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Q: TypeScript casting arrays I'm trying to use a wrapper for a library that wants an Array as an input parameter.
I tried casting the Array, but I get an error: Cannot convert 'any[]' to 'Array'
Is there a way to make this work?
var rows = new Array(10);
var rows2 = <Array>rows; //<--- Cannot convert 'any[]' to 'Array'

A: I think this is just a bug - can you log an issue on the CodePlex site?
As a workaround, you can write <Array><any>rows;

A: A simple solution for all types
const myArray = <MyType[]>value;

A: I think the right syntax is:
var rows2 = <Array<any>>rows;

That's how you cast to interface Array<T>

A: There are 4 possible conversion methods in TypeScript for arrays:
let x = []; //any[]

let y1 = x as number[];
let z1 = x as Array<number>;
let y2 = <number[]>x;
let z2 = <Array<number>>x;

The as operator's mostly designed for *.tsx files to avoid the syntax ambiguity.


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Fresh & Easy Installs Solar Panels at 11 Stores
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market here said Thursday it has installed solar panels on the rooftops of 10 stores in Phoenix and one in Los Angeles.
SN STAFF | Aug 25, 2011
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market here said Thursday it has installed solar panels on the rooftops of 10 stores in Phoenix and one in Los Angeles.
According to Fresh & Easy, the systems, from REC Solar, San Luis Obispo, Calif., will produce 746,000 kilowat hours of electricity annually to meet approximately 20% of each store's energy production needs — equivalent to reducing 26 million pounds of greenhouse gas emissions or eliminating 38 million miles driven by cars over the next 25 years.
Each of the Phoenix stores also features an in-store display that reports real-time solar energy production while explaining to customers how solar energy systems work.
Angiolo Laviziano, chief executive officer of REC, said, "Partnerships with companies like Fresh & Easy are critical to expanding the solar market in the U.S. and bringing solar into the mainstream. The projects demonstrate that a large number rof smaller individual store rooftops can add up to significant operating savings."
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Hy-Vee set to launch rapid antibody COVID testing
Grocery retailers ramp up COVID-19 vaccine distribution
Walmart to test IoT 'smart box' for unattended fresh grocery deliveries

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So the results for the "Twitter Power Poll Survey Number Two: What Do You Use Twitter For? are both expected but maybe a little disturbing for the Triple T's..the " Twitter Tragic Traditionals", who think Twitter should be only about engaging and communicating.
So if you group these into three logical categories then you get an interesting scenario that emerges from a judgement and assessment of combining certain groupings percentages.
If you consider that distributing information ( Category 3), is very much an integral part of promotion (Category 2) and by combining Category Two and Three for a total of 60%, then it could be argued that Twitter is emerging from it's adolesence as a highly efficient technology platform that people are increasingly utilizing to get their message out, "Drive Traffic" , generate buzz, create leads and sales rather than be just a relational platform.
What do you think? Is this an assessment you agree with?


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Jérôme Carlos est un écrivain, historien et journaliste béninois né le  à Porto-Novo.

Biographie
Journaliste et historien de formation, Jérôme Carlos occupe les fonctions de directeur des Musées, Bibliothèques et Archives nationales de Cotonou (Bénin), et expert consultant auprès de l'Institut culturel africain de Dakar. Journaliste, il produit la plupart de ses articles pour des journaux de Côte d'Ivoire. Il a été rédacteur en chef d'Ivoire Dimanche de 1982 à 1990, puis de La Presse (1990-1993) et de La Lettre d'Afrique (1994).

Jérôme Carlos est le directeur général du Centre africain de la pensée positive (CAPP), et directeur gérant de la radio privée commerciale CAPP FM.  Il vit à Cotonou.

Jérôme Carlos a également collaboré à plusieurs ouvrages collectifs. Enfin, il a signé le texte de la Dictée d'Afrique 2006.

Distinctions
 1989 : Grand prix de littérature ID de Côte d'Ivoire (pour Les Enfants de Mandela)
 Officier de l'Ordre du Mérite culturel de Côte d'Ivoire

Publications
 Cri de liberté, poésie, Cotonou, éditions ABM, 1972.
 Les Enfants de Mandela, nouvelles, Abidjan, éditions CEDA, 1988.
 Fleur du désert, roman, Abidjan, éditions CEDA, 1990.
 Comment je prépare mon examen, Cotonou, éditions Boya, 1993.
 Le Miroir, roman, Abidjan, éditions EDILIS, 1994.

Notes et références

Liens externes

 « Jérôme Carlos » (Le Bénin littéraire 1980-1999)
 Jerôme Carlos : Chroniqueur et Analyste politique

Journaliste béninois
Naissance en septembre 1944
Naissance à Porto-Novo
Naissance dans la colonie du Dahomey

