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Month May 2015
The Spirit of Spirits
The word Pentecost has nothing to do with religion or spirits or even spirituality. As I have mentioned before, I use the Christian calendar as an organizational tool. It is not a subliminal message at all. I will again make note that I do not believe there is a huge divide between spirituality and religion, though. Pentecost means "fifty" and falls fifty days after another Christian holiday, hence the reason for the naming as such.
I think spending time on the mythologies of our world serves two purposes. First, it is our history. Yes, I said OUR history. To try to separate the history of one culture from another is not wise, in my humble opinion. The world is a vast combination of water and land but the characteristics of mankind traveled quickly and cultures shows signs of intermingling. It was once thought that the culture known as the American Indian traveled across glaciers from Northern Asia to Alaska and Canada before settling in all parts of North, Central, and South America. Similarities between ancient Viking lifestyle and stories and those of the earliest of North American Indians were thought to be just coincidences until DNA testing of descendants of the early Algonquian Nation tribes revealed the two cultures had indeed intermingled in the early first and second centuries.
The mythologies of the Bronze Age man laid the foundation for our belief systems today. These are not simple fictionalized stories with which people were entertained. These were the outlines for how mankind lived, worked, and interacted with the internal and external spirit of all living things. In some ways we have come very far but in other ways, we are still in the infancy of interacting one with another. If you doubt this, just remember more mass graves are being found every day, evidence of the misuse of spiritual belief, religious zeal, and available weaponry.
Learning about such things, though is just the first step. At this point I am inserting an article I co-authored which first ran on the website, www.episcopalcafe.com.
During my Education for Ministry (EfM) journey, the subject of the "Spirituality versus Religion" meme was discussed. In examining this, I was reminded of a parish I attended. The parish had a thriving youth program. Older adults congregated at the church as if it was a social club but it was lacking in something for young adults often called millenials and/or Generation "Y". They said that "millenials" did not attend church but, after much persistence, they finally began a new young adult class. It was suggested the class take over the "prime" classroom and have a coffeehouse theme. Metal chairs and long tables were relegated to storage closets, replaced by upholstered chairs, lamps, a rug from the attic, etc. The posters and mailers announcing the class were loved by the millenials and deemed "garish" by vestry members, who stood outside the classroom, counting the people who came. One week later, they stood outside that same door, awaiting the Bishop and insisting the class stay to "account" for the change in the décor. When the Bishop arrived, he asked to see the room and then smiled: "I think John the Baptist would feel right at home here" he said.
The millenials of today and Generation "Y" live and breathe in part according to meme theory. Many theologians blame it for the decline in their effectiveness. What is "meme theory" and from where did it originate? According to Wikipedia, a go-to reference for all millenials, a meme is "an idea, behavior, or style that spreads from person to person within a culture." The word is an abbreviation of the word memetic, a theory of mental evolution based upon the work of Charles Darwin, coined by British evolutionary scientist Richard Dawkins. Opposing the religious culture, which most assuredly could be said to be based upon a meme, the term has become the battle cry of atheists who ironically, in their attempt to be different, have formed their own communion.
The coffeehouse feel was on target in developing the spirituality of the young adult meeting room and created an environment that drew people in and allowed for a "safe" exchange of ideas. They had cappuccino mix for the coffee pot, tea, hot cocoa, doughnuts and communion. Class "lessons" included a scientific flowchart for the Summary of the Law. Sadly that vision was blinded by the status quo. The class became more "conventional, more religious" and within three months no one was present. Once enrollment numbered fifty-five; it became zero.
What we can learn from this is that we must address spirituality if we want to engage our young adults, our future. They know more of Ziglar's pump parable than Jesus' lost coin parable. We have got to have the vision to allow the former in order to discuss the latter. Today's young adult is not content with following blindly but wants to engage his/her spirit – fully and completely. We exactly is this "spirituality versus religion" concept?
Spiritual Healer Nancy Kern explains it this way: "Spirituality is a direct experience of God, by whatever name: Source, Spirit, the Light, All That Is, Allah, Shiva, Jesus. Religion is learned, passed on through families and cultural institutions, including churches. Religion is built around form, characterized by dogma, ritual and social interaction. Religious organizations are built around spiritual values, and also encompass politics, fund-raising and identity built on beliefs and practices.
"Spirituality involves a direct experience of grace through a bodily knowing; no intermediary is required, no particular beliefs are necessary. The ego cannot manage spiritual experiences or make them happen. Spiritual experiences range from beautiful to frightening, and may contradict religious and scientific beliefs. Both religion and spirituality can involve prayer, contemplation and/or meditation. Both can be positive forces of healing from emotional and physical distress. Spirituality can be encouraged through sensitivity to nature and the cultivation of awareness, gratitude and loving kindness. Religion can encourage and foster spirituality, but does not necessarily do so."
Kern adds: "Mysticism is spiritual. Mystics from all religious backgrounds see connection between traditions rather than separation. This is because mystics cultivate direct experience of oneness with all of creation. Creativity is innately spiritual. All people are innately spiritual. Religion must be learned. Spirituality is a formless realm of limitless possibilities. Religion limits possibilities through beliefs and taboos. Spirituality may contradict or reinforce religious teachings. Although beliefs in Hell begin as religious teachings, when internalized, they become spiritual fears."
If we continue to make enemies of spirituality and religion, then we are looking at the future with very poor vision. Today's young adults live passionately and want a passionate faith. Religion should be a living entity that embraces and uses their spirituality. We must let faith breathe, embracing that which emboldens our spirit to receive the Holy Spirit.
The things written about in this article are important, I believe, and applicable to all denominations, religious systems, and spiritual practices. My co-author and I, though we grew up in the same location, are examples of different believers working together. I am a professional musician and conductor, writer, graphic artist, community family values educator and child advocate, a lifelong Episcopalian who has served as Girls Friendly leader, EYC advisor, church school director/teacher, ECW officer, church musician, EfM graduate, and member of the Order of Daughters of the King. I host this blog, n2myhead. My co-author is a professional artist and writer, former midwife, licensed massage therapist, Cranial Sacral Therapist, Flower Essence Practitioner, trained in Buddhist meditation, Native American shamanism, Akashic Field therapy, guided imagery and counseling. She can be reached at her website.
I hope this blog is a conversation. I do not claim to be an expert on any of the topics I discuss. I am a traveler, exploring different aspects of life in an attempt to learn how to better live and to live in a respectful, peaceful, productive manner. I eagerly look forward to your comments. They are the spirit that drives me. These conversations are the purpose for this blog. Some of my conversations are within my own head, hence the title of this blog. The conversations we have with ourselves can be the most productive. They are the spirit that leads us on to our future.
