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Our number in Toyama, where we arrive on the 1st of June, is only about a hundred men under the command of a Dutch ensign. Handlebar and the boy with the large teeth remain in Yokkaichi, which is one good thing. We work only in the daytime in the carborundum factory producing silicon dioxide, used for making brushes in electric generators and for the manufacture of pyrex glass in aircraft. Every night the U.S. Air Force fly over as regularly as clockwork to unload their hell on the nearby airfield and buildings. Our sector has not yet been chosen for a visit, but we are not deluding ourselves. One day it will be our turn. [1] [2]
Through my rank of sergeant I am made hancho, foreman, of a group of twelve men working on one of the carborundum ovens. It is task work that we have to do here, which means that as soon as we have finished one job, we get a break of about two hours before starting on the next one. The work is back-breaking and the food is even less than we used to get at Yokkaichi. Most of the yasme time is used for hunting down edibles, from the leftovers found in the factory kitchen garbage bin to anything green growing on the factory grounds which we think can be eaten boiled or raw. Sometimes one of us guesses wrong, resulting in waking up the following morning with cheeks swollen to twice their size, lips inflated, eyes reduced to slits and in a very bad mood. As a rule the poisonous effect does not last for more than a day or so. Food is uppermost in our minds; nothing else has our attention during the day or even in our sleep.
One afternoon Roel and I, as usual on our way to the factory kitchen to collect our gang's midday ration, pass the six-foot high timber partition behind which we assume females are working. On previous trips we had occasionally picked up girls twittering and giggling. This time my attention is drawn by a fluttering movement visible through an opening between the boards. Pulling Roel to a stop, I bring my eyes close to the wall to squint. Holy cow! A pretty young woman is undressing herself beside a table on which there is a platter with - oh, mother - delicious baked sweet potatoes! Roel and I silently look and note a thin, misty vapour hovering over the beauties at the table. The girl opens her kimono. Dark brown circles of nipples, slightly sagging breasts.
"See that mist?" Roel whispers. "Must be still quite hot."
Somewhere in the room, outside our vision, a water tap is opened. Probably we are looking into a bathroom. The kimono glides from her shoulders but I see only the potatoes. Would she eat all that herself or would she take them home to her family? Roel heaves a slow sigh. Nudging me softly, he says something. Turning to him for a moment, I notice in his eyes the dull shine of a hungry dog's eyes watching your dinner. Do I look like that too? I return my gaze to the heap of those juicy potatoes. The girl is standing now with her face bent down, squeezing a pimple or something on her arm. The garment is held up half way down by her elbows pressed against her sides. If there would be an air raid now, she would run into the shelter and leave the potatoes on the table, wouldn't she? Her arms rise and the kimono drops. I notice her complete nakedness, the small black triangle, but feel no emotion as my gaze is again fixed on that food.
Great composers of music have attempted to interpret the suffering of this world in symphonic narratives, and were often successful. But is there anything more expressive of that great failure of mankind, war, than the sinister whine of an air raid siren?
It is coming on toward dark when the alarm is given, much earlier than usual. Almost simultaneously the drone of the motors reaches our ears. Just before diving into the shelter I look up and see them, clearly cut out, flying in vee-formation against the deep blue sky. The sight of the Superfortress bombers, "Beenee-gee-ku" as the Nips call them, should frighten me, for these very airplanes could cause our death when our sector becomes the target.
Nevertheless, all the years of silence from our unseen and unheard Allies, when every plane we saw was Japanese, when every shot or explosion we heard was Japanese, have made those American squadrons flying over Japan a spirit-uplifting sight. The tips of their wings, dipped in silver by the setting sun, seem to call out to me, "Don't worry, son. We're coming to set you free."
The old Jap supervisor, sitting beside me, whispers, "Americano owkay, war speedo finish." The distant roar of the high explosives lasts for more than half an hour. Later, when it is over, we find many pamphlets strewn all over the grounds, dropped by the bombers on their way to the mission. In English and Japanese we are informed of the forthcoming raid on our sector, tomorrow night, to be preceded by red flares an hour or so before the attack so as to allow sufficient time to evacuate the area.
"A bit different from what the sons-of-bitches did to us at Pearl," grumbles a Yank.
Huddled down in our shelter, we wait. The flare-lights were dropped more than an hour ago, so it should come at any moment now. Here and there an opening in the ceiling of dark rain clouds shows the deep, moonlit void. A shiver runs down my back. What an appropriate setting for a night of violent death. The voices in the trench are suppressed, whispering, but for an occasional chuckle. Nerves of course, everybody being scared as hell. Roel is staring with unseeing eyes at the earthen wall before him. Do they know we prisoners of war are here? Are military targets more important than our lives? They say that you don't even have to be hit by the fragments; the air concussion would be enough to kill you instantly. What does it feel like when you get hit? Do you feel anything? Roel says a direct hit on our trench would be the best. Nothing left to bury or to stink. He is a good one to have sitting beside you when an air attack is about to come, but he would be better if he shuts his big trap.
It is very still now in the shelter. Suddenly a cry: "They're coming!" But it is only a truck passing by.
("Is it true that in your country the males stand up when a female enters the room, and do they really help a girl with putting her coat on?" She spoke fluent English while dishing out our rations in the factory kitchen, but as far as Western customs are concerned she was completely in the dark. I told her that it was true and she thanked me really nicely, pouring a few extra scoops of noodles into my bucket. In Japan, she said, females are merely slaves. She had the deep brown eyes of a deer and her lips were like pink petals...
This morning we were lined up in the factory, in front of the wire fence before the carborundum ovens, to listen to an announcement from the director of the factory. When he had finished rapidly talking in Japanese, he stepped back to make room for the interpreter. In doing so, he put out a hand to lean on the fence and, touching it, became blue in the face while his body shook violently. The switchboard happened to be close at hand, so the current could be switched off immediately. These accidents had occurred before, mainly through mysterious leakages in the electric wiring. The current, though not lethal, can deliver quite a shock, and in some way I felt sorry for the old chap, who was very upset and could hardly keep on his feet. Not so long ago it would never have entered my mind to feel sorry at any time for a Japanese man or woman. The translation of the announcement was postponed, and the member of our gang who I know had been an electrical engineer before the war looked like he wasn't very pleased with himself after all...)
A sudden silence falls in our trench. All faces turn upward. The next moment could well be the last for some or all of us, for unmistakeably, high above the clouds, a squadron of machines are approaching! My skin feels prickly all over and tense.
In the air comes a vibration, light and faint at first, but quickly changing into an ominous growl. The sound we are waiting for, the sound feared by us all. There it is!
A thin, high whistle rapidly grows in strength, becomes louder and louder - then a screaming, a hideous screaming - a shattering, ear-stinging roar...
Hell descends upon us all, hell so terrible that none can describe it. Mind-piercing, flashing destruction. With my mouth open to protect my eardrums, I feel with each explosion my saliva sucked from between my cheeks and my gums and blown against the roof of my mouth. Luckily all bombs drop away from our camp, but we are close enough to bear the deadly blasts tearing through the air over our trench. Close enough to smell the sharp odour which goes with high explosives.
The drone of the machines becomes weaker. No more explosions, but we hear the crackling and hissing of enormous fires.
"Hell so terrible that none can describe it"
Toyama engulfed in flames during the night of 1-2 August, 1945
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Toyama engulfed in flames during the night of 1-2 August, 1945
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Then again, the screaming and rending detonations cutting into my soul. My eardrums are painful, my eyes ache. Someone pulls my arm and yells, "Let's pray, dammit!"
"Pray yourself! I'm too scared!"
A moment later I am engulfed by a deafening sound, a great white flash, a dull rushing in my head. Something gently tugs my hair, and at the same time a taste of earth in my nostrils and my mouth is full of soil...
"Get back in the shelter, you bloody fool! You wanna kill yourself?"
Hands grip my ankles and drag me into the trench. Unknowingly I had in my fear crawled out, and it is Roel who pulls me back. The whole sky is brilliantly illuminated by hundreds of fires. Large columns and broad walls of white and pitch-black smoke billow in soaring great spirals.
"You want your head knocked off by the blast?" says Roel, his eyes curiously empty in the reddish glow of the holocaust.
Very loudly and clearly a dirty word is uttered by somebody. And then I hear it too. Another squadron is arriving.
"The bastards will get us now!"
There is a new smell in our trench. That of human excrement.
At daybreak we return to our barracks, weak-kneed and shaken, but unhurt. With thankful hearts we move in.
"Holy smoke! Look at the mess!" someone says abruptly.
All windows have been smashed by the air concussion, the glass lying in a thousand pieces all over the floor. The rest of the building is later found to be intact, which is surprising considering the great number of bombs which fell on the nearby airfield.
