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The stars are being put back up in the sky at Milwaukee's Avalon Theater.
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1 International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Paris, France
2 London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
3 Medecins sans Frontieres, Medical Department, Operational Research Unit, Brussels Operational Center, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
4 Management Sciences for Health, Accra, Ghana
5 KNCV Kenya Office, PO Box 27789, Nairobi, Kenya
6 National Tuberculosis Control Programme, Community Health Science Unit, Lilongwe, Malawi
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8 Department of HIV and AIDS, Ministry of Health, Malawi
9 ITECH, Malawi and University of Washington, Seattle, USA
BMC Public Health 2011, 11:593 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-11-593Published: 27 July 2011
In Malawi, high case fatality rates in patients with tuberculosis, who were also co-infected with HIV, and high early death rates in people living with HIV during the initiation of antiretroviral treatment (ART) adversely impacted on treatment outcomes for the national tuberculosis and ART programmes respectively. This article i) discusses the operational research that was conducted in the country on cotrimoxazole preventive therapy, ii) outlines the steps that were taken to translate these findings into national policy and practice, iii) shows how the implementation of cotrimoxazole preventive therapy for both TB patients and HIV-infected patients starting ART was associated with reduced death rates, and iv) highlights lessons that can be learnt for other settings and interventions.
District and facility-based operational research was undertaken between 1999 and 2005 to assess the effectiveness of cotrimoxazole preventive therapy in reducing death rates in TB patients and subsequently in patients starting ART under routine programme conditions. Studies demonstrated significant reductions in case fatality in HIV-infected TB patients receiving cotrimoxazole and in HIV-infected patients about to start ART. Following the completion of research, the findings were rapidly disseminated nationally at stakeholder meetings convened by the Ministry of Health and internationally through conferences and peer-reviewed scientific publications. The Ministry of Health made policy changes based on the available evidence, following which there was countrywide distribution of the updated policy and guidelines. Policy was rapidly moved to practice with the development of monitoring tools, drug procurement and training packages. National programme performance improved which showed a significant decrease in case fatality rates in TB patients as well as a reduction in early death in people with HIV starting ART.
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I've got one posted at Leaguecraft that I hadn't updated since before the Spirit Visage buff.
I'd appreciate some upvotes if you like my guide.
Basically, I try to show how Mundo's item build is adaptable based on what your enemy team is. Spirit Visage is of course a must, and then you can go Stark's Fervor->Frozen Mallet for raw damage Mundo or go Aegis of the Legion -> Force of Nature/Sunfire Cape for unkillable stays-in-battle-forever Mundo.
Skilling, I suggest going Q/E/E/Q/W/R for your first 6 levels. Two ranks in Cleaver is a must as 1 just isn't good enough for helping you get last hits on creeps and the damage it gives over 1 rank makes it something enemies will actively try to avoid whereas only 1 rank does pitiful damage beyond level 3. Burning Agony does too much damage with even just 1 rank to ignore before everyone starts rolling around with their ultimates. Beyond that, max Masochism, then Burning Agony, then finally Cleaver.
I also discuss briefly lane partners. Basically, my top two to roll with Mundo are Taric or Nidalee. (I always recommend playing Mundo with a healer just so that they have someone with a Spirit Visage to doll out ridiculous heals to.) I also suggest a couple people to laneswap against (basically anyone with a way to stop your health regen). That entire section will grow eventually but that's all I've got on there for now.
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My first "Sculpting in Clay" blog was posted November 2010, a few short months after arriving in Augusta, and my last blog as president will be published sometime between now and June 30. I sincerely appreciate your giving me the opportunity over these past five years to share my thoughts with you in this forum, and thank the many who have turned this blog into a dialogue by sharing your thoughts, in turn, with me.
Many of my posts have been explorations of Leadership — a subject I find essential to understand as we face the challenges of an ever more complex world. And one I spent a lot of time reflecting on while coming to the decision to step down as president of this great institution.
When I was offered the position of president back in early 2010, I understood I would be leading the institution through a period of change and transformation. Initially, the changes only involved the health system and health sciences university: I was charged with creating an integrated health system aligned with the university and with expanding the state's public academic health center mission and footprint to better serve Georgia's growing need for medical professionals and the health care they would deliver throughout the region and state.
But the transformational challenges continued to grow … Within a year and a half of my arrival — with the first charge still a work in progress — I was selected to lead the consolidation of two universities in Augusta.
