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Designing Lansdowne: Public Symposium February 24 to 2 "6, 2010/Conception du parc : colloque du 24 au 26 fé" vrier 2010

Designing Lansdowne: Public Symposium February 24 to 26, 2010

 

The City of Ottawa, in co-operation with the National Capital Commission and Parks Canada, is organizing a design symposium for the new urban park at Lansdowne Park , from February 24 to 26, 2010. We are inviting your organization to participate in this event.

The symposium will focus on informing the three-to-five teams of design experts (who were chosen following the recent request for qualifications exercise) on the history of the site, its engineering challenges and the concerns of various community organizations in Ottawa.

This design symposium is part of an ambitious project of redevelopment for Lansdowne Park that City Council approved in principle last November. That approval includes a number of conditions and the overarching goal of superior urban design.

Opportunities for public involvement

 

February 24, 2010  - 7 p.m.

·        Canadian War Museum, Barney Danson Theatre. Residents may speak for up to five minutes

 

February 25, 2010  -  9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

·        Ottawa City Hall, Andrew Haydon Hall. Community organizations will have 10 minutes to speak

 

I am extending an invitation to you to make a presentation on February 25 due to your organization's past involvement in such community matters.

 

We know that this invitation is relatively short notice, so we would emphasize that your representative should feel free to speak from point-form notes. We would ask, however, that your organization e-mail some kind of written submission no later than February 23 to lansdownepartnership@ottawa.ca so submissions can be copied and shared with the team members.

 

Please book your presentation time by February 19

To arrange for your presentation time, please e-mail lansdownepartnership@ottawa.ca or phone Barbara Backland at 613-580-2424, ext. 14953 and indicate your preference for a morning or afternoon speaking time. We will do our best to accommodate your availability. T

 

Thank you in advance for taking part in what I am confident will be an exciting public debate.

 

Yours truly,
Councillor Peter Hume

Chair, City of Ottawa Planning and Environment Committee

 

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Conception du parc : colloque du 24 au 26 février 2010

 

La Ville d'Ottawa, en collaboration avec la Commission de la capitale nationale et Parcs Canada, organise du 24 au 26 février 2010 un colloque sur la conception du nouveau parc urbain Lansdowne.

Nous convions votre organisation à participer à cet événement.

Le colloque est essentiellement destiné à informer les équipes (trois à cinq) d'experts en conception, qui ont été retenues par suite de la demande récente de qualités requises, sur l'histoire de l'emplacement, sur les défis techniques qu'il pose et sur les préoccupations de divers organismes communautaires d'Ottawa.

Ce colloque de conception s'inscrit dans le cadre d'un projet ambitieux de réaménagement du parc Lansdowne, dont le Conseil municipal a approuvé le principe en novembre dernier. Cette approbation est sujette à un certain nombre de conditions et à l'objectif primordial d'une conception urbaine de qualité supérieure.

Possibilités de participation pour les membres du public

 

Le 24 février 2010 à 19 h

·        Musée canadien de la guerre, Théâtre Barney-Danson. Les résidents pourront prendre la parole pendant cinq minutes au maximum.

 

Le 25 février 2010, de 9 h 30 à 16 h

·        Hôtel de ville d'Ottawa, salle Andrew-Haydon. Les organisations communautaires auront dix minutes pour s'exprimer.

 

Je tiens à vous inviter à venir faire une présentation le 25 février, étant donné l'engagement passé de votre organisation dans des projets communautaires de ce type.

 

Nous savons que cette invitation vous est lancée à relativement brève échéance. C'est la raison pour laquelle votre représentant ne doit pas hésiter à prendre la parole à l'aide de notes schématiques. Nous vous demandons toutefois de nous faire parvenir, d'ici au 23 février, une demande écrite informelle, à l'adresse   partenariatlansdowne@ottawa.ca  fin que nous puissions la copier et la faire partager aux autres membres des équipes.

