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4:30 p.m.
As of 4:30, the District 2 polling place at West Side Middle School reported 1,052 ballots cast, just under 50 percent of those registered.
Fred Franzius was one of them. In the presidential and state races, he said he voted a straight Democratic ticket, which is unusual for him. He typically splits his vote, he said.
On the local matter of roads, he said the town didn't a case for it.
"They acted as if (the voters) should do it because we (the town) put it in front of them," he said, adding, "They showed no sensitivity at all to taxpayers."
3:45 p.m.
Mattie, a 10-year-old yellow lab, did her part to campaign for Edward Moukawsher, wagging her tail as voters passed outside the City Muncipal Building.
Meanwhile, at a tent nearby, two women who started at 5:30 a.m, raised money through a bake sale for the Fitch Drug and Alcohol Free Graduation party. Ellen Haluga, dressed in a Fitch jacket, said they were grateful for the space and had raised $800.
"It's nice, because it's 100 percent profit for the party," she said.
A steady stream of voters - though fewer than the morning - cast ballots before their evening work shifts.
Don Kniffen, a pipe welder at Electric Boat, said he always votes no matter what. In local matters this year, he supported the road referendum, he said.
"I've lived here for 40 years and there's plenty of roads that need fixing," he said.
11:15 a.m.
Outside District 8 at the Town Hall Annex, a car collided with a truck in the parking lot outside the polls at about 11 a.m.
The driver who struck a truck in the lot said he was listening to the radio as he was backing up, and at his age, you shouldn't do that.
"I'm sorry," he said to the driver he hit, and the man took it in stride. The truck, was not damaged. The other car involved, a four-door sedan, had its right rear light smashed.
Meanwhile, election workers inside created a system of two lines to keep things moving. The district reported 945 voters by 11 a.m., or nearly 25 percent of those registered.
"We had people showing up at 5 a.m. thinking the polls were open an hour earlier than they were," said District 8 moderator Ken Semeraro. He was setting up, and said the handful of voters waited the hour to cast their ballots.
10:15 a.m.
Lines at the polls were several people deep in District 1 at Groton Public Library this morning, and moderator Scott Smith reported heavy turnout.
"We've been pretty much straight out," he said.
Paul Beyfuss, who is retired, said he came to vote to continue the Democratic agenda. He indicated he didn't like Romney or McMahon.
"A presidential candidate that puts his money in swiss bank accounts? I mean, come on," he said.
Beyfuss added of McMahon: "For someone who accuses other people of being a career politician, she's spending $77 million to become a career politician."
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Good morning, and welcome to Election Day 2012!
Today, Groton residents go to the polls to choose a president, a U.S. Senator, a U.S. Representative from the 2nd District, a state Senator from the 18th District and state Representatives from the 40th and 41st Districts. Voters will also decide whether to approve an $11.2 million bond referendum to repair roads.
See below for information on where to go to cast your ballot and the list of candidates. We've also included how Groton voted in 2008, the year of the last presidential election, and in 2010, the last mid-term election.
Read it over, then visit your local polling station between 6 a.m. and 8 p.m. to make your voice heard! And be sure to check back with Patch for updates throughout the day, including the announcement of the winners as soon as votes are tallied.
Groton Polling Stations
- District #1: Groton Public Library, Newtown Road, Route 117, Groton.
- District #2: West Side Middle School, 250 Brandegee Avenue, Groton.
- District #3: City Municipal Building, 295 Meridian Street, Groton.
- District #4: William Seely School, 55 Seely School Drive, Groton.
- District #5: Charles Barnum School, 68 Briar Hill Road, Groton.
- District #6: School Administration Building, 1300 Flanders Road, Mystic.
- District #7: S.B. Butler School, 155 Ocean View Avenue, Mystic.
- District #8: Groton Town Hall Annex, 134 Groton Long Point Road, Groton.
How Groton Voted in 2008 (73.38% Turnout)
(D=Democrat; R=Republican; G=Green; I=Independent; WF=Working Families; CL=Connecticut for Lieberman)
- Obama-Biden (D) — 8,953 votes
- McCain-Palin (R) — 5,814 votes
- Nader-Gonzalez (I) — 168 votes
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 2nd DISTRICT
- Joseph Courtney (D) — 8,652 votes
- Sean Sullivan (R) — 4,296 votes
- G. Scott Deshefy (G) — 248 votes
- Joseph Courtney (WF) — 661 votes
18th SENATE DISTRICT
- Andrew M. Maynard (D) — 8,917 votes
- Anne P. Hatfield (R) — 4,294 votes
40th ASSEMBLY DISTRICT
- Edward E. Moukawsher (D) — 3,845 votes
- No nomination (R) — 0 votes
41st ASSEMBLY DISTRICT
- Elissa T. Wright (D) — 5,254 votes
- Deborah Peruzzotti (R) — 3,299 votes
How Groton Voted in 2010 (51.6% Turnout)
(D=Democrat; R=Republican; G=Green; I=Independent; WF=Working Families; CL=Connecticut for Lieberman; SA=Socialist Action)
- Blumenthal (D) — 5,651 votes
- McMahon (R) — 3,816 votes
- Mosler (I) — 129 votes
- Blumenthal (WF) — 229 votes
- Martens (CL) — 92 votes
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 2nd DISTRICT
- Joseph Courtney (D) — 6,487 votes
- Janet Peckinpaugh (R) — 3,112 votes
- Scott Deshefy (G) — 103 votes
- Joseph Courtney (WF) — 257 votes
18th SENATE DISTRICT
- Andrew M. Maynard (D) — 6,231 votes
- Stuart R. Norman, Jr. (R) — 3,361 votes
40th ASSEMBLY DISTRICT
- Edward E. Moukawsher (D) — 2,482 votes
- No nomination (R) — 0 votes
41st ASSEMBLY DISTRICT
- Elissa T. Wright (D) — 3,319 votes
- Timothy H. Plungis (R) — 3,156 votes


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The Six Key Tenets of Islamic Reform
Islamic "reformers" vary widely in their beliefs, but they share some critical ideals. Here are six key tenets of reformist Islam.
Gender equality
--Islamic reformers are debating the roles and men and women in marriage, allowing men and women to mix at mosques, and whether or not dating is appropriate under some circumstances. Sometimes they debate whether or not women should wear head coverings, but lately they are less interested in talking about it because they believe individual women should decide for themselves if they want to cover.
Mosque-State Separation
--Having seen what happened in Iran, Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia, reformers don't want to see those theocracies duplicated. They believe governments should remain secular and should not enforce Muslim ideology on their populations. Many of them came to the United States to escape obtrusive governments. And although they might actually admire some aspects of Iranian religious life, for example, they recognize that protecting their rights in the United States might involve having such a government also.
Non-Literal Qur'anic Interpretation
--Reformers want to examine the text closely, opening it to criticism and questioning. They want to delve into controversial passages, such as those that appear to condone violence against non-Muslims or those that deal with women, including whether it is acceptable for a man to hit a woman, looking honestly at polygamy, and inheritance laws.
Interfaith dialogue
--Interested in learning more about their own faith, they also want to know about other faiths, particularly Judaism and Christianity. Reformers want to be an integral part of the American religious scene and are actively striving for Muslims to be part of what President Bush has referred to as the Abrahamic tradition--which includes Muslims.
Embracing Modernity
--Reformers don't want to retreat to the isolation of immigrant Muslim groups. They don't want to simply tolerate living in the West. Instead, they want to be part of it and contribute a Muslim viewpoint to life in America.
Emphasis on the Arts
--Many reformers want to re-introduce Islamic music, poetry, literature and art from all over the world into worship and community life.
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In the past, I have talked about what I was looking for in a judge, why I am an Independent, what I feel about lawyers giving donations and why I got into this race.
This thread is an open thread aimed for you. I'd like to know if you have any questions for me about the Governor's Council race.
I am trying to communicate with all of you. Ask away.
