Historic wrought iron and steel bridges are being replaced at an alarming rate. Those that remain are often rehabilitated using inappropriate techniques or are downgraded for limited highway traffic or pedestrian use. Lansing Community College in Lansing, Mich., is using a PTT Grant to develop and provide training based on modern and historic technologies to address the national need for preservation expertise in preserving historic metal truss structures.
While there are currently efforts to preserve bridges constructed between 1850 and 1950, most misguidedly assume the historic technology that created them is no longer available, leading to the use of inappropriate techniques. This lack of knowledge has led to the rapid destruction and replacement of historic wrought structures.
The college's project, guided by the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation, plans to solve this problem by combining three different training components. One of these is the development of a three-day workshop designed to inform attendees about effective preservation techniques for restoring historic metals. The workshop will also demonstrate successful manufacturing processes, which include using original construction techniques and applying modern steel fabrication techniques to historic preservation.
These processes and techniques include electric arc and oxygen fuel welding, flame straightening, removal of rivets using carbon arc gouging or a "rivet buster," the historic hot riveting process, and a specialized procedure for removing pack rust. All of these methods have been effective in recent restoration projects in Michigan, Indiana and Ohio.
The college also plans to produce two educational videos and training courses dealing with restoration of historic metals and hot riveting to disseminate these techniques to a wide audience.
According to J. Patrick Harshbarger, senior historian for the TranSystems Lichtenstein Corporation, there is a strong need for this type of training.
"The workshop fills a national preservation need to better understand and be sensitive to historic metal-truss bridge fabrication technologies, with both training on the history of iron metallurgy and truss technology, along with hands-on practical training in using the relatively lost art of riveting, along with careful application of welding technology, to make non-destructive and compatible repairs that limit the loss of a truss bridge's historic fabric," he said.
Harshbarger said the curriculum–targeted toward preservationists, contractors, state-level transportation officials and engineers–will give a better understanding of how to properly restore and preserve historic bridges.
Principal Investigator Vernon Mesler will also lead a project team with expertise in historic metals preservation, welding, curriculum development, and professional training for industry. Mesler will have access to an experienced faculty of welding instructors, machinists, and support staff to assist with the preliminary research and preparation for the workshop demonstrations, conference planning, video production, and development of training courses.
The project began in March 2009 and will be completed the three-day workshop in March 2010.
Please visit the Training tab on our website for more information and and the Lansing Community College website to register.


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Pandora founder: Taylor Swift will spark more artist activism
By Claire Atkinson
June 23, 2015 | 9:09am
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Expect a lot more artist activism, said Pandora founder Tim Westergren.
"Artist activism is a new thing," Westergren tells The Post in an exclusive interview. "[They are] are looking for more control of how their music is distributed."
Swift, the hottest pop star today, in an open letter to Apple on Sunday morning pushing for better pay for artists, convinced the most powerful tech company in the world to reverse course and to fork over royalties during the introductory free period for Apple Music.
Saying she was "shocked and disappointed" with Apple not paying artists during the three-month trial period, Swift changed Apple's mind in a matter of hours. Tens of thousands of supportive and thankful tweets – many from artists large and small — flowed in the wake of Apple's decision.
Westergren was not surprised. There's a growing movement among artists for wider transparency as the world shifts to a streaming all access model, he said.
She's in a position to command, that is going to grow from a few artists to hundreds," Westergren said at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, here. "There needs to be transparency, they need to know where their money is going."
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Last fall, as her smash hit "1989" album dropped, Swift had also blasted Pandora-rival Spotify for paying too little for music played on its free tier. She famously yanked her music off the service in protest.
Westergren, 49, the co-founder of the music streaming service, said one of his frustrations is the difficulty in figuring out who the rights holders are with many pieces of music. The executive has come to Cannes to meet ad agencies and clients and make the case for streaming radio – which now owns a 10 percent slice of all radio listening, according to Pandora data.
Pandora is on track to hit $1 billion in revenue this year, up from $920 million in 2014, he said.
That puts the company in the top five of biggest mobile revenue generators, a category lead by Facebook.
The company has 80 million listeners per month. Roughly 3.5 million users pay $4.99 a month to listen commercial-free. Big advertisers include Taco Bell, Ford, T-Mobile, Verizon and AT&T.
While its growth has been solid, its stock price has come under pressure as Apple Music and Spotify have grabbed headlines in recent months. Pandora shares are down 38 percent in the last 12 months.
Plus, the 15-year old company, based in Oakland, Calif., is the middle of two government reviews of the music business. One involves the Copyright Board that sets royalty rates. New rates are likely to be set by Dec. 31.
The second review involves government oversight of collection agencies: ASCAP and BMI. The Justice Department, sources said, is still gathering information to help it decide whether to weigh in on current practices.
As Pandora fights to cut through the clutter and get Pandora's message out to a wider audience, there is plenty of optimism. Westergren is seeing growth in the economy and is already seeing an influx of political dollars from campaigns targeting swing voters by zip code — and their music preference.
The executive disagrees with those who see a bubble in the overall tech sector – but he does sense an overheating in some parts of the business.
"There is a bubble in private company start-up valuations," he said. "That is not going to last."
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Organisations are legally required by the Equality Act 2010 to provide equal pay to both men and women if their duties and work they do is the same or broadly similar. Paying them a different rate because of their gender is unlawful. Regardless of this law, a pay gap still exists today.
In April 2017, the difference between earnings for full time male and female employees, calculated on a median hourly basis, was 9.1%. In order to attempt to address this, the government decided to introduce an obligation on organisations to publish data on the salary of male and female employees. Specifically, organisations will need to show what the gap is between male and female pay.
The Equality Act 2010 (Gender Pay Gap Information) Regulations 2017 took effect from 6 April 2017, requiring organisations to take a 'snapshot' of their gender pay data on 5 April 2017. Organisations will have a further 12 months in which to analyse and publish that data, by April 2018 at the latest. Data will then need to be published annually.
Following the publishing of the first gender pay gap reports in March and April 2018, the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Committee have released a report recommending an increase in the number of organisations caught by the reporting requirement.
The Committee report, entitled Gender pay gap reporting, highlights that the UK has one of the largest gender pay gaps in Europe and organisations should commit to closing this. Their recommendations call for the government to improve clarity around the current regulations, consult on introducing additional pay gap reports and lower the qualifying threshold so organisations with 50 employees or more are caught by the reporting requirement.
More information on this report, and its recommendations, is available in the 'Future of gender pay gap reporting' in-depth section.


