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Laguna Beach's two-year reign as a CIF Southern Section champion in boys' water polo came to an end Wednesday in Irvine.
Laguna, which won the last two Division 3 titles, came up just short of contending for a Division 2 crown in its first year in the division. The No. 3-seeded Breakers reached the semifinal round in the division, but had their title streak stopped by No. 2 Santa Barbara, which scored a 9-7 victory at the William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center.
Laguna, reigning champion of the Orange Coast League, ended its year at 21-10. Santa Barbara (22-8), which won the Channel League title, moves on to play in the Division 2 title game at Saturday at 2:45 p.m.
"I was really proud of our guys, and what they did this year," Laguna Coach Ethan Damato said. "We didn't play well tonight but we were 9-7 against a good Santa Barbara team. Our guys didn't give up until the final whistle."
Laguna led just twice in the semifinal. The Breakers took a 1-0 lead 34 seconds into the game on a skip shot into the right side of the cage by Riley Thomas. Their final lead came less than a minute later, when Caleb Scott scored from close range to make it 2-1.
Santa Barbara scored the next three goals and took the lead for good, 3-2, on a goal by Nathaniel Hunter with the Dons holding a six-on-five advantage.
Laguna drew to within 4-3 at the end of the first quarter when Jack Dodson drilled a shot into the left corner of the cage just before the buzzer. The Breakers managed only a goal by Duncan Lynde, off an assist from Trevor Collins, in the second quarter, where Santa Barbara was able to extend its lead to 7-4 at the break.
Laguna, which was just two of eight in power-play situations, outscored the Dons, 3-2, in the second half. The Breakers had chances to narrow the gap early in the half but missed their first four shots of the third quarter. They finally broke through when a steal by Camron Hauer led to another goal by Dodson to bring the score to 7-5 with 2:48 left in the quarter.
The Breakers drew to within 8-6 with 5:30 left on a goal by Scott, but with two Laguna players drawing exclusions during the same sequence, Santa Barbara was able to move back into a three-goal cushion when Skylar Matthews scored on a power play with 3:28 to play.
Thomas, Laguna's leading scorer this season, netted his second goal of the game with 2:14 left to make it 9-7.
"We had our chances to get the game to within one goal, but in six-on-five situations, we weren't sharp tonight," Damato said. "I thought we did a nice job of controlling the tempo in the second half. We had a lot of chances."
Wednesday marked the second time this season that Santa Barbara had taken a two-goal victory from Laguna. The Dons won the first meeting, 10-8, at the Tournament of Champions in Santa Barbara in September.
"It was a big challenge," Damato said of the move from Division 3, to Division 2. "I'm proud of what our guys seniors did, as a group, and how our younger players stepped up. We're all disappointed with the loss, but I'm proud of our guys."
Cross Country
The Laguna Beach boys' and girls' teams emerged with top-five finishes in the Division 4 preliminaries on Nov. 10 and each earned a spot in the CIF Southern Section Championships on Saturday at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut.
The boys' Division 4 championship races starts at 9:45 a.m. The girls' title race starts at 10:45 a.m.
The Laguna boys are one of 16 teams to advance to the finals from prelims. The Breakers finished third, behind Fillmore and Don Bosco, in their heat, and placed fifth, overall, in the team standings. Eight teams from each of the two heats advance to Saturday's final.
Times turned in at prelims by the Laguna boys' teams: sophomore Grant Barton (16:17); junior Casey Koprowski (16:28); junior Veda Rebollar (16:51); senior Mitch Kimball (16:53); sophomore Cameron Zuziak (17:02); freshman Penn Neilson (17:37); Freshman Ian Ring (17:56).
Laguna boys' coach Scott Wittkop said he "rested" a few of the key Breakers who didn't compete at prelims.
"We ran well as a team, our only goal was to move on," Wittkop said. "We have a great shot to move on to state. Our team is well prepared and ready to compete."
The top seven teams in the Division 4 standings from Saturday's final, advance to compete Nov. 24 at the CIF State Championships at Woodward Park in Fresno.
The Laguna girls' team took fourth in its heat and reserved a spot in Saturday's Division 4 final.