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By BEN JOHNSON
Sports Editor
This time last year, Northeastern State was two weeks removed from a dismal 2011-2012 season. The RiverHawks were moving on from a forgettable four-win campaign.
"This time last year, we were practicing because our season was done," said NSU guard Ethan Anderson, whose team endured one of the worst seasons ever produced at Northeastern State. It was also a season in which Larry Gipson was on medical leave the majority of the time after being diagnosed with prostate cancer.
But Anderson and Gipson maintained an optimistic outlook, holding out hope that success wasn't too far around the corner for the RiverHawks.
"I said all along that even though there weren't a lot of rewards, in terms of wins and losses last year, (assistant coach) John Havens did a tremendous job of keeping our program intact and keeping our teaching intact," Gipson said. "In doing so, it had a huge carryover this year with the guys returning. That, I think, paid dividends."
It's hard to argue with the end result this season: a 19-8 campaign and a berth in the NCAA tournament. The RiverHawks — making their first appearance in the NCAA tournament since winning the national championship in 2003 — will play Winona State at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday in the Central Regional in Mankato, Minn.
"With some of the people we had coming in and Coach Gipson coming back," Anderson said, "I knew this was possible."
It was, although the RiverHawks didn't make it easy on themselves.
NSU entered last week's Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association tournament sitting at fifth in the regional rankings. A win over Northwest Missouri State in the opening round — and any victories after that — would have bolstered the RiverHawks' résumé moving forward. Yet, a loss could have put NSU in a precarious situation as Selection Sunday approached.
The latter happened — with NSU losing 69-65 to the Bearcats — and the RiverHawks were forced to sweat it out as the NCAA revealed the Division II field.
Sure enough, though, NSU's wish came true when the RiverHawks appeared as the No. 7 seed in the Central Regional.
"It was a dream," said Anderson, one of six seniors and the only eldest statesman who has been at NSU throughout his entire collegiate career.
For Gipson, the selection show brought back memories of more than a decade ago.
"In 2000, when we went to the tournament, I remember sitting there and I was pretty sure we were in, but I was sweating, I was nervous and I was anxious," Gipson said. "I had the same feeling (Sunday) night. It still, obviously, means something to me, and I hope it means something to (the players).
"We're one of the 64 final teams in the country, and I think that's a honor in and of itself."
If the RiverHawks are to advance to the round of 32 on Sunday and take on the winner of the Augustana-Upper Iowa matchup, they will need to pick up their first postseason victory since 2010 when they beat Angelo State in the Lone Star Conference tournament.
"We're an inexperienced team in tournament pressure, and I thought we were a little bit nervous in that [MIAA tournament] game (against Northwest Missouri State)," Gipson said. "We didn't seem to play very relaxed like the way you need to in these situations. But I think that one experience will make us more relaxed."
Considering where NSU came from at this point a year ago and that it entered after a first-round loss in the conference tournament, it's almost as though the RiverHawks were granted a reprieve and brought back to life.
"We're playing a little bit with house money," Gipson said. "We thought all along we had a chance; I knew our numbers were good on that last regional ranking. I also would have felt a lot more comfortable over the weekend if we had at least got one win in the tournament. But as it is, it's fine and it worked out."
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The Silver Creek girls' basketball team defeated Clarksville, 58-24 at Silver Creek on Wednesday night.
Leading for the Dragons were Lexi McFarland and Alex Tinsley.
"We want to set the tone early for the game," Silver Creek coach Scott Schoen said. "We want to bring the fight to the [opponent]."
Silver Creek had a strong first half, leading 30-6 at the break. They keep the momentum going and controlled the pace of the second half.
Schoen said he was pleased with the way his team played.
"We shared the ball real well," he said.
In the second half, Clarksville stepped up their game and put more points on the scoreboard. Toward the end of the third quarter, Clarksville's a Gabby Evans bucket got the Generals within 40-10.
"Clarksville made some adjustments and they set some screens," Schoen said.
Silver Creek (4-1) will be in back in action Saturday for a big Mid-Southern Conference game at Corydon Central. Clarksville (2-5) hosts Rock Creek on Tuesday.
• Jeff girls top Seymour for first time in five years: Jeffersonville's girls' swim team knocked off Seymour for the first time in five years as part of a Red Devil sweep of the Owls on Tuesday.
The Red Devil girls edged Seymour, 94-91 behind three wins from senior Karlee Demsey. Demsey won the 200 individual medley, the 100 freestyle and was part of the winning 200 free relay, which also included Elizabeth Browne, Alexa Waldrip and Samatha Glover.
Browne also won the 200 free, Glover won the 100 breaststroke and Waldrip was the diving winner. Yanna Martin captured the 100 butterfly victory and freshman Amelia Blankenbeker earned her first-ever varsity first place in the 500 free.
The Jeff boys pounded the Owls 125-60 to improve to 4-0. Junior T Martin won four times. Josh Phelps and Evan Lopez won three events, while Evan Shive, Karol Schmuck and Tyler Sariscsany each won twice.
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Dec. 27
PETIT LARCENY: A female subject reported her engagement ring was stolen after she left it at a tanning facility.
Dec. 28
SHOPLIFTING: Officers J.L. Faris and J.S. Bish responded to Kroger in reference to a shoplifter. Loss prevention officers advised that a female had placed several items in her purse and had attempted to leave without paying. Andreana Whitlow, 29, of Princeton, was arrested.
Dec. 29
DISORDERLY CONDUCT; PUBLIC INTOXICATION: Officer B.E. Grimm located an extremely intoxicated male subject in the hallway of an apartment building. The male was advised to stay in his apartment. He allegedly became belligerent and allegedly told the officers to arrest him and stepped toward them. Matthew Christian, 24, of Jolo, was arrested.
Dec. 30
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE: Officers J.L. Faris and J.S. Bish were on patrol on Mercer Street and located a vehicle that appeared to be weaving and traveling over the center line. The officers also observed that the vehicle's passenger side brake light was not working. The officers initiated a traffic stop. Upon approach, the officers observed a strong odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle. The driver of the vehicle appeared to have bloodshot eyes and eyes that couldn't stay open. The driver allegedly failed three field sobriety tests. Shawn Rivera, 20, of Princeton, was arrested.
SHOPLIFTING: Grant's store management advised that a female had taken two prepackaged pieces of meat and had left without paying. Heather Cass, 30, of Bristol, Va., was arrested.
Dec. 31
PUBLIC INTOXICATION; INDECENT EXPOSURE: Officers located a male subject lying face down on Mercer Street. The officers noted the male appeared intoxicated. The officers advised the male to head home. Three minutes later, different officers located the same male who then allegedly urinated on the sidewalk. John Stephenson, 25, of Princeton, was arrested.


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Brenna Sniderman, Forbes Staff
Forbes Insights is the custom research division of Forbes Media
Whenever I try to conjure up what innovation looks like, the same slideshow of images clicks across my mind: that photo of Einstein with his tongue sticking out, Edison with his light bulb, Steve Jobs onstage in his black turtleneck, introducing the latest iThing. Unoriginal and overdone, to be sure. And not all that accurate.
Because it's not just about that romantic "ah ha!" moment in front of a chalkboard or a cocktail napkin, it's about the nitty-gritty work that comes after the idea: getting it accepted and implemented. Who are these faces? And, most importantly, as I'm sure you're all asking yourselves: where do I fit in?
Forbes Insights' recent study, "Nurturing Europe's Spirit of Enterprise: How Entrepreneurial Executives Mobilize Organizations to Innovate," isolates and identifies five major personalities crucial to fostering a healthy atmosphere of innovation within an organization. Some are more entrepreneurial, and some more process-oriented – but all play a critical role in the process. To wit: thinkers need doers to get things done, and idealists need number crunchers to tether them to reality.
