Ronda Rousey Slams 'Cyborg' Justino Over Steroid Use: 'She's Not Even A Woman Anymore' [PHOTO]

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Rousey, 27, spoke to Yahoo on April 18, in advance of her July 5 title defense against Alexis Davis. However, the conversation turned toward the three women who stand to challenge Rousey if she successfully defends her title: Cyborg, Gina Carano and former boxing champion Holly Holm. The reigning bantamweight champion praised Carano and Holm, but she criticized Cyborg over her alleged steroid use.

Ive said before, I dont call if shes injecting horse semen into her eyeballs, Ill fight her, but thats just my personal decision, Rousey told Yahoo. But I cant make a decision for the whole division. I cant say its the right thing.

This girl has been on steroids for so long and [has been] injecting herself for so long that shes not even a woman anymore, Rousey added. Shes an it. Its not good for the womens division. Its not good at all.

In a March 27 interview with Yahoo, Justino admitted to using anabolic steroids before a 2011 fight against Hiroko Yamanaka. At the time, a failed drug test led the California State Athletic Commission to suspend her from competing in the UFC league for one year, and it fined her $2,500. Justino claims she used the illegal substances to make weight.

I dont need [steroids] for muscles, she told Yahoo. I always had muscles for as long as I remember. Its how I was born. I did it for the weight. It was a mistake, but it wasnt to cheat and get muscles. It was weight [loss].

Rousey believes that the penalties for Justinos steroid use should have been more severe. If she comes in the UFC and I beat the [expletive] out of her and then I retire and become an action movie star, then the UFC is still going to be stuck with her, she said. The division could die. She could ruin the whole sport. Even though its a fight a lot of people want to see, even if I beat the living crap out of her, it wont be good for the sport because then shed still be in the UFC.

Conversely, Rousey said that it would be a privilege and an honor to fight Carano, a 32-year-old who last fought the now-defunct Strikeforce in 2009. Ironically, Carano lost that fight to Justino.

In a recent interview with Fox Sports, UFC President Dana White said that he was very confident that Carano would return to fight in the UFC, but she stressed that she would be more interested in a title fight than a headline-grabbing bout with Rousey.

No, this isnt a Im coming back just to fight Ronda Rousey. [Carano] wants to fight whoever the champ is, White said.

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Beach-Goers Urged To Maintain Facilities At The Beaches

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BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN: Beaches along the country have been maintained to give a great atmosphere for recreation and comfort for beach-goers especially families thronging to the shorelines during free time following recent renovation works carried out at Muara, Serasa, Berakas and Sengkarai Beaches.

More recently, Tungku Beach is being renovated and the Ministry of Development have taken the initiative to clean up the area and build basic amenities such as water supply, public toilets, a surau and notice boards.

This is done on behalf of the welfare and safety of visitors and vendors visiting or operating in the area.

However, damages to facilities (photo above) have been found in a short span of time.

The Ministry of Development urges cooperation from beach-goers and members of the public to help maintain the cleanliness of amenities and the immediate surroundings as well as not to litter.

It is hoped that Tungku Beach can become a popular spot for recreation and leisure in the country. BRUDIRECT.COM

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Southern Oregon astronomers fly with NASA

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Medford, Ore. -- Two astronomers from Southern Oregon will take the flight of their dreams to study the inner workings of outer space.

North Medford astronomy teacher, Robert Black and Southern Oregon Skywatchers amature astronomer, Dave Bloomsness were two of 24 chosen to fly aboard NASA's SOFIA - Stratospheric Observatory Infrared Astronomy. A highly modified Boeing 747sp.

The pair went through a rigorous selection process which included multiple weeks of advanced astronomy courses.

"It's like a NASCAR fan getting to race in the Indy500." said Bloomsness who has spent more than five-hundred hours volunteering at North Medford High School's Astronomy Department.

"The most important thing about this for me is for my friend Dave. He has been so selfless. I'm really happy to be able to kinda give back to Dave- He loves telescopes" said Black about his friend who he chose to tag along on the trip.

A total of twelve teams were selected and made up of both armature and professional astronomers.

The Southern Oregon team flies out from NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center in Palmdale, California next week- spending two nights in the sky. They'll be observing and analyzing the most obscure objects using the on-board infrared lens.

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New Ball State planetarium to open this fall

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MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) - About 1,800 Ball State University students take introductory astronomy courses each year, which is higher than the number taking such classes at Indiana University, Purdue University and the University of Notre Dame combined.

Our planetarium helps a lot in engaging our students in astronomy, said Ball State professor Ronald Kaitchuck, director of the universitys planetarium. Conventional astronomy classes dont do as well. With a planetarium, you can show people concepts more three dimensionally than on a flat screen or blackboard.

