According to ground tests, this novel technology boosts the efficiency of afterburning to 99 per cent, matching the fuel efficiency of long-distance cruising conditions. It also reduces engine vibration by 80 per cent under maximum operational loads, thereby minimising the risk of aircraft damage. To address these challenges, the team of researchers led by engineer Wang Shiqi invented an innovative fuel nozzle. Pulsed fuel travels along a Z-shaped path within the nozzle and is ejected at different angles. This design ensures that fuel droplets form a fan shape, enabling better mixing with air.The Bucs waived defensive lineman Earnest Brown and rookie linebacker Antonio Grier on Friday, the team announced. That leaves the Buccaneers with only 50 players on their 53-player roster after previously creating an opening Thursday by placing safety Christian Izien on injured reserve. The Bucs could use the spots to activate safety Jordan Whitehead and wide receiver Kameron Johnson from injured reserve for Sunday’s game. They also need a roster spot for punter Jack Browning, who is out of practice squad elevation options. Brown signed with the Buccaneers as a free agent in May after spending the first part of the 2024 offseason with the 49ers. He previously played two seasons with the Rams, seeing action in 12 games with three starts and contributing 14 tackles and a tackle for loss. He appeared in three games early this season for the Bucs, logging 21 defensive snaps. Grier joined the Bucs as an undrafted rookie in May. He has had two stints each on the practice squad and active roster and has played seven games. Other than two defensive snaps, all of Grier’s action has been on special teams, and he has one kick-coverage tackle.
Coming off a pair of 3-point barrages, Louisville has a chance to match last season's win total when it hosts Eastern Kentucky on Saturday afternoon. The Cardinals (7-5) followed up their 14 made 3-pointers in a Dec. 14 loss at then-No. 5 Kentucky by knocking down 15 of 29 triples in a 90-76 win against Florida State in their most recent game on Dec. 21. Reserve Reyne Smith hit six of those 3-pointers against the Seminoles, and Terrence Edwards led the team with five treys off the bench against the Wildcats. "We played with great poise," Louisville coach Pat Kelsey said after the Florida State win. "I felt like our guys did a great job of finding (shooters) especially when they got a hot hand." Edwards in particular has been red hot. Since losing his starting spot off a 2-for-13 shooting game against Ole Miss on Dec. 3, he has scored 21, 22, 23 and 19 points in his last four games to regain the starting nod. Chucky Hepburn, who made seven 3-pointers in the last two games, leads the Cardinals with 15.3 points per game and Edwards averages 14.3. Eastern Kentucky (6-6) arrives looking for a major upset as it prepares to enter Atlantic Sun conference play. The Colonels are coming off a 91-80 loss at Jacksonville State on Dec. 21. Senior Devontae Blanton had a game to remember, even in a loss, with a career-high 36 points on 13-of-26 shooting. He has scored 1,707 points at EKU and leads the team with 16.4 points per game this year. "(Blanton) is a special story," coach A.W. Hamilton said earlier this season. "He's one of the guys that has stuck with the program. He's found a home (here). He'll go down as one of the best players in program history. He could play anywhere in the country, but he chose to stay at Eastern." Louisville leads the all-time series by a 50-22 margin. --Field Level MediaNone
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The Dallas Cowboys are set to host the Cincinnati Bengals for this week's edition of Monday Night Football in a matchup that pits two teams that have nothing to lose in Week 14. With a combined 9-15 record, these are squads that are hungry for a win , albeit limited playoff chances. Both teams enter the contest banged up and will be missing critical pieces. The Cowboys, for example, will be without right guard Zack Martin , who was placed on Injured Reserve hours prior to the game. The Bengals will be down their top offensive lineman in Orlando Brown Jr . as the left tackle was ruled out on Saturday. Let's dive into the full list of inactives for the Cowboys and break it down. WR Jalen Brooks LB Damone Clark DB Juanyeh Thomas DE Tyrus Wheat RB Deuce Vaughn CB Andrew Booth Jr. Trevon Diggs is ready to go Stephen Jones claimed on 105.3 The Fan that he was "optimistic" that Tyler Guyton and Trevon Diggs would play on Monday and now there's proof for it as both will suit up against the Bengals. This will mark the first time since September 17th that both DaRon Bland and Diggs have been healthy for the Cowboys defense. Last year, Diggs suffered a season-ending injury late in September and by the time he got back on the field this year, it was Bland missing time with a foot injury. Bland returned to the field in Week 12 and Monday will mark his third game played of the season. It's been a big time wish for the Cowboys to get their two All-Pro cornerbacks on the field and the timing is perfect, too as the team will face the explosive WR duo of Ja'Marr Chase and Tee Higgins. Expect them to be challenged tonight as Joe Burrow has put up MVP-caliber numbers despite his team's 4-8 record. Other notes Starting left tackle Tyler Guyton is starting at left tackle and will have a big game against DE Trey Hendrickson. TE Jake Ferguson is active for the first time since Week 11, which will be huge for the Cowboys offense. It also raises some questions about how backups Luke Schoonmaker and Brevyn Spann-Ford will be deployed. WR Ryan Flournoy is once again active after being a healthy scratch last week. He and Jalen Brooks have been competing for that active spot over the last few weeks. DE Marshawn Kneeland is back on the field and the second-round rookie should make an impact in limited playing time. Bengals inactives . @KetteringHealth Inactives for #CINvsDAL pic.twitter.com/8W0KxOcI9e This article first appeared on A to Z Sports and was syndicated with permission.Mobile phone companies say they will further review service pricesIt's the most wonderful time of the year! It's the time of year when you rekindle past friendships, visit with family, and look forward to putting together your seventh mock draft