Saipan, NI delegation confirms council member from Northern Islands

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Friday, March 15, 2013

By a vote of 20-0 with one absence, the Saipan and Northern Islands Legislative Delegation confirmed yesterday afternoon the appointment of Diego L. Kaipat as the third member of the Saipan and Northern Islands Municipal Council.

This makes it the first time for the municipal council to have a member who was born and raised in the Northern Islands, boosting efforts to resettle and develop the islands north of Saipan.

Kaipat, a former nurse for some 25 years, said he was born in Agrigan and grew up in Pagan.

One of his priorities is revisiting a Northern Islands resettlement and development plan as he personally supports moving back people there, he said.

Kaipat was surrounded by family, relatives, friends and supporters when delegation members voted one by one to confirm him.

Among those who testified to endorse his appointment were Saipan and Northern Islands Municipal Council chair Ramon B. Camacho, Saipan Mayor Donald Flores, Frances Sablan and Jerome Aldan from the Northern Islands Mayor's Office.

The crowd applauded when delegation chair Rep. Ray Tebuteb (IR-Saipan) announced Kaipat's official confirmation.

I am very.almost speechless at this time. I'm very excited, I'm happy to be confirmed as a member of the .municipal council, Kaipat later told reporters.

Gov. Eloy S. Inos administered the oath of office for Kaipat late yesterday afternoon.

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Dr Ben Carson Addressing CPAC – Outspoken Critic Of Health Care Law (Obamacare) – Part 1 – Video

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MPs: Health care failing diabetics

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Diabetes health care in England is failing thousands of people, a group of MPs has warned.

Almost half of people with diabetes are not getting the nine annual recommended checks, MPs said

Members of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Diabetes have called on ministers to take action on the "poor state" of diabetes care after its report highlighted "huge variations" in standards of care across the country.

It added that almost half of people with diabetes are not getting the nine annual checks recommended by the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice). The MPs said that without this care, patients are at higher risk of developing diabetes-related complications such as blindness, strokes or amputations.

The report calls for a national plan for better healthcare across the country and also says the Government should increase funding for type 1 diabetes.

Torbay MP Adrian Sanders, chairman of the group, said: "Diabetes is one of the greatest challenges we face yet diabetes healthcare is poor, patchy and expensive, and too many people with the condition are not getting the care or support they desperately need.

"It is completely unacceptable that barely half of people with diabetes are getting the nine checks and services recommended by Nice. This postcode lottery of care is leading to devastating health conditions and premature death for many people with the condition.

"While we welcome the Government's acceptance that care for people with diabetes is poor and must improve, we now need the Government to spell out exactly how they intend to make diabetes a priority so that everyone with diabetes receives the care and support they need.

"Unless this happens, thousands more people a year will be condemned to entirely avoidable debilitating complications and early death."

Barbara Young, chief executive of Diabetes UK, said: "Time and time again we hear about the depressingly poor state of diabetes healthcare, yet we are still waiting to hear how the Government intends to deal with what is fast becoming a crisis. The Government must designate diabetes as a priority and commit to ensuring everyone with diabetes gets good quality care so that they can live long healthy lives."

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HealthHelp Supports Senior Executive Women in Health Care by Sponsoring WBL Foundation and WBL’s 12th Annual Summit …

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HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

HealthHelp announced it is a sponsor of the Women Business Leaders (WBL) of the U.S. Health Care Industry Foundation and WBLs 12th Annual Summit.

The WBL Summit will be a gathering of more than 180 board members, CEOs, and other senior executive women from the $2 trillion health care industry. The three day event will help these senior leaders study ways to innovate the business of health care, as they compete to stay at the cutting edge in an industry under intense pressure and undergoing tremendous change. The Summit also focuses on increasing visibility for senior executive women from the health care industry for board of director positions with companies across the entire U.S. economy.

