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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: 153842" data-attributes="member: 884"><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px">Support floods in to inner-city kids after teacher's heartfelt plea</span></strong> </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">By Ethan Baron, The Province - September 27, 2011 8:00 AM</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"> </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Carrie Gelson, a teacher at Admiral Seymour Elementary in Vancouver, has received an outpouring of support, money and supplies for her kids after writing a letter about the struggles she sees her students undergoing in their inner-city school.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Photograph by: Arlen Redekop, PNGFor East Vancouver teacher Carrie Gelson, fallout from government cuts to educational and community programs is visible every day — in her students' tears.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">"Somebody uses a harsh tone with them," Gelson said, "and they cry. Or they start to think about something, and they cry, or they start to get worried about something, and they cry.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">"Their lives are hard. There are stresses in [their families] and there's poverty and there's mental illness and there's addiction and there's abuse."</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Often, kids in her Grade 2-3 classes at the 125-student Admiral Seymour Elementary show up late and hungry. Some come in on rainy days with holes in their shoes and no warm socks. Students' troubles make it harder to teach, and to learn.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">"There's awesome learning in my room," Gelson said. "But it's interrupted by, 'I'm hungry,' it's interrupted by, 'My shoes don't fit.' But the biggest thing it's interrupted by is the sadness and the anger and the upset."</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Because counselling services are based on student numbers and not student needs, Admiral Seymour has a counsellor on site for less than one day per week. And in past years, when a student showed signs of ill treatment, a government social worker would respond immediately to Gelson's call. Now, Gelson said, it can be weeks before a call back.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">In B.C., 30 per cent of children start school in kindergarten developmentally behind and vulnerable to falling even further back, said a 2009 report from the University of B.C. The report projects this developmental deficit will cost B.C. 20 per cent of its gross-domestic-product growth for the next 60 years.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">"Those neighbourhoods that report higher rates of poverty suffer higher vulnerability levels," said the report.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Gelson, a teacher at Admiral Seymour for 16 years, said she's watched the effects of government cuts to community and social services take an increasingly heavy toll in her classroom.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">"The more [they're] cut the harder it is on families, the harder it is on the kids in front of me," Gelson said. "It is getting worse, absolutely."</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">On Sept. 23, Gelson posted on the Internet a letter to the people of Vancouver about the state of her students and their needs for warm socks, shoes and snacks. The missive went locally viral, and generated media coverage and an outpouring of public support.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">"People are bringing me stuff, like boxes of boots and socks and food and school supplies," Gelson said. "Someone dropped off $1,500 in cash."</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">On Sept. 26, a man gave her an envelope containing at least 10 cheques for $100 - Gelson's been so busy talking to reporters and accepting contributions she didn't have time to count the cheques. The Yaletown Rotary Club gave her $1,000 for her student book club.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">"It's pretty exciting," Gelson said. "I think I've hugged more strangers today than in my whole life."</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Anyone can help by writing a cheque to an inner-city school, sending a letter to Premier Christy Clark or finding a volunteer opportunity, she added.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">But her students need action from government, too, Gelson said. More school counsellors and lighter caseloads for social workers. Some of her kids need therapists, others need speech-language pathologists.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><span style="color: Red"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><span style="color: Red"><strong>Read the full text of Gelson's letter:</strong> </span></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><a href="http://www.theprovince.com/life/Full+text+Carrie+Gelson+letter+community/5464503/story.html" target="_blank">http://www.theprovince.com/life/Full+text+Carrie+Gelson+letter+community/5464503/story.html</a></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong>source</strong>:<a href="http://www.theprovince.com/life/Support+floods+inner+city+kids+after+teacher+heartfelt+plea/5463376/story.html" target="_blank">http://www.theprovince.com/life/Support+floods+inner+city+kids+after+teacher+heartfelt+plea/5463376/story.html</a></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_Member16, post: 153842, member: 884"] [COLOR="Navy"][B][SIZE="5"]Support floods in to inner-city kids after teacher's heartfelt plea[/SIZE][/B] By Ethan Baron, The Province - September 27, 2011 8:00 AM Carrie Gelson, a teacher at Admiral Seymour Elementary in Vancouver, has received an outpouring of support, money and supplies for her kids after writing a letter about the struggles she sees her students undergoing in their inner-city school. Photograph by: Arlen Redekop, PNGFor East Vancouver teacher Carrie Gelson, fallout from government cuts to educational and community programs is visible every day — in her students' tears. "Somebody uses a harsh tone with them," Gelson said, "and they cry. Or they start to think about something, and they cry, or they start to get worried about something, and they cry. "Their lives are hard. There are stresses in [their families] and there's poverty and there's mental illness and there's addiction and there's abuse." Often, kids in her Grade 2-3 classes at the 125-student Admiral Seymour Elementary show up late and hungry. Some come in on rainy days with holes in their shoes and no warm socks. Students' troubles make it harder to teach, and to learn. "There's awesome learning in my room," Gelson said. "But it's interrupted by, 'I'm hungry,' it's interrupted by, 'My shoes don't fit.' But the biggest thing it's interrupted by is the sadness and the anger and the upset." Because counselling services are based on student numbers and not student needs, Admiral Seymour has a counsellor on site for less than one day per week. And in past years, when a student showed signs of ill treatment, a government social worker would respond immediately to Gelson's call. Now, Gelson said, it can be weeks before a call back. In B.C., 30 per cent of children start school in kindergarten developmentally behind and vulnerable to falling even further back, said a 2009 report from the University of B.C. The report projects this developmental deficit will cost B.C. 20 per cent of its gross-domestic-product growth for the next 60 years. "Those neighbourhoods that report higher rates of poverty suffer higher vulnerability levels," said the report. Gelson, a teacher at Admiral Seymour for 16 years, said she's watched the effects of government cuts to community and social services take an increasingly heavy toll in her classroom. "The more [they're] cut the harder it is on families, the harder it is on the kids in front of me," Gelson said. "It is getting worse, absolutely." On Sept. 23, Gelson posted on the Internet a letter to the people of Vancouver about the state of her students and their needs for warm socks, shoes and snacks. The missive went locally viral, and generated media coverage and an outpouring of public support. "People are bringing me stuff, like boxes of boots and socks and food and school supplies," Gelson said. "Someone dropped off $1,500 in cash." On Sept. 26, a man gave her an envelope containing at least 10 cheques for $100 - Gelson's been so busy talking to reporters and accepting contributions she didn't have time to count the cheques. The Yaletown Rotary Club gave her $1,000 for her student book club. "It's pretty exciting," Gelson said. "I think I've hugged more strangers today than in my whole life." Anyone can help by writing a cheque to an inner-city school, sending a letter to Premier Christy Clark or finding a volunteer opportunity, she added. But her students need action from government, too, Gelson said. More school counsellors and lighter caseloads for social workers. Some of her kids need therapists, others need speech-language pathologists. [COLOR="Red"] [B]Read the full text of Gelson's letter:[/B] [/COLOR] [url]http://www.theprovince.com/life/Full+text+Carrie+Gelson+letter+community/5464503/story.html[/url] [B]source[/B]:[url]http://www.theprovince.com/life/Support+floods+inner+city+kids+after+teacher+heartfelt+plea/5463376/story.html[/url][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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