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Sat 18 June, 12pm – 5pm Free event
Yesterday Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, was treated to a preview of the Big Dance Pledge – a 3 minute dance created by internationally acclaimed choreographer Akram Khan with music by Nitin Sawhney. The Big Dance Pledge will be performed today by over 40,000 people in 43 countries around the world.
On Saturday 18 June we are delighted that the Big Dance festival will be coming to Farnham Maltings! An iconic London double-decker Routemaster bus will make a special journey to Farnham to lauch the festival. However this is no ordinary London bus; this bus comes complete with a pop up ballroom with its own dance-floor complete with DJ, MC, sound system and resident dance company to provide a big free party and unforgettable experience for the people of Farnham.
"Real carnival feel, such a joy"
"How wonderful you made a theatre out of a car park!"
The Big Dance Bus aims to give new audiences the opportunity to discover a multitude of dance styles, from ballet to waltz via contemporary and tango, all on their doorstep and as part of an innovative experience. This has all been made possible thanks to the arrival of the Maltings' newest resident company Matthew Bourne's New Adventures and Re:Bourne who will be giving a special performances introducing their unique style of narrative dance to Farnham. Throughout the day, there will be free performances and workshops led by the Maltings' resident dance companies New Adventures and Re:Bourne, The Dance Movement and Stopgap Dance Company.
'We are delighted to be launching our partnership with the Maltings through an event that symbolises everything we care about at New Adventures and Re:Bourne – world-leading dance, lots of fun and laughter and some unexpected moments of surprise along the way. We look forward to meeting the community on 18 June.' James Mackenzie-Blackman, Executive Director, New Adventures and Re:Bourne
Big Dance is a biennial festival led by the Mayor of London in partnership with People Dancing and the Big Dance Hubs, a network of leading dance organisations across the UK.
The Big Dance tour showcases an exciting mixture of professional and community performances from local talent. Big Dance began in 2006 and has toured to all sorts of locations including shopping centres, parts, palaces and high streets; the 2012 festival, part of London's Cultural Olympiad, was the UK's biggest ever celebration of dance, with over 3,500 events. The 2016 tour will be Big Dance's final series of events closing on their 10 year anniversary.
The Big Dance in Farnham will be a fantastic, interactive event which will have you grooving along, no matter what you're age, dance experience or ability. From the Charleston to ballroom, disco fever to hip hop, hula to open floor jams there will be something for everyone. Bring the whole family and come watch, be inspired and join in the fun!
Also keep your eyes peeled for the big event which marks the centrepiece of this year's festival. The Mayor is inviting 1000 dancers to participate in Big Dance Trafalgar Square on Saturday 2 July – an extended version of the Big Dance Pledge which Akram has created as London's signature Big Dance work.


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The slopes around Turrialba, Costa Rica (photo: bidstrup.com)
Our SUV has become stuck in mud on a narrow jungle road for the second time this morning.
A few hours before dawn – before we've trekked across the mountain village of Turrialba to the office of our rafting outfitter – a brief thunderstorm had sent sheets of heavy rain pouring onto the slopes of the mountains, reducing much of the earth to dribbling brown liquid.
As the guides work to free the back tires, we struggle groggily out of the truck to stretch our legs on a dry part of the road, snacking on Clif Bars and surveying the scene below.
To the south down the road lay the low shacks and bridges of Turrialba. To the west and about a thousand feet straight down from the ridge, the two main rivers tumbling out of Costa Rica's central mountain ranges – the Rio Pacuare and the Rio Reventazon – crookedly intersect, wriggling like a couple of long lazy earthworms washed out of their burrows.
From these heights the rivers look motionless and two-dimensional as photos, shimmering through a haze of evaporating fog and mist, shot through with mottles of bright sunrise. It's breathtaking. And slightly intimidating. After all, in a few minutes we are scheduled to be on one of those rivers – the Rio Pacuare, one of the top rafting rivers in the world – and headed into our first major Class IV rapid.
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Chloropicrin Market 2016-2021 Industry Development Trends and Forecasts
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Apple fan or not, this is a sad day for all. Steve Jobs, one of the founders of Apple Computers, has passed away. Rest in peace, Steve.


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When looking for a fire protection services company for your fire extinguisher servicing or any other aspect of fire safety and protection such as fire alarms and fire risk assessments, then look for the IFEDA logo; a sign demonstrating that the company has achieved, or is actively working towards, third party accreditation through ISO 9001: 2008 and BAFE: promoting quality standards in the fire industry through independent auditing and assessment.
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There are many SEO practices that do not work internationally. Hence, a person develops various assumptions in order to make SEO a success. These assumptions, discussed below can ruin your program immensely.
There are a large number of companies that have either set up in house SEO team or hired agencies to build online presence. SEO, Search Engine Optimization has not only been useful in gaining online visibility, but also helps in getting traffic and ranking, which leads to higher conversion. Many companies get good domestic figure, but not international figures. The research has brought to light 7 main assumptions that can ruin the SEO programs and would not bring in good results internationally.
When we talk about increasing website traffic, then it includes several different things, like increasing hits, increasing pageviews, increasing sessions, and increasing unique visitors. With the help of SEO techniques, you can always increase the visitors and clicks.
Usually, on the higher level only pageviews, user sessions, and unique and return visitors are measured. So following are the few of the tips that will help you in increasing the visits and clicks to the respective website:
Such things will cost you nothing and you can promote your website without any hassle. Not only this, you can always use these tricks, which will help you in technical ways. People will become aware of you and your services.
Here are top five ways to increase the traffic to the blogs or web sites you own.
Optimizing the existing web site
If the web site is by now up and is been running and there is no traffic, one among the probable reasons may be improper optimization. For getting a good ranking in the search engine ranking, the web pages should focus upon the target keywords, and the keywords must be placed deliberately in the appropriate tags (description, title and keywords). Careful and appropriate placement of the phrases and key words is the actual phenomenon of Optimization
Add additional content to the webpage
This method is a very effective one which most website owners ignore. Most of the people do not comprehend that every inner page of any website works like that of a mini-website and through those door ways, it is possible to reach the sites that will be located in the search engines and through which the surfers shall enter. Thus increasing the number of pages with optimized content shall increase traffic.
Increasing the quantity of the inbound links to the site or quality back links to your site
If the other website place back links to your site, there are chances of increasing the traffic of your site. This can either be direct increase or indirect increase. A direct boost shall be given as surfers who spot these links shall click through and visit your web site. The indirect traffic boost is provided by the popularity of the link is that the website shall get a superior ranking in the search that calculate popularity of the link as an indicator of the website's value.
Offline Advertising a must
Most of the people still sit offline and spend their time. A print advertisement, TV ad, in the stationary or the brochures with your URL shall help be advantageous. But make sure it is visible to most of the surfers/people. Always a simple and easily understandable URL is advantageous.
Try out the Pay Per Click Ads
SEO, content creation, publishing and reciprocal linking all take some time to bring traffic to the web site. If the major segments of your web site are prepared for unrestricted viewing and want to see how well it can do, then purchase some traffic. Most popular and most likely the most effectual pay per click ad program is the Google's Adwords. It just takes some time to set up but immediate traffic can be obtained. Make sure there is good content as traffic must keep flowing and should recover the cost of advertising as soon as possible.
Traffic increase to any web site or blog page is an essential requirement and expectation of all the web site owners and thus it is very obvious that only proper optimization of content, good advertisement and excellent content can deliver traffic.
SEO or Search Engine Optimization is said to be the process of enhancing the visibility of a particular website in various search engines. The more a website appears in the search engine results, the more it becomes easier for the visitors to have a look at it which thereby results in getting more traffic towards that site.
According to Internet World Stats, global internet users has reached nine zeros number and is still increasing at the rate 400% as compared to last year 2010. Until and unless you have made your business a brand name like Google, Yahoo, Facebook, your chance to be known and get business are minimal without the help of Search Engine Optimization – SEO.
Google has recently announced some changes in their algorithm for SEO which tends to eliminate some sites that don't fit into the criteria. People who tend to copy things from other websites and post it in their websites and earn money have been completely stopped by this new algorithm of Google for SEO. Duplicate website content found in the Google search results has been stopped. All those copied and unoriginal content from most websites have been cracked down.
Recently Google webmaster had posted that any website which often copies content from other websites to gain popularity in the search results and also to get traffic will be removed permanently from the index of Google. These new rules will surely be a heavy blow to those who have been indulging themselves in such unreliable and misleading activities. Yet these rules will be of great help to companies that provide real content to their customers. Original and quality content with relevant keywords that are not added to the content forcefully is said to rank high in Google from now onwards.
Be fresh, be new, be innovative, be relevant! Businesses who post only original and high quality content on their website are said to have more chances to succeed with these new rules of Google.
Internet Marketing is all about SEO. This article explains the need of SEO and the current rule of Google for SEO.


