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What We're Reading in May 2022
We're heading into our summer schedule. In the next few days, we'll set aside our formal academics and take a looser approach to learning. But while we'll ignore the math sheets and grammar pages, we'll still make time for reading.
We'll keep our regular weekly visits to the library. We'll stay up late reading under covers. And we'll continue to enjoy a chapter or two from a read-aloud after lunch.
As always, the kids will have to play outside and read every. single. day. Fortunately, they each have a good book to accompany them into our summertime schedule.
Here's what we're currently reading.
Read aloud- everybody
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader- In our quest to read through the entire Narnia series as a family, we've finally landed on Book 5. At the start of the story, Edmund, Lucy, and their cantankerous cousin Eustace fall through a painting and onto the Dawn Treader, a Narnian ship headed beyond the known lands. They along with King Caspian must find out what happened to the missing Lords who had been previously exiled by Miraz.
That Sounds Fun- I've enjoyed listening off and on to Annie R. Downs' That Sounds Fun Podcast and was looking forward to cracking open the book that bears its name. I don't always agree with the host or her guests, but I can always find value in hearing voices from across the different denominational persuasions. I wish I could say that the pages have lived up to my expectations, but unfortunately, they've all fallen rather flat.
I appreciate Annie's conversational writing style. She definitely writes how she talks on the show. And to be honest, in this busy season, light reading is a welcome companion. However, I don't think I'm the right target audience for this title. Annie aims to encourage readers to chase the fun even in hard times. But as a married woman and mother of five, I don't seem to have much in common with the life of a single woman. Her struggles, while no doubt disappointing and painful, are vastly different from mine.
In addition, I just feel like the book really smacks of privilege. From cover to cover, Annie talks about all the celebrities she knows, vacations she's enjoyed, movies and shows she's appeared in, and even week-long mental health retreats she's taken. In my humble opinion, very few of the experiences she mentions will resonate with the average woman, single or otherwise. The book kind of reads like a journal that's maybe only meant to be shared with the author's close friends.
When the Day Comes- In this first of a new series by my personal friend and second-generation homeschooling mom Gabrielle Meyer, Libby lives in both 1774 and 1914. She, like her colonial-era mother and so many others before her, is a time traveler, trapped between two contrasting periods of American history. By her 21st birthday, she must decide which of the two lives she wants to lead and which one she'll die to forever. The choice seems obvious to her: she belongs in Williamsburg, Virginia on the cusp of a Revolution. But, when things take a dramatic turn in her other life, the decision doesn't seem quite so clear.
I'm only halfway through this historical fiction. But I'm enjoying the unique plot and the light romance sprinkled throughout.
Glitch- Regan Fitz and Elliot Mason have loathed each other for as long as they can remember. They are both in training at the Glitcher Academy, a school designed to prepare kids to go back in time to stop nefarious time travelers from changing the timeline and dramatically altering history forever. But, when they are forced to become glitch partners, they must work together to stop the biggest time crime in Glitcher history.
I'm nearly done listening to the audio version of this middle grade I'm vetting for my tween/teen book club. Ironically, it too is about time travel.
While I don't love the bickering that happens between the two main characters in the first couple chapters of the book, I do appreciate the redemption that happens in their relationship as the story unfolds. It is a fast-paced, action-packed story that sneaks in quite a bit of history. I will definitely be adding this to my book club line-up for fall.
Super Boy- 10th grade
Gulag Archipelago- My oldest son is working his way through this classic by Russian novelist Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn which details the forced labor camp system set up by the Soviets between 1918 and 1956. I read portions of all three volumes in high school and while I don't remember much of it, I know that it is exactly the kind of book my oldest son enjoys: historical accounts of unique military and political decisions.
Blonde Warrior- 8th grade
Keeper of the Lost Cities- Sophie Foster has never felt like she belonged. After a freak accident when she was little, she could read minds. Turns out, that's not the only strange "power" that she possesses. Little does she know, she's actually an elf who's been placed among humans in order to protect them.
Please note: This is the first of a nine-book series. I have only read this debut novel and can not speak to the appropriateness or lack thereof of the rest. While the story is very clean and doesn't possess any dark magical elements, there are some fantastical plot points. Also, in keeping with typical tween/teen behavior in traditional school scenarios, some of the characters are rude and cheeky to one another.
This is the last book my son will read for our 2021-2022 tween/teen book club. Although he's enjoying it, he's not liking it nearly as much as I did. But that doesn't surprise me.
Greased Lightning- 7th grade
The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey- After plowing through the first of the Mysterious Benedict series, my son has chosen to move on to Book 2.
In this volume, the four young society members find themselves traveling across the globe to find and save their beloved leader Mr. Benedict.
The Dude- 4th grade
Backyard Dragon- Owen is a bit of an outcast at school. To make matters worse, after the recent death of his grandma, his grieving grandpa seems to have no time for him either. Then, a dragon appears in the backyard. The pair must join forces to protect the medieval creature from the outside world. In doing so, they not only rebuild their own relationship but also begin to form the kind of community they both desperately need.
While not the most masterfully-written book, this light trade paperback was the perfect dragon distraction for my youngest son after the Wings of Fire debacle.
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I just finished Secrets of a Charmed Life and cried for the first time in forever while reading a book! I'm almost done with God Vs Government which is an excellent read. We are slowly reading aloud through The Sword in the Stone by T.H. White which we seem to have a love/hate relationship with. The story isn't bad but the author's constant preaching of evolution is quite painful.
Jamie Erickson May 26, 2022 at 8:14 PM
I've not read any of those titles. But the God Vs. Government sounds especially intriguing to me. I don't know when I've last cried while reading a book...probably the picture book Boxes for Katje. That one gets me every time.
It is an easy read, something I would advocate to be read by the Christian church en masse. It's by Nathan Busentiz and James Coates. I've never read Boxes for Katje. I cried last I think with Little Britches and one of the Little House books. Family things get me!! And I don't know that I recommend Sword in the Stone, though the movie I would say is better.

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EPF, as a key stakeholder in health research, has been invited to respond in writing to a consultation on the Scientific Panel for Health (SPH) Vision paper Better research for better health. The paper addresses many aspects of health research policies and content; and the invitation to the consultation on the paper focuses on the recommendations and the way forward as described in sections 5 and 6 of the paper itself.
Are you involved in research? We need your help! Your feedback is very valuable!
Download the document with a list of topics and specific questions that you may wish to respond to, where applicable.
Aligned with the consultation process, two interactive workshops are taking place in Brussels. The aim is to discuss views in more depth on two core topics that relate to many of the above recommendations. EPF representatives will participate in the workshops.
Workshop aims: To identify current barriers and hurdles, as well as examples of success and mechanisms to achieve a better-trained health research workforce and improved cooperation between sectors, including academia, healthcare and industry.
Workshop Aims: To discuss current and future mechanisms for priority setting and identify opportunities to coordinate and set/define the content of a long-term strategic research agenda for Europe.
The European Commission's Scientific Panel for Health (SPH) is a science-led expert group based on the provisions of the Horizon 2020 Specific Programme that has been tasked with helping to achieve better health and wellbeing for all. To know more about its scope of action and its members, please visit its website.


The U.S. District Court in Tucson is one of several courts along the border where the U.S. government's Operation Streamline operates. Through Operation Streamline, up to 70 border crossers are shackled at the ankles, waist and wrists, led into the courtroom en masse, charged, and then sentenced in a single hearing that lasts under 2 hours.
Court appointed lawyers have 20–30 minutes to get to know their clients prior to this courtroom appearance, not enough time to understand the complexities of an individual's situation.
In January of this year, charges were filed at the U.S. District Court in Tucson against 9 volunteers with the humanitarian group No More Deaths. The mission of this group is to prevent immigrant deaths in the Arizona desert.
Eight humanitarian workers were charged with misdemeanors related to leaving water in the desert. One (Scott Warren) was charged with a felony for "harboring" 2 people in the U.S. illegally by providing food, water, a bed and clean clothes. The current trial date for Scott Warren is September 11, 2018. If convicted, he faces up to 5 years in prison.
Peg Hunter is a freelance documentary photographer focusing on immigration, social justice, climate justice, and the health of communities and the planet. Her home base is the San Francisco Bay Area.
Her photography has been published in Yes! Magazine, SF Examiner, Common Dreams, Truthout, Grist, Food and Water Watch and Earth Island Journal.


