text: School of Religion Graduate Theses http://hdl.handle.net/1974/140 2019-08-23T00:42:54Z 2019-08-23T00:42:54Z Words Made Manifest: Canadian Print Media as Architects of Religion in the "Secular" Public Sphere Nieman, Sarah http://hdl.handle.net/1974/7627 2019-08-08T20:30:37Z 2012-11-02T00:00:00Z Words Made Manifest: Canadian Print Media as Architects of Religion in the "Secular" Public Sphere Nieman, Sarah Early to mid-twentieth century scholarship on religion and the "secular" public sphere largely perpetuated the Enlightenment categorization of religion as an element of the private sphere, not to be influential in public matters. Recently, however, a paradigm shift has emerged that has forced the re-evaluation of religion's place in society. Spatial methodologies from scholars such as Henri Lefebvre and Kim Knott have allowed for religion to be considered as one of a number of constructs that influence the lives and spatial experiences of people. Applying the spatial methodologies of Lefebvre and Knott, I demonstrate how Canadian print media can be considered to be a gauge of the active presence of religion in the public sphere by revealing the ways in which the media construct the space they inhabit. This is done by considering two recent events in Canada that highlight the presence of the "religious other": the 2002 kirpan debate in Quebec and the 2003 sharia law debate in Ontario. Through these cases, I explore how the conception, perception, and lived reality of the "religious other" as a spatial quality are solidified through the perceived sense of what Ulrich Beck considers to be risk and catastrophe. I ultimately conclude that, through this perceived sense of risk, Canadian print media's portrayals of the "religious other" allow religion to remain manifest in the Canadian public sphere. 2012-11-02T00:00:00Z Being and Becoming: Analyzing the Negotiation of Spiritual, Religious, and Sexual Identities in Nonheterosexual British and American Young People through the Lens of Queer Theory Gallini, Thomas James http://hdl.handle.net/1974/7422 2019-08-08T20:30:37Z 2012-09-05T00:00:00Z Being and Becoming: Analyzing the Negotiation of Spiritual, Religious, and Sexual Identities in Nonheterosexual British and American Young People through the Lens of Queer Theory Gallini, Thomas James Despite the large amount of research on religious young people, and research on the formation of young people's sexual identity, there is little research addressing the bearing that religion plays on identity construction in young people. Helping to fill this gap in the research, this paper investigates how young people simultaneously negotiate religious, spiritual, and sexual identities. Utilizing first-hand accounts from religious and spiritual young people from projects in the United Kingdom and the United States, this paper explores nonheterosexual youth as a site of liminality through the lens of queer theory. Participants in the studies demonstrated different approaches to the negotiation of multiple identities, including tension and conflict, compartmentalization, and integration, as well as differing levels of awareness of relevant concepts such as performativity and heteronormativity. 2012-09-05T00:00:00Z Cavanaugh's Myth-Appropriation of Ideology: A Critical Review of The Myth of Religious Violence Anthony, Charlotte Rae http://hdl.handle.net/1974/7421 2019-08-08T20:30:37Z 2012-09-05T00:00:00Z Cavanaugh's Myth-Appropriation of Ideology: A Critical Review of The Myth of Religious Violence Anthony, Charlotte Rae In The Myth of Religious Violence, William Cavanaugh deconstructs the category of "religion" in an attempt to undermine the distinction between "religious" violence and "secular" violence, and to examine the way in which this construction manifests itself in the conceptual apparatus of contemporary Western society. This paper focuses on how Cavanaugh uses the categories "myth" and "ideology." Cavanaugh's given definition and employment of "myth" is sensitive to broader conceptions of the category in myth-studies. Unlike "myth," Cavanaugh does not offer a definition "ideology," but he employs the term in two ways: (1) as an all-encompassing category that seems to override definitional issues with "religion" and; (2) pejoratively to signal the falsity of putatively "secular ideology" that is responsible for the creation and maintenance of the "myth of religious violence." In particular, Cavanaugh does not recognize the "mythic" dimension of his use of the concept of "ideology." Cavanaugh's use of "ideology" appears to replace the general argument that "religion causes violence" with the equally general argument that "ideology causes violence" without informing his reader what he means by "ideology." 2012-09-05T00:00:00Z Rite of Passage, Kyriarchic Warrior Mentality, or Issues with Father? Universal Elements of Male Initiation and their Potential for Men in the West Fanning, Ian Robert http://hdl.handle.net/1974/7420 2019-08-08T20:30:37Z 2012-09-05T00:00:00Z Rite of Passage, Kyriarchic Warrior Mentality, or Issues with Father? Universal Elements of Male Initiation and their Potential for Men in the West Fanning, Ian Robert The decline of male initiation rituals in the West is lamented by authors articulating a variety of perspectives. However, the full extent of the decline and the subsequent impact on men, women and children is difficult to measure. There are many different descriptions of male initiation and many different conclusions regarding its purpose. Rather than concluding that the decline of male initiation contributes to hypermasculine behaviours or that the decline of male initiation frees men from forms of oppression, in this essay I both review a number of approaches in an assessment of current literature and undertake a search for common elements in such rituals with a view to determining whether a "good" ritual or rite of initiation for men in the West is possible, and, if so, what it might include. Identification of universal elements of male initiation across different approaches provides a starting point for re-defining and recovering "male initiation" in the West. Three of the most prominent approaches to male initiation in the West are those of ritual theorists, those of Christian ministers and scholars, and those of secular practitioners and writers. This paper examines perspectives on male initiation and the sub-topics within each of the three approaches. It traces the development of each perspective and identifies common elements of male initiation. Arguments will be made for the rejection of certain elements not common to all three approaches. My concluding analysis will review the elements I find to be universal and potentially valuable to new rites for men in the West. 2012-09-05T00:00:00Z


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Brazil's Second IRONMAN Promises to be a Winner
The inaugural IRONMAN Fortaleza will blast onto the race scene in November. Fortaleza, located in Brazil's northeast, possesses a vibrant local culture and cuisine that attracts visitors from all over the world. In addition to the region's rich history and Brazilian culture, the city also offers a comforting atmosphere accompanied by its breathtaking coastal landscape and epic daily sunsets. The expansive sandy beaches have turned Fortaleza into an unspoiled playground for all water sports, making it a desirable vacation destination and terrific venue for an IRONMAN race. Don't miss out.
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The IRONMAN 70.3 series resumes this weekend in Monterrey, Mexico. The Nuevo León's cosmopolitan capital city has managed to tastefully balance historic and modern culture within the thriving city that will host over 2,000 athletes from around the world for Sunday's inaugural IRONMAN 70.3 Monterrey.
Once again, we see strong fields aiming to battle it out in an early season race. The men's field will be highlighted by Ben Hoffman (USA), Ivan Rana (ESP), Daniel Fontana (ITL), Matty Reed (USA). Tim Don (GBR) and Leon Griffin (AUS). The women's race will feature Heather Wurtele (CAN), Jessie Donavan (USA), Helle Frederksen (DEN), Cait Snow (USA) and Sara Gross (CAN).
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Jimmy Riccitello will be tackling IRONMAN Lake Tahoe on September for a good cause. Former IRONMAN pro Paul Huddle knows the IRONMAN ref as well as anyone, and was asked what he thought of Riccitello's prospects would be competing at one of the most challenging IRONMAN races on the circuit.
