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parking 58

Together with GB Les Halles, Parking 58 will also be demolished soon in Brussels and new apartment blocks will rise…

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One of my new year resolutions was to process my own film. I done it. This was an expired B/W Orwopan 100 film that I have shot in December before Christmas with my Carena SRH1000. The film slept for a while. In November last year I got a special bag to use as a dark room to roll films to the processing tank. In January I have obtained the chemicals. So I was ready to go. And finally last weekend I give it a shot!

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Results are almost terrible but ok, this is the first trial. Here I should indicate what I have used to process the B/W film.

Chemicals:

  • Ilford ID 11 as the developer
  • Amaloco s10 as the stop bath
  • And finally Ilford rapid fixer

I am using JOBO 1520 universal tank and a very good quality (American brand) dark room bag. I have to add that I got three beakers from Carrefour to measure the chemicals and also a thermometer.

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I have watched many tutorials about film processing on youtube but you learn only when you do it. My biggest mistake in this first trial was to use a little bit less developer chemical and also not to shake it very proper. So this is the lesson learned. I also have to admit that I am still not very good at rolling the film to the spiral for the processing tank. There I have lost some parts of the film and put my finger prints.

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Once the processing was completed I hang the film rolls dry and next day scanned them with my Epson V500. As I have not yet bought any film envelopes the film was rolled so was very difficult to place in the scanner film holders. This is a final lesson for the future.

I look forward for new adventures with the B/W white films.

Carena SRH-1000
Orwopan 100
Expired
Process&Scan by peixesloucos

December 2011 Brussels

Today I am not posting something from my hometown. After almost 10 years, it snow in Izmir. Here are some photographs I received from the email groups.

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My hometown in constant change. The only place that will remain the same is the church courtyard and the Christian cemetery.

The middle photo is the house of my grandmothers friend. This is one of the last building that will be converted to a new-tall apartment block.

It is really sad in Antwerp.

Very sad…

And lonely.

Very lonely…

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Antwerp loves throwing trash. Colorful street art everywhere.

If you ever visit Brussels or you are a Brusselaar/Bruxellois yourself, you will see that there are never ending construction of pavements. Let’s take a short walk in the city with some recent photographs that I have taken. Below you can find some FAQ from the Public Works section of the city of Brussels. The text is auto translated from French into English.

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The City has 5 types of interventions for pavements and roads:

  1.  Interventions and emergency repairs
  2. Small urgent repairs planned for short periods
  3. Appeal to the work of a private entrepreneur with a procurement contract
  4. Management of procurement contracts for renovations on surfaces superior to 100 m2 and follow-up of the construction sites
  5. Management and follow-up of the interventions of the utilities on the public road network

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The City has teams that distribute newsletters about the commencement of the work, if they are performed on behalf of the City.

The starting date of a site can not be decided months in advance. Giving accurate information is nearly impossible, because unforeseen circumstances always spoil the ointment.

That’s why the City may release the information to local residents rather lately. About ten days before the start of the yard, the City starts a door-to-door distribution process with further information and telephone numbers. It has the duty to assure access to dwellings, garages and stores.

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Except in emergencies, it is almost impossible after a major redesign (and within two years) that a footpath or a road is opened up again.

A renovation for the account of the City or by a subcontractor requires the coordination of all stakeholders. Thus, at the same time, various operations are executed in one road to complete all the works there.

Citizens point out that sometimes, after big works, streets and sidewalks are still broken. Except for emergency interventions and the placement of lighting it is doubtful that this is within the prohibited period of 2 years.

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According to Article 2 of the regulations for sidewalks, the owner is responsible for the maintenance.

If an accident occurs, the injured can turn against the owner.

Exceptions, such as excessive and/or abnormal use of the footpaths by vehicles, are partially or totally rebuilt by the City.

You can consult the House of Participation and Citizenship for more information concerning the public life and the municipal projects. They have many videos.

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Well at the end we can have a nice pavement, and now its time to have some fine street art…

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As a WordPress blogger since 2007, yesterday one of my posts ( http://kaldirimlar.com/2011/05/24/road-companions/ ) has been promoted to Freshly Pressed on WordPress.com. It is amazing to see thousands of people dropping to this blog and I am really happy to share my pavement adventures with you.

leather sit

There is no option to sit down and rest. I will keep blogging as usual in WordPress. Today I would like to make small set of rubbish thrown to streets. Some sort of leather orange chair, a green velvet chair with legs, a sofa with sexy leopard skin and a box of electronics including broken vacuum cleaner.

