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Anyone else notice that once you get sucked into the blog scene, it's kinda hard to stop? I mean, Web surfing till the wee hours was one thing, but now I click through a labyrinth of fascinating blogs at least twice a day, often so intent that I tune out my kids' screaming altogether (oooh, maybe I could write it off as therapy?)
In any case, I wanted to share the news that there are in fact at least two endocrinologists out there blogging. One is Dr. T. Steven Roosevelt of the Idaho Diabetes & Endocrine Associates, who writes "Endo-Blog." Looks like this doc's been sharing "the latest news and opinions on the treatment of diabetes and endocrinological research" since June of last year.
And there's also a brand new one by Dr. William Quick, an endocrinologist for nearly 30 years who now works for Sanofi-Aventis pharmaceutical company. His new blog is called "Diabetes-Dot-Blog-Dot-Com" -– which he claims I "dared him" to create. Love it! Bill just started his on May 4 as an interactive "blogcompanion" to the comprehensive website he runs with his wife, the Diabetes Monitor.
Of course these docs don't share specific patient interactions (remember the Hippocratic Oath? — that's medical ethics, folks!) But at least now we can hear from some real, live, honest-to-goodness PEOPLE who also happen to be professionals that treat our disease for a living. Remember, Cyberspace is the great equalizer. Out here, we are all just interesting strangers searching for information and recipes for improving our lives. No more Godlike status for the MD's. As they say in German: "they boil with water, too." Blogs open up the chef's kitchen to us common folk. Now let's watch 'em cook.


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Positive feedback12 November 2009
Eduardo Perrone Barbosa, specialist consultant, outlines the advantages of using low speed feedback on cranes.
Doubtlessly the occurrence of load fall is an intrinsic risk to hoisting equipment and practically impossible to be avoided in two cases, at least:
- rope disruption;
- load block breaking.
In order to minimise those risks, preventive actions strongly supported by inspection routines, must be taken. For the other inherent risks, crane designers provide some protective devices and/or systems, developed through time with basis in their knowledge and experience. Some of those protections are:
- overload detection (OLD);
- over-torque detection (OTD);
- over-speed detection (OSD);
- mechanical discontinuity detection (MDD);
- motion incoherence detection (MID).
Even though some manufacturers offer over-torque and over-speed prevention, hoisting protections are commonly limited to overload detection. Since correctly specified, mounted, adjusted and periodically checked, overload detection certainly appears as an efficient protection. The last three above mentioned protections (OSD, MDD and MID) can be many times unknown for crane designers, but surely they have a vital importance against load falls. This article discourses over those three hoisting protections related with speed and motion, its parameters and how to easily implement them.
Over-speed detection (OSD)
Rarely applied, over-speed detection is an extremely important protection for a safe hoisting operation. It can interrupt a load fall by powering off the drive and applying the brake at the beginning of the failure. When using a frequency inverter with a pulse generator for speed feedback (FVC with PG), a simple parameter adjustment can inhibit the over-speed occurrence. This method, however, seems like a non-effective form of protection since it measures motor speed and not drum speed. It is clear that, for instance, in the case of a mechanical coupling failure, motor speed continues following the operator reference while motion direction goes to down and drum speed normally increases. In such situations, regardless of the operator detecting the problem, he will try to hoist up, as a natural reaction to avoid load fall, but without success.
Remember that to inverters, speed feedback is not a protection feature but a control feature. The correct way to obtain speed value for protection purposes is to measure it closer to the drum, at low speed side. We can do it by installing an incremental encoder at the drum axle and comparing the actual value to a secure upper limit.
For the correct operation of an OSD, the following hints must be considered:
- safe values for the detection are between 105% and 115% of the maximum rated speed;
- if over-speed occurs, drive must be immediately powered-off and restart must be blocked. Also, the operator should be advised;
- OSD protection only works efficiently when associated with a safety brake placed at the low speed side of the hoisting mechanism.
OSD protection can only be a passive system since it is practically impossible for the operator to quickly react to prevent the occurrence of that type of failure. Over-speed generally indicates a load fall and therefore an automatic action must be taken immediately.
Mechanical discontinuity detection (MDD)
As well as over-speed detection, the mechanical discontinuity detection is highly recommendable for any geared type of hoist mechanism, but rarely applied. It is based on the fact that the drive reduction factor must be a constant, that is to say, to an input value of speed (motor) will always correspond to an output value at low speed side (drum), determined by the reduction relation. Thus, if we have a motor speed S1 of 1200RPM and a reduction relation of 1:30, drum speed S2 will be obligatorily equal to 40RPM just because 1200x1/30=40. An MDD system measures the two speeds, divides S1 by S2 and compares the result with the reduction relation. When the difference exceeds an adjusted limit the protection acts. As motor and drum speeds must be measured, MDD needs an incremental encoder at motor side, more than that used for OSD at drum side.
For the correct operation of over-speed protection, the following hints must be considered:
- safe values for the detention are between 102% and 105% of difference in the rated reduction relation;
- if mechanical discontinuity occurs, drive must be immediately powered-off and restart must be blocked. Also, again, the operator should be advised;
- this protection only works efficiently when associated with a safety brake placed at the low speed side of the hoisting mechanism.
Due to the same reasons explained for over-speed detection, the mechanical discontinuity detection can only be a passive system and must start an automatic action. This protection detects breakings in the driving train like coupling disruption, brake failure and gearbox internal disconnection.
Motion incoherence detection (MID)
This protection works to prevent an unexpected movement in the hoisting mechanism. By comparing the actual direction of the movement with the order generated by the operator, it detects a wrong response to the command and acts to power-off the drive and to advise the operator. By specifying the MDD encoder for drum speed measurement with A and B channels, the direction of movement can be easily achieved by using simple logic detection circuit.