Tomorrow we will continue to discuss both mythologies of the past but also those we are writing today. As we live, we compose our own life story, create our own present and future, portray the beliefs we hold dear. I do not believe that our beliefs are limiting and I completely believe that religion has possibilities for a brighter future. Religion affords an outline for living but such only has value when it includes respect for all living things. A religion that allows hatred is not, in my opinion, a religion but a systematic living of fear.
The spirit of life is alive and so our present-day myths must, as mentioned in the article, be free to breathe. In his book "The Miracle of Mindfulness", Thich Nhat Hanh writes: "Breath is the bridge which connects life to consciousness, which unites your body to your thoughts. Whenever your mind becomes scattered, use your breath as the means to take hold of your mind again." Unfortunately, many people have used spirituality and religion as a basis for garnering power. Writer Jose N. Harris explains the danger of such. ""There is beauty in truth, even if it's painful. Those who lie, twist life so that it looks tasty to the lazy, brilliant to the ignorant, and powerful to the weak. But lies only strengthen our defects. They don't teach anything, help anything, fix anything or cure anything. Nor do they develop one's character, one's mind, one's heart or one's soul."
The importance we can learn from ancient mythologies is where we have been, what we feared, and what we overcame. Moving forward takes courage and it take a hardy spirit. As the poet e. e. cummings wrote, "Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit." That is the real purpose of our ancient mythologies – celebrating the human spirit. We have potential as long as we breathe and respect our own spirit.
Lessons from Bran
We all know bran as being the outer layer of grain generally used for our morning cereal. It is often used to refer to any outer layer of a grain including rice. The health benefits for mankind from bran marry those that bran offers to the grain itself. The outer layers of a grain serve to provide it nutrients since they contain high levels of protein and necessary nutrition for the plant. For humans, bran affords a highly concentrated source of dietary fiber.
Bran is also the name of an Irishman famous in Irish mythology. According to legend, Bran decided to visit the "Happy Outerworld", a mythological place the Irish believed to be the home of all immortals. These immortals were collectively known as the Sidhe. The Happy Outerworld consisted of two land, the Isle of Joy and the Isle of Women. Spoiler Alert: Women do not receive gentle treatment in this myth!
Fairy tales are usually stories with a purpose but stories that have a happy ending. After all, no one wants to learn a lesson that will ultimately end badly for them. The mythologies of ancient mankind were more than just lessons, they were life itself. The topics of these myths centered on the very living each person did and experienced. They dealt with things like birth and death and what came after death. They wove stories about the beginnings of mankind and their world. Drawing from cultural wisdom, a myth is the collective universal narrative or man and woman.
These myths are not just stories to be told around a campfire or fodder for the movie industry. They serve just as real a purpose today as they did when first told many centuries ago. Their original purpose to explain and answer life itself transitioned into myths being a compass for future generations. Much like the twentieth century book and movie "the Wizard of Oz", the Irish legend of Bran spoke of home and finding one's way back home.
Bran held a great feast, so the story goes. Going outside for some air after such a large meal, he hears a faint pleasant melody that lulls him to sleep. When he awakes, he sees a branch from an apple tree in full blossom has been placed next to him. He shows the branch to his friends and they are suddenly joined by a woman wearing unusual clothing. Bran decides she must be one of the Sidhe, an immortal. The woman tells of her homeland from whence the apple branch came and promises the men they will no longer suffer illness or death if they travel there.
Bran and thirty of his companions set sail and meet Manannan mac Lir, a sea god who rode on the waves in a horse-drawn chariot. The sea god tells them how to get to the Isle of Women but tells them first they will reach the Isle of Joy. Upon reaching this island, groups of laughing people wave from the shore, not answering any questions with anything other than laughter. One of Bran's traveling companions remains on the Isle of Joy while the others set sail for the Isle of Women.
The Isle of Women offered the Irishmen peace and happiness and they remained for over a year. Soon, however, one of the men became homesick and convinced the others to set sail for Ireland. The women bid them farewell and suggested they return to pick up their friend from the Isle of Joy. They promised the men smooth sailing but warned them to never actually set foot on Irish soil again. Within two days the men could see the Irish coastline and waved to the people who gathered on the shore as they approached. Bran called out his name and said he and his friends had been traveling for over a year. The people called back that they had heard stories of a man named Bran but he had lived hundreds of years earlier.
As they neared the shore, Nechtan, the man who had become homesick, jumped onto the shore. AS he ran up the beach, his body turned to dust. This, realized Bran and the other men, fulfilled the prophecy of the women. The men turned their boat around and headed for the open sea and were never again seen. In seeking idle joy, Bran realized he had lost the most important thing – his home.
There are obvious parallels to the story of the Irishman Bran and the story of the Christian creation myth of Adam and Eve. Although not mentioned by specific type, most people believing the Biblical account of Adam and Eve believe the Tree of Knowledge, the one tree they were forbidden to partake the fruit of, was an apple tree. Perhaps because the branch in the story of Bran was an apple branch, it carried over to the Biblical account. Both were searching for something greater than their home and both discovered their search took them away from their home forever.
Myths of religion served to give people hope. Myths such as the one about the Irish Bran often serve to remind us sometimes what we have at home are enough for a good life. Other myths are told in the hopes that great leaders will learn and arise to lead into a better future. The hero or heroine of a myth serves as a good role model for children as they grow into adulthood. Myths remind us that while we are a diverse race, we share many things in common.
In his novel "You Can't Go Home Again", American author Thomas Wolfe wrote: " Some things will never change. Some things will always be the same. Lean down your ear upon the earth and listen. The voice of forest water in the night, a woman's laughter in the dark, the clean, hard rattle of raked gravel, the cricketing stitch of midday in hot meadows, the delicate web of children's voices in bright air–these things will never change. The glitter of sunlight on roughened water, the glory of the stars, the innocence of morning, the smell of the sea in harbors, the feathery blur and smoky buddings of young boughs, and something there that comes and goes and never can be captured, the thorn of spring, the sharp and tongueless cry–these things will always be the same. "All things belonging to the earth will never change–the leaf, the blade, the flower, the wind that cries and sleeps and wakes again, the trees whose stiff arms clash and tremble in the dark, and the dust of lovers long since buried in the earth–all things proceeding from the earth to seasons, all things that lapse and change and come again upon the earth–these things will always be the same, for they come up from the earth that never changes, they go back into the earth that lasts forever. Only the earth endures, but it endures forever. The tarantula, the adder, and the asp will also never change. Pain and death will always be the same. But under the pavements trembling like a pulse, under the buildings trembling like a cry, under the waste of time, under the hoof of the beast above the broken bones of cities, there will be something growing like a flower, something bursting from the earth again, forever deathless, faithful, coming into life again like April." I think Bran would have agreed.