 

Veuillez réserver votre heure de présentation d'ici au 19 février

Pour prévoir un horaire de présentation, veuillez transmettre un courriel à l'adresse partenariatlansdowne@ottawa.ca ou téléphoner à madame Barbara Backland, au 613-580-2424, poste 14953, en mentionnant votre préférence pour le matin ou l'après-midi. Nous ferons de notre mieux pour nous adapter à vos disponibilités.

Je vous remercie à l'avance de prendre part à ce qui sera à coup sûr un débat public passionnant.

 

Cordialement,
Conseiller Peter Hume

 

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Announcing VUE 3.0

Subject: Announcing VUE 3.0

Dear VUE Community,

The VUE Project is pleased to announce the immediate availability of VUE 3.  This release represents an ambitious effort to bring new and innovative data visualization tools to our core concept-mapping environment while continuing to improve and refine the usability and performance of our existing features.

VUE 3 has been made possible through the generous support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the efforts of the Academic Technology Group at Tufts University, insightful input from many application users, and the work of our volunteer translators.

At the heart of VUE 3 is a new set of data discovery and exploration tools. Information visualization begins with importing data, and with VUE 3.0 users can now import XML documents, RSS feeds and CSV files into the newly designed content panel.  Each data set is listed as a separate resource under the dataset tab of the content panel. Columns of a CSV file and unique elements of XML documents appear as high-level nodes within the data tree.

To facilitate the exploration of maps, we have also created a new panel called Exploration Tools. The Extended Selection tool enables you to extend the selection from one node to other linked nodes by depth of connection and the Opacity tool affects the opacity of the non-selected node and links in a map to reduce visual noise.  In addition to the existing interactive zoom tool in VUE, VUE 3.0 includes an automatic zoom feature for selected items.  All of these new features in the Exploration Tool panel give the user more automation in highlighting specific content, especially for large and complex maps.

With VUE 3, a map can be quickly built out by selecting a node and triggering a query of selected resources. Results are placed on the map using one of VUE’s new automated layouts, designed to assist users in interacting and organizing with their data.

Continuing to build on VUE's history of integration with other tools valuable to scholarly research, we’ve included two additional features in this release. These features demonstrate our understanding of the importance of digital information and published resources in scholarly activity, as well as the many associated tasks of structuring and managing digital content. These features reflect the preferences and activities of today’s scholars. 1) We have developed a framework in VUE to call SEASR (http://seasr.org) flows and augment the outcome of these flows with the working map.  2) We have created a plug-in for Firefox to allow users to map their Zotero collections in VUE using new dataset features.

VUE 3 also provides notable improvements in performance with a completely redesigned image rendering architecture.  VUE can now handle large number of digital images while using only a fraction of the memory required in VUE 2.

Finally, VUE 3 introduces localization of the VUE user interface.  VUE is currently available localized for French, Greek, Italian and Portuguese, with partial translations available in Bulgarian, Chinese, German, Hungarian, Russian and Spanish.  If you are interested in translating VUE to another language, or in helping us complete the partial translations, please let us know in our user forums.

VUE 3 can be downloaded by visiting http://vue.tufts.edu.  As with previous VUE releases, versions of VUE are available for Windows, Mac OSX, and Linux.  VUE is Open Source, available at no cost, and released under the Education Community License Version 2.0.

With so many new features in VUE 3, we wanted to provide some resources to help users get started exploring what VUE 3 can do.  Building on the success of the community webinars we held during the VUE 3 development cycle, we’ve released a number of demonstration videos to show off some of VUE 3’s new features here: http://www.youtube.com/VUEProject.  We’ve also improved the user guide and moved it online: http://vue.tufts.edu/help/index.cfm.  As always the best place to interact with the VUE community and share tips and ideas for using VUE is on our forums at http://vue-forums.uit.tufts.edu.

As we move beyond VUE 3, VUE’s continued growth and success will depend on the engagement and support of the VUE community.  If you are interested in contributing to VUE in any way, please let us know.  Our project, like many other open source efforts, grows largely through the community’s effort to spread the word.  We encourage everybody to spread the word by submitting stories about VUE and your use of it, creating screencasts and screenshots showing off your favorite features and making use of your favorite social networking sites to reach new users. Additionally, VUE is always in need of programmers looking to take on tasks both large and small.  New users often seek advice from expert users in the VUE forums, consider sharing your knowledge and experience with others in our online forums.  Help us build the VUE community by participating in some way.


