Comets fall to Brecksville in state duals

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Heading into the quarterfinals of the OHSAA state team tournament, Craig Murnan knew his Mason High School team had their work cut out for them.

The Comets, who had battled through Centerville to claim their first regional title, were squared off against nationally ranked Brecksville last week in the first round at St. John Arena.

We thought we could win six matches if things went well, Murnan said after the Comets were eliminated 36-25 by Amateur Wrestling News 21st-ranked team. We got five. We thought if we could win six and eliminate bonus points where possible we could score enough points to get by them.

Early on, it looked like the Comets were going to pull off an upset.

Freshman Zach Donathan and junior Patrick Kearney opened with back-to-back pins to give Mason quick 12-0 lead.

Brecksville, however, recorded bonus points in four of the next five matches to take a 20-12 lead before Jordan Collins recorded a 13-7 decision at 152. Mason didnt win another match until Austin Morris claimed a 12-4 major decision at 220 and Kyler Wilson won by forfeit at 285.

Our ranked kids beat their ranked kids where we matched up against each other and that is encouraging, Murnan said. We didnt wrestle scared. We went out there and wrestled well. I was pretty happy with the kids.

Brecksville went on to beat Moeller 45-21 before falling to Massillon Perry 48-9 in the finals.

I dont know if we woke them up or what, Murnan said. But they were pretty dominant. They wrestled pretty well against us and Moeller.

The Bees convincing win over Moeller also woke up the Comets a little as they watched the match unfold.

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Amerks Come up Short in 2-1 Loss to Comets

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February 15, 2014 - American Hockey League (AHL) Rochester Americans (Utica, NY)... The Rochester Americans and Utica Comets played the back-end of a weekend home-and-home series Saturday at the Utica Memorial Auditorium, where the Comets overcame an early deficit and held on to defeat the Amerks, 2-1. Despite the loss, Rochester has won a league-best nine of its last 12 games and remains in sole possession of second place in the American Hockey League's North Division standings.

Johan Larsson scored the lone goal and goaltender Matt Hackett made 25 saves on 27 shots in the loss for the Amerks.

Nicklas Jensen and Brandon DeFazio provided the scoring for the hometown Comets and Joacim Eriksson rebounded with a 31-save effort after posting just 10 stops in Utica's 7-3 loss last night in Rochester.

Rochester opened a 1-0 lead just 3:38 into the first period as Larsson delivered early with his seventh goal of the season. Amerks captain Drew Bagnall jumped on a loose puck outside the Utica blueline and caught Larsson with a quick release pass along the left wing boards. After gaining the Comets zone, Larsson moved into the near face-off circle and snapped a quick wrist shot through the pads of Eriksson to give the Amerks the early advantage. The goal gives Larsson, who collected three assists in last night's win over Utica, 18 points (5+13) over his last 14 games and keeps his point-per-game pace intact.

The Amerks nearly doubled their lead with a pair of excellent scoring chances later in the frame on the power-play. With Utica's Benn Ferriero serving his second infraction of the period, Mark Pysyk set-up fellow defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen with a one-timer from the left point, but his blast rang off the left post before bouncing out of harm's way. Then, just seconds later, Larsson fed a cross-ice pass to a wide-open Kevin Porter, who attempted a one-timer of his own from the top of the right circle. Porter seemingly had Eriksson beat, but the Utica netminder made a last-ditch effort to dive across his crease and somehow denied Porter for one of his 13 saves in the first period.

It only took 2:08 into the second period for Utica to retaliate as Jensen capitalized on Yann Sauve's rebound to knot the score at 1-1. Sauve missed high and wide of the net from the high slot, but the rebound recoiled off the end boards just beyond the reach of Hackett and the Rochester defense. Jensen, having arrived first to the puck, slid it through the goal-mouth looking for Jeremy Welsh, but the pass pinballed around the net-front traffic before eventually tricking over the goal-line.

