Lance Naik Hanumanthappa Koppad (33 Years) from village Betadur in Dharwad district of Karnataka, was a survivor of February 2016 Siachin Glacier Avalanche on Indian Army post which claimed around ten lives. Hanumanthappa was found during the post-disaster rescue operations by the Indian Army, six days after the disaster. He was rescued from 35 feet beneath the snow in -45°Celsius temperature, six days after an avalanche hit an Indian Army post in Siachen, at an altitude of 19,600 feet. His health was critical but survival news gave a chance to family members to celebrate his news of survival.
His family's and the country's celebration was short-lived as he passed away at the army hospital due to multiple organ failure. Hanumanthappa passed away on 11 February 2016 on11:45 hrs.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who reached Hubli airport to receive the body of Siachen braveheart Lance Nayak Hanamanthappa Koppad, announced a relief of Rs. 25 lakh to next of kin of the martyr."We are giving 25 lakh as compensation, two acres of wet land or four acres of dry land and job to one dependent of the family," Siddaramaiah told the media.
The Karnataka government had arranged a plane to fly the body of Lance Naik Hanamanthappa Koppad from Delhi to Dharwad along with his family members.
Army Service
He was enrolled in 19th Battalion of Madras Regiment on October 25, 2002 — had displayed remarkable initiative. He has served for 10 years in difficult and challenging areas out of his 13 years of service. Lance Naik Koppad has served in Mahore in Jammu and Kashmir from 2003 to 2006 where he was actively involved in counter-insurgency operations. He again volunteered to serve with 54 Rashtriya Rifles (Madras) in J-K from 2008 to 2010 and displayed indomitable courage in fighting terrorism. Koppad also volunteered to serve in the north-east from 2010 to 2012 where he actively participated in successful operations against NDFB and ULFA. He was serving in the super high-altitude areas of Siachen Glacier in J&K from August last year and was chosen for deployment at one of the highest posts at an altitude of 19,600 feet since December, where personnel have to encounter temperatures of below minus 40 degrees Celsius and winds of up to 100kmph.
Staying Alive Under Snow
The survival of Lance Naik Hanamanthappa Koppad from the deadly avalanche in Siachen broke all scientific rules and regulations.
As per the research of University of Hanborough in Austria the chances of survival in so much of snow is impossible. They claimed that under such situation 45-160 minutes of survival is very difficult.
Hanamanthappa - a Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) - along with nine other ranks of Madras Regiment were buried under a mass of snow after their post was hit by the avalanche at the altitude of 19,600 feet close to the Line of Control (LoC) with Pakistan on February 3, where the temperature was around -45C.
While Hanamanthappa's survival has left many perplexed, here is a look which might helped him to cheat death.
It seems that soon after the avalanche, the brave JCO might have regained his senses and didn't allow him to get panicked and disoriented.
Usually as per Army training one should try to keep himself above the ice surface but in this case Hanamanthappa was found 25 feet below the surface.
Experts suggests that in such cases (buried under snow) one should curl body into the foetal position to retain the warmth and then dig an air pocket. Hanamanthappa might have curled up his body to keep himself warm.
Preliminary report suggests that he may have landed into a natural air pocket and didn’t have to struggle to dig an air pocket (to breathe), which saved his energy and body heat. Under those adverse conditions saving an iota of energy could be a decisive factor between life and death.
The apparent natural air pocket might have helped Hanamanthappa to keep him alive for six days as the warmth of his body could have trapped inside the pocket.
His family's and the country's celebration was short-lived as he passed away at the army hospital due to multiple organ failure. Hanumanthappa passed away on 11 February 2016 on11:45 hrs.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who reached Hubli airport to receive the body of Siachen braveheart Lance Nayak Hanamanthappa Koppad, announced a relief of Rs. 25 lakh to next of kin of the martyr."We are giving 25 lakh as compensation, two acres of wet land or four acres of dry land and job to one dependent of the family," Siddaramaiah told the media.
The Karnataka government had arranged a plane to fly the body of Lance Naik Hanamanthappa Koppad from Delhi to Dharwad along with his family members.
