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Doggonit: Genes That Make Fido Human Friendly Also Linked to Mental Disorders
Dogs' diversity could make them vulnerable to disorders similar to OCD and autism
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When it comes to diversity in shape and stature, few single species show as much variety as dogs. From dinky toy poodles to towering Great Danes, dog breeds come in nearly every shape and size. Now, according to a new study, the same genetic plasticity that produces so many breeds could also make dogs more susceptible to mental conditions comparable to obsessive-compulsive disorder and autism.
As one of the oldest domesticated species, dogs have been bred over thousands of years while living and communicating with humans. Scientists have long been puzzled, however, as to how ancient humans transformed wild, independent wolves into fluffy pups desperate for hugs and pets, Nicola Davis reports for The Guardian.
"[Our aim] is to try to understand the genetic underpinnings of domestication: what is it that has helped to turn the wolf, which is really not interested in humans to start off with, into this extremely sociable creature, which is the dog?" Per Jensen, a researcher at Sweden's Linköping University, tells Davis. "We think we have at least found some of the genetic background of this process."
In a new study, published in Scientific Reports, Jensen and his colleagues attempted to figure out what genes were behind this friendliness by giving 437 canine subjects an unsolvable task that involved opening three containers of food. While two of the containers could easily slide open, the third was secured in such a way that only a human could get at the treats. Jensen and his team watched to see if the dogs would seek help or comfort from a nearby human when they started having trouble with the sealed lid, Phys.org reports.
"We know that wolves don't seek help, they will attempt to solve the problem on their own, and some dogs actually do that—they just keep going and trying to open this lid," Jensen tells Davis. "But the most common reaction is at some point to turn to the human."
After the test was over, Jensen's teams took the 95 most socially adept beagles and the 95 most independently-minded pups and sequenced their DNA. When the researchers compared these DNA samples, they discovered two regions that appear to be associated with the dog's desire for human contact. Intriguingly, these sections of DNA also contained five genes that have been linked to some human mental disorders, including OCD and autism, Jennifer Viegas reports for Seeker.
"With respect to autism-like disorders, not much has been done, but OCD is a great problem in particular in some breeds of dogs," Jensen tells Viegas. "Dog psychologists usually have training programs that can alleviate some of these problems."
To be clear, these conditions are very complex—research suggests that there are probably more than 100 genes associated with disorders like autism and schizophrenia and this doesn't mean that dogs can experience the same symptoms as people.
It does suggest, however, that dogs could be used in laboratory conditions as models for studying social behavior for humans, much like pigs and rats are used to model medical conditions, Viegas reports. Jensen also notes that the dog's ability to be bred into such different shapes and sizes could make it easier for them to develop mutations that could lead to issues with their mental and physical health.
While more research needs to be done, studying man's best friend could help researchers make strides in learning how our brains and bodies work.
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by Ian Cutress on September 19, 2016 11:00 AM EST
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For any technology journalist deeply embedded an analytical content, knowing your field is a key element to how you work. If all the focus goes into the high-end, it is easy to get complacent, or living in a technology hub can feel like a bubble. This is why several times a year I wander through the local Brick and Mortar retailer to see what is on offer to users that simply walk in off the street to buy a tablet, notebook, or a casual £99 Bluetooth speaker purchase, as what happened this week. I'm in the UK, so our sole brick and mortar option is typically PCWorld, however it emulates Best Buy in a number of ways.
What I Had Noticed Before
Looking through the arrays of notebooks and laptops on offer, prior to my recent visit this week, it was very clear that pickings for AMD processors were very thin. Since the demise of netbooks, and Intel's Ultrabook strategy, almost all AMD offerings on shelves were restricted to a single unit, or under 1 in 20 on the show floor, and typically a budget device with low-quality displays, track pads, and build quality.
Part of this, as I learned when a sales executive took me through a Best Buy in the US, is due to marketing in the store itself. Companies can invest in aisles all to themselves at a retailer at select stores or nationwide, or if there is an overriding feature that several companies share, they can invest in an aisle together under the feature heading. Aside from the aisles, there are end caps, pre-fabricated displays, video walls, and all manner of possibilities. Some users will be familiar with store-in-store elements from Samsung or Apple, where they pay for dedicated floorspace and dedicated salesmen to be trained in solely their product. Closer to the front door of the store costs more, too. Due to the way that these brick and mortar locations sell their internal space, those with big marketing budgets have an advantage, as well as investment from OEMs (like Intel, HP) as a bonus for large volume component purchases. It ends up being a sizeable investment to in-store sales, and more eyeballs end up on potential halo products like an Omen, an Alienware or a Zenbook. There's also an added factor, albeit anecdotal, that it might be common for sales staff to not suggest brands that have been commonly associated with low-performance in the past.
Understandably, AMD has a roughshod time at this. Due to their well-documented size and budgets, being able to assist their major partners in store-focused placement is fairly difficult. Their major partners are HP and Lenovo, so with that in mind those budgets may be very region focused for some hardware configurations for sure. It's also difficult to train store staff in the hardware without investing in the shop floor as well, unless they already have a sizeable interest in the specific market.
Despite that 1 in 20 figure, which has been generous in most cases (including the Best Buy right near AMD's Austin office, or the Fry's in Sunnyvale), smaller retailers that go after the second-hand market seem to have had a better ratio than that. Speaking to a few of these retailers on Tottenham Road in London, the £200 second hand AMD APU-based notebooks get a sizeable interest from students on a shoestring budget, if only for mild gaming and LAN gaming (using pen and paper is still fairly common in UK universities in lectures, apparently). These retailers tend to sell a number of low-end devices, such as Pentium, i3, A6 and A8-based with HD/900p TN panels, which might not be a sizeable representation when we normally discuss new sales, but indicates that a number of users are still cost-driven in that price range.
So Why This News Post, What's Changed?
Earlier this year we posted a lengthy discussion about AMD Carrizo based notebooks, and how there was a disconnect between AMD, OEMs, and repeat business through positive user experience enabled via smarter hardware decisions. We received a lot of feedback from that, especially identifying that Carrizo as a base processor offered reasonable performance when applied with the right companion hardware. As part of the launch with the 7th Generation platform after our discussions, they had said that they had worked closer with their key partners to enable better configurations to drive experiences, along with better strategies for getting eyes on the hardware. With that in mind...
Typically a tech journalist's week has a few meetings, perhaps a prebrief or two, and it just so happened that a VP for an unrelated company was in London, we met nearby and we talked shop. On the way out, I ran some errands and spent some time in PCWorld. I wasn't expecting to see much - it's a small store with Apple in the front and TVs in the rear, and the selection they tend to have across their 20-30 notebooks is barely mid-range, with one or two exceptions. So expect my surprise when I found five AMD notebooks in that set, with one out of the three desktops on show being the OEM version of the A10-7860K. These weren't old systems either - four of the notebooks where the new AMD 7th Generation APU (two Bristol Ridge, two Stoney Ridge), with one being 6th Gen (Carrizo-L).
#1: Lenovo Yoga 510, £430
The first one that popped out near the front of the shop was the Stoney Ridge device, spotting a large 'AMD 7th Gen' sticker. This was a Lenovo Yoga 510, with a touchscreen and 360-degree hinge, being marketed as a 2-in-1.
Under the hood was an A9-9410, which is a single module 25W AMD APU using 2nd Generation Excavator modules, with a 2.9 GHz base and 3.5 GHz turbo. It has 192 streaming processors at a base 800 Mhz (more when there's headroom), but because it is Stoney Ridge there's only access to single channel memory. At least Lenovo paired it with 8GB of DDR4-2133, which is eminently better than a 4GB option.
