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TOPIC: The World is Flat in Golf, so they say
"Explain" is a Strong Term 6 years 2 months ago #1390
Dear Hoops,
Mebbe somewhat. The word "explain" is a strong word in this context. The leading researchers into the causes and nature of hand lateralization don't really have a good "handle" on the causes of left-handedness, or right-handedness either for that matter.
Left handedness has variously been seen as correlated with left-sidedness for language (shown recently to be false), birth trauma, early mortality, cultural biases, and the like. The definition, causes, relations to language sidedness, and strength and changeability of handedness and ambidexterity / -trality are all cloudy areas in neuroscience.
The usual term for what we are discussing is "cross-dominance", which is commonly used when a person is left-HANDed but right-EYEd or some crossing of hands, feet, eyes, ears preference. But it refers more technically to a person who uses a preferred hand for one purpose but the other hand for another purpose. Ambidexterity is a rare subset of cross-dominance.
These folks were cross-dominant:
Leonardo da Vinci - Renaissance artist and scientist
Albert Einstein - Scientist
Richard Feynman - Scientist
Oscar Wilde - Playwright and poet
Nikola Tesla - Inventor
Michelangelo - Artist
Jimi Hendrix - Guitarist
Benjamin Franklin - Scientist
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi - Religious and political leader
Ludwig van Beethoven - composer
Shawn Michaels - Professional wrestler
Kobe Bryant - Professional NBA basketball player
LeBron James - Professional NBA basketball player
Sachin Tendulkar - Professional cricketer
Rafael Nadal - Professional tennis player
Ronnie O'Sullivan Professional snooker player
Donovan McNabb American Football Player
Incidentally, FIVE of the last 7 US Presidents have been left handers:
Gerald Ford 38th
[not Jimmy Carter 39th]
Ronald Reagan 40th
George HW Bush 41st
Bill Clinton 42nd
[not George Bush 43rd]
Barack Obama 44th
Some people think mixed dominance (hand, eye, foot differences in sides) underlies some learning difficulty in many people and needs therapeutic training to rebalance the uses. According to this, mixed dominance causes some / many people in sports that "cross the body's midline" to feel uncomfortable. This person writes:
So a left-hander playing golf left handed is always standing sideways to a target off to his right. Thus the relevant world visually goes to the left hemisphere but space and the left hand are in the right hemisphere. Not too good. And the left hand is on the side of the body AWAY from the target.
A right hander playing right handed has the target world visually sent to the right hemisphere and that is his space and body side but not his dominant hand side.
Lefty: target visual to the analytical-language side, space-body and dominant hand-control on the holistic side, dominant hand on the wrong side of the body
Righty: target visual to the holistic side of space-body, space-body on opposite hemisphere from dominant hand, dominant hand on wrong side of body.
Trying to reduce the conflicts, first one would note that the hand on the SAME side as the target is the one to pay most attention to and to USE in golf more than the away-side hand. This clearly helps right-handers by emphasizing the nearside hand which is also in the same hemisphere as the space-body AND the target visual. A right-hander using the left hand to make a putting stroke gets all the stars aligned!
A left-hander who uses his right hand to make the stroke still has a problem, though. The target visual goes to the same hemisphere as the hand he is now using (left hemisphere, as he now uses the right hand) but it's not where the space-body processes are located (right).
But a left-hander putting right handed has the DOMINANT side near the target, should USE this hand in the stroke, has the target visual in the right hemisphere where also resides the space-body, and the right hemisphere is controlling the left hand. That's as good as the stars-aligned right-hander using the left hand except the lefty is using his dominant hand, so he has perhaps a slight advantage.
The right-hand golfer needs to TRAIN the use of the left hand into dominance. (Ask Dave Stockton's father.)
Jack Nicklaus is a left-hander putting right-handed (stars-aligned plus dominant hand also on target side of body).
Phil Mickelson is the "mirror opposite" of Jack Nicklaus, since he is a right-hander putting left handed. Even though he may have trained his right hand (the hand on the same side as the target), he still gets his target visual input ported to the analytical side of the brain (unless he's weird about which side language is on, not very likely). He's basically at a little disadvantage because of this visual going to his left brain. He'd probably be better if he played golf left handed enough to train his left side into dominance and then turn around and play right handed.
Notah Begay III putts either way depending on the break, so the break is always towards him and the ball stays "above his feet". Well, that's not really the idea --always afraid of putts that break away from you?
Notice also that none of this is talking about being left-handed but right-eye dominant or needing to be same side with the dominant hand and the dominant eye. That's a barrier that can be gotten thru, because eye dominance is a small aspect of vision that only correlates to when the eye is used to "sight" a direction. Eye dominance doesn't influence everything visual in a sort of free-floating, constant way.
There is some evidence that whole-sidedness correlates with which hemisphere is language and analysis and which hemisphere is space and body more than handedness does, and footedness may correlate more than handedness does also. I hope not, because I'm totally left-footed and play golf right handed using the left side more than the rear side. I hope I'm not dumping all that valuable visual input on top of my analysis hemisphere!
Geoff Mangum
Putting Coach and Theorist
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Juggling 6 years 2 months ago #1391
Dear parks,
Yes, interesting. So is juggling, which is all rhythm with both hands on the same music of keeping the balls going.
That would train the weaker hand and make the person more all-sided or total-bodied, rather than one-sided. Probably a good thing.
Most golfers need to strengthen the weaker arm and hand.
Geoff Mangum
Putting Coach and Theorist
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Re:Automaticity in Golf 6 years 2 months ago #1392
geoffmangum wrote:
"The main reason you can't move the same way each and every time, such as swinging a golf club, is that your brain can't plan the swing the same way each time," - Assistant Professor Krishna Shenoy
Ahhhh ,,,
This goes a long way to understanding why I feel as though I am modifying my putting stroke or jumping around to an almost different awareness for each putt.
Not speaking about the necessary changes you need to make when facing radically different conditions / putts. Rather , lets take this to the practice green, you are repeating the exact same putt ( although now we know that's impossible ) and maybe for two or three consecutive tries it really was perceived to be the same feeling. But to now find the hole again you need to search/arrive at what feedback tells you is a different stroke (though to an observer you might look like a machine - seeing no difference).
So now I know I can trust my minds need to sift though different firing solutions like a junkie looking for the best fix and not second guess the process. Nice to know.
I wonder if every time you 'look' are you getting a new 'solution' or are you refining info arrived at and built upon from the time you walk onto the green until you curse ?
I'm going to experiment and give up multiple 'looks' down to just a general slope / break read coupled with a long 'one' look over the ball before firing.
Parks I remember that book - I still have drawings I did that were produced almost as if an old dot matrix printer would have completed them. I eventually just broke everything I saw down into simple shapes ( squares, triangles etc. ) and relied upon spatial distance/size relationships to assemble them. I'll be dammed if that isn't similar to how we (I) construct or read the break of a difficult putt.
( or was the article saying we should be training monkeys to putt for us ? )
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Re:Automaticity in Golf 6 years 2 months ago #1399
Thanks for showing us this research Geoff, it's really fascinating indeed. Have you personally explored ways for students of the game to address this in training for the swing?
Mm, my brain is buzzing a bit, a lot to think about with that, it's really along the lines that I suspected but explained in a very clear way. Goes a long way to showing how technical thought during a shot is damaging and indeed useless as we can't perform it the way we 'should' or "did" I guess? We need to re invent ourselves all the time?
Looking forward to the ensuing discussion.
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Re:Automaticity in Golf 6 years 2 months ago #1410
Hey NJ,
what an intresting approach to reading a putt, take the dotmatrix approach, Start from the side at the top near hole and read it foot step by foot step.