Since early 2018, the KOMPLETE KONTROL software is only be available in its 64-bit version. This means KOMPLETE KONTROL updates released after version 1.9.3 are not available in a 32-bit version anymore.
Since KOMPLETE KONTROL has always been 64-bit only on Mac systems since release, this article addresses Windows users and answers some questions Windows users may have on the transition to 64-bit and the discontinuation of the 32-bit version.
Why Does Native Instruments Drop 32-Bit Support for KOMPLETE KONTROL?
With the ever-evolving landscape of computers and operating systems and fewer and fewer KOMPLETE KONTROL users making use of the 32-bit version, we decided that we would discontinue the 32-bit version of KOMPLETE KONTROL in early 2018 in order to reduce the time and cost of developing, testing, and deploying new software updates, and to ensure we can take advantage of all the new features and tools provided by the latest operating systems.
The current versions of KOMPLETE KONTROL will be released with only 64-bit versions of the application and plug-ins. KOMPLETE KONTROL will run standalone in 64-bit mode and will be able to host 64-bit plug-ins. Similarly, KOMPLETE KONTROL will run as a 64-bit plug-in in a 64-bit host. If you're already using the 64-bit version of KOMPLETE KONTROL, then this change will have no impact on you.
How can I find out if I am using a 32-bit version of KOMPLETE KONTROL?
You can find out which version you are using by opening the information window of KOMPLETE KONTROL. To open the information window, click the KOMPLETE KONTROL logo in the upper left side of the window.
The information window displays in its upper right corner which version is running. In the example below, KOMPLETE KONTROL is running in 32-bit mode.
You can switch to 64-bit simply by installing the latest KOMPLETE KONTROL update.
Do not use the application from the x86 folder, since it contains the 32-bit version.
What Should I Be Careful About When Switching to KOMPLETE KONTROL 64-Bit?
If you still use 32-bit plug-ins in KOMPLETE KONTROL, you will need to obtain updated 64-bit versions to keep using them in future versions of KOMPLETE KONTROL. Please contact your plug-ins' manufacturer to see if a 64-bit version of your plug-in is available.
You can find so-called bit-bridging applications which will allow you to use your 32-bit plug-ins in the 64-bit version of KOMPLETE KONTROL. One of these is called JBridge, which you can find here on the web.
What Can I Do If I Want to Keep on Using KOMPLETE KONTROL in 32-Bit Mode?
If you depend on using the 32-bit version of KOMPLETE KONTROL for your work, do not attempt to download or install any KOMPLETE KONTROL updates later than version 1.9.3. Doing so will uninstall your 32-bit version.
Current versions of KOMPLETE KONTROL will include only a 64-bit version of the application. Previous versions of KOMPLETE KONTROL installed both 32-bit and 64-bit versions simultaneously. Since most users don't need the 32-bit version, running the update installer will also uninstall any previous 32-bit version that may have been installed on the system to keep it clean. Therefore, if you rely on the 32-bit version of KOMPLETE KONTROL, do not download or install any future KOMPLETE KONTROL updates.
We will continue to provide technical support for the 32-bit version of KOMPLETE KONTROL until version 1.9.3, which is the last version which offers a stable 32-bit version. You can download the 1.9.3 update here.


The Foo Café roadshow has toured our partners and will now finally have an after work at Foo Café itself. LearningToSleep presents a highly relevant topic.
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Capcom developing Natal game based on old franchise
By Johnny Cullen, Wednesday, 13 January 2010 08:53 GMT
Capcom's Christian Svensson has told G4 the the company is working on a Natal game based on an existing IP.
"I think you'll see again a brand focus on what we're doing there [on Natal], perhaps a brand we haven't seen in a while. That's exciting," said Svensson.
Capcom did stress this Natal content was brand new, as opposed to Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition PlayStation Motion Controller support.
"What we're doing is creating it from the ground up for Natal, in this case. But it's; how do I describe this? it's created from the ground up for Natal. We're not looking at Natal as, 'OK, here's a little Natal gimmick that we've worked into some existing game."
Natal was announced for a Holiday 2010 release last week at CES.


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Karl Heinrich Leopold Freiherr Roth von Schreckenstein (* 31. Oktober 1823 in Donaueschingen; † 19. Juni 1894 in Karlsruhe) war ein deutscher Archivar und Historiker.

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Karl Roth von Schreckenstein entstammte der Familie Roth von Schreckenstein. Er besuchte zunächst von 1835 bis 1838 das Gymnasium in Donaueschingen, an dem sein Vater fürstlich fürstenbergischer Stallmeister war. Nach dem frühen Tod des Vaters fand Karl Aufnahme im Haus seines Onkels, der als Hofmarschall der verwitweten Großherzogin Stephanie in Mannheim lebte. Hier besuchte Karl das Lyceum. Nach seinem Abschluss studierte er an der Universität Heidelberg und wurde Mitglied der Corps Palatia Heidelberg und Saxo-Borussia. 1844 verließ er die Universität und trat als Leutnant in das damals in Ludwigsburg garnisonierende württembergische Reiterregiment in Ludwigsburg ein, wo er bis 1858, zuletzt als Rittmeister blieb. Daneben widmete er sich historischen Studien. 1850 wurde er Mitglied der Freimaurerloge zu den 3 Cedern in Stuttgart, die er 1855 wieder verließ. Er wurde 1857 an der Universität Tübingen (Mitglied im Corps Suevia Tübingen) zum Dr. phil. promoviert. 1859 wurde er zweiter Direktor und Archivar des Germanischen Nationalmuseums in Nürnberg, 1862 wurde er Leiter des Hausarchivs des Fürsten zu Fürstenberg in Donaueschingen, ehe er 1868 zum Direktor des Großherzoglich Badischen Generallandesarchivs in Karlsruhe berufen wurde. 1885 trat er in den Ruhestand.

Ab 1856 war er Mitarbeiter am Wappenbuch des Johann Siebmacher. In den Jahren 1859 bis 1886 befasste er sich als Autor mit der Geschichte der Reichsritterschaft und schuf Werke zur fränkisch-schwäbischen Landesgeschichte. Er war Mitarbeiter am Neuen Siebmacher.

Roth von Schreckenstein war großherzoglich-badischer Kammerherr. Er war verheiratet mit Philippine von Hornstein. Er hatte einen Sohn und fünf Töchter.

Veröffentlichungen (Auswahl)
 Das Patriziat in den deutschen Städten, besonders Reichsstädten, als Beitrag zur Geschichte der deutschen Städte und des deutschen Adels. Laupp, Tübingen 1856. Nachdruck: Scientia, Aachen 1970, ISBN 3-511-00373-3.
 Geschichte der ehemaligen freien Reichsritterschaft in Schwaben, Franken und am Rheinstrome, nach Quellen bearbeitet.
 Erster Band: Die Entstehung der freien Reichsritterschaft bis zum Jahr 1437. Laupp, Tübingen 1859.
 Zweiter Band: Vom Jahre 1437 bis zur Aufhebung der Reichsritterschaft. Laupp, Tübingen 1871.
 Nachdruck: Verlag für Kunstreproduktion, Neustadt an der Aisch 1998, ISBN 3-89557-097-4 (Erster Band), ISBN 3-89557-098-2 (Zweiter Band).

Literatur

 Friedrich von Weech: Karl Heinrich Freiherr Roth von Schreckenstein. In: Badische Biographien, 5. Teil, 1905, S. 706–70(Digitalisat).

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Our experienced team of actuaries are part of the Embark Group and provide specialist actuarial solutions to trustees, sponsoring employers of occupational pension schemes and pre-paid funeral trusts.
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We target an eight week turnaround from receiving complete membership details from the scheme administrators to delivering preliminary valuation results.
At times it is necessary to value a life interest in a Trust holding an asset such as property. In this instance we will require details for the individual and the asset subject to the life interest, in order to prepare the required calculations.
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In early September 2009—actually, on the 70th anniversary of the start of World War II—the Australian Prime Minister, Mr Kevin Rudd, announced the formation of an Advisory Group on the Reform of Australian Government Administration. The group, chaired by Terry Moran, asked for submissions from interested parties and released a discussion paper as a starting point from which people interested in making submissions might develop their ideas.
In total, 173 individuals, groups and organizations—including several Australian government departments—made open submissions, all of which are available for viewing on the website of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet.
Angela O'Brien-Malone and I made a joint submission focussing on the need for the Australian Public Service (APS) to have personnel with expertise in the evaluation of evidence from the social sciences if it (i.e., the APS) is to be capable of being a rational advocate of evidence-based policy to the government of the day. If you are interested, you can download a PDF copy of our submission here.


