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Ottomar Starke (* 21. Juni 1886 in Darmstadt; † 8. August 1962 in Baden-Baden) war ein deutscher Bühnenbildner, Grafiker, Autor und Übersetzer.

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Starke studierte an der Königlichen Kunstgewerbeschule München unter anderem bei Maximilian Dasio. Anschließend arbeitete er als Bühnenbildner in München, Frankfurt am Main und Mannheim und wurde 1912 zum Chef des Ausstattungswesens am Opern- und Schauspielhaus in Frankfurt am Main berufen. Der Erste Weltkrieg unterbrach diese Tätigkeit und er wandte sich grafischen Arbeiten zu. So erschienen zum Beispiel in der Zeitschrift Der Bildermann. Steinzeichnungen für das Deutsche Volk herausgegeben von Paul Cassirer 1916 seine Lithografien zum Thema Die neue Gesellschaft. Ebenfalls fanden seine Lithografien Verbreitung in der von Alfred Gold herausgegebenen Reihe Kriegszeit. Künstlerflugblätter 1914–1916. In vielen Werken der Weltliteratur finden sich seine Illustrationen.

1920 gründete Starke mit Alfred Flechtheim die Kulturzeitschrift Der Querschnitt – Das Magazin der aktuellen Ewigkeitswerte. Die Zeitschrift existierte mit unterschiedlichem Erfolg bis zu ihrem Verbot durch Joseph Goebbels im Jahre 1936. In den Zeitschriften Ulk, Uhu und Scherls Magazin veröffentlichte er eigene Texte. Er schrieb mehrere Bücher, darunter auch Kriminalromane, verfasste Hörspiele und Theaterkomödien und war als Übersetzer tätig.

1933 wurde Starke Mitglied der NSDAP. Dies verhinderte jedoch nicht, dass im Rahmen der Aktion Entartete Kunst 1937 fünf seiner Arbeiten aus dem Bestand deutscher Museen entfernt wurden. 1956 veröffentlichte er seine Autobiografie  Was mein Leben anbelangt. Er ist durch seine Kennerschaft der japanischen Kunst und Veröffentlichungen über dieses Thema bekannt geworden.

Ausstellungen
 1920: Walter Boetticher. Zeichnungen von Ottomar Starke, Galerie Flechtheim, Düsseldorf, Königsallee 34
 1923: Ottomar Starke. Ölgemälde, Pastelle, Aquarelle, Handzeichnungen, Galerie Flechtheim, Düsseldorf.
 1930: Seit Liebermann in Deutschland. Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Graphik, mit anderen. Galerie Flechtheim, Düsseldorf.

Veröffentlichungen
 mit Günter Markert und Werner Schmalenbach: Kunst ferner Welten. Knorr und Hirth, München 1965.
 Japanische Farbenholzschnitte, zusammengestellt und erläutert von Ottomar Starke. Deutsche Buch-Gemeinschaft, Berlin/Darmstadt/Wien 1961.
 Acht Schachfiguren, Kriminalroman. Deutsche Buch-Gemeinschaft, Berlin/Darmstadt/Wien 1960.
 Tsu Hsi – Taten und Tod der letzten asiatischen Despotin. Holle-Verlag, Baden-Baden 1960.
 Frühe Japaner – Buchillustrationen; aus dem Bestand der Kunstbibliothek in Berlin, fotografiert von Detlef Michael Noack. Knorr & Hirth, München/Ahrbeck 1958.
 Was mein Leben anbelangt: Erinnerungen, mit Zeichnungen des Autors. Herbig, Berlin-Grunewald 1956.
 Der Trick mit dem Wasser, Kriminalroman. Amsel-Verlag, Berlin 1954. Neuauflage 1958, Deutsche Buch-Gemeinschaft.
 Schüsse aus dem Jenseits, Kriminalroman. Amsel-Verlag, Berlin 1954.
 Alte deutsche Sprichwörter. Paul mechel, Luckenwalde 1946.
Die "Gebrauchs"-Illustration. Mit Illustrationen nach Arbeiten des Verfassers. In: Gebrauchsgraphik, Jg. 6 (1929), Heft 12, S. 52–58 (Digitalisat).
 Schippeliana: ein bürgerliches Bilderbuch, Vorwort Carl Sternheim, Verlag Kurt Wolff, Leipzig 1917.

 Illustrationen
 Georg Brates: Du und die Philosophie: Eine moderne Weltweisheit für jedermann, Ullstein, Berlin 1955 (mit 255 Zeichnungen)

 Übersetzungen
 Original: André Louis Simon: A Dictionary of Wines, Spirits and Liqueurs
 Vom Wein und anderen geistigen Getränken. Herbig, Berlin-Grunewald 1965.

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Übersetzer aus dem Französischen
Übersetzer ins Deutsche
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Gestorben 1962
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In his novel "White Fang," Jack London describes his title hero as "intelligent beyond the average of his kind," and yet the celebrated American author took great pains to make sure nothing about the actions of his legendary wolfdog — in his treacherous, human-influenced journey from wild to civilization — felt out of sync for an animal.
And that's not a bad way to approach the new animated adaptation of London's 1906 classic. It's better than your typical kiddie flick, often gorgeous to behold in its exquisitely painted Yukon wilderness and fierce, majestic canine protagonist.
But in its zeal to conform elements of London's grim story into a tidy narrative of good nature versus bad nature, and despite an ending that reflects a more enlightened view toward the proper treatment of wild animals, this "Fang" has a tendency to feel more artistically tame than aesthetically free.
After a prologue at a mining-town dogfight that's really a flash forward to a low point in White Fang's life, the story dawns on a cave occupied by a protective she-wolf and her curious pup. It's in these early scenes of rearing and minor peril that Espigares and his animators establish their bona fides depicting creatures and nature with a fuzzy/warm faithfulness that favors rigorous point of view and believable movement over outlandish expressionism or visual tricks. It gives a fight with a bobcat a surprisingly nervy tension, and the tenderness between mother and son, especially when the former is wounded, becomes nicely understated.
Humans enter the picture when, in a quest for food, mom interrupts feeding time for a dog sled team transporting a hulking prisoner under the custody of U.S. Marshal Weedon Scott (voiced in the English-language version by Nick Offerman). Pup and Scott make meaningful eye contact before the action moves to a tribe of Gwich'in fur traders.
Village head Grey Beaver (Eddie Spears), wise to the growing, eager wolfdog in his midst, names him White Fang and decides to turn him into a world-class sled dog leader. By the time the pair reach the bustling town of Fort Yukon, so Grey Beaver can sell mittens to buy land for his people, he and White Fang are as much simpatico besties as master and animal.
But cruelty and avarice await in the form of the misshapen, cane-wielding trader Beauty Smith (Paul Giamatti), who sees in Fang a killer he can make money with, and in Grey Beaver a vulnerable mark. The rest of the movie pits Smith and his dog fighting interests against the savior-like return of Marshal Scott. Rescued from an existence as a beaten savage, Fang is introduced to a calmer, more task-oriented life as a peaceful farm dog under the Marshal and his wife Maggie (Rashida Jones).
As a four-legged star who goes from scrappy pup to faithful companion, White Fang is always a compellingly textured lead, with only his honey-colored eyes suggesting a soulfulness beyond the mere animalistic; as animated creatures go, it's an extra fine achievement in realism with just a tinge of the fictionally charismatic.
That's why it's such a shame that the humans in the movie — initially filmed using motion-captured actors — are rendered onscreen with a regrettably half-stylized, half-lifelike stiffness, like marionettes with hesitant string-pullers. It's hard not to wish it was the rugged presence of "Parks & Recreation" star Offerman himself — or the physical Spears, Giamatti and Jones in their respective roles, for that matter — rather than the blocky, coarsely-shaded figures we get representing the voices.
Fang is also spared the indignity of the overly simplistic dialogue ("He'll regret he ever crossed Beauty Smith!") from screenwriters Dominique Monfery, Philippe Lioret and Serge Frydman. The last act alone, when every introduced villain makes a reappearance, is a thudding succession of wince-worthy lines seemingly culled from reading material for first graders.
Though the sophistication level of the narrative drops in the last act, Espigares keeps the pacing brisk, and the focus squarely on a vision of the frontier that respects its capacity for old-fashioned exploits and a more Director Alexandre Espigares' reimagining of "White Fang" respects modern view of humans and animals centered on mutual reverence and appreciation. One imagines even London himself only wincing slightly at the changes to his "White Fang" but generally approving a version that celebrates nature, struggle and hard-won interspecies fellowship.


