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This article is based on field research in two South African host cities of the Men's Football World Cup 2010 (eThekwini and Johannesburg). The discussed work is part of the research project
The relation between mega-events and urban development has been discussed for the past twenty years with an increasing awareness of the implications for urban policies. Most of the literature has been focusing on mega-events in the "global north". Those events are said to have been instrumentalized by city authorities and politicians to promote specific local agendas of
"Ke nako—Africa's time has come" was the slogan that was coined to formulate the ambitious backdrop against which South Africa successfully bid for hosting the Men's Football World Cup 2010. The aim was no less than carrying out the event on behalf of the whole continent, sending confidence from "the Cape to Cairo", and creating social and economic opportunities throughout Africa [
The South African context of hosting provides for a specific emphasis on the socio-spatial production of the "urban"—given that in a post-apartheid situation, social inclusivity, or, broadly speaking, social sustainability has to set a benchmark for any intervention as big as a mega-event. Then again, the respective cities' development trajectories have to be taken into account—especially, if metropolitan municipalities with wide reaching powers of local government are discussed. We will thus link the reflections on the event's urban social sustainability to an analytical perspective which takes the localized complexities of event-related developments and interventions into consideration: the way in which the "festivalisation of urban governance" depends on and is embedded in fine grained local settings [
Translating this into the debate on urban social sustainability consequently asks for shifting perspectives of evaluation: Social sustainability cannot be measured or assessed by itself, but within the existing framework of urban governance. Thus, social sustainability needs to be understood as a qualifier of existing policies and governance structures within the inquiry on socio-spatial exclusion in the city. It should not be understood as a precisely defined normative goal that is formulated in an abstract way before analyzing the metropolitan structures in their relation to the development of society (cf. only [
Our empirical data derives from research on two South African host cities, Johannesburg and eThekwini [
Nevertheless, the definition of social justice and strategies to achieve it are not only linked to the "world class" urban governance discourse on the metropolitan scale, but also to the path-dependent, fine-grained urban fabric of residents and communities, streets and buildings, places and spaces [
"Developmental local government is local government committed to working with citizens and groups within the community to find
Thus, externally constructed and initiated modifications of ordering attempts such as World Cup-related interventions are met by a complex web of local understandings, trajectories, and practices of how to frame, shape and control city space [
Moving beyond this, the work by Kassens-Noor [
Since the days of the Brundtland Commission [
To reduce the distance between efforts engaging with social sustainability through means of meta-theoretical abstractions on the one hand and the clear-cut formulations of normative aims on the other, it might be useful to contextualize the debate by introducing the concepts of "the urban" and of "urbanity". Over the past decade, urban centers have become the dominant type of habitat while social practices in a globalized information age are shaped by and do shape cities [
"Social sustainability for a city is defined as development (and/or growth) that is compatible with the
Here, the authors provide a normative definition of urban social sustainability, which links developmental processes (harmonious evolution and integration of the society) with anticipated aims (cohabitation and quality of life) which shall be made possible in a holistic way (for all segments of the population) while maintaining perceptions of cultural and social diversity and the segmentation of society. Following this possible conceptualization, they further elaborate on the achievement of objects by reducing exclusion of marginalized and disadvantaged groups in society, as well as its social and spatial de-fragmentation, which makes social sustainability the "polar opposite" of exclusion in
This argument can be brought forward by bringing it together with a more specific approach as sketched out by Dempsey
Factors contributing to urban social sustainability. (Source: [
|Non-physical factors
|Predominantly physical factors
|Education and training
|Social justice: inter- and intra-generational
|Attractive public realm
|Participation and local democracy
|Decent housing
|Health, quality of life and well-being
|Local environmental quality and amenity
|Social inclusion (and eradication of social exclusion)
|Accessibility (e.g., to local services and facilities/employment/green space)
|Social capital
|Sustainable urban design
|Walkable neighborhood: pedestrian friendly
|Mixed tenure
|Fair distribution of income
|Social order
|Social cohesion
|Community cohesion (
|Social networks
|Social interaction
|Sense of community and belonging
|Residential stability (
|Active community organizations
|Cultural traditions
Although their differentiation between non-physical and predominantly physical factors can be questioned, their tabular overview emphasizes the socio-spatial dimensions of urban social sustainability [
"the social sustainability of cities is affected not only by nationwide aspatial policies but also, if not chiefly, by policy decisions and implementation at the local level, often in sectors which
This bridging reflection on aspects of order, control and its associated actors and actor networks on the one hand and on the multi-scalar dimensions (neighborhood, metropole, nation, globe) of exclusion and social-sustainability on the other highlights the significance of the overall debate on urban governance as an analytical framework in social sciences and connects our paper to the theoretical framework. In South African cities, core issues of urban social sustainability and urban governance are set against the background of overcoming apartheid's socio-spatial fragmentation through urban integration. Influenced by a globalized competition between cities (as stated above), the peculiar structures of urban governance are closely linked to aspects of exclusion and marginalization, and therefore touch in a quite direct way the debate on urban social sustainability. Arguing along the dichotomy of "Global North" and "Global South", Colantonio [
Linking the overall debate on urban social sustainability with the South African context, the following three points of inquiry can be articulated (cf. [
On this basis, the following case studies help to clarify the correlation between urban governance, mega-event-driven development and urban social sustainability.
Implementing the World Cup is not a unidirectional process but can only be understood with respect to the existing structures of urban governance. Within the context of mega-event-driven development, these structures find themselves in a "state of emergency", which creates unique opportunities for decision-making, partly introducing new actors, blocking existing ones, enabling or disabling policies and so on. By terming it the "festivalisation of urban politics", Häußermann and Siebel [
Based on a research project on two South African host cities of the Football World Cup 2010, we have developed a hypothesis of various types of "Festivalisation". These represent the different possibilities on a spectrum of pathways of hosting an event on the urban governance scale and do produce different legacies in the hosting cities. The opposing poles unfolding this spectrum can be tagged as follows: On the one hand, considerable impacts on and changes in urban development—due to the hosting—can be tagged as "driven by the event" (Johannesburg has some features of this type), while on the other hand existing configurations of actors and a set of established policies were "driving the event" (eThekwini relates more to this configuration).