The planetarium will cease operations after showings at 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. It will be replaced in the fall by the new Charles W. Brown Planetarium.

At the final shows, visitors will see 47 Ursae Majoris, a yellow dwarf star, near the Big Dipper, about 46 light years away from Earth in the constellation of Ursa Major.

It is so far away that light from this star must travel for many years to reach the Earth, Kaitchuck will tell the final guests. The light we see tonight left that star in 1967.

Thats the same year the planetarium, a sky theater that can simulate the night sky at any place on Earth at any time of the year, opened in Room CP 90 at the Cooper Physical Science Building.

While the light from 47 Ursae Majoris was traveling to Earth, the first humans landed on the moon, black holes were found, and robotic rovers drove on Mars - and all of those events were the subject of planetarium programs that have educated an estimated 400,000 visitors.

There are about 50 planetariums in Indiana, most at high schools, middle schools and private colleges. They are often the same size as BSUs current planetarium. None of the other public universities in Indiana has a planetarium.

BSUs current planetarium seats 75, bench style. The new planetarium will seat 148, theater style.

The technology jumps 46 years, Kaitchuck told The Star Press (http://tspne.ws/1k6jrkw ). The planetarium we have now projects 1,500 of the brightest stars. The new one projects 10 million. If you think that will not look different, you are underestimating it.

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ASTRO issues guideline on the role of postoperative radiation therapy for endometrial cancer

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Contact: Michelle Kirkwood michellek@astro.org 703-286-1600 American Society for Radiation Oncology

Fairfax, Va., April 23, 2014 The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has issued a new guideline, "The Role of Postoperative Radiation Therapy for Endometrial Cancer: An ASTRO Evidence-Based Guideline," that details the use of adjuvant radiation therapy in the treatment of endometrial cancer. The guideline's executive summary is published in the May-June 2014 issue of Practical Radiation Oncology (PRO), the official clinical practice journal of ASTRO. The full-length guideline is available as an open-access article online at http://www.practicalradonc.org.

ASTRO's Guidelines Panel of 17 leading gynecologic specialists compiled and reviewed extensive data from 330 studies from MEDLINE, EMBASE and the Specialized Register of the Cochrane Gynaecological Cancer Review Group published from 1980 to 2011. The data population selected for the guideline was defined as women of all races, age 18 or older, with stage I-IV endometrial cancer of any histologic type or grade. The studies included patients who underwent a hysterectomy followed by no adjuvant therapy, or pelvic and/or vaginal brachytherapy with or without systemic chemotherapy. The panel identified five key questions about the role of adjuvant radiation therapy and developed a series of recommendations to address each question.

The first Key Question addresses which patients with endometrioid endometrial cancer require no additional therapy after hysterectomy. For patients with no residual disease in the hysterectomy specimen despite positive biopsy or grade 1 or 2 cancers with either no invasion or <50 percent myometrial invasion, especially when no other high-risk features are present, no adjuvant radiation therapy is a reasonable option. Patients with grade 3 cancers without myometrial invasion or grade 1 or 2 cancers with <50 percent myometrial invasion and higher risk factors such as age >60 and/or lymphovascular space invasion could reasonably be treated with or without vaginal cuff brachytherapy.

Key Question 2 examines which patients with endometrioid endometrial cancer should receive vaginal cuff radiation. Evidence demonstrates that cuff brachytherapy is as effective as pelvic radiation therapy at preventing vaginal recurrence for patients with 1) grade 1 or 2 cancers with 50 percent myometrial invasion or 2) grade 3 tumors with <50 percent myometrial invasion. Vaginal cuff brachytherapy is preferred to pelvic radiation in patients with these risk factors particularly in patients who have had comprehensive nodal assessment.

Key Question 3 details which women should receive postoperative external beam radiation. Patients with early stage endometrial cancer which is grade 3 with 50 percent myometrial invasion or cervical stroma invasion are felt to benefit from pelvic radiation to reduce the risk of pelvic recurrence. Patients with grade 1 or 2 tumors with 50 percent myometrial invasion may also benefit from pelvic radiation to reduce pelvic recurrence rates if other risk factors are presents such as age >60 years and/or lymphovascular space invasion. For patients with positive nodes or involved uterine serosa, ovaries/fallopian tubes, vagina, bladder or rectum, the best available evidence suggests that treatment should include external beam radiation therapy as well as adjuvant chemotherapy. Chemotherapy or radiation therapy alone may be considered for some patients based on pathologic risk factors for pelvic recurrence.

Key Question 4 addresses when brachytherapy should be used in addition to external beam radiation. The panel noted that data is lacking to validate the use of brachytherapy after pelvic radiation and that retrospective studies show little conclusive evidence of a benefit, albeit with small patient numbers. Use of vaginal brachytherapy in patients also undergoing pelvic external beam radiation may not generally be warranted, unless risk factors for vaginal recurrence are present.

