Reruns of Biggest Loser: Family Edition must have been playing somewhere in Sant'Agata Bolognese, as yet another member of the Gallardo clan has shed some pounds.
Lamborghini rumbled into Los Angeles this week to announce the LP 570-4 Spyder Performante, yet another iteration of the company's best-selling model. The diet, which includes a new soft-top features components made from lighter material, trimmed 143 pounds from the Spyder. That same high carbon-fiber diet worked in March with the LP 570-4 Superleggera, which remains the lightest Gallardo on the road at only 2,954 pounds. At weigh-in, the new soft-top tipped the scales at 3,274 pounds.
According to Lamborghini, it was a "huge challenge" to integrate carbon-fiber into the extremely stiff spaceframe structure. Easier modifications included using carbon-fiber for door panels and seat shells and replacing leather with Alcantara.
That "LP" in the Spyder's nearly-royal title? It stands for "Longitudinale Posteriore" and has nothing to do with Sir Mix-A-Lot – it just means the V10 in the rear is mounted longitudinally. Like the Superleggera, the engine makes 570 hp, but the extra weight of the Spyder drags the 0-62 time down to 3.9 seconds from 3.4 and the top speed to 201 mph from 202.
We're always glad to see another supercar, but with the Performante the Gallardo might just tie the Lincoln Town Car for sheer number of variations on a theme. Luckily, there's no Cartier edition – yet.
Yes, she's getting a bit old. But she's still hot. Lamborghini has cranked out more than 10,000 Gallardos since introducing the car in 2003.
It looks good from pretty much any angle.


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Philippines Gripped By Dengue Vaccine Fears
Posted on 02/06/2018 by Dave Hollis
Fears over a dengue vaccine in the Philippines have led to a big drop in immunisation rates for preventable diseases, officials have warned.
Health Under-Secretary Enrique Domingo said many parents were refusing to get their children vaccinated for polio, chicken pox and tetanus.
The fears centre on Dengvaxia, a drug developed by French company Sanofi.
Sanofi and local experts say there is no evidence linking the deaths of 14 children to the drug.
However, the company had warned last year that the vaccine could make the disease worse in some people not infected before.
Dengue fever affects more than 400 million people each year around the world. Dengvaxia is the world's first vaccine against dengue.
The mosquito-borne disease is a leading cause of serious illness and death among children in some Asian and Latin American countries, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
What did Mr Domingo say about immunisation rates?
"Our programmes are suffering… (people) are scared of all vaccines now", he warned.
Mr Domingo added that vaccination rates for some preventable diseases had dropped as much as 60% in recent years – significantly lower that the nationwide target of 85%.
What triggered fears about Dengvaxia?
More than 800,000 children were vaccinated across the country in 2016-17. Fourteen of them have died.
Dengvaxia immunisations were halted last year, as the Philippines launched an investigation into what caused the deaths.
On Saturday, Doctors for Public Welfare (DPW) said a clinical review conducted by Philippine General Hospital forensic pathologists had determined that the deaths were not linked to the vaccine, the Philippine Daily Inquirer reported.
What about Sanofi's reaction?
In a statement, the French company said: "The University of the Philippines-Philippine General Hospital expert panel confirmed… that there is currently no evidence directly linking the Dengvaxia vaccine to any of the 14 deaths.
"In Dengvaxia clinical trials conducted over more than a decade and the over one million doses of the vaccine administered, no deaths related to the vaccine have been reported to us.
"Clinical evidence confirms dengue vaccination in the Philippines will provide a net reduction in dengue disease."
Last November, Sanofi announced that its vaccine could worsen the potentially deadly disease in people not previously infected.
"For those not previously infected by dengue virus, however, the analysis found that in the longer term, more cases of severe disease could occur following vaccination upon a subsequent dengue infection," the firm said in a statement.
Sanofi says Dengvaxia has been registered in 19 countries and launched in 11 of them.
In its latest advice on the vaccine, the WHO said that "until a full review has been conducted, WHO recommends vaccination only in individuals with a documented past dengue infection".
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Karlovac (pron. , Károlyváros in ungherese, Karlstadt in tedesco, Karlovec in sloveno, Karlowac in polacco, Carlostadium in latino e Carlovizza in italiano) è una città del nord-ovest della Croazia, capoluogo della regione omonima (Karlovačka županija).

Storia
La città è abbastanza recente essendo stata edificata nel XVI secolo alla confluenza di quattro fiumi (Kupa, Korana, Mrežnica e Dobra) ed è situata sulla strada che collega Zagabria (a circa 56 Km) a Fiume (distante circa 130 km).

Karlovac fu danneggiata seriamente durante l'ultimo conflitto che imperversò nei Balcani negli anni 1990 e molti dei suoi monumenti vennero semidistrutti a causa dei separatisti serbi, che attaccarono la città, in quanto luogo strategico e sede di un'importante caserma della JNA. Tra gli edifici distrutti e poi ricostruiti figura anche la cattedrale di San Nicola, della chiesa ortodossa serba.

Economia
Storicamente l'industria più rilevante è quella relativa alla fabbricazione della birra (Karlovačko) alla quale è anche dedicata un'annuale festa che si tiene solitamente a settembre e che rappresenta una delle attrazioni turistiche della città. Negli ultimi anni ha guadagnato grande importanza l'industria bellica: a Karlovac infatti è presente una fabbrica della HS Produkt, dove viene prodotta la pistola HS2000.

Geografia antropica

Frazioni
 Skakavac

Infrastrutture e trasporti

Strade
La principale via d'accesso alla città è l'autostrada A1 che unisce Zagabria alla Dalmazia.

Ferrovie
La città è servita da una propria stazione posta lungo la ferrovia Fiume-Zagabria.

Amministrazione

Gemellaggi
Karlovac è gemellata con:
  Alessandria, Italia
  Erzsébetváros (Budapest), Ungheria
  Kansas City, Stati Uniti d'America
  Kragujevac, Serbia

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Voci correlate
 Karlovačko
 Regione di Karlovac
 Cattedrale di San Nicola (Karlovac)
 Eparchia di Karlovac superiore

