Ronda Rousey: I'll worry about 'Cyborg' Justino 'when it's time to deal with her'

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A bout between Ronda RouseyandCristiane Justinohas been the biggest potential fight in womens MMA for years now, but rarely seems as though its close to a done deal.

Justino (12-1 MMA) more commonly known by her nickname,Cyborg has fought her career at145 pounds, an entire weight class up from where Rousey (10-0 MMA, 4-0 UFC) has competedsince moving to bantamweight in March 2012.Thesticking point of weight seemed to have been sorted out when Cyborg planned a drop to featherweight only to suffer an injury that delayed the move.

Now, Cyborg returns to action on Feb.27, defending her Invicta FC featherweight belt againstCharmaine Tweet (6-4). Not only is that one day before Rousey is set to defend her UFC bantamweight title against Cat Zingano (9-0 MMA, 2-0 UFC), but both fights take place in Los Angeles.

During a FOX Sports 1 interview over the weekend, Rousey was asked if she feels that the Cyborg move is raining on her parade.

Ithink Im pretty much the parade rainer in this duo, Rousey said. Im just really focusing on Cat, and thats it. Cyborg has tried to show up at my weigh-ins before, which I didnt even notice. She showed up at the (Sarah) Kaufmann weigh-in, but I was so focused on what I was doing and focused on Kaufmann that I didnt even see her.

Rousey, who has caused past stirs by calling Justino an it, as well as repeatedly bringing up her failed drug test, was civil while discussing her rival. The UFC champ says she has no intention of focusing on a potential opponent when she has a challenge in front of her already.

Ill deal with Cyborg when its time to deal with her, when she comes around and shes tired of dragging this whole thing out Rousey said. As you see with (Manny) Pacquiao and (Floyd) Mayweather, sometimes its a good thing to really drag it out and build that anticipation. Im going to beat Cat now and worry about her later.

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Mans appeal for help in clearing beaches of litter

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A MAN from Dorset is appealing for help in his quest to rid the beaches of Weymouth and Portland of rubbish.

Simon Owens, 52, from Milton Abbas, is on a one-man mission to try and clean up the beaches in south Dorset after noticing an increase in rubbish being washed up along the shores.

He has launched his campaign, called Operation Perfect Organisation, to clean the beaches and is hoping the initiative will catch on throughout the country in the near future.

Mr Owens is currently collecting rubbish from the beaches once a week, mainly collecting plastic and other recyclable items, and is now asking local residents or businesses to help with the storage of the rubbish before it is recycled.

After just one clean earlier this week, Mr Owens filled his small container on Portland and said if he is to continue the cleans he will need a bigger unit.

Mr Owens said: I have been doing beach cleans for years, but it was always quite small cleans and this year I want to make a bigger difference.

Im 52 and I thought it was about time I made a big difference to the local community and there is so much rubbish on the beaches. Im hoping that over the next year the project will bring a lot of people together across Dorset and across the whole of the country to clean the beaches, but in each place we need to find a large enough space to store the rubbish before it is recycled.

Mr Owens said after he has collected the rubbish, he will separate all of what he finds before recycling it himself.

He added: There is plenty to do, there is plenty of rubbish on the beaches and there are thousands of litter pickers.

I think its very important to keep our beaches clean, it makes them look a lot nicer and it can also be incredibly harmful to wildlife.

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Emily Wilson, Dave Adler and Anne Hubbard Promoted to Top Management Roles at ASTRO

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Newswise Fairfax, Va., February 2, 2015Three exceptional ASTRO staff members have been promoted to new positions: Emily Wilson has been named Executive Vice President; Dave Adler promoted to Vice President of Advocacy; and Anne Hubbard promoted to Director of Health Policy, as announced by ASTROs Board of Directors and effective immediately.

Congratulations to Emily, Dave and Anne for their extraordinary achievements during their combined 18-plus years at ASTRO, said ASTRO Chief Executive Officer Laura I. Thevenot. Their exemplary leadership and expertise have enabled ASTRO to be nimble and to exceed our goals for numerous projects and initiatives in todays demanding health care environment. Health policy, quality and advocacy are among the top five priorities identified in our 2014 member survey; Emily, Dave and Anne will meet those priorities exceptionally well and play a critical role in ASTROs continued success to strengthen services to our members, to the radiation oncology specialty and to the more than one million cancer patients who receive radiation therapy each year.