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Eat Carbs, Burn Fat
Many high-carbohydrate foods may help burn fat.
Low-carb diets won out over low-fat plans in terms of weight-loss results in the research wars last summer. But don't let that news stop you from fixing your world-famous potato salad.
A number of new studies show that many high-carbohydrate foodslike potatoesare also high in weight-controlling "resistant starch." The starch, which isn't digested in your small intestine, seems to stimulate hormones that make you feel full and even help your body burn 20% more fat.
Cold potatoes (like the ones boiled, chilled, and then put in potato salad) are a great source; chilling their carbs develops the resistant starch. Other good choices: pasta salad, corn tortillas, and great Northern beans.
For delicious, nutritious ways to enjoy these foods, try these recipes, which are full of resistant starch:
Green and White Pasta Salad
Baja Fish Tacos
Ranch Quesadilla
Black-Bean Chili With Winter Squash
White Bean and Roasted Garlic Dip
Cannellini, Sausage, and Sage Stew
Braised Lentils With Onions and Spinach
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AHK KNDU villa sustainable housing project is developed by GAD architecture which contains with more than 100 residential units in the Turkish resort city of Antalya.
Each home includes integrated photovoltaic panels to produce energy, while the masterplan allows each dwelling to benefit from abundant daylight throughout the day.
This project designed in accordance with natural ventilation principles, GAD architecture has strategically positioned façade and roof openings to encourage ventilation. meanwhile, the project's sustainable design strategy also ensures maximum daylight usage, solar power as a renewable energy source, and green public space for social-sustainability use.
Timber cladding acts as a shell for the residences, helping to control the internal climate at night. this wooden envelope also helps delineate the home's private areas.
A balcony at the upper level overlooks a secluded pool
This housing development project includes 17 large, 56 medium, and 50 small housing units.
architectural project & design: Gokhan Avcioglu & GAD architecture
construction area: 28,000 sqm
project site area: 33,000 sqm
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Found this flower brooch last summer and knew I had to do something special with it. It has great texture to the leaves and wonderful rhinestones in the shape of a flower. I paired it with these old red accent beads for a christmas inspired piece!


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The production process
How came Kanne Bread Drink® into being?
The secret of Organic Kanne Bread Drink® lies in the unique, patented process used to formulate it. Master baker Wilhelm Kanne started experimenting with the fermentation of bread as early as the late 60s of the 20th century. The lactic acid bacteria resulting from this process have a beneficial effect on the human organism (and not only on the organism of human beings but also on animals and the farm as a living organism, as Wilhelm Kanne learned over the years). The process can, however, also fail, i.e. the product may "overturn".
It took Wilhelm Kanne countless years of tireless research and experimenting to achieve a repeatable outcome, but his initial findings bolstered his hope. Original Organic Kanne Bread Drink® was first launched on the market in 1981. Today, Kanne uses an organic whole grain bread that is baked specifically to form the basis of the company's Organic Bread Drink®. This bread is then shredded and allowed to ferment for several months in our own pure spring water. We do not use any chemical additives or other artificial ingredients for this process as they are not required for the production of Organic Kanne Bread Drink®. When the fermentation period is complete, Organic Kanne Bread Drink® is then filtered and filled into bottles.
The remaining filtrate is also rich in enzymes, ferments, amino acids, vitamins and lactic acid. For this purpose, it is gently dried and ground into a mildly acidic powder that is available as Kanne Enzyme-Fermented Grain®. Kanne Enzyme-Fermented Grain® has properties that are similar to our Original Organic Kanne Bread Drink® and is perfectly suited as a food enhancer when added to, for example, soups, sauces or your breakfast cereal. Christel Kanne and her staff attach the greatest importance to quality throughout the entire production process. She confirms: "Even today, we have every single batch that we fill tested by an independent laboratory. Even though we are not required by law to do so, we still do it. This is because we want to ensure that our customers only receive products that are of flawless and superior quality."
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Next to the lactobacilli, enzymes and ferments, Organic Kanne Bread Drink® and Kanne Enzyme-Fermented Grain® contain many key essential amino acids as well as vitamins and minerals that are made ideally available for the body with the special fermentation process. Whether you consume them separately or together, Organic Kanne Bread Drink® and Kanne Enzyme-Fermented Grain® can assist you in balancing your nutrition and help you enjoy more energy, vitality and greater well-being. These two foods also form the basis for all other products that Kanne has developed for your benefit.


