We have new title/position logos for each of our special members.  Check out each staff member's posts to see them.  I just realized we don't have icons for simple Mods (powerlifter if you are reading this, GET TO WORK!)

A special thanks to powerlifter for spending time to work on these (although he took about 2 weeks lol).  Also a thanks to Belmont for the idea of the design.

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Death of a downturn (DOD) - SaintSoulja (G.N.E.)

State of the Union (part II).

G.N.E. exclusive!

Wrote a couple lines to the new jay z beat from DOA (death of auto-tune). Thought I'd share with yall.

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Just received this email from a friend, very good story, please read if you have time.

King and his four wives.....

Once upon a time there was a King who had four wives. He loved the 4th wife the most and adorned her with rich robes and treated her to the finest of delicacies. He gave her nothing but the best.

He also loved the 3rd wife very much and was always showing her off to neighboring kingdoms. However, he feared that one day she would leave him for another.

He also loved his 2nd wife. She was his confident and was always kind,considerate and patient with him. Whenever the King faced a problem, he could confide in her, and she would help him get through the difficult times.

The King's 1st wife was a very loyal partner and had made great contributions in maintaining his wealth and kingdom. However, he did not love the first wife. Although she loved him deeply, he hardly took notice of her!

One day, the King fell ill and he knew his time was short. He thought of his luxurious life and wondered, "I now have four wives with me, but when I die, I'll be all alone."

Thus, he asked the 4th wife, "I have loved you the most, endowed you with the finest clothing and showered great care over you. Now that I'm dying, will you follow me and keep me company?" "No way!" replied the 4th wife and she walked away without another word. Her answer cut like a sharpknife right into his heart.

The sad King then asked the 3rd wife, "I have loved you all my life. Nowthat I'm dying, will you follow me and keep me company?" "No!", replied the 3rd wife. "Life is too good! When you die, I'm going to remarry!" Hisheart sank and turned cold.

He then asked the 2nd wife, "I have always turned to you for help and you've always been there for me. When I die, will you follow me and keep me company?" "I'm sorry, I can't help you out this time!", replied the 2nd wife. "At the very most, I can only walk with you to your grave." Her answer struck him like a bolt of lightning, and the King was devastated.

Then a voice called out: "I'll go with you. I'll follow you no matter where you go." The King looked up, and there was his first wife. She was very skinny as she suffered from malnutrition and neglect. Greatly grieved, the King said, "I should have taken much better care of you when I had the chance!"

In truth, we all have the 4 wives in our lives:

Our 4th wife is our body. No matter how much time and effort we lavish inmaking it look good, it will leave us when we die.

Our 3rd wife is our possessions, status and wealth. When we die, it will all go to others.

Our 2nd wife is our family and friends. No matter how much they have been there for us, the furthest they can stay by us is up to the grave.

And our 1st wife is our Soul, often neglected in pursuit of wealth, power and pleasures of the world. However, our Soul is the only thing that will follow us wherever we go.Cultivate, strengthen and cherish it now, for it is the only part of us that will follow us to the throne of God and continue with us throughout Eternity.

Remember, when the world pushes you to your knees, you're in the perfect position to pray.

SGPC teams up with UK varsity for scholarships to Sikh students

Express News Service Posted online: Saturday , Jun 27, 2009 at 0301 hrs



Ludhiana : Sikh Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) has decided to institute scholarships in collaboration with University of Cambridge (UK) for needy and meritorious Sikh students for research studies leading to M.Phil or Ph.D degrees.

Addressing the press conference, Avtar Singh Makkar, president of SGPC, informed that the SGPC had received a proposal from Department of Human Resources, University of Cambridge (UK) in the month of February, 2009, regarding providing opportunities to students of Indian nationality from the Sikh community, who are of outstanding academic ability, to study at the Cambridge for programmes regarding M.Phil and Ph.d degrees.

For this purpose, Michel O’Sullivan Joseph, Director of Cambridge Commonwealth Trust, arrived yesterday to discuss modalities for creation of scholarships. Cambridge Commonwealth Trust grants about 860 scholarships to commonwealth students, who are meritorious and fullfil the eligibility for admission to Cambridge University, UK.