Yesterday we discussed the discrimination towards women and the female Scottish warrior who victoriously led her troops in a charge that rebuked the advancement of the Roman Army into Scotland which in turn prevented their attempting to invade Ireland. However, Ireland was invaded, according to Irish mythology.
The ancient lands of the island we know as Ireland were supposedly invaded a series of times. Each invasion resulted in a new leader. The Tuatha De Danaan invaders were a race of godlike people, skilled in magic, led by the king Daghda or "the Good God". Daghda was famous for having a very large cauldron and an equally large club. Legend claims that the cauldron would feed all, regardless of the number present. The club was noted for both taking lives and bringing the dead back to life.
Daghda was an unusual god in that while his followers respected his skills in magic and other occult arts, they also endued him with humor. He was often portrayed wearing a tunic that barely reached the bottom of his gluteus maximus and he was well-known for his comic behavior. The Irish are known for being a culture that enjoys having fun; perhaps Daghda was the beginning of this.
It is said that one day while out for a walk, Daghda came upon the goddess Morrigan. She was the patron spirit of both war and fertility and legend held she could change herself into the shape of a raven. As a raven she was said to visit battlefields and often affect the outcome of the fighting. Daghda and Morrigan agreed on a truce and Morrigan promised to protect the Tuatha De Danaan forever.
Another legend tells of an upcoming battle between the Tuatha De Danaan and their opponents the Fomhoire. The outcome would determine who would control Ireland. Fearing his men were not prepared for the battle Daghda asked for a truce. The Fomhoire promised but then threatened his life unless he ate an enormous bowl of porridge. Daghda licked the bowl clean and fell asleep amid the laughter of the Fomhoire. The Irish god of love was Daghda's son Angus who would become famous for helping others in their love life.
These early legend or mythologies bear little resemblance to those of classical times. The emphasis on these ancient Irish legends centered more on how the gods and goddesses helped the average man in his daily life. They were not so much an answer to the eternal question of Who am I? but more a path for the question How do I live? However, it is in Ireland that the real reasons for such stories still exist. Children are still warned of the banshee, a terrifying woman who lives amongst the faeries or a pooka, a shape-changer in order to encourage them to behave. Modern life is evident in Ireland but the culture continues on with the same mythologies being told in the evening at family homes and in the local pubs.
Artifacts have been found in Great Britain that date back to the Stone Age but the earliest of such found in Ireland are from the Mesolithic time period. It was not until the Christian missionary known as Saint Patrick that Irish history became written so much has been lost or changed with each retelling. The legends serve today the same purpose they did when they first were begun. They unite the people and carry the culture from one day to the next.
Our own spiritualities and religious choices provide the same for us in this modern world. Our same basic questions and needs have remained unchanged throughout the history of mankind. We need to continue the search for answers because it gives us reason to continue our living. One legend maintains that the Creator needed laughter in the world so He/She made the Irish race. They carry on today as their earliest gods were portrayed – generous of spirit, brave in battle, and always willing to help another.
All too soon mankind would weave the stories of the gods that waged war upon mankind and the punishments for man . We should remember, though, that the earliest mythology told of a benevolent, generous god named Daghda, who entertained as well as protected. This Irish phrase not only sums up Ireland today, it tells of the spirits the earliest mythologies disclosed: "Deep peace of the running waves to you. Deep peace of the flowing air to you. Deep peace of the smiling stars to you. Deep peace of the quiet earth to you. Deep peace of the watching shepherds to you. Deep peace of the Son of Peace to you."
The human spirit is fairly simple in its design and in its living. While there are myriads of complex systems within the body that houses the spirit, history has proven that our basic core desires are the same regardless of the location, period, or economic factors of the person.
Perhaps that is why the mythologies of antiquity hold our attention. They unite us in asking and providing answers to the basic questions mankind has always had. Paramount are the common threads that weave the lives of us all into the history of the world. The struggles and the victories repeat throughout time just as the fables and stories are repeated in different colors with different and yet the same basic stories.
The stories of our histories are not just myths, tales with a shred of truth that have been elaborated and exaggerated. Some are painfully honest and bear witness to the conflicts life presents. Today in the United States of America many will pause to pay homage to those who died fighting for others. Just as the spirit of Pentecost came for all, so the victory of freedom for one becomes a victory for many.
The American philosophy about basic freedom being for all was eloquently presented by Thomas Jefferson: "To preserve the freedom of the human mind then and freedom of the press, every spirit should be ready to devote itself to martyrdom; for as long as we may think as we will, and speak as we think, the condition of man will proceed in improvement." Thirteen colonies dared to risk everything for the spirit of freedom which was the spirit of human dignity. They dared to engage one of the world's most powerful nations for this cause, knowing that the struggle was worth everything for without such freedoms and dignity, life would be worthless.
I realize that some of you will be reading this in countries without such freedoms. You still have your heroes, though; you have in your own history those who have fought for your rights. Today as we in the USA honor our own heroes who have passed, I hope you will honor your own. "While there's nothing one of us can do to bring back those loved ones, we can celebrate who they were, how they lived their lives, and remember how their lives were lost, in a struggle dedicated to the eternal truth of freedom and the human spirit," stated former US Statesman Donald Rumsfeld.
We look very different; we speak very differently; we even eat different foods. We all still live and in our living, share basic needs and desires. Whether one's hair is blonde or black, one's skin is yellow or brown, one's height is tall or short….We all feel and strive to improve. Kahlil Gibran once said "Love is the only freedom in the world because it so elevates the spirit that the laws of humanity and the phenomena of nature do not alter its course."
Today I invite you to tell the stories of your own heroes. Tomorrow we will jump into the stories of the Ice Age and the heroes and gods of which they speak. As Joseph Campbell described, "I don't believe people are looking for the meaning of life as much as they are looking for the experience of being alive. "A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself." Today, as we honor those who have died, let us live by telling their stories.
Pull up a comfortable stool or chair and gather a few friends or family. Today is for remembering our past and recognizing that it is the road on which we will walk our future. We owe so much to those who have come before us. Their sacrifices, their struggles, and their examples are all glorious lessons from which we can learn and be proud.