I'll give it a go, if it works I'll change my Avatar to
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Re:Automaticity in Golf 6 years 2 months ago #1411
If you do - can you paint a smiley face on it - I can no longer make eye contact with 'tib's' avatar.
Yeah - I definitely can't break a putt down foot by foot and if I could I would be the guy on the green pulling my hair out singing 'Daisy, Daisy'. But I often notice the gears turning and how I break the putt down into diffuse shapes that are speed sections, each relying on the other that the line runs through. ( Wait ... Dave ... what are you doing ...)
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Fluctuations in Perceptions 6 years 1 month ago #1416
Dear notJason,
Responding to you:
I'm going to experiment and give up multiple 'looks' down to just a general slope / break read coupled with a long 'one' look over the ball before firing."
My experience, and research, says that a) the golfer is RESPONSIBLE for learning how to generate accurate perceptions of reality, and b) the accuracy of the movement depends upon this, c) BUT multiple looking and standing still looking at the same thing the same way has the tendency to cause the brain to "fluctuate" in the perceptions.
This is what happens with "optical illusions" -- the brain is taking in raw information (corners, edges, areas, contrast) and coming up with "best guesses" as to object appearance and 3-D shape and word-based "identity" if appropriate, before moving on to USING the visual info for associating the vision with what to do about it (e.g., it's right-to-left slightly uphill break etc. so aim "thisaway").
The problem is when the raw data is "ambiguous" or insufficiently favoring one interpretation over another. When multiple interpretations are ball-park somewhat equally plausible (a role is played in this by preconceptions and expectations, so watch out for that too), then the brain does not "resolve" the issue but presents first one "perception" and then "the other", flip flopping casually back and forth for no particular reason. The term is "hunting".
The most well-known example in psychology and neuroscience that illustrates the brain's ambiguity and interpretive process is called the "Necker Cube" -- a wireframe 2-D depiction of a 3-D cube that causes the brain to see first one of the cube's faces / sides closest but then again maybe it's the opposite face / side that is the closest, then again maybe ... etc.
In putting, this pops up when you see different breaks when you should see only one, when you're standing over the ball and second-guess the break or the aim of the putter, and even after stroking the ball while watching it en route as it doesn't seem to be tracking correctly as expected or desired or with a pace that looks funny.
I sort this out by getting a migraine headache (humor) when reading the putt very carefully, and while aiming the putter based on the read very carefully (or when intuitively reading-aiming in the setting up to a breaking putt) and even sometimes is setting up or squaring up the body to the aim of the putter -- whatever gets your putter aimed and your stroke posture sorted to that aim -- but then I commit.
What does it mean to "commit"? It means 1) IGNORE fluctuations in perceptions of read and aim unless you want to recycle and start over; 2) NEVER do anything stroke-wise other than send the ball where the putter face got aimed with the usual movement pattern; and 3) don't respond to doubts by trying to solve a new perception that raises a problem by using added power to iron out the wrinkles or by using a funny stroke to sort out the doubt. Sucker play.
I regards fluctuations in perceptions (sense of rightness of read, aim, target location, start line, even body setup fitness to intention) as "to be expected and not troublesome necessarily ..." So I have a "wait" caused by the fluctuations but I don't really vest in the idea that what I have already done is "wrong" or "needs improving" unless the fluctuations are particularly persistent or substantially different from what I've already decided is right. Do the fluctuating perceptions REALLY mean the first 3-5 inches of the putt ought to point a different direction?
Sometimes instead of re-cycling thru the routine, I'll just shift the putter face aim a tick or so and then re-set the feet and body with the new aim and see what I perceive and feel about that -- better? If clearly yes, I go. If not, I might try to return to what I had before this little taste testing of the doubt-sparked new aim, but I should probably re-cycle.
So once aimed, it's EASY AS PIE -- no pressure at all. The ONLY thing you could or should do once the read-aim is sorted -- and that is marked by whenever the putter stops wiggling -- is putt the ball where aimed with the usual stroke action and good rhythm.
Last thought distance, and pull the trigger no worries.
It's either that or start over.
Geoff Mangum
Putting Coach and Theorist
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Re:Fluctuations in Perceptions 6 years 1 month ago #1427
Geoff Mangum
What does it mean to "commit"? It means 1) IGNORE fluctuations in perceptions of read and aim unless you want to recycle and start over; 2) NEVER do anything stroke-wise other than send the ball where the putter face got aimed with the usual movement pattern; and 3) don't respond to doubts by trying to solve a new perception that raises a problem by using added power to iron out the wrinkles or by using a funny stroke to sort out the doubt. Sucker play.
I regards fluctuations in perceptions (sense of rightness of read, aim, target location, start line, even body setup fitness to intention) as "to be expected and not troublesome necessarily ..." So I have a "wait" caused by the fluctuations but I don't really vest in the idea that what I have already done is "wrong" or "needs improving" if the fluctuations are particularly persistent or substantially different from what I've already decided is right. Do the fluctuating perceptions REALLY mean the first 3-5 inches of the putt ought to point a different direction?
Sometimes instead of re-cycling thru the routine, I'll just shift the putter face aim a tick or so and then re-set the feet and body with the new aim and see what I perceive and feel about that -- better? If clearly yes, I go. If not, I might try to return to what I had before this little taste testing of the doubt-sparked new aim, but I should probably re-cycle.
So once aimed, it's EASY AS PIE -- no pressure at all. The ONLY thing you could or should do once the read-aim is sorted -- and that is marked by whenever the putter stops wiggling -- is putt the ball where aimed with the usual stroke action and good rhythm.
Last thought distance, and pull the trigger no worries.
What strikes me here is that I know exactly what your talking about - in detail. I would never have believed that what I thought were my own unique cognitions are the same perceptions that everyone else applies. ( I'm not crazy after all ! - oh wait . )
One style of re-cycle / palate cleansing I use if I get distracted or trapped in pronounced 'hunting' (indecision) is, instead of pulling a Furyk and backing off, is to stay put and purposely move the line beyond the slopes ability to bring the ball back to the hole. Typically further against the opposing force. This makes me face down the concern the slope represents rather than over valuing it in the decision process. ( not so necessary on the practice green but helpful when cold putting on an unfamiliar green ).( I reset a new line after this ).
I've got a feeling all these brain posts are solidifying trust in practices I was before only aware of on the periphery and that from now on whatever mindset I step onto the green with I should accept that there's no zone to get into. It just is what it is ( which is Science's ineptitude at not being able to tell me what to do i.e their fault, not mine - well another mystery solved !).
Been drifting away from caring how the face is set up lately. Obviously it's reasonably square to target point, but instead I've educated my right hand to be the putter face that I focus on instead (through feel). I find when I'm putting well this is what I feel anyways. Is this a learning curve thing or the road to bogey town?
Below is a pic describing what I mean. It's as if the closed right hand is holding a construction trowel ( though that is NOT what I visualize ). The flat plane of the trowel is how my closed hand feels, or represents to me, the alignment of the putter face.
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Tools and Extended Body Sense 6 years 1 month ago #1430
Dear notJason,
Neuroscience speaks explicitly about how tool use grows cells in your brain. Imagine the brain of a concert pianist or violinist -- more cells in one particular fingers area of somatosensory cortex plus motorsensory cortex than non-musicians (probably the auditory cortex areas also, timing areas, etc.)
Same applies to a carpenter.
But the twist is that there is a sensing ability very close to the body. The blind person's cane at the step-off of a sidewalk is an extension of the body, and sooner or later just putting the cane tip near the curb helps "feel" the shape and size of the step off and what to expect about the foot hitting the pavement. Imagine touching the surface of a large Pilates ball with eyes closed and then hovering the palm and fingertips just above the surface and trying to smoothly move the hand around the spherical shape of the ball without touching it. This would not be terribly difficult, but you can see where the other body parts are combining / conspiring to guide the hand around the ball -- sort of a pooled effort, not really fingers that see or anything spooky like that.