In her new role as Executive Vice President, Wilson will provide her keen strategic vision to ASTROs Board of Directors, CEO and staff to ensure continued success across the organization to meet the goals of ASTROs Strategic Plan. She will also continue to oversee ASTROs Clinical Affairs division that leads important safety, quality and policy initiatives that support ASTRO members, including the soon-to-be launched APExAccreditation Program for Excellence, and quality efforts including PQRSwizard, Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise-Radiation Oncology (IHE-RO), Guidelines, Best Practices and White Papers. Wilson has been with ASTRO since 2005, first as Director of Government Relations, when her efforts were instrumental in averting Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 cuts to radiation oncology and Medicare reimbursement cuts in 2009 and 2010 for radiation oncology. As Vice President of Advocacy and Clinical Affairs since 2010, she formed the Clinical Affairs and Quality Council for ASTROs Board of Directors and has played a key role in ASTROs Target Safely campaign, which includes launching RO-ILS: Radiation Oncology Incident Learning System, Choosing Wisely, PQRSwizard and IHE-RO. Prior to joining ASTRO, Wilson led numerous legislative and health care projects including the National Patient Safety Foundations National Patient Safety Week resolution in the U.S. Senate, and served as the executive director for the Emergency Department Practice Management Association. Wilson is a graduate of Georgetown Universitys School of Foreign Service.

Now Vice President of Advocacy, Adler was previously Director of Government Relations and responsible for leading several significant advocacy campaigns protecting radiation oncology Medicare reimbursement, advancing efforts to end abuse of the physician self-referral law in cancer treatment and developing ASTROs payment reform action plan. In his new role, he will oversee both ASTROs Government Relations and Health Policy departments, which are responsible for ASTROs legislative and regulatory advocacy with federal policymakers including the White House, Congress, agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services, such as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), as well as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Adler also leads ASTRO efforts to collaborate with medical specialty societies, patient advocacy organizations and other health care coalitions. Together, the Health Policy and Government Relations departments represent ASTROs voice in Washington on the critical radiation oncology policy issues that impact patients access to high quality cancer care nationwide. Prior to joining ASTRO in 2006, Adler was Director of Government Affairs and Public Affairs Associate for the American Health Quality Association (AHQA) beginning in 2001, where he led introduction of legislation to modernize the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization program and worked closely with the Institute of Medicine and the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to secure supportive policy reports. Prior to AHQA, he was Editor of CD Publications Community Health Funding and Family Services Report, and a reporter for The Maryland Gazette and The Capital newspapers. Adler earned his Masters degree in journalism at Bostons Northeastern University, and his Bachelors degree in international affairs from The George Washington University in Washington.

Hubbard, promoted to Director of Health Policy, joined ASTRO in May 2014 as Assistant Director of Health Policy. In her role, Hubbard leads ASTROs efforts regarding the economics of managing a radiation oncology practice, including the analysis of Medicare and non-Medicare payer reimbursement policy decisions, as well as the development of ASTROs payment reform initiative. She serves as ASTROs staff advisor to the American Medical Associations (AMAs) CPT Editorial Panel and the RVS Update Committee. Additionally, Hubbard represents ASTRO at the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission and the Advisory Panel on Hospital Outpatient Payment meeting; and works closely with the AMA and other medical specialty societies to achieve common goals. Prior to joining ASTRO in May 2014, Hubbard was Assistant Vice President for Financial Policy and Advocacy, and Director of Financial Policy for the Maryland Hospital Association from 2010 to 2014. Her previous roles include Director of Governmental Affairs for the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, and Legislative Liaison for the Maryland Department of Budget and Management. Hubbard earned her Master of Business Administration, with a concentration in finance, from Loyola University Maryland, and Bachelor of Arts in government and politics from the University of Maryland, College Park.

ABOUT ASTRO ASTRO is the premier radiation oncology society in the world, with nearly 11,000 members who are physicians, nurses, biologists, physicists, radiation therapists, dosimetrists and other health care professionals that specialize in treating patients with radiation therapies. As the leading organization in radiation oncology, the Society is dedicated to improving patient care through professional education and training, support for clinical practice and health policy standards, advancement of science and research, and advocacy. ASTRO publishes two medical journals, International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics (www.redjournal.org) and Practical Radiation Oncology (www.practicalradonc.org); developed and maintains an extensive patient website, http://www.rtanswers.org; and created the Radiation Oncology Institute (www.roinstitute.org), a non-profit foundation to support research and education efforts around the world that enhance and confirm the critical role of radiation therapy in improving cancer treatment. To learn more about ASTRO, visit http://www.astro.org. ###

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Artificial intelligence is marvelous unless its part of a killer robot

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In just the past few years, Robert McMillan writes in Wired magazine, dramatic advances have been made in the field of artificial intelligence. With Skypes Star-Trek-like instant translation capabilities, Googles self-driving cars and computers that can teach themselves to humiliate humans at arcade games, he says, the new developments are both exhilarating and scary.

