Amanda was born on June 25, 1976 and passed away on Saturday, August 25, 2012.
Amanda was a resident of Albuquerque, New Mexico at the time of her passing.
She is survived by her husband Kelly.
Amanda's Life Celebration Service will be held on Saturday, September 1st at 11:00 a.m. in the Reflection of Life' Chapel.
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The Black Eyed Peas' will.i.am discusses his love of technology, space and the premiere of his new single "Reach for the Stars," which was broadcast from the Mars rover Curiosity.
By Alan Boyle
Hip-hop musician will.i.am's "Reach for the Stars" officially became the first song broadcast from Mars today, thanks to a signal beamed from NASA's Curiosity rover.
"This is the first time that a song's ever come from another planet," Leland Melvin, NASA's associate administrator for education and a former astronaut, told students at an educational event at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif.
On one level, the song's airing at JPL was as much of an audio and photo op as Monday's broadcast of a statement from NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, which represented?"the first human voice broadcast from Mars." But on another level, the blend of space exploration and pop culture fueled the already-high interest in Curiosity's $2.5 billion mission on Mars.
"Mars has always fascinated us, and the things Curiosity tells us about it will help us learn about whether or not life was possible there, and what future human explorers can expect," Bolden said in a NASA statement. "Will.i.am has provided the first song on our playlist of Mars exploration."?
Inspiring the next generation
The event was also aimed at inspiring the next generation of explorers, engineers and scientists: Among the listeners in the JPL audience were students from Boyle Heights ??the L.A. suburb where will.i.am, one of the stars of the Black Eyed Peas, grew up.
"I'm a little nervous, because my mom's in the audience," will.i.am joked. He said he wanted to inspire the kids in his old neighborhood "so that you guys don't ever think about leaving it, but changing it."
Believe it or not, this isn't the first time people tried to have a song broadcast from Mars. The European Space Agency arranged for its Beagle 2 lander to transmit a tune recorded by the British rock group Blur as the first signal confirming that spacecraft's safe landing in 2003. Unfortunately, that lander went out of contact during its descent and was never heard from again.
This time, the experiment worked.
Musician will.i.am tells the story behind "Reach for the Stars," the first song broadcast from another planet.
Well after Curiosity's successful landing on Aug. 5, "Reach for the Stars" was uploaded to the rover's onboard computer and then transmitted back to NASA's Deep Space Network antennas on Earth. Flight director Bobak Ferdowsi, who has achieved Internet fame in his own right as "NASA Mohawk Guy," cued up the four-minute audio clip at the appointed time today. The rover wasn't broadcasting in real time: There's currently a nearly 15-minute communication gap for Curiosity's communications, due to the time it takes radio signals to travel the roughly 166 million miles (267 million kilometers) between Earth and Mars.
How the song got started
Will.i.am said the Mars Curiosity project had its genesis in "i.am.FIRST," an ABC-TV special on robotics and science education that he helped fund for broadcast last year. As a result of the success of that program, Bolden asked will.i.am to become involved in NASA's educational outreach program, and in response, the musician asked whether the space agency had anything special coming up.
"He said, 'We have a rocket going to Mars,'" will.i.am recalled. "So I said, 'Hey, have you ever thought about putting a song on the rocket, so when the rocket lands, the song comes back to Earth?' That's never happened before. So he said, 'Who's gonna do the song?' I said, 'Are you serious? Damn!'"
The musician said he intentionally went with an orchestral sound (with a 40-piece ensemble) instead of the usual hip-hop or dance beat. "I didn't want to do a song that was done on a computer," he said. "I wanted to show human collaboration ... and something that would be timeless, and translated in different cultures."
Will.i.am said the point of the song wasn't just about spaceflight.
"It's a reminder that anything is possible if you discipline yourself, and dedicate yourself and stand for something," he said. "Every single person that's a part of NASA stood for something, and we have this wonderful technology?? the phone you have in your hand, and small computers. If it wasn't for their discipline and their relentless research and efforts, we wouldn't have these small computers. We don't have to just end up in the 'hood. But it's a hard thing. The hardest thing is discipline. Everything else is easy."
During today's event, the musician's i.am angel Foundation and Discovery Education announced a $10 million classroom education initiative focusing on STEAM themes (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics). NASA said the Discovery Education initiative will incorporate content from the space agency and space exploration themes as part of its curriculum. The initiative will aim to reach 25 million students annually.