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Posted by Joseph Sullivan | Date April 11, 2017
As we head in to the final phases of the 2017 Minnesota legislative session, we at CEE are taking stock of where we are and where we want to be when it all wraps up at the end of May.
We've been busy this session driving positive messages around energy efficiency, focused on building strong allies and new friends in the new legislature. We have helped inform promising legislation passing through committees and into omnibus bills, while playing defense on other issues. And in late April, the sprint for the finish line will begin.
Here's how the session works: The first part focuses on policy, the middle part focuses on putting each body's omnibus finance bills together, and the final part will focus on joint House/Senate conference committees working out differences on their omnibus bills. The negotiated bills — or "conference reports" — are then sent to the Governor for signature or veto.
This year's omnibus finance bills also contain a lot of policy provisions, some of which CEE supports but most of which we oppose. As we near the end of session, CEE's goal is simple — make sure our outstanding priorities are included in the final negotiated bills:
Protect the Conservation Improvement Program (CIP). The House omnibus energy bill includes a CIP exemption for very small municipal and cooperative electric utilities. If enacted, this exemption would impact about 10% of the retail sales attributed to municipal and cooperative electric utilities. Associations representing the cooperative and municipal utilities do not support the exemption, and Governor Dayton's office, the Minnesota Department of Commerce, and CEE all oppose it as well. The Senate omnibus energy bill currently has no provisions that impact CIP, and we are working to make sure the Senate does not accept the House language in conference committee.
Require strong consumer protections for residential Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE). CEE's interest in consumer-protective legislation for PACE is reflected in both the House and Senate omnibus energy bills. With one exception, the residential PACE consumer protection legislation passed out of all committees unanimously and therefore should appear in the final negotiated omnibus bill. The House, Senate, and Governor's office all support consumer protection legislation for PACE.
Assist Minnesota's rural electric cooperatives to pass their Local Democracy bill. This legislation would allow disputes over distributed generation fees and other issues to be resolved locally at the cooperative board or through third-party mediation. Legislation passed on a bipartisan basis, but was vetoed by Governor Dayton earlier this session. The provision is included in the Senate omnibus energy bill, though, so it is still alive. In CEE's view Minnesota's cooperative electric utilities have been innovative and responsive to their member customers. Additionally, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (MPUC) is not the appropriate venue to resolve cooperative or municipal rate issues. For more read our white paper, Minnesota's Electric Cooperatives: Laboratories of Utility Innovation.
Assist the Dayton Administration in securing full funding for the Department of Commerce (DOC) and the Public Utilities Commission (PUC). The Senate omnibus energy bill would fund the DOC Division of Energy Resources (DER) at the Governor's two-year base budget estimate of $9.3 million, but the House bill includes appropriations that are approximately $1 million less than the Governor's request. And while the Senate bill would fully fund the PUC over the two-year biennium at just over $15 million, the House bill trims PUC funding by about $900,000 below the Governor's request. CEE will work with the Administration and the Senate to ensure the DOC and the PUC are adequately funded and able to accomplish their missions.
Oppose House changes to the PUC selection process. Right now, Minnesota's commissioners are appointed by the Governor and approved by the Senate. This process has consistently created a highly professional and relatively apolitical body. The House has introduced a bill that would dramatically alter PUC appointments, taking appointment authority away from the Governor and rotating appointment authority between the Speaker and Minority Leader of the House, the Majority and Minority Leader of the Senate, and the Governor. The current PUC is easily the best commission we've seen in Minnesota and is widely considered to be one of the best in the nation. PUC reform is not included in the Senate omnibus energy bill, and CEE is working closely with the Administration and the Senate to ensure the House proposal does not make it into the final conference report.
CEE is also working to secure approval for a geo-targeting proposal. In 2015, the Legislative-Citizens Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCCMR) recommended funding for a clean energy geo-targeting project proposed by CEE; last year, however, the House stripped the provision from the LCCMR bill, along with a number of other climate and clean energy provisions. While Governor Dayton vetoed the 2016 bill as a result of that action, this session the House again stripped climate and clean energy provisions from their LCCMR bill, including CEE's proposed project. The Senate and the Governor's office already support the proposal to assess Minnesota's potential for geographically targeting specific energy investments in specific locations, and we are working to have the House accept the language for the project as well.
For more background on a few of CEE's key legislative initiatives this session, see the 2017 MN Legislature page on CEE's website.
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Sulphur Gates Campground in located in Sulphur Gates Provincial Recreation Area, 5 km north and 7 km west of Grande Cache off Hwy. 40. There are sites suitable for both tents, RV's, equestrian users and backpackers going into Willmore Wilderness Park. Hitching rails, corrals and loading ramps are available. A short trail leads to lookout platfomrs with spectacular views of the Sulphur River canyon and the Smoky RIver.


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Janney is pleased to increase its presence in this key marketplace that supports its future growth plans in the region. Opening the Goldsboro office are Jesse G. Parks, Senior Vice President/ Satellite Branch Manager, and Alice S. Royal, Senior Registered Private Client Assistant. They join Janney from SA Stone Wealth Management Inc, an independent investment advisory firm.
A North Carolina State graduate, Parks has over 35 years of experience in the financial services industry, having started his career at Wheat, First Securities in 1982.
"I'm excited to welcome Jesse, Alice, and their clients to the Janney family. I am thrilled that they chose Janney to support their client relationships and the future growth of their practice," said Andrew Kistler, Senior Vice President / Southeastern Regional Manager. "This office opening represents the commitment we have to build on the reputation and success of Janney Montgomery Scott in this region and be a contributing member of the community. We continue to strive to be the firm of choice for investors and those seeking financial advice and the firm of choice for top industry professionals."
Goldsboro, NC Office:
Address: 204 North Spence Avenue, Goldsboro, NC 27534.
Phone: 800.203.5278
About Janney Montgomery Scott LLC
Janney provides advice to individual, corporate and institutional clients. Our expertise includes guidance about asset management, corporate and public finance, equity and fixed income investing, equity research, institutional equity and fixed income sales and trading, investment strategy, financial planning, mergers and acquisitions, public and private capital raising, portfolio management, retirement and income planning, and wealth management. Janney is an independently-operated subsidiary of The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company and is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC). Additional company information is available at www.janney.com.


