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Kids in cruise control as Sheff Utd are swept away
Sheff Utd 0 Arsenal 3 (Eduardo 8, 50, Denilson 69)
It was as easy at Bramall Lane last night as the scoreline suggests. With the entire eleven changed from the weekend's impressive performance at Liverpool, and playing on a ground where the seniors lost in the league last season, you could imagine that the tie would be tricky, at least.
But it wasn't. In fact, it was like a training match, an embarrassingly one sided 'contest'. While the Championship side began reasonably, they lacked a cutting edge, and the Croatian Eduardo, revelling in a rare start, showed exactly what he could do, picking up Bendtner's excellent crossfield pass to fire home from 25 yards, the ball flashing beyond the keeper barely before he could move. Ironic that the defender was encouraging him to do exactly that.
The rest of the first half passed without further goals, although the Arsenal domination was complete. The play was reminiscent of the first team from last season – great up until the final third, and then a little too clever at the end. Hopefully this group will learn the same way their predecessors have.
Walcott missed one good chance, slicing wide, before Eduardo added his second soon after the break, latching on to Kieran Gibbs' through ball to slot coolly past the keeper. It was an assured finish, while the ball to him from young Gibbs was indicitive of his impressive display.
The Croatian admirably ignored the petulance of Chris Morgan, the bleater, who sent him flying well after the ball had hit the net for the second time, in a moment slightly reminiscent of Andy Todd's whacking of Van Persie a few years ago. Completely unnecessary and the sign of a very bad loser.
Theo then rounded the keeper and hit the post, before Denilson neatly scored from outside the box, thanks in part to a deflection from Morgan's mouthpiece – his backside. Youngsters Lansbury, Merida and Barazite all got a taste of the action towards the end.
A special mention must be made of Gilberto, who, despite rather strangely being overlooked for the captaincy in favour of Fabianski, put in an admirable and professional display, clearing one shot off the line late on to preserve the clean sheet. No fuss, no public complaints, just getting on with the job. Take note Jens.
Elsewhere, other than the excellent Eduardo, Diarra was supreme on the right, and must be pushing hard for Eboue's place in the team. While more defensive than the Ivorian, his tenacity is contagious.
So overall, it was a very relaxing evening of football, and now the quarter finals will be contested between eight Premiership sides. Bring them on, I say.
With a weekend away, I will be taping the United game on Saturday (I'm at a wedding that happens at the exact same time), so I'm setting myself the challenge of avoiding the details for 24 hours. Fat chance.
Enjoy the game, it should be a belter.
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What If Standardized Tests Were Biased Against Whites, Males, Affluent?
In my Marvel collecting days, I bought the first issue of What If?—begun in February of 1977 with "What If Spider-Man Joined the Fantastic Four?"
Marvel and DC have since then ventured into rewriting their comic book universes and even creating alternate universes for such thought experiments, but in the late 1970s, this was exciting stuff.
So much so, I want to apply this concept to standardized testing to ask the following:
What if standardized tests were biased against males? (Every year of SAT data reveals that males outperform females on average in both the verbal and math sections; only the now defunct writing section that never really counted exhibits females scoring higher than males; see chart below.)
What if standardized tests were biased against white, affluent males in ways that denied them access to college? Data from the 2005 SAT (the last year they separated data by gender and wealth) show that impoverished females disproportionately take the SAT while affluent males disproportionately take the SAT; see this chart:
What if standardized tests used to retain children in 3rd grade disproportionately retained while, affluent males? Grade retention impacts significantly impoverished and minority students, both pre-high-stakes accountability and then post-NCLB. From a 2000 research analysis of grade retention:
We review the policy context of school retention and show that age-grade retardation has been common and growing in American schools from the 1970s through the 1990s. Our analysis focuses on the period from 1972 to 1998 and on grade retardation at ages 6, 9, 12, 15, and 17. By age 9, the odds of graderetardation among African-American and Hispanic youth are 50 percent larger than among White youth, but these differentials are almost entirely explained by social and economic deprivation among minority youth, along with unfavorable geographic location. Because rates of age-grade retardation have increased at the same time that social background conditions have become more favorable to rapid progress through school, the observed trend toward more age-grade retardation substantially understates growth in the practice of holding students back in school. While there is presently little evidence of direct race-ethnic discrimination in progress through the elementary and secondary grades, the recent movement toward high stakes testing for promotion could magnify race-ethnic differentials in retention.
And then from a 2013-2014 position statement from the International Reading Association:
African American and Hispanic students and students living in poverty are most affected by grade retention practices that use the results of high-stakes assessments for decision making. Achievement patterns reveal wide disparities between the achievement of white students and that of African Americans and Hispanics (National Center for Education Statistics, 2011); thus, it follows that there would be similar differences in the number of students retained in each subgroup. In 2009–2010, African American students represented 49% and 56% of the third and fourth graders who were retained, respectively, which was disproportionate to their representation in those grades; Hispanic students were twice as likely to be retained than their white counterparts (Adams, Robelen, & Shah, 2012)….
What if standardized tests were biased against white, affluent males, denying them high school graduation? Also from the IRA position statement:
As with the outcomes of third-grade retention policies, African Americans, Hispanics, and students living in poverty are most affected by the use of high-stakes assessments for diploma decisions….
Policymakers may believe that linking grade retention and high school graduation to students' results on high-stakes assessments will motivate students to perform better, but instead, evidence indicates that these practices have harsh and lasting consequences for students academically, psychologically, socially, and economically (Baker & Lang, 2012; Jimerson, 1999; Jimerson, Anderson, & Whipple, 2002; Norton, 2011; Walker & Madhere, 1987; Yamamoto & Byrnes, 1984).
I must, then, ask broadly, what if standardized tests were historically and then currently a powerful metric that closed doors for determining the educational and life opportunities of while, affluent males?
Would there be the same unyielding defense of the necessity for high-stakes tests?
Bonus What If…?
What if, instead of declaring race-based considerations for college admission illegal, we banned the use of legacy admissions? Historically and currently, for the outlier white, affluent male who does not score high on standardized tests of college admission another door is open wide, legacy admissions.
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Watching four FA Cup games in 48 hours: Redemption, hot potatoes and some Mahrez magic
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The trains are barely running, a food shop could bust your credit card and it just won't stop raining.
It's January, the days are still short — what chance of a little magic to lighten the gloom?
Isn't this what the third round of the FA Cup is meant to be about? But after the distractions of a winter World Cupthe top flight's whirlwind resumption, and finals increasingly dominated by sides from the Premier League's top four, does it still hold that special thrill for supporters across the football pyramid?
The Athletic took in four third-round ties in 48 hours, to see if the oldest national cup competition in the world is a relic more revered in theory than practice or if there's life in the old jug yet…
The walls are undoubtedly thick with history at Deepdale — a heritage that runs from the cradle of English football.
This is the club that won the inaugural football league in 1889 without losing a match, and lifted the FA Cup the same year not conceding a goal in the competition.
But the last time Preston won the cup, Bill Shankly was their centre-half, and that was in 1938.
So while North End will always be associated with the FA Cup, they crave for their romance to be rekindled into more than just the dusty chapters in history.
