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Friday I accepted a full-time job. Yay! I've been job-hunting for a while.
Unfortunately, this means I will not be writing full time.
All book release dates that I have previously posted are now inaccurate. I will try to release Forbidden Valley: Sídhí Summer Camp #2 by Christmas, but I can't promise. Both series and blog posts will continue, but at a slower pace.
I love writing! Unfortunately, those pesky little bills keep piling up! I'll keep tabs on Facebook & Twitter, but it will be limited.
Have a great weekend!!
Jodie B. Cooper
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Gnome's Revenge!
Ozark Valley: Branson, Missouri
The school year is about to start! Of course, a trip to the mall is an absolute must as teens search for that perfect outfit and accessories.
Like my best friend Kerry, parents are scrambling with last minute emergencies. I think Kerry does a grand job. She hands her daughter a visa debit card with a certain amount on it then takes Angela and her friends to the mall of the girl's choice.
Let me back up, before I tell you Angela's grand
adventure, um catastrophe. - Yes, for a sixteen year old, it was a horrifying catastrophe! - You need a smidgen of background.
Angela is a vampire. She doesn't act it, but she is gorgeous with hip-length white-blond hair and a body any movie star would kill for. She loves people. Her dark blue eyes literally sparkle when she meets a new person. As a side note, she handled the Sasquatch attack over last weekend tremendously well, much better than I did.
Anyway, she has never met a person she didn't like. She trusts everyone and lives life in a very carefree way. She'll try anything once. Her attitude is jump first, look afterwards because if you look first, you might not jump.
Poor girl might re-think jumping before looking next time.
Kerry took Angela and three of her friends to Oakland Mall in Branson, Missouri within Ozark Valley. Ozark Valley is predominately an elvish valley. The remaining twenty-five percent of the population is a mixed potpourri with vampires, dragons, fairies, and gnomes.
Oakland Mall is humongous. I mean it puts The Mall of America in the mundane world to shame. Three levels below ground and four upper levels above ground sprawl across an entire square mile. It has four motels, hundreds of restaurants and kiosks, an inside carnival, a water park that has tube rides going down the length of the mall and back, three movie theatres, a paint ball range, wyvern rides on the roof, putt-putt golf, half dozen arcades, a gateway terminal connecting dozens of valleys, and an uncountable number of retail outlets.
A family could spend their entire vacation at Oakland. The mall is a neutral spot where people from every valley are welcome to visit, no matter their race or political affiliation, without fear of attack. The mall guards deal with any attack swiftly and with severe penalties, including missing body parts, a silver collar, and hung by culprit's ankles in the courtyard.
Back to the story!
Angela's first mistake was visiting Maurice's Fairy Emporium.
Maurice's is a chain of fairy owned retail shops that carry a wide variety of beauty products, anything and everything imaginable is available. Do you want to have natural blue blushing cheeks, pink eyelashes, or glow-in-the-dark skin? Visit Maurice's and you'll find a fairy made product that will do exactly what you want.
Wait! That 'wait' is a major warning. Please, be sure to read the fine print on every single container even if they look identical.
Angela walked into Maurice's, exclaiming it was an awesome store. Never one to mix words, she voiced her disappointment when the clerk was a gnome and not a fairy like all the T.V. ads showed.
Well, that went over like a ton of bricks.
She told the shop clerk, a wrinkly faced gnome, she wanted to dye her hair to match the school colors. She's the newest member of the cheerleading team and wanted to make a great impression. Her words, not mine.
However, I'm sure she meant a great impression on the male half of the school body.
Her idea was actually great. She wanted a dye that she could wash in and then rinse out after each game. Too bad, she made the little gnome mad at her.
After she bought the dye, Angela and her cohorts went straight to the bathroom. The silver dye was a foam formula that rubbed into dry hair. The additional blue streaks were to be combed into the hair within five minutes of applying the base color.
Never trust a gnome that you've made angry. They are vindictive little people with a heart of mischief, a very dangerous combination.
The fine print on the bottle stated that the dry foam, unlike the liquid that had to be rinsed, was not to be used on a vampire.
They didn't read the instructions, covering Angela's hair in dry foam and rubbing it in.
At first, her scalp tingled.
Her friends added an inch-wide blue streak that curled around her face.
The tingling sensation began to itch.
Her hair turned silver, the streak of vivid blue intensified the color of her eyes. Looking in the mirror, she tentatively touched her hair in awe.
She grinned, eagerly combing her fingers through the silky strands. A huge chunk of hair came out! Paralyzed, she watched as the shiny silver strands slid through her fingers and floated to the floor.
Angela shrieked louder than a Sasquatch on a hunt.
Her friends jumped back as if she was contagious and stared in mounting horror.
Angela smoothed her hands over her head as if trying to keep it in place. Swaths of hair fell out. Suddenly, all at once, her remaining hair fell out. She stood, jaw dropped staring at her utterly baldhead in the mirror.
By the time her mom arrived, the other girls had gone after the gnome leaving Angela hiding in a bathroom stall. The gnome had disappeared without a trace.
Until next time - Jodie B. Cooper
Monday, August 8, 2011
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Sunday, August 7, 2011
Sídhí History IV
Sídhí: The home world
I'll apologize right now Sídhí History IV is extremely boring. This will be the final part of the Sídhí History series unless I'm requested to write more.
It took years, but eventually the synth crystal spread out like veins under the crust of the land, creating springs and underground streams. Each Spring of Crystal was unique; it absorbed characteristics from its surrounding environment.
I've seen copies of the Last Scientist's diary or 'scientific journal.' He never realized the synth crystal would absorb the elements surrounding it, changing each Crystal Spring in the tiniest way. He didn't know these tiny changes would create dozens of different races once people became infected with synth crystal.
Essentially, every Crystal Spring Changed the people within a specific geographic location creating a wide variety of synth enhanced races across the face of Sídhí.
The Elfhiem Empire - The eyes of the elves changed, not in shape, but in color. The iris grew until nearly no white showed and the pupil became larger. Their ears grew more pointed and a bit taller, becoming very sensitive to physical touch. An elf is marginally faster than most other races.
The Northern VamPyre - The vampires became walking weapons with fingernails that extended into bear-like claws. The slightly pointed canine teeth became retractable fangs. They now had the ability to suck blood. Vampires who lived primarily on blood had solid blood red eyes in direct sunshine. Those who ate solid foods had solid black eyes in direct sun.
The bite of a vampire has three outcomes. First, a simple bite that sucked blood from the victim. Second, a bite that injected venom into the victim and Changed that person into a vampire. Third, a bite between mates that injected a sexual stimulant into the mate's bloodstream.
The Shifting Highlands - The amber eyes of a shifter changed into various colors depending on the sub-race. The eyes of a shifter either glow or change color when emotions run high. Shifters received the ability to change their shape into a specific animal, growing stronger as they aged. Dragon, khatts, and werewolves are among the known sub-races.
The Atlantis Continent - The people of Atlantis had the widest changes and were not uniform at all. Called Fairy as a race, they have five castes: Royal, Warrior, Merchant, Artist, and Common. Among those castes are numerous sub-races including nymphs, sirens, & pixies.
Gnome Grotto - The eyes of a gnome became a uniform pale yellow. They have short, fuzzy red hair. The tallest among them are no taller than four feet. They are very slender with wrinkly faces, like a Shar Pei puppy.
The people of Sídhí have seven senses: sight, smell, taste, hearing, touch, telepathy, and instinct. The strength of each sense varies widely between the races.
Of course, there are also many anomalies, including teleportation. Several races can teleport including vampires and dragons.
This is not a complete listing of races or abilities that would be impossible for a simple mundane like myself to record.
Until next time - Jodie B. Cooper
Saturday, August 6, 2011
Sasquatch Attack! part II
Clan Valley: Lake Eufaula, Oklahoma
Sasquatch Attack continued…
A quick catch up… Some friends and I, along with our beloved pets, were visiting Mordecai's Sasquatch Ranch for the weekend. To know more, read yesterday's post. J
Gorman, the Sasquatch, shrieked in fury as the water trough slammed down on top of his head. Water drenched his long fur. He looked like a nine-foot drowned rat with giant teeth and claws.
He threw a hissy fit, smashing the water trough to the ground. He stomped on it until it resembled a pancake. He took the pancake and threw it toward the visitors.
In Gorman's defense, I'm sure he was aiming at Chief and Pumpkin.
Gorman took a running leap at the electrified fence. The fence must not have a very high charge, because he clung to it with the tenacity of a blood sucking leech. Hair smoking, he clung to the electrified surface, shrieking at the top of his lungs.
Thankfully, Mordecai arrived before Gorman managed to climb any higher and shot him with a tranquilizer dart, knocking the Sasquatch out.
Thankfully, Mordecai arrived before Gorman managed to climb any higher and shot him with a tranquilizer dart, knocking the Sasquatch out.