Makkar said Michel O’Sullivan Joseph visited important institutions of higher education of SGPC yesterday accompanied by Director Education SGPC. Michel O’Sullivan Joseph held a meeting with Makker in which the Director, Education, and principals of the colleges of SGPC and Agya Paul Singh from Ludhiana participated. It was decided in principal to institute scholarships for needy and meritorious Sikh students to study at Cambridge (UK) for their M-Phill and Ph.D degrees.

Makkar said the amount of scholarships will be shared as 50% each between the SGPC and Cambridge Commonwealth Trust. Scholarships will be granted through SGPC-Cambridge University Education Foundation, which will have members from India and abroad.

The scholarships will be awarded only to those meritorious students, who fulfill the eligibility criteria for admission in different courses at Cambridge University (UK) which is celebrating its 800th anniversary this year and has decided to open its door to holy Guru Granth Sahib for the first time in whose august presence, an MOU be will signed in the third or fourth week of July 2009.

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The Airplane Toilet Paper Experiment

The fantasy of many sports cars fanatic enthusiasts, the new Honda S 2000 combines the open-top exquisite sporty style with race track high performance and promises to become a market hit in the following year.

Moreover, following the ‘99 big success of the first S2000 generation, more expenisive but at the same time much more powerful the Mazda MX-5 its class, feared competitor, Honda S2000 evolved into an aggressive racer, sophisticated and, at the same time the quintessence of every roadster sports car ever created by Honda.

Powered by a potent 237 hp, 2.2 liter, 4-cylinder, 16 valve engine with 6 speed manual transmission, an outstaning 50:50, front-rear weight balance; the 2009 model is equipped with 17’’ aluminum-alloy wheals, headlamps with day/night sensitive running lamps, maintenance minder, VSA-Vehicle Stability Assist, and DBW-Drive by Wire throttle and 4 channeled anti-lock brake systems, moreover the model has an engine start button, AC system, headrest speakers and AM, FM and CD compatible audio system.

Offering a very good match between road driving conditions and throttle response, good on-road stability, amazing structural rigidity, this roadster is designed to provide pure behind-the-wheal drive excitement, precise shifting, quick turns, and adrenaline pumping racing performance.

The S2000 has been designed to provide safety bought to occupants and pedestrians in case of accidents: the roadster is equipped with 3 points seat belts, dual stage and also dual threshold airbags; in case of potential impact with pedestrian the windshield-wiper’s pivots and hood’s hinges are built to disintegrate and thus to lower, as much as possible, eventual death-causing or severe physical injuries.

With race-car traditional interior design, coming in 6 brand new color options, Honda S2000, was designed to satisfy the exigencies of worldwide passionate drivers, to offer genuine behind-the-wheal satisfaction whether it is on the race track or in everyday life.

The modern interpretation of a sports car, Honda S2000 has been defined as performance, refinement and quality and it comes for a faire price of $34.795.
2009 Honda S2000 Technical data Specifications
Drivetrain
Transmission    6 Speed Manual
Final Drive Ratio    4.100:1
Differential    Torque-Sensing Torsen Limited-Slip
Suspension    Independent In-Wheel Double Wishbone Suspension with Coil Springs
Layout    Front Engine, RWD
Engine
Displacement    2.2 Liters
Engine Type    Naturally Aspirated 16V DOHC VTEC Inline 4
Redline    8000 rpm
Horsepower    237 hp @ 7800 rpm
Torque    162 hp @ 6800 rpm
Bore X Stroke    87.0 x 90.7
Compression Ratio    11:1
Exterior
Wheels (F/R)    17×7.0 / 17×8.5
Tires (F/R)    215/45R17 87W / 245/40R17 91W
Wheelbase    94.5 in
Length    162.2 in
Height    50.0 in
Width    68.9 in.
Body Type    2 Seat, 2 Door Soft Top Roadster

Teri Meri Bas'SAT SIRI AKAL' By TARANAMPREET

Sikh women prefer Sikh men with kesh and dastaar. That is the message of the latest Punjabi music video by artist, Taranampreet.