Low speed feedback (LSF)
As already explained, OSD, MDD and MID are important techniques to prevent and/or avoid load fall. For those purposes some dedicated or customised systems that perform all those protections can be found by crane designers. Anyway, instead of those existing systems, OSD, MDD and MID can be easily implemented by connecting the encoders to a PLC. Software can be easily developed by skilled people. But if the economical aspects can affect the decision to increase the hoisting safety, the choice can lead to a new, cost effective and creative solution: low speed feedback (LSF).
This interesting philosophy starts 'deceiving the inverter' by simply replacing, from the motor to the drum, the measuring point for speed feedback. Through a decent parameterisation the inverter will effectively perform OSD, MDD and MID protections. The LSF uses no PLC, no software and no other additional components than the following:
- one high resolution (HR) incremental encoder; and
- one encoder input module (EIM), normally supplied as an accessory for the inverter.
Some models of inverter are already supplied with the EIM; consult your inverter manual.
Encoder resolution must be in such a range that permits, at least, to maintain the control accuracy. The new generation of interpolated optical encoders are able for this task because they can reach high numbers of counts per revolution (CPR).
Models like the Allied Motion CP-850-HHC can reach 1,250,000 CPR in a maximum frequency of 2MHz, in a quadrature signal (A and B channels). The CPR to be declared to the inverter will result in the encoder CPR divided by the denominator of the reduction relation. For instance, if the original motor encoder is an 1024 CPR and the reduction relation is 1:234, the nearest standardised HR encoder will be that of 256,000 CPR. That is because 256,000 divided by 234 results in 1094, so the control accuracy is a little bit improved.
Back to the inverter, it follows an example of parameterisation for a generic equipment.
LSF philosophy can be freely modified and adapted to the conditions both of new and existing equipment. If the idea is to use a sensorless control mode (seems to be the current trend), simply by changing to LSF the drive is improved in accuracy (SLVC to FVC with PG) and effective protection resources. Think about it before planning your next crane.


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Gossip Girl Producers Preview "Biggest Surprise of the Year"by Steve Marsi at . Comments
In their weekly preview, the producers of Gossip Girl give us a glimpse at the coming week's episode, "Raiders of the Lost Art," and tease what they are calling the biggest surprise of the season.
Executive Producer Joshua Safran, who is reportedly leaving the show to run Smash at the end of the season, is joined by his fellow writers in mapping out the third-to-last episode of Season 5.
Here's a sneak preview with clips from the installment, plus their commentary:
As we know, Chuck, Blair, Nate, Serena and Serena-Lite are teaming up to find Jack and uncover Diana's secret. This apparently results in some great comedic exchanges, and leaves Dan out in the cold.
It also gives way to the mother of all shockers as "Raiders of the Lost Art" concludes.
Says the episode's writer, Jake Coburn, "If you're a fan, you need to see the end of the episode, because it's going to forever change the landscape of the show, and you're going to want to see it for yourself."
Adds Safran, "Spoiler alert, this is probably the biggest surprise of the year."
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Ok. And when Chuck met Ivy? I think that Chuck does not know Ivy. Why is Ivy? When Serena is available to Chuck!
Sorry I meant not Confirmed. But this person has been right in the past
Confirmed Spoiler Read Blair sees Chuck K Ivy
@ in a dair need of dair
First, Chuck would have to re-buy the ring from Harry Winston. He's already returned in episode 8x5. The ring is no longer with Chuck, and its value is not too large, perhaps up to $ 100,000. Then why is Chuck and Blair in general gambling at a casino? I do not believe that Chuck and Blair come to gamble in a casino, probably because there are is scheme!
Maybe Jenny returns And she is GoSsip Girl and is torurting Blair because she's with her brother Dan. That would be great Jenny returning big surprise! Jenny is gg pretty interesting IMO. This would also be a time to get back Jenny and Nate!!!!!!!!!!! Please Jenny to move in with Nate haha.
I know the actress who plays jenny, Taylor is busy and It made clear she wants to stop acting! But wouldn't it surprise you. Idk I think if they bring back Jenny tho they can have a good year nex yr anyways.
I'm so tired of this show. They said the same thing about the pregnancy and it wasn't shocking at all.
seems to me that in the finale, chuck and blair will sell the ring and gamble away the money at the casino :)
@chrys If you read this i so agree with you why is she in the scheme?.I can't believe chuck or even serena want her there.You read my thoughts
"biggest suprise of the year" what? blair is in love with rufus?
Is it weirdly wishful thinking induced by denial that Serena and Dan might be kissing? Or maybe, maybe Jack and Diana are kissing. Bart could be alive, considering Gossip Girl has become more or less a daytime soap, however it seems unlikely and the writers will have to do a lot of explaining worth of two years. And this season has proved that the writers arent really good at doing anything. As of now.


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Detroit to be in 'perpetual debt'
Deposition reveals Orr's ignorance of budget items; unwillingness to investigate possible fraud
By T. Kelly
The Michigan Citizen
DETROIT — Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr does not plan to investigate possible fraud, is unaware of a major revenue source for the city and will implement a plan that will put the city on a track to perpetual debt, according to Attorney Jerry Goldberg, Moratorium Now activist.
"The city is trying to do a forbearance deal," Goldberg said in an interview. Moratorium Now is trying to stop Orr's move to pay off mega banks USB and Bank of America. Goldberg says the proposed deal, 75 percent of what is owed, will be paid before pensioners and other debt.
Orr has proposed retirees and other unsecured creditors will get 10 percent of what is due them.
The city's biggest loan obligation involves a plan brought to cities across the country in 2005 by Bank of America and Merrill Lynch, which has since been taken over by USB. Former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and the council unanimously approved a $1.44 billion pension swap deal that paid the city's unfunded obligations to the pension fund. Those pension swap plans are now under investigation and being challenged nationally because they turned sour for cities when interest rates rose. Banks are earning huge profits — for example, Detroit is currently paying nine percent interest on the swap deals.