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Q: Get repository languages with the GitLab API I would like to know if there is a way to get the languages (percentage per language) used in a project by using the API provided by GitLab. I checked their documentation but I didn't see anything about that or maybe I missed it.
I know that they use the Linguist library but I'm developping an application that's is not in Ruby and I'm looking for a way to integrate theses percentages.

A: Looks like there's no endpoint to do this right now as the data for language repartition is sent in inline javascript. But it might become available as they refactor the code (see this and this)

A: As of 10.8.x, Gitlab added a new API entrypoint, exposing languages used in a specific repository.
Usage is straight forward :
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <__ACCESS_TOKEN__>" https://gitlab.mydomain.com/api/v4/projects/<ID>/languages

docs : https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/api/projects.html#languages
Hope this helps!

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Spotify Lite launched for countries with poor internet access and old phones
Johnson Shrestha
Even if you don't have access to Spotify, you probably know about it…unless you live under a rock! Spotify is one of the most popular music streaming sites. It also allows downloads and such but requires paid subscription (duh!). But the Swedish audio streaming app can prove to be a bit "heavy", in terms of app size and data storage for all kinds of phones. So, following the trend of big companies to launch a lighter version of their apps, Spotify is launching the Spotify Lite.
The app is already launched, and targets those regions where Internet access is poor and people use old phones. These markets consist of regions like Asia, Latin America, Middle East and Africa, including Brazil, Mexico, Honduras, the Philippines and India as well. The Spotify Lite app is only 10 MB in size and allows you to set a data limit. For perspective, the regular Spotify app is a 100 MB. So, you can say it also works for people with smaller data plans and older devices. So, listeners can clear their song cache if they run out of storage.
This app was in the works since mid 2018. Spotify Lite works the same as the regular one. But it's optimized for slower connections and phones with lesser data plans. In addition, it allows users to set a data limit, and notifies once you reach the limit. It is officially available in the Google Play Store, and will work with Android versions 4.3 or above. So, this is good news for those who want to use Spotify but don't have an expensive phone or an extensive data plan.
Also read Spotify's Voice Controlled audio device for cars