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Indy Summer Sprints
The 2019 Indy Summer Sprints will be held on Saturday, June 22nd in Eagle Creek Park in Indianapolis.
Online registration through Regatta Central.
Entry fees:
8+ ($80)
4x & 4+ ($60)
2x ($40)
1x ($25)
This year we will be offering MASTERS events only (no Open or Junior). We have decided to focus on Masters events and offer more events for all skill levels. A MASTER is a competitor who has attained, or will attain, the age of 21 during the current calendar year (as of December 31).
(AA) 21 to 26 years, (has no handicaps)
(A) 27 to 35 years,
(B) 36 to 42 years,
(C) 43 to 49 years,
(D) 50 to 54 years,
(E) 55 to 59 years,
(F) 60 to 64 years,
(G) 65 to 69 years,
(H) 70 to 74 years,
(I) 75 to 79 years,
(J) 80 and over.
The following events will be offered:
1x, lightweight 1x, novice/rec 1x
2x, mixed 2x
4x, mixed 4x
4+, novice/rec 4+
8+, mixed 8+, mixed novice/rec 8+
Coaches & Coxswains meeting - 8:15am (INDIANAPOLIS IS EASTERN TIME ZONE)
Racing begins at 9:00am
IRC Release of Liability WAIVER


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AC/DC – 3 live sets (1977-1979)
Yesterday, ask I ate a really big tasty burrito (with lengua — that's beef tongue, urticaria for you non-Spanish speakers) too quickly, and was burping up remnants all night. At the end of the burpage, my throat kicked up a little chunklet of tortilla, and I gagged a little. As I re-chewed the chunk, preparing it for its journey back down, it made me think of the awful fate of one Bon Scott.
AC/DC – Bon's Balls: Live '77 (ZIP file)
AC/DC – Columbus, OH, 1978 (ZIP file)
AC/DC – Bon Scott's Final Show, Paris, France, 09.12.79 (ZIP file)


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Steve Cox
Charles Steven Cox
- Bats Left, Throws Left
- Height 6' 4", Weight 222 lb.
- High School Monache High School
- Debut September 19, 1999
- Final Game September 25, 2002
- Born October 31, 1974 in Delano, CA USA
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First baseman / outfielder Steve Cox played four seasons for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and then played in Japan.
Cox was drafted in the 5th round of the 1992 draft and worked his way up the minors, showing increasing power. In 1993, he posted .316/.371/.526 in low Single A, and in 1995 he hit .298/.402/.557 with 30 home runs in high Single A.
As he moved into Double A and Triple A in 1996-99, he wasn't to slug .500 again until 1999, when he posted an impressive .341/.414/.588 with Durham at age 24, winning the league's MVP award.
He made his major league debut in 1999, appearing in 6 games, and then had at least 300 at-bats in each of 2000-02. His best year was 2000, with a line of .283/.379/.453. Teammates included Wade Boggs in 1999, Jose Canseco in 1999-2000, and Fred McGriff in 2000-01.
Yokohama purchased him in December 2002. He played for them in 2003. In 2005 he came back to play in the minors at Durham.
In 2007, he was the co-head coach for baseball at Porterville College. He is now an assistant coach under former minor leaguer Del Marine. [1]
Notable Achievements[edit]
- 1999 MVP International League Durham Bulls


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By Fasahat Mohiuddin
While the face of Karachi may have changed rapidly during the last few years, the bedrock of Karachi's existence and growth lies in areas developed for migrants arriving from India in 1947. Millions arrived in Karachi after Partition, and the government of the time was faced with the task of rehabilitating them.
Historian and former Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) official M. A. Tatari told The News that successive governments purchased land for the purposes of rehabilitating the migrants. "Nazimabad, a population of Mohajirs, was established in the name of late prime minister and governor-general, Khawaja Nazimuddin, in 1952 to rehabilitate the public and government servants who migrated from India. This work was carried out by the Pakistan public works department," he said.
"The migrants had to be given some land to make their houses. The land rate at the time was Rs3.50 per yard while a bag of cement cost Rs3 only. But many were apprehensive of coming to this area because of the wilderness. This place only had bushes and wild trees. No one was prepared to purchase land in Nazimabad," he narrated.
Another story is that of modern-day Liaquatabad, an area many continue to refer to as Lalukhet. According to Tatari, the area came to be known as Lalukhet because it was once the agricultural land of a man named Lalu. The government of Pakistan had purchased this land from Lalu, but this became an area where people started haphazard and arbitrary construction, he said.
North Nazimabad was originally established in 1958, Tatari said, with Karachi Improvement Trust (KIT) starting that housing scheme. "Land was purchased from Masti Brohi Khan, and the official name given to the area was Taimooria. The public name, North Nazimabad, emerged because quite simply, the scheme was being built to the north of Nazimabad," Tatari said.
However, Ayub Khan became Field Marshal and KIT was declared defunct. A new body, the Karachi Development Authority (KDA) was then created, which started its own housing schemes. The first one, KDA Scheme No. 1, was built at Karsaz, but the second one, is what developed into modern-day North Nazimabad. "Both housing schemes were prepared by a Greek architect named Mr Polo," he said.
"Just adjacent to Lasbella Bridge was the official house, or consulate, of Nawab Lasbella. The area was called Lasbella because of the Nawab from much before Partition. The bridge existed at that time as well, and was known as Lasbella Bridge," he continued.
Talking about Federal Capital Area (F 'C' Area), Tatari narrated that former prime minister Mohammed Ali Bogra had initiated the housing scheme for low-paid government employees. At the time, Karachi was capital of the country, but there was a shortage of houses for government servants. Houses were then made of 'G' and 'F' types in 1958, and some government employees retired and settled there.
Tatari said that Federal 'B' Area was also initiated by Bogra, and a 120-square-yard housing scheme was launched. The official name of the scheme was Mansoora, KDA scheme No 16, and citizens could acquire a plot for Rs5,000.
According to the retired bureaucrat, Federal 'A' Area included the modern-day areas of Jacob Lane, Jet Lane and Bazerta Lane. All these areas were barracks of small army officers which had been constructed in 1888, but the Army later handed this area to civilians.
When asked who proposed the site of the mausoleum of Quaid-e-Azam Mohammed Ali Jinnah, Tatari said that former Karachi chief commissioner Syed Hashim Raza had proposed the location as it was on a higher plane. The land was then occupied by Kutcha hutments, and these people were allotted alternate space in Korangi and Landhi.
When asked why the government of Pakistan had to purchase land from Lalu and Brohi agriculturists, Tatari said that when Pakistan was created, these two were in possession of large tracts of land that were identified for the rehabilitation of the migrants.
Tatari said that Drigh Colony was established by late prime minister Liaquat Ali Khan, and after cordial relations were developed with late Saudi king, Shah Faisal, Drigh Colony was renamed as Shah Faisal Colony.
He said that Lawrence Road, now Nishtar Road, was where the houses of different Nawabs were situated. Nawab of Bhawalpur, Nawab of Khairpur and other Nawabs all had their homes and offices on the road.
Talking about Pir Elahi Bux Colony, Tatari said that that land for the colony was donated to Mohajirs by a major agriculturist. A private contractor, Mr Hasan, was then awarded the task to make houses. "In those days, and I'm talking about 1948-49, Hasan made 150-square-yard houses at a cost of Rs1800. These houses had bedroom and wash rooms, but no roofs," he said.
Tatari said that Firdous Colony was made by a former MLA from Bihar, who made a cooperative society with the help of friends. He purchased land from the government in 1948, and the land was sold at a rate of Rs3.50 per square yard.
Usmanai Colony was established by those who migrated from Muradabad (India). One of the official Hakims of the Pakistan government, Hakim Syed Zakir, is credited with conceiving Usmania Colony, while 99 per cent of the residents of Muradabad were provided land and houses in this colony. Tatari said that those who built the society were affluent people, as they were adept at making utensils.
Rizvia Colony was made by a school teacher of Sindh Madressah, Maulana Aneesul Hasnain, along with Advocate Qazalbash in 1948. Their concept, maintained Tatari, was to provide plots exclusively to Shias, and not to people of other sects.
Tatari said that Gurumandir was known because of a Hindu temple situated near Islamia College, a structure that still exists. He said that many Hindus came to worship here, and thus, the place became famous as Guru ka Mandir. The road adjacent to Islamia College was named as Pandit Lal Nehru Road back then, but this was changed to Jigar Muradabadi Road when the municipality came into existence.
The retired bureaucrat revealed that there was a substantial population of Hindus, Parsis and Ismiailis who lived in the area now known as Patel Para. "Whenever any Hindu died and had unclaimed property, the Patels would automatically become the custodians of that property. At that time, Patels in that area were in a majority, and thus this area became Patel Para," he said.
To another question about Soldier Bazaar, he said that it was an area inhabited by small Army officers during the British era. These soldiers would shop in the area, and thus, the vicinity became famous as Soldier Bazaar
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
A story behind every name
By Fasahat Mohiuddin