Though it may seem stymieing at times, in any healthy working environment, a tension between the risk-takers and the risk-averse must exist; otherwise, an organization tilts too far to one extreme or the other and either careens all over the place or moves nowhere at all. An effective and productive culture of innovation is like a good minestrone soup: it needs to have the right mix and balance of all the ingredients, otherwise it's completely unsuccessful, unbalanced — and downright mushy.
The Forbes Insights study surveyed more than 1,200 executives in Europe across a range of topics and themes. Using a series of questions about their attitudes, beliefs, priorities and behaviors, coupled with a look at the external forces that can either foster – or desiccate – an innovative environment, a picture emerged of five key personality types the play a role in the innovation cycle.
This last piece – the corporate environment – is a stealth factor that can make or break the potential even the most innovative individual. Look at it this way: a blue whale is the largest animal known ever to have existed, but if you tried to put it in a freshwater lake, it wouldn't survive. Well, that and it would displace a lot of water. My point? Even the largest and mightiest of creatures can't thrive in an environment that doesn't nurture them.
The themes surveyed in the study are universal; despite the focus on European executives, these personalities are applicable across oceans and cultures. The full study, available here, provides further breakdown of where these personality types congregate by industry, company size and job function.
I'll leave it to you to decide which one fits you best . You may even see a little of yourself in more than one group. But remember, none of these are bad. All play crucial roles in developing an idea, pushing it up the corporate channels, developing a strategy and overseeing execution and implementation. These are all pieces of a puzzle, arteries leading to the beating heart of corporate innovation. Wow – can I make that sound any more dramatic?
Movers and Shakers. With a strong personal drive, these are leaders. Targets and rewards motivate them strongly, but a major incentive for this group is the idea of creating a legacy and wielding influence over others. These are the ones who like being in the front, driving projects forward (and maybe promoting themselves in the process), but at the end of the day, they provide the push to get things done. On the flip side, they can be a bit arrogant, and impatient with teamwork. Movers and Shakers tend to cluster in risk and corporate strategy, in the private equity and media industries, at mid-size companies; though they comprise 22% of total executives, at companies with revenues of $25 million to $1 billion, Movers and Shakers can encompass up to one-third of the executive suite.
Experimenters. Persistent and open to all new things, experimenters are perhaps the perfect combination for bringing a new idea through the various phases of development and execution. "Where there is a will, there is a way," is perhaps the best way to describe them. They're perfectionists and tend to be workaholics, most likely because it takes an incredible amount of dedication, time and hard work to push through an idea or initiative that hasn't yet caught on. They take deep pride in their achievements, but they also enjoy sharing their expertise with others; they're that intense colleague who feels passionately about what they do and makes everyone else feel guilty for daydreaming during the meeting about what they plan on making for dinner that night. Because they're so persistent, even in the face of sometimes considerable pushback, they're crucial to the innovation cycle. They tend to be risk-takers, and comprise about 16% of executives – and are most likely to be found in mid-size firms of $100 million to $1 billion (20%). Surprisingly, they're least likely to be CEOs or COOs – just 14% and 15%, respectively, are Experimenters.
Actually, some questions that (a) identify traits, tendencies and likes (b) can be repeated to designate times in one's life and (c) can be modified to represent either happiness/energizing factors (thank you MR Roddenberry) or ways of dealing with life's challenges, could well be a SUPER tool to evaluate where people stand in terms of career, fulfillment and help them make more successful steps in their lives. I think you hit gold there Madame, and I would love to see a follow-up, not to mention prospects around this. How would you go about to find such a tool? (Google throws so much data that you may drown in it…)
I think we are living on epoch OPEN INNOVATION . OPEN INNOVATION gives new opportunity for development and modern midia permit on collaboration without problems.
There is a misspelling in Controller.
While they comprise 23% of all executives – the same no matter the company size – they cluster most strongly in the CFO/Treasurer/Comptroller role, where 38% are Hangers-On. This makes sense; someone has to remind everyone of budget and resource constraints.
Quick reminder: Edison didn't invent the light.
1874: light patented (Woodward, Evans) based on Swan's work with carbon rods
1875: Edison purchases half the rights
1878: Edison demonstrates "his" wondrous invention
1879: Edison re-patents
1884: Edison/Swan create a company to manufacture lights
He didn't invent it, but he surely marketed it successfully.
Hire them or Fire them?
I just read an article, like a few weeks ago, about innovation-killing personality types Managers need to fire and two of yours, Controllers and Hangers-On, were on that list too!
Controllers because "they're not exactly the team players, are more insular and like to focus on concrete, clear-cut objectives"—not exactly good for innovation. Hangers-On "bring everyone back down to earth and tether them to reality"—again, an innovation killing personality.
So which is it?
Great article, Brenna. Very insightful and spot on comments by others.
Two of my favorite quotes related to innovation:
"innovation is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration"
"creativity is coming up with good ideas. Innovation is implementing them"
Thanks Brenna, this is an excellent article. From the industry perspective we spedn a lot of time segmenting the market by customer type. In the area of pharmaceutical communications, much effort is put into segmenting physicans to better understanding their behaviours in order to understand the kind / type of clinical data is needed to gain their interest in a specific brand and how that brand may benefit their patients. So its refreshing to see the 'table turned' a little and we look at segmenting ourselves.
To some extent we do this already when it comes to personal development plans or rising star programmes. But its always nice to see new models that get us to challenge ourselves and to look how we can be better at driving the business forward by identifying the right person / personality for a specfic task or project :-)
I agree wholeheartedly. An idea is just the beginning, there is a long journey ahead and several different capabilities needed to get to the destination. The one key element that governs success or failure is definitely organizational/team culture. An inappropriate culture will ensure no innovation happens in spite of all ingredients being present. In my blogpost, I have highlighted the importance of environment or culture:
Thank you for a wonderful article.
Hi Brenna,
An excellent piece of Innovative work from you Brenna, you deserve all compliments.
Innovative thinking is really an out of box thinking in a totally different way which is far away from normal traditional or conventional thinking.
This can be a very helpful message for young Innovators , keeping in mind- Work hard, do innovative , out of box thinking and contribute for the progress of Organization . You are sure to be established as Giants on whose shoulders , the Organisation rests.
Good article, worth reading for all professionals,
Pankaj Vyas


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PORTLAND -- Adrienne Chilberg loves going to musicals at Portland's Keller Auditorium.
"Oh my God, I love the Keller," she said Chilberg.
So when she heard the parody "Book of Mormon" was coming to the Keller in January, she went online to see about getting tickets for herself and two friends.
"I logged on to kellerauditorium.com and, lo and behold, there are 'Book of Mormon' seats. I thought, 'You're kidding,'" said Chilberg.
Thinking the popular show would sell out quickly she purchased three tickets from the site. She said she assumed they would be expensive, but when she got her invoice she knew something was wrong.
The invoice was from i Concert Tickets LLC -- not from kellerauditorium.com -- and she said the price was outrageous.
Chilberg was charged $432 for the 3 tickets, $15 for shipping, and $97.20 for "other expenses."
Chilberg called Keller Auditorium to complain and that's when she got the bad news: Tickets for "Book of Mormon" don't even go on sale until September.
"I think I got taken," she said. "It made me mad, very mad, I mean, why do people do this?"
Weeks later, she got a call from a representative claiming to be from iConcert Tickets who wanted to verify her billing address.
"The caller said, 'Could you scan us over your credit card?' I said, 'No, I don't think so,'" Chilberg explained.
Now, she is extremely wary. She ordered her tickets through what she thought was the Keller Auditorium's box office website, not iConcert Tickets.
Chilberg said when she visited kellerauditorium.com she believed it was the official Keller Auditorium website. A closer look revealed the site has nothing to do with Keller, and is not an authorized ticket seller for the Keller box office at all.
When she called iConcert Tickets again, Chilberg said she was told the company is a third-party seller of tickets, and that they buy tickets people want to sell on Craigslist or from season ticket holders or scalpers.
