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Dear Wendy
YOUR CALL TO ACTION
Please believe when I say that this is not an easy email to write. I write it with a heavy heart. So much has happened. It's difficult to know where to start. Let me begin with recent plans for the city centre before I make a few general points and suggestions.
I feel very sad for cyclists that nothing can be done to the crossing at John Dobson/Durant Place. In fact I don't believe this to be true. The council got the priorities wrong. Again.
The council cycling officer says: "The left filter at Durant Place has been looked at but needs to be retained to keep the traffic following [sic.] at peak times."
Sorry to say but we have caught you out again. This is car-centric thinking. This t-junction poses a real risk to cyclists due to its unusual traffic light phasing. In fact t-junctions and roundabouts generally are a danger spot to cyclists and should be looked at and re-assessed. Cyclists' safety has been compromised once more.
Dare I say people don't cycle southbound on John Dobson Street because of it? I could go further and say that the city centre is hostile to cyclists and some real tough choices need to be made by our council to make it accessible and safe for cycling folks.
But with Northumberland Street out of the picture... and Percy Street under a thick blanket of review, what are the options crossing the city centre North to South?
If our council truly want more people to cycle, especially attracting new people to cycling (because how else will numbers notably increase?), tough and firm decisions must be made by you and your colleagues. But a clear direction in deed (not just written word) does currently not exist for the city centre (or elsewhere).
Council's car-centric planning and thinking must be placed in the superseded folder, once and for all. It's blighting the urban space. And it's space that must be re-thought and re-allocated.
Granted, there are some plans for the city centre. Let me sum them up like this: piecemeal and business-as-usual. It's a lot of mucking about and fiddling on the edges. And that's not enough. Retrofitting only works combined with real leadership. There is some urgency for fair and firm decision-making. A petition signed by over 800 residents has been handed over to the council demanding safer cycling conditions in the city centre. What more needs to happen? An accident? We hope not.
Here's the start of a solution:
Phase 1 - now
Open up Northumberland Street to cycling out-of-hours, when pedestrian density is lower (incidentally same should be done on the metro too). This can be done now and at very little cost. Pedestrians can then get a feel for sharing with cyclists. This out-of-hours approach would be the first step towards better understanding and cooperation. UK pedestrians are just not used to cyclists. When, really, cyclists are citizens too and not different to the general populace: considerate and caring. Think about it. A cyclist does not gain anything from bumping into a pedestrian. It is about trust. It is also most ridiculous that delivery vehicles are seen on Northumberland Street within shopping hours. How is that safe for people?
* Development of the 1PLAN implementation, such as a phased traffic restriction plan.
Phase 2 - short term
Let's not stop there. In order to open Northumberland Street around the clock, I understand pedestrian density must be reduced, hence further pedestrianisation of the city centre such as John Dobson Street and connecting roads to Northumberland Street is called for – I believe this to be the Civic Boulevard idea the council have been talking about. So why not use the 22 September? It is World Car-free Day and John Dobson Street could be cordoned off from motorised traffic, maybe with street entertainment provided, reclaiming a safe space, thereby introducing the idea of increasing shared pedestrianisation and restricting car use.
* Carry out quick actions from 1PLAN and interim steps towards 1PLAN conclusion.
Phase 3 - medium term
The successful transformation of the city centre depends on the council's determination and steadfastness with the spatial and economic vision. Its success also depends on the council believing in it and communicating it to the wider public.
* Total calming of the urban core in line with implementation plan, concluding 1PLAN.
Unclear future of the city centre
We know these car-restrictive schemes can work. This is not new. It has been done elsewhere. The economic case has been proven: quality of space upholds revenue. And don’t forget, cyclists are consumers too. Newcastle wants to become a vibrant inclusive safe modern European city. Prolific and unfettered car use does not spring to mind as part of that picture, whereas walking and cycling does. Incidentally extensive pedestrianisation is the future vision, which is 1PLAN's economic and spatial strategy. As you know. I do remember Northumberland Street before pedestrianisation took place. It was a dismal place. When will you start communicating that people-centred vision and prepare the public for what's to come? Other than the erection of anti-terrorist bollards on Northumberland Street I have not heard much from you recently.