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Home Entertainment Fameye set to drop debut album titled 'Greater Than'
Ghanaian musician Peter Famiyeh Bozah, popularly known as Fameye set to release his debut album titled 'Greater Than'.
The "Long Life" hitmaker's album features the likes of Manifest, Bisa Kdei, Pappy Kojo, Kidi, among others.
Fameye disclosed in an interview with GNA, that his first album will break barriers because he put a lot into it, left his comfort zone with regards to my style of music which normally talks about the hustles in life.
"But this album is a combination of Highlife, Afro-beats, and Dancehall with a splendid production so I hope it would make the desired impact.
"The album has been very well planned and I want to go international and it would be a plus if it wins a Grammy or any international award in the future," he said.
The 10-track album has songs like "Asem", "My Love", "Unbreakable", "Dey For You", "Bibii", "Streets", "Agoro", "247", "Choices" and "Fly Away" with astute producers including Liquidbeatz, DJ Breezy, Chesenbeat, Beat Master, Peewezel, Senyocue, Tubhanimusik, Johnny Blaze & Stadec involved in the production.
The album listening party is set for Tuesday, August 25, 2020.
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Livermore was formerly a PR man for the biotechnology company DuPont, as well as for the agrifood giants Unilever and Dalgety. After leaving DuPont in 2001, he set up his own consultancy, Ascham Associates. He claims to have 'extensive networks in the food chain, public sector, NGO and think tank communities'.
The links on Ascham Associates' website are revealing. They include: CropGen, the Sustainable Development Network, Philip Stott's Anti-Ecohype site, Tech Central Station Europe, the International Policy Network, the Scientific Alliance, EuropaBio, Agricultural Biotechnology in Europe, and Spiked Online.
Livermore works closely with people involved in many of these organisations and plays a part in some. For instance, Livermore is a Fellow of the International Policy Network and has recently contributed a chapter to an IPN book attacking the Kyoto protocol edited by Kendra Okonski. He is on the Advisory Forum of the Scientific Alliance along with Philip Stott, Vivian Moses of CropGen, and Spiked contributor/ suppporter Bill Durodie. Sense about Science list a 'Mr M Livermore' amongst those from whom it has received 'financial contributions'.
According to Livermore's firm Ascham, 'Having had considerable experience in dealing with a wide range of stakeholders, including CSOs (Civil Society Organisations), in the biotechnology sector, we are in an ideal position to help companies manage such relationships sensitively and positively wherever possible.' However, in August 2000 Livermore's activities in this area gave rise to adverse publicity for his then employer DuPont when The Guardian reported Livermore's unsuccessful efforts to lobby such organisations. Livermore was trying to encourage them to withdraw from the Five Year Freeze coalition which wants a freeze on the commercial growing of GM crops. 'A UK representative of DuPont has sparked the behind the scenes row,' The Guardian reported, 'by attempting to persuade four of the largest and most influential partners in the five-year freeze to withdraw their support'. Annoyance was caused by Livermore's suggestion that these organisations, which had arrived at their position of support for the Five Year Freeze democratically, did not reflect 'the opinions and best interests' of their members. A spokesperson for Unison, Britain's biggest trade union, commented that Livermore's approach was 'based on insufficient knowledge and understanding of the issues'.
Livermore has written a number of letters to the national press in support of GM crops in the name of the Scientific Alliance. In late October 2003 The Times reported that, 'More than 100 leading scientists have made a once-in-a-generation appeal to Tony Blair to save British science'. The Times also referred to the signatories as 'leading scientists' and '114 eminent researchers' (Scientists test Blair and find him wanting). Among the 'eminent researchers' who had signed the letter to the Prime Minister was one listed as 'Dr Martin Livermore Plant Scientist; Independent Consultant'. Not only is Livermore not 'eminent' and without a doctorate, he is not a 'researcher' in the accepted sense of the word and his training was in chemistry, not plant science.
The letter to Blair was organised by Sense about Science. The following letter appeared in The Guardian on 3 November 2003.
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If you were lucky today, you would have been able to experience the first substantial rain we've got in our area in quite some time. An asset to our local flora, our yards will green and hopefully our wildlife areas will be less prone to fire if the rain continues.
Also with the rain comes our duty as motorists to use our headlights while driving on our roadways. I know it's been a while, but please remember to use your headlights in the rain. It's the law, and it helps keep you safe by allowing other motorists to see you.


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TSN to Launch "Digital SportsCentre" Mobile Video Bulletins
November 27, 2018 November 30, 2020 Kevin Coy
TSN has launched Digital SportsCentre, a fast-paced take on sports news and entertainment available exclusively through TSN's official Instagram Story.
Featuring highlights and trending stories from the world of sports, Digital SportsCentre is shared daily at 3pm ET. The short form show debuts as the first mobile-optimised daily news show in Canada – one of many broadcasting firsts from Canada's Sports Leader.
"Digital SportsCentre allows us to evolve our popular SportsCentre brand to provide the sports news our viewers have come to love in a new, quick and entertaining format," said Mark Milliere, Senior Vice-President and General Manager, TSN. "Driven by new host Marissa Roberto, Digital SportsCentre provides a fresh approach for the next generation of sports fans, as TSN continues to set the bar and push boundaries with our content."
Hosted by Saskatoon native Marissa Roberto, the social-focused show is driven by Roberto, with three-minute segments focused on trending stories from the sports world, along with pop culture and other news.
Digital SportsCentre joins TSN's roster of leading sports news and information shows, helmed by Canada's go-to and most-trusted source for sports news, SportsCentre, as well as the widely popular SC WITH JAY AND DAN presented by Tim Hortons.
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There are 13 drivers in the 2013 "NASCAR Next" class announced last week at Iowa Speedway, and 10 of them have something in common: a tie to the NASCAR K&N Pro Series. It gives each of them the closest look at the future of NASCAR racing – right there alongside them on the track each and every week.
How they choose to look at that opportunity, however, often depends on their own unique perspective.
NASCAR K&N Pro Series West driver Cameron Hayley, the only Canadian on the NASCAR Next roster, sees each week as an opportunity to stack up against the rest of the competition.
Ben Kennedy picked up his first two career K&N Pro Series East wins this season, at Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola, Fla., and at historic Bowman Gray Stadium two weeks ago. He said that worrying so much about the competition – particularly in a development division where virtually every member of the garage is trying to get to the next level – can wreak havoc on week-to-week performance.
The Daytona Beach, Fla., native said it becomes increasingly important to focus on the here and now in order to protect your future.
"We've been trying to measure ourselves and compare, maybe a little too much recently," Kennedy said. "It's tough with some of these races where you practice, qualify and all that jazz during the day, but then turn around and race at night.
The K&N Pro Series drivers in the NASCAR Next program include Hayley, Kennedy, Gray Gaulding, Ryan Gifford, Dylan Kwasniewski, Brett Moffitt, Ben Rhodes, Kenzie Ruston, Michael Self and Daniel Suarez. They're joined in the industry initiative by NASCAR Camping World Truck Series drivers Jeb Burton and Chase Elliott, as well as NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour driver Ryan Preece.
"As I'm getting older and learning more, you see that racing in the East Series – in such a competitive series – has been the best thing for me," said Gifford, in his fourth year at Rev Racing. "It's been a blessing to be in the series for a little while.
Gifford admits that it wasn't always easy to take a similar mindset. Like most young drivers coming into the series, he felt the pressure to perform almost immediately. That pressure, he said, can compound itself and produce negative results.
Patience comes in two forms. It comes almost immediately in the race track, where pacing yourself and managing a race car for 150 laps pays big dividends at race's end. It also happens, in Gifford's case, when you start looking at the big picture.
Waiting for the opportunity to come and pursue a national series ride becomes less stressful.
In the end, the K&N Pro Series remains a tremendous proving ground for what's next in NASCAR. Gifford said a recent conversation with Richard Childress Racing Nationwide Series crew chief Danny Stockman helped cement that notion for him.
NASCAR's Cameron Hayley Says "I'm Going East!
Cameron Hayley of Calgary, AB Canada will be heading over to Richmond Virginia for The NASCAR K&N East Pro Series race on Thursday, April 25th.
At just 16 years old Hayley normally competes full time in the NASCAR K&N Pro West Series but he says that's just not enough!
When Hayley entered his first NASCAR K&N Pro race at 15 years old he finished an astounding second. After his recent Daytona UNOH Battle At The Beach win, he finished 2nd again in March at Phoenix! Can he keep up the winning pace? Time will tell.
The Team hopes to keep their momentum going! They haven't raced since early March due to a break in the schedule. After winning Daytona and finishing Phoenix with a very strong second place they are hungry for more top finishes.
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CALGARY, Alberta – Cameron Hayley of Calgary, Alberta will be competing in two races this summer in the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series presented by Mobil 1, the top level of stock car racing in Canada.
The 16-year-old, who won the inaugural UNOH Battle at the Beach at Daytona International Speedway in February, is in his second full season in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West.
Hayley will take advantage of open dates in the schedule for that series to race in the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series event at Motoplex Speedway and Event Park in Vernon, British Columbia on July 13 and at Auto Clearing Motor Speedway in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan on July 17.
"I can't wait to get back and race in my home country with the top drivers," said Hayley. "It's always a very exciting and competitive series.
The race cars will be supplied by the two-time NASCAR Canadian Tire Series champion, D.J. Kennington – who runs his successful program out of Ontario.
Hayley initially gained a lot of attention after finishing second in his series debut in 2011. Last season, he was named to NASCAR's Next9 program, which features nine drivers in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series who represent the next wave of young talent set to make an impact on the national series scene.
NASCAR Driver Cameron Hayley Finishes a Strong Second at Phoenix International Raceway!
Phoenix AZ, March 2, 2013.
Sixteen-year-old Cameron Hayley of Calgary Ab, Canada finished an exciting second place in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West race at Phoenix tonight!
Coming off his prestigious and exciting win at Daytona on Feb 19th Hayley was strong in Phoenix in both practices and qualified in a fast second behind teammate Greg Pursley who set a new track record.
During the race Hayley took a late race lead from Pursley and appeared to have it locked in as the laps closed towards the checkered flag. However a wreck brought out the flags. On the restart an exciting chase by Pursley saw Hayley fall back to second place from the outside line.
Hayley who just got his Driver's License four months ago is already in his second full time season in the NASCAR Series. He is turning heads with his strong performance and smooth driving skills!
Just last year; Hayley in his Rookie Year was nominated by "NASCAR" as one of the "Next Nine!" A driver showcased by NASCAR as one to watch in his climb as one of the next stars in NASCAR's top levels of the sport. Hayley proved it again tonight!
This race at Phoenix showed that Hayley has the talent and can be a strong contender on both the short and long tracks in the series.