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In storytelling, context matters
Posted on 13 May, 2017 24 March, 2017 by s.e. smith
How does context affect the pop culture we consume? I've been thinking about this a lot lately as the growing call for more diverse representations is also paired with reminders that it's critical to have diverse creators, too, that seeing creators put their own lived experience on the page or on screen is important. Historically, I used to try to approach media without knowing anything about the creator, so I could think about it independently before delving into the factors that affected it, but recently I've been doing the opposite, wanting to know where a story is coming from, making a conscious note of it in reviews and conversations about the work, because it feels acutely relevant.
A story about tragic queers has very different meanings when it's told by queer people versus straight people, for example. Those meanings are often difficult to disentangle, and can make for very interesting but also complicated and sometimes stressful conversations. The identity of the author gets dragged into the text even over cautions about how books are not authors, and authors are not their books, and opinions expressed in texts don't necessarily reflect the views of the people who write them — in fact, sometimes just the opposite.
There a lot of inherent tensions bound up in storytelling. Everyone has a distinctly different experience, and thus a book by a trans person about a trans character might ring true to some, while feeling anachronistic and offensive to others. Does that make it a bad book? Is that person wrong for having a lived experience that differs from those of some readers? What if the author isn't out, and readers are interpreting it as a book by a cis person when it isn't?
These are snarled, thorny things that I see complicating discussions about media and pop culture — some creators may feel pressured to out themselves so they can participate in conversations about their work, for example, even if that makes them extremely uncomfortable. Others find themselves defending their lived experience from critics who aren't just discussing how things are handled in their books, but indirectly holding referenda on their own lives, at times seeking to invalidate things that feel very real and personal.
The elephant in the room, of course, is that with a limited number of representations to choose from, everything carries more weight. Someone isn't just a trans character, but viewed as speaking for the trans community, because there are only a handful of pieces of media to choose from. Thus, something that is very applicable and intensely truthful for some trans people gets snarled up in a fight over the 'authentic' experience and whether creators are behaving irresponsibly as they depict their own lives, especially when it comes to discussing how depictions influence the views and beliefs of outsiders.
Context is important. Context is complicated. Does deeper context excuse or justify texts that some people find offensive? That's something I'm hesitant to comment on, because of nuance — one person's authentic lived experience doesn't carry over to all, but that doesn't mean it shouldn't be depicted. Sometimes sorting through representations reveals more layers; perhaps a disabled person is writing a book with a depiction that appears superficially disablist, because they're exploring themes of internalised disablism and the ways in which society pressures disabled people to think about themselves. But maybe it's too subtle, and readers aren't picking up on the complexities there. Or maybe it's not subtle at all, and readers are choosing to ignore it.
It's popular, these days, to complain about 'identity politics' and how it is 'ruining everything.' Certainly a heightened awareness of identity is appearing in analyses of media and pop culture, and sometimes that analysis, and conversation, feels limited and narrow. Lacking in nuance and careful thought. At other times, that's not the case, and sometimes it's hard to tell the difference — especially for outsiders who may not understand the layers happening inside the conversation because they aren't part of the community affected by those depictions.
Explorations of cultural and social identity inform discussions about works of media and pop culture, turning them into something richer, deeper. Humans create art, create things, tell stories, because we are trying to understand something about ourselves, because we are trying to spark feelings in other humans, because we want to comment on the things around us in a language that feels comfortable and familiar. Every text should be subject to layered, thoughtful analysis, and since texts generally revolve around identity and representation to some degree or another, whether biographies by neurosurgeons or fantasy series about princesses, these things inevitably become part of the conversation, and thus, inevitably, context has to appear as well. What we think, and how we think it, matters, and is informed by who we are.
This is something I struggle with when I encounter something that I find harmful, with characterisations that reflect dangerous social attitudes, and I learn that the author belongs to the groups depicted. Does that change how I view those representations? Of course it does — and it also haunts me when I read texts where the author's status is ambiguous or unknown, as I am reminded about the dangers of making assumptions about creators. How many times have I trashed a text without realising that I'm actually trashing someone's lived experience?
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'The Order' Stars Ex-Power Rangers Fighting a Brutal Civil War
Former Yellow Ranger Karan Ashley explains all about a new movie set to destroy '90s nostalgia.
By Eric Francisco
Filed Under Power Rangers & Streaming
While a nasty U.S. election tears at both sides of the party line, geek culture is echoing those anxieties. We ushered in the summer blockbuster season by watching beloved superheroes fight each other on the big screen. Zack Snyder's nihilistic gladiator match, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, and Joe and Anthony Russo's bombastic turf war in Captain America: Civil War, both followed that particular narrative. Now, there's The Order, a modestly budgeted new movie starring a dozen ex-Power Rangers killing each other in tactical armor instead of spandex. Directed by Supergirl choreographer David Wald, The Order aims to be atypical from Saturday morning cartoons.
"We were yearning for something that wasn't rated G," said Karan Ashley, the producer, writer, and star (one of many) of The Order in a phone interview with Inverse. "We wanted something edgier. We wanted to fight and punch each other in the face."
An actress and talk show host, Ashley's big break came from fighting rubber monsters on Saban's TV and toy juggernaut Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (and its cult 1995 film). The ex-Yellow Ranger told Inverse she came up with the idea of a grittier movie after touring conventions where she met nostalgic fans and caught up with her extended Power Rangers family.
"That conversation [of working together] has always been there and the fans have always backed us," she explained. "Every convention, they're like, 'Are you ever going to do a reunion? Are you going to come back?' That opportunity never materialized because there's never been a right situation. I felt if we were going to do something, we needed something different."