"They try to trick you," said Peter Bilotta with the Portland Opera. "That's probably a good indication if you go to a website and the tickets seem extraordinarily expensive or the ticket service charges are very high, it's probably a fraudulent website or ticket scalper."
The Portland Opera is handing out a letter to patrons, warning them about buying tickets from lookalike web sites or secondary market brokers.
"Sites like kellerauditorium.com, keller.auditoriumportland.com, subtopia, or any website other than http://portland.broadway.com, are not authorized to sell our tickets," the letter reads. "We have numerous problems with scalper sold tickets at every single Broadway performance, so we are trying to spread the word that these brokers are not authorized sellers."
The lookalike websites include disclaimers showing they are not affiliated with the venue names included in their website addresses.
But the invoice Chilberg received reads, "All Sales Final. Tickets will be shipping once we receive them from the venue (typically 2-6 weeks prior to the event)."
That's got Chilberg wondering if she'll ever see her tickets or get her money back. Invoice notes also state, "Tickets will be ready to ship by 12/28/2012." That's only six days before the show.


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Last night, I made my third appearance on ESPNU's "UNITE" with Danny Kanell and Reese Waters to debate this weekend's SEC Championship Game. How did it go? Do you even have to ask? Go 'Dawgs!
SB Nation studios takes a look at the 2012 Georgia Bulldogs. Go 'Dawgs!
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Not sure there's been a more beloved senior class.
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A big thanks to everyone who participated in our Valentine's Day contest and shared their love for Windows Phone on Twitter with the #ILoveWindowsPhone and #DumpingMyDroid hashtags. I saw tons of fun (and funny) responses.
Here are our two winners, chosen at random:
@cpuzder: #Ilovewindowsphone because it provides the best way to quickly contact my wife, play a fun game and easily get the price of gas!
Glad we help make your life easier, Christian. So are you giving your new Windows Phone to your wife or keeping it for yourself?
@Ran_Jo: Dear Droid, You lag, you freeze, you've brought me to my knees, goodbye! #DumpingMyDroid #DroidRage @windowsphone FTW!
Pure poetry, Randy. Kiss that #DroidRage goodbye.
Congrats and thanks again for all the great tweets. And don't forget to keep following twitter.com/windowsphone for more fun.
UPDATE: All the twitter love must have overwhelmed us. As a few eagle-eyed readers pointed out, we neglected to follow our own terms and conditions. (Thanks for the catch!) So we've randomly selected an alternate winner:
@tdoshier @windowsphone I love big, beautiful typography and slick, minimalist design. #ILoveWindowsPhone
Congrats, Tyler, and thanks for sharing the love.
We don't want our oversight to spoil Christian's day, so we're still sending him a Windows Phone. (Hope your wife loves it, Christian.)
Random and then filtered to only Americans.
"Here are our two winners, chosen at random:"
So yeah, Random.
I guess your right. Just a random selection. I guess they don't have time to read them all.
Clearly they just randomly pick people who tweeted them during that timeframe, and it has nothing to do with how witty or clever your entry was... How else can they justify declaring a winner who didn't meet the most basic requirements?
I never win these contests, and I thought my break up message was much better.
@windowsphone Dear Droid, it's not you, it's me..oh wait, it's you! Let me take the time to "force close" on you for good! #DumpingMyDroid
@Rodney, I'm gonna have to make those shirts up!
@ Cpuzder, Brady
Yes, I do have some hope that the Focus is next on the list.... How about a tshirt saying "I got the 8107 update of 2012" lol!
Congratulations to the American winners of this contest.
Oh, and I want a T-shirt too!!
Man... on my Arrive, the keyboard bug is getting worse and worse... (I'm sure it's because I have more and more apps installed, but that's to be expected, right?) I am NOT happy with the new "let the carriers handle the updates" method... Sprint doesn't care at all about my plight...
@Rodney E. Jones - just got keyboard fix tonight for HTC Radar 4G. Hopefully soon for you!
It's sad because I really do read this blog,, I'm here everyday! All I ever asked for was a red WP tshirt. I always said that I'm here not to gain, but to give, so I will keep my promise to fully support WP..... But, can I at least get the update for my Focus so my keyboard will stay still? lol:-D.. And that Tshirt?
Wait, I thought there would be 20 WPs given out?
aww, worth the try. we all know *nobody* actually reads this blog.
First, I apologize for causing a commotion. I apprecaite everyone pointing it out and I think the the WindowsPhone team did the right thing by picking another winner.
Thanks again, and yeah, my wife is going to get it!
Keep reading the blog. This won't be our last giveaway. :-)
well um, i'd delete my comment for a windows phone ;)
Hmm, well my day was spoiled by not winning, AND I followed the rules for my entry... any other extras lying around you can hand out? :)
@sixseven et. al: The referees are reviewing the play. :-) Hang tight.
@cpuzder did not '@reply to @windowsphone'. Please select a winner that followed the rules.
From the published rules:
Your tweet must include either the hashtag #ILoveWindowsPhone or the hashtag #DumpingMyDroid and must @reply to @windowsphone, and comply with the Twitter.com terms of use to be eligible. Limit 1 entry per person and Twitter handle per Prize Period.
The commenters are correct, Christian's tweet does not meet the requirements of the contest.
yep @mddombrowski is right from your own T&C page: "Your tweet must include either the hashtag #ILoveWindowsPhone or the hashtag #DumpingMyDroid and must @reply to @windowsphone, and comply with the Twitter.com terms of use to be eligible."
and Droid you can not do this
Only Windows Phone can World Record, droid and iphone is smoked by windows phone
@cpudzer's tweet does not qualify as an eligible entry under the official rules


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Taj Mahal (born Henry Saint Clair Fredericks, May 17, 1942), who uses the stage name Taj Mahal, is an American Grammy Award winning blues musician. He often incorporates elements of world music into his recordings. A self-taught singer-songwriter and film composer who plays the guitar, banjo and harmonica, among many other instruments, Mahal has done much to reshape the definition and scope of blues music over the course of his almost 50 year career by fusing it with nontraditional forms, including sounds from the Caribbean, Africa and the South Pacific. Born in Harlem, New York, Mahal grew up in Springfield, Massachusetts. Raised in a musical environment, his mother was the member of a loc... Continue Bio >>
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Patch notes 1.06 ~ A Few questions.Izjar11 Jan 30, 2013 9:01 AM
The patch we were waiting for is now here (fingers crossed) I am work and cannot do much but I had a few questions on the notes, so lets discuss what some of these changes mean: (My questions will be bolded)
New Features & Feature Improvements
- Lowered HUD threshold for the "low health" overlay to increase player's awareness of low health. ~ What does this mean exactly, that the amount of time you appear "hurt" to "recovered" has been reduced ?
Issues Addressed
- Matchmaking modified to never return games outside of player's own continent, unless the Connection Type in Search Preferences is set to "Any". ~Should this be the solution to improving connectivity?
- Improved turret tracking to eliminate false positives when checking line of sight. turrets were buffed? Hahaha well I guess I'll try them some more.
- Addressed multiple UI issues. ~ What does this mean?
- Various minor map fixes were made across multiple maps. ~ Which are? These changes should have been included in these notes.
Gameplay Balancing
- Death Machine: 3 hit kill range increased. ~Good the death machine needed help
- Dragonfire: health increased, gun spread reduced. ~Another very good thing
- AGR: ground speed increased, reduced machine gun close range damage. ~YUP YUP
- Warthog: reduced missile delay. ~This thing is good but impossible to shot down, does this mean it will be better?
- Lodestar: reduced missile speed and AOE radius. ~ Slower missiles better opportunity to shot down!
- Trophy System: increased range.Didnt know that was a problem! haha
- All + Silencers: reduced range.~ NICE
Assault Rifles:
- All: reduced idle sway. All these changes are good except for the FAL select fire recoil.