There aren't that many left who can recall that last cup victory, secured by George Mutch's late extra-time penalty after BBC commentator Thomas Woodroffe said he'd eat his hat if there was a goal before the end.
He kept his promise (sort of), munching on a hat-shaped cake made of marzipan. But now generations of Preston supporters fancy something more appetizing than old tales.
Perhaps, then, they'd appreciate the serendipity of their opponents on Saturday, Huddersfield Townwho were the losers in that final over 84 years ago.
George Mutch scores the winning goal from the spot in that 1938 FA Cup final (Photo: Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
It seemed the visit of the Terriers, who beat them here on Boxing Day in the league despite being bottom, was not a hugely compelling prospect though, even with tickets reduced to £10 for adults and £5 for children.
Deepdale, which is recognized as the oldest continuous professional football ground in the world, has an impressive 12,000 season ticket holders and a capacity of 23,404 — but only 6,799 (including away supporters) made it on Saturday.
Was it another case of the painful vanishing of the FA Cup's allure? Or a symptom of unappealing visitors, the cost of living crisis and a chance to save a few quid while still dreaming of making the Championship play-offs?
Understandable, of course, but those fans missed a tie that fired the imagination.
Preston run out to Can't Help Falling in Love With You and it's hard not to feel a twinge of affection when a classic cup story such as Bambo Diaby's emerges on a cloudy Lancashire afternoon.
Bambo Diaby's strike finds the top corner against Huddersfield on Saturday (Photo: Lewis Storey/Getty Images)
The Senegalese defender puts North End in the lead with a thumping effort into the roof of the net en route to their 3-1 win and celebrates like it meant a lot.
Perhaps it's not surprising considering his story: Diaby only returned to action in 2022 after two years in the wilderness following an FA ban from all forms of football activity for testing positive for a banned substance.
Routine tests found traces of higenamine, which can be used as a stimulant or weight-loss aid, in his system and he was sent into football exile in October 2020.
Diaby worked in a car dealership and played five-a-side with mates to try and stay solvent and fit after Barnsley, his club at the time, terminated his contract.
So you get the feeling that a cup run with Preston, who he joined a year ago, would feel extra special for a player who may have had a lot of time to feel sorry for himself, but whose commanding display for Ryan Lowe's men suggested he is ready to put that all behind him.
Hillsborough trembled as Josh Windass doubled Sheffield Wednesday's lead against Newcastlebut the noise meant so much more than a goal.
For long periods in their histories, Wednesday and Newcastle have been equal. historic clubs. Four league titles each. Both on long domestic-trophy droughts: Wednesday won the League Cup in 1991, Newcastle last lifted the FA Cup in 1955.
Thirty years ago, Wednesday reached their last FA Cup final, losing to arsenal after a replay. Featuring club legends Chris Waddle and David Hirst, within a decade the Owls would be relegated from the Premier League, and haven't returned since.
Newcastle sit third in the Premier League; Sheffield Wednesday are in the third division.
But the FA Cup temporarily dissolves those boundaries. What do 42 places mean in a dogfight under the lights at Hillsborough? Newcastle are just a club fighting tooth and nail to prove their credentials among England's elite, a place Wednesday themselves yearn to one day belong to.
Before the game, one Wednesday fan begged their opponents for a rotated side.
"Give us a chance," he said. Wednesday's starting XI costs under £600,000. Alexander Isaacstarting up front for the visitors, cost £60million.
But when goalkeeper Cameron Dawson is refusing to yield, free transfer George Byers is doing Cruyff turns on the halfway line, and Windass is proving himself more clinical than a striker who was bought for 127 times his price, Wednesday have more than a chance.
Before the match, Wednesday supporters had insisted that the league was their priority, aiming for a return to the Championship and, with it, being one step away from the Premier League. Look at the example of Sunderland: promoted in their stead last year, now in the Championship play-off places.
But the league cannot be a priority when you are 2-0 up against this transformed version of Newcastle United. Hillsborough knew it, engulfing their players in chants of longing and misted breath. Bruno Guimaraes pulled one back, but Wednesday held on.
"We showed we belonged," said one departing Wednesday fan, his words lighting up the gloom which has enveloped his club for too long. The dawn was yet to come, but it was on the horizon come Saturday evening.
What happens when the glamor fizzles out before it's even begun? Sometimes, daydreams of giant slaying and Wembley make way for a lesson on the harsh realities of supporting your team.
The young Stockport County fans who packed into Edgeley Park yesterday to watch their side face Walsall can attest to that.
They no doubt suffered with their team's second-half substitute Paddy Madden, who came off the bench, scored the equaliser, then conceded the late penalty.
There was joyous mayhem in the sold-out away section when Walsall's Andy Williams converted the 95th-minute penalty that sent the Midlanders through, but for Stockport the silver lining was a near full-house that could help their plans for growth on and off the pitch.
Gareth Toms, 39, is a Stockport season-ticket holder who started going to games as a child in 1992 when his parents could not afford tickets for Manchester United.
Before the game he waits for his father — a Church minister who is meeting him after Sunday service — and surveys the bustling scene as families, youngsters and long-time supporters alike arrive at the turnstiles.
"For me, the FA Cup still means a lot," he says. "I remember we've had cup ties against West Ham, Southampton and Nottingham Forest. These games grab your attention like a kid.
"My journey as a Stockport fan has been watching us rise up the leagues to the First Division, then an even bigger fall.
"It's nice to see kids here with their parents for a sold-out game. They'll hopefully remember it."
There were not many spare blue seats inside the ground as Dave Challinor's team tried to beat Walsall for the second time in 11 days, following a 2-0 away win in League Two last month.
In this case, reduced ticket prices have done the trick in attracting families for a day out.
There may not be a glamorous tie for Stockport to look forward to, but Edgeley Park hosted Premier League visitors as recently as August when Leicester City rolled up for the Carabao Cup second round. Brendan Rodgers' men won on penalties after the tie ended goalless and, for Gareth, it was a "damp squib".
Ironically, it was Leicester who came out of the hat to face Walsall in the fourth round.
Gareth hopes for better cup fortune at a redeveloped ground in the future. Stockport owner Mark Stott wants to increase Edgeley Park's capacity to 20,000 by building two new stands, and Gareth hopes more high-profile cup runs will help.
"We need to grow the fanbase to make it viable," he says. "When we've got Accrington Stanley on a cold Tuesday night, normally we might have 4,500 die-hards but we'd need to be bringing in over 15,000 to fill a bigger ground, so that's the challenge. But this is a historic club in a great footballing area, so it's good to be ambitious.
"I saw a little lad with his big foam finger all excited before the game and the more we can draw in the future generation, the better."
There may be no big-name tie at the end of the month at Edgeley Park, but there is the visit of former world-boxing champion Ricky Hatton — there to discuss his sporting career at a dinner event in March.
On Sunday afternoon, though, Hatton's attention would have been placed six miles north in Manchester, as his beloved Manchester City made easy work of Chelsea.
In the gloaming before kick-off at the Etihad, it is reassuring to sense the same buzz felt at Deepdale, Hillsborough and Edgeley Park. A 51,505 attendance suggests the FA Cup has captured the imagination of top-flight supporters too.
Thirty minutes before kick-off, a couple of Chelsea fans (emboldened by a drink or two) strut around the perimeter of the stadium singing "Where's your European Cup?", as the local touts do their surreptitious work just yards from a ticket office .
Of course, it's glistening and monied at the home of the Premier League champions, but the old-school smell of British football still lingers with the aroma of chips from a nearby van. It might not be Preston's spud bags and parched peas, but it's enough to warm City fans making their way into the ground as the evening chill seeps in.
The work done on the pitch by Pep Guardiola's men was radiant. No European Cup yet, but another domestic honor remains on their radar after a first-half blast from the sublime Riyad Mahrez got the ball rolling. Then Julian Alvarez and Phil Foden sent City in the clear, and Chelsea's fans booed their team off at half-time.