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You pretty much experienced the same thing as me with EOS R. I do like the EVF from this camera but I love OVF from DSLRs. The AF-C will be improved with the upcoming firmware update if we are ready to belive what Canon said in a press release. But the af on stills seems super fast. And the new Canon mirrorless lenses are really interesting.
As for handling EOS RP, Canon offer an optional small "grip" that once it attached to the camera the grip will become similar to EOS R. Knowing the short positive experience that I had with EOS R, I'm intrigued about EOS RP as a small travel camera. I have to wait for the stores to start renting this camera and see how enjoyable is to use it.
If you like Youtube videos (I know I don't), here is a video where these guys tested EOR R vs. Sony A7 III even in low light.
Yeah, I'm with you on that. I'm not a fan work watching reviews. Especially how they turn to doing more on video review. One thing to note when they did the night video testing though, the Sony looked very waxy and flat in comparison to the Canon.
Sure, and the latest Pentax DFA lenses aren't far off being completely silent. What's not silent with Pentax is the up and down of the mirror when I'm in LV mode and I want to change a camera setting (clack-clack, clack-clack, clack-clack all the time), I would expect to have a firmware change. Some of the stuff on the EOS R such as continuous AF could be added as select-able option in firmware for the K1. Ricoh, are you listening?
I've tried the A7III in low light, my K1 with the DFA28-105 was faster to lock focus. The EOS R single focus isn't hype as much as the Sony, but the difference is the Canon deliver more than expected, and the Sony deliver less than claimed. From what I've seen with the EOS R single focus speed, it "blows the A7III out of the water".
What's worth noticing is the choice of tilt screen: Pentax K1 can tilt up-down and left-right, even at an angle but can't flip 180 degree for video. Nikon, Sony and Fuji tilt screen aren't as good (can only tilt up-down for Nikon, and aren't as robust as the Pentax). But the Canon tilt screen is the most convenient of all, because it can tilt in any direction and also 180 degree for video recording. Before the K1 was release I didn't want a tilt screen... 3 years later I now only use the rear LCD whenever the camera is on tripod, and being able to tilt in all directions is so convenient. Those are small non-high tech details that make a difference when using the camera. EOS RP has the same kind of tilt screen as the EOS R, that's a good practical thing.
They used the native lenses,looks OK.
You mean self video? I could do lots of video with my Q-7 even though the screen doesn't move at all.
Canon is making some really nice glass for the new system. I just hope they can put a body on the market that is worthy of the new glass. Panasonic looks to be releasing some really high end bodied and equally high end glass.
When Canon moved to the EF mount it was auto-focus that moved Canon ahead of the rest of the field. That was the technology that ultimately separated the field. When the industry began the move to digital it was Canon again that emerged as a leader in sensor technology. The Canon 5D was ground breaking camera with an amazing 12MP sensor. With the 5DII Canon was starting to fall behind Sony in terms of sensor technology, but they put professional grade HD video in a DSLR and had built an ecosystem with marketing and distribution that no other competitor could match. Now they move into mirrorless and they are no longer the technology leader in sensors, mirrorless AF, or even video. It looks like they will be the last company to implement core features like IBIS and pixel-shift. Canon entering the FF mirrorless market will put some serious and much needed pressure on Sony. Its going to be fun to watch and a win-win for photographers.
The "pro" body should be available this year,indications are it will be competitive feature and price wise.
Competitive with which camera/manufacturer? Canon really needs a new sensor designed just of mirrorless. Will they strip out key features so that it doesn't compete with their professional DSLRs?
Rumor is that the Sony A7sIII will shoot 8k. I don't think Canon will put 8K in the next camera. The Canon 1DXIII is in testing now, so I don't expect the new EOS-Rx to be an A9 competitor. Maybe an A7RIII/Z7/SR1 competitor.
The HighResolution Canon will have 4K...up round 50mp. But that may be cropped back to ???...for video.
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The Z5 , Nikons entry level that competes with the RP.No specific details yet.Rumours are starting.
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2553 - 06 August 2022
Comics create a super success
Sold for $2m (£1.62m) in a major and hugely successful comics sale held by Heritage (20% buyer's premium) of Dallas was an original cover artwork produced in 1986 by Frank Miller and Lynn Varley for Batman: The Dark Knight Returns #1.
Top lot in the Heritage sale was this artwork for Batman: The Dark Knight Returns #1, which sold for $2m (£1.62m).
This was a work that the saleroom defined as "the graphic novel responsible for redefining the depth, tone, and range of storytelling possibilities for the entire super-hero genre", and as possessing "easily one of the most famous comic book covers from any era of all time".
That first issue artwork topped the price lists on June 16, but it was not the only lot to prompt a seven-figure winning bid.
Starring role
A near-mint copy of a 1942 issue of All Star Comics that included the first appearance of Wonder Woman – $1.62m (£1.31m) at Heritage.
Sold at $1.62m (£1,31m) was issue No 8 of All Star Comics from 1942, which introduced Wonder Woman. It was also the best-preserved copy that Heritage had ever seen, graded a near-mint 9.4 CGC.
Copy of the 1961 first issue of Fantastic Four – $350,000 (£283,500) at Heritage.
The two lots so far noted relate to those many on offer that were published by DC Comics, but graded 9.0 CGC and sold at $350,000 (£283,500) was a copy of the 1961 first issue of Fantastic Four, published by Marvel Comics.
It introduced Mr Fantastic, the Thing, the Human Torch and the Invisible Girl, who is struggling to turn invisible in the cover artwork reproduced above.
The last artwork created by writer and artist Todd McFarlane for Spider Man – $340,000 (£275,400) at Heritage.
Another Marvel lot was the last artwork created by writer/artist Todd McFarlane for Spider Man. Made for Issue No 16 of 1991, it is a crossover with Rob Liefeld's mutant super-team X-Force, and was specially created in a landscape format.
McFarlane's definitive look for Spidey, with his exaggerated pose and 'spaghetti webbing', is flanked by Warpath, Shatterstar, Boom-Boom, and Cannonball. It sold at $340,000 (£275,400).
New chapter in 007 posters story
Previews: issue 2553
Beano No 1 and less familiar titles which still in demand
'The Day the Music Died' poster sets auction record
British falconry trophy flies into US sale
Cartoonist put politics to one side


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Řád za zásluhy Kyperské republiky () je státní vyznamenání Kyperské republiky založené roku 1960.

Historie a pravidla udílení
Vyznamenání bylo založeno roku 1960. Řád je udílen jednotlivcům za jejich úspěchy v různých oblastech lidské činnosti, kterými prospěli Kyperské republice.

Třídy
Řád je udílen v pěti třídách:

 velkokříž – Řádový odznak se nosí na široké stuze spadající z pravého ramene na protilehlý bok. Řádová hvězda se nosí nalevo na hrudi.
 velkodůstojník – Řádový odznak se nosí na stuze kolem krku. Řádová hvězda se nosí nalevo na hrudi.
 komtur – Řádový odznak se nosí na stuze kolem krku. Řádová hvězda této třídě již nenáleží.
 důstojník – Řádový odznak se nosí na stuze s rozetou nalevo na hrudi.
 rytíř – Řádový odznak se nosí na stužce bez rozety nalevo na hrudi.

Insignie
Řádový odznak má tvar státního znaku Kypru, tedy pozlaceného štítu obklopeného zeleně smaltovaným věncem a bíle smaltovanou holubicí s olivovou ratolestí v zobáku uprostřed. Pod holubicí je letopočet 1960.

Řádová hvězda je osmicípá s řádovým odznakem uprostřed. Hvězda ve třídě velkokříže je pozlacená, ve třídě velkodůstojníka pak stříbrná.

Stuha z hedvábného moaré je bílá se širokými pruhy zelené barvy lemujícími oba okraje.