"Is it difficult for getting around in Pangkor?", as some people keep asking me. Well, Pangkor is a small island, the circle road around the island is only 18 km long.
Since it is so small there aren't a lot of cars (though plenty of motorbikes). You can not even bring your own car!
Although cars can not be brought on the ferry you are able to take your motorbike (scooters) or bicycle.
The island circle road is narrow and sometimes steep. Most of your travel on the island will be by taxi, motorbike or bicycle.
On arrival the taxi and motorbike drivers are waiting for you. Usually it's not a big problem, prices are fixed but the board with the prices has been take away.
Unexpected as it may be, you can rent a car on Pulau Pangkor. It should costs about RM 90.00 a day for the cheapest. Don't expect a limousine but the cars are in good condition.
But to be honest, for getting around in Pangkor you don't need a car. However, if you insist, Ah Foo Motor has reliable cars available.
Jalan Pasir Bogak, 32300 Pangkor, Perak.
There is one road on Pulau Pangkor. It circles around Pangkor Island. Altogether it is about 18 km plus another 4 km towards the Dutch Fort and Tiger Rock. .
Typically people will use a taxi to get to their hotel and rent one for a round the island trip (around RM 40-60 depending on the season).
The pink colored minibus taxis offer enough space for a family to go around Pangkor.
Alternatively many choose to explore Pangkor on their own and rent a motorbike or bicycle.
A warning is important. The northern road at Pangkor towards Teluk Dalam is steep and small. If you have not much experience with driving a motorbike, it can be difficult, if not dangerous.
The road at Pangkor is at parts steep and small. The costs for renting a motorbike should be around RM 40 for the whole day. One of the companies renting motorbikes is: Soon Seng Motor. They are at 12 Main Rd (near jetty), 05-6851269, and also have a branch at Standard Camp, Pantai Pasir Bogak, 05-6851878.
A little hard to find, a lost resort at the south east coast of the island.
Alternatively you can rent one in your hotel. Make sure you get a helmet. Although you will see many people without using one, it is mandatory in Malaysia.
If you are at a beach, or have a meal, lock your bike. Pangkor is a safe place but it's better to be safe than sorry.
Cycling at Pangkor is fine, but you may find the road on the north steep.
Before you go around on a bicycle, check the brakes, gear system and the tires.
The price of renting a bicycle is RM15 a day.
Pulau Pangkor does not have public transport in the form of local buses available so all your transport will be by pink taxies or motorbike, bicycle or on foot..
On the mainland, you can arrange transport by bus or taxi to almost anywhere in Malaysia. The intercity buses are doing a very good job. (tip: take the Sri Maju buses for traveling to KL or Penang, as Transnasional occassionally takes detours through for example Kuala Kangsar and therefore can take up to an hour longer).
Check for the details on the busses our Bus schedule page and our general Travel to Pangkor page.
Have a great time in getting around in Pangkor but take some care as some parts of the circle road are narrow and steep. Especially on motorbike or bicycle you have to take some extra care. Fortunately there is not much traffic. That makes going around on Pangkor Island very easy.
Outside Lumut a great forest park is now available. Completely renovated Taman Paya Bakau is a small park in the mangrove forest. It's a nice bridge over the swamps with good explanations why mangrove forest are so important for the ecosystems in Malaysia. It's just outside Lumut on the way to Taiping.
Some people don't believe me when I say cycling at Pangkor is great. Well, let's hear it from a newby in cycling.


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An ongoing tradition of King of the Hill/King of the Track annual weekends has turned into the South Coast Tire Shootout, kicking off Saturday, June 19 with King of the Hill, this year sponsored by Willits Tire Center and One Stop Garden Shop.
The season is developing with some interesting patterns. You have a driver winning back-to-back first-place finishes to then go out in the 1st round. Another makes consistent ETs and close-to-dial ins (or squeaking out of double breakout finishes winning) round after round, not to mention double breakouts in Finals with super tight margins of victory. A rookie Sportsman racer takes on a veteran in a final. A biker with a dial-in 5 seconds slower than his competitor comes out winning, and though cars leave some race days on tow trucks, they're back the next event, revving into a new day.
Sportsman saw the return of John Terry with his '70 Nova earn a bye run into the semi final. In that round, rookie Elizabeth Sjoquist's '64 Studebaker took a win over Ana Toledo's '69 Mustang, 17.16 over Toledo's 12.58 breakout run under her 12.62 dial in. Noteably, Sjoquist started her run with an .007 reaction time. She'd then take on Terry, Terry taking a win in his first visit of the season, 15.20 over her 17.30.
Moving further into his second year in Motorcycles, young Mike Pettit, Jr. worked his way into the Motorcycle final, in which he had the second best reaction time of the Eliminations bikers (.016 on a .400). The best reaction time of the field - a perfect RT of .000 - was committed by his Finals competitor earlier in Round 1: Sylus Girard. But Pettit, Jr., who finished his Rookie year 3rd in points over all, would out run Girard's '86 GSXR in the Final with his 2000 Summit snowmobile, 10.17 over 10.28.
Girard's perfect RT was joined by Pro racer Harlan Tucker, whose Round 1 perfect reaction time helped in a win over Mike Wright. Tucker enter the race tied for 4th in points with Doug Atkins. Atkins was absent in eliminations, as Tucker's '67 Barracuda worked it's way into a Final against John Antongiovanni. For Antongiovanni, returning after a first place and Best Package finish in the previous event, the Boss Eliminator, it helped launch him to 2nd place in points. In Day 1 of the Tire Shootout, his Nova beat Tucker's 'Cuda, 12.16 over 11.17. Interestingly, John's dial in of 12.12 was the e.t. he ran for a 1st place win over Mike Wright in the Boss Eliminator.
Young Justin Wells had his first race of the year at Samoa Dragstrip, and it saw him in the Finals against Mikie Pires. Wells suffered a red-lit start launching into his 8.48 Eighth-Mile run (on an 8.45 dial in), Pires taking First Place win.
Eliminations also included a special Mustang class sponsored by Harper Ford. While Harper Ford showed off a brand new Mustang, three Mustangs of varying age became the main contenders in an eleven pony car field. Larry Ghidennelli made it as far as the quarter finals in Sportsman but earned a bye run in the Mustang class with his '93. Jason Giacone's Pro '65 took on Ron Gulbransen's '68 California Special edition Mustang, Gulbransen taking the 1st place purse from Harper Ford.
On paper, Super Pro's rounds had some extremely interesting matchups: Ray Rapp and Jim Toledo race in Round 1 (Rapp's Vega advances); Scott Tucker returns with his '70 Challenger to take on newcomer Mike Benner's front engine dragster, also in Round 1; young Curtis Daniels takes a win over Ken Drake, Sr.'s 9-second '32 sedan, Drake running .008 under his 9.80 dial in. Greg Crone runs .009 under his 10.10 dial in as competitor Mike Giacone runs 10.40 just over his 10.39 dial in, earning him a bye run into the Semi Finals.
In the Semi Finals, Curtis Daniels's '69 Chevelle takes a win over Tucker's Challenger, Tucker breaking out 10.35 under his 10.37 dial in. Daniels then enters his second consecutive Finals appearance against Giacone for a double breakout finish, Daniels running 11.605 under his 11.61 dial in, Giacone rolling 10.404 under his 10.41 dial in, essentially losing the race by going .001 further under his dial in than Daniels. For Daniels, who entered the race 3 mere points behind then-second place points holder Jim Toledo, the win is pretty big. For Giacone it breaks his tie for 5th in points with Curtis' father Leonard and succeeds Rich Givens to reach 3rd place in points.