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

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So far the monster rear has been great, and the stock chevy springs are really soft. My front suspension is stock with an add a leaf so it has lots to be desired. I'm about to order 6" lift springs for the front, but is there a better way to lift the front than with skyjacker softride Dodge springs? I think Chevy used longer springs in front but maybe by 2 inches or so. I suppose this would be doable but there would be a substantial amount of load placed on the new hangers since they would be shifted fwd where there really isn't anything to mount to. I know I could 5 link it but my plan for that was to use the parts off the d44 out of my 97 and do my own long arm setup, but I haven't sourced a good d60 to put in the 97 yet. So what is the best way to lift the front of a RC with leaf springs.
I drive a Dodge, My wife drives... me crazy!
He just finished putting this together and ramped it to check everything out. This stuff isn't even broken in yet.
Short of coils and links you can't do much better, easily anyways. Chevy fronts are the same length. People use Dodge rears up front, turned around with the short side in back. Then you move the front hangers forward about 3". That gives you asymetrical spring up front for better driveshaft angles but you also get some crazy castor changes as you drive too. That's not good. Stick with teh Skyjackers unless you want to link it.
You can run a radius arm suspension too. Those are easier and cheaper to build. If you run the chassis mounts on the trans crossmember as close together as possible with the axle mounts as wide as possible (while still getting full steering) you get a ton of flex without much binding. USe Skyjacker 7" Ram coils up front and some good shocks and you're set. It's all fab work but there are so many places that sell tabs and mounts now it's not that bad anymore.
Jeep is hobby, Dodge is a sickness!
Sounds good. I got the rear done last night, my brake line is TIGHT and the stock driveshaft needs to be lengthened. I plan on using a front driveshaft out of a late 70's K5 with a 208 T-case, I'll have to rob the d44 yoke of the axle too though, but that should be pretty cheap from the junk yard. I'll get the skyjacker springs ordered tonight.
Those pics I assume he cut the rear fenders to stuff that 39 Bogger in there right?? Got any profile pics of that truck so I can see the fender trim better. My 33X12.50's BFG AT's look tiny now... I'm looking for some 38's to run until the axles go KAWBLEWY...then its either 3/4 ton's or rocks... I can get a set of rocks pretty cheap from a military salvage yard close by so that is tempting.
Here's a link to the build thread he did on RCC. Yes, I'm still giving him crap about doing it over there rather than here.
You will need a new Skyjacker rear brakeline too. Rmemeber, you have 10"+ of droop now! Don't let that line be your weak link!
I don't think GM ever made that combo.... The D44 was last used by GM in '77. The 208 didn't appear until '80. A mid 80's shaft should work but not sure. The correct yoke is easily available for the axle but you can get a U joint that will work with both the outside clip GM and inside clip Dodge stuff. I have seen it but do not have a part number. If you have a Napa around you try them. Those guys seem to know more than most. I think it's a Jeep joint but could be wrong.
Post some pics when you get the front in!
I just ordered the springs, bushings, and shocks. I didn't do the brake lines because I can have a hydraulic shop in town do them for alot less.
So Bill, I was going over the tech articles and I have enough 3/8th inch steel laying around (I think its enough anyway) to do the front shackles. Are they the same dimensions as stock or do they change the caster angle slightly (SCARY).
Also will I have to replace the studs on the front axle spring perch or can I use the original studs??
Actually the shackles on that truck are about 2"+ longer than stock. The frame was boxed, the pivot was moved up and forward and a new front hanger was used that drops the front 1". That optimises the travel of everything. If you do not move any suspension points go with a shackle that is based on these plans (http://www.offroadexchange.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18&Itemid=36). They work great and give just enough extra movement to make a world of difference.
Re: Lifting 6" is there a Monster Front Suspension update: SPRINGS HAVE SHIMS???
One spring came in today (the other is in route), but it has a shim on the bottom...I wasn't expecting this. Isn't this going to change the caster angle and make for scary handling?? They are skyjacker part number SJA-D600S. Anyone else have a shim on their front 6" skyjacker softride springs? How did it effect caster angle and handling? I suppose I could build longer shackles to "level" the axle back out. Let me know because I'd really like to put these things in this weekend.
That is normal. Caster is a funny thing. What is correct really depends on ALL factors. When you change things the needs change. Smaller tires have less gyro force and require more caster. When you go to 35" tires and up you have to start backing caster out of it to make it handle right. There is also the balance of correct caster vs driveshaft angle. It's better to have less caster than a driveshaft that won't spin. Skyjacker spent a lot of time getting it right so don't worry, they are correct.
I started work under the front, but didn't get real far. I have an oil leak at the back of the intake manifold that leaks pretty consistant, I plan to fix it this week after the lift. But I noticed today that the oil that makes it way to the bottom of the bell housing was mixed with WATER and looked milky. I checked the oil on the stick and it wasn't high and no signs of water so I started it up and let it run for a few minutes and checked again...still no sign of water on the stick. I'm hoping its rain water running off the back of the hood and mixing with the oil leak reisdue that I'm seeing, but its been in the garage for a couple weeks now, but if the oil mixes with water then the water doesn't evaporate as fast...I hope. Not sure how to confirm this other than fix the oil leak and keep checking the dip stick for signs of water.
... I have an oil leak at the back of the intake manifold that leaks pretty consistant, I plan to fix it this week after the lift. But I noticed today that the oil that makes it way to the bottom of the bell housing was mixed with WATER and looked milky. I checked the oil on the stick and it wasn't high and no signs of water so I started it up and let it run for a few minutes and checked again...still no sign of water on the stick. I'm hoping its rain water running off the back of the hood and mixing with the oil leak reisdue that I'm seeing, but its been in the garage for a couple weeks now, but if the oil mixes with water then the water doesn't evaporate as fast...I hope. Not sure how to confirm this other than fix the oil leak and keep checking the dip stick for signs of water.
I had the issue on my RC when bought it. I did think It had been the oilpresssure sender and replaced it, no change but after I ripped the intake off did I find the leak, the rear cork seal was outside of the right spot so the oil just went past it and as you have noticed mine was too blended with water. .Hope you find your leak on the engine. About the springs I have the same setup with the shims but mine leafs are still on the floor and waiting for more parts.
yup I tried the oil sender unit too, but that wasn't it. I've had this oil leak for along time so the block is pretty crusty looking back there. The last time I drove it the roads where wet and i went through some large puddles so I'm hoping all the dirt build up got saturated with water and then resaturated with oil and the two just mixed. I need to pick up a gasket set this week and do the swap. Sten I'll let you know how mine turns out and try to take some pics along the way. Do you need any before and after measurements??
As far as the steering goes, I want to do crossover but not waste the time and money on the d44 steering arm when I plan to go to 60's soon. So I'm thinking of buying the two drag link hiem ends and making a short drag link now and bore out the current pitman arm and the current steering arm, but put the new draglink on top of the pitman arm instead of the bottom. That will get me about 3" closer to the correct geometry and since I've been running 3" lift for years and never did anything about the steering I'm hoping that this will do for now. Because other than turning sharper one direction the truck steers great no bump steer ect. I can correct the differential btw right and left with the new draglink length. I'll let you know how it turns out.
As far as driveshafts go I really should do a custom shaft in the back since there is so much more flex than stock, but I don't have the funds so I'll get it extended, not sure how much though I'll have to cylce the rear suspension and determine the best compromise. Too long and it will smash the t'case to bits and too short it will separate and who knows what will happen.
wow 6 inches of lift makes a big difference...its huge. It may be taller in the front then the back not sure yet I'll have to figure that out tomorow. I also need the longer studs for the passenger side front 9/16" diameter...where did everyone get theirs.
You can Dodge a ball if you can Dodge a wrench!
Hey, don't forget to post some pics in your real wheels folder!
I think a 440 swap will help lower that front end! You know you want one!
Springs do settle a bit so it should come down an inch or so in the next few days. The rears won't settle as they have very little arch and a soft spring rate.
The studs.... those are a pain! I never did find them seperately. They come in the kit box, along with bushings and the ubolts. It's not that much for that box so I usually just got that too. I have used 9/16" course thread bolts in their place. That is a huge pain though with the angled shims under the springs. You have to hog out the spring plate holes to 5/8" and even then use a file to angle them to match a bit. Do not strip out the holes in the housing!
Rancho have a set for the D44 with studs and U-bolts. Summit part number RAN-RS731. Just know about that when ordered the kit some time ago.
thanks for the tips but I just made my own studs out of a couple of 5-1/2" grade 10 bolts. One end had about 2" of fine thread so I went to my machinist at work and he chucked it up in one of the lathes and wacked the head off and put another 1.5 inches of fine thread on there. Then flipped it around and put about 1.5 inch of coarse thread on the other end...instant 5" stud...took about 10 minutes for two.
I must confess I didn't order new rear springs , but since I had the free 63" chevy springs already in there I tossed the 3.5" flactory block back in... this will have to do until the truck fund gets out of debt. So the front settled about 1/4" or so but it may do more after driving. I have a set of add-a-leaves from the old packs that I could put in there but don't want to ruin the flex of the flat 63's. So I was thinking about wacking the ends off of the add-a-leaf and making a long zero rate and putting it at the bottom of the pack. I need to think about this some more though.
I got my brake lines today and started trying to source drive shaft stretchers. No luck though the cheapest I found to add 1.5" was $125. But I can buy 1.5" of tube for about $5. So I may build an alignment jig out of 2x2 angle , cut my current shaft and weld in the new piece then balance it, not sure how well this will balance though. Second option is to buy a shaft from junk yard and grind the yoke out and re-weld it in the end, but then I would have to buy another shaft. The front shaft I plan on using an old K-5 shaft out of a truck with the NP-208... I'll let you know how that turns out, but I think it might just be the right length.
I have a pair of 316SS 5/8" hiem ends that I'll use in my draglink, but I need to get a new pitman arm thats dropped first...hoping to source that in a junk yard too.
I sure you like to do a 440 swap, I thought the winch would help squish the front too though, and lastly, I don't have my camera this week so pics will have to wait until next week.
do you ever have a bad day at the junk yard? I went to a yard about 35 miles from where I live because it was rumored to have great parts and cheap plus its one of the only "you pull it" yards around here. I went looking for driveshafts and a dropped pitman arm from something. I didn't find any drive shafts because it was all late model stuff slip yoke stuff not a splined shaft...not really what I thought I was getting into. But I did find a pitman arm off a durango that looked like it would be perfect. So I go get my tools and take the box off the frame to get to all the nuts and pull the tierod out of the draglink, but I had to go back to my truck to get a bigger socket for the pitman arm. I have to get past some lady who tells me I only have 10 minutes and they are closing and I have to be out. I figure heck this is only going to take 10 minutes plus all my tools are still in there. So I get back to the durango and a cop shows up writing tickets to everyone parked on the side of the road (but there really isn't anywhere else to park). So I have to run out and move my truck and I try to explain this to the lady who says I can't come back in, not even for my tools. So I run back to get my tools together and haul about 50 pounds of wrenches and stuff out. My buddy sees the owner and asks him if we can come back and get the part; he says sure. So back again we go but with only a handful of tools this time. And we couldn't get the pitman arm off even with the pullers I rented from advanced. So we took the box up to the shop hoping we could put it in a vise or something to help hold the thing. The owner says you can't have just the pitman arm you have to buy the whole box for $100. I said forget it because I wasn't even sure it would work, he lowered his price to $50 and I'm thinking I can probably pick up a rebuilt durango steering box from autozone for around that with a core and declined again. I get my puller off and drive the 35 or so miles back home covered in grease, hoping I don't get a parking ticket mailed to me next week. For the record though I think a Durango pitman arm would be a great drop arm for the 1st gen Dodge trucks... I'll have to keep searching but I may just have to buy new parts.
The stone GM 73-87 arm is flat and angled to line up right with heim joints. The GM steering arm also has the draglink enter on top of it. Then you could just use a GM draglink and it would all be solved. It's adjustable too.
I know what you mean about ordering the right parts the first time...it usually ends up less expensive and working better, and it's certainly easier and faster. But it's not my daily driver so it doesn't have to be on the road tomorrow. So I plan on taking the stock steering arm and drilling the taper out and bolting the hiem on top of the steering arm (that's about 2" higher than stock if you measure from the center of the draglink) then I need a pitman arm with about a 5" drop because mine has a 1" drop already, which when the draglink is bolted to that it would be perfect, plus with the hiems its also adjustable. The hiems where free scrap from work and the steering arm is already there I just have to drill it out. If I found a junkyard pitman arm the right drop and spline at the box I could get out of the steering issue for around $20... now what Dodge guy could pass that up? Plus I got enough scrap pipe from work that if I could source a passenger steering arm I could go cross over steering... hmm wonder where I can get one of those for 20 cents .
On the driveshaft side of things, I took the yokes off the t-case last night and sure enough the front flange fits on the back too...so since I can get drive shaft tubing pretty cheap ~$10 a foot. I was going to weld that into my front shaft and use it on the back. For the front I plan to get a shaft out of an early 80's K5 since they are a touch longer than the RC's, and while I'm under the donor K5 I would yank the output flange off the t-case too. Worst case I have to shorten it a bit, but that's no problem either. I looked around on Colorado K5 and they have a few front shafts going for $50 or so, but if I found one in a junkyard I could get away with no shipping and maybe walk away for under $75 bucks with CV shafts front and rear... can't do much better than that.
Maybe it's an illness but I like to "beat the system" on projects like this. Usually it takes some time and aggravation, like today's junkyard experience, but in the end it can work out to be a better solution for less cash, especially if it helps me get to the next stage like cross over steering. Bill's monster rear is the perfect example of using random OEM parts from across the brands, and making some of your own parts to arrive at a much superior product than you could ever expect to buy off the shelf. Just have to make sure everything is as strong or stronger / safer than stock or current aftermarket parts.