Odkazy

Reference

Externí odkazy

 Řád za zásluhy Kyperské republiky – fotografie

Kyperská státní vyznamenání
Ocenění založená roku 1960


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Shopping Hours for "At-Risk" Groups at Billings' Stores
Johnny V Published: March 23, 2020
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Many grocery, discount, and hardware stores are announcing shopping hours for those who are elderly, pregnant, or have other underlying issues that make them "at-risk" for the COVID-19 virus
Here are the Billings stores that have announced special shopping hours:
Albertsons is reserving 7am to 9am on Tuesday's and Thursday's for senior citizens, pregnant women, and those with compromised immune systems.
Walmart will be open for seniors 60 and older on Tuesday's from 6am to 7am, through April 28. This is one hour before stores open to general public.
Target (WEST) will open on Wednesday's from 7am to 8am for the elderly and those with underlying conditions.
Target (HEIGHTS) will open on Wednesday's from 8am to 9am for the elderly and those with underlying conditions.
Costco will be open Tuesday's and Thursday's from 8am to 9am for members who are over 60, have physical disabilities, are pregnant.
Laurel IGA is open Tuesday from 7am to 9am for senior citizens and immunocompromised.
Billings Hardware will be open Tuesday's from 8am to 9am for senior citizens, pregnant women, and immunocompromised.
Big Lots is open 9am to 10am, Monday through Friday, for seniors and those with compromised immune systems.
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A Moral Discipline Guide: The Internal Rules of The New Kadampa Tradition – International Kadampa Buddhist Union
The NKT-IKBU
§1. The New Kadampa Tradition - International Kadampa Buddhist Union is defined as the union of Kadampa Buddhist Centres, the international association of study and meditation centres that follow the pure tradition of Mahayana Buddhism derived from the Buddhist meditators and scholars Atisha and Je Tsongkhapa, introduced into the West by the Buddhist teacher Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, the Founder of the New Kadampa Tradition - International Kadampa Buddhist Union; and that follow the three New Kadampa Tradition Study Programmes; and that are guided by the code of moral discipline called The Internal Rules of the New Kadampa Tradition - International Kadampa Buddhist Union set out in this document.
§2. Throughout this document, the name 'New Kadampa Tradition - International Kadampa Buddhist Union' is abbreviated to 'the NKT-IKBU'; and the title The Internal Rules of the New Kadampa Tradition - International Kadampa Buddhist Union to 'the Internal Rules'.
§3. The New Kadampa Tradition shall always be an entirely independent Buddhist tradition and the NKT-IKBU shall have no political affiliations.
§4. The purpose of the Internal Rules is to provide guidelines:
• To help maintain and improve the spiritual development of all Dharma Centres of the NKT-IKBU, generation after generation;
• To help maintain a close and supportive relationship between all Dharma Centres of the NKT-IKBU;
• To help resolve any dispute that might arise within any Dharma Centre of the NKT-IKBU; and
• To help facilitate the daily running and spiritual management of the NKT-IKBU.
§5. Nothing in these Internal Rules may be inconsistent with anything contained in the governing document of the NKT-IKBU Charity or in the constitution of any Dharma Centre of the NKT-IKBU.
1. Member Centres of the NKT-IKBU
1§1. Each and every Dharma Centre of the NKT-IKBU shall always follow the pure tradition of Mahayana Buddhism derived from the Buddhist meditators and scholars Atisha and Je Tsongkhapa, as introduced into the West by the Buddhist teacher Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, and shall always remain a member Centre of the NKT-IKBU and always follow and act in accordance with these Internal Rules.
1§2. The Spiritual Director of each and every NKT-IKBU Dharma Centre shall always be the person who is the duly elected General Spiritual Director of the NKT-IKBU ('the GSD').
1§3. In a way consistent with the requirements of its country's laws, the constitution of each and every local NKT-IKBU Dharma Centre shall contain essential articles of protection as set out in a model Dharma Centre constitution maintained by the Education Council Representatives in the NKT-IKBU Central Office. Because of the international function of NKT-IKBU Kadampa Meditation Centres ('KMCs') and main Retreat Centres, the constitution of each KMC and International Retreat Centre ('IRC') shall contain further special provisions, again as set out in model constitutions maintained by the Education Council Representatives.
1§4. In order to bring them together under the auspices of a legal entity, each and every NKT-IKBU Dharma Centre shall be a member of the international Buddhist charity called the 'New Kadampa Tradition - International Kadampa Buddhist Union', registered in England with company number 2758093 and charity number 1015054 (throughout this document called 'the Charity'). At general meetings of the Charity, each NKT-IKBU
Dharma Centre shall be represented by its Resident Teacher.
2. The Education Council of the NKT-IKBU
2§1. The NKT-IKBU shall always maintain an Education Council ('the Education Council'). The purpose of the Education Council shall be to provide general spiritual assistance to all NKT-IKBU Dharma Centres and to ensure the purity and authenticity of the New Kadampa Tradition.
2§2. The members of the Education Council shall be the Resident Teachers of all NKT-IKBU Dharma Centres except Manjushri KMC, the Mother Centre of the NKT-IKBU.
2§3. In particular, but without limiting its general purpose as stated above, the Education Council shall have the authority:
• on behalf of the Charity, to authorise new NKT-IKBU Dharma Centres to use the three NKT Study Programmes;
• to oversee the general standard of examinations for both the Foundation Programmeand Teacher Training Programme of all NKT-IKBU Dharma Centres, and to award certificates to practitioners who become qualified teachers of Kadampa Buddhism;
• to act as the first arbiter in any dispute concerning NKT-IKBU Dharma Centres and their spiritual purity, ensuring that the spiritual tradition of the New Kadampa Tradition is maintained purely;
• to act as the arbiter in any dispute between NKT-IKBU Dharma Centres;
• to ensure that all NKT-IKBU Dharma Centres act in accordance with these Internal Rules; and
• to ensure that the General and Deputy Spiritual Directors, National Spiritual Directors and Resident Teachers act in accordance with these Internal Rules and do not cause division among the students.
2§4. For the daily functioning of the Education Council, there shall always be thwo representatives of the Education Council (the 'Education Council Representatives'), working in the Central Office of the NKT-IKBU and serving as the Secretary, the Deputy Secretary of the NKT-IKBU.
3. International Temples Project
3§1. The NKT-IKBU shall maintain an 'International Temples Project' ('the ITP'), whose aim shall be in general to introduce the Buddhist Faith of the New Kadampa Tradition publicly, and in particular to exemplify Buddhist practice through service to the public. To accomplish this aim the NKT-IKBU shall continually emphasise the development throughout the world of:
• local Kadampa Buddhist Centres;
• regional Kadampa Meditation Centres (KMCs);
• international Kadampa Buddhist Temples;
• international Retreat Centres;
• Tharpa Publications;
• Hotel Kadampas; and
• Kadampa companies.
4. Development and Management of the NKT-IKBU
Main executive officers
4§1. The daily central administrative tasks of the NKT-IKBU shall be carried out by the four main executive officers of the NKT-IKBU, working together in the 'NKT-IKBU Central Office' at the Mother Centre of the NKT-IKBU. These officers shall be:
• the Secretary;
• the Deputy Secretary;
• the Secretary of the GSD; and
• the Treasurer.
4§2. The main responsibilities of these four officers shall be:
• to carry out the daily administrative business of the NKT-IKBU; and
• to emphasise and promote the financial development of the NKT-IKBU.
4§3. At the end of each month, the General Secretary shall organise a meeting to be attended by these officers together with the GSD, the Administrative Director and Education Programmer Co-ordinator ('EPC') of Manjushri KMC, the Director of Tharpa Publications UK and the accountant of the Charity.
4§4. The purpose of these meetings shall be:
• to give each officer the opportunity to present an essential report of the work he or she has done in the month;
• to discuss how to prevent any waste or misuse of NKT-IKBU funds throughout the world; and
• to discuss how to improve NKT-IKBU income from every source.
4§5. The four main executive officers must each possess the following three qualifications:
• be a student of an NKT-IKBU Dharma Centre;
• be skilled in maintaining public relations; and
• cherish the NKT-IKBU.
4§6. The Directors of the Charity shall be responsible for the appointment and (if necessary) removal of the four main executive officers. The term of office of the four main executive officers shall be four years, but at the end of any term of office such officer shall be eligible for re-appointment.