"I trained with Jimmy in the '80s and got to see his abilities and disabilities up close and personal," says Huddle. "I saw his housekeeping skills too and am constantly amazed that he's still married. I don't think he'll have any problem finishing as long as he gets a ride in a car. That's mean. I'm kidding. He'll finish. Maybe even in 17-hours or less."
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Psychol. Soc. no.41 Durban ene. 2011
Breaking the silence of HIV/AIDS and sexuality
Yolanda Mitchell
Reddy, V, Sandfort, T and Rispel, A (eds) (2009) From social silence to social science: Same-sex sexuality, HIV & AIDS and gender in South Africa. Cape Town: HSRC Press. ISBN 978-0-7969-2276-2 pbk. Pages xxxiii + 252 .
This book is the proceedings of the conference Gender, same-sex sexuality and HIV/AIDS in South Africa: An international conference of researchers, community leaders and activists, held in Pretoria from 9 to 11 May 2007. The aim of conference was to bring together researchers, social scientists, community leaders, activists, programme designers and analysts to review and evaluate the history of research on same-sex sexuality in South-Africa and its possible impact on the HIV/AIDS epidemic, with the purpose of identifying and prioritising future efforts. The proceedings then is a multi-disciplinary collection of articles with which the editors "hope to direct debate and discussion to developing research-based interventions that assist in changing sexual practices that will reduce and ultimately end HIV infection" (p xxii).
Writing about same-sex sexuality in South Africa is a highly complex task, as is illustrated even in the title of this book. Same-sex sexuality is the term used by the editors to describe the sexual behaviour of individuals who engage, either exclusively or occasionally, in any form of sexual intercourse with persons of the same biological sex. The expression and practice of same-sex sexuality is as varied as imagination allows, and therefore the term does not narrowly define sexual orientation and is not limited to linguistic categories such as homosexuality or bisexuality. A discussion of same-sex sexuality must consider not only individual identity, but also the context of community ideals and cultural and societal norms in which the individual identity is attempting to emerge. Moreover, same-sex sexuality is so entrenched in a history of economic and political power imbalance that to describe it without analysing that history would yield a superficial description at best.
This book, however, is not just a discussion of same-sex sexuality: it is an exploration of how same-sex sexuality relates to the transmission of HIV/AIDS in South Africa. This exploration in turn takes the reader into the murky realm of gender, gender identity and more specifically, gender inequality; concepts that were dictated by norms and ideals long before labels such as "gay" and "lesbian" existed. Same-sex sexually attracted individuals self-identify in various different ways and do not necessarily comply with mainstream expectations of what it means to be "gay" or "lesbian". Gender, as a salient aspect of this highly individualised sexual identity, is an inextricable part of same-sex sexuality and thus of the discussion of same-sex sexuality within the context of HIV/AIDS in South Africa; a reflection of the "complex and fluid interrelationships between identity and [ the] practice" of same-sex sexuality (p 59). This interrelationship is continually emphasised throughout the book.
In acknowledgement of the complexity of the subject matter, the editors rightly begin the book by introducing the reader to the historical, contextual and conceptual framework of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in South Africa, of same-sex sexuality, and of the relationship between the two. The main body of the book comprises four parts, the first of which consists of theoretical chapters that elaborate on the discussion of key concepts and concerns in studying same-sex sexuality that was started by the editors in the introduction. These include the relationship between gender and same-sex sexuality and the importance of including gender in all same-sex sexuality research; the critical role of language in avoiding labelling and by extension in breaking stereotypes; and the importance of consideration of context as inferences made from research conducted globally can not always be transferred to the South African situation.
Part two reflects on the role of activism in securing rights and support. It clearly depicts the effects of homophobia and social stigma on vulnerability to exposure to HIV infection and subsequent treatment seeking behaviour. The particular dilemma of constructing a sexual identity as a black lesbian woman, often being of multiple minority status by virtue of gender, sexual orientation and socio-economic class, is also discussed in the context of hetero-normative patriarchal environments.
In part three, the authors discuss research that has been conducted in sub-Saharan and southern Africa. It provides a useful overview of what is (not) known about the prevalence and transmission of HIV/AIDS in same-sex sexually attracted communities, sexual and risk-taking behaviour, and the resultant impact on interventions and healthcare provision. Of particular importance in this section, is the refutation of the notion that same-sex sexuality is un-African and that it does not exist in Africa; a notion that has been identified as a major stumbling block not only for social rights, but generally in the fight against HIV/AIDS. The paucity of epidemiological research among people who practice same-sex sexuality is particularly emphasised. This is especially evident in one chapter which reviews five research studies, only one of which reported seroprevalence rates and then only among men.
Part four focuses on South Africa. Authors discuss some successes achieved in programming and policy and highlight needs and suggestions for research, intervention and implementation of policy. I was struck by the repeated citation of the same research studies in several chapters in this section. This fact underscores the point that the editors are trying to make with this book: there is a glaring lack of research, particularly of adequate statistical data, to influence either social policy or HIV/AIDS programming in South Africa.
The book concludes with an editorial summary and recommendations for further research and intervention. The editors create awareness of the possibility and the power of research to influence the response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic, but it is critical to emphasise the conviction of authors that research may not be the panacea in this response, as research itself is political. Research is always conducted with an agenda, however benign, and is always subject to authorities who decide on the need for - and the economic feasibility of - a study. Furthermore, the imbalance of power between the researcher and the research participant must be carefully considered in same-sex sexuality research. Several authors highlight the necessity to understand and approach participants as individuals who do not fit neatly into a homogenous category for the purpose of being researched (see chapter 5 as example). This is important in addressing HIV/AIDS because, like same-sex sexual identity and practice, risk-taking behaviour does not conform to a one-size-fits-all approach, therefore neither should intervention strategies, nor policy. In order for research to be holistic, it must recognise, appreciate and accommodate heterogeneity. However, authors and editors alike duly note that this is easier said than done, but that it is an ideal to strive for.
My overall impression is that the proceedings, although written by authors of varying academic prowess, is of a good quality. The multi-disciplinary nature of the offerings indeed "strengthen[ s] the cohesiveness of the final product" (p x). The editors acknowledge that "there is no single streamlined argument" (p xxviii), but the selection of articles as a whole is successful in sketching a picture of same-sex sexuality as it relates to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in South Africa. The partitioning of the book has the effect of sharpening this picture, as the reader is guided from the abstract to the tangible. In line with the editors' vision for the conference that this publication resulted from, my opinion is that this book has great value as a resource to: 1. stimulate debate and promote understanding of same-sex sexual expressions and practices, and how this relates and contributes to the prevalence of HIV/AIDS in South Africa; 2. indicate avenues for new research and advocate for research funding and the implementation of programming, community development and policy; 3. accentuate the role of inequality, discrimination, stigmatisation and marginalisation in perpetuating the disease burden of HIV/AIDS in South Africa.
HIV/AIDS "...remains stubbornly non-discriminatory in a world where inequalities persist" (p xi), and this book lays bare the stark juxtaposition of the disease itself against both the norms of society and the way in which society attempts to eradicate the disease. It accentuates the impossibility of addressing all aspects of a sexually transmitted disease without a thorough understanding of all aspects of the sexual transmission of that disease. Well done to the authors, editors and publishers.