When we return to work in the morning we find that the factory also is only slightly damaged, owing to the fact that practically all bombs had hit their mark, the airfield and the adjacent motor plant, now wiped from its foundations. The airfield has been rendered unfit for a wheelbarrow, though it would not make much difference one way or another, as there seem to be no more Japanese airplanes left in our sector. Not one was seen taking off before the bombing. The carborundum ovens have not been hit at all, but the Jap supervisor tells us that owing to the lack of further material, no more carborundum will be produced. Our job is the maintenance of cleanliness.
A few days have passed without further air attacks. The girl who was so curious about Western manners is back on her job in the factory kitchen, where she is now on her own, the cook being transferred to another part of the compound. I am standing before her with the bucket on the floor. We have dubbed her "Hedy" because of her likeness to the film star Hedy Lamarr, albeit on the rather plumpish side. While filling the bucket she tells me that the village was wholly incinerated by the last attack, but with little loss of lives. Thanks to the warning pamphlets the people could be evacuated in time.
She is standing close to me in a short, open, blue cotton waistcoat over her black work slacks. The bucket of fat noodles is picked up by her and handed to me. It is very hot. Her perspiration has made dark stains in the cotton under her arms. Tiny beads of liquid have gathered on her upper lip and at the hair roots on her brow. Her face is passive and undisturbed while she talks to me, in halting but understandable English, about the destruction of her hometown. It is difficult to read the guarded features of her race, trained as they are to hide inner emotions.
Then all at once, an old forgotten thing stirs inside me, something which hunger and fatigue have kept dormant for so long. I find myself sexually aroused by this girl's body. The girlish, innocent quality of her face contrasts with that ample bosom in its tight encasement. The top of her waistcoat is undone, the second button just about held in its buttonhole by the sideways pull of her breasts. She has stopped talking to me, and lifting my eyes from her bosom I meet hers and read in them awareness and approval of my scrutiny and rising excitement. With a pleased intake of her breath, her eyes widen and smile into mine. Nothing of her feelings is concealed in her face. My desire gives her pleasure and she is as frank about it as my gazing at her figure.
"Do you like me?" she asks in a whisper.
"Yes, very much. I've seen you before."
"Have you?" Her eyes are dark, smoky pools. There is a tiny mole beside the base of her slightly flaring nose.
"I saw you in the room there. You were taking a bath," I blurt helplessly.
"Did you like what you saw?" She is quite unperturbed by my statement.
"Oh, yes. You're beautiful, very beautiful!"
I wish I hadn't looked so much at the potatoes, but I can't say that to her now.
Then, rather brusquely, she takes the bucket back to place it on the floor and stoops down to stir the noodles with ladle, quite unnecessarily. She is showing me a short, chubby neck fringed with raven-black hair. Quite alone we are, the silence only broken by the sucking sound of the noodles. There is a desire growing in me for this girl, but it is mingled with an undefinable sense of unrest, so vague, so feeble, that only at a later time, thinking back, I shall recognise it as a foreboding of disaster.
She draws herself up, eyes downcast, and opens her waistcoat wide. A vein throbs in my throat, my blood is racing, our eyes interlock. There is no love between us. There could not be. All there is to it is that we both are in this stinking war, that we have only escaped death so far because the bombs have missed us. Now we wish to forget the anguish and fear, now we wish to grab for ourselves a few moments of joy, for tomorrow, or this afternoon or tonight, we may be stone dead...
First I hear it faintly, from far away.
My subconscious mind receives the sound, before it penetrates my brain, which begins to signal madly. Then I hear it right through the rushing of blood in my ears. The unmistakable sound of an airplane, the deep roar of a big plane. Bomber! Someone outside is calling my name. The drive to stay alive is overpowering. The drone of the aircraft blots out everything else stirring in me...
I spin round to dash away from her and out of the kitchen, to run as fast as I can to where our men are beckoning me, shouting to come quickly. We hurry towards the air raid shelter, seeing high aloft in the cloudless, blazing sky a single bomber, drifting almost aimlessly it seems. That would be the plotter to guide the others, which should arrive any moment now. Suddenly there is the dreaded whistle cutting through the air.
"The sneaky bastard dropped one!" yells a voice, as we hurl ourselves into a ditch beside the road. Seconds later I clearly see the yellow and green painted, spinning bomb screaming across the sky over our heads to slam with a world-splitting roar somewhere in the direction of the factory.
No more bombs are dropped from the single plane. No other aircraft appear. It is just as the man said, one sneaky bomb from one sneaky crate. This one, we learn later, had smashed into the factory kitchen, blowing to kingdom come a week's supply of noodles - and Hedy, who had the habit of hiding in the cavity beneath the fire plate of the stove every time an air raid was on. [3]
It is the last week of July. The air is silent since Hedy died. There seem to be no more military objects left to blow into extinction. Which is good. Worse is that, with the destruction of the factory kitchen, the extra issue of noodle meals has been discontinued.
The beginning of August. The guards and their commanding officer, a bald-headed veteran of the Russo-Japanese War, have changed their attitude. There is a significant lack of shin-kicking and face-slapping. Hardly a "Koorah!" is heard. The climate is definitely changing. At last the sands are running out for the Japanese.
One among us is caught in the act of stealing tobacco from a fellow prisoner, and is dealt with in the usual way among prisoners of war. After a brief trial, he is run through the "mill", which means that after being delivered a blow by one man he is pushed to the next man in line to be struck again. The "mill" may be as long as twenty men, depending on the degree of the felony. Stealing from a comrade is considered a serious crime. Nowadays thieves are starving and, as weak as we all are, half a dozen blows are enough to have him on the floor, which means (after duly establishing that the faint is not an act to shorten the punishment) that the penalty is paid.
The Japs in the factory have cut themselves mean-looking bamboo spears, which they carry about with them wherever they go. They say that this primitive armament is intended for American paratroops.
Japanese women drilling with bamboo spears, 1945
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We learn also about the Kamikaze, the Divine Wind, Japanese suicide pilots flying wooden aircraft comprised of nothing but one large bomb equipped with a motor, wings and tail rudder. Their mission is to commit suicide by crash landing on a warship or other selected target and blowing it to pieces. The night before his one-way trip, each pilot is presented with what food delicacy may be available and the girl of his choice. The rumour that the pilots also get a shot in the arm to drug them up for attack is vehemently denied by our spokesman, who assures us that they know how to die for their Emperor.
Sunday, 4th of August, 1945. The weather is sultry. Since our arrival in Toyama no worship service has been held. With our nerves stirred up as they are by the war news, we find ourselves quite unable to concentrate our thoughts on anything but what we are all hoping for. All day long the wildest speculations as to what will happen race like wind-whipped brush fires through our camp. Once again, we have no time for God.
The story breaks that those bamboo spears are for us, that the Japanese supreme command has issued orders to kill every single POW at the first sign of American landings on the mainland. The killing is to be carried out as quietly as possible, hence the spears! We brush it aside as utter nonsense. Why should they want to kill us? Surely, unarmed and weakened as we are, we could do them no harm. Didn't they say that the bamboo spears were for defending themselves against parachutists?
August the 7th. Yesterday, it is said, somewhere in the south of Japan, a terrific flash of light had occurred, an unspeakable horror, killing people by the tens of thousands in one stroke. Nobody seems to know much more, nor who had spread the news, but there is great concern on the Japanese faces.
What is left of the factory staff is tight lipped as never before. Very little work is left. To kill time we are put to carrying timber from one spot to another. A stupid, senseless task. There is nothing to construct, so the timber could just as well rot where it lies now rather than in any other place. The width of the board on my shoulder makes me hold my head downwards at a slanted angle. Walking like this, I see each time one of my feet appear in front of me on the well worn path, while both ends of the board swing up and down in rhythm with my steps. The distance is short, so the load is flung on the new stack before its weight starts bothering me, and I return for another one. I do this several times, looking at my feet as I carry each new load, and then an odd thought strikes me: those feet belong to my body, the body of me, the lucky one, fortunate to see the end, to survive the war. I do not know or understand what brought it on, but I feel great and happy. A feeling I remember I had many years ago, something I had missed so long that I have to get used to it. I seem to float as my feet make a padding sound on the soft ground. The tips of the board creak in time with my thinking, "I am I, I am I."
Abruptly I halt my stride, for I'm getting confused. Roel, behind me on the path, swears loudly as his plank hits mine and starts spinning, almost throwing him off balance.
"Roel, I feel so suddenly good. I'm happy and my head sings. How come?"
Looking puzzled at first, his face lights up and he replies laconically, "'Cause you're a screwball, that's what. Or maybe it's hunger." Why do I always choose my friends among the soberest of mind? Is it an unconscious self-protection?