With a campaign live on Indiegogo, retired TV superhero and now producer Karan Ashley talked to Inverse about The Order, its funding timeline, and what it means for '90s fans to see teenagers with attitude finally grow up.
Where did the idea of The Order come from, and what is it about?
I knew I wanted something like Ocean's Eleven, or Fast and Furious. Everyone has a skill or a moment. I was talking to Austin [St. John] and my agent and they were like, "You know you should talk to ["Zordon" actor and writer] David Fielding. You guys could collaborate."
So I talked to him [about] this idea of a group, the shadow to the CIA and the FBI. Every one of them is an assassin, a killer, but they restore order in the world. I want good guys and bad guys. I said, "I want to cast all Power Ranger actors." He was like, "I'm all about this," and by November we had the script finished.
"The Order" is a private sect, these people can handle any situation. A couple go rogue and go against the Order. So the team is split and for the first time, they are fighting themselves. If you have James Bond fighting James Bond, what kind of fight would that be? It'd be pretty crazy.
That does sound like Power Rangers: Civil War.
[That was] the joke on set. The crew had no idea who they were working with. We hired the crew and all these people had no idea who the actors were. By the time we were finishing up, all of a sudden we saw [on the monitors] "Power Rangers: Civil War."
Why was it important to target an older audience than what you were used to?
Power Rangers is still a hit show and I would never want to compete with something classic. So I felt we needed to do something completely different. When that dark fan film came out, everyone went crazy. (Note: Karan Ashley is referring to Joseph Kahn's POWER/RANGERS.)
Azim Rizik (left), Austin St. John (center), and Jason Faunt (right) are all former Power Rangers embracing their edgier sides in 'The Order.'
Was it tempting to cast or write characters in a way to "shock" fans?
In the beginning we were trying to do that. We were trying to model characters and it was impossible because we were forgetting story. So we stepped back. "David, let's just write the best script we can write." And we did. I cast people opposite of who they are as people, especially some of the menacing characters. None of these people are menacing but I was like, "Man, this will be a great opportunity. I really want to play a bad guy." I was going, "Who do I think would just dive into this and eat it up?"
What's with the film's logo, the white upside down triangle? Everyone in The Order changed their profile pictures to it. We joked it was the Illuminati.
It was so crazy! It wasn't anything to do with that. We [approached] a graphic artist, Brandon Benefield. He designed five and that's the one we liked best. There was not a lot of thought, it just looked cool. "The Order" is hidden in public. They're everywhere.
Will The Order have any Power Rangers callbacks or will it be entirely separated from that?
When we were writing, it was always a thought. How cool would it be if Johnny Bosch was fighting Walter Jones? (Writer's note: Both actors played Black Rangers.) I don't want to say it's reminiscent because obviously [it has] martial arts and team camaraderie. [But] this isn't Power Rangers. There are a lot of coincidences, we play up some of them, but we wanted something fresh. I want The Order to be a new thing. We know when people see us, they think superheroes. So I thought, "Why do we all have to be on the same team?" I split people up, so you don't know who's good and bad.
From left to right: Azim Rizik, Karan Ashley, David Yost, and Jason Faunt in 'The Order.'
How much of the movie has been shot? We've seen a handful of behind the scenes footage on social media.
We shot for three days but we shot what we would have in a week and a half. So quite a bit has been shot, but we shot strictly for this trailer and the marketing. We'll reshoot everything once we go into production. We're slated to go into production at the end of the year.
We have money in place, but we're going to crowd fund so fans [can] take this journey with us. This has always been a movie we're doing for them. We do have private investors that, just from hearing we want to put the band back together, they're calling. So it's been awesome. We're going to crowd fund for 60 days and ultimately want it to land at Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, something like that.
Some movies use crowdfunding as a gauge of interest or to pad the budget. You have private investors in place, so how important is it for fans to donate?
Very important. Anytime you crowd fund and you don't have to go to a private investor, it's great. You get to make the movie you set out to make. When you start bringing in outside people and companies, things change. This movie is probably a million dollar film. What we're asking for in the crowdfunding is $250,000. So it's a portion of what we need and I feel like we need to make it fun. We want to make it something fans will want to participate, because it gives them opportunity to be part of the project.
Behind the scenes of 'The Order' with former 'Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers' actors Paul Schrier (left) and Johnny Young Bosch (center), who portrayed the second Black Ranger.
Some perks include giving fans producing credit, sitting in on production meetings, or even working on set. Is it risky to let fans in on a project like this?
I didn't see it as a risk because we are also hiring professionals. But let's say they got the perk where they get to be a crew member. They're going to work alongside professionals. Every day I look on Facebook, Instagram, fans message me saying, "How do I get into this business? I really want to…" I encourage them because when I was young and wanted to get into this, I had the same encouragement. We know you have dreams being in this industry. Come over here and we'll teach you a thing or two.
Was this movie made as a response to the reboot movie from Lionsgate? It appears that movie won't have anyone from the original show. What are your thoughts on the movie right now?
Yeah, they're not a sentimental bunch, and it's fine. We all wish we could be part of that movie. Fans everywhere ask, "Are you in this new movie?" We're not, no one is in the movie. It's a true reboot. It's all new, all fresh. For the record, we are all excited. We are all planning to go see it together.
We are doing this because we want to, because we've always wanted to work together, we've talked about it for years. It's one of those situations as creatives, and as actors, the time is right. The dark and gritty film that came out last year, the response to it was amazing and it occurred to me. There is a lane for that. There is an audience.
'The Order'
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Kenneth Robert Howard ( - ), mais conhecido como Dutch, Von Dutch, ou J. L. Bachs (Joe Lunch Box), foi um mecânico de motocicletas, artista, pinstriper, ferreiro, produtor de armas, canivetes e armas.
Seu pai, Wally Howard, foi um pintor de placas de Los Angeles; conduzindo Dutch desde sua adolescência, a pintar profissionalmente. Fundou uma marca de roupas e uma grife denominada Von Dutch Originals, LLC.