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by Bill HeenanPresidentSteel Recycling Institute
March 2009 Edition
It may be hard to believe that any industry is beating expectations these days, but the steel industry is – at least in terms of shrinking its carbon footprint. What's more, it has had a big hand in helping customers reduce their own energy use.
Less than two decades ago, the Kyoto Protocol – which the United States has not ratified – set the then-ambitious goal of having the U.S. reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 7 percent by 2012 from the base year of 1990.
By 2007, the latest year for which complete data is available, the American steel industry already had reduced the energy used to produce each ton of steel by a dramatic 33 percent.
Because of the close relationship between energy use and greenhouse gas emissions, the industry's aggregate carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions per ton of steel produced also have been reduced substantially. For example, in the early 1980s steelmakers in the U.S. consumed 37.8 gigajoules (GJ) of energy per ton of steel produced; by 2005, America's steel industry had lowered the average energy used to 11.5 GJ per ton.
The resulting reduction of CO2 equivalents from this improvement in energy efficiency was 230,000 tonnes. The steel industry achieved this extraordinary performance with a combination of capital and material utilization improvements specifically through technological advances, which increased the use of scrap.
While news that the domestic steel industry is the only major manufacturing sector to reduce its carbon footprint so substantially during this timeframe can come as quite a surprise to the environmental community, it can be a shock for regulators, legislators and consumers to learn that this was done at the same time that it increased production. The accomplishment is one in which the steel industry can take great pride and is evidence of why a ton of steel made in the U.S. is good for the environment, especially when compared to steel manufacturing in some other regions of the world.
However, it's important to point out that the industry didn't stop at the "water's edge" after improving its own operations. We, along with the world steel industry, have been working closely with our customers to understand how to help them achieve their "green" manufacturing goals. Often, this means looking at the entire life cycle of the material used, from when it is first produced to the end of its useful life, and through its "rebirth." Steel, of course, is infinitely recyclable. Add that characteristic to the properties of the new high-performance steels and you will uncover the secret to how the industry is helping customers reduce their CO2 emissions.
Take a look at the following case studies involving bridges, automobiles and wind energy, which provide quick snapshots showing how various products utilizing steel as a dominant material are part of the environmental solution in reducing carbon footprints in today's world.
BRIDGESInherently, one of the purposes of a bridge is to shorten the distance between two points. In the case of South Carolina's Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge, commonly known as the Cooper River Bridge, the cantilevered (cable-stay) structure reduces the commuting distance between Mount Pleasant and the Charleston Peninsula to about 7 miles from around 24 miles. In addition to shaving more than 50 percent off the 30-minute commute time without the bridge, the long-span structure also saves 167,000 tonnes of CO2 equivalents a year from the 69,200 vehicles which use the bridge daily. This has a lifetime implication of 16.7 million tonnes of savings in CO2 equivalents (based on current automotive design and assuming each vehicle meets Environmental Protection Agency standards of average gasoline consumption).
The Cooper River Bridge displaced two obsolete bridges. Due to advances in steel technology and design approaches, construction of the new eight-lane bridge used only about the same amount of steel as the two narrower bridges it replaced. Further, recycling steel from the old bridges saved 33,460 tonnes of CO2 that would have been required if the new bridge had only been made completely from raw materials.
Interestingly, one of the bridge's predecessors was designed to last 50 years but, because of steel's strength and durability, it lasted 75 years. It's possible to say that as a result of this extended life, significant savings of CO2 were realized as a replacement bridge was not required for an extra 25 years.Using 21st Century bridge-building technology and high-performance steels, the new bridge is designed to last at least 100 years – a 33 percent improvement over its predecessors, which will extend the carbon savings into the 22nd Century.
AUTOMOBILESIn the automotive sector, new grades of steel are helping provide significant performance advantages and lifetime emissions savings at little or no additional cost relative to using conventional steel.The use of advanced high-strength steel (AHSS), which provides lighter optimized body designs for improved vehicle crashworthiness and improved fuel economy, can lead to a reduction of total greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) during the complete life cycle of the vehicle. Simply put, if the body structures of all cars produced worldwide (estimated at 71 million in 2008) were made of AHSS instead of conventional steel, the emissions savings would be 156 million tonnes of CO2 equivalents.
Here's how t he savings are calculated. The average weight of a typical five-passenger family car is 1,260 kilograms (2,777 pounds), with the body-in-white (BIW) structure accounting for 360 kg (794 pounds). Replacing the BIW with an optimized structure made of AHSS products creates an overall weight saving of 117 kg (258 pounds), or 9.3 percent.
Due to the BIW weight reduction, the powertrain can be down-sized, resulting in a fuel savings of 5.1 percent while still achieving vehicle performance comparable to that of the heavier, conventional steel structure vehicle. Given this fuel savings, it can be estimated that for every 1,000 kg of AHSS used in vehicles, total life cycle savings of 9 kg (20 pounds) of GHG (reported as CO2 equivalents) are achieved. This is a 5.7 percent reduction in GHG emissions over the full life cycle of the vehicle.
Furthermore, the weight reduction means less steel is required for each vehicle, resulting in a lifetime saving of 2.2 tonnes CO2 equivalents per vehicle. These savings more than offset the total CO2 emitted during steel manufacturing for all the steel used in the vehicle.
WIND ENERGYElectricity produced by wind turbines is generated with significantly lower lifetime CO2 emissions than the global average for electricity production by other means. Many predict that the twin pressures of meeting energy demands while mitigating its effect on climate change will result in a rapid increase in wind power capacity.
Steel plays a vital role in wind power generation. Currently, the world wind sector consumes approximately 1.5 million tonnes of steel a year. About 85 percent of the wind turbine towers around the world are installed on tubular steel structures. The choice of steel offers the advantages of strength, durability and mobility as the towers can be manufactured in sections up to 100 feet and then fitted together and installed on site.
A wind farm by itself, of course, emits no CO2. What's notable is that energy used to build, operate and dismantle a typical turbine is recovered within nine months of operation. That's just the start of the savings. Looking at the case of the Horns Rev wind farm off the coast of Denmark, its 80 wind turbines produce an estimated 650 gigawatts-hours (GWh) a year, generating almost 13,000 GWh over its 20-year lifetime. When the turbines reach the end of their life, recycling 90 percent of the steel from the Horns Rev wind farm will save 47,000 tonnes of CO2 in primary steel production.
Globally, at least 90 percent of the steel from wind turbines can be recovered for recycling (including steel foundations). Without the recycling scenario, the environmental impacts of a wind turbine production phase would be significantly higher, highlighting the importing of using and recycling steel. For example, increasing recovery to 96 percent from 90 percent would result in reducing greenhouse gas emission by approximately 3 percent based on life-cycle assessment studies.
The numbers discussed here also apply to the first urban wind farm in the U.S., the 445-square-meter (4,800-square-foot) Steel Winds' site in New York state donated by ArcelorMittal SA, which generates more than 50 GWh of electricity a year, powering about 6,000 homes and saving 25,000 tonnes of CO2 a year.
Steel as a SolutionAs part of an ongoing effort, additional environmental case studies are being developed showing similar positive examples in food cans, automobile fuel tanks, passenger rail and buildings. The goal is to give our customers the information they need to address carbon footprint questions. The answers include a life-cycle approach, including manufacturing, use and reuse.
In all cases, we want our customers to know they have made the correct material selection decision by using The EnviroMetal: Steel™.