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The weather might have slowed the Stratford offense on Sunday, as the doubleheader scheduled between Stratford and Washington Adventist was postponed, but it could not stop the Cardinal offense on Monday, as the Cardinals earned the road doubleheader sweep, winning game 1, 11-3 and the taking game 2, 18-0. The Cardinal offense collected nine extra base hits, including three line drive homeruns, and Cardinal pitchers only allowed four hits in the twelve combined innings to earn the sweep.
Game 1
The Cardinals trailed 1-0 after an inning of play, but that was the last real threat they would face on the day. Karla Martinez collected three hits, including a double, while Brooke Olsavicky, Katie Farrow, Bella Garibaldi and Shy Cansler each picked up two hits, as Garibaldi and Farrow each doubled and Farrow rounded out the scoring with a two run homerun in the top of the sixth inning. Farrow drove in five runs, while Garibaldi and Hayley Winfree each drove home to Cardinals.
Veronica Acevedo moved to 2-1 on the season in the circle, as she threw six innings, allowed only three hits and gave up up three runs.
Game 2
Six different Stratford hitters collect multi hit games in the nightcap and Winfree and Sadie Sly led the way with three hits a piece, Winfree had two doubles, while Sly added a double and grandslam, which aided in her game high five RBI. Julia Conner, Martinez, Farrow and Cansler each had two hits, with Conner added three RBI and Martinez and Farrow each driving home two runs, Martinez also blasted a homerun. Olsavicky added two RBI in the win as well.
Farrow not only did in at the plate, but in the circle she dominated the Shock hitters, by pitching six innings of scoreless softball, while allowing only one hit and striking out four hitters to move to 2-1 on the year.
Stratford improves to 4-2 on the year and returns to action on Saturday and Sunday as they host Penn St. Scranton in doubleheaders each day at Ceaser Tarrant Middle School.


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Hello readers,
Name change, is something of tradition, in this day and age some women rarely change their surnames to that of their husbands. I am still deciding what I will be doing in regards to that. I may even pull a Kim Kardashian move and add my husband's name after mine. Whether you're following tradition and taking your husband's name, hyphenating, or making any other change you want legally recognised (Of course, these same steps apply to him if he's changing his name too.) In today's post I will discuss the top tips no one tells you about before changing your name.
The good news is that this is not yet another task you need to accomplish before the wedding. Until you receive your signed and sealed marriage certificate back from the registrar, you won't be able to begin the official name change process.
Don't Change your name before you go on Honeymoon.
If you are travelling abroad for your honeymoon, wait until after your return to change your name. Given the fact that your ticket will need to match the name on your passport, and even if you're not travelling abroad, all airlines now require a photo I.D. which matches the name on the ticket.
It takes time, and patience.
Changing your name on a magazine subscription can be easy, however not everything would run so smoothly. Others will require the patience of a saint. It's best to be over-prepared, keep a file of important documents at the ready and tote it along on each name changing adventure.
Your marriage certificate will get more views than Youtube.
Everyone, will need to see your marriage certificate before legally changing your name. The satellite company, the bank, government figures. My advise would be to order a few copies, and print a few more. You may want to keep a copy on you at all times because the second you leave it at home, someone will inevitably want to see it. Trust me.
Your signature will look funny.
getting used to signing with different letters may take some time. specially if you're a cursive fan, my advice would be to practice it a few times, before using the signature on official paper work. It may take up to a year to perfect it.
You may lose your club points/frequent-flyer miles.
There are so many things you absolutely must change, from bank accounts to government issued IDs, that when you get to the "other" stuff, you're exhausted. Depending on the airline, you may have to place a phone call or send them copies of every piece of said government-issued identification (oh, and your marriage certificate) in order to have those miles converted to the new you. Some airlines may be a pain and make you pay for the change, others might be more easy-going.
Your identity will be questioned.
With all the changes you'll be making, it's highly probable your new credit card may arrive before, say, your driver's license. This might get awkward when you're picking up a bottle of wine. Flash the ring and plead newlywed. Or show the cashier that crumpled copy of your marriage certificate you've been toting around for months.
You may almost miss your doctor's appointment.
It will take some time before you get used to hearing your new last name. You may sit in your doctor's office waiting room and listen to a nurse call it several times before jumping out of your seat and apologising. People will look at you like funny. Don't worry you'll adjust before your next checkup.