Tampere Goes Agile is one of those events I visit each year. It's free to attend and you get to see some old acquaintances while at it. And of course you get exposed to some new ideas and meet new people.
Just like last year, the event was held at Sokos Hotel Ilves. There were roughly 140 attendees. Unlike last year, there were no workshops. The theme of the conference this year was "Inspired beyond agile".
I think that was a good pick given agile is getting a little worn out as a topic itself. Agile practices are widely in use. Perhaps the main challenge is in getting from "doing agile" to "being agile". This means organization level acknowledgment of the ideas and means entire mindset has to change.
The day started with a keynote by Bob Marshall. He has introduced the concept of rightshifting to the community. The core idea is that a large amount of organizations are underperforming. There are some exceptions to the rule of course. That said, there's a lot we can do to improve the situation.
The problem is that we're always more or less prisoners of our mindset and existing ways. Replacing each person of an organization while keeping the underlying ideas the same wouldn't mean a thing. Instead of replacing people, we'll need to operate on a more fundamental level. In order to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of our organizations, we'll need to be able to imagine better ones.
What Does an Ideal Organization Look Like?
I think the greatest challenge is in figuring out what these better organizations might look like. We have certain models that we've inherited from the industrial era. Even though they sort of work, the problem is that knowledge work has unique qualities of its own. Beyond this, each organization operates within contexts of its own. All involved parties have needs of their own. The challenge lies in responding to these needs in an adequate manner.
As Bob put it, agile thinking gets us only up to a certain point. In order to improve our organizations, we'll need to look at the whole. Simply optimizing software development is suboptimal. Real improvements can be achieved only by taking a holistic view. As a solution Bob suggests organizational psychotherapy. That can be seen as a way to understand organization health and changing the mindset of the organization to one that's more conducive for high performance.
It is interesting to ask similar questions about forming organizations. Instead of conducting therapy, you actually might have a chance to build a performing culture to begin with. This might be an area that's easy to neglect when growing a company. If we understood how to perform better from the start, that would allow us to build better companies faster. Bob's ideas have merit beyond existing organizations.
Jaakko Kuosmanen - Is Agile everything or is it the only thing?
Agility can yield business value. Liquid assets (renting vs. owning) can yield competitive advantage when the market is volatile. The problem is that fixed assets can become expensive if the situation changes in a way you cannot predict accurately.
When you are dealing with a fickle market (i.e., game development), it can be worth your while to experiment a lot and fail fast with ideas. Focus only on those that work. Kill your darlings.
Projects tend to happen in process context and there's interaction between them. Depending on the view, you might have different focus. You can for instance think projects as assembly line work and discard aspects such as maintainability. Focusing on process might yield entirely different results.
Software is just one part of the equation. It is concrete services that yield actual value.
Especially in big organizations different business units might have conflicting views of the world. Sticking to too rigid plans without synchronization can lead to disasters.
There's a rift between the physical and virtual world. Physical material costs whereas bits are free. This leads to different economics.
Services and infrastructure have needs of their own. Services can be seen as something flexible whereas infrastructure is something rigid.
It is important to understand your core competencies. Consider outsourcing parts that aren't.
Solving the right problem is more important than solving the problem right.
There can be a conflict between the roles of a customer and a user. Customer pays and drives development while the user might have to endure. In self-service these can be the same, however.
Understanding what to document can be valuable in the future. A small amount of work beforehand can help to avoid a huge amount of work later on.
Markus described how they have managed to make learning a lifestyle at Ericsson. They've acknowledged that in order to remain in business, they'll need to retain their edge.
As a result they've put a significant effort in nurturing a company culture that enables people to learn. The problem is that if you aren't learning, you are regressing compared to the competition.
Ericsson Academy - Online courses for onboarding and learning those skills you are going to need for your job.
Code School for kids - By teaching children you can actually learn new ways to approach problems. They have a different view on the world. That's something adults tend to lose as they grow up.
Game Jams and hackathons - Allowing people to develop in more freeform manner might uncover hidden talent.
Breakfast Club - Sharing a breakfast can work.
Learnathons - Ericsson cross-trains people inside the company. They look up topics people are interested in picking up, figure out who understand enough to train, and then do it. This can be scaled globally.
The most important learning here is that you can change company culture through actions. It is the people that create the culture. Encouraging people to learn leads to improvements as the newly gained skills and knowledge is put into action. Even though learning takes time away from work, is there an alternative really?
Andy's lightning talk showed how to take some of the ideas from agile into an academic context. The problem is that formal methods and high integrity systems are rigid by definition.
Bringing agile processes into the equation may make the techniques palatable to more people.
The nature of available data has changed. It is becoming more structured.
There's more data available than an individual, or even an organization, can manage.
There's a relation between the amount of structure in data and organization performance. Too much structure can hurt performance especially in the context of software business.
52% of F500 companies from the year 2000 have vanished. It is the age of disruption.
There are large differences between old and new business practices. Whereas older models are more reactive by nature, modern are rather proactive.
There are major differences in the way we structure business (pyramid vs. self-organizing). Older companies split themselves by function and title. Modern companies organize by teams, advisory forces, and roles within these.
While older companies favor centralized decision making, modern ones favor decentralization. Let those who have the best information make the decisions.
Company DNA can be modeled within an operating system, a set of rules defining its limits and its approach.
Pushing decision making to the people but it can be challenging. It is better to make a bad decision fast than a good decision late. There should be means to track the quality of decisions so better ones can be made in the future.
A modern company should have a conflict resolution process. If something goes wrong, there should be clear ways to deal with it.
A modern company is limited by the development of its leaders. It can be challenging to match compensation with contribution.
There's no single recipe for how to build a modern company. Principles transfer, practices do not.
When scaling a company up, rephrase the problems encountered.
DevOps is one of those terms that crops up every once in a while. As I was curious, I went to see Timo's presentation. DevOps isn't anything revolutionary.
Instead, it should be seen an incremental way to improve our development practices.
Instead of performing big bang releases, it is more beneficial to releasing smaller bits faster. Besides decreasing the possibility of disaster, this allows you to receive feedback sooner. This can also work as a competitive advantage and allow you to capture market.
In ideal situation your requirements management and acceptance testing should be closely connected. Acceptance testing gives you degree of security and allows you to catch potential issues before deployment. Of course there's more to testing than that but the basic idea is solid. Timo demonstrated how they perform acceptance testing using physical devices and automation. Building a rig of your own can be absolutely worth it.
The DevOps practice of standardized development environments is beneficial as it makes it easy to reproduce potential problems. Thanks to virtualization we can get new people aboard with little effort.
Monitoring can give us a good idea of how well a product is performing. I expect this could be tied to business indicators. Having data available allows you to make better decisions faster and focus your effort on the right things.
A book known as The Phoenix Project should be a good starting point for digging deeper in the topic.
The second keynote of the conference was held by Allan Kelly. His main thesis is that projects don't make sense anymore. I couldn't agree with him more. Interestingly he started out by making a book analogy.
He wrote his first books in a traditional manner. His newest one took an agile approach and completely changed the way he thinks about writing. Incidentally I've used a similar approach with mine as I couldn't get a publishing deal.
The reason why agile approaches work with book writing has to do with the fact that writing has become digital. This enables fast iteration and easy distribution. Instead of having to plan everything carefully, we can learn as we go and make decisions based on that. I would say writing a book this way is almost instinctive. You listen to the people and do the right thing.
Projects go against all of this. Generally project success is determined by staying on schedule, on budget, and with quality. This doesn't tell anything of the value delivered. Projects don't put value in flexibility. The basic problem is that requirements change. This goes against the fixed nature of projects.
The key problem is that projects put focus on wrong things. Especially in product development we should put focus on benefit delivered. The most important question during development should be when can I deliver value next? Putting emphasis on iteration speed and value delivery instead of sticking to a plan makes sense.
While projects are temporary, software is forever. There's a clear conflict here. As projects put emphasis on getting things done by a certain date, this may lead to cutting corners and reduced quality. This sacrifices the long term view. This is not to say deadlines aren't a good thing. Checkpoints can bring focus to development. Then it becomes a problem of figuring out how to provide most value by the deadline. Focus on flow and value.
Projects put emphasis on the idea of temporary organizations. Essentially you form a task force, finish the project, and move on. The great tragedy is that you will have to break a functioning team and start all over again. Putting emphasis on teams instead would be more beneficial. Treat a team a unit and push work through it.
Project model has been optimized for big. Unfortunately software development doesn't have economies of scale. It is, in fact, a converse situation! It is cheaper to produce software in smaller quantities as you decrease the amount of possible risk. It is cheaper to make small mistakes than big ones. Smaller batches work better for software as you can deliver sooner and de-risk your work as you go.
The biggest problem of them all is the fact that we're still stuck with project related nomenclature. This all ties back to Bob's presentation and mindset. It is difficult to see the world in any other way if you are stuck in a project way of thinking. After all that's how majority of the industry operates. A new language is needed to break down old habits. We'll need to put emphasis on producing value. As Allan put it, it's time for Waterfall 2.0 - continuous flow.
Overall the conference was quite nice. Especially the keynotes alone made the trip worth it. I probably didn't get that much from all the talks but then I've been to a quite a few conferences already and it's inevitable some of the ideas begin to repeat at some point.
If it was up to me, I would probably double the amount of normal presentations while cutting their time in half to twenty minutes. It's enough to get a couple of ideas across while forcing to keep it simple. This would give the audience exposure to more. That's the point, after all.
An interesting alternative would be to have the same amount of talks while keeping it all in a single track. As the talks would be so short, having a couple you don't care about that much wouldn't hurt. As a bonus benefit you would see talks you would skip otherwise.
I preferred the after-party location of the previous year. That might have something to do with the fact that nerds tend to like cellars for some strange reason.