Mordecai politely suggested I either leave or move to another part of the ranch. He said, Sasquatch remember things. I snorted and said he worried too much. I certainly wasn't worried.
I mean really, Kerry, one of my best friends and her husband, Mick, are vampires. Even if Gorman managed to escape from his pen, they could stop Gorman.
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Next time, I'll listen to the old vampire's advice. Please, don't tell Mordecai I'll listen to him. Like most vampires, his ego is already mammoth sized.
It was nearly 3:00 AM when I heard a soft scratching sound at my window. I knew it was three in the morning, because the red numbers glowing on my ceiling said so. I hate being woke-up by weird noises. It's usually a chirping cricket or a buzzing morag stuck in the window screen. That drives me nuts.
I stumbled out of bed and lifted the window, before looking out. Yes, I know, how dumb was that, but I never thought about. Honest, I didn't!
I came face to face with Gorman. His eyes glowed green and he shrieked at me. That dual tone scream that announces a Sasquatch is on the hunt.
Death looked me in the face and shrieked, sending shards of icy terror through my chest.
Oh yeah, I didn't know I could move that fast. I flew away from that window.
I scrambled backward, screeching at the top of my lungs. Chief's barking mingled with my blood curdling screams and Gorman's shrieks.
Gorman plowed through the flimsy screen, ignoring Chief and came straight at me.
Thank goodness for Kerry and Mick. They came running into my bedroom and attacked Gorman.
Two full grown - very angry - vampires were way more than Gorman planned on. He squealed like a stuck pig and dashed out the window. Actually, he took the entire window frame and part of the wall with him.
All is well that ends well. No one got hurt and Mordecai moved Gorman to his ranch in New Mexico. Believe it or not, Mordecai said we were still welcome at the ranch.
Until next time - Jodie B. Cooperhttp://sidhinews.blogspot.com/
Friday, August 5, 2011
Sasquatch Attack!
Clan Valley: Lake Eufaula, Oklahoma
Would someone please tell me how one dog can cause so much chaos? Honestly, I can't very well wring his neck for nearly getting me killed. Can I?
When I take a trip, my German shepherd, Chief, goes with me. He loves it when I visit friends in Clan Valley.
A group of us met at Mordecai's Sasquatch Ranch on Lake Eufaula. It's one of our all-time favorite destinations. With cabins, jet skis, boats, grills, horses, wyvern… well, you get the idea. They have everything for a fun getaway.
Well, last night we started the long weekend with a swim in the lake and a cookout. Yes, it is hot, but we purchased a gallon of cooling charm. A cooling charm must be used under a roof or a tree, something that provides shade. You see, a cooling charm is fairy made. It comes in quart and gallon sized. Simply spray the liquid on the ground and on the ceiling (or tree) and ta-da the area drops by twenty degrees! I love it!
Anyway, Chief and Pumpkin (Kerry's Pomeranian) were running around the camp site causing more racket than ten marching bands. I finally bribed Kerry's daughter, Angela, to take them for a walk.
No harm, no foul… I thought.
Mordecai's Ranch raises Sasquatch or Big Foot as many of my mundane readers call them. Sasquatch hate being teased and they remember everything. I mean, I tossed Big Tom (a Sasquatch stud) a chunk of meat three years ago and didn't feed the Sasquatch in the pen next to him.
Gorman remembered! (Gorman was the Sasquatch in the pen next to Big Tom) Every time I visit Mordecai's, Gorman starts howling at me. It doesn't matter that I've fed him since that first encounter; he refuses to come near anything I feed him.
Where was I? Oh, right! Sasquatch are vindictive wretched monsters!
The water troughs in the Sasquatch pens are built four feet off the ground with a permanent high-powered cooling charm painted on them. The high-powered charm drops the water temperature and the area beneath the trough by thirty degrees!
To stay cool, Gorman had crawled under his water trough, leaning his back against the fence, ignoring the people watching him.
I really love my dog, but I could kill him right about now. Chief wiggled under the first security fence, sneaking up behind Gorman as if the Sasquatch was a rabbit, not a freaking huge monster.
Pumpkin, the teeny-tiny Pomeranian followed.
How they both remained silent is beyond my understanding; they are never quiet. They stood a foot behind the nine-foot creature and barked. Loudly.
:Sigh: I'm not sure Mordecai will ever let Chief visit again.
Gorman shot straight up, plowing into the underside of the metal water trough. The trough flew up and straight back down, smacking Gorman a second time on the top of the head.
The dogs barked madly.
Angela screamed for help.
The Sasquatch on either side of Gorman's pen howled and pointed at Gorman, giving the equivalent of a Sasquatch laugh.
Gorman shrieked in fury!
Until next time - Jodie B. Cooper
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Synth Changed Canadian Geese
Trellick Valley: Tulsa, Oklahoma
I finally finished it!
Before I tell you today's news, I have a quick self-serving plug: Stolen, book three in the Song of the Sídhí series is now available!
Short description: Every vampire has a destined lifeMate, a mate who is a perfect match, but what happens when that perfect mate is stolen?
Okay, thanks for listening to my plug!
The heat wave continues to worsen, affecting people and animals.
Today I'm posting my report from Tulsa, Oklahoma in Trellick Valley. For anyone concerned over my well being, I've been assured that as a member of the press I will not be detained. You see, Trellick Valley is under independent ruler ship, but it is also part of the Dhark Empire. They keep mundane humans as blood slaves.
Anyway, the reason I'm here is to cover the early migration of Canadian geese.
Yes, I know what you're thinking, dumb woman, geese don't migrate in early August.
Well, geese that have been Changed by synth crystal don't follow natural rules of nature.
Fifty percent larger than their brethren in the mundane world, Changed Canadian geese have red bellies, bills, and feet. They have several rows of quarter-inch serrated teeth and their eyes glow red in the dark.
In addition to grain, they supplement their diet with small rodents and fish.
Several flocks have converged on the Arkansas River. A report from Trellick Fish & Wildlife estimate over a thousand birds are in a ten-mile radius.
In this heat, food is growing slim. I don't think the area will have a mouse or squirrel problem for years to come. Unfortunately, with the lack of food the geese have turned the next easy meal. Many have developed a taste for domestic animals, specifically cats, toy dogs, and puppies.
Reports of family pets gone missing are flooding Trellick Guard Headquarters. The guards hands are tied, as Canadian geese are a protected species of the Dhark Empire.
Lord Trellick petitioned the Dhark High Court to lift the protection, but his request was denied. He is urging residents to keep all small children and family pets inside until the flock moves south. Anyone caught killing a goose will fall under Dhark Empirical law, not Trellick law.
The penalty for killing a goose is five years in a silver collar and sold into five years of slavery to the highest bidder.
Until next time - Jodie B. Cooper
Stolen: Song of the Sídhí #3
22,000 YA paranormal romance
Contains sexual situations and cussing
22,000 YA paranormal romance
Contains sexual situations and cussing
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Scorching Hot Temps & Tempers!
Earth: Tulsa, Oklahoma
For everyone following the History of Sídhí it will continue in a few days. J
The temperatures have reached the scorching hot level, so have tempers. Mixing Sídhí, hot temps & hotter tempers is so not a good idea.
Today it hit 115 degrees and the weatherman has forecast triple digits all week. I am so very ready for fall and cooler weather.
Anyway, as the temperature rises, so do tempers especially when speaking of a vampire's rather volatile state of mind. Throw in the fact the vampire in question had his very pregnant lifeMate with him and it was an instant recipe for disaster.
Breaking up fights between angry vampires is nothing new to Clan Guardians, but yesterday may have been a first for them.
As many of you know, I live in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma (Earth) which is a Sídhí Hot Spot. Specifically, a Hot Spot is where several valleys have gateways that open onto Earth. I'm sure I don't know about all the gateways, but I'm aware of ten in a hundred-mile radius of the Tulsa Metro.
Three gateways open from Clan Valley, one from The Dhark Valley, two from Trellick Valley (and everyone knows Trellick Valley is allied with the Dhark Valley,) three from Ozark Valley, and one from Dragon Valley.
Well, let me tell you mixing clan vampires, dhark vampires, dhark elves, elves, and dragons all in a small area, an area populated by mundane humans, is a mega-recipe for disaster.
Woodland Hills Mall is one of the most popular shopping areas in Tulsa. On a weekend, it's nearly impossible to find a parking spot near a door. A Wednesday should not have presented a problem, but for whatever reason the mall was jam packed full.
Take 115 degrees, reflecting off all that asphalt and add in no parking and the temperature at the mall rose into the volcano range or maybe that was the tempers. At this point, it's rather hard to distinguish the two.
Thomas Andrews, a clan vampire who happens to be a great, great, great nephew of High Councilman Warren Andrews, circled the parking lot for twenty minutes searching for a spot. His lifeMate, Shawna, is fifteen weeks pregnant and he didn't want her walking that far in the heat. Of course, she refused to get out at the door. Understandable, as most lifeMates prefer a little discomfort over being separated from their mates, especially while visiting Earth.
