This paper explores a novel way for analyzing the tournament structures to find a best suitable one for the tournament under consideration. It concerns about three aspects such as tournament conducting cost, competitiveness development and ranking precision. It then proposes a new method using progress tree to detect potential throwaway matches. The analysis performed using the proposed method ...

There are few, if any, men who would qualify for the position of Playboy bunny, and there are few, if any, women who would qualify for the position of male lead in a motion picture. However, there are many other occupations in which gender may be irrelevant. People in these jobs include nurses, truck drivers, lawyers, secretaries, and economists. Why is it, then, that these jobs are each charac...

CHANGE IN JURY DUTY EXEMPTION REQUIREMENTS Los Angeles Superior Court has stipulated that medical students can no longer defer their jury duty service until after graduation. ONLY those students who are scheduled to participate in APPROVED school-related activities during breaks (e.g., research or volunteer work in clinics, etc.) may qualify for exemption from service, upon review and approval ...