Utica added its second goal of the frame at 12:38 with DeFazio converting a feed from Kellan Lain for his second tally in as many nights. Lain emerged from the left corner the victor of a loose-puck battle, and using Pysyk as a decoy, made a quick pass from below the goal-line to DeFazio, who beat a screened Hackett from a tough angle to make it a 2-1 game in favor of the Comets.

The third period featured a goaltending battle between Hackett and Eriksson, both of whom came up with several big saves for their respective squads. Later in the frame, consecutive penalties to Larsson and Bagnall gave Utica a two-man advantage for a full two minutes, but Rochester's penalty kill, anchored by Hackett, was flawless.

The final minute of regulation saw the Amerks apply heavy offensive pressure. With the teams skating at four per side, and Hackett on the bench in favor of an extra attacker, Luke Adam nearly tied the game when he accepted a pass from behind the net. Adam skated in from the high slot uncontested and fired a shot in the waning seconds only to have Eriksson square up and make the timely save to preserve the 2-1 win for Utica.

Rochester brings its first three-in-three weekend of the season to a close on Sunday, Feb. 16 as the Amerks host the only visit from the Texas Stars for their annual Kids Day game at The Blue Cross Arena. The 3:05 p.m. matinee will be the second and final meeting between the two teams this season and will be carried live on Sports 1280 WHTK. The game will also be televised live across the Western New York region on Time Warner Cable SportsChannel 26.

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Gameday: Comets at Rochester

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February 14, 2014 - American Hockey League (AHL) Utica Comets UTICA COMETS (18-22-3-4) @ ROCHESTER AMERICANS (23-17-3-3)

Blue Cross Arena, 7 pm

Radio: 94.9 K-Rock

Tonight's Game: The Comets complete a five game road trip as they visit the Rochester Americans to take on their familiar foe at Blue Cross Arena.

When They Last Met: The Americans defeated the Comets 5-2 at The AUD on January 3. Winger Alex Hutchings scored two goals to pace the Rochester offense, while Joel Armia and Nick Crawford had a goal and an assist apiece. Matt Hackett took home the victory with 33 saves on 35 shots, while Joe Cannata made 21 saves in defeat. Kellan Lain and Pascal Pelletier both scored for Utica.

Comets Outlook: The Utica Comets lost a heartbreaking 5-4 decision against Rockford last Sunday. Alex Broadhurst capped off a four-point night (2-2-4) with the game winner 2:09 into overtime. Winger Nicklas Jensen, who netted his second career night with a natural hat trick during the second period, led Utica offensively. Jason LaBarbara picked up the victory with 29 saves on 33 shots, while Joacim Eriksson took the loss despite a 32 save performance.

Americans Outlook: The Americans dropped a 5-1 decision to the Grand Rapids Griffins at the First Niagara Center on Saturday. Martin Frk (1-1-2), Cory Emmerton (1-1-2), Jeff Hoggan (1-1-2) and Nathan Paetsch (0-2-2) each recorded two points for the Griffins, while netminder Tom McCollum turned aside 27 of 28 shots to earn the win. Defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen scored the lone goal for Rochester, while Hackett took the defeat.

Jensis The Menace: With his three-goal outing against Milwaukee on Sunday, Nicklas Jensen netted his first hat trick as a Comet and the second of his AHL career. Jensen had previously collected three goals against the Peoria Rivermen on Apr. 15, 2012 as a member of the Chicago Wolves. The Denmark native has also amassed five goals over his past four games and nine goals over his past ten road games.

The Hunger Biegames: Defenseman Alex Biega posted two points (0-2-2), a +2 rating and a shootout game winner over Utica's four road games last week. The multi-point game was the ninth of his career. Biega has also amassed a +9 rating over his past 11 games and is tied with Peter Andersson for the team best mark on the season. Biega also leads all Comet defensemen with 11 assists.