We want to see those plans and want to be part of them too: gradually giving the centre back to people to live, work, shop and 'just be'. I want my city to breathe fresh air again. Free car parking after 5 and 6 for Alive after Five? Totally laughable. How is inviting cars into the centre sitting snugly with the economic and spatial vision? It's terrifically counter-productive in my opinion. Sending the wrong message entirely. And where is the provision of green alternatives? To me, the council appear a mere puppet at the mercy of the traders and 1NE Ltd. Talking to the Executive Director of Environment and Regeneration in December sadly confirmed that to me.
Don't be afraid of your own long-term vision.
Believe in it and act on it.
Enthuse citizens with it.
Stick to it. It's a great plan.
Be brave and give space to cyclists. And get pedestrians accustomed to cyclists too.
In closing
This email is partly due to you not responding to a number of meeting requests over the last months. I wish we could have discussed this face to face. It appeared writing was the only option, once again.
You must forgive me. Cyclists are getting angry because we have been sidelined for too long. Decades of promises made and not kept. I have composed this email out of sheer disappointment of lack of real progress: progress in cycle-orientated thinking, cycling hearts and minds. It will take time, I know, but you are at the helm and we are fast running out of time. All I can do is make a plea for your decisive action. You can make a real difference. Please do not let this great opportunity pass us by.
It is you who has the power to give firm direction.
So, what's keeping you?
And how can we help?
Please make 2011 a year of cycling action.
Happy new year.
Katja
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I finished work yesterday until the 6th January, and I woke up at 6am this
morning being sick.
Toddler E and I have been taking it easy this morning on the sofa under a
duvet. After watching The Muppets Christmas Carol, we got out some books for
a read, mostly Shirley Hughes today.
I LOVE Shirley Hughes. There's something so cosy and real about her words
and images. With the family theatre of bathtimes and bedtimes, trips to the
park and the shops, set against the backdrop of nature so evocatively
painted through the seasons, they remind me to appreciate the new things E
is learning everyday. And not just her numbers and letters, but the myriad
of things which occupy her mind.
As Shirley says of children in this
articleat
The Times Online:
"They are learning more at this stage than at any other, grappling with
these big things: are my boots on the right feet? Can I safely put my
security blanket down? You have to tap into the way they feel about these
things."
There are the things E experiences everyday, the things she notices and
hasn't yet learned to take for granted, and through Shirley Hughes's books
they are captured in such beautiful detail: the cat on the wall on the way
to the park, the difference between day and night, the sound of falling
rain.
They remind me what it's like for E to be a small child, and they also
remind me to appreciate these things too.
Over at the Penguin
websiteshe
says this:
"I want children, however tiny they are, and wherever they live, to use
their eyes, to look out and see that it's ravishingly beautiful out there."
I really knew nothing of what Ms Hughes looks like or about her personal
life before reading these articles though, but I liked this, also from The
Times:
"Appointed OBE in 1999 for services to children's literature, Shirley Hughes
at 78, tall and upright in elegant, home-sewn clothes, shows no sign of
slowing down"
Websites:
Penguin www.penguin.co.uk/nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,1000015904,00.html
The Times
entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainmen...
Recommendations
The pic is of E reading
Colours,
from Shirley's nursery collection which also includes Noisy, Bathwater's
Hot, All Shapes and Sizes, and When We Went to the Park. We have these as
individual books and also as a collection. The individual books are better
because the illustrations are bigger and given the right amount of space. In
the collection some are cropped.
E is nearly three and still really enjoys these books. She is getting Rhymes
for Annie Rosefor
Christmas
On Monday, February 22, 2016 10:07 AM, Frank Alvarez Jr. wrote:
I and Hilda went to St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, small church surrounded by cracked walls and surrounded by a desperately poor barrio up in the dusty mountains of Juarez to pick up the tickets originally for 12 of us. We were blessed to be given 2 extra tickets for two other people who took the chance to come along with the group knowing that the tickets to the papal mass weren't guaranteed including a 74 year old lady, Carmen Laffey.