"I am excited to see how we perform when all is on the line [Saturday]," girls' coach Steve Lalim said. "The girls are ready."
Lalim also "rested" rested key runners last weekend. Janie Crawford and Carlee Ressler, both of whom didn't compete at prelims, will compete at Saturday's finals, he said.
Times turned in at prelims by the girls' team: Eliza Romero (19:42); Natalie Kimball (20:09); Livie Clark (20:16); Brenna Merchant (20:23); Monica White (20:31); Pearl Shoemaker (20:39); Katie Grayden (21:29).
Lalim said that Crawford, Romero, Clark, Ressler, Kimball, Merchant and White, will run at Saturday's final.
The top seven teams from Saturday's Division 4 final, advance to the CIF State meet on Nov. 24.
Girls' Tennis
Coach Don Davis' Breakers on Sunday qualified for the inaugural, 16-team CIF State Southern California Regional tournament. On Tuesday , the Breakers fell, 5-2, in a first-round match at Granada Hills.
The tournament field is made up of teams from the four CIF Southern California sections: Southern, Los Angeles, Central and San Diego. Games were played as a best-of-seven match. Four singles players and three doubles teams competed for each school, with each set, a best-of-three.
Granada Hills is the No. 1 team from the Los Angeles Section, and the tournament's No. 4 overall seed. Laguna, which repeated as Orange Coast League champion, reached the semifinal round of the CIF Southern Section Division 2 playoffs last week. The Breakers were the No. 13 seed in the regional.
Laguna won points in two of four lines of singles play but dropped three close doubles matches, each which went to three sets. Kira Hamilton, at No. 2 singles, picked up a point following 6-0, 6-1 wins. Bailey Jaeger, at No. 3 singles, scored the other point for Laguna by posting 6-2, 6-1 wins.
"Although we lost, the team's performance shows how far we came as a team,," Davis said. "We enjoyed a great season, and the graduating seniors will be missed."
Brooke Michaels, singles champion in the Orange Coast League, and league singles runner-up Bailey Jaeger, along with OCL doubles champs Chloe Mansour and Dominique Willette, and the Breakers' doubles team of league runners-up Katelyn Bo and Sarah Nederlander, are automatic qualifiers for the CIF Southern Section Individual tournament which starts Monday at Corona del Mar High.
Girls' Volleyball
The 2012 season came to an end last Saturday for the No. 4-seed Breakers, who fell, 25-21, 25-23, 25-19, at Capistrano Valley in the quarterfinal round of the CIF Southern Section Division 1-A playoffs.
It was the 16th meeting between the teams, with South Coast League champ Capo Valley getting its first win in the series. The loss was the first in a quarterfinal round game for Laguna since 1998.
Alyse Ford had 29 kills and seven digs, Francie Holte and Julia Goggin had 14 and nine digs, respectively, and Sevana Drovak had 33 assists and six digs for Laguna.
Laguna moved on to the round of eight after traveling to Woodland Hills on Nov. 8 and defeating host Louisville, 25-15, 19-25, 25-20, 28-26, in the second round. Ford had 31 kills and nine digs, Sami Harting had 10 kills, and Goggin (12 digs) and Sabrina Stillwell both had eight kills. Holte led the Breakers in digs with 19, Stillwell had a team-high six aces, and Drovak finished with 56 assists and eight digs.
Ford finished the year with 488 kills.
The Breakers, champions of the Orange Coast League, reached the CIF Southern Section quarterfinals for the 37th time in the 41-year history of the girls' volleyball playoffs. They finished the year 18-7.
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Art and culture in Munich
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Bavarian National Museum
The Bavarian National Museum is one of the largest art and cultural history museums in Europe. In a walk through its rooms, which are furnished in appropriate styles, Western art epochs from late antiquity to art nouveau come alive: goldsmith art of the late Renaissance, gothic sculptures, valuable wall hangings and precious baroque and rococo articles.