To illustrate the "driven by the event" type of festivalisation in Johannesburg, internal and external factors can be mentioned. The external event-related factors are: Johannesburg was the only city ever to host two FIFA World Cup stadiums, hosting the opening ceremony, the final match as well as the closing ceremony. Most of the international visitors arrived at OR Tambo international airport, which is located close to Johannesburg. Due to these circumstances there was a lot of pressure on the city from FIFA, as well as from the national government [
Besides this, internal factors rooted in Johannesburg's urban governance structure can be exemplified by the performance of the "2010 office" and its role in the implementation process. The office was established in 2005 and did coordinate all of the various city departments' event-related activities during the implementation process. The main aim was to speed up decisions and to shift around the bureaucratic hurdles. In contrary to eThekwini, this structure could not rely on experiences of prior ,mega-events and thus had only very few personal skills in handling big events. This had serious consequences on the mode of negotiation with FIFA. In retrospect, Christa Venter [
"We just accepted it. You know, it was very difficult to say no. [...] they have come with such a force, and you actually don´t argue, because now you're still arguing and it takes two or three days to argue about one point and eventually you just say: OK let's just do it, you know, and sometimes it was very costly to do one of these things"
The same picture was drawn by a group of German consultants who visited the respective host cities from 2007 till 2010 several times. In Johannesburg they observed few attempts to discuss aspects of the host city agreement and renegotiate them with FIFA. As Thomas Jedlitschka [
The type of festivalisation of urban governance along our proposed spectrum between "event-driven" and "driving the event" is not only expressed in the negotiation processes with external actors and the resulting translation of ideas into the local-metropolitan setting, but also by the way, the different spheres of government within the national setting are able to renegotiate their inter-governmental relations during the phase of the "state of emergency" which comes along with the festivalisation of urban governance. This is especially embodied within the specific setting of the Football World Cup and its dualistic role allocation of the "event-bringer" on the national level and the "event-hosts" on the metropolitan scale (cf. above). It is therefore of crucial importance to analyze the "shakiness" or "steadiness" of existing modes and structures of governance. This enables insights into how hosting cities added a surplus or end up in a zero-sum-situation (at best) concerning their existing urban development strategies and policies. Moreover, we argue that such a multi-facetted analysis offers possibilities to assess pathways for other upcoming host cities.
In this regard, hosting the World Cup in eThekwini differs from the situation in Johannesburg. In fact, driving events beyond metropolitan scales forms a basis for the city's strategy to compete with metropoles on a global scale, thus claiming the status of a world class city in tourism, sports, and conventions alike [
Despite the city's peripheral stance compared to Johannesburg and Cape Town, the SPU was well aware of the strategic position to function as a valuable hosting destination in terms of its all-year around warm climate and its huge potential to produce TV imageries with its kilometers-long beach promenade, the so-called Golden Mile [
eThekwini's Mhoses Mabhida Stadium with the old rugby stadium behind. Picture: M. Fleischer.
Beyond this, the strategic stance of being on a par with external actors did not only aim at World Cup-related projects like the stadium and its precinct itself, but also and especially on unlocking additional funding for other development projects within the city. To quote the head of the SPU:
"We would never work for Sepp Blatter. We work for the people of Durban. […] FIFA, you are here to do an event, I am here to improve my city. Let us see what we can do. […] Citizens of Durban are more important than them, they [the FIFA] come and they go. People of Durban live here every day."
"We would never work for Sepp Blatter. We work for the people of Durban. […] FIFA, you are here to do an event, I am here to improve my city. Let us see what we can do. […] Citizens of Durban are more important than them, they [the FIFA] come and they go. People of Durban live here every day."
The most remarkable difference between the two host cities is the past experience in handling big events and the resulting confidence in the negotiation processes. Thus, we argue that the event was translated into very different city politics and affected these in different ways. While eThekwini used the event as a catalyst, the event functioned more as a distortion in Johannesburg. These two variations of festivalisation also have different consequences and effects for the lived realities of the respective residents at a local scale. Only the bringing together of both spheres provides a profound understanding of the process of mega-event implementation and its legacies. These different consequences are demonstrated by our local case studies in The Point/South Beach in eThekwini and Bertrams in Johannesburg.
Bertrams, one of Johannesburg's oldest suburbs, located east of the inner city, underwent radical changes in the last twenty years. In apartheid times, this quarter was a "whites-only" group area with predominantly working class population. It has since turned into a poor immigrant neighborhood, although a substantial share of its former inhabitants is still living here in council housing (a government-subsidized housing scheme widely applied under apartheid). Bertrams today can be characterized as a social melting pot with problems like unemployment or drug abuse and an image coined by crime and grime (own observations shared by [
Several of the one or two storey buildings dating back to the first decades of the 20th century are of heritage value. City actors and investors had interpreted this as a signifier for the neighborhood's huge potential for urban regeneration in the pre-World Cup period—besides the proximity to the Ellis Park sports precinct [
In 2005 the City of Johannesburg released the Greater Ellis Park Development Plan (GEPD) promising a significant upgrade for the whole precinct to ensure the Ellis Park Stadium's fulfillment of requirements to host the 2010 FIFA World Cup [
Yasmeen Dinath, working for the Department of Development Planning in the pre-World Cup period, describes the process as follows:
"[The] Ellis Park area […] has gone into a complete state of disrepair because it was like a hit-and-run type of approach. Short-term getting in there, get the infrastructure in there, spent the money make it look fine, but there was never enough planning and I suspect it the same for other 2010 projects. There was never enough initial planning, thinking about longer term, maintenance, sustainability longer term usage post World Cup [
"[The] Ellis Park area […] has gone into a complete state of disrepair because it was like a hit-and-run type of approach. Short-term getting in there, get the infrastructure in there, spent the money make it look fine, but there was never enough planning and I suspect it the same for other 2010 projects. There was never enough initial planning, thinking about longer term, maintenance, sustainability longer term usage post World Cup [
Monica Albonico, private consultant and architect who worked some years for the Johannesburg Development Agency and has known the area for 20 years refers to the original plans and sums up: "The whole 2010 destructed this whole process". She observed that the city only did what had priority for FIFA and the World Cup. Issues like social housing were left to the private sector [
Due to the enormous amounts of money used for the stadiums, the sports precinct and related infrastructure and due to the lack of experience and courage to renegotiate requirements with FIFA or, in other words, due to a driven-by-the-event implementation, the Johannesburg Development Agency (JDA) as implementing entity had hardly any capacity to steer the developments in the GEP. JDA thus concentrated their limited resources on World Cup related aspects. [
Summing up, it can be stated that the ambitious plans for a sustainable upgrading of the Greater Ellis Park precinct failed due to, basically, two major reasons and circumstances: First, the World Cup shifted most of the city's resources into World Cup-related projects, thus neglecting social issues, and dispossessing the City of the capacity to steer the developments—also for the post-event period [
World Cup-related developments in the Greater Ellis Park Precinct.
In terms of eThekwini's city politics on regeneration and renewal, a path-dependent history of "eventified" urban governance evolved, aimed at area-based interventions in urban development in the CBD and inner city areas (cf. [
Against this background of event-driven urban governance, our case study in eThekwini focuses on the Point/South Beach area, which forms the southernmost part of the inner city district and is situated along the recently revamped Beach Promenade, linking the Kings Park Sport Precinct (including the Moses Mabhida Football Stadium) in the north with the casino, the hotels, the uShaka Marine World (a Waterworld-style edutainment park and aquarium) and finally the Durban Point Waterfront in the south (see
eThekwini's "Golden Mile" beach promenade and World Cup related developments.