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Die Partei Blühendes Armenien (), abgekürzt als BHK (ԲՀԿ), ist eine gesellschaftskonservative und wirtschaftsliberale Partei in Armenien. Sie gilt als europaskeptisch und offen russlandfreundlich.

Geschichte

Am 30. April 2004 wurde die Partei durch Gagik Zarukjan, einem wohlhabenden Geschäftsmann, gegründet. Ein Hauptinitiator bei der Gründung der Partei war Robert Kotscharjan, ehemaliger Präsident Armeniens zur Zeit des Massakers von Chodschali. Am 5. März 2015 wurde Naira Sohrabjan zur Parteivorsitzenden gewählt.

Während des Bergkarabachkrieges 2020 gehörte Blühendes Armenien als einzige im Parlament vertretene Partei zu den 17 Parteien, die eine gemeinsame Erklärung unterzeichneten, welche die politische Führung in Frage stellten. In der Erklärung wurde die sofortige Absetzung Nikol Paschinjans als Premierminister und seiner Regierung gefordert, denen "offensichtliche Unfähigkeit" und Entfremdung Armeniens von "Verbündeten", "v.a. von der Russischen Föderation", vorgeworfen wurde. Demnach solle ein "neues Exekutivorgan" einen "Durchbruch erzielen" und "die militärisch-politischen Probleme" lösen. Während Zarukjans Blühendes Armenien als größte parlamentarische Oppositionspartei der wichtigste Unterzeichner war, waren auch die außerparlamentarischen ehemaligen Regierungsparteien der Republikanischen Partei Armeniens und der Armenischen Revolutionären Föderation Unterzeichner der Erklärung. Die restlichen 14 Unterzeichner waren Klein- und Kleinstparteien ohne größere Bedeutung.

Wahlergebnisse

Parlamentswahlen

Blühendes Armenien nahm zum ersten Mal an den armenischen Parlamentswahlen von 2007 teil und erhielt dabei 18 Sitze mit 15,29 % der Wählerstimmen, wodurch sie zur zweitgrößten politischen Fraktion im armenischen Parlament wurde. Sie war daraufhin Teil der Regierungskoalition.