For the mundanes among us, a Sídhí pregnancy has a gestation of sixteen weeks. To say that Shawna can't see her toes is a mild understatement.
Thomas finally found a spot and started to pull into it when Marvin LispPertle, a dhark vampire (also known as an exile vampire or a blood-drinking vampire,) darted into the spot nearly hitting Thomas' car with his Corvette.
The shouting match quickly turned into a fight. The details are mixed. Thomas and Shawna say Marvin threw the first punch and Marvin accuses Thomas of kicking him first. The cameras were unable to catch the beginning of the fight as they were behind a Hummer.
The first image caught on tape is Thomas tossing Marvin a hundred feet, slamming him into a cement wall.
At that point, Shawna called Clan Guardians.
Before the guardians had time to arrive, Marvin picked up several smaller cars and began tossing them at Thomas. Marvin slammed a Honda Accord into Thomas' Lexus. Shawna was still inside.
Thomas went insane. Do not ever threaten the life of a lifeMate, not ever.
In a matter of seconds, Thomas tossed the Accord off the Lexus and ripped the roof off the black car. The back seat was crushed, but front was relatively undamaged.
Shawna was terribly shaken up, but other than a few scrapes she is fine.
Once Thomas assured himself Shawna was okay, he attacked Marvin.
By this time, mall security had arrived closely followed by Tulsa police. They pulled guns and shouted on bullhorns, but nothing stopped Thomas' rampage.
Thomas broke Marvin's back, crushed his rib cage, ripped off one arm and a foot before Clan Guardians arrived.
Clan Guardians swarmed the area, wiping mundane memories and destroying cameras and videos.
They tried approaching Thomas, but he was too far gone. His vampire instincts had thrown him into a frenzy. Shawna finally coaxed him away from Marvin, getting him into the back of a guardian's SUV.
The Lower Clan Council refused to condemn Thomas' actions, citing he was simply protecting his lifeMate.
Marvin refused a Clan Healer. Once his synth crystal stopped the bleeding, he was transported to the Dhark Valley gateway.
The healer assured me, even without her assistance, Marvin would not have any lasting damage. Depending upon his age, his bones would heal first then his body would start re-growing his lost arm and foot.
I'm under the impression that re-growing a severed limb is rather painful. It might be due to the fact, Guardian Gareth snickered that it served Marvin right for the pain he caused Thomas in attacking his pregnant lifeMate.
Until next time - Jodie B. Cooper
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Sídhí History part III
Earth: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Continued -
Before I continue with the series on Sídhí History, I wanted to tell you a quick bit of actual news.
There has been a report of a two vampires fighting at Woodland Hills Mall located in Tulsa, Oklahoma (Earth.) I don't have all the details, but I heard mall security caught the fight on video. Yeah, no way a mundane could miss vampires fighting, not when they can teleport and can pick-up cars.
Anyway, when I find-out the details I'll let you know!
Sídhí History - part III
Picking up from yesterday, the people of Sídhí didn't comprehend the magnitude of the changes their bodies would soon go through.
At first, the most apparent change was physical appearance. White-haired grannies woke-up with satiny soft dark hair and young bodies.
Wait a minute. I'm getting ahead of myself. First, you must understand the people of Earth and the people of Sídhí are similar, yet different. We are all human, to one extent or another.
On Earth, race is defined by a person's appearance and geography.
On Sídhí, before synth crystal was released - when people lived and died of natural causes - race was also defined by appearance and geography, but not in the same way.
The people of The Elfhiem Empire had slightly pointed ears; a very large percentage of the population was highly intelligent. They tended to be highly educated, preferring mental games to physical. To be an elf was synonymous with arrogance.
The people of The Northern VamPyre had slightly pointed canine teeth. Overall, most vampires were very physically active, preferring any type of outdoor game or activity to sitting around and reading a book.
The people of the Atlantis Continent were mixed in their physical appearances. Fairy lived in clans that specialized in craft, war, art, or served the royals. Each sub-clan had very specific characteristics. The Siren Clan had velvety soft voices to the south and harsh guttural voices to the north. The Banshee Clan had blue hair. The Land Clan had dark brown eyes and stubby noses. That's only naming a few; the Atlantis Continent was home to hundreds of different sub-clans.
The people of the Shifting Highlands had amber eyes. They lived in clans. Most clans were nomadic, traveling from mountains to the sea, traveling the same routes year after year. Normally, they camped near a river or natural spring sharing the water with whatever wild animals lived in the area.
The people of Gnome Grotto had pale yellow eyes and brilliant red hair. They lived in groups called clutches, within the numerous deserted caverns under the Continent of WormWood.
I could write all day. There are many more races, but I believe five races will be sufficient for the purpose of this article.
To explain how each race changed, I must back up a bit.
As you know, from the previous articles, The Last Scientist never planned on creating a clean source of power for the dying world of Sídhí. From his preserved diaries, we know more about him than the people of that long ago time.
Not only did he provide the basic research for synth crystal, he also provided the rarest of all ingredients, Black Matter. The diaries didn't provide the details of how he manipulated the rare elements. Good thing since I couldn't explain it even if he had!
Essentially, modern day Sídhí scientists believe he took years of genetic and nano research and somehow created a form of programmable nano genetics. He attached these nano genetics to Black Matter at the cellular level.
Sídhí scientist say what he did should have been impossible. It defied every law of science, but it worked.
I'll go into further detail tomorrow.
Until next time - Jodie B. Cooperhttp://sidhinews.blogspot.com/
Monday, August 1, 2011
History of Sídhí
Sídhí Home World
The liquid substance was almost clear, milky-white. It poured like water. It had no odor. When heated it did not get hot, refusing to boil it remained room temperature. The crystal could not be ignited, nor could it be used to power the abandoned nuclear reactors. It did not react like any form of known energy.
So, why did the scientists believe it was pure energy? Simple, when placed in a vacuum it expanded. It did not release any by-product, keeping its original elemental structure while increasing its physical size.
They believed it was a clean source of energy. All they had to do was figure out the trigger, how to make it work, how to make it power the dying world.
Late one night, the original scientist disappeared with a full container of the synth crystal. The next morning, they found his note. There was no synth crystal in the facility; he had dumped the entire contents into the emergency waste chute. No one knew how he managed to by-pass dozens of protocols, dumping the substance into the cavern system below the research facility.
His note was actually an admission of guilt. His research into a theoretical power source had never meant to replace the world's exhausted energy. No, the synth crystal contained a lifetime's work of genetic engineering among other technologies such as Nano-engineering and the rare element of Black Matter.
While the remaining scientists tried to recreate the synth crystal, the military made every attempt to reach to dumped liquid, but it was unrecoverable seeming to have disappeared into thin air.
The dumped synth crystal drained into the deepest of chasms.
As the people of Sídhí were soon to find out there was more than a single way for synth crystal to expand. Deep in the soil, it expanded filling natural caverns and crevasses. It reacted exactly as the original scientist, whom we now call the Last Scientist or the First Ancient One, planned. The synth crystal leaked into the water table as it flowed through the earth, splitting time and time again.
People everywhere became infected. The changes in their physical bodies appeared rapidly as each of them went through twenty-one days of 'puberty.' Their bodies changed, growing younger in some cases and maturing in others.
Until next time - Jodie B. Cooper
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Mandala: Artist Statement
The mandala, Sanskrit for "circle," is a cosmic diagram and symbol representing the universe. Traditionally, it has been used in Hindu and Buddhist spiritual practices to obtain a meditative and trance-like state.
The digital collages of my eponymous project utilize a similar format to that of traditional Tibetan archetypes: each basic form contains a series of concentric circles and squares that meet four gates containing a central point. Their symmetry is formed by patterned images that create larger patterns and shapes. The difference in my interpretation of the mandala, however, is merely in the tool that is used: each piece of the mandala is a digital photograph that pertains to its particular "universe." Behind the mandala lies a larger landscape that thematically binds its universe together. Mandala seeks to find unity in the grotesque and the beautiful; in that unity, all are one and the same.

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On Friday May 5, Oddny Eir, author of Land of Love and Ruins, will participate in Lit Crawl's "Auto-Fiction" event with Edouard Louis and Bae Suah. The event, at NYU's La Maison Française and hosted by the PEN World Voices Festival, will focus on writers whose work falls on the spectrum of memoir and autobiography. Readings from each author's work will be followed by a brief discussion.
The first Lit Crawl NYC took place in 2008, along a rambling route from the Lower East Side, to the East Village, and over to Williamsburg. Since then, the upstart Lit Crawl has become a permanent and highly anticipated fixture on New York City's packed literary calendar. Lit Crawl NYC brings literature to the streets via brainy readings and wacky events such as Literary Pictionary and Nerd Jeopardy alongside Tarot card readings, Flash portraiture, mobile photo booths, music from publishing house bands, and hundreds of other events full of readers, writers, fun-loving boozers, and all-around literary mayhem.