Therefore, creating a transect of urban redevelopment along the beach promenade by situating the Fan Fest to the southern tip of this transect can be seen as a prime example of eThekwini city politics using the World Cup as a facilitator of already existing development schemes:
"We got 350 Million [Rand] (clicks with her fingers) like that. When we used the words World Cup […]. But then as soon as we started moving the fan park and we saw the resources we could get. (laughs) Like, wow, this is what we really need to do. […] I don't think that the beachfront would have been done if we didn't put the fan park there. And that is the game. Sad reality. […] So when this is the game we have to play, well then we will play it"
"We got 350 Million [Rand] (clicks with her fingers) like that. When we used the words World Cup […]. But then as soon as we started moving the fan park and we saw the resources we could get. (laughs) Like, wow, this is what we really need to do. […] I don't think that the beachfront would have been done if we didn't put the fan park there. And that is the game. Sad reality. […] So when this is the game we have to play, well then we will play it"
The original budget for a redeveloped beachfront was around 15 million Rand [
This strategic positioning of event-related developmental nodes within the eThekwini municipality and its area-based strategies represent socio-spatial interventions aiming at a socially sustainable development of the city and its inhabitants through changes in urban governance and the built environment [
The examples (1) and (2) on the map, "Tong Lok" and "Arc Royal", are two of a number of "hijacked buildings", which were rather informally inhabited by low income households, creating unsecure spots in the area [
The World Cup thus became a segment purposefully introduced into the larger urban development scheme within the inner city, including measures to tackle socio-spatial fragmentation, and often accompanied by regimes of securitization. This development includes the stadium precinct to the north, the International Convention Centre to the East and the Point Waterfront to the South aiming at a long-term improvement of inner city neighborhoods, especially of The Point (cf. Kimber, Strategic Projects Unit 2010, as cited in [
It has become a common feature of the aftermath of mega-events that different actors (academics and politicians alike) present a variety of reports about the (more or less) sustainable effects of the specific event [
Urban Governance and the production of dis-/order through event-driven urban development.
What does this mean for the interrelation of urban governance, social sustainability, and event-driven development? To elaborate on this question, we first want to return to the above-mentioned central aspects on urban social sustainability in South African cities (service delivery, democratization, and space) and contextualize them against the background of the present cases on event-driven interventions and the spectrum of festivalisation, before tying the debate back to the literature on urban social sustainability:
Both examples highlight a tendency in festivalized governance to prefer medium- to large-scale interventions with a focus on landmark projects or necessities for the event's content provider (e.g., the beach promenade and Point/South Beach area-based redevelopment in eThekwini), which strengthen the influence of private investors on public space and services (which is strongly the case in Johannesburg). Interestingly, depending on the type of festivalisation, the balance between public and private interventions seemed to have significantly shifted. While the "driven by the event" situation on governance structures in Johannesburg primarily gave leeway to the private sphere, the situation eThekwini was different: while bringing more private actors into the scene on the level of investment, the reins of planning and development seemed to have rested in 'strong hands' on the metropolitan level. The tight linkages between the political actor network and the private sector in the municipality even appear to have been boosted during the implementation of the mega-event. Nevertheless, post-event outcomes need further and prolonged assessment, partly due to the fact that the actor-institution settings do not necessarily last. Meanwhile, in both local arenas, aspects of social equity in terms of public infrastructure, territorial justice and housing can be termed as being highly ambivalent in their outcomes as the logics of event-driven governance do not seem to suit the fine-grained urban fabric of the manifold urban spaces and its inhabitants.
With the implementation of the Football World Cup and its bringing about of developmental nodes, the differences in the quality of life increased and accumulated in certain areas in relation to buildings and/or neighborhoods in direct proximity, thus contradicting the need for governance structures which promote social inclusion and a livelihood for all (cf. [
Against the specific background of the post-apartheid city, both aforementioned aspects culminate in the third factor: the socio-spatial dimension within the production of dis-/order in relation to the normative approach of a socially sustainable society. In the light of mega-event-driven development, new forms of spatial exclusion and inclusion through cultural and socio-spatial commodification emerge, which can be understood in the light of the revanchist city [
The mega-event of the Football World Cup had been traveled through powerful global actors into the different localities of the host cities where the process of translation and adaptation differed in relation to the urban governance configuration ant the associated type of festivalisation. However this process does not seem to happen in a solely one-way perspective, nor is it limited to the South African example. Public protests in Brazil related to the hosting of the Confederations Cup in June 2013 (an event that is traditionally organized by the host of the FIFA Football World Cup in the year that precedes this mega-event) may indicate a changing international perception of the value of this type of festival. It is interesting to note, that, besides demands for better public transport and for upgrades in urban infrastructure, issues of social justice have also been raised.
In this regard, the critique formulated by Kearns and Forrest [
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
One major aspect—in administrative terms—of the early stage in the post-apartheid transition phase was the reorganization of the municipal structures under the Local Government Municipal Structures Act 1998 (see:
The hosting of festivals and events on national as well as international scale is fairly common for the eThekwini Municipality, e.g., the "One City, Many Cultures Festival", the yearly festive season between Christmas and New Year, the Comrades Marathon or, of global importance, the hosting of the A1 Grand Prix as well as conferences such as COP17-CMP or BRICS Summit.
The Johannesburg Cricket club initiated this remarkable project. The club implemented a social sports project integrating the community of Bertrams and is 100% responsible for the maintenance of the facilities.
For the implementation of the GEPD, two billion Rand (about 190 million USD) were actually required whereas JDA had only calculated 8% of this amount. Further 48% were expected to be contributed by private initiatives and 44% by other city or national entities (see:
After the World Cup large parts of the city development came to a standstill. Leslie Magoro, head of the regional housing department, states: "What is actually happening since the World Cup came and gone, we no longer have that budget. We only had that budget prior to the 2010 World Cup. Now there's hardly a cent".
This partly derives from the meta-conceptual work of the DFG-funded Priority Program "Adaptation and Creativity in Africa - Significations and Technologies in the Production of Order and Disorder". The research project "Festivalisation of urban governance" on which this article is based upon formed part of this program and is aiming at investigating the effects of the 2010 World Cup on the urban sphere, and on society, in South Africa. For further information see:


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|2008-03-12, 14:05
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And, out of curiosity, how the heck did Setsuna find out where they were in time to come to the rescue?
I don't think Setsuna intended to rescue the Trinitys at all, seeing as to how he was surprised Ali was in the cockpit AFTER attacking Zwei. I wouldn't be surprised if he still went after Nena in the next episode.
|2008-03-12, 14:07
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That can't be right. The whole premise behind the intervention was "The UN Force is a war inciting party for attacking the Gundam Thrones". And the cutscene with Katie at the AEU Orbital Station highlighted the idea that the Ptolemaios crew was trying to aid Team Trinity.
|2008-03-12, 14:08
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|2008-03-12, 14:26
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Regarding who he wanted to attack, he'll probably try to atk both parties if the battle is still on, which is why the so-called "mission plan" doesnt make much sense to begin with.... Lucky that it's just the trinities around at the time.
|2008-03-12, 14:49
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That can't be quite right either. The world powers got the information about the Gundam vs Gundam melee back in episode 19, and knew about Celestial Being's internal conflict. The only reasonable cause for the crew in space to come down to intervene in a battle fought by the crew on the ground would be to try and help each other.
And remember Setsuna's whole thing about why the Gundams exist. He doesn't believe in the Trinity's methods, but they ARE trying to achieve the same declared goal of eradicating war from the world.
|2008-03-12, 14:58
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The really was no mission "plan" Setsuna was going to make contact with the Trinity again to see "What a Gundam really is" Presumably he was going to talk to them to see just what the deal was with them.
