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Ex-NBA Stars Joining Rodman for N. Korea Game

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Former NBA basketball star Dennis Rodman holds a cigar as he speaks to North Korean basketball players during a practice session in Pyongyang, North Korea, Friday, Dec. 20, 2013

Former NBA star Dennis Rodman announced the list of former basketball players who plan to travel to North Korea to play in an exhibition game for ruler Kim Jong Uns birthday.

The players include former NBA all-stars Kenny Anderson, Cliff Robinson, Vin Baker, Craig Hodges, Doug Christie and Charles D. Smith. The team will head to Pyongyang to play a North Korean Senior National team on Jan. 8 in what Rodman calls basketball diplomacy.

Smith, a former player for the New York Knicks, said the trip was about cultural exchange.Cultural exchange is about sharing. Sharing ideas and thoughts on education, culture and life, he said.

Rodman, who last visited North Korea in December to train the North Korean basketball team, said his trip would not be affected by the recent execution of Kims uncle.

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Kevin Warwick – Home Page

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Kevin Warwick is Professor of Cybernetics at the University of Reading, England, where he carries out research in artificial intelligence, control, robotics and biomedical engineering. He is a Chartered Engineer (CEng.) and is a Fellow of The Institution of Engineering & Technology (FIET). He is the youngest person ever to become a Fellow of the City & Guilds of London Institute (FCGI). He is the author or co-author of more than 500 research papers and has written or edited 27 books (three for general readership), as well as numerous magazine and newspaper articles on scientific and general subjects. He has broadcast and lectured widely and held various visiting professorships.

Kevin was born in Coventry, UK and left school to join British Telecom, at the age of 16. At 22 he took his first degree at Aston University, followed by a PhD and a research post at Imperial College, London. He subsequently held positions at Oxford, Newcastle and Warwick universities before being offered the Chair at Reading, at the age of 33.

He has been awarded higher doctorates (DScs) by Imperial College and the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague on different scientific areas. He was presented with The Future of Health Technology Award from MIT (USA), was made an Honorary Member of the Academy of Sciences, St.Petersburg, was awarded the IEE Senior Achievement Medal in 2004, the Mountbatten Medal in 2008 and the Ellison-Cliffe Medal in 2011 from the Royal Society of Medicine. In 2000 Kevin presented the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures, entitled The Rise of The Robots. He has also been awarded Honorary DSc Degrees by the Universities of Aston, Coventry, Bradford, Bedfordshire and Portsmouth and an Honorary DTech Degree by Robert Gordon University.

Kevin instigated a series of pioneering experiments involving the neuro-surgical implantation of a device (Utah Array/BrainGate) into the median nerves of his left arm in order to link his nervous system directly to a computer to assess the latest technology for use with the disabled. The development of the implant technology was carried out by a team of researchers headed by Dr Mark Gasson who, along with Kevin, used it to perform the ground-breaking research. Kevin was successful with the first extra-sensory (ultrasonic) input for a human and with the first purely electronic communication experiment between the nervous systems of two humans. His research has been discussed by the US White House Presidential Council on BioEthics, The European Commission FTP and led to him being widely referenced and featured in academic circles as well as appearing as cover stories in several magazines e.g. Wired (USA), The Week (India).

The Institute of Physics selected Kevin as one of only 7 eminent scientists to illustrate the ethical impact their scientific work can have: the others being Galileo, Einstein, Curie, Nobel, Oppenheimer and Rotblat.

His work is used as material in several advanced Level Physics courses in the UK and in many University courses including Harvard, Stanford, MIT & Tokyo. His implants are on display in the Science Museums in London and Naples. As a result, Kevin regularly gives invited Keynote presentations.

Kevins research involves robotics and he was responsible (with Dr Jim Wyatt) for Cybot, a robot exported around the world as part of a magazine Real Robots this resulted in royalties totalling over 1M for Reading University. Robots designed and constructed by Kevins group (Dr Ian Kelly, Dr Ben Hutt) have been on permanent interactive display in the Science Museums in London, Birmingham and Linz.

Kevins recent research involves a collaborative project with the Oxford neurosurgeon, Prof. Tipu Aziz, using intelligent computer methods to predict the onset of Parkinsonian tremors such that they can be stopped by means of a deep brain implant. This work was hailed in the Mail on Sunday as the most significant recent advance in biomedical engineering.