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For nearly 40 years, the Kappa Sigma auditorium hosted community events, from Boy Scouts meetings to piano recitals. That era came to an irrefutable end on Monday, January 22 as the wrecking ball swung, and the auditorium, constructed in the late 1960s, crumbled to make way for some of the 46 attached homes and 13 traditional townhomes that will be built on the 17-acre estate that once served as headquarters for the Kappa Sigma Fraternity and is now known as Kenridge.
The original home, a 6,500 square foot structure built in 1922, remains and has been painstakingly restored by its new owners, Susan and L.F. Payne, who moved in six months ago and received an award for their preservation efforts. The fate of the auditorium– and of the entire Kappa Sigma property– hung in the balance for several years between 2001 and 2005 during a bitter legal dispute between the Kappa Sigma fraternity and the Kappa Sigma Memorial Foundation, a nonprofit founded to manage the property.
As detailed in the Hook's July 29, 2004 cover story "Housing Kappa Sig: Headquarters for controversy," the fraternity sued the foundation, claiming the foundation had no legal claim to the property. The Foundation lost that round, but took the case to the Virginia Supreme Court where the decision was overturned.
The Foundation began building a new HQ and sold the property to Kenridge L.L.C., a group of investors including Hunter Craig, for $8.75 million in November 2005. According to marketing material for Kenridge, the homes range from the mid $600,000s to the mid $800,000s and the first deliveries are estimated for late spring or early summer.


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EA Staff
In recent weeks, EA has aligned all elements of its organizational structure behind priorities in new technologies and mobile. This has led to some difficult decisions to reduce the workforce in some locations. We are extremely grateful for the contributions made by each of our employees – those that are leaving EA will be missed by their colleagues and friends.
These are hard but essential changes as we focus on delivering great games and showing players around the world why to spend their time with us.


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Iwasawa graduated in 1940 and remained at Tokyo University to undertake graduate studies. He also was employed as an Assistant in the Mathematics Department. Although the great tradition in number theory at Tokyo inspired him to an interest in that topic, some of his early research contributions were to group theory. The Second World War disrupted life in Japan and essentially ended Suetuna's research career. Iyanaga did not fare much better. He wrote:-
... towards the end of the War, Tokyo and other Japanese cities were often bombarded and we had to find refuge in the countryside. Everyone was mobilised in one way or another for the War.Clearly Iwasawa found this a most difficult period in which to try to complete work for his doctorate. However, despite the difficulties he succeeded brilliantly, and was awarded the degree of Doctor of Science in 1945. It was not without a high cost, however, for after being awarded his doctorate he became seriously ill with pleurisy and this prevented him returning to the University of Tokyo until April 1947.
For a glimpse of the research that Iwasawa undertook at this time we look briefly at the paper On some types of topological groups which he published in the Annals of Mathematics in 1949. Iwasawa's results are related to Hilbert's fifth problem which asks whether any locally Euclidean topological groups is necessarily a Lie group. In his 1949 paper Iwasawa gives what is now known as the 'Iwasawa decomposition' of a real semisimple Lie group. He gave many results concerning Lie groups, proving in particular that if a locally compact group G has a closed normal subgroup N such that N and G/N are Lie groups then G is a Lie group.
In 1950 Iwasawa was invited to give an address at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He then received an invitation to the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton and he spent two years there from 1950 until 1952. Artin was at the Institute during Iwasawa's two years there and he was one of the main factors in changing the direction of Iwasawa's research to algebraic number theory. In 1952 Iwasawa published Theory of algebraic functions in Japanese. The book begins with an historical survey of the theory of algebraic functions of one variable, from analytical, algebraic geometrical, and algebro-arithmetical view points. Iwasawa then studies valuations, fields of algebraic functions giving definitions of prime divisors, ideles, valuation vectors and genus. A proof of the Riemann-Roch theorem is given, and the theory of Riemann surfaces and their topology is studied.
It was Iwasawa's intention to return to Japan in 1952 after his visit to the Institute for Advanced Study but when he received the offer of a post of assistant professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology he decided to accept it. Coates, in [2], describes the fundamental ideas which Iwasawa introduced that have had such a fundamental impact on the development of mathematics in the second half of the 20th century. Iwasawa introduced:-
... a general method in arithmetical algebraic geometry, known today as Iwasawa theory, whose central goal is to seek analogues for algebraic varieties defined over number field of the techniques which have been so successfully applied to varieties defined over finite fields by H Hasse, A Weil, B Dwork, A Grothendieck, P Deligne, and others. ... The dominant theme of his work in number theory is his revolutionary idea that deep and previously inaccessible information about the arithmetic of a finite extension F of Q can be obtained by studying coarser questions about the arithmetic of certain infinite Galois towers of number fields lying above F.Iwasawa first lectured on his revolutionary ideas at the meeting of the American Mathematical Society in Seattle, Washington in 1956. The ideas were taken up immediately by Serre who saw their great potential and gave lectures to the Seminaire Bourbaki in Paris on Iwasawa theory. Iwasawa himself produced a series of deep papers throughout the 1960s which pushed his ideas much further. R Greenberg, who became a student of Iwasawa's in 1967 wrote:-
By the time that I became his student, Professor Iwasawa had developed his ideas considerably. The theory had become richer, and at the same time, more mysterious. Even though only a few mathematicians had studied the theory thoroughly at that time, there was a general feeling that the theory was very promising. When I look back at the developments that have taken place in the last three decades, that promise has been fulfilled even beyond expectations.In 1967 Iwasawa left MIT when he was offered the Henry Burchard Fine Chair of Mathematics at Princeton and it was not long after he arrived there that he took on Greenberg as a research student. We learn a lot about Iwasawa if we look at Greenberg's description of how Iwasawa supervised his studies:-
It was the tradition at Princeton to have tea every afternoon in fine Hall. This provided one of the best opportunities for graduate students to informally discuss mathematics with their professors. Professor Iwasawa usually came to the afternoon teas. It was then that he often suggested problems for me to think about and every few weeks he would ask me if I had made any progress on some of these problems. I recall that these problems seemed quite hard, but sometimes I was able to report some real progress, and then we would go to his office so that he could hear what I had done. He would help me push some of my ideas forward, but it was quite clear that he wanted me to accomplish as much as I could on my own. I often had the feeling that he was purposely not revealing everything that he knew about a specific problem.In the late 1960s Iwasawa made a conjecture for algebraic number fields which, in some sense, was the analogue of the relationship which Weil had found between the zeta function and the divisor class group of an algebraic function field. This conjecture became known as "the main conjecture on cyclotomic fields" and it remained one of the most outstanding conjectures in algebraic number theory until it was solved by Mazur and Wiles in 1984 using modular curves.
Iwasawa remained as Henry Burchard Fine Professor of mathematics at Princeton until he retired in 1986. Then he returned to Tokyo where he spent his final years. He published Local class field theory in the year that he retired:-
This carefully written monograph presents a self-contained and concise account of the modern formal group-theoretic approach to local class field theory.Iwasawa was much honoured for his achievements. He received the Asahi Prize (1959), the Prize of the Academy of Japan (1962), the Cole Prize from the American Mathematical Society (1962), and the Fujiwara Prize (1979).