Die Partei verteidigte ihre Position als zweitstärkste politische Kraft bei der Parlamentswahl 2012 und 2017. Anders als nach 2007 war sie seitdem jedoch nicht mehr an einer Regierung beteiligt. Für 2017 formte die Partei das Wahlbündnis der Zarukjan-Allianz mit der Partei Allianz und der Partei Mission.

Bei der Parlamentswahl 2018 bekam die Partei 8,26 % der Stimmen und erhielt damit 26 Sitze im 132 Abgeordnete zählenden Parlament. Hinter dem erst im gleichen Jahr gegründeten politischen Bündnis der Mein-Schritt-Allianz stellte Blühendes Armenien damit weiterhin die zweitgrößte Fraktion noch vor der dritten im Parlament vertretenen Fraktion von Leuchtendes Armenien.

In Folge der vorgezogenen Parlamentswahl 2021 verpasste die Partei den Einzug in die Nationalversammlung, indem sie nur noch 3,96 % der Stimmen erhielt. Die meisten Stimmen erhielt die Partei in den Regionen Kotajk (8,16 %), Wajoz Dsor (6,47 %), Armawir (5,75 %) und Gegharkunik (5,32 %). Den geringsten Erfolg hatte sie mit nur 2,4 % in der Hauptstadt Jerewan.

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Parlamentarische Repräsentation

Abgeordnete in der Nationalversammlung
Hinweis: Parteilose und anderweitig parteigebundene Fraktionsmitglieder sind nicht mit aufgeführt.

Fraktionsvorsitzende
Alle bisherigen Fraktionsvorsitzenden von Blühendes Armenien in der Nationalversammlung:

Siehe auch
 Liste der politischen Parteien in Armenien

Weblinks

 Webseite der Partei (arm., eng., russ.)
 Facebook-Präsenz der Partei (armenisch)
 YouTube-Kanal der Partei (armenisch)
 Twitter-Kanal der Partei (armenisch)