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THERMASPRAY BOOSTS PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY PORTFOLIO WITH NEW LASER CLADDING TECHNOLOGY Thermaspray, a powerhouse in the delivery of turnkey coating service solutions to southern African industry, recently extended its impressive offering with the introduction of innovative laser cladding technology. 10 "As one of South Africa's leading surface engineering specialists, we boast an extensive range of coating and welding solutions including thermal spray coatings, polymerbased coatings, and Plasma Transferred Arc (PTA) cladding as well as machine shop capabilities," states Thermaspray's Managing Director, Dr. Jan Lourens. "The addition of laser cladding technology has further enhanced our capabilities to meet the petrochemical industry's refurbishment and surface engineering needs." According to Laser Cladding Technician, Jordaan Lourens, who will oversee the new product portfolio, the petrochemical industry is of substantial significance in the South African market, making up approximately 5% of Gross Domestic Product. "This industry boasts a number of key blue-chip companies who conduct large scale operations, giving rise to extensive scope for laser cladding refurbishment in this space." Laser cladding, a coating process akin to welding, has been developed for aggressive environments typically found in the petrochemical industry. Compared to thermal spray methods which are mechanically bonded to the substrate material, laser cladding forms a metallurgical bond with the substrate material making laser clad coatings far less prone to cracking under point loading or impact and far more forgiving to impacts and bumps. Laser cladding enables accurate localised application of weld beads and thus presents the perfect solution for applications where localised refurbishment and sensitivity to distortion are key. Compared to similar refurbishment and/or surface engineering methods that increase service life and/or restore components to better-than-new condition, laser cladding technology is known worldwide to offer coatings that exhibit notably low heat input into the component substrate, exceptionally low porosities and low dilution with substrate material. Jordaan points out that because of the very low heat input from the process, distortion of a component is far easier to manage. "These superior properties put laser cladding into a league of its own. Due to laser cladding's impressively high resistance to wear and abrasion, corrosive environments and erosive applications, these coatings are easier to apply to a variety of components. In short, when the surface of a component is enhanced with a laser clad coating, it will significantly extend the service life of that component before refurbishment is once again needed. The fact that the components remain in service longer, leads to improved uptime and productivity and ultimately reduces total cost of ownership for customers and end-users." This technology is perfectly suited for both component refurbishment to OEM specifications as well as surface enhancement of new components, ensuring that components remain in service for longer. Typical components in the petrochemical industry that will benefit from laser clad coatings include offshore rig tension shafts, hydraulic shafts, drive components, drill bit components, stabilisers, reamers, wear bands and bearing- or seal-journals on shafts in general. Alongside the petrochemical industry, power generation, automotive, mining, oil and gas, pumps and agriculture sectors also successfully make use of this proven laser cladding technology on components such as industrial gas turbine blade tips and turbine rotors, down-the-hole (DTH) drilling equipment, gearbox housings, crankshafts, guides and rollers, boiler tubes and logging equipment. Jordaan notes that while they are looking forward to presenting laser cladding to the local petrochemical industry, they are also cognisant of the challenges. He explains, "The petrochemical industry is saturated with offshore companies that will readily use highly cost-effective refurbishment services or replacement of parts from their OEMs situated in other countries. Thermaspray, as one of only a very few companies in South Africa to offer laser cladding technology that is compliant to international standards, combined with our more than two decades of experience in surface engineering and coating technologies, is uniquely positioned to offer these companies a financially beneficial solution." Laser cladding will be done at Thermaspray's well-equipped, custom-built facility in Olifantsfontein, Johannesburg, with production commencing in January 2019. "Working closely with an international welding engineer who does consultative work for us, we successfully combine extensive global knowledge and experience with local expertise to offer the surface engineering market a turnkey solution," concludes Jordaan. Thermaspray is a ISO 9001:2015 certified company and is in the process of obtaining ISO 3834 certification which is the quality standard for welding applications. /ends About Thermaspray Thermaspray, headquartered in Olifantsfontein, Johannesburg, has 23 years' experience in wear- and corrosionresistant thermal spray coatings. In addition to providing a comprehensive range of support coating finishing technologies in the bespoke finishing shop, Thermaspray also refurbishes industrial components damaged by wear and corrosion. The company's in-house, metallurgical laboratory is the only dedicated facility of its kind in Africa's thermal spray industry and is equipped to undertake world-class developments and quality control. Thermaspray is a DQS ISO 9001 Quality Management and Eskom level 1 certified company. About Surcotec Surcotec is the oldest established thermal spray coating company in the Western Cape. The company has a wealth of experience in thermal spray coatings and mechanical component refurbishing. Surcotec's coating services are supported by a fully equipped engineering workshop and an on-site machining division. A level 1 B-BBEE company, Surcotec is TNV ISO 9001 Quality Management certified and is certified as a level 2 nuclear supplier to Eskom. Contact: Tel: +27 (0) 11 316 6520/8/9 Fax: +27 (0) 11 316 7527 Website: www.thermaspray.co.za Blog: http://thermal-spray.co.za/blog / YouTube: www.youtube.com/thermaspray
MINEARC SYSTEMS: PROVIDING LIFE-SUPPORT SOLUTIONS TO THE PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY It is not uncommon to find shelter-in-place or safe haven locations designated within chemical facilities across the globe. What varies is the level of protection. Functionality can range from merely a muster point (shelter-in-place) to an external positively pressurized room (safe haven). MineARC has been providing ChemSAFE Safe Haven and Shelter-in-Place solutions to the petrochemical, refining and power generation industries for almost 10 years. Understanding that emergency response requirements differ greatly between sites depending on their processing conditions, the location of personnel and dangerous goods inventory, MineARC has a team of experienced engineers and industry professionals to assist in the consultation and design process; resulting in a safe haven solution to best suit each individual petrochemical facility. ChemSAFE Exterior. MineARC's ChemSAFE solutions offer a safe and secure 'go-to' area for multiple personnel in the event of a toxic chemical release, fire, explosion or other hazardous emergency response scenarios. The range includes fully transportable Safe Havens as well as 'Shelter-in-Place' Room Conversions with purpose-built life support systems. ChemSAFE Safe Havens provide a unique and cost-effective alternative to shelter-in-place; allowing flexibility as site requirements shift over time. MineARC's Safe Havens are meticulously engineered to ensure complete protection from the outside environment, including a robust shell with up to 12psi blast rating, a fully pressurised vestibule and 0% ACH (External Air Change per Hour). The ChemSAFE Safe Haven boasts a range of unique life-support features that have been engineered specifically for sustaining life in an enclosed environment. Systems include; a proprietary CO/CO2 'scrubbing' system with digital control and voice prompts, breathable oxygen supply, air conditioning, an advanced digital gas monitoring system, and UPS battery backup. Select safe havens also feature the GuardIAN Remote Monitoring and Diagnostics System; allowing shelters to be monitored and observed from anywhere within the facility or even off-site. Alternatively, MineARC's ChemSAFE Shelter-in-Place Rooms Conversions are intended for petrochemical facilities that wish to use an existing room, or do not have the physical space for a portable Safe Haven. These modular constructed rooms are designed to have minimal Air Changes per Hour (ACH). By incorporating a range of MineARC's life support systems such as the AirGEN, AirBANK and AirMAX, facilities can be confident that occupants will remain safe for the entire duration of the emergency. In the case of conducting a Shelter-in-Place Room Conversion, MineARC petrochemical industry specialists work closely with each site to develop a turnkey solution that suits their requirements. The process starts with a site assessment to determine the suitability of any shelter-in-place location for conversion. This may also include a blower door or tracer gas test to generate a baseline for the room's leakage and ultimately its potential infiltration concentration rate. Conventional manual sealing of the room is then undertaken and generally includes the installation of a clean room-style roof and lighting. The removal of windows and installation of purposedesigned doors and/or door sweeps provide further air-tightness. This ChemSAFE Interior. type of conventional sealing can improve the tightness of a typical room by at least twofold. If further sealing is necessary, aerosol-based envelope sealing has been used effectively to seal orifices that cannot be sealed by manual means. One of MineARC's clients has shown this type of sealing to improve the air-tightness of its safe haven rooms by up to 90 percent. A final post-sealing blower door or tracer gas test is then needed to determine the safe haven's final leakage rate. Infiltration concentration rates are once again calculated by MineARC engineers. With manufacturing facilities in South Africa, Australia and North America, MineARC Systems provides safe haven equipment to Nutrien, INVISTA, Chemours, Duke Energy, BP Castrol, IOWA Fertilizer, Yara, PetroChina, Vopak and many other global petrochemical customers. For more information contact our South African office: Tel: +27 (0) 11 796-5162 Website: www.minearc.com 11


