue, the team endured frozen snow, exhaustion and starvation, walking and climbing for 10 days before finding their way to the bottom of the mountain. The team was finally helped by a Chilean farmer who called the police for help. Parrado then guided the rescue team via a helicopter to the crash site.

On the 22nd December 1972, after enduring 72 brutal days, the world found out that there were 16 survivors who cheated death, in the mountain of Andes. 8 of the initial survivors died when an avalanche cascaded down on them as they slept in the fuselage.

Liz Murray

Liz Murray (born September 23, 1980 in The Bronx, New York) is an American whose success story has spread around the world. She is known for being the homeless girl wandering the slums of New York, who eventually turns her life around once she realizes she is not doomed to experience life on the streets. Determined and confident, she strives for and succeeds at becoming a student at Harvard University. Her story was told in an Emmy-nominated Lifetime TV movie Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story.

Murray, whose life was chronicled in the Lifetime television movie Homeless to Harvard, was the keynote speaker at Bryan's back-to-school convocation at Central Baptist Church.

"The greatest challenge really came not in my circumstances, but in believing in what I did," Murray told more than 6,000 Bryan school employees Friday. "No matter what the circumstances were, I had a choice."

By age 15, Murray's mother had died of AIDS and Liz was homeless - living on the streets, riding on the subway all night, and eating from the dumpsters. While a majority of us would have given up on life, amidst the pain, Murray always imagined the her life could be much better than it was.

"I started to grasp the value of the lessons learned while living on the streets. I knew, after overcoming those daily obstacles, that next to nothing could hold me down."

Determined to take charge of her life, Murray pulled herself together, enrolled in a charter school in New York and completed all four years of high school in just two years. This was all done while Murray was still homeless. At the encouragement of a mentor, she went on to earn a scholarship from the New York Times and entered Harvard University in 2000. Although she began her college career at Harvard, she eventually transferred to Columbia University to be closer to her father who is dying from AIDS.

Murray narrated how she and her older sister had lived in a trash-strewn, filthy apartment in the Bronx. Their parents were drug addicts, and when the welfare check came at the first of each month, the family of four would go to the "drug spot" and her parents would buy cocaine and heroin, Murray said.

Understanding the Word "Break through traditional teachings to truth and the word of life"

Nick had complete peace knowing that God won't let anything happen to us in our life unless He has a good purpose for it all. Nick Vujicic completely gave my life to Christ at the age of fifteen after reading John 9. Jesus said that the reason the man was born blind was "so that the works of God may be revealed through Him." Nick truly believed that God would heal him so that Nick could be a great testimony of His Awesome Power. Later on Nick was given the wisdom to understand that if we pray for something, if it's God's will, it'll happen in His time. If it's not God's will for it to happen, then He has something better.

Nick Vujicic is now 21 years old and have completed a Bachelor of Commerce majoring in Financial Planning and Accounting. Nick is also a motivational speaker and love to go out and share his story and testimony wherever opportunities become available. Nick Vujicic had developed talks to relate to and encourage students through topics that challenge today's teenagers. He is also a speaker in the corporate sector. In recent years, Nick has learnt to become independent and can now take care of all his personal needs. He can do everything from brushing his teeth, combing his hair, dressing up, taking care of my personal hygiene and even shaving. He get around the house by jumping around. Outside the house, Nick get around in an electric wheelchair. Nick love to swim, fish and play soccer. Nick has a passion for reaching out to youth and to keep himself available for whatever God wants him to do.

Nick Vujicic has many dreams and goals that he has set to achieve in his life. He wanted to be a witness for God, to become an international inspirational speaker and be used as a vessel in both Christian and non-Christian venues. He also wanted to become financially independent by the age of 25, through real estate investments, to modify a car for him to drive and to be interviewed and share his story on the "Oprah Winfrey Show". Writing several best-selling books has been one of his dreams and he hope to finish writing his first by the end of the year. It will be called "No Arms, No Legs, No Worries!"

Nick Vujicic also finds time for such normal pursuits as swimming, music and fishing. How do you fish if you don’t have arms? He has a fishing rod with an electronic reel.

You might think these goals are too far-fetched. However, Nick Vujicic believed that if you have the desire and passion to do something, and if it's God's will, you will achieve it in good time. As humans, we continually put limits on ourselves for no reason at all! What's worse is putting limits on God who can do all things. We put God in a "box". The awesome thing about the Power of God, is that if we want to do something for God, instead of focusing on our capability, concentrate on our availability for we know that it is God through us and we can't do anything without Him. Once we make ourselves available for God's work, guess whose capabilities we rely on? God's!