The 14-inch 1366x768 TN panel from AUO was dire, even from a minute or two with bad viewing angles, and storage came via a 1TB Western Digital mechanical drive. WiFi was at least 802.11ac, albeit 1x1 from the QCA9377 controller.
CPU-Z showed that the silicon was the ST-A0 stepping, which suggests that AMD did a relatively good job during tapeout. Unfortunately CPU-Z 1.77 doesn't seem fully geared for * Ridge laptops (a point worth noting later), but the benchmark gave 987 for single thread and 1741 in multithread. Not having used the CPU-Z benchmark seriously before (and there not being that much a store will let you run with free will), but a cursory glance online puts the FX-6300 at 1152, and a stock i7 920 gets a score of 998 for single threaded performance.
#2: HP Envy 15 x360, £630
Interestingly I had originally walked past this. All the AMD official logos had been removed from the keyboard and specification list beside the notebook, which struck me as a little odd. HP is arguably AMD's biggest partner for notebooks, with the Envy and Omen being two of the most premium devices for Bristol Ridge that have been announced. Part of me might suspect this is for a reason, or it could just be a case of Hanlon's Razor and someone forgot/they weren't ready.
The Envy was the most expensive AMD notebook on display, offering a typical HP premium design ID with a near-top line A12-9700P under the hood. This uses two 2nd Gen Excavator modules for four threads, a configuration called Bristol Ridge, and runs at 2.5 GHz base with 3.4 GHz turbo on the cores. The A12 ensures the 'R7' name on the integrated GPU, but this has 384 SPs (6 CUs) rather than the full compliment, and it runs at 758 MHz for a total of 15W TDP on the processor.
HP paired the SoC with 8GB of DDR4 memory, although we were unable to determine if this was single channel (1x8GB) or dual channel (2x4GB) as CPU-Z is not currently configured for 7th Gen detection. The system has two drives - a 128GB SSD from an unknown vendor as a boot drive and a 1TB mechanical storage drive from HGST. The panel was a clear 1080p IPS, and the track pad was certainly larger than I had expected. Internal Wi-Fi is a 2x2 solution using Intel's 802.11ac 7265 controller.
One thing worth noting is that this was the only system with a Type-C connector. This is USB, and based on the logo seems to be a USB 2.0 implementation.
#3: HP Pavilion, £400
In the more budget section of the store were two systems, but I essentially passed over this design from HP. It uses an A9, implying Stoney Ridge and 1x8 GB of single channel DDR4-2133. This came with a 2TB mechanical drive, and looks very similar to previous HP Pavilion systems.
Further to the other HP system, this was also devoid of any AMD logos.
#4: Lenovo Ideapad 310, £350
However the Ideapad 310 intrigued me. It was the cheapest model on display, cheaper than both the Stoney Bridge models, but came with a 15W Bristol Ridge A10-9600P, a dual module/quad thread design running at 2.4 GHz/3.3 GHz. The APU has support for dual channel DDR4-1866, and I'd half expect this 8GB model only had one memory module, but the rear of the device had a large enough section for users to add in their own memory. The APU also has a 384 SPs (6 CU) design for graphics, running at 720 MHz.
Other specifications include an Intel 802.11ac module, an integrated DVD drive, a 1080p screen (unfortunately TN) and a 1TB mechanical SATA storage drive for £350.
There have been instances in the past where an OEM uses a bargain basement design, but sticks in the high-end processor (Like the 9800) as a big 'wow' factor, but the cooling and the build quality gives the game away after a few days of use. Nonetheless, part of me feels that another $20 on an IPS panel would actually provide a good experience, as long as the design supports dual channel memory. If that's the case, I'd stick in 32gb of what I have lying around, a spare 1TB SSD, and it would be a nicely workable system for Anandtech on the road. Maybe that's just me.
#5: A HP 550-103NA Desktop, £500
When AMD launched the Kaveri Refresh line of processors, sometimes known as Godavari, alongside the number of consumer-focused processors was a line of OEM-only parts. The consumer line was the 7000 series, whereas the OEM line was the 8000 series, but fundamentally it was the same silicon and same set of specifications, except the OEM-only parts were designed for the HPs, Dells, Lenovos and other system integrators with different support packages therein. For the UK at least, these tend to be online only purchases, at least anecdotally from my experience any AMD desktop in a brick and mortar store tends to be AMD FX based on the AM3+ platform. So I was quite surprised to see an AMD Kaveri Refresh system in a HP desktop with a reasonable design ID.
The system on display used the 65W A10-8750, the OEM equivalent of the A10-7860K, combined with an R5 330 discrete graphics card as a dual graphics solution (512 SPs at from the APU, 320 SPs from the discrete card). It's a slightly lopsided configuration, aimed mainly at supporting multiple screens or different connection types.
The system had 8 GB of DRAM, and I was able to barely see into the case to confirm it was in two memory modules for dual channel operation. Storage on the system was marketed as a 2TB drive, however the system did have a 128GB SSD as a boot drive as well.
Interestingly while looking through the side vents in the system, I noticed that the motherboard had been put in upside down but also reversed, similar to the Corsair 600Q that we recently reviewed. There are many reasons for this, and I asked if we could open the case up so I could see inside. Unfortunately after asking the floor manager, I was told that opening the case would break the warranty, so I wasn't able to get a better look in the internals, but it was certainly interesting to see these OEM systems on the shop floor.
So You Saw Some AMD Systems, So What?
As a pure observation, the fact that my singular trip showed a greater proportion of AMD designs available for eyeballs on a shop floor is an anecdotal indicator that AMD's OEMs are being bolder and/or more confident with their AMD designs. Sure, none of the ones I saw were absolute stunner systems, with a peak value of 650GBP ($717 pre-tax) and none in a real ultrabook/XPS13 style, but the numbers and variety shows a marked change in what a consumer can see when they visit a store.
I spoke with the store rep who shadowed me during my visit, and I asked whether people were actively interested in any AMD systems. He replied that there was no specific interest, unless gaming was an aspect. It's worth noting that the PCWorld didn't have any of the usual MSI/Acer gaming notebooks on display, so the best gaming laptops on show would have been the products using AMD APUs. It sounded as if the only reason a laptop with an AMD APU would be actively promoted if the customer specifically said gaming was a priority. It's an interesting take, and one that AMD would gladly take.
The store rep picked my brain a bit about the state of the industry, and what we might expect in the future. I recanted what we've learned over the last few weeks about Kaby Lake and Zen, as well as a little bit of VR discussion. Compared to some previous store reps I've spoken with, even though he wasn't up to speed with the absolute latest, he certainly knew about specific processors, graphics cards and general perceptions of the big OEM players in that space. Kudos to Raj, it was a fun half hour!
With regards Zen notebooks in the future, Lisa Su mentioned during an August presentation that after the launch of the high-end desktop parts and AMD in servers, notebooks are expected in the second half of 2017, or essentially 12 months away. I suspect during Computex and/or IFA next year, we might start to see some interesting Zen designs for notebooks.
Yuriman - Monday, September 19, 2016 - link
"The Envy was the most expensive AMD notebook on display, offering a typical HP premium design ID with a near-top line A12-9700P under the hood. This uses two 2nd Gen Excavator cores for four threads, a configuration called Bristol Ridge, and runs at 2.5 GHz base with 3.4 GHz turbo on the cores."
Are AMD's modules no longer two cores? Has the FX-8350 been reclassified to a 4 core / 8 thread CPU? Reply
ToTTenTranz - Monday, September 19, 2016 - link
All Bulldozer->Excavator modules have 2 INT units with a shared FP unit.
1 INT unit is used to essentially describe what ultimately represents 1 "core" (otherwise older CPUs without FP units like the ARM9 would be considered.. zero-cores? no-cores?).