- M27: reduced amount of bullets to headshot kill at all ranges, increased 4-hit kill range.
- Type25: reduced amount of bullets to headshot kill at all ranges, slightly reduced maximum hip fire spread.
- SCAR: Increased 3-hit kill range. Maximum amount of bullets to kill is now 4.
- SIG556: Penetration increased from medium to large, reduced burst delay, and maximum amount of bullets to kill is now 4.
- MTAR: increased 3-hit kill range.
- SMR: slight increase to damage so that 2 hit kills can still happen with minor penetration, headshot multiplier increased at long distance.
- FAL OSW + Select Fire: increased recoil.
- FAL OSW: increased hip spread.
- All: ADS in and out time reduced.
I am not sure how this patch will improve connectivity but its something, I can only cross my fingers that the games playability will become better with this note.
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p-adic number
In mathematics the p-adic number system for any prime number p extends the ordinary arithmetic of the rational numbers in a way different from the extension of the rational number system to the real and complex number systems. The extension is achieved by an alternative interpretation of the concept of "closeness" or absolute value. In particular, p-adic numbers have the interesting property that they are said to be close when their difference is divisible by a high power of p – the higher the power the closer they are. This property enables p-adic numbers to encode congruence information in a way that turns out to have powerful applications in number theory including, for example, in the famous proof of Fermat's Last Theorem by Andrew Wiles.[1]
p-adic numbers were first described by Kurt Hensel in 1897,[2] though with hindsight some of Kummer's earlier work can be interpreted as implicitly using p-adic numbers.[3] The p-adic numbers were motivated primarily by an attempt to bring the ideas and techniques of power series methods into number theory. Their influence now extends far beyond this. For example, the field of p-adic analysis essentially provides an alternative form of calculus.
More formally, for a given prime p, the field Qp of p-adic numbers is a completion of the rational numbers. The field Qp is also given a topology derived from a metric, which is itself derived from the p-adic order, an alternative valuation on the rational numbers. This metric space is complete in the sense that every Cauchy sequence converges to a point in Qp. This is what allows the development of calculus on Qp, and it is the interaction of this analytic and algebraic structure which gives the p-adic number systems their power and utility.
The p in p-adic is a variable and may be replaced with a constant (yielding, for instance, "the 2-adic numbers") or another placeholder variable (for expressions such as "the ℓ-adic numbers"). The "adic" of "p-adic" comes from the ending found in words such as dyadic or triadic.
- 1 p-adic expansions
- 2 Notation
- 3 Constructions
- 4 Properties
- 5 Rational arithmetic
- 6 Generalizations and related concepts
- 7 Local–global principle
- 8 See also
- 9 Notes
- 10 References
- 11 External links
p-adic expansions[edit]
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When dealing with natural numbers, if we take p to be a fixed prime number, then any positive integer can be written as a base p expansion in the form
where the ai are integers in {0, … , p − 1}. For example, the binary expansion of 35 is 1·25 + 0·24 + 0·23 + 0·22 + 1·21 + 1·20, often written in the shorthand notation 1000112.
The familiar approach to extending this description to the larger domain of the rationals (and, ultimately, to the reals) is to use sums of the form:
A definite meaning is given to these sums based on Cauchy sequences, using the absolute value as metric. Thus, for example, 1/3 can be expressed in base 5 as the limit of the sequence 0.1313131313...5. In this formulation, the integers are precisely those numbers for which ai = 0 for all i < 0.
With p-adic numbers, on the other hand, we choose to extend the base p expansions in a different way. Unlike traditional integers, where the magnitude is determined by how far they are from zero, the "size" of p-adic numbers is determined by the p-adic Norm, where high positive powers of p are relatively small compared to high negative powers of p. Consider infinite sums of the form:
where k is some (not necessarily positive) integer, and each coefficient can be called a p-adic digit.[4] With this approach we obtain the p-adic expansions of the p-adic numbers. Those p-adic numbers for which ai = 0 for all i < 0 are also called the p-adic integers.
As opposed to real number expansions which extend to the right as sums of ever smaller, increasingly negative powers of the base p, p-adic numbers may expand to the left forever, a property that can often be true for the p-adic integers. For example, consider the p-adic expansion of 1/3 in base 5. It can be shown to be …13131325, i.e., the limit of the sequence 25, 325, 1325, 31325, 131325, 3131325, 13131325, … :
Multiplying this infinite sum by 3 in base 5 gives …00000015. As there are no negative powers of 5 in this expansion of 1/3 (i.e. no numbers to the right of the decimal point), we see that 1/3 satisfies the definition of being a p-adic integer in base 5.
More formally, the p-adic expansions can be used to define the field Qp of p-adic numbers while the p-adic integers form a subring of Qp, denoted Zp. (Not to be confused with the ring of integers modulo p which is also sometimes written Zp. To avoid ambiguity, Z/pZ or Z/(p) are often used to represent the integers modulo p.)
While it is possible to use the approach above to define p-adic numbers and explore their properties, just as in the case of real numbers other approaches are generally preferred. Hence we want to define a notion of infinite sum which makes these expressions meaningful, and this is most easily accomplished by the introduction of the p-adic metric. Two different but equivalent solutions to this problem are presented in the Constructions section below.
There are several different conventions for writing p-adic expansions. So far this article has used a notation for p-adic expansions in which powers of p increase from right to left. With this right-to-left notation the 3-adic expansion of 1⁄5, for example, is written as
When performing arithmetic in this notation, digits are carried to the left. It is also possible to write p-adic expansions so that the powers of p increase from left to right, and digits are carried to the right. With this left-to-right notation the 3-adic expansion of 1⁄5 is
p-adic expansions may be written with other sets of digits instead of {0, 1, …, p − 1}. For example, the 3-adic expansion of 1/5 can be written using balanced ternary digits {1,0,1} as
In fact any set of p integers which are in distinct residue classes modulo p may be used as p-adic digits. In number theory, Teichmüller representatives are sometimes used as digits.[5]
Analytic approach[edit]
|p = 2
|← distance = 1 →
|← d = ½ →
|← d = ½ →
|‹ d=¼ ›
|‹ d=¼ ›
|‹ d=¼ ›
|‹ d=¼ ›
|2-adic ( p = 2 ) arrangement of integers, from left to right. This shows a hierarchical subdivision pattern common for ultrametric spaces. Points within a distance 1/8 are grouped in one colored strip. A pair of strips within a distance 1/4 has the same chroma, four strips within a distance 1/2 have the same hue. The hue is determined by the least significant bit, the saturation – by the next (21) bit, and the brightness depends on the value of 22 bit. Bits (digit places) which are less significant for the usual metric are more significant for the p-adic distance.
The real numbers can be defined as equivalence classes of Cauchy sequences of rational numbers; this allows us to, for example, write 1 as 1.000… = 0.999… . The definition of a Cauchy sequence relies on the metric chosen, though, so if we choose a different one, we can construct numbers other than the real numbers. The usual metric which yields the real numbers is called the Euclidean metric.
For a given prime p, we define the p-adic absolute value in Q as follows: for any non-zero rational number x, there is a unique integer n allowing us to write x = pn(a/b), where neither of the integers a and b is divisible by p. Unless the numerator or denominator of x in lowest terms contains p as a factor, n will be 0. Now define |x|p = p−n. We also define |0|p = 0.
For example with x = 63/550 = 2−1·32·5−2·7·11−1
This definition of |x|p has the effect that high powers of p become "small". By the fundamental theorem of arithmetic, for a given non-zero rational number x there is a unique finite set of distinct primes and a corresponding sequence of non-zero integers such that:
It then follows that for all , and for any other prime
It is a theorem of Ostrowski that each absolute value on Q is equivalent either to the Euclidean absolute value, the trivial absolute value, or to one of the p-adic absolute values for some prime p. So the only norms on Q modulo equivalence are the absolute value, the trivial absolute value and the p-adic absolute value which means that there are only as many completions (with respect to a norm) of Q.