Nymphenburg Castle
Nymphenburg Castle in the evening light
The expansive baroque complex in western Munich was built as the summer residence of the Bavarian prince electors. In addition to the spacious castle buildings, the impressive whole of baroque royalty contains a number of significant collections. The legendary beauty gallery of King Ludwig I adorns the south wing, for example. The treasures of the Marstall Museum in the former royal stables include the coronation state coach of Kaiser Karl VII and the fantastic royal carriage of Ludwig II. The expansive castle park with its watercourses and pavilions is enchanting.
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German Museum
Sailboats, atomic models, windmills, space probes, industry robots, organs, sea rescue boats, etc.: You can find this unbelievable range of technological achievements and lots more in the German Museum. It is a museum of superlatives. It is not only the first science-technology museum in the world, but also one of the most visited and biggest with approximately 50,000 square meters. Machines whir, lightning flashes through the air, and telescopes zoom in on stars. Understand by doing – the concept fills approx. 1.3 million people with enthusiasm every year.
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Mobility combined with sportiness, elegance, dynamism and passion—that is what the BMW Museum has stood for since it opened in 1973. After a four-year phase of redesign, the museum re-opened in June 2008 with even more exhibition space. A unique overall exhibit showcases over 125 of the brands most important and attractive original exhibits.
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The Munich neighborhood of "Maxvorstadt" has been a favorite among art enthusiasts since 1836. That is when the Alte Pinakothek was built. Today it is home to the Bavarian State Painting Collections, which include pieces from the Middle Ages to the mid-18th Century. The collections at the Neue Pinakothek and the Pinakothek der Moderne cover the historical epochs that followed: The Neue Pinakothek presents works of art from the 19th and early 20th century. The Pinakothek der Moderne contains works from classic modernism and contemporary art.
City Gallery in Lenbachhaus and Kunstbau
The Lenbachhaus is famous for the world's largest collection of works by the artists of the "Blaue Reiter" such as Franz Marc, Wassily Kandinsky, August Macke, Paul Klee and Gabriele Münter. The City Gallery, which includes the Kunstbau in the Königsplatz subway station, is home to works by Munich painters of the 19th century and current temporary exhibitions. Since re-opening in May 2013, the former residence and studio of painter and prince Franz von Lenbach shines in a new luster.
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The Bavarian National Opera takes on esthetic challenges: After all, Mozart, Verdi and Wagner aren't the only conductors to have cultivated world-class soloists with their brilliance. In the 1990s, the theater achieved new dimensions with exciting new performances of baroque operas by Handel and Monteverdi. World-renowned conductors have led the musical skill of the Bavarian National Opera. Kirill Petrenko has been the new General Music Director since the beginning of the 2013/14 season. He follows Kent Nagano, who conducted the orchestra from 2006 to 2013.
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The Munich Philharmonic, currently conducted by Christian Tielemann as General Music Director, is one of the most well known and successful orchestras in Germany. The Philharmonic provides its audiences very special listening enjoyment, from chamber and orchestra concerts to youth and children's chamber concerts and special performances and final rehearsals that are open to the public.
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The German Theater is unique among German theaters. After the Opera, it is the second largest theater in Munich with 1,600 seats and approx. 300 performances annually, and it is the largest and most famous theater for guest performances with a full stage in Germany. German Theater means international show business at the highest level, lavishly designed top shows, enthralling stories and pulsating live music.
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Eastern Conference Quarterfinals, Game One
April 13, 2011 – New York Rangers 1, Washington Capitals 2 (OT)
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* The Rangers opened their Stanley Cup Playoffs with a 2-1 overtime loss tonight at Verizon Center, in Game One of their Eastern Conference Quarterfinals matchup vs. the Washington Capitals. The Capitals' Alexander Semin tallied the game-winning goal at 18:24 of the overtime period.
* Tonight's contest marked the sixth time the Rangers and Capitals required overtime in the playoffs, and New York is now 2-4 in those contests. This was the longest contest between the two teams, out-lasting the previous longest by 11:36 (Apr. 27, 1990 – 66:48).
* After two scoreless periods, Matt Gilroy opened the game's scoring at 1:56 of the third period, and logged 16:22 of ice time while making his NHL playoff debut.