From L-R are Carmen, Manuel and Fabiola who work in the church office. Seen from the church grounds is a phrase written into the mountains just beyond the church grounds - La Biblia es la Verdad. Leela," or "The Bible is the Truth, Read It." Other pictures show the view of the church from the outside and a simple layout of the church on the inside.
Algunas fotos....
Christian Chaigneau
Director
TTM Chile S.A.
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Las Condes- Santiago
Tel Directo +56 2 2594 1202
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Bonjour,
J'ai effectué un stage chez lui en Juin 2006, il est devenu ensuite un de
mes clients quand j'ai travaillé dans la distribution d'instruments de
musique en lui fournissant des micros.
N'ayant plus son portable, j'ai cherché à appeler ce matin Xavier pour lui
demander un renseignement et lui souhaiter la bonne année 2015, c'est alors
que j'ai lu l'impensable avec quelques mois de retard...
Il était pour moi l'humilité, la connaissance, le génie, il me faisait
rire, j'aimais sa spontanéité, j'ai beaucoup de peine en écrivant ces
lignes.
Son premier enfant , son petit garçon dont j'ai oublié le prénom est né
pendant mon stage," je me souviens les gars, je vous laisse mon atelier, ma
femme accouche", il était comme cela, jamais inquiet en apparence et
rassurant, confiant et trouvant toujours une solution, mon dieu quelle
perte !!!
Je ne t'oublierai jamais Xavier et merci , je te ferai hommage à chaque
fois que je ferai sonné ma guitare.
J'espère que tu as trouvé la paix Xavier
Affectueusement
Mon cher Greg ( c'est comme cela que tu disais quand tu décrochais le
tél...)
This is one of the many subway scenes I've shot with my iPhone. I'm not sure what this girl was really doing with her cellphone -- e.g., was she reading her email and reacting to it, or was she enjoying the lyrics and melody of a song that she was playing, or was she talking to someone on the phone (which very few people actually do on their cellphones any more)? In any case, I took over a hundred pictures as our IRT subway train bounced along the tracks in the mid-60s range of Broadway, on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.
I thought this was one of the more interesting photos of the overall sequence, and I gave it three stars in my Aperture rating system. But not five stars, so it never did get uploaded as a "public" Flickr photo. But I thought the sequence was interesting, so I've uploaded them all here ...
Note: shortly after I uploaded this photo, one of my loyal Flickr friends "faved" it. So I've changed the status of the photo to "public."
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Whether you’re an amateur or professional photographer, it’s hard to walk around with a modern smartphone in your pocket, and not be tempted to use the built-in camera from time-to-time. Veteran photographers typically sneer at such behavior, and most will tell you that they can instantly recognize an iPhone photo, which they mentally reject as being unworthy of any serious attention.
After using many earlier models of smartphones over the past several years, I was inclined to agree; after all, I always (well, almost always) had a “real” phone in my pocket (or backpack or camera-bag), and it was always capable of taking a much better photographic image than the mediocre, grainy images shot with a camera-phone.
But still … there were a few occasions when I desperately wanted to capture some photo-worthy event taking place right in front of me, and inevitably it turned out to be the times when I did not have the “real” camera with me. Or I did have it, but it was buried somewhere in a bag, and I knew that the “event” would have disappeared by the time I found the “real" camera and turned it on. By contrast, the smart-phone was always in my pocket (along with my keys and my wallet, it’s one of the three things I consciously grab every time I walk out the door). And I often found that I could turn it on, point it at the photographic scene, and take the picture much faster than I could do the same thing with a “traditional” camera.
Meanwhile, smartphone cameras have gotten substantially better in the past few years, from a mechanical/hardware perspective; and the software “intelligence” controlling the camera has become amazingly sophisticated. It’s still not on the same level as a “professional” DSLR camera, but for a large majority of the “average” photographic situations we’re likely to encounter in the unplanned moments of our lives, it’s more and more likely to be “good enough.” The old adage of “the best camera is the one you have with you” is more and more relevant these days. For me, 90% of the success in taking a good photo is simply being in the right place at the right time, being aware that the “photo opportunity” is there, and having a camera — any camera — to take advantage of that opportunity. Only 10% of the time does it matter which camera I’m using, or what technical features I’ve managed to use.