Lyrics for 'Reach for the Stars,' courtesy of KillerHipHop.com
Why they say the sky is the limit
When I?ve seen the footprints on the moon
Why do they say the sky is the limit
When I?ve seen the footprints on the moon
And I know the sky might be high
But baby it ain?t really that high
And I know that Mars might be far
But baby it ain?t really that far
Let?s reach for the stars
Reach for the stars
Let?s reach for the stars
Reach for the stars
Let?s reach for the stars
Reach for the stars
Let?s reach for the stars
(Let, let, let, let me see your hands up)
(Let me see your hands up)
Can?t nobody hold us back
They can?t hold us down
They can?t keep us trapped
Tie us to the ground
Told your people that
We don?t mess around
When we turn it up
Please don?t turn us down
We will turn it up
Louder than we were before
Like the lion out the jungle, you can hear us roar
When I lie in here, it?s like a sonic blaster
Flying just like NASA, out of space master
Hands up, reach for the sky
Hands up, get ?em up high
Hands up, if you really feel alive
Live it up, live it up
Why they say the sky is the limit
When I?ve seen the footprints on the moon
Why do they say the sky is the limit
When I?ve seen the footprints on the moon
And I know the sky might be high
But baby it ain?t really that high
And I know that Mars might be far
But baby it ain?t really that far
Let?s reach for the stars
Reach for the stars
Let?s reach for the stars
Reach for the stars
Let?s reach for the stars
Reach for the stars
Let?s reach for the stars
Extra credit:?So what's the first song broadcast from the moon? Could it really be?"I Was Strolling on the Moon One Day,"?performed live by Harrison Schmitt and Gene Cernan in 1972?
More about the Curiosity mission:
Alan Boyle is NBCNews.com's science editor. Connect with the Cosmic Log community by "liking" the log's?Facebook page, following?@b0yle on Twitter?and adding the?Cosmic Log page?to your Google+ presence. To keep up with Cosmic Log as well as NBCNews.com's other stories about science and space, sign up for the Tech & Science newsletter, delivered to your email in-box every weekday. You can also check out?"The Case for Pluto,"?my book about the controversial dwarf planet and the search for new worlds.
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In a file photo a Ford Mustang is returned to an Oakland, Calif., Hertz location. Hertz has agreed to buy rival Dollar Thrifty for about $2.3 billion.
Hertz Global Holdings agreed to buy rival Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group for about $2.3 billion in a deal that puts about 95 percent of the U.S. car rental market in the hands of three companies.
The sale ends more than two years of on-off takeover talks for Dollar Thrifty involving Hertz, the No. 2. U.S. car rental company, and third-ranked Avis Group Inc that had been plagued by disagreements over price and doubts about regulatory approval.
The deal cements Hertz's position as the number two and leaves Avis far behind in third. Privately held Enterprise Holdings, with its Alamo, National and Enterprise brands, is far and away the market leader.
Shares of the Park Ridge, New Jersey-based Hertz jumped 14 percent in premarket trade on Monday, while Dollar Thrifty shares traded up 7 percent.
Dollar Thrifty, the final big target in an industry that has consolidated rapidly, this month urged Hertz to make a compelling bid or leave it alone.
Hertz will buy Dollar Thrifty for $87.50 per share in cash, a premium of 8 percent over Dollar Thrifty's Friday closing price of $81 on the New York Stock Exchange, and almost double a $1.2 billion offer Hertz made in April 2010.
Avis could still make a further bid. The deal does not carry with Hertz has no break-up fee and Dollar Thrifty is allowed dto solicit another offer for 30 days, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters.
Several top Dollar Thrifty shareholders told Reuters last week they would accept a takeover offer from Hertz that valued the company at more than $87 per share.
Avis' entry into the bidding in 2010 pushed up the price for Dollar Thrifty, which was at one point during the financial crisis was offered $2 per share by Hertz.
Avis withdrew its offer after it bought Avis Europe last year for about $1 billion.
"Hertz has made a compelling offer to our stockholders that reflects the strength of our business," Dollar Thrifty Chief Executive Scott Thompson said in a statement.
In a bid to win regulatory approval for the deal, Hertz has agreed to sell its budget brand, Advantage, to Franchise Services of North America and Macquarie Capital. That sale is conditional on completing the Dollar Thrifty purchase.