The Summit will be held March 20-22 at the Ritz-Carlton Dallas. HealthHelp has been a sponsor of WBL since 2008.

I am honored to be a part of such a great organization that allows business women leaders from the health care industry to collaborate towards building significant change for women and workplace equality, expressed Donna Baker-Miller, VP of Business Development. As a Vice President in one of the fastest growing companies in the health care industry, I believe in mentoring smart, savvy (motivated, focus-driven, and ambitious) women leaders in taking a more active role in pursuing higher level strategic positions in health care.

Notable speakers at the Summit include:

Dr. Molly Joel Coye, MD, Chief Innovation Officer, UCLA Health System on disruptive new competitors and entrants to the market

Carol Burt, Board member of Vanguard Health Systems, WellCare, and Emergency Services Medical Corporation (EMSC) on innovation and the role of the board

Deborah Wince-Smith, President & CEO, Council on Competitiveness on the innovation imperative: challenges and opportunities for U.S. competitiveness

Myrtle Potter, CEO, Myrtle Potter Company LLC on how accountability to customers fosters quality innovation

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Arlington hospital may team with health care nonprofit

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Published: Tuesday, March 19, 2013, 12:01 a.m.

The Arlington hospital is joining with two other public hospitals, Island Hospital in Anacortes and Skagit Valley Hospital in Mount Vernon, to consider its options.

The three hospital boards are scheduled to give final approval tonight to seeking proposals from other regional health care organizations on how they might work together.

The meeting is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. at the WSU Extension Center, 16650 Highway 536 in Mount Vernon.

One of the reasons Cascade Valley is considering the change is that smaller community hospitals have a tough time making it financially. Partnerships mean they can offer the services of other larger health care organizations, said Clark Jones, the hospital's chief executive.

"It's difficult to be a small hospital in a suburban or urban area," he said.

The type of services offered at Cascade Valley tend to be the day-to-day-services that people need most often, such as the emergency room or baby delivery services, he said.

Yet hospitals generally aren't paid very much by insurance companies or government programs such as Medicaid or Medicare to provide these services, Jones said.

Payment is better for specialty services such as heart surgery, brain and stroke services, and intensive care units for infants, he said. But these services are only provided in larger, nearby urban and suburban hospitals.

Letters requesting business proposals with the three hospitals will probably be sent to the area's major not-for-profit health care organizations, Jones said.

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David Hasselhoff sings "Looking For Freedom" at Berlin Wall to save East Side Gallery – 17.3.13 – Video

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Florence Freedom to Air on 1320 WCVG

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March 19, 2013 - Frontier League (FL) Florence Freedom The Florence Freedom welcome back radio play-by-play broadcaster Steve Jarnicki as he will announce all 96 games during the 2013 regular season in addition to the playoffs should the Freedom qualify.

Jarnicki, who is the owner of his own production company, has teamed up with Great Lakes radio station 1320 AM WCVG to broadcast these games. The games can also be heard online at http://www.gospel1320.com, http://www.florencefreedom.com and are also available on your smart phone by downloading the TuneIn Radio Ap.

WCVG is a gospel formatted station and with its towers being located in Covington, they feel it's a terrific fit for everyone involved.

"When Steve contacted WCVG to discuss airing the 2013 baseball season for the Freedom, we were very curious," said Great Lakes Radio President Tim Gallagher. "After many conversations and some research into the relationship being proposed we jumped at the opportunity. The opportunity to connect WCVG to the fans of the Florence Freedom is a win-win. We are very excited for the first pitch."

Last season Jarnicki was behind the microphone for the Freedom and got to witness history firsthand as the team qualified for the postseason for the first time in franchise history. The late season run has him extremely optimistic heading into his second year with the Freedom.

"2012 was such a special season and I was fortunate to be able to broadcast all the games which included a trip to the Frontier League Championship series," said Jarnicki. With everything that the team accomplished last year, and with the players that are expected to return, it should be a fun summer of baseball and I can't wait for it to begin."