Riyad Mahrez scores the opening goal in Man City's 4-0 win over Chelsea (Photo: Naomi Baker/Getty Images)
The second half did little to question the hosts' dominances, as those in the away end must have been hoping their trains home were going to be on time so their debate over Graham Potter's suitability for the job could continue.
For the manager in the home dugout, the appeal of the FA Cup magic remains undiminished. "It is recognized everywhere across the world as the most beautiful domestic tournament there is," Guardiola wrote in his program notes. "I always remember watching the FA Cup final as a young boy in Catalonia and feeling the importance of the occasion.
"When we won it in 2019, it was one of my best memories of my time here at City. We want to win it this season and, believe me, we will do everything to make our dream a reality."
For Preston, Wednesday, Walsall and City, the dream lives on. While Huddersfield, Newcastle, Stockport and Chelsea supporters must wait another year before talk of the cup can resume. They may span four divisions between them, but they have that in common at least.
(Photos: Greg O'Keeffe and Getty Images)
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Trajectory of Indian Diaspora, Culture and Ethnicity
Published Date: Tuesday, Mar 31, 2015
A Report on National Interdisciplinary Seminar on "Trajectory of Indian Diaspora, Culture and Ethnicity"
A two-day National Interdisciplinary Seminar on "Trajectory of Indian Diaspora, Culture and Ethnicity", was organized by the Department of English and Modern European Languages, University of Lucknow. The two day programme had plenary sessions and ten parallel paper presentation sessions held respectively on each day. The National Seminar opened with the auspicious ceremonial lighting of the lamp followed by a melodious rendition of Sarasvasti Vandana by students of the Department of English and Modern European Languages.
The inaugural session was presided over by Prof. Nishi Pandey, Convener of the National Seminar and Head of the Department of English and Modern European Languages, University of Lucknow. Along with her, present on the dias were, Dr. Meena T Pillai, University of Kerela as the Chief Guest and Prof. Dipika Mukherjee, Northwestern University, United States of America, as the Guest of Honour of the function and Dr.Onkar Nath Upadhyay, Organizing Secretary of the seminar.
Prof. Nishi Pandey, as the Chairperson of the session, extended her heartiest welcome to the delegates gathered from all across the country. Speaking on the issues of Diaspora, she highlighted the role of Cultural Texts in English Studies today. She also notified the gathering about her initiative to set up a Centre for Cultural Texts, Records and Translation of Indian Literatures under the State Government's Centre of Excellence Scheme. Dr. Onkar Nath Upadhyay, Organizing Secretary of the Seminar in his introductory remarks, emphasized on the need understand the widening domain of the term 'diaspora' as he called Indian diaspora as the oldest and the richest. He pointed out Indian Diaspora should not only be taken as a bane but also as a boon because it engages the diasporas with their root nations and establishes a mode of glorifying it.
The inaugural was followed by the first Plenary Session with Dr. Meena T Pillai and Prof. Dipika Mukherjee as its keynote speakers. In the plenary session, Dr. Meena T Pillai, University of Kerala, presented a roadmap of Indian Bollywood Cinema with special reference to the diasporic impact on it. She delivered an insightful presentation on her paper entitled "My Desi Girl, My Desi Boy: The Nation,Diaspora and the National Popular" Citing the cases from the movies like- dilwale dulhaniya le jaengey, Swades, Dostana she reflected upon the tendencies of hybridity and rehybridity in Indian Cinema; and informed that consumerism has defined the subject. The national identity is giving way to transnational identity in contemporary times and in this chain the substantial ethnic is replaced by the commodified ethnic. Further, towards shaping its trajectory she focused on the terms like- metrosexuality, desi, videsi and pardesi and a new wave in regional cinemas; re-traditionalization. She mentioned contemporary issues that gave rise to a nostalgia for home within home in the modern youth; Time, space and identity mutilation ; Cyber culture encouraging camouflaging of identities; Slum tourism in India becoming a new trend.Modernization of "Desi", misinterpretation of culture, eg. Priyanka chopra's saree becoming skimpy in the song Desi Girl.
Prof. Dipika Mukkerjee, Northwestern University, USA, spoke on "Containing Multitudes: Language Maintenance in Two Diasporic Indian Communities In Malaysia and The Netherlands". She spoke on the creativity in Language, migration, exile and language of power. She also pointed out the co-relation of language and religion is stronger in Malaysia than in any other country of the world where Malay, Indians, Bhoomiputra make the population of Malaysia and how Indians in Malaysia use English as their first language.
The next session involved ten parallel paper reading sessions where deliberations on the following sub-themes were fostered: Indian Diaspora in US, Indian Diaspora in UK, Reflections on Bharati Mukherjee, Indian Diaspora in New Literatures, Girmitia Diaspora, Concept of Nation State, Multiculturalism, Glocalization, Culture, Race, Ethnicity and Women Writing.
The Second day of the National Interdisciplinary Seminar on "Trajectory of Indian Diaspora, Culture and Ethnicity", began with the second Plenary Session with three scholarly presentations respectively from Prof. Sadanand Shahi speaking on "Bhojpuri Diaspora in Mauritius", Dr. Neerja A Gupta discussing "Literature as Tool of Emotional Synergy for Diaspora" and Dr. Ved Mitra Shukla's deliberations on "Philosophical Aspects of Diaspora".
Prof. Sadanand Shahi branded the nineteenth century as the century of diasporic movements, and established a co-relation between industrialization and imperialism. He further referred 'the indentured labourers' as the "neo form of slavery". He highlighted how population from Eastern U.P migrated to Mauritius in large numbers in form of labourers.Folk songs were made by the diasporic community which reflected their conditions in the adopted nation and the use of myths by the plantation owners to draw Indian crowd for the labourers' job in Mauritius- myth of Mareech from Ramayana.With a keen analysis of Bhojpuri folk songs, Prof. Shahi manifested the travails of trauma of the early diaspora-writers, and inferred the Macaulay's minutes as a tool of cultural colonization.
Dr. Neerja A Gupta stated that market driven writers are not giving the true picture of diaspora. Most of the diasporic writers are not writing the society they live in but they write out of "market compulsion". She further chalked out the importance of the cultural texts in making a diasporic sensibility in different phases.
Dr. Ved Mitra Shukla outlined the philosophical bonds in diasporic literature, culture and ethnicity.
The plenary session was followed by the second round of ten parallel paper reading sessions for the day. The themes on which presenters generated prolific discussions were : Post-Coloniality, Comparative/ Transnational Studies, Dalit Studies, Cinema and Theatre Studies, Culture, Race and Ethnicity, New Literatures, Children Literature, Transnational, Glocalization and multiculturalism. Over 60 papers were read by academicians and scholars.
The Second Day of the seminar came to an end with the Valedictory Session, Dr. Surya .Pratap Dixit, University of Lucknow was Chief Guest. It was presided over by Dr. S B Nimse, Vice Chancellor, University of Lucknow, along with the presence of Prof.Nishi Pandey,Convener of the Seminar and Dr. Onkar Nath Upadhyay, Organizing Secretary of the seminar on the dias. Delivering his presidential address, Dr.Nimse solemnly pointed out the role of English in Technology and in the enrichment of dissemination of Indian diaspora. In a lighter mode, he gave a term "Lucknow University Diaspora".
Dr. Onkar Nath Upadhyay, the Organizing Secretary delivered the vote of thanks. Underlining the successful completion of the two day national seminar, he offered brief summary of the proceedings that had taken place so far. The conference had about 120 papers covering over two days successfully deliberated on several critical issues on diaspora. The Seminar concluded on a positive note with pleasant memories of productive brainstorming sessions and reflections on newer areas of interdisciplinary research and development.
The Report provided by Dr.Onkar Nath Upadhyay, Organizing Secretary of the seminar, He can be reached at: [email protected]
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The following figure shows the data-format descriptor for a wave audio stream.
As indicated in the figure, the amount of additional format information following the KSDATAFORMAT structure varies depending on the data format.
A format descriptor like the one shown in the preceding figure is passed as a call parameter to a miniport driver's NewStream method (for example, see IMiniportWaveCyclic::NewStream).