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Category: Pearlfishers
SATURDAY'S SCOTTISH SONG : #241: THE PEARLFISHERS
I have mentioned, in passing, David Scott of The Pearlfishers during a small number of previous postings, with the most recent being just a few weeks back as part of the look at Paul Haig in this long-running feature. It's time to shine the spotlight on Mr. Scott and again, I'll lean on all music for the very detailed bio:-
An ever-shifting Scottish group led by singer/songwriter David Scott, the only constant member, the Pearlfishers are a glorious soft pop band mixing acoustic-based music with subtle orchestral flourishes, rather like a Glasgow-based Prefab Sprout with a major Brian Wilson fixation. Since forming in 1989 the Pearlfishers have refined and broadened their sound while maintaining a steadily growing cult following.
Scott began writing songs while a teenager in Glasgow in the early '80s. In the summer of 1984, Scott played his earliest bedroom efforts to local musician Bobby Henry, who offered to put a pair of them on The Shift Compilation, an anthology of Glasgow bands released on Henry's own Shift Records. Released under the band name Chewy Raccoon, a joke name that stuck, the songs attracted enough attention that Scott and the band were signed to Shift's distributor, Phonogram, which released the group's sole single, "Don't Touch Me," in August 1985. The single flopped, Scott was dropped by Phonogram, and the Chewy Raccoon name was, thankfully, retired.
The following year, Scott hooked up with Australian-born drummer Jim Gash, keyboardist Robert McGinlay, bassist Chris Keenan, and backing vocalist Jeanette Burns to form the immediate precursors to the Pearlfishers, Hearts and Minds. Signed to CBS Records, the group released one single, the folksy "Turning Turtle," produced by Eric Stewart of 10cc, in September 1987. After that single followed the Chewy Raccoon disc to oblivion, internal dissension split the group, who left CBS in early 1988, permanently souring Scott on the major-label experience.
Scott and Gash quickly formed a new group, featuring Brian McAlpine on keyboards and Yugoslavian bassist Mil Stricevic. When an American group called Hearts and Minds signed with A&M Records, Scott and company changed their name to the Pearlfishers, after the Bizet opera. Twice burned by his previous experiences with record labels, Scott formed his own imprint, My Dark Star, which released the Pearlfishers' debut single, "Sacred," in late 1990. Sessions for an album tentatively titled The Flo'ers o' the Forest followed, but they were abandoned in the summer of 1991. An EP, Hurt, was fashioned from songs recorded in the abortive album sessions and released in November of that year, quickly followed in early 1992 by a cassette-only release of strictly acoustic songs called Woodenwire, which featured a musical setting of a Robert Burns poem and a pair of traditional Scottish folk songs.
Recorded in nearly a year's worth of off-and-on sessions, the Pearlfishers' debut album, Za Za's Garden (named after one of Scott's earliest pre-Chewy Raccoon songs), was released in August 1993. Produced by Scott and McAlpine, the album largely abandoned the rustic and folky elements of the Pearlfishers' early releases in favor of a newfound emphasis on crystalline arrangements and Beach Boys-inspired harmonies, anchored by McAlpine's delicate keyboards.
The first of several lineup changes took place after the release of Za Za's Garden. In fact, for the next several records, the Pearlfishers were simply Scott and McAlpine with a revolving door of rhythm sections, plus guests on various string and reed instruments. During an extended break between the first and second albums, Scott partnered with Duglas T. Stewart of the BMX Bandits to create and tour with two revues based on the music of Scott's two primary influences, Brian Wilson and French jazz-rock idol Serge Gainsbourg.
Signing with the German label Marina Records, Scott and McAlpine released possibly their finest album, 1997's The Strange Underworld of the Tall Poppies, an album that is to Pet Sounds what Za Za's Garden had been to The Beach Boys Today! Two stop-gap EPs followed, 1997's Even on a Sunday Afternoon and 1998's Banana Sandwich, while Scott and McAlpine labored over 1999's The Young Picnickers, another album of moody, semi-orchestral pop, this time featuring a collaboration with Stewart. Scott and Stewart collaborated two more times in 2000: on-stage with a tribute concert to the legendary Italian soundtrack composer Ennio Morricone and on records with the Marina tribute album Caroline Now!: The Songs of Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys, executive produced by the pair.
2001's Across the Milky Way introduced a new era in the Pearlfishers' career. McAlpine was gone, leaving Scott to handle keyboards along with his usual guitar and bass duties. The album is perhaps slightly less grand than its two predecessors, with a more intimate, live feel. Original Pearlfishers drummer Jim Gash returned, and bassist Lindsay L. Cooper (of avant-garde jazz trio Day & Taxi) is among the dozen guest musicians. The Strange Underworld of the Tall Poppies was re-released the following year.
The bio takes us up to 2002. A look at the discography and other places on the official website reveals the following info:-
2002: Dumb, Dumb, Dumb – contribution to 'Is This Music?', a Teenage Fanclub Tribute (Painted Sky Discs)
2003: Sky Meadows – album (Marina Records)
2004: A Sunflower at Christmas – album (Marina Records)
2005: Re-release of The Young Picnickers (1999)
2007: Up With The Larks – album (Marina Records)
2007: The Umbrellas of Shibuya – 7″ single (Marina Records)
2008: iTunes Essentials – download compilation
2009: Digital re-release of A Sunflower at Christmas, with five additional songs
2010: The Land of Counterpane – contribution to 'From a Garden of Songs – Songs from the poetry of Robert Louis Stevenson'(Modestine Records)
2011: Swan Dreams – contribution to 'Love Letter to Japan', a download compilation on Bandcamp
2014: Open Up Your Colouring Book – album (Marina Records)
2015: Record Store Day vinyl release of The Strange Underworld of the Tall Poppies (Marina Records)
2019: Love & Other Hopeless Things – album (Marina Records)
Oh, and it's also worth mentioning that David Scott is an academic, as the Head of Division in the School of Business and Creative Industries at the University of the West of Scotland.
The Pearlfishers are one of those bands who have a real hardcore base, hoovering up all the releases and heading along on the few occasions when David play live, either in a solo capacity or with a band. He's worked with just about anyone who is anyone in the Scottish music scene, and nobody has a bad word to say about him. I've only a handful of tracks, all from various compilations released by Marina Records over the years.
mp3: The Pearlfishers – Everybody Knows It's A Dream
Released in 2004 and found on Ave Marina – Ten Years of Marina Records
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Street Art: What is for Sale and What is Not?
by Milica Jovic January 20, 2020
From 1960s New York graffiti boom to iconic Banksy auctions, street artists have come a long way, from arrests and vandalism charges to acceptance and recognition in the art world. Once considered worthless and disdained, street art is now as appreciated as any other art form. It's exhibited at renowned venues, it's reaching millions at auctions and has museums dedicated to the genre. However, even with the rising popularity of street art, collectors still have many questions related to the genre. In this blog post, we will try to answer some of these questions and address doubts that are troubling street art collecting newbies.
Image by Pascal Bernardon via Unsplash
What Exactly are you Buying, When you Buy a Street Art Piece?
Well, it depends. Street artists are known to produce a variety of pieces ranging from original artworks, to editions, prints, toys, apparel... Artworks that are originally spray-painted on the walls are usually reproduced and sold on the market as limited edition prints. The price of a print is determined by the reputation of the artist, the size of the edition and the artist's signature. Prints by celebrated artists, signed prints and those made in smaller editions cost more, than large edition prints, unsigned prints and prints by unknown artists. To know more about how prints are priced, check out our blog focused on determining the value of prints.
Apart from reproductions, street artists sometimes make original artworks, pieces that cannot be found on the streets. These artworks can be made in any form whatsoever (sculptures, prints, paintings, etc.). Despite being one-of-a-kind, these artworks are usually made in the artist's recognizable style and maintain a connection with the rest of his or her work.
Finally, artists sometimes produce branded everyday objects. Street artist KAWS, for example, is known for his art toys named Companions, while Shepard Fairey founded his own streetwear brand, Obey. Japanese pop art star Takashi Murakami collaborated with big fashion brands like Vans, Louis Vuitton, and Uniqlo. The artist also designed a variety of mass-produced items - pillows, pins, shoes, shirts and toys featuring his colourful characters.
Most people agree that the huge versatility of street artworks is one of its strongest points. Prices range between several dozens of dollars for collectible items like toys, skateboard decks, and figurines, to several million dollars for original one-of-a-kind art pieces.
That way, even if you can't afford an original street artwork, you can always buy an item from the same artist. While more expensive pieces will undoubtedly capture the attention of wealthy collectors, affordable prints and figurines are a great way to start or to freshen up your collection.
Image by Jon Tyson via Unsplash
How to Know if Street Art is Original?
Street art is very "exposed". Everyone walking down the street can see an image sprayed on the wall. Due to its grand visibility, street art is vulnerable to forgeries. Sometimes it's easy even for an average artist to reproduce the artwork he or she saw on the street, and sell it as an original. To prevent other people from forging their works, many street artists have established authenticating companies. Celebrated street artist Banksy, for example, founded Pest Control, a company that verifies his works for a fee.
Others have outsourced their authentication efforts by picking a gallery to represent them. Since street art has been a part of the mainstream for a while, top street artists can easily find gallery representation. Artists like JR and OSGEMEOS enjoy representation by major galleries who take care of authentication and battling forgeries for them. To ensure that the art you bought is original, ask for an artist-signed certificate of authenticity. Since many of top street artists are very much alive, getting an artist to sign a certificate and confirm the artwork's authenticity, shouldn't be a problem.
Can you Buy a Street Artwork Directly Off a Wall?
Technically, yes. An increasing number of street artworks is being removed from the walls and sold at auctions, even without the artist's permission. But how is this even legal? When an artwork is sprayed on private property (let's say, someone's house or a pub) it belongs to the owner of the wall. The owner can preserve it, remove it or repaint it. However, if an artwork is made by a prominent artist, many owners choose to conserve it and then sell it on the market. The artwork is then removed from the wall, in a joint effort of art experts and professional building companies to ensure no damage is done to the piece.
Should you buy artworks chiseled off the wall? That is completely up to you. Some people think that buying art removed from a wall is a way of preserving it for future generations. Art that remains in public space is prone to vandalism, humidity, pollution, and other factors of decay. By taking it off a wall and placing it in perfect storage conditions the artwork can last for eternity. Others think that art should be left where it was meant to be, as removing art from public spaces disrupts the artists' vision. According to this opinion, you should restrain yourself for purchasing art that's not meant to be sold by its creator.
This is considered unethical. Street artworks are meant to be displayed on the streets, to embellish a certain neighbourhood or serve a community. When you remove it from the streets, you are going against the desires of an artist and you are depriving a community of art that's made for public display. Many artists are outraged to see their outdoor works, moved indoors. In 2016, prominent street artist Blu even destroyed some of his works in Bologna, when he realised that they are being increasingly removed from the walls and placed in exhibitions. Artists combat street art removal and sale, by refusing to authenticate these pieces. However, since many artworks are well-documented in the press and social media, they still end up at auctions, selling for hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Image by Matthew T Rader via Unsplash
What Should you Buy?
As with any other art form, when it comes to street art the reputation of the artist is often the main determinator of the artwork's price. The art market is dominated by several important figures (Banksy, Obey, KAWS…) and their artworks are always a good buy as they are expected to rise in price. However, there are many other emerging artists out there worth collecting, like Conor Harrington, Sara Erenthal or Ben Slow to name a few. Another way to go about collecting your street art is by purchasing artworks from underrated gems of the past. Artists like Rammellzee and Futura, for example, created some outstanding, pioneering artworks in the 70s and 80s, and their art can still be found at affordable prices.
With booming popularity and a growing base of devoted supporters around the world, street art is a force to be reckoned with. Hope this blog post explained some of the ambiguities about the street art scene and that it will inspire you to go out and find some street artworks to enrich your collection.
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TAYLORSVILLE, Ky. (KT) – A Kentucky man who received national recognition for helping thousands of people affected by last year's devastating hurricanes says he was just doing what God told him to do.
Chris Cropp, of Taylorsville, Ky., was presented the Distinguished Service Award from Southern Baptist Disaster Relief in January and was the only Kentuckian celebrated by the humanitarian organization for his selfless service to others during 2017.
"Chris is a servant leader who loves Christ and has a heart to help those devastated by disaster," said Kentucky Baptist Disaster Relief Director Coy Webb.
Cropp is one of more than 4,500 volunteers who have been certified by the Kentucky Baptist Convention to assist people affected by natural and man-made disasters in Kentucky, the nation and around the world.
In nominating Cropp for the award, Webb said he served with "excellence" amid disasters in West Virginia, Florida and Texas after heavy rains and hurricanes flooded homes and displaced families.
Cropp, a member of First Baptist Church of Fisherville, also serves on the state disaster relief leadership team and as a disaster relief instructor.
"I just felt the Lord pulling on my heartstrings telling me that's what I needed to do, to get out and help people in their time of need," Cropp said.


