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ਜਪੁ | Jup
ਸੋ ਦਰੁ | So Dar
ਸੋਹਿਲਾ | Sohilaa
ਰਾਗੁ ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ | Raag Siree-Raag
Gurbani (14-53)
Ashtpadiyan (53-71)
Gurbani (71-74)
Pahre (74-78)
Chhant (78-81)
Vanjara (81-82)
Vaar Siri Raag (83-91)
Bhagat Bani (91-93)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਝ | Raag Maajh
Gurbani (94-109)
Ashtpadi (109)
Ashtpadiyan (110-129)
Ashtpadi (129-130)
Ashtpadiyan (130-133)
Bara Maha (133-136)
Din Raen (136-137)
Vaar Maajh Ki (137-150)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗਉੜੀ | Raag Gauree
Gurbani (151-185)
Quartets/Couplets (185-220)
Ashtpadiyan (220-234)
Karhalei (234-235)
Ashtpadiyan (235-242)
Chhant (242-249)
Baavan Akhari (250-262)
Sukhmani (262-296)
Thittee (296-300)
Gauree kii Vaar (300-323)
Gurbani (323-330)
Ashtpadiyan (330-340)
Baavan Akhari (340-343)
Thintteen (343-344)
Vaar Kabir (344-345)
Bhagat Bani (345-346)
ਰਾਗੁ ਆਸਾ | Raag Aasaa
Gurbani (347-348)
Chaupaday (348-364)
Panchpadde (364-365)
Kaafee (365-409)
Aasaavaree (409-411)
Ashtpadiyan (411-432)
Patee (432-435)
Chhant (435-462)
Vaar Aasaa (462-475)
Bhagat Bani (475-488)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗੂਜਰੀ | Raag Goojaree
Gurbani (489-503)
Ashtpadiyan (503-508)
Vaar Gujari (508-517)
Vaar Gujari (517-526)
ਰਾਗੁ ਦੇਵਗੰਧਾਰੀ | Raag Dayv-Gandhaaree
Gurbani (527-536)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਿਹਾਗੜਾ | Raag Bihaagraa
Gurbani (537-556)
Chhant (538-548)
Vaar Bihaagraa (548-556)
ਰਾਗੁ ਵਡਹੰਸ | Raag Wadhans
Gurbani (557-564)
Ashtpadiyan (564-565)
Chhant (565-575)
Ghoriaan (575-578)
Alaahaniiaa (578-582)
Vaar Wadhans (582-594)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸੋਰਠਿ | Raag Sorath
Gurbani (595-634)
Asatpadhiya (634-642)
Vaar Sorath (642-659)
ਰਾਗੁ ਧਨਾਸਰੀ | Raag Dhanasaree
Gurbani (660-685)
Astpadhiya (685-687)
Chhant (687-691)
Bhagat Bani (691-695)
ਰਾਗੁ ਜੈਤਸਰੀ | Raag Jaitsree
Gurbani (696-703)
Chhant (703-705)
Vaar Jaitsaree (705-710)
Bhagat Bani (710)
ਰਾਗੁ ਟੋਡੀ | Raag Todee
ਰਾਗੁ ਬੈਰਾੜੀ | Raag Bairaaree
ਰਾਗੁ ਤਿਲੰਗ | Raag Tilang
Gurbani (721-727)
Bhagat Bani (727)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸੂਹੀ | Raag Suhi
Gurbani (728-750)
Ashtpadiyan (750-761)
Kaafee (761-762)
Suchajee (762)
Gunvantee (763)
Chhant (763-785)
Vaar Soohee (785-792)
Bhagat Bani (792-794)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਿਲਾਵਲੁ | Raag Bilaaval
Gurbani (795-831)
Ashtpadiyan (831-838)
Thitteen (838-840)
Vaar Sat (841-843)
Chhant (843-848)
Vaar Bilaaval (849-855)
Bhagat Bani (855-858)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗੋਂਡ | Raag Gond
Gurbani (859-869)
Ashtpadiyan (869)
Bhagat Bani (870-875)
ਰਾਗੁ ਰਾਮਕਲੀ | Raag Ramkalee
Ashtpadiyan (902-916)
Gurbani (876-902)
Anand (917-922)
Sadd (923-924)
Chhant (924-929)
Dakhnee (929-938)
Sidh Gosat (938-946)
Vaar Ramkalee (947-968)
ਰਾਗੁ ਨਟ ਨਾਰਾਇਨ | Raag Nat Narayan
Gurbani (975-980)
Ashtpadiyan (980-983)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਲੀ ਗਉੜਾ | Raag Maalee Gauraa
Gurbani (984-988)
Bhagat Bani (988)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਰੂ | Raag Maaroo
Gurbani (889-1008)
Ashtpadiyan (1008-1014)
Kaafee (1014-1016)
Ashtpadiyan (1016-1019)
Anjulian (1019-1020)
Solhe (1020-1033)
Dakhni (1033-1043)
ਰਾਗੁ ਤੁਖਾਰੀ | Raag Tukhaari
Bara Maha (1107-1110)
Chhant (1110-1117)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕੇਦਾਰਾ | Raag Kedara
Gurbani (1118-1123)
Bhagat Bani (1123-1124)
ਰਾਗੁ ਭੈਰਉ | Raag Bhairo
Gurbani (1125-1152)
Partaal (1153)
Ashtpadiyan (1153-1167)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਸੰਤੁ | Raag Basant
Gurbani (1168-1187)
Ashtpadiyan (1187-1193)
Vaar Basant (1193-1196)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸਾਰਗ | Raag Saarag
Gurbani (1197-1200)
Partaal (1200-1231)
Ashtpadiyan (1232-1236)
Chhant (1236-1237)
Vaar Saarang (1237-1253)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਲਾਰ | Raag Malaar
Gurbani (1254-1293)
Partaal (1265-1273)
Ashtpadiyan (1273-1278)
Chhant (1278)
Vaar Malaar (1278-91)
Bhagat Bani (1292-93)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕਾਨੜਾ | Raag Kaanraa
Gurbani (1294-96)
Partaal (1296-1318)
Ashtpadiyan (1308-1312)
Chhant (1312)
Vaar Kaanraa
Bhagat Bani (1318)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕਲਿਆਨ | Raag Kalyaan
Gurbani (1319-23)
Ashtpadiyan (1323-26)
ਰਾਗੁ ਪ੍ਰਭਾਤੀ | Raag Prabhaatee
Gurbani (1327-1341)
Ashtpadiyan (1342-51)
ਰਾਗੁ ਜੈਜਾਵੰਤੀ | Raag Jaijaiwanti
Gurbani (1352-53)
Salok | Gatha | Phunahe | Chaubole | Swayiye
Sehskritee Mahala 1
Sehskritee Mahala 5
Gaathaa Mahala 5
Phunhay Mahala 5
Chaubolae Mahala 5
Shaloks Bhagat Kabir
Shaloks Sheikh Farid
Swaiyyae Mahala 5
Swaiyyae in Praise of Gurus
Shaloks in Addition To Vaars
Shalok Ninth Mehl
Mundavanee Mehl 5
ਰਾਗ ਮਾਲਾ, Raag Maalaa