Jarnicki is a radio and TV sportscaster from Cincinnati having graduated from Sycamore High School in 2002 and Bowling Green State University in 2006 with a degree in Interpersonal Communications. Since returning to his hometown, he has provided play-by-play coverage for University of Cincinnati Baseball, Northern Kentucky University Baseball, and Simon Kenton High School basketball and football.

The Freedom will host the River City Rascals on opening night May 16. All broadcasts can be heard starting fifteen minutes prior to first pitch with the pre-game show.

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New Drama Club forms at Freedom Plaza

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Freedom Plaza abounds in clubs both the kind that go into golf bags and the social membership type.

Residents, of course, bring their own golf clubs when they move in, and they also bring along their own leisure-time pursuits. Eventually they meet other residents with that common interest and a mutual desire to share it, voila a Freedom Plaza club is born.

At present there are 27 resident clubs listed at Freedom Plaza. They range from the Art League and several bridge clubs, shuffleboard and the Freedom Singers to poker, pickleball, the Knit-Wits and Wood Workers. And it goes without saying that Freedom Plaza hosts a men's and women's golf club.

Management supports all of the clubs by providing space for their activities and by advertising their meetings and events. Occasionally, when transportation is needed for a special club outing, that also is made available.

The newest "kid on the block" is the Drama Club, whose members are to be known as the Plaza Players. They have had several meetings, elected officers and are in the process of drafting their mission statement. They plan to pattern their organization on that of a repertory theater company, similar to Sun City Center's Pelican Players and Performing Arts Club.

The Plaza Players are already hard at work on their first presentation, a radio show where actors read their scripts before a live audience.

In forming their new club, Freedom Plaza thespians are following a growing trend among retirement-age citizens. Senior Theater USA, a national organization, has more than 600 registered groups. The group provides Internet access to materials such as scripts, suggests sources for costumes and sets, and offers general support.

We bid a public welcome to our newest club and look forward to enjoying many forthcoming theatrical performances of the Plaza Players.

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Viscount’s Freedom Access Control Technology Secures Dallas High Rises

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BURNABY, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Viscount Systems (VSYS), a leading-edge, high technology supplier of security systems and software, is pleased to announce that it has shipped the first of several systems to secure a multi-building high-rise complex in Dallas. The systems include a full complement of Freedom access control technology for securing doors, monitoring alarms and controlling elevators as well as MESH touch-screen systems.

We are pleased to continue to expand our regional and vertical coverage of Freedom, noted Stephen Pineau, CEO of Viscount. Our technology offers a compelling value proposition for both government and commercial end-users to improve security while reducing cost. This contract is an example of the Companys ability to serve the private sector while continuing to grow its government business.

About Viscount's Freedom Access Control Solution

Freedom is the first and only access control system that allows entry devices (ID cards, RFID readers, biometrics etc.) to be connected to standard building IT networks without requiring expensive control panels that are programmed from a PC. Freedom changes the paradigm of IT friendly access control. It eliminates up to 80% of the cost of traditional systems that require the installation of control panels. And, it utilizes existing logical IT security software (LDAP) to replace both the control panel component and the software component of traditional systems. Freedom drastically reduces system costs while providing a much more secure software solution.

About Viscount Systems

Viscount Systems Inc., designs unified IT and physical security software platforms for building security and emergency planning. Recent awards include Microsofts 2012 Be Whats Next Award, SIA Convergence Solution of the Year 2011 and Homeland Security Platinum Award for Emergency Response and Gold Award for Access Control at GOVSEC 2011.

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Investor Relations: Foothills Group San Jose, CA 888-516-7415. Investors@viscount.com http://www.viscount.com

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ESGR Announces Nominees for 2013 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award

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ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), a Department of Defense operational committee, received 2,899 nominations for the 2013 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award. The Freedom Award is the Department of Defenses highest recognition for employers supporting employees serving in the Guard and Reserve. Up to 15 award recipients will be announced this summer and honored in Washington, D.C. later this year at the 18th annual Freedom Award ceremony. Past award recipients have met with senior leaders of the White House and Department of Defense as part of the award recognition.