The p-adic absolute value defines a metric dp on Q by setting
The field Qp of p-adic numbers can then be defined as the completion of the metric space (Q, dp); its elements are equivalence classes of Cauchy sequences, where two sequences are called equivalent if their difference converges to zero. In this way, we obtain a complete metric space which is also a field and contains Q.
It can be shown that in Qp, every element x may be written in a unique way as
where k is some integer such that ak ≠ 0 and each ai is in {0, …, p − 1 }. This series converges to x with respect to the metric dp.
With this absolute value, the field Qp is a local field.
Algebraic approach[edit]
In the algebraic approach, we first define the ring of p-adic integers, and then construct the field of fractions of this ring to get the field of p-adic numbers.
We start with the inverse limit of the rings Z/pnZ (see modular arithmetic): a p-adic integer is then a sequence (an)n≥1 such that an is in Z/pnZ, and if n ≤ m, then an ≡ am (mod pn).
Every natural number m defines such a sequence (an) by an = m mod pn and can therefore be regarded as a p-adic integer. For example, in this case 35 as a 2-adic integer would be written as the sequence (1, 3, 3, 3, 3, 35, 35, 35, …).
The operators of the ring amount to pointwise addition and multiplication of such sequences. This is well defined because addition and multiplication commute with the "mod" operator; see modular arithmetic.
Moreover, every sequence (an) where the first element is not 0 has an inverse. In that case, for every n, an and p are coprime, and so an and pn are relatively prime. Therefore, each an has an inverse mod pn, and the sequence of these inverses, (bn), is the sought inverse of (an). For example, consider the p-adic integer corresponding to the natural number 7; as a 2-adic number, it would be written (1, 3, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, ...). This object's inverse would be written as an ever-increasing sequence that begins (1, 3, 7, 7, 23, 55, 55, 183, 439, 439, 1463 ...). Naturally, this 2-adic integer has no corresponding natural number.
Every such sequence can alternatively be written as a series. For instance, in the 3-adics, the sequence (2, 8, 8, 35, 35, ...) can be written as 2 + 2·3 + 0·32 + 1·33 + 0·34 + ... The partial sums of this latter series are the elements of the given sequence.
The ring of p-adic integers has no zero divisors, so we can take the field of fractions to get the field Qp of p-adic numbers. Note that in this field of fractions, every non-integer p-adic number can be uniquely written as p−n u with a natural number n and a unit in the p-adic integers u. This means that
Note that S−1 A, where is a multiplicative subset (contains the unit and closed under multiplication) of a commutative ring with unit , is an algebraic construction called the ring of fractions of by .
Zp is the inverse limit of the finite rings Z/pk Z, but is nonetheless uncountable,[6] and has the cardinality of the continuum. Accordingly, the field Qp is uncountable. The endomorphism ring of the Prüfer p-group of rank n, denoted Z(p∞)n, is the ring of n × n matrices over Zp; this is sometimes referred to as the Tate module.
Define a topology on Zp by taking as a basis of open sets all sets of the form
- Ua(n) = {n + λpa : λ ∈ Z}.
where a is a non-negative integer and n is an integer in [1, pa]. For example, in the dyadic integers, U1(1) is the set of odd numbers. Ua(n) is the set of all p-adic integers whose difference from n has p-adic absolute value less than p1−a. Then Zp is a compactification of Z, under the derived topology (it is not a compactification of Z with its usual discrete topology). The relative topology on Z as a subset of Zp is called the p-adic topology on Z.
The topology of Zp is that of a Cantor set.[7] For instance, we can make a continuous 1-to-1 mapping between the dyadic integers and the Cantor set expressed in base 3 by mapping in Z2 to in C, where . Using a different mapping, in which the integers go to just part of the Cantor set, one can show that the topology of Qp is that of a Cantor set minus a point (such as the right-most point).[8] In particular, Zp is compact while Qp is not; it is only locally compact. As metric spaces, both Zp and Qp are complete.[9]
Metric completions and algebraic closures[edit]
Qp contains Q and is a field of characteristic 0. This field cannot be turned into an ordered field.
R has only a single proper algebraic extension: C; in other words, this quadratic extension is already algebraically closed. By contrast, the algebraic closure of Qp, denoted Qp, has infinite degree,[10] i.e. Qp has infinitely many inequivalent algebraic extensions. Also contrasting the case of real numbers, although there is a unique extension of the p-adic valuation to Qp, the latter is not (metrically) complete.[11][12] Its (metric) completion is called Cp or Ωp.[12][13] Here an end is reached, as Cp is algebraically closed.[12][14] However unlike C this field is not locally compact.[13]
Cp and C are isomorphic as fields, so we may regard Cp as C endowed with an exotic metric. It should be noted that the proof of existence of such a field isomorphism relies on the axiom of choice, and does not provide an explicit example of such an isomorphism.
If K is a finite Galois extension of Qp, the Galois group Gal(K/Qp) is solvable. Thus, the Galois group Gal(Qp/Qp) is prosolvable.
Multiplicative group of Qp[edit]
Qp contains the n-th cyclotomic field (n > 2) if and only if n | p − 1.[15] For instance, the n-th cyclotomic field is a subfield of Q13 if and only if n = 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, or 12. In particular, there is no multiplicative p-torsion in Qp, if p > 2. Also, −1 is the only non-trivial torsion element in Q2.
Given a natural number k, the index of the multiplicative group of the k-th powers of the non-zero elements of Qp in Q×
p is finite.
The number e, defined as the sum of reciprocals of factorials, is not a member of any p-adic field; but e p ∈ Qp (p ≠ 2). For p = 2 one must take at least the fourth power.[16] (Thus a number with similar properties as e – namely a p-th root of e p – is a member of Qp for all p.)
Analysis on Qp[edit]
The only real functions whose derivative is zero are the constant functions. This is not true over Qp.[17] For instance, the function
has zero derivative everywhere but is not even locally constant at 0.
If we let R be denoted Q∞, then given any elements r∞, r2, r3, r5, r7, ... where rp ∈ Qp, it is possible to find a sequence (xn) in Q such that for all p (including ∞), the limit of xn in Qp is rp.
Rational arithmetic[edit]
Eric Hehner and Nigel Horspool proposed in 1979 the use of a p-adic representation for rational numbers on computers[18] called Quote notation. The primary advantage of such a representation is that addition, subtraction, and multiplication can be done in a straightforward manner analogous to similar methods for binary integers; and division is even simpler, resembling multiplication. However, it has the disadvantage that representations can be much larger than simply storing the numerator and denominator in binary; for example, if 2n − 1 is a Mersenne prime, its reciprocal will require 2n − 1 bits to represent.
The reals and the p-adic numbers are the completions of the rationals; it is also possible to complete other fields, for instance general algebraic number fields, in an analogous way. This will be described now.
Suppose D is a Dedekind domain and E is its field of fractions. Pick a non-zero prime ideal P of D. If x is a non-zero element of E, then xD is a fractional ideal and can be uniquely factored as a product of positive and negative powers of non-zero prime ideals of D. We write ordP(x) for the exponent of P in this factorization, and for any choice of number c greater than 1 we can set
Completing with respect to this absolute value |.|P yields a field EP, the proper generalization of the field of p-adic numbers to this setting. The choice of c does not change the completion (different choices yield the same concept of Cauchy sequence, so the same completion). It is convenient, when the residue field D/P is finite, to take for c the size of D/P.
For example, when E is a number field, Ostrowski's theorem says that every non-trivial non-Archimedean absolute value on E arises as some |.|P. The remaining non-trivial absolute values on E arise from the different embeddings of E into the real or complex numbers. (In fact, the non-Archimedean absolute values can be considered as simply the different embeddings of E into the fields Cp, thus putting the description of all the non-trivial absolute values of a number field on a common footing.)