The usual research holds that there are so-called "visual" cells that operate in peripersonal space as extensions of the body. Tool use incorporates the tool into the body. This contrary research below more acutely points up the present state of the research in its developing state.
Nicholas P. Holmes, Daniel Sanabria, Gemma A. Calvert,* and Charles Spence
Cortex. 2007 April; 43(3): 469–489.
Department of Experimental Psychology, Oxford University, Oxford, UK
* Department of Psychology, Bath University, Bath, UK
Corresponding author: Nicholas P. Holmes, Department of Experimental Psychology, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3UD, United Kingdom, Tel: +44 1865 271 307, Fax: +44 1865 310447, E-mail: URL: www.psy.ox.ac.uk/xmodal/default.htm
The active and skilful use of tools has been claimed to lead to the 'extension' of the visual receptive fields of single neurons representing peripersonal space – the visual space immediately surrounding one's body parts. While this hypothesis provides an attractive and potentially powerful explanation for one neural basis of tool-use behaviours in human and nonhuman primates, a number of competing hypotheses for the reported behavioural effects of tool-use have not yet been subjected to empirical test. Here, we report five behavioural experiments in healthy human participants (N = 120) involving the effects of tool-use on visual-tactile interactions in peripersonal space. Specifically, we address the possibility that the use of only a single tool, which is typical of many neuropsychological studies of tool-use, induces a spatial allocation of attention towards the side where the tool is held. Participants' tactile discrimination responses were more strongly affected by visual stimuli presented on the right side when they held a single tool on the right, compared to visual stimuli presented on the left. When two tools were held, one in each hand, this spatial effect disappeared. Our results are incompatible with the hypothesis that tool-use extends peripersonal space, and suggest instead that tools result in an automatic multisensory shift of spatial attention to the side of space where the tip of the tool is actively held. These results have implications for many of the cognitive neuroscientific studies of tool-use published to date. (FULL TEXT continued, use the link above.)
Many golfers report "feeling" the putter face's aim connecting with the target.
Personally, I aim with the back of the lead hand, as I regard the left hand (operated by the right brain) of a right hander better equipped and better able to aim accurately in space off to the left side (which sends visual information to the right hemisphere), since the right hemisphere is specialized for external spatial awareness and body-in-space awareness.
But the center of the rear palm can also "sense" a connection with a target as well.
One thing I teach sometimes is thinking of the putter face as having a red laser beam extending straight off the center aiming along the green and deliberately mis-aiming this beam and then sweeping the beam back onto or over the hole as if there were a receptor pole in the center of the cup, such that hitting the pole with the beam lit up the pole. This action of sweeping the aim onto the target seems to work pretty well. I find the more precise direction of approach to be (for me) from the left to the right of the hole.
But this is all to say I'm sure there's something real and valuable about your mis-aiming / re-aiming and using the palm of the hand also.
Geoff Mangum
Putting Coach and Theorist
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If it aint broke, don't fix it. 6 years 1 month ago #1434
Yeah the 'mis-aim' I sometimes use is just an attempt to avoid the motion of a complete restart by locking in an entirely different putt and then letting it go to clear my original flubbed try at seeing the line. If I can see the line, which is 99.999% of the time on the practice green, I don't do this re-start cheat. But on the golf course greens I can get a bit tentative ( the killer ). It's sort of like what I'm starting to do on the tee box if my swing is not the best that day - I'm aiming all my practice swing-s straight at the hazard to face the beast and get it out of my system then aim to my desired landing area and let it go- but only if I'm having trouble with focus.
From that drawing I made of the hand & trowel maybe I should have said that it's the same feeling as cupping your fingers & thumb pad around the grip and then pressing that hand up against a wall.
Well, that out of the way, I went to the range/practice green today, and have to say (once again ) THANK YOU. It's so much easier, mentally & physically to just roll the ball now. Although I did go there pre-programmed with the total belief that putting practice would be great today- it was the fact that I only went as the 'assistant' to my brain - basically to set things up and then give it blind trust to take over ( no expectations, no judgment ). This may sound like what everyone already does but I drank the Kool-Aid and can assure you it's different - at least for me. I want to say that it gives you more confidence but that has nothing at all to do with it because it's just about getting out of the way. It's hard to describe it without using '80's psycho-babble. Perhaps all it is, since it's new to me, is the same old thing without the crap added in - It's being freed up from 'myths' or 'fog' of how it's supposed to, or should work, or what I 'should' be thinking etc. Ok. lets try this, since it's already mentioned in the above post, - It's being able to use the 'tool' (brain) effectively because now you know how its works - and it only works if you don't try to manipulate it. ( If it aint broke - don't fix it, facilitate it ).
Going to work on using my left hand more now - not looking forward to it but always knew I would have to do this someday. ( Compared to my right hands awareness & control my left hand is it's glue sniffing hillbilly cousin ).
Geoff -
I'm sure with your well read background you already know about this stuff but I thought I would add it into the 'mind-mix'. It also has it's say apparently ...
(Wait for 18 sec. audio commercial to end then rather than wait through two non-related stories - Scroll to 40:45 in audio to get to 'third act' - Blood Agent )
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Fast Talking More Effective For Ambivalent Audiences
Interesting bit of news for the communicator trying to decide whether a deluge or words or a careful turn of phrase will be more persuasive.
The answer, according to researchers, is that it depends. This study shows that when someone is already apt to agree with you the more slowly you speak the more often they get a chance to agree and the more persuasive you come off.
On the other hand, if someone doesn't really care, then external circumstances (like speed of speech) start coming into play.
…it seems we might well have reason to fear fast talkers if they are delivering a message we're not inclined to agree with. It seems the fast pace is distracting and we may find it difficult to pick out the argument's flaws. Similarly when faced with an audience gagging to agree, the practised persuader would do well to slow down and give the audience time to agree some more.
All this assumes the audience is interested in the topic in the first place. If it isn't relevant, people are likely to judge it based solely on much more peripheral matters, like how fast they are talking. So once again, when talking to a disinterested audience, the fast talker is likely to be more persuasive.
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Let $u\in L^{1}_{loc}(\Omega):=\{f:\Omega \to \mathbb R\;| \int_{K}|f(x)|dx<\infty,\;K\subset\Omega\; \mathtt{compact}\} $, where $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^{n}$, and let $\phi$ be a test function on $\Omega$. Show that $$ \left(\forall\phi\in \mathbb{D}(\Omega):\int\limits_{\Omega}u(x)\phi(x)dx=0\right)\implies \left(u =0\; \mathtt{a.e.}\right) $$ Here's how I started. Take some $\phi$ in $\mathbb{D}(\Omega)$. Then there is a compact set $K$ such that $\{x: \phi(x)\neq 0\}\subset K$. Since $\phi$ is continous, it is bounded on $K$. Let $M=\mathtt{sup}\{|\phi(x)|:x\in K\}$ $$ 0=|\int_{\Omega}u(x)\phi(x)dx|\leq\int_{\Omega}|u(x)||\phi(x)|dx\leq M\int_{K}|u(x)|dx$$ But the last expression is greater or equal to $0$, hence $u$ must vanish almost everywhere in $K$. Now, my questions are: 1) Is it enough to show that $u$ disappears a.e. on any compact subset of $\Omega$? 2) If so, is there a way to show this using what I've done above?
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Public Financial Management: Revenue
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This course addresses the theory and practice of public finance with special reference to how governments raise revenues. It is concerned with taxation, borrowing and aid. There are economic principles that bear on the issues of financing public expenditure and these are covered in the course. If you have not studied economics before there is an Appendix that covers the relevant microeconomics concepts that underlie taxation theory.