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#!/usr/bin/python
"""Tests for comment_parser.parsers.js_parser.py"""

import unittest
from comment_parser.parsers import common
from comment_parser.parsers import js_parser

class JsParserTest(unittest.TestCase):

  def testSingleLineComment(self):
    code = '// single line comment'
    comments = js_parser.extract_comments(code)
    expected = [common.Comment(code[2:], 1, multiline=False)]
    self.assertEqual(comments, expected)

  def testLineCommentInSingleQuotedLiteral(self):
    code = "msg = '// this is not a comment'"
    comments = js_parser.extract_comments(code)
    self.assertEqual(comments, [])

  def testLineCommentInDoubleQuotedLiteral(self):
    code = 'msg = "// this is not a comment"'
    comments = js_parser.extract_comments(code)
    self.assertEqual(comments, [])

  def testMultiLineComment(self):
    code = '/* multiline\ncomment */'
    comments = js_parser.extract_comments(code)
    expected = [common.Comment(code[2:-2], 1, multiline=True)]
    self.assertEqual(comments, expected)

  def testMultiLineCommentWithStars(self):
    code = "/***************/"
    comments = js_parser.extract_comments(code)
    expected = [common.Comment(code[2:-2], 1, multiline=True)]
    self.assertEqual(comments, expected)

  def testMultiLineCommentInSingleLiteral(self):
    code = "msg = '/* This is not a\\nmultiline comment */'"
    comments = js_parser.extract_comments(code)
    self.assertEqual(comments, [])

  def testMultiLineCommentInDoubleLiteral(self):
    code = 'msg = "/* This is not a\\nmultiline comment */"'
    comments = js_parser.extract_comments(code)
    self.assertEqual(comments, [])

  def testMultiLineCommentUnterminated(self):
    code = 'a = 1 /* Unterminated\\n comment'
    self.assertRaises(common.UnterminatedCommentError,
                      js_parser.extract_comments, code)