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Invitation to LIVE WEBCAST: Singapore ICT Day for South Asia - Feb 3, 13:30 ? 17:00 Dhaka time (GMT+6)

Join us via live webcast and Twitter/social media at 13:30 – 17:00 Dhaka time (GMT+6) on Feb 3!

Countries are being transformed by Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) daily. Singapore, for one, has made important advances in the area of global competitiveness by positioning ICT at the core of national innovation and development strategies. The World Bank’s Global ICT Department, GDLN and International Enterprise (IE) Singapore would like to cordially invite you to the Singapore ICT Day for South Asia featuring Global Dialogue Workshop held in Dhaka, Bangladesh with country clients participation via videoconference and live webcast.

The workshop will share the role of ICT in the public sector transformation agenda and Singapore’s success in eGovernment via close collaboration with the private sector. Experts from Singapore Government CIO Office and leading Singapore ICT companies, namely, IDA International, CrimsonLogic, NCS, novaCITYNETS and Ecquaria will also share highlights about Singapore’s 30 years of eGovernment journey, iN2015 vision and key initiatives, eGovernance required to ensure successful eTransformation, concept of Public Services Infrastructure for effective deployment, and in promoting a world-class pro-enterprise business environment.

This Global Dialogue Workshop will provide participants with key insights on how Singapore has transformed from a tranquil port town into a First World city. These insights will include key eGovernment trends, industry drivers/restraints, as well as case studies of eGovernment implementation.

This event is part of our Government Transformation Initiative series of seminars aimed to facilitate South-South and other peer-to-peer knowledge exchanges to help our client countries to learn from leaders and each other.

Countries participating via videoconferencing are: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan (2 locations), and Sri Lanka.

Live Webcast:

mms://wbmswebcast1.worldbank.org/live (for Windows Media Streaming)
http://streaming7.worldbank.org/vvflash/extlive (for Flash Streaming)

Live Discussion:

Adobe Connect: http://worldbankva.na4.acrobat.com/r21453813
Twitter hashtag is #SARSing

Learn more (agenda, slides, social media etc): http://go.worldbank.org/GXNX9ZH450

Recorded webcast will be available at: http://www.worldbank.org/edevelopment/live

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Lansdowne Partnership / Plan de partenariat du parc Lansdowne

Join the Conversation on Lansdowne Park

January 25, 2010

              Lansdowne Partnership Plan Web site »

Questions:
311@ottawa.ca

  

Lansdowne Partnership E-News

Comments encouraged to bring Lansdowne to life

The City of Ottawa, National Capital Commission (NCC) and the Parks Canada Agency are working together to collect public comments on the Lansdowne urban park design competition.

"The City of Ottawa, and our partners in this project, are excited about the creation of a new public urban park at Lansdowne," said Mayor Larry O'Brien. "We will ensure that the firms selected to design this park have a clear understanding of what the public wants to see there."

An online consultation asks residents to provide their thoughts in response to three questions concerning the open space at Lansdowne.

1.      What would you, your family and friends like to do in a new urban park at Lansdowne?

2.      What elements or features do you think the new urban park should include?

3.      Do you have other comments that could help the designers come up with a plan that would make this urban park a unique and special place within the city?

A summary report of comments will be provided to the three to five design firms selected in February to design the urban park. Feedback received during the City's fall consultations on the Lansdowne Partnership Plan will also be provided to the design firms.

"The collaboration on this design will provide an opportunity to create an important urban public space that is fitting for our Capital Region. Early public input is very important so that teams can understand how residents and visitors want to use this park as they are developing their concepts," said NCC Chief Executive Officer Marie Lemay.

The design teams will be identified in mid-February and given the opportunity to prepare innovative design concepts for the new open space. A jury, with representation from the National Capital Commission, the Parks Canada Agency, the City and a design advisory panel, will select the successful design.