At the same time the course recognises that decisions on taxation, borrowing and aid are not taken solely with reference to economics but also to politics.
Study Guide
You will receive a looseleaf binder containing eight 'course units'. The units are carefully structured to provide the main teaching, defining and exploring the main concepts and issues, locating these within current debate and introducing and linking the further assigned readings. The unit files are also available to download from the Online Study Centre.
You will receive four volumes of Readings, which are a compilation of recently published articles or seminal writings which augment and illustrate the main text. These readings are drawn from a wide variety of sources including:
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- case studies and research papers that examine the impact of various public finance policies and initiatives in a variety of country and policy contexts.
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You will have access to the OSC, which is a web-accessed learning environment. Via the OSC, you can communicate with your assigned academic tutor, administrators and other students on the course using discussion forums. The OSC also provides access to the course Study Guide and assignments, as well as a selection of electronic journals available on the University of London Online Library.
Objectives and learning outcomes of the course
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- apply and assess the main tools of analysis used by mainstream economic theory to construct and design taxation and expenditure policy in a variety of country and policy contexts;
- identify the global trends in tax and other government revenues and the economic and political factors underlying these trends;
- recognise and assess different views on the role of public finance in the process of economic development;
- identify and apply basic concepts and priorities in the management of debts and deficits;
- apply a political economy perspective to the role of aid in the process of economic development;
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Course Units
Unit 1: Tax Issues in Context
- 1.1 Introduction
- 1.2 Criteria for Assessing Types of Taxation
- 1.3 Types of Tax
- 1.4 Trends in Taxation
- 1.5 Tax Policy and Tax Administration
- 1.6 Summary and Quiz
Unit 2: Tax Incidence and Optimal Taxation
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 Tax Incidence
- 2.3 Optimal Taxation
- 2.4 Summary and Conclusions
- Unit 3: Policy Objectives and Taxation
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 Income Distribution and Taxation
- 3.3 Environmental Taxes
- 3.4 Behaviour and Taxes: Tobacco and Alcohol Taxes
- 3.5 Summary and Conclusions
Unit 4: Tax Policy Issues in Developing and Transition Countries (I)
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 Tax Policies in Developing Countries
- 4.3 Tax Administration in Developing and Transition Countries
- 4.4 Value Added Tax (VAT)
- 4.5 Tax Policy in Transition Economies
- 4.6 China's Tax Reforms
- 4.7 Summary and Conclusions
Unit 5: Tax Policy Issues in Developing and Transition Countries (II)
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 Tax Competition
- 5.3 Flat Taxes
- 5.4 Land and Agricultural Taxation in Developing Countries
- 5.5 Summary and Conclusions
Unit 6: Local Revenues in Developing and Transition Countries
- 6.1 Introduction
- 6.2 The Economic Case for Decentralisation
- 6.3 Local Taxation and User Charges and Fees
- 6.4 Intergovernmetal Grants and Transfers
- 6.5 Sub-National Governing Borrowing
- 6.6 Summary and Conclusions
Unit 7: Deficits and Debts
- 7.1 Introduction
- 7.2 Why Do Governments Run Deficits?
- 7.3 Definitions of Deficits
- 7.4 Why Do Deficits Matter?
- 7.5 Does Government Debt Matter?
- 7.6 Fiscal Policy in Developing Countries
- 7.7 Fiscal Adjustment and Fiscal Illusions
- 7.8 Summary and Review
Unit 8: Foreign Aid and Debt Relief
- 8.1 What is Foreign Aid?
- 8.2 A Brief History of Aid since 1945
- 8.3 Why Do Countries Give Aid?
- 8.4 The Impact of Aid
- 8.5 Debt Relief
- 8.6 Donor Practices
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Sunday, January 29, 2012
No Sermon Today
No reason why. Just is.
Much to do today. Clean out the chicken nests. Study lines. Go to the Opera House and work on set building. The list of all the things that need to be done before this play opens is starting to loom towards me like a giant pair of jaws on a neck of rubber. It will find me. The gnashing will commence.
Lily's bringing Owen out and Bop is going to take them fishing. For real fishing. In a sinkhole or a pond.
The camellias, the birds, the trees, the hanging moss in the trees, the thought of the boy and his soft smooth face which I cannot pass without kissing. These are good and real. So is the man who opens his arms and takes me to him. His old shirt is warm from his body. I press into it.
My heart feels as tiny as the finches at the feeder but, it is there. In this whole glorious world of everything and vast nothingness, it is there. It is here. I hold it up in a crystal cup, offer it out, offer it up.
It flutters, wing-like, it beats. It stills and then it gathers itself, quivers in blood-red jelly. The sunlight pours through it, lighting it like rubies.
Yes. Maybe. Probably.
7 comments:
- Jeannie said...
You are so expressive.
- January 29, 2012 at 12:05 PM
- Syd said...
Good to read you and catch up.
- January 29, 2012 at 12:20 PM
- nicol said...
It's OK. Some days are like that. I love the way you are able to talk about it in such a beautiful way. Enjoy your day, Ms. Moon.
- January 29, 2012 at 2:03 PM
- Radish King said...
I can hear your voice in my head reverberating and we're having a conversation about ice and marsh birds.
- January 29, 2012 at 3:19 PM
- Lo said...
Ah, the amazing way you express everything never ceases to thrill me.
You make language sing, sob and seethe with feeling.
- January 29, 2012 at 4:14 PM
- Elizabeth said...
With that beautiful greeting, I can't imagine that the rest of your day wasn't perfect. At least I hope so --
- January 29, 2012 at 5:35 PM
- Ms. Moon said...
Jeannie- Some would say "dramatic."
Perhaps overly so.
Syd- And so good to have you here, sweet Syd.
nicol- Thanks, baby.
Madame King- Yes. Thanks. Especially egrets, okay?
Lo- Really? You're a precious.
Elizabeth- It was a fine day, albeit one in which I did not move so joyfully.
- January 30, 2012 at 8:20 AM


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West Allis - During the Greater Metro Conference season, the West Allis Central boys basketball team will have to play in some tough venues, such as Wauwatosa East and Marquette.
The Bulldogs got a taste of what that might be like on Friday when they played at Destiny, a Milwaukee school with 289 students.
"That is a tight, small gym, and very loud," head coach Dave Mlachnik said.
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Both players were regarded as keys this season for Central, which is trying to recover from the loss of several players to graduation and the moving on of point guard Jarvis Garrett, who moved to a prep school in the East.
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Anthony Phillips earned 10 points, Jaquan Martin contributed seven points and 10 rebounds while playing active defense, Mlachnik said, and Jequan Carson chipped in with seven points and six assists.
Keeping Destiny well within range was Jerrelle Deberry with 38 points, including 14-of-22 from the free throw line. Deberry took just six fewer free throws than the entire Central team.
"We've got a ways to go," Mlachnik said of the Bulldogs, "but we showed a good effort, and we trusted one another. We certainly have some things to clean up in practice this week, though."
Mlachnik likes his team's depth, as 11 players got in the game and 10 scored.
Central met Kenosha Indian Trail in its home opener on Tuesday and will play in a special event pitting Milwaukee-area teams against Madison squads this weekend. The Bulldogs will meet Madison East at Madison West High School on Friday.
Central then will not play again until Friday, Dec. 7, when it opens the GMC season at Sussex Hamilton, which features top scorer Brady Ellingson.
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I have 4 GB of RAM which I understand is the maximum for Windows 7 32 bit. My system recognizes the 4 GB and is able to use 2.9 GB. Of course, I'm interested in using all 4 GB. I have tried booting with PAE on, but I still get only 2.9 GB usable. How is this? Is the rest of the RAM actually mapped, and the system just doesn't realize this, or do I have to do something else to get maximum performance for my 4 GB of RAM?