* Henrik Lundqvist made 31 saves in 78:24 of ice time (1.53 GAA, .939 Sv%), and is now 14-17 with a 2.62 goals against average, a .909 save percentage and three shutouts in 31 career playoff contests. Tonight was Lundqvist's 30th consecutive start in the postseason. Including the regular season, Lundqvist has now started in each of the last 27 games for the Rangers.
* Wojtek Wolski tallied the primary assist on Gilroy's third period goal, and has now registered eight assists and 15 points in 23 career playoff contests. Including the final three games of the regular season, Wolski has now recorded four points (one goal, three assists) in the last four games.
* Brandon Prust also registered an assist on Matt Gilroy's goal while making his NHL playoff debut. He was also credited with a team-high, five hits and logged 21:21 of ice time. Prust's regular season career-high for ice time is 18:35, recorded earlier this season on Jan. 1 at Tampa Bay.
* Dan Girardi recorded a team-high, five blocked shots, was credited with three hits and logged 32:50 of ice time. Marc Staal led all skaters with 33:48 of ice time.
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The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) yesterday called on the Taipei City Government to replace action star Jackie Chan (成龍) as spokesman for the Deaflympics.
"Jackie Chan is unwelcome in Taiwan and the Taipei City Government should immediately remove him from the Deaflympics team," DPP spokesman Cheng Wen-tsang (鄭文燦) told a press conference.
Having Chan as spokesman would not bring positive publicity to the Games, Cheng said.
He said Chan did not believe in democracy and was used to living in an authoritarian regime.
"This is not the first time Jackie Chan has made ridiculous comments criticizing Taiwan," Cheng said.
Chan said at the Boao business forum in Hainan on Saturday that freedom may not be appropriate for China.
"I'm not sure if it's good to have freedom or not," he said. "I'm gradually beginning to feel that we Chinese need to be controlled. If we're not being controlled, we'll just do what we want."
Freedom in Hong Kong and Taiwan, he said, had made those societies "chaotic."
Chan's comments drew applause from an audience of Chinese government officials, but foreign reporters were shocked.
DPP caucus whip Kao Jyh-peng (高志鵬) said the caucus would propose a bill requesting that the Executive Yuan stop funding the Deaflympics if the city government did not replace Chan as spokesman.
In response, Emile Sheng (盛治仁), chairman of the Taipei Deaflympics Organizing Committee (TDOC) and Taipei City's Research and Development Evaluation Commission, said that while he personally disagreed with Chan's comments, Taiwan was a society of democracy and tolerance.
He also said the TDOC would tell Chan the city's concerns about his comments via the appropriate channels.
No plans to appoint a new Games ambassador have been made, Sheng said, adding that if they replaced Chan over a single comment, it would hurt Taiwan's international image as a democracy.
Instead, the committee wishes to let sports be sports and politics be politics, and hold a sporting event that transcends politics and tolerates different points of views, he said.
He said that in this way Taiwan's multi-faceted values and democratic tolerance would be reflected.
Asked if the committee would invite Chan to attend future TDOC events, Sheng said: "Allow me to reserve that possibility."
Sheng said Chan was invited to be one of the 12 ambassadors for the games because of his international fame and his severe hearing impairment as a result of shooting action movies.
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Justin Chou (周守訓), convener of the Foreign and National Defense Committee, disagreed with calls for Chan to be replaced.
Chou said Chan should spend more time in Taiwan so that he can gain a better understanding of the nation. Chou said he might also invite Chan to the legislature so he can sit in on legislative meetings.
However, KMT Legislator Chiu Yi (邱毅) accused Chan of creating a furor in a bid to save his movie career.
"He's getting more and more ridiculous. He criticized China, Taiwan and Hong Kong as if he were the greatest thing in the world," Chiu said. "Does he think he became a real super-cop and savior of the world after starring in Police Story?"
Meanwhile, Hong Kong Tourism Board Chairman James Tien (田北俊) said yesterday that he had received many complaints about Chan's comments.
Tien said that as Chan was an internationally known star, his comments were influential, adding that the board was dealing with the complaints.


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Two hikers rescued from Deer Creek Canyon Park
LITTLETON – Firefighters say two hikers who were rescued from a steep, remote part of Deer Creek Canyon Park southwest of Denver have been flown to hospitals with moderate injuries.