When: Friday, May 5, 2017, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
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University of Louisville
Cards toy with lineup, foe
LOUISVILLE — Russ Smith scored a game-high 18 points, Chane Behanan grabbed a career-high 18 rebounds and added 12 points and No. 2 Louisville routed Samford 80-54 on Thursday night.
Behanan matched his career best in the first half with 13, outrebounding the Bulldogs (12) by himself.
Gorgui Dieng had 10 points and 13 rebounds while Wayne Blackshear added 13 points with five rebounds as the Cardinals (2-0) won the opener of the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament that continues next week in the Bahamas.
Louisville never trailed in its first meeting against Samford (1-2), which was playing its highest-ranked opponent since losing 79-54 to No. 1 and defending champion Florida in 2006.
Tim Williams' 15 points and six rebounds led Samford. Raijon Kelly added 11 for the Bulldogs, who committed 21 turnovers and were outrebounded 53-28.
"The first half, I thought we had a little stage fright," Samford Coach Benny Seltzer said.
One of Seltzer's assistants is former Kentucky standout Scott Padgett.
Smith led the Cardinals in scoring for the second straight game. He scored a game-high 23 in Sunday's season-opening 79-51 victory over Manhattan, including four three-pointers.
Louisville, which concludes its homestand Sunday against Miami (Ohio), needs these kinds of tuneups to prepare for tougher competition when it resumes the Battle 4 Atlantis on Thursday against Northern Iowa.
The Panthers are part of a field that includes No. 9 Duke, No. 14 Missouri and No. 17 Memphis.
Coach Rick Pitino said he wanted to use these early games to try different things to prepare his team. He started with Thursday night's starting lineup.
Louisville's initial set included sophomores Behanan and Blackshear at forward along with Peyton Siva, Luke Hancock and Dieng. On Sunday against Manhattan, Behanan and Blackshear came off the bench for Montrezl Harrell while Smith began at guard.
The Cardinals also tried a smaller lineup with Dieng surrounded by three guards and Hancock.
All the combinations were effective as the Cardinals built a 24-6 lead after 11-plus minutes, helped by a 13-0 run. They had outrebounded the Bulldogs 11-4 at that point and made it hard for Samford to get anything inside.
Louisville closed the half even better, holding Samford without a field goal for the final 7:08 to lead 42-13 at intermission.
In fact, the Bulldogs didn't crack double digits until 4:38 remained in the half when Clide Geffrard Jr. made two free throws.
Samford had as many free throws (four) as field goals during a half in which it shot 22 percent.
Louisville enjoyed a solid start, spreading the ball around on offense while dominating the boards.
The Bulldogs were more effective in the second half, hitting eight three-pointers but couldn't get closer than 24 points.
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The British in India
India has a rich, colorful history of more than 5,000 years. It would take many, many journals for me to share everything I have learned about this country. Instead, I will focus on a tiny snapshot of India's past: British India.
"Wait! Don't the British live on another continent?" I can hear you asking. Yes, you are correct, but there was a time not too long ago when the British controlled most of India. To understand this, we must first understand the Age of Exploration. This was a period of several centuries during which many of Europe's kings and queens sent explorers around the world to find new trade routes and riches. In 1600, Queen Elizabeth I granted a Royal Charter to send the British East India Company to establish trade relations in India. India was well-known for its tea and spices, and the British wanted to take advantage of these resources.
The British East India Company quickly became the most powerful foreign trader in India. By the 1800s, the British East India Company completely controlled trade over tea, spices, silk, and cotton. To protect the valuable trade business, the British East India Company had its own private military to help keep order and control.
Over time, many of the local Indians became very frustrated with the British East India Company. In 1857, a large gathering of Indians tried to revolt against the British, in what became known as the Indian Rebellion of 1857. The British government decided that it would be better to directly control its trade interests in India. It cancelled the British East India Company's royal charter. From 1858-1947, Great Britain controlled India, which became known as British India.
On August 15, 1947, the Indian people gained their independence from Great Britain. However, the British influence can still be seen in many parts of India, such as in the architecture, food, and printed signs.
Even as I walk the streets of Mumbai today, I can see the mixture of East and West. What a truly fascinating place India is!


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The George Sprunt Memorial Invitation Sweepstake came to a conclusion last Sunday with the Sweepstake chairman Willie McDines making a clean sweep of the board winning the George Sprunt Trophy with 66(5)61 from Jack Galloway 73(11)62 and as both gentlemen are considered mature golfers Willie also beat Jack to the Caddyshack Trophy. I did not realize that Willie was that old. The scrastch trophy also went to Willie McDines beating Weir McCulloch 66(4)62 by virtue of a better inward half. In the ladies section Jill Bone came in to win on nett 69 followed by Donna Hunter nett 71 and Isobel Connor also on nett 71.Mind you I understand that if Isobel had not had a disaster at the 17th hole she would have won comfortably. But in golf, there are no excuses and it is the numbers that go down on the card which count. The weather remained in the golfers favour and the presentation took place in the Girvan clubhouse with Maggie's Pantry providing excellent refreshments.
TheTurnberry Wednesday medal on 14th. October went to David Courtney (8)68 followed by James Byers (7)70, John Broadfoot (5)71 and Roddy Gardner (10)71.
The Girvan Golf Club October medal was won by Jack Galloway (11)39 Stableford points followed by Bernie Mills (8)38 points, Gregor Mackintosh (4)36, Jim Lafferty (10)36 and M. McKenna (21)36.points.
Last Sunday members of Turnberry Golf Club were treated to a 'walk on the wild side' by Martin Ebert golf course architect and Alan Patterson Turnberry Golf Course Superintendant who showed us how far they had achieved for the new layout. Apparently Donald Trump wants the sea to be seen from every green as far as possible which will of course make them very vulnerable to the high winds and salty air.
The very high winds we have in this part of the world could blow the ball across the more exposed greens but I understand that all this has been catered for. It certainly is very impressive and the drive from the championship tee on the 10th hole is frightening to someone of my capability. Think of the first hole at Macrihanish and it will give you some idea. The new 9th. and 11th. holes, both being par threes, could be the ruination of many a score card but a real challenge to the top pros.
After our tour round these new holes we went back to the clubhouse where Allan Patterson gave us his view of things and what the winter maintenance programme would consist of. I am relieved to hear him agree that bunkers should have the sand in them sloped so that a ball comes to rest in the middle.
We then had a presentation by Richard Windows an agronomist with STRI who looks after the grass on all R&A championship courses, Wimbledon tennis courts, a number of football grounds and also the grass verges on airfields. With regard to the latter it is to ensure that the birds do not congregate or nest in these areas. There is another expert who was not at the presentation but Richard Windows explained his role in the preparation of the course.
This gentleman is a Mr. Taylor who is an ecologist looking after the rough. Now on every golf course rough is important as no golfer wants to spend most of his round looking in vain for lost golf balls, and if found the near impossibility of getting it out and back on to the fairway. Mr. Taylor ensures that the rough is light and wispy, easy to find the ball, and just as easy chipping out on to the fairway.
However if you are greedy and try to go for the green the wispy rough will wrap around your club and punish you. There is also the wild flowers that grow in these areas such as the wild orchid who make the course so much more attractive. With all these experts providing the perfect golf course I wonder what Old Tom Morris, Harry Vardon, J.H. Taylor et.al. looking down will make of it all.


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Pastoral Proactivity - February 2016
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Kids R First, Walmart, Office Depot Provide School Supplies
July 31, 2008—Sterling, Va.—It's amazing how fast summer goes by--many of our area's students are already gearing up for the new school year. Unfortunately, a surprising number of students struggle to obtain the supplies and resources needed to start the year off right. JK Moving & Storage has partnered with Kids R First, a local not-for-profit organization focused on providing these necessary supplies to our areas youth.
Working with dedicated partners, Office Depot and Walmart, JK has assisted Kids R First in transporting enough materials to prepare more than 15,000 area students for the school year. Volunteers at Langston Hughes Middle School in Reston dedicate two weeks to sort and box donated and purchased school supplies to be disseminated in the coming weeks.
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From the CBC's kids website comes this great list!
Parents, these are all good things to do and to talk with your kids about.
Parents, this is also a good reminder to watch your own driving habits, and to remind friends and neighbours that kids are out on bikes and we'd like them to get home safely.


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We moved the cattle on HHF into one of our front paddocks which now had some good growth. Just so they wouldn't pig out we fed them their sprouted grain and some Lucerne. They seem very happy with green grass even whinging Warren was quiet.
After knocking over the early morning chores of feeding whoever needed feeding and opening pens for chickens and ducks we performed another Yoga session which seems to make us both feel better. Being a fast day we got ourselves busy after a green tea to take the mind off food.