Why AT decided to change that convention to 1 INT unit = 1 thread is beyond me.. Reply
ddriver - Monday, September 19, 2016 - link
The ALU would be used to drive program logic rather than do actual computation. In this regard, the design has the potential to drive more threads, but unfortunately, the compute performance of the threads is bottlenecked by the shared SIMD unit. Reply
MLSCrow - Monday, September 19, 2016 - link
There is no official naming convention that has been standardized to make the core count = integer units. So, AT did not change any convention to any other. He's a veteran and like most veterans of the industry, we all know that an AMD "core" is really a module and a module has 2 int units and 1fp unit to make up one "core", but since it's not a typical core, they deem it module.
AMD's marketing, at the time, seemed to want to hype up the product, and determined it would be find to call their quad module chips "8-core" due to the fact that it has 8 integer units, but unlike a standard 8-core chip, it only has quad-core floating point units, which is why that class-action lawsuit arose, regarding false advertising by AMD when referring to their chips as 8-core. Not sure how that lawsuit turned out, if it even has yet. Reply
Actually, each module has two int and two float units, people seem to be mistaking the FPU, of which there are 2 per module, with the SIMD, which can process either ints or floats, but is a vector rather than a scalar unit, which is shared one per module. Reply
Ian Cutress - Monday, September 19, 2016 - link
It's a module for two threads. I've had my head stuck in other microarchitecture things this week, forgot to reset brain on terminology. Updated :) Reply
pugster - Monday, September 19, 2016 - link
AMD's offering of desktops and larger laptops is competing Intel over crumbs. Intel has been focusing on low powered chips, less than 15w tdp, but AMD is not following suit. Reply
I'm curious what makes you say that AMD is not following suit. They have been addressing low power and efficiency for many years. The FX9800P is a 15W design. The 9700P, 9600P, and 9210/9010 are all 15w parts. They also have 10W, 9W, 8W, 6W, 5W, 4.5W, 3.95W, 2.8W, etc. Reply
Achaios - Monday, September 19, 2016 - link
I bought a brand-new 500 euro laptop this last August. CPU is i5-6200U and GPU is a Radeon R5-M330.
My buying guide was this: https://www.cpubenchmark.net/singleThread.html
Quite frankly, although I would very much like to purchase an AMD CPU, I would never do so because their CPU's have got a very weak single-threaded performance.
For the record, using CPUID Version 15.01.64 (CPUZ Benchmark), my 6200U (Skylake) scored 1375 marks Single Threaded and 2706 marks Multi-T.
I 'd never buy a laptop that came with a CPU with weak single-threaded performance. I simply know too much about PC's to do that, however, it is easy to see how a tech inept person would do so lured by the system's ultra low price.
Can't really see though any tech savvy person buying a laptop with an AMD CPU. That would be tantamount to shooting one's own foot with a gun. Note that I am quite positively predisposed to AMD, just not tech inept. Reply
Samus - Monday, September 19, 2016 - link
Even in the desktop market, the 3 year old, $60 Pentium G3258 in STOCK configuration has higher single threaded performance than just about any AMD CPU, even those that cost $200.
In mobile AMD actually makes more sense to me because even Skylake has weak GPU performance compared to AMD APU's, especially in the 15-25w segment. Reply

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There have been, from time to time, concerns among playwrights that we have too many workshops and not enough productions. There may be some merit to the case. Plays production costs enormously, both in dollars and time, at almost every level, but companies that can't risk a new play dying on their mainstage (or even a second stage) might be able to swing a workshop. In doing so, they feel they've played their part in giving birth to new plays.
Things get considerably trickier when theatres workshop plays and then want a piece of future percentages. They get even more complicated if workshop directors or other individuals want a piece of possible earnings. That's a discussion for another place.
It should be said, however, that plays aren't ready for staging when they first roll out of a printer. The words must be said by actors, because a playwright can work magic staging, performing, and even supplying applause in his or her head, but you have to get the thing up on its feet to see if its really going to work. And, let's face it: very few of us can build a perfect play entirely by ourselves. So we have workshops. And they can be really fun. At least until the talkbacks start.
Again, workshops overlap somewhat with conferences, festivals, and other gatherings of the theatre tribe.
Academy for New Musical Theatre
Offers a core curriculum for musical theatre writing, enabling writers, composers, and lyricists to enhance their skills through craft-specific labs and to share their knowledge and experience through collaborative work assignments.
Asian American Theater Company – NewWorks Incubator
Actors, writers, directors, and mentors collaborate to create new Asian American plays.
CherryLaneTheatreMentor Program
A program engaging leading dramatists in one-on-one mentoring relationships with emerging playwrights for a theater season, resulting in a showcase production at Cherry Lane's Studio theatre.
David Henry Hwang Writers Institute
A 10-week workshop designed to help new and experienced writers start or develop new plays into scripts ready for staging.
Fieldwork (The Field)
A unique forum for artists to share developing works and exchange feedback, peer to peer. Fieldwork's structure reveals how each piece is perceived by others, and fosters a detailed information exchange. Usually scheduled as weekly or bi-monthly sessions, many groups culminate in an informal showings, open to the public.
The Lark Play Development Center
A laboratory for new voices and new ideas, providing playwrights and their collaborators with resources to develop their work in a supportive, rigorous environment, and encouraging artists to define their own goals and creative processes in pursuit of a unique vision.
Nightswimming
A dramaturgical company that develops new Canadian plays, performance works, and dance. Nightswimming commissions, develops, and workshops these projects and seeks out established theatre companies as partners in extended development.
The Original Workshops
A script development program in Los Angeles for beginning and advanced stage and screen writers. One-day workshops are held Saturdays, cost $125, and have limited class sizes.
Pataphysics Playwriting Workshops
Four-session, intimate workshops at The Flea Theater for new work and for discovering new ways of working.
Supports development of new local voices for the theatre. A Bay Area playwright incubator, providing "opportunities for the cultivation and development of early-career local playwrights and partnerships with leading professional directors, actors, and theatres."
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A professional theatre centre dedicated to development of contemporary work and new writers for the Canadian stage.
PTC – Playwrights Theatre Centre
A dramaturgically-focused theatre company that supports Canadian playwriting, from play creation to performance. PTC engages with the professional theatre community nationally and internationally in developing new work.
Playwrights Gallery
Founded in 1991 to nourish the work of emerging New York City playwrights. The Gallery holds twice-monthly playwriting workshops from September to June, and produces staged readings in the fall, winter, and spring. Its acting company reads work in progress and performs finished work for invited audiences.
Playwrights Platform
Non-profit Boston-area cooperative of playwrights, directors, and resident actors "developing new theater by providing a forum to explore the process of creating new dramatic work." Holds regular readings of new works; each summer, it produces an annual festival of new plays, written by its members.
Pulse Ensemble Playwrights Lab
A group of playwrights meeting for three hours a week, on Monday nights, to listen to actors read scenes from their plays. After the readings, discussions examine how well the work serves the playwright's objectives.
Soho Rep Writer/Director Lab
Fosters collaboration between early-career writers and directors in the beginning stages of the creative process. Each year, up to five writers and directors pair to create a new play, culminating in a spring public reading series. Readings are free and open to the public.
Southern Writers Project
An event giving modern-day storytellers a chance to develop their stories by working with actors, directors, dramaturgs, and an audience. Presented by the AlabamaShakespeare Festival.
Sundance Institute Theatre Lab
A three-week play development retreat designed to support the creation of new work by playwrights, directors, composers, and librettists, and to provide a place where that work can be effectively mentored and challenged. The process culminates in a closed presentation of each work-in-progress for the Lab community, followed by an intimate artist-led feedback session.