The ResultantFormat parameter of the IMiniport::DataRangeIntersection method points to a buffer into which the method writes a format descriptor like the one shown in the preceding figure.
The KSPROPERTY_PIN_DATAINTERSECTION get-property request retrieves a format descriptor like the one shown in the preceding figure.
The KSPROPERTY_PIN_PROPOSEDATAFORMAT set-property request accepts a format descriptor like the one shown in the preceding figure.
A similar format is used for the KsCreatePin function's Connect call parameter. This parameter points to the KSPIN_CONNECT structure at the beginning of a buffer that also contains a format descriptor. The format descriptor, which immediately follows the KSPIN_CONNECT structure, begins with a KSDATAFORMAT structure like the one shown in the preceding figure.
The format information that follows the KSDATAFORMAT structure should be either a WAVEFORMATEXTENSIBLE structure or a WAVEFORMATEX structure. WAVEFORMATEXTENSIBLE is an extended version of WAVEFORMATEX that can describe a broader range of formats than WAVEFORMATEX. WAVEFORMATEX is an extended version of the pre-WDM WAVEFORMAT structure. WAVEFORMAT is obsolete and is not supported by the WDM audio subsystem in any version of Microsoft Windows.
Similarly, the PCMWAVEFORMAT structure is an extended version of WAVEFORMAT that is obsolete, but for which the WDM audio subsystem provides limited support.
For information about WAVEFORMAT and PCMWAVEFORMAT, see the Microsoft Windows SDK documentation.
The four wave-format structures--WAVEFORMAT, PCMWAVEFORMAT, WAVEFORMATEX, and WAVEFORMATEXTENSIBLE--all begin with the same five members, starting with wFormatTag. The preceding figure shows these four structures superimposed on each other to highlight the portions of the structures that are identical. PCMWAVEFORMAT and WAVEFORMATEX extend WAVEFORMAT by adding a wBitsPerSample member, but WAVEFORMATEX also adds a cbSize member. WAVEFORMATEXTENSIBLE extends WAVEFORMATEX by adding three members, beginning with Samples.wValidBitsPerSample. (Samples is a union whose other member, wValidSamplesPerBlock, is used instead of wValidBitsPerSample for some compressed formats.) The wFormatTag member, which immediately follows the end of the KSDATAFORMAT structure in the buffer, specifies what kind of format information follows KSDATAFORMAT. The KMixer system driver supports only PCM formats that use one of the three format tags shown in the following table.
Integer PCM data format specified by WAVEFORMATEX or PCMWAVEFORMAT.
Floating-point PCM data format specified by WAVEFORMATEX.
Extended data format specified by WAVEFORMATEXTENSIBLE.
In fact, KMixer supports only a subset of the PCM formats that can be described by these tag values (and it supports no non-PCM formats). USB audio devices (see USBAudio Class System Driver) are restricted to this subset because all PCM-formatted USB audio streams pass through KMixer. (Some non-PCM USB audio streams can bypass KMixer; for more information, see USB Audio Support for Non-PCM Formats.) However, in Windows XP and earlier, DirectSound applications can overcome KMixer's restrictions by connecting directly to hardware pins on WaveCyclic and WavePci devices that support formats not supported by KMixer. For more information, see DirectSound Hardware Acceleration in WDM Audio.
Note the ambiguity in the meaning of the WAVE_FORMAT_PCM tag value in the preceding table--it can specify either a WAVEFORMATEX or PCMWAVEFORMAT structure. However, these two structures are nearly identical. The only difference is that WAVEFORMATEX contains a cbSize member and PCMWAVEFORMAT does not. According to the WAVEFORMATEX specification, cbSize is ignored if wFormatTag = WAVE_FORMAT_PCM (because cbSize is implicitly zero); cbSize is used for all other formats. Thus, in the case of a PCM format, PCMWAVEFORMAT and WAVEFORMATEX contain the same information and can be treated identically.
Specify the number of bits per sample separately from the size of the sample container. For example, a 20-bit sample can be stored left-justified within a three-byte container. WAVEFORMATEX, which fails to distinguish the number of data bits per sample from the sample container size, is unable to describe such a format unambiguously.
Assign specific speaker locations to audio channels in multichannel streams. WAVEFORMATEX lacks this capability and can adequately support only mono and (two-channel) stereo streams.
Any format that is described by WAVEFORMATEX can also be described by WAVEFORMATEXTENSIBLE. For information about converting a WAVEFORMATEX structure to WAVEFORMATEXTENSIBLE, see Converting Between Format Tags and Subformat GUIDs.
A stream with a sample precision of 24 bits can use a 32-bit container size for efficient processing, but can be converted to use a 24-bit container to improve storage efficiency without loss of data.
When processing a stream with 24-bit sample data, a rendering device that provides only 20 bits of precision can use dithering to improve the fidelity of its output signal. Dithering, however, requires additional processing time, and if the original stream is accurate to only 20 bits, the additional processing is unnecessary.
In both of these examples, preserving signal quality while making the right tradeoff between processing and storage efficiency is possible only if both the sample precision and container size are known.
If a simple format can be unambiguously described by either a WAVEFORMATEX or a WAVEFORMATEXTENSIBLE structure, an audio driver has the option of selecting either structure to describe the format. However, audio drivers have typically used WAVEFORMATEX to specify mono and (two-channel) stereo PCM formats with 8-bit or 16-bit samples, and some older applications might expect all audio drivers to use WAVEFORMATEX to specify these formats.
If a driver supports an audio format that can be unambiguously specified as either a WAVEFORMATEX or a WAVEFORMATEXTENSIBLE structure, the driver should recognize the format regardless of which of the two structures a client application or component uses to specify the structure. For example, if an audio device supports a 44.1-kHz, 16-bit, stereo PCM format, the miniport driver's KSPROPERTY_PIN_PROPOSEDATAFORMAT property handler and its implementation of the NewStream method should accept that format regardless of whether the format is specified as a WAVEFORMATEX or a WAVEFORMATEXTENSIBLE structure.
To simplify the processing of format data, drivers typically use WAVEFORMATEXTENSIBLE structures to internally represent formats. This approach might require the conversion of an input WAVEFORMATEX structure to an internal WAVEFORMATEXTENSIBLE representation, or the conversion of an internal WAVEFORMATEXTENSIBLE representation to an output WAVEFORMATEX structure.
When converting a format descriptor from WAVEFORMATEX to WAVEFORMATEXTENSIBLE, if the wFormatTag member of the WAVEFORMATEX structure is either WAVE_FORMAT_PCM or WAVE_FORMAT_IEEE_FLOAT, set the dwChannelMask member of the WAVEFORMATEXTENSIBLE structure to either SPEAKER_FRONT_CENTER (for a mono stream) or SPEAKER_FRONT_LEFT | SPEAKER_FRONT_RIGHT (for a stereo stream). The SPEAKER_FRONT_XXX constants are defined in header file Ksmedia.h.
In all Windows releases except for Windows 98 "Gold", KMixer supports a range of WAVEFORMATEXTENSIBLE PCM formats that have multiple channels and have up to 32 bits per sample.
The subset of WAVEFORMATEX PCM formats that KMixer supports differs between Windows releases, as shown in the following table.
In WAVEFORMATEXTENSIBLE, dwBitsPerSample is the container size, and wValidBitsPerSample is the number of valid data bits per sample. Containers are always byte-aligned in memory, and the container size must be specified as a multiple of eight bits.
Before the WAVEFORMATEXTENSIBLE structure was defined, vendors had to register each new wave format with Microsoft so that an official, 16-bit format tag could be assigned to the format. (The format tag is contained in the wFormatTag member of the WAVEFORMATEX structure.) A list of registered format tags appears in public header file Mmreg.h (for example, WAVE_FORMAT_MPEG).
With WAVEFORMATEXTENSIBLE, registering formats is no longer necessary. Vendors can independently assign GUIDs to their new formats as needed. (The format GUID is contained in the SubFormat member of WAVEFORMATEXTENSIBLE.) However, Microsoft lists some of the more popular format GUIDs in public header file Ksmedia.h (for example, KSDATAFORMAT_SUBTYPE_MPEG). Before defining a new format GUID, vendors should check the list of KSDATAFORMAT_SUBTYPE_XXX constants in Ksmedia.h to determine whether an appropriate GUID has already been defined for a particular format.
When using WAVEFORMATEXTENSIBLE, set wFormatTag to WAVE_FORMAT_EXTENSIBLE and SubFormat to the appropriate format GUID. For integer PCM formats, set SubFormat to KSDATAFORMAT_SUBTYPE_PCM. For PCM formats that encode sample values as floating-point numbers, set SubFormat to KSDATAFORMAT_SUBTYPE_IEEE_FLOAT. For either of these formats, set cbSize to sizeof(WAVEFORMATEXTENSIBLE)-sizeof(WAVEFORMATEX). For information about using WAVEFORMATEXTENSIBLE to describe non-PCM data formats, see Supporting Non-PCM Wave Formats.