Goldberg deposed the emergency manager in preparation for his court challenge to Orr's plan to pay off the swaps. Goldberg says the city will have to borrow more money to pay off the same banks that destroyed the city's tax base with predatory lending practices that led to nearly a 100,000 foreclosures.
He says, under Orr's plan, the city will end up borrowing $400 billion over the life of the loan. "The city will be left ten times worse off than before. It will begin a perpetual cycle of debt."
During the deposition Goldberg asked Orr, "… based on the fact that there's at least an indication of fraudulent activity by both Bank of America (BOA) and UBS within the municipal bond market, has there been any indication as to whether or not that was the case with regard to the 'swaps' associated with the POCs (Pension Obligation Certificates)?"
Orr replied, "Yeah, first, it's not clear that there was fraud with respect to POCs … but have we calculated and analyzed the possibility that there may be issues surrounding potential concerns in connection with the swap agreement, the answer is yes."
As of two years ago, there had been 10 guilty pleas by banking executives — including BOA and USB officials involved in municipal bond departments — as part of a "far-reaching" federal investigation of bid rigging following the 2008 collapse of the banking industry. The number is growing. The top executive of Bank of America's municipal bond department was indicted in 2012; in July three executives of USB were jailed; and BOA and USB have paid hundreds of millions in fines and fees for bond rigging.
During the deposition, Goldberg asked Orr if he had approached the Securities and Exchange Commission to conduct any kind of investigation of the swaps — "in light of their extensive investigations of UBS and Bank of America?"
"Your question is, have I? I think I can answer that question. I think the answer is no," Orr said under oath.
Orr admitted to Goldberg that he "would have had discussions with my counsel" about whether or not to pursue the fraud investigation.
Orr admitted that his counsel was Jones Day — also Pepper Hamilton and others — and that Jones Day had BOA as a client.
"How could Jones Day investigate one of its own clients for potential fraud?" Goldberg asked. Orr told Goldberg to ask Jones Day that question.
Goldberg reminded Orr that under section 16 of Public Act 436, the new EM law, the emergency manager is "mandated to refer potential suspicion of criminal investigation to the Attorney General if there's any kind of criminal activity associated with the financial crisis in Detroit."
Orr replied if there appeared to be a basis for making criminal referral of anything that fell under his purview he would do it. He added, "There are matters that are under investigation that may or may not implicate the subject matters you're talking about. I'm going to defer to speak about them further."
Perhaps those other matters are the potentially illegal pledge of casino revenues as collateral for the pension swaps. When serving a short term as mayor, Ken Cockrel Jr. made a deal pledging the casino revenue as collateral for the pension swap certificates. The Detroit Free Press reported the pledge of casino revenue as loan collateral may violate the Michigan Gaming Control and Revenue Act. If the casino money cannot be used as loan guarantee, the debt is unsecured and the banks will be treated like other unsecured creditors — due just ten cents on the dollar.
There is also a question of whether the city's creation of two entities in order to borrow the money in 2005 may have been illegal. Local media has raised questions about the legality of how the debt swap was put together. The banks devised documents called certificates of participation as an alternative to issuing bonds. This permitted the debt-ridden city to get around limitations on debt imposed by state law. The city also created two separate entities to accept and disperse the borrowed funds to the retirement system. The legality of that is also under question.
Bankruptcy Judge Steven Rhodes postponed a hearing on Orr's plan until November.
When asked for comment on Goldberg's statements, Orr's spokesperson Bill Nowling said in an email, "The emergency manager's office does not comment on depositions outside of official court pleadings or hearings, nor does it verify or dispel allegations made by opposing counsel."
Goldberg said during the deposition Orr also revealed he knew nothing about what the city owes Wayne County. If a property in the city falls into tax foreclosure, the county pays whatever the amount of past taxes is due to the city and then puts the foreclosed property up for auction. If the auction sale does not earn the full amount of past due taxes, the city must then repay the difference between the amount it received from the county and the actual amount for which the property was sold. Since market value of city property is low and taxes are high, in most cases there is a big difference between what the property is sold for and what was due in past taxes. The difference is charged back to the city and becomes a debt.
Currently, Goldberg says, the city owes $82 million to the county for those charge backs. "Orr had no idea of what I was talking about — the charge backs," Goldberg says. "That's an $82 million budget item."
There is money to help the city make those payments, however, he says. Under the Obama stimulus plan, the state of Michigan received $500 million to deal with the housing crisis that triggered the banking crisis. "There is $200 million of that $500 million that is targeted to help property owners pay past due taxes," Goldberg said. "MSHDA controls it." Michigan State Housing Development Authority has spent only $25,000 of it, he said.
As reported here, Gov. Rick Snyder's office directed $13,000 of the MSHDA to the financially struggling Education Achievement Authority (EAA) in January 2013. The EAA is a district created by Snyder taking DPS students, buildings and funds to teach "failing children."


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Hurricane Gustav Slams Cuba's Tobacco Region
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Posted: September 1, 2008
Updated 5:09 p.m., Tuesday
Hurricane Gustav swept across Cuba's famed Pinar del Río tobacco growing region on August 30—with wind gusts as high as 200 miles per hour—collapsing thousands of tobacco curing barns, according to Cuban News Agency. It was the strongest storm to hit the island in 50 years.
Cuba reported no deaths due to Gustav, which was a category four storm at the time of landfall, with sustained winds of 140 miles per hour, but the storm ripped roofs off homes and was blamed for the collapse of nearly 3,500 tobacco curing barns, or casas de tobaccos, according to the report. Cuban officials evacuated thousands from the coast in western Cuba, which was in the storm's path. Hundreds of schools were damaged and 86,000 homes were destroyed or partially destroyed.
Sources in Cuba said that the winds were most powerful in the Viñales region of Cuba, and that the best growing areas on the island, San Juan and San Luis, were spared from the worst of the hurricane. None of the damaged barns were in San Juan or San Luis.