Einzelnachweise

Partei (Armenien)
Konservative Partei
Gegründet 2004
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Recently in the news the topic of Puri Jagannatha temple prohibiting western devotees from entering came up due to some unfortunate confrontation between a German devotee and a temple priest outside the temple.
Many devotees tend to say that just because the Lord doesn't intervene to stop a bad thing that it indicates it is sanctioned by the Lord and is the Lord's will. Thus they conclude that the temple policy to discriminate against devotees based on their skin color must be the Lord's desire and his own policy.
There are many things the Lord doesn't change, which doesn't necessarily mean he approves of it. Cow slaughter goes on even in holy tirthas in India. The Lord doesn't change it. We can't say it goes on because the Lord wishes it either. This material world is the playground for the conditioned souls to rebel against the will of the Lord, and He gives them that freedom to misuse their free will and exploit the resources of this realm.
To pass off all wrong things as just being the will and policy of God appears to be an escapist attitude. I don't agree that all wrongs are the will of Krishna and as humble devotees we should let all abuse be done to us without objection.
Usually some people will say we should follow the example of Haridas Thakur, a 15th century muslim devotee of Lord Chaitanya and mahabhagavata, who would only look at the temple chakra and never tried to enter the temple.
But imitation is not following. If we really believe it, that we are so fallen and have no right to stand before the Lord's deity, then we will not enter ANY temple. That would mean that we actually believe we are fallen and not pretending and making a show of it. But if we don't actually believe it, and just avoid one temple because we are refused by one temple administrator, then it is just an imitative show. We are definitely not following the example of Haridas Thakur, but it is just a sour grapes situation. So either believe it and avoid all temples, or pretend and make a show by just avoiding Puri temple because today there is a rule where they forbid us entry.
Another argument they give that goes along with this theme is that we should see in all events (such as this discrimination) the hand of the Lord being involved. What they fail to understand is that these two positions are not compatible. If you follow Haridas Thakur's example as a mahabhagavata and actually consider yourself too fallen and low to be in front of the Lord, then you will see all wrongs not as the Lord's personal involvement to help you, but as the reactions to your bad karma for being sinful in past lives. The moment you see these things as the Lord's personal involvement and special mercy to you, you are seeing on the platform of the madhyama – where realistic intellectual viveka exists.
So their suggestion is that we should imitate the actions of the mahabhagavata while having the conception of the madhyama bhakta. This is an incompatible situation. Your actions must match your conception. When your conception differs from your action, but you still try to act similar to those on a higher platform you are pretending.
To put it into practical terms, if one copies the actions of Haridas Thakur, then he should also have the same conception of Haridas Thakur, that we are the most fallen and unfit to enter the temple of the Lord – all temples of the Lord.
If your conception is that of the madhyama bhakta, and you see everything, including difficulties and trials, as the divine hand of the Lord showing favor to His devotee, then you also understand your own position as a devotee fit and qualified to worship the Lord in the temple, and should make effort to worship the Lord in His archa murti. You should not then pretend that you shouldn't enter the temple because you are the most fallen and unfit – something you don't actually believe because you have proper viveka – you see things as reality, as they factually are.
The mahabhagavata sees things falsely – he sees himself as fallen and unqualified. Though he believes it, it is not factually true. Thus it matches for the mahabhagavata to avoid entering the temple, because his conception matches that action. But it is wrong for a madhyama bhakta to do the same because his conception does not match that action, and therefore he is pretending or making a show.
The mahabhagavata sees himself as the most fallen, and all others as very advanced, and considers all wrongs done to him to be due to his past sins (even though from an objective perspective the mahabhagavata is completely free from all sins and reactions). That is a conception that can't be followed artificially. There is no way to follow Haridas Thakur in his display of being a mahabhagavata without being a mahabhagavata.
Another point is that fighting for the rights of devotees is not a selfish act or a sign of lack of humility. Individually someone may feel they are fallen and have no rights. But what about the millions of devotees throughout the world, amongst whom many pure devotees exist. Defending the rights of the devotee community and the pure devotees throughout the world is more important than our own show of individual humility.
There is another aspect to the history of this temple policy of discrimination which should be mentioned.
In 1568 all Orissan temples were destroyed by an Oriya Brahmin named Kala Pahada who converted to islam because the pandas wouldn't let him enter the temples after he married the daughter of a muslim king in Bengal. To avenge the insult he led the army of the muslim king into Orissa, killed the king of Puri at Cuttack, who he previously served as general, and then preceded to destroy all the temples in Orissa he came across. He destroyed Konarak temple, sacked Puri temple, destroyed Kanthila Nilamadhava temple, Cuttack Chandi, Viraja, Kichakeswari temple, basically every single temple in Orissa. This is just a few decades after the departure of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. People often cite that Haridas Thakur and other Siddha Purushas were not allowed in the temple, but what about the consequences? Lord Jagannatha allowed his temples to be destroyed just a few years later.
It was an Oriya brahmin who led the destruction of Orissa's temples, taking revenge because he was made an outcaste by the Puri pandas, who he had fought for and risked his life to defend, as general of the Puri king. This is the history of how Orissa was conquered by muslim invaders, led by a brahmin convert and how every temple was destroyed and desecrated.
There is another bit of history on the negative effects of this discrimination. Due to this temple's past restrictions against adivasis (tribals and forest people), in the 1800's a saint named Mahima Gosai in Dhenkanal started a religion that became known as Satya Mahima Dharma, commonly referred to as Alekha Sampradaya. Because the pandas would not allow the adivasis into any temples, this religion subsequently rejected all temples and deities, and taught only to worship God in the form of nirguna brahma through fire. So they reject worship of Jagannatha and Shiva, and only worship God as Alekha. Their sampradaya mostly follows mystical yoga sadhana, and has a huge following in rural Odisha, with hundreds of thousands of followers. Due to discrimination by priests, these people have turned away from the devotional worship of Jagannatha and reject all deities and temples.
Prior to Gandhiji's intervention, Puri Jagannatha temple did not allow low caste Hindus, tribals, adivasis, etc., to enter the temple. I think most people, including Indians and the pandas, will agree it was correct for Gandhiji to fight for the rule to be changed, despite it being a very old rule enforced for thousands of years. Simply being an old tradition does not make something correct.
Just as the rule was changed in the time of Gandhiji to allow the low caste Hindus entry to the temple, so in the same way the rule can be changed again in the future to allow the western Hindus to also enter the temple. Not all traditions are eternal. Those that weaken the foundations of sanatana dharma need to be adjusted for the greater good. How many low caste Hindus and adivasis over the last 100 years have converted to Christianity, Islam and Buddhism because they have been denied entry to temples in India and told God does not want to see them? Even today, despite the laws allowing it, there are untouchables who are denied entry to temples in the interior areas of Orissa, and it comes up in the news from time to time. It is time for these outdated customs to be removed so that sanatana dharma can spread far and wide.
The reality today is that there are Hindus throughout the world from all nationalities. In the past a foreigner may have been synonymous with a non-Hindu. But times have changed and now there are Hindus from every country. The temples need to take this new reality into account and properly define what a Hindu is so that Hindus from all countries, nationalities and races can have access to worship the Lord in His temples.
Good points. This is just racism. I don't think Lord Jagannath will allow it much longer.
Great article with interesting info….Caste system or varnas was based for specific reasons of one's duty towards humanity…A Brahmin cannot conduct his duty as a Kshatriya and so on. It does not mean God loves one varna more than other. Man-made rules need to be abolished & every Hindu must be shown the way to temples irrespective of caste. It is bad enough that hindus are becoming a minority in India as recently published by Indian Express it is claimed that Muslims will be major population by 2050…Where is the world going? It is better later than never that Hindus (irrespective of caste) join hands and work towards such blasphemy.
All souls are part and parcel of God. It is him who spreads into so many beings and enacts this play on earth. The bodies of any color are just vehicles and the soul changes and moves into another due the old or existing body is no more fit. Just like changing cars – driver is the same. Why discriminate like this? All humans should be allowed white black brown or blue. It is a shame this religious place has adopted. Please allow us we people children of Jagannatha Swami to have darshan of Jagannatha swami any number of times. Do not discriminate, not right at all.
A very well written, informative and sensitive article showing the path ahead. It needs to be followed up in practice.
The lord God is seen to be neautral between Life (Good) and its opposite Ev(f)il. Devil is opposite of Lived. Both Good and Evil are creations of the mind, which is a God given tool for knowledge of the Self. The mind creates the illusion of space (शेष) and time (काल, reprsented by नाग). The world maybe real but our view of it is an illusion created by our mind. How each one of us sees the world is different, so in a way we live in different worlds. Just like the mind, the heart is also given to us. These are the two wings with the help of which we are supposed to fly, i.e. learn our lessons of life on earth journey. Our senses are the instruments of these two.
Orissa remains primitive till today. It is sad. In other parts of INDIA no one stops any one from visiting a Temple irrespective of relegion.
PLEASE don't take away the opportunity the people gained due visiting India for pilgrimage. Love them allow them to worship to their hearts content. God do not discriminate. God is love and intelligence.
Really good message. The separation created by man only. Not God.
God is always present everywhere. Not in one man or one community. Due to above said bad practices, many peoples are inviting and converting the castes and other country principles.
People has to change their mentality. other wise, our system will collapse. Please allow to all the people to pray the God and enter the temples. Due to partial knowledge of sastras, purnas and vedas. They are creating unnecessary rules and instructions. Why ?
First they should read all the sastras, purnas and vedas. Then talk about only Hindus are allowed.
This is racism among human beings. Will the priest use the same yard stick to discriminate cash offerings by Hindus and Non Hindus ?
THIS IS NOT GOOD ANY BODY CAN ALLOW. WITHOUT JIHADI, TERRORIST, KATTER PANTHI AND ENEMYS OF HINDU.
This is the essence of Sanatana Dharma and I beleive in it! we should foster Universal brotherhood! and allow all to visit the temples without any restriction! God does not discriminate!!
All Hindus should be allowed for prayers. It is a place of worship. Foreigners or Indians does not make a difference until he is a Hindu and he has come to worship.
It is not an exhibition / museum.
Like Thirumala temple, you can allow everybody – other than Hindus also after declaring the purpose of entry is to worship only and not for any thing else. – in a prescribed register available at the temple administrative office.
Who have weak faith change religion. Any external force if changes you then you are a weak minded person. I tell you when my ancestors were beaten to change their religion they did not loose faith and when poverty was an issue they were had satisfaction in life. Just because one is not allowed in temple your faith is weakens what a shame. Muslim ladies are not allowed in mosque does their faith weakens. Today's India what future does it hold even after All this recent revolution. Please write something that increase our dharma knowledge not that creates doubts.
Martya Bikunthara Nayak Akila Brahmandaranatha Jagannath has no caste feeing. He is Patitapaban. He gives Darsan to Achandal Bipra in Bada danda on Rath Yatra Day. Anybody can have his Darsan. He or She may be Parsi, Christian, Budhist, Jain, Muslim or Foreigner. No difference. He gives Darsan in Ratha Yatra also called Patitapawan Yatra.
vasudeva kutumvakam is the sole philosophy behind humanity. I am yet to understand the discrimination.
Why waste so many words on a simple thing?
If the temple is built according to Agama rules, then the conditions laid down about who can be allowed should be followed.If these conditions are not followed, sanctity will leave the place.
The main objection to foreigners visiting the temple is the standard of personal cleanliness observed by them: they do not use water to clean themselves, nor do they bathe daily. But in this respect, most Hindus who visit temples nowadays are themselves unclean and do not wear freshly washed clothes or even proper clothes,etc. There are many foreigners who are sincere devotees of our deities and are clean. Such devotees should be allowed, provided they come properly dressed as devotees and not as tourists or casual visitors.
Such restrictions will not apply to temples which do not follow Agamic injunctions.
Above all who is a Hindu cannot be defined as there is no initiation,baptism of confirmation.
Sanatana Goswami considered himself as contaminated by Muslim association and also didn't enter the Puri temple, afaik, but had no problems opening Madan Mohan in Vrindavana himself, so it's not "can't see one deity, can't see them all".
Mahabhagavata vision of the world is not false, ours is. They are not under illusion, we are, and there's no benefit in speculating how they see themselves if we want to use their example to advance our own agenda.
There are good arguments for change in Puri admission policies and there are not so good arguments, too.
I'd guess one of the main reasons pandas resist these proposals is the prophecy that the Deity will be stolen by Russians. I don't know how prominent this fear is in their community, though.
I'm a New Zealander, and I was denied entry to the Jagannath temple in December 1986. At the time I was quite philosophical about it, and thought that some areas of Hindu gathering were off limits to foreigners for specific reasons unknown to me, and left it at that. Since that time i.e. 1986-2017, I have realised there is only ONE consciousness/awareness moving all mankind no matter what ethnicity or religion. There are no separate "islands" of consciousness, there is just Consciousness. Our fall from "Grace" to use a biblical term, is that we have "clothed" ourselves with the garments of earth only i.e. a conception of self based on the mind/body complex, which is incredibly limited in scope. It is limited in the sense that the mind/body complex is temporal, yet that Greater Power which moves us is infinite/eternal, and we are That. This egocentric narcissism must be overcome so that whomsoever wishes to worship can do so, whatever their ethnicity.
Great article with very valid points. Appreciate the author and support him.
Discriminating foreigners is disgraceful. When I went along with an Australian friend to Chithamparam temple they refused to allow him, and demanded 100 US $ and a few punch from me settled everything and he was allowed in.
why not these authors write about hindus being barred from entering macca and madina and other muslim holy places? this article is one sided, whatever be the hinduism's broad thinking is.
I am from Odisha and after visiting the Puri temple abd being insulted abd harrassed by the Puri Pandas (priests) for not giving them money, I have stopped visiting the temple. It doesnt feel like a temple. I heard a Panda tell a father with a little child that his child will die. Why? Because the father said he dint have money to give him. This is deplorable. If Jagannath is really there, I would like to see what Karma does to those Pandas. Until that temple is run by those stupid people, I am not going there.
Try entering the qaaba at Saudi! Anyone who is not a muslim cannot go any where close to a few kilometers even, even entering certain mosques is not possible. I guess religious discussions cannot be held as being racist or not. Every religion has some amount of tolerance. Please do not say as you please on any topic just because you have the freedom of speech.
regardless as long as that person or persons does it with respect.
Maybe there was some misunderstanding, we should ignore & tell EVERYONE to go and pray as they wish to.
I think I am 100% correct…come on agree with me dear humans !!
I am Caucasian and traveled India for 6 months. Some temples saw my devotion and allowed me to enter, others not. Yet not one of them was rude to me.
It is a divine play, and yes, change is the only constant.
I am grateful to be able to go to India at all!
Just stepping on the sweet Motherland, I felt the immense blessing!!
In my experience, most of the followers of Hare Krishna Movement, Paramahansa Yogananda's Self realization Society, Maharishi Mahesh Yogis Transcendental Meditation group and a host of other Hindu religious outfits abroad especially in the west, are more devout Hindus in practice than the so called Hindu Brahmins. Therefore it would be extremely unfair to discriminate them just because they happened to be racially different. God does not discriminate any one.
Unfortunately the attitude and practices of the Pandas and head priests and other administrators have putting off a whole lot of genuine devotees from visiting the temples. That has to change otherwise Hinduism will be on decline!
Radhe Radhe, My two cents – I live in America and I love your takes. I have a house in America. American standards, way of life and the laws pertaining to discrimination does not apply here, yes ! it does outside of my house and I obey them. Now I go out to start telling Americans about my Santana Dharma in a forceful way that I have freedom to speak therefore you must learn from me, tell me what will happen…Is that the case here?
At Shree Maa's Devi temple in U.S.A. there are more Americans, other foreigners who are convert to Hinduism who show discipline, sincerity in doing pooja's Aarti, Vedic chants in proper manner every day for hours while working. They know Sanskrit meanings and pronunciation better than thousands of Indians today whether in India or Abroad. They resonate more with Gods and know how to worship properly than we do. They can put us to shame with their discipline. It is shame that out of false sense of pride some are being blinded. I pray to God to remove their obstacle and welcome all children of Lord Shiva, Parvati, Vishnu, Brahma and all forms and beatufil diverse manifestations like different colored flowers.
After a while, Jagannatha will be forgotten, all devotion will be replaced by mere material profit; Unlearned people, like donkeys, will rule the world. So it is in the Shastras, then, what to expect from the shudras Kali-chelas who call themselves "Hindu" priests?
Every human being has a birth right to enter any place of worship irrespective of his or her color, race , ethencity or religion. Those who prevent them are not worthy to be called human. God bless all.
Great article! I really liked to read them. Thank you!
Most of the Hindu's Priests don't have any formal education. They only protect themselves by following their ancestors and repeat what they hear from their predecessors. It is sad but this is the reality. The most educated priests are very difficult to find, as they feel uncomfortable to live with the stupid mankind. They practice Hindu philosophy with the intellectual people in a remote place and never interfere with the society and their rules. It is the time now for them to come out and show us the power of almighty and eradicate all these uneducated priest who does not know about Hindu Philosophy. It happen many times with us we get highly disappointment after visiting a temple with the behavior of our priest. We prefer to pray at home instead of visiting a temple. Times are changing we hope sooner or later all these old tradition will be changed.
Lord Jagannatha does not differentiate devotees based on religion, caste and creed, only Pandha do. It is a high time that our Hindu priests should send messages to temple administrators not to descriminate and involve in controversies, only they should insist in proper dress code that they do in Tirupati and other temples in Andhra and Kerala. When people from other countries are crossing rivers coming to India to spread their religion by conversion, it is time for us to teach real values of Hinduism and its generosity along with respecting individual devotees.
1) Watching the Daru Murti inside Sri Mandir; 2) Watching the discus Nilachal atop the Sri Mandir; 3) Whatching Patita Pavan at the Eestern Gate of Sri Mandir 4) Seeing Sri Jagannath inside one's earth through meditation or in dreams. All these forms of Sri Jagannath's darshan are equivalent, but the irst one is subjected to specific limitations, while the other 3 are not.
The first kind of darshan implies entering Sri Mandir, and this entrace is subjeted to specific rules. The one entering must 1) Be born in Bharatavarsham 2) From both Hindu parents 3) Never having eaten meat even once. 4) For a woman, never marrying a non-Hindu (Indira Gandhi as denied access since she married a Parsi). These rules are attributed to Adi Shankar, and they were voluntarily respected by the greatest bhaktas of the past, in a time when there existed no police checking the entrance. Haridas Thakura Not even approached the square in front of Sri Mandir, and used to have daily darshan of Nilachal. Rupa Goswami, since when he was a child his father temporarily converted to islam and for some time fed him with meat, also never entered the Sri Mandir. His nephew Jiva Gosami, who never ate meat, entered the Sri Mandir, while while he used to worship Patita Pavan from the gate. in more recent times Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati was considered the most learnt Sannyasi if Puri and the son of its chief kudge. When young he used to enter Sri Mandir everyday for darshan, but then used to ener only during holyday, and during the rest of the year he was satisfied by the darshan of Patita Pavan. Consequently, Sri Jagannath darshan is open to everyone, one form is restricted while the other three are not. Instead of blaming those who preserve the rules of purity of Sri Mandir, let us benefit from the darshan of Jagannath as Papatita Pavan every day, and participate in Ratha Yatra to se him as Daru Murti on his chariot.
as Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba declared, there will not be such discrimination among human beings.
Sanatan or the Hindu dharma, tag carried by us like a house constracted without foundation. The core base of realism always differs with the controversial laws enforces by few for their own benifit in the name of God which not at all confines the enlightenment of devotee but it only makes another laws of God by same people blooms again again so the divisions are. From ages these are continuing but no one think about that there is a end for everything other than Truth.
There is a word witnessing which the Shakshigopala is manifested by Godself or otherwise the complete cycle will stop.
But resistance should be there.
As far as the Foreigners are concerned , there are two type of devotees, temporary neophyte devotees ,and serious devotees, the point to be noted is ,if the Temple only allows Hindus, than Its my opinion that such serious foriegn devotees should mention Hindu as thier religion on the passport as evidence of the religion they follow, and the temple authorities will have to think twice before refusing entry to them failing the Courts can be approached for justice.
There are many facets to Sanatana Dharma and of equal significance. While Bhakti and in particular, Nam Sankirtan are suggested as the best option for people of this KaliYug, it does not mean one should forsake the other important facet of Vedic Shastras, Temple Agamas, Smritis that enjoin any Hindu to adhere to certain discipline in personal life as well as social life according to his position (varna and ashrama). If one commits a deadly sin, the person needs to perform stipulated prayaschittas truly in accordance with the Shastras, only after which the person is treated proper and admitted into the mainstream society. Even in the case of the brahmins who seem to enjoy so many privileges over other castes, they too cannot enter the sanctum unless they are the priests of that temple. Against this backdrop, myriad occurrences of "discrimination" against a true devotee by the priests have been recorded in our history. Still the priests were not looked down upon because they only adhered to what the shastras dictated.
Take a westerner, he takes all sorts of meat – beef, pork, mutton, chicken, fish and what not. The Hindu Shastras have come down heavily on persons who eat cow meat. In Islam too, pork is strictly prohibited. Just that a westerner has "converted" to Hinduism does not elevate him to equal status and opportunities as traditional Hindus, since he has not done the necessary prayaschitta for his past sins from the Hindu viewpoint. He is not absolved of his sins until then. A panda well trained in religious tenets and grounded in anushthan – achar – vichar has every right to forbid any "impure" foreigner from temple entry.
The degeneration of our Hindu religion is on the other plane – The material worldliness and unbound avarice of all Hindu religious persons occupying vital institutional posts are the causes behind this. "Show me money" is their only taarak mantra. Be it Rameswaram, Kanyakumari, Guruvayoor, Tirupati, Varanasi, …we see the same mindset plaguing them. As one visitor noted here, it was easy for him to get entry to a foreigner inside the temple precincts after bribing the temple people at Chidambaram and Srirangam both in Tamil Nadu. The culprit is not the religion but the man of today.
This fact is not important for foreigners who cant go in he temple, because god is everywhere! But it is a very huge mistake for persons who forbit non hindou coming!It is a kind of insult to God, because they are not kind with persons coming to meet him … poor persons! They think doing something good and it is very bad …..
Well the knowledgeable personalities has said it all right but in my view. I think the priest may have lost his knowledge of SANATANA DHARMA. Because if an action performed with SATWA,RAJAS AND TAMAS has its corresponding karmic reaction which of the above qualities did he performed. also since when did the priest become God in other to judge others by raise and skin color. I am very disappointed though.
It is said that Hinduism is a mother of all religions so why been selective about who practices it or not?
Yes. It is unfortunate that at some temples man made rules are enforced denying equality to all devotees.I would like to ask who are foreigners? Did all those right from Aryans greeks, sakas, hunas, kanishkas, parthians who invaded our country occupy and merge with people here by marriages and following the customs here at that time are not foreigners? Governments also should not encourage such bad rules and allow darshan of deities in all temples to all irrespective caste creed, race etc.
Argue with Hindu community people will not work, only a kind gesture of namaskar has yielded so many amazing results, When speaking of GOD we should forget all religion and pray, that is all! that's the reality as observed in many of the comments posted.
it may be observed that only the priests are blamed proper info on what the foreigner has done we do not know, Why Hindus are allowed in the temple is , outside our people may behave anyway, but once inside the temple he/she follows some discipline, Guidance by temple authorities for any foreigner is a must, then these kind of so called racism can be avoided, or any blame game, again the same applies for any non Hindus, if they listen and follow to their Hindu companions they can also visit most of the temples, SImply following the rules of temple, church and mosques will help everyone,As we will be seen as stranger if we apply ash or kumkum in church or mosque.