There are times in the life of every institution, community, region, and nation when we must act and fully embrace transformative change, hard as it is. With rapidly changing environments in both higher education and health care, we were, without a doubt, in one of those historic moments of change. I was privileged to lead such change … and tremendously fortunate to build a stellar leadership team, and to have faculty, staff and administrators who rolled up their sleeves and together tackled a monumental task on a near-impossible schedule.
And, together, we did it. What we have accomplished has been no less than extraordinary:
- Successfully consolidating ASU and GHSU to create GRU, one of Georgia's four public comprehensive universities.
- Creating a closely aligned, integrated and successful health system, to be part of Georgia's only public academic health center.
- Improving student success, raising the 6-year undergraduate graduation rates and dramatically increasing the number of new freshman that successfully complete 15 credit hours or more per semester.
- Building our research profile by earning funding of over $106 million in FY14, the highest research funding in the history of the institutions, during the worst funding environment in decades and moving our Cancer Center towards NCI designation.
- Revitalizing philanthropy, nearly tripling yearly contributions, and achieving the largest donation to a capital project in the university's history and, separately, the largest philanthropic gift ever given to a public institution in Georgia.
- Implementing an aggressive approach to improving campus respect and tolerance around diversity and inclusion, efforts that have garnered significant national attention.
- Obtaining funding and philanthropic support for the construction of over $200 million in new building space.
- Partnering with industry to find ways to improve the quality and lower the costs of care offered by our health system, resulting in our 15-year $300 million health care alliance with Philips and our 14-year $400 million agreement with Cerner, which are national models for innovation.
- And just this December we were awarded a Certificate of Need for a new Hospital in Columbia County, the largest county in Georgia without an acute care hospital.
- And much more ….
I am tremendously proud of today's Georgia Regents University, and immensely grateful to the hundreds, if not thousands of you who contributed so much to get us where we are today. And I have no doubt we are headed for even greater things tomorrow.
But in recent months as I reflected on my own role, I realized I needed to consider not only what is best for my family and for me, but what is best for the university and health system. And I concluded that, just as there is a time to take the helm and embrace dramatic transformation, there is a time to make room for new leadership — to give someone else the opportunity to take our successes to the next level. And that time has come.
The distinguished history and solid foundation of GRU's legacy institutions were built by generations of previous leaders, upon whose shoulders I stood when it came my turn. And I have enormous confidence that our leadership team and the strength of the foundation we have all built together will provide the next president ample shoulders from which he or she will launch the next exciting phase in our institution's history.
Which of the following clusters of college experiences best predict graduates' life-long satisfaction in work and overall feelings of well-being?
- Having a strong friend network, being actively engaged in student life, and being close enough to family to visit regularly;
- Having a professor who excites them about learning, feeling that professors care about them as a person, and having a mentor who encourages them to pursue their goals and dreams;
- Active involvement in extracurricular activities, having an internship where they can apply their classroom learning, and working on long-term projects over the course of a semester or longer;
- Attending an Ivy League college; majoring in engineering, science, or business; and developing multiple connections with professionals in the career they want to pursue.
According to a recent Gallop survey of college graduates, the answer is (2). In fact, graduates who said they had all three — a professor who excited them about learning, the feeling that professors cared about them as a person, and a mentor who encouraged them to pursue their goals and dreams — were more than twice as likely to report they were engaged in their work and were thriving in their overall well-being as those who did not.
Unfortunately, while 63 percent of graduates reported having a professor that fostered excitement about learning, significantly fewer (27 percent) felt professors cared about them personally, and only one in five reported having a mentor. A faculty mentor, of course, would likely provide a student all three benefits in one person.
There is much research that supports the value of individual mentoring in school and at work. A 2011 brief under the auspices of the Institute for Higher Education Policy reviewed available research and concluded, "Mentoring is a valuable strategy to provide students with the emotional and instrumental support students need to achieve the goal of a college degree."
What exactly is a "mentor"? There are many definitions, but the same study found common characteristics include a learning partnership between a more experienced and a less experienced individual; a process involving emotional and instrumental (e.g., providing information and coaching) functions; and a relationship whose impact increases over time.
All three elements were present in an inspiring real-life mentoring example described in the Summer 2014 issue of our alumni magazine, GRavity. Dr. Rico Short, one of our inaugural Jag 20 honorees, recounted how a mentoring relationship with an MCG alumnus, Dr. Isaac Hadley, dramatically altered the trajectory of his life. The relationship began when Short was in high school — the son of a single parent textile mill worker with few role models and low expectations for improving his lot in life —and continued through college, dental school, career start up, and to the current day. I encourage you to read the story, if you haven't already.