At the begining of the ep he seemed concerned with the fact that they now had only three Gundam's working while the forces against them were getting stronger. Maybe out of desperation he was going to try one last time to get the Trinity on their side so CB would have the best chance at survival. However it didn't quite go as planned since by the time he got there it was already too late and things got worse.
Or maybe better since instead he got to play hero with his Gundam (which is really what he always wanted to do with it in the first place). It's not clear exactly what he thought Michael was trying to do, before he found out it wasn't Michael in Zwei. But he swooped in all heroicly and knocked Ali clear of Nena he was clearly trying to save her. He only kicked him away first too, he didn't break out lethal force til he found out an evil person was in the Gundam. The first time he fought the Trinity's he opened fire before they could even see him, so apparantly he wasn't trying to pull an intervention on them this time.
Note that Setsuna fought the Trinity calmly before only telling them they weren't acting like Gundam's and were shaming the name. Here he's completely frothing mad and disgusted at Ali just being in the thing, nevermind attacking someone with it. Shows Setsuna's opinion on the Trinity in that they aren't exactly high on the list, but people like Ali that thrive on war are much much worse in his eyes.
Either way Nena's down for the count. He's not gonna open fire on a downed target. Unless she attacks him first but in her messed up emotional state he can probably easily restrain her. If my theory is right and Setsuna was really going to ask for help he's not gonna destroy the very last Gundam there as that would have made his whole trip worthless. Of course Drei is the weakest Gundam made so its not gonna be as useful as Enis or Zwei, but its better than leaving the ship vulnerable and then returning empty handed.
Even if that wasn't the plan he's not just gonna leave her there. Like I said Setsuna lives for heroics, and this is his big chance to save someone like he was saved in ep 1.
|2008-03-12, 16:16
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I'm rather worried about this "TRANS AM"... i mean, i know the meisters are in desperate need of an upgrade to fight the GN-X's, but this right now looks like WAY too much; give them enough power to defend themselves is one things, but enough power to turn the GN-X's into grunts is just too much... i mean, Ali is a better pilot and couldn't even dream of matching Exia's power; i mean, back when he was in a grunt unit he atleast showed some signs of winning. He got a gundam he turned the tide in his favor, but with TRANS AM, the power gap between him and Setsuna is now larger than ever.
The 3 Nations have only JUST RECENTLY got a taste of victory and started getting the upperhand, and now it looks like their back at square one... That was incredibly short lived... i mean, the least they could have done was wait until the GN-X's were being mass-produced (which they are still working on) and that they had upgraded a few GN-X's for the aces before giving the meisters the power to treat them like insignificant grunts.
|2008-03-12, 16:58
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I dunno, if you ask me they 3 powers were starting to get a little too comfortable with being able to own the Gundams. Especially Soma, she's way to eager for a kill now and getting a Trans Am smackdown is exactly what I think she needs.
|2008-03-12, 17:09
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No Trans Am = RIP Setsuna
Trans Am is necessary for the Meisters survival at this point, I think Exia is the only Gundam that will get it too. The Meisters faces have been in the dirt for a long time now so I think it was pretty much required for their continued role in this series, remember they are the only ones in the world that want to stop the escalation of war and do it the right way.
CB was a lost cause before Trans Am was activated, they went from sitting ducks to having a punchers chance. I doubt TAM will be overused from here on out, just when they really need it(outnumbered greatly, about to bite the dust, etc.)
|2008-03-12, 17:22
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When the Thrones were introduced this was said, but what happened? After their fighting styles lost the element of surprise and were analysed those scary gundams became much less scary..
An I suspect Trans-Am will undergo the same leveling that has been CONSISTENT thru-out this show...
Can't you guys see the pattern here?? Mizushima introduces $hit in Sooopa-Robots fashion then he levels and downgrades the impact once the audience and the in-universe characters become privvy to it...Therefore continually blending the Soopa Robots vs. Real Robots dynamic...
|2008-03-12, 17:25
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Well, if anyone expected the focus on pilot skills, then they could've felt disappointed. It seems that the show is more oriented on the race for upgrades. Something that really did not do well to Destiny (I mean, mostly in terms of plot value as the kits sold decently).
|2008-03-12, 18:29
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^LOL, the race for upgrades huh? Well if your comparing it to GSD's downfall I'd say the minute Exia gets 5 jet-packs, slicers on it's feet, aimbot, ASS-Swords, grappling-hooks, Beam-boomerangs, Dragoons, Wings of Light, Shining Fingers, Positron-Cannons in it's belly , Bounceback Beam Coating, and Mirage Colloid invisibility during fighting, then I MIGHT agree with you...
Sorry, but I don't see 00 anywhere close to destroying it's entire anime universe with it's upgrades like CE did...As I've just stated it appears Mizushima likes to introduce new elements with a hypeness Soopa-Robos essence and after that he settles it down and portrays them in a more Real-Robos fashion...
|2008-03-12, 20:36
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From a practical standpoint, the Gundams in 00 actually make sense.
When building a superweapon, layering it with one backup after another seems as a more likely plan than popping out a new Gundam mid-season. As the viewers, because we are not privy to all the design details of the Gundams, we see Trans-Am as an upgrade. From the Celestial Being viewpoint, however, the GN Swords, Full Shield, etc. are pre-planned equipment; the Trans-Am is a built-in failsafe. If the GN Drive is all the technology that can be developed a century ahead, then a Gundam cannot be considered much of a superior suit at all.
The GN Drives are also obviously expensive, not to mention the Gundams themselves. Bandai's objective has always been to trash Gundams in the anime so they can put more model kits out, but trashing Gundams (*cough* pushing self-destruct) is resource-consuming, time-consuming, and logically not a good choice at all. If the suit falls into enemy hands, having a very good security system in the first place is a better idea than obliterating the suit. Thus the biometrics + retina scan + voice activation process of recognition in 00; the problem lies only within how the operation and security systems are all entrusted to Veda.
Perhaps what bugs viewers is how the Meisters are relying constantly on superior technology to obtain victory. However, take into account the experience the pilots are gaining while the ace pilots catch up in technology; Setsuna holds out longer each time he faces Ali (excepting the exhaustion of 15, of course), and this time he is even up against the mercenary as the man pilots a Gundam. Also, relations improving between the Meisters will most likely make way for better teamwork and increased capability of individual action (a la episode 19, formation S32). Looking back to the beginning, when they lacked experience, teamwork, and followed orders to the dot, the state the Meisters are in now is an evolution.
You can still ooze like a puddle of goo at the feet of gods like Graham Aker. Lone stars shine brilliantly, but I think four stars in constellation are just as wonderful.
Earlier this week I was assigned a short story to read that began in the most cliché manner possible; that method of presentation almost ruined my objectivity on the story. Worse yet, the whole story was littered with plotholes and clichés and the people did not seem to act logically. But the themes presented were still poignant and thought-provoking, and some people in the class felt the ideas from the story were deep.