In AI Has Arrived, and That Really Worries the Worlds Brightest Minds, he reports on the fears of experts who gathered at a closed-door conference in Puerto Rico in early January; among the industry talents were Elon Musk of SpaceX and Tesla, Skype co-founder Jaan Tallinn and Google AI expert Shane Legg. Think of that game-winning computer, Tallinn told the meeting: Though the technologist in me marveled at the achievement, the other thought I had was that I was witnessing a toy model of how an AI disaster would begin, a sudden demonstration of an unexpected intellectual capability. In other words, its a little too much like a precursor to The Terminator.

Delegates to the conference signed an open letter pledging to conduct AI research only for good. Another letter outlined research priorities that would involve studying the economic and legal effects of robots that can take away human jobs or manipulate financial markets; Musk kicked in $10 million to help pay for the research.

Its not a new fear, McMillan notes: Last year a Canadian company, Clearpath Robotics, promised not to build autonomous robots for military use. On its Web site the company posted this statement: To the people against killer robots: We support you.

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Robotbases "Personal Robot" could bring AI to your doorstep

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New York startup Robotbase is turning to Kickstarter to build a highly ambitious robot that would serve as a smart personal assistant for your home. Referred to simply as "Personal Robot," this device is set to combine image recognition, natural language comprehension and other advances in artificial intelligence into a single device that can converse with you, serve as a personal stylist, and even tell bedtime stories to your kids.

The very best that artificial intelligence has to offer today are so-called narrow AIs, complex algorithms that can compete with or even outperform humans in a highly specialized field, but whose smarts cannot translate to other arenas. When Deep Blues narrow AI beat reigning chess world champion Garry Kasparov back in 1997, some took it to mean that an artificial general intelligence, an eclectic AI that can think and adapt like a human brain, was close at hand. Eighteen years later, were still waiting.

The holy grail of a truly eclectic artificial intelligence has been elusive so far and may still be very far off. However, over the past two decades, the combination of better hardware and better software is making it possible to create much more sophisticated narrow AIs that can rival humans in more and more complex fields, from recognizing objects from a picture to driving and even (tentatively) understanding human language.

With its "Personal Robot," Robotbase is attempting to combine several advanced narrow AIs into one smart assistant. By putting together algorithms for facial, emotion and object recognition, as well as systems to understand human language and answer questions through Wolfram Alpha, it is creating a personal assistant that doubles as a photographer, storyteller, telepresence device and home automation system.

According to its creators, Personal Robot will allow you to control all your connected devices via Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Zigbee and Wireless Z-Wave Plus. Just like with your smartphone, youll be able to get quick answers about weather, news and sport scores, as well as playing music, setting alarms, scheduling meetings and ordering food, among other things.

One of the things that sets this apart from being just a Siri for your home, however, is the emphasis on home automation. The robots sensor array includes 3D depth cameras, temperature, humidity, light and pressure sensors and even a CO2 meter. It is mounted on a wheelbase with servos, free to more about on its own, and will build a map of the house on its own so that, while youre away, it can send you updates and even stream live video feeds from any room to enhance home security.

Like the Jibo, the Personal Robot also aims to be a storyteller for your child and a smart photographer that can recognize moods and facial expressions, but adds to that the ability to walk you step by step through a new recipe in the kitchen or even serve as a personal stylist.

The robot boasts proprietary natural language processing algorithms that can "understand what you say and know what you mean." Judging from the products Kickstarter page, the vision is to create a robot that can understand the intricacies of language and facial expressions by multiple people, even from meters away, and seamlessly and proactively interject with appropriate facial expressions, a rich voice tonality, and data which is relevant to the discussion at hand. Since this is an extremely challenging task from a technical standpoint, it will be interesting to see how this highly ambitious Personal Robot delivers on its promise.

Early adopters will have the option to access the robots software development kit for Android, allowing developers to build their own apps that will be sold on a dedicated virtual store later this year.

The original crowdfunding goal of US$50,000 has already been met with three days left before the end of the campaign. You can pledge US$995 for your own Personal Robot ($1,000 off the retail price), with an extra $200 for shipping outside of the US. If everything goes according to plan, delivery of the Personal Robot will be completed by December this year.