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Beyonce vs. Miley Cyrus: A Feminist Tale of Two Childhood Stardoms
2013 witnessed the coming of age of two former child stars in very different ways. Lst year's zeitgeist moments of Miley Cyrus and Beyonce have a lot to teach us about the dynamics of women, feminism, and the entertainment industry.
Childhood stardom frequently means bad news later in life. From the 70s to the 80s, we watched the entire cast of Diff'rent Strokes meltdown. from the 90s to the new millennium, we watched Britney Spears skyrocket to superstardom as she was rebranded from Mouseketeer into a not-quite-legal sexualized ingenue sensation. She was worth her weight in diamonds, when she came of age and already had name and face recognition. But that moment is fleeting. A sexualized but ostensibly virginal seventeen-year-old is bankable to all: tween and teen girls, heterosexual men of all ages who go for a hot young blonde. But once she could no longer straddle the virgin/whore line, and once she was a messy divorcee, a neglectful mom, and a hot mess, we saw how the transition from child to adult star was far more brutal to her than to her male counterpart, Justin Timberlake. The third member of the Mouseketeer crossovers, Christina Aguilera never quite had the white girl moment of media domination, but she's proven to have more staying power.
Beyonce, born the same year as Britney Spears, began performing publicly at age seven, and her group Destiny's Child had their first record deal in her early teens. With the support of her family, she transitioned from a girl group to a solo career in her twenties. In 2013, at the age of 32, she stealth released the album that exceeded all expectations of what would be possible for feminism in the R&B mainstream. Meanwhile, Miley Cyrus was a center of feminist controversy with regard to her public feud with Sinead O'Connor about Cyrus' sexualized image. She was also criticized for her racial appropriation of hip hop and African American culture, as well as her public dance reenactment of sexually dominant behavior toward black women's bodies. She also drew fire for engaging with Robin Thicke and his rape culture anthem that was arguably stolen from Marvin Gaye.
Like Spears, Cyrus' Disney childhood stardom gives her face and name recognition, and a cute Disney image to rebrand from. But coming of age a decade later than Spears, in today's even more sexualized culture, there's far less demand for the ingénue. Cyrus went straight to bad girl, and swings nude on a wrecking ball for all to see. It will be interesting to see where Cyrus goes from here. It would be difficult for her to continue trading on shock value, because sex and shock has a limited appeal before she gets pushed aside by the next sexy shock-value new girl. Since we have yet to see much in the way of creativity from her, she hasn't positioned herself to pursue some new artistic exploration. But I wonder where her early thirties will find her. She may become the next media self-destruction sideshow, or she may evolve into a more mature artist with some staying power. While I can't say evolution looks very likely right now, change is inevitable, and it could go either way.
Beyonce, on the other hand, has clearly chosen a path of evolution, one that has brought her to a hotly debated location in feminism. In Spring 2013, Ms. Magazine had Beyonce as a cover model, with Janell Hobson's article exploring African American feminist scholars' debating whether or not they read her as feminist. Beyonce's all female band's explosive performance at the Superbowl (that allegedly blew out the power) pushed her even further onto solid feminist ground. However, her latest album, unprecedentedly dropped with no promo, has cemented her as a feminist for many. Her equally unprecedented sampling of feminist writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie in an album with anthems about body acceptance, and explorations of female sexuality have led to debates that blew up feminist twitter. Some, like Professor Brittney Cooper, that only racism has led many white female critics to label Beyonce as not feminist enough.
I would argue that Beyonce, by virtue of her child stardom, has done something else previously impossible. She has bloomed into feminism in the height of her pop stardom, and is shifting the cultural conversation about women artists, feminism, and pop culture. The mainstream entertainment industry doesn't sign debut artists whose work has strong feminist analysis, but instead offers up pre-fabricated feminism lite. In the 80s, the breakthrough rap duo Salt n Pepa were a perfect example. They were heralded as powerful female voices in hip hop, but they didn't own their own names or have creative control over their work. "Salt" and "Pepa" were their manager's trademarks, and he had developed the vision for the group before he recruited the two nursing students to be rappers. The Spice Girls' 90s "Girl Power" was another perfect example of a girl group created and assembled by men who continued to control it. The work of these and other mainstream female artists' speaks to women's desire for more equality and respect, but male producers are careful not to cross the ropes into the feminist deep end, where stronger critiques of patriarchy and industry can be found.
Beyonce, on the other hand, entered the industry as a teenage ingénue. When Destiny's Child broke up, she became a bankable solo artist in her early 20s, and began the process of navigating her adult acting and music career with leverage and star power. If Beyonce entered the industry today in her early thirties with an unpromoted album quoting a Nigerian feminist writer and talking about women's lib themes would she go platinum? Absolutely not. Even if she'd entered the industry with this album as a twenty-year old, she'd likely be tracked into an indie music circuit as opposed to pop stardom. But it is precisely because Beyonce entered as a young teen, she had a chance to learn the industry, build her team, and ripen into a total feminist badass, while she still has the highly prized youthfulness that the industry demands in order to put the full weight of the machine behind her.
So not all female child stars are on a path to self-destruction or mediocrity. Some have the unparalleled opportunity to come of age and into their power and be forces of transformation. So while Miley Cyrus swings naked on the wrecking ball, Beyonce is the wrecking ball, crashing through glass ceilings in pop music, and tearing open a door for more mainstreaming of feminist artists of color.
5 comments on "Beyonce vs. Miley Cyrus: A Feminist Tale of Two Childhood Stardoms"
Foghorn The IKonoclast
Pretty good assessment. Miley 'Hannah Montana' Cyrus is not sex or talented. And unlike Madonna she is not edgy enough to keep her clothes. I loved Madonna's song, 'borderline'. A sweet sexy adult that had good music too,
amnagermanottariaz
I really love your analysis, I really really do. I never really considered Beyonce as a feminist while growing up, especially since she's married to a massive misogynist non other than Jay Z! After hearing 'Blow' I nevertheless felt so empowered, I really loved how she put female sexual desire out there, and challenged the idea that it should be hidden. I was singing it around the house, introduced it to all my housemates and I couldn't stop talking about her for days. But I simply cannot get how she can marry a man who refers to women as bitches, I want to love Beyonce, I really do, but I can't get past this fact.
Da Realist 1
I hadn't thought of it that way. I enjoyed your piece.
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Modest ISIS Leader Credits Promotion Entirely To Drone Strikes
MOSUL, IRAQ—Insisting he was just an ordinary jihadist that found himself in the right place at the right time, new ISIS commander Nureddin Farzat attributed his recent promotion entirely to U.S. drone strikes, sources confirmed Monday. "While I'd love to pat myself on the back for being elevated to field commander, I have to say the missiles that killed my supervisor and wounded several of my peers really paved the way for me to advance," said Farzat, conceding that while he had impressed his superiors with his leadership in ethnic cleansing campaigns, the strikes from U.S. Predator drones deserved "99.9 percent of the credit." "Sure, I've spearheaded suicide bombings in Kurdish regions, but if those airstrikes had never happened, the Shura Council would never have even considered me. ISIS has so many exceptional fighters and natural-born leaders that there's no way I could have done this without a whole lot of luck." Farzat went on to say that he sees himself remaining at his current rank indefinitely until another drone strike occurs or the Iraqi army puts up a decent fight.
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Ghost Hunters' Grant Wilson announces departure
by Doc on Feb.16, 2012, under Television
If you saw the end of last night's episode of Ghost Hunters (which hit season-high ratings, you saw that Grant Wilson, who helped found TAPS with Jason Hawes, announced he would be leaving Ghost Hunters to focus on more personal things. If you didn't see it, catch the video below, followed by the official statement from Syfy:
NEW YORK, NY – February 16, 2012 – As announced on last night's episode, Grant Wilson, co-lead investigator of Syfy's hit reality series Ghost Hunters, will be departing the show. His last episode will air Wednesday, May 16 @ 9pm, and he will wrap production at some point next month.
Of the departure, Wilson said, "It is with mixed emotion that I am announcing my departure from the cast of Ghost Hunters. While paranormal investigating has always been and will remain a passion for me, after enjoying nearly eight successful seasons on television, I have made the decision to leave the series in order to focus on other aspects of my personal life.
I will deeply miss working with Jason and the rest of the dedicated investigators and crew that have become like family, and I wish them all the best as they continue to follow their passion and realize the vision of TAPS. I will also miss interacting with our wonderful fans worldwide. You are all at the heart of what we do on Ghost Hunters, and I'm grateful to have gotten to know many of you over the years.
Thank you to Syfy and Pilgrim Studios for giving me the opportunity to do what I love for nearly eight years, and for supporting this difficult decision."
Statement from Jason Hawes, TAPS Co-Founder & Co-Lead Investigator, Ghost Hunters:
"When Grant and I founded TAPS nearly 20 years ago, we never imagined that we would be able to make such an impact just by doing what we enjoy every day. I will miss working with Grant on a daily basis, and am indebted to the level of dedication and expertise he has brought to our field.
I can't imagine having a better partner through it all – both on the show and off. Grant and I, along with our spouses and children, are all like one big family. While I fully support his decision to move on from the series, this longtime friendship – as well as our business partnership – will continue off-camera for years to come."
Statement from Mark Stern, President, Syfy Original Content and Co-Head, Universal Cable Productions:
"Grant has been an integral part of a show that has become the standard-bearer for paranormal investigation. The fact that Ghost Hunters is still going strong in its eighth season is a testament to Grant's amazing partnership with Jason and their clear connection to the audience. We respect and support this difficult decision that Grant has made, and wish him all the best in his new endeavors. The hard work, integrity, and compassion that he has consistently brought to his work won't be easily replaced, but this successful series will find a way to reshape itself as it moves forward."
Statement from Craig Piligian, Executive Producer, Pilgrim Studios:
"It's been a great eight seasons so far for Ghost Hunters, and a terrific partnership between Pilgrim Studios and TAPS. We wish our good friend Grant Wilson all the best."
On Wednesday nights at 9pm for over seven years, Ghost Hunters has featured spine-tingling cases from the files of TAPS (The Atlantic Paranormal Society) – led by Rhode Island plumbers Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson. Since its 2004 premiere, the show has spawned two spin-offs (with over 200 episodes among the three series), cementing its place as the #1 paranormal franchise in cable. Ghost Hunters and Ghost Hunters International are produced in association with Craig Piligian's Pilgrim Studios (Dirty Jobs, The Ultimate Fighter, Top Shot). Piligian and Thomas Thayer, along with Mike Nichols and Alan David, serve as executive producers.
Syfy is a media destination for imagination-based entertainment. With year round acclaimed original series, events, blockbuster movies, classic science fiction and fantasy programming, a dynamic Web site (www.Syfy.com), and a portfolio of adjacent business (Syfy Ventures), Syfy is a passport to limitless possibilities. Originally launched in 1992 as SCI FI Channel, and currently in more than 98 million homes, Syfy is a network of NBCUniversal, one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies. (Syfy. Imagine greater.)
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California personal injury – Coast Guard vessel crashes
california personal injury attorney Justice News Flash by Nicole
Legal news for California personal injury attorneys. Five people seriously injured, one killed after boat collision.
California personal injury attorneys alerts- A Coast Guard vessel and a pleasure boat crashed during the San Diego Bay Parade of Lights.
San Diego, CA—A Christmas watercraft parade turned tragic when a 33-foot Cost Guard vessel and a 24-foot pleasure boat collided for unknown reasons. A young boy was killed and five others were seriously injured during the San Diego Bay Parade of Lights around 6:00 p.m., on Sunday, December 20, 2009, as reported by the Los Angeles Times.
Authorities reported five of the 13 people riding on the pleasure boat sustained serious injuries. An 8-year-old boy, who was also on the pleasure boat, was killed in the collision. None of the five people aboard the Coast Guard vessel was injured in the crash. The victims were rushed by responding emergency services to the University of California, San Diego Hospital for treatment of their injuries. The young boy was pronounced dead after arriving at the hospital for treatment. Neither boats involved in the wreck were reportedly a part of the boat parade. Officials do not know how the crash occurred, or if the pleasure boat was a part of the spectators who came to the bay to watch the parade and fireworks. The sun had reportedly just gone down, and the weather was clear with a light wind when the fatal collision occurred. Police officials and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) http://www.ntsb.gov/ are investigating the tragic incident. The San Diego Harbor Police and the San Diego Fire Department responded to the boat crash.
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Clydebank Juniors F.C. was a Junior Football club based in the Scottish town of Clydebank. Formed in 1899 as Duntocher F.C., in the neighbouring village of Duntocher, they played their home games at Kilbowie Park in Clydebank.