A 20-year-old private-hire car driver who became a loan shark runner has escaped jail time due to his 'unusual' modus operandi and displaying empathy towards his victims.
According to Shin Min Daily News, Chen Yuxiang faced five charges for loan shark harassment of four households. The acts were committed from November 9, 2017, to January 9, 2018.
Court documents showed that the young defendant had a gambling addiction and started online betting in 2014. He borrowed from friends after losing money.
In August 2017, Chen saw an advertisement listing on online platform Carousell and began borrowing money from a loan shark known as 'Kelvin'.
As he had no money to repay his debts, he became a loan shark runner.
However, Chen's loan shark harassment methods have been described as 'unusual'.
He would first use a bicycle chain to lock the metal gate of his victim's home, leave a debtor's note and then film a video to send it to the loan shark.
Afterwards, he would remove the chain and note, cleaning up the crime scene before leaving.
The loan shark would then send the video to his debtors.
On January 9 this year, a victim along Woodlands Street 43 informed the police after Chen committed his acts.
Through CCTV cameras, police discovered the private-hire car that Chen was driving, established his identity and arrested him.
During Chen's sentencing, the judge pointed out that loan shark runners are typically sentenced to at least one year in jail.
But even though Chen's behaviour constituted harassment, he did not leave behind his tools at the scene. He also saved his victims from humiliation and from being embarrassed should their neighbours find out.
This showed that Chen possessed empathy and would reform himself. Also taking his young age into consideration, Chen was sentenced to 24 months of probation instead.
Under the Moneylenders Act, first time-offenders found guilty of loan shark harassment are liable to a fine between $5,000 and $50,000, with mandatory imprisonment of up to five years, and mandatory caning of up to six strokes.