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Today was the day household collection day in the municipality I reside in Brussels. It is usually done twice a week and there are no large containers placed in the street therefore you have to place your waste bags (white ones) the night before the collection trucks pass. Once a week they also collect blue and yellow bags which are for recycling plastics and paper.

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I had to run up and down the stairs – yes I live in a typical Brussels apartment without elevator to carry five bags. I decided to go through my graduate study folders and decided to recycle all the photocopies that I no longer needed. It was a heavy job but now I have space for placing other stuff in the boxes.

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I would like to point to sorting and recycling household waste:

Rubbish must be sorted at source in order for it to be recycled.
Some types of rubbish are collected at your house. But you can also dispose of it at collection points and container parks.
Companies maintain contacts with specialised, regional government institutions to manage their commercial and industrial waste.

More information about container parks and other collection points in Flanders, Wallonia and the Brussels Capital Region can be found on your municipality website.

Sorting rubbish

The following categories of rubbish can be sorted:

 - Glass: empty bottles and jars without cap or lid. In most municipalities, clear glass and coloured glass must be separated. New glass containers are made from the recycled glass. Warning: ceramics, tempered glass, pyrex or fireproof glass, mirrors, window panes and lightbulbs must not be included in the glass waste, but disposed of with bulky waste at the container park.

 - Paper and cardboard: newspapers, magazines, boxes and similar must be sufficiently clean to be recycled. Warning: paper tissues, kitchen roll, stickers, juice boxes, carbon paper and wallpaper, dirty or greasepaper and cellophane paper are not recyclable as paper and should be kept separately and disposed of in the regulation bag for non-sorted waste.
PMD waste: packaging made of Plastic or Metal and Drink cartons are used for recycling purposes to make new packaging, textile fibres, etc. Warning: butter wrappers, plastic pots (eg. yoghurt pots), packaging for hazardous and poisonous products, plastic bags and aluminium foil must not be included with the PMD waste. Put these in the regulation bag for non-sorted rubbish.

- GFT and organic waste: Greens (vegetables), Fruit and Tuinafval (garden waste), trimmings, grass and leaves are compostable. This waste can be collected at your home. It is also easy to compost it yourself or to take it to the container park. Warning: timber used for construction, charcoal and mussel shells are not suitable for composting.

In the Brussels Capital Region, garden waste is only collected from April until the end of November, in 11 municipalities. You can also go to collection points in 8 municipalities. More information about garden waste in the Brussels Capital Region (in French or Dutch) can be found on the Net Brussels website (under Garden Waste).

- Small hazardous waste or small chemical waste: syringes, fluorescent lamps, detergents, cosmetics, paint and varnish, used oil, pesticides and similar are harmful to the health and the environment. They need to be collected separately. Batteries should be deposited in the many BEBAT collection boxes in supermarkets, petrol stations, etc. Car batteries can be brought to the container park or to your garage mechanic. In Brussels, these collection points are called ‘groene plekjes’ (‘green spots’). They can be found in regional container parks. Brussels has just started a Mobile Green Spot service, a van that arrives in set locations on set days to pick up chemical household waste.

You can bring old and expired medications to your local chemist.

- Building waste and rubble should be brought to the container park.
Be careful when disposing of waste containing asbestos. Asbestos cement should also be disposed of separately in the container park. The container for building waste and rubble must not be contaminated with asbestos cement. Warning: Waste containing asbestos is not accepted in the Brussels Capital Region container parks. You can call on the services of companies that specialise in handling asbestos.
Reusable textiles: clothing, Shoes, bed linen and similar are picked up at your home or collected at the container park, in textile containers or kringloopcentra.

- Discarded electrical and electronic appliances: refrigerators, televisions, computers, washing machines and similar can be handed in for free at the container park. In Flanders, appliances that still work can be offered to the kringwinkel. When you buy a new appliance, the seller is obliged to take in your old appliance.

Addresses and websites
Fost Plus
website http://www.fostplus.be

Public Waste Agency of Flanders
website http://www.ovam.be/jahia/Jahia/pid/973?lang=en

Brussels Cleanness (in French or Dutch)
website http://www.netbrussel.be

MRW: Ministerie van het Waals Gewest
website http://mrw.wallonie.be

Brussels Environment (in French or Dutch)
website http://www.ibgebim.be

light it

Street lights in Brussels are yellow and pale. At night, their streetlights make them easily seen from space. I think light pollution is a matter in Belgium.