Inter-Canyon Fire/Rescue spokesman Daniel Hatlestad says the injuries include broken bones and one potential head injury. KUSA-TV in Denver reports the injured hikers were in a group of about five people in an off-trail area Thursday afternoon when some rocks broke loose. The others weren't injured.
About two dozen rescuers looked for the hikers after their group called 911. Images from one hiker who took photos of the surrounding area and from a news helicopter helped rescuers find them.
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Global Initiative on Out-of-School Children: South Asia Regional Study
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South Asia has seen significant achievements in strengthening education systems and getting more children to school. Enrolment rates in primary education have reached 90 per cent in 2011 for the region, up from 75 per cent in 2000. More importantly, this growth has been accompanied by a sizeable progress in enrolling girls, with net enrolment rates for the region indicating 88 per cent of the total primary school going age girls are now in school, up from 68 per cent in 2000 (UIS Database accessed January 2014). National laws and policies have been introduced in line with the CRC and other international frameworks. Countries have committed to achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the Education for All (EFA) goals. Across the region, strategies for a more equitable development, including in education, have been developed. Education has also been identified as a major priority area in the Post 2015 development agenda discussions.
Yet, the unfortunate reality is that millions of children in South Asia are still out of school. This study will contribute to efforts of offering these children education opportunities by making them visible and providing evidence-based recommendations on how to reach out to this excluded group across the region, and in particular the four participating countries: Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
This South Asia study has been prepared as part of the Global Initiative on Out-of-School-Children (OOSCI) initiated by UNICEF and the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) in 2010. The initiatives goal is to make a significant and sustained reduction in the number of children out of school around the world by:
- Developing comprehensive profiles of excluded children based on standardized and innovative statistical methods;
- Linking quantitative data with the socio-cultural barriers and bottlenecks that lead to exclusion;
- Identifying sound policies which address exclusion from education with a multi-sectorial perspective.
This South Asia study is primarily based on findings from four OOSCI country studies on Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. These four countries have strong national legislation and expressed commitment to the international frameworks to provide all children with basic education. Impressive achievements in improving basic school enrolment rates have been seen in these countries over the past decade. However, staggering numbers of children remain out of school, particularly in the three most populous countries: Bangladesh, India and Pakistan. It is clear that without further action, including some new and innovative strategies, inequity in school participation and ultimately opportunities in life will persist.


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Use a Solar Controller to control your pool equipment with a touch of a button. Eliminate the need to manually turn your pool pump off and on; simply program the Solar Controller to do the job for you-AUTOMATICALLY. The solar controller switches the pump on when the solar panel is hotter than the water in the heat exchanger and off when the panel is cooler so you do not have to run your pump all the time. We carry top-of-the line Solar Controllers that not only control your pool equipment but can also control your pool lights and automatic pool cleaners.
A solar controller controls the circulating pump in a solar hot water system to generate heat from the solar panels and protects the system from overheating. Simply put, a solar controller turns the circulating pump on when there is heat available in the panels, moving the working fluid through the panels to the heat exchanger from where it is used to heat your water. A solar controller protects the system from overheating by turning the pump off when the exchanger reaches its maximum temperature and cooling it by turning the pump on when the exchanger is hotter than the panels. Basic residential solar controller circuit uses a comparator with two temperature inputs, one at the solar panel and one at the thermal store's heat exchanger, and an output to control the pump. Commercial solar controllers are a little more detailed and use microprocessors with LCD displays. The solar controller switches the pump on when the solar panel is hotter than the water in the heat exchanger which transfers the heat in the panel to your pool; and off when the panel is cooler which prevents a reversal of the process and loss of heat. The controller measures and compares the temperatures in the panel and the heat exchanger every few seconds so you will always enjoy warm, comfortable water. Solar Controllers are programmable and can control several devices at a time. Solar Controllers use power from a mains electric supply in order to operate and offer features like automatic heating, automatic cooling, single setting for desired temperature, terminal strip connections, LED indicators, and freeze protection.