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- Milner will be supporting Man United for the first time in his life when they face Man City
- The Reds star grew up and played for Leeds before moving to City and has is not a fan of the Red Devils
James Milner has declared he will temporarily be a Manchester United fan for the first time in his life on Wednesday, April 24, when they clash with city rivals Manchester City.
The 33-year-old ex-Three Lions star and his Reds teammates will be hoping United help them in their English Premier League title quest, by beating the Citizens on Wednesday night.
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Speaking with Daily Mail (UK), after Liverpool's 2-0 win at Cardiff on Sunday, April 21, Milner explained why he prefers United to win the contest.
"It'll be the first time in my life! I don't watch (games like these), to be honest. It's a bit of a waste of energy, isn't it, willing the ball into the goal and things like that. I can't do anything about it.
"There are three games left. United will be a challenge for City, but it's the old cliché – any game is tough in the Premier League no matter who you play," he observed.
Milner grew up an avid Leeds United supporter and also played for his boyhood club before heading for Man City and Liverpool.
Interestingly, all three clubs are old enemies of the Old Trafford dwellers and that explains why Milner's support for the Red Devils is quite peculiar to say the least.
However, with Liverpool in full sight of winning the EPL title, United could hand their Merseyside rivals a huge boost — and possibly the title — if they take down their noisy neighbours.
Jurgen Klopp's side will end the campaign on 97 points if they win all of their remaining matches however, that would not guarantee them their first Premier League silverware after 29 years wait.
And when asked what Liverpool's chances of winning the League were, Milner maintained a neutral stance and said all they could do was keep winning and piling pressure on City.
"For a long time we have had our head round the fact that we just need to win all of our games. If we do that and it's not good enough, you have to hold your hands up and say 'well done City'.
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The Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training Program (ENJJPT) has been turning out fledgling jet pilots for the United States Air Force and our NATO allies since 1981. Many of the classes passing through ENJJPT produce a video chronicling their experiences in the program. Many of these videos are funny, some are well beyond funny, and a few are downright hilarious. This video, produced by class Class 01-08 and entitled "The Video That Started A Tradition", is one of the hilarious ones. Thanks to YouTuber robertf16 for uploading this LOL-worthy look at ENJJPT as seen through the eyes of its multi-national students.
ENJJPT has been extended many times and expanded even more often. In 2016 the program added Romania as its 14th partner and was extended through 2026. The USAF hosts the program at Sheppard Air Force Base (AFB) in near Wichita Falls in Texas and provides the wing commander, vice commander, and operations group commander in the top three leadership positions.
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New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) Declaring the stalling of the proposed Goods and Services Tax Bill as a loss for poor people, mostly from India's north and eastern regions, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said the changing party arithmetic in parliament gave hope for enacting the law.
"There is just one group which has made it the issue of prestige," Modi said, referring to the Congress' opposition to the GST Bill, in an interview with Times Now news channel.
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Houston Issues
I-45 Rebuild (North Houston Highway Improvement Project)
By ToryGattis,
September 4, 2012 in Traffic and Transportation
Location:Heights | Space Suburbs
9 hours ago, samagon said:
it does end at Emanuel.
if I were a business owner and 1/3 of my business were about to be taken over by TXDoT, I'd make it very clear the easy acquisition would be to buy all of it for a price I was happy with, or they could fight tooth and nail, and probably end up paying the same for just 1/3 of the property.
TXDoT probably saw it as a great way to get land that they could use for staging equipment, raw material, and prep things onsite.
I think this is exactly what happened. Leaving the two blocks with 55-60% of the units of the original development (since the block right by the rail stop is essentially just a parking garage with a small number of units and a full block of units absolutely had to be taken out) probably majorly ruined the business case on the remaining part of the development. In the end they'll definitely need it for staging and when the project is all said and done it will more than likely be redeveloped into much larger transit oriented residential development that doesn't put a parking garage right next to a light rail stop (which has got to be a Houston joke).
samagon 347 posts
Houston19514 206 posts
mattyt36 177 posts
IronTiger 132 posts
Montrose1100
WOW they are going to build a divider wall inbetween? To prevent the rubber necking of a wreck on the opposite side? Meaning there could be a fender bender traffic on the opposing side wouldn't have a
Amlaham
I for one am glad of TXDOT's decision. They're basically consolidating 2 highways around downtown into 1. I don't think it's necessary to have a loop around downtown, it really disconnects downtown fr
I commented in favor, since I live very close to the highway. I am a firm believer we need more mass transit in this city and I am hoping the city works closely with TXDOT to build BRT along the cente
TacoDog
Maybe the Dynamo/Dash can buy the block closest to PNC Stadium like the Astros have done around MMP.
mattyt36
I hate to ask, but can anyone enlighten as to the current status of the HTR extension?
Big E
On 6/28/2022 at 2:19 AM, mattyt36 said:
In limbo, last I heard. Considering who the county judge is, I doubt its on their to-do list. Also, the end of that extension is tied directly into this project, since the terminus will have to be integrated into the new freeway system. So I don't see it moving forward until this gets off the ground.
4 hours ago, Big E said:
Thanks, that's what I figured. Seems like you'd want to get this in place ahead of the construction, but I suppose the person calling the shots wants neither.
Of the $12.5 billion destined for the Houston region in the plan, nearly half of it, $6.13 billion, is dedicated to the rebuild of Interstate 45 from downtown Houston north to Beltway 8 near Greenspoint.
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/transportation/article/Texas-poised-for-record-80-billion-plus-in-road-17295480.php
Location:North of the Border
Dug gets on my nerves with how slanted his reporting on NHHIP is.
Location:Downtown
4 hours ago, ADCS said:
I haven't read enough of his stuff to decide how/if on the slant. But I appreciate someone named Dug reporting on construction.
Bisnow had a decently fair story on NHHIP. Specifically it highlighted some business owners in the path who are quite happy with the project in general and how TxDOT is handling things. It also includes a significant testimony by Temenos leadership. It is, of course, missing the context that half of the Lofts that could remain is mostly just a parking garage next to a light rail stop and that the affordable housing is being replaced (and that many of the units were already unlivable to due Harvey). Overall one of the most honest and balanced pieces I've read on the project!
https://www.bisnow.com/houston/news/multifamily/an-expanded-freeway-in-eado-looks-to-pit-car-transit-versus-dense-housing-but-the-fight-might-not-be-that-black-and-white-113788
TxDOT has a survey out for the portion of I-45 from the end of this project to the Beltway. One of the survey options was inclusion of commuter rail along it, which I was happily surprised to see.
https://www.txdot.gov/inside-txdot/gulf-freeway-pel-study.html
On 7/23/2022 at 4:36 PM, texan said:
I think that's the sort of thing that might make me more in favor of this project. Leave some space down the middle for future rail, whether that's regional, or commuter, or Amtrak, or Metro. That was the plan back in the 2000's when this was going to be part of the Trans-Texas Corridor.
If it becomes rail in ten years or 20 years or something, great! If it doesn't, then that space may end up being used for yet another lane expansion. But either way, as painful as it is, it's going to be at least 10x cheaper to buy right-of-way today than it will be when the next expansion is needed in 20 years.
If there's one thing that HAIF lacks, it's comparisons to Chicago (that's a joke, son!), so here's an Apple Maps view how Chicago did it with the Blue Line subway running down the middle of I-290:
And again with I-90/94:
Some of you will note how the highway is below grade, which has made it only slightly less bad at dividing and destroying neighborhoods.
Apparently TxDOT has started demolition although I did not see it from I-69 when driving past earlier.
https://www.costar.com/article/1395175284/apartment-demolition-underway-for-interstate-45-expansion-in-houston
jadebenn
Can anyone confirm this? I have seen zilch on my morning commute, but it's not like I get a good look from the side of a moving car.
HoustonMidtown
Location:Midtown/EaDo
When I went by last weekend, they hadn't done any further demo than the little bit posted a few weeks ago
samagon
I paid close attention on my drive into work this morning, there is a crew on site, and equipment is moving around.
Houston19514
per the Board Packet for Downtown Redevelopment Authority's August meeting:
Central Houston has facilitated discussions with TxDOT, the City, the Coalition, and a prominent local developer to determine if the 2 buildings that TxDOT acquired that it doesn't need for the Project can be rehabilitated as affordable housing.
I passed by a while ago and saw nothing being done.
Nothing been done since the last time I looked
4 hours ago, Houston19514 said:
Can't wait to hear what the Stop I-45 group says now.
12 hours ago, mattyt36 said:
They're really fighting hard to save this parking garage!
Location:77008
2 hours ago, texan said:
Of course. Parking garages are endangered. Posters on this site have argued for the murder of parking garages, as if they don't deserve to exist. Parking garages have feelings too, you know. First they come for your parking garage, then they come for your surface parking lots. 🤣🤣🤣
(this is a probably lame attempt at humor)
20 hours ago, hindesky said:
yep, on the drive home from work it was silent again.
I guess the people I saw were just inspecting/maintaining and then gone.
TxDOT retains funding for i45 project
https://abc13.com/unified-transportation-program-txdot-plan-adopted-i-45-expansion-project-houston-north-highway-improvement/12183190/
2 hours ago, Amlaham said:
Well done TxDOT
Location:Westchase-ish
2 hours ago, mattyt36 said:
And well done Gov. Abbott?
https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/governor-abbott-txdot-announce-record-85-billion-10-year-transportation-plan
3 hours ago, august948 said:
Sure, well done Greg from Gregg County, I am confident he was totally behind this. Must've been keeping him up for nights. Likely #2 priority for him after making sure there are no dead intrafetal dead babies. (Not to worry, extrafetal totally copacetic.)
Edited September 1, 2022 by mattyt36
dbigtex56
Location:Houston (previously Montrose, now Midtown) TX
Do I understand this correctly?
We give TXDOX a few billion dollars, part of which is used to buy a fairly new apartment complex as if it was a Happy Meal.
"Hmm," says TXDOT, "guess I wasn't as hungry as I thought. But we'll toss it in the trash anyway. Not that it's in the way or anything,,,,"
Someone pipes up, "Or maybe low income people who need it could have it."
TXDOT shrugs. "Whatever. Who cares."
And the people rejoice at TXDOT's altruism and sensible use of their tax dollars.
mfastx
Location:New York, NY
TxDOT obtaining funds, what an uphill battle that must've been.
1 hour ago, mfastx said:
There are no hills in Houston
18 minutes ago, mattyt36 said:
They must have been running against the wind, then...
mkultra25
Location:Lindale Park
New marketing campaign: "TXDOT: Workin' on mysteries without any clues".
Just now, mkultra25 said:
That must be why they work at night so much...
Looks like some more demo happening
emmanume
663181954_2018-04-25Mayor_sTaskForcepresentation.pdf
3 hours ago, emmanume said:
663181954_2018-04-25Mayor_sTaskForcepresentation.pdf 9.69 MB · 6 downloads
There are some good concepts presented in the document, but these particular photos/renderings are a bit disingenuous. They portray one of the spots where the freeways are being relocated to, but they don't show us before and after of any of the spaces that will be cleared of freeways.
iah77
Location:Riverside Terrace
22 minutes ago, Houston19514 said:
I was about to say the same thing, new views will open up elsewhere from it being moved.
Edited September 8, 2022 by hindesky
When you consider how many people use these spaces daily, these photos are an important reminder of how their spaces will be affected. Especially for those whose homes are not being affected.
sapo2367
21 hours ago, Houston19514 said:
Yeah I had the same thought. How about before/after of 59/69 being covered by a highway cap?
Clearing trees from around the buildings
Edited September 9, 2022 by HoustonMidtown
On 9/8/2022 at 1:27 PM, Houston19514 said:
23 hours ago, iah77 said:
it's not just about the views, it's about the impact to those living near, and the impact to the wildlife of the area.
removing freeways you don't have to worry so much about how it will negatively impact those living in the immediate area, or the impact to wildlife, do you? ignoring as well the possibility of the greenway that DT Houston has suggested might happen. the West, South, and East of downtown is very well served as far as that goes.
as far as views being opened up, literally, the only views that will be better will be between W. Dallas and 59 interchange, basically, the stretch of the Pierce Elevated.
the downtown connectors for the west side of downtown are going to be more impactful to views than the current freeway structures. the illustration from TXDoT that shows the elevation next to Sabine street lofts, the new structure is going to be even higher than the existing structure. and that cutaway is cleverly placed away from any flyover ramps, which will make the elevation even higher. good times.
https://www.txdot.gov/content/dam/project-sites/nhhip/docs/segment-3-pm4-exhibit-01-overall.pdf
on the plus side though, at least the west side of downtown will receive better local connectivity with Houston getting connected to Allen Parkway, and the sunlight that will get into that area of BBP should be greatly increased. so good for those living in close proximity to that area of downtown.
on the east side of downtown, yes, we'll have a section of freeway that is below grade, but for the distance that will be below grade, we'll have an uninterrupted view of the back side of the convention center, or a great view of the back side of the baseball stadium. .. otherwise the interchanges between 59/45, and 59/45/10 will all be well above grade, so no real improvement there.
Edited September 9, 2022 by samagon
corbs315
Not sure this is the best place, but this is an interesting Times article
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/09/08/opinion/urban-highways-segregation.html?referringSource=articleShare
On 9/9/2022 at 1:33 PM, samagon said:
The impact to wildlife and nearby neighborhoods will be minimal since there is already a freeway there at that location, they are just moving it over slightly and taking the pointless bend out of it. In other words, this section is one that is the least worth pointing to since it encompasses the most minimal changes, while ignoring the areas with the more drastic far reaching ones (like the removal of the Pierce Elevated and the sinking of the freeway between East Downtown and Downtown.
I do agree that the presence of the Convention Center and stadium throw cold water on the situation a bit, but the new freeway cap will more than make up for it.
5 hours ago, corbs315 said:
This opinion piece has exactly the lack of context the Stop I45 group has in all of their statements- not surprised considering the author lives in New York. There's really no independent, critical thought at all in the opposition to this project.
I'm extremely excited for the significantly improved access downtown will have to Fourth Ward, Midtown, and EaDo and the significantly improved low income housing that will be created because of this project.
1 minute ago, texan said:
Oh I have literally no thoughts on the article itself opinionwise, just sharing since it was an NYT feature with a kinda nifty interactive aspect
19 hours ago, texan said:
I don't think the author lives in New York. I think he lives in Boston.
Also, I'm not sure what that has to do with anything. He's an expert in the affects of freeways in neighborhoods and society around the world.
Are you trying to say that because he doesn't live in Houston that he is not able to study an issue and write about it? That defies logic. It's like saying someone can't be against the war in Ukraine because they don't live in Kherson. Or that you can't prefer Windows over macOS because you don't live in Cupertino, California.
There's plenty of good reasons to oppose the I-45 expansion. The problem is, as is often the case, neither side is willing to listen to the other with an open mind.
Also, I'm not sure what magical opening up of access from downtown you're talking about. I live downtown, and there is plenty of access to the places you list. Getting to and from certain parts of EaDo can be slightly inconvenient, but nothing that requires almost ten billion dollars and displacing a thousand people for. To say that downtown needs improved access to Midtown is particularly specious. Can you explain what you mean do I can understand better?
6 hours ago, editor said:
So are you trying to argue that the massive freeways aren't a barrier between downtown and other central city neighborhoods? Doesn't this literally go against the entire dogma of anti-freeway advocates for the past several decades?
I'll grant that the Pierce Elevated isn't a physical barrier per se, if only because the entire street network passes unimpeded underneath, but I'd argue its far more of a psychological barrier, and depresses surrounding land value because of that. Eliminating it via the reroute would do wonders for downtown and midtown. Also, the Pierce Elevated is an aging mess, and would probably need replacement at some point in the coming decades anyway.
I'm not sure what even makes one an expert of such or what that would entail. Does it make him different than any other average urban planners?
There's plenty of good reasons to oppose the I-45 expansion.
Name one (aside from the cost, which is only going up by pointlessly delaying it, or the displacement, which we've gone back and forth on in this very thread dozens of times already).
The issue isn't whether or not he lives in Houston. Is he saying anything that hasn't already been said a hundred times, or is he just parroting the arguments of those opposed to the project? If the latter is true, then he isn't saying anything of note to add to the conversation, regardless of where he lives.
Wish they would get rid of the Giant looming flood flights , and update to something shorter and more modern. Nothing ruins the Sabine Street view like the giant power lines and flood lights.
Polk street crossing going away, access to Bell street from EE going away and there's better connectivity between downtown and East End?
that dog doesn't hunt.
but yes, 4th ward is absolutely getting better access (not just to downtown, but southwest as well connecting directly to Allen Parkway).
I guess we'll have to see how traffic entering the 45 connector only entering from Pease, rather than Pease and St. Joseph, but there won't be traffic they have to merge with from Pierce elevated. it'll be interesting to see how this plays out for access to and from midtown during rush hours. hopefully being able to just cross Brazos and not have to merge with other traffic, they'll be able to just get out of the intersections asap, and people won't be blocking the box for those headed south on Smith.
2 hours ago, Montrose1100 said:
me too, but I've been watching them put in bases on the Gulf Freeway south of downtown for the huge flood lights. it'll be interesting to see if they are updating tech at the same time they are replacing the old lights. so have LED and make them more directional to light only the freeways and not create a lot of light pollution for the surrounding neighborhoods.
that to be said, I don't think they are going to shorter flood lights, maybe they'll at least be more modern.
Edited September 12, 2022 by samagon
Location:Location Location - It's everything!!!
Not to mention the need for blackout curtains nearly a half mile away... and now they want to elevate Katy inside the loop.
Edited September 12, 2022 by mollusk