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Global Aerospace Market Trends and Forecast: 2014-2033

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The global aerospace market is expected to grow to $352.5 billion by 2023. The major drivers for growth in the global aerospace market are high replacement rate, change in technologies, increased aircraft size, and high net-worth population increase.

The author has analyzed the global aerospace market by segments and has come up with a comprehensive research report, Global Aerospace Market Trends and Forecast: 2014-2033. This report provides an analysis of the global aerospace market, including an analysis of market trends, competitive landscapes, emerging trends, and key drivers of the industry growth. The study also includes forecasts for the global aerospace market through 2033, segmented by applications and regions which are listed below.

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On the basis of its comprehensive research, the author forecasts that the global aerospace market will grow moderately over 2014-2033. Boeing, Airbus, Lockheed Martin, Northrup Grumman, Raytheon, and Sikorsky are among the major suppliers to this industry. The regular innovation of products is very important for companies to sustain their successful positions in the market.

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Evidence of a galactic cannibal

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An image captured by the Hubble telescope shows a galaxy in the process of being devoured by a bigger galaxy nearby.

The distorted form of spiral galaxy NGC 7714. ESA, NASA

Just because space is (theoretically) infinite, that doesn't mean everything out there is neatly spaced. Things collide, from tiny objects smashing into other tiny objects, to objects on the galactic scale -- quite literally.

Spiral galaxy NGC 7714, roughly 100 million light-years from Earth, is one of those galaxies for which crowding is proving a dramatically brutal affair: it has drifted a little too close to nearby larger galaxy NGC 7715, and is taking its time cannibalising its neighbour, as seen in a new photo snapped by the Hubble Space Telescope.

Sometime between 100 million and 200 million years ago, the two galaxies reached a close enough distance from each other to start disrupting each other's shapes -- evidenced by the peculiarity of NCG 7714.

Unlike a normal spiral galaxy, its arms have stretched out and a smoky golden haze extends from the core.

Additionally, a ring and two long trails of stars have stretched towards NCG 7714 -- forming a sort of bridge between the two galaxies. That bridge funnels material from NGC 7715 to the larger NGC 7714 and feeds star formation in NGC 7714, most of which is occurring at its core, although the entire galaxy is active.

A large number of these new stars are what are known as Wolf-Rayet stars. These are stars that, when they are young, are massive -- at least 20 solar masses each. They are very hot, with surface temperatures ranging between 30,000 and 200,000 degrees Kelvin (the Sun's surface temperature is around 5,778 degrees Kelvin) and very luminous, shining with tens of thousands to several million times the luminosity of the sun (although most of that output is in the ultraviolet spectrum).

Wolf-Rayet stars are the "live fast, die young" stage in the evolution of massive stars. Although they burn very hot and bright, they also lose mass at an accelerated rate, about a billion times higher than the sun's rate, due to very strong solar winds. Eventually the star runs out of material, and ends its life in a dramatic supernova.

Because of this star formation, NGC 7714 has been classified as a Wolf-Rayet starburst galaxy.

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NATO chief warns of challenges after 'black year'

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BRUSSELS: NATO head Jens Stoltenberg urged the alliance Friday to brace for further challenges after a "black year" of Russian intervention in Ukraine and terror attacks on Europe's streets.

Unveiling NATO's 2014 annual report, Stoltenberg said a new rapid reaction force would help cope with a changing security environment but urged the 28 member states to keep their commitments to boost defence spending.

"2014 was not a good year for European security. In fact it was a black year," said Stoltenberg, the former Norwegian prime minister who took over as NATO Secretary General in October.

"Our security environment has fundamentally changed," he said.

He highlighted Russia's role in Ukraine as a key problem, saying it was defying international norms, destabilising the country and intimidating its neighbours.

Russia's increased defence capabilities including the ability to launch snap military exercises on a huge scale were "part of the reason why we have decided to change our defence posture", he said.

Stoltenberg also warned of the threat from the Islamic State and other extremist groups on NATO's borders, especially after the Paris attacks earlier this month in which homegrown jihadists killed 17 people.

"To the south, violent extremism is at our borders. Spreading turmoil across North Africa and the Middle East and fuelling terrorism on our own streets," he said.

The NATO chief said defence ministers meeting next week would finalise the list of countries taking part in a so-called "spearhead" quick reaction force which the alliance's leaders agreed at a summit in September.

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