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You Can't Talk
You Can't Talk.
You Can't Talk (live, 1991).
The Reeves Gabrels guitar squiggle that smirks midway through the intro of "You Can't Talk" serves as fair warning: good taste is nowhere near. Ghastly sorta-rapped verses, their flow vaguely inspired by the Clash's "Magnificent Seven" and their lyric pointlessly referencing "Beauty and the Beast," give way to a chorus that at least has a melody, if a flat one. The lyric is as obscure as it's witless: Bowie, in early takes, sang "I know you don't blow me…away," while in the final mix he cut out the last word, hobbling his weak bawdy joke.
Given these poor materials to work with, the band and the frenetic mix do what they can to distract the ear. The Sales brothers are fairly inspired, with Hunt turning in a hustling shuffle and Tony makes the song halfway danceable at times. Reeves is Reeves. There's some fine rhythm guitar playing, reminiscent of early Talking Heads. To what end? It's mildly catchy, it passes quickly enough. But a track like "You Can't Talk" is an indictment of Tin Machine—there's a hole in the center of this music. It's pointless, uninspired, forgettable, forgotten.
Recorded ca. September-October 1989, Studios 301, Sydney. Four early takes circulate on bootleg. One, which goes at a slower tempo and in which Bowie's still trying out paces and phrases, seems like a studio demo. The others are fairly close to the final track, with occasional tweaking (for example, the break after "call you over under out" (@ 2:25) is followed by, in various takes, silence, a hi-hat, or a guitar panned left-to-right). Played throughout the 1991-92 tour, with the 24 October Hamburg show used for the Oy Vey Baby video.
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14 Responses to You Can't Talk
Anthony Hansen says:
Can we just sum up Reeves' contributions with "Reeves is Reeves" from here on in? Thank you.
I presume all these entries are chronological, which given that the last two entries were Hunt Sales contributions, there's a sense that this song was informed by the same balls out mindset. By this point, Bowie must have just been gritting his teeth, and on this track it shows.
There are very few Bowie tracks I hate. This is one of them.
Now Stateside is at least memorably bad. This just commits the cardinal sin of being dull dull dull!
That's just it, MC – Bowie can get it wrong and do bad things, but he has no right to be boring.
Stateside, Sorry, New York's In Love etc are rubbish – sometimes spectacularly so. But they inspire a reaction – even if it's open-mouthed horror.
But You Can't Talk and (for me anyway) A Big Hurt are just boring, tuneless, rubbish, that is beneath his talent – because they're not even failed experiments, or incomplete throwaways. If they were originals being played by a garage band in a club, I'd leave.
David L says:
I'm kidding!
But at least it isn't I'm Sorry. It's a pointless goof. Filler.
And not to derail the comments to this fine song, but is it true that Bowie appeared during the Olympics opening ceremonies? Can anyone confirm that? If so, it looks like NBC cut that out here in the states.
Though it was great to hear Starman during the musical montage and what did they play when the athletes from great Britain appeared? Heroes. I loved it.
Okay. this is really bad. That's all I can about it.
Alrighty, then. if I may offer a mildly dissenting opinion…
This kind of serves as yet another example of the Janus-faced nature of Tin Machine II, in that it looks backward at the funkier side of the Berlin years (What In The World, Look Back In Anger – and no, I'm not suggesting it's as good as those) while anticipating the funkier side of Outside (The Voyeur Of Utter Destruction or the first Nathan Adler segue). I honestly don't think it's a bad song at all, and I think it's rather endearingly quirky. Lyrically, it would seem to be yet another weird commentary on dysfunctional male/female relationships and male chauvinism (and that "Comin' home so lay the table" line faintly conjures up the spectre of Repetition – although, once again, it's not really up to that standard).
Tennille Ashcraft says:
very fun work
KenHR says:
I, umm…think this is kinda cool. I think Diamond Duke said what I'm thinking two years ago. Anything I'd say would be redundant (that's what I get for finding this blog so late!).
StevenE says:
I love it, in the vein of She Can (Do That) and the epic that is Shining Star (Making My Love).
Interesting. This is the odd man out on Tin Machine II to me in that I think it sounds like it's really trying to be something other than the typical Tin Machine sound. I'm surprised I hear echoes of the remaking of Look Back in Anger he would do during the Outside earlier and this may even be the ancestor of If You Can See Me on TND.