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Will The Authority headhunt Baron Corbin?
With rumours suggesting that Seth Rollins may return to WWE as a face, The Authority will likely be looking for a new protégé to mould into one of their own and they should look no further than Baron Corbin.
Since his debut on the main roster, he has defeated everyone in his path and has been involved in a feud with Dolph Ziggler.
Just like Kevin Owens, Corbin is a full on heel, and yet, he is winning crowds over wherever he competes.
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Opting for a more sinister gimmick in comparison with heels such as Owens and The Miz, Corbin has an air of mystique surrounding him. He is a man of a few words and yet every time he's given time on the mic, he really stands out, presenting a fearsome, egotistical and yet likeable personality.
He backs up his word with brutal action, literally destroying other superstars in the process.
Therefore, considering The Authority is slowly reintroducing itself, owing to Stephanie McMahon's confrontation with Shane McMahon, Triple H competing in house shows and the news from Vince McMahon at WWE Payback, it is fair to assume that they will begin to start approaching certain superstars with tempting offers.
Baron Corbin would be perfect as the 'new guy' in The Authority. He's a superstar to be taken seriously, and this change would see him receive a legitimate push whilst also presenting a move which falls in line with his heel character.
This could also provide the perfect opportunity to put Seth Rollins over with the fans as a face, as he could feud with Corbin and effectively sever his ties with The Authority in an organic way.
Is Baron Corbin the right guy to join The Authority? Have YOUR say in the comment section below!News Now - Sport News


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In a traditional multi-tiered architecture like the one shown in the picture below a server-side web tier deals with authenticating the user by calling out to a relational database or an LDAP server. An HTTP session is then created containing the required authentication and user details. The security context is propagated between the tiers within the application server so there's no need to re-authenticate the user.
With a microservice architecture the server-side web application is gone, instead we have HTML5 and mobile applications on the client side. The applications invoke multiple services, which may in turn call other services. In this architecture there's no longer a single layer that can deal with authentication and usually it's stateless as well so there's no HTTP session.
As microservices is all about having many smaller services each that deal with one distinct task the obvious solution to security is an authentication and authorization service. This is where Keycloak and OpenID Connect comes to the rescue. Keycloak provides the service you need to secure micro services.
The first step to securing micro services is authenticating the user. This is done by adding the Keycloak JavaScript adapter to your HTML5 application. For mobile applications there's a Keycloak Cordova adapter, but there's also native support though the AeroGear project.
In an HTML5 application you just need to add a login button and that's pretty much it. When the user clicks the login button the users browser is redirected to the login screen on the Keycloak server. The user then authenticates with the Keycloak server. As the authentication is done by the Keycloak server and not your application it's easy to add support for multi-factor authentication or social logins without having to change anything in your application.
Once the user is authenticated, Keycloak gives the application a token. The token contains details about the user as well as permissions the user has.
The second step in securing micro services is to secure them. Again, with Keycloak this is easy to do with our adapters. We've got JavaEE adapters, NodeJS adapters and are planning to adding more in the future. If we don't have an adapter it's also relatively easy to verify the tokens yourself. A token is basically just a signed JSON document and can be verified by the services itself or by invoking the Keycloak server.
If a service needs to invoke another service it can pass on the token it received, which will invoke the other service with the users permissions. Soon we'll add support for services to authenticate directly with Keycloak to be able to invoke other services with their own permissions, not just on behalf of users.
For more details about OpenID Connect you can look at the OpenID Connect website, but the nice thing is with Keycloak you don't really need to know the low level details so it's completely optional. As an alternative just go straight to the Keycloak website, download the server and adapters, and check out our documentation and many examples.


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The world has long been aware of North Korea's repression and brutality against its citizens, through the stories of escapees and reports by human rights groups and the State Department. But a study by a special United Nations commission has produced the most authoritative indictment yet.
The report, released this month, accused North Korea's government of crimes against humanity including murder, enslavement, torture, rape, forced abortions and persecution on political, racial and religious grounds. "The gravity, scale and nature of these violations reveal a state that does not have any parallel in the contemporary world," the commission said. It estimated that up to 120,000 political prisoners are detained in four camps and said starvation has been used to control and punish, both in the camps and in the general population. There is complete denial of freedom of thought, religion and movement. Women are forcibly trafficked from North Korea to China for forced marriages and prostitution.
The report might have provided even more detail had investigators been given access to North Korea, but the regime would never allow it. The commission compensated by holding hearings in Tokyo, London, San Francisco and Seoul, South Korea, taking public testimony from 80 witnesses and conducting 240 interviews with people who feared reprisals against families in the North. They told gruesome tales, including of guards clubbing starving children to death for stealing rice.
The report is a necessary reminder that while the United States, China and others have focused on the North's nuclear program, the suffering of its people should not be ignored. The commission is supposed to present its findings formally to the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva next month. The United Nations General Assembly, which meets later this year, should endorse the report and ask the Security Council to refer the case to the International Criminal Court for prosecution. If that happened, Kim Jong-un could be tried and imprisoned, if anyone could get their hands on him.
China, the North's chief benefactor and protector, is deeply fearful of anything that would destabilize the country, forcing millions of refugees to flood over the border, and it most likely would veto such a referral. But debate on the report will keep the pressure on the North Korean government, which has rejected the findings. United Nations members should also urge China to stop repatriating desperate North Koreans who seek refuge there.
Beyond the report, the six days of family reunions for 100 relatives from each Korea that began on Thursday showed the loss and heartache that North Koreans and South Koreans live with daily.
For South Korea, the reunions were a humanitarian gesture and an attempt to lower tensions; for the North, they were likely a means to win aid to cope with looming food shortages. In fact, the day after the reunions began, South Korea approved a new shipment of medicine and powdered milk for the North and promised more to come. The reunions reinforced the stark differences: South Korea is an economic powerhouse and democracy; North Korea is the most totalitarian and isolated state on earth. That reality is unlikely to change soon, but when it does, North Korean leaders must be brought to justice.