10th of August. Yesterday another monster flash was reported, and again thousands perished instantly. What is it all about? An old factory hand says the gods are angry. Nippon has been too long at war, bad, very bad. His sons, four strong boys, all went to war. Yes, the war took all his children, his sons, strong young men, and left them dead on the battlegrounds of Tarakan, Malacca and Java. Left them rotting there, killed on foreign soil far away from the family farm. It was all for the Emperor. The rest he mutters to himself.
A grinning Nip soldier, armed with a bamboo stick is chasing me. I try to run away but my feet are too heavy. I can't lift them. In panic, I turn to my pursuer, who has Hedy's face. Holding two enormous breasts in both hands, he screams, "You want them?" Then Lisa is there, her face intensely alive, sharp, unshed tears glittering in the corners of her eyes which are a dark blue, darker than I knew them. She is wearing the dress she wore at that garden party when we ran away and kissed. How long ago was that?
The dream leaves me weary and spent. "You were talking in your sleep. You woke me up," grumbles Roel.
"I dreamed of spears, breasts and...something else." I don't wish to bring Lisa into the conversation.
"You must be nutty as a fruitcake."
"Drop dead."
"Thanks, Reverend," is his retort, and I feel the flush creeping up to my ears.
The wooden faced supervisor says, "No workoo today. Long time yasme for prayers for Nippon."
Immediately most of the men scatter to their daily hunt for greens. I flop down where I stand, and lie on my back in the sawdust heap behind the carborundum oven, one arm across my face to shut off the glaring sunlight cutting through a small hole in the roof. My stomach feels like a great, hollow organ with hunger gnawing at its walls. In my head again is that curious singing sensation. I close my eyes and let myself drift away...
That dress she had on was bluish, with a sash or bow at the back. It made her more girlish than the swimming costume. Under the tree we kissed with the music coming from the distance, flowing over the lawn of the Gunung Sari Golf Club house. She said it was just like a movie, "Love and a Waltz"...
A white, chubby neck, fringed with raven-black hair... In shame, I turn my face sideways, inhaling the strong wood smell of the sawdust mixed with a faint trace of sump oil.
A couple of men are talking. I listen to the intonation of the voices without hearing what is said, until something catches my attention.
"What do you mean, she'll be changed?"
"Well, I mean to say...Well, what I mean is - what do you expect? If she's alive when I get back, she'll be a woman who has been through the war like myself. You know, hardships and all that. She can't be the same as the young girl she was when I went away. She'd be more, eh, mature and probably grown hard in some way. I only hope she hasn't slept with some Jap bastard. I wouldn't want her anymore if she had!"
"I get you. None of them worries for me, my boy. I ain't married."
It hits me with a saddening certainty. The girl I had met, fallen in love with and who had married me, that girl will be gone too. She just couldn't be the same after Lord knows what she has had to go through. The young girl of my youth, of the happy days before the Punch, has gone with time, never to return but in an occasional nostalgic moment. When we meet again we shall see that we have grown older, older than the number of years separating us.
The end is in sight. I feel it strongly. I shall be a free man again. But a little sadness comes over me which I cannot resist. The thin shaft of sunlight is suddenly broken by a sparrow perched on the edge of the hole in the roof.
[1] This particular POW camp in Toyama (there were several) was known variously as Toyama Camp #11, Nagoya #11B Camp or Iwase. The plant was owned by Nihon Soda. See http://www.mansell.com/pow_resources/camplists/Nagoya/nag_11_nihon_soda_iwase/nag_11_main.html.
Ray Heimbuch was also among the prisoners transferred there from Yokkaichi in June, 1945. He describes the Nihon Soda operation: "At this plant we smelted chrome using electric furnaces. The whole process consisted of filling the furnace with ore, heating it for about six hours, then draining the molten slag and chrome into a sand form. We then reloaded the furnace. While the second batch was melting down, we took the cooled slag and chrome from the mold, chipped off the chrome, and took the slag out to the discard pile on a handcart. Then the sand mold was reformed and the process started all over again. This usually gave us about an hour of slack time between loading the furnace and waiting for the slag to become sufficiently cool enough to be handled. There were three of these furnaces in this complex." Ray Heimbuch, I'm One of the Lucky Ones, pp. 98-99.
[2] Frank Samethini's name appears on the Toyama camp Dutch POW roster, thirteenth from the top.
[3] Heimbuch recalls several bomb runs. The first bomb exploded while he was working inside the plant: "After things settled down, I carefully made my way down out of the booth and outside. As I got outside I could see the rest of the guys on the ground. I heard the sounds of a lone B-29, and eventually saw it circling overhead. It was circling at an altitude of at least twenty thousand feet, preparing for another run at us. We lay there and watched as he lined up on us again. What seemed like ages were actually only a few minutes until we heard again the whistle of the bomb. This time we could actually see the sun glinting off it as it fell. It missed the plant by a short distance, but again the concussion shook us quite severely. This was repeated three times, each time barely missing us." Heimbuch, p. 102.
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ok, i think this will work right now. i don't need any big animations yet but there will come a time when i do. i mean FULL SCREEN animations. but not now. later down the road when i feel like replacing text that say things happen with the animation.
i need a hospital room as that's coming up soon.
i also need a big city with alleyways. it should be big with most things a city should have. this will be the main area of the game and players will go back to it on many occasions. this does not need to be done right away but soon ill need it.
if i can id like for you to remake some rooms.
i'm going to be working on implementing more things like the leveling system and an item ui.


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SEOUL, Oct 2 (Reuters) - South Korea's Moon Jae-in administration announced nine separate sets of measures to stabilize home prices in Seoul and other major cities since his cabinet's inauguration in May 2017.
But he faces criticism for failing to calm housing market and worsening home affordability.
Below are the key policies:
Most of Seoul and some surrounding areas become subject to tighter mortgage rules. Loan-to-value ratios are tightened to 60 percent from 70 percent in 25 Seoul districts.
Multiple homeowners in the areas where property speculation is deemed to be rife face a 10 percentage point increase in capital gains taxes, effective April 2018. Those who own more than three homes face a 20 percentage point increase.
Loan limits for home buyers in Seoul and its outskirts tightened to 40 percent of a property's value, down from 60 percent.
Debt repayments are limited to 40 percent of annual income in selected regions, down from 50 percent.
The government, making a pledge to bring annual growth in household debt below 8 percent, asks banks to strengthen screening process for personal loans.
The government announces plans to add 1 million public housing units through state-run development projects by 2022 for newly weds and young Koreans.
The government announces plans to cut capital gains taxes for homeowners who register themselves as renters to increase the market supply.
The government announces plans for cheap loans and credit guarantees to support 880,000 newly married couples to live in social housing.
The government designates more parts of Seoul as speculative zones subject to tightened mortgage rules
The government announces plans for tougher taxes on property ownership. An initial proposal of a 0.5-2.0 percent ownership tax for properties valued over 600 million won ($540,103) will be raised to 0.5-3.2 percent, upon parliamentary approval.
The government announced plans to relax restrictions on the floor area ratio in Seoul's business districts to build more homes, and vowed to develop land for building of 300,000 new homes. ($1 = 1,110.9000 won) (Editing by Marius Zaharia and Lincoln Feast.)


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Sushi has just so many different flavors!
When it comes to nutrition and sushi there are many things that you might not know. For one sushi is actually very good for you and has ton of great items in it that are a lot more beneficial for you than you might think.
Sushi is something that has been around for awhile and this is really something that I think you're going to want to read because there are a ton of great things about sushi that I think you're really going to enjoy and find a ton of value and health out of eating.
The great thing about sushi is that all the ingredients are completely natural and you could pretty much get by on just this and water and you'd probably be good. Just watch out for the parasites though! Sushi has been known to cause this in the body so tempering your sushi extravaganza with a little wasabi will go a long way for you and is something that I recommend for everyone.
In today's article I'm going to be going through some different reasons this is probably one of the most important things you could be paying attention to and if you've been thinking about incorporating sushi into your diet I really think this is something that is going to pay off in spades.
Especially if you like to incorporate healthy and nutritious foods into your diet this is something that is going to be a great compliment to that type of lifestyle and of course if there's anything else that you might have questions about or perhaps are just curious about then this is something that I really think you're going to find a lot of use out of.
The Nutrition Behind Your Favorite Sushi Rolls
Here's what Udemy.com has to say about some of the ingredients in your favorite sushi rolls:
Before we dive into sushi nutrition, let's explore the different types of sushi, and the names for its different parts.
Nori: Black seaweed wrappers used to make most forms of wrapped sushi rolls.
Makizushi: Also called maki sushi. Wrapped, cylindrical sushi rolls with the nori on the outside. Can be thick or thin, large or small depending on its contents.
Uramaki: An "inside-out" roll where the rice is on the outside, and the nori is on the inside. The rice coating is sometimes coated with toasted sesame seeds or roe. A California Roll is a kind of uramaki roll.