4§7. When one of these main executive offices becomes vacant for any reason then the Directors of the Charity shall appoint a replacement through prior discussion with the continuing main executive officers.
4§8. The General Secretary shall also serve concurrently as the company secretary of the Charity.
4§9. In general, financial decisions concerning the daily running of the Charity shall be made by the Treasurer with the approval of the GSD. More important financial decisions concerning the running of the Charity shall be made by the GSD with the approval of the Temple & KMC Development Committee.
Education Council Representatives
4§10. In their capacity as Education Council Representatives, the function of the General Secretary and Deputy Secretary shall be to act on behalf of the Education Council in furtherance of the general and particular purposes of the Education Council set out in rules 2§1 and 2§3. Their main duties shall include:
• to promote the development of the education programmes of NKT-IKBU Dharma Centres;
• to take responsibility for legal matters on behalf of the Education Council;
• to prepare constitutions for new NKT-IKBU local Kadampa Buddhist Centres, KMCs, IRCs, Hotel Kadampas and Kadampa comanies;
• to ensure that NKT-IKBU Dharma Centres do not break their constitutions;
• to ensure that NKT-IKBU Dharma Centres and practitioners do not break these Internal Rules; and
• to ensure the resolution of any legal problems that may arise in connection with NKT-IKBU Dharma Centres.
4§11. Major financial decisions of the Charity shall be made by the Directors of the Charity through consultation within the NKT-IKBU Finance Committee. The Finance Committee shall be composed of the Directors of the Charity and the four main executive officers.
4§12. The responsibilities of this Committee shall be:
• to consider and advise how best to improve and protect the finances of the NKT-IKBU and all its branches throughout the world, including all KMCs, international Kadampa Buddhist Temples, IRCs, Tharpa Publications, Hotel Kadampas, Kadampa companies and so forth; and
• to establish new KMCs, international Kadampa Buddhist Temples, IRCs, Tharpa Publications, Hotel Kadampas and Kadampa companies throughout the world.
4§13. Every six months the General Secretary shall organize a special meeting for all members of the NKT-IKBU Finance Committee. The purpose of this meeting shall be:
• to discuss how to improve the financial status of the NKT-IKBU, including the financial status of all KMCs, international Kadampa Buddhist Temples, IRCs, Tharpa Publications, Hotel Kadampas, Kadampa companies and so forth throughout the world;
• to discuss the development of new KMCs, international Kadampa Buddhist Temples, IRCs, Tharpa Publications, Hotel Kadampas and Kadampa companies throughout the world.
Temple & KMC Development Committee
4§14. Responsibility for day-to-day management of the international finances and business of the NKT-IKBU shall be delegated by the Finance Committee to the Temple & KMC Development Committee, which shall be composed of the GSD, the DSD, the Secretary of the GSD and the Treasurer.
4§15. Important day-to-day financial decisions regarding Temple and KMC development shall be made by the GSD through discussion within the Temple & KMC Development Committee. The GSD shall report all essential matters fully and promptly to meetings of the Finance Committee.
4§16. The Secretary of the GSD shall organize a meeting of the Temple & KMC Development Committee each month. The purpose of these meetings shall be:
• to discuss day-to-day business activity relating to current Temple and KMC developments;
• to discuss the status of ITP funds throughout the world;
• to discuss the financial development of the KMCs, IRCs, Tharpa Publications, Hotel Kadampas and Kadampa companies throughout the world; and
• to discuss the financial development of the local Kadampa Buddhist Centres.
4§17. The routine daily business activity of Temple and KMC development shall be the responsibility of the GSD together with his or her Secretary. In this capacity, the main responsibilities of the GSD shall be:
• to manage and oversee the financial, material and administrative development of all KMCs, international Kadampa Buddhist Temples, IRCs, Tharpa Publications, Hotel Kadampas and Kadampa companies throughout the world; and
• to emphasize and monitor the financial development of all local NKT-IKBU Kadampa Buddhist Centres and all NKT-IKBU International Temples Project accounts throughout the world.
4§18. Large KMCs, IRCs, Tharpa Publications, Hotel Kadampas and Kadampa companies throughout the world should make all their important daily financial decisions through discussion with the GSD. Any KMC, IRC, Tharpa Publications department, Hotel Kadampa or Kadampa company which owns its land and buildings (not needing to pay rent) shall be regarded as 'large'.
4§19. Administrative and Managing Directors of the respective large KMCs, IRCs, Tharpa Publications, Hotel Kadampas and Kadampa companies should conscientiously apply this rule 4§18 practically.
4§20. Each month the Secretary of the GSD shall organize a separate meeting (by telecommunication, as necessary) with the respective Administrative Director of every large KMC, to discuss the daily business activity of the KMC; and he or she shall then report any essential matters to the GSD.
4§21. The Secretary of the GSD should know clearly the monthly income and expenditure of all the large KMCs, IRCs, Tharpa Publications, Hotel Kadampas and Kadampa companies throughout the world, receiving copies of their monthly bank statements, including statements of their International Temples Project account and savings account, (by email or otherwise) for this purpose. He or she shall report fully to the GSD every three months.
4§22. When a GSD vacates his or her office for any reason, the serving Secretary of the GSD shall remain in office and automatically become the Secretary of the new GSD. In this way the Secretary's knowledge and experience of NKT-IKBU finances and business shall be available to the new GSD.
4§23. The GSD and the Education Council Representatives shall have authority to choose and (if necessary) remove:
• the Administrative Director of each KMC, including Manjushri KMC;
• the Administrative Director of each IRC;
• the Director of each Tharpa Publications department, including Tharpa UK;
• the Managing Director of each Hotel Kadampa; and
• the Managing Director of each Kadampa company.
5. General and Deputy Spiritual Directors
5§1. The NKT-IKBU shall always have a General Spiritual Director and a Deputy Spiritual Director ('the GSD' and 'the DSD'), who shall each carry the title 'Gen-la'.
5§2. The GSD shall be the Resident Teacher of the Mother Centre of the NKT-IKBU during his or her term of office.
5§3. The GSD and DSD shall each be an ex-officio Director of the Charity.
5§4. The principal responsibilities of the GSD shall be:
• to lead individuals and society in general into the pure spiritual paths of the New Kadampa Tradition;
• to prevent NKT Teachers and students from breaking these Internal Rules;
• to oversee and improve the spiritual development of all NKT-IKBU Dharma Centres throughout the world;
• to establish and name and authorise new NKT-IKBU Dharma Centres, on behalf of the NKT-IKBU;
• on behalf of the NKT-IKBU, and acting jointly with the Education Council Representatives, to appoint the Resident Teachers of all NKT-IKBU Dharma Centres; and
• to give the Education Council a summary report of his or her activities each year, during the UK Summer Festival at the Mother Centre of the NKT-IKBU.
5§5. Only the GSD and DSD shall have the authority to grant ordination within the NKT-IKBU. Because of this, it is necessary that the GSD and DSD themselves shall always be ordained.
5§6. The GSD and DSD shall share responsibilities as follows:
• Festival teachings and empowerments. These should be taught by repeated rotation of the following four-year scheme:
FESTIVAL TEACHERS
UK NKT-IKBU
(each SD leads one week)
GSD & DSD
GSD & retired GSD (Heruka & Vajrayogini)
retired GSD & DSD
NKT-IKBU
outside the UK
(Heruka &
Vajrayogini)
National Festivals
GSD or DSD
DSD or GSD
If in any Year 2 or Year 4 there is no retired GSD available to teach, then their place shall be filled by the DSD or GSD as appropriate.
• Empowerments of Heruka and Vajrayogini. These should be granted once every two years, at one of the NKT-IKBU International Festivals as shown above.
• Ordination Ceremonies. NKT-IKBU ordination vows shall be granted by the GSD one year and then by the DSD in the following year. This cycle should be maintained continually.
• International Teacher Training Programme (ITTP). This should be taught by rotation of the GSD and DSD, as shown in rule 8§7 below.
This rule 5§6 became effective 1st August 2009. Its main purpose is to give the DSD the opportunity to make public relationships throughout the world. This will make the future GSD's function effective.
5§7. The term of office of the GSD and of the DSD shall be eight years. At the end of his or her term of office, a person serving as the GSD or as the DSD shall be eligible for re-election to the same office only once more.