There are up to 200 words that are used in our churches every Sabbath that can be offensive to those of the Jewish faith, according to Ralph Ringer, director of Jewish Ministries for the North American Division. Some of those words include, "church," and "Jesus the Christ." Even the word "conversion," triggers thoughts of the historic period when the Catholic Church forced Jews to convert to Christianity or face death. "Our churches are not ready to receive Jewish people," says Ringer.
He began his work with Jewish-Ministries in 1995 in the Florida Conference. During that time, the Church in North America was losing 80-percent of Jews who were attending Adventist churches. Over the past 23 years, Ringer has led the the creation of Jewish-Adventist Congregations that have Adventist theology and Jewish worship styles. In those settings, the word "congregation," replaces "church;" and "Messiah," or "Yeshua" is used when referring to Jesus.
Ringer also highlighted the words of Ellen G. White, inspired prophetic author and co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, about how Jews will help spread the gospel.
"You do not need to have Jewish background, but you need training to work with them," says Ringer. His first recommendation is to visit shalomadventure.com, an online magazine that has attracted 200,000 Jews, has 48,000 regular visits, and 10,000 participants in its Bible Studies. There, pastors can obtain a comprehensive sense of the Jewish culture. It also serves as a bridge between the two faiths. "This has been the most successful thing we've done for reaching the Jews," says Ringer.
Additional resources can be found at ShalomLC.org or JewishHeritage.net. Ringer also encourages pastors to contact him for further questions by either calling 407-257-6847 or sending an email to rringer@southernunion.com.


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Artist Focus: Florent Touchot
As he wanders through the big cities that are his inspiration, Florent Touchot photographs the streets that define them and tears off the posters that cover them. By superimposing photo and collage, he offers us images, colors, memories that are familiar to us and, despite the lacerations, the coherent dynamic of his works gives us the soul of these cities.
His sources of inspiration are mainly urban, they are cities such as Marseille, London or New York . Each painting is born in the diversity and movement of urban life. The perspectives and alignments offered by a city serve as a basis for his work. But of course, he is also inspired by its walls. Graffiti, concert posters, promotional posters... "I discover colours, typographies and images, like the pin-up cars of the fifties, which I like to associate in my creation. An artist like Jacques Villeglé particularly inspired me with his work on street posters."
Florent would define his work as "photography on Plexiglas superimposed on urban lacerations", a mixture of photography, collage and painting. The starting point is a photograph that is shot on a Plexiglas plate. He then collects posters from the city walls, tears them down and stores them in his studio. "These pieces of posters are for me a real palette of colours and textures. I then carry out a work of recomposition to create a collage in harmony with the photograph in the foreground. I also use acrylic spray paint to enhance certain parts of the Plexiglas or collage."
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Is there a future for native apps?
By Danny Bluestone	 October 30th 2014 16:28
Recent research seems to casts doubt on the future growth of the once-thriving app economy.
According to Deloitte, almost a third of UK-based smartphone users no longer download new apps in a typical month. This finding has been replicated by Comscore in the US.
Worryingly, Deloitte also reported that nine out of ten users never spend money on apps. Even the seemingly infallible Candy Crush Saga profits are slumping much faster than expected.
So, has the notoriously short digital attention span already moved on? What are the reasons behind this 'app fatigue', and are there any implications for the place of native apps in future business models?
App fatigue
The smartphone market is close to saturation in developed countries, with roughly half the number of first time buyers in 2013, as there were between 2010 and 2012.
Many will remember the 'honeymoon' period playing with their very first smartphone or tablet, actively exploring the features available – but this lasts as little as four months for individual devices.
Over time, the 'wow' factor of the platform itself declines, and the novelty of discovering and downloading new apps wears off. Apps that are heavily integrated with social features face an even greater challenge, as people tend to download apps that their friends are using.
Long-term users often start to treat their device as more of a utility, and stick to a preferred set of apps with a range of functionality. Some become so comfortable with what they have that they are even reluctant to update their apps unless there is a clear and significant benefit to doing so.
Device storage space can raise further issues, with apps competing against music, videos, and photos.
Users will lose the 'wow' factor and novelty of downloading apps in as little as four months
Further 'fatigue' can be attributed to people's heightened concern about app security, given that apps are more connected to precious personal data stored on phones than merely browsing the web.
Many apps request 'permission' to access data and functions from phones before use – however, users are increasingly objecting to this and refuse, judging by this summer's Facebook Messenger controversy, users are increasingly aware of the security problems apps can pose.
These were realised in the recent Snapchat hack, linked to a third-party service. During October 2014, Wired capitalised on this point, demonstrating how free apps can syndicate personal data to developers and other third parties.
The fatigue trend is especially pronounced for paid apps, occupying just 10% of the market by the summer of 2013. Unless operating in very targeted (often productivity-based) markets, encouraging downloads is a challenge without offering apps for free, or using the freemium model.
Furthermore, revenues from comparably popular paid apps are now much less than they were just a few years ago.
All this seems to back up John Allsopp's prediction that we may have reached 'Peak App': as the amount of smartphone providers, models, OS versions, and apps available increases, extracting value from the market as a whole becomes increasingly tricky and expensive. But, that doesn't mean it's impossible, or not worthwhile.
The maturing app economy
There's no need for app developers to panic just yet – the real story is far more complex. After all, Apple did reach 75bn downloads from the App Store this summer – a 50% increase on last year.
Furthermore, Comscore found that the American audience now spend 52% of their 'digital time' on mobiles and seven out of eight mobile minutes are spent on apps, with 57% of users accessing them every day. Social networking, games and radio dominate this use, suggesting mobile could be a more entertainment-led platform than desktop.
So it seems the app economy is maturing, rather than in decline. With more digital time spent on mobiles, people are increasingly defining their devices as entertainment platforms and committing to a smaller list of apps for constant use, instead of exploring new releases.
When to use native apps
When aiming to capture the elusive mobile audience, in the past some marketers have assumed that native apps are preferable to responsive websites – but this is a false choice.
With mobile usage expected to overtake desktop by the end of the year, I'd always advise making the main website for your business responsive.
It can feel like a substantial investment, but your website will be your main 'shop window' in most cases, and shifting to responsive means it will always display at its best, no matter what device it is being viewed on.
Additionally, you will no longer need to update separate mobile websites. In contrast to native apps, responsive websites are accessible through search engines and will be more accessible to Google by default, than a native app alone.
Desktops should never be disregarded completely, as 40% of digital time remains on this platform, and they still are the traditional workplace-based tool.
As one of the main 'shop windows' for your business, responsive web design ensures your website displays at its best across devices
Instead, native apps should only be developed to fulfill a specific need for mobile users: delivering a mobile-tailored experience that draws on the device's features, in an environment where desktop connectivity may not always be available.
In these instances, apps are a powerful way to build a relationship with the members of your audience who are enthusiastic enough about your business offering to access via a dedicated app. After all, using your app is much more of a commitment and connection to your business, compared to briefly visiting your website.
Our UX Companion app, which achieved over 7,000 downloads in just one week, is a great example of this. Built to demystify the jargon in the User Experience (UX) field, we felt this glossary of UX terms lent itself to an app format, so that users could quickly access the content in meetings or when travelling.
Our UX Companion app has been highly popular with the digital community, able to compete in the crowded App Store by having a strong use-case
Breaking into the native app market
Even if you've discovered a unique, mobile use-case worth capitalising on, there are further issues to consider with native apps.
While discovering and downloading apps from the Apple or Google Play Stores is a familiar process for users, it's a difficult market for new companies to enter.
Of course, the wider web space is similarly over-crowded and competitive – but the complete control of Apple (and Google Play, to some extent) over the marketplace presents unique barriers. While websites can raise their rankings in search results using transparent and established search engine optimisation (SEO) practices, app discoverability remains a problem that Apple is trying to solve. There are far fewer guidelines for new entrants on how to improve their visibility.
There are fewer resources available covering how to raise ranking in the App Store for popular keywords, than traditional SEO practices.
Furthermore, Apple and Google Play can act as 'gatekeepers'. They regulate what is available in their stores by carefully reviewing each app before giving permission for its release. They even charge revenue on paid apps. Apps too similar to their current offering can be rejected, and Apple has courted controversy in the past by removing any apps involving Bitcoin.
Lastly, developing native apps opens up tricky questions about which smartphone platforms to provide for. Unlike responsive websites, which automatically optimise according to screen size, native apps interact more closely to the core operating systems and features offered by different smartphone providers.
Consequently, developing across platforms requires additional design effort, specialist programming knowledge, and additional QA and testing time. The iOS vs. Android debate is a common one for start-ups, who may not have the resources available to target both. It may be wise to choose one of these markets initially, catering for the other only once it's clear that it's financially worthwhile to do so.
Although Deloitte's data hinted that new app downloads may be waning, the market as a whole certainly isn't in decline. The true story is far more complex, with an immense amount of digital time being spent on mobile apps.
Given the continued rise of mobile traffic, a responsive web design for your website is a must – one of the main focuses of your digital presence. However, native apps can still be a fantastic addition to your digital strategy. They are perfect for relationship-building and can draw on the device's features to deliver a truly enhanced, mobile and cross-channel experience.
But watch this space as technology is moving fast and this could all change. HTML5 websites can also access smartphone functions, and with 4G, WiFi increasingly available even on the Tube, free roaming overseas, the provision of offline experiences may no longer be so necessary in two to three years.
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Announcing The Digitals 2014 winners
Last night we announced the winners of The Digitals awards, which celebrated the best of digital marketing and ecommerce.
At an awards ceremony at Tobacco Dock, compere Michael Underwood announced the winning entries.
Here's the full list…
November 11th 2014 16:30
Start Me Up! TreSensa: branded HTML5 games for mobile
Mobile is hot, HTML5 is hot, branded experiences are hot. What's not to like about TreSensa?
I caught up with Robert Grossberg, CEO of TreSensa, to see how the young company is faring.
Take a look..
November 3rd 2014 12:13
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Introducing the handy Festival of Marketing mobile app
The Festival of Marketing begins in just two days time, so it's probably about time you downloaded the official app.
That's assuming you're coming of course, because if you're not then it might not be all that useful for you…
Available on iPhone, Android and Windows Phone, the festival app acts as a hub for all event information – from a comprehensive agenda of the event's 10 content streams and interactive maps, to transportation, speaker and sponsor details, and insight into what's happening at the event's Festival Village and the Digitals Awards.
Here I'll give a totally impartial run through of the main features and how it will help improve the festival experience for all attendees…