Educação
Durante seus estudo na Compton High School, Howard praticou atletismo e foi conhecido como "o rápido homem de LA." Ele tinha apreciação por música e chegou a ser um flautista.

Carreira
Em meados de 1950, começou a ganhar dinheiro fazendo pinturas de pin striping durante o tempo que esteve com Dean Jeffries. Von Dutch, influenciou a customização de veículos da década de 1950 aos dias atuais. Alguns de seus trabalhos mais notórios incluem o flying eyeball e o custom Kenford truck, além de numerosas pinturas customizadas em automóveis e motocicletas.
Alguns entusiastas da cultura custom e estudiosos dessa arte, consideram Kenny como o pai da Kustom Kulture. Em 1958, Von Dutch desenhou e produziu o "Mare's Leg", um rifle Winchester para a série de televisão Wanted: Dead or Alive.

O Ringadingdoo, de propriedade de Steve McQueen é conhecido por ter sido pintado por Von Dutch

Morte
Dutch abusou do alcoolismo durante sua vida, o que rendeu-lhe alguns problemas médicos. Morreu em 19 de setembro de 1992 com problemas relacionado ao consumo de álcool, deixando duas filhas, Lisa e Lorna. Suas cinzas foram jogadas no Oceano Pacífico.

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Managing Team Integrations
by Andrew Underwood September 21, 2017
by Laurie Durnell | Sep 20, 2017 | Team Performance |
Increasingly teams are being mashed together: different specialties or functions, or different parts of organizations being merged as a result of leadership experimenting with cost-cutting or efficiency initiatives. This new landscape of teaming benefits from focused approaches to syncing up these newly formed teams. The goal is to integrate their efforts smoothly and achieve the organizational benefits they were reconfigured to achieve.
For example: in multiple organizations we have worked with recently, functional teams previously based in the divisions were centralized in corporate headquarters. Then a magic wand was waved and bingo, a new team was born. Extra responsibilities were added to already full workloads. Team members looked around at each other and said, "Okay, we're a team. Who the heck are you?"
"We Used to Do It That Way"
When different functions are linked that may not have worked together previously, the newly integrated team needs—in a time-efficient manner—to get acquainted with one another and make agreements about the work to be done, who is going to do it, and how it will be accomplished. The risk is that people will revert to old patterns and relationships as a survival tactic in the face of uncertainty and lack of clarity.
"We used to do it that way" is a fallback approach that reflects more than resistance to change. Team members' success models were based on their understanding of what is characterized as Stages One through Five in the Drexler/Sibbet Team Performance Model® (Model), roughly translated as purpose, trust, goal clarification, role/decision clarity, and agreements about who does what, when and where. All of those understandings need to be renegotiated—not only internally with the team, but also with the team's stakeholders.
If these issues are unaddressed, challenging dynamics are likely to arise between team members and their stakeholders. It is difficult to present a united front about changes to stakeholders when the team itself isn't clear about what its new boundaries are, who the decision-makers are, and what its roles and priority deliverables are.
The Team Performance Model Provides a Roadmap
What guidance does the Model give for supporting integrated teams to become productive and effective as rapidly as possible? Organized by stages of the Model, following is a set of opportunities that the new configuration brings—responses to the challenges that clients have been reporting to us.
Stage One: Orientation
To leverage the opportunity of being together in this new integrated structure, one of the first things that the new team needs to do is to orient to its new team identity. This is Stage One: Orientation. People may be doing the same work, but they are doing it within a new team structure and context, so there is a new Stage One to sort out.
Recommended Practice: A great way to do this is to clarify the team's charter, with an emphasis on purpose and membership. This is essential because sometimes teams experience being thrown together without a clear purpose. Once the new charter has been created, reflect the team's understanding back to the organization to make sure that the team and stakeholders are in sync. "Charter Clarification" can be found on page 62 of The Grove's Team Leader Guide.
Stage Two: Trust Building
In Stage Two: Trust Building, the team needs to connect on the human level and develop the interpersonal connections that smooth the way when inevitable issues arise. The goal is to build cohesion and break down the potential for groups to start working only with the people they already know.
Recommended Practice: A useful best practice in Stage Two is History Storytelling, in which people share their experiences of working in the organization. This activity allows team members to get a sense of the skills that people have and the networks to which they are connected.
Also, as Bill Bridges' work indicates, an important step in opening people up to accept change is first supporting people to recognize and acknowledge what they treasured and what they lost in the previous situation, as part of a transition to the new one. History Storytelling gives members the space to celebrate and acknowledge the past while opening the door to new potential. It supports the human side of change.
This is simultaneously a Stage Seven: Renewal move. As you reformulate the team, people need to let go of the old team of which they were a member, celebrate their experiences there, and make space for opening to the new team.
Recommended Practice: Different teams may have different cultural norms, so if two teams have been integrated, revisit operating agreements. This lays a foundation of trust and creates a new combined culture going forward. "Committing to Group Norms" can be found on page 131 of The Grove's Best Practices for Facilitation.
Recommended Practice: Make time to do something fun together. As Victor Borge liked to say, "The shortest distance between two people is a laugh." Although it is great if this can happen face-to-face, there are also many fun ways to engage online.
Stage Three: Goal Clarification
So what is the NEW "we" going to say YES to? One of the top priorities in Stage Three: Goal Clarification is to sync up on the strategic priorities and direction for the newly integrated team or newly reorganized team. Part of that conversation is, "What has changed with our focus in this new form? What are we saying yes to? What do we now need to say no to? And how do we communicate that consistently to our stakeholders?"
Recommended Practice: Revising the team's strategic plan is a good way to build alignment. Often teams get reorganized as a cost-saving measure, so they may not have the resources to accomplish everything they delivered before. This shift creates a silver lining—the opportunity to let go of less strategic 'busy work" that has built up over time, refocusing on what will make a difference for the organization going forward. "Goal Alignment—Top/Down" and "Goal Alignment—Bottom/Up" can be found on pages 96 and 97 of the Team Leader Guide.
Recommended Practice: One of the biggest challenges is managing stakeholder expectations. This puts a premium on the team having a consistent understanding of its priorities, roles, accountabilities, and processes because stakeholders will be pushing for whatever it is that they received in the past. Set your priorities and share them with leadership to jointly reset stakeholder expectations. Stakeholders need to hear the same story from everybody. "Goal Alignment—Horizontal" can be found on page 98 of the Team Leader Guide.
Stage Four: Commitment
The newly integrated or reorganized team may create different interdependencies, overlaps, gaps, and general lack of clarity about responsibilities. Renewing clarity around roles is critical. Revisit decision rights, decision owners, and where each team member's scope starts and stops. These are vital Stage Four issues to resolve. Once you figure out your priorities—which is job number one—get clear about roles, and after that, have a conversation about accountability. Don't forget to account for shifts in how adjacent teams receive handoffs in the new configuration.
Recommended Practice: People on a new team are often careful about stepping on toes, so the pace of decision-making can lag. Determine upfront which decisions can be made close to the work, as well as scenarios in which more voices should be included, so that not everything needs to be run by the full team. The "Responsibility Charting" practice found on page 117 of the Team Leader Guide can be modified to include both decision rights and decision owners. Combining this activity with public "Role Alignment" found on page 116 can provide great clarity for the new team.
Stage Five: Implementation (and Beyond)
Who does what, when, and where on the new team? A newly integrated team needs to create an operating model, including structure, accountabilities, and governance mechanisms. These are ways of working that together comprise the team's blueprint for how its work gets done. The Stage Five: Implementation opportunity is to align decision-making and roles around processes. These things go hand-in-hand.
Recommended Practice: A specific practice to clarify accountabilities, roles, and decision-making is to create a process map of the work to be done. Once you have the base map, you can identify who is responsible for what, shift the less-effective old approaches, and anticipate barriers to getting the work done well. "Process Maps" can be found on page 130 of the Team Leader Guide.
With this groundwork in place, your new team will be well on its way to Stage Six: High Performance.
Laurie Durnell is co-president of The Grove Consultants International and a senior consultant. She trains, facilitates, consults with, coaches, and supports organizations that are embedding Team Performance as their model for teaming. Laurie has worked in organizational consulting, team development and management since 1993 and has facilitated many team integrations. A seasoned visual facilitator and trainer, she has designed and delivered training programs for a wide variety of high-performance teams: executive, cross-functional, self-managed and project teams. She has an MBA from Simmons Graduate School of Management, with an emphasis on organizational development, and a B.S. in natural resource conservation from the University of California, Berkeley.
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Section 434r0.3
434R0.3. For the purposes of sections 434R0.1 to 434R12, the basic threshold amount for a reporting period of a registrant is equal to the amount determined by the formula
(A + B) x 365/C.
In applying the formula provided for in the first paragraph,
(1) A is the total of all consideration, other than consideration referred to in section 75.2 of the Act that is attributable to goodwill of a business, that became due, or was paid without having become due, to the registrant in the threshold period for the reporting period for taxable supplies, other than supplies of financial services, supplies by way of sale of immovables or capital assets of the registrant and supplies deemed under section 41.2 of the Act to be made by the registrant, that are or would be, but for section 41.2 of the Act, made in Québec by the registrant;
(2) B is the total of all tax under section 16 of the Act that became collectible in the threshold period in respect of taxable supplies, other than supplies of financial services, supplies by way of sale of immovables or capital assets of the registrant and supplies deemed under section 41.2 of the Act to be made by the registrant, that are or would be, but for section 41.2 of the Act, made in Québec by the registrant; and
(3) C is the number of days in the threshold period.
O.C. 1463-2001, s. 29; S.Q. 2019, c .14, s. 660.
(1) A is the total of all consideration, other than consideration referred to in section 75.2 of the Act that is attributable to goodwill of a business, that became due, or was paid without having become due, to the registrant in the threshold period for the reporting period for taxable supplies, other than supplies of financial services, supplies by way of sale of immovables, capital assets or eligible capital property of the registrant and supplies deemed under section 41.2 of the Act to be made by the registrant, that are or would be, but for section 41.2 of the Act, made in Québec by the registrant;
(2) B is the total of all tax under section 16 of the Act that became collectible in the threshold period in respect of taxable supplies, other than supplies of financial services, supplies by way of sale of immovables, capital assets or eligible capital property of the registrant and supplies deemed under section 41.2 of the Act to be made by the registrant, that are or would be, but for section 41.2 of the Act, made in Québec by the registrant; and