in three days as the Chicago Bears have been out of the playoff picture since Halloween. Another year, another disappointing season for the Bears' faithful. The team continues to reel and limp toward the conclusion of the season despite Caleb Williams being on the cusp of breaking franchise records held by Erik Kramer. It's fitting that as we air our grievances towards this team in Festivus fashion, the franchise passing yards leader shares his namesake with the cooky next-door neighbor to Jerry Seinfeld. So, I wanted to ask my brethren at On Tap Sports what their Christmas wish would be if given their druthers and afforded one wish granted by St. Nick himself. No constraints. No holds barred. Let's fix the Bears on Christmas – a Christmas miracle if you will, and this team could be poised to win its first playoff game under the leadership of George McCaskey. Seth Conklin : Give me the Lions' offensive line It would be simple and practical, and would fix an issue that Ryan Poles has not been able to remedy in his three years as the Bears' General Manager. It's equal parts infuriating and awe-inspiring to watch the Detroit Lions pick up five yards any time they elect to run behind future Hall-of-Fame right tackle Penei Sewell. When Brad Holmes was brought into Detroit alongside Dan Campbell, their focus on fixing the offensive line was a crucial mission from the jump. The Lions had a solid bulwark to work with prior to Campbell's arrival, with left tackle Taylor Decker and center Frank Ragnow being budding stars but not fully developed. When Holmes and Campbell drafted Penei Sewell in 2021 and signed guard Kevin Zeitler this offseason, their line propelled to tops in the league. It's been a methodical construction for the Lions' line, one that is constantly being supplemented both in free agency and through the draft. Resources are consistently poured into their line, and it's been a key component to Jared Goff's career resurrection. So, Santa, whaddya say? Can you deliver five 300+ pounders down the chimney and into Halas Hall? Samir Patel : George sells the team! It's no surprise that the fish rots from the head, and the McCaskeys have represented a stinky fish since their takeover. George McCaskey seems like a nice guy, a real humanitarian who enjoys cozying up with the fanbase and saying all the right things. But, like Buster Bluth, he's not much of an intellect when it comes to the football side of his football team . The Washington Commanders are a great example of what happens when competent ownership ousts a league pariah. Josh Harris, who also owns the Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Devils, purchased the Commanders last season and wasted no time in supplementing his front office with viable football people to run his football team. Adam Peters was brought over from the San Francisco 49ers, and Dan Quinn was hired to oversee a rebuild in the nation's capital. The result? The Commanders are a surprising 10-5, their first 10-win season since 2012. Ownership isn't some boogeyman, but the Bears' brass does favor nepotism and cronyism over any semblance of a meritocracy. Kevin Warren continues to be a wild card in that regard, but until there's tangible evidence that things are going to be different, then the fanbase can only do what our own Samir did: write a letter to the North Pole and beg for a change. Q: "I wish Jeffrey Lurie owned the team and brought Howie Roseman with him." It really is sickening to watch another storied franchise continue to make all the right moves while simultaneously having a fanbase that pelts Santa with AA batteries. The Philadelphia Eagles have been a poster child for sustained success; after winning a Super Bowl with Nick Foles and Doug Pederson in 2017, Roseman moved on after a few rough seasons from each and reached another Super Bowl with Nick Sirianni and Jalen Hurts. The Eagles, like the Lions, continue to inject talent into each of their lines. Their offensive line hasn't skipped a beat since All-World center Jason Kelce retired with the Eagles drafting Cam Jurgens back in 2022 as the heir-apparent. Roseman has been with the Eagles since 2000 and has been their general manager since 2010. In those 24+ years with the organization, the Eagles have rarely had any depth issues with any of their lines. Whether it was players like Jason Peters and Jon Runyan, Lane Johnson and Brandon Brooks, or Jordan Mailata and Cam Jurgens, the Eagles have had a solid, talented front-five to block for their quarterbacks. It is a straightforward team-building strategy that the Bears can't grapple with. From Jerry Angelo to Ryan Poles, the Bears seem almost to hold their nose when it comes to drafting hog mollies, and it shouldn't be a surprise that it's cost the team when it comes to developing their past three quarterbacks. Ron Luce: " All I want for Christmas is for the Bears to go to another city so they can't torture me anymore..." Bears fans are a special breed of masochists; we tune in to watch this team disappoint us weekly, and we do so during the holiday season. That said, since Kevin Warren can't find a place to build the new stadium after two years of aimless meandering the greater Chicago area, Ron may actually get his wish. There's an air of quiet apathy from the Chicago faithful this year. Soldier Field was reverberating with Jared Goff chants this past Sunday, and a once passionate fanbase seems almost resigned to each year of continued disappointment. As for myself, if I could ask Santa for one thing for the Bears, it'd be world peace. Just kidding, screw that. Give me Ozzie Newsome to replace Kevin Warren as team president. Newsome is what everyone is hoping Kevin Warren can become: a football lifer with a multitude of contacts. However, where they're different is that Newsome has experience building a Super Bowl-winning roster (twice) and a keen business sense to keep the Ravens both cap-healthy and flush with draft capital. So, Santa, if you're listening and have some extra room in your sack, a few of us have just some minor requests for our beloved Bears. After all, it'll take a Christmas miracle to fix the cycle of depression that's plagued this organization since its Super Bowl win almost forty years ago. This article first appeared on On Tap Sports Net and was syndicated with permission.