Why can't my Samsung GT-S 5253 connect to a computer?
I can physically connect my phone to my computer, but really it does not connect. What's wrong? The phone is a Samsung GT-S 5253 and I need to connect it to recharge the battery.
you can try to charge the battery on another Samsung GT-S 5253 and plug it back into yours, then you can see if the problem comes from the usb connectivity of your phone.
Not all phones charge through their data connection, and not all USB ports provide enough power to those phones that can. Try pluggin your phone into the wall outlet *charger* that was no doubt provided with your phone when you bought it.


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Detecting COVID-19 antibodies in 10-12 seconds
PITTSBURGH--Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University report findings on an advanced nanomaterial-based biosensing platform that detects, within seconds, antibodies specific to SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to testing, the platform will help to quantify patient immunological response to the new vaccines with precision.
The results were published this week in the journal Advanced Materials. Carnegie Mellon's collaborators included the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) and the UPMC.
The testing platform identifies the presence of two of the virus' antibodies, spike S1 protein and receptor binding domain (RBD), in a very small drop of blood (about 5 microliters). Antibody concentrations can be extremely low and still detected below one picomolar (0.15 nanograms per milliliter). This detection happens through an electrochemical reaction within a handheld microfluidic device which sends results almost immediately to a simple interface on a smart phone.
"We utilized the latest advances in materials and manufacturing such as nanoparticle 3D printing to create a device that rapidly detects COVID-19 antibodies," said Rahul Panat, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at Carnegie Mellon who uses specialized additive manufacturing techniques for research ranging from brain-computer interfaces to biomonitoring devices.
An additive manufacturing technology called aerosol jet 3D printing is responsible for the efficiency and accuracy of the testing platform. Tiny, inexpensive gold micropillar electrodes are printed at nanoscale using aerosol droplets that are thermally sintered together. This causes a rough, irregular surface that provides increased surface area of the micropillars and an enhanced electrochemical reaction, where antibodies can latch on to antigens coated on the electrode. The specific geometry allows the micropillars to load more proteins for detection, resulting in very accurate, quick results.
The test has a very low error rate because the binding reaction between the antibody and antigen used in the device is highly selective. The researchers were able to exploit this natural design to their advantage.
The results come at an urgent time during the COVID-19 pandemic. "Because our technique can quantify the immune response to vaccination, it is very relevant in the current environment," Panat said.
Panat collaborated with Shou-Jiang Gao, leader of the cancer virology program at UPMC's Hillman Cancer Center and professor of microbiology and molecular genetics at Pitt. Azahar Ali, a researcher in Panat's Advanced Manufacturing and Materials Lab, was the lead author of the study.
Rapid diagnosis for the treatment and prevention of communicable diseases is a public health issue that goes beyond the current COVID-19 pandemic. Because the proposed sensing platform is generic, it can be used for the rapid detection of biomarkers for other infectious agents such as Ebola, HIV, and Zika. Such a quick and effective test could be a game-changer for controlling the spread of diseases.
Reference: "Sensing of COVID-19 antibodies in seconds via aerosol jet nanoprinted reduced graphene oxide coated three dimensional electrodes," Advanced Materials. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/adma.202006647
About Carnegie Mellon University, College of Engineering: The College of Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University is a top-ranked engineering college that is known for our intentional focus on cross-disciplinary collaboration in research. The College is well known for working on problems of both scientific and practical importance. Our "maker" culture is ingrained in all that we do, leading to novel approaches and transformative results. Our acclaimed faculty has a focus on innovation management and engineering to yield transformative results that will drive the intellectual and economic vitality of our community, nation and world.
College of Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
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Collection comprises architecture files of architect Herman Brookman, including drawings, specifications, correspondence, and photographs concerning 23 projects in Oregon. The photographs include images of design and architectural and decorative details, by professional photographers, of residences and several other structures designed by Brookman.
American architect Herman Brookman (1891-1973) practiced in the Pacific Northwest from 1923 through the 1960s. He specialized in residential architecture and designed the M. Lloyd Frank estate, now Lewis and Clark College, as well as the Temple Beth Israel and the Memorial Temple House in the Portland, Oregon area.
Herman Brookman presented the University of Oregon Libraries with his entire professional files and library in the fall of 1967. He gave 116 sets of working drawings for residences and buildings as well as complete specifications, correspondence, and photographic files concerning 62 jobs.
Perhaps Mr. Brookman's most important contributions in addition to the outstanding quality of residential design are the M. Lloyd Frank estate (now Lewis and Clark College) and the Temple Beth Israel and the Memorial Temple House.
Mr. Brookman was born in 1891 and worked in New York City with Allbro and Lindeberg, 1909-1915. From 1915-1923 he practiced with Harrie T. Lindeberg in New York City and moved to Portland to build the residence of M. Lloyd Frank in 1923. He has practiced in the Northwest from 1923 to 1967.
Included with the inventory of the drawings and specifications is a list of volumes received in 1967. The University has received a number of significant books and professional journals in earlier years from Mr. Brookman.
This photographs in the collection include a series of 11 portfolios compiled by the architect, including documentation of the Temple, Fir Acres and Menucha; additional images of the Temple, Fir Acres and Menucha; miscellaneous images of other buildings; and a selection of negatives. Professional photographic firms in Portland took most of the images. In additional to floor plans and elevations, many of the images document ornamental details and landscaping, showing the structure as a part of its environment. Some images document metalwork by the noted designer Oscar Bach (1884-1957).
*Portfolios 10-12: Frank Estate "Fir Acres"
*Box 12: Frank Estate "Fir Acres"
*Box 13: Meier Estate "Menucha"
[Identification of item], Herman Brookman architecture files, Ax 330, Special Collections & University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries, Eugene, Oregon.
Folio No. 57: Arnsberg, Asa. House. Portland, Oregon.
Folio No. 72: Battle Hill Club House. White Plains, N.Y.
Folio No. 72: Burger, John. House. Battle Hill, White Plains, N.Y.