Mungodi is used to make delicious curry which is simple in taste but loved by most Indians.
Mungodi is made with day-old daal to make delicious curry. It is prepared with moong dal and asafoetida thus it is very light for health and is preferred to consume in summers. Mainly it is a rajasthani dish but consumed all over India. It carries with it a traditional taste that we are maintaining.


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using System.Diagnostics;
using System.IO;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using Xunit;

namespace System.Tests
{
    [ActiveIssue("https://github.com/dotnet/corefx/issues/21415", TargetFrameworkMonikers.Uap)]
    public class Environment_Exit : RemoteExecutorTestBase
    {
        public static object[][] ExitCodeValues = new object[][]
        {
            new object[] { 0 },
            new object[] { 1 },
            new object[] { 42 },
            new object[] { -1 },
            new object[] { -45 },
            new object[] { 255 },
        };

        [Theory]
        [MemberData(nameof(ExitCodeValues))]
        public static void CheckExitCode(int expectedExitCode)
        {
            using (Process p = RemoteInvoke(s => int.Parse(s), expectedExitCode.ToString()).Process)
            {
                Assert.True(p.WaitForExit(30 * 1000));
                if (RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Windows))
                {
                    Assert.Equal(expectedExitCode, p.ExitCode);
                }
                else
                {
                    Assert.Equal(unchecked((sbyte)expectedExitCode), unchecked((sbyte)p.ExitCode));
                }
            }
        }

        [Theory]
        [MemberData(nameof(ExitCodeValues))]
        public static void ExitCode_Roundtrips(int exitCode)
        {
            Environment.ExitCode = exitCode;
            Assert.Equal(exitCode, Environment.ExitCode);

            Environment.ExitCode = 0; // in case the test host has a void returning Main
        }

        [Theory]
        [InlineData(1)] // setting ExitCode and exiting Main
        [InlineData(2)] // setting ExitCode both from Main and from an Unloading event handler.
        [InlineData(3)] // using Exit(exitCode)
        [ActiveIssue("https://github.com/dotnet/corefx/issues/20387 - ILC test pipeline does not accomodate tests in child processes built into custom assemblies.", TargetFrameworkMonikers.UapAot)]
        public static void ExitCode_VoidMainAppReturnsSetValue(int mode)
        {
            int expectedExitCode = 123;

            const string AppName = "VoidMainWithExitCodeApp.exe";
            var psi = new ProcessStartInfo();
            if (PlatformDetection.IsFullFramework || PlatformDetection.IsNetNative)
            {
                psi.FileName = AppName;
                psi.Arguments = $"{expectedExitCode} {mode}";
            }
            else
            {
                psi.FileName = HostRunner;
                psi.Arguments = $"{AppName} {expectedExitCode} {mode}";
            }

            using (Process p = Process.Start(psi))
            {
                p.WaitForExit();
                Assert.Equal(expectedExitCode, p.ExitCode);
            }
        }
    }
}

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