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Software Development and Coding
November 25, 2021 News and Press
How South Africans can take advantage of job opportunities in the tech sector
Posted by HyperionDev
The South African tech ecosystem is thriving. This is reflected in the latest African Tech Ecosystems of the Future 2021/22 report by fDi, which ranked South Africa highly when it comes to recognising tech innovation and having an established digital start-up ecosystem.
The tech industry holds huge potential for SA
Caissa Veeran, head of partnerships at HyperionDev, Southern Africa's leading provider of tech education, says that South Africa has one of the largest ICT markets in Africa showing extraordinary technological leadership in mobile and security software fields, as well as the online banking services environment.
"Several international corporates operate subsidiaries in South Africa boasting the likes of IBM, Microsoft, and Intel. This is because the country is the regional hub and supply base for neighbouring countries."
"Although our tech sector is developing, it's becoming an increasingly important contributor to South Africa's GDP, and now is the time for locals to take advantage of it when it comes to job opportunities," she says. "Tech companies rely strongly on skilled resources in order to grow their businesses to adapt to new technologies that are emerging, however the supply is not meeting the demand as the current skills being developed are not suitable."
Veeran says that this can be addressed by preparing for today and tomorrow through skills development programs that cater for current and emerging technologies whilst being accessible and affordable. "The supply needs to meet the demand as change is happening fast."
This has been recognised by the government which has embarked on extensive skills development programs aimed at training one million young people by 2030, in robotics, artificial intelligence, coding, cloud computing, networking.
Upskilling South Africa is everyone's responsibility
South Africa's unemployment rate ranks among the highest in the world, says Veeran. "What is especially concerning is how many young South Africans are unemployed. According to Stats SA, the unemployment rate for those aged 15 to 34 years is a staggering 52%, meaning one in every two young people in the country don't have a job."
Although the tech industry holds job opportunities, Veeran explains that there are various challenges South Africa is faced with, such as the current lack of access to technology, connectivity, education, and the high cost of data, all of which have severely restricted the number of young people equipped to enter the tech industry, particularly in rural areas."
To mitigate this there's a lot of work to do at grassroot level to provide South African youth with access to good quality education that is accessible and is affordable, she adds. "This is something that needs to be addressed by organisations, schools and universities who need to increasingly work together to improve access and the quality of education, update the current curriculum and highlight the dynamics and the ranges of careers in the technology world."
Veeran believes that companies also have a role to play when it comes to addressing job creation and specialised skills development. "All the efforts that go into basic skills development is wasted if there are no entry level jobs available for graduates to earn experience in these fields. Employers also need to focus on a continuous data rescaling and upskilling for existing employees to keep up with cybersecurity, AI programming and data science, for example."
EdTech is paving the way
HyperionDev has released its 2021 Tech Graduate Futures Report which revealed that more than half its students only have a higher diploma or high school education. "Our focus and mission are on the democratisation of education and providing access to all. This result is proof that anyone can graduate from our coding bootcamps with a job-ready level of coding expertise, regardless of their educational background, or where they come from," says Veeran.
Subsequently, she points out that almost 80% of graduates found a new job within six months of the bootcamp with the largest proportion becoming professional software engineers and full-stack developers. "However, it's important to note that only 19.6% of graduates came from an IT-related field meaning that anyone can take up a career in tech if they wish."
"Our graduates also increased their salary by 23%, with 55% of graduates completing a bootcamp whilst working a full-time job," she adds.
The reality is that 85 million jobs may be displaced by a shift in the division of labour between humans and machines by 2025, whilst 97 million new ones may emerge, that are more adapted to the new division of labour between humans, machines, algorithms. 2025 is just three years away. The future is knocking at our doors," she says.
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Legacy of Cold War Nuclear Bomb Tests Solves Whale Shark Mystery
TOPICS:Australian Institute of Marine ScienceMarine BiologyNuclearPopularSharks
By Australian Institute of Marine Science April 6, 2020
This is AIMS researcher Mark Meekan swimming with a whale shark. Credit: Wayne Osborn
The radioactive legacy of the arms race reveals true age of the world's largest fish.
Atomic bomb tests conducted during the Cold War have helped scientists for the first time correctly determine the age of whale sharks.
The discovery, published in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science, will help ensure the survival of the species — the largest fish in the world — which is classified as endangered.
Measuring the age of whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) has been difficult because, like all sharks and rays, they lack bony structures called otoliths that are used to assess the age of other fish.
Whale shark vertebrae feature distinct bands — a little like the rings of a tree trunk — and it was known that these increased in number as the animal grew older. However, some studies suggested that a new ring was formed every year, while others concluded that it happened every six months.
A whale shark vertebra from Pakistan, in cross section, showing 50 growth bands. Credit: Paul Fanning, Pakistan node of the UN Food and Agricultural Organisation
To resolve the question, researchers led by researchers led by Joyce Ong from Rutgers University in New Jersey, USA, Steven Campana from the University of Iceland, and Mark Meekan from the Australian Institute of Marine Science in Perth, Western Australia, turned to the radioactive legacy of the Cold War's nuclear arms race.
During the 1950s and 1960s, the USA, Soviet Union, Great Britain, France, and China conducted tests of nuclear weapons. Many of these were explosions detonated several kilometers in the air.
This is AIMS researcher Mark Meekan swimming with a whale shark. Credit: Rob Harcourt
One powerful result of the blasts was the temporary atmospheric doubling of an isotope called carbon-14.
Carbon-14 is a naturally occurring radioactive element that is often used by archaeologists and historians to date ancient bones and artifacts. Its rate of decay is constant and easily measured, making it ideal for providing age estimates for anything over 300 years old.
However, it is also a by-product of nuclear explosions. Fallout from the Cold War tests saturated first the air, and then the oceans. The isotope gradually moved through food webs into every living thing on the planet, producing an elevated carbon-14 label, or signature, which still persists.
This additional radioisotope also decays at a steady rate — meaning that the amount contained in bone formed at one point in time will be slightly greater than that contained in otherwise identical bone formed more recently.
Using bomb radiocarbon data prepared by Steven Campana, Ong, Meekan, and colleagues set about testing the carbon-14 levels in the growth rings of two long-dead whale sharks stored in Pakistan and Taiwan. Measuring the radioisotope levels in successive growth rings allowed a clear determination of how often they were created — and thus the age of the animal.
"We found that one growth ring was definitely deposited every year," Dr Meekan said.
"This is very important, because if you over- or under-estimate growth rates you will inevitably end up with a management strategy that doesn't work, and you'll see the population crash."
One of the specimens was conclusively established as 50 years old at death — the first time such an age has been unambiguously verified.
"Earlier modeling studies have suggested that the largest whale sharks may live as long as 100 years," Dr. Meekan said.
"However, although our understanding of the movements, behavior, connectivity, and distribution of whale sharks have improved dramatically over the last 10 years, basic life history traits such as age, longevity, and mortality remain largely unknown.
"Our study shows that adult sharks can indeed attain great age and that long lifespans are probably a feature of the species. Now we have another piece of the jigsaw added."
Reference: "Annual Bands in Vertebrae Validated by Bomb Radiocarbon Assays Provide Estimates of Age and Growth of Whale Sharks" by Joyce J. L. Ong, Mark G. Meekan, Hua Hsun Hsu, L. Paul Fanning and Steven E. Campana, 6 April 2020, Frontiers in Marine Science.
DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2020.00188
Whale sharks are today protected across their global range and are regarded as a high-value species for eco-tourism. AIMS is the world's leading whale shark research body, and the animal is the marine emblem of Dr. Meekan's home state, Western Australia.
Drs Ong, Meekan, and Campana were aided by Dr. Hua Hsun Hsu from the King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals in Saudi Arabia, and Dr. Paul Fanning from the Pakistan node of the UN Food and Agricultural Organisation.
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Infused with this same dedication to change, in 2003 The Chicago Community Trust convened a group of African American community and civic leaders to lead a philanthropic initiative to improve the quality of life for African Americans in Chicago.
Among this group was Frank Clark, retired chairman and chief executive officer of ComEd who now serves as president of the Chicago Board of Education. His words of encouragement still echo as a reminder of the passion and perseverance needed to ignite and advance this mission.
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Q: Automatic creation of mutisite blog outside of the admin i working on a system that  in which i want user to be able to create their own page on login using the multisite feature in wordpress how do i get these done outside the admin. It seems like all the files in wordpress are all interwoven. i dont understand how all those function and class can be  included into my project

A: You could use this WordPress function within your form code:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wpmu_create_blog
With this and a custom template you can allow any user to create a blog for himself (For some sample code you could see how wordpress itself does it on wp-signup.php on WordPress root dir)


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using System;

// Task Description:
// Declare two string variables and assign them with Hello and World. Declare an object variable and assign it
// with the concatenation of the first two variables (mind adding an interval between). Declare a third string
// variable and initialize it with the value of the object variable (you should perform type casting).

namespace StringsAndObjects
{
    class StringsAndObjects
    {
        static void Main()
        {
            string worldOne = "Hello";
            string worldTwo = "World";
            object worldOneTwo = worldOne + ", " + worldTwo + "!";