That's the problem with how many viewers are watching Gundam; their eyes are glued to the scenes for plotholes, and consequently they fail to see the actual themes and symbols, lose their objectivity, and complain about the story and characters when they haven't 'read' either properly. Yes, presentation is importantbut how can a person pick so terribly at the slightest detail in one series and act ignorant in another?
We all have the ability to suspend disbelief. We all also have the ability to watch indiscriminately and for the sake of entertainment and not argument. Or is it impossible for the next three episodes?
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It reminded me how weak the Strike (with Kira in it) & possibly Gaia were against some Goufs (red ZAFT uniform grunts) & Zakus.
Anyways this is only 25 episodes. Lots of upgrades could happen in the next part (October)
Remember Freedom didn't show until past episode 30. (and GS/GSD combined = 100-101 episodes)
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Mormons are breathing easier after reading Dan Brown's new book, The Lost Symbol , which many worried would cast them as the same kind of one-dimensional villains as Catholics were in his past volumes.
Worse, they thought, he would expose and possibly caricature their closed-door temple rituals.
But, it turns out, Brown mentions The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints only twice in his 509-page book. The first reference mentions LDS history as an example of religious teachings that don't hold up to "scientific scrutiny." Then, late in the book, he adds the Mormon practice of baptism for the dead (which he calls "baptism of the dead") to a list of practices that could seem weird if taken out of context.
However, one of Brown's major themes -- that human beings have the potential to be gods -- echoes Mormon teachings.
"That should resonate with Latter-day Saints," says Mark Koltko-Rivera of New York City, a Mormon high priest and Master Mason. "I know this is our doctrine that causes the most trouble with other Christian churches. But it is a central belief that we should be more open about and celebrate."
It would have made fictional sense for Brown, who visited several Utah LDS and Masonic sites in 2006, to create a Mormon character as his anti-Masonic foil. After all, antagonism between the two groups goes back a long way and often was contentious, even violent.
In the 1840s, many LDS leaders, including church founder Joseph Smith and apostles Brigham Young and Heber C. Kimball, became Masons and organized a Nauvoo Lodge under the auspices of the Grand Lodge of Illinois. It wasn't long before nearly every male Mormon in the area had joined.
At the same time, Smith introduced LDS temple rituals that included secret handshakes, signs and symbols like the all-seeing eye, the compass and square (tools of the mason's trade) along with the sun, moon and stars that paralleled Masonry.
Soon, other Masons felt that the Mormons were dominating the fraternity. The Nauvoo Lodge was suspended in 1842. Many Mormons believed that Masons contributed to the murder of their prophet June 27, 1844. Smith reportedly began to utter the Masonic distress call, "O Lord, my God, is there no help for the widow's son?" as he fell to his death from a second-story window after being shot by a mob.
In 1859, a Masonic lodge was established by Johnston's Army at Utah's Camp Floyd, but it didn't accept Mormon candidates. At the same time, Young forbade Mormons from joining and refused to allow any Mason to hold priesthood leadership positions in the church.
It wasn't until 1984 that LDS President Spencer W. Kimball removed the prohibition against Latter-day Saints becoming Freemasons. Later that year, the Grand Lodge of Utah discontinued its own ban on Mormon membership so that, in the ensuing years, many LDS men have returned to this part of their heritage. In 2006, Glen Cook became the first Mormon to serve as the state's Grand Master.
Some people suggest that Smith copied Masonic rituals for his LDS temple, but Koltko-Rivera thinks that's too simplistic. Instead, he says, it was just the trigger for Smith's divine inquiries.
"Masonry prepared Smith for a vision of the Latter-day Saint endowment," Koltko-Rivera says. "The two ceremonies are complementary. Both are fascinating but in very, very different ways."
The LDS endowment is about exaltation in the hereafter, he says. "The Masonic ritual is about being a good, good person here."


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|Refinement of Digital Surface Models through Constrained Connectivity Partitioning of Optical Imagery
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|In the last years the number of Earth-observation platforms equipped with high and very high resolution imagers (VHRSI) has increased. Those sensors are characterized by a number of geometric, radiometric, spectral and operational specifications, and in most cases allow the acquisition of multi-angle imagery for automatic digital surface models (DSM) generation and 3D feature extraction [1]. One of the tasks of ISFEREA action at JRC in Ispra (Italy) is to assess changes in land cover after events like natural disasters, using satellite imagery. To describe the pre-event and post-event scenarios the available heterogeneous data are analyzed and eventually fused in order to achieve the most accurate and reliable information. With respect to automatic 3D information extraction, the availability of accurate and detailed DSMs is a crucial for automatic building detection and subsequent damage estimation. This paper investigates the quality of DSMs obtained from high or medium resolution stereo satellite imagery with commercial photogrammetric software packages and proposes a methodology for the geometric refinement of the DSM using high or very high resolution single scenes. The main idea for DSM enhancement is to fuse it with the scene at higher resolution through an advanced hierarchical image partitioning. The method is applied on different datasets at various resolutions. The first dataset includes a stereopair acquired by IKONOS sensor in 2007 and a single scene by GeoEye1 in 2009. After the refinement of the IKONOS image orientation in a block adjustment, different DSMs with 2m grid spacing were generated automatically using commercial software packages available at ISFEREA. The data were compared in order to evaluate global and local height differences, feature details and behavior of geomorphological parameters according to the land cover. Among the available DSM, the one that was showing the best software performance was chosen for further processing steps. The GeoEye1 (GE1) scene was used for the DSM refinement. The scene was first oriented using GCPs extracted in the IKONOS DSM and orthoimages. For each detected segment the statistical and morphological properties of the covered DSM are computed and a suitable function is chosen to refine the DSM. As a consequence, in the resulting DSM features are more sharpen and better reflect the segment extent. The second dataset consists of stereo scenes of WorldView-1 (WV1) and Cartosat-1 over Catalonia, Spain, provided by ISPRS WGI/4 through the project ¿Benchmarking and quality analysis of DEM generated from high and very high resolution optical stereo satellite data¿. A DSM at 5m grid spacing will be extracted from Cartosat-1 scenes and refined using the Cartosat-1 scenes themselves and the WV1 scenes. Another DSM from WV1 will be generated with 2m grid spacing. Then the produced surface models will be compared to a Lidar DSM on the same area for quality analysis.
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Treating inflammation of the eyes and eyelids due to certain conditions. It may also be used for other conditions as determined by your doctor.
Inflamase Forte drops are an ophthalmic corticosteroid. Exactly how Inflamase Forte drops works is unknown.
Do NOT use Inflamase Forte drops if:
- you are allergic to any ingredient in Inflamase Forte drops
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Area educators bring hip-hop performances into classroom, during visit to Kickapoo Nation School in KansasYPSILANTI — The popularity of hip-hop music is now being used to break down barriers when teaching, math, English, history and other subjects, thanks to educational rapper D.J. Duey, popularly known as Mr. Duey.
Duey, a sixth-grade teacher in Southgate, recently took his musical talent on the road when he performed for students at a Native American school in Powhattan, Kansas. Educational experts Elizabeth Johnson and Kathy Walsh, and Duey's producer and record label owner, Andrew Yando, accompanied Duey for the two-day visit April 30-31.