Nigirizushi: Meaning "hand-pressed sushi," it is also referred to as nigiri sushi. Nigiri is made with a clump of rice and a slice of usually raw fish pressed on top. Sometimes a thin strip of nori is used as a binding.
Neta: Nigiri toppings or sushi roll fillings.
Temaki: Meaning "hand roll," temaki sushi consist of large, cone-shaped nori, with the sushi contents (neta) contained inside. As you can see there are a lot of interesting and exotic flavors out there when it comes to sushi and how it's eaten. I really think this is something that you're going to find a lot of fun and use out of and of course if you're looking to go outside and maybe spend a little time with the friends on the town then this is something that is sure to excite everyone. I think this is really something that people need to know more about as this is primarily the main food course for people out in Japan and these guys have lived to be over a hundred years old in many cases and I think that sushi is definitely a big reason why.
I think the coolest thing about sush is the fact that there are so many different flavors and ways of eating this stuff that it's really a wonder more people aren't out there doing this stuff and I really think if you take the time to get to know your sushi and you get to know the different ingredients in your typical sushi roll you're really going to start seeing some great things in your life and in your diet...
Why It's Good
There are many reasons why sushi is good for you this is just one of those things that you've got to go out and try for yourself. You won't know until you try so make sure to really go out and experiment with some of the different flavors and sushi roll styles out there as this is definitely going to be one of the more rewarding things you do.
I think a reason this is so good for you as well is because all the ingredients are natural and organic and this is so much different than the traditional food that you see out there in Western society this is definitely something that is going to play a much bigger role in your life if you let it.
Protein is a big part of your life if you've spent any amount of time on nutrition and this is probably one of your biggest energy sources next to carbs. If you've done any mount of research on these types of things then you'll notice this is really something that I think will help you a lot.
Make sure also that you're going through and really testing out some of the different sushi flavors out there as this is going to be really important to making sure that your getting quality ingredients from the right source. This is important for a number of reasons and is something that is probably going to make a big different in the way that you eat your food.
In conclusion I'd like to state that I really think this is something that is going to be great in your diet. You've got so many fresh and savory ingredients in these things that it's really important to make sure that you're making this a regular part of your life.
Of course if there's anything that you're not fully understanding about this or maybe you've just got a few additional questions about sushi and the different ingredients that go into it please don't hesitate to leave any feedback or comments below. This is going to do some great things for your life and I really think this is something that you're going to find a ton of use out of and of course if there's anything that you're not fully understanding please feel free to leave anything below and I'd be more than happy to help you out...until next time.


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4:30 am After tossing and turning I got out of bed and started writing thank you notes to everyone who donated to the Continuum Fund.
6:45 am Showered, got dressed and headed out for a last breakfast at the Royal Diner with one of my staff.
8:00 am Last breakfast ever (thank God) at the Royal Diner!
9:00 am Packed up my desk, took down the photos of my kids and finished writing thank you notes.
12 noon Attended a pizza party with the staff. Cried most of the time. I have no idea what kind of pizza I ate.
1pm Exit interview... Yup, I did an exit interview on myself. Turned in my corporate card, parking pass and keys. Bawled like a baby.
1:30 pm Said my good byes to everyone. Bawled like a baby again.
1:45 pm Was walked out to my car by my 4 partners. Cried again.
2:00 pm Called David to see if I had made a mistake.
2:15 pm- 3:15pm Caught in a massive traffic jam and realized that no, I did not make a mistake.
3:45 pm Was going to sew but instead I watched part of The Paradise series on BBC and fell into a really sound sleep. Felt blissfully decadent
7:15 pm Made dinner with David
8:30 pm Surfed the web and felt a twinge of guilt that I was not in my sewing room until I realized that I do not have to go to work tomorrow... or the day after that or the day after that.
Wow.... the next chapter begins.


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Macaw Creek Organic Preservative Free Mt Lofty Shiraz 2014 $26
Located in the Gilbert Valley, in the Mount Lofty Ranges east of Adelaide, Macaw Creek are responsible for a rather rare thing, creating a shiraz made without sulphur dioxide or other preservatives and… It's. Actually. Very. Good*. Pure, fruity and packed solid with raspberry, blackcurrant and cherry characters, its super-fresh, plucky and very pretty.
Sip with: coffee-rubbed beef kebabs.
For stockists near you email: email@example.com
*I've tasted a lot that are aren't.


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Easy-page Multimedia version
The multimedia version covers the same contents as the hard-copy one. Here are the main features:
- Quick indices
- Scriptural references
- Bible reading
- Animations
- Powerpoint files available
- Ideal for use in school, Sunday school, personal
- Bible study, Bible college or seminary
- English Windows 2000 / XP / Vista
- Pentium / Celeron / Centrino / Core CPU
- Memory: 256MB
- Hard-disk Space: 100MB
- 3Dfx Visualizer: DirectX 7 (included) or above and 3D Graphic Card required
- CD-ROM Drive
- Internet connection (recommended)
System requirement
Sample screens
The multimedia version covers the same contents as the hard-copy one. Here are the main features:
Quick Indices
All indexed items are classified into 3 categories (places, names, and others) for easy alphabetical look up. Once you click on any item, it will open the Flash file and zoom-in automatically to show the corresponding topic.
Scriptural References
Each quick reference chart is full of scriptural references and you may click on these references to open the corresponding passage in the Bible.
Bible Reading
American Standard Version (ASV) is included in this software with all 66 books of the Bible for reading, copying and searching.
Animated Routes
For teaching purposes, you may select different routes to be shown in a map and a blinking spot will guide you through all the stops in each route. You may also pause the animation and go forward/backward in each stop. The flow of presentation is all under your control.
3-D Animation
All articles provide 3-D animations.
Customized layouts
You can open different pages simultaneously and lay them out according to your needs.
The layout can also be saved and retrieved instantly.
The layout can also be saved and retrieved instantly.
Bible versions
You can freely download different Bible versions and different languages in the web, read them simultaneously and control the pattern of synchronization.
Powerpoint files
For the convenience of Sunday school teachers, we provide a set of Powerpoint files together with hyper link functions. The contents can also be updated as you need, letting you use the Easy-page as teaching materials.


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The other night we went out to a delicious dinner with Colleen from the blog Food, I Love You. We've got some super fun things in the works with Colleen that we are really excited about, and our meeting got us inspired to whip up one of her recipes. Take a look!
PBJ SMOOTH MOVE (via Food, I Love You)
1 C. low-fat, plain kefir
½ frozen banana
½ C. fresh strawberries, hulled
1 Tbsp. natural peanut butter
1 Tbsp. flaxseed oil
1 tsp. local honey
(Add some whey protein if you're feeling adventurous!)
Blend it all up! Get your drink on!


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Good Morning Amy officially released on June 22 with great reception. Today marks the release of the Worldwide video debut of "Shut the Gate", directed by Kevin Lopez. Be on the look out for the follow up video "Just Doin' It."
Props to the JustOffElmwood blog for leaking the video last friday. I likes!!!


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We are excited to announce our next blog series!
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March / April 2018
Shanti Kirtan Classic 432
Our first harmonium tuned to 432 hertz instead of the usual 440 hertz. It is a good choice for beginners and kirtan singers and almost identical in construction to our Kirtan Classic harmoniums from Paloma and Tirupati and the 23 B from Bina - thanks to Krishna Das and Jai Uttal probably the best known harmonium model in the Western kirtan scene.
Shanti Compactina Mini
Is an extremely compact and light harmonium and therefore ideal for travelling. The unique construction is similar to our bestseller Paloma Compactina and makes the Shanti Compactina Mini only about half as deep and significantly narrower and lighter than an ordinary standard harmonium - without any failure-prone folding mechanism.
May / June 2017
Tirupati Kirtan Mini
Perfect for travelling yogis and kirtan fans. It is a smaller and somewhat simpler variant of the classic model Kirtan Classic - thanks to Krishna Das or Jai Uttal probably the best-known harmonium model in the Western kirtan community.
Tirupati Kirtan Classic
Is a good choice for beginners and kirtan singers. It is nearly identical to the Paloma Kirtan Standad harmonium and to the classic 23 B from Bina, DMS or other brands - - thanks to Krishna Das or Jai Uttal probably the best-known harmonium model in the Western kirtan community. However, the Tirupati workshop uses better materials.
March / April 2017
a homage to a vast and miraculous world, that has inspired the curiosity and exploratory urge of mankind as well as unrestrained exploitation - and which hitherto still defies all domination attempts. In ten atmospherically dense pieces, one experiences the ocean's overwhelming vitality, meets its fascinating and often endangered creatures, feels its importance for the earth's climate and its interplay with the powerful forces of the earth's core and the cosmic heavenly bodies.