Often, one needs to simultaneously keep track of all the above mentioned completions when E is a number field (or more generally a global field), which are seen as encoding "local" information. This is accomplished by adele rings and idele groups.
Local–global principle[edit]
Helmut Hasse's local–global principle is said to hold for an equation if it can be solved over the rational numbers if and only if it can be solved over the real numbers and over the p-adic numbers for every prime p. This principle holds e.g. for equations given by quadratic forms, but fails for higher polynomials in several indeterminates.
See also[edit]
- 1 + 2 + 4 + 8 + ...
- C-minimal theory
- Hensel's lemma
- k-adic notation
- Mahler's theorem
- Volkenborn integral
- ^ F. Q. Gouvêa, A Marvelous Proof, The American Mathematical Monthly, Vol. 101, No. 3 (Mar., 1994), pp. 203–222
- ^ Hensel, Kurt (1897). "Über eine neue Begründung der Theorie der algebraischen Zahlen". Jahresbericht der Deutschen Mathematiker-Vereinigung 6 (3): 83–88.
- ^ Dedekind, Richard; Weber, Heinrich (2012), Theory of Algebraic Functions of One Variable, History of mathematics 39, American Mathematical Society, ISBN 9780821890349. Translation into English of Theorie der algebraischen Functionen einer Veränderlichen (1882) by John Stillwell. Translator's introduction, page 35: "Indeed, with hindsight it becomes apparent that a discrete valuation is behind Kummer's concept of ideal numbers."
- ^ Madore, David. "A first introduction to p-adic numbers".
- ^ Hazewinkel, M., ed. (2009), Handbook of Algebra, Volume 6, Elsevier, p. 342, ISBN 9780080932811.
- ^ Robert (2000) Chapter 1 Section 1.1
- ^ Robert (2000) Chapter 1 Section 2.3
- ^ See Talk:p-adic number#Topology.
- ^ Gouvêa (2000) Corollary 3.3.8
- ^ Gouvêa (2000) Corollary 5.3.10
- ^ Gouvêa (2000) Theorem 5.7.4
- ^ a b c Cassels (1986) p.149
- ^ a b Koblitz (1980) p.13
- ^ Gouvêa (2000) Proposition 5.7.8
- ^ Gouvêa (2000) Proposition 3.4.2
- ^ Robert (2000) Section 4.1
- ^ Robert (2000) Section 5.1
- ^ Eric C. R. Hehner, R. Nigel Horspool, A new representation of the rational numbers for fast easy arithmetic. SIAM Journal on Computing 8, 124–134. 1979.
- Bachman, George (1964). Introduction to p-adic Numbers and Valuation Theory. Academic Press. ISBN 0-12-070268-1.
- Cassels, J. W. S. (1986). Local Fields. London Mathematical Society Student Texts 3. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-31525-5. Zbl 0595.12006.
- Gouvêa, Fernando Q. (2000). p-adic Numbers: An Introduction (2nd ed.). Springer. ISBN 3-540-62911-4.
- Koblitz, Neal (1980). p-adic analysis: a short course on recent work. London Mathematical Society Lecture Note Series 46. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-28060-5. Zbl 0439.12011.
- Koblitz, Neal (1996). p-adic Numbers, p-adic Analysis, and Zeta-Functions (2nd ed.). Springer. ISBN 0-387-96017-1.
- Robert, Alain M. (2000). A Course in p-adic Analysis. Springer. ISBN 0-387-98669-3.
- Steen, Lynn Arthur (1978). Counterexamples in Topology. Dover. ISBN 0-486-68735-X.
External links[edit]
- Weisstein, Eric W., "p-adic Number", MathWorld.
- p-adic integers at PlanetMath.org.
- p-adic number at Springer On-line Encyclopaedia of Mathematics
- Completion of Algebraic Closure – on-line lecture notes by Brian Conrad
- An Introduction to p-adic Numbers and p-adic Analysis - on-line lecture notes by Andrew Baker, 2007
- Efficient p-adic arithmetic (slides)


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The 1980 Summer Olympics boycott of the Moscow Olympics was a part of a package of actions initiated by the United States to protest against the Soviet invasion in Afghanistan.[1] It preceded the 1984 Summer Olympics boycott carried out by the Soviet Union and other Communist-friendly countries.
- 1 Background
- 2 Response by athletes
- 3 Non-participating countries
- 4 Altered participants
- 5 Aftermath
- 6 See also
- 7 References
The 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan spurred Jimmy Carter to issue an ultimatum on January 20, 1980 that the United States would boycott the Moscow Olympics if Soviet troops did not withdraw from Afghanistan within one month.[2] After an April 24 meeting, United States Olympic Committee (USOC) President Robert Kane told the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that the USOC would still be willing to send a team to Moscow if there were a "spectacular change in the international situation".[3]
Lord Killanin, then president of the IOC, arranged to meet with Jimmy Carter and Leonid Brezhnev before the May 24th deadline to discuss the US boycott and attempt to save the Games. Even though Lord Killanin insisted that the Games should continue as scheduled, Carter reaffirmed the US intention to boycott unless the USSR withdrew from Afghanistan.[4][5]
The pros and cons of the boycott were further discussed in several interventions at the 1980 Bilderberg meeting held towards the end of April in Aachen. The debate partly surrounded the perception that the action could be perceived on the worldwide stage as a sentimental rather than a strategic act. An African representative at the event stated that a boycott would be an effective symbolic protest because of its dramatic visibility to the citizens of the Soviet Union, regardless of whether or not the action provoked a response.[6] Immense pressure was brought to bear by the Carter administration against the NATO countries, not all of which complied with the calls for a boycott. The International Olympics Federations protested against pressures by the US and others forcing other countries to boycott the Games because it was an inappropriate means to achieve a political end, and that the athletes became victims of these boycotts.[7] German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt complained of the United States' attitude that the allies "should simply do as they are told".[8] Boxer Muhammad Ali was dispatched by the administration to Tanzania, Nigeria, and Senegal to convince its leaders to join the boycott, although his public comments in Tanzania were panned in the American press and the diplomatic mission itself was seen as a failure.[9]
The United States was ultimately joined in the boycott by some other countries – including Japan, West Germany (Schmidt was able to convince the national Olympic committee not to send a team by a narrow margin), China, the Philippines, Argentina and Canada. Some of these countries competed at the Olympic Boycott Games in Philadelphia. Notably, United Kingdom, France and Australia supported the boycott but allowed their athletes to participate if they wished and left the final decisions to participate in the Games to their respective National Olympic Committees and the individual athletes of the countries concerned. The United Kingdom and France sent a much smaller delegation of athletes than usual. The British equestrian, hockey, and yachting associations boycotted completely.[10] Nevertheless, the delegation of the United Kingdom was the largest among Western Europe, with 170 athletes applying to compete.[11]
Spain, Italy, Sweden, Iceland and Finland were other principal nations representing western Europe,[11] though Italian athletes belonging to military corps did not attend the Games, due to the government's support of the boycott, which severely affected many events. Some American-born athletes who were citizens of other countries, such as Italy and Australia, did compete in Moscow.
At the Opening and Closing Ceremonies, athletes from a number of countries, including Australia, Andorra, Belgium, Denmark, France, United Kingdom, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Puerto Rico, San Marino, Spain, and Switzerland, marched under the Olympic Flag, instead of their national flags, a fact that the Soviet TV coverage alternately ignored. Lord Killanin permitted athletes to compete at the Olympic Games without their national flags or anthems which allowed National Olympic Committees (NOCs) to send athletes in a non-national context. This did not allow for individuals to compete under national NOCs because the NOCs believed it would weaken their authority.[3] Moreover, although the government of New Zealand officially supported the boycott, four athletes from that country competed independently and marched under their NOC's flag.[12] Altogether, the athletes of 16 countries were not represented by their national flags, and the Olympic Anthem replaced their national anthems at medal ceremonies. As a result, there was one ceremony where three Olympic Flags were raised.