The importance of his work is summed up by Coates [2]:-
... today it is no exaggeration to say that Iwasawa's ideas have played a pivotal role in many of the finest achievements of modern arithmetical algebraic geometry on such questions as the conjecture of B Birch and H Swinnerton-Dyer on elliptic curve; the conjecture of B Birch, J Tate, and S Lichtenbaum on the orders of the K-groups of the rings of integers of number fields; and the work of A Wiles on the modularity of elliptic curves and Fermat's Last Theorem.
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By EconMatters Silver has taken some serious beatings lately, but there seems to be a renewed optimism in the market place towards the white metal as Bloomberg reported that "Investors for now are getting more bullish. As well as adding to ETP [Exchange-Traded Product] holdings, they are also buying bullion coins, with the U.S. Mint selling 4.46 million ounces of American Eagles in September, the most since January.....Combined assets in ETPs rose 4.8 percent to 17,515 metric tons since mid-July, equal to almost nine months of mine production, the data show. Money managers raised bets on higher prices for the first time in more than a month in the week ended Oct. 11, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) data show. The net-long position gained 1.3 percent to 11,573 futures and options contracts." According to the median in a Bloomberg survey of 11 analysts, the metal may average $38 an ounce this quarter and rise to a record $42 by the final three months of 2012, which would imply about 18% and 33% gain respectively from the current price level. China industrial usage, and investment demand partly due to U.S. Fed's record low interest rates, are cited as the primary reasons to be bullish on sliver. But not everyone buys the China growth story with silver. Morgan Stanley, for example, is pouring cold water by predicting output from mines will rise 1.4 percent this year, accelerating to 4.5 percent in 2012, and that the global oversupply of silver will persist until at least 2016. Barclays also echos a similar bearish outlook for silver believing "the fundamentals still look very weak," and expects the metal to average only $27 in the fourth quarter of next year, implying a 1% loss from the current level. Bloomberg further pointed out that historically, silver has not performed well during crisis as the metal slumped 24 percent during the 2008 financial crisis, the most in almost a quarter century, while gold rose 5.5 percent. So sliver, although considered as part of the precious metal family, may not preserve asset values as much as people tend to think if we head into a double dip recession or if some kind of crisis erupts. Many investors, using gold as a benchmark, believe silver is an attractive alternative investment to gold as it is cheaply priced relatively to gold with the recent pullbacks. Moreover, silver could still benefit from China and investment demand. However, technically speaking, whenever you see two gigantic vertical Niagra-Falls-size drops, with several sizable mini drops in between--all within a 6-month time--on the price chart (below), without the justification of a far superior return, it is a sign that you would be much better off elsewhere in terms of risk / reward. The chart below compares price performances of Gold, Silver and Dow Jones U.S. Gold Mining Index. As the chart illustrates, silver would give you a lot more sleepless nights (EMS probably needs to be on standby as well) than Gold or the stocks of gold miners..Chart Source: stockcharts.com
Furthermore, based on market fundamentals, the recent data coming out of China suggest the world's growth engine is still fighting inflation and is definitely slowing down. While we see a very low probability of a China Crash Scenario, this downshift will most likely weaken the demand side of the investing thesis for silver We got a lot of flak when we warned physical sliver investors in April that the metal was at the bubble stage, and the pitfall of following the futures market actions. At the time, based on the market condition and valuation, we concluded that, "This is the epitome of a bad investment. You're supposed to buy low and sell high, not the other way around. Remember, you are an investor not a trader if you're buying the Physical Silver Coins. Thus you have to be a "Value Investor". And I am here to tell you there are no 'Values' in the Physical Silver Market, or any other Silver Market for that matter." Now fast-forward six months later, the price of silver has tanked almost 32%, whereas Gold has held up a lot better -- up 7.65% in the same period. Silver coins, which represent the physical market, were as high as around $52 in April, and now it's at the $32 range, a 58% plunge, even worse than the spot silver. So what that means is that some investors could be $20 underwater on each silver coin if they got in around the peak. Currently, the valuation of silver may have improved from the bubble level six months ago; nonetheless, due to the uncertainty in the broader market and economy, the sector market specific thin liquidity, ridiculously high volatility and margin requirements, we maintain our rating that silver remains an ultra speculative / risky investment option that investors should stay away from. We have written at length here, here and here, regarding the pros and cons and potential pitfalls of investing in the silver market, and strongly caution investors against even engaging in that market -- Let's just say even if you were an Olympic skier, you would not want to ski on that slope.Further Reading: A Not-So-Marginal Risk in Silver Silver Market: Why CME Must Raise Margin Requirements By 30%(EconMatters Note: The Exchange has gone overboard on this.) Physical Silver Investors Are Being Hoodwinked by the Futures Market© EconMatters All Rights Reserved | Facebook | Twitter | Post Alert | Kindle
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BELMONT � When Jay Council, Tyshawn Good, Alonzo Long and Terrone Sheffey were recruited to Belmont Abbey College in the spring of 2009, the Crusaders were coming off the school�s first 20-win season in six years.
Head coach Stephen Miss and then-assistants Jonas Hayes and Jason Williams told were so confident the class could be successful they felt Good and Sheffey would form Conference Carolinas� best backcourt by the time they were seniors.
Add the defense that�s been provided by Council and Long, those hopes could be realized � and then some � this season as the Crusaders are in contention for only the school�s second senior college conference regular season title.
�From the first day we got here, I knew we had a chance to be good,� said Sheffey, a 2009 Gaston Day School graduate who earned All-Gazette honors in 2009 before coming to the Abbey. �At the beginning of this year, we knew we had a lot of veteran players and felt we could win the championship. I still think we can do that, especially with how we�ve been playing.�
As Sheffey, Council, Good and Long prepare to play what could be their final game at Wheeler Center Wednesday night at 7:30 p.m. against Mount Olive, the Crusaders (18-6, 11-5) are one game out of first place in a congested Conference Carolinas race.
�My confidence has never wavered with this team,� Good, the leading scorer in NCAA Division II at 26.8 points per game, said of the Crusaders� 5th-place preseason pick in the 11-team league. �I knew we had experience, I knew we had a good group of guys, I knew we were hungry and I knew it would all work out.�
Clearly, the seniors have led a late-season surge as they will take a six-game winning streak into Wednesday night�s game and have won 10 of their last 12 games since a 8-4, 1-3 start had them near the bottom of the league standings.
�I think this is our time,� Council said. �We�ve been talking about doing something special the last few years. We�ve always had talent since I�ve been here. As seniors, we know more what needs to be done.�
Over their four-year career, they�ve seen the Abbey hover around the middle of the league standings, as the Crusaders went 15-14 in 2010, 14-14 in 2011 and 15-12 last season.
This season was the group�s last chance to make a bigger impact � or fulfill the expectations they had when they first met in the spring of 2009. The quartet met one another during their visits to the Belmont Abbey campus and, as freshmen, Long roomed with Good and Council roomed with Sheffey.
�From the first day we got here, we knew we had a chance to be a really good team and play well together,� Sheffey said.
With that in mind as their final college season winds down, the group has high expectations for how they want to end their careers.
�I think we can win our conference tournament and then make some noise in the national tournament,� Long said.