Januray / February 2017
Textbook for Dilruba, Esraj & Taus
The three popular Indian string instruments taus, dilruba and esraj are so closely related to each other in terms of playing technique, history and repertoire that they can be treated together in one textbook.
September / October 2016
Tirupati Kirtan Premium
An improved version of the popular Kirtan 23 B. The simple design makes it inexpensive and sturdy. It's easy to move around thanks to its compact dimensions in folded state. And double reeds and octave coupler provide for full, warm and bright sound.
Tirupati Harinam
A particularly small, light and sturdy harmonium with sharp and powerful sound. Its price of 370 Euros makes it the cheapest double reed harmonium in our assortment. Its small bellows, however, give it very little sustain and limit its range of dynamic variation.
March / April 2016
P. & Brothers Maestro T 42/5
Our new harmonium model Maestro T 42-5 by P. & Brothers is perfect for skilled musicians looking for a high quality instrument with rich beautiful sound, long sustain, lots of extras and great versatility. It is an excellent choice for professional recordings as well as for concerts. It gives you considerably more options in terms of sound than our premium harmoniums. At the same time it is lighter, cheaper and more sturdy than our foldable scale-changer harmoniums. And with a padded bag it is also great for travelling.
Ta-Udu - Wooden-Ghatam
The Ta-Udu is inspired by traditional clay instruments like ghatam or udu, but is made completely of wood. It can be played on all parts of its body and emits sharp sounds reminiscent of its clay ancestors in most places. Strokes onto the hole in its side give a powerful bass. Its most special feature is the thin bottom – its sound is similar to that of a tight drum skin. In that way the Ta-Udu combines characteristic sounds from different instruments in a single compact and sturdy new instrument.
Tunable Kanjira
Traditionally the small South Indian frame drum kanjeera is tuned by applying a bit of water to the skin before playing. The simplicity of this technique is compelling, but it also has serious practical disadvantages: The humidity of the skin needs to be readjusted time and again, and it is hardly possible to tune to an exact pitch and maintain it throughout a performance. Majid Karami's kanjeera solves these problems with a sophisticated system of separate inner and outer frame rings and elevating screws. That system makes it possible to raise or lower the inner frame ring in relation to the outer and thus adjust the skin tension very precisely according to requirements.
Tabla Hook
Working the strap with bare hands is a very difficult and often painful job, because the strap is very stiff and tenacious and is under high tension. It is difficult to move it and it often digs into the fingers. However, our tabla hook makes it easy to grab and pull the strap with utmost precision. Pulling still requires a lot of force, of course, but the round handle distributes the pressure evenly to all fingers instead of creating painful pressure on a single joint. That way you can use your full force without cutting into your own flesh. Working more comfortably also enables you to control the pulling power more exactly and that way tighten the strap more evenly – an essential requirement for stable tuning and good sound
January / February 2016
The Hare Krishna Music Book
Lyrics, notations and chords for 70 Vaisnava songs. Songs notated in this beautifully illustrated book are sung in Krishna temples. For the most part the music stems from the Vedic tradition of India. This is more than a book of songs and melodies; it also describes daily devotional activities that constitute worship for a home or temple.
Vaisnava Melodies: 23 Easy Tunes for Keyboard
This textbook by Narayani Devi Dasi presents 23 simple melodies in honour of Krishna for beginners and amateur musician. No prior experience is necessary - everyone can learn to play the tunes on the harmonium or other keyboard instruments with the help of this book.
Practical Mrdanga Lessons
In this methodical, clear and vivid course, Ramanujacharya Das teaches basic skills to play the khol / mridanga. The teaching material includes explanation of the most popular Indian rhythms (talas), stroke techniques, rhythmic khol patterns for bhajans and kirtans, cool breaks and endings.
May / June 2015
Paloma Kirtan 23 B
Thanks to world-renowned kirtan singers like Krishna Das and Jai Uttal the 23 B is probably the most famous and most popular harmonium model in the western kirtan scene. The simple construction makes it sturdy on the road, transport is easy due to its small size when folded, and the double reeds (bass and male register) provide a full sound.
Foot Pedal for Shrutibox
The foot pedal enables you to pump the bellows of your shrutibox with your foot while keeping the hands free. That way you can accompany yourself with the shrutibox while playing another instrument, e.g. guitar, flute, violin, or percussion. The only condition: the shrutibox must be able to stand stably on its own.
Indian Rhythms for Drumset (Book & CD)
The complexity of Indian rhythm is phenomenal and legendary. Anyone who has ever seen a classical performance of tabla, pakhawaj, mridangam or ghatam, is unlikely to forget it. However, the rhythm is not bound to the technically demanding traditional Indian instruments. Thanks to the rhythm syllables used in traditional teaching (bols in North India / konnakol in South India) one can learn the Indian rhythm system without knowledge of Indian instruments and use it to play other instruments. Pete Lockett's extensive and profound textbook Indian Rhythms for Drumset has been written especially for drummers to enable them to adopt Indian rhythm to their set.
March / April 2015
Sitar Training Book with CD
Good teaching material for self-study of musical instruments requires a deep knowledge of the instrument and its music tradition, a solid educational concept, answers to common practical questions and an intelligent combination of different media. All these features come together in Sitar Method by Josh Feinberg.
January / February 2015
Radel Milan 2 in 1
Milan means juncture in Hindi. The Milan combines electronic tabla and tanpura in a single device with good sound quality and great technical reliability. It offers a basic repertoire of Indian rhythms and a rich drone.
Taalmala Digi-108
The tabla machine Taalmala Digi-108 offers an enormous range of preset Indian rhythms from classical to folk to devotional, good sound quality, many variations and high technical reliability. Rhytms can be edited and new rhythms can be programmed, too.
Painful fingertips instead joy of music is the lot of many sitar players. The remedy for this problem is building strong callus by means of regular and intense stimulation. Ideally, the fingertips get sufficient stimulation through consistent daily practice. But in everyday life, it is often difficult to find enough time for this regularity, or there might be long periods without any practice, e.g. due to illness or travel. These widespread practical problems can be solved by using the StringGym training device.
November / December 2014
Harmonium Paloma Basic
Our harmonium model Paloma Basic 25 S is an amazingly simple low-price instrument. The features are reduced to the essentials; all unnecessary extras have been omitted. This gets you an extremely sturdy and lightweight harmonium way cheaper than any other model in our assortment.
July / August 2014
Padded Khol Gig Bag
Our padded carrying bags for khol are ideal for everyday use. The padding dampens shocks, giving the sensitive body a certain amount of protection. Thanks to the low weight of the bags, you can still carry the khol comfortably in one hand or over the shoulder. Inside the bag, the instrument is also protected from dirt and climate fluctuations.
Fibreglass Khol Case
For extensive travels or concert tours, our fiberglass cases for khols are just the thing. They offer perfect protection from shocks and thus allow you to hand over a precious khol to others for transport with a good feeling.
May / June 2014
The tumbi is a small, lightweight folk instrument with just one string from the northwestern Indian state of Punjab. It is used to play simple tunes with characteristic timbre.
Wooden Kartals
Rajasthani kartals are a simple rhythm instrument made of thin hardwood boards. They come from the western Indian state of Rajasthan. They are related to the castanets used in flamenco. Rajasthani Kartals are relatively wide and long and are played in two pairs, just like castanets - each hand holds one pair. Their sharp, clear, clacking sound is produced by striking two boards together in one hand.
Sitar Holder SitarFlex
The traditional sitting position for playing sitar - cross-legged on the floor with the instrument resting on the left foot - is a big problem for many sitar lovers. It may even spoil the joy of playing permanently. Our sitar holder SitarFlex offers a solution for this problem. It was developed by a German sitar player and engineer and holds the sitar stable and steady in the desired playing position - with the body on the ground and the neck pointing diagonally upward in an angle of about 45 degrees. That way neither a specific leg position is required to keep the sitar in position, nor a pressure of the right forearm. The instrument stands completely by itself!
March / April 2014
Miraj Ahmadsaheb Male Tanpura
Our male tanpura Miraj Ahmadsaheb is a brand instrument with a perfectly balanced sound and a long tradition. Its round, rich and full sound is free of interfering peaks and has a unique spatial depth. The built is noticeably heavier than comparable tanpuras from Calcutta. Perhaps therein lies the secret of its unique sound quality.
Miraj Ahmadsaheb Female Tanpura
Our female tanpura Miraj Ahmadsaheb is a brand instrument with a perfectly balanced sound and a long tradition. Its round, rich and full sound is free of interfering peaks and has a unique spatial depth. The built is noticeably heavier than comparable tanpuras from Calcutta. Perhaps therein lies the secret of its unique sound quality.