In 1964 the club was merged with Falkirk-based club, East Stirlingshire F.C. After one year the merger was overturned and a new Clydebank football team formed.

History
Clydebank Juniors were formed in the village of Duntocher in 1899, under the name of Duntocher F.C,  as the result of a breakaway from another local junior club, Duntocher Hibernian. They changed their name to Clydebank Juniors in 1900 on moving to the town itself. They were based at the original Kilbowie Park prior to the construction of an upgraded ground (often called "New Kilbowie") in 1939.  Between 1930 and 1950 Clydebank Juniors won a number of Junior Football prizes, including five Central League titles, one Intermediate League, two West Of Scotland Junior Cups and, most notably, the 1942 Scottish Junior Cup. The club's ground was rebuilt on the same site in 1939, and whilst retaining its original name was often referred to as "New Kilbowie".

Merger
In 1964 the Steedman brothers, Jack and Charlie, owners of East Stirlingshire F.C., controversially merged their club with Clydebank Juniors. The new club, whose name was usually abbreviated to E.S. Clydebank, inherited East Stirlingshire's place in Division Two, playing home matches at Kilbowie. After a year, a legal challenge by East Stirlingshire supporters led to them resuming their former identity back in Falkirk. E.S. Clydebank's single season is generally considered by historians and statisticians as a contiguous part of East Stirlingshire's record, as the merged club was never elected to the SFA or League in its own right.