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|BDSM : paradoxernas praktiker
Carlström, Charlotta : Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för hälsa och samhälle
Health and Society Doctoral Dissertation; 2 (2016)
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|BDSM, i.e. Bondage and Discipline, Dominance and Submission and Sadism and Masochism is an acronym used to describe a variety of (sexual) behaviours including an implicit or explicit erotic power exchange. The aim of the thesis is to understand BDSM as a dynamic, complex and collective phenomenon. It focuses on how practitioners, through their stories, give meaning to their experiences. A theoretical framework that includes both poststructuralism and symbolic interactionism is used. Ethnographic fieldwork was conducted in 2012 and 2013 within different BDSM communities in Sweden. The fieldwork included interviews, observations and participation in meetings, workshops, pub evenings and club ventures. In total, 29 persons, defining themselves as practitioners of BDSM, were interviewed. The thesis shows how different interpretations and political-ideological perspectives have shaped the social reality, which constitutes BDSM today. This process has taken place in different discursive arenas; from medicine and research to political activism, literature, film and media. Existing discourses, where power and violence are central, are challenged by counter discourses, where resistance against heteronormative norms and sexuality are significant. BDSM is seen as ways to achieve feelings of security and belonging. The practice enable strong emotions, bodily sensations, altered states of consciousness and spiritual experiences. Acts, which could be seen as incorrect and immoral, are made morally defensible within the BDSM context. The discourses both enable and limit the practitioners, and the thesis highlights both ambivalences and paradoxes in the practices.
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|BDSM är en akronym för bondage/disciplin, dominans/submission (underkastelse) och sadomasochism som används för att beskriva flera, ofta sexuella, former av beteenden och uttryck, där ett utforskande av makt är centralt. Avhandlingens syfte är att söka förståelse för BDSM som en dynamisk, komplex och kollektiv företeelse. Den fokuserar på hur utövare, genom sina berättelser, ger mening till sina upplevelser och erfarenheter. Avhandlingens teoretiska ramverk innefattar både poststrukturalism och symbolisk interaktionism. Etnografiskt fältarbete genomfördes under 2012 och 2013 i flera BDSM-gemenskaper i Sverige. Fältarbetet omfattar intervjuer, observationer och deltagande på möten, workshops, pub- och klubbkvällar. Totalt intervjuades 29 personer som definierar sig som BDSM-utövare. Avhandlingen visar hur olika synsätt, tolkningar och politisk-ideologiska praktiker har format och strukturerat den sociala verklighet som utgör BDSM av idag. Denna process har ägt rum på olika diskursiva arenor; från medicin och forskning till politisk aktivism, litteratur, film och media. Dominerande diskurser, där makt och våld är centrala, utmanas av motdiskurser, där motstånd till heteronormativa normer och sexualitet är betydande. Utövandet ses som en väg att uppnå känslor av trygghet och tillhörighet. BDSM möjliggör ett utrymme där starka affekter, kroppsliga sensationer, förändrade medvetandetillstånd och spirituella upplevelser kan utforskas och erfaras. Beteenden som i andra situationer betraktas som felaktiga och omoraliska, kan göras moraliskt försvarbara i en BDSM-kontext. Avhandlingen belyser ambivalenser och paradoxer i utövandet, där diskurserna såväl möjliggör som begränsar utövarna.
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Richert, Torkel : Hälsa och samhälle, Malmö högskola,
Health and Society Doctoral Dissertation; 5 (2014)
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|People who inject illegal drugs constitute a vulnerable group in society. Their vulnerability can partly be explained by the negative consequences of the drug use itself and the particular risks associated with injecting, but also by society's negative view of, and harsh attitude towards, drug users. Injection drug use is a relatively understudied topic in Sweden. The overall aim of this dissertation is to examine life circumstances of people who inject heroin or amphetamines. The dissertation is based on two research projects at Malmö University and includes interviews with a total of over two hundred visitors at the needle exchange program in Malmö as well as focus group discussions with twenty-seven heroin users in treatment. The first project focus on women who use the needle exchange program and on their social situation, income strategies, experience of treatment and care, as well as on their wishes for further societal assistance. The results present a picture of a very heterogeneous group of women, in which most differ from the stereotypical image of the female injection drug user as homeless, destitute, marginalized, and primarily dependent on men or prostitution for their livelihood and access to drugs. Most women were active in the drug economy, they obtained most of the drugs they used on their own, and they supported their drug purchases through both formal and informal sources of income. A small group, mainly women who primarily use heroin, described a very vulnerable and marginalized existence with insecure housing and incomes restricted to dealing, stealing or sex-work. The vast majority of the interviewed women did wish for some sort of societal support in order to change their situation. Most requests involved substance abuse treatment. More than anything, heroin users wished for better access to opioid substitution treatment. Many women also wanted access to women-only treatment facilities. Not all women, though, saw their drug use as problematic or intended to stop using illegal drugs. Some saw society's poor treatment of drug users and the "repressive" drug policy as a greater problem than the drug use itself. The second research project focus on heroin overdoses. The aim of the project was to gain further knowledge on why overdoses occur, a greater understanding of how heroin users interpret and handle the overdoses of others, as well as to discuss potential interventions to reduce the number of overdose deaths in Sweden. The results showed that the interviewed heroin users generally had good knowledge about overdose risks. Different circumstances, however, caused restricted possibilities to avoid overdose risks or meant that risks were seen as minor compared to the potential gains of drug use. The desire for a powerful high, experience of severe withdrawal symptoms, an unsafe environment, mental ill health, and an "unbearable life situation", were examples of factors associated with an increased risk of overdoses. Those heroin users who had been present at someone else's overdose generally had a positive attitude towards assisting the victim, and their actions were often life-saving. However, a number of factors such as the witness's own intoxication or lack of knowledge of lifesaving measures, as well as fear of police involvement in some cases, led to inadequate responses to overdoses. The interviewees' accounts point to the need for a more diverse and accessible drug abuse and addiction treatment model but also to the need for interventions that aim to reduce vulnerability and improve life circumstances and health for persons who, for various reasons, continue to use illegal drugs. The results also reveal the need for interventions that improve heroin users' possibilities for safer drug use, as well as the importance of increasing their potential for helping other heroin users who overdose.
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Hulusjö, Anna : Faculty of Health and Society, Malmö University
Malmö University Health and Society Doctoral Dissertations;5 (2013)
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|This thesis is not primarily about 'the rights and wrongs of prostitution', at least not as they are conveyed in the prostitution debate, rather it aims to shift the focus from what prostitution is (work or violence, empowerment or exploitation), the topic of most prostitution debate, to how prostitution operates. That is, how power relations, knowledges, discourses and practices interconnect in making particular forms of prostitution and particular ways of making sense of prostitution experience possible. The study is situated on the feminist narrative field and is constituted of interviews with twenty women with prostitution experience. With a genealogical approach to narrative analysis the participants' narratives are not treated as reflections of an assumed prostitution 'reality', but rather there is an exploration of what the participants do as they narrate their experience, how they, through their narratives, construct their identities and make sense of their experiences and their lives. By engaging with the participants' narratives, the power and domination of the institution of prostitution and the multitude of tactics that the participants employed in order to negotiate, resist and destabilize power and domination were explored. The participants' narratives were both entangled with and positioned against dominant narratives about prostitution and 'the prostitute'. They contained complexities, contradictions and multiple meanings; prostitution was described as both enabling and constraining, as a means of resistance and as an effect of power. The participants spoke of how the institution of prostitution produced different experiences of being constituted as a 'commodified body', an 'appropriate target for violence/undeserving victim' and a stigmatized identity. 8 Depending on their social location and personal biography the participants were more or less able to manage the emotional and physical risks that prostitution involved. The narratives revealed how prostitution, as it currently operates, is conditioned by intersecting structures of social inequality.