Guard and Reserve Service members, or family members acting on their behalf, nominated their civilian employers for the Freedom Award during the 12-week nomination season that closed in January. Even with recent draw downs in Afghanistan, ongoing national security demands and historic humanitarian relief missions have continued to call service members away from their civilian lives. Supportive employers are critical to helping restore stability and peace of mind for these Citizen Warriors and their loved ones.

"Every year, these nominations demonstrate the strength of our employers' commitment to supporting our Guardsmen and Reservists," said ESGR National Chair James G. Rebholz. "We applaud all the National Guard and Reserve Service members who took the time to tell the DoD why their employers are exceptional, and we are grateful to the 2013 nominees for providing our Citizen Warriors with the assistance and encouragement they rely on while answering the call to duty."

Nearly one-half of the U.S. military is comprised of Guard and Reserve members. While most Guard and Reserve employers proudly support their military employees, Freedom Award recipients are recognized for going to extraordinary lengths for their Guardsmen and Reservists. This years nominees represent diverse industries including airlines, grocery store chains, national retail brands and IT companies, as well as small businesses, and state and local governments.

A list of nominations from all 50 states, Guam-CNMI, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the District of Columbia are available at http://www.FreedomAward.mil. Semifinalists for the 2013 Freedom Award will be announced later this spring.

About ESGR and the Freedom Award:

The Freedom Award was instituted in 1996 under the auspices of ESGR to recognize exceptional support from the employer community. In the years since, 175 employers have been honored with the award. ESGR develops and maintains employer support for Guard and Reserve service. ESGR advocates relevant initiatives, recognizes outstanding support, increases awareness of applicable laws, and resolves conflict between service members and employers. Paramount to ESGR's mission is encouraging employment of Guardsmen and Reservists who bring integrity, global perspective and proven leadership to the civilian workforce.

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Freedom latest victim in supermarket wars

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Freedom Foods (FNP.AX), maker of soy, almond and milk products has seen its products suddenly dropped from 500 Woolworths Limiteds (WOW.AX) stores.

Despite selling really well, and growing at over 15%, Woolworths have decided to reduce the distribution of Australias Own Organic range of soy, rice and almond milks to less than 280 stores, said Michael Bracka, managing director of Freedom.

He says that he was never told the reason, but believes it may be because the giant supermarket wants to sell more of its own private label products.

Freedom is not the first to be squeezed out of the supermarket chains, and appears unlikely to be the last. Gourmet Food Group, the maker of iconic Rosella tomato sauce, was placed into receivership last year. Coles owned by Wesfarmers Limited (WES.AX) stopped selling Mainland cheeses produced by New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra (FSF.AX), last year.

A spokesperson for Woolworths said the Freedom decision was taken after the company decided to only stock products in stores where customers show a high degree of loyalty to the Freedom range.

Both Coles and Woolworths are trying to increase the number of home brand products on their shelves, as they attempt to increase their margins. Private label products have higher margins, because the supermarkets have greater control over producers and suppliers prices.

According to the Australian Food and Grocery Council, which represents suppliers, private labels were 25% of supermarket sales in 2010. Should Australia follow the trend in Europe, which has up to 50% of total sales in private labels. That could decimate Australian manufacturers.

Exports are also out of the question, because of the high Australian dollar, leaving manufacturers stuck between a rock and a hard place.

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Australias food manufacturing industry will be hoping that the Australian consumer and Competition Commission (ACCC) takes strong action against the supermarket giants. The ACCC is conducting an investigation into their practices after receiving a number of complaints from suppliers.