Aftermath
The Steedmans elected to remain at Clydebank, establishing a new club at senior level, named Clydebank F.C.

Honours

 Scottish Junior Cup:
 Winners: 1941–42
 West of Scotland Cup: 1929–30, 1949–50
 Intermediate League: 1929–30
 Central League: 1934–35, 1940–41, 1941–42, 1944–45, 1949–50
 Glasgow Dryburgh Cup: 1929–30, 1932–33, 1934–35
 Pompey Cup: 1951–52, 1960–61
 Evening Times Trophy: 1934–35, 1940–41, 1941–42, 1944–45, 1949–50

See also
 :Category:Clydebank Juniors F.C. players
 History of football in Clydebank

References

Clydebank
Scottish Junior Football Association clubs
Association football clubs established in 1899
Association football clubs disestablished in 1964
1899 establishments in Scotland
1964 disestablishments in Scotland
Defunct football clubs in Scotland
Football in West Dunbartonshire

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Boeing confident of 737 Max sales revival
By Max Kingsley-Jones2019-11-17T12:43:00+00:00
Boeing is confident that it can recover ground lost by the 737 Max to the rival Airbus A320neo, sales-wise, once the twinjet has returned to flight.
Boeing is confident that it can recover ground lost by the 737 Max to the rival Airbus A320neo, sales-wise, once the twinjet is back in service.
But the focus for the moment is the aircraft's safe return to operations, which the airframer is aiming to achieve by around January 2020, depending on regulatory approval.
Boeing has announced very few orders for the 737 Max since the grounding in March, although it did disclose a huge commitment at the Paris air show from IAG, for 200 aircraft. To add to Seattle's woes, it emerged at the start of the Dubai air show that the Airbus A320 family's total orders had overtaken the Boeing 737's by the end of October – 15,193 versus 15,136.
"Our number-one priority is the safe return of the aircraft," says Randy Tinseth, Boeing's vice-president of commercial marketing. "Once the airplane returns safely to service, once we start delivering aircraft again, we believe that the value proposition that this airplane brings to the market will speak for itself. But we have a lot of work to do."
While acknowledging that the timing of the Max's return to service will be down to regulators, Tinseth says Boeing is aiming for the aircraft to begin flying again within two to three months.
"As we look at our objectives right now, we are working to get the airplane certified by the end of the year," he says.
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MIDNIGHT HOUR E.P.
Four unreleased MOD REVIVAL gems
1Midnight Hour were a west London mod-revival outfit formed in 1979. They were the hybrid of three other bands. Drummer Keith Lane had been an original member of The Scooters, London's first mod-revival band formed in 1978. Bassist Pete Branscombe and keyboard player Simon Roe had both been component parts of the Onlookers, another mod band from Slough who later went on to things, more lysergic and Jess Young and Rick Blackman had been in new wave band The Blitz, so punk, they had not even learnt to play the 'third chord'.
Midnight Hour gigged around the usual mod circuit in West London, the White Hart and Jingles in Southall, the Adam & Eve in Hayes. There were residencies in the Anglers Retreat in West Drayton, the Royal Oak in Hayes and monthly spots at the popular inter-gig initiative around the borough, sometimes they even ventured as far afield as Kensington and Hammersmith. Their last gig was with the Little Roosters in the Hambrough Tavern the night before it was burnt down, though Midnight Hour's solicitor stresses that the two incidents were not related, at all.
What is presented here on Heavy Soul Records is the demo for what was going to be an EP released on a small west London label in the Spring of 1981. For one reason or another this did not happen and so here, for the first time, are Hayes's finest, the missing West London link to the mod revival. Things may never be the same again.