5§8. At the end of his or her term of office, a retired GSD shall normally return to his or her previous Dharma Centre, to serve as the Resident Teacher there once again. Retired GSDs may be invited to give NKT-IKBU international teachings and/or empowerments, as set out in rule 5§6.
5§9. If the office of GSD becomes vacant for any reason (including the exceptional circumstances described in rule 7§1 below), the serving DSD shall automatically become the new GSD and vacate the office of DSD.
5§10. If the office of DSD becomes vacant for any reason, then a new DSD shall be recommended to the Members of the Charity by the continuing Directors and the main executive officers of the Charity. If the Members are happy with the recommendation and understand that such person:
• is an NKT-IKBU National Spiritual Director or a qualified NKT-IKBU Resident Teacher of any country;
• is qualified to teach both Sutra and Tantra;
• is skilled in maintaining and improving harmony and good communication within the NKT-IKBU, and good relations with the general public;
• is publicly respected; and
• cherishes the NKT-IKBU
then the nominee should be elected by majority vote of the Members of the Charity.
5§11. The DSD shall maintain positions as a Resident Teacher and (where applicable) a National Spiritual Director until he or she takes the office of GSD.
5§12. Elections for the offices of GSD and DSD shall be organised by the General Secretary.
6. National Spiritual Directors
6§1. With the joint recommendation of the GSD and DSD, the Resident Teachers of each country (acting on behalf of their Centres) shall elect a Spiritual Director for their country from among their number. This person shall be called the 'NKT-IKBU National Spiritual Director' ('the NSD') for that country, and shall be the spiritual representative of the NKT-IKBU in that country.
6§2. The principal responsibilities of each National Spiritual Director shall be:
• to lead individuals and society in general within their country into the pure spiritual paths of the New Kadampa Tradition, by giving public teachings such as Dharma Celebrations;
• to oversee and improve the spiritual development of all NKT-IKBU Dharma Centres within their country, including visits to individual NKT-IKBU Dharma Centres;
• to prevent NKT-IKBU Resident Teachers, Centre officers, Dharma Centres and students within their country from breaking these Internal Rules; and
• to send an annual report to the GSD and Education Council Representatives, in time for the UK Summer Festival.
6§3. On the instruction of the GSD, National Spiritual Directors may also grant the empowerments of Heruka and Vajrayogini within their country.
6§4. The term of office of the NSD shall be four years but at the end of any term of office any NSD shall be eligible for re-election. The General Secretary shall organise the elections, which shall be held every four years at the Mother Centre of the NKT-IKBU.
7. Removal of a General, Deputy or National Spiritual Director
7§1. If a GSD:
• sets a bad example, such as by breaking his or her ordination vows; or
• intentionally breaks these Internal Rules; or
• shows no interest in working for the development of the NKT-IKBU; or
• causes the NKT-IKBU to degenerate (such as by following other spiritual traditions),
then the two elected Directors and four main executive officers of the Charity may by majority agreement recommend to the Members of the Charity that the GSD be removed. The Members shall then have the authority to remove the GSD by majority vote.
7§2. The same rule shall apply to the DSD, except that the corresponding recommendation to the Members of the Charity shall be made by majority agreement of the GSD and the two elected Directors and four main executive officers.
7§3. If the officers or Members of the Charity ignore these rules 7§1 and 7§2, particularly while understanding at any time that a General or Deputy Spiritual Director has performed any of the above inappropriate actions, then it will be recognised publicly that the NKT-IKBU is spiritually impure. Therefore to protect the NKT-IKBU society from such impurity the officers and Members of the Charity must apply effort to maintain these two rules.
7§4. If a National Spiritual Director:
• sets a bad example, such as by breaking his or her Pratimoksha vows (whether lay or ordained); or
then the GSD and DSD shall have the joint authority to dismiss him or her.
8. Resident Teachers
8§1. The Resident Teachers of all NKT-IKBU Dharma Centres shall each be appointed jointly by the GSD and the Education Council Representatives. New Resident Teachers shall be chosen only from those practitioners who are qualified to teach Kadampa Buddhism, who have completed or are following the NKT Teacher Training Programme, who follow the New Kadampa Tradition purely, and who have good moral discipline. The function of the Resident Teacher is to lead the students of his or her Centre into the pure spiritual paths of the New Kadampa Tradition.
8§2. The GSD and the Education Council Representatives shall be jointly responsible for the removal of any Resident Teacher of the NKT-IKBU.
8§3. The Resident Teacher's commitments shall include:
• to keep pure moral discipline and good behaviour;
• to cherish and care for their Dharma Centre;
• to teach only subjects that form part of the three NKT Study Programmes;
• to apply continual effort to increase the number of students and branches of their Centre;
• to send an annual progress report about their Centre to the GSD and to the Education Council Representatives;
• to respect other spiritual traditions and try to maintain good relations with them, but the Resident Teacher shall not mix his or her teachings and spiritual practices with those of other spiritual traditions;
• to act in accordance with these Internal Rules;
• to make effort to attend the annual International Teacher Training Programme held at the Mother Centre of the NKT-IKBU, until he or she has completed the programme successfully;
• to be the authorised representative of their Centre at all general meetings of the Charity (or to be an Individual Member of the Charity, if their Centre is not yet incorporated); and
• to be a member of and participate in meetings and decisions of the Education Council.
8§4. The Resident Teacher shall be responsible for the appointment and removal of other teachers at his or her Centre, branches and so forth; and (except at the Mother Centre of the NKT-IKBU) for the appointment and removal of the Education Programme Co-ordinator ('the EPC') at his or her Centre.
8§5. At KMCs and IRCs, the GSD and the Resident Teacher shall be jointly responsible for the appointment and removal of the Centre EPC.
8§6. NKT-IKBU ordained Resident Teachers who have taught successfully for four years shall carry the title 'Gen', and NKT-IKBU lay Resident Teachers who have taught successfully for four years shall carry the title 'Kadam'. Certificates shall be awarded to these Teachers to certify that they are qualified Kadampa Buddhist Teachers.
8§7. The International Teacher Training Programme (ITTP) for NKT-IKBU Resident Teachers shall comprise seven texts, taught in repeated rotation according to the following sixteen-year study scheme:
STUDY TEXT
OF STUDY
Joyful Path of Good Fortune
Understanding the Mind
Tantric Grounds and Paths
Mahamudra Tantra
Great Treasury of Merit
Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life
When a Resident Teacher has attended the classes given and passed the examinations on each text, he or she shall be deemed to have completed the programme successfully and shall receive a certificate to that effect. This rule 8§7 became effective on 1st August 2009.
9§1. To prevent the development of confusion and disagreement among NKT students, no NKT-IKBU Teacher or Spiritual Director shall write books or other material that contain elements of traditions that differ from the New Kadampa Tradition or that in any way contradict NKT Dharma books.
9§2. After the author passes away, no-one shall change the meaning or presentation of the content, in any format, of the Dharma books used in the three NKT Study Programmes, unless there are valid reasons for doing so unanimously approved by the members of the Education Council and the Education Council Representatives.
9§3. The same rules shall apply to all NKT sadhanas.
10. Withdrawal of authorisations
10§1. If any present or former NKT-IKBU Dharma Teacher separates from the NKT-IKBU and establishes a spiritually independent organisation, or follows another spiritual tradition, then he or she can no longer hold the lineage and spiritual tradition of the New Kadampa Tradition. In particular he or she cannot:
• teach any of the three Study Programmes: General Programme, Foundation Programme, or Teacher Training Programme, that are related to the NKT tradition;
• grant the empowerments of Lower or Highest Yoga Tantras that are related to the NKT tradition;
• grant ordination vows that are related to the NKT tradition; and
• use any spiritual name received from the NKT tradition, such as his or her ordination name or any special title such as 'Gen-la', 'Gen' or 'Kadam'.
10§2. Each and every NKT-IKBU Resident Teacher should sign the NKT-IKBU 'Agreement for Resident Teachers' declaring that they agree to the above rule 10§1, and this declaration should be countersigned by a witness.