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Near Drowning and Secondary Drowning
Do you know what "Near Drowning" looks like? Watch this video and see if you can identify the child that is about to drown before the lifeguard does. Drowning itself is quick and silent, although it may be preceded by distress which is more visible. A person drowning is unable to shout or call for help, or seek attention, as they cannot obtain enough air. The instinctive drowning response is the final set of autonomic reactions in the 20 – 60 seconds before sinking underwater, and to the untrained eye can look similar to calm safe behavior. Lifeguards and other persons...Read More


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But Wait, There's Less! [Head Start Unravels Further]
I'd missed something about the new Head Start Impact Study until this morning. It reports 44 cognitive test results, only one two of which were statistically significant at the end of 1st grade. The thing is, a certain number of apparently significant results are to be expected merely by chance, and the probability of these false positives grows in proportion to the number of tests you report.
Statisticians use a variety formulas to control for the expected proliferation of false positives when multiple results are reported, and even if we apply a very forgiving control (the Dubey and Armitage-Parmar procedure with an assumed average correlation among results of .8), the two marginally "significant" Head Start result become, you guessed it, insignificant. (If we were to apply the very conservative Bonferroni correction, these marginal results would be savagely beaten, buried in concrete, and dropped into the Mariana Trench.)
In short, this very high quality study of a very large national sample of students reveals absolutely no evidence of statistically significant cognitive benefits to Head Start at the end of first grade. None.
To their considerable credit, the authors acknowledge this issue in footnote 99 on page 6-2 of the full report, linked above, and in the notes to their results tables in section 4 of the report, on cognitive outcomes. Indeed when they apply their own choice of control for false positives due to multiple tests (Benjamini-Hochberg), they, too, find that none of the cognitive effects holds up. Kudos.


text: Share: Comments Print September 4, 2012 at 6:46 AM Some unions vexed by Democratic Party's choices for party in Charlotte Posted by Amber Cortes Unions are generally strong supporters of the Democratic Party. But not all unions or their members are on the same page with the party over its choice to hold its nominating convention in Charlotte, or how the party is going about it. CHARLOTTE — Unions and Democrats go together like bread and butter, right? The Democratic Party and unions have had a reciprocal relationship for years: Unions provide the party with both financial and political support, while the party supports them in national legislation. Chris Cecil from Teamsters Local 391 in Greensboro on Labor Day, 2012 (Photo by Amber Cortes/UW Election Eye) But the choice of holding the Democratic National Convention in North Carolina — a right-to-work state that does not allow employees to collectively bargain — has ruffled some feathers among unions in North Carolina and around the country. Unions like the AFL-CIO have curtailed their involvement this year, and the United Mine Workers, a strong supporter of Barack Obama in 2008, are still deciding whether to officially endorse him this time around. Chris Cecil, a shop steward with Teamsters Local 391 in Greensboro, NC, is dissatisfied with the convention location and Obama in general. "Just look at where he's giving his acceptance speech," he said as he hands out leaflets to passersby: "Bank of America Stadium." Cecil notes that Duke Energy, the primary power provider for the Southeast, and a major sponsor of the DNC, has a less than stellar reputation with safe working conditions, fair labor practices, and providing decent wages. And even over 30 years after Harlan County USA was made, he says, their reputation has not improved. Cecil, a lifelong Democrat, campaigned for Obama in 2008. "I remember how elated people were, and thinking things were going to change," he said. "And really and truly, things haven't changed. When Obama was on the campaign trail in 2008, he said that he would walk the picket lines with labor and we haven't seen it. He's unwilling to stand with us." Scott Thrower, President of IBEW Local 379 in Charlotte, on Labor Day. (Photo by Amber Cortes/UW Election Eye) But Scott Thrower, president of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 379 in Charlotte, sees the DNC as an opportunity to educate the public, especially locals, about unions. In Charlotte, he says, unions are "a hush-hush topic." He says due to the history of unions in North Carolina in the 1920s and 30s, locals have a "cotton mill mentality in Charlotte — people who live here have been bred in church and school to believe that unions are bad." None of the hotels that delegates are staying in have unionized workers, but Thrower, a union man for over 25 years, says Local IBEW 379 has had at least 70 workers laying down cables and running the electrical power for Carolinafest, the pre-DNC celebration. Tensions among unions that officially endorse Obama at the DNC and other workers' rights groups ran high at the Labor Day march in Charlotte yesterday morning. The march ended at Frazier Park, where Occupy Charlotte was camping out. While members of SEIU were chanting pro-Obama slogans, Occupy protestors shouted anti-Obama slogans, until some SEIU members decided to leave the rally. North Carolina will be a swing state in the election, and Charlotte was crucial in helping Obama win North Carolina in 2008. Chris Dugovich, a Washington State delegate and President/Executive Director of the Washington State Council of County and City Employees, sees the choice of Charlotte as a necessary evil. "They probably could have picked a better location," he said, "but I understand why they came here, just so long as it helps us win in November." Dugovich said the Obama administration has a good track record with unions, and most importantly, in an attempt to make health care more affordable for workers. It's been a tough road, he said, and despite what he called the "terrible circumstances" of a Republican-controlled House of Representatives and many Senate filibusters by the GOP, the Supreme Court recently upheld Obama's health care mandate. One Obama administration failure in the view of unions is The Employee Free Choice Act, a legislative bill that was introduced in 2009 that would have changed how employees form and join labor organizations. Known as the "card check bill," it would have allowed a union to gain recognition without a private ballot. Highly controversial, the bill stalled in Congress. For now, North Carolina has the lowest unionization rate — 2.9% — of any state in the country. And Cecil says union members in North Carolina can't make that number change without Obama's help. "Right now, Southern trade unionists are at the weakest we've ever been. It's been that way for the last half century." Cecil says. "Collective bargaining is a human right. And Obama needs to do whatever he can to support that." Comments | More in National | Topics: Barack Obama, Charlotte, Democratic Party


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