Johnson is an associate professor of teacher education at Eastern Michigan University, and Walsh is president-elect of the Michigan Association of Teacher Educators. Both Duey and Walsh are EMU graduates who studied under Johnson.
The 125 students of the K-12 Kickapoo Nation School (KNS) have been listening to Duey's educational rap music since March and love it, says Johnson.
Duey performed five songs from his recently released "Class Dis-Missed" educational rap CD and gave free copies to students and teachers. He also rapped while the KNS Drum Circle group played with a hip-hop beat, something that traditionally isn't done.
Duey and Yando worked with the middle- and high-school students to create beats and lyrics that align with the Kickapoo culture. Students developed CD covers that celebrate and embrace their culture, and Yando discussed how he became a producer, record company owner and young entrepreneur. He and Duey also shared advice with high school students interested in starting a Native American record label.
"Because we embrace innovative and creative teaching strategies, we want our students to experience the dynamic intersection between rap and academics," said Mary Livingston, KNS principal. "We also want our teachers and parents to have research-based strategies that will help them meet the challenges standardized testing poses."
Walsh and Johnson have worked with educators and teachers at several other reservation-based schools serving Native Americans. While at KNS, they shared techniques for incorporating a hip-hop learning curriculum into the school's teaching approach.
"To our knowledge, no other teacher has collaborated on a hip-hop learning curriculum with Native American students, parents and educators," said Johnson. "We came first, not as teachers, but as learners. This is a culture rich with traditions and pride."
"The first obstacle in teaching children is to reach them. Hip-hop dominates youth culture, including Native American youths," said Johnson a Native American of Cherokee descent from the Red Clay Nation in Arkansas. "During our visit to the KNS, we provided unique tools that the school and parents can use to increase their students' performance and self esteem. Student achievement scores on math and English have increased when utilizing educational hip-hip as a delivery mechanism for standardized curriculum."
Johnson and Walsh conducted professional development workshops to instruct teachers and parents on how to use a "hip-hop and pop-culture curriculum" in the classroom as vibrant tools to "Reach 'em," so that teachers can then "Teach 'em."
They also demonstrated how to embrace and utilize the "Circle of Learning" philosophy within instruction, which builds and maintains a strong personalized student-centered curriculum.
For more on D.J. Duey's music, go to www.mrduey.com
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Mother's Crab Cakes
This irresistible recipe for crab cakes comes from actor Robert Duvall.
- Yield: Makes 8 crab cakes
Source: The Martha Stewart Show, May Spring 2007
- 1 pound jumbo lump crab meat, picked through
- 2 heaping tablespoons prepared mayonnaise
- 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
- 1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1/2 heaping teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon coarse salt
- 1/2 small onion, grated
- 1/2 teaspoon powdered mustard
- 17 saltine crackers, finely crushed
- 1/4 cup canola oil
- Simple Tartar Sauce
- Lemon wedges, for serving
In a large bowl, mix together crab meat, mayonnaise, eggs, Worcestershire sauce, cayenne pepper, onion, and mustard. Gently stir in crackers.
Using a large ice cream scoop, scoop crab mixture into 8 portions onto a parchment-lined baking sheet. Press each scoop into a patty about 3/4 inch thick.
Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Working in batches, add crab cakes and cook, turning once, until golden brown, 5 to 6 minutes per side. Transfer to a paper towel-lined plate to drain. Serve immediately with tartar sauce and lemon wedges.


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TOTALLY Tennis Performance player Alex Dawson won the Grade 5 Boys 14-and-under singles title at the David Lloyd centre in Southampton.
Competing in the main draw of the compass event, Dawson beat Alexander Simpson in his first match 5-3, 4-1, followed by Joshua Hosler in the quarter-finals 4-0, 4-0.
After a walkover against Jack Ison in the semi-finals, Dawson won the final, beating Matthew Spencer in a tie-break decider 4-5(3), 5-3, 1-0 (0) to take the title.
Younger brother Aaron, who plays in the Mini Performance squad, was runner-up in the Greenacre nine-and-under Mixed County Tournament. He beat Benjamin Crofts 4-1 in the quarter-finals, followed by a semi-final encounter with Xavier Mohindra, which he won 4-0 – but he lost out in the final to Alexander Raven 4-2.
Team-mate Tillie Reid was also runner-up in the eight-and-under Greenacre Mixed event. Reid won Group A, beating Darcy Herring Johnson 10-4, Phoebe Coleman 10-5 and Jonathan Dawkins 10-2.
In the main draw, she defeated Jack Craik in the semi-final 10-6 but was beaten in the final in a close match by Lucy Hutchison 16-14.
The previous week, Reid had a mixed bag of results at the Windsor eight-and-under Mixed County Tour. Competing in Group B, Reid won three of her matches, beating Jonathan Dawkins 10-0, Georgly Lesyuk 10-8 and Will Gillies 10-5.
But she lost to box winner Oliver Stavis 10-4 and runner-up Eva Lancaster 10-8 to go out.


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Nascar Sprint Cup Racing At Michigan [PHOTOS]
Denny Hamlin held off a charging Matt Kenseth to win the "Heluva Good 400 at Michigan International Speedway. Here's a look back at the race in pictures.
Hamlin beat Kenseth by only .281 seconds to claim his 17th career victory, and first victory of the season.
Here's a look at the top 10 finishers at Michigan followed by a gallery of photos from the race.


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The Mt. Vernon Proprietors developed Boston's Beacon Hill into the neighborhood we know today and in the process they shaped the way real estate development would function during the formative years of the United States as a nation. Although we can see their legacy in the development of Beacon hill, their contributions to real estate development in the United States is even greater. As what was probably the first real estate syndicate in America, their model shaped the way America was built.
A real estate syndicate is a group of investors pooling money and using the funds as a whole to fund real estate projects. The funds could be used to acquire property in its entirety or as an equity contribution to the project along with a mortgage, which would fund some portion of the project.
The Mt. Vernon Proprietors were founded in 1795 by Harrison Gray Otis, Jonathan Mason, Charles Ward Apthorp, and Joseph Woodward. Members of the group changed frequently, but partners included the famed architect Charles Bulfinch, Hepzibah Swan, William Scollay, Dr. Benjamin Joy, and Henry Jackson. In the same year they founded, the Mt. Vernon Proprietors bought an 18.5 acre cow pasture from an agent working on behalf of the painter John Singleton Copley, who had been living in England for the previous 20 years. When it took place, it was the largest land transaction that had taken place in Boston and included the land bordered today by Mt Vernon Street, Louisburg Square, down Pinckney Street to the Charles River, along the shoreline to Beacon Street, and up Beacon Street to Walnut Street, which connects with Mt. Vernon Street. This was such a large plot of land that it would be 30 years before Louisburg Square and the land west of it was laid out.
The majority of the tract was hilly pasture, not valuable until the Massachusetts State House was built at the top of Beacon Hill in 1798. The plot of land where the State House was to be built was bought from the heirs of John Hancock, the first Governor of Massachusetts and the man with the world's most famous signature.
Harrison Gray Otis had been appointed to a town committee to select the new site of the Massachusetts State House and a scandal ensued when it was discovered he was involved in the purchase of the newly valuable land. John Singleton Copley protested the sale, but after a decade of legal arguments the sale was upheld.