11. Members of NKT-IKBU Dharma Centres
11§1. In NKT-IKBU Dharma Centres, no student or Teacher shall be permitted to take illegal drugs, drink alcohol, smoke tobacco or perform any disturbing action that may cause disharmony or damage people's faith. Dharma Centres shall always provide only vegetarian food.
11§2. If any ordained person breaks his or her ordination vows, then he or she cannot live in an NKT-IKBU Dharma Centre for at least one year. After one year, with some conditions, he or she can return to live in a Dharma Centre, but cannot thereafter teach Dharma or participate in the NKT Teacher Training Programme, (even if he or she later takes ordination for a second time). During the year of probation, he or she cannot participate in any of the three daily Study Programmes of a Dharma Centre, but (at the discretion of the Centre managers and Resident Teacher) may attend occasional Centre classes as a visitor. He or she may attend NKT-IKBU Festivals and Dharma Celebrations.
11§3. Since it is heavy negative karma to do so, practitioners of Kadampa Buddhism shall not sell images of Buddhas (such as statues, posters, or cards), stupas, Dharma books or booklets or audio/visual recordings, for their own business and personal profit.
11§4. Audio and/or visual recordings or broadcasts of teachings, guided meditations or chanting by NKT Teachers and students shall be produced and sold publicly (whether within or outside NKT-IKBU Dharma Centres) only by Tharpa Publications with the support of the GSD and the Education Council.
11§5. This rule applies to teachings etc. presented on websites or the internet, and to recordings of music based on NKT pujas and puja tunes.
11§6. This rule 11§4 does not apply to audio recordings used for GP, FP and TTP Correspondence/Home Study programmes. Audio recordings can be made available to students who attended the teaching or meditation recorded.
11§7. There are three main reasons for this rule concerning recordings:
• to avoid the danger of Dharma being used for business;
• to avoid the danger of such recordings interfering with the main study programmes; and
• to avoid the difficulty of monitoring the accuracy of the content of the recordings.
11§8. In this way NKT-IKBU Dharma Centres shall always remain as pure societies in peace and harmony.
12. Development of NKT-IKBU Dharma Centres
12§1. Each and every NKT-IKBU Dharma Centre shall emphasise its development in the following ways:
• increasing the number of students, through caring for people with kindness and by making good publicity;
• improving the qualifications of Dharma students so they become qualified Dharma practitioners and Teachers;
• maintaining the Centre as a pure, peaceful and harmonious society;
• increasing the number of branches of the Centre; and
• gradually transforming the branches into independent NKT-IKBU Dharma Centres having their own charitable and financial status and their own Resident Teacher.
12§2. To help ensure the purity of the New Kadampa Tradition, the Secretary and Deputy Secretary shall act as the NKT-IKBU 'moral discipline guides', on behalf of the members of the Education Council.
12§3. As the moral discipline guides, the Education Council Representatives shall concentrate on the following three steps:
(a) becoming aware of any breach of moral discipline or of these Internal Rules which has occurred, principally regarding (i) Dharma Centres, (ii) ordained Sangha, (iii) Resident Teachers and (iv) practitioners living in NKT-IKBU Dharma Centres. When any such problem is recognised, the Education Council Representatives should:
(b) ask and encourage the Dharma Centre or individuals involved to stop their inappropriate behaviour. If they do not agree to change their behaviour accordingly:
(c) report the problem to the GSD, and then implement any practical solution that the GSD and Education Council Representatives may together require.
12§4. In circumstances where it is recognized that the GSD or DSD has broken his or her moral discipline or these Internal Rules, then the Education Council Representatives should report the problem to the two elected Directors and the other two main executive officers of the Charity in accordance with rules 7§1 and 7§2.
13. Meetings
13§1. Every year during the UK Summer Festival at the Mother Centre of the NKT-IKBU, the Resident Teachers, EPCs and Administrative Directors of each and every NKT-IKBU Dharma Centre shall make every effort to gather together. Reasons for non-attendance should be given to the GSD or to the General Secretary.
13§2. The Secretary shall organise separate meetings for:
• the Education Council;
• the General, Deputy and National Spiritual Directors;
• the EPCs of NKT-IKBU Dharma Centres; and
• the Administrative Directors of NKT-IKBU Dharma Centres.
The four main executive officers shall also attend these meetings.
13§3. The purpose and function of these meetings shall be:
• to improve the development of Kadampa Buddhism throughout the world; and
• to prevent any obstacles to the development of Kadampa Buddhism.
Following these meetings, any recommendations concerning the finances or administration of the NKT-IKBU shall be reported by the General Secretary to all members of the Finance Committee.
13§4. On behalf of the Board of Directors and in good time for these meetings, the General Secretary shall send an annual financial and progress report about the development of the NKT-IKBU to each meber of the Education Council and of the NKT-IKBU Finance Committee.
14. Festivals and Dharma Celebrations
14§1. NKT-IKBU Festivals and Dharma Celebrations can be organised in any country. Festivals shall be taught by the GSD or DSD as set out in rule 5§6, and Dharma Celebrations by the NSD of the country where the Celebration is held.
14§2. NKT-IKBU International Festivals held in the UK shall be organized and managed by the 'UK Festival Committee'. NKT-IKBU International Festivals held in other countries shall be organized and managed by the Secretary of the GSD and the NKT Treasurer together with the Mother Centre of the country and the Resident Teachers of the country where the Festival is held, and together with any other helpers that may be needed.
14§3. The organizing committee for NKT-IKBU National Festivals and Dharma Celebrations should be composed of the Administrative Director and Treasurer of a legally incorporated KMC of the country where the event is held, together with the Secretary of the GSD and the NKT Treasurer.
14§4. In a country where there is not yet a legally incorporated KMC, the organising committee for an NKT-IKBU National Festival or Dharma Celebration should be composed of the Secretary of the GSD, the NKT Treasurer and the Resident Teacher of the Centre hosting the actual event.
14§5. Following each International Festival in the UK, the Treasurer and Secretary of the Charity shall promptly send an essential financial report to the Finance Committee.
14§6. Following all other Festivals and Dharma Celebrations in any country, the Administrative Director of the Centre hosting the event shall promptly send an essential financial report to the GSD, the Secretary of the GSD and the NKT Treasurer.
14§7. All funds generated through NKT-IKBU Festivals and Dharma Celebrations are public funds and are dedicated solely to the development of the NKT-IKBU International Temples Project. They shall be used only for this purpose.
14§8. Because of this, funds generated from any Festival or Dharma Celebration shall not be used for making gifts or offerings to individuals, including the Teachers who lead the Festival or Dharma Celebration.
15. The Education Programme of the NKT-IKBU
15§1. The Education Programme of all NKT-IKBU Dharma Centres shall consist only of the three New Kadampa Tradition Study Programmes: the General Programme, Foundation Programme, and Teacher Training Programme.
15§2. These programmes form the very core of the NKT-IKBU, and are what distinguishes the New Kadampa Tradition from other traditions.
15§3. The General Programme (GP) The purpose of the General Programme shall be to introduce basic Buddhist view, meditation, and action, and various other teachings and practices, all within the Mahayana Buddhist tradition of Atisha and Je Tsongkhapa, that help the practitioner deepen his or her knowledge and experience of Buddhism. The Programme shall be based on the commentaries by Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso.
15§4. The Foundation Programme (FP) The purpose of the Foundation Programme shall be to provide a systematic presentation of particular subjects of Mahayana Buddhism to enable practitioners to deepen their knowledge and experience of Buddhism. The Programme shall comprise the following five subjects based on Buddha's Sutra teachings and the corresponding commentaries by Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso:
• The Stages of the Path to Enlightenment, based on the commentary Joyful Path of Good Fortune;
• Training the Mind, based on the commentaries Universal Compassion and Eight Steps to Happiness;
• The Heart Sutra, based on the commentary Heart of Wisdom;
• Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life, based on the commentary Meaningful to Behold; and
• Types of Mind, based on the commentary Understanding the Mind.