Tobacco farmers throughout the Caribbean and Central America typically do not plant during the hurricane season, and it was too early in the year for tobacco plants or even seedlings to be in the ground. Cuban workers were already out working on fixing the barns to prepare for the upcoming harvest.
Gustav weakened considerably as it moved north toward the United States, where it made landfall in southern Louisiana. Damage there was far less than originally feared. This afternoon, it was a tropical depression over Louisiana, Mississippi and Arkansas.
The storm has been blamed for more than 100 deaths since it formed on August 25.
Hurricanes have changed the history of the cigar industry. Hurricane Gilbert tore the roof off the Royal Jamaica factory in Jamaica in 1988, which resulted in the brand's production being moved to the Dominican Republic, and repeated hurricane strikes in the early 1990s devastated the Key West cigar industry.
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Alessandra's Art Direction: I want the main characters looking soulful, or at least sulky. I want the woman on the left missing her frontal lobes, but balance it out with piles of sausage curls on the woman below. Give the woman on the right a freakishly small body and no flesh on her arms, no ribcage, in fact no anatomy at all. Dress them in brightly colored Renaissance fair castoff costumes — don't forget the purple! Oh, and put in a horse because you do them so well. Make its wings as sloppy as you like; we're going to cover them with the title anyway.
Published 1978
13 Responses to "To Ride Pegasus"
A.R.Yngve Says:
January 16th, 2012 at 8:56 am
To match the cover "art", the book title above the author's name should simply be replaced with the words "TO BACKSTAB".
A.R.Yngve Says:
January 16th, 2012 at 8:58 am
Alternate cover blurb:
How much do our editors despise Anne McCaffrey? THIS much!"
THX 1138 Says:
January 16th, 2012 at 9:07 am
Don't tell me, they're all related, or look it. Even the horse, who's having a bad wing day.
Phil Says:
January 16th, 2012 at 11:32 am
It's a decent enough horse, but not much of a pegasus. Where exactly do the 'wings' attach? One of the women has a touch of the Jennifer Saunders.
Alessandra Kelley Says:
January 16th, 2012 at 11:51 am
I forgot to mention — It's four shortish stories, each about a telepath, and three of the main characters are women and really, really important. So be sure to put a man front and center and make the women look like his adjuncts.
Dead Stuff With Big Teeth Says:
January 16th, 2012 at 12:23 pm
@Alessandra: in his defense, he doesn't look so keen on being in the picture either. "Just pull me out so I can get on with me bloody day!"
Alessandra Kelley Says:
January 16th, 2012 at 12:36 pm
I have come to the conclusion that Darrell K. Sweet, the cover artist, must have been the nicest, friendliest guy, a really diligent worker, and a dream to work with. Because his art seems to be everywhere despite being … not so good. There has to be a reason.
fred Says:
January 16th, 2012 at 2:10 pm
Is that a fantasy cover or a prophecy predicting the entire Hairdini product line?
Tom Noir Says:
January 16th, 2012 at 3:02 pm
Less of a horse, more of a HORSESPLOSION!
Michael Toland Says:
January 16th, 2012 at 3:17 pm
Apparently Sweet passed away just a little over a month ago, at the age of 77.
B. Durbin Says:
January 16th, 2012 at 5:03 pm
Alessandra: I have heard reports that he was exactly as you describe, and that he gave a lot of work to charity.
I really, really need to put together my "Faces of Darrell K. Sweet" post. Because over the course of his career, he only did a few faces.
Power Hydrant Says:
January 16th, 2012 at 9:56 pm
Hey look, it's Dr. Orpheus from The Venture Bros.!
Hep C Says:
July 2nd, 2012 at 12:01 pm
Hey, there's Peggy Bundy on the cover!


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Solo Albums
GuruGanesha Band: Live In Concert
by GuruGanehsa with Paloma Devi, Hans Christian, Gurusangat Singh and Sat Kartar Singh
There are times when music becomes a truly transcendent experience, uniting performers and listeners in an ecstatic current of beauty and heartfelt emotion. Co-fronted by mantra music patriarch/guitarist/singer/songwriter GuruGanesha and gifted newcomer Paloma Devi, GuruGanesha Band rapturously spans multiple generations and a multitude of musical styles—from deeply meditative musical compositions that unfold like lotus petals to full-on bhakti rock and roll. These live recordings have an incredible energy that makes them delightfully different from the studio recordings.
- 1. Sunniay (Live)
- 2. Waho Waho Gobind Singh (Live)
- 3. Bright Star (Live)
- 4. One God (Live)
- 5. Om Gate (Live)
- 6. Mayray Meet Gurudayv (Live)
- 7. Re Man Eh Bidh Jog Kamao (Live)
- 8. A Thousand Suns (Live)
- 9. Hari Om (Live)
A Thousand Suns
by the GuruGanehsa Band introducing Paloma Devi
Debut album from the GuruGanesha Band with Paloma Devi Shines Brighter than A Thousand Suns.
Every once in a while an album comes along that elevates the world devotional music genre to new heights—propelling sacred mantras beyond the yoga studio and onto the international stage, where kirtan can proudly take its place alongside the finest pop, jazz or classical music. A Thousand Suns by the GuruGanesha Band with newcomer Paloma Devi is just such an album. Blessed with a profound sense of spiritual devotion and a high level of artistry, it is the very oceanlike nectar of infinite bliss rendered audible—an immensely satisfying and inspiring musical experience.
- 1. A Thousand Suns
- 2. Thy Will Be Done
- 3. Mayray Meet Gurdayv
- 4. Sri Ram
- 5. Waho Waho Gobind Singh
- 6. Mayra Piara
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Kundalini Surjhee
by GuruGanehsa featuring Tina Malia
If you have ever sat in the audience at one of his concerts, you know the gravitational pull of GuruGanesha's guitar carrying you deep into the soul of the music. On Kundalini Surjhee, he crystallizes that experience with the signature virtuosity of his savory guitar style. While many guitarists find it challenging to master a single style, GuruGanesha leads you from traditional raag to rock to blues and beyond. His guitar wizardry and soulful vocals alone could carry this album, but GuruGanesha brought in several other major world sacred music artists that break it through to another realm.