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<blockquote data-quote="Archived_Member16" data-source="post: 133764" data-attributes="member: 884"><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: navy">Science can't bridge cultural divides, poll suggests</span></span></strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">By Margaret Munro, Postmedia News - September 22, 2010 5:02 PM</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Science is said to be an international language, but a survey has turned up striking cultural divides on hot button scientific issues.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Americans are far more pro-nuclear and willing to trust flu experts than Europeans, and much less concerned about genetically modified crops, according to a survey by Scientific American and the journal Nature.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">But the most notable difference was between East Asia and the rest of the world. The survey found 35 per cent of Japanese and 49 per cent of Chinese respondents agreed there is "reason for doubt" that evolution can explain the incredible variety of species on Earth. That view was shared by about 10 per cent of respondents from the rest of the world.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Japanese and Chinese respondents were also less likely to say that they trust scientific explanations of the origins of the universe. And almost one-third of Chinese respondents said that scientists should stay out of politics, compared with about 10 per cent of respondents from other countries.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">The web-based survey was far from scientific — the 21,000 respondents decided whether to participate — and it sampled countries unevenly, with thousands of respondents in North America and Europe, 1,195 in Japan and just 269 in China.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">"Still, the results are sobering for anyone who believes that a public informed about science will necessarily share scientists' views," says a report on the survey to be published Thursday in Nature.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">It suggests that skepticism in Japan and China about evolution and the Big Bang may be rooted in Asian philosophies such as Shinto or Buddhism, which have their own explanations for the origin of life.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Naruya Saitou, a population geneticist at Japan's National Institute of Genetics, suggests in the Nature report that the apparent doubts may also stem from recognition of complexity in nature. This also explains other trends in Japan, he says: systems biology is a relatively unpopular career path for scientists because "life is too complex to be reduced to a formula" and GMOs are shunned because "people are afraid of manipulating the huge complexities in nature."</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Wu Yishan, a chief engineer at the Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China in Beijing, says that the evolution question probably also triggered healthy, skepticism in Chinese respondents.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">"As a scientist you should be able to doubt anything," he told Nature.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Another striking difference was in trust in flu pandemics experts — 69 per cent of American respondents said they trust what scientists say, compared to only 31 per cent of European respondents. Scientific American ties the difference to the Geneva-based World Health Organization's handling of the outbreak and controversy over the billions of dollars' worth of vaccines and antiretroviral drugs ordered up to combat the virus that turned out to be milder than initially thought.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Two European studies have suggested WHO's decision-making process was tainted by conflicts of interest because scientists who had recommended stockpiling of vaccines were later found to have ties to drug companies — a controversy that generated banner headlines in Europe but little media and public attention in North America.</span></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="color: navy">The survey did find some common ground. Worldwide, respondents agreed that scientists are more trustworthy than other public figures.</span><span style="color: red"> Religious authorities were deemed least trustworthy, followed by politicians and company officials.</span></strong></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">And more than 70 per cent of respondents agreed science funding should be spared in tough economic times. When asked what should be cut instead, defence spending was the overwhelming choice — 82 per cent of Canadian respondents favouring cuts to defence over cuts to education or social-welfare programs.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">And despite a recent controversy over leaked emails by climate researchers and the United Nations' climate panel, the survey found climate change denial is in decline. Among Canadian respondents 41 per cent said that over the past year, they've become more certain that humans are changing the climate, compared to 12 per cent of respondents who have grown more doubtful.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">© Copyright (c) Postmedia News</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy"><strong>source:</strong> </span><a href="http://www.ottawacitizen.com/health/Science+bridge+cultural+divides+poll+suggests/3564084/story.html" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: navy">http://www.ottawacitizen.com/health/Science+bridge+cultural+divides+poll+suggests/3564084/story.html</span></u></a></p><p> </p><p><SCRIPT type=text/javascript> // load up cookied story font size getStoryFontSize(); </SCRIPT></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_Member16, post: 133764, member: 884"] [B][SIZE=5][COLOR=navy]Science can't bridge cultural divides, poll suggests[/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [COLOR=navy]By Margaret Munro, Postmedia News - September 22, 2010 5:02 PM[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Science is said to be an international language, but a survey has turned up striking cultural divides on hot button scientific issues.