Jean went across the river to harrow some paddocks. I thought it would be too wet but surprisingly the RTV left no tracks on the river paddocks when I was feeding the cows earlier that morning. Nothing like good alluvial soil. She arrived home soaking wet. apparently a heavy shower caught her by surprise while she was negotiating some paddocks which needed gates opened and closed as the harrows were brought across from the other side of the property.
The last of the grapes needed pressing today. Three batches of Tannat. One grown on HHF and two purchased batches only being different by the yeasts used. The first batch was very powerful but drinkable straight out of the press as was our very small home grown batch. Should develop well. But the real standout was the batch using VR21 yeast. What an amazing difference. So good in fact that two glasses were put aside to have with tonight's meal. This process of leaving the wine on skins for a minimum of 22 days does amazing things. A 50/50 mix of American Oak and French Oak chips went into the demijohns. This should really round off the wine.
|Our tiny harvest of 3.8 KG needed the baby press.
Being a fast day and having done yoga in the morning we decided to really punish ourselves and finish the day in the pool with light workout. It turned out that light was all we could do. At 4pm the pool had a lot of activity of the 5 lanes 2 were taken up with swimming club training. A third had someone doing laps and that left us to share the remaining two with the Learn to Swim class. Still all was not lost we completed our High Intensity Training session first with 3 x 30 second sessions and then went on to Aquarobics. The only bit we skipped was the swimming. Back home to dinner pre and wine making. A good day.


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In this short blog, I will make a brief introduction of my research project for BCM325: Future Cultures. In particular, I will indicate my research topic, research plan and digital artifact presentation.
Research topic:
Personally, I am passionate about Japanese manga and the famous 'Doraemon' is undoubtedly among my favorites. The content is about a robot from the future, Doraemon, who travels back in time to provide help to a boy who struggles in life, through the use of his 'gadgets', which are tools of the future (22nd century in particular). As a little boy, I only dreamed of making life easier with those gadgets, but have never thought of actually having any of them in real life. However, as time flew, I grew up and technology developed, I started to realise many of those gadgets have been turned into existence. Not a few of them, many of them. Watch this:
As you can see, the cutting-edge technology of the 22nd century that was depicted in Doraemon is on its way into existence in the early 21st century that we are living today. Therefore, I am optimistic that what Fujiko Fujo – the author – predicted in the manga was not just about a Utopian world (an imagined place where everything is perfect, symbolizing people's hopes and dreams), but actually a future world that is not impossible to reach (Benson 2015). But the question is, are we getting close? Therefore, I decided to commit my research project to partly answer this question by focusing on one gadget that I believe is the best idea in the manga – the 'Anywhere door', a door that takes you anywhere you want by simply… walking through it.
Research plan:
I plan to focus my research into two sub-topics. First of all, because 'Anywhere door' is actually a means of transport, I will look at the transport revolution to figure out how developed transportation has been since the earliest days of human history. Although travelling to a destination that is thousands miles apart in seconds is a crazy idea, we still have the right to hope based on the incredible improvements in transportation throughout the years. The following infographics indicate the various achievements in transportation that humans have accomplished:
Looking at the above infographics, we can see that transportation has been through a long revolution process from the earliest days. People of the 15th century claimed Leonardo da Vinci's idea of aeroplane to be crazy (Sails in the Sky, 1938), and now we are travelling intercontinently in less than a day in aeroplanes and claiming Fujiko Fujio's (Doraemon's author) idea of 'Anywhere door' to be crazy again, isn't it ironic? We have reasons to hope, and I will put effort into research to find out whether those reasons are rational enough.
Secondly, I want to discover whether there is any scientific foundation to turn this idea into reality. There might be achievements that signal positive progress, but if there is no scientific and realistic base, that progress will have a limit. For example, in Doraemon, Fujiko Fujio once featured a machine that allows two people to switch their heads together to experience the other's body. This idea has been initiated in real life with the case of Sergio Canavero, an Italian doctor who is researching to perform the world's first head transplantation (Brodwin 2016). Although there have been incredible improvements and discoveries in the medical industries, this idea still remains impossible according to several scientific foundations such as the head cannot stay alive on its own, the immune system cannot accept another body or the surgery has to happen in under an hour (Hardy et al 2017).
Therefore, through my research, I want to figure out whether 'Anywhere door' is actually science, or just science fiction. Theories about time and space such as Einstein's 'General Relativity', which explains that space can be warped (Agarwal 2017), will be put into consideration .
Digital Artifact Presentation:
I plan to present my findings in the form of a video which I believe to be more interactive as it provides more visuals. Along with the visuals, there will be a voice-over to serve the purpose of explanation and clarification. The structure of the artifact will be mostly based on the outline of this blog post as I will introduce Doraemon as a background for my research topic along the evidence to prove that Fujiko Fujio was a genius for the future predictions. Secondly, my interest in the idea of 'Anywhere door' will be expressed and supported by the achievements in transportation history. Finally, I will make a conclusion based on my scientific findings of whether this idea lies in the future, or remains a manga legend.
Agarwal, A 2017, 'Anywhere Door: Doeramon's Gadget into a reaity', Research Paper, Aligarh Muslim University.
Benson, A 2015, 'The utopia of suburbia: the unchanging past and limitless future in Doraemon', Japan Forum, vol. 27, no. 2, pp. 235-256
Brodwin, E 2016, An Italian surgeon has renewed his promise to perform the world's first head transplant after a 'proof-of-concept' experiment on a dog, Business Insider, viewed April 29th 2017, <http://www.businessinsider.com/italian-surgeon-head-transplant-dog-experiment-2016-9>.
Hardy, MA, Furr, A, Barret, JP, & Barker, JH 2017, 'Review: The immunologic considerations in human head transplantation', International Journal of Surgery, vol. 41, pp. 196-202
'Sails in the Sky', 1938, Time, vol. 31, no. 18, p. 69.


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Report: J.K. Shin Denies The Existence Of The Premium Samsung Galaxy S5 / F Version
Pretty much every Samsung enthusiast in the world eagerly awaits that day when the Korean manufacturer will deliver a premium smartphone, built using high quality materials (metal and such). If you're a Samsung fan and you don't find yourself in this position, then chances are you're in denial, and you should stop trying to convince yourself that there's no need for a change in design.
Joking aside, we really do want to see a premium high-end smartphone from Samsung (aside from the Galaxy J, whose availability was extremely limited), and we've been waiting for this change to happen for at least two years. Our hopes went pretty high when rumors about the "Galaxy F" or the "Premium series" started hitting the blogosphere, and back at the end of February there have also been reports that this mysterious premium device will fill the gap between the SGS and Note series. All of these reports have fueled our hopes, and gave concept artists the opportunity to come up with some rather interesting concept designs. Needless to say, things were starting to look good, but here comes the latest story which brings us back to square one. More after the break.
J.K. Shin Denies the Existence of a Premium Samsung Galaxy S5
As we all know, the Samsung Galaxy S5 became official during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Since the smartphone hasn't adopted a premium build, all hopes were now directed towards the mysterious "Galaxy F" (aka Galaxy S5 Prime).
Unfortunately, according to the Korean media, Samsung Mobile's CEO, J.K Shin, has denied today the existence of a premium Samsung Galaxy S5. When talking to the South Korean press, Shin claimed that there's no such thing as a premium S5. However, rest assured, a new Galaxy Note smartphone will be hitting the market during fall 2014… Yeah, like we needed confirmation that a new Note (you know, one of the most successful series) will be hitting the shelves by the end of the year…
In any case, we're hopeful that a premium Galaxy smartphone might still be in the works, and that J.K. Shin wishes this to remain a secret, for now. Nevertheless, based on Samsung's previous "efforts" to improve build quality during these past couple of years, I wouldn't be surprised if the Galaxy F is indeed nothing but a myth and the byproduct of wishful thinking.
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Acts 10: the Christian god changes his mind
Recently I went off on a rant about the number of Christians who don't even really know what their own religious text actually says, citing the lack of awareness/understanding of Peter's vision in Acts as my prime example. I thought of that when reading Fred Clark, who has way more cred than I do on the subject, and so I wanted to point to him and say, "Look! See! This is what I was talking about!"
Here's Peter's vision from Acts (chapter 10, verses 9-16):
About noon the next day, as they were on their journey and approaching the city, Peter went up on the roof to pray. He became hungry and wanted something to eat; and while it was being prepared, he fell into a trance. He saw the heaven opened and something like a large sheet coming down, being lowered to the ground by its four corners. In it were all kinds of four-footed creatures and reptiles and birds of the air. Then he heard a voice saying, 'Get up, Peter; kill and eat.' But Peter said, 'By no means, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is profane or unclean.' The voice said to him again, a second time, 'What God has made clean, you must not call profane.' This happened three times, and the thing was suddenly taken up to heaven.