Army Service
He was enrolled in 19th Battalion of Madras Regiment on October 25, 2002 — had displayed remarkable initiative. He has served for 10 years in difficult and challenging areas out of his 13 years of service. Lance Naik Koppad has served in Mahore in Jammu and Kashmir from 2003 to 2006 where he was actively involved in counter-insurgency operations. He again volunteered to serve with 54 Rashtriya Rifles (Madras) in J-K from 2008 to 2010 and displayed indomitable courage in fighting terrorism. Koppad also volunteered to serve in the north-east from 2010 to 2012 where he actively participated in successful operations against NDFB and ULFA. He was serving in the super high-altitude areas of Siachen Glacier in J&K from August last year and was chosen for deployment at one of the highest posts at an altitude of 19,600 feet since December, where personnel have to encounter temperatures of below minus 40 degrees Celsius and winds of up to 100kmph.
Staying Alive Under Snow
The survival of Lance Naik Hanamanthappa Koppad from the deadly avalanche in Siachen broke all scientific rules and regulations.
As per the research of University of Hanborough in Austria the chances of survival in so much of snow is impossible. They claimed that under such situation 45-160 minutes of survival is very difficult.
Hanamanthappa - a Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) - along with nine other ranks of Madras Regiment were buried under a mass of snow after their post was hit by the avalanche at the altitude of 19,600 feet close to the Line of Control (LoC) with Pakistan on February 3, where the temperature was around -45C.
While Hanamanthappa's survival has left many perplexed, here is a look which might helped him to cheat death.
It seems that soon after the avalanche, the brave JCO might have regained his senses and didn't allow him to get panicked and disoriented.
Usually as per Army training one should try to keep himself above the ice surface but in this case Hanamanthappa was found 25 feet below the surface.
Experts suggests that in such cases (buried under snow) one should curl body into the foetal position to retain the warmth and then dig an air pocket. Hanamanthappa might have curled up his body to keep himself warm.
Preliminary report suggests that he may have landed into a natural air pocket and didn’t have to struggle to dig an air pocket (to breathe), which saved his energy and body heat. Under those adverse conditions saving an iota of energy could be a decisive factor between life and death.
The apparent natural air pocket might have helped Hanamanthappa to keep him alive for six days as the warmth of his body could have trapped inside the pocket.
Cecil A. Ince (born December 29, 1975) is an American actor, entrepreneur, political figure, and entertainment agent. He is seeking the Libertarian Party nomination for President of the United States in the 2016 elections. Ince was a 2014 Libertarian candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent Texas's 3rd congressional district. In 2010, Ince unsuccessfully ran for election to the Texas House of Representatives. He was defeated by Republican incumbent Linda Harper-Brown.
Ince is a native Texan. In 2000, he joined the Libertarian Party and has run in several elections. In 2002, he unsuccessfully ran for the Missouri Legislature representing the 137th District. In 2002, he announced an intention to run in the Missouri State Representative race for District 23, but withdrew. He had announced himself as a Republican candidate. He tried his hand at Missouri politics in 2004, running as a Libertarian for Missouri Secretary of State. He was defeated by Robin Carnahan (D). Moving on to Texas politics, Ince was defeated by Linda Harper-Brown (R) in his bid for the Texas House of Representatives representing District 105 in 2010. In addition to his own campaigns, Ince has participated in other forms of political advocacy. He worked with elected officials to pass the Dominic James Memorial Foster Care Reform Act of 2004. From 2006 through 2007, Ince was a member of the National Republican Congressional Committee's Business Advisory Council. In 2009, he was appointed to the Dallas County Libertarian Party's Executive Committee 4th District seat. Ince has also pursued a career in the entertainment industry as an actor, voice-talent, director, screenwriter, musician, and stand-up comedian. In 2008, he received an associate degree in applied arts with a concentration in acting performance from KD College, a subsidiary of KD Studio, Inc.