Donned in keskis and armed with guitars, Taranampreet and her group, the Spice Girls of Punjab, sing the song ‘Teri Meri Bas’ while perched high on an ornate platform. Below is a courtyard filled with Sikh women dressed in white. Their warning to Sikh men: "Don’t come around without unshorn hair and turban."

“These days Sikhs are forgetting what our Gurus did for us,” Taranampreet said in Punjabi, by phone from Jalandhar.

Born in Butala, Taranampreet was a college graduate with two older sisters and three younger brothers when she got her lucky break about seven years ago. She auditioned for music mogul, Inderjit Singh Bains. Both had the same ideas of creating positive music for Sikhi.

With Inderjit Singh as the songwriter and Zakir Husain as the music arranger, Taranampreet released three albums: Heer Saleti, Sahiban Jati and Nagni. Her music videos are produced in Punjab, but have also aired on Indian and Punjabi channels in Canada and the United States.

Inderjit Singh has launched many bhangra stars such as Jazzy B of Surrey, Madan Maddi of India, Bhinda Jatt of California and Sukhshinder Shinda of England.

“I introduced fresh new artists, made them stars and let them go,” he said by phone from Surrey, Canada.

But after 20 years in the business, he said he had had enough of artists that only cared about making money. And he had enough of the bhangra industry, which has gone by way of the rap industry, he said."They send negative messages and promote drinking, drugs and fighting."

“(Our) Gurus have done a lot for us,” he said. “It’s our duty to do something for the community.” Sikhs, especially the youth, look at these stars and begin to think that if they don’t wear a dastaar and they don’t keep their kesh, that is okay, he said. He found his calling to make inspiring videos in Taranampreet.

 


Six of Taranampreet’s music videos are on YouTube. Two of them have inspirational messages and others tackle social ills.‘Naa Dole Khalsa’ impresses upon Sikhs to honor the sacrifices of the Gurus and martyrs by staying true to Sikhi. ‘Dheeaan’ asks Punjabis to stop killing unborn baby girls. And ‘Jalandar Lahor’ is a love story that shows the destructiveness of honor killings.

‘Teri Meri Bas’ has received the most views and the most comments. In one of the many approving posts, ‘sangajaspreet’ commented in Punjabi, “…looks like boys will have to live alone if they don’t have beard and kesh.” But in some other posts viewers had concerns, suggestions and criticism.

‘Pinkpeppypepper’ asked the artist to “please also write Kaur or Singh with your name.” ‘Meer86singh’ said "the biggest mistake in the video was that ordinary Sikh girls might think this message is only for those who have taken Amrit or wear keski."  And ‘Junta450’ said, “Sikhi has been lost to Sikhs, in the struggle for numbers - of dollars and converts.”

Making music videos has become a struggle for Inderjit Singh. He is spending his own money and making little in return. The ‘Teri Meri Bas’video cost Rs. 4 lakhs.

Inspirational songs should be distributed free, he said. But he also needs money to continue his work. It is difficult to make money in this “dying” industry where music and videos are regularly pirated and distributed without royalty to its artists or producers.

This only added to his frustration with the industry. So, seven years ago he gave it up as a full-time occupation and bought a telephone company with a partner. Music became his hobby. His greatest hope now is that Sikhs take a greater interest in the message of the music instead of the flaws of the artist.

“An artist is an artist,” he said. “She is doing something effective.”

Na Dole Khalsa by Taranampreet

I just heard news from Wall Street Journal, that Walmart is opening a store in Amritsar, Punjab.  It is interesting to note that this store will be it's first store in India, and they have picked Amritsar as their marketplace.

AMRITSAR, India -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. on Saturday rolls out its deep-discount retailing formula in India, targeted at a more than $350 billion a year retail industry made up almost entirely of small merchants such as Ranjit Singh.

Mr. Singh, 18 years old, sells cookies, chewing tobacco and soft drinks from a wooden cart across the street from the construction site of Wal-Mart's first Indian store. Under Indian rules governing foreign retailers, Wal-Mart and its joint venture partner, Bharti Enterprises Ltd., can't sell directly to consumers but instead will operate a cash-and-carry business selling 10,000 products to licensed store owners, ...