            Console.WriteLine(worldOneTwo);
        }
    }
}


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a) Kali
April 15, 2008 hrodrigues
The goddess Kali is often described as fierce, black or dark, she has a lolling tongue, fangs and her dancing can destroy the world. Her necklace, girdle and sacred thread are snakes, she is also known to lie on a bed of snakes (Kinsley 1975:81). She is often naked with long unkempt hair. She is adorned with corpses, as a girdle, necklace, or earrings. She has long sharp fangs and often has claw like hands with long nails and often has blood smeared on her face. On the battlefield she is known to get drunk on the blood of her combatants (Kinsley 1986:116). In many descriptions she has four arms, her two left holding a bloodied cleaver and a freshly severed head, her two right making the signs of 'fear not' and one who confers boons (Kinsley 1996: 77-8). Her descriptions are ferocious and somewhat terrifying yet throughout various aspects of the Hindu tradition she is looked upon with love and devotion. She represents for many the manner for witch to face their fears of death and the unknown. Her association with death and destruction is evident in her favorite abodes of the battlefield and the cremation grounds. Kali has long been a goddess on the periphery of society worshipped by the people who occupy the same status, the thieves and the lowest castes.
Worshippers carry an image of the goddess Kali to the river Ganga for immersion at the end of Kali Puja celebrations in Banaras
The story of Kali's birth, as it is described in the Devi-mahatmya, begins on the battlefield, with the goddess Durga. In two episodes of this text Kali represents Durga's anger personified. In this instance Kali springs forth form the blackened forehead of an extremely angry Durga and defeats the demon's Canda and Munda and later the demon Raktabija. The Kali that is worshiped in India today is defiantly the same as she who is presented in the Devi-mahatmya (Kinsley 1986:90-2). In relation to other goddesses Kali seems to represent their wrath and anger, a dimension of the divine feminine that is frightening and dangerous (Kinsley 1986:120).
A possible prototype for Kali is the demoness Nirrti, who is frequently mentioned in the Vedic literature. Nirrti seems to be the personification of death, destruction and sorrow, her mantra is intended to ward her off, she wears dark clothes and receives dark husks as her sacrificial offering she is also said to have a dark complexion. Nirrti is said to live in the south, the abode of death (Kinsley 1986:87). However, Kali is active in warfare and receives blood sacrifice while Nirrti does neither. About the time that Kali begins to be known in the tradition Nirrti begins o disappear, she is rarely mentioned in the epic-Puranic texts. Generally Kali represents certain realities that were previously conveyed by Nirrti (Kinsley 1986:87-8).
When Kali is coupled with a male god it is almost always Siva, she is his consort, his wife or his associate. However, she always is the one to incite his wild behaviour. The relationship that Kali has with Siva differs from that with Parvati in that Kali seems able to persuade Siva to partake in dangerous and destructive behaviour that ultimately threatens the stability of the cosmos (Kinsley 1986:116). In the relationship with Siva Kali's inclination to wildness and disorder continue, and while she is sometimes calmed by him many times it is she who encourages him to partake in similar actions. In fact there is a South Indian tradition that tells of a dance contest between the two which end with Siva as the victor forcing Kali to control her disruptive behaviour. However, there are very few other depictions of Kali as tame and docile, most images depict either or both in destructive ways and others with Kali in her glory dominating a motionless or sometimes dead Siva (Kinsley 1986:119). In iconographic representations of the two Kali is predominantly the dominant one, she is generally standing or dancing upon Siva's motionless body and when depicted having sexual intercourse she is always above him. This suggests that while Siva is said to have calmed Kali in the dance contest he has never successfully or continuously restrained her wild antics (Kinsley 1986:120) Kali's association with Siva began as early as the eighth century CE, as is in Bhavabhuti's Malatimadhava. In the Vamana-purana the names of Kali and Parvati are used interchangeably in the depiction of Siva's wedding to Parvati (Kinsley 1986:102). Generally in relation to the goddess Parvati Kali is often mentioned in various situations, especially in Parvati's preparations for war, in these cases Kali appears as Parvati's alter ego.
Kali's status in the Hindu religion has always been as an outsider, she hangs out on the peripheries of society. This is shown in the location of her temples and her favorite known haunts the battlefield and the cremation grounds. In the cremation grounds she often sits upon a corpse and is surrounded by jackals, ghosts and snakes and unlike other deities she does not have an animal vehicle but rides a ghost (Kinsley 1996:77-8). In her early history Kali was a tribal goddess who was worshiped by thieves and hunters, and so Kali has a long standing association with criminals and has been linked to the murderous Thugs as their patron goddess (Kinsley 1996:78). In the Mana-sara-silpa-sastra it is said that Kali's Temples should be built far from villages and towns, near the cremation grounds and near the homes of Canadalas. This represents her long standing association with the periphery's of Hindu society (Kinsley 1986:117-8).
In Tamilnad, goddesses very much like Kali were worshipped from very early on. In the Tamil epic Silappadikaram Kali is called the goddess of death and aids the bandits living the area by rewarding their blood sacrifices with victory in their pursuits. She appears in later Tamil literature as well and is widely known as a village goddess (Kinsley 1975:96-7). Kali is very popular in Bengal however she did not appear in the Bengali literature until quite late. The major festival for her worship in Bengal is Dipavali, it is during this festival, and throughout the year, that Kali receives blood sacrifice. It is in Bengal that Kali is approached as a caring and protective mother (Kinsley 1986:116). Kali's Sakta devotion in Bengal is featured in the works of Bengal's famous religious figures, Ramprasad Sen and Ramakrishna. Ramprasad described Kali in a world relived of all its indifference and seemingly impulsive aspects (Kinsley 1975:116). For Ramprasad Kali is the embodiment of world order, especially the darker aspects of existence. In his poetry Kali is presented as the caring presence of Mother who looks over her stubborn wet helpless children (Kinsley 1975:117). Ramakrishna approached Kali in the same way as Ramprasad, as a child. He doted on her as her official temple servant, however he did not ignore her wild and fantastic nature. She was to Ramakrishna the Mistress of a dizzying and exhilarating creation. Kali continues to retain her fierce image, yet in many of her images Ramakrishna and his wife are sitting calmly with Kali behind them comforting her trusting children (Kinsley 1975:121-4). Other areas where Kali is widely know are Assam, Orissa and western India particularly Rajasthan (Kinsley 1975:100).
In the Tantric tradition, as early as the sixteenth century, Kali figures quite prominently especially in left-handed Tantrism and Bengali Sakta devotionalism (Kinsley 1986:122). In many of the Tantric texts Kali's position is that of the supreme deity equivalent to Brahman. In fact in the Nirvana-tantra it is proclaimed that "the god's Brahma, Visnu and Siva are like the amount of water in a cow's hoofprint compared to the waters of the sea," in comparison to Kali (Kinsley 1975:110). Kali conveys the image of death, fear, destruction, terror and the all consuming aspects of reality. For the Tantric disciple these aspects of life are not to be feared or avoided, they are to be confronted boldly and thereby overcome and they also become a vehicle for salvation. It is also in this tradition that Kali is clearly the wife of Siva and they together in union create and destroy the universe (Kinsley 1975:112-3). She is no longer emancipated and ugly, in the Karpuradi-stotra she is described as young and beautiful and she is gently smiling. She is no longer a shrew or the refinement of Durga's wrath, she has become the one who grants the benefit of salvation, she has become the symbol of the triumph over death (Kinsley 1975:114).
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FAMU hopes to keep winning at Saturday's homecoming game
The football team picked up a much-needed against Savannah State 27-13 on Saturday.
Head coach Earl Holmes spoke on the job his team did getting off to an early start on both sides of the ball in the press conference held on Tuesday.
"We started the game off fast," Holmes said. "That has been our Achilles' heel, so we changed some things around so we could start out fast and finish strong."
A fumble recovery in the first quarter from Kashawn Butler, a redshirt sophomore linebacker, set the Rattlers (2-4, 1-1 MEAC) up for a 10-yard touchdown run by junior running back Lemond Buice, giving them an early lead.
Additionally, Terry Johnson, a junior cornerback, increased FAMU's lead by scoring a touchdown on a 63-yard punt return. After the return, the team was able to maintain the momentum throughout the game.
The Rattlers look to continue to improve heading into Saturday's homecoming game against the Howard University Bison.
"We are only going to get better," Holmes said. "We are trying to get that snowball effect. Once you get that first win, then you look to grow on it."
Kevin House, a senior center, emphasized the importance of winning this year's homecoming game against Howard.
"Since I have been here, we have not beat them yet, so we have to pull out a victory for the senior class," House said.
House said the chemistry the offense has is better thus far in the season.
"Early in the season, we were trying to get that gel," he said. "Now, we are in sync. Usually we have to talk to get the passing assignments out. Now it's like everybody is on the same page and in one motion."
Senior safety John Ojo said the key is stopping Howard's spread passing game.
"I'd have to say the biggest challenge is definitely the passing game," Ojo said. "They like to throw it a lot, so we have to be disciplined and ready to fly to the ball."
Holmes expects the extra activities going on for homecoming to motivate his team and for the fans to play a big factor this weekend.
"It's about the 12th man," Holmes said. "We have a rich tradition when it comes to winning, and [we're] looking to get back there."