Election history
Ince is a native Texan. In 2000, he joined the Libertarian Party and has run in several elections. In 2002, he unsuccessfully ran for the Missouri Legislature representing the 137th District. In 2002, he announced an intention to run in the Missouri State Representative race for District 23, but withdrew. He had announced himself as a Republican candidate. He tried his hand at Missouri politics in 2004, running as a Libertarian for Missouri Secretary of State. He was defeated by Robin Carnahan (D). Moving on to Texas politics, Ince was defeated by Linda Harper-Brown (R) in his bid for the Texas House of Representatives representing District 105 in 2010. In addition to his own campaigns, Ince has participated in other forms of political advocacy. He worked with elected officials to pass the Dominic James Memorial Foster Care Reform Act of 2004. From 2006 through 2007, Ince was a member of the National Republican Congressional Committee's Business Advisory Council. In 2009, he was appointed to the Dallas County Libertarian Party's Executive Committee 4th District seat. Ince has also pursued a career in the entertainment industry as an actor, voice-talent, director, screenwriter, musician, and stand-up comedian. In 2008, he received an associate degree in applied arts with a concentration in acting performance from KD College, a subsidiary of KD Studio, Inc.
Election history
The Casio G-Shock dw-6100 is a watch which was released in 1992. It is the first ever sensor G-Shock equipped with a thermometer sensor. It has capabilities of degrees from Celsius to Fareinheit. It also has sunrise and sunset indicator, micro LED light, single stopwatch, water resistance of 200 meters, shock resistance. There are many variations of the dw 6100 such as the 1993 winter premiums, 1994 USA world cup, dolphin and whales conference, marble resin variations, the G-Python camouflage series released in 2002. The dw-6100 silver and gold series was re-released in 2000 with a G-Shock pen, and leather Keychain. The casebacks on the re-released versions had a dragon etched on the backs for the year of the Dragon in Japan of the year 2000. These rare version are highly collectable and rare and sought after by G-Shock collectors.
Cumbia Sonidera is a musical style which originated in the marginalized neighborhoods of Mexico City. It is an altered variant of Colombian Cumbia. Cumbia Sonidera was re-invented and created in Mexico City by DJs. Grupo Soñador de Beto Tlahuetl, Grupo Super T de Jorge Toxqui and Grupo Maravilla de Robin Revilla are examples of Sonideras music.
Musical
The new sound of cumbia sonidera is unique, identificable, its melodic organ and guacharaca like the old tropical cumbia groups of 70's, evocative of the old Colombian "tamboras" with classic instruments like conga, (or "timbal"), a Mexican cumbia contribution, keyboard (a derivation of the Cumbia Rock of Rigo Tovar), harp (retaken of the cumbia costeña of the Southeastern states of Mexico), electric guitar (derived from its use in early Mexican Cumbia by Mike Laure and Xavier Passos), Keyboard Synthesizers (a derivation of Cumbia-Rock of the 70's), drums, sax (folklore of the east, north and south-east of Mexico), güiro and trumpets (a contribution from Mexico to the world) and the piano accordion (folklore's instrument in "Música norteña", from northern Mexico) of Mexico. The Cumbia Sonidera is more instrumental and with little lyrics in some cases.
Electronics
Another particular characteristic is the deformation of voices in the musical narrations that it belongs to the executions of the sonideros DJ or, applying effects of delay and pitch (called thus in software) in the reproduction of voices, this variation began decades back with old equipment of sound of several brands, one of the most used were the Radson Brand of Mexico, Majestic between others, used "trompetas" (conical loudspeakers) between many others types of amplifiers and mixers, "bounces", LP players, equalizers, derivative of this, many songs recorded in LP that had the DJ were in cumbión base (music with the double of speed of rhythm of cumbia), it was necessary to adapt them at the particular speed of the Mexican to dance, that is slower, so the speed of reproduction is lower, to obtain musical tones and voice lower at least one eighth musical scale, reason why the sounds were of more low tones, to avoid discrepancy in the DJ voice, that is used to speaking and sending greetings while music is executed, forces to speak with more bass voice, this phenomenon has stayed per years, and although each DJ has their method of musicalización all have this common denominator, therefore, strictly speaking, the sounds of voices of the cumbia sonidera wasn't arise properly from the musical groups of cumbia, only by DJ' s that somehow imposed like combined voice and music cumbia and more effects in the events, modifications done on the LP and CD of cumbia from Mexico.
Years later, gradually, the cumbia groups making an emulation in his recordings of all these effects from DJ that already had popularized the "sonideros" (DJ), and that, combined to the instrumental components mentioned before, evolved and they were conjugated in which now it is known like cumbia sonidera formally, that without a doubt would properly make one more a more formal presence in the record market of these tendencies not created by cumbia groups, only by the DJ; therefore it begins, gradually, the gestation of cumbia sonidera already like musical genre properly.