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BELMONT ABBEY record book
(1,000-point scorers)
1. 2,201 � Carl Bell (1971-75)
2. 2,049 � David Kershaw (1977-81)
3. 2,044 � LaVar Curry (1985-89)
4. 2,018 � Richard Barbee (2007-11)
5. 1,813 � Roger Marcil (1953-57)
Active leaders:
6. 1,811 � Tyshawn Good (2009-present)
30. 1,065 � Jay Council (2009-present)
833 � Terrone Sheffey (2009-present)
(Top single-season scorers)
1. 697 � Jack Underwood (1953-54)
2. 651 � Tyshawn Good (active)
3. 644 � LaVar Curry (1987-88)
4. 600 � LaVar Curry (1986-87)
5. 597 � David Kershaw (1980-81)
(tie) 597 � Shane Trull (1989-90)
(Top single-season scoring average)
1. 27.1 � Tyshawn Good (active)
2. 22.5 � Jack Underwood (1953-54)
3. 21.3 � Tyshawn Good (2011-12)
4. 20.5 � Richard Barbee (2010-11)
5. 20.2 � Roger Marcil (1955-56)
(tie) 20.2 � Bob Stewart (1957-58)
(tie) 20.2 � Frank Zinke (1967-68)
(tie) 20.2 � Carl Bell (1973-74)
(3-point conversions)
1. 288 � Toney Crawford (1998-2002)
2. 266 � Jeff Brookman (1994-98)
3. 215 � Greg LaVann (2001-06)
4. 192 � Brett Walters (1988-92)
5. 169 � Anthony Bell (2004-07)
Active leaders:
8. 160 � Tyshawn Good (active)
11. 128 � Jay Council (active)
LADY CRUSADERS SENIORS: Four players closing out their careers
BELMONT � Belmont Abbey College also honored four women�s basketball seniors on Monday � guards Kiki Allen, Noel Bullock and Jenika Sanchez and forward Alyx Ingram.
Each player has been a reserve throughout their Lady Crusaders� careers, with Allen and Ingram playing four seasons and Bullock and Sanchez two after transferring from other schools.
Allen, from Graham, played in 39 games. Ingram, from Cary, played in 50 games and missed her entire junior season due to a serious knee injury. Bullock, from Greenbelt, Md., and a Patrick Henry Community College transfer, played in 45 games. And Sanchez, from Selina, Tex., and a Weatherford College transfer, played in nine games.


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Shut Up Back There: A Movie Etiquette GuideErik Deckers
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I rarely go to movies anymore. My wife and I go about once a year, and take the kids a second time, but that's about it. Part of it's the prices of the tickets and concessions, part of it is the general schlock they put out, but mostly, it's the rude and obnoxious people who sit near me.
I can't stand movie talkers. The annoying people who yammer on with a running narrative of the film, or something they forgot to do.
"Ooh, jeez, I can't look. I think this is where he gets shot! Marnie said he gets shot here."
"Does he die?"
"She didn't say. By the way, that reminds me, we have to get Marnie a birthday card before we get home."
"And some milk. We're out of milk. You know what sounds good right now? Pancakes. I'll make pancakes for breakfast tomorrow. But I'll need some eggs and—"
"Oh God, she shot him! I can't believe she shot him."
"Probably because he was talking during the freaking movie!" I want to shout. But I don't, because I know somehow, I'll end up looking like the jerk..
I remember several years ago, before my wife and I were married, we went to a movie that was nearly sold out. In the row behind us, two women were whispering loudly after the movie started. Not the previews, the actual movie.
I can tolerate whispering during the previews, because they don't count. It's like going to the bathroom during commercials. But when the opening dialog comes, that's when you're supposed to be quiet out of consideration for those around you.
I turned around. "Excuse me, I'm trying to watch the movie," I said to the two gabbers.
"Well, go ahead," one of them said, snottily.
"Well then, shut up," I said, more snottily.
"No!" retorted the woman childishly, looking at me like I had just picked my nose and stuck my hand in her popcorn. But they never said another word during the entire show.
Erik 1, movie talkers 0.
I'm not advocating telling people to shut up during a movie. After all, there's a right way and a wrong way to handle things. And with the overdeveloped sense of righteous outrage in this country, there are bound to be fights that break out just because someone is whispering to their seat mate "where have I seen that woman before? Was she in a toothpaste commercial?"
Still, there's a time when you should be allowed to talk in the theater, and a time when it's strictly forbidden. And when there is nothing going on, you should be allowed to talk.
Nearly 20 years ago, I was at a movie with a girlfriend, and we were talking and laughing in the nearly empty theater. I say "nearly empty," because two rows and several seats away was another couple. There were no previews, no commercials (this was the day before movie theaters realized they could charge for all that dead air before a movie). Just a dark screen in a well-lit room.
As we joked around, the guy — who was 30 feet away — turns to us and said, "Are you going to do that all night long? Keep it down."
"Why, are you afraid you're going to miss something?" I answered, pointing at the still-dark screen.
The guy looked at the empty screen and turned away a little embarrassed. We toned it down, but didn't stop completely. We weren't going to let some whiny twit spoil our fun. We were quiet for the movie however, and when it was all over, Captain No-Fun scurried off after his wife, not wanting to meet our gaze.
Erik 1, movie whiners 0.
Movies are meant to be an escape for us, a brief respite from all the garbage going on in the real world. For just 90 minutes (or three days, if it's a James Cameron movie), we get to forget what's going on around us, in real life. We don't watch movies about having to pay bills, work for a boss we hate, or the long-running argument we're having with the company that completely screwed us over on that thing we had to do. We want to forget that, and watch someone else's life for a while.
So it really harshes our movie buzz when some clueless nitwit is talking to another clueless nitwit in our ears, just at the most important moment of the movie.
"The father of my baby is—"
"Crest! She was in that Crest commercial. You know, that year Trevor had to go to the doctor about his eczema?"
By the way, please vote for me for the Hoosier Hullabaloo 2010 Award. My good friend Doug Karr is currently winning, 98 votes to my 4. But I know with my readers, I can beat him.
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AMD Hires Ex-Intel Labs Architect, John Gustafson, As Chief Graphics Product Architectureby Anand Lal Shimpi on August 28, 2012 4:49 PM EST
After a bunch of high profile departures earlier this year, AMD has been trying to turn the tides as of late with high profile hires. Kicking it off was the return of K8 chief architect Jim Keller - AMD hired him away from Apple. Keller will assume the role of AMD's new chief architect of CPU cores.
Today AMD is announcing that it has made a similarly key hire: John Gustafson. Gustafson joins AMD as its new Chief Graphics Product Architect, and he comes from a very good background.
Prior to joining AMD, John spent almost four years at Intel. The last seven months he has spent as a senior architect at Intel Labs, working on some forward looking computer usage models. The AMD press release summarizes Gustafson's experience in a typically flattering way:
Gustafson is a 35-year veteran of the computing industry. He joins AMD from Intel, where he headed the company's eXtreme Technologies Lab, conducting cutting-edge research on energy-efficient computing and memory, as well as optical, energy and storage technologies. Prior to that, he served as CEO at Massively Parallel Technologies and CTO at ClearSpeed Technology, a high-performance computing company. Gustafson has also held key management and research positions at numerous companies including Sun Microsystems, Ames and Sandia laboratories.
AMD is also particularly proud of its new hire as he comes with his own law:
In 1988, Gustafson wrote Reevaluating Amdahl's Law to address limitations of Amdahl's Law, which models the maximum potential performance improvement from parallel processing. Gustafson proved that processors working in parallel can solve larger problems, marking a change in how the industry viewed parallel processing. Today, Gustafson's Law is widely accepted among academia as the standard for parallel processing education.