September / October 2013
Shrutibox Paloma Large
Our new shrutibox Paloma large is a top quality instrument with a particularly balanced, warm, full sound and unmatched dynamic range. The unique bamboo look, silk mat surfaces and fine workmanship make this a truly exquisite instrument.
July / August 2013
Kirtan Accompaniment On Harmonium - Introductory DVD
"Playing Kirtan on Harmonium - A fun step-by-step introduction to the squeeze box" is probably the best introduction to the harmonium that is currently available. It is perfect for beginners with no musical training - no prior knowledge required! Daniel Tucker shows and explains the most important basics systematically, clearly and with infectious enthusiasm.
Harmonium Learning Online – Bhakti Breakfast Club
Why still buy instructional DVDs for harmonium when such videos are available in abundance and excellent quality on the internet? of Daniel Tucker's Bhakti Breakfast Club makes for perfect learning online! It is probably the best and most comprehensive teaching material for harmonium available anywhere today.
May / June 2013
Breath of the Heart – Songbook
This book features songsheets in two notation styles (Western staff and Indian sargam) for all the songs on Krishna Das' album "Breath of the Heart".
Gyan - Educational Series of Indian Ragas Vol. 1 – 2 CDs & Booklet
Ragas Yaman, Bhupali, Deshkar, Shudh-Kalyan, Kedar, Kamod, Hamir und Chhayanat
Gyan - Educational Series of Indian Ragas Vol. 2 – 2 CDs & Booklet
Ragas Bhairav, Kalingra, Ramkali, Ahir Bhairav, Kafi, Bhimpalasi, Bageshwari, Rageshwari,Barwa
Gyan - Educational Series of Indian Ragas Vol. 3 – 2 CDs & Booklet
Ragas Bilawal, Behag, Marubehag, Nand, Shankara, Marwa, Puriya, Sohini, Bhatiyar
Gyan - Educational Series of Indian Ragas Vol. 4 – 2 CDs & Booklet
Ragas Bhairavi, Bilaskhani Todi, Malkauns, Miyan-ki-Todi, Multani, Khamaj, Jhinjhoti, Desh, Tilak-Kamod, Jaijaiwanti
March / April 2013
Daniel Tucker: Learn to Play Harmonium
Set with 4 DVDs, CD, book & practice cards. Definetely the best comprehensive harmonium teaching available today! Daniel Tucker's systematic and user-friendly material really gives you everything you need to know to play on harmonium with a special focus on kirtan – fingering, bellows technique, basics of Indian music, basics of chords, vocal warm-up, transposing and two beautiful kirtans to get started
January / February 2013
MKS Scale Changer Foldable T 45/5
Scale-changer foldable T 45/5 from Monoj Kumar Sardar is ideal for experienced musicians, who seek a high quality instrument with all extras and the largest range of functional possibilities for use in all kinds of different contexts. The whole keyboard of three octaves can be shifted in half note steps from g sharp up to e (scale-changer) - which makes transposing child's play!
Monoj Kumar Sardar Standard D 37/3
The standard harmonium D 37/3 from Monoj Kumar Sardar is an inexpensive and sturdy beginner's instrument. With simple quality and without unnecessary extras it produces a beautiful, carrying sound. The 37 keys give the Monoj Kumar Sardar standard a range of three octaves. Each note is fitted with two reeds in middle and low octave (male / bass)
September / October 2012
New Harmonium - DMS Kirtan D 32
Harmoniums are becoming ever more popular. Therefore we have added an exciting new model to our assortment. The DMS Kirtan harmonium is a particularly small, lightweight and robust instrument with a powerful sound rich in overtones. It is ideal for travelling, to accompany kirtan and other group singing and for rhythmical play. The light weight and small dimensions are achieved without any cumbersome and delicate folding mechanisms
July / August 2012
Shrutibox Monoj Kumar Sardar Medium
Our shrutibox Monoj Kumar Sardar medium is a great all-purpose box with a balanced, warm, full sound and attractive solid wood design. The shrutibox medium combines the pros of bigger and smaller shrutiboxes into an interesting hybrid. It is considerably lighter than Monoj Kumar Sardar's shrutibox large, making it a rather pleasant instrument to carry. At the same time it has noticeably bigger bellows than Monoj Kumar Sardar's and Paloma's shrutiboxes small, which even facilitates a fairly constant sound of chords
Shrutibox Monoj Kumar Sardar Triple
The shrutibox Monoj Kumar Sardar Triple is designed for professionals with particularly high demands. Due to its greatly extended range it produces a unique rich and vibrant drone sound, appreciated especially by music and sound therapists. Like all shrutiboxes, the Monoj Kumar Sardar Triple is very reliable and extremely easy to handle. The range stretches over three octaves from C3 to B5
Nikhil Banerjee (Sitar): Ragas Maluha Kalyan & Nat Bhairava
Nikhil Banerjee (1931 - 1986) was a widely admired and respected master of Indian music and undoubtedly one of the greatest sitarists of his generation. His sophisticated style combines the best of all the great sitar schools and makes him an ideal representative of this instrument. The tabla accompaniment is played by Anindo Chatterjee
Gangubai Hangal (Khyal Vocal): Ragas Adana, Yaman & Ahir Bhairav
Gangubai Hangal (1913 - 2009) was a representative of the Kirana Gharana. As a woman and coming from a lower caste, she had to overcome tremendous resistance to succeed as a classical singer. With her characteristically deep, almost masculine voice, she was for decades one of the very great, most respected artists of India. For her life's work she was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, the second highest Indian state order. She is accompanied here by Sultan Khan (sarangi) and Shesh Giri Hangal (tabla)
May / June 2012
Raga-CD by Yogendra - New Edition
"Peace, Love & Joy - Three Ragas for Sitar & Tabla", the new edition of Yogendra's classical Indian raga CD along with tabla player Paul Ashis, has been published in May 2012. It brings three traditional Indian evening melodies to life with sitar and tabla, opening a door to the magic and deep spirituality of India. Ideal for relaxation, meditation, yoga, ayurveda and tantra - but also for demanding artistic listening pleasure!
January / February 2012
Harmonium Paloma Companion
Due to its light weight and small dimensions, our new harmonium model Paloma Companion is the perfect support for mantras and kirtans on the road and at home - light, compact, sturdy, comfortable to use and yet a full harmonium with a warm, round sound
Bags for Bansuris
Good news for all flute players: We now also carry special bags for bansuris! The bags have a rigid plastic tube inside and are covered with a sturdy nylon fabric with handle / shoulder strap on the outside.
Bags for Sitars
There are new gig bags for sitar players as well. They come with an extra thick padding and are available as single-tumba bag or as double-tumba bag (with space for upper resonator)
November / Dezember 2011
Textbook with CDs: Improvisation with Hariprasad Chaurasia
Previously, however, there was a large gap in the published teaching media. Introductory material is available for many instruments. And concert recordings of great masters are there, too. But didactically prepared material showing how raga improvisation works at concert level, and to play along with, was not there before. This gap is filled by "Hariprasad Chaurasia and the Art of Improvisation", a 200-page book with two CDs and notations, compiled and published by Henri Tournier
tha-ki-ta-tha: Tabla-Documentation
The strength and beauty of tha-ki-ta-tha is the fresh, unspoiled perspective of the filmmakers. They look behind the scenes with curiosity and enthusiasm and provide exciting insights into tabla manufacture, lessons, concert practice and historical and mythological backgrounds. This broad perspective is obtained by not only featuring well-known stars, but also people from the second or third row who devote their lives to the tabla
September 2011
Ravi-Shankar-Doku "Raga" on DVD
"Raga" was filmed in 1967 and 1968 in the U.S. and India. However, due to financial and technical problems, it could be published in 1971. Director was Howard Worth, producer was Ravi Shankar himself.
June 2011
Indigo Masala CD - Legends of Panipur
"Legends of Panipur," the second CD of world music trio Indigo Masala, tells of an imaginary journey to the paradisiacal princedom of Panipur, located about halfway between the Far East and Midwest, where Orient and Occident gently touch. The 12 new original compositions offer magical sitar (Yogendra), groovy tabla (Ravi Srinivasan) and impulsive accordion (Arun Leander), enriched with captivating vocals, colourful percussion, exuberant joy, subtle humor and a touch of jazz
March 2011
Yaman-Kalyan by Nikhil Banerjee
To the surprise and delight of Nikhil Banerjee fans, the English label Navras has now released another live recording of Nikhil Banerjee. The title "Pratibha" translates as "creative genius", and it is a rendering of Raga Yaman-Kalyan at Musée Guimet in Paris in 1983. The tabla accompanist is Anindo Chatterjee, Nikhil Banerjee's regular partner in the years before his death and considered to be one of India's greatest living tabla players today.