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As GM, would you draft an openly gay player?
If you ran the Seahawks, would you draft an openly gay player such as Michael Sam? Or would you be too worried about upsetting locker-room chemistry? Vote here.
Michael Sam intends to become the first openly gay player to play in the NFL. He starred at the University of Missouri under Gary Pinkel. / Wiki Commons
Two days ago, we knew this much about Michael Sam: As a 260-pound defensive end at the University of Missouri, he won the SEC Defensive Player of the Year award (11.5 sacks) and worked himself into a probable draft pick – perhaps as high as the third round – in the NFL draft in May. Now, of course, we know a whole lot more about Michael Sam.
Sunday via The New York Times and ESPN, Sam told the world he is gay. He said his coach, Gary Pinkel, the one-time Washington assistant under Don James, and his teammates learned the truth the past summer.
"I'm Michael Sam. I'm a football player and I'm gay," he told The Times.
Unlike Jason Collins, who declared that he was gay last year within days of wrapping up his 12th NBA season, Sam is not yet a professional. If he sticks with an NFL team, he will become the league's first openly gay player.
According to eight NFL anonymous executives surveyed by SI.com, Sam's announcement makes his path into the league considerably more daunting than it was a few days ago. It will, the executives agreed, probably wind up costing him millions of dollars.
The consensus of the eight opinions: Sam's draft stock, and therefore the dollars he might have earned had he kept his sexual orientation to himself, will drop because clubs will not want to deal with the publicity circus that will inevitably accompany him. Nor will they want to inject Sam into the kind of locker room culture that exists today, although it didn't seem to hurt the Missouri Tigers, recent winners of the Cotton Bowl.
In fact, Sunday night, when television sets at the Campus Bar & Grill in Columbia, MO., broadcast Sam's announcement on ESPN, the place, according to SI.com, broke into applause. But that might not be the NFL's reaction.
"I don't think football is ready for an openly gay player," one NFL player personnel assistant told SI.com. "In the coming decade or two, it's going to be acceptable, but at this point in time it's still a man's-man game. To call somebody a (gay slur) is still so commonplace. It would chemically imbalance an NFL locker room and meeting room."
None of the executives, who agreed to the interviews on the condition of anonymity, criticized Sam's sexual preference or his decision to make it public. But they all were unsparing in their comments. Bottom line: Who needs the grief?
"Every Tom, Dick and Harry in the media is going to show up, from Good Housekeeping to The Today Show," one executive pointed out. "A general manager is going to ask, 'Why are we doing that to ourselves?'"
Collins, a 35-year-old free agent, hasn't signed with an NBA team since making his announcement.
"You shouldn't have to live your life in secrecy," one assistant coach said. "But do you really want to be the topic of conversation for everything without having played a down in the league?"
The assistant added that the decision to draft Sam – in which round, or if at all — will depend on a team's level of comfort in possibly disrupting the dynamic of its locker room.
Seahawks fans just witnessed a remarkable convergence of talent and chemistry result in a Super Bowl victory. The locker room dynamic obviously worked.
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I'm confident the Hawks would. They have a solid bunch of players here. You won't find a Richie Incogito or a Aldon Smith here. I'm sure the NFL will contact all teams to get how they feel about Sam and how to handle the situation as well.
RadioGuy
If I'm a personnel director in the NFL, I'm looking at whether Michael Sam can help my team. If I think he can, he's on my board. His sexuality should not matter because being gay doesn't make you a better or worse player. Sports are meant to be a meritocracy and the questions should be "Can this guy help our pass rush? Can this 265-pound rookie handle defending the run?" If answers to the football questions are yes, then, yeah, you draft him.
HOWEVER, because Sam has now become a cause celebre, I'm thinking twice about drafting him because he brings a distraction that has nothing to do with football to all the other players simply trying to make my team and prepare for the coming season. There's no way you could have a normal, football-centered training camp when what you do is being blared across the media as much as a social statement instead of just trying to find the 45 players who'll help you win.
I suspect that if we can somehow survive Manti Te'o and his imaginary girlfriend, we can survive a football player who prefers other men. Good luck to Sam. It takes guts to do what he did, but I don't think other players will be as much a problem for him as the media will because he will never be left alone to just play football.
rosetta_stoned
It is impossible for me to care any less about a player's sexual orientation.
oldfan
Of course I'd take him, if he was the right fit for my team's need.
30 some years ago, a lesbian friend asked if I would accept a woman as the Seahawks' middle linebacker. If she was better than who is in there now? Yes.
Almost 70 years ago the same thing was being asked about a black baseball player. That worked out okay.
Progress has to start somewhere.
I'm the same way about women in baseball. Baseball may be the sport most resistant to change, but I could see a female knuckleballer make the grade. You don't have to be big or strong to throw a knuckler and nobody likes batting against them.
WestCoastBias79
Unfair or not, this puts him in Tim Tebow territory. What that means is that his performance has to justify the circus and therefore distraction that comes with him. This distraction really has nothing to do with his sexual orientation as I think most young people not named Incognito would probably just shrug it off, it's the distraction the media *will* create. Jackie Robinson was a strong person, but he was there because he was a good baseball player.
Mort McSnerd
he played with had no choice but to support him. He's obviously a
drama queen (pun intentional) and while I don't care if he nails
orangutans, the idea that he now seems to believe he should be judged on
his sexual proclivities as a part of his physical abilities would
preclude me (and, I believe, most GM's) from drafting him.
best bet would have been to get drafted, make a team, and THEN, if he
needed to, advertise his sex life to the entire planet.
if he doesn't get drafted or get the contract he wants, he'll wine and
snivel about being a homosexual as the reason, when that may have
nothing to do with it.
So…. no. Self-centered people are not who the Seahawks need.
Let's take this from the top…
I'll ignore the obvious homophobic slurs and let others judge those for themselves.
His Missouri teammates could have easily leaked it to the presses and church leaders and created a public cry for his removal from the team, they chose not to.
Because it was known by his college team and many pro scouts means it wasn't going to stay secret for long. By coming out himself it should be less of a "gotcha" story for the media. No where does Sam claim you have to draft him because he's gay. You're allowed to take that as you will. And no one can later claim they were duped when they drafted him. Hardly self-centered attention grabbing.
It's interesting, and telling, that you would compare being gay with being accused of murder. If Aaron Hernandez is found innocent you still think he should be treated as a pariah, same as you feel about Michael Sam. (BTW Ray Lewis was involved in a murder scandal and found innocent, the Ravens survived the media scrutiny enough to win two Super Bowls.)
"Best to get drafted…and THEN…" come out? So it's best to try and deceive the team, the owner, and the fans? Strange logic there. When Tom Brady or Tony Romo date celebrities no one accuses them of advertising their sexuality, no one thinks twice. But a gay person should skulk around in the shadows, fearing to be recognized? That may unfortunately be true in Uganda, Iran, or Russia, it shouldn't be true in "the land of the free."
Sam is the SEC Defensive Player of the Year, a projected mid-rounder, so yes, if he's not drafted you could legitimately think his sexuality had something to do with that (barring a hidden injury or some other major factor). When most players are cut, traded, or sat down, the reasons are fairly obvious. If that happens to Sam some will indeed cry foul, same as if he's promoted over someone's favorite player they will cite favoritism. That's the way a free media and free speech work.
Richard Sherman's love of speaking out had the media branding him "self-centered." But he was just being himself. That's all Michael Sam is doing.
Here's another way to look at it: The question is posed – "As a GM, would you draft an openly gay player?" Now consider the obverse:
"As a GM, would you cut/fire an openly anti-gay, homophobic, bigoted player?"
Good question. I think if it were a situation (similar to what went on with the Dolphins) in which one or more players actively bullied another player because he was gay, the bullies would hit the waiver wire faster than the 2001 quake hit the seismometer. Locker rooms are not tea rooms, but they should not be target ranges either.
It can be a slippery slope, however, because how does a GM respond to a player who gives an honest opinion that he does not support the "gay lifestyle," or whichever words he chooses, without violating his right to free speech? Aren't both sides in a debate (not just this one) entitled to equal First Amendment protections?
Jones & Hutchinson
Would you take Jackie Robinson in '46?
At the time, a lot of people developed elaborate rationales for why that wouldn't work out. The question seems kind of ridiculous now, and this will too.
Would love to see this guy fall far enough for the Hawks to steal him in a late round, and then embarrass the league with even more stifling defense next year.
Catln8ive
Can you legally not hire someone because he or she is gay? (would be almost impossible to prove I know) If Russell Wilson came out today and said he was gay, and was fired for being gay, could they legally do that? Would there be different standard for professional women's sports? Isn't this an acknowledgement that there is a don't ask, don't tell policy active in professional sports? Besides, I thought Colin Kaepernick was the NFL's first openly gay player. He's not?
Raymond Meyers
Somebody will draft a player that is good enough to play the game at the pro level and is openly gay. It's just a matter of time. I wouldn't do it right now in Seattle because it will be a distraction at a time when when the team is focused on continuing a run and possibly building a dynasty.
In time, openly gay players will be considered within the bounds of normal. The team that drafts the first openly gay man will be a trailblazer and very brave, but will pay for the distraction from the game.
Players have come out of the closet after quitting the game. Roosevelt Grier springs to mind, and he was a hell of a player.