Gustafson's background in parallel computing fits very well with his new role with graphics products. AMD is careful to point out that John's work would apply to both Radeon and FirePro lineups, the latter which has become a renewed focus for AMD.
AMD's press release also has a pretty powerful quote from the new hire, sounding downright passionate about GPUs and what they mean to the future of computing:
"I look forward to working with my teams to expand the AMD graphics technology roadmap," said Gustafson. "The next decade will serve as a watershed era for GPUs in graphics rendering power and compute capabilities, creating the opportunity for multi-tera FLOPS APUs. In terms of raw performance, the evolution of discrete graphics has far exceeded that of the central processing unit (CPU), and the programmable characteristics of today's GPUs have thrown open a door that could very well see it rival the CPU as the most critical element of computer performance in the near future."
Folks move between silicon companies all of the time, but I'm ok with the idea of these moves being more high profile than they have been in the past. It never hurts to know who is building the things we're reviewing.
Source: AMD
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Filiprino - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - linkIs he the Judge Dredd of CPU architecture?: I'm the law! Reply
Chyort - Wednesday, August 29, 2012 - linkMore like: "I Am the law!"
Just saying :P Reply
CeriseCogburn - Wednesday, August 29, 2012 - linkSmiling faces, another 10 million dollar golden parachute, and red hair to match amd's red theme won't cut it.
Expect your prices to rise. Reply
RussianSensation - Thursday, August 30, 2012 - linkOh look the resident AMD troll is back; always have to crap on positive AMD news? Reply
mikeev - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - linkThanks for covering stories like these! Please keep it up. Reply
martyrant - Wednesday, August 29, 2012 - linkWell written and exciting little update! Reply
CeriseCogburn - Wednesday, August 29, 2012 - linkOh, one tyrant likes another tyrant, figures.
After 8 months of scratching around they found someone stupid enough to take their money, your video card money.
Another totally noobed on amd jerkwad to order the threadbare staff around and blow more dough switching things around.
Hey, at least it's good pr play to the milliionaire industry elite the corpo pig in the red amd really cares about Reply
Medallish - Wednesday, August 29, 2012 - linklolwut? Can you even use a computer with that attitude? :P Reply
RussianSensation - Thursday, August 30, 2012 - linkThat guy accomplished more in his life than your entire family bloodline in the +/- 10,000 years from today. Radeon graphics is already in the lead this generation with gaming + compute capabilities. Glad to see their team is getting even stronger. Reply
CeriseCogburn - Thursday, August 30, 2012 - linkI believe we can fairly say just in the last few weeks you've worked +/- far more than $10,000 worth of raving rabid amd fanboy pr pravda pumped bloviating idiocy. Since your family has disowned you, the monkees are freer. Reply


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Harder Stadium is a 17,000 seat, outdoor multi-purpose stadium on the campus of UC Santa Barbara in Santa Barbara, California. Harder Stadium sees most of its present day use as a soccer stadium to the UCSB men's soccer and women's soccer teams. Most recently, this stadium was chosen by the NCAA to host the 2010 Men's College Cup.
The Santa Ynez Mountains can be seen to the north and southerly breezes from the Pacific Ocean can be felt while enjoying an event at the stadium. The stadium was built in 1966 and is named after Theodore "Spud" Harder, a former coach of the Gauchos' football team. The football team played its home games at Harder Stadium until the sport was discontinued after the 1992 season.
Due to its large capacity, Harder Stadium is an ideal venue for professional teams to use for exhibition matches. In 1991, the US Women's National Team (with former Gaucho Carin Jennings) made an appearance right before it went off to China to win the 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup. Not to be outdone, the US Men's National Team made an appearance in 1994 against the Romanian National Team. Club teams also join the ranks of squads that have played at Harder Stadium. In 2004, the San Jose Earthquakes and Los Angeles Galaxy played a preseason MLS exhibition match in Santa Barbara.
In 2006 and again in 2007, UCSB played exhibition matches against the Columbus Crew, while in 2006, Cruz Azul and the Los Angeles Galaxy played. In 2007, UCSB squared off against Shizuoka SangyoÂÂ University of Japan and in 2009, Club América and Monarcas Morelia matched up and UCSB defeated the Mexican U-17 National Team, 2-1. In 2013, a trio of MLS teams (LA Galaxy, Chicago Fire, San Jose Earthquakes) played exhibition games at Harder. The stadium has also hosted top-notch concerts throughout the years, including UCSB alum Jack Johnson in 2008.
Harder Stadium Improvements
After months of renovations and upgrades during 2010, UC Santa Barbara's Harder Stadium now features the brand new Curtice Gate - which features a new concessions area - a state of the art scoreboard and video board, a resurfaced Meredith Field, and a renovated press box.
UCSB Soccer Attendance Legacy
With its capacity to seat 17,000 fans, Harder Stadium is the largest stadium on California's Central Coast. Due to its capacity and the success of the UCSB soccer program, Harder Stadium has been noted for high attendance records as one can see below in the Top-10 Harder Stadium Attendance Figures.
What many believed to put Harder Stadium on the map was its 2004 hosting of the College Cup Quarterfinals when UCSB beat Virginia Commonwealth in front of 11,216 fans. This win allowed the Gauchos to reach the College Cup (NCAA Soccer's "Final Four"). After the game, a group of students celebrated by carrying one of the soccer goals out of the stadium.
Since then, consecutive record breaking attendances have been highlighted by the NCAA and many newspapers around the nation. In the 2009-2010 season, the UCSB set the NCAA Division I single-season men's soccer attendance record with an average count of 4,335 fans per game.
One year later, UC Santa Barbara broke its own record with an average count of 5,873 fans per game, welcoming a grand total of 70,471 fans to Harder Stadium throughout the year. On September 24th 2010, UCSB set the record for the highest attendance at any NCAA (on-campus) soccer match by beating the visiting UCLA team (2-0) in front of 15,896 fans.
As of 2013, the Gauchos have have led the nation in total men's soccer attendance for six consecutive years.
Gaucho Locos Supporter Group
The Gaucho Locos are one of the largest campus organizations at UCSB. The Gaucho Locos were formed in 1998 to promote student involvement in sports, especially Gaucho sports. The club was first formed to give the men's basketball program a much-needed boost of support, after years of futility had eroded the fan base.
The Gaucho Loco fan base quickly became famous for being one of the most intimidating and powerful cheering sections in all of college basketball. With an incredible rise in popularity in the last couple of years,
Their presence at every UCSB soccer game, home or away, is always noted by any spectator, player or coach involved in that game. Non-stop chants, edge-of-your seat action, and united school spirit are just a few features that this yellow sea of fans brings to every game.


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- 3 Beds
- 3 Full
- 1,904 +/- Sqft
Property TypeResidential – Single Family
SubdivisionQUANDARY VILLAGE SUB AKA NORTHSTAR VILLAGE
Listing Date10/04/18
Year Built2000
AreaBreckenridge-Blue River
Lot Size0.50 Acres
Parking2 Car Garage
Property Description
Turn key opportunity for an investor with great rental potential. Featuring two separate entrances and living areas. Or make this your ski home with additional space for friends. Stunning mountain views to relax and embrace the real Colorado mountain home experience. This residence is just minutes from hiking, skiing, biking and historic downtown Breckenridge. Move in ready.