|Utsatthet och sexuell hälsa : en studie om unga på statliga ungdomshem
Lindroth, Malin : Faculty of Health and Society, Malmö University
Malmö University Health and Society Doctoral Dissertation;4 (2013)
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|The dissertation concems youths in detention at residential group homes, their sexuality in general, their sexual health in particular. and their sex education. According to Swedish law, sex education is required in the Swedish public school system.The education must be perceived as relevant by youths and promotion rather than preventive-focused. Despite this legislative measure, Swedish research data on this youth population are scarce; available international research shows that youths in detention have poor sexual heal th. The aim is thus to gain knowledge about the sexual health among youths in detention at residential group homes, and to develop and present a sex education curriculum targeted to their special needs. A survey followed by an interview study seeks to assess knowledge of sexual health among these adolescents (papers I-III). Exposure to untoward sexual behaviors alongside sexual risk taking is found, concomitant to apportunities for these youths to experience healthy sexual encounters that may outweigh the risks. Furthermore, this group of detained adolescents are more risk taking and exposed to negative sexual experiences compared to their non-detained same aged peers. In focus group interviews, the sex education curriculum is presented to the detainees (paper IV). They consider the information relevant and share advice of how to furtherad just the material to thei r needs. The data are discussed from the perspective of social psychology, and the rationale behind the youths' risk taking is explored. The study pennits the voices of the youths be heard; it presents a nuanced portrait of the camplexity behind their sexual risk taking and elucidates the pereceived advantages of unsafe sex. The results are of i nterest to researchers and clinicians in areas of sociaJ work where specialized knowledge of socially disadvantaged youth and sexual health has been lacking.
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Scaramuzzino, Roberto : Faculty of Health and Society, Malmö University
Malmö University Health and Society Dissertations;5 (2012)
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|Abstract This thesis concerns the role played by immigrant organisations today. It focuses on the way in which the national context and especially the corporative, social welfare, and integration systems affect such roles. The thesis is structured around the hypothesis that immigrant organisations are shaped by their interaction with political opportunity structures which function as links between the broader institutional setting and the organisations. Examples of such structures are consultation bodies, systems of public funding, rules and routines for public-private partnerships in service provision, access to media and public debate and fiscal facilitations. Such structures can be used by immigrant organisations to, for example, advocate for the interest of the groups they represent, to strengthen their own organisation, as well as its position in society, and to influence policy. However, the usage of such structures always implies a certain amount of control and regulation, as it might require that the organisations assume certain internal rules, adhere to certain principles, or work with certain issues. To highlight the role of the national institutional setting, and especially of the corporative, social welfare, and integration systems in shaping the function of immigrant organisations, this thesis adopts a cross-national comparative approach with Sweden and Italy chosen as national contexts. The cross-national comparison follows a so- called "most-different" logic as these two countries' civil societies, welfare systems, migration patterns and integration systems show salient differences that make them interesting to compare. Political opportunity structures are, however, spread on different levels from the local to the international in a so-called "multi-level system". To reflect such complexity, the thesis is designed as three sub-studies focusing on the interaction between immigrant organisations and political opportunity structures connected to different levels: European Union (EU), local and national/regional. Each one of the three sub-studies therefore presents a comparison of immigrant organisations' interaction with political opportunity structures in Sweden and in Italy. The empirical data consists mostly of interviews with representatives of immigrant organisations and other key-informants from other civil society organisations, public authorities and experts. The results of the thesis show that Swedish immigrant organisations seem to have been able to rely on relatively strong resources and administrative capacity as a consequence of the national and local systems of public grants. In Italy, the results show major differences between ethnic organisations, inter-ethnic and hybrid organisations (connected to trade unions). Ethnic organisations seem to be more marginalised in relation to both public funding and networks of organisations while inter-ethnic and hybrid organisations seem to have been able to access and use such opportunity structures and strengthen their position especially as service producers. The thesis also shows that the corporative, social welfare and integration systems seem to have played a crucial role in shaping the functions of immigrant organisations through the political opportunity structures. The most relevant opportunity structure for the Swedish immigrant organisations was the national and local systems of public grants, while for the Italian organisations the most relevant was the constellation of actors that had access to resources as service providers in the welfare-mix model. The results show also trends of convergence as the importance of immigrant organisations as service providers, often working in network with other organisations, was also evident in Sweden. Also the importance of the EU both as a channel for influencing policy through participation in European networks of organisations and as source of resources for activities at national and local level is evident in the results. Furthermore, the results show that immigrant organisations in Sweden were more often addressed by public authorities and other organisations as civil society organisations with knowledge and expertise on integration issues, while in Italy their role as representatives of immigrant communities was more often highlighted (at least for the ethnic organisations). This reflects the way in which the channelling of ethnic-based collective interests is structured in both countries. The results suggest that immigrant organisations in both countries are much embedded in the national and local context while tendencies of trans-nationalisation, for example, through trans-national ethnic networks only concerned a few organisations which in their turn tended to interact less with local and national political opportunity structures. The nation-state, in fact, seems not to have lost its importance for immigrant organisations as a frame for influencing policy-making and for collective identity formation.


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May 13, 2014 | Vol. 95, No. 113
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THE WAKEFIELD city council discusses the Economic Vitality Incentive Program at its meeting Monday evening. Pictured are, from left, members Joseph Delfavero, Richard Bolen and Bob Blaskowski and mayor Les Schneck.
WAKEFIELD - The Wakefield City Council scheduled a work session to discuss the proposed budget for the 2014-15 fiscal year during its meeting Monday.
The session is scheduled for May 19 at 10 a.m.
After conducting a public hearing at the meeting on June 9, the council will need to adopt the annual budget ordinance, said city manager John Siira.
The council opted out of Public Act 95, which added 99 cents to every resident utility bill to assist low-income residents in paying for their utilities.
It agreed to seek proposals for the engineering of park buildings and the pier. This project is currently awaiting approval of a grant agreement between the city and the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.
The council also agreed to present resolutions of appreciation to Wakefield-Marenisco High School seniors Miranda Sibley and Paxton Wanink, who have been student representatives for the council for the last two years.
A $1,923 payment to the Michigan Municipal League for the city's fiscal year membership renewal was also approved.
This is $31 more than the amount paid last year.
The Michigan Department of Treasury approved the council's "Cooperation, Collaboration and Consolidation Plan," which was the second phase of the Economic Vitality Incentive Program.
The next meeting will be held Tuesday, May 27.
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Houston Astros Owner Mucked Up in JeffCo Bankruptcy
Stuck at the unfortunate end of the debt-clogged sewer system of Jefferson County, Ala., you'll find Houston Astros owner Jim Crane.
Fresh into his takeover of the Texas baseball team, Crane has been ordered by a bankruptcy judge to reveal details of his settlement with J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. over $35 million worth of sewer bonds that he bought from the investment bank four years ago—a personal investment that quickly turned to, er, garbage.
Those dirty details, which are not public, are what Jefferson County attorney are seeking amid their own fight with the bank over the complicated series of dealings that, with a little help from a corruption scheme that ensnared the county's top elected leaders, left the county swimming in a pool of toxic debt.
Ultimately, the county—Alabama's most populous with roughly 658,000 residents—filed for Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection, marking the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history.
Crane said he got stuck with a bum deal, too, according to court documents filed in Texas state court.
Crane, who took over the Houston Astros baseball team late last year, bought the Jefferson County bonds in early 2008 as municipal debt traded rapidly during a buying boom for so-called auction-rate securities. When the market froze amid the financial crisis, the music stopped, and investors like Crane found themselves stuck with the long-term securities that they couldn't sell.
A securities firm at one point valued Crane's bonds as worth 30 cents on the dollar, a $24.5 million loss.