Was just wondering was the phase 1 gsi carpet a different colour to a standard model?
my phase two merit shell seems to have a lighter grey carpet than the boot carpet that cam out of my scrap gsi shell.
The boot carpet from the gsi shell is a mess and covered in stains so I cant use it.
Bottom picture is from the gsi.
See I only have that bit and not the wheel arch covers from the gsi so its not helping.
I'd be tempted to just use the merit carpets, I doubt anyone will pull you on the shade of grey they are.


The Cold Light of Dawn is the fourth in Anna Belfrage's series, The King's Greatest Enemy, the story of a man torn apart by his loyalties to his lord and his king.
Anna Belfrage is a very talented author, she is one of my favorites for so many reasons, I wish more people knew about her and her two wonderful series, The King's Greatest Enemy and The Graham Saga. She can draw a reader right in and not let go until the final pages, even the Author's Note hold my attention.
The Cold Light of Dawn is the fourth book in the King's Greatest Enemy Series, my understanding was that this would be the final one, but while it concluded nicely this reader would like the series to continue, I've connected with the characters and would love to see what life has in store.
Anna has created characters here and put them in a time when there is unrest in England and has made me care about them, actually wishing that they were real historical figures. It's the timeperiod when Edward III wears the crown but the country really seems to be ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer. Coming in at 593 pages and, with great attention to detail there is so much depth here that it wasn't hard to be totally captivated and the hours just whizzed by.
There is a lot of activity taking place, whether it's between Kit and Adam, Edward III and his wife Philippa and of course Queen Isabella and Mortimer, that revolve around real historical events. The ending wasn't a real surprise and honestly I was hoping for a different outcome but alas you can't change history. It's evident that not just a lot of research went into this series but also emotion, you can feel the author's passion in her writing.
If I made repeat myself, this is a wonderful series, it's best to start at the beginning with In the Shadow of the Storm and continue on. Trust me, if you are a lover of historical fiction then this is a series for you.
You can also connect with Anna on Facebook, Twitter and Goodreads.
During the Blog Tour we will be giving away a complete set of The King's Greatest Enemy series to one winner & two winners will win a paperback copy of The Cold Light of Dawn!
Thank you for a lovely review! And yes, leaving Adam like that...sheesh, it crushed my heart, ergo the desire to see what happens next.


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FINRA Opens Arbitration and Mediation Forums to Customers of Non-Member Investment Advisers | McCabe Rabin, P.A.
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ("FINRA") has announced that its arbitration and mediation services are now available to customers of non-FINRA member investment advisers ("IAs"). Previously, only disputes with FINRA members were permitted to be arbitrated or mediated before FINRA.
The final award will be publicly available.


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Q: Does it make sense to place constraints in the code instead of in the database? I've recently joined a project that uses a database model which is, to me at least, unconventional. Every column, except the primary key, is nullable. Instead, the constraint is enforced in the code used to access the database.
The reasoning of the developers is that it's more flexible to do so, and since the REST API exposing this data is supposed to be the single point of data access, there is no risk of corrupt data entering the database.
It's something I hadn't heard of before, and I didn't manage to find any resources championing it. I can appreciate their reasoning and I can't really poke any holes in it either, but my gut feeling says this method is absolutely wrong.
So, does it make sense to place constraints in the code instead of in the database? The database product of choice is SQL Server.

A: Of course it's more flexible to allow everything. Arguing against this is a losing game. The point of constraints, types, information hiding etc. etc. is that we've slowly and painfully realized that total flexibility isn't good for us. We're too error-prone to assume that much responsibility, and we're too bad about judging our own abilities to make the right trade-off ourselves.
In this case, a database with nullable columns cannot guarantee a lot of the things which constitute the advantage of having a relational database in the first place. REST is a nice way of accessing things, but it simply can't deliver the kind of assurances (like atomicity, durability etc.) that people assume from using databases. Maybe all that is of no importance in your particular system, but I really doubt it.

A: This line of reasoning is valid if you never ever have mistakes or bugs in the code.
You only need a single bug in the application code to cause a NULL to be saved in the database. Even if this bug is quickly discovered or fixed, the NULL remains in the database and will cause other parts of the code to fail in obscure ways, since the rest of the code is written with the expectation that this field is never NULL. You can't really get rid of the NULL again, since you don't know what the correct value was supposed to be. So now you have to rewrite all the code to handle the special case where this field is NULL.
Obviously there could also be mistakes in the schema/constraints design, but this would only lead to data corruption in the unlucky case where there is a bug in the schema and a matching bug in the application code. So you are still much better protected. In any case, application logic is typically much more complex and faster changing that the database schema, and hence more error prone.
Of course you should still validate and enforce the business constraints at the application level. I'm just pointing out the risk of only doing it at the application level and not have the database reject invalid data.

A: The reason that constraints in the database are usually the best place to start, is because of concurrency.
If your application supports more than a single user, or is a web application where you can have multiple people updating data, or a single person with multiple browser tabs open, then constraints at the application level are subject to race conditions: Multiple people could be updated the same record at the same time. Even pre-checks at the application level require milliseconds to occur, and in that small span of time two people could commit their changes at the same time, thus bypassing your constraints at the application level.
Databases have long ago solved race conditions affecting inserting, updating and deleting the same data, which they call concurrency.
Let's also not forget that data can end up in the database without going through your application. A DBA can log in and run a SQL script.
We put constraints in the database simply because we don't have to program around concurrency and race conditions in the application tier, and data can be inserted or updated without going through your application.

