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The Space Needle is a tower in Seattle, Washington, and is a major landmark of the Pacific Northwest region of the United States and a symbol of Seattle. Located at the Seattle Center, it was built for the 1962 World's Fair, during which time nearly 20,000 people a day used the elevators, with over 2.3 million visitors in all for the World Fair. The Space Needle is 605 feet (184 m) high at its highest point and 138 feet (42 m) wide at its widest point and weighs 9,550 tons. When it was completed it was the tallest structure west of the Mississippi River. It is built to withstand winds of up to 200 mph (320 km/h) and earthquakes of up to 9.1 magnitude, which would protect the structure against an earthquake as powerful as the 1700 Cascadia earthquake. The tower also has 25 lightning rods on its roof to prevent lightning damage.

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   • Seattle
   • Surabaya


Since initiation of the sister-city relationship in 1991, the Seattle-Surabaya Sister City Association has worked hard to promote knowledge and understanding of the city of Surabaya and the country of Indonesia. The mayor of Surabaya led a delegation to Seattle in September, 1992, and the U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia, John Monjo, was here for a visit. The association has sponsored programs on Indonesian politics, economics and culture. Future programs are planned in the areas of arts and culture, education, business development, urban affairs and communications.


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Development Basketball League will visit Seattle

SEATTLE - SSSCA (Seattle-Surabaya Sister City Association) is honored to be choosen as a partner and host by DBL Indonesian All Star to visit US. DBL team, coaches and some press personnels will depart to Seattle October 31st. The US Counsulate General, Kristen F. Bauer have met the entire team on September 1st in Surabaya at the end of the day to have dinner together. These days many people are fasting for Ramadhan days, so it is an honor to celebrate dinner together. In the event, Mayor of Surabaya, Tri Rismaharini was also among people who's been invited, as well as the President of Seattle-Surabaya Sister City Association Michael Atmoko. [ Continue here]

SURABAYA -- Tim Development Basketball League (DBL) All- Star Indonesia 2010 baru bertolak ke Amerika Serikat (AS) pada 31 Oktober nanti. Namun, mereka sudah merasakan pengalaman istimewa kemarin (1/9). Setelah siang mengurus visa berkunjung ke Negeri Paman Sam, sore mereka dijamu buka puasa oleh Konsul Jenderal (Konjen) Amerika Serikat di Surabaya Kristen F. Bauer. Dijamu wakil negara adidaya seperti AS tentu saja merupakan pengalaman istimewa bagi 24 pemain plus lima pelatih DBL Indonesia All-Star. Sebab, tidak semua orang bisa mendapatkan kesempatan seperti itu. Hanya orang-orang berprestasi dan spesial yang mendapatkannya. Acara buka puasa tersebut diselenggarakan di kediaman Konjen, Jl Untung Suropati, Surabaya. Suasana hangat dan penuh keakraban menyelimuti acara yang juga diikuti semua staf konsulat jenderal itu. Wali kota Surabaya terpilih, Tri Rismaharini, juga datang. Tak ketinggalan Presiden Seattle- Surabaya Sister City Association (SSCA) Michael Atmoko. [Selengkapnya di sini]


What is Sister City?

In 1956 President Dwight Eisenhower created the people-to-people exchange program between Americans and citizens of other countries. President Eisenhower’s intention was to involve people and organized groups at all levels of society in personal citizen diplomacy with the hope that people-to-people relationships, fostered through sister city affiliations, would lessen the chance of future world conflicts. Seattle is proud to have been one of the innovators in promoting and developing sister city relationships. In 1957 Seattle and Kobe, Japan, formed one of the first sister city relationships. Seattle and Tashkent, Uzbekistan (former USSR) also embarked on uncharted waters when they established the first U.S.-Soviet sister city affiliation in 1973.
[Cited from: http://www.seattle.gov/oir/sistercities/about.htm]



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