Forward Physics Capabilities of CMS with the CASTOR and ZDC detectors

The two calorimeters CASTOR and ZDCs enhance the hermeticity of the CMS detector at the LHC by extending the rapidity coverage in the forward region. After having described these detectors, their forward physics capabilities are presented. These latters include the study of parton shower, multiple parton interactions, diffraction and ultra high energy cosmic rays models. The processes to be measured to constrain these topics are multi-jet events with a forward jet, central-forward activity correlation, rapidity gaps and forward neutron production.Comment: 5 pages - 6 figures - DIS 2009 proceeding

Bad news for satisfied tenants: On the social construction of social rented housing as dreadful enclosures

As long as the social rented sector - which comprised 6% of the housing stock - housed traditional families and the allocation procedures were rather loose, little commotion came about. A combination of changes in family structures (leading to the in stream of ethnic minorities), economic changes (leading to the in stream of poor people), and the strengthening of allocation procedures towards those most in need, did change perceptions. Marginalisation and ghettoisation became during the 1990s the buzzwords when talking and writing about social rented housing. In this article, we will explain the background of the scapegoat trends and the possible consequences for social tenants in particular and for the social rental housing in general.Lorsque le secteur du logement social – environ 6% des logements – hébergeait des familles traditionnelles et allouait ces logements suivant des procédures peu rigoureuses, les commotions étaient plutôt rares. Cette perception a été transformée par une combinaison de changements dans la structure familiale (avec l’arrivée de minorités ethniques), de changements des conjonctures économiques (avec l’augmentation de la population pauvre) et de procédures d’allocation orientées pour répondre aux besoins des plus nécessiteux. Dans le discours et la littérature sur le logement social, marginalisation et ghettoïsation deviennent des termes populaires dans les années 1990. Dans cet article, nous allons expliquer les origines des tendances « bouc émissaires » ainsi que les conséquences pour les locataires de logements sociaux en particulier et pour le logement social en général

Actor-relational planning in deprived areas : challenges and opportunities in luchtbal Antwerpen, Belgium

In this article we report and discuss our experience with actor relational approaches in the regeneration of a post war housing estate in Luchtbal, Antwerp, Belgium. Actor relational approaches are informed by post-structuralist ideas of space, complexity theory and actor network theory. Although ARA itself is not new, the application of ARA to deprived area’s such as Luchtbal is novel. We report how the approach has been elaborated, its process and outcome. We conclude with our evaluation from an insider’s perspective