Key Question 5 examines how radiation therapy and chemotherapy should be integrated in the management of endometrial cancer. The panel concluded that the best available evidence suggests that concurrent chemoradiation followed by adjuvant chemotherapy is indicated for patients with positive nodes or involved uterine serosa, ovaries/fallopian tubes, vagina, bladder or rectum. Alternative sequencing strategies with external beam radiation and chemotherapy are also acceptable. Chemotherapy or radiation therapy alone may be considered for some patients based on pathologic risk factors for pelvic recurrence.

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Smart Wind and Solar Power

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Turbines at this wind farm north of Limon, Colorado, collect and transmit massive amounts of data.

Big data and artificial intelligence are producing ultra-accurate forecasts that will make it feasible to integrate much more renewable energy into the grid.

Ultra-accurate forecasting of wind and solar power.

Dealing with the intermittency of renewable energy will be crucial for its expansion.

Wind power is booming on the open plains of eastern Colorado. Travel seven miles north of the town of Limon on Highway 71 and then head east on County Road 3p, a swath of dusty gravel running alongside new power lines: within minutes youll be surrounded by towering wind turbines in rows stretching for miles. Three large wind farms have been built in the area since 2011. A new one is going up this year.

Every few seconds, almost every one of the hundreds of turbines records the wind speed and its own power output. Every five minutes they dispatch data to high-performance computers 100 miles away at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder. There artificial-intelligence-based software crunches the numbers, along with data from weather satellites, weather stations, and other wind farms in the state. The result: wind power forecasts of unprecedented accuracy that are making it possible for Colorado to use far more renewable energy, at lower cost, than utilities ever thought possible.

The amount of wind power has more than doubled since 2009.

The forecasts are helping power companies deal with one of the biggest challenges of wind power: its intermittency. Using small amounts of wind power is no problem for utilities. They are accustomed to dealing with variabilityafter all, demand for electricity changes from season to season, even from minute to minute. However, a utility that wants to use a lot of wind power needs backup power to protect against a sudden loss of wind. These backup plants, which typically burn fossil fuels, are expensive and dirty. But with more accurate forecasts, utilities can cut the amount of power that needs to be held in reserve, minimizing their role.

Before the forecasts were developed, Xcel Energy, which supplies much of Colorados power, ran ads opposing a proposal that it use renewable sources for a modest 10 percent of its power. It mailed flyers to its customers claiming that such a mandate would increase electricity costs by as much as $1.5 billion over 20 years.

But thanks in large part to the improved forecasts, Xcel, one of the countrys largest utilities, has made an about-face.

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ThyssenKrupp Aerospace, Triumph Group in supply chain agreement

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KENT, Wash., April 23 (UPI) -- ThyssenKrupp Aerospace North America says it is to handle supply chain services for aerospace company Triumph Group Inc.

The Triumph Group, headquartered in Pennsylvania, manufactures and overhauls aerospace structures, systems and components.

In addition to supply chain activities, ThyssenKrupp Aerospace North America will also handle materials processing and delivery of aluminum plates for eight Triumph locations in North America under a new cooperative agreement.

"We're pleased to be developing our business with the Triumph Group, said Jeff Luckasavage, president of ThyssenKrupp Aerospace North America. The new contract emphasizes our successful cooperation with an important strategic partner and worldwide leading supply of structural components for the aerospace industry."

ThyssenKrupp did not disclose the length of its contract with the Triumph Group but said it covers several years. Other details of the agreement were also not disclosed.

ThyssenKrupp Aerospace, headquartered in Germany, provides materials and supply chain management services for companies around the world. Its North America operations are headquartered in Kent, Wash.

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Vector Aerospace UK Broadens and Strengthens its Approach to Safety Management

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Vector Aerospace UK (Vector - http://www.vectoraerospace.com/), a leading provider of aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services has selected Atkins Global as a collaborative partner in producing a Safety Management System (SMS) which will enhance the support of its operating processes.

"We are looking to optimise and widen our current practices to ensure that we have a single, flexible and appropriate approach to Safety Management across all areas and locations of our business,"said Chris Hosking, Quality Director at Vector Aerospace. "We see SMS as something more fundamental to the way we operate than mere compliance; it is integral to how we work and correlates with the company's core values in terms of the responsible behaviours and culture which we have historically cultivated."

The SMS will build upon the company's successful pre-existing strategies, such as its 'Quality & Safety 1st'campaign, which have helped to place health & safety, airworthiness and flight safety at the centre of all that it does.