- 1. Bhaja Man Mere
- 2. Kundalini Surjhee
- 3. Bright Star
- 4. Aval Allah
- 5. Walk with the Lord
- 6. Mul Mantra II
- 7. You Can Make the Sun Shine
- 8. One God
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Joy Is Now
by GuruGanehsa and Snatam Kaur
Dynamic and joyful innovations demonstrating the infintely divine nature of musical possibilities. Joy is Now features compelling duets and kirtan call-response between GuruGanesha and Snatam Kaur, whose unforgettable voices create a counterpoint of masculine and feminine, strength and sweetness, earth and ether. GuruGanesha's signature guitar work enters new raag/jazz influenced realms in a sparkling conversation with a diverse ensemble of classical Indian insruments including sitar, sarod, esraj, flute and Indian violin.Purchase this album
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Pure Ganesh
by GuruGanehsa with Snatam Kaur
Journeying from intimate to expansive, Pure Ganesh showcases GuruGanesha Singh's signature guitar work and rich chant vocals. It also features the soaring vocal improvisations of Snatam Kaur. Recording Pure Ganesh exposed GuruGanesha to new levels of musical and spiritual development. 'A part of me is expressed through this album that has been dormant since 1972 when I essentially started focusing on backing up chanting with rhythm guitar instead of continuing to grow as a lead guitarist. My creativity as a guitarist has really come alive since I started playing with Snatam Kaur and has particularly come alive during the creation of this album. It's very exciting to realize that at age 55 my best years as a guitarist and musician are still ahead of me. I am now determined to realize my full potential before I leave this physical body and I feel like the sky is the limit.'Purchase this album
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Grateful Ganesh
by GuruGanesha
An album of uncompromising depth and richness, Grateful Ganesh brings morning Sadhana chants to the world with an intoxicating fullness. With each listening, the experience of this album is enhanced with the unveiling of another layer of its vocal harmonies and gifted instrumentation. But with the listening, one feels deeply compelled to chant along and join the experience. Entitled a chant celebration to greet the day, this album fulfills its promise.
- 1. Wah Yantee
- 2. The Mul Mantra
- 3. Sat Siri Siri Akal
- 4. Rakhe Rakhanhar
- 5. Wahe Guru Wahe Jio
- 6. Guru Ram Das Chant
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Collaborative Albums
Live in Concert
by Snatam Kaur with GuruGanesha Singh, Manish Vyas & Ram Dass
Recorded at concert halls, churches and yoga studios as Snatam Kaur and her ensemble traveled across North America, you'll hear performances which soar to the heights of these sacred spaces and find a home in the hearts of their audiences. Join in the magical experience of Snatam Kaur Live in Concert. Also includes a bonus DVD, Path of Peace, that intimately chronicles this tour.
- 1. Azure Salver
- 2. Ong Namo
- 3. Ong Sohung
- 4. Gobinda Hari
- 5. Adi Shakti
- 6. Shivohum
- 7. Aad Guray Nameh
Liberation's Door
by Snatam Kaur with GuruGanesha
After spending 2 years touring and writing new music, Snatam Kaur releases Liberation's Door, an album written and recorded as she experienced the magical creativity of her first pregnancy. This album builds on the fluid, soaring music that Snatam is known for, but raises it to a new level with her maternal energy unleashing a depth of emotion and richness beyond anything we've heard from Snatam before. Blending Gurmukhi mantra, Shabds (traditional Sikh prayers put to music) and the sweetest of songs, Snatam lays her heart and her devotion at the feet of the listener.
Snatam is joined by her longtime musical colleague, GuruGanesha Singh, on this album. GuruGanesha helped with the compositions and his guitar & support vocals bring incredible depth and breadth to the music. Manish Vyas also joins them on a few of the tracks with his voice like the sweetest of instruments dancing through the music.
Thomas Barquee's masterful production skills are on full display here as he blends cello, flute, tablas, keyboard, sarangi and GuruGanesha's signature guitar to cradle Snatam's crystalline voice which will carry your spirit straight to liberation's door.
- 1. Servant of Peace
- 2. Liberations Door - Mokh Duaar
- 3. Crimson
- 4. Mothers Blessing
- 5. Har Har Ram Das Guru Hai
- 6. Pritham Bhagautee
- 7. Charan Sat Sat
- 8. Ardas Bhaee
- 9. Cherdi Kalaa
by Snatam Kaur with GuruGanesha
Layers of keyboard, harmonium, tabla, violin, sarod, bass and the dancing flute of Manose create an incredible landscape behind Snatam's ethereal vocals. This album carries a mesage of profound bliss and joy.
- 1. Guru Ram Das Raakho Saranaa-ee
- 2. Paramaysareh (Transcendent Lord)
- 3. Jap Man Sat Nam
- 4. Anand (Bliss)
- 5. Ek Ong Kar Sat Nam
- 6. Kabir's Song
- 7. Mul Mantra
Feeling Good Today
by Snatam Kaur with GuruGanesha
Feeling Good Today makes mantra and music fun for kids of all ages. GuruGanesha along with Snatam Kaur's magical vocals as she leads a lively group of children through songs and mantras. Parents and children will love the universal messages and positive affirmations woven through this joyful music.
These songs have been sung around the world in Snatam Kaur's children's yoga workshops. Fulfilling years of fan requests, this recording specially for children is sure to be a favorite in the car, at home, or in class. Sing, dance, play and feel good today!