Located in the Seogwipo area of Jeju Island, Soesokkak Estuary (쇠소깍) was originally called 'Soedun', which means a lying down ox, and it was only later that it became more widely known as 'Soesokkak'. This is the mouth of the Hyodoncheon stream. As the fresh water meets the ocean, it broadens into wide slow flowing river. 'Soe; means an ox, 'so' means a 'pool of water' and 'Kkak means 'the end'. Soesokkak Estuary is lined with cliffs of curious lava formations, which are overhung with pine trees. Here the water takes on the deep blue of the ocean, and the scenery is very picturesque. Soesokkak is also well-known for its small, flat wooden boats called "Teu" that have been used for hundreds of years to ferry people across the estuary. The boat is pulled across the estuary by a long rope that is strung between the two banks. Taking a leisurely ride on a Teu across the clear water of the estuary is a great way to enjoy the area's magnificent scenery.
Soesokkak Estuary is located in Hahyo-dong on the Southern side of Hallasan Mountain. The area is also well-known for its tangerines, and visitors are drawn to the area by the fresh scent of the fruit. Popular destinations close to the Soesokkak Estuary include the famous Jusang Jeolli Cliffs and Jungmun Resort, as well as Cheonjeyeon Falls – all of which can be taken in on the same day.
* Individual kayaking not allowed.
* Babies (under 24 months) are not allowed to take the boat.
* Participants should be 135cm or taller in heights to ride the bike.


"That they may now understand that this is a new kind of warfare and not the usual custom of joining in battle, when He sent them with nothing He said: And so, marching on, show forth the meekness of lambs, although you are to go to wolves… for so will I best show my power, when the wolves are conquered by the lambs.
For more peaceful saints and their writings, check out the Orthodox Peace Fellowship, they have a lot of quotes. Or read Cadoux' excellent book.
By Micael Grenholm in Peace & Politics on July 24, 2014 .


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My new book Nemesis available for pre order!
"Nemesis" has arrived! Well, almost. Just got an advanced copy of my upcoming novel — a murder mystery set in 1880's San Diego when it was a rough and tumble Wild West town on par with Deadwood or Dodge. The plot — based on true crimes that happened in southern California around that time — includes fictional characters and real-life people (like Wyatt Earp) who lived in San Diego during that era. "Nemesis" is being released by the Blank Slate imprint of Amphorae Publishing. Available now for preorder on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Good Reads and bookstores.


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Film Review: Sisters
Sometime during your spree of 10 Star Wars: The Force Awakens viewings this weekend, consider being a force for good by seeing Sisters. Sisters equals happiness, which is the opposite of anger. And we all know what anger is on the path to.
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Is Inside Out Receiving Too Much Praise?
Inside Out has received overwhelming praise, but how does the film stack up against the best Pixar films? Grant and Zac discuss.
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Film Review: Inside Out
Inside Out is another gem from Pixar; a funny, heartfelt, and brilliant idea that's perfectly executed, but its predictability keeps it from the upper echelon of the studio's best.
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Why Didn't You See Southland Tales?
Richard Kelly's second feature, Southland Tales, is by no means flawless, but its ideas have never been more timely and the legion of Donnie Darko fans should be out there supporting it like they do that film.
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Best & Worst Super Bowl XLVII Commercials
The Super Bowl is a time when fans of all teams can get together, cook up some food, and watch two teams beat the crap out of each other. And in between, we all watch and see how the million dollar commercials came out. And 2013's commercials were all over the place, so Alan and […]
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The Decade's Best – Wet Hot American Summer (2001)
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Derrick P. Alridge
Professor of Education, University of Virginia
Derrick P. Alridge, Professor in the Curry School of Education, is a U.S. educational and intellectual historian whose work examines African American education and the civil rights movement. He is the author of "The Educational Thought of W.E.B. Du Bois: An Intellectual History" (2008) and co-editor, with James B. Stewart and V.P. Franklin, of "Message in the Music: Hip-Hop, History, and Pedagogy" (2011).
He is currently writing "The Hip Hop Mind: Ideas, History, and Social Consciousness" (University of Wisconsin Press) and is co-editor, with Neil Bynum, of "The Black Intellectual Tradition in the United States in the Twentieth Century" (in progress).
Alridge is a former fellow of the National Endowment for the Humanities and postdoctoral fellow of the National Academy of Education and Spencer Foundation and Distinguished Lecturer for the Association for the Study of African American Life and History. Alridge is also the founder and director of Teachers in the Movement, an oral history project that examines the ideas and pedagogy of teachers in the civil rights movement.
Professor and Program Coordinator, Social Foundations of Education, Curry School of Education, University of Virginia
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Mark your calendars: Star Trek Las Vegas is set to be held August 2-6, 2017, at the Rio Suites Hotel, and Creation Entertainment has already confirmed 34 Trek guests on the way to meeting their goal of 100. The list spans from the iconic TOS faces of the franchise, a la William Shatner, Nichelle Nichols and Walter Koenig, to series regulars and guest stars from other Trek shows and movies, including Nana Visitor, Jonathan Frakes, Linda Park, Deborah Lacey, David Warner and Julia Nickson.
Star Trek Las Vegas will take place from August 2-6, 2017, at the Rio Suites Hotel in Las Vegas. Go to www.creationent.com for details and to order tickets.