To target nation states or whole communities ... in response for the actions of single individuals acting on behalf of a completely voluntary, non-state revolutionary group is the height of foolishness.
It also proves we've met an enemy we can't bomb. And the folks who run the Pentagon don't know what to do with enemies except bomb them."
In the aftermath of September 11, one of the most difficult questions I've had to deal with in criticizing the American Empire was the issue of terrorism and jihad. The debate was framed- quite deliberately - by the Emperor himself, in the nonsensical terms of "you're either with us, or with the terrorists."
But how about, "none of the above"? Being opposed to a gang of Muslim fanatics trying to re-create a VII (or XI?) century jihad with XXI-century technology did not, does not, and should not mean siding with the abomination that has murdered the American republic and possessed its cadaver. Or vice versa: just because George W. Bush and his minions have fabricated a danger that would justify their imperial adventure doesn't mean a danger does not exist. It just isn't the danger they are carping on about.
It is not "terror" itself the Empire claims to be - or should be - fighting. After all, terror from the skies, or the threat thereof, is its preferred method of keeping the rest of the world in line. The enemy here is the fanatical jihad movement, nurtured by that very same Empire as a weapon against the USSR back in the 1970s (in profound ignorance of jihad and Islam in general). It has since become loose, feeding on hatred over the real and perceived outrages against Muslims, beginning with the first Gulf War in 1991 and continuing with the "genocides" in Bosnia and Chechnya.
Anyway, once the Empire invaded and occupied Iraq - using the same pattern of aggression established with Serbia - things got a bit more complicated. Among the Iraqi insurgents who have made life hell for the occupiers are both patriots and bona fide terrorists. The Empire, understandably, blurs the distinction - and if history is any indicator, the terrorists (who are more determined to inflict, and accept, death) will eventually overwhelm the patriots, if they haven't done so already. But my guess is that most Iraqis shooting at Americans are fighting for the same reason anyone fights invaders: "they are over here."
One can - and should - oppose both the Empire and the jihad on moral grounds. Both seek to impose ideas and interests by force, and are impervious to reason. Neither has any respect for life, liberty or property. The "with us or against us" is a choice between two evils. I don't have to choose evil at all - and neither do you.


Ian McPherson points to this recent video from NASA on global temperatures - NASA finds 2011 9th warmest year on record.
The global average surface temperature in 2011 was the ninth warmest since 1880, according to NASA scientists. Nine of the 10 warmest years in the modern meteorological record have occurred since the year 2000.


And like never before, my rose-tinted spectacles have failed me.
The sickness bug struck the Johnson's.
It's why there was no Word of the Week from me last week.
The word summarises both weeks.
Winter has arrived and our ability to keep healthy has wavered.
Seren and Seb seemed to get a mild bug.
Then it took hold of me.
And as always, finally and worse, Tom. Who ended up taking a couple of days off school last week.
The weekend was used to recuperate.
And we started this week afresh.
Tom came home on Monday and fell asleep on the sofa- completely unheard of.
Tuesday and Wednesday was the Nativity- and fortunately Tom managed to make both performances.
And I was so proud of King Tom and Shepherd Seb.
But then the worst night.
And so Tom is back off school.
In brighter news, Seren had a letter from school congratulating her on her Callio 'Green' rating for 100% attendance. And she's also gone up a level of her reading books.
I am of course very proud of her reading ability.
Work is vaguely ok, it's swings and roundabouts, at the moment I'm happy- hooray!
And Christmas is, touch wood, in hand.
Maybe, if everyone's feeling up to it, the decorations might go up this weekend!
How awful for you guys! Hopefully, by now everyone is feeling better. I can certainly relate because we were on the same boat a week ago. All is good now, though I still feel a bit under the weather today. That's why I'm not such a big fan of winter, thank goodness for Christmas! :) #wotw.
It's no fun is it...roll on Spring!


Senior Brett Mower (top) is Glenwood's only returning state-qualifier from last season.
The Glenwood Wrestling may be epitomizing the term "new faces" this year, after graduating eight varsity starters, including six state qualifiers, four state place-winners and one state champion. For most teams, graduating a class with an abundance of talent to that degree would warrant a rebuilding season in the following year; not in the eyes of the Glenwood Rams.
In spite of all the talent that shipped out with the class of 2018, the Rams don't see it as a loss, but rather as an opportunity to showcase new wrestlers.
Senior Brett Mower, Glenwood's 170 pounder and lone returning state-qualifier, believes the team's hard-working attitude could propel them to heights that might not expected.
The goals Mower mentioned include competing for state, conference and district titles, as well as solid performances at every meet.
As for the lineup, Asche emphasized that nothing is set in stone, and that the card is subject to change throughout the season.
He mentioned Mower and Dalton Book as key contributors. Book qualified for state his freshman year but fell just short in his sophomore campaign. Some other varsity returners include Dalton Bell, Ryker Case, Tyler Huey, Nick Gill and Noah Carter.
Those guys, along with the rest of the Glenwood wrestlers, will be put to the test against a competitive Hawkeye Ten Conference. Red Oak, Lewis Central, Creston and Atlantic are likely the top candidates to dethrone the Rams as conference champions. Glenwood will also travel to many talent-loaded tournaments, including the Council Bluffs Classic in early December, and the Ed Winger Invitational in Urbandale January 19.
Despite the challenging schedule, both Mower and Asche are confident in the team's ability to compete at a high level.
"As a team we put a lot of time down at the wrestling club over the summer, and this first week of practice we have truly been better everyday," said Mower.
The Rams will have their first meet on the road against Riverside, Southwest Iowa and Underwood this Thursday. Following their opener, Glenwood will travel to Harlan for the Dan Hill Invite Saturday.
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