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Media Release Udupi, Dec 24: The department of mathematics in association with the faculty chapter of Indian Society of Technical Education (ISTE) of Shri Madhwa Vadiraja Institute of Technology & Management (SMVITM), Bantakal organised an invited talk on December 23 on the occasion of ‘National Mathematics Day’ to commemorate 137 th birthday of the great Indian mathematician Shri Srinivasa Ramanujan. Prashanth Beloor, lecturer of mathematics, Viveka P U College, Kota was the resource person. He said that mathematics teaches us, that every problem has a solution and sometimes it has got multiple solutions which can be applied to real life with a strong mathematical base. Also, life is a Mathematics equation which teaches how to change negatives into positives and it will be applied from the preparation of tea to science and technology. He mentioned about the importance of the National Mathematics Day by saluting the great Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan who gave Indian fame worldwide. Dr Lolita Priya Castelino, head, department of mathematics, welcomed the chief guest with a bouquet of flowers. The students who scored 100 marks in engineering mathematics were honored by the institution. The programme was compered by Kashish Kundar of first year AI&ML. Nearly 200 students, faculty and staff members attended the programme.
Bank of England Deputy Governor Clare Lombardelli said on Monday she was more worried about the risk that inflation comes in higher – not lower – than the central bank has forecast as she made the case for only gradual reductions in interest rates. Lombardelli, making her first speech since joining the BoE in July, said recent downbeat business surveys suggested that inflation could cool while strong wage growth posed a threat in the opposite direction. She said she thought those risks were balanced. “But at this point I am more worried about the possible consequences if the upside materialised, as this could require a more costly monetary policy response,” Lombardelli told a conference organised by King’s Business School. Sterling rose by around a tenth of a cent as Lombardelli spoke. The BoE has lowered rates twice since August, taking it to 4.75% from a 16-year high of 5.25%, less than cuts by the European Central Bank and the U.S. Federal Reserve due mostly to concerns about inflation pressure in the UK jobs market. Most of the Monetary Policy Committee’s members also support gradual cuts to interest rates and Lombardelli’s concerns about the risk of higher-than-expected inflation suggest she might be close in her views to BoE Chief Economist Huw Pill who this month warned that pay growth remained stuck at a high level. By contrast, another deputy governor, Dave Ramsden, said last week that inflation could undershoot the BoE’s latest forecasts, potentially requiring faster cuts. Financial markets expect around three BoE interest rate reductions between now and the end of next year, compared with around six for the ECB and four for the Fed. Lombardelli said a scenario where wage growth eases to around 3.5%-4% and inflation stabilises at around 3% rather than the BoE’s 2% target would be more costly to address, if that became the “new normal” expectation for firms and consumers. Some economists think Britain’s inflation rate could rise to 3% in early 2025 after coming in stronger than expected in October. Preliminary purchasing manager index reports published last week suggested a slowing of Britain’s economy but Lombardelli said she did not take a strong signal from a single release of data. The BoE would have to watch for the risk of a further deterioration, she said, adding later that weakness in the euro zone was likely to affect Britain’s economy. “Given the lags in policy it would be important not to act late if the economy moved in this direction,” she said. Swati Dhingra, who has stressed the downside risks to Britain’s economy more than any other MPC member, was due to speak at around 1030 GMT. Lombardelli, who is in charge of reforming the BoE’s forecasting and analysis processes after a report from former Fed chair Ben Bernanke, said an overhaul was needed and there would be “nose to tail” changes. The BoE was already making progress in modernising its technology and data processing, and had introduced scenarios into its forecasting. But she acknowledged that there was a long way to go, she said. “This programme is going to take time to work through – years not months,” Lombardelli said. Source: Reuters (Writing by Andy Bruce and William Schomberg; Editing by Susan Fenton)