Crane sued J.P. Morgan two years ago, accusing it of failing to disclose the type of things that investors like him would typically want to know such as, say, an alleged bribery scheme that put several county officials in prison and led the bank to pay a $722 million settlement to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission without admitting wrongdoing.


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Several of McClure's defensive linemen enjoyed career seasons in 2012 and helped the Bruins rank among the nation's best in sacks. Senior Datone Jones finished fifth on the team with 62 tackles, 19.0 tackles for loss, 6.5 sacks and went on to enjoy a standout performance at the Senior Bowl. Junior Cassius Marsh registered 50 tackles, 10.5 tackles for loss and 8.0 sacks. Junior Owamagbe Odighizuwa totaled 44 tackles, 6.0 tackles for loss and 3.5 sacks.
In 2011, UCLA led the South Division of the Pac-12 in rushing and played in the inaugural Pac-12 Championship Game. Over his time as a Bruin coach, McClure tutored a number of current NFL players: Logan Paulsen (Washington Redskins), Matt Slater (New England Patriots), Mike Harris (San Diego Chargers), Nate Chandler (Carolina Panthers), Cory Harkey (St. Louis Rams), Kai Forbath (Washington Redskins) and Christian Yount (Cleveland Browns).
McClure came to UCLA after serving as the offensive line/run game coordinator on Turner Gill's staff at the University of Buffalo during the 2006 season. Buffalo scored more points (201) in conference games than any other team in the Mid-American Conference East Division. Running back James Starks (starter for the 2011 Green Bay Packers' Super Bowl Championship team) earned second-team All-MAC honors in 2006 and was an honorable mention Freshman All-American by The Sporting News. Offensive lineman Jamie Richard was drafted and became a starter for the Indianapolis Colts.
McClure spent the 2004 and 2005 seasons as an assistant on Bill Callahan's staff at Nebraska. He assisted with the offensive line, coaching the tackles, as well as working with the special teams. The Cornhuskers defeated Michigan in the 2005 Alamo Bowl. As a Husker coach, McClure tutored a number of NFL bound players: Matt Slauson (NY Jets), Lydon Murtha (Miami Dolphins), Chris Patrick (NY Giants)and Sam Koch (Baltimore Ravens).
Prior to his stint at Nebraska, McClure was an assistant head coach and offensive line coach from 1997-2003 at Sacramento State University where he played a major role in some record-breaking offenses. During his tenure, the Hornets set 52 NCAA Division I-AA, Big Sky Conference, or school records.He coached 20 All-Big Sky conference honorees and had six of his players sign NFL contracts. One of McClure's pupils, Lonie Paxton of the New England Patriots (also Denver Broncos), went on to collect three Super Bowl rings. Another McClure pupil, Marco Cavka was drafted by the New York Jets. In addition, five Sacramento State players earned All-American honors and four were chosen to participate in college all-star games. In his seven seasons at Sac State, the Hornets led the Big Sky in rushing four times (1998, 1999, 2000, 2002).
In 1996, McClure coached tight ends at the University of Nevada. He helped the Wolf Pack to the Big West title, a 9-3 record, and the Las Vegas Bowl championship. His tight ends produced a school record 13 touchdowns during the season. Nevada led Division I-A with 527.3 yard per game of total offense and topped the Big West Conference in both rushing and passing.
Angus has served as a guest coach in several NFL camps over the years, including the Buffalo Bills (2007, 2006), San Francisco 49ers (2002, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996), Seattle Seahawks (1998) and San Diego Chargers (1997).
A graduate of Sacramento State, McClure played football there from 1987-91 and later served as a member of the faculty from 1997-2004. He was on the 1988 Hornet team that advanced to the NCAA Division II championship semifinals with an offense which averaged 486.0 yards per game. He began his coaching career at McClatchy High School in Sacramento as assistant head coach and defensive coordinator from 1992-95 while also coaching the offensive line and tight ends.
RECRUITING RESPONSIBILITIES -- Northern California and Easy Bay.
PERSONAL -- Education: Bachelor's in Liberal Studies from Sacramento State, 1995; At UCLA: Six years overall on staff (first joined staff in June 2007 as tight ends coach); Born: December 9, 1968 in San Francisco, CA; Family: Angus and his wife Erin have two sons, Hamish and Malcolm.


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The camp kicked off this past Saturday at 9:00AM on the Yellow Jackets practice field. The camp was for ages 3rd-6th grade where they received football instructions and spent time with the 2008 Yellow Jackets who are coming off their 2007 DAC Championship. All kids that attended camp received a t-shirt and if they wear that shirt to any Yellow Jacket home football game they will receive free admission.
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Censoring the Internet in Malaysia
The government's move to filter porn on the net is a knee-jerk reaction that does not appear to have looked into the effect of the filters on other types of information, especially those related to health.
The Malaysian government has announced that all Internet cafes in Malaysia will have to carry filters to prevent customers from accessing pornographic websites. The Government is also examining proposals to ask all Internet service providers (ISPs) to install filters.
Given the history of censorship and control of the media in Malaysia, this is a cause for concern. The Government has repeatedly promised not to censor the Internet, with the promise being translated into legislation in 1998. Nevertheless, these regulations are being enforced under this legislation, the Communications and Multimedia Act.
Local media reported that the filters were recommended at a conference on 14 June 2005, following concern that the Internet is being used to download obscene materials. Unfortunately, little research appears to have been done on the effect of the filters on other types of information.
According to research by the Kaiser Family Foundation, for example, pornography filters can impede access to health information on safe sex and condoms. On restrictive settings up to 27% of health sites are restricted on a search using the word "condom". Yet, nine percent of the numerous pornographic sites escape the filters.
The Centre for Independent Journalism is concerned that this measure, the first to institutionalise Internet censorship in Malaysia, has been hastily undertaken. We urge the Government to reaffirm its pledges not to censor the Internet and to consider other methods of minimising the harm done by pornography.


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Dessert Apples
Adam's Pearmain recorded in 1826, thought by some to have originated in Norfolk, others Herefordshire, where it was once known as Hanging Pearmain. Downton Pippin was originally from Wormsley Grange, the childhood home of Thomas Andrew Knight of the Royal Society, later the RHS. He took the apple to Elton Hall amd raised it in 1792. King's Acre Pippin is a richly flavoured high quality fruit, well worth growing despite its unattractive appearance. Introduced by King's Acre Nurseries, Hereford in 1898, a Sturmer Pippin and Ribston Pippin cross. A firm, juicy, coarse-textured fruit with a rich aromatic flavour, Good for use in salads, dull green, slightly flushed with brownish-red. Lord Hindlip was first shown by Mr Watkins of Pomona Farm, Hereford in 1896, named after Worcestershire landowner. Pig's Nose Pippin described by Hogg 1884. Pomeroy of Herefordshire / Sugar Apple is thought to be a very old variety. Stoke Edith Pippin is thought to be from the Foley estate in Stoke Edith, recorded 1872. Yellow Ingestrie raised by the famous pomologist Thomas Andrew Knight of Downton Castle in about 1800, and named after the seat of the Earl of Talbot. Cross between Cox's Orange Pippin and Golden Pippin. Crisp, juicy, yellow flesh. 'A delightful little yellow apple for September'.
Cooking Apples
Byford Wonder introduced by Cranston's Nurseries of Hereford in 1894, named for the riverside village near Hereford. Doctor Hare's, thought to be from Leominster in 1880s. Forester. Gennet Moyle, grown in 15th century in Archenfield area, and used for cider, and later for cooking. Herefordshire Beefing, beefing comes from 'beau fin', used for drying in cooling bread ovens, as were the Norfolk beefings, Sold as gifts in London, dark red, dry apple. King's Acre Bountiful, introduced in 1904 by Kings Acre Nursery in Hereford. Tillington Court raised in early 1900s at Burghill Fruit Farm. Tyler's Kernel, thought to be an old variety of the county, exhibited in 1883.