The Mt. Vernon Proprietors planned to use their land as a new residential area for those whose fortunes had grown due to Boston's merchant trade. The group's surveyor, Mather Withington, and Charles Bulfinch created separate development plans, but both proposed large lots ranging from 60 by 160 to 100 by 200. Bulfinch's plan focused on freestanding mansions with lots large enough for stables and gardens, as was common practice in the South End and West End at the time, and a few homes were built following Bulfinch's specifications. Withington's development plan was eventually chosen, a plan which proposed the laying of Mt. Vernon Street, Chestnut Street, Pinckney Street, and Walnut Street as they are today.
The work of laying the streets began in 1799, with the streets aligned in an east-west orientation with limited access from the less desirable North Slope, which was referred to as "Mt. Whoredom" at the time. During this early stage of development, Mount Vernon, the Western peak of Boston's three hills cut by 50-60 feet. The country's first gravity railroad was used to transport the dirt downhill and into the water, increasing the developer's land by filling in the area now occupied by Charles Street and part of the Flat of the Hill.
The early homes built on the Mt. Vernon Proprietor land were of great dimensions, following the vision of Charles Bulfinch. Harrison Gray Otis commissioned Bulfinch to build a home at 85 Mt. Vernon Street. Bulfinch bought the parcel west of Otis in 1805 and divided it into the two lots at 87 and 89 Mt. Vernon Street on which he built large freestanding mansions with a shared driveway.
Along with these homes, the Massachusetts State House at the top of Beacon Hill was also designed by Charles Bulfinch. At the time architecture was more of a hobby than an occupation and Bulfinch was employed as a member of the city's Board of Selectman and Boston's Chief of Police. Although, Bulfinch would go on to become the first American to practice architecture as an occupation and he would design many more buildings around Boston before heading to Washington D.C. to work on the Capitol.
After the initial estate sized lots were sold and developed on Mt. Vernon Street, the Mt. Vernon Proprietors decided these homes were not in the best interest of their investment. Because of this the rest of the land was laid out in more dense blocks of row houses and even the gardens of the original estates were developed, thus the mansions at 89, 87, and 85 Mt. Vernon Street appear to be incorporated within a developed block.
Among the houses associated with the Mt. Vernon Proprietors surviving today are:
- 29A Chestnut Street, built on a speculative basis in 1799
- 70, 71, 72, 73, 75, and 74 Beacon Street were built in on a speculative basis in 1828 after being designed by architect Asher Benjamin.
Other homes in the Beacon Hill neighborhood are associated with individual members, but these represent efforts of the group.
For more information on property for sale in Beacon Hill or to own your own piece of history, contact a Realtor from our team.


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The new Cheney Stadium is a big hit with fans, Tacoma Rainiers players and staff with the minor-league baseball team.
Mike Combs was instrumental in the project through his position as public assembly facilities director for the city. He retired from the job a few months ago, shortly after the new ballpark opened.
There has been some misunderstanding about some work done near the end of the construction project. This has been termed cost overrun, which Combs said is not accurate.
The original contract called for substantial completion of work by March 15. Combs said this was extended for two weeks. Some members of Tacoma City Council seemed surprised when Mortenson Construction presented a bill for $821,000. Council postponed taking action on this item.
Combs said the short extension allowed for work to be done on some amenities that were removed from the original plans. Like any major project, there were contingency funds for unexpected issues. As there were few of those, it allowed for some extra amenities. These include a canopy over seating on the third-base side, a grass berm on the first-base side, a ramp to allow people in wheelchairs to access the berm area, and improvements to locker rooms and offices.
The right-field fence was lowered from 16 feet. Combs noted this allows for more home runs, as well as for outfielders to make spectacular catches.
Combs said that when there is an increase in a construction budget that is paid for with contingency funds, council is supposed to approve this. This step was missed. He said city staff should have done this in February or March.
He noted the lease has the team, not the city, responsible for replacing furniture and fixtures in the future.
Combs noted major improvements to Cheney Stadium were needed to keep the team in town. He noted the price was less than it would have been five years ago because of the overall downturn in the economy.
"If we had not done this, we would be sitting around in that old stadium watching the grass grow."
Combs said city staff are putting together a memo for council explaining why the additional work was done. Council will vote on the matter later this month.
Combs noted this project was a collaboration between the team, fans, city, county, state government (which provided several million for improvements in recent years) and the Ben B. Cheney Foundation.
"This could not have happened without all of them working together," he observed.
Team President Aaron Artman, who is also a part owner with the new ownership group, said there never was any risk of exceeding the construction budget. He noted the bonds that were issued to pay for it, and the lease extension between the team and city, requires all the money to be spent on the stadium.
Artman has spoken to radio announcers who cover other teams, who rave about the new ballpark.
"They cannot believe it. They rank it up with any minor-league stadium in the country."
Rainiers players and staff appreciate the changes.
"They want clean, safe facilities," Artman said. "This is their job, their future."
The old ballpark was the worst in AAA from a player standpoint, according to Artman. Pipes leaked water and heating and air conditioning systems did not work properly.
Already the Rainiers have had eight sellout games. Last year the team did not reach that achievement until August. Attendance is up by 800 to 1,000 fans per game, Artman noted.
The project paved the way for new, local owners to purchase the team from the Schlegel family, who are based in Texas.
"I came here to get this project done, then fell in love with this city," Artman said. "We are excited to keep baseball here."
Hillary Hadland and her parents, Jim and Susan Hadland, were at a recent game. The University Place residents said they enjoyed the new amenities.
"I love it," said Hillary, who was attending her first game in the new ballpark.
Fred Duke of Gig Harbor was also at his first game in the new Cheney Stadium. "It looks beautiful," he said. "It looks a hell of a lot better than before."
Brad Jeter has season tickets in the new Dugout Club. "Ultimately, it is a nice facility," he said. His membership in the club includes food, beer and wine. He noted he has only missed two games this season, one of which was a rainout.
George Wolford has worked at Bosnick Roofing, located in University Place, for 37 years. He is the company's superintendent. When he heard of the luxury suites planned for the new ballpark, he contacted his friends at Pioneer Building Supply. The two businesses share a suite. They bring employees of both companies to games.
Local baseball is important to Wolford. His father almost signed a contract to play with the old Tacoma Tigers, who played back in the World War II era. Wolford began attending games at Cheney Stadium as a boy.
An administrative assistant with Bosnick Roofing has the task of ordering food. There are several options, from the traditional hot dogs and hamburgers to nachos or steak.
"Our companies' employees really enjoy this," Wolford said. "The girls who serve our food are so nice. This is a warm and friendly environment." His favorite clubhouse attendant, Carol Watson, happened to be on duty that particular evening.
The companies have access to the suite 365 days a year. They have held staff meetings in the suite. Wolford said on days the team is on the road or during the offseason, they just need to call Rainiers staff to arrange to be admitted.