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On November 12-14, Filmforum and USC Visions & Voices will present the symposium Alternative Projections: Experimental Film in Los Angeles 1945-1980 at USC. In the weeks leading up to it, Filmforum will host evenings with long-time Los Angeles-based filmmakers in evenings of old and new works. We're starting with Amy Halpern, whose sensitive visions of texture, movement and light are entrancing. Halpern's films are consistently full of life, celebrating the possibilities of cinema art. And she has created a new set of films, several of which will receive their World Premieres at this screening!
Amy Halpern is a filmmaker and artist who works with light, camera and movement. She has been making abstract films since 1972.
Halpern moved to Los Angeles in 1974, where in 1975 with a handful of other filmmakers she founded (and named) the Los Angeles Independent Film Oasis, devoted to presentation of avant-garde film work, and completed a graduate degree in film at UCLA. She has worked on many Hollywood and independent feature films as gaffer and/or cinematographer, including Charles Burnett's My Brother's Wedding, Pat O'Neill's Decay of Fiction and David Lebrun's Breaking the Maya Code. In 1975 she was one of the founders of the Los Angeles Independent Film Oasis, devoted to presentation of avant-garde film work. She has also had a long career as a teacher of film and writing at U.S.C., Otis-Parsons Art Institute, Cal State L.A., and Cal State Northridge. Born and raised in New York City, Halpern studied & performed in modern dance with Anna Sokolow & Lynda Gudde, worked in the early 1970s in 3-D shadow-play with Ken Jacobs' New York Apparition Theatre and co-founded New York's Collective For Living Cinema.
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