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Hong Kong: Concrete jungle where we eat dim sum
Arts and Culture, Fashion, Lifestyle, Travel.
Hong Kong Day 1:
Hong Kong is Asia's answer to New York. It's a playground full of colours, lights, and speed. A perfect mélange of tradition and modernity. A hub for finance, fashion and food and one of the most exciting cities in the world. We've had the opportunity to spend a great deal of time living in Hong Kong over the years and always look forward to going back to visit.
We find ourselves in this "concrete jungle where dreams are made" in early June – the start of summer, which means long hot and steamy days best spent in air conditioning or by the water. It is a reminder why so many Hong Kong expats have to virtually buy a whole new wardrobe of suits and shirts when they arrive on the Island, because the climate certainly tests even the strongest of anti-perspirants.
When staying in Hong Kong, it certainly pays to have a little sanctuary where you can relax, recharge and re-calibrate and the luxurious Four Seasons Hotel in Central is our favourite, for both comfort and proximity to everything . But you can't go wrong with the The Mandarin Oriental or The Upper House either. Both are pretty special – the M bar in the Mandarin Oriental and Café Grey in The Upper House are worthy of visiting, even if you're not staying at the hotel.
After hours spent either shopping, eating, drinking or partying (or all combined), a good shower and a comfortable bed make it that much easier to wake up ready to do it all again the next day. The magnificent infinity pool at the Four Seasons, which overlooks Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour towards Kowloon is an oasis in the midst of the heat and humidity. It's quite a contradiction to be lounging by the pool, cocktail in hand, to look up and see numerous imposing skyscrapers.
As eating really is a serious business in Hong Kong, we thought it'd be rude not to start the trip with brunch at one of our favourite restaurants; Zuma, located in the glamourous Landmark Building. Boozy Champagne brunches on the weekends are an institution in Hong Kong and a real must if you can fit it in to your schedule. Chances are you will love Zuma like we do, be it because of the free flowing Champagne or the delicious buffet of sushi that melts in your mouth and the dessert platter presented like a work of art on a block of ice, which almost looks too pretty to demolish. Although Zuma have recently switched from serving Perrier Jouet to Veuve, the food remains impeccable. If Japanese isn't for you, there is an abundance of other options in Hong Kong with pretty much every luxury hotel offering buffet style brunches and a number of other restaurants doing their version of the boozy brunch.
After we've been "Zuma-ed" we head for Pier 7 to take the famous Star Ferry across to Tsim Sha Tsui on the Kowloon side. This is still one of the best touristy things you can do in Hong Kong and also one of the cheapest. A one way crossing will cost you no more than a couple of Hong Kong Dollars and is the best way to take in Victoria Harbour, the Hong Kong skyline and all the junks, steam boats, cruise liners and cargo ships which also share one of the oldest and busiest working harbours in the world. The short trip seems shorter every time we go back to Hong Kong and that's not because our minds are playing tricks on us – bit by bit, Hong Kong harbour has been filled in with sand – or 'reclaimed' as it were. This is a shame, but in a growing metropolis like Hong Kong, space is at a premium. From Tsim Sha Tsui, you can choose to do one of several things – shop, shop or shop. This time, we choose to first take in the formidable sight of the giant yellow inflatable duck that has called Hong Kong home for the last month. We had heard that recently it had suffered a puncture – either due to heavy 'black' rain or perhaps some debris floating in the harbour. The rubber ducky's effect on the Hong Kong Chinese was profound, with reports that many elderly women were brought to tears when the duck was deflated for repairs; apparently the duck had conjured up childhood memories…or something like that. On this occasion however, we are glad to see the duck floating proudly. The large crowd gathered to take photos ensures that we only stop briefly before heading into the mega-mall, Ocean Terminal.
Harbour City (it is like a mini-city) and the adjoining malls are a labyrinth of beautifully presented designer shops and restaurants stacked over multiple levels, stretching the length of the Ocean Terminal finger wharf and up Canton Road. This is either a shopaholic's dream or a bag mule's nightmare. You can walk kilometers and really get lost in this place and for that reason, this mega-mall breaks up the complex into zones, so you can attempt to orientate yourself. Honestly, even if shopping isn't your thing, its worthwhile taking a look at this huge mall. On weekends however, it's best to avoid Ocean Terminal and Tsim Sha Tsui in general, due to the crowds of locals and increasingly, Mainland Chinese literally shopping till they drop. It's not uncommon to see long queues outside the designer shops.
Outside of Harbour City, there's plenty of other shops around Tsim Sha Tsui, but we'd advise you to give a wide berth to the Indian touts – engage them at your peril – you'll find them spruiking their "imitation Rolexes…looks very real" and "suits very good price for you."
Hong Kong is a city where old meets new. On the Kowloon side, the historic Peninsula Hotel has consistently been voted one of the best hotels in the world and has been around since 1928. If you can't stay here, taking afternoon tea in the lobby, accompanied by a string quartet can buy you a little piece of the 5-star experience. In stark contrast, the tallest and one of the most modern buildings in Hong Kong, The International Commerce Centre (ICC) Tower in West Kowloon rises 486m straight up into the sky. This phallic skyscraper opened officially in 2011 and currently houses investment banks, The Ritz-Carlton hotel, an observatory deck – Sky 100 and Ozone Bar– the highest bar in the world on 118th floor. Although not necessarily one of our 'favourite' bars in Hong Kong, the novelty of actually looking down on the skyscrapers on Hong Kong Island is worth the ear-popping experience.
Hong Kong might be a concrete jungle of skyscrapers, but they are put to good use every evening during the Symphony of Lights show. With the very rare exception of a tropical cyclone, every night at 8pm, all the buildings on the Kowloon and Hong Kong Island foreshore are lit up in brilliant colours accompanied by music. A kaleidoscope of lasers and searchlights sweep across the harbour and the buildings, making it hard to know where to look! The best thing is, this experience is free and it never gets old. Some of our favourite vantage points are from Aqua Spirit or Hutong Restaurants on Peking Road, the Star Ferry or the infinity pool at The Four Seasons – but it really doesn't matter too much where you base yourself for this incredible show, as even if you only see a small portion of the lights and lasers, it's impressive none the less.
Hong Kong is a city that never sleeps and things start to get really pumping after dark around Lan Kwai Fong and Wyndham Street – Ground zero for Hong Kong's legendary nightlife. It's no wonder Philippe Perzi Vienna named two of our dress shirts from our latest shirt collection after these areas (Lan Kwai Fun, Wyndham Stripe), because some very fond memories have been had whilst out at night in this district. Hong Kong works hard and when the sun goes down, plays even harder with numerous bars and nightclubs filled to the brim and overflowing into the streets. Nightclubs such as Dragon-i, Privé and the private members club, Bougis (yes, like the one in South Kensington) attract bottle-popping suits and their accompanying posse. Hong Kong enjoys the kind of opulence and excess that London or New York hasn't seen for some years now and this is reflective of Hong Kong's status as the economic capital of the East.
We decide to call it a night after Bougis. A large, egg-shaped ice sculpture filled with a potent cocktail and topped with Champage – known as the Fabougi's Egg, has left some of us teetering on the steep sloping Pottinger Street and we decide to leave the still reveling club, for the sanctuary of the hotel. Hong Kong – 1, Philippe Perzi Vienna – 0
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Max graduated with Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in computer science and management science from Stanford, where he founded and wrote the software for a successful algorithmic trading hedge fund. His expertise is in systems, algorithms, and backend engineering in C++, Python, and Java. After completing an MBA at UCLA Anderson, he founded a legal technology startup and spent three years at Google as a senior software engineer and tech lead working on Machine Intelligence, Chrome, Photos, and Internet of Things.


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Q: Is this incorrect using of popen(), printf and stdout or bug in glibc? I noticed that  my program using function popen
and reassigning stdout fails with printf function
The code:
# include <stdio.h>
int main(int argc, char * argv[])
{
  FILE * tmp = stdout;
  char * command = "cat > newfile.txt";
  double a=12.2344;

  stdout = popen( command, "w"); /* permitted according to glibc tutorial */

  printf("That was laddy\n");  /* This doesn't go to newfile.txt !!!*/

  fprintf(stdout, "And his lass\n"); /* but This goes */

  /* but this...... */
  printf("A double number: %.2f\n", a); /* unexpectedly goes where the
                   first printf hasn't gone */

  /* is it a bug or there is something wrong in a code ? */

  pclose(stdout);

  stdout = tmp;

  return 0;

}

What's with function printf? One time it prints on tty but next time
to file 'newfile.txt' (where it should).
Is it bug with glibc or mistake in code above.
I use that redirection in my utility program.
Thanks for any suggestions.

A: Comment out the fprintf() and see whether your 1st and 2nd printf() behaves the same way. My guess is that fprintf() is doing something unexpected in the library data structures.

A: try with a fflush(stdout) before popen

A: This is clearly a bug in glibc.  I can reproduce the behavior you describe with libc 2.13 on an x86 Ubuntu with Linux kernel 3.0.0-32-generic.
If I replace the first call to printf() with the equivalent fprintf(stdout,"That was laddy\n");, all the output goes to the newfile.txt file.
Since printf() is defined in terms of fprintf(stdout,...) there should never be any behavior change when converting a printf(...) call to an fprintf(stdout,...) call.