The Playcrafters Group
Works with dramatic writers from across the country to develop producible scripts for motion pictures and theatre. Through balanced, constructive feedback, they seek to help writers focus their creativity, organize their ideas, and present their work in clear, credible, and dramatically compelling ways.
The Scripteasers
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Opinion: Record-breaking men's tennis unstoppable on Columbus courts
By Kane Anderson: anderson.1995@osu.edu	March 31, 2014	0
With cameras raised and the volume so low you could hear a pin drop, Ohio State senior Peter Kobelt stepped up to the line to serve for match point against Northwestern's senior Raleigh Smith.
It seemed routine, as Kobelt has sealed so many matches for the OSU men's tennis team this season. But this meant so much more than any other match.
He lofted the ball up and, with one powerful swing, rocketed his serve at Smith, who could barely get a racket on it. Smith's return barely made it over the net and Kobelt knew exactly what to do with it. He fired into the corner of the court for the win, secure the match and history for the Buckeyes.
Kobelt had just sealed the deal to complete OSU's 185th consecutive home win. That's more than any other team in any other sport in the history of the NCAA.
One hundred eighty-five straight.
If the magnitude of that many wins doesn't sink in, then consider this: The beginning of the streak started with a 5-2 win over Purdue on April 5, 2003.
That's 4,104 days ago.
At that time, "Finding Nemo" and "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" were some of the top-grossing movies at the box office and "In Da Club" by 50 Cent and "Ignition (Remix)" by R. Kelly were the top songs on the radio. Do you feel old yet?
Dominance like that over a nearly 11-year span is beyond impressive. Dominance might even be too light of a term to describe the run. When it comes to the Buckeyes playing at the Varsity Tennis Center, perfection seems like a more appropriate word.
In the sports world, teams don't just stay good like this, but the Buckeyes have proven to be magical in Columbus.
The Super Bowl champions when this streak started were the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Since then, the Buccaneers have had four different coaches and have become the bottom-dwellers of the NFC South.
Roger Federer, arguably the greatest tennis player of all time, had not yet won a Grand Slam title when the Buckeyes began their streak. He now has the most ever with 17.
Over a decade, this remarkable winning streak has seen its way through the invention of the smartphone, three presidential elections and inflation of gas prices (it was $1.49 per gallon in Ohio in April 2003).
The Buckeyes have fielded 10 All-Americans during the streak, including having at least one each season since 2004. They also have had a doubles national championship in 2012 (Chase Buchanan and Blaz Rola) and a singles champion in 2013 (Rola).
Kobelt is the only All-American on the roster now, but one man who has been at every win throughout the streak is head coach Ty Tucker.
Playing at Ohio State from 1989-91, Tucker was a two-time All-American before going pro in 1992.
He returned to Ohio State as an assistant coach in 1995 and became head coach in 1999. Since then he has turned the Buckeyes into a national power and Kobelt referred to this streak as "his baby."
After beating Illinois Sunday, the Buckeyes only have three more opponents left on their 2014 home slate in Tulsa, Iowa and Nebraska. As the No. 2 team in the nation, though, it is likely they will host a regional for the NCAA tournament to try and add on even more wins to the streak.
With Kobelt being the lone senior on the team, the future still looks bright for OSU with younger members of the roster looking to extend dominance the Buckeyes have managed so far in Columbus.
The Buckeyes (21-2, 6-0) are next scheduled to play at Minnesota Friday at 3 p.m.
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Ruff Guide to Football Research
Wednesday, 02 January 2008 00:00	Andy Pitchford
Pre match
This Ruff Guide is divided into a series of football-friendly sections. We Warm Up by considering the breadth and complexity of football development before looking at our view of Tactics – how we think you can make the most of the football resources on the internet and beyond. We then consider the Players to understand where football research has come from before entering the Pitch to get to grips with the resources we've identified for your consideration.
Offside, onside, over the line, foul, no foul, handball, bung, no bung…the arguments and discussions about football appear endless. Our national sport is everywhere, it dominates our newspapers and television screens, it infuses our language, and it keeps some of us awake at night. It is a source of meaning and identity for huge numbers of people. Such is its apparent influence that many of those involved with sports organisations see football as the ideal medium for the development of individuals, groups and communities. Consequently, many agencies use football as an intervention device, hoping that the sport will foster togetherness, inclusion, equality, empowerment, reduced crime or improved health. At the same time, those organisations responsible for the sport in its various guises – professional and amateur clubs, the Football Association, the FA Premier League, educational institutions – are busy developing footballers to play the sport in competitive settings.
However, despite the enthusiasm which football generates, using the sport as a tool for development is actually a pretty complicated business. Hundreds of organisations are busy using football to meet their own ends, and unfortunately some of these ends can be contradictory. Professional clubs for example, in their quest to find and develop the next Wayne Rooney, may have very different values and priorities to community groups who are trying to use football as a relationship strategy with marginalised young people. Similarly, amateur clubs with a focus on performance may struggle to find common ground with organisations attempting to empower people with disabilities. These kinds of conflicts are common in the 'football family', and as a consequence football development is a hotly contested arena. There are fall outs, fights, squabbles and plenty of people who don't talk to each other any more. And that's just within the FA.
This isn't to say that some good doesn't come from the work of the organisations involved, and of course the same kinds of problems arise in all sports development settings. It's just that football is such a dominant part of our culture, and has such a long and complicated history, that it is important to understand the vested interests and micro politics of the sport before one can come to any genuine conclusions about its potential as an effective tool for social intervention or sports development.
This guide is designed in order to help us to learn about the power play and organisational manoeuvres that have shaped the sport in its current form. Understanding football critically – through the lenses of such fields as sociology, social psychology, management theory and politics – can help to consider how effective the sport is in development terms, and how it might be organised and delivered differently in the future to ensure greater success.
The guide is therefore a gateway to academic analysis of the sport. It focuses on theoretical and policy analysis from social science perspectives. It does not, currently, consider natural science questions or applications. So if your interest is in physiological, biomechanical or psychological domains, this site may be of only limited use – although obviously we think it's still worth reading on…
The guide works by pointing you in the direction of resources in three different contexts:
Published academic texts. These are books or peer-reviewed journal articles in the public domain. In the guide we cite these as references (eg, Cikler, 1997), and you are then invited to locate and consider the original version. Full reference details – together with reviews of selected texts – are held in our unique Football Bibliography. This recently updated document is an expansive guide to literature on football and can be used as an efficient short-cut when pursuing a range of football themes.
The library. This houses a range of key policy and evaluation documents, published by the major government and sports agencies. You can download these documents or read them from the site.
The web sites of academic research centres, football portals, magazines and fanzines dedicated to the beautiful game. While care should be taken to distinguish the appropriateness of these resources for the purposes of academic essays and critique (ie don't try to present articles from websites as academic sources), we will discover that many of the individuals involved in the field will write for both intellectual and popular audiences.
Although there has long been a market for football writing, it is only relatively recently that biographies, annuals and club histories have been joined on the shelves by more serious, rigorous considerations of the sport and its impact on society. This shift can be traced, for the most part, to the crises that beset the sport in the 1980s, and to the battles over how best to run a sport that had lost its way to the extent that the government at the time, led by Margaret Thatcher, was considering direct regulation of the game. Heysel, Bradford, Hillsborough, together with the media-enflamed panic over hooliganism, created international embarrassment for Thatcher's administration. Her reaction was to threaten the apparently insipient football authorities with a range of draconian measures, some of which had the potential to bankrupt the sport at professional level (see King, 1998). The publication of the Heysel and Taylor Reports, however, calmed these stormy waters, and opened up the opportunities for state and corporate investment.