He presently leads an ongoing EPSRC sponsored project in which a cultured neural network (using biological neurons) is trained to control a mobile robot platform. This work, which was reported on in a New Scientist feature article, is being used as an exercise for high school science studies in the UK. A Youtube video of this research has now been downloaded/viewed over 1.6 million times.

His presentations include The 1998 Robert Boyle Memorial Lecture at Oxford University, The 2000 Royal Institution Christmas Lectures, The 2001 Higginson Lecture at Durham University, The 2003 Royal Academy of Engineering/Royal Society of Edinburgh Joint lecture in Edinburgh, The 2003 IEEE (UK) Annual Lecture in London, The 2004 Woolmer Lecture at York University, the Robert Hooke Lecture (Westminster) in 2005, the 2005 Einstein Lecture in Potsdam, Germany and the 2006 IMechE Mechatronics Prestige Lecture in London. The 2007 Techfest plenary lecture in Mumbai; Kshitij keynote in Kharagpur (India); Engineer Techfest keynote in NITK Surathkal (India). The Annual Science Faculty lecture at University of Leicester in 2007 and the Graduate School in Physical Sciences and Engineering Annual Lecture, Cardiff University. In 2008, Leslie Oliver Oration at Queen's Hospital; Techkriti keynote in Kanpur. Also 2008, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, guest lecture "Four weddings and a Funeral" for the Microsoft Research Chair. In 2009, Cardiff University, 125th Anniversary Lecture and Orwell Society Lecture, Eton College. In 2010 he launched the new Research Institute for Innovation Design and Sustainability (IDEAS) at Robert Gordon University and gave the Ellison-Cliffe Lecture at the Royal Society of Medicine in 2011. In 2012 he is to present the IET Pinkerton Lecture in Bangalore.

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Miesha Tate Agrees to Help Cris Cyborg Get Ready for Her Next Fight

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While Miesha Tate remains ranked the No. 2 women's bantamweight fighter in the world after her second loss to divisional champion Ronda Rousey last Saturday, many are wondering what's next for the ex-Strikeforce titleholder.

As "Cupcake" heads back to the drawing board, it appears she won't be doing it with only the help of Team Alpha Male.

On Friday, former UFC light heavyweight champion Tito Ortiz, who manages Invicta FC featherweight champ Cristiane "Cyborg" Justino, asked Tate if she'd be interested in training with his star client.

Tate responded succinctly, appearing content to take the self-proclaimed "People's Champion" up on the offer.

Just over a month ago, Cyborg herself reached out to Tate to train prior to her UFC 168 title tilt with Rousey.

As far as the fight fans know, Tate never book Justino up on the offer then, but she is clearly singing a different tune after losing three of her past four bouts.

Justino is 2-0 under the Invicta banner, winning the inaugural 145-pound title in dominant fashion, scoring her second career TKO over former Strikeforce champ Marloes Coenen.

Cyborg has not competed in MMA since July, though has stayed busy by taking a Muay Thai fight in September.

She defeated previously unbeaten Jennifer Colomb at Lion Fight 11, scoring a Round 2 TKO. She currently does not have her next Invicta title fight booked.

Would it be in the best interests of two of Rousey's top rivals to put their heads together and spend a few weeks training together, or would the endeavor be a waste of time at the end of the day?

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Beaches buffer our shores from Mother Nature’s might

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Most Kiwis appreciate the recreational opportunities our beaches offer - whether for beachcombing, surfing, walking the dog, bird-watching, swimming or simply snoozing in the sun. But did you know that beaches are also Natures way of buffering and protecting seafront real estate and infrastructure, such as parks and roads, against high winds and waves during powerful storms or rough seas?

If you live at the beach or visit it regularly, you will have seen how sand on the beach goes through cycles of erosion and accretion (build up).

The erosion process can be dramatic - taking place when big steep seas, combined with high tides, cause waves to pound the shoreline. Big surges of water rush up the beach with considerable force, scarping the dune face.

However, the beach fights back by allowing a proportion of the uprush to percolate into the sediments. As a result, the backrush has less power than the uprush, protecting the beach from erosion.

Gravel beaches are particularly good at protecting themselves from erosion, says NIWA marine geologist and coastal oceanographer Dr Terry Hume, "because they are very permeable".