Because Montreal mayor Jean Drapeau was unable to travel to Moscow due to the boycott, Sandra Henderson and Stéphane Préfontaine, the final torchbearers at the previous games, were sent in his stead to participate in the Antwerp Ceremony at the opening ceremony, and at the closing ceremony, the Los Angeles city flag – rather than the United States flag – was raised to symbolize the next host of the Olympic Games. An IOC member from the USA was used to receive the Antwerp flag instead of the Los Angeles mayor (who at the time was Tom Bradley), and there was no Los Angeles handover ceremony at the closing.
Even though only 80 nations participated, more world records were set in Moscow than in 1976 in Montreal.
Response by athletes[edit]
On May 24, 1980 in Buffalo, New York at the United States Olympic Trials for the marathon, Gary Fanelli led the pack for 15 miles (24 km) while protesting the boycott with a shirt that read "The Road to Moscow Ends Here".[13][14][15]
Non-participating countries[edit]
Sixty-five countries did not participate in the Olympics despite being invited. While some of these may not have participated because of the boycott, some did not participate for economic reasons. Qatar was not invited to take part.
*Qatar did not attend the Games because their Olympic Committee was formed the year before and was recognized by IOC in 1980.[16]
**Chinese Taipei / Taiwan did not attend because of the 1979 Nagoya Resolution, in which the People's Republic of China agreed to participate in the IOC if the Republic of China/Taiwan were referred to as "Chinese Taipei".
Altered participants[edit]
Sixteen nations participated in the Games, but paraded into the Olympic stadium without their national flags.
Nations that did not participate in the Opening Ceremony[edit]
Seven countries attending the Games did not participate in the Opening Ceremony:[17]
National teams represented at the Opening Ceremony by Chef de Mission[edit]
Two nations were represented at the opening ceremony by their delegation's Chef de Mission, with no participation in the opening ceremony by athletes. Both officials marched with the Olympic flag, rather than their national flag.
- Great Britain – Richard Palmer[18]
- Ireland – Ken Ryan[19]
Nations under the Olympic Flag by their own athletes[edit]
4 National teams participated at the Games under the Olympic flag and by their own athletes[clarification needed]:[17]
Nations that competed under their NOC flag[edit]
The succeeding 1984 Summer Olympics, held in Los Angeles, United States saw another boycott, this time led by the Soviet Union. On May 8, 1980, the Soviet Union issued a statement that the country would boycott the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles due to "chauvinistic sentiments and an anti-Soviet hysteria being whipped up in the United States".[20] Thirteen Soviet allies joined the boycott, giving a total of fourteen nations that boycotted the Olympics. Iran and Albania were the only countries that boycotted both Moscow and Los Angeles. Romania and Yugoslavia were the only Eastern bloc countries that participated in the 1984 Games.
See also[edit]
- ^ Smothers, Ronald (July 19, 1996). "OLYMPICS;Bitterness Lingering Over Carter's Boycott". The New York Times.
- ^ "The President Said Nyet". The New York Times.
- ^ a b American Embassy Memorandum to Secretary of State, "Olympics: Lausanne IOC EXCOM Meeting," 23 April 1980, US Department of State, FOIA, http://foia.state.gov/Search/results.aspx?searchText=*&caseNumber=F-2011-00809
- ^ Lord Killanin, then president of the IOC, arranged to meet with Jimmy Carter and Leonid Brezhnev before the May 24th deadline to discuss the US boycott and attempt to save the Games. Even though Lord Killanin insisted that the Games should continue as scheduled, Carter reaffirmed the US intention to boycott them unless the USSR withdraw from Afghanistan
- ^ Secretary of State Memorandum to All Diplomatic and Consular Posts Immediate, "Olympics: Mid-May Update," 16 May 1980, US Department of State, FOIA, http://foia.state.gov/Search/results.aspx?searchText=*&caseNumber=F-2011-00809
- ^ Bilderberg meeting report Aachen, 1980. Retrieved June 16, 2009. Archived 06/19/2009.
- ^ American Embassy Memorandum to Secretary of State and White House, "Olympics: IOC Message to Mr. Cutler," 27 April 1980, US Department of State, FOIA, http://foia.state.gov/Search/results.aspx?searchText=*&caseNumber=F-2011-00809
- ^ Sarantakes, Nicholas Evan. Dropping the Torch: Jimmy Carter, the Olympic Boycott, and the Cold War. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2010, p. 121.
- ^ Sarantakes. Dropping the Torch, pp. 115-118.
- ^ Associated Press (23 April 1980). "Governments slapped for boycott pressure". The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, Washington). p. C1. Retrieved August 8, 2012.
- ^ a b 1980 Summer Olympics Official Report from the Organizing Committee, vol. 2, p. 190.
- ^ 1980 Moscow
- ^ USA Track & Field (2004). "2004 USA Olympic Team Trials: Men's Marathon Media Guide Supplement" (pdf). Santa Barbara, California: USA Track & Field. p. 9. Retrieved February 2, 2011.
- ^ Lidz, Franz (December 14, 1987). "Having A Costume Ball: Gary Fanelli runs for laughs in outlandish outfits". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved February 2, 2011.
- ^ Stewart, Phil (August 2008). "Tony Sandoval Wins the 1980 U.S. Men's Olympic Trials But Not a Trip to Moscow". Running Times. Retrieved February 2, 2011.
- ^ Qatar at the Olympics
- ^ a b "Partial Boycott – New IOC President". Keesing's Record of World Events 26: 30599. December 1980.
- ^ Fimrite, Ron (28 July 1980). "Only The Bears Were Bullish". SI Vault; CNN. Retrieved August 14, 2013.
- ^ "Olympics chief feared protests". Belfasttelegraph.co.uk. 30 December 2010. Retrieved August 14, 2013.
- ^ Burns, John F. (May 9, 1980). "Moscow Will Keep Its Team From Los Angeles Olympics; Tass Cites Peril, U.S. Denies It; Protests Are Issue". New York Times.


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For the second year in a row, Carleton College's men's and women's swimming and diving teams have received Scholar All-America Team honors from the College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA). The men's team posted a cumulative 3.19 GPA for the spring 2013 term, while the women's team recorded a cumulative 3.32 GPA.
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The Carleton College women's tennis team was recently recognized as an All-Academic Team by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) for the 2013-14 season, making this the 13th consecutive year the Knights have received this award. Carleton is the only MIAC tennis program - male or female - to receive this award every year since its inception in 2002.
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The Carleton College 2013-14 men's tennis team was named an ITA All-Academic Team for the third straight year, making this the 11th time since 2002 that the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) cited the Knights for academic excellence. Additionally, seven players received individual recognition.
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Men's Basketball: Hanson, Webb named to NABC Honors Court, Knights Earn Academic Excellence Award
Carleton College senior forwards Taylor Hanson (St. Paul, Minn./Minnehaha Academy) and Cameron Webb (Portland, Ore./Lincoln High School) were recently named to the Honors Court as selected by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC). In addition to the individual accolades garnered by Hanson and Webb, the Knights earned a NABC Team Academic Excellence Award, which recognizes outstanding academic achievement by a team with a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or better for the 2013-14 season. As a team, the Knights posted a 3.455 cumulative GPA during the 2013-14 academic year.
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Football: Swimming accident claims the life of De'Angelo Williams '12
The Carleton College community mourns the death of De'Angelo Williams '12, who tragically drowned in a swimming accident on a western Wisconsin lake on Sunday, July 6.Williams, 24, was a political science and international relations major. He was also a three-year starter on the Knights football team, accumulating 74 tackles in 28 games to go along with five interceptions.
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Founded in 1909, Gravati creates timeless, beautiful shoes and boots that fit from the very first wearing. The secret's in the impeccable craftsmanship: Every pair of Gravati shoes is made completely by hand - from patter-cutting to final inspection - in the family-owned Gravati factory in Vigevano, Italy.