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Composition, Arrangement & Layout
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: 158279" data-attributes="member: 884"><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px">Killer flu, fears of terrorists prompt ethical debate</span></strong></span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong>'Extremely serious global public health threat'</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy">Agence France-Presse</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Wednesday, December 21, 2011</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong>WASHINGTON </strong>- Two top scientific journals said Tuesday they are mulling whether to publish details of a man-made mutant killer flu virus that has sparked concerns of mass deaths if it were released.</span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">A U.S. government's science advisory committee urged the U.S. journal Science and the British journal Nature to withhold key details so that people seeking to harm the public would not be able to manufacture the virus that could cause millions of deaths.</span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">The virus in question is an H5N1 bird flu strain that was genetically altered in a Dutch lab so it can pass easily between ferrets.</span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">That means it is likely contagious among humans for the first time, and could trigger a lethal pandemic if it emerged in nature or were set loose by terrorists, experts have said.</span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">The National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity reviewed two scientific papers relating to the findings and recommended that the journals "make changes in the manuscripts," a statement said, warning of an "extremely serious global public health threat."</span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">"Due to the importance of the findings to the public health and research communities, the NSABB recommended that the general conclusions highlighting the novel outcome be published, but that the manuscripts not include the methodological and other details that could enable replication of the experiments by those who would seek to do harm."</span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">The H5N1 strain of avian influenza is fatal in 60 per cent of human cases but only 350 people have so far died from the disease, largely because it cannot, yet, be transmitted between humans.</span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Science and Nature said they were considering the U.S. government's non-binding request.</span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">"At the same time, however, Science has concerns about withholding potentially important public health information from responsible influenza researchers," editor-in-chief Bruce Alberts said.</span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Scientists could benefit from knowing about the virus because it could help speed new treatments to combat this and other related lethal forms of influenza, he added.</span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">"Many scientists within the influenza community have a bona fide need to know the details of this research in order to protect the public, especially if they currently are working with related strains of the virus," Alberts wrote.</span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">"Science editors will be evaluating how best to proceed," he added, asking for more clarification on how the government would make the information available to "all those responsible scientists who request it."</span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">A spokeswoman for the American Association for the Advancement of Science, which publishes Science, told AFP a decision was expected in two weeks.</span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Nature's editor-in-chief, Philip Campbell, said he was considering one of the two papers for publication and was in "active consultation" on the matter.</span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">"We have noted the unprecedented NSABB recommendations that would restrict public access to data and methods and recognize the motivation behind them," he said.</span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">"It is essential for public health that the full details of any scientific analysis of flu viruses be available to researchers. We are discussing with interested parties how, within the scenario recommended by NSABB, appropriate access to the scientific methods and data could be enabled."</span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">The Dutch research team was led by Ron Fouchier at Rotterdam's Erasmus Medical Center. The team said in September it had created a mutant version of the H5N1 bird flu virus that could for the first time be spread among mammals.</span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Fouchier said his team had discovered that transmission of the virus was possible between humans "and can be carried out more easily than we thought."</span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">One paper under consideration is by Fouchier's team, and the other is by a team of virologists at the University of Wisconsin and the University of Tokyo that reportedly showed similar results.</span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">NSABB chair Paul Keim, a microbial geneticist, told the AAAS Science Insider report last month that he had huge concerns about the potential havoc the man-made virus could unleash.</span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">"I can't think of another pathogenic organism that is as scary as this one," Keim was quoted as saying. "I don't think anthrax is scary at all compared to this."</span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">© Agence France-Presse 2011</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">source: <a href="http://www2.canada.com/topics/news/world/story.html?id=5892053" target="_blank">http://www2.canada.com/topics/news/world/story.html?id=5892053</a></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_Member16, post: 158279, member: 884"] [COLOR="Navy"][B][SIZE="5"]Killer flu, fears of terrorists prompt ethical debate[/SIZE] 'Extremely serious global public health threat'[/B] Agence France-Presse Wednesday, December 21, 2011 [B] WASHINGTON [/B]- Two top scientific journals said Tuesday they are mulling whether to publish details of a man-made mutant killer flu virus that has sparked concerns of mass deaths if it were released. A U.S. government's science advisory committee urged the U.S. journal Science and the British journal Nature to withhold key details so that people seeking to harm the public would not be able to manufacture the virus that could cause millions of deaths. The virus in question is an H5N1 bird flu strain that was genetically altered in a Dutch lab so it can pass easily between ferrets. That means it is likely contagious among humans for the first time, and could trigger a lethal pandemic if it emerged in nature or were set loose by terrorists, experts have said. The National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity reviewed two scientific papers relating to the findings and recommended that the journals "make changes in the manuscripts," a statement said, warning of an "extremely serious global public health threat." "Due to the importance of the findings to the public health and research communities, the NSABB recommended that the general conclusions highlighting the novel outcome be published, but that the manuscripts not include the methodological and other details that could enable replication of the experiments by those who would seek to do harm." The H5N1 strain of avian influenza is fatal in 60 per cent of human cases but only 350 people have so far died from the disease, largely because it cannot, yet, be transmitted between humans. Science and Nature said they were considering the U.S. government's non-binding request. "At the same time, however, Science has concerns about withholding potentially important public health information from responsible influenza researchers," editor-in-chief Bruce Alberts said. Scientists could benefit from knowing about the virus because it could help speed new treatments to combat this and other related lethal forms of influenza, he added. "Many scientists within the influenza community have a bona fide need to know the details of this research in order to protect the public, especially if they currently are working with related strains of the virus," Alberts wrote. "Science editors will be evaluating how best to proceed," he added, asking for more clarification on how the government would make the information available to "all those responsible scientists who request it." A spokeswoman for the American Association for the Advancement of Science, which publishes Science, told AFP a decision was expected in two weeks. Nature's editor-in-chief, Philip Campbell, said he was considering one of the two papers for publication and was in "active consultation" on the matter. "We have noted the unprecedented NSABB recommendations that would restrict public access to data and methods and recognize the motivation behind them," he said. "It is essential for public health that the full details of any scientific analysis of flu viruses be available to researchers. We are discussing with interested parties how, within the scenario recommended by NSABB, appropriate access to the scientific methods and data could be enabled." The Dutch research team was led by Ron Fouchier at Rotterdam's Erasmus Medical Center. The team said in September it had created a mutant version of the H5N1 bird flu virus that could for the first time be spread among mammals. Fouchier said his team had discovered that transmission of the virus was possible between humans "and can be carried out more easily than we thought." One paper under consideration is by Fouchier's team, and the other is by a team of virologists at the University of Wisconsin and the University of Tokyo that reportedly showed similar results. NSABB chair Paul Keim, a microbial geneticist, told the AAAS Science Insider report last month that he had huge concerns about the potential havoc the man-made virus could unleash. "I can't think of another pathogenic organism that is as scary as this one," Keim was quoted as saying. "I don't think anthrax is scary at all compared to this." © Agence France-Presse 2011 source: [url]http://www2.canada.com/topics/news/world/story.html?id=5892053[/url][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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