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

Philippians 4:13

God has a Great Purpose for your life! As far as your unanswered prayers, remember that God is Faithful. What are we to do when we are seeking but not finding?

Take courage my friend for the Battle is the Lord's and I urge you to keep striving for the truth. For it is the truth that will set you free and the Peace of God that surpasses all understanding will reign in your heart. May the Lord Bless you as you diligently seek Him and grant you Godly Wisdom and Strength through your journey.

Jessica Cox

Jessica Cox (born 1983 in Arizona) is the world's first licensed armless pilot, as well as the first armless black-belt in the American Taekwondo Association(she now has two black belts in Taekwondo). She was born without arms due to a rare birth defect. She earned her pilot's license on October 10, 2008, after three years of training, and is qualified to fly a light-sport aircraft to altitudes of 10,000 feet; she received her training through an Able Flightscholarship. Cox has not used prosthetic arms since she turned 14. Using her feet as most people use their hands, she is able, among other things, to drive a car (she has an unrestricted license and drives a car without modifications), to type on a keyboard (25 words per minute), to pump her own gas, and to put in and remove her contact lenses. She is also a certified SCUBA diver. Cox holds a Bachelor's degree in psychology from theUniversity of Arizona and works as a motivational speaker.

Mudhalvan Tamil film - Review

The story focuses on Pughazhendi, played by Arjun. He happens to be an ambitious TV journalist, working for “Q TV” . He eyes Thenmozhi (Manisha) through his roving camera. He instantly falls in love with her, and embarks on a voyeuristic journey, making full use of the media resources at his hand. He also interviews the present Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (Raghuvaran playing himself again, only he looks older). Pughazh asks the tough questions to the C.M. Unlike Bush, however, Raghuvaran is smart enough to ask Arjun to put his money where his mike is, and play king for a day. After using up a few lifelines mentally, Arjun comes up with his final answer – he agrees. So “Gentleman” Arjun is now “First Gentleman” Arjun. He does such a great job on his first day, that the voters eventually elect him to be their permanent leader. All of this does not occur without any repercussions.

Politics has always proved a popular topic in India, both in real-life as well as in the movies. Shankar Director of the film, has exploited that to its maximum potential. Shankar neatly states the problems that Tamil Nadu is facing, and is bold enough to suggest some of his solutions. In the scene immediately after the bus driver and student clash, Shankar effectively captures the complex divisive forces that are at work in India. Pugazh’s achievements during his one-day term as “Mudhalvan’” can not (and should not) be taken literally. The fact that he personally chases eve-teasers is irrelevant. The point is that as C.M. he can arrange for them to be caught, and Shankar spares us those mundane bureaucratic details. Arjun accurately portrays a young dynamic person, all set to change the world If Manisha’s character seems unconvincing and minor, think of all the spouses of people in power, and how much we really know about them. Shankar is also honest enough to admit that no one can create a Utopian society. Pughazh’s naivete is cruelly exposed time and again. The film has a great ending, which is self-defeating in that it shows that the Tit-For-Tit Rule, though not perfect, is the best one that we can live by. Pughazh has matured as a politician, but more importantly Shankar has matured as a director. If “Indian” represented idealism, “Mudhalvan” represents realism, with a generous dose of optimism.

"This is one of the best Inspiration film in the Tamil Film Industry"

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CHAK DE INDIA - "Film Review"

CHAK DE INDIA....!

While we continue to go into ecstasy over cricket we hardly seem to realize that hockey is the true-blue Indian Game. Chak De India aims at giving the dying game the respect it deserves.

As far as the success of the movie is concerned a lot is at stake. Sport is not a very successful genre in Bollywood, most sport based movies have failed miserably at the box office. The only exception being Aamir Khan’s oscar nominated Lagaan. Also the last two Yash Raj Films, Ta Ra Rum Pum and Jhoom Barabar Jhoom disapponted.

So with a lot at stake the Yashraj – SRK combo deliver and deliver big time.

Chak De India directed by Shimit Amin (Ab Tak Chapan) and produced by Aditya Chopra (Yash Raj Films) is about an ex Indian Hockey team captain?s return as the Coach to the Indian Women?s National Hockey team and his fight in making team India a strong and indomitable team.