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Berlin, a band with no real ties to Europe, was an 80's synthpop band from Los Angeles that had its start in 1978. The band's first single, "A Matter of Time", was released in 1979, re-issued in 1980 on their first album (Information), yet met with little fanfare. Initially, Berlin failed to garner the attention they were seeking, as the synthpop movement was slow to catch on when compared to top 40 pop bands of the early decade.
In 1980, singer Terri Nunn had rejoined the band after a short stint as an actress, even auditioning for Princess Leia for the original Star Wars movie. And no, she didn't get the part (duh). What she did do, however, was help Berlin release their second album, Pleasure Victim, which featured two hit songs: "Sex (I'm A...)" and "The Metro". Berlin's 1984 release, Love Life, featured the song "No More Words". Their best selling hit song, and the one they are probably most known for, was the single "Take My Breath Away", which was featured on the 1986 Top Gun movie soundtrack. Unfortunately, this happened to be their last big hit.
Berlin released the album Count Three and Pray in 1986, but due to a lack of interest in the album and some internal issues with the band, Berlin had dissolved by 1987. Interestingly enough, Terri Nunn somehow managed to wrangle the rights to the name Berlin away from founding member John Crawford, and subsequently continued to tour and release new material. The original members of the band did return to the stage and studio at the time of this writing in 2012. The current Berlin Discography is as follows:
1980: Information
1982: Pleasure Victim
1984: Love Life
1986: Count Three & Pray
1987: Dancing in Berlin
1988: Best of Berlin 1979-1988
1997: Master Series
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2002: Voyeur
2005: 4Play
2009: Terri Nunn & Berlin: All the Way In
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The Neon Machine, the fourth album from Austin musician Abram Shook, is a dystopian dance party, and everyone's invited. Juxtaposed against 2017's sepia-tinged, quietly reflective Love at Low Speed, the new record's mix of irresistible beats and slyly humor- ous lyrics might seem like a 180 at first glance: a giddy, knowing soundtrack to the end of the world. Those familiar with Shook's previous work, however, understand that he has always explored his own brand of off-kilter funk, from the soulful swagger of his debut album's standout single "Coastal' through Low Speed's Prince-inspired "Lies'. The varied influences of world music and jazz that are present in all his records can still be heard (as in the High-Life inspired guitar work on "My Money'), though here Shook tucks them into the corners and uses them in more subtle ways, giving center stage to a vintage Sequen- tial Circuits Prophet 600, a drum sequencer, and his signature rubbery bass lines. In Shook's adept hands, The Neon Machine is full of day-glo danceability even though something slightly sinister lurks beneath the surface; it's a kind of tour de force synesthe- sia for the fevered mind. With this record, Shook has traded in his usual gimlet-eyed observations for a playfully cynical sense of humor: "I play the game where I drink you off my mind/It never works, but I love to try/And I can go all night,' he sings on "Cocaine Blonde'. Using highly confessional lyrics and deeply personal insight to convey his anger, with the current political climate, he writes candidly about his anxieties, and frustrations toward a country and culture that he's grown up with, but hasn't always felt at home in. Every line seems to have a double meaning, and once you start to unlock the code - that every reference to a drug or a lover is actually a metaphor for the United States - they become even darker and more biting, and, for people who are also unhappy with the state of the world, very relatable. Full of Prince-esque riffs, Blood Orange-style beats, and David Bowie allusions, The Neon Machine is accessible and adventurous at once. It has as it's backdrop a party that's lasted too long, and the foreground of a narrator full of anxiety and skepticism whose hangover has already begun. The beauty of it lies in it's malleability. What appears on the surface to be an effervescent album of pop anthems, with it's familiar themes of sex, love and drugs, soon reveals it's true heart: the intimate insights of a man, long accustomed to being an outside observer, who has decided to join the fray. "In a lot of ways it feels like the record I've always wanted to make.'
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It's the tone, the vibration that's behind the words that are spoken, that is what you experience. The energy, is your key as to whether their words carry the low vibration of irritation or the high frequency of care and concern. The beauty is, you don't even have to think about it. You know automatically when listening to the sound of another's voice what frequency they are holding.
I've shared with you many times that having an abundant life is the result of moving through the world moment to moment from the high frequency vibration of love. While we may have pivotal moments where we notice the vibration we're holding, it's truly in the smaller moments, where much work can be accomplished.
Your words are a wonderful place to begin to observe your frequency and shift it when needed as they are always with you, and are often the expression of your unconscious mind. Certainly speaking kind words to others is an important practice, but you might be using words daily without even knowing that they represent low vibrational frequency.
How often do you say "I'm sorry" when you believe you've done something that needs rectification?
Most of us do it all the time.
We're raised to say "I'm sorry" if you bump into somebody in the store, or on a subway platform.
It's practically an automatic response.
When you say "I'm sorry," you're working from the energy of lack. Working from the frequency of I did something wrong, I wasn't enough.
Each time you say "I'm sorry" you're reinforcing the lack that you're apologizing for.
Now, I believe that accepting responsibility for my actions is incredibly important. But it's how I do that, the frequency that I hold as I seek to rectify any behavior that doesn't serve that truly matters. So I'm going to suggest that instead of saying "I'm sorry" you approach the situation from gratitude.
Let's see how that might work.
Maybe you are rushing to meet a friend. You got a late start, and the traffic is horrendous. As you sit stuck in bumper to bumper traffic, you notice that you're 10 minutes late, and then 20 minutes late. You notice that your state is getting more and more agitated as the minutes tick by and by the time you get to meet your friend they've been waiting for 30 minutes and you're a stressed out mess.
When you finally arrive, you automatically start to say how sorry you are, and you repeat to them all the situations in the last half-hour that caused you to be late. In reviewing all of the reasons for your tardiness, you are fueling the present moment with the negativity of what you've just experienced. No wonder why you can't relax once you've arrived!
Instead, lose the stories of the last 30 minutes, and speak from the high vibration of Gratitude.
As you thank your friend for their patience and tell them how excited you are about being with them, you are in an open state.
In addition, you are not repeating the past stories of pain, you're leaving the low frequency of the last half hour of stress behind, and you're moving right into your appreciation for them and into your excitement of being in their presence.
Gratitude and excitement are physical manifestations of love and a when you respond from these states of abundance, you're taking the situation that was low-level irritation and transforming it into grace. That's beautiful!!
If you feel that this example and the practice I'm suggesting is not important, please reconsider.
For not only do you most likely say "I'm sorry", several times a day but there are many other examples of words that you're most likely now using unconsciously, that are creating low frequency energy.
In the days to come, become the witness as well as the participant in your life. Begin to notice the words you use, and the thoughts you're holding about others and yourself, and then take a look to see if they carry high or low energy.
Be an observer not a judge, as you take on this practice.
If you should you notice that words you use sometimes carry low vibrational energy, make a commitment to shift your words. Identify consistent phrases, or expressions and begin to rephrase them in order for them to represent a higher vibration.
I'm sure you are getting the idea by now how your words can be your building blocks as you seek to build an abundant life.
You might even be realizing words or phrases that you use consistently that need to be transformed.
I love how practical, spiritual practices can be.
I love living a life from the state of abundance.
I love how daily life gives us so many opportunities to shift our frequency into high vibrational mode.
I love sharing information with YOU!
In this master class you will discover the 4 blocks that keep people from abundance and 4 transformational practices that you can use immediately, that will empower YOU to develop an abundant life!
You are most welcomed and thank you for your kind words Marilyn!
Thank you for this work! I have resisted saying I am sorry many times. Now I know why! I appreciate your words!
You are welcomed Ivan! I appreciate you taking time to reach out in gratitude!
You are more then welcomed Linda! Agreed! We are often brought up in an environment at best by good people who simply didn't have the understanding that always living inside the energy of "I am sorry" doesn't truly serve. In some cases when we were belittled and told me weren't good enough, "I'm sorry" takes on a completely different meaning. I love you accepting responsibility from abundance i.e.being grateful for another as they wait for us Etc..I'm so glad this teaching was of help to you and I so appreciate you taking the time to reach out and share your thoughts with all of us.
If you bump into someone, is "Excuse me" appropriate? I am trying to very much pay attention to how I think about things before I say them.