The music features Snatam Kaur's vocals filled with joy and innocence, GuruGanesha's lively inviting signature guitar, Ram Dass' rich clarinet, Thomas Barquee's bass and keyboards, and the fun-filled vocals of a beautiful children's choir. Krishan's playful production makes these mantras and songs instantly accessible to children, and they sure to become household favorites.
- 1. Feeling Good Today
- 2. The Sun Shines on Everyone
- 3. I Am Happy
- 4. Gobinday
- 5. Make the Love Grow
- 6. I Am the Light of My Soul
- 7. Sa Ta Na Ma
- 8. Adi Shakti
- 9. Long Time Sun
Carry Us Home
by Peace Family (GuruGanesha Singh, Snatam Kaur, and Livtar Singh)
In the heart of every song is a human being. Beautiful guitars, violin, ancient rhythms, and angelic voices are woven together with such love that by listening to this album or just having it play in your home or environment will bring blessings. To listen to Snatam is to enter a dream state that takes you beyond time and space. In this world of tension and stress, peace is just a click away when you experience the sounds and vibrations of this album. With backup from the other musicians of Peace Family, Snatam's voice and style of expression are unlike any you have heard before.
- 1. Golden Temple of Amritsar
- 2. Perfect Harmony
- 3. As It Is in Heaven
- 4. True Guru
- 5. Quiet Hero
- 6. Little Song
- 7. Sailin Through the Stars
- 8. We Are We
A Game of Chants
by Guru Singh joined by Seal with GuruGanesha and Thomas Barquee
It's now the 21st century and our rapidly shrinking planet has no more time to live without 'peace of mind' or 'peace on Earth'. We can't continue to characterize differences between people based on old paradigms of race, religion, culture or gender. A game of chance is a game of fate, played with cards of doubt, fear and mistrust. A Game of Chants is a game of destiny played with a sense of inner peace, awareness of natural ecology and human togetherness. In this game we create joy with sound.
- 1. Fortunate
- 2. I Am
- 3. Wahe Guru
- 4. Aap Sahaee
- 5. Humee Hum
- 6. Wah Yantee
- 7. Guru Ram Das
- 8. Rise Up
by Nirinjan Kaur with GuruGanesha, Manish Vyas, Hans Christian, John Wubbenhorst and Victor DeLorenzo
Nirinjan's first Spirit Voyage release is a masterful production by Hans Christian. Nirinjan Kaur has created an incredible collection of rich, powerful and deeply moving Kundalini chants, Gurbani kirtan and devotional songs wrapped in layers of cello, acoustic guitar, bansuri flute, sarangi, sitara, nyckelharpa, tablas and more.
With a stellar cast of musicians including GuruGanesha Singh, Manish Vyas, Hans Christian, John Wubbenhorst and Victor DeLorenzo, this album is not only a sacred journey but also a musical masterpiece.
- 1. Jai Tegang
- 2. Triple Mantra
- 3. Treasure of Bliss
- 4. Aap Sahaaee Hoaa
- 5. Re Man
- 6. Har Singh Nar Singh
- 7. Heal Me
- 8. Kaval Nain
Power Mantras for Transformtion & Healing
by GuruGanesha
The Mul Mantra contains the root sounds of all effective mantras. Chanting this mantra (aloud, in a whisper, or mentally), will deliver us to the core of our being. Just listen or chant along.Purchase this album
by Peace Family (GuruGanesha, Snatam Kaur, and Livtar Singh)
Turn off your clocks, disconnect your phone and prepare to leave your cares behind. This album by Peace Family will take you to a state of bliss. It is a constantly shifting blend of beautiful voices, intricate guitar work and compelling percussion. Each selection has a story, sound and energy all its own. The title song, "Reunion", tells the story of the Spirit of Khalsa, or Pure Ones, reaching out from the past to be felt in the present. Snatam's lead vocal and the back-up vocals of Livtar and GuruGanesha are haunting and enchanting. When the group shifts into repetition of the mantra for spiritual ecstasy (Wha Guru), the effect is mesmerizing.
Train to Amritsar
by Gurudass with GuruGanesha
Amritsar, India is the home of the Golden Temple and a place of pilgrimage for spiritual seekers from all over the world. Built by the Sikh Guru Ram Das, this holy city and temple have uplifted peoples of all faiths for centuries. Taking the train to Amritsar is the beginning of a journey that takes you to the source of eternal inspiration and to experiences of life-affirming faith. Listening to the spiritual songs and music of Train to Amritsar transports you to a space where you can share in the experience of making this spiritual journey.
- 1. Miracle of Guru Ram Das
- 2. I am I am
- 3. Never Surrender
- 4. Gift from Guru Ram Das
- 5. Ballad of Guru Ram Das
- 6. Never Again
- 7. A Miracle
- 8. Train to Amritsar
- 9. Love is the Answer


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Start ups and small businesses are a growing trend nowadays but they can be rather risky when you're stepping into the market for the first time. Although there are many entrepreneurs emerging all over the world, making a successful business is difficult.
Nonetheless, the success stories of most businesses has many people clamoring to their work table to work out kinks in their ideas and get a smart business going, Everyone loves to be their own boss. On the other hand, for someone just entering the business, there's plenty of room to slip up somewhere and if you're not careful, it can be a large fall down hill.
Although there are many businesses that are successful, what you don't hear is how many businesses that have to sell out or throw in the towel completely. However, many entrepreneurs have nailed it down to an art and if you're looking to start a small business, here are a few tips regarding what you should not do when starting out:
Don't Start Without A Good Amount of Capital
It's very tempting to just start a small business and just jump right in. However, don't expect to be rolling around in money any time soon. A new business can actually require a lot of capital to be invested in it before it can be start earning enough revenue to to keep itself afloat. Self-sustaining businesses are the ones that can eventually grow but if you're always near the red line, you can't grow and your business has a rather stunted growth. Make sure you have enough capital stashed away that you can safely use to boost the business's growth in one way or another.