This genre is popular in central Mexico and USA, which genre stems from the word "sonido" (sound) or the word to describe DJs that spin popular club music and cumbia at parties or bailes. Sonidero music has gained immense popularity in large part because of the mobility of the sonidos and the willingness of DJs to give out dedications to peoples barrios (neighborhoods) or Bandas. DJs also manipulate the cumbias by slowing or speeding them up, creating what are called "mega cumbia mixes", and adding their own intros and outros to their presentations. The DJs will also include sets of Mexican heavy metal, salsa, and other popular music.
Cumbia sonidera has a number of "publicists" otherwise known as publicistas . They help introduce new music, promote gigs, etc.
Cumbia sonidera also consists of similar instrumental elements (guitar, keyboards, bass guitar, drums, congas, and guiro.) This music also has elements of son, guaracha, rumba, and salsa.
Musical
The new sound of cumbia sonidera is unique, identificable, its melodic organ and guacharaca like the old tropical cumbia groups of 70's, evocative of the old Colombian "tamboras" with classic instruments like conga, (or "timbal"), a Mexican cumbia contribution, keyboard (a derivation of the Cumbia Rock of Rigo Tovar), harp (retaken of the cumbia costeña of the Southeastern states of Mexico), electric guitar (derived from its use in early Mexican Cumbia by Mike Laure and Xavier Passos), Keyboard Synthesizers (a derivation of Cumbia-Rock of the 70's), drums, sax (folklore of the east, north and south-east of Mexico), güiro and trumpets (a contribution from Mexico to the world) and the piano accordion (folklore's instrument in "Música norteña", from northern Mexico) of Mexico. The Cumbia Sonidera is more instrumental and with little lyrics in some cases.
Electronics
Another particular characteristic is the deformation of voices in the musical narrations that it belongs to the executions of the sonideros DJ or, applying effects of delay and pitch (called thus in software) in the reproduction of voices, this variation began decades back with old equipment of sound of several brands, one of the most used were the Radson Brand of Mexico, Majestic between others, used "trompetas" (conical loudspeakers) between many others types of amplifiers and mixers, "bounces", LP players, equalizers, derivative of this, many songs recorded in LP that had the DJ were in cumbión base (music with the double of speed of rhythm of cumbia), it was necessary to adapt them at the particular speed of the Mexican to dance, that is slower, so the speed of reproduction is lower, to obtain musical tones and voice lower at least one eighth musical scale, reason why the sounds were of more low tones, to avoid discrepancy in the DJ voice, that is used to speaking and sending greetings while music is executed, forces to speak with more bass voice, this phenomenon has stayed per years, and although each DJ has their method of musicalización all have this common denominator, therefore, strictly speaking, the sounds of voices of the cumbia sonidera wasn't arise properly from the musical groups of cumbia, only by DJ' s that somehow imposed like combined voice and music cumbia and more effects in the events, modifications done on the LP and CD of cumbia from Mexico.
Years later, gradually, the cumbia groups making an emulation in his recordings of all these effects from DJ that already had popularized the "sonideros" (DJ), and that, combined to the instrumental components mentioned before, evolved and they were conjugated in which now it is known like cumbia sonidera formally, that without a doubt would properly make one more a more formal presence in the record market of these tendencies not created by cumbia groups, only by the DJ; therefore it begins, gradually, the gestation of cumbia sonidera already like musical genre properly.
This genre is popular in central Mexico and USA, which genre stems from the word "sonido" (sound) or the word to describe DJs that spin popular club music and cumbia at parties or bailes. Sonidero music has gained immense popularity in large part because of the mobility of the sonidos and the willingness of DJs to give out dedications to peoples barrios (neighborhoods) or Bandas. DJs also manipulate the cumbias by slowing or speeding them up, creating what are called "mega cumbia mixes", and adding their own intros and outros to their presentations. The DJs will also include sets of Mexican heavy metal, salsa, and other popular music.
Cumbia sonidera has a number of "publicists" otherwise known as publicistas . They help introduce new music, promote gigs, etc.
Cumbia sonidera also consists of similar instrumental elements (guitar, keyboards, bass guitar, drums, congas, and guiro.) This music also has elements of son, guaracha, rumba, and salsa.