In the wake of this came the gradual professionalisation and commercialisation of the major football organisations, for better or for worse (see Conn, 1997). At the same time, a range of new voices were heard for the first time, prepared to stand up for their versions of the national sport. Most often these were supporters, unwilling to see their clubs go to the wall or fall prey to opportunistic business interests. In the late 1980s, independent supporters groups mushroomed at the same time as fanzines began to make an impact on match days and beyond. A national organisation, the Football Supporters Association (FSA), was formed to represent the views of fans at the highest levels. Although printed fanzines are now in less obvious circulation, internet fan sites have since proliferated. An indication of the broad interests of these publications can be drawn from the independent magazine, When Saturday Comes (www.wsc.co.uk).
Up until this time, give or take the paternalistic interest of the odd Oxford anthropologist (eg Morris, 1980), the focal point for the academic analysis of football had been the University of Leicester. Here, inspired by the sociologist Eric Dunning, researchers had developed studies of spectator violence. A series of successful papers led to the formation of the Sir Norman Chester Research Centre, where Dunning and his colleagues, particularly Murphy and Williams, carved a niche in football research. The archives of the Centre are still available at the newly styled Centre for the Sociology of Sport (www.le.ac.uk/sociology/css/), which continues some football-based research today.
However, from the early 1990s onwards, football began to gain more credibility. Newly built or refurbished stadium hastened the 'gentrification' of the sport, and the increase in sports media outlets gave football – and its more radical commentators – opportunities to spread the word further. BBC Radio 5 led to 6.06 led to Danny Baker led to Danny Kelly and, somehow, to David Mellor. Nick Hornby's Fever Pitch led to Arthur Smith's An Evening With Gary Lineker led to films and television dramas and comedies. Replica shirts led to retro shirts led to Philosophy Football (www.philosophyfootball.com).
At the same time, interest from within academia began to simmer. Rogan Taylor, who had been the driving force behind the FSA, established a research interest at the University of Liverpool (www.liv.ac.uk/footballindustry/), while established cultural studies scholars such as Alan Tomlinson and John Sugden (now both at the Chelsea School at Brighton University) began to write about identity in the English and Northern Irish game. Other career sociologists, Gary Armstrong, Tim Crabbe and later Richard Giulianotti began to apply new techniques and bring different dimensions to empirical studies and investigations, and a body of knowledge was fast developing.
And then, of course, Football Came Home. Football's increasing popularity, brought home rather forcibly by Euro 96, confirmed to the Labour Party that the sport was worthy of government attention. In some respects, this can be seen as an appeal to populism. Tony Blair exchanging headers with Kevin Keegan or Alex Ferguson may have become a fairly consistent election tactic, but beneath the spin were genuine concerns by Labour politicians about the state of the game.
These concerns relate to five main aspects of the sport:
The ways in which the Football Association managed and regulated the game as a whole. Many saw the FA as responsible for the cynical manipulation of the sport by commercial interests; the degrading of such iconic competitions as the FA Cup; poor financial management and the variable performance of the national team. There were also fears about the extent to which the 92-member FA Council was representative of all interests in the game.
The ways in which clubs were owned, organised and managed. The advent of the FA Premier League heralded a shift in club ownership, with the supporters often disenfranchised and marginalised as a result. The demise of Wimbledon FC is of particular note in this context, but there is a long list of examples of football clubs being consumed by the unsavoury appetites of developers and business interests.
The extent of corruption and insider dealing within the sport. Agents, the bung culture, bribery and betting frauds were all causes for concern, alongside the representation of professional footballers in the media as self-regarding, self-abusing sex addicts. Not a good thing.
The extent to which all communities were represented in all aspects of participation, spectatorship and administration. The first target here was the position and inclusion of women, but this soon extended to ethnic minorities and people with disabilities.
The notion that professional clubs in particular, and football clubs in general, could and should do more for their communities. This relates to both football development (the education of predominantly young footballers) and community development (the use of football as a social intervention).
Since this time, policy and academic work on these aspects has proliferated. The first impetus for this was the commissioning by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) of the Football Task Force. The Task Force was the stimulus for further papers, texts and books, many of which called for the Football Association to improve their governance of the sport. Frustration with the intransigence of the FA in this respect led a succession of Ministers of Sport to apply pressure to the national governing body. This has only recently culminated in the FA Council sanctioning a review process led by Lord Burns, and a commitment by the FA to embrace new governance procedures and democratic representation.
Our guide is designed as a window into the research, policy and debate that has been generated around themes in football over the past 20 years. We have restricted our attention to those texts and documents which we think have something to say about football development or community development, broadly defined. While we have excluded some texts on this basis, we may well have been wrong or we may have simply overlooked articles or books which are of great relevance. If you feel this is the case, please do let us know so that we can improve this gateway.
In order to simplify your entry to the football research 'pitch', we've put some metaphorical cones down in order to divide it up into the following sections:
The Football Association and the governance and regulation of the sport
Football and social inclusion
Football development and 'football in the community'.
The search for football excellence
1. The FA, governance and regulation
Until recently, understanding the politics of the Football Association, its structure and the work of its various departments has been something of a challenge. The FA itself has, for many years, been deluged with enquiries from students asking for help with information or networking, and has found it difficult to cope because of the sheer quantity of requests. Now, however, the FA have developed their own resource especially for students in further and higher education: www.thefa.com/TheFA/ContactUs/Postings/2006/09/ResearchResource.htm
While this is already proving to be immensely useful, we need to remember that the information presented here is essentially 'apologetic', in that it is produced by the FA itself and does not analyse or critique the work of the organization. To begin a more critical evaluation of the FA, we could consider the work of such influential journalists as Ed Horton (1997), David Conn (1997, 2005) or Tom Bower (2004). We could, alternatively, start with the reports of the Football Task Force:
Department of Culture, Media and Sport, (1998) Eliminating Racism from Football, (London: DCMS)
Department of Culture, Media and Sport (1998) Improving Disabled Access (London: DCMS)
Department of Culture, Media and Sport (1998) Investing in the Community (London: DCMS).
The interplay between the Football Association, the FA Premier League, professional clubs and supporters groups, alluded to in each of these texts and reports, has been the inspiration for much of the work of the Football Governance Research Centre (FGRC) at Birkbeck (www.football-research.org). Inspired by management theorists, most notably Jonathan Michie and Christine Oughton, and informed by its support for a variety of supporter-led campaigns, FGRC now embraces research which considers a wide range of issues relating to power, ownership, legality, politics and economics in the professional game. The FGRC site contains downloads of major outputs and reviews of a series of influential texts produced by Michie, Oughton and Sean Hamill.
The FGRC has for some time been closely aligned with campaigns to foster 'mutualism' in relation to club ownership. In other words, it has helped to encourage supporters to attempt to take ownership of their club in order to run the organisations in a more democratic, more open and more effective manner. New forms of ownership structures also help supporters to resist take-overs by those perceived as 'hostile' to the long term interests of the club and its local communities. These values reflect many of those in other sectors who champion the virtues of 'social enterprises', check out our Rough Guide to Sport and Social Enterprises for some useful comparisons.
In the context of football, and to a lesser extent those other sports with spectator interests (for example rugby union, rugby league and cricket) the chief advisory body for those interested in new forms of ownership has been Supporters Direct (www.supporters-direct.org). This government backed initiative has assisted the development of over 100 Supporters Trusts, some of which have gone on to gain overall control of their club – with varying degrees of success. Much of the work of the FGRC suggests that clubs with some element of supporter-ownership are more likely to embrace community development and social inclusion campaigns, contrasting their long term, social goals with the more profit-oriented objectives of PLCs or privately owned organisations.
