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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="rajneesh madhok" data-source="post: 138549" data-attributes="member: 10692"><p style="text-align: left"><strong>More Than 100,000 homeless U.S. Soldiers Roaming Streets</strong></p> <p style="text-align: left">Brunei News.Net Friday 9th April, 2010</p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left">Disturbingly 107,000 former U.S. soldiers are roaming the streets of the nation they fought to protect. </p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left">The soldiers, most of whom returned home from wars in Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere, are homeless. </p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left">No-one who has ever served the United States in uniform should ever end up living on the street, Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric K. Shinseki insists. </p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left">VA is so concerned about the problem it has implemented a program to eliminate it - in the next five years. The association doesn't just want to provide beds for the veterans, but wants to tackle the root cause of homelessness among former U.S. troops, and extend its reach to education, healthcare, and the provision of jobs. </p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left">It could be a tall order, but already the number of homeless soldiers is showing signs of decreasing. This despite the most severe recession since World War Two. Since the program's implementation last Fall, the number has decreased by 18% from 131,000 to 107,000. </p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left">“When I arrived at VA, the homeless program primarily involved engaging the veterans that sleep on the streets and getting them to shelter,” Shinseki told Donna Miles of the American Forces Press Service this week. “The deeper I dug into it, I realized it assured that we’d be dealing with homeless veterans forever, because the system is reactive. You wait to see who shows up on the street, you go out and try to encourage them to leave the streets and provide them safe shelter and warm meals.” </p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left">To break that spiral, 85% of VA’s budget request for the homeless program will go toward medical services to confront substance abuse, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury and other issues linked to homelessness. </p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left">“I looked at it as a funnel, and out of the bottom comes a homeless person,” Shinseki said. “Well, in the funnel, there is the missed opportunity of education. It’s the missed opportunity to have a job.” </p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left">The new Post-9/11 GI Bill signed into law in June will make education more accessible for more veterans, as well as a broad range of other VA-funded educational programs. Meanwhile, VA says it is working through the interagency process and with a host of other organizations to improve veterans’ job opportunities. </p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left">“This is not about reducing homelessness. This is ending veteran homelessness in five years,” the VA secretary said. “I don’t have all the answers about how this will all happen, but a lot of people are committed to this and working to prevent this downward spiral.”</p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left">Rajneesh Madhok</p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left"><a href="http://www.israelnews.net/story/621986" target="_blank">http://www.israelnews.net/story/621986</a></p> <p style="text-align: left"></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rajneesh madhok, post: 138549, member: 10692"] [LEFT][B]More Than 100,000 homeless U.S. Soldiers Roaming Streets[/B] Brunei News.Net Friday 9th April, 2010 Disturbingly 107,000 former U.S. soldiers are roaming the streets of the nation they fought to protect. The soldiers, most of whom returned home from wars in Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere, are homeless. No-one who has ever served the United States in uniform should ever end up living on the street, Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric K. Shinseki insists. VA is so concerned about the problem it has implemented a program to eliminate it - in the next five years. The association doesn't just want to provide beds for the veterans, but wants to tackle the root cause of homelessness among former U.S. troops, and extend its reach to education, healthcare, and the provision of jobs. It could be a tall order, but already the number of homeless soldiers is showing signs of decreasing. This despite the most severe recession since World War Two. Since the program's implementation last Fall, the number has decreased by 18% from 131,000 to 107,000. “When I arrived at VA, the homeless program primarily involved engaging the veterans that sleep on the streets and getting them to shelter,” Shinseki told Donna Miles of the American Forces Press Service this week. “The deeper I dug into it, I realized it assured that we’d be dealing with homeless veterans forever, because the system is reactive. You wait to see who shows up on the street, you go out and try to encourage them to leave the streets and provide them safe shelter and warm meals.” To break that spiral, 85% of VA’s budget request for the homeless program will go toward medical services to confront substance abuse, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury and other issues linked to homelessness. “I looked at it as a funnel, and out of the bottom comes a homeless person,” Shinseki said. “Well, in the funnel, there is the missed opportunity of education. It’s the missed opportunity to have a job.” The new Post-9/11 GI Bill signed into law in June will make education more accessible for more veterans, as well as a broad range of other VA-funded educational programs. Meanwhile, VA says it is working through the interagency process and with a host of other organizations to improve veterans’ job opportunities. “This is not about reducing homelessness. This is ending veteran homelessness in five years,” the VA secretary said. “I don’t have all the answers about how this will all happen, but a lot of people are committed to this and working to prevent this downward spiral.” Rajneesh Madhok [url]http://www.israelnews.net/story/621986[/url] [/LEFT] [/QUOTE]
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