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- Well In Place
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About Breckenridge-Blue River
Blue River is a monument to all the outdoor beauties afforded Colorado. With amazing cross-country and mountain biking trails, beautiful hiking, and fishing right out your backdoor in the Blue River, there's never a lack of scenery to explore. This town is an outdoor lover's paradise, with Quandary Mountain on one side and Breckenridge Ski Resort to the other. Located about a 10 minute drive from Breckenridge and an easy drive into South Park and Fairplay, it's no wonder why this area is such a popular choice for Colorado enthusiasts.
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3 Beds 2.5 Baths
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The state will fund science labs designed to drive economic development in the South Sound by supporting the new Urban Clean Water Innovation Partnership Zone.
The capital budget, signed yesterday by Gov. Chris Gregoire, provides the University of Washington Tacoma with $2 million for a new "Clean Water Innovation Development and Technology Transfer Laboratory," which will be located in remodeled space on campus. It also includes $800,000 for specialized lab equipment to support commercial development of clean water technologies at the Center for Urban Waters.
In addition, the Washington State University Puyallup Research and Extension Center, which partners with UW Tacoma on the IPZ and other applied science initiatives, receives $800,000 to modify its Salmon Toxicology Lab into a multi-use Aquatic Toxicology Lab.
Both the UW and WSU projects expand labs in ways that allow private-sector scientists and engineers to collaborate with university researchers and government experts on research and development projects, thereby increasing the likelihood that new knowledge and inventions will make their way into new products and services.
The result of this process, known as technology transfer, builds companies and creates jobs, according to economic development leaders.
The labs are part of a $13.5 million package the legislature funded through the Department of Commerce to provide innovation partnership zones with enhanced facilities and infrastructure.
Bruce Kendall, president of the Economic Development Board for Tacoma-Pierce County, says building a clean water technology cluster has been a major priority.
"We only established the IPZ in October and already we have $3.6 million in funds flowing in to boost our efforts to establish the South Sound as a world leader in this sector," he said. "This industry cluster will be good for the economy and even better for the environment."
Joel Baker, UW Tacoma professor and science director for the Center for Urban Waters, will be using the labs in his work along with other UW Tacoma faculty and students.
"The South Sound is building an impressive array of science labs to support high-level environmental research," he said. "The new labs will be particularly useful because they will allow engineers and scientists from the private sector to work side by side with university faculty, which brings new ideas and energy into our collaborations. This investment comes at a critical time, enabling UWT to grow our current strengths in environmental science while building innovative programs in environmental engineering."


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Rice's Station
Other Names: Rice's Depot
Location: Prince Edward County
Campaign: Appomattox Campaign (March-April 1865)
Date(s): April 6, 1865
Principal Commanders: Maj. Gen. John Gibbon [US]; Lt. Gen. James Longstreet [CS]
Forces Engaged: Corps
Estimated Casualties: Few
Description:On April 6, Longstreet's command reached Rice's Station, its farthest point south, where it was blocked by Union XXIV Corps. After some skirmishing, Longstreet withdrew over the High Bridge during the night toward Farmville.
Result(s): Union victory
CWSAC Reference #: VA092
Preservation Priority: II.4 (Class D)
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Here are some papers which I created and make available for you to use in your art.
Elements used on the papers are from Catherine Designs and the Graphics Fairy, - thank you. I also used free photoshop brushes that I have collected over the years.
Right at the bottom is a card I made with one of the papers.
Had so much fun creating these papers, I was kind of in a girly mood and wanted to use lots of flowers and things, but feel well and truly ready now to move on to some more grungy looking projects.
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In 2013, homicide is the #2 cause of death of 15-24 year olds in America. Sign the pledge to join the movement to stop gun violence in your neighborhood.
We're also asking legislators to support responsible gun ownership, including universal background checks on new firearm purchases and funding for youth violence prevention programs.
While 91% of Americans agree that universal background checks are a common sense law for gun ownership, we can't decrease gun violence without confronting the despair and anger that leads young people to pick up the firearm in the first place. That's why I am committed to supporting programs that promote peace and deal with the some of the structural issues that perpetuate a cycle of violence in cities across America.
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A child or teen is shot with a firearm every 30 minutes in America. From the massacre in Newtown, Connecticut to the senseless killings in Chicago, our culture of violence is destroying young...
A child or teen is shot with a firearm every 30 minutes in America. From the massacre in Newtown, Connecticut to the senseless killings in Chicago, our culture of violence is destroying young lives nationwide. In 2013, Congress has the opportunity to close loopholes and enact universal criminal and mental health background checks on all new gun purchases, which nearly 91% of Americans support.
This is our chance to stand behind responsible gun ownership and work on innovative solutions to chip away at our culture of violence. More importantly, this is the time to invest in programs that heal people that are affected by gun violence and work to inspire young people to solve problems peacefully.
The League of Young Voters will be submitting this petition to the local congressman of every petition signer. If you believe that the road to peace lies in the power to transform lives proactively, please share this with your friends.


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Walk and Text ( Type n Walk ) 3.0 APK
APK Version History
- Version
- 3.0 (Updated)
- Architecture
- All
- Release Date
- March 12, 2016
- Requirement
- Android 2.0 and up
About Radio FM 90s
As seen on the Queen Latifah show:
Walk and text freely with a transparent screen- see what is going on in front of you with the help of your back camera. Write text messages or notes and share them with any social network, message app or email client on the device or simply browse the net while walking.
Update 2013: Please note that the app can now be used as a transparent window behind any other app (even other messaging app) or launcher in our "universal mode"!
Make sure to press the menu button for the advanced features and the transparent mode.
✔ Full custom transparent QWERTY keyboard along with any other input keyboards installed on your device are supported!
✔ SMS Threads full support, iPhone like bubble view!
✔ Voice2Text - you can now walk and talk at the same time.
✔ Camera preview is displayed while you walk. Click send and share the text with any client installed on your device.
✔ Works in Portrait (2.2 and above) or Landscape (all devices).
✔ Text Message can be send and added directly from within the app.
✔ Change the background and color of the text you type
✔ Change the color of the soft keyboard
✔ Stop the camera while writing.
✔ Take pictures via screenshot button
✔ Users with physical keyboard, as well as all other users can hide the keyboard.
✔ Hide the icons for better visibility
✔ Walking at night or at dark? No problem, just click on the flash icon and the LED Flash of your device will light up the way.
✔ Text Message character count. The app will count your characters and display to you how many text messages will be send, also useful for Twitter messages.
✔ Widget for Universal mode-1 click will turn camera on behind any app
Disclaimer: The app is provided "as is" and we can not be held responsible for any damage caused when or by using this app. Safety first, never use the app while driving!
The app is made for walking and not texting while driving!
Make sure to check out our apps!
What's New in this version
✔ All new Universal mode.
✔ Widget: Universal mode.
✔ Tablets support (some features only+Universal transparency!)
-Fix for Threads loading slowly!
✔ New colors: orange and yellow
✔ Full SMS Inbox+notifications
✔ long press to delete thread, delete messages (bubble)
✔ SMS Threads full support, more to follow!
✔ Voice2Text support
✔ All Input Keyboards are supported in Landscape Mode
✔ Portrait mode
✔ Text Message and Contacts can now be added and send directly from within the App.