Continued pressure from a range of journalistic and academic sources, alongside the musings of left wing think tanks (see for example the Institute for Public Policy Research's (2004) Trust in Football publication), and – eventually – the heavy leaning of the Minister for Sport, forced the Football Association to acknowledge a case for change in governance procedures. The FA Board commissioned Lord Burns to conduct a structural review, the Conclusions and Proposals of which are available on this site, alongside a useful comparative document which looks at governance procedures in a range of UK and international NGBs. Details of the FA's responses to the Burns Report – some of which represent major changes to the organisation - can be found at www.TheFA.com.
Within a year of the publication of the Burns Report, the FA Premier League received the Report of the Quest Inquiry (otherwise known as the Stevens Report). This Report, and its Conclusions, concerned apparent financial irregularities in the transfer market. The work of Lord Stevens and Lord Burns are often confused but it is important to recognise their distinctive aims and the fact that they were commissioned by, and reported to, different organisations.
2. Football and Social Inclusion
Despite its enormous popularity, football is not in a position to claim that it has a sparkling history in relation to social inclusion. The 'club'-based nature of the sport, together with the male, white, aged, middle-class hegemony of the governing body, has restricted access to the sport for a range of communities in the past century and a half. Racism, sexism and other forms of discrimination have abounded in the sport, and many authors argue that despite the advances of the past 30 years the legacy of many historic attitudes is proving hard to shift.
The transformation of football that followed the chaos of the mid-1980s opened up debate on many of these issues, and a host of texts has followed as a result. A cursory glance through our Football Bibliography will reveal the level of interest that academics have demonstrated in terms of histories and critiques relating to gender, ethnicity and disability. This work has, in turn, influenced practice, with all of the major football agencies engaging in campaigns aimed at enhancing social inclusion in the sport.
Much of this work is summarised in the Football Task Force Reports, but two campaigns of particular note are Kick It Out (http://www.kickitout.org/) and Football Unites Racism Divides (http://www.furd.org/).
In terms of evaluations and critiques, the best introductory papers are held at the Centre for the Sociology of Sport (www.le.ac.uk/sociology/css/). A series of fact-sheets, originally produced for the Sir Norman Chester Centre, include:
Black Footballers in Britain
Racism and Football
Women and Football
A Brief History of Female Football Fans
Football and Families
Other substantive work in this context includes Welch, Spracken and Pilcher's (2004) work for the Campaign for Racial Equality, Racial Equality in Football: A Survey, whilst Tacon's (2005) Football and Social Inclusion (available on the FGR site) is a useful overview of the potential of the sport to connect to the broader policy agenda outlined in our Rough Guide to Sport and Social Inclusion.
3. Football development and football in the community
This section considers resources that can inform our understanding of two different but inter-related aspects of contemporary football. By football development, we mean activity related to the amateur game – what the FA calls the 'national game'. By football in the community, however, we mean the impact of professional clubs on their local populations. As we will see, there are many overlaps between these two realms, but different organizations tend to dominate in each sector.
The amateur game is in a state of some turmoil. The FA's (2003) Football Trends demonstrates the apparent demise of the adult, 11-a-side game, and the concurrent growth of small-sided football, typically in indoor, commercial settings. At the same time however, the youth game is exploding. The FA estimate that 4,360,000 young people are currently participating in the sport – an incredible figure, especially when one considers that organized football for the Under 12 age groups is a relatively recent phenomenon. Brackenridge et al's (2007) Child Welfare in Football shows how a variety of societal factors have helped create an environment where adults now organize, administer, referee and coach children's football in more ways than ever before. Gone are the days of jumpers for goalposts, instead we have shiny new leagues, kits, goals, referees, branded equipment and crowds of excitable parents.
The FA has, in various ways, supported what many consider to be a hugely impressive transformation of the sport through the work of its Football Development Officers (FDOs). A largely-graduate workforce of FDOs is now in place across the country, managed by a network of county and regional managers who report to the FA's National Game division. The FA's student resource is an effective gateway to information on the work of the division, and its impact on coaching, women's football, club development (in particular through the Charter Standard system), volunteering and social inclusion. Additionally, however, a series of informative guidebooks map out the FA's ethos and approach, and many of these have been written by Les Howie, one of the key thinkers in the National Game division's inner circle (see Howie, 2004, 2004a, 2004b).
A key element of the FA's strategy has been the promotion of mini soccer, the 5, 6 and 7-a-side version of the full game. Mini soccer was introduced in the 1990s to enable children under 11 to enjoy a more child-centred sport, offering them more touches of the ball, more creativity and greater opportunity to develop their skills. However, mini soccer has been grasped enthusiastically by the voluntary sector, with thousands of clubs now boasting competitive teams in the Under 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 age groups. Many of the matches featuring such teams are watched by crowds of parents, friends and relatives, creating what some perceive to be a pressurised environment. Concerns about parental behaviour and its impact on child welfare have been detailed in some depth in Brackenridge et al's (2007) work, and commentators from a wide range of agencies now appear to acknowledge that the adult input into children's football can be problematic.
Some organizations have become so concerned with the adult run, high pressure, 'low-risk/low-skill' leagues that they have set up their own alternatives. The most prominent of these is in the form of a campaign, www.giveusbackourgame.co.uk) created by Cirencester-based coach and writer Paul Cooper. The campaign came to prominence in early 2007, and was supported by the Daily Telegraph. It aims to help bring football back to children, to allow them more control over the sport, and to make the game more playful and enjoyable. Giveusbackourgame espouses small sided matches, refereed by the children themselves, emphasizing equality, skill and enjoyment. Elsewhere, Birmingham City Council have, for the past 8 years, run a highly successful alternative football programme for children, called Strikes. Thousands of children each year enjoy child-centred coaching and competition at the City's network of leisure centres (see www.strikessoccer.co.uk). In Dorset, Soccervation (www.soccervation.org) is an independent provider, again offering a child-centred approach and competition. While this range of provision is of great interest, there is as yet no research which evaluates these programmes or examines their approaches or ethos. A useful starting point for a dissertation, we would suggest.
If football development is then, a complicated and contested arena, much same can be said of football in the community. Although it could be argued that professional football clubs have always connected, in a variety of ways, with their local communities, the formalized Football in the Community (FITC) programme has only been in existence since 1979. At this point, the Sports Council established FITC schemes at a selection of football league and rugby league clubs, and whilst some of these were viewed as a success (see Ingham, 1981), limited funding saw only a few stutter on until 1985, when the Professional Footballers Association (www.givemefootball.com ) became involved. The PFA saw the programme as an ideal way to secure employment for its members who had retired from the professional sport, and invested monies to secure new initiatives, mostly in the North West. At the same time, the Sports Council in the London and South East attempted to revive FITC by entering partnerships with local authorities – the successful Millwall FITC programme was, for example, created in this context.
By the early 1990s, FITC had expanded across the country with the help of additional funding from The Football League and the Football Association. By the mid-point of the decade, all professional clubs hosted at least one full-time FITC officer, with some schemes growing dramatically.
Despite this success, the situation on the ground was not always rosy. Many clubs did not contribute financially to their FITC programmes, choosing instead to simply receive funding from external agencies and act as 'host' to the initiative. The commitment of these clubs to the schemes was often questioned as a result. The aims and objectives of the schemes were often unclear, and in some cases almost contradictory. Some were focused on youth engagement, others on commercial soccer schools and holiday programmes, others on the search for prospective new players. Few were able to generate data in order to demonstrate their success in any of these fields.
