Kodi

For fans of Karen Russell or Hannah Tinti, a debut collection of stories inspired by science, medicine, and the power of healing with a magical twist.

Janet Hoskins provides both an ethnographic study of the organization of time in an Eastern Indonesian society and a theoretical argument about alternate temporalities in the modern world. Based on more than three years of field work with the Kodi people of the island of Sumba, her book focuses on Kodi calendrical rituals, exchange transactions, and confrontations with the historical forces of the colonial and postcolonial world. Hoskins explores the contingent, contested, and often contradictory precedent of the past to show how local systems of knowledge are in dialogue with wider historical forces. Arguing that traditional temporality is more complex than many theorists have realized, Hoskins highlights the flexibility and relativity of local time concepts, whose sophistication belies the cliche of simple societies living in a world outside of time.

The racialized and exoticized cult of Voodoo occupies a central place in the popular image of the Crescent City. But as Kodi A. Roberts argues in Voodoo and Power, the religion was not a monolithic tradition handed down from African ancestors to their American-born descendants. Instead, a much more complicated patchwork of influences created New Orleans Voodoo, allowing it to move across boundaries of race, class, and gender. By employing late nineteenth and early twentieth-century first-hand accounts of Voodoo practitioners and their rituals, Roberts provides a nuanced understanding of who practiced Voodoo and why. Voodoo in New Orleans, a melange of religion, entrepreneurship, and business networks, stretched across the color line in intriguing ways. Roberts's analysis demonstrates that what united professional practitioners, or "workers," with those who sought their services was not a racially uniform folk culture, but rather the power and influence that Voodoo promised. Recognizing that social immobility proved a common barrier for their patrons, workers claimed that their rituals could overcome racial and gendered disadvantages and create new opportunities for their clients. Voodoo rituals and institutions also drew inspiration from the surrounding milieu, including the privations of the Great Depression, the city's complex racial history, and the free-market economy. Money, employment, and business became central concerns for the religion's practitioners: to validate their work, some began operating from recently organized "Spiritual Churches," entities that were tax exempt and thus legitimate in the eyes of the state of Louisiana. Practitioners even leveraged local figures like the mythohistoric Marie Laveau for spiritual purposes and entrepreneurial gain. All the while, they contributed to the cultural legacy that fueled New Orleans's tourist industry and drew visitors and their money to the Crescent City.

Kodi, a Navajo orphan, is sent to live at a mission home because his cousin cannot afford to raise him.

Kodi is 6 years old and has a really really big idea! Even the neighbors don't know how big her idea is. Everyone is in for a surprise when Kodi gets her wish!

Table of Contents 6 Hacking Pokemon Go With an ODROID: How to Perform GPS Spoofing 10 Taking a Crack at Breaking WPA Networks - Part 2 14 ODROID-C1 Laptop: A Custom Home Project Codenamed “Redtop” 17 Pac-Man 256: A Classic Game? A New Twist on the Endless Runner Genre? Find Out! 18 Installing Hadoop and Spark Onto an ODROID-XU4 Cluster 22 Backup Scripts: Keep Your Data Safe For Your Peace of Mind 27 ODROID-C2 as an IoT Device: Interfacing With The Real World 31 Kodibuntu: Auto-Starting Kodi With a Full Ubuntu Distribution 32 A Car Computer For The Love of Customization: Chronicles of a Mad Scientist 35 Linux Gaming: Sega Saturn and CDEmu 39 The XU4 Punnet: A Printable Card Case for the ODROID-XU4 41 Why Does the Loser Seem to Touch the Finish Line First? Interesting Experiments to Understand the Difference of Shutter Mechanisms 42 ODROID-VU7 Plus: Your Favorite Touchscreen Now Offers Higher Resolution 43 Meet an ODROIDian: Radostan Riedel (@raybuntu), Talented LibreELEC Developer

Run. He is coming.David is a guy with nothing to lose and everything to hide. He sought solace in an isolated desert town, hoping to find peace from his dark and troubled past, but that all changes when his car crashes into a boy in the dead of night, and that boy is left standing unharmed.Cryptids, supernatural creatures, myths, and legends, David has studied it all. He thought he knew everything there was to know about the paranormal.He was wrong.This mysterious boy comes along to challenge everything David thought he knew. Because the thing is, this boy isn't human. But the problem is, David doesn't know what he is. All he does know is this boy is chased by monsters, and he's in desperate need of an escape.Together, they go on the run, accompanied by David's eager neighbor, Rose.They quickly discover that there is no escape. No matter where they go, no matter how far they run, they are stalked by devastation and chaos. As the world begins to collapse around them, Rose starts to question whether or not they've made the right choice by helping this beast, but David is already too caught up in the chase to abandon him now. Blinded by his determination to help this creature, David's already decided he'll go to Hell and back to save him. And it turns out that is exactly what he'll have to do.

For four young women abroad in Paris, a game of Truth or Dare turns life-and-death. "I had a secret: I wanted to leave the earth in a spectacular fashion. Specifically, by leaping from the Eiffel Tower." So begins this provocative coming-of-age novel about a teenage girl bent on self-destruction and revenge, set in the City of Light. It's the summer of 1999, the end of a millennium. In the mind of Nessa Baxter, a girl from rural Illinois, Paris is the remedy for all of her woes. The death of her beloved brother and the betrayal by her classmate Kat has left Nessa bereft and doubtful about her future. She plans to exact revenge on Kat during their renegade French Club trip. Along with classmates Whitney and Kiran, the four girls embark on a series of misadventures in Paris. As part of her plan, Nessa starts a game of Truth or Dare that spirals out of control. A suspenseful psychological drama, Midair is the story of a young girl's descent into darkness and the secrets we keep, even from ourselves.

Create and maintain Raspberry Pi-based entertainment systems in a comprehensive and fun manner. Instead of front-loading a bunch of theory and minutia, this book takes a more practical approach of showing what’s needed when it’s needed. You'll first explore the possibilities and options available. Then you'll learn the hardware and software requirements based on various builds and projects. Finally, you'll be guided through building media centers, music players, recording studios, etc. Mastering Media with the Raspberry Pi presents all of this and more in an easy-to-understand-and-accomplish way, in plain English. What you'll learn: Choose the right Pi model for your project Enhance your media center with peripherals and add ons Get the most from your music and other media Understand the various major media formats out there and how to work with each Who this book is for Students and hobbyists interested in building media centers out of their Raspberry Pis.