It is clear that mentoring benefits the individual mentee. However, the benefits of mentoring are bidirectional. Imagine how gratified Dr. Hadley feels about his role in Dr. Short's life. One of the most gratifying parts of my own 35 years in academics has been the happy opportunity to mentor dozens of young individuals not only in their development as scientists, but also in their professional and personal lives. It is a wonderfully rewarding experience and one that I miss most dreadfully.
Today we face a paucity of trained and dedicated mentors who fully understand the mentor role. Mentoring isn't simply having students or trainees follow you around, watching your every move. While observation is fundamental to human learning, mentoring goes far beyond that. Mentors work to foster the development of an independent and self-sufficient career rather than develop acolytes, "mini-mes," or clones. Effective mentors consider not only the professional career of their mentees, but also their human/personal needs. Mentors must be available for formal and regularly scheduled meetings with their mentees as well as informal discussions as the need arises. Mentors must hold mentees accountable and provide regular, clear, and honest feedback.
Most of all, mentors must have experience, desire, and … TIME! And in this era of declining resources and increasing faculty clinical, research, teaching, and administrative burdens, time is often the greatest challenge. But it is a challenge that we in higher education must address deliberately and proactively, as the future of the next generation — not to mention our national scientific and educational competitiveness — may well rest on being able to identify, engage, and train sufficient numbers of effective mentors to make the critical difference.
As an educational institution, we have an important role to play in developing a workforce that contributes to the economic strength and growth of our community, region, and state. Mentoring can be an effective tool to enhance our workforce development efforts, providing one-on-one support to the individuals who will become the economic, cultural, and social drivers of our future.
As we begin a new semester and a new year, I encourage all faculty, staff, and students to seek out mentoring opportunities — both professionally and academically, as both potential mentors and mentees —within our organization and in our community. Everyone has something to offer those who are coming behind you. Let us all reach back so that —together — we will all move forward.


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I really dont believe on Witchcraft, from my point of view is just fiction on......
NO YOU DON WANA HURT PEOPLE WITH MAGIC OR WITCH CRAFT...it is verry bad...why not do somehitng good???
but you can do certain things with it...
I like being a witch but it can get tough...my famly dosen't like it alot...
there are no raindrops on roses but there are still tears in my eyes...
I really dont believe on Witchcraft, from my point of view is just fiction on......
To see is to believe....thats how witchcraft can be proved....
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Before I would like to rant...
I'd first like to ask the biggest question to top off all debates and discussions:
What does it have to do with you?
If you can answer that question, I'm fine with people posting in this topic.
Most people enter discussions and debates without even having ANYTHING to do with it in the first place. The person originally in the serious discussion, who was deeply affected by it, would then be either offended or turned away from it, because people who had no right to barge into a topic that does not deal with them, has entered it... much like how rich people complain about the poor, when it's the poor's problems. Unless they were once poor and understand them, the "poor" find the "rich" extremely aggravating as they complain of lives that don't even corrolate with their's.
What does it have to do with me?
Well, in a general view, of which you seek my everyday life and actions of which can be seen and is my public, not private, life... it has nothing to do with me.
What of the private matter?
The most I physically do in the private life about withcraft, is talk about it and ponder about it.
However... what about something that's worth placing my comment here?
To shove people who don't belong within the conversation, to ponder about something that does associate with them.
So what does it matter to me that I'm joining this conversation?
And why would those who are deeply afflicted by it allow me to?
Because I am one who understands, as well as respects such a topic.
Most do not one, the other, or both.
Now that introductions are done...
Witchcraft is as much fiction as is all facts are.
We determine hardcore facts over consistency.
And THAT is a fact.
The sun will rise tomorrow, because it has yesterday.
That is just the same as "We determined that this chemical is created by two opposing bases, because it was created by those two last time." ...
So... how trustworthy is your microscope?
As trustworthy as it is consistent.
If it were to fail once, you'd just find it odd... because it was right before.
And what of the supernatural?
May I then mention the definition of supernatural?
In one:
1. of, pertaining to, or being above or beyond what is natural; unexplainable by natural law or phenomena; abnormal. -Dictionary.com
It's easy to derive it here: ABNORMAL.
And wouldn't it be abnormal if something was not consistant?
^_^ And there's my first point.
Already, it cannot fit into our rule of "facts".
Witchcraft is supernatural, and henceforth, cannot be judged by facts.
Nor can it be named one.
What it is, is what it is.