Four Score and One Game Ago: The Comets set a franchise record against Rockford with a four-goal output during the game's second period. Begun by a Darren Archibald tally and boosted by Nicklas Jensen's natural hat trick, the Comets put four of their 13 shots past netminder Jason LaBarbara. Utica was able to flip a 2-0 deficit into a 4-3 advantage over just 13:36 of game clock.

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Ramakrishna Mission’s Institute of Culture, Kolkata: Relationship between spirituality & science? – Video

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Sofie admiring Nature. True spirituality! Contemplation on the nature of reality :) – Video

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[Ask Abu Productive]: How do I balance between work/school and Spirituality? – Video

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Looking Forward To Another 10 Years of Science On Board The International Space Station

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The world can change in a decade, as we well know. The same is true in space. Over the last ten years, the International Space Station (ISS) has been producing results at an extraordinary rate. The unique capabilities of this under-appreciated laboratory have resulted in:

The development of a precision robotic arm that aids in the removal of tumors from the human brain.

The ability to start a fire without flames an anti-intuitive technology that has applications in super-efficient auto engines.

The counting of hundreds of thousands of anti-matter particles among normal cosmic rays, which supports the theory of dark matter.

Atoms have been gathered into exotic forms, creating the building blocks of future smart materials.

These are just a few of the nearly miraculous advances that have been made over the last ten years, and NASA has just announced that the ISS mission has been extended another ten years.

The accomplishments of the past 10 years are remarkableespecially considering that the space station was still under construction. Julie Robinson, program scientist for the ISS, told Science@NASAs Dr. Tony Phillips. Now that the station is finished, weve been granted at least 10 more.

As redOrbit reported in January, the Obama Administration announced an extension of the ISS that will last until at least 2024, allowing extra time for NASA and the other participating space agencies to pursue important goals.

One of those goals is long-duration travel through deep space, and the ISS is vital. That may sound ironic given that the space station never leaves Earth orbit, says Robinson, but we have determined that research on station is necessary to mitigate 21 of 32 known human-health risks associated with long duration space missions. The road to Mars leads through the ISS.

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Space junk endangers mankind's usual course of life

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The Russian cargo spacecraft Progress M-20M, which undocked from the International Space Station on February 3, has ended its free flight and is to be sunk in the unnavigated part of the Pacific Ocean on February 11 around 8 pm MSK.

On board the spacecraft there is about a ton of garbage and decommissioned equipment taken from the ISS. Scientists have not come up with ways of utilizing other types of space debris. However, space debris poses a great threat to satellites and astronauts.

The era of active space exploration began 56 years ago. On October 4, 1957 Soviet scientists launched the first artificial satellite from the Earth. One cannot count how many satellites and piloted missions have been launched since then, each one leaving behind a trace in space - a booster, an apparatus that got out of control or a piece of the spacecraft coating.

Such garbage poses a serious threat, Andrei Ionin, a member of the Russian Tsiolkovsky Academy of Cosmonautics and specialist in space policy, points out.

"One must not be fooled by the fact that the size of most parts of that space debris is not big. Because in space particles move at a great speed and one must take into account relative speeds as well," he says.

There have been several instances when debris approaching the ISS presented a threat to the station. Astronauts then put on their space suits and moved to the Soyuz capsules so that they had an opportunity to start moving towards the Earth if needed. So far the ISS has been lucky.

The coating of the American shuttle spacecraft has been damaged twice. In 2006, a tiny space fragment collided with a satellite in its orbit, as a result of which residents of the Far East were left without a TV signal for a while. Taking into account that the planet's technologies are increasingly linked to space, orbital debris can at any moment interrupt the usual course of life for any of us, Igor Marynyn, editor-in-chief of the News of Cosmonautics magazine, notes.