A little bit later, Peter draws this conclusion about the vision: "You yourselves know that it is unlawful for a Jew to associate with or to visit a Gentile; but God has shown me that I should not call anyone profane or unclean."
Fred Clark expounds on the different interpretations of that passage (i.e. the one that sees the story as just a rationale for why Christians don't have to keep kosher, versus the one that reflects what the story actually says) here. A sampling:
Consider, for example, the purpose of Peter's vision. It wasn't sent because Red Lobster was about to bring back "endless shrimp," but because of the people who were about to knock on Peter's door. The author of Acts makes sure we don't miss that point, writing: "While Peter was greatly puzzled about what to make of the vision that he had seen, suddenly the [impure, uncircumcised, bacon-loving Gentile] men sent by Cornelius appeared. They were asking for Simon's house and were standing by the gate."
I suppose it could be argued that stating that there's only One True Way that Acts 10 can be interpreted, I'm no better than those against whom I would argue: I'm still using a particular religious text as a mere tool to argue for my particular point of view. At the same time, though… I dunno, it seems to me that if you're going to go around calling yourself a biblical literalist and that kind of thing, it might be worth looking at what the bible actually says. And furthermore, the stories we tell one another mean things, things that have resonance beyond the literal words on the page or images on the screen. Dracula was about more than just a dude who consumed blood to survive. Dystopian novels aren't just purely imaginatory exercises; they offer commentary on our world as it currently exists.
What we have here is not just a failure to communicate; it's a failure of imagination. And as always, while I respect the rights of people with whom I disagree to believe whatever it is they believe, in the privacy of their own homes, in their places of worship, etc.—when they start bringing it into the public sphere and trying to create public policy based on who they believe is clean and who is unclean, well, I'm going to have something to say about that.
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For many things, one can ask whether its meaning is more literal or metaphor, whether that's compared to what the author meant or how this description tracks with reality. "Both" is indeed one way to answer that, though I suppose in order to be logical, more words would be necessary to say it could go either way or both, and maybe the author's intended meaning is different than what is the greater truth in reality.
I have heard conservatives praise Jewish dietary laws as being necessarily a gift from God because they can justify some of the laws as a practical benefit. So they argue that eating shellfish in biblical times was dangerous, that the prohibition against eating meat and milk together made keeping sheep and goats a more stable enterprise. I forget what other points were argued this way, but there are other ones.
So these arguments point to Old Testament laws as being best understood literally, so sexual laws should be taken that way, too.
I haven't heard it argued the other way specifically regarding dietary laws, but what if the meaning of these laws, be they from God or entirely from men, is mostly metaphorical? After all, the story of Abel's meat offerings being favored over Cain's cereal offerings and subsequent laws about sacrifices that treat these differently may mostly relate to Israelites depending on domesticated animals while those dirty Canaanites relied more on grains. "Everything about us is better than they are."
If Acts 10 described Peter's vision without any further context, I can't tell anyone they're mistaken in being more literal or more metaphorical about that. It would depend on other evidence about what the author's intent was or what is the greater truth in reality. Yet as Fred Clark points out in quoting the preacher who said this should be believed literally and narrowly, that Peter's vision is only about dietary laws, this ignores the rest of that chapter.
Not only that, it ignores what was going on in the time Acts was describing. Paul was passionately arguing to those in Jerusalem why Gentiles need not be literally circumcised to follow the real God. Symbolic circumcision in the form of baptism and a confession of faith in Jesus Christ should be sufficient, both in terms of Paul's theology and the practical limitation of converting Gentiles if they have to go through circumcision and all the other laws. So there was a compromise as described in Acts 15: 22-24, where men checked with the Holy Spirit and were directed to have Gentiles merely "abstain from things offered to idols, from blood, from things strangled, and sexual immorality (fornication)", however any of those words actually were understood in Greek.
Was that really the will of the one true God? I would argue that this compromise is very likely the will of men, not God, that God was headed in the direction of inclusiveness, and it may be that He couldn't manage to drag most of His followers far enough in this particular compromise with the Old Testament. One can argue legitimately either way. Then do you try to get clarification from the Holy Spirit now?
Still, Fred Clark is certainly right in his criticism. This preacher is doing what people do all the time, even those who claim to be interested only in the truth, whatever that is. They argue like a lawyer, cherry-picking data that helps what they already believe, while ignoring anything else. I trust the sort of empiricism that looks at all the evidence instead of the point/counterpoint method by people with a vested interest in the answer.
I don't know why it's so hard for people to recognize the shortcomings of arguments that have been crafted by partisans, but so many people are satisfied by the sort of argument Fred Clark criticizes here. I'm sure part of it is that people believe whatever argument best supports their prejudices, no matter how useless that argument actually may be.


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Granola is very popular breakfast and snack food which is also super easy to make. Infact making homemade Granola is more healthier and tastier than store bought version. Inaddition to a healthy breakfast and snack option, granola is very popular food choice to carry on treks/trails and camping since its so lightweight yet nutritious and filling.
Sorry about being MIA from the blog for a while. Some personal time with family during the summer break just took preference although I was kind of active on the social media. Hard to stay away completely right ;) But I missed sharing recipes with you all and hope you guys missed my post too. hoping to be back on routine soon now that the summer break is over.
So what exactly is Granola?? Its basically an oven roasted dry crunchy mixture consisting of oats, nuts, dry fruits, fats, some flavoring/spices and off course sweetener. These are the basic categories and you customize your Granola the way you and your family likes.
For today's post, I'm sharing this Coconut Cardamom Granola which is my current favorite. Just loving coconut flavor this summer be it Granola, Cookies, or simply coconut yogurt. Add coconut and cardamom in combination and its makes it even more yummmmm!!
This version of Granola is the non-clumpy version more like cereals. Its really easy to make and you can make a big batch too and store in air tight container, stays good for couple of weeks at room temperature. You can serve this over yogurt or milk with some fruits of choice and drizzle of honey (optional). Its the perfect breakfast/snack that keeps you full and going till your next meal.
Now to the recipe...
2 cups rolled oats
1/4 tsp cinnamon powder
1/2 tsp cardamom powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup chopped nuts (using mix of almonds, walnuts and pecans)
1/4 cup flaked coconut
1/4 cup sweetened shredded coconut
1/4 cup raisins
1/4 cup coconut oil1/4 cup honey
Pre-heat the oven to 325F.
In a microwave safe bowl - heat the coconut oil and honey for 30 secs, remove and stir until completely melted and liquid. In another mixing bowl add the oats, salt, cinnamon and cardamom powder and mix. Now add the wet mixture of coconut oil and honey into the oats and mix until well combined.
Now pour this mixture onto a rimmed baking sheet. Distribute evenly and bake for 15 mins, stir then bake for another 10 mins. Remove from the oven and now add the nuts and coconut (flaked and shredded). Toss and distribute evenly once again. Put it in the oven to bake for another 15 mins or until the oats and nice and golden brown and the coconut looks toasted. If you feel the oats are browning too quickly - lower the heat to 300F
Remove, stir again and then let it cool in the pan. When slightly warm add the raisins and once completely cool transfer into a airtight container.
That's it, our crunchy Coconut Cardamom Granola is ready. Serve it with milk/yogurt topped with variety of fruits and drizzle of honey (optional) for that healthy yet quick breakfast option. Enjoy!!
Happy Snacking!
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Pole vaulter Zachary Kerr got day two of the Canadian Junior Championships started off on the right foot, picking up the first medal of the championships for a Lions athlete. Kerr, a four time OFSAA champion, had a best clearance of 4.45m before failing on three attempts to equal his lifetime best, 4.55m. The height left him in a tie with Connor Young of Speed River, but Kerr was declared the silver medalist by virtue of clearing 4.45m with fewer attempts.
Alexia Lamothe had a successful day in the hurdles. The recent Carine Wilson grad continued to prove she is one of the top junior sprint hurdlers in the country, finishing fifth in the 100m hurdle final. Her time of 14.33 seconds, just off her personal best, was made more impressive by the -1.7 m/s headwind. However, Lamothe's day wasn't over as she returned in the evenings session to put up the fourth fastest time in qualifying for the 400m hurdles, advancing to today's final.
In the penultimate event of day two, the women's 3000m event, 17 year old Claire Smith showed she was running for a spot on the World Junior Championship team from the gun with the top two runners making the team. By the 1 km mark, the trio of Smith, Gabriella Stafford and Heather Petrick had clearly asserted themselves as the front runners. However, fronting running by Smith in the windy conditions seemed to catch up with her in the final 500m as Stafford and Petrick began to pull away and she was eventually passed by two others with about 250m to go as she would cross the line in 5th. Her time of 9:37.79 was the third best performance of her life.
