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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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Identity in Brazil and across Latin America is deeply tied to soccer, said Kirk Bowman, associate professor in The Sam Nunn School of International Affairs. "Becoming a citizen of that team is so important that there are all sorts of stories of families that when a child is born, the first thing you do is get their membership club card; the second thing you do is have their baptism." Source: Global Atlanta, March 20, 2013