Kabir Khan (Shah Rukh Khan) is a man who overcomes the problems in life without being skeptical and disturbed. He isn?t an outsider to the game of hockey as he had once led the Indian Hockey team and unfortunately experienced failure and disgrace. He approaches to be the coach of a rag-tag bunch of girls as a challenge to overcome his failure and the obstacles that had once stopped him from taking India to the top league in the field of Hockey.

Kabir?s challenge lied in reshaping a team which in pursuing their personal goals had forgotten what it is like to play as a team. His challenge lied not in training or honing the skills of the team but rather to bring them together as a team and instill the virtue of belief. A belief in realizing that if you want, you can do it! His mantra was ?Jo nahin ho sakta hai, wahi to karna hai.. ” Will he succeed in making his team by overcoming their diverse backgrounds and striking away all the bitterness, by learning to use everything that life hurls on them as a secret weapon?

Director Shimit Amin has taken an interesting leap in style, substance, conceit and stardom. From Nana Patekar an encounter specialist in “Ab Tak Chhappan” to Shah Rukh playing a coach who transforms a team of rag-tag girls into champions.

With a strong screenplay, Shimit’s direction is first rate. He has ensured there isnt even a single dull moment. Every scene makes a impact. Also the feel of the movie is so real that it makes you cheer and pray for the team to win. The background music is brilliant so is the cinematography.

Performances – Shahrukh Khan is the heart and soul of Chak De India. He has just delivered arguably his best performances in his career. It fills your heart with happiness to see the actor in Shahrukh in full form. He portrays the role of Hockey coach with a lot of dignity, intensity and charm. Undoubtedly the best performance of the year.

The team of girls are exceptionally good. Characters of Preethi and Komal stand out.

Watch out for..

The introduction scene of the girls to the coach. Brilliant.

The lunch at McDonald’s scene.

SRK! His acting, expressions, screen presence, dialogue delivery. Just about everything!

The climax is so emotional that it leaves you with a tear in your eye

Overall, this is a must watch for every Indian. The performances, the screenplay, the direction are just perfect. You cant ask or expect more. Is there a negative? Yup, the intermission.. It makes you restless!! At the box office, its undoubtedly going to create history.

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The Karate Kid "Film Review"

The simplistic but undeniably effective 1984 film The Karate Kid massaged the classic David-and-Goliath underdog theme with the outcast wish-fulfillment of any kid who's ever wanted to best a bully; not by coincidence was it directed by the Rocky-meister, John G. Avildsen. And like Rocky Balboa, the Karate Kid came back for round after round, culminating with a girl Karate Kid (Hilary Swank!) in the fourth and final film, The Next Karate Kid (1994).

While this reboot doesn't have the momentous cultural cachet of the Daniel Craig James Bond, it’s nonetheless a clever concoction: Boomer parents who liked the original 26 years ago can try to relive and share the experience with their kid, and making the hero an African-American from Detroit—a city that's a quintessential signifier of "Urban Black," with none of that buppie connotation—seems a smart move in trying to expand the audience.

Setting it in China, where 12-year-old Dre Parker (Will Smith's son, Jaden Smith) and his mom Sherry (Taraji P. Henson) relocate after she gets a job at a Chinese auto manufacturer, also makes sense, since in 21st-century America the kind of brutal bullying Dre faces at the hands of kung fu-trained schoolmate Cheng (newcomer Zhenwei Wang) would get the little thug, his parents and the look-the-other-way school officials into court faster than you could say "lawsuit." But apparently life is cheap is China, where in one scene a half-dozen little Beijing droogies beat Dre so severely that you'd reasonably expect him to suffer serious internal bleeding.

That's the scene, of course, where Jackie Chan, as a sullen maintenance man at the apartment house where the Parkers and other ex-pats live, comes to the rescue with his still-enjoyable razzmatazz of kung fu come-and-get-it, his choreography expertly nailing the line between defending himself against a bunch of tweens and not really hurting them. It's unfortunate he has to deliver such lines as "You see only with your eyes, so you are easy to fool" and "When fighting angry blind man, best to stay out of the way," which is either unforgivably bad or pandering screenwriting, take your pick.