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Lewis awarded freedom of London

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Homeland star Damian Lewis has received the freedom of the City of London in recognition of his achievements as an actor.

The London-born actor picked up a Golden Globe award earlier this year for his role as Marine Sergeant Nicholas Brody in the hit TV series.

He said the honour was "one of the greatest I've ever received".

The freedom of the City dates back to 1237 and is offered to individuals to celebrate a significant achievement.

Other recent recipients include Sir Michael Caine and London 2012 Paralympian David Weir.

Receiving the award at the City's Guildhall, Lewis said: "It's remarkable, I'm still surprised. I wasn't quite sure if they'd got the right person, so I'm very happy to be here. It's a rare occasion."

Lewis, 42, was educated at Eton College and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, from where he graduated in 1993.

The actor, also known for playing Soames Forsyte in ITV's The Forsyte Saga and Major Richard D. Winters in the US mini-series Band Of Brothers, said he felt strongly connected to London.

"I feel like a Londoner through and through actually. London is the greatest city in the world, I think."

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Freedom Innovations Announces Forthcoming Launch of Kinterra Hydraulic Foot/Ankle System

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IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Freedom Innovations, an Irvine, CA based manufacturer of advanced technology prosthetic devices, announced the impending launch of its new Kinterra Foot and Ankle System. The Kinterra technology combines an innovative blend of hydraulics and carbon fiber to provide amputees with exceptionally normal walking and movement regardless of surface or speed.

Offering a number of unique features, such as articulated movement, an innovative dorsi-assist spring, and smart controls, all in a highly durable design, Kinterra is being demonstrated now in limited US markets and will be available globally this summer.

"We are very excited to bring Kinterra to our customers, said Rob Cripe, Freedom Innovations Senior VP of Global Marketing. "For end users, the articulated movement will mean a more symmetrical, energy-efficient gait that improves comfort, balance and confidence. Its technology that we are particularly proud of because it takes everyday function to the next level, simulating normal body movement.

Kinterra users will also benefit from unprecedented stability on slopes and level ground, improved limb health thanks to Kinterras reduced socket pressure, and enhanced comfort while sitting, standing and squatting. The design even simplifies the process of putting on a shoe.

Freedom Innovations, LLC designs, manufactures, and markets advanced technology lower extremity prosthetic devices that provide people with physical challenges the ability to reach their full potential. Based in Irvine, CA, Freedoms lower extremity prosthetics are distributed around the world.

Media: Interviews, illustrations and demos are available upon request. Please contact Paul Williams at 949/916-6880 or via paul@medialinecommunications.com.

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Fuel Freedom Foundation Appoints New Director of Research

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IRVINE, CA--(Marketwire - Mar 19, 2013) - Fuel Freedom Foundation, a nonpartisan, nonprofit campaign dedicated to breaking America's oil addiction, announces Michael D. Jackson as its new Director of Research.

Fuel Freedom Foundation advocates for an open fuel market to enable cheaper, cleaner, American-made replacement fuels to compete fairly with gasoline at the pump. Competition will drive down transportation fuel prices, create jobs and promote innovation. Jackson's 40 years of experience working on feasibility studies and full-scale demonstrations of alternative fuels and energy systems complements the foundation's efforts, and will provide insight and solid direction in research project decisions.

Prior to joining Fuel Freedom Foundation, Jackson served as senior director of Transportation Technology at TIAX LLC, a laboratory-based technology development company that takes early-stage inventions and transforms them into technology-enabled products ready for commercialization. There, Jackson was responsible for transportation policies and technologies toward improving vehicle emissions and fuel economy.

"I am most pleased to be joining Fuel Freedom Foundation. The Transportation Technology group at TIAX has played a key role in demonstrating the viability of cleaner replacement fuels in the transportation sector, and helps to establish both supply- and demand-side measures to encourage the use of these fuels," said Jackson. "I look forward to continuing my work at Fuel Freedom Foundation in the effort to demonstrate the viability of replacement fuels like ethanol, methanol and natural gas. The goal is to enable the current vehicle fleet to utilize these abundant, domestic fuels, and then drive mass adoption for them and end America's addiction to oil."