Light pollution, also known as photopollution or luminous pollution, is excessive or obtrusive artificial light.

The International Dark-Sky Association (IDA) defines light pollution as:
Any adverse effect of artificial light including sky glow, glare, light trespass, light clutter, decreased visibility at night, and energy waste.

This approach confuses the cause and its result, however. Pollution is the adding-of/added light itself, in analogy to added sound, carbon dioxide, etc. Adverse consequences are multiple; some of them may be not known yet. Scientific definitions thus include the following:

  • Alteration of natural light levels in the outdoor environment owing to artificial light sources.
  • Light pollution is the alteration of light levels in the outdoor environment (from those present naturally) due to man-made sources of light. Indoor light pollution is such alteration of light levels in the indoor environment due to sources of light, which compromises human health.
  • Light pollution is the introduction by humans, directly or indirectly, of artificial light into the environment.

The first two of the above three scientific definitions describe the state of the environment. The third (and newest) one describes the process of polluting by light.

Source: Wikipedia

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5 Kasim 2010, Bruksel

7Gune erken bir baslangic yaptim. Saat 7′de sicacik yatagimi birakip karanlik bir gune merhaba dedim. Uykulu gozlerle pijamalardan kot ve sweatshirt’e gecis yaparak hizli bir sekilde belediye binasina dogru adimladim. 7:30′da belediyenin kapilari acildi ve yabancilar dairesi icin gelen biz ikinci sinif vatandaslara numaralar dagitilmaya basladi. Normalde ayni gun islemler icin verilen numaralar bu haftaki resmi tatiller nedeni ile olan yigilmadan dolayi Pazartesine verildi. Oturma/calisma iznimin uzatilmasi icin istenilen son iki belgeden sabika kaydi icin belediye’ye gelmistim. Pazartesine kalmasi canimi siksada eve dondum.

face Gune erken baslamanin verdigi avantaji ikinci belge olan doktor raporunu almak uzere internetten randevu aldigim universite saglik klinigine gitmek uzere tramvaya atladim kampuse dogru yol aldim. Saglik raporu Belcika disisleri bakanliginin sitesinden indirdigim tek sayfalik formalite icabi bir rapor. Yanima laptopu almamistim memory stick’deki raporu basmak icin bilgisayar odalarina gittim. Bill Gates abimiz bilgisayarlara Windows7 Enterprise yuklemis accountuma girmek icin bes dakika bekledim. Nedense servera bagli printer’lar kurulmamis. Sonuc olarak raporu yazdiramadim. Copy Center’a gittim. Orada yedigim darbe ise 100 sayfalik kontor almam gerekmesiydi. Neyse gorevli benim icin tek sayfayi basti ve ben saglik klinigine gectim. Klinigin sekreteri Turk bir kiz. Bunu bekleme odasinda otururken icerden gelen Turkce dialoglar nedeni ile anlayabilmem kolay oldu. Sekreter icerideki odada kimle konusuyordu pek anlayamadim ama bir doktor olmadi belli idi. Icerde masalari duzenliyorlardi, kablolar dolaplar bilgisayar yerleri. Fazla dikkat etmemeye karar vererek bekleme odasindaki kitapciklara goz attim. Derken doktor beni cagirdi. Oldukca genc olan doktor stajyerdi, neyseki hasta degildim. Durumu anlattim. Formalite icabi tansiyonumu olctu, kalbimi, gogsumu, sirtimi dinledi ve belgeyi doldurup imzayalayacagini soyleyerek odadan ayrildi. Ben de uzerimi giyinip beklemeye koyuldum. Derken iceriye turbanli bir ablamiz (sekreterin icerde dialoglara girdigi kisi) ile geri geldi. Turbanli teyze bozuk Ingilizcesi ile tuberkuloz asisi olup olmadigimdan girdi diger hastaliklardan cikti ve bana surada rontgen cektir ve kan ver seklinde bir liste yapmaya basladi. Zaten sansbenden kaynaklanmayan sorunlar nedeni ile oldukca uzayan oturma izni uzatamama durumumda bu cahil konusmayi dinlemek katlanamayacak bir duruma soktu beni. Ustune bir de bu belgeyi bir cok yabanci ogrencinin istedigini falan soyleyerek yalan soylenmesi sonucunda patladim. Kisaca vaktimi kaybettirdiklerini soyleyerek klinikten ayrildim. Nefes almak icin kendimi kampusun disina dogru adimladim. Universitenin uluslararasi iliskiler bolumune ugradim, dosyama bakan kisi izindeydi. Ben de yurumeye devam ettim metroya. Bu arada baglantilari devreye sokarak bir arkadasimdan doktor adi aldim. Heme arayarak durumumu anlatarak aksamuzeri 6′ya randevu aldim. Biraz rahatladim, sansim donuyor gibiydi!