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Talbot's life
Tempestuous teacups and enigmatic leaves
Posted on 19th June 2015 by Larry J Schaaf
I was the warm-up act this week at the University of Lincoln's conference titled 'Rethinking Early Photography.' This excellent conference was an appropriate venue to try to put to rest a continuing controversy; additionally, I hope that my brief talk served to demonstrate both diverse archival research techniques and some context relevant to the Catalogue Raisonné.
Lincoln filmed the talk and expects to put this online in the coming weeks on their website. There may be a future publication stemming from it as well, but for more immediate purposes I thought that I would summarise the main findings of my research here.
This story began with an unpaid little essay that I contributed to a Sotheby's catalogue in 2008. As had been their custom, they had rung to ask if I had any more information about a 'Talbot' photogenic drawing that had been brought in for sale. When I expressed my opinion that, lovely as it was, this negative of a leaf was not in fact by Talbot, it shocked both the auctioneers and their client. All three of them were people with long and extensive experience with photographs, so I was intrigued by their almost chorus-like response along the lines of 'if it wasn't by Talbot, then who could it possibly be?' The Leaf was clearly early but even in the first months of photography there were multitudes of people anxious to try out the new art. Most of these people and experiments we will probably never know.
My brief little text (which prior to the present one was the one and only piece that I have ever published on The Leaf) was headed by the bold title of 'Unknown Photographer.' In it, I tried to lay out the various speculative possibilities, ranging from the compiler of the 1860s album in which it was found back to Thomas Wedgwood late in the 18th century. Sadly, surprisingly, maddeningly, although my attribution was clearly to an 'Unknown Photographer' and my text was intentionally tentative, somehow the press seized on the possible connection with Wedgwood and a worldwide frenzy of speculation followed, much of it pivoting on imagined market value. Even more surprising was the variety of responses from within the academic community, for while many were intrigued and open-minded, quite a number of scholars clearly felt that their own personal canon or nationalist interest was under threat.
One repeated 'expert' opinion was that no unfixed image from Wedgwood's period could possibly have survived for more than a few days, based on a too-literal reading of Humphry Davy's lament that 'nothing but a method of preventing the unshaded parts of the delineation from being coloured by exposure to the day is wanting, to render the process as useful as it is elegant.'
Yet we know that some of Wedgwood's examples lasted nearly a century, at least to 1885. There is no chemical reason why carefully stored (or resolutely ignored) Wedgwood's could not last for a very long time. The late Terry King made a Wedgwood-o-type on a piece of chamois leather in 1989. I first saw it in 2005 when he brought it to a lecture I gave on Wedgwood at the Royal Institution, where it was passed around the room. Above is the state it was in when I last saw it in 2010, granted, only just at the age of majority then, but still far from ephemeral. To me, part of the joy of researching early photography is the ever-present possibility that there might be something new and unexpected just around the corner. One opens each dust-free package in an archive or box in the dusty attic of a family collection with continuing hope that the contents will contain a surprise, and every once in a while that expectation is amply rewarded. There is so much that we have yet to learn.
The Leaf was first sold at a Sothebys London auction in 1984. It was one of seven images mounted on an album page extracted from what was considered to be a typical miscellaneous 19th century album. The owner had consigned the album to the paintings department, who cut out the watercolours of interest and almost as an afterthought passed along the photographs to the relatively young department handling these. With the balance being seen as having no commercial value, the carcass of the album and other pages were discarded. All of this was very common practise at the time. Happily, the photographs department reproduced the original page of the very early photographs before it was cut up, so we have a record of the immediate context of The Leaf, although the broader structure of its parent album was irretrievably lost. With little to go on, the seven early photographs were attributed to Talbot.
Six of the seven images were photogenic drawing negatives that were clearly related and subsequent sales placed two of these in the J Paul Getty Museum, one in the Gilman Paper Company Collection (now with the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York) and the remaining three in different private collections. The Leaf was acquired by the New York based Quillan Collection . The only one to get any public display was an enigmatic picture of a shark egg casing, a curiosity meriting inclusion in the 1993 exhibition of the Gilman Collection, where its attribution was wisely refined from Talbot to Anonymous. The potential light sensitivity of this early example was recognised and a clearly labeled but a respectfully framed facsimile stood in for it in public exhibition (it was one of the first times that a major museum had employed such a facsimile, a brave move and a very astute one).
The unexpected and unwelcome media firestorm that resulted from the 2008 catalogue essay soon raised enough doubts that The Leaf was withdrawn from the sale. I believe that it still remains in the Quillan Collection – I have not seen it since the weeks before the auction.
When The Leaf was consigned for sale in 2008 it came with very few clues as to its origin. Although the original catalogue identified the compiler of the album as the watercolourist Henry Bright, the consignor soon corrected this to Henry Bright (1784-1869), a former MP and merchant who came from a prominent Bristol family. There were two inscriptions on the negative, an ink 'W' on the recto (inexplicably considered to be an 'N' in the original auction catalogue) and a completely indecipherable pencil scribble on the verso. That and the knowledge of who originally assembled the album was all there was to go on.
The Bright family of Bristol was a tremendously important and wealthy one, having made its fortune in the slave trade, India dealings and ultimately banking. The patriarch for our period was Richard Bright, snr (1754-1840), a merchant and banker but also a keen amateur man of science. He worked closely with the likes of Joseph Priestley and Humphry Davy and had met with Benjamin Franklin in Paris. Bright set up a chemical laboratory at Ham Green House, overlooking the Avon not far outside Bristol (now a medical centre, but largely unchanged outside). He appeared to be an ideal candidate either as one who had collected The Leaf, or as a scientific experimenter who had made it. His eldest son Henry, the one who compiled the album, was a bit more eccentric, perhaps hinted at in his self portrait above. At one time an MP for Bristol, he 'had a turn for science and was a collector.' In later years his nephew recalled a 'very polished and refined old gentleman and a keen geologist' who 'always dressed with extreme shabbiness' and 'was arrested in his own garden as a suspicious character by a zealous member of the then newly-established police force.' Henry was a passable artist himself, enthusiastic about botanical and geological subjects – was he our photographer?
Some weeks after the 2008 catalogue was issued a critical new piece of information was revealed by one of the private owners of another of the six images. He had detected a stationer's blind stamp on his example and its content immediately told me who had made the photographic paper. Because so much hinged on this one tiny little clue, the private owner very kindly made arrangements for me to view the negative. Using specially controlled lighting and masking, we photographed the blindstamp as well as we could while insuring against damage to the original. We made out 'Lancaster' across the top and 'Clifton' across the bottom. This was Thomas Lancaster (b 1801), who at one time had been in partnership with his younger brother Henry. By the time of photography, they remained friends but ran separate stationer's shops, Henry in Bristol and Thomas in Clifton. Suddenly, these six negatives were old friends to me, for I had had their biography all along in my old research files.
Sometime in the early 1980s I joined Mike & Barbara Gray and my wife Elizabeth in a visit to the camera obscura in Clifton, outside Bristol on the Avon Gorge. The camera was in a very dilapidated state, but the owners were very accommodating (for 40p per head, as I recall) and let us climb up the rickety stairs to view the magic scene projected on a plaster bowl (happily, there is a vigorous new ownership of the Clifton Observatory now and full restoration is underway). The Camera Obscura had been set up by William West (1798-1860) in 1828, as the central feature of his collection of scientific instruments and other manner of philosophical amusements. When Talbot freely disclosed his working method for photogenic drawing in mid-February 1839, West immediately took up the challenge and within a month was selling ready-made photogenic drawing paper from the Observatory and through the shop of his friend and neighbor, the stationer Thomas Lancaster, from whom he obtained his stocks of paper.
The meaning of the 'W' was immediately apparent. It was necessary to mark the sensitised side of photogenic drawing paper while it was still wet, for once it dried this was difficult to determine. Most photographers, including Talbot, settled for a simple penciled X, but West obviously saw an advertising opportunity and proudly employed his initial, marked in indelible India ink.
By the end of 1839, West was increasingly intrigued by the Daguerreotype, but in 1842 he wrote to Talbot enquiring about obtaining a license to practice the Calotype in Bristol. As far as we know, he never finalised this arrangement.
There is little doubt that The Leaf and its cousins were produced at Ham Green House sometime in the summer of 1839 – West only sold his paper that year and unused paper would not have carried over to another season. But was it done by Richard, Henry or another of his three sons, or one of his three accomplished daughters? One by one they can be eliminated. Henry himself, although a keen amateur artist, was really more of a collector, as can be seen repeatedly in surviving family albums.
As it turns out, the middle sister Sarah Anne Bright (1793-1866) is the artist most frequently represented in her brother Henry's albums. Upper left above is the inscription on The Leaf and the other three are various ways that she signed her drawings and watercolours. I think that there is now little doubt that we can add Sarah Anne Bright to our growing list of early photographers.
Nothing further has been discovered thus far about any other possible photographic contributions by her, but tantalizingly her will specifically mentions photographs, an unusual entry in a 19th c will – were these ones she collected or pioneering ones that she made?
Larry J Schaaf
• Questions or Comments? Please contact Prof Schaaf directly at larry.schaaf@bodleian.ox.ac.uk • Catalogue of Photographic Images and Related Material, Sotheby's, London , 29 June 1984, (there were 24 lots from the Henry Bright Collection); The Quillan Collection, Sotheby's, New York, 7 April 2008, Sale No. 8425, Photographer Unknown, Leaf, lot 43. •Wedgwood's process was reviewed by his friend Humphry Davy, 'An Account of a method of copying Paintings upon Glass, and of making Profiles, by the agency of Light upon Nitrate of Silver. Invented by T. Wedgwood, Esq. With Observations by H. Davy,' Journals of the Royal Institution, v. 1 no. 9, 22 June 1802, pp. 170-174. •Samuel Highley, 'Needed, A Photographic Library and Museum,' The Photographic News, v. 29 no. 1415, 16 October 1885, pp. 668-669. •The Bright portraits are in a private family collection. •West's letter to WHFT can be examined in full in the online Talbot Correspondence. The portrait is a detail from a photographic copy of a now lost pencil drawing, Bristol Central Library. •The watercolour of Ham Green House and the inscriptions are taken from various of Sarah Anne Bright's artworks in private family collections. •Sarah Bright's will is in the Bright Archives, University of Melbourne. •Memorial window in St James the Great, Colwall, Herefordshire. •An exploration of the more than 500 identified early British photographers working with Talbot's process can be found in the 'Biographical Dictionary' in Roger Taylor's Impressed by Light: British Photographs from Paper Negatives, 1840-1860 (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2007). While this was made as complete as possible nearly a decade ago, Sarah Anne Bright is now one of the many subsequent possible additions to this listing.
The natural order of things (or, the whimsies of the gods)
The 'Big Dig' at Lacock Abbey