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Why the Biden administration should establish a Department of Climate
Posted on December 8, 2020 by ajk1311@gmail.com
"Establishing new Cabinet departments in the US isn't that unusual either. In fact, more than half of the government's 15 active departments have been formed in just the past 75 years. But among these executive-level departments and in all the hundreds of federal agencies, not one has a mission solely dedicated to the climate crisis."
"When the US faced grave security threats in the past, it rose to those challenges by reorganizing the executive branch. For instance, after World War II, Congress enacted the National Security Act of 1947 and it was signed by President Truman. The Act reorganized military and intelligence branches, established the National Security Council and Central Intelligence Agency, and merged the War and Navy department into what became the Department of Defense.
Following the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, the Department of Homeland Security was established, integrating 22 different federal agencies and offices into one unified Cabinet department. In a message to Congress on June 18, 2002, President George W. Bush wrote: "History teaches us that new challenges require new organizational structures. History also teaches us that critical security challenges require clear lines of responsibility and the unified effort of the US Government.""…
"legion of civil servants, who have devoted their careers to combating climate change, are fragmented and lack that clear line of responsibility President Bush described as necessary to address critical security challenges. These leading experts could be convened under one broad mission, with the potential for producing unified actions and outcomes far greater than the sum of their disaggregated parts.
Just as the Department of Homeland Security promises "relentless resilience" to attacks against the United States, a Department of Climate could deploy this same mindset, ensuring the US has the foundation it needs to take on the threats climate change poses to this nation and to future generations."
"federal health agencies' ability to focus on climate-related health impacts is currently inadequate. This is in part due to leadership that is dismissive of climate change — and in part because their attention is, understandably, on the Covid-19 pandemic. And the 2018 hurricane season before that, and Zika before that, and Ebola before that. While the CDC and other health agencies are full of experts working to mitigate climate-related health threats, their priorities will always be driven by the next new global health crisis — and by each new administration's political whims.
A new department would not be completely immune to the same geopolitical winds that tug on other federal agencies' attention; but a dedicated budget and clear language in its mission mandating action on climate change would better position it against such winds. Instead of each new administration interpreting whether work on climate falls within the scope of an agency's mission, there would be no question that addressing climate change is within the purview of a Department of Climate.
While there are many offices or divisions across numerous agencies engaged in work related to energy or transportation, these cross-cutting topics nevertheless have Cabinet-level leadership and congressionally determined budgets to ensure their missions are met regardless of who sits in the White House. As with education, labor, or agriculture, we should have a Department of Climate so that our nation always has the clear dedication of resources it needs to concentrate on crucial issues."
https://www.vox.com/2020/7/21/21332435/joe-biden-climate-change-department-epa
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In the twentieth century, the buzz word that replaced evolution was relativity. We are all aware of the changes in our lives that have been brought about by the scientific revolution based on Einstein's theory of relativity. This is the atomic age. Our lives have been changed by the threat of nuclear war as well as by new possibilities of power from nuclear energy that exist as a result of Einstein's work.
From the viewpoint of science, relativity simply has to do with description of motion. We can say that motion may be considered from more than one reference point. If I am moving toward you, it does not matter whether my motion is considered from my perspective or from your perspective. We simply have different reference points. In this, there is a sense in which my motion is relative. It is relative to a particular reference point. Thus, relativity in motion is defined or determined by various reference points.
There is a big jump, however, from relativity to relativism. It is one thing to say that motion is relative to a reference point; it is another thing to say that everything is relative. We have all heard the statement, "Everything is relative." We may even say it. If we do, we are perpetrating a myth of contemporary culture. I call this a myth because it couldn't possibly be anything else. If everything is relative to everything else, then there is no ultimate reference point. There is no basis for truth. If everything is relative then the statement, "Everything is relative," is also relative. It cannot be trusted as a fixed truth. All statements become relative. All axioms become relative. All laws become relative. Relative to what? To other statements, which are also relative. We have infinite relatives with no ultimate reference point. We have millions of "children" with no "parents." Truth is quicksilver.
Some view ultimate or "absolute relativity" (a contradiction in terms) as a major advance in modern science. In reality it is the end of science; the final graveyard of truth. It is one thing to say that for mathematical purposes motion may be considered as relative. But if everything is relative including ethics and values then we are in deep weeds: the kind of deep weeds one finds in a jungle. Consider relativity in ethics. If I don't like you and decide to murder you, is that good or bad? Neither. Or both. It's relative. For you and your family—your relatives (sic)—it may be considered bad. For me it's good since I've destroyed a personal enemy. In a relativistic law court why should a judge find against me? To call my act of murder "bad" would be an arbitrary judgment if everything is relative.
That is precisely where modern secular man finds himself. He lives his life with no ultimate, fixed, and absolute reference point that can define his life or the meaning of his existence. If everything is relative, you are relative, and there is no substance to the meaning of your life. The crisis in pluralism is that there is no ultimate point of reference.
In relativism, there are particulars but no universals, relatives but no absolutes. This means that we can have values but no Value, truths but no Truth, purposes but no Purpose. That is, we have no fixed standards by which to measure or to judge values, truth, purpose or beauty. Once we embrace relativism we live in a world of ultimate chaos.
Let me try to make this more concrete and relevant to where we live by looking at the effects of relativism in theology, in education, and in social ethics.
The tragedy of our day is that pluralism has not only been accepted as a working ideology in secular culture, but it has also been widely embraced in the church. You may have heard a congregation or a denomination proudly claim, "We are a pluralistic church." This means that church welcomes all different kinds of theology and viewpoints. It is not merely a matter of diversity within unity.
The Bible describes the church as a body. It is made up of diverse parts. Each part has an important role to play, an important function to perform. Just as the human body needs eyes and ears and a mouth, so the church needs various parts to it. We have different gifts, different tasks, different personalities. Yet in this diversity is unity. We have one Lord, one faith, one baptism. Ideally, we would all believe the same thing, but we do not all have a perfect understanding of the Bible. The Bible calls us to be patient, tolerant, and kind to one another in many points of disagreement. Yet there is an essential unity in truth. Certain truths cannot be negotiated. Denials of essentialtruths of Christianity are not to be tolerated in the truth.
When I finished with my address, one of the members of the group stood up and started to speak in favor of pluralism. To avoid hypocrisy, as soon as he started to talk in favor of pluralism I ran from the podium and out the door. Needless to say, this was to everyone's consternation. I left hundreds of people looking for a speaker who had just vanished. Finally, I popped my head back in the door and said, "I just told everyone ten minutes ago to run for your life if anybody tries to persuade you about the virtues of pluralism, so I had to demonstrate it myself." I hope they got my point.
Let me illustrate the problem of relativism in schools. I can remember when my daughter entered kindergarten for the first time. It was at a progressive school in Boston that had a sophisticated curriculum. At that moment I realized there was a sense in which her mother and I were no longer the primary influence on the shaping of her mind and her ideas. Now she would be sitting under someone else's tutelage for six or seven hours a day in a public school system. That is a traumatic thing for those parents who are concerned about the development of the mind of their child. I wanted to monitor closely the education that she was getting.
After about six weeks, we received a notice inviting us to an open house for parents where the principal of the school would explain the curriculum. My wife and I went to that open house. The principal of the school was a congenial and articulate man who desired to put our fears to rest. He said, "I know you parents are feeling the loss of your role in the education of your children. We want you to understand that everything that is done in this school is done with a carefully thought-out purpose." He then unveiled the curriculum in a way that astounded me.
He said, "From 9:00 a.m. until 9:17 a.m. every morning, the children play with these puzzles." He held up the puzzles. He continued, "I know when your child comes home from school, you ask, 'What did you do today, honey?' and your child says, 'We played with puzzles.' You probably think that all they're doing here is having a good time and that we're merely sophisticated baby-sitters.
The principal continued with the schedule. "From 9:17 to 9:32, they are involved in this particular activity. This activity was put together by a group of researchers at a midwestern university." He proceeded through the entire curriculum and his evident point was that every single dimension of that curriculum had a specific purpose; nothing was left to chance or arbitrary action.
The Boston school curriculum had numerous purposes, but no stated purpose. It was quite efficient, but to what end? The question we must raise with relativism is, who decides what is important? On what basis are decisions made? Let me illustrate the importance of this from a current controversy in our society.
This is part thirteen of R.C. Sproul's book Lifeviews first published by Revell in 1986. In this series we are learning how Christians are called by God to make an impact on culture and society.


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