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Sentinel publisher Danny Bakewell, Sr. and Nation of Islam leader Minister Louis Farrakhan will be honored among men of distinction at the 1st Annual Pre-Grammy Gospel Interfaith Awards and Praise Party at the JW Marriott Hotel on January 25. The historic "Praise Party" comes on the eve of one of the biggest worldwide recording industry events to celebrate the extraordinary legacy of the Gospel Music Industry, while paying homage to religious leaders who've served for more than two decades.
"As organizers of this celebration, we believe that this affair will be one of the most historically significant events during Grammy weekend and will also be the hottest ticket in town," stated Carmin Williams, founder of Women Working Together, Inc., which is hosting the extravaganza.
Women Working Together includes a unique network of women who've committed their lives to creating positive alternative programs to address women's health, spiritual, educational and economic needs. They desired in 2014 to uplift the work and sacrifices of African-American religious leaders and advocates for all they do in their communities. Sentinel publisher Danny Bakewell, Sr. has built a decades- long career as a businessman, social activist, and community advocate. Just a fraction of his accomplishments include his recent service as chairman of the National Newspaper Publishers Association and groundbreaking work as head of the Brotherhood Crusade.
At 80-years-old, Minister Louis Farrakhan still maintains a grueling work schedule as the National Representative of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad and the Nation of Islam. His tremendous success includes many other things, the establishment of mosques and study groups in over 120 cities across America, Europe, the Caribbean, and missions in West Africa and South Africa devoted to the Teachings of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad. Minister Farrakhan and the NOI recently celebrated the 18th anniversary of the historic 1995 Million Man March on Washington, D.C., which drew nearly two million Black men.
Other Pre-Grammy Interfaith Gospel Awards honorees are Bishop Lacy K. Sykes (Cross Word Christian Church), Minister Emeritus Abdul Wazir Muhammad (Nation of Islam's Western Region), Pastor Wayne Chaney (Antioch Church), Imam Tariq Aquil (California Correctional Institution), Bishop Noel Jones (City of Refuge), Rev. Dr. Cecil Murray (Chair of the USC Cecil Murray Center for Community Engagement), Imam Ameen Omar (Masjid Al Shareef), and Imam Abdul Karriem Hasan (Masjid Bilal Center).
Event highlights will include various performances by famed Gospel and Classical recording artists, according to organizers. They felt the Pre-Grammy Interfaith Gospel Awards Dinner themed "Our Unity is Our Success" would Community Overwhelmingly be a great way to unify the interfaith community.


text: Development of the U.S.'s first hypersonic military space plane, the HTV-3X Blackswift, is zooming forward, with plans for Boeing and Lockheed to work together on the project. When it's ready to fly (possibly as soon as 2010), the Blackswift will give the U.S. the ability to send a missile to any spot on Earth within 60 minutes. Check out the unique propulsion system that will take Blackswift above Mach 6.The goal for Blackswift is to be able to take off from a conventional runway, hit Mach 6 and possibly leave the atmosphere, accomplish its mission, then come back down and land on its own. It's also part of DARPA's Prompt Global Strike initiative ("If your missile isn't there in 60 minutes or less, it's free!"). The Blackswift propulsion system is a hybrid that mixes a fairly conventional turbojet for low-altitude, low speed flight with a ram/scramjet for hypersonic speeds. Above Mach 4, the ramjet takes over, slamming air through the jet at supersonic speeds without the use of a compressor or fan blade. If everything goes well, Blackswift could provide a basic platform for the development of further military space vehicles. Which is simultaneously really neat and pretty terrifying. Image by: Wired. Boeing Joins Lockheed on Blackswift. [Military.com] Blackswift Swoops in for $750 million. [Wired]


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Testicular cancer is the most common cancer in men 15 to 35
years old. Testicular cancer is more common in white men than in black
The causes of testicular cancer are not completely
understood. But the following conditions increase the risk of
The main symptom of testicular cancer is swelling or a
painless lump in the scrotum (in or on a testicle). Other symptoms include a
dull ache in the belly or pelvis, pain or a feeling of heaviness in the
testicles, and fluid collection (edema) in the scrotum.
cancer is treated with a combination of surgery,
chemotherapy, and
radiation therapy. The exact treatment depends on the
type and extent of the testicular cancer. Most forms of testicular cancer are
curable when detected early.