DVD Kishori Amonkar (Khyal-Gesang): Sampradaya - Carrying Forward a Tradition
The charismatic khyal singer Kishori Amonkar, currently perhaps the most famous and important female classical Indian singer, can now be experienced live on DVD. The deeply spiritual diva is regarded as a rebel and avant-gardist in the classical Indian tradition and her creative genius has evolved a very unique expressive style of her own, beyond the boundaries of traditional gharanas
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan (Qawwali-Gesang) & Michael Brook: Kinna Sohna (How Beautiful)
In 2007, a tribute concert took place at the Royal Festival Hall in London to commemorate the 10th death anniversary of legendary qawwali singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. The first part of the concert was performed by Nusrat's nephew Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, considered the legitimate heir of his uncle, and his group with traditional Qawwali. It has been published last year under the title "Remembering Nusrat". "Kinna Sohna (How Beautiful)" is the second part of the tribute concert and features the joint performance of Rahat Fateh Ali Khan and Michael Brook
September 2010
RiyazStudio - Tabla- & Tanpura-Software
RiyazStudio is a time-tested tabla, tanpura and drone software, which can completely replace any electronic tabla and tanpura machines. "Riyaz" means "practice", and RiyazStudio can indeed be a wonderful inspiration for regular practice with its great sounds and many functional options
Easy Harmonium - Book & CD
The book Easy Harmonium with accompanying CD is a perfect solution for anybody looking for new spiritual songs, but unable to decipher western staff notation or chord symbols. The 35-pages book presents the texts of nine Krishna-bhajans and various melodies for the Hare Krishna maha mantra
North Indian Dotara - Chant-Instrument
The North Indian dotara is a simple instrument with two strings. It is traditionally used by spiritual singers as an accompaniment to their devotional chants. The open strings are plucked in rhythm with the singing and either tuned to the tonic or to the tonic and another fitting note. This creates a sound space that supports the singing and gives rhythmic passages a nice movement. The playing technique is so simple that it does not require any learning or practice and does not distract from the chaning
August 2010
Tabla Backpack
Good tablas are relatively heavy and bulky and therefore hard to carry in cases or bags. Cases with wheels can be a way of getting along with this problem. Another solution is our tabla gig back in backpack format
DVD-Set for Khol, Manjiras & Harmonium
The 4-DVD-set Devotional Music Lessons offers a complete introduction to the traditional Bengali performance practice of the clay drum khol (here called mrdanga), the harmonium and the cymbals manjira (here called kartal) – as well as a rich collection of music from the Hare Krishna movement
Music Book for Kirtan Singing
Kirtan is the name for the call and response singing between lead singer and devotees in some of India's spiritual traditions. It is often accompanied by instruments like harmonium and tabla. In the West, guitars are frequently used to support kirtan as well. Kirtan singing is often described as a joyful method of expanding consciousness. Many people find kirtan singing especially in a large and enthusiastic group very inspiring and uplifting
June 2010
Book & CD: Nada Yoga
Yoga offers many ways to the inner self. One of the lesser known ways is called nada yoga, working with sound. "Nada Yoga - Hinwendung zum inneren Klang" is the first comprehensive basic book on the subject in German, written by long-term nada yoga teachers Barbara Irmer and Carmen Mager. The book is supplemented by a CD with the same title, performed by the authors together with musician Frank Beese
CD Bhairavi - beauty of nature
Classical Indian ragas are the heart of this enchanting publication of the small German label Malola, known for unusual productions of spiritual music from India. Raga CDs are usually focused on one famous virtuoso, but this recording gets by without any celebrity cult. It rather tries to create a very specific timeless and relaxed atmosphere - a tribute to the Hindu's holy city Varanasi and to the holy river Ganges, as the subtitle says. That is beautifully achieved by combining soundscapes from life in Varanasi with mantra recitations and performances of various popular ragas on a variety of instruments
March 2010
CD Amelia Cuni (Dhrupad-Vocal): Ocean of Colours - Homage to Pandit Bidur Mallik
This Dhrupad recital pays homage to Bidur Mallik, prominent exponent of the Darbhanga gharana who passed away in 2002. Italian born, Amelia Cuni has devoted her life to Dhrupad singing and studied with Rahim Fahimuddin Dagar, Bidur Mallik and Dilip Chandra Vedi
CD Satish Vyas (Santoor): Cutting Edge
Santoor virtuoso Satish Vyas has already recorded quite a few album for Navras. "Cutting Edge" presents a new approach in form and content. Apart from the traditional Ragas Nat Bhairav and Jhinjhoti, Satish Vyas has recorded his own creations Raga Salang and Raga Kaushik Ranjani for the first time. Satish Vyas has chosen a compact form of only 15 to 20 minutes for each Raga, instead of the usual 60 to 70 minutes elaboration
CD Rahat Fateh Ali Khan & Group (Qawwali-Vocal): Remembering Nusrat - Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Memorial Concert
Live-recording of parts of a concert in honour of legendary Qawwali singer late Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan in Oktober 2007 at the Royal Festival Hall, London. It presents Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's nephew Rahat Fateh Ali Khan with his traditional Qawwali-Ensemble
DVD L. Subramaniam (Violin) & London Symphony Orchestra: Global Symphony
Numerous Indian musicians have played in fusion- and crossover-projects, but apart from Ravi Shankar hardly anybody has worked as profoundly and as persistently in the field as South Indian star violinist L. Subramaniam. He has complemented his Indian musical upbringing with an M.A. in Western Music from California Institute of Arts and has composed for and performed with major Western orchestras again and again. This DVD is the live-recording of a concert at Barbican Centre, London, in September 2006


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A leading earthquake scientist has warned that the planet could be cracking up after a series of massive quakes in just 48 hours.
Expert Gheorghe Marmureanu – from Romania's National Institute of Earth Physics – says 39 quakes had hit the globe within two days.
The series started with two massive quakes in Indonesia measuring 8.6 and 8.2 on the Richter scale rapidly followed by three more only slightly smaller in Mexico within hours.
"There is no doubt that something is seriously wrong. There have been too many strong earthquakes," said Marmureanu.
He added: "The quakes are a surprise that cannot be easily explained by current scientific knowledge. With the Indonesian quake for example, statistically, there should be one big earthquake in this part of Asia every 500 years. However, since 2004, there were already three quakes with a magnitude of over 8, which is not normal.
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You've been working through the hiring process with an employer that you absolutely love. Every new bit of information you uncover during your research makes you more and more excited about potentially joining. Each interaction you have with the hiring team has solidified your belief that this is the place for you.
After a few rounds of successful interviews, you get the job offer! Thrilled, you accept it right away. You're ready to get started as soon as possible.
And then – silence. For weeks. Maybe even a month.
Has this ever happened to you? Rachel Bitte, chief people officer at Jobvite, has a feeling it has.
"We've all been really excited about accepting a job – and then you don't hear from them for a while," Bitte says. "You're like, 'What's up? What's going on?'"
It's bad enough when you're the job seeker who runs into a brick wall, but if you're the employer subjecting ecstatic candidates to abrupt radio silence, you're doing yourself a major disservice. That's a great way to kill all the momentum and turn an enthusiastic candidate into a disappointed and disengaged employee.
What was the fabulous candidate experience for if you're just going to shut it off the minute the candidate becomes an employee?
It's critical to keep the momentum going, but it can also be quite difficult. The transition from candidate to employee isn't always a smooth one. You're probably not trying to squander all of your good will – you just don't have a better way to hand the new employee off from the recruiting team to HR and the new employee's department.
According to Bitte, it doesn't have to be this way. A more holistic, comprehensive recruiting software could be just the solution you need to make your new employee's transition just as exciting as the candidate experience.
And Jobvite believes that the recent announcement of its fully integrated onboarding solution means it has the comprehensive software organizations need to manage the entire recruiting process from initial engagement to settling employees into the company without a hitch.
But why does a comprehensive, all-in-one software matter? There are plenty of solutions for each component of the recruiting process out there, and many of them can integrate with one another. Isn't that the same as an all-in-one? Bitte doesn't think so – and here's why:
1. Fully Integrated Solutions Keep the Entire Organization Informed
You have to remember that your candidates aren't just joining one team – they're joining the whole organization. If you can integrate new employees into the entire organization more easily, they'll have a better shot at becoming productive and engaged members of the company.
Plus, an integrated system also takes a lot of work off of people's plates, which means that the company can "spend more time and energy on qualitative outreach and keeping the employee engaged throughout the entire process," Bitte says.
2. Fully Integrated Solutions Make for a More Efficient Recruiting Funnel
Jobvite calls its integrated system "Salesforce for recruiters," and that's not just a publicity stunt.
"The recruiting funnel … is very much tied to marketing and sales funnels," Bitte explains. "The recruiting funnel is very similar to the acquisition of a customer."