Don't Avoid Testing Out the Market
You can't be sure that your business's products will be meeting the audience you targeted. Most business's aim at meeting a need and you can't be sure there's a demand for your product. So one of the easiest ways to do this is to test the market. Give away a few freebies or set up a stall in a farmer's market etc. While many businesses do not see the point of this, this is actually a marketing trip that not only helps you establish your presence but also helps you to see how people are responding to the products you will eventually be catering on a larger scale.
Don't Start Out Without Making a Polished Online Presence
This is really a bit of a no-brainer. Since people are turning to the internet more and more nowadays, having an online presence can make a huge difference in a business's sales and reputation. Not having an online presence can be considered rather old fashioned too so it's not a good thing. Plus with online stores and internet shopping becoming so popular, you can generate a good amount of revenue which can go towards your capital. Furthermore, when you're starting out, lack of resources can be a real problem when it comes to marketing and having an online presence can really meet your needs. Additionally, you can also purchase a website or hire a designer at really affordable prices nowadays.
Don't Shirk on Your Duties
Many people start an online business because they would love to be their own bosses. They're also pretty tired of the 9-5 routine and having a personal business could also mean that they get to work at their own pace. However, don't get disillusioned by that. Running a business means that a large portion of the responsibilities rest on your shoulders. Your business is only as good as the amount of time you invest in it. Apart from having ready capital, you also need to have ready time to make it work.
Furthermore, the more time you put into the business the more it'll flourish. That's why, you'll see that you might actually be putting in longer hours during your initial stages then your employees. It's all very well and nice to dream of working four days a week but unless your business's growth and your work force are at par with each other, you won't be able to get to enjoy that dream anytime soon.
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Usually it's Snooki or The Situation getting into fights on "Jersey Shore" -- but last night, it was unsuspecting Sammi Giancola!
She may go by Sammi "Sweetheart," but during Thursday night's episode she was anything but, getting into a massive brawl with another girl at club Bamboo.
No other cast members were involved in the fight, which started after the other chick pulled Sammi's hair.
"You dont yank my new weave that I just got," the guidette explained to the cameras after the blowout, which had her and her foe wailing on each other while rolling around the ground of the club.
Giancola got booted from the club, but was pretty proud of herself after -- screaming "It was me against the world!" as they walked home.
Check out the battle above!
When have we had enough with this train wreck type of TV programing?
I wanna know who did it and why did they do it???? That's what I want to know. Cowards.
I LOVE Sammi - she is SUCH a pig 24/7. I think this whole group of ignorant Guidos should taste the dumbest soul that moment can NOT buy TASTE - these people are the Jersey equivalent of Trailer Park White Trash. I LOVE when we get to meet the gang's families, the dumb, ugly moms and dads and bros and sisters and uncles.When I need to visit my family in Georgetown, Washington D.C., the WORSE part of the trip is driving the NJ Turnpike. It and ALL of Jersey is so ugly it can not be described - up near Manhattan, there are huge tanks of oil and gas, as flames burning 24/7 - it's like the end of the word, but sadly it's really the beginning of NJ lol/
I truly felt that the other girl should have been the one kick out of the club. She doesn't even know Sammi so why is she picking a fight with her. What the point of pulling someone hair unless you are trying to pick a fight?
LOL Guido POWER. Gosh we are wasting any american talent we have left.
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Okay, I think Red5 and Tdol are busy discussing how much should it charge now. 8)
Are you ready for 130 new posters?
Chinese students will post their resumes and cover letters asking for help with corrections.
Okay, I think Red5 and Tdol are busy discussing how much should it charge now. 8)
I would advise starting up a thread on the subject, rather than just putting upso much for correction, as it would be a huge amount at one time.
I for one will not be correcting resumes.Originally Posted by tdol
I don't understand 'for one'.Originally Posted by Casiopea
I for one don't like the idea of 'resume', I think the interviewer should give every job applicants the equal chance and not just evaluate one's performance by glancing his resume. Resumes are dead, and we are so alive.
Getting to know a stranger, resume isn't a bad way though. :wink:
LOL!Originally Posted by blacknomi
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Speaking for myself, not for the group (i.e., I for one). :DOriginally Posted by blacknomi
I don't know you can laugh.Originally Posted by Red5
I always put an equal sign between you and indifference. 8)
I was laughing because we have no plans like that.Originally Posted by blacknomi
Webmaster, UsingEnglish.com
You should set up a marketplace and book bids for correction contracts :wink:


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Do you want to know
why it seems like good jobs are very rare in the
One of the biggest
expenses that any corporation faces is labor. Large corporations all over the
globe are in an endless race to gain a competitive advantage by pushing labor
costs as low as possible. Sometimes this is done by using technology.
Computers, automation, robotics and other
forms of technology have eliminated millions of jobs in the
As a result, there
is increased competition for the jobs that remain in the
So how exactly did
the authors of the paper mentioned above come to the conclusion that only 24.6
percent of all jobs in the
Well, they had three criteria for what a "good job" is …
1] The job must pay at least $18.50 an hour. According to the authors, that is the equivalent of the median hourly pay for American workers back in 1979 after you adjust for inflation.
2] The job must provide access to employer-sponsored health insurance, and the employer must pay at least some portion of the cost of that insurance.
3] The job must provide access to an employer-sponsored retirement plan.
Using those
criteria, the authors of the study found that only 24.6 percent of all jobs in
So why are there so few good jobs in this country?
Is it because we aren't educated enough?
No, the authors of
the study found that 34 percent of all
So what is the problem?
Sadly, the truth is
that in a global economy
In the
So for big corporations it makes a lot of sense to move jobs to countries where there is very little red tape and where you can pay workers next to nothing.
Neither major political party is doing anything to stop our economy from bleeding good jobs, and so it will continue happening.
To get an idea of
just how bad the unemployment situation has gotten in the
The U-6 rate includes "discouraged" workers that have given up on looking for a job and it also includes those that have part-time jobs but that really would like full-time jobs.