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HomeNEWSEkweremadu escapes assassination attempt in Abuja
Ekweremadu escapes assassination attempt in Abuja
November 6, 2018 Chika Emeche NEWS, POLITICS, WORLD 0
Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu
The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has escaped another assassination attempt.
The incident which happened in the early hours of Tuesday in his Abuja residence saw his security guards rescuing his wife and son from the assailants.
According to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media, Uche Anichukwu, the incident occurred at about 4 a.m. on Tuesday at Ekweremadu's Apo Quarters residence in Abuja.
The armed men were said to have evaded the security at the well guarded residence before gaining entry into the house.
The attackers who could not immediately shoot in order not to attract the attention of the security personnel on duty, took hold of his son and commanded him to lead them to the Senator's bedroom.
"It was in the ensuring struggle in the Senator's bedroom that security was alerted, leading to the arrest of one of the assailants with dangerous weapon and housebreaking devices, while the rest manged to escape," Anichukwu was quoted as saying in the statement.
According to Anichukwu, the arrested member of the gang refused to divulge any information on the operation.
Read: Former PDP BOT chairman, Tony Anenih, dies at 85
He has since been handed over to the police. It would be recalled that the lawmaker narrowly escaped death in Abuja on Nov. 17, 2015.
Although the 2015 incident was reported to the security agencies, nothing has been heard about the matter till date.
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Ekweremadu Calls For Total Removal Of Age Restriction For Political Offices
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The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has called for the total removal of age as a criterion for holding political offices in Nigeria. This was made known in a press release issued […]
FG Files Charges Against Ekweremadu, Akpan Over Assets Declaration
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The Federal Government has charged the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, and Senator Bassey Akpan, who represents Akwa Ibom North-East Senatorial District in Akwa Ibom State, with offences bordering on their alleged refusal and negligence […]
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Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 2014; 100(6):499-506.
Maternal use of corticosteroids during early pregnancy has been inconsistently associated with orofacial clefts in the offspring. A previous report from the National Birth Defect Prevention Study (NBDPS), using data from 1997 to 2002, found an association with cleft lip and palate (odds ratio, 1.7; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.1–2.6), but not cleft palate only (odds ratio, 0.5, 95%CI, 0.2–1.3). From 2003 to 2009, the study population more than doubled in size, and our objective was to assess this association in the more recent data.
The NBDPS is an ongoing multi-state population-based case-control study of birth defects, with ascertainment of cases and controls born since 1997. We assessed the association of corticosteroids and orofacial clefts using data from 2372 cleft cases and 5922 controls born from 2003 to 2009. Maternal corticosteroid exposure was based on telephone interviews.
The overall association of corticosteroids and cleft lip and palate in the new data was 1.0 (95% CI, 0.7–1.4). There was little evidence of associations between specific corticosteroid components or timing and clefts.
In contrast to the 1997 to 2002 data from the NBDPS, the 2003 to 2009 data show no association between maternal corticosteroid use and cleft lip and palate in the offspring. Birth Defects Research (Part A) 100:499–506, 2014. © 2014 The Authors Birth Defects Research Part A: Clinical and Molecular Teratology Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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Mickey Mouse threatens to block all ideas in future
John Naughton
Have your say: kick off the online discussion
Sat 23 Feb 2002 22.54 EST First published on Sat 23 Feb 2002 22.54 EST
The US Supreme Court announced last week that it would hear Eldred v. Ashcroft - an obscure case of which I guess most people are blissfully unaware. Yet the outcome of the court's deliberations will determine how our cultural and intellectual life evolves over the rest of this century. What's at stake is nothing less than the future of ideas.
How come? Well, Eric Eldred is one of those gloriously public-spirited figures who runs a website devoted to publishing literary works in the public domain. The problem that Eldred came up against is that said domain has been shrunk by the US Congress, as it has steadily increased the period during which creative works enjoy copyright protection - from the 28 years envisaged by the framers of the American Constitution to the current position of the author's life plus 70 years for individuals and 95 years for works created by corporations.
This has happened by a series of ad hoc extensions. Since 1960 the process has accelerated, with Congress, egged on by lobbying and huge campaign contributions from movie studios, recording companies and publishing conglomerates, granting no fewer than 11 extensions of copyright. The last straw for Eldred was the 1998 Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act which ratcheted copyright terms up to their current absurd levels.
Eldred's case has been enabled by the 'Openlaw' co-operative project orchestrated by the Berkman Center at Harvard. (See Footnotes web page for details). At issue is whether there are constitutional limits to Congress's power to extend the term of copyright. The framers of the Constitution thought and argued a lot about the question and reached a sublimely intelligent view about it. The heart of it, they reasoned, was to balance the need of authors to earn income from their work, against society's need for the free and unimpeded flow of ideas. The balance they struck in 1790 was to grant copyright protection for 14 years with the possibility of one further extension of 14 years.
Given the dynamism of American cultural and economic life in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, you'd have thought that the framers got it about right. Under the balance they engineered, creativity was rewarded while ideas circulated freely. So why did Congress tamper with it?
The answer appears to be that the framers thought mainly in terms of individual creativity and did not foresee the rise of corporations based almost entirely on intellectual property. And companies do not take lightly to the wasting of their main assets, so they lean heavily on legislators. To take one example: without the Extension Act, Disney's copyright on Mickey Mouse would have expired in 2003 and the rights to Pluto, Goofy and Donald Duck a few years after that.
It's tempting to, er, caricature this issue as a row about cartoon characters, but in fact it goes right to the heart of what makes a creative society tick. We all borrow ideas from one another all the time: imagine how few songs would be composed if songwriters had to pay for every song they'd ever listened to.
In a non-digital age, the control exercised by copyright on the circulation of ideas was relatively loose - simply because it was difficult to enforce at the level of the individual. But in a digital world, it is technically possible to track every single access to a document, song or movie and Disney & Co plan to exploit that to the full. That's why copyright terms must be shortened, why Congress's extensions must be rejected and why the Supreme Court's deliberations in the autumn matter to us all.
john.naughton@observer.co.uk
www.briefhistory.com/footnotes/


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Open Source Redis Cluster Support
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*RedPipe* supports Redis Cluster.