The two other top eight finishes of the day came from high jumper Steve Nkusi and hammer thrower Leanna Garcia. Nkusi, a bronze medalist at the recent OFSAA Championships, had a best clearance of 1.99m to finish sixth. Garcia, who just completed her first year of studies at the University of Windsor, produced a best throw of 45.48m to finish eighth in the hammer throw.


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Speedup Image Processing with OpenCL
An option to significantly speedup processing has been added to Capture One since version 6.0. You can take advantage of this speedup option by using graphics card accelerated processing through an interface called OpenCL. The idea is to make it possible to fully utilize the processing capabilities of the graphics hardware to get a faster application.
In Capture One 7 the graphics card is used for accelerated processing not just to the display, but also when processing images to files.
The speed advantage of using OpenCL can be huge. When using one of the newest graphics cards on the market in a Mac Pro computer, you can process a full 80 megapixel raw file in less than 2 seconds.
What is OpenCL?
OpenCL is an open standard defining how to interface and utilize all the processing capabilities within graphics cards (GPU) and multiprocessor CPUs. OpenCL is short for Open Compute Language.
OpenCL essentially enables effective utilization of thousands of compute units within modern graphics cards. For Capture One, only relatively new GPU cards have enough computing power and onboard RAM to be utilized effectively.
In Capture One version 7.1.2 and 7.1.3 the default setup is not to use OpenCL for processing. To enable the processing you need to switch to Auto in the preferences as shown below.
When Auto is selected Capture One will test the capability of the graphics card, and if the card proves to be powerful enough Capture One will use it for processing.
Utilizing OpenCL makes it possible to accelerate your processing significantly. For an iMac with the integrated graphics card from NVidia (GTX 680MX) you gain more than a factor of 3 times in processing speed as shown in the benchmark below. On the graph, benchmark 100 is the speed when processing using only the CPU and not OpenCL.
From the figure we see both Canon "cr2" and Nikon "nef" files will process more than 300% faster than the CPU, when utilizing the graphics card on a 4 CPU core iMac. An IQ180 raw file will process close to 250% faster.
The benchmark numbers depend on your graphics card, number of CPU cores and speed of your SSD disk. In terms of the interactive speed using one of the recommended graphics cards, it is possible to get real-time feedback (30fps) for almost all slider interaction in Capture One 7.
Initialization of OpenCL
To increase robustness in Capture One 7.1.3, we have added the OpenCL initialization as a separate process. This ensures that future problems during OpenCL initialization will not affect the Capture One application. Further more, this initialization only happens when the graphics hardware changes.
When the preferences for hardware acceleration are set to auto, the application will test the capabilities of the graphics card. OpenCL is not enabled (in auto mode) if one of the following conditions ismet for the graphics card:
- Less than 1GB of on-board Video RAM
- Too few GPU cores
- Too low processing improvement compared to the system CPU performance
- Mac OS 10.6
As of June 2013, four major companies have developed desktop drivers for OpenCL: NVidia, AMD, Apple and Intel. OpenCL is also becoming an interface for other computer architectures going forward.
For Mac OS X 10 the OpenCL drivers are part of the operating system, but for Windows these drivers are installed as part of the display drivers. For your convenience here are the links to the OpenCL enabled drivers for Windows.
The Windows driver requirements
- For AMD/ATI graphics: Catalyst Software suite 13.4 or higher – pick: AMD Catalyst™ Software suite.
- For NVidia graphics: NVidia Display driver version 320.18 or higher – pick "download".
- Intel Iris Pro Graphics: Version 126.96.36.199.3165 or higher.
Recommended graphics and acceleration cards for "Best Performance"
As of June 25, 2013 using one of these GPU cards will experience the very best performance:
Mac: Windows:
AMD HD7950 AMD HD7970 GHz edition
Great performance is likewise expected for:
Mac: Windows:
NVidia GeForce GTX 680 NVidia GTX Titan
AMD FirePro NVidia 680GTX
NVidia Quadro 5000 NVidia Quadro 6000, Tesla
Final words
When working with Capture One 7 certain image settings will bypass the use of OpenCL and use the normal processing pipeline: these settings include the use of spot removal tool and non RGB proof profiles.
Apart from these settings most users with capable graphics cards will see a performance increase when working with Capture One 7 and I recommend that you go into your preference and enable it today.
June 27 2013
By Lionel KuhlmannCategory: Tech Talk Tags: Capture One 7 OpenCL
Comments (65)
Will open cl work with new macbook pro graph cards?,intel iris on mac 13 and intel iris pro, nvidia
geoforce gt with 2gb on 15 inch models?
Does Capture One 7.x support OpenCL on the Nvidia Quadro K6000?
Many thanks in advance,
Interesting article…thanks! I'm curious if graphics cards that use integrated memory such as the AMD
Radeon HD 6770M (found in certain models of the iMac) with only 512 MB of VRAM would benefit at all from OpenCL?
Chipset Model: AMD Radeon HD 6770M
Type: GPU
Bus: PCIe
PCIe Lane Width: x16
VRAM (Total): 512 MB
Vendor: ATI (0x1002)
Device ID: 0x6740
Revision ID: 0x0000
ROM Revision: 113-C0170F-175
EFI Driver Version: 01.00.560
Hi Lionel, i have been a user of Phaseone Backs and Capture One ever since 2002 and love your product.
I have two Q? i would like to ask you.
I notice that you recommend the AMD HD7950 as the best performance on Mac for Open CL yet i have read loads of people having issues with Open CL being put on and wondering has this been fixed as im looking at investing in buying this card but dont wish to have issues.
Secondly have also noticed on my MacBook Pro 2012 Retina with OSX 10.8.5 with the Nvidia GT650M that processes files with Opens CL on is slower than when its off. I have tested this a number of times.
Apple has just released a new MacPro, can you run a few test's to see which one I can talk myself into buying?
Hola, tengo la siguiente maquina:
Windows 7 64 bits
Intel Core Quad Q6600 2.4Ghz
8GB Ram
Geoforce Gtx 650 2gb
I Capture One 7.1.6 va extremadamente lento, no se cual es la razón.
¿puede ayudarme?
Hello Niels
I am the owner of a new Mac Pro 6,1. Using C1 7.1.6 i am having trouble with hardware acceleration. Makes corrupted files on output and shows similar glitches / artifacts on preview. I am running the quad core with dual d300 gpu's. Any experience with this machine? thx
Hi Lionel, I am planning to build a Hackintosh rendering workstation shortly.
Would NVidea GTX 7xxx graphic cards be supported / recognized by Pro 7?
Also, presumably the 4 GB DDR5 versions would be processing Pro 7 faster then the 2Gb versions?
I am contemplating either 4096MB Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 WindForce 3X OC Rev. 2.0 or 2GB Gigabyte Geforce GTX 760.
Your input would be most welcome.
Kind regards,
Kees van der Meulen
Hi Lionel,
According to Phase One knowledge base, the latest nVidia GTX7xx and AMD r7/r9 chips are not explicitly supported. The old chips are on their way out, it seems. Regarding your previous response, newer GTX cards are "detected", but does that mean hw acceleration is actually being utilized or it's still in the works? I'd be delighted if you could shed some light on this.
Dear Mr. Kuhlmann,
I have a question about speed.
I use Capture one pro mostly in tethered shooting.
As a photographer my priority is the maximum speed to send files from camera to computer and rende previews to manage as fast and better as is possible the "client feeling" during real time photoshoots.
I'm planning an hardware update right now and I wanted to ask you if the speed of latest MacBookPro Retina with NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M
with 2GB VS the new MacPro AMD FirePro D300/500 would show a very significant difference.
If would be a small difference I would absolutely prefer the notebook at the moment. If huge, I would proceed with the other one.
Thank you in advance for your help.
Will the new macbook pro with the NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M work with CL ?
thank you very much for clarifying my point that fast.
Hi Lionel,
does Capture One openCL processing take advantage in a crossfire / SLI configuration or in these cases only one card will process?
Thanks in advance.
Sorry Lionel, there are some problem with my question?
I would like only to know if under Windows 8 / 8.1 capture one will take advantage in a Crossfire or SLI setup.
Thanks in advance.
The GPU we have installed in our MacPro is not one of those listed as "Recommended graphics and acceleration cards for 'Best Performance'." Since we have an ATI Radeon HD 5770 graphics card with 1 GB of VRAM and it is processing the graphics for a dual display environment — 1 EIZO CG246, 1 Apple LED Cinema Display — can we safely turn on OpenCL processing without any issues?
Hi Lionel, I have a crossfire of two radeon HD7870 under windows 8.1 64 bit. For best openCL performance in C1 8, I have to enable or disable the crossfire configuration?
Thanks in advance.
I have a new iMac with an AMD R9 m295x card. I have the same problem with artifacts on the outputs and the preview (there the artifacts vanish after a second or so) like Dylan had with his Mac Pro.
Are you already aware of this problem? Will there be an update?
Many regards
why are the exported images look different, whether OpenCL is activated or not.