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At the core of this experience are the values that define us as an organization, and guide us in each of our roles. Because we believe how we do things is as important as what we do, the UPMC values play a part in the employee experience through our approach to learning and development, goal-setting, and performance reviews. Working at UPMC means living our values each and every day.
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Hi Everyone: Don is actually doing better... Insurance approved home nursing care to come in daily for wound care... The tunneling was 6cm and now 3cm. He is staying out of his chair more and it seems to be helping. The improvement is buying him time but the prognosis is probably not very good... He has had
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One in five apps are insecure
Survey exposes patching woes
One in five software apps installed on computers are insecure or out of date, according to data from an online security inspection service.
The data is based on scans of more than 14.5 million applications on end-user computers whose users installed Secunia's freely available software inspection tool.
The Danish security firm said stats from its Secunia (Personal Software Inspector) PSI service show that users are continuing to struggle with the task of keeping their software applications up to date.
"More than 20 per cent of all applications installed on users PCs have known security flaws but the user have yet to install the patch provided by the vendor of product," Thomas Kristensen, Secunia's CTO told El Reg.
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Faye long wallet in smooth and suede calfskin with adjustable strap
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Smooth & suede calfskin Carry: long shoulder or cross-body - 1 main compartment - 3 card slots in leather - Topstitched front flap with magnet closure - Adjustable leather strap - Delicate mix of brass and silver finishing - Refined beige suede calfskin lining Comes with a dust bag - Width: 18 cm/ 7.1 inches - Height: 10.5 cm/ 4.1 inches - Depth: 4 cm/ 1.6 inches - Wide strap length min: 55 cm/ 21.7 inches - Wide strap length max: 60 cm/ 23.6 inches This article is made of top-grain leather. The grain side was sanded to provide the leather with its velvet-like finish. Depending on the degree of finishing, this technique may produce a leather called nubuck or velvet leather. This material is fragile, particularly with respect to colours. Respect care instructions on the leaflet Colour: cloudy blue Item code: CHC16WP796H2O41H
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Hey all, time for some dynamic programming! I've tried and failed, apparently I still don't understand the concept well enough to modify this the way I want.
Code I'm working with is from here: Java:: Coin Change Problem - dynamic programming - memoization - recursion
Basically I want the method to return not only the minimum number of coins needed (already works), but also the values of those coins. Sounds simple, but I'm stumped. Only thing I've changed is changing Hashtable to HashMap. Massive thanks to anyone who can help
public static HashMap<Integer, Integer> solved = new HashMap<Integer, Integer>(); public static int kovanci(int[] k, int val) { // we've reached the end of recursion - a leaf // if the value is less than zero it means that the current combination is not solvable // if the value is zero, it means it is solvable if (val <= 0) return val; // for as many coins try to decrease the value for the coin value // and try to solve the smaller problem int min = -1; //default: if it's not solvable for (int i = k.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) { // if the coin k[i] exists in the solution, it means the solution is // solutions(value - coin_value) + 1 // eg. we have coins: 1, 3, 5 and the value is 11 // if the coin 5 exists in the solution, try to solve the problem for value 11-5 = 6 // the solution is smaller_solution + 1 int newVal = val - k[i]; int r; // dynamic programming - memoization // if we already have the minimum for the new value, fetch it (with time complexity O(1)), // so that we don't recursively re-solve the problem and waste time if (solved.get(newVal) != null) { //solution = smaller_sollution + 1 r = solved.get(newVal) + 1; } else { //try to solve the smaller problem r = kovanci(k, newVal); //if the solution is valid, the new solution is smaller_solution + 1 if (r >= 0) r++; //else, keep the negative value - it means that it's not valid //eg: coins 3, 5, value 11 is not solvable, the solution is -1 } // from all of the solutions, get the minimum value // and skip invalid solutions ( less than zero ) if ((r > 0) && (min == -1 || r < min)) { min = r; } } // dynamic programming - memoization // once we do get the smallest possible solution, save it for later use // it saves A LOT of time and useless work, that's already been done solved.put(val, min); return min; }