And now, with the recent advent of the iPhone5s, there is one more improvement — which, as far as I can tell, simply does not exist in any of the “professional” cameras. You can take an unlimited number of “burst-mode” shots with the new iPhone, simply by keeping your finger on the shutter button; instead of being limited to just six (as a few of the DSLR cameras currently offer), you can take 10, 20, or even a hundred shots. And then — almost magically — the iPhone will show you which one or two of the large burst of photos was optimally sharp and clear. With a couple of clicks, you can then delete everything else, and retain only the very best one or two from the entire burst.
With that in mind, I’ve begun using my iPhone5s for more and more “everyday” photo situations out on the street. Since I’m typically photographing ordinary, mundane events, even the one or two “optimal” shots that the camera-phone retains might not be worth showing anyone else … so there is still a lot of pruning and editing to be done, and I’m lucky if 10% of those “optimal” shots are good enough to justify uploading to Flickr and sharing with the rest of the world. Still, it’s an enormous benefit to know that my editing work can begin with photos that are more-or-less “technically” adequate, and that I don’t have to waste even a second reviewing dozens of technically-mediocre shots that are fuzzy, or blurred.
Oh, yeah, one other minor benefit of the iPhone5s (and presumably most other current brands of smartphone): it automatically geotags every photo and video, without any special effort on the photographer’s part. Only one of my other big, fat cameras (the Sony Alpha SLT A65) has that feature, and I’ve noticed that almost none of the “new” mirrorless cameras have got a built-in GPS thingy that will perform the geotagging...
I’ve had my iPhone5s for a couple of months now, but I’ve only been using the “burst-mode” photography feature aggressively for the past couple of weeks. As a result, the initial batch of photos that I’m uploading are all taken in the greater-NYC area. But as time goes on, and as my normal travel routine takes me to other parts of the world, I hope to add more and more “everyday” scenes in cities that I might not have the opportunity to photograph in a “serious” way.
Stay tuned….
On Monday, February 22, 2016 10:07 AM, Frank Alvarez Jr. wrote:
I and Hilda went to St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, small church surrounded by cracked walls and surrounded by a desperately poor barrio up in the dusty mountains of Juarez to pick up the tickets originally for 12 of us. We were blessed to be given 2 extra tickets for two other people who took the chance to come along with the group knowing that the tickets to the papal mass weren't guaranteed including a 74 year old lady, Carmen Laffey.
From L-R are Carmen, Manuel and Fabiola who work in the church office. Seen from the church grounds is a phrase written into the mountains just beyond the church grounds - La Biblia es la Verdad. Leela," or "The Bible is the Truth, Read It." Other pictures show the view of the church from the outside and a simple layout of the church on the inside.
I am moved to near tears. The month of October will be spent in coastal Washington, living rent-free and going very deep on personal art projects. I forgot how good it feels to get an acceptance letter for once!
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When triggered, each of these rules move the email to a folder called "Office Shit Talking."
If anyone has any better ways to reduce the bullshit emails which land in my inbox, I'd love to hear them.
A Barragem de Alqueva é a maior barragem de Portugal e da Europa, situada no rio Guadiana, no Alentejo interior, perto da fronteira espanhola. Foi construída com o objectivo de regadio para toda a zona do Alentejo e produção de energia eléctrica para além de outras actividades complementares. Diversas infra-estruturas do Sistema Global encontram-se já construídas e muitas outras em fase avançada de projecto.
Hoje o Alqueva está a tornar-se num dos destinos turisticos de excelência onde os fins de semana relaxantes ocupam lugar de destaque. A tranquilidade, aliada às inúmeras actividades e divulgação dos costumes tradicionais e artesanto local estão a tornar o Alqueva um lugar de eleição. www.alqueva.com/
This is a photo of Ward Williams, in what looks by the "duvet" cover
like a Motel 6, geeking his little heart out to, yes, DUNGEONS AND
DRAGONS. Oh my. And you know what? I'll bet he's still there, playing
that game. We wouldn't want to disturb him, would we?
Deux guitares faites par Xavier, j'aime à penser que je garderai un peu de son âme à travers elles. Tu vas nous manquer. RIP
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