"With a lot of the uprush water lost into the gravel, the backrush has little power to erode the beach face. Furthermore, the powerful uprush carries with it gravel that gets tossed up by the waves to build up a gravel ridge above high-tide level. This ridge prevents waves tipping over the ridge, creating further erosion."

Sand stripped from the beach and dunes during storms is carried out to sea by the backwash and undertow to the shallow nearshore, where it is deposited in banks. Surfers know this well as waves peeling over these banks in shallow water provide excellent surfing.

Dr Hume, a keen surfer himself, says the formation of these banks is the beach fighting back.

"When waves break on the nearshore banks they absorb wave energy so that the waves have less power when they arrive at the beach, buffering it from further erosion."

Accretion of sand takes place during calmer periods of long, low sea swell and is very gradual. The banks slowly migrate to the shore where they weld onto the beach.

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Dozens of people have been rescued from the sea at beaches in northern New Zealand in the last week - including a woman who couldn't swim and two adults without lifejackets blown 2km offshore in a child's inflatable dinghy.

There were 63 rescues at 17 beaches from Raglan to the Far North between Monday and Thursday and on Saturday, according to Surf Life Saving New Zealand, which didn't have figures for Friday.

Lifeguards also administered first aid to 83 people and completed 3777 preventive actions as more than 26,000 flocked to the sand, prompting safety experts to warn beachgoers to stay vigilant.

On the region's busiest day, Thursday, a 25-year-old Pukekohe woman among about 500 people swimming between the flags at Sunset Beach, Port Waikato was lucky to be rescued when she showed no signs of being in trouble.

Lifeguard Bosco McAuley, 20, was able to reach her in seconds, but she had taken on so much water that by the time they came ashore she was nearly unconscious.

Mr McAuley, who was patrolling in the surf because of the large number of rips and and people in the water, noticed a group around the woman raise the alarm.

"She couldn't swim, so she didn't start panicking she just went straight under and then I saw she was in difficulty and that's when I swam over to her," he told the Herald.

"At first I just saw her on a body board and it looked like she was okay, but then there were people that had their hand up. I thought they were just waving to shore; I had to take another look to realise something wasn't right."

Mr McAuley was due to end his patrol at 6pm, 30 minutes later.

"It was pure luck that I happened to be out there on water patrol, otherwise she could have died."

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WA shark protest goes global

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Two shark kill zones will stretch from Quinns Beach to Warnbro, and Geographe to Margaret River.

The WA government's plan to bait and kill large sharks off Perth beaches has attracted attention from around the world.

Signed petitions to Premier Colin Barnett to stopbaited drum lines being placed one kilometre offshore at Perth's popular swimming spots have surfaced in the United States, Brazil and Europe.

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The $1 million plan to set 72 drum lines off eight beaches along the Perth and South West coast are due to be baited from January 10.

Pressure to reverse the decision mounted on Saturday as more than 4000 protesters gathered at Cottesloe Beach, with similar crowds at Melbourne's St Kilda, NSW's Central Coast, Bryon Bay and Burleigh Heads on the Gold Coast.

Premier Colin Barnett with one of the hooks used to catch sharks. Photo: Aleisha Orr

One woman from Texas posted on the Facebook protest page,A Cause for Jaws,thatshe had collected 100 signatures.

Perth-based protest organiser Natalie Banks said support has been received from all over the world.

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Pulsar in stellar triple system makes unique gravitational laboratory

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Contact: Dave Finley dfinley@nrao.edu 575-835-7302 National Radio Astronomy Observatory

Astronomers using the National Science Foundation's Green Bank Telescope (GBT) have discovered a unique stellar system of two white dwarf stars and a superdense neutron star, all packed within a space smaller than Earth's orbit around the Sun. The closeness of the stars, combined with their nature, has allowed the scientists to make the best measurements yet of the complex gravitational interactions in such a system.

In addition, detailed studies of this system may provide a key clue for resolving one of the principal outstanding problems of fundamental physics -- the true nature of gravity.

"This triple system gives us a natural cosmic laboratory far better than anything found before for learning exactly how such three-body systems work and potentially for detecting problems with General Relativity that physicists expect to see under extreme conditions," said Scott Ransom of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO).

West Virginia University graduate student Jason Boyles (now at Western Kentucky University) originally uncovered the pulsar as part of a large-scale search for pulsars with the GBT. Pulsars are neutron stars that emit lighthouse-like beams of radio waves that rapidly sweep through space as the object spins on its axis. One of the search's discoveries was a pulsar some 4200 light-years from Earth, spinning nearly 366 times per second.