"Public consultation is an important part of this process," said Parks Canada Field Unit Superintendent, Don Marrin "The public has been very engaged in the redevelopment of Lansdowne and their comments have guided the work of the partners. We welcome this feedback as we work towards a final design for a new urban park at Lansdowne."

The online comment form is available at ottawa.ca/lansdownepartnership. Please submit your comments by Wednesday, February 10, 2010 to have them included in the summary report. Comments submitted after February 10 will be provided to the competing design teams. For more information on the Lansdowne Partnership Plan, visit ottawa.ca/lansdownepartnership or contact the City of Ottawa at 3-1-1 (TTY: 613-580-2401).

 

                 

Joignez-vous à la conversation sur le parc Lansdowne

Le 25 janvier 2010

              Site web du Plan de partenariat du parc Lansdowne »

Questions :
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Cyberbulletin Plan de partenariat du parc Lansdowne

Les commentaires du public sont encouragés en vue de la transformation de Lansdowne

La Ville, la CCN et l'Agence Parcs Canada travaillent de concert afin de recueillir les commentaires du public relativement au concours pour la conception du parc urbain à Lansdowne.

« Les partenaires de ce projet se réjouissent de la création prochaine d'un nouveau parc urbain public de grande envergure à Lansdowne », a déclaré le maire Larry O'Brien. «  Il est important que les concepteurs sélectionnés pour ce parc aient une idée très claire de ce que le public veut voir dans ce nouveau parc urbain. »

Une consultation publique en ligne permet aux résidents de donner leur point de vue en réponse aux trois questions concernant l'espace vert à Lansdowne.

1.      Qu'aimeriez-vous faire, avec vos amis et votre famille, dans le nouveau parc urbain situé à Lansdowne?

2.      Quels éléments ou caractéristiques devraient être inclus selon vous à ce parc urbain?

3.      Avez-vous d'autres commentaires à formuler dans le but d'aider les concepteurs à planifier et à concevoir ce parc urbain, et qui en feraient un espace unique et spécial dans notre ville?

Un rapport sommaire des commentaires sera remis aux trois à cinq concepteurs sélectionnés en février en vue de réaliser le parc urbain. Les commentaires reçus durant les consultations de l'automne sur le Plan de partenariat Lansdowne seront également transmis aux concepteurs.

« La collaboration dans l'élaboration de ce projet permettra de créer un espace public urbain d'importance pour la région de la capitale. Il importe que le public nous donne ses commentaires tôt dans le processus pour que les équipes puissent comprendre la façon dont les résidants et les visiteurs veulent utiliser ce parc, et ce, au moment où elles sont à élaborer leurs concepts », d'expliquer Mme Marie Lemay, première dirigeante de la CCN.

Les équipes de concepteurs seront identifiées à la mi-février et auront la possibilité de préparer des concepts novateurs pour le nouvel espace vert. Un jury, composé de représentants de la Commission de la capitale nationale, de l'Agence Parcs Canada, de la ville et d'un groupe consultatif en conception, sélectionnera la conception lauréate.

« La consultation du public est une partie importante de ce processus, » a expliqué la gestionnaire des communications de l'Agence Parcs Canada, Pamela Buell. « Le public participe grandement au réaménagement de Lansdowne et ses commentaires ont guidé le travail des partenaires. Cette rétroaction est bienvenue et nous travaillons aux fins d'une conception finale pour un nouveau parc urbain à Lansdowne. »

Vous trouverez le formulaire de commentaires en ligne à ottawa.ca/partenariatlansdowne. Veuillez soumettre vos commentaires d'ici le mercredi 10 février 2010 afin qu'ils soient intégrés au rapport sommaire. Les commentaires soumis après le 10 février seront présentés aux équipes de conception en lice. Pour plus de renseignements sur le Plan de partenariat Lansdowne, consultez ottawa.ca/partenariatlansdowne ou communiquez avec la Ville d'Ottawa au 3-1-1 (ATS : 613-580-2401).