We have not yet found an instrument that can weight our souls, nor we could measure the size of heaven, and never will we be able to make the spirits be seen with scopes whenever we wish to.
All we get, are the physical...
Magnetic fields, gases, disturbed energies and temperatures...
But we could never catch what makes it "SUPERNATURAL"... and THAT, is what makes it supernatural.
Something we cannot measure by our facts.
Whether it EXISTS or not, is the question you seek.
^_^ That, we cannot determine. We can only experience.
Obviously, there are those who are con-artists when it comes to magic. All our magicians these days are tricksters and entertainers!
So why expect a human to create abnomalities for you that is real, when you are at your 8th birthday party?
... the point of the "fact" is... none of you can say it does not exist, unless you have searched all of the universe for it.
You cannot say something does not exist in this world, unless it is of your own creation.
Anyone can say something exists in this universe or the next.
But to say something does not exist is to dismiss all of creation itself!
To say that you are all-knowing, to KNOW it does not exist.
To say that you know it exists, is just as foolish.
But to respect the fact that it CAN exist, is not.
To say there is a possibility that it cannot exist, is to doubt, and to doubt is a punishment itself. It's as if 80% of the people doubted you existed just because you don't like to get out in the morning. So when 30% of the world saw you come out at 3 AM, 9% of them doubted and erased your "coming out" from their minds... 20% of them ranted like mad maniacs because someone who shouldn't exist is there now! And 1% of them just didn't give a crap and thought "if it does, it does, I don't care"...
Sadly, the most respected in there, are the 1%...
To doubt.
Is to blind yourself.
^_^ As for me?
Seperate from this entire rant.
I do believe withcraft exists.
And I do believe there are falsities existing as well:
Those who believe they cause witchcraft, but are actually just a bunch of goths hallucinating.
It's just the same as everything else.
"Truth" (/Existance) and Lies...
But... in accordance with the "moral standards"...
I stand in the idea that witchcraft is harmful to the mind, spirit, and body.
As much try to protect the ideas of witchcraft, those who have stayed inside it, have either disappeared, died an unnatural cause of disease, or are found as "crazy hags"... ... or if they are well, there is something disturbing them.
It isn't good for a person, and never shall it be.
For what cause?
Perhaps that is the pact made within it.
Perhaps it was never meant to be held.
Or perhaps the elements are diseased... and seeing that they derive power from the elements, they too, become ill.
I won't joke by saying I know why.
I don't.
If it were good, it'd be practiced as healthily as Tai Chi...
... that's all I have to say.
ya i think its real if u belive in it
If I believed that my Sprite was a Jelly Sandwich... it would be.
Logically, I'm just changing the name and confusing the brain into making the sensories feel and taste things that aren't really there.
But no matter what my brain and body knows and feels, that does not remove the right of existance of my sprite. My sprite shall be a sprite no matter what because it is what it is unless it truly wishes to change it.
We can't force an existance to change or become true because we will it. We aren't gods, we are only the product of things, not the producers. When we wish something to exist, we WORK for it to exist, not just BELIEVE in it to exist.
I tried the same for a perfect test score, that did not work.
There are things in this world mortals must never try.I know how witch/wizard craft can be use as White,Red,Blue,Green,grey,black magic I don't know if there is more.I know there are diffrent types colored like above but there is also left hand and right hand magic too.Sooner or later anyone who use's it will suffer for it because they messed up 1 single thing.


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A diagnostic system and method for a valve, especially a check valve of a positive displacement pump, including at least one solid-borne sound sensor is provided. A first value of a parameter of a sound signal recorded in the closed state of the valve and a second value of a parameter of a sound signal recorded in the open state of a valve are determined essentially. A signal indicating a disturbance is issued if the deviation between the first value and the second value exceeds a predefined threshold value, resulting in particularly good insensitivity.
1. A diagnostic system for a check valve of a positive displacement pump having a solid-borne sound sensor, comprising:
a calculating device configured to calculate a first operative sound level of a first value of a first operative sound signal recorded in a first state of the valve induced during operation of the pump and to determine a second operative sound level of a second value of a second operative sound signal recorded in a second state of the valve induced during operation of the pump, wherein the first sound value is determined based on a current sound signal recorded in the first state of the valve and the second sound value is determined based on a last sound signal recorded in the second state of the valve, the last sound signal being a half period delayed and stored;
a determining device configured to determine a relevant state of the valve via an auto correlation; and
a signal output that displays a fault if a deviation between the first sound level determined for the first state of the valve and the second sound level determined for the second state of the valve exceeds a pre-determinable threshold value,
wherein the sensor measures solid borne sound and records the sound signals.