The staff does much to make attending games a great experience. "The staff of the team talks to us and makes us feel so welcome," Wolford remarked


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Colombo: Having notched up a comprehensive victory in the second Test to come roaring back into the series, India is now eyeing its chances of a rare series win abroad as it goes into the third and final Test against Sri Lanka from Wednesday.The side that remained the underdog for most of the tour is suddenly brimming with confidence after the seven wicket win in Kandy, that squared the series 1-1, and is ready to go for the kill.It is a coincidence that India last won a series win on foreign soil at the Sinhalese Sports Club, the venue of Wednesdays match, in 1993. It is another coincidence that England, took the same route to carve out a memorable 2-1 victory over Sri Lanka last year.When the Indians walk on to the field on Wednesday, it would not be history but their performance that will count. And they will have to come up with something similar to what they did in Kandy to have any chances of victory here.The Sri Lankans, quick to realise their follies in the second Test, are likely to trade all-rounder Suresh Perera for young left-hander Michael Vandort to strengthen their batting. Probably the best thing to happen to India in the Kandy Test, apart from the victory, was the return to form of captain Saurav Ganguly. India would need another good performance by the duo of Ganguly and Rahul Dravid, whose innings in Kandy were crucial for victory. They form the backbone of Indian batting and they must click for the team to put up a healthy score.Youngsters Hemang Badani and Mohammed Kaif are due for big scores and this is probably their last opportunity to make a mark. When Sachin Tendulkar and V V S Laxman return to the side for the tour of South Africain October, these young players might struggle to find their place in the team.The Indians have relied on a three-pronged pace attack with just Harbhajan Singh as the lone spinner. But, there were indications that an extra spinnermight be included here if there was some help in the pitch for the slow bowlers. That would mean either Sairaj Bahutule or Rahul Sanghvi will get their first match on this tour. The key to Sri Lanka, as usual, would be the performance of Jayasuriya. The captain cracked a brilliant hundred in the first Test at Galle and the team won by 10 wickets. He, however, failed in both the innings at Kandy.The teams (from): India: Saurav Ganguly (captain), Rahul Dravid, Shiv Sunder Das, Sadagopan Ramesh, Mohammad Kaif, Hemang Badani, Sameer Dighe, Venkatesh Prasad, Zaheer Khan, Harvinder Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Dinesh Mongia, Rahul Sanghvi, Sairaj Bahutule and Jacob Martin. Sri Lanka: Sanath Jayasuriya (captain), Marvan Atapattu, Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardena, Russel Arnold, Hashan Tillekaratne, Romesh Kaluwitharana, Chaminda Vaas, Suresh Perera, Dilhara Fernando, Ruchira Perera, Duleep Liyanage, Muttiah Muralitharan and Thilan Samaraweera. PTI
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Gallium lanthanum sulphide glass has now been demonstrated in the form of multimode and singlemode fibre. Applications of this glass, when doped with rare earth ions, include a 1.3 micron optical fibre amplifier and long wavelength sources operating in the 3-5 micron region. For these applications to be practical, effort is required to decrease fibre loss. This paper deals with progress to date in the achievement of a low loss gallium lanthanum sulphide fibre. Loss due to absorption by impurities is identified and sources of scattering indicated. Efforts to minimize these extrinsic loss sources are described. The properties of the best fibre achieved to date are described and emerging applications outlined.
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My friend Michele finally came to pick up her dishes yesterday. She brought us a meal when Leone was just a few weeks old and her pots have been on our porch ever since.
Michele's daughter is a freshman at Harvard.
"Enjoy this time," Michele said. "It goes by so fast … She's not a newborn anymore, you know."
If Leone, who is almost two months old, is no longer a newborn, does that mean I'm no longer a postpartum woman?
Sometimes I find myself hobbling around, like I did the day after Leone was born, as if my body isn't convinced that it's all healed up.
For expecting moms and women just giving birth, here are some of the many weird but normal things to expect:
1. Lopsided breasts: When your milk comes in, your breasts may swell and harden like torpedos. Often one will be much bigger than the other (expect both to get huge).
2. Mood swings: If you had a difficult labor or if the birth did not go as planned, you may feel depressed, guilty, ashamed, or inadequate in the days and weeks after the baby is born. Or–especially if everything went smoothly–you may be elated, high on life, and madly in love with your baby and spouse. No matter how you feel just after the baby is born, your moods will oscillate wildly. Expect to go from ecstatic to miserable, often several times a day.
3. Sensitivity to smells: If your mother-in-law or a friend holds the baby and some perfume rubs off on the baby's scalp, you may find yourself in a frenzy of disgust and upset. Your baby bonds to your smell and you to hers and you will find yourself sensitive to smells of all kinds.
4. Protectiveness: Some new moms don't mind passing off the baby to friends and family to hold. With my first child, I found myself absolutely frantic with worry when anyone other than my husband held the baby. You're hardwired to protect your baby and suddenly everyone and everything can feel like a threat.
5. Passing clots: One friend passed a blood clot the size of a fist and was sure she was hemorrhaging (she was fine). It's no fun to bleed but remember all those months of not menstruating? Now you pay the price. If you have unusually heavy bleeding or fever or dizziness, call your doctor.
6. Irrational fears: The combination of exhaustion, changing hormones, sleep deprivation, and inexperience can make you terrified that something is wrong with the baby and irrationally scared at every new squeak, poop, and spit-up.
7. Conflicting emotions: You adore the baby but you feel put upon. You let someone watch her while you take a shower and then forget to wash the shampoo out of your hair because you miss her too much. You love your husband but you wish he'd go away. He leaves and you're desperate for him to come back. You're crying when you're supposed to be happy. Postpartum women feel a lot of conflicting emotions.
8. Swollen labia and cauliflower-like hemorrhoids: Those nether regions are sore. "Oh girlfriend, your labia are hanging down to your ankles," one nurse told a friend, "let's get some ice on there quick." If you have the baby vaginally, expect to be swollen and sore afterwards. And to have killer hemorrhoids. Ice packs, sitz baths, and eschewing toilet paper (use a spray bottle of water instead) all help.
9. Night sweats: A lot of liquid is leaving your body, via your breasts, your vagina, and also your pores. This doesn't happen to everyone but if you wake up in a swimming pool of sweat, don't worry. It's weird but perfectly normal.
10. Ravenous hunger: It takes more calories to breastfeed than to grow a baby. Expect to be starving all the time.
11. Forgetfulness: When I emailed my friend in South Africa and asked her how life was in Australia, she said she'd only forgive me because I had "porridge brain." Lots of research suggests that motherhood actually makes you smarter, but postpartum forgetfulness and aphasia ("Honey, could you take the diapers out of the d-d-d, whatever it's called?") are perfectly normal.
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Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Congratulations to the 2013 Davidson Fellows!
Every year, the Davidson Institute awards scholarships to young people who have done outstanding original projects. Unique among the big scholarship programs, kids can be any age up to 18 to win. While most winners are high school students, there have been much younger winners too. The Davidson Fellows program also recognizes great projects in music and literature, along with math and science. This makes for a diverse crew (though most are science/math this year), and it's always fun to see who wins. The Davidson Institute just announced this year's winners last week. You can read the press release here. If you're the parent of a young person who's got a big idea, check out the frequently asked questions about eligibility for next year.
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