"The 'Quality & Safety 1st' improvement campaign was introduced last year and has already delivered tangible results. During the year 2012-13 the number of hours lost due to accidents fell by 15% and our recent recognition by the International Safety Awards - where our Fleetlands facility secured a Merit for health & safety management excellence - proves that we are building upon strong foundations,"said Chris Hosking.

Atkins Global was selected on account of its unique perspective of best practice regarding SMS. Drawing on experience from the Oil & Gas, Rail and Nuclear industries as well as from within Military and Civil Aviation sectors, the company offered a distinctive proposition; one acclimatised to the high standards of Vector Aerospace UK.

"We are very pleased to be working with Vector Aerospace to help them optimise their safety management,"said Kevin Keen Senior Safety Consultant at Atkins Global."Vector Aerospace has an enviable reputation in the aerospace deep repair, maintenance and overhaul domain and it remains an important part of the UK's aerospace and industrial landscape. It is great to see them taking the initiative by further enhancing their status as a respected operator against an agreed framework of systems, policies and procedures."

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Honeywell Aerospace to Expand its Presence in Puerto Rico With a New High-tech Laboratory

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Moca, PR The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and Honeywell Aerospace announced today an agreement to establish a new electromagnetic compatibility and environmental test laboratory in Puerto Rico. This new lab will support the main capabilities of its global aerospace and defense operation in the areas of app and software development and aeronautics engineering design.

Honeywells expansion will create high-quality jobs for the western region of Puerto Rico, as well as new infrastructure that will secure Puerto Rico at the forefront of the aerospace and engineering segments. But the implications of this announcement are more profound. The expansion of Honeywell Aerospace represents an important achievement for our economic development strategy that seeks to diversify Puerto Ricos industrial base, said governor Alejandro Garca Padilla.

The laboratory will be built in a 73,000 square-feet facility at Las Amricas Technology Park in the municipality of Moca, located in the northwestern region of the island where other important investments in the aerospace sector are taking place. The investment in construction, equipment and training is estimated in $35M. Construction will start in the third quarter of 2014 and operations are expected to begin by third quarter of 2015. The development of the lab has the potential to create several new jobs.

This is an exciting time for Honeywell Aerospace and our employees, said Tim Mahoney, President and CEO of Honeywell Aerospace. Honeywells investment in the new lab will help us continue to design products that meet the increasingly complex needs of todays aircraft. It is clear that Puerto Rico is becoming an important part of the aerospace industry.

For the expansion, the Puerto Rico Industrial Development Company (PRIDCO) will provide incentives for job creation, infrastructure and lease. We are thrilled with the results that the aerospace cluster strategy is driving to Puerto Rico in terms of economic development and growth, added Antonio Medina Comas, Executive Director of PRIDCO. This announcement comes just two weeks after Lufthansa Technik and the Commonwealth formalized an agreement to establish a major MRO operation in Aguadilla. Also, early this year Infosys - which is another key player in the aerospace sector - announced its arrival to the island with an outsourcing operation in the same region. All these projects reflect that the industrial development strategy to provide a more diversified economy is producing the expected results.

This will be Honeywells second Aerospace site in Puerto Rico, complementing its already successful operation in Aguadilla. Honeywell Aerospace established operations in Puerto Rico in 2007. The parent company, Honeywell International, is a Fortune 100 company that invests and manufactures technologies to address challenges relates to energy efficiency, clean energy generation, safety and security, globalization and customer productivity. Honeywell employs more than 132,000 people, including more than 22,000 engineers and scientists worldwide.

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NJ school sued after atheists object to ‘Under God’ in the Pledge of Allegiance

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An atheist family is suing the Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District for having classroom recitations of the Pledge of Allegiance. The Pledge contains the words "under God," which the New Jersey family finds offensive.

Identifying themselves only as John Doe, Jane Doe, and Doechild, the family retained the American Humanist Association (AHA) for representation in the religious discrimination lawsuit.

The AHA works to advance a humanist viewpoint encompassing atheism, agnosticism, secularism, naturalism, rationalism, and other "nontheistic views," according to their website.

The Does' lawsuit states that each school day, Doechild recites the Pledge of Allegiance as part of a "flag-salute exercise."

According to the lawsuit,the AHA maintains that "by affirming that the United States is one nation 'under God,' the daily classroom Pledge recitation directly contradicts the religious beliefs and principles of the plaintiffs."

The suit goes on to compare the Does' plight to that of all non-Christians in America.

"Just as America's Jews, Hindus, and Muslims would feel excluded, marginalized and stigmatized if they were told by their government on a daily basis that the United States is one nation 'under Jesus,'" the suit reads, "so do the Does feel about their government affirming to them through a regular public school exercise that their country is 'under God.'"

School district attorney David Rubin stated that students do not have to participate in the Pledge, but New Jersey state law requires schools to have a daily recitation.

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