 

                 

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Subject: Glebe Avenue Fire: How You Can Help

The Glebe Community Association (GCA), Glebe Business Improvement Area (BIA) and the Glebe
Community Centre (GCC) are working together to help the victims of the three-alarm fire on January
18th that burned down a multi-unit apartment building at 114 Glebe Avenue.

The GCA has set up a special account at the Royal Bank at Bank Street and First Avenue.  Donations
can be made at any RBC branch or online if you have an RBC account.  The account number is
 00116-1012954. Cheques are also accepted and should be made out to the Glebe Community Association
with the special account number written in the memo portion of the cheque. The GCA board is working
with the Red Cross and the residents affected to determine how to distribute the money.

We're in urgent need of basic toiletries (soap, shampoo, toothpaste, deodorant) for the folks who
lost everything in the fire. We're also accepting donations of adult winter clothing items (male &
female pants and sweaters, coats, hats, scarves and mittens). Though we don't have specific sizes,
your donation of clean items is appreciated. Anything that doesn't fit will be donated to local
charities. Items can be dropped off at the Glebe Community Centre, 175 Third Avenue.

The GCA and BIA are planning a fundraising concert at the Glebe Community Centre will be held on
Saturday, February 20th with prominent local bands slated to perform. More details will be released
later.

[Connecting.nyc Inc. discussion] dotNeighborhoods Meeting

>
FYI

> What: dotNeighborhoods
>
> When: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 6:30 PM
>
> Where: Neighborhood Preservation Center
> 232 E 11th St , New York, NY 10003
>
> We're all familiar with Top Level Domains like .com, .org, and .gov. > New York will soon have its own, the .nyc TLD. This meeting will > focus on the dotNeighborhood name-set.
>
> Connecting.nyc Inc. advocates for .nyc's development as a public > interest resource and sees neighborhood names as the most > significant name-set. More on this here. For details on the range of > names to become available see our Domain Name allocation Plan.
>
> Sans Murphy, beginning next year there will be websites like > GreenwichVillage.nyc, BayRidge.nyc, JacksonHeights.nyc, Harlem.nyc, > Astoria.nyc, Chelsea.nyc, Melrose.nyc, and 300 other neighborhood > websites. These will be places where neighbors can connect with one > another to address problems and explore opportunities. With their > arrival neighborhood names will attain significance beyond the > amount you pay for housing.
>
> This is our third 'dotNeighborhoods' meeting and we're going to > focus on governance - how do we make sure that Corona.nyc serves the > needs of Corona residents and not the beer company? See our > dotNeighborhoods wiki for more on technology, content, finance, and > other project issues.
>
> First on the agenda is a report from Hunter College Graduate School > of Urban Affairs Workshop which just completed a project for us: A > Case Study - Neighborhoods in a Digital Era. The researches will > describe their process and findings.
>
> Then we'll get into the question of governance, possibly setting up > some committees on content and finance.
>
> Let me know if you're coming.
>
> Best,
>
> Tom Lowenhaupt

Updating the Berkman Center's broadband study for the FCC

Good morning,

A brief note regarding the Berkman Center for Internet & Society's independent review for the FCC, Next Generation Connectivity: A review of broadband Internet transitions and policy from around the world:

On October 14, the FCC posted for public comment the draft study (see http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/newsroom/broadband_review_draft). Hundreds of pages of comments were filed, and some were very helpful in identifying useful additional analysis. In mid-January, the Berkman Center will submit the final draft of Next Generation Connectivity to the FCC.

In the interim, we have made available a "Memorandum Describing Intended Updates to the Final Report," a substantial piece of research in its own right (congratulations and thanks are again due to everyone who helped with this important work!). The updates described in the memo reinforce the findings of the draft study. The updates include a literature review with an important conclusion: The present unstated consensus in US telecommunications policy circles that open access is a theory in disrepute is without foundation in evidence.

For a more detailed description of the memo, and access to the full document, please visit: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/node/5843

As always, we welcome your feedback.

Seth Young
Communications
Berkman Center for Internet & Society
Harvard University
+1.617.384.9135

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