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Americans are far more pro-nuclear and willing to trust flu experts than Europeans, and much less concerned about genetically modified crops, according to a survey by Scientific American and the journal Nature.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]But the most notable difference was between East Asia and the rest of the world. The survey found 35 per cent of Japanese and 49 per cent of Chinese respondents agreed there is "reason for doubt" that evolution can explain the incredible variety of species on Earth. That view was shared by about 10 per cent of respondents from the rest of the world.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Japanese and Chinese respondents were also less likely to say that they trust scientific explanations of the origins of the universe. And almost one-third of Chinese respondents said that scientists should stay out of politics, compared with about 10 per cent of respondents from other countries.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]The web-based survey was far from scientific — the 21,000 respondents decided whether to participate — and it sampled countries unevenly, with thousands of respondents in North America and Europe, 1,195 in Japan and just 269 in China.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]"Still, the results are sobering for anyone who believes that a public informed about science will necessarily share scientists' views," says a report on the survey to be published Thursday in Nature.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]It suggests that skepticism in Japan and China about evolution and the Big Bang may be rooted in Asian philosophies such as Shinto or Buddhism, which have their own explanations for the origin of life.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Naruya Saitou, a population geneticist at Japan's National Institute of Genetics, suggests in the Nature report that the apparent doubts may also stem from recognition of complexity in nature. This also explains other trends in Japan, he says: systems biology is a relatively unpopular career path for scientists because "life is too complex to be reduced to a formula" and GMOs are shunned because "people are afraid of manipulating the huge complexities in nature."[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Wu Yishan, a chief engineer at the Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China in Beijing, says that the evolution question probably also triggered healthy, skepticism in Chinese respondents.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]"As a scientist you should be able to doubt anything," he told Nature.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Another striking difference was in trust in flu pandemics experts — 69 per cent of American respondents said they trust what scientists say, compared to only 31 per cent of European respondents. Scientific American ties the difference to the Geneva-based World Health Organization's handling of the outbreak and controversy over the billions of dollars' worth of vaccines and antiretroviral drugs ordered up to combat the virus that turned out to be milder than initially thought.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Two European studies have suggested WHO's decision-making process was tainted by conflicts of interest because scientists who had recommended stockpiling of vaccines were later found to have ties to drug companies — a controversy that generated banner headlines in Europe but little media and public attention in North America.[/COLOR] [B][COLOR=navy]The survey did find some common ground. Worldwide, respondents agreed that scientists are more trustworthy than other public figures.[/COLOR][COLOR=red] Religious authorities were deemed least trustworthy, followed by politicians and company officials.[/COLOR][/B] [COLOR=navy]And more than 70 per cent of respondents agreed science funding should be spared in tough economic times. When asked what should be cut instead, defence spending was the overwhelming choice — 82 per cent of Canadian respondents favouring cuts to defence over cuts to education or social-welfare programs.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]And despite a recent controversy over leaked emails by climate researchers and the United Nations' climate panel, the survey found climate change denial is in decline. Among Canadian respondents 41 per cent said that over the past year, they've become more certain that humans are changing the climate, compared to 12 per cent of respondents who have grown more doubtful.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]© Copyright (c) Postmedia News[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy][B]source:[/B] [/COLOR][URL="http://www.ottawacitizen.com/health/Science+bridge+cultural+divides+poll+suggests/3564084/story.html"][U][COLOR=navy]http://www.ottawacitizen.com/health/Science+bridge+cultural+divides+poll+suggests/3564084/story.html[/COLOR][/U][/URL] <SCRIPT type=text/javascript> // load up cookied story font size getStoryFontSize(); </SCRIPT> [/QUOTE]
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