Such rapidly-spinning pulsars are called millisecond pulsars, and can be used by astronomers as precision tools for studying a variety of phenomena, including searches for the elusive gravitational waves. Subsequent observations showed that the pulsar is in a close orbit with a white dwarf star, and that pair is in orbit with another, more-distant white dwarf.

"This is the first millisecond pulsar found in such a system, and we immediately recognized that it provides us a tremendous opportunity to study the effects and nature of gravity," Ransom said.

The scientists began an intensive observational program using the GBT, the Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico, and the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope in the Netherlands. They also studied the system using data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, the GALEX satellite, the WIYN telescope on Kitt Peak, Arizona, and the Spitzer Space Telescope.

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How I Made It: Wanda M. Austin, president and CEO of Aerospace

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The gig: Wanda M. Austin, 59, is the president and chief executive of Aerospace Corp., an El Segundo brain trust for the Pentagon's space program. Although not well known outside defense circles, it is regarded as one of the nation's most important assets.

Classified space: For decades, Aerospace, which receives federal funds, has provided oversight for development of highly secretive spy satellites, ballistic missiles and launch vehicles. Aerospace scientists and engineers oversee the technical side of contracts awarded to defense firms to ensure the work is being done properly. It's important work in a place where a misplaced decimal point can result is disastrous consequences for billions of dollars' worth of intricate space hardware.

"As an engineer you want to work on those complex programs," Austin said. "People pay attention to people working on the hard problems."

Early days: Austin hopes her background as a black female will help her serve as a role model for young women and minorities. She was raised in a low-income Bronx neighborhood. Her father was a barber and her mother a nurse, who stressed involvement outside of school. Austin participated in the Girl Scouts and church activities.

Passion: From an early age, her favorite subject in school was math. This was due in part to arguments with English teachers in school, but Austin also liked that the answers in math can't be disputed.

She was accepted into the prestigious Bronx High School of Science, whose graduates have gone on to win eight Nobel Prizes, six Pulitzer Prizes and eight National Medals of Science. She played volleyball and enjoyed roller-skating and gymnastics.

School: After she won a scholarship to Franklin & Marshall College, a small liberal arts college in Lancaster, Pa., she earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics and figured she'd become a teacher. But later, while pursuing a master's degree in math at the University of Pittsburgh, she tutored engineers and realized that engineers make more money.

"Plus," she said, "engineering sounded like a lot more fun."

It was in college that she met her husband, Wade, who is also an engineer. After graduating with a systems engineering degree, Austin was hired as a technical staff member at Rockwell International in Anaheim. She worked on radar modeling systems but left after a downturn in industry spending.

Welcome home: Austin stayed in California and landed at Aerospace in 1982 as an entry-level engineer. She was one of the few women on the organization's campus, but she ultimately got the opportunity to work on massive programs including the GPS satellite constellation, the Pentagon's global network of strategic communications satellites, and Air Force satellite communications.

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Veria Living Gets Interactive for New Year's Resolutions

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Move over, Dr. Oz! The new health and wellness cable channel Veria Living (veria.com) is kicking off 2014 with a daily, interactive series VLC (Veria Living Companion) that showcases the most recent developments in medicine, fitness, nutrition and beauty and lets the audience get involved in the broadest way possible.

"VLC is a high-energy experience that emphasizes interaction and will capitalize on being live," says Veria CEO Eric Sherman. "Our viewers will be able to ask questions and get answers via phone, email, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest. There's nothing like it."

The series starts Monday, Jan. 6 just in time to help you keep those New Year's resolutions and airs four times daily in 15-minute pops (11am/10c, 11:45am/10:45c, 3/2c, 3:45/2:45c). Rotating hosts include championship runner Alyson Charles, foodie Robyn Youkilis, dance and fitness coach Jaycee Gossett, anti-aging whiz Sonia Baghdady, Dr. Robin Berzin, an expert in East-West medicine, and for a some male perspective journalist Matt McClure.

"If something just hit the news or YouTube or is trending around the world, our hosts and experts will bring it to you," says VLC exec producer George Davilas. "No one is lecturing at you. No one comes off as the voice of God. We're all in this together."

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