2. The diagnostic system in accordance with
3. The diagnostic system in accordance with
4. The diagnostic system in accordance with
The invention relates to a diagnostic system as well as to a diagnostic method for a valve, especially a check valve of a positive displacement pump.
This application is the US National Stage of International Application No. PCT/EP2004/005193, filed May 14, 2004 and claims the benefit thereof. The International Application claims the benefits of German application No. 10322194.8 DE filed May 16, 2003, both of the applications are incorporated by reference herein in their entirety.
In many areas of process control and energy technology the fault-free operation of a system depends on the smooth functioning of the control and check valves used. To avoid cost-intensive, irregular interruptions to operation, damage to valves should where possible be detected right at the outset, that is before a failure of the valve can result in a shutdown of the plant. For example defective valve seats result in leakage flows which generate a wideband sound emission. Recording and evaluation of the sound emission of a valve can thus be used for early detection of valve damage. Since valve faults can lead to damage and resultant high costs a diagnosis, possibly with automatic recording and programmable evaluation of the faults, is of great benefit. Statistical evaluations of the diagnostic data can be used both for optimizing the maintenance process and for timely replacement of a damaged valve as well as for qualitative assessment and classification by the valve manufacturer or for assessment of the suitability of particular valves for different types of process.
A diagnostic system is known from DE 199 24 377 A1 for a valve which can be actuated by a position controller via a drive, which features a device for recording, storage and evaluation of solid-borne sound spectra measured at the valve. To make an especially reliable valve diagnosis possible a solid-borne sound spectrum of recorded for a slightly open, intact valve can be stored in the device for recording, storage and evaluation. For diagnosis a solid-borne sound spectrum recorded for a closed valve is compared to the spectrum stored and the similarity is employed as a criterion for the lack of seal of the valve. The known diagnostic method has the disadvantage that an exact positionability of the closing element is required so that a comparison spectrum for a slightly open, intact valve can be recorded for simulation of a valve leakage. It is thus not applicable to a plurality of valve types, for example check valves for positive displacement pumps.
A further diagnostic system is known from EP 0 637 713 A1 for regulation and cut-off valves. The sound level is measured during the operation of the valve with a solid-borne sound sensor. This is compared with the sound level previously recorded for the good state for a new valve and stored as a reference value. If the deviation between current state and good state exceeds a predetermined limit value an alarm is triggered. This known method is associated with the following disadvantages:
The sound level measured in the good state is predominantly caused by plant noises which for example are coupled in via pipe connections. These can change after calibration. If they become larger there is a possibility of a false alarm being triggered. If the plant noises become smaller during the course of operation this leads to a reduction in measurement sensitivity since the threshold value predetermined was too high. In addition the measurement of the sound level in the good state involves additional expenditure during commissioning. With operating conditions which vary greatly for the valve under investigation the diagnostic method cannot be employed because the plant sounds are heavily dependent on the operating conditions. For check valves of positive displacement pumps especially the method cannot be used under these circumstances since measurements have shown that the system noise always depends on the operating pressure and this rises by around 20 dB if there is a change in pressure from 5 to 50 bar.
An underlying object of the invention is to create a diagnostic system and a diagnostic method which react less sensitively to changes in the noise of the system.
To achieve this object the new diagnostic system of the type mentioned at the start has the features mentioned in the claims or the diagnostic method has the features mentioned in the claims. Advantageous developments are described in the dependent claims.
For a reliable detection of a leakage the leakage noise for a closed valve and the leakage noise for an open file are recorded almost simultaneously and compared with one another. The two measurement times can be all the closer to one another the shorter the gap is between the two states "valve open" and "valve closed". In the special case of an application of the diagnostic system to check valves in oscillating positive displacement pumps the valves are periodically opened and closed. Since the two check valves assume it precisely opposite states at specific times the leakage noise can be recorded at one valve while at precisely the same time the plant noise is recorded at the other valve. The noises can be assigned to the relevant valve state in a simple way by suitable signal processing. In principle the diagnosis can however be performed in this case with just one solid-borne sound sensor which then records the leakage noise and the plant noise in the closed or open state of the same valve respectively in chronological order. However in this case the new diagnostic system has the advantage that it is largely insensitive to gradual changes in operating conditions.
Correspondingly the new diagnostic system and a new diagnostic method can be applied for valves in piston compressors which operate in accordance with a largely similar principle.