Hertz did not specify the sale price but Bloomberg news, quoting a person familiar with the matter, reported the unit would be sold for $16 million.
Advantage competes directly with Dollar Thrifty in the budget car rental market.
Franchise Services is headed by Sanford Miller, who was once the CEO of Budget Group Inc, which is now a part of Avis.
Hertz said late on Sunday it expects at least $160 million of annual cost savings from the transaction.
Lazard, Barclays, Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Deutsche Bank are financial advisers to Hertz, while J.P. Morgan and Goldman Sachs are advising Dollar Thrifty.
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CNBC's Kayla Tausche reports Hertz is upping its bid for Dollar Thrifty, and a look at how to play the takeover bid, with Fred Lowrance, Avondale Partners.
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DAILY TRANSFORMATIONAL NUGGETS FOR THE BODY, MIND, AND SPIRIT: Surrendering ? Day 26 ?Love, the Greatest Healer?
The Body Connection:? One of the issues we face when starting a workout program is that we don?t like the way we look.? We begin to associate what we look like with how we should feel. We allow our self-love to be conditional based upon our current dress or shirt size.? The challenge is to love our self from the jump.? If we allow our external appearance to affect how we feel, we will not achieve inner peace because it was contingent on an external goal.? We must infuse our workouts with Love.? We must learn to love our self from the beginning to the end.? Self-love should be the one and only goal for our transformation.? Stay focus on the real intention, self-love and that is the greatest healer of all.
Meditative Thought: Love is an all-powerful source that is the essence of our life.? We are made from love, created to know more of it.? When we are in the middle of disease, a lack of ease in the mind, body, and/or spirit, it is Love that restores us back to health.? Love is the greatest healer but we must be willing to allow the healing to happen through love.? Every thing, every situation, every person is a reminder of love or a call for Love.? Whenever we choose to transform our minds, bodies, or spirits, the journey is a return to self-love.? The Course in Miracles says that there are only two thoughts: a thought of fear or a thought of love.? Our yes to renew our selves is a yes to reconnect with our true nature of Love, which is the only healing that we need.
Today?s Action Plan:? Today, surrender to Love.? Mindfully move through your day by asking the question, ?Am I acting from love or am I acting from fear??? It doesn?t matter what you are doing?working, interacting with a co-worker, driving down the highway?be aware of where you are doing it from.
Affirmation:? Just for this moment?just for this breath, I move, live, and have my being in Love.? Amen
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GRAHAM ? On page after page of search warrants filed in Alamance County Superior Court, the graphic descriptions of the photos and videos are appalling.
Children, most between 6 and 13 years old, being sexually abused or photographed unclothed and in lewd positions. Some of the children in the photos appear distressed or are covering their faces. Some are alone. Others are being coerced or forced into sexual acts with adults or other children.
The descriptions are written by investigators who use sophisticated software to download and track the source of the illegal material to computers in and around Alamance County. These detectives must view the material, both to log it as evidence while building criminal cases and to possibly identify the children.
??The stuff you have to see, I can only watch it for so long,? said Sgt. David Sykes of the Alamance County Sheriff?s Department. ?It?s not something I can do for 8 hours a day. I have to step away from it, have a cup of coffee, and come back.?
Sykes is one of two investigators at the sheriff?s department who are members of the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, a national collective of agents working to squelch illegal pornography and online solicitation of minors. The task force was created in 1998 by the U.S. Department of Justice?s Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to educate and train officers on how to track and stop online crimes. Nationwide, more than 3,000 agencies participate in ICAC.
The State Bureau of Investigation oversees ICAC among 135 affiliate agencies in North Carolina. Between 2007 and 2011, the SBI?s Computer Crimes unit opened 768 cases involving child pornography and exploitation, said spokeswoman Noelle Talley. The SBI got more than 5,600 tips about the crimes during that time.
The sheriff?s department joined with ICAC in 2008, sending Sykes through an intensive series of training and software licensure. Since then, he?s logged hundreds of hours of training in courses on how to catch predators and illegal pornography traders. Sykes believes the ICAC system is working to cut down on the online exploitation of children.
?The more enforcement that we?ve done in the county, the less we see? being traded, Sykes said.
?Thanks to the Internet, the underworld of child abuse and exploitation now knows few geographical boundaries. Traders of child pornography usually never meet or know each others? names. Peer-to-