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The Prime Minister of the State of Qatar inaugurates Jetty Boil-Off Gas Recovery Project
His Excellency Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani, Prime Minister and Minister of Interior of the State of Qatar, officially inaugurated the Jetty Boil-Off Gas Recovery (JBOG) Project in Ras Laffan Industrial City (RLIC) today.
The biggest project of its kind and one of the largest environmental investments in the world, the JBOG Project represents a significant milestone in the State of Qatar's efforts to reduce carbon emissions from its LNG industry.
The JBOG Project is part of the Common Facilities Projects at RLIC and it is led and operated by Qatargas on behalf of Qatar Petroleum and RasGas Company Limited (RasGas). It is an environmental project to recover the gas flared during Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) loading at the six LNG berths in Ras Laffan Port.
The inauguration ceremony was attended by His Excellency Dr. Mohammed bin Saleh Al-Sada, Minister of Energy and Industry, senior government officials, and senior executives from Qatar Petroleum, Qatargas, RasGas and project shareholders.
Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, President and CEO of Qatar Petroleum and Chairman of Qatargas, said the JBOG Project is not only the biggest environmental project in the world, but also one of the largest investments of its kind, at nearly one billion dollars.
Speaking at the inauguration event, Mr. Al-Kaabi hailed the sound vision and wise leadership of His Highness Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani, the Emir of Qatar which has guided us in this effort; pointing out to the environment as one of the pillars of the Qatar National Vision, which was launched and patronized by His Highness.
He said "protecting the environment has always been a holistic commitment in everything Qatar Petroleum and its joint ventures do. This commitment is embodied in a number of initiatives, amongst which this project is the largest and most comprehensive with regards to protecting the environment and exploiting the natural resources of the state. The JBOG Project demonstrates the commitment of the State of Qatar to balance industrial development with care for the environment and reinforces our pioneering and leadership role in the energy industry."
Mr. Al-Kaabi concluded by commending Qatargas for leading the safe and reliable execution and operation of this project on behalf of Qatar Petroleum and the LNG producers in Ras Laffan. He also acknowledged Qatargas and RasGas for their continued commitment towards protecting the environment and reducing carbon emissions from our LNG industry.
The JBOG Project will result in a 90% reduction in flaring at the six LNG loading berths at Ras Laffan, equivalent to annual Green House Gas (GHG) savings of 1.6 million tonnes of CO2. The project will help recover 29 billion standard cubic feet (bscf) of gas per year which is enough gas to produce 750 MW of power or to power 300,000 homes.
"The JBOG Project is considered a landmark project for the State of Qatar. Qatargas is proud to have been entrusted by Qatar Petroleum with the responsibility of leading the project on behalf of the LNG producers at Ras Laffan Industrial City. Qatargas is committed to being a key contributor in the realization of Qatar's National Vision 2030 to have a proactive and significant international role in assessing the impact of climate change through the responsible production of LNG while protecting the environment for our future generations to come"; said Khalid Bin Khalifa Al Thani, CEO of Qatargas.
The safe, reliable and efficient execution of the project was made possible through bringing together industry-leading partners, technological expertise and innovation.
With approximately 3500 people working on site at the peak of construction activities, the project has an outstanding safety record with 22.6 million man-hours worked from 2010 until 2015 without a Lost Time Incident. This remarkable safety milestone is testament to Qatargas' commitment to creating and maintaining an incident and injury free work environment.
"JBOG is another milestone in a long history of our commitment to various green-house gas reduction projects, which includes carbon capture initiatives and other flare minimization programmes. The synergy and cooperation demonstrated by both RasGas and Qatargas on this project further strengthen Qatar's global LNG leadership position" said Hamad Rashid Al Mohannadi, Chief Executive Officer of RasGas.
Ras Laffan is the world's largest LNG export terminal and the only facility where multiple LNG ships can be loaded simultaneously. JBOG posed a great challenge and it is very unique because it had to be designed to recover the boil off gas from multiple ships loading simultaneously.
Qatargas partnered with General Electric (GE) to build the first model (001) of the largest Low Pressure (LP) Compressors in the world for the JBOG Project. The design is the first of its kind in this size range. In fact, to date there had never been a low pressure boil off gas compressor built requiring such large volumes at such a low suction pressure – These were very unique specifications.
Qatargas is proud to promote state of the art solutions and technologies to further improve the environmental performance of its facilities.
Since the start of the first recovery of jetty boil-off gas in October 2014, jetty boil-off gas has been recovered from over 500 ships. The start-up of the JBOG Project has demonstrated that Qatar is not only the largest producer of cleaner energy for the world, in the form of LNG, but has also invested heavily to ensure the reduction of the carbon emission in its LNG production facilities.
See the site of the Qatargas LNG terminal in Ras Laffan


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Formation of military courts remained the top story of Pakistani press as the Parliament passed the 21st Constitutional Amendment Bill and The Pakistan Army Amendment Bill 2015 unopposed after 247 members of National Assembly and majority of the Senate's members voted in the bills' support. President also signed the 21st Constitutional Amendment Bill, making it applicable with immediate effect. The 21st Amendment to the constitution would provide constitutional cover to trial of militants by military courts.
Earlier the passage of the amendment was delayed on Monday as two religious parties, Jamat e Islami (JI) and Jamiat Ullema e Islam (JUI-F) opposed some of the religion-related clauses in the bill. After the federal government decided to have the 21st Amendment passed from parliament without JUI-F, Its Chief Fazlur Rehman threatened the government of a "D-Chowk like protest", referring to PTI's sit-in in the capital.
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Lately the tension between arch rivals, Pakistan and India is on rise as cross border firing from both sides continues. In a latest development Pakistan army confirms killing of two Pakistani civilians in firing while hundreds of villagers flee to safest areas. Meanwhile India claims killing of one Indian border guard in firing from Pakistan side. India also claimed four Pakistanis planning an attack on Indian soil were killed. Earlier four Pakistani soldiers were killed in cross border firing on New Year's Eve.
Meanwhile Pakistan accused India of trying to sabotage its counterterrorism operation, Zarb e Azb, in the north-western tribal region. A press release from Foreign Office termed the attacks a violation of international norms. Press release also said India should refrain from attempts to create misunderstanding between Pakistan and Afghanistan. Talking about the tension at borders, Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said his government made sincere efforts to improve relations with the new government in India, but they were not reciprocated.
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Killings in Paris made headlines everywhere including Pakistan this week, in which at least 12 people are reported to be killed. Media footages showed masked gunmen stormed the Paris office of a weekly satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo, involved in publishing cartoons of political and religious leaders. It had also published several anti- Islamic caricatures. According to media reports militants online repeatedly threatened the magazine for publishing blasphemous caricatures.
Meanwhile Manhunt for two suspected brothers has widened across the country as the French prime minister expressed fear that those who attacked the magazine office could strike again. The French government has declared the highest state of alert as security in the country has been beefed up at transport hubs, religious sites and media offices.
Condemnations kept pouring in from across the world on the attack, which is being termed as the worst terror attack on French soil in decades. People across the globe also held support rallies and vigils to show solidarity with the victims and to defend the right of speech freedom.
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While ethanol made from corn is the most common alternative fuel in the U.S., concern continues to grow that the use of food crops for fuel production may lead to increased food prices or shortages.
The use of non-edible corn stalks, corn cobs, and other plant material would be preferable, but these require special processing to breakdown their tough cellulose fibers. Currently, the only way to process these plant materials is with heat and high pressure or acids – both of which are costly and environmentally unsound. Now, however, Memphis Zoo's giant pandas Ya Ya and Le Le may offer a better solution.
Presenting her work at the 246th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society, Brown said her team has found more than 40 microbes living in the guts of the giant pandas. In addition to identifying bacteria that break down lignocellulose into simple sugars, the researchers also found bacteria that can take those sugars and transform them into oils and fats – which could be used for biodiesel production. Brown said that either the bacteria themselves or the enzymes in the bacteria could be used in the production of biofuels.
"These studies also help us learn more about this endangered animal's digestive system and the microbes that live in it," said Brown. "Understanding the relationships between the microbes and the pandas, as well as how they get their energy and nutrition, is extremely important… as fewer than 2,500 giant pandas are left in the wild and only 200 are in captivity." Brown's future plans include expanding the work to include samples from red pandas at the Memphis Zoo, which also eat bamboo.
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