Seems like for my 7D images, the shadows tend to have a red haze – especially in the shadows.
Shouldn't the output be the same?
Best regards
very common with Canon. Can be corrected in levels before output. I switched to nikon
common with cannon, can be corrected in levels before output. i switched to nikon
Does this help the scaling problem on windows 8.1 ultra books? Just wondered or if I have to downsize the resolution to 1080p rather than a native resolution. I don't want the text to get messed up on a dell xps15 with high resolution screen. I'd like to use the software on a windows laptop and this concerns me…I've seen it work great on a Mac.
Hi Eric,
The DPI scaling issues are not related to OpenCL.
During Capture One 8 development we did a lot of work to make sure that it runs great in high DPI on Windows 8.1.
Capture One 7 had a few problems with high DPI and should generally not be scaled above 125%. However Capture One 8 should run at up to 250% DPI scaling without a problem as long as all connected monitors are running at the same DPI setting.
Still having problems with hardware acceleration in my 2013 Mac Pro (C1_8). Just had some aggressive testing done by apple and had a gpu replaced. Getting Noise in both preview and output. Guess it works fine without acceleration, but it would be nice
I appreciate a lot Capture One which is for me the best capture software ever.However i noticed one major problem recently related to open CL.I use it on two different computer tethered on leaf credo 60.Sometimes on a laptop latest iris graphic card no problem,acceleration is constent and efficient.On my mac pro it's really different.With open cl processing is 3 times faster but for a very limited time (i would say 4/5 images full speed) and then performance decreases dramatically and it's barely unusable.graphic is GTX 680 two eizo 22″.CUDA updated.It's like C1 is unable to balance the work load between the GTX and the CPU that stay at a low level all the time (12 core never full anyway).
So i finally i went back to deactivate Open Cl in C1,not a big deal but i'm curious.
Any idea on what can cause this malfunction?
I never faced such problems on an old 8 core.
Hi Lionel,
Not sure if this thread is still open, I hope you can advise.
I was running into issues on my Macbook Pro laptop – Me working faster than the Macbook Pro could handle. So I decided to get a 5,1 Mac Pro tower, and have it specc'ed up. Delivered yesterday and I have installed the bare minimum for processing – C1, PS CC, Photo Mechanic. And it is running so much faster, could get the processing of files to slow down at all with 200 5Ds images being saved out to 16bit tiff's – 3-5 secs each. Very pleased.
However I do have a big issue, and having read this thread on your article I am coming to the conclusion is it an OpenCL or Hardware issue.
When I use the local adjustments layers in C1 8.3.3 and the brushes I get a screen lag of around 3-5 seconds before it starts drawing. I had both OpenCL boxes ticked and thought I'd try turning them off as part of my elimination of potential
trouble makers. I found the drawing lag was reduced to about 1 second in C1. Not such lag at all in PS CC. Could this be C1 as PS is fine, or the Graphics Card not having enough RAM (as you have suggested above). Would it be worth changing the card to the AMD HD7950 you mentioned as ideal, or is there a better card now as you wrote this article a year ago.
The machine is specc'd as follow.
2 x 6 core 3.06Ghz processors
48GB Ram
500Gb SSD
2TB Internal PCie 7600 Working Drive
AMD HD5780 1Gb Graphic Card.
Hi Dominic.
Getting the old Mac tower does not really help you a lot – I am sorry. Also the video card with only 1GB video ram is not recommended. The best option is to get a Mac Pro (late 2013 – D700 video card) – this will give a significant better experience drawing layers.
On a side note Apple silently released a new Macbook Pro – with a really good videocard (for a laptop). I expect this machine will perform better then the old Mac Tower. All this being said, we are actively working towards getting a better experience drawing layers in upcoming Capture One releases.
Hi Lionel,
Do you mean the AMD Radeon R9 M370X for the Macbook Pro?
I have some limitations with my Macbook Pro last edition 2013 before Retina with GT650M. Kind regards. Olivier
Hi Dominic,
Best regards,
I am finding a serious slowdown when processing my que. It starts out quite well but as the software continues through processing the que each file gets slower and slower to process to the point I need to quit C1 and restart the program and the que to get it to speed again, but it will always slow down. Running a late 2012 iMac 3.4 GHz core i7, OSX El Capitan 10.11.5, 32GB Ram, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX 2048MB.
I am trying to spec a new imac build for use exclusively with Capture One and the Phase One 2018 iQ3 Achromatic. Can you provide any benchmark data or recommendations for imac vs imac pro with specific feedback on Capture One's ability to take advantage of multithreaded processors. Looking at the imac vs imac pro the choice is really between multicore architecture or not.


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Clothing Concept Store by Kingson Leung
Kingson Leung Presents The H.e Homme Store Clothing Concept Store
Kingson Leung, the lead designer of the highlighted work Clothing Concept Store by Kingson Leung says, Adhering to the concept of "taste, fashion, personality", the designer choices of 3 main materials - rose gold stainless steel, white marbled glass and dark cement board to reduce space clutter, so that the whole space has highly recognition. Abandon the traditional closed-end window, using the new display mode instead - the interior design is the window background as well. This is a combination of retail clothing fashion, health diet and leisure life museum..
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Given the long silence over here you might have thought the Lecco's Lemma tapes had gone missing again. Never. Its just been a busy time over in the academy (with tenure decisions looming and papers piling up). We also had some grants out for digitization that didn't come through so its been me ripping them in my spare time – which slows things down for sure. We might need to crowd source this after all. Then again, UMASS just launched a new archival studies program and I met the new director who seemed to immediately get the importance of this collection. Fingers crossed.
Meanwhile, with political shootings making their ugly re-appearance in the USA and the renewed interest in the power of words to change minds (for good or ill), seemed important to remember the peaceful principles built into the foundations of hip-hop. So I decided to go digging in the Lecco's tapes for the MLK episode I was sure I had seen. Indeed, there it was. Lovingly illustrated and notated as I had remembered it.
Lecco's Lemma MLK DAY Jan 18, 1986
and @ http://soundcloud.com/leccoslemma
Here's the first side for you. Definitely reminds me of the core principles of hip-hop. Peace. Unity. Love. Having fun. If you need an extra reminder, check the vid below. It will all become clear again.
Peace to you on this MLK day 2011.


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After last month's column on groups claiming to be law enforcement affiliated, I received several calls of thanks regarding the information that was shared; and I appreciate the feedback. This month's question spawned from our article regarding telemarketers calling your home, business, etc. Because the law related to this month's question is pretty straightforward, this may be the shortest guest column for me, to date.
The reader was curious about the possibility of recording telemarketers, or anyone else for that matter, who called his home. Florida is one of a handful of states that have enacted two-party consent laws regarding the recording of conversations, where there is an expectation of privacy. Simply stated, in order to intercept a conversation over the phone, the intercepting party must notify the person that the call is being recorded from the onset. If the other party is opposed, then obviously they can disconnect the call or you can. Many companies that you may do business with have a pre-recorded message to inform of possible recordings prior to you actual talking to a representative. Another way the recording process is announced is through repetitious beeps over the phone line. This is the format your sheriff's office utilizes in the communications center for greater efficiency.
The Florida Statute also covers the recording of person to person conversations, again where privacy is expected, like an office, car, or in your living room. In those instances, the disclosure and consent of the recording is the same as before. There are of course, exemptions related to criminal investigations, 9-1-1 call centers, and the like. The Florida Statute that addresses this is 934.03. Further, the statute addresses many other avenues of interception of electronic devices and includes language regarding judge's orders, encrypted devices and the like. If you would like to learn more about this statute, it can be located though www.myflsenate.gov. The statute number is titled "Interception of wire, oral, or electronic communications prohibited," but be prepared this statute is much more involved than the one subject we addressed here today and links to other statutes that cross-reference this law.
Lastly, the holidays are here. On behalf of Sheriff Shoar and all of us here at your sheriff's office, have a great holiday season, and be safe in your travels. As always, feel free to reach me through my office email at firstname.lastname@example.com or call me directly at 810-6690.


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"TIẾNG THƠ CÕI NHẠC"SOUL Convention Complex
21 Oct 16 - 22 Oct 16 - 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
SOUL Live Project proudly presents a traditional music & arts festival entitled "TIẾNG THƠ CÕI NHẠC", including:
1. Workshop: 6.30pm, Friday, 21 October 2016
Featuring the group of artists Đong Kinh Co Nhac, the workshop will bring the audience an overview of traditional music, as well as an introduction of its history and characteristics.
2. Concert night: 7pm, Saturday, 22 October 2016
An acculturation of traditional music and contemporary poetry. With the special participation of poet Nguyen Duy and the group of artists Đong Kinh Co Nhac, the audience will experience the music and styles of five traditional Vietnamese music genres (Tuồng, Chèo, Ca Trù, Chầu Văn, Hát Xẩm).
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