treeEmin olmak icin doktorun Montgommery’deki ofisinin yerini kesfettim. Tramvaya tekrar atlayarak evin yolunu tuttum. Bu arada yolumun uzerinde Bruksel’de isini iyi yapan tek yer olan prolab Limelight’a da ugrayarak bir onceki haftasonu cektigim roll filmi banyo ettirmek icin teslim ettim. Evde tost bastim karnimi doyurdum. Takim elbisemi cikarip giyindim ve kariyer olanaklari icin destek aradigim bir recruitment sirketi ile gorusmeye gittim. Sirket bir estetik cerrahi kliniginin icinde cikti. Is merkezi degil estetik cerrahi klinigi. Kapidaki botokslu ablalar ve seksi hemsireler iceri girmeme yardimci oldu. Klinigin bodrum katindaki ofiste bir saat kadar kariyer hedeflerim hakkinda bir gorusme yaparak elle tutulur pek bir sey almadan ayrildim. Eve dondum.

pisOldukca yorgundum. Evde eski saglik raporlarimi falan toparladim ve saat 5 civari villo’ya atlayarak Limelight’a pedal cevirdim. Fotograflarimi teslim aldim. Oradan tramvay ve Montgommery’deki doktorun yolunu tuttum. Biraz erken geldigim icin metro istasyonunda kapanmakta olan bir cafe’den takeaway kahve aldim. Hava yagmura donuyordu. Doktorun ofisine gectim. Binanin giris katindaydi, zili caldim. Kapi acildi iceride bir bekleme salonu ve dort tane kapi. Pencere yok. Klostrofobik olmama ragmen korkutucu ve rahatsiz edici bir ortam. Bekleyen baska kimse de yok. Ben de once Fransizca gunun gazetesi, sonra bir araba dergisi ve derken sirt cantamdan cikardigim fotograf negatiflerini falan inceleyerek vakit gecirdim. Kapi caldi, bir baba ve oglu geldi onlar da beklemeye basladi. Sonunda doktor bir onceki hastasini kapiya gecirdi ve beni davet etti. Durumu anlattim. Sabah yasadigim surecin bir benzeri yani tansiyon olcumu, vucut dinlemesi gibi basit bir muayeneden gectim. Subat 2010 tarihli doktor raporlarima bakip bakmak istemeyecegini sordum doktor hic gerek yok diyerek belgeyi imzaladi. Bu arada kendisini aile hekimim de tayin ettim. Sabah yasadigim turbanli klinik calisan krizini dusundukce tuylerim diken diken oldu. Sonuc olarak temin ettigim bir belge elimdeydi.

heliogabiMetroya atlayarak Colruyt’un yolunu tuttum. Haftasonu icin mutfak alisverisi yaptim. Tekrar tram’a atlayarak eve dondum. Aksam bir arkadasimin evinde yemek yiyecektik. Sarabimi alarak iki blok ilerideki arkadasin evine yol aldim. Dandik bir yemegi eneteresan bir grupla yedik. Gunun ozetini onlara da anlattim. Arkadasimin hikayesinde de universitedeki saglik klinigi mevcuttu. O da ozellikle o turbanli gorevliden kaynaklanan garip bir durumla karsilasmisti. Ozgur bir universitede calistigim, bilimsel arastirma yapan kisilerin ozgurlugun katolik ve dinden uzak olmasi nedeni ile alinan bir sifat oldugu yani dinden bagimsiz kalarak calistigi bir kurumda nasil dini simgeleri bilgisizligini orterek birisinin calisiyor olmasini anlayamadim. Sonuc olarak hafta ici aldigim doktor raporunu gidip yuzlerine carpacagim klinige gelen kisileri soymaya calisan bu turbanli mayfanin ve universitenin dini simgelere karsi tutumunu da ogrenecegim eger haberim yokken bir takim kurallar Turkiye’deki gibi degistiyse ben de haftaya Marduk olarak gelecegim kampuse.

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