Much like companies need to raise awareness around their products, get leads, and convert leads into customers, employers need to raise awareness about their jobs, find candidates, and convert candidates into employees.
With a fully integrated software, Bitte says, you have more control over every stage of the recruitment funnel.
"You can expand your possible candidate pool at the top of the funnel," Bitte explains. "And then, at the bottom of the funnel, you have onboarding, which is a major piece. The hand-off between departments here is really critical. You've invested so much time and energy into hiring this person, and you don't want to lose that momentum."
By smoothing the conversion from prospect to employee, an integrated system can help you maintain more of your candidate's momentum.
"The synergy you can have inside an organization is really important, especially in the hand-off between the recruiting team and the HR team," Bitte says. "As a candidate, you can have an incredible relationship with a recruiter — and then you never see them again."
An integrated system allows a recruiter to check in on the new employee's progress and make sure that the vision they sold the employee actually comes to fruition.
"And for HR, it allows them to be a bit more involved with the interviewing process so you start to build a relationship [with the new hire] earlier," Bitte adds. "It allows you to bridge the candidate experience and the employee experience."
3. Fully Integrated Solutions Are More Efficient
Tactical and operational tasks can take up a lot of time during the hiring process. Integrated systems that automate many of these tasks are supremely helpful.
What's more, there's one especially unnecessary operational task that fully integrated systems can do away with completely: making sure all your third-party apps and integrations work properly.
"The most important component [of an integrated system like ours] is the seamlessness," Bitte says. "You don't have to double-check if the API works or if you lost data in transition [from one software to the next]. In-app systems ensure you're not going to have anything slip through the cracks."
Furthermore, Jobvite's software in particular can help talent acquisition teams become even more efficient by allowing them to leverage critical recruiting data.
"We're able to help the heads of HR and talent acquisition see how they are performing in their recruiting funnels and how optimized they are in both candidate experience and new hire experience," Bitte says.
This data gives talent acquisition teams the ability to zero in on strategies that work and jettison the ones that don't.
4. Fully Integrated Solutions Improve the Candidate Experience
Think about it: When a candidate only deals with one software instead of three or four during the hiring process, they're likely to be much less stressed about and/or frustrated with the hiring process.
And if your integrated software has a mobile component like Jobvite's does, then your candidates will be especially happy.
"If you can apply for a job on your phone, why can't you do the other end of it once you've accepted it? Why can't you pound out a couple of W-2 forms on the go?" Bitte asks.
Will a fully integrated software solve every one of your recruiting woes? Probably not. Recruiting is a bit more complicated than that. But it does have the potential to make sourcing, recruiting, hiring, and onboarding much easier for you and your candidates – so it's something you may want to look into soon. Why keep juggling all those software platforms when you could find one that does it all?


text: Radical attorney William Kunstler, film maker Emile DeAntonio and hundreds of other activists and artists issued a call for the formation of a new grass-roots organization to resist government policy. Kunstler, the lawyer who defended the Chicago Seven in 1969, said there has been a recent "significant shift in the wind in this country" and called on Americans to give a "push to the wave of discontent." He was joined at a New York news conference by DeAntonio, who has made controversial films about the Army-McCarthy hearings and the Vietnam War.


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Melody A. Whitten, DVM
Dr. Melody A. Whitten—everyone calls her Dr. Mel—has been a general practitioner at Animal Care Clinic since 1995 and its owner since 2005.
A native of Christopher, Illinois, Dr. Mel says that her father played a significant role in helping her develop an early love for animals and then making the decision to pursue a veterinary career. "Growing up we always had a variety of animals, such as dogs, cats, horses, guineas, chickens, rabbits, goats, you name it," she says. "And he was always bringing a new animal home, which reached the point where my mother frequently dreaded asking the question, 'What's in the box?'
"My father also taught me Proverbs 12:10, which says, 'A righteous man cares for the life of his animals.' Perhaps my favorite memory is of my father coming to me a few months before I graduated from veterinary school and saying, 'You know, you're doing something I always wanted to do and was never able to.' That meant everything to me."
For her undergraduate studies, Dr. Mel attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where she received a Bachelor of Science in both Biology and Animal Science in 1987 and 1988 respectively. She then entered the University of Illinois' College of Veterinary Medicine and received her Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine in 1993. Her areas of special professional interest include preventative medicine, internal medicine, surgery and helping strengthen the human/animal bond. Dr. Mel is an active volunteer at the SAGA Humane Society in San Pedro, Belize where she donates her time, talents and supplies several times each year to perform spays, neuters and medical treatments for the animals housed in the shelter as well as pets belonging to the local residents. She is also a member of the Texas Veterinary Medical Association, American Veterinary Medical Association and the Veterinary Information Network.
Now that she is a practicing veterinarian and owns her own practice, Dr. Mel says she enjoys, "The satisfaction of working hard on a difficult case and eventually seeing the patient turn the corner and begin to improve. It is also gratifying to see how happy people are when you help make their beloved pet feel better."
Dr. Mel and her husband Michael have a menagerie of animals that they provide a home to. These include a Black Lab named Molly, an Australian Shepherd named Paden, a Cocker Spaniel named Hannah, a mixed-breed dog named Widget that Dr. Mel and her husband rescued while in Belize, a cat named Marlo, and a quarter horse gelding named Doc.
The clinic also has a number of pets, which include three mixed breed dogs named Cosmo, Lilly and Onyx. The clinic is also home to four cats named McGee, Moose, Reeses, and Guyen.
Dr. Mel's hobbies include SCUBA diving, traveling, theater, music, and constantly working to improve the clinic and boarding facilities.


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Global Food Grade Industrial Gases Market: Overview
Industrial gases are used in the varied industrial applications. These applications include oil and gases, petrochemical, mining industries, food, chemical, water and so on. However, food grade gases as an additive or processing aid can be used in the food industries. Normally, carbon dioxide, nitrogen, and oxygen are used in the food industries. Consumers demand has changed for fresh food so as to follow a diet in the pure form regardless of location and season is the major factor boosting the demand for these gases. Moreover, there is an increase in the consumption of packaged foods such as fresh fruits & vegetables, carbonated beverages, bakery & confectionery products, dairy & frozen products, fish & seafood, and meat.
Global Food Grade Industrial Gases Market: Growth Factors
Growth in the demand of these gases in the market is owing to latest advancement in freezing and chilling, packaging technologies, which is also expected to foster the global food grade industrial market growth in the near future. Consumer demand for fresh vegetables and foods throughout the year is anticipated to fuel the global market for food grade industrial gases. Food grade industrial gases are extensively used in the various applications such as shelf life extension, freezing and chilling, preservation and carbonation, and packaging of various drinks. Increasing health concerns is the major driving factor of the global food grade industrial gases market. Customers need food products in the natural form, without chemical treatments, with minimal preservatives, or less processed; this, in turn, propels the global market growth.
Global Food Grade Industrial Gases Market: Segmentation
The global food grade industrial gases market is classified based on types as oxygen, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, and others. Of this, nitrogen is the dominating type segment in the global market, as it is used in many carbonated soft drinks. Based on product type, the global food grade industrial gases market is bifurcated as beverages, fish & seafood, dairy & frozen products, bakery & confectionery, fruits & vegetables, meat, and others. Moreover, the global market is fragmented on the basis of applications as packaging, freezing & chilling, carbonation, and others.
Global Food Grade Industrial Gases Market: Regional Analysis
North America accounted for the largest market in the global food grade industrial gases market owing to higher demand for processed food. Europe is emerging as the second largest market for food grade industrial gases. However, it is considered as established markets. Asia Pacific is growing at a faster rate to grab major market in this region. In addition, it has opened up new growth opportunities for food grade industrial gases. Moreover, increasing consumption of food products and the emergence of new technological advancement also positively impacts the global market. China is expected to come up as a major market for food grade industrial gases in future.
Global Food Grade Industrial Gases Market: Competitive Players
Key players in the global food grade industrial gases market are Emirates Industrial Gases, Air Gas, Messer Group, The Linde Group, and Air Liquide S.A. Other players operating in the global market are Sol-SPA, Air Products Praxair, Matheson Tri-Gas Inc., Gulf Cryo, and Parker.
Global Food Grade Industrial Gases Market: Regional Segment Analysis
- North America
- Europe
- France
- Germany
- Asia Pacific
- China
- Japan
- India
- Latin America
- Brazil
- The Middle East and Africa
What Report Provides
- Full in-depth analysis of the parent market
- Important changes in market dynamics
- Segmentation details of the market
- Former, on-going, and projected market analysis in terms of volume and value
- Assessment of niche industry developments
- Market share analysis
- Key strategies of major players
- Emerging segments and regional markets
- Testimonials to companies in order to fortify their foothold in the market.


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