Formulaic but not in a bad way, as Dre learns kung fu from Chan's Mr. Han in preparation for The Big Tournament, The Karate Kid hits all the children's-lit beats, from screaming anger at helplessly having to be somewhere because grownups say so, to painful acceptance and slow readjustment, to the spark of new adventure and first tentative stabs at self-determination. That all works here. And in terms of enticing visuals, it's hard to beat the dazzling panoramas of what for most Westerners remains an exotic land—particularly the stunning scenes at the Wudang Shan temples and monasteries, a roof-of-the-world so beautiful it makes you wonder why China can't just butt out of Tibet and leave them with their own.

But the most notable thing in this kids' film is the kid. It's easy to think, after he played a son opposite his real-life dad in The Pursuit of Happyness (2006), plus a few things here and there, that Jaden Smith is simply riding on his movie-star dad's coattails. But the naturalness of his performance is an eye-opener. Showing none of the slightly forced mannerisms that understandably afflict most child actors, Smith seems at once in conscious control and emotionally spontaneous. He has a great, subtle way of showing the doubt beneath Dre's blustery bravado, and of seeming like a genuinely irritating 12-year-old and not a ham-fisted, obnoxious movie 12-year-old. That all helps when the film gets sentimental or, in the case of Dre's budding romance with Meiying (newcomer Wenwen Han), too cloyingly cute. Here's hoping the kid stays in the pictures.

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The Power Of Positive Thinking "Book Review"

The Power of Positive Thinking By Dr. Norman Vincent Peale

‘A man’s life is what his thoughts make of it,’ said Marcus Aurelius. A man paints his life in the colors of his thought patterns and mental attitudewhich can be either positive or negative. Pessimism leads to life sunk indarkness and gloom. On the contrary, positive thinking holds the key tosuccess, prosperity and a contented life with no depressing thoughts todistract us. This is how the author, Dr.Norman Vincent Peale, portrays a positive thinker in his widely famous book “The Power of Positive Thinking.”

Dr. Peale isThroughout the book, Peale has emphasized on the need of religiousfaith as fundamental tool in drawing the power of optimism. Peale urges hisreaders to turn to God and draw upon that High Power for the innumerabledifficult situations we encounter in our daily lives. Instead of beingtheoretical, Peale has given practical applications of faith illustratingexperiences of the most popular and ordinary people whoA person can never be successful unless he believes in himself. Thewriter regards religious faith as a valuable asset to human being. Bydeveloping an absolute faith in God one can achieve a realistic and dynamicin him. Today, a large number of people are victimized of an inferioritycomplex or self doubt, thereby, lacking self confidence. However, in his book, Peale draws our attention toward a powerful concept that eradicatesthis inferiority complex, that is, a belief on the affirmation, “God is with youand will always help you”.Faith is the chief quality needed to overcome the obstacles of life. Our power to prevail over an obstacle is determined by our mental attitude. Itoften destroys us mentally before we decide to take an action-the reason being our negative attitude. By developing a negative attitude we createfeelings of self doubt, apprehension and defeat thoughts in ourselves, as aconsequence, we resist handling any difficult situation. On the other hand,adopting a triumphant thought pattern enables us battle past all difficulties.Peale, in this regard, suggests an effective technique to deal with an obstacle,that is, ‘to measure your assets rather than the factors against you’. Thismind set will seemingly give you a formidable strength regardless of thetroubles you are besetted with. Tensions and worries block the flow of thinking power in man. It is, therefore, essentially important to eliminate them for this minor negatives can collectively recondition our mind in anegative way. Peale suggests a, more or lessccomplicated procedure of creative imagination to drain them out. Imagination can be constructive aswell as destructive for the author himself states:Imagination is a source of fear, but imagination may be the cureof fear. “Imagineering” is the use of mental images to build factual results.According to Peale, religious faith is the scientific procedure for successful living. One finds it rather fascinating how he puts an emphasis onPRAYER POWER. He quotes a psychologist saying,“Prayer is the greatest power available to the individual in solving his personal problems. Its power astonishes you.”Prayers give a constant flow of energy and renew the personality. Becausemost of our energy is dissipated in fear, guilt and resentment, prayers play amajor role in power-releasing process.Moving on, the author, Peale, describes the importance of theacquisition of a peaceful mind. Feed your mind with creative and healthythoughts, he says. Peale even prescribes a state silence to achieve a peacefulmind. Being silent refers to mental quietness, that is to say, breaking your links with all forms of practices and communication. Seems quiteimaginable, how, in the essence of silence one can experience harmony.Thomas Carlyle defines this art of silence as,“Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves.”Our thoughts are said to possess a dynamic power, capable of creating thecircumstances according to our thought patterns. Norman Peale defines it bya simple rule: “If you think in negative terms, you will get negative results.If you think in positive terms, you will achieve positive results.” No man candrive success from something that is morally, spiritually and ethicallywrong. . Peale recommends a highly significant three-point formula, as thesecret of success, that is, (1) VISUALIZE - picture in your mind success and prosperity (2) PRAYERIZE - pray to God & (3) ACTUALIZE - work of it.The author regards spiritual science as much important in healing asthe medical science. It is true that a number of our sicknesses arecharacterized by our mental attitude and emotional conflicts such as grief,disappointment, ill-will, guilt and resentment. Healing, therefore, requiresfaith in the combined therapy of medical and spiritual sciences.Where Norman Peale gave countless techniques to enable usapply optimism in our daily lives, some of them, apparently, look unusuallydifficult to practice. He suggests avoiding the negative expressions in speechand conversation, as little negatives as, “by talking up good results youinvoke the law of positive effects and good results occur.” In practice, for instance, a person late for his place of work would find it extremely hard,will even; need patience to produce a positive comment about it.Man himself is the manufacturer of his happiness, which he canacquire by happy thinking. And for happy thinking we must know the kindof thoughts (either positive or negative) to be adopted.