.. code:: python

    import rediscluster
    import redpipe

    r = rediscluster.StrictRedisCluster(
        startup_nodes=[{'host': '0', 'port': 7000}],
    )

    redpipe.connect_redis(r, name='my-cluster')

The reason you can do this is because **RedPipe** wraps the interface.

If it quacks like a duck ...

**RedPipe** can support both the strict and normal interfaces.
Because it is a wrapper, the commands buffer just as you send them.
So if you wrap a StrictRedisCluster, the commands will be sent through as strict commands.
If you wrap `RedisCluster` it follows that interface.

When you get to `Keyspaces`, **RedPipe** is more opinionated.
You can use either StrictRedisCluster or RedisCluster.
But it will present an interface more like the non-strict version.


Dabangg 3 Movie Release Date- Dabangg 3 is one of the Salman Khan upcoming movies to be released in 2017. The film is an action comedy. The lead roles to be played in the film are Sonakshi Sinha and Salman Khan.
This is the 3rd movie of Dabangg franchise. The movie will show how the decent police officer Chulbul Pandey becomes a corrupt police officer. The film is a prequel to previously released Dabangg.
In the year 2013, it was announced that Dabangg 3 is going to be a prequel. However, in 2014, at the time of promotion of his film Dolly Ki Doli director Arbaaz confirmed that the film (Dabangg 3) will be made and the work on the script will start soon.
There are some rumors regarding Dabangg 3 movie release date. Not only that, Salman also confirmed the news that Sonakshi Sinha will be playing into the lead role along with Salman Khan. But as per the recent news on the issue, star actress Parineeti Chopra will replace already existing Sonakshi in the 3rd session of the series.
Also, Salman will be seen romancing with none other than Amy Waluscha De Sousa and Jackson in the movie Dabangg 3. But there is no official announcement related to the casts in the film. Please stay tuned to get more updates on the developments.


The new Hyundai Kona is an impressive compact SUV.
There is a lot to like about the all-new Hyundai Kona which will cost from £60,195 OTR and has just gone on sale.
Not only is there a long equipment list, it is also packed with safety technology and a decent personalisation list among the options.
The stylish new addition to the high Hyundai line-up is an excellent compact SUV.
The engines for the Hyundai Kona feature an all turbocharged line-up including a 1.6 litre T-GDI unit producing 177 PS and which, on the premium GT models, is coupled to a seven speed DCT automatic transmission and four-wheel-drive.
There's also a 1.0 litre petrol TGDI unit which is coupled to a six speed manual gearbox and produces 120 PS in the entry-level model.
Emissions for the Kona range from 117g/km to 153g/km with economy of 47 mpg for the petrol engine and 56 mpg for the larger engine.
There is a lot of equipment for the Hyundai Kona for the money which includes driver attention alert, hill start assist, lane keeping assist and downhill brake control fitted as standard on every model.
The Kona SE features rear cross traffic alert and blindspot detection with the Premium GT having autonomous emergency braking. Every model also features Bluetooth connectivity and DAB radio.
The entry level model, the 1.0 litre Kona T-GDI has an impressive specification including 16 inch alloy wheels as well as body coloured door handles and bumpers while other models come with air conditioning, cruise control and heated door mirrors.
The entry-level model also features cruise control and speed limiter and there is a 5 inch infotainment display and a six speaker sound system.
Other models feature 17 inch alloy wheels, rear parking sensors with rear camera and a larger touchscreen with the premium offering having climate control, automatic windscreen wipers as well as privacy glass.
There's also a Krell top end premium audio system which features eight speakers in the top model.
The factory options for the impressive Hyundai Kona include a sunroof, a two tone roof, metallic paint and autonomous emergency braking.
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using System.Collections.Generic;
using OpenSim.Region.Framework.Interfaces;

namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.Framework.InterfaceCommander
{
    /// <summary>
    /// A single function call encapsulated in a class which enforces arguments when passing around as Object[]'s.
    /// Used for console commands and script API generation
    /// </summary>
    public class Command : ICommand
    {
        //private static readonly ILog m_log = LogManager.GetLogger(MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType);
        private List<CommandArgument> m_args = new List<CommandArgument>();

        private Action<object[]> m_command;
        private string m_help;
        private string m_name;
        private CommandIntentions m_intentions; //A permission type system could implement this and know what a command intends on doing.

        public Command(string name, CommandIntentions intention, Action<Object[]> command, string help)
        {
            m_name = name;
            m_command = command;
            m_help = help;
            m_intentions = intention;
        }

        #region ICommand Members

        public void AddArgument(string name, string helptext, string type)
        {
            m_args.Add(new CommandArgument(name, helptext, type));
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        public string Name
        {
            get { return m_name; }
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        public CommandIntentions Intentions
        {
            get { return m_intentions; }
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        public string Help
        {
            get { return m_help; }
        }

        public Dictionary<string, string> Arguments
        {
            get
            {
                Dictionary<string, string> tmp = new Dictionary<string, string>();
                foreach (CommandArgument arg in m_args)
                {
                    tmp.Add(arg.Name, arg.ArgumentType);
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                return tmp;
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        }

        public string ShortHelp()
        {
            string help = m_name;

            foreach (CommandArgument arg in m_args)
            {
                help += " <" + arg.Name + ">";
            }

            return help;
        }

        public void ShowConsoleHelp()
        {
            Console.WriteLine("== " + Name + " ==");
            Console.WriteLine(m_help);
            Console.WriteLine("= Parameters =");
            foreach (CommandArgument arg in m_args)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("* " + arg.Name + " (" + arg.ArgumentType + ")");
                Console.WriteLine("\t" + arg.HelpText);
            }
        }

        public void Run(Object[] args)
        {
            Object[] cleanArgs = new Object[m_args.Count];

            if (args.Length < cleanArgs.Length)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("ERROR: Missing " + (cleanArgs.Length - args.Length) + " argument(s)");
                ShowConsoleHelp();
                return;
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            {
                Console.WriteLine("ERROR: Too many arguments for this command. Type '<module> <command> help' for help.");
                return;
            }

            int i = 0;
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            {
                if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(arg.ToString()))
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                    Console.WriteLine("ERROR: Empty arguments are not allowed");
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                {
                    switch (m_args[i].ArgumentType)
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                        case "String":
                            m_args[i].ArgumentValue = arg.ToString();
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                            m_args[i].ArgumentValue = Boolean.Parse(arg.ToString());
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                            break;
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                {
                    Console.WriteLine("ERROR: Argument number " + (i + 1) +
                                " (" + m_args[i].Name + ") must be a valid " +
                                m_args[i].ArgumentType.ToLower() + ".");
                    return;
                }
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                i++;
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    }

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    /// </summary>
    public class CommandArgument
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            m_name = name;
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        public string HelpText
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        public string ArgumentType
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            get { return m_type; }
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        public Object ArgumentValue
        {
            get { return m_val; }
            set { m_val = value; }
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Vitali Klitschko was born on July 19, 1971. It was a far different historical era. His native Ukraine was still a part of the Soviet Union. And the Soviet Union was locked in a perilous Cold War with the United States and the rest of the West. It would have seemed unlikely that he would some day headline boxing cards in California, Las Vegas and New York City, or become a superstar attraction in cities like Hamburg, Munich and Cologne.
The oldest son of a Soviet military officer, he developed into a giant human being with frightening athletic ability. He was initially a kickboxing standout, competing with great success at the international level. But by the mid-1990s, he had switched his focus to the boxing ring. He turned professional in 1996 and won his first 27 fights by stoppage. He captured the WBO heavyweight strap from Herbie Hide in 1999.
That was not a title of any real worth and Klitschko dropped it to Chris Byrd in 2000 when he retired in his corner with an injured shoulder, following Round 9. That would earn Klitschko a reputation with American fans. But it is a reputation he largely jettisoned after facing Lennox Lewis in June 2001.
In that fight, Klitschko would earn his second and final professional loss. Yet in defeat, he would also earn his reputation as a true warrior. Facing an aging legend, Klitchko took the fight to Lewis and was ahead on all three cards when he lost on cuts following Round 6. Lewis left a lot of money on the table when he retired rather than pursuing a rematch.
Along with his younger brother, Wladimir, Vitali Klitschko would dominate the heavyweight division for most of this current century. Like his brother, he has failed to generate the respect he probably deserves in the United States. But he has also ruled over a sub-par era. He did not defeat a single Hall of Famer, aside from possibly Tomasz Adamek, who will only make it in for his work at light heavyweight and cruiserweight.
Still, at 6'7″ and 250 pounds, he would have been a difficult matchup for many other great heavyweights from other eras.