The substantive academic work on FITC reflects this rather mixed picture. The Football Task Force Report, Investing in the Community, for example, details a range of examples of good practice, whilst at the same time expressing concerns about the coherence of FITC schemes and their connections with local communities in greatest need of support. Otherwise, the most in-depth study of FITC has been carried out by Brown et al (2006). The Football and Its Communities: Final Report was the outcome of a 3 year project funded by the Football Foundation (www.footballfoundation.org.uk ), the charitable arm of the major football agencies. Although Brown and Gavin Mellor were then at Manchester Metropolitan University, they have since moved with co-author Tim Crabbe to establish an independent research consultancy called Substance. Substance has recently published another study of some interest in association with EA Sports Research, focusing on the connections between football, identity and fandom. Football: An All Consuming Passion, is available on this site, but the Substance pages are themselves worth monitoring (www.substance.coop).
The other review of note is Neil Watson's (2000) analysis of FITC initiatives. Watson had been the inspiration behind the Leyton Orient FITC programme (now the Leyton Orient Community Sports Programme - http://www.locsp.org/). He has since been the lead at the national Positive Futures programme. The major evaluations of Positive Futures have, of course, been carried out by Tim Crabbe and his team – the individuals now behind the success of Substance.
In addition to these reports, some more introductory, discursive papers are available at the Centre for the Sociology of Sport's resource pages, particularly amongst the Singer and Friedlander Illustrative Review articles. These papers cover a period from 1997 to 2002, and include a range of community/development themes, including:
The role of agents
Medicine and injuries
4. The search for excellence
Despite several upgrades, services and revamps in the past 20 years, the English system for developing young football players appears to be yet to fire on all cylinders. Instead, a host of teething problems, and an ongoing uncertainty about how best to drive this particular monster, leave it spluttering on in a rather unsatisfactory manner.
Up until 1997, the question of who might drive the system was of considerable importance. Professional clubs had, traditionally, enjoyed limited contact with young players until their mid to late teenage years, with the state school sector effectively responsible for coaching and development. The English Schools Football Association (www.esfa.co.uk) therefore had great status in the sector. In the early 1980s however, the FA also entered the fray by opening its National School of Excellence at the Lilleshall National Sports Centre.
While the FA could claim some successes from Lilleshall – Michael Owen and Sol Campbell were amongst a series of graduates who went on to international success – the professional clubs were becoming increasingly twitchy about the FA's involvement. At the same time, some independent research (see for example Andrew Parker's work, published in 1996, 1998, 2000 and 2001), was asking serious questions about the impact of professional club cultures on the welfare of young players.
In 1997, the FA published its Charter for Quality, which proposed the replacement of the former Youth Training Scheme (YTS) for young footballers with a new structure of licensed FA Academies at 40 professional clubs, with the remaining Football League clubs operating FA Centres of Excellence. The proposals were accepted, eventually, by all parties, and a system of accredited, quality assured, sustainable Academies is now in place. The Academies are now overseen by the FA Premier League (http://www.premierleague.com/fapl.rac?command=forwardOnly&nextPage=enCompAcademyLatestRes), with the Football League (http://www.football-league.premiumtv.co.uk/page/Home/0,,10794,00.html) essentially responsible for the more stream-lined Centres of Excellence.
There are currently 42 FA Academies, in receipt of funding which allows them to develop a greater range of services than the 50 FA Centres of Excellence, most of which are associated with clubs in the Football League. The majority of these organisations offer development programmes for children from the ages of 8 to 18, with 'Scholarships' or 'Modern Apprenticeships' offered to those aged 16 and over as the most significant stepping stone towards a professional contract.
The financial volatility of the professional game means that the future of the Academies and Centres is constantly under review by club owners, although the system has yet to be subjected to any rigorous external scrutiny. Instead, a limited range of academic sources has attempted to evaluate the success of the new system, with Monk and Russell's (2001) critique of educational attainment, and Daniel's (2004) assessment of recruitment and retention strategies amongst the most substantive evaluations.
While the EYES (2004) Report offers useful comparative data on elite athlete systems across Europe, there appears to be no independent research which assesses the long term impact of the FA Academies or Centres of Excellence. Although access to professional clubs can sometimes be problematic, investigating the work of FA Academies and Centres of Excellence would appear to be fertile territory for researchers at all levels.
It could be that analysis from other disciplines could inform such investigations. For example, for over 10 years Tom Reilly has been compiling cutting-edge natural science evaluations of the factors that affect footballing excellence. The Science and Football Reports (eg 1986, 1993, 1997, 2002) contain reviews of talent identification systems, match analysis, psychological interventions, coaching systems and nutrition. Other notable contributions include the work of Hemmings and Parker (2002) on group cohesion; Waddington, Roderick and Parker (1999) on injuries; and Simmons and Paul (2001). Interestingly, Craig Simmons had been the main sports scientist at the FA's National School.
In closing this section we would like to point out that despite the many opportunities that exist for research in the area of football excellence, our discussion has been focused on the male game. Even more opportunities exist for the analysis of systems and experiences in performance and excellence settings for both women and people with disabilities – two realms which appear to us to have been entirely overlooked by academic research to date.
We look forward to you contributing to this body of knowledge in the very near future…
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We are grateful to Andy Pitchford - Deputy head of department of sport at the University of Gloucestershire, for providing this Ruff guide.
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Q: Responsive grid in ionic2/Angular2 I want to display a fixed number of cards in each row for specific screen size,
such as: 4 cards in large screen,2 cards in medium screen, 1 card in small screen.
I tried the responsive-sm , responsive-md , responsive-lg like so
    <ion-row responsive-lg>
       <ion-col *ngFor="let item of items" width-25 showWhen="tablet">
          <ion-card>...</ion-card>
       </ion-col>

       <ion-col *ngFor="let item of items" width-50 showWhen="phablet">
          <ion-card>...</ion-card>
       </ion-col>
    </ion-row>

but, no luck.
PS: I am trying to mimic a flow layout behaviour.

A: It was pretty simple actually :P,
    <ion-row wrap>
      <ion-col *ngFor="let item of items">
       <ion-card>...</ion-card>
     </ion-col>
   </ion-row>

Just don't use the width-x nor the responsive-xx, and instead specify a max-width and min-width for the ion-card.

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Is Terrace House: Boys & Girls in the City on Netflix in Argentina?
Yes Terrace House: Boys & Girls in the City (2015) is available on Netflix in Argentina. We first spotted it on January 20, 2022.
But before you go, did you know that Netflix has movies and shows in their catalogue that they hide from us here in Argentina?
Terrace House: Boys & Girls in the City
Six men and women start off as strangers and live together under one roof. All that is provided is a beautiful house and a car. There is no script.
Drama, Reality-TV
Misaki Tamori, Arman Bitaraf, Minori Nakada, Tatsuya Uchihara
Where to watch Terrace House: Boys & Girls in the City in Argentina
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1: New Boys, New Girls, New City
2015-10-12 available in Argentina
One summer's day, six young strangers move into a house together and start living an unscripted drama.
2: Three Crushes
Everyone changes into swimsuits after lunch and heads to the pool on the terrace. The boys are excited at the sight of the girls in their swimsuits.
3: Dream Police
The roommates celebrate tap dancer Yuki's birthday. However, his harsh words trigger tears from both Mizuki and Yuriko.
4: In Tears Again
Makoto and Minori go out to dinner alone together. Yuki asks Yuriko out on a date, but she's had a bit too much sake to drink. What will she say?
5: Eenie Meenie Miney Mo
Tatsuya rocks the house by declaring he'll take each of the three girls on a date this summer. Meanwhile, something is up with Minori and Makoto.
6: All Screwed Up
Tatsuya declared he would go on a date with all three of the girls. First comes Mizuki, and next is Yuriko, but her date opens a whole can of worms.
7: Showing His True Colors
Makoto angers Tatsuya with his rash behavior but shows no signs of remorse, creating a touch-and-go situation in the boys' room.