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Men Of Honor "Film Review"

Cast & Crew

Director : George Tillman Jr.

Producer : Bill Badalato, Robert Teitel

Screenwriter : Scott Marshall Smith

Starring Robert De Niro, Cuba Gooding Junior, Charlize Theron, Hal Holbrook, Michael Rapaport, Aunjanue Ellis, Powers Boothe

Diving movies rule!

I just can’t seem to get enough of the thrill of the being submerged in hundreds of feet of water with the ever-present threat of drowning all around me. You know, that feeling of small animals crawling into my wetsuit or larger animals deciding to eat me whole. The intoxicating sensation of my lungs exploding from gas build-up in my lungs. How can you argue with that?

There have been hundreds of diving movies made -- The Big Blue, The Abyss, and all those Ester Williams movies in the fifties. But wait -- the latest Hollywood diving opus has arrived, just in time for Oscar consideration and to salvage -- pun intended -- one actor’s career from the murky depths of B-movies.

Men of Honor, based on a true story, tells the tale of Carl Brashear, the first African-American to reach the rank of Master Chief Diver in the U.S. Navy (taking place during the pre-scuba 1950s and 1960s). It's a valiant attempt to tell a thought-provoking story about overcoming racism and working through the political machinery of a white man’s Navy (while being harassed at every turn by Robert De Niro). Cuba Gooding Jr. – shaking off the bad memories of such films as Chill Factor and Instinct, portrays Brashear, a hardheaded, black, Southern son of a sharecropper, who heads off to the Navy to pursue dreams of glory beyond the life of his father and the farm. In the Navy, Carl encounters racist work conditions and Mr. De Niro - who plays gruff, racist Master Chief Diver Billy Sunday with an over-the-top performance.

Eventually receiving the recognition of the ship’s captain (a small bit part by the great Powers Boothe), Brashear is given the duties of white, enlisted men. Two years later, Brashear is accepted at the Navy Diver School run by that gruff, racist Master Chief De Niro. You can imagine what follows: The guilt-ridden drive to achieve the dreams of his father, the trials of acceptance into white society, the conversion of De Niro into a sympathetic character, the Oscar speeches about not giving up and striving forward, and the near-death of our young hero. You know what I mean, the standard Hollywood drama stuff.

The most surprising element of the film is the strong performance by Cuba Gooding Jr. His brooding face and stout movements give great depth and pose to the character. Too bad that Robert De Niro's characters are becoming pieces of other characters from past movies he's been in. His Billy Sunday is a combination of Cape Fear’s Max Cady, Mean Streets’ Johnny Boy Cervello, and Casino’s Sam Rothstein. Charlize Theron and Aunjanue Ellis are strong as the quiet and supporting wives but stand as the most underdeveloped of all of the characters.

It’s a real shame that instead of investigating the era's racism, Men of Honor just paints broad strokes -- people from the South or from Brooklyn must detest all black people in the film. Instead of fleshing out these issues, the film is full of scenes that have now become clichés. The black man refuses the authority of the white man’s rules. One man is determined to triumph over all obstacles in front of him.

Too bad that after two-plus hours of meandering about, nothing in the movie leaves you with much determination to do anything except go to the bathroom.