"Currently neither Russia nor any other country has any reasonable solution as to how to clean the space debris. Some propose to use a net. It is an absolutely unrealistic project. Because all the debris fly in different directions at speed of 10-12 km per second. That is faster that a bullet. It is impossible to catch such debris with a net. Some propose to use a magnet. That is also unrealistic as most metals satellites are made of are not influenced by a magnetic field as they are made of duralumin," Marynyn adds.

There have been fantasy ideas to burn the debris with a laser beam from the Earth or launch a cleaning robot into space. But so far the only effective solution is to clean after yourself. For example, a booster block that launches satellites from a low orbit into a high one as a rule is left drifting in space.

If their design includes more fuel and an opportunity of control, then at a certain moment the booster can be sent back into the atmosphere to be burned down. But that makes the project more expensive, that is why not everyone likes that idea, the expert Igor Marynyn asserts.

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The Experimental Hypersonic Rocket Plane That Ushered in the Space Age

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Chuck Yeager's historic supersonic flight in 1947 set off a firestorm of research into flight beyond the speed of sound. The most ambitious of these projects was the X-15 program, a top secret USAF program that aimed to test the limits of Mach 7. In X-15: The World's Fastest Rocket Plane and the Pilots Who Ushered in the Space Age, John Anderson and Richard Passman recount the death-defying flights of a steel-nerved team of test pilots at the controls of the world's first rocket plane.

The first hypersonic vehicles in flight were missiles, not airplanes. On February 24, 1949, a WAC Corporal rocket mounted on top of a captured German V-2 boost vehicle was fired from the White Sands Proving Ground in New Mexico, reaching an altitude of 244 miles and a velocity of 5,150 miles per hour. After nosing over, the WAC Corporal careened back into the atmosphere at over 5,000 miles per hour, becoming the first object of human origin to achieve hypersonic flight. In this same period, a hypersonic wind tunnel capable of Mach 7, with an 11- by 11-inch cross-section test section, went into operation on November 26, 1947, the brainchild of NACA Langley researcher John Becker. For three years following its first run, this wind tunnel was the only hypersonic wind tunnel in the United States. It later provided key data for the design of the X-15.

The real genesis of the X-15, however, was human thinking, not test facilities. On January 8, 1952, Robert Woods of Bell Aircraft sent a letter to the NACA Committee on Aerodynamics in which he proposed that the committee undertake the study of basic problems in hypersonic and space flight. At that time, several X-airplanes were already probing the mysteries of supersonic flight: the X-1, X-1A, and X-2. Accompanying Woods's letter was a document from his colleague at Bell, Dr. Walter Dornberger, outlining the development of a hypersonic research airplane capable of Mach 6 and reaching an altitude of 75 miles. By June 1952, the NACA Committee on Aerodynamics recommended that the NACA expand its efforts to study the problems of hypersonic manned and unmanned flight, covering the Mach number range from 4 to 10.

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After two more years of deliberation, the committee passed a resolution during its October 1954 meeting recommending the construction of a hypersonic research airplane. Among the members of this committee were Walter Williams and Scott Crossfield, who would later play strong roles in the X-15 program. Kelly Johnson, who not only was the Lockheed representative to the committee but was considered to be the country's most famous airplane designer, opposed any extension of the manned research program, arguing that to datethe research airplane program was "generally unsatisfactory" and had not contributed to the practical design of tactical aircraft. Johnson was the only dissenter; he later appended a minority opinion to the majority report. The spectacular success of the X-15 program and the volumes of hypersonic data it contributed to the design of the Space Shuttle later proved Johnson wrong. The X-15 program was launched.

The X-15 was designed to be, purely and simply, a research vehicle to provide aerodynamic, flight dynamic, and structural response data for use in the development of future manned hypersonic vehicles, such as the Space Shuttle. No hypersonic wind tunnels, past or present, can provide accurate data for the design of a full-scale hypersonic airplane. The frontiers of flight today are the same as they were in the 1950s: the exploration of hypersonic flight. The X-15 will ultimately be viewed as the Wright Flyer of hypersonic airplanes.