15§5. The Teacher Training Programme (TTP) The purpose of the Teacher Training Programme shall be to provide a more extensive presentation of particular subjects of Mahayana Buddhism, to enable practitioners to deepen their knowledge and experience of Buddhism, and to train as qualified New Kadampa Tradition Teachers. The Programme shall comprise the following twelve subjects, based on Buddha's Sutra and Tantra teachings and the corresponding commentaries by Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso:
• The Stages of the Path to Enlightenment,based on the commentary Joyful Path of Good Fortune;
• Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life, based on the commentary Meaningful to Behold;
• Types of Mind, based on the commentary Understanding the Mind;
• Guide to the Middle Way, based on the commentary Ocean of Nectar;
• Vajrayana Mahamudra, based on the commentary Clear Light of Bliss;
• The Bodhisattva's Moral Discipline, based on the commentary The Bodhisattva Vow;
• Offering to the Spiritual Guide, based on the commentaries Great Treasury of Merit and Mahamudra Tantra;
• Vajrayogini Tantra, based on the commentary Guide to Dakini Land;
• Grounds and Paths of Secret Mantra, based on the commentary Tantric Grounds and Paths; and
• The Practice of Heruka Body Mandala, based on the commentary Essence of Vajrayana.
15§6. A practitioner shall be deemed to have completed the Teacher Training Programme if he or she:
• Has attended the classes related to each of the twelve subjects;
• Has memorised all the required materials;
• Has passed examinations in all twelve subjects and received a certificate to that effect; and
• Has completed the required meditation retreats.
15§7. None of the subjects in any of the three Study Programmes may be changed.
16. Rituals and Retreats
16§1. All NKT-IKBU Dharma Centres shall follow the same tradition regarding rituals, retreats, pujas, and granting and receiving empowerments.
16§2. To prevent Dharma being used for political aims or worldly achievement, no NKT-IKBU Dharma Centre shall follow any tradition of recognising and relying upon oracles, or follow any system of divination.
17. Charitable Status of NKT-IKBU Dharma Centres
17§1. As soon as practicably possible, all NKT-IKBU Dharma Centres shall become government-registered charities (or similar, non-profit-making organisations) belonging to and dedicated to the benefit of the general public. Until a branch Centre itself incorporates as an independent charity, it shall remain a part of its parent Centre, both legally and financially.
17§2. The Founder of each NKT-IKBU Dharma Centre shall always be recorded simply as being 'the GSD of the NKT-IKBU', and never as being a named individual person.
17§3. In a way consistent with the requirements of its country's laws, each and every NKT-IKBU Dharma Centre shall state within its constitution that the specific purpose for which the Centre is established is the promotion of the Buddhist Faith under the spiritual guidance of the duly elected GSD of the NKT-IKBU principally through the activities of teaching, study, practice, and the observance of moral discipline all within the Mahayana Buddhist tradition of Atisha and Je Tsongkhapa, as taught by Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, the Founder of the NKT-IKBU, through the continuous implementation of the three New Kadampa Tradition Study Programmes: the General Programme, Foundation Programme and Teacher Training Programme. These NKT-IKBU Centre constitutions shall also include the definition of the three NKT Study Programmes as set out in rule 15 above.
17§4. The decision voluntarily to dissolve any NKT-IKBU Dharma Centre can only be made with the written approval of the Directors of the NKT Charity, acting with the support of the Education Council Representatives.
18. Resources of NKT-IKBU Dharma Centres
18§1. Since the purpose of opening NKT-IKBU Dharma Centres is to spread NKT Kadampa Buddhism, all the assets of these Dharma Centres shall be used only for this aim. The annual profits made by each local NKT-IKBU Kadampa Buddhist Centre in any country shall be used for the development of that Centre, including improvements to accommodation and so forth, and any remaining profit shall be donated to the designated NKT-IKBU International Temples Project account of that country.
18§2. At the end of the financial year each local NKT-IKBU Kadampa Buddhist Centre shall send a copy of their annual financial report to the GSD, to the NKT Treasurer and to their NSD.
18§3. The GSD together with the Education Council Representatives shall have the authority to prevent the misuse of the assets of any NKT-IKBU Dharma Centre.
18§4.Annual profits made by the KMCs, IRCs, Tharpa Publications, Hotel Kadampas and Kadampa companies in each country throughout the world must be donated to an NKT-IKBU International Temples Project account.
18§5. At the end of each financial year the Administrative Director of each KMC and each IRC, the Director of each Tharpa Publications and the Managing Director of each Hotel Kadampa and Kadampa company shall send a detailed financial report to the GSD and to the NKT Treasurer.
18§6. All the funds in the NKT-IKBU International Temples Project accounts throughout the world must only be used for the NKT-IKBU International Temples Project and cannot be used by individual Dharma Centres or for any other purpose.
18§7. Unless approved by the Directors of the NKT Charity and the Education Council Representatives, no NKT-IKBU Dharma Centre, Teacher or student shall raise money in NKT-IKBU Dharma Centres for the development of non-NKT-IKBU organizations or projects, or for non-NKT-IKBU private individuals.
18§8. No NKT-IKBU Spiritual Director or Charity officer, and no Resident Teacher or manager of any NKT-IKBU Dharma Centre, shall use the name, resources or activities of any NKT-IKBU Dharma Centre, or the position given to them by the NKT-IKBU, for their personal material benefit, either directly or indirectly.
18§9. If any NKT-IKBU Dharma Centre is wound up or dissolved for any reason whatsoever, then after paying or adequately providing for the debts and obligations of the Centre, the remaining assets of the Centre shall be distributed to one or more than one other Member Centre of the NKT-IKBU in the same country, or be given to the NKT-IKBU International Temples Project. The Members of the closing Centre shall choose the recipient beneficiary (or beneficiaries), in consultation with the GSD.
19. Observance of the Internal Rules
19§1. Observance of these Internal Rules shall be monitored by all the members of the Education Council, who shall take responsibility for reporting any non-observance to the GSD and Education Council representatives.
19§2. For the purpose of monitoring observance of the Internal Rules in general, the GSD, DSD and the Education Council Representatives shall hold a special meeting every six months.
19§3. These Internal Rules shall only be changed by unanimous decision, made in writing and confirmed by individual hand signatures on paper, of each Director of the Charity, each of the four main executive officers, and each and every member of the Education Council, acting on behalf of his or her Centre.
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Croatia, the War, and the Future
Ina Vukic - Croatia: people, politics, history, economy, transition from communism to democracy
Croatia: The Swell Of Discontent Reawakens The Beast Of Communist Oppression
August 10, 2013 by inavukic 110 Comments
Celebrating Croatia's admission into the UN on the main
square in Zagreb upon the return of President Franjo Tudjman
from New York on 24 May 1992. Croatia declared its
independence on 25 June 1991, confirmed this decision
on 8 October 1991 at the expiration of the moratorium,
and was recognised by the international community on
15 January 1992. Photo: http://www.croatia.eu
Booing and jeering grew louder on Monday 5 August in Knin as Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic climbed onto the podium to deliver his address to the crowds celebrating Croatian Victory and Thanksgiving Day!
Milanovic walked to the podium to cries of "don't let him speak", "You don't love Croatia", "Monkey", and "Manure" as the crowd showed their disapproval at Milanovic's government's policies over the last 18 months.
Milanovic spoke with a loud and forceful, somewhat embittered tone, evidently trying to outdo the jeering, whistling and booing from the crowd. As much as his speech contained praise for Croatia's war efforts towards its independence and democracy, saying it was a righteous path, his words fell upon many disbelieving ears. After all it was Milanovic who only a few months ago wickedly said that Croatian Homeland War of 1990's was a kind of a civil war similar to the one that had occurred in Finland!
After all, it's Milanovic who confuses the issues about the War in Croatia; it's Milanovic who has never expressed a strong and consistent view about the righteousness of Croatia's fight for secession from communist Yugoslavia. Perhaps this is so because he has difficulties handling freedom and self-determination as the right of every citizen, singularly and/or as a nation.
Booing, jeering, whistling … at Knin, August 5:
The Police in Knin wasted no time is arresting one of the loudest men from the Knin crowd who booed, whistled and jeered at the Prime Minister. Police are still combing through video footage in order to gather evidence for further arrests! They say that the charge is disturbing of public peace!
"During the speeches from high-ranking state officials they whistled and yelled and created a racket disturbing the peace. One person has been arrested and will face court action at the Knin court, whilst investigation continues to catch the other culprits," said a police statement. Monday's official ceremonies were filmed and police will trawl through footage and have warned more people will face charges in the following days.
Booing, jeering and whistling at high ranking elected officials as they speak is a form of freedom of expression regarded as very normal behaviour of disapproval in developed democracies. It's not swearing, blasphemy or what have you of the same offensive nature. Well not so in the apparently neo-communist arcades of the Croatian political scene – to "offend" a political leader, who happens to come from former communists ranks, by booing, jeering, whistling at him is obviously now considered a form of penal (read criminal) behaviour. Just as it was when communist Yugoslavia was alive and kicking its force around.
It's blatantly and painfully obvious that democratic expressions of approval, or disapproval, have taken a serious step backward in Croatia during the past week; during the past couple of years…
Up until 1990, i.e. during the times of communist Yugoslavia, there was no booing, jeering or whistling at politicians while they spoke. To do so was dangerous and without fail landed one behind bars and ostracised as "unsuitable citizen" for life. This was just one ugly and brutal face of the Communist Party in Yugoslavia. Oh sure, they spoke of "socialism with a human face" but really that human face was defined by the communists as the one that had to be compatible with Party lines. Bitter experience led the people into growing careful as to what to say or not to say; one simply knew which words or non-verbal expressions of disapproval of political elites would land one behind bars, earn beatings, prison sentences …
Judging from what happened in Knin on Monday there is no doubt that Croatia is seeing a re-introduction of oppression, of fear mongering…of repression of freedom of expression. Threats made by the police (after arresting one man) to arrest more people for booing, jeering and whistling at public officials cannot be interpreted in any other way. These moves are not isolated or independently made by a local police station – they are part of the fabric of the newly "refreshed" police force padded with those that bow, nod and support the government which has major difficulties adjusting to democracy and abandoning the control freak show Yugoslavia was exposed to.
So, I ask myself: where did and how did Croatia stray from its primary goal set through 94% of democratic vote in 1991? Where did the message "we want to move away from totalitarian communism and move towards democracy" get lost in the past ten years especially? Why have so many Croatian politicians lost sight of that primary goal and wobble around interpreting – often recklessly – the events from the war rather than keeping check on how is democracy (the primary goal) is faring?
"Now is the winter of our discontent" are the opening words of Shakespeare's play and lay the groundwork for the portrait of Richard III as a discontented man who is unhappy in a world that hates him. The brooding malevolence that Shakespeare has Richard personify mirrors the playwright's view of the state of the English nation during the Wars of the Roses. Closer to our times, The Winter of Discontent refers to the winter of 1978–79 in the United Kingdom, during which there were widespread strikes by public sector trade unions demanding larger pay rises, following the ongoing pay caps of the Labour Party government led against Trades Union Congress opposition to control inflation, during the coldest winter for 16 years.
And, given the widespread disillusionment of Croatian people with the government and various politicians in opposition who expressly feed political divisions from the past, whose actions like the one above in Knin remind of painful and loathsome past, who have degraded and belittled the value of battles for democracy and exit from communist Yugoslavia, who have done little in putting right the thievery of national assets through corrupt individuals in high position, who evidently have little clue as to how to install an economy for betterment of citizens' lives … I wonder if we are not looking at the Winter of Croatia's Discontent that is simply bound to end, sooner than later, in widespread unrest that will bring new breath of life to the goal set by the people in 1991 (full democracy and freedom) and which goal has become buried amidst the kicking and screaming of die-hard communists. Ina Vukic, Prof. (Zgb); B.A., M.A.Ps. (Syd)
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Welcome to my blog. Here I will bring to you a variety of topics covering the documented truth about that terrible war that Croatia had to endure during the period between 1991 and 1995 and about Croatian political history that shaped a wonderful nation of people.
Croatian people wanted independence for centuries, just as they had it until the twelfth century but fate was not on their side – others wanted their beautiful land. In late 1980′s the will to break free from Yugoslavia which suffocated freedom and self determination through harsh communist party rule finally bore the desired fruit.
In June 1991 Croatia declared its independence; soon after the aggressive war against Croatia broke out. The struggle of the Croatian people for self-determination was a just one. But I fear genuine justice has not been served as there have been, and there still exist, international covert and overt moves to equate victims with aggressors continue in attempts to change history. Truth often becomes obscured and lost and that is why I have chosen to write this blog, to concentrate on actual events and issues about Croatia – wishing it a bright and freedom-loving future.
It certainly was not easy to come out of the war that was fought on two fronts:
1. On the military front the world's public has seen the indiscriminate bombardment of Croatian cities, towns and villages from land, sea and air; the destruction of civilian targets including homes, schools, hospitals, churches, factories and cultural monuments; the blockading and destruction of roads, bridges and ports; the blockading of power, water, food and medical supplies. What hasn't been shown on our television sets is the forced clearing and evacuation of towns and villages, followed by looting, torture, rape and murder carried out by the Serbian forces, who were initially backed by the federal Yugoslav army that was largely constituted by Serb nationals; the transportation of multiple hundreds of innocent Croatian civilians from Croatia into concentration camps Serbia (Begejci, Stajicevo, Sremska Mitrovica... from October 1991, and later (1992) transferred into Serb-held camps in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Omarska, Keratern, Manjaca, Trnopolje).
2. The second front was the war of political propaganda centred on: misinformation about the rights of minorities in Croatia; portrayal of the Croatian people as Ustasha or Fascists; the representation of the Croatian defence forces as illegal paramilitary units; the representation of the Croatian and Slovenian republics as unreasonable secessionists who are unwilling to negotiate; a regurgitation of distorted facts about World War II.
Indeed Croatia had an absolute right to defend itself and this is often forgotten if not often denied it.
Ina Vukic
Ina has been a tireless volunteer on humanitarian aid and fundraising for victims of war in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, especially war orphans. From1991 to beginning of 1994 she contributed in lobbying for international recognition of Croatian independence and Croatia's rights in defending its territory and people from military aggression by Serbian forces. For this dedicated voluntary work Ina was awarded two Medals of Honour by the first president of the Republic of Croatia in 1995 (Commemorative Medal of the Homeland War and Order of the Croatian Trefoil).Ina has also written hundreds articles for newspapers in Australia and Croatia on the plight of Croatian people for freedom and self-determination, developing democracy in former communist countries. She holds two graduate and one post-graduate university degrees, specialising in behaviour, clinical and political psychology and management.
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First President of Croatia Dr Franjo Tudjman quote:
"They could not, nor will they ever be able to kill our passion and our need to live in human dignity, in peace with ourselves and with the free nations of Europe. We have carved out that right at our first democratic elections. For this right and for our sacred land we are even ready to die" – Dr Franjo Tudjman (1922-1999) ( Addressing the Croatian nation at the moment of the start of Serbian aggression against Croatia, 16 October 1991)
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