8: Late Night Poolside
Minori loses interest as she sees how Makoto behaves. Tatsuya reflects on his dates with the three girls in an effort to choose one as his lover.
9: What A Good Day!
Tatsuya and Minori go on a second date. Tatsuya tells her how he feels but says she need not give her answer now. Makoto has a present for Minori.
10: Before He Says the Word...
Unable to forget her ex, Yuriko calls and asks to see him. Meanwhile, after receiving a present from Makoto, Minori talks to him about her feelings.
11: Boy from the Rainbow State
At the Girls Award event, Tatsuya and Minori meet former member Seina, who encouraged their budding relationship. A new member arrives from overseas.
12: Is She Just Best of Three?
Tatsuya finally asks Minori to officially be his girlfriend. How will she answer? Hawaii-born Arman, the newest housemate, asks Mizuki out on a date.
13: Who Will Survive?
Yuriko confesses her feelings to the ex before leaving the house. And her ex's reply? The boys get excited over the arrival of the new girl member.
14: Ikujinashi
Arisa's arrival to the house excites Arman and Yuki because she's "their type." Meanwhile, Tatsuya and Minori find it difficult to take the next step.
15: Heating Up for Someone Else
A kiss takes Tatsuya and Minori's relationship to the next level. Arisa and Arman head to Mt. Takao on a date. But Mizuki also has feelings for Arman.
16: Magic Spell Costco
Arisa grows closer to Arman after having gone out on a number of dates. Yuki, who also hopes to ask Arisa out, tries hard to steal her attention.
17: Anywhere for You
Arman, Arisa, and Mizuki prepare the Japanese-style room for Minori and Tatsuya, now a couple. Arisa promises she will go anywhere with Arman if he wins his fight.
18: Worst Date Ever
Minori confesses her relationship issues to her older sister, Kurumi, who asks Minori whether the two are having make-up sex or not.
19: A Christmas Nightmare
Arman and Arisa go out on a Christmas dinner date. The two hold hands and enjoy the Christmas lights. Then, Arman expresses his feelings to Arisa.
20: Scissorhands
Excitement buzzes as Terrace House welcomes two new members. But upon Natsumi's arrival, an incident causes a clash between her and Minori.
21: Case of Poke Bowl
New member Natsumi invites Arman out to the beach one morning. Later that day, Arman fixes the busy Arisa a Hawaiian fish salad called "poke."
22: Case of the Meat
One night, the housemates discover they have run out of food. Minori suggests eating the fancy wagyu beef that Tatsuya got as a present at work.
23: No Use Crying Over Meat
Tatsuya is furious with his housemates for eating his beef without his permission. Minori's older sister comes to visit and reasons with him.
24: New It Girl in the City
Tatsuya and Minori depart from the house as a couple after seven month. Upon arrival, the new girl becomes an instant love interest among the boys.
25: Mr. Perfect in the City
Aspiring architect Yuto Handa moves in after Misaki. He intends to complete his studies at Harvard and attracts the attention of the female residents.
26: Love Is in the Air
Hikaru is interested in the new housemate Misaki. When she talks about her ex, he doesn't hide his irritation. The next day, when the two are alone...
27: Always Smiling With You
Hikaru takes Misaki for a romantic motorbike ride to the beach. Later, Misaki tells Natsumi that she wishes the date had lasted forever.
28: Cry, Cry, Cry
Yuto promises to go fishing with Natsumi, but he changes his mind and tells her he can't go because of his girlfriend. Natsumi starts to cry.
29: Nightie Nightmare
High school student Riko Nagai, who recently won a national beauty contest, joins the gang. Misaki quickly befriends her and they chat about Hikaru.
30: Girl's Decision in Love
When Misaki buys some sleepwear with Hikaru's opinion in mind, Natsumi comments on it and the two get into an argument. Yuto sides against Natsumi.
31: Natsumi & Fuyumi
Misaki confesses her feelings to Hikaru. That night, she says something that makes Natsumi incredibly angry and winds up paying the price for it.
32: Shall We Pas de Deux?
When Hikaru suddenly declares that he will leave the house with Natsumi, the rest of the members are shocked. Misaki has a talk with him in private.
33: First Dip in the Pool
Hayato promises to go on a date with Riko, but she worries she's too young for him. During the welcome party, an unexpected surprise occurs.
34: Hamburg x Hamburg
Riko asks Hayato if he thinks she's immature, but he reassures her. They decide on Tsukiji for their second date. Arman participates in a festival.
35: Bye Bye Mr. Perfect
Momoka works up the courage to ask Arman out to the beach. Hayato and Riko enjoy their date at Tsukiji. Meanwhile, Yuto makes a decision.
36: Byrnes Sandwich
Shortly after Handa's departure, Yuuki arrives at the house. Good looking and tall, he's just Riko's type. But he has his eyes on someone else.
37: Slow Down Your Love
Yuuki's had his eye on Misaki ever since moving in and asks her out on a date. Misaki tells him about her unrequited feelings for Hikaru.
38: Quick to Say I Love You
After their date ends awkwardly, Riko tries to clear the air with Hayato. Meanwhile, Momoka faces a life-changing contest.
39: Rocket Girl Dives Into Love
During Misaki's birthday party, Yuuki can't control himself and confesses his feelings for Misaki. The next morning, she asks if he remembers.
40: Midsummer Intimacy
Recently entrant Masako quickly declares her fondness for Hayato and promises to cook with him. One night, the two of them spend time alone at the pool.
41: Better Luck This Time
Yuuki goes on his first drive with Misaki to Yokohama, where she once fell out of love. He finally tells her how he really feels about her.
42: Fragile Boy, Fragile Girl
Masako feels even more strongly about Hayato and, after seeing him with Riko, asks him out on a date. Arman goes out for nighttime skateboarding.
43: Kiss and Tell
Riko and Hayato's date to see the fireworks ends uneventfully. He says that he doesn't see her as a woman, but this statement proves consequential.
44: Price of a Lie
Despite the apparent lack of progress in Riko and Hayato's relationship, the other housemates question them upon learning they have already kissed.
45: The Riko Special
The house members confront Hayato and Riko about the lies they told about their relationship. Hayato remains silent and all eyes turn to Riko.
46: Bye Bye Terrace House in the City
In the season finale, as the evening of their arrangement arrives, Hayato prepares for Riko in his restaurant. But she may be headed somewhere else.
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When this man brings a wooden flute into a horse pasture, you might imagine that any number of things would happen. But when he starts to play? The horses absolutely show that they enjoy and are fascinated by the music. They gather around him, inspect him intently, and seem quite happy to stand next to him as he plays.
According to Equine Wellness Magazine, horses have quite sensitive hearing and can hear frequencies that humans can't. Music often seems to soothe horses, but the type of music being played may have different effects on horses. For instance, country and classical music are generally well-received by horses, while rock or rap may actually irritate horses.
So what's the difference with these types of music? Horses often do well with songs which have short melodies and strong rhythms behind them. Music which is particularly high in pitch or which is played too loudly may bother horses because of their sensitive hearing. Horses are very rhythmic creatures - think of how your horse chews or walks in a rhythm - so playing a piece with a steady tempo and repetitive strains may naturally appeal to a horse.
Many riders incorporate music into their work with horses. Racetrack grooms are known for whistling or humming songs to help soothe the horses they work with. Some barn owners leave a radio playing when the horses are in the barn to help calm them. Music can also be used to mask frightening noises during a ride, a vet exam, or a farrier visit.
If you choose to play music for your horse, be sure to keep the volume down. Select music which is relaxing - remember, horses seem to prefer country and classical genres. While you play music, watch for signs that your horse is relaxing, or that the music may be irritating him. With a bit of experimentation, you can likely find a music setup which appeals to your horse.