The X-15 was the third of a series of research aircraft that were designed specifically to obtain aerodynamic data, beginning with the Bell X-1, the first piloted airplane to fly faster than the speed of sound. The X-1 investigated aircraft behavior primarily in the transonic flight regime. The transonic regime is generally considered to be flight between Mach 0.8 and about 1.3. It begins when air is accelerated to Mach 1 at any local location on the airplane, usually when the airplane is flying at the subsonic airspeed of about Mach 0.8 The second research airplane, the Bell X-1A, investigated supersonic flight to a Mach number of 2.44. This was followed by the Bell X-2, a swept-wing aircraft of stainless steel construction designed to investigate the effects of sweepback and aerodynamic heating to a Mach number of 3.2.

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Each of these aircraft, like the later X-15, was rocket-powered and carried aloft to be dropped at an altitude of about 30,000 feet. At these high altitudes, where the air is less dense and the drag is therefore low, the rocket provides maximum acceleration to the airplane following launch. This acceleration is sufficient to allow the airplane to reach the desired speeds and altitudes that allow scientists to study the flight regions between where aerodynamic forces are still useful, and outer space, where they are not, and to study speeds of almost Mach 7, which are solidly in the hypersonic regime.

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NASA Tests New Technologies for Robotic Refueling

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It's corrosive, it's hazardous, and it can cause an explosion powerful enough to thrust a satellite forward in space. Multiple NASA centers are currently conducting a remotely controlled test of new technologies that would empower future space robots to transfer this dangerous fluid -- satellite oxidizer -- into the propellant tanks of spacecraft in space today.

Building on the success of the International Space Station's landmark Robotic Refueling Mission (RRM) demonstration, the ground-based Remote Robotic Oxidizer Transfer Test (RROxiTT) is taking another step forward in NASA's ongoing campaign to develop satellite-servicing capabilities for space architectures and human exploration.

On Earth, RROxiTT technologies could one day be applied to robotically replenish satellites before they launch, keeping humans at a safe distance during an extremely hazardous operation.

Building on the Past to Set the Stage for the Future In January 2013, RRM demonstrated that remotely controlled robots -- using current-day technology -- could work through the caps and wires on a satellite fuel valve and transfer fluid into existent, orbiting spacecraft that were not designed to be serviced.

To meet the safety requirements of space station, ethanol was used as a stand-in for satellite fuel. For the team that conceived and built RRM, the Satellite Servicing Capabilities Office (SSCO) at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., the successful conclusion of this refueling demonstration was not the end of their work -- only the beginning.

"We were immensely pleased with RRM results. But doing more was always part of the plan," says Benjamin Reed, deputy project manager of SSCO. "There were certain aspects of satellite refueling that couldn't be demonstrated safely while we were using space station as a test bed - aspects that we chose to defer to a later test date. RROxiTT is the next step in that technology development."

Taking lessons learned from RRM, the SSCO team devised the ground-based RROxiTT to test how robots can transfer oxidizer, at flight-like pressures and flow rates, through the propellant valve and into the mock tank of a satellite that was not designed to be serviced in space.

"No one has ever attempted this type of oxidizer transfer before," says Marion Riley, the SSCO test manager for RROxiTT. "Like any NASA-sized challenge, we had to figure out -- and at times, create -- the right set of technologies and procedures to get the job done. Testing on the ground helps us know we're on the right track."

At the heart of RROxiTT's complexity is the nature of the dangerous substance the robot is handling. Oxidizer -- namely nitrogen tetroxide -- is a chemical that, when mixed with satellite fuel, causes instant combustion that provides thrust (motion) for a satellite.

Oxidizer is contained within a satellite tank at intense pressures, up to 300 pounds per square inch (about 20 times atmospheric pressure). Toxic, extremely corrosive and compressed, it requires special handling and a unique set of technologies to transfer it. A Collaborative Effort to Build Space Capabilities

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