Dual Purpose Apples
Collington Big Bitters, probably Herefordshire apple from 19th century, cider and cooking. Crimson Quoining / Herefordshire Quoining / Herefordshire Queening, recorded 1831 though thought to be much older, for eating and cooking but historically used for cider. Golden Harvey / Brandy Apple may be the same as the Round Russet of the early 1600s, for eating and cider. Herefordshire Russet is a new variety in 2005, from FP Matthews in Tenbury, Worcestershire. Described as having "russet nuttiness…crisp creamy flesh…mouth tingling acidity…rich apple juice…classic golden russetted skin with greeny yellow undercolour is thin and crunchy", an eater and cooker. King of the Pippins / Golden Winter Pearmain / Prince's Pippin / Shropshire Pippin has debatable origins, known in Herefordshrie as Prince's Pippin and Shropshire as Shropshire Pippin, thought by some to be different varieties. Common in farm orchards in the area, for eating and cider making. New German, for eating and cooking. Sam's Crab, recorded in 1830s, for cider, cooking and eating. Ten Commandments exhibited 1883, named for the ten red spots around core, small dark red apples for cider and eating.
Cider Apples
Redstreak, thought to have been raised at Holme Lacey by Lord Scudamore in the early 1600s, became well known, establishing the county's reputation for cider. The original variety was a pitcher, i.e. could be propogated from cuttings.
Other Apples
Ball's Bittersweet, Bringewood Pippin, Brown Snout, Cherry Pearmain, Cowarne Red, Lady's Finger of Hereford, Strawberry Norman, Wormsley Pippin.
Downton, Early Heart, Knight's Early Black, Waterloo.
Perry Pears
Bartestree Squash, Gregg's Pitt, Holme Lacey, Holmer, Moorcroft, Pine.
This list was compiled using many sources including a gazetteer by the Marcher Apple Network and The New Book of Apples by Joan Morgan and Alison Richards (Ebury Press 2002).
For more details on Herefordshire varieties contact the Marcher Apple Network who have produced a CD-ROM of the Herefordshire Pomona of 1885 and continue to research into varieties of the Welsh Marches and surrounding counties. Visit the website


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Recent Old Boys selected in NZ U20 Football team.
Joel Stevens and Cameron Howieson have been named in the Junior All Whites squad for OFC U-20 Championship. Cameron is currently playing for Burnley, while Joel is in the Otago United team. Congratulations to both of these players.
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Sony Xperia S will be offered with £30 worth of free accessories in the UK
Expected to be released in the UK in early March, the Sony Xperia S will be cheaper than initially reported.
Retailer Clove is currently asking £429.60 including VAT (about $676) for the new handset, letting you choose between the black and the white versions. What's more, if you buy the Xperia S you get £30 worth of free accessories: 4 Xperia NFC SmartTags (valued at £20), and a £10 voucher for any other Xperia accessory.
Clove says the new Xperia is due to arrive in the week commencing March 5.
Running Android 2.3 Gingerbread (upgradeable to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich), the Sony Xperia S features a 4.3 inch HD (1280 x 720) Reality Display, TimeScape UI, 1.5GHz dual-core processor, 1GB of RAM, 1.3MP front-facing camera, and a 12MP rear camera with Sony Exmor R sensor and 1080p video recording.


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Alcohol and drug abuse affects many families. It is important to recognize the signs of abuse and addiction, address substance abuse, learn about effective treatments or access professional help. Alcoholism is a chronic, progressive, relapsing brain disease. Alcoholism and drug abuse are nothing to be ashamed of and are often times genetic.
Research shows only a small percent of substance abusers stay abstinent for the next year if they try to quit on their own. The vast majority of substance abusers who go through treatment and regularly attend 12-step meetings, such as Alcoholics Anonymous, stay sober for the next year.
Rehabilitation treatment can vary from outpatient counseling to inpatient treatment in specialized programs. The appropriate setting for the individual depends on a variety of factors, such as the severity of his or her problem and risk of relapse. There is no "cure" for alcohol and drug abuse, however, if individuals stick with their treatment and attend meetings, they have a very good chance of remaining abstinent.
This is a very common question. Individuals with substance abuse problems often minimize, rationalize and deny the problem. Treat yourself first. Go to Al-Anon meetings, which are support groups that help family members understand and deal with their loved one's problem. You may also consider meeting with an addiction counselor for support and advice about how to get your loved one into treatment. If your loved one refuses to recognize the problem, sometimes an intervention is utilized, mobilizing other support. This should only be done with a professional counselor's help.
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After today's victory, Atletico Madrid needs two more wins to hoist the La Liga 2013-14 trophy. Playing away at Valencia CF's Mestalla Stadium, Madrid won 1-0 in its typical style--score one goal and hang on at all costs.
The goal, a header from the middle of the box by Raul Garcia at the 43rd minute, was a double mistake by the Valencia defense. Garcia was the only Atletico man going for the cross and he managed to both slip his marker and get between the Valencia central defenders. This forced the host's vice-captain and goalkeeper Vicente Guaita, to come way out to try to punch the ball away. The confluence of players at the point of impact meant that if Garcia could just nudge the ball toward the nets he would be heading into an empty goal. He managed, and the game was won.
The rest of the match was predictable. Valencia needed points to pursue its fading chances for a place on the table that would constitute European play next season. So coach Juan Antonio Pizzi kept replacing defensive players for attacking ones as the game progressed. Meanwhile, feeling his team had a handle on the needed win Atletico coach, Diego Simeone, kept replacing his players based on his team's coming mid-week Champions League match against Chelsea.
Out came Garcia, Diego Costa (once Juanfran's red card was issued at the 91st) and in came players needing fine tuning such as the recuperating Arda Turan. But the style was unchanged. The team plays very tough defense, roughly throughout the pitch, and then tries the early strike as their preferred method of scoring.
This was a key win for the Madrid side who are trying not to have the season's last game, to be played away against Barcelona at the Camp Nou, have any bearing on their championship run.
Their next two La Liga matches are against inferior opposition in Levante and Malaga. They beat Malaga 1-0 and Levante 3-2 in their last meetings this season.
Looking ahead to Atletico's Champions League match against Chelsea the Madrid side seems like they will be at full force, well tuned and relatively well rested for their big challenge. There should be no surprises in that match since Chelsea can only advance with a win while a tie or a single goal loss with a Madrid score will be potential scenarios Simeone would find acceptable.
Things are getting interesting for Spanish Football teams as four still remain in European competition while three still have some chance of being crowned La Liga champs. The next few weeks will be a roller coaster.


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MTSO Farm and Food Apprenticeships
Seminary Hill Farm apprentices get stipends, housing and farm-to-table experience.
Seminary Hill Farm at MTSO is offering apprenticeships in farm and food. Apprentices will work directly with experts in organic farming and farm-to-table culinary service on the scenic 80-acre campus of a graduate seminary near Columbus. They will report to the manager and assistant manager of farm and food.
Apprentices will help maintain day-to-day operations of both the campus farm and dining facility of MTSO. They will be supplied with living quarters, farmer food and a small stipend. Apprentices will sign a one-year contract from October 2014 through September 2015.
Responsibilities will include but are not limited to: weeding, watering, harvesting, planting, cooking, cleaning, dish washing, selling at weekly farmers' markets and assisting with community-supported agriculture distribution.
Each apprentice can expect to work 45-55 hours per week, including weekends and evening dinner service.
Anyone interested is asked to email a resume and cover letter to Farm and Food Manager Tadd Petersen, firstname.lastname@example.com. MTSO is an equal opportunity employer.