When you look at the U-6 rate, the increase in unemployment from just 5 years ago is absolutely staggering. The following is from a recent CNBC article ...
Those numbers compare especially unfavorably to the national rate, high in itself at 14.9 percent though off its record peak of 17.2 percent in October 2009.
Those often being
hit the hardest are those just entering the labor market. For example, about 53
percent of all
Most of the jobs
that are available for young college graduates (or for the rest of us for that
matter) are crappy low paying jobs that often come with no
benefits. In the
So can you pay the rent and support a family on ten dollars an hour?
Of course not.
But these kinds of
jobs are becoming more of a part of the labor market in the
Three decades ago,
less than 30% of all jobs in the
Now, more than 40%
of all jobs in the
Will it soon be 50 percent?
Sadly, many Americans are just thankful to be able to find any job at all. There are millions of workers out there that have become so frustrated that they have given up on finding a job entirely.
Something has gone horribly, horribly wrong.
Well, if the economy is not producing enough good jobs, could starting your own business be the answer?
Unfortunately, our politicians absolutely love to swamp our small businesses with taxes, rules and regulations.
If a small business can somehow survive our politicians, then it must also somehow find a way to survive competition from the giant predator corporations that ruthlessly dominate our economy.
When you consider how much is stacked against our small businesses, it becomes easy to understand why they are doing so badly today.
For example, it was
recently revealed that the
But small businesses did not just suffer during the recession. The truth is that they have been hurting for a long, long time.
In fact, the percentage of Americans that are self-employed fell by more than 20 percent between 1991 and 2010.
And small businesses are creating jobs at a much lower rate than they did previously.
In 2010, the number
of jobs created at new businesses in the
So needless to say, we are facing some major problems.
The way that our
economic system is structured is absolutely killing American workers and it is
absolutely killing small businesses in the
If we continue on the path that we are on, things are going to get even worse.
Do you have a solution for these problems? …


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Jeff & I are currently working from the west coast, enjoying all the grass-fed, pasture raised, locally sourced, organic EVERYTHING California has to offer. Living on the west coast definitely has it's advantages!
Our home base is currently Redondo Beach, so we also have easy access to seafood. As I was trying to decide what recipe to share next, I thought Paleo Crab Stuffed Portobello Mushrooms were fitting (even though I made these when we were still home, in Chicago).
Between Thanksgiving and Christmas we took a road trip south to spend some time in the always-sunny (no joke!) Florida. When we came home I had only a few days to finalize my Christmas menu, shop for ingredients to refill the fridge and then clean everything back up again before we left in January. So that meant I couldn't go crazy stocking up on veggies when I went shopping.
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Any new sites up after this weekend's results? I looked w/ no luck. Go Gators.
Aaron Fitt on Baseball America is calling the TAMU/UF game an elimination game, but he doesn't really have anything to base it on other than feeling.
If we don't make the tournament, the team only has itself to blame. We finished the season with 2 winnable series against Auburn and Georgia, and we lost both series. Win at least one of the series and we are probably comfortably in the tournament.
Perfect Game still has UF as a 3 seed in Tallahassee....and not listed as among the last 5 in
Watch out for those conference tournament upsets. Every time someone like Nebraska wins a conference tournament, that knocks a bubble team out. Just go win it all in Hoover.
The bottom line is that nobody really knows for sure at this point. The consistency in the committee from year to year hasn't really been established over time in baseball like it has in basketball, and there is still isn't enough widespread coverage of the sport that people can fairly compare teams. I'd be willing to bet that some analysts and possibly even members of the selection committee haven't seen one pitch of a BYU or UC Santa Barbara baseball game this year, yet they're two of the teams we'd be competing against for a bubble spot.
We could get in. We could not get in. If we do, great. Take advantage of the opportunity. If we don't, well then we should've played better baseball and won some more games.
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Gotta like that draw.....UF has won last 2 matchups vs the two teams they likely face
Pretty sure if we get in then Tally will be the destination
We are undefeated in Tallahassee in all 3 major sports. I'd love to see us beat the Noles in their own regional. Of course we have to make it in first.
I just don't see how we get in unless we win 2-3 in the tourney, we would play vandy in game 2....I just don't see it. I hope I am wrong.
A & M turned around and beat Vandy yesterday. If it truly was between us and them, we're done. I'm not sure that was the case though. What we need is for there to be no small conference upsets in the 1 bid leagues. We need teams like Campbell and Mercer to win their conference tournaments.
yeah, a team like campbell is 'in'....
I am sorry to say but I honestly don't see how you guys make it to the tournament this year, in 2011 we had an overall record of 36-20, but had a losing conf. record of 13-17 and the NCAA told us to stay home.
Am I in some kind of time warp here?
lol, we refuse to acknowledge certain events we find unpleasant
must have been a delayed post....or, you know how you reckon time differently as you get older...
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Some of the latest projections. UF & AU still a 2 seed in a couple of those..Hmmm
SE Baseball (5/22)
College Baseball Daily (5/22)
Chasing Omaha (5/22)
College Baseball Nation (5/23)
Perfect Game (5/20)
College Baseball Nation has us the first teams out.http://www.collegebaseballnation.net/2013/05/cbn-regional-projections-24.html
Teams for UF to cheer against
B1G: Ohio State/Nebraska winner (would have to beat Indiana twice - unlikely).
Big 12: Kansas/TCU/WVU pod winner (will face KSU/OU for auto bid)
CAA: Northeastern/Towson (Northeastern plays W&M for the right to face Towson, who has to lose twice to miss auto bid. SEBaseball already factors Towson win into bracket though)
CUSA: Memphis/USM (Simple...home team Rice needs to beat Memphis today and USM tomorrow to prevent bid theft)
Sun Belt: Arkansas State (longshot about to get finished off by FAU, it appears)


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