The diagnostic system has an especially low sensitivity to wide variations in operating conditions if the first value and the second value of the characteristic variable which are compared with each other are determined on the basis of the sound signal last recorded in the closed or the open state. In this case it can be assumed that the plant's noises in the intervening period have in any event only changed slightly and thereby barely affect the diagnosis result in any way.
In an application of the system to diagnosis of a check valve of a positive displacement pump it is advantageously sufficient to have especially low expenditure for measuring system components if the evaluation device is embodied such the respective state of the valve can be determined by it on the basis of the recorded sound signal. In this case no further means for recording the position of the closing element is necessary. The system can make do with just one sound recorder for a measuring point.
The invention, along with its embodiments and advantages, is explained in greater detail below with reference to the drawings in which an exemplary embodiment of the invention is shown.
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Instead of the device 25 for determining the valve state, this state could be recorded in an alternative to the exemplary embodiment shown by additional sensors. For example the valve state could be recorded by a position generator as are normally used with control valves. Since however the valve state can already be determined on the basis of the sound signal itself, no additional sensors are required for determining the valve state.
A further alternate embodiment is shown in
The evaluation units 22 and 41 shown by function blocks with reference to
On the basis of these waveforms it can be clearly seen that an advantage of the new diagnostic system and method is that the evaluation adapts in a "self-learning" way to the existing system conditions in each case, since in each operating cycle of the valve a reference value and a measurement value are calculated. This simplifies parameter setting for the evaluation device and the diagnostic system can advantageously be used for wide variations in system noise. Only one solid-borne sound sensor is also needed for a diagnosed valve in this case. The relevant state of the valve, whether open or closed, can be easily determined on the basis of the recorded sound signal without additional measuring devices.
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When Pandit Bhavani Shankar plays the pakhawaj, it is a divine rhythm that emanates from the percussion instrument, transporting listeners into heavenly rapture. A solo recital of pakhawaj is a rarity, practically unheard of. But, when Panditji goes solo, it is cosmic music, and then one can very well understand why the pakhawaj (or mridang) is the first instrument to be played in temples at the stroke of dawn — why it is a favourite of the deities, especially of Lord Shiva.
Banyan Tree Events' recent daylong music festival, Teen Prahar, kicked off at the Satya Sai International Centre with Pandit Bhavani Shankar's inimitable performance. Later, after his stupendous rendition (accompanied by his disciples Aniruddh Shirke and Ganesh Sawant) that left audiences mesmerised, the maestro, in an informal chat, explained the need to bring the pakhawaj to the forefront and not allow it to languish as a mere accompanying percussion instrument in a concert.
You are credited with innovating and virtually giving a second birth to the pakhawaj. You are sought after the world over, as a percussionist par excellence. Tell us something about your experiences as performer, and composer.
I have had the joy of performing with giants of the musical world, including Ustad Alla Rakha, Pandit Samtaprasad, Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, Pandit Jasraj, Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasiya, Ustad Zakir Hussain and singers like Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Kishore Kumar and Mohammed Rafi. I have rendered the Sampoorna Ramayan, Srimad Bhagwad Gita, Devi Bhaagvat and "Om Vedaya Namah", "Drums of India" and "Power" replete with such bols. The Ramayan album has made it to the Limca Book of Records. And I have composed music for several films too.
You have been nominated for a Grammy and successfully experimented with fusion music. How do you create this amazing dialogue between the formidable musical tradition of India's past and the musical consciousness of the present?
This percussion music is Nada Brahma and you cannot afford to keep it so esoteric as to not appeal to each listener. It is the duty of the musician to keep the purity of classicism and yet appeal to the very soul of listeners. Even a novice can relate to a performance if he has music in his/her soul. I have been steeped in music, thanks to the guidance and wisdom imbibed from my father, eminent Kathak exponent Pandit Babulal. I began learning both the pakhawaj and the tabla when I was just five years old. Considerable research and study has gone into creating the unique sound in my pakhawaj recitals. I have literally poured my being into evolving the music. And I have always tried to incorporate the pakhawaj in various forms of music, be it western, jazz or film music. I find fusion music very fascinating and have very fond memories of playing with John McLaughlin.
Your unparalleled rhythms, control and dexterity and the manner in which you utter the bols while playing the pakhawaj lends a special resonance.
That is right. Uttering the bols calls for tremendous strength. Each and every beat has a correspondingly meaningful syllable and the whole makes for a wonderful chant. And all of it has to be deeply and divinely inspired. Only then, it makes for pleasing hearing.
How do you see the pakhawaj evolving in the times to come?
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