Opening the fuels market by breaking the oil monopoly is America's next giant leap forward. By commercializing cheaper, cleaner and domestically produced replacement fuels, we can strengthen the economy, relieve families from the burden of high gasoline prices, secure our nation from oil-producing adversarial countries and significantly reduce harmful air toxins. Enabling cars to utilize replacement fuels is safe and most cars would require simple, inexpensive modifications to become flex fuel.

Jackson is internationally recognized for his work on low-emission, heavy-duty engines and vehicles. He has worked with California agencies on demonstrating the feasibility of alternative fuels for light- and heavy-duty vehicles, developing a cost-benefit analysis suggesting goals to reduce California's dependence on petroleum, and helping develop the California Hydrogen Highway Network and Alternative Fuels Plan. In addition, he has provided expert testimony to Congress and to California legislative entities on the use of alternative fuels in the transportation sector. He has also been an expert witness on litigation regarding California's greenhouse gas vehicle regulations and Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE) contamination.

"Michael's background and knowledge of transportation policy, fuel and emissions technology and feasibility of transitioning to replacement fuels gives Fuel Freedom Foundation a strategic edge, as we move forward to attain our goal of ending America's addiction to oil," said Eyal Aronoff, Co-Founder of Fuel Freedom Foundation. "Michael will be instrumental to our efforts and an asset to our team."

Please visit http://www.fuelfreedom.org to learn more about how you can join the Fuel Freedom team, get involved, and help end America's addiction to oil.

About Fuel FreedomFuel Freedom Foundation is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to breaking the U.S. economy's oil addiction by powering cars and trucks with cheaper, cleaner, healthier American replacement fuels. Consumers could easily convert their cars to run on replacement fuels for gasoline, but outdated regulations and entrenched commercial interests stand in the way. The Fuel Freedom campaign works to remove barriers to competition so that natural gas, methanol, ethanol and electricity can compete on equal footing with gasoline at the pump and the dealership. Achieving Fuel Freedom will lower fuel prices, create jobs, spur economic growth, reduce pollution, and improve national and global security. For more information go to the Foundation's website at http://www.fuelfreedom.org; Facebook: FuelFreedomFoundation; and Twitter: @FuelFreedomNow.

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Cris " Cyborg " Santos Gets New Opponent Ahead of Debut at Invicta 5

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An injury has forced one of the major bouts at Invicta 5, which is coming up next weekend, to make a change as Ediane Gomes has suffered an injury and is out of her scheduled fight against former Strikeforce champ Cris "Cyborg" Santos.

Invicta officials announced Gomes' injury on Tuesday, but it didn't take long for them to find a replacement and it happens to be somebody else already scheduled for the card.

Fiona Muxlow, who was originally scheduled to face off against Julia Budd on the card, will instead face Santos as one of the featured bouts on the Invicta 5 internet pay-per-view.

The new fight was confirmed by Invicta officials on Tuesday evening.

Fiona Muxlow comes to Invicta with a 6-2 record overall primarily fighting out of her home area in Australia.

Ironically enough, Muxlow's last fight was a loss to current Invicta 145-pound contender Marloes Coenen at the DREAM New Year's Eve show to close 2012. Muxlow lost to Coenen by first round armbar in Japan.

The expected plan for the winner of the bout between Santos and Muxlow is to face Coenen next for the inaugural Invicta featherweight women's world title.

Muxlow is facing a tall order stepping in on short notice to face Santos, who returns to action after more than a year away from the sport after testing positive for a banned substance following her last fight in Strikeforce at the end of 2011.

Since that time, Santos has exited Strikeforce after the promotion dissolved, and with her fighting weight at 145-pounds, she's ineligible to sign with the UFC because they only currently have the 135-pound women's division.

Instead, Santos signed a multi-fight deal with Invicta with hopes of fighting next weekend, and then battling Coenen for the first ever featherweight title for the promotion.

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Beaches open after shark scare

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RARE SIGHT: The shark pack was spotted from the air by the Westpac Rescue helicopter. Source: PerthNow

SHARK PARK: More than 100 sharks have been sighted feeding off Trigg Point. Picture: Surf Life Saving WA (Rescue helicopter) Source: PerthNow

CLOSED: More than 100 sharks have been spotted off Trigg Beach, closing beaches in the area. Source: PerthNow

BEACHES have re-opened after a massive pack of more than 100 sharks was seen about 600m off popular Trigg Point earlier today.

The sharks were spotted about 12.25pm today by pilotson board the Surf Lifesaving Westpac Helicopter.

City of Stirling Beach services coordinator John Snook told ABC radio this afternoon the sharks were believed to be juvenile bronze whalers feeding on a school of baitfish.

He said the size of the school of sharks was "absolutely unusual."

Beaches 1km north and south of Trigg Point were closed for several hours with shark alarms going off to get people out of the water. They were reopened around 2pm.

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The parabolic antennas of the Alma radio telescope on an Andean plateau in northern Chile on March 12, 2013.

Its not often you get to see a telescope dance, but thats exactly what happened in the thin, dry air of Chiles Atacama Desert on March 12. Thats when astronomys newest, biggest, most powerful stargazing machine was formally dedicated, after more than a year of preliminary operations. As the speeches from various political and scientific dignitaries came to a close, the Atacama Large Millimeter-submillimeter Array, or ALMA a set of 57 radio dishes perched on the Chajnantor Plateau, some 16,600 ft. (5,060 m) above sea level began to swivel and sway, in perfect, choreographed unison, as music filled a tent packed with scientific VIPs.

OK, maybe it was a little over the top, but ALMAs creators, including scientists and engineers from Europe, North America, Asia and Chile had the right to make a fuss. The $1.3-billion array is a technological tour-de-force that will produce images ten times sharper than the Hubble; study galaxies from the dawn of time; tease out the secrets of solar systems as they form; and more. Within a decade, says Leslie Sage, Senior Editor for Physical Sciences at the journal Nature, ALMA will have revolutionized astronomy more than the Hubble ever has.

Actually, that revolution has already begun. Even as ALMAs dishes were performing their coming-out ballet, astronomers were announcing that during its earlier, shakedown runs, the telescope had discovered surprising numbers of so-called starburst galaxies, where new suns are being born at a prodigious rate, just a billion years after the Big Bang which is a billion years earlier than anyone had expected.

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Last year, a team of observers used the array to detect the presence of unseen planets orbiting the star Fomalhaut, inferring the existence of the worldsby their effects on a ring of dust. These first results are spectacular, says Pierre Cox, ALMAs incoming director, and they were done with a limited number of antennasin the case of the planets, with just 15 of what will ultimately be 66 dishes, working in concert.

Thats one big reason the new telescope is so powerful: by combining the signals from all those dishes, ALMA can simulate a single dish as much as 10 miles (16 km) across. That makes ALMAs images preternaturally sharp. The powerful detectors at the heart of each dish, meanwhile, cooled to within a few degrees above absolute zero (-460F, or -273C) can sense the ping of incoming electromagnetic radiation with unprecedented sensitivity.

In this case, the radiation in question isnt ordinary visible light, but rather a form of light that lies in between the infrared and the microwave parts of the spectrum. Some astronomical phenomena, like the rings of cool dust that eventually turn into planets, naturally glow brightest in the millimeter-submillimeter part of the spectrum. Others, such as distant galaxies, start off with a smaller wavelength but their emissions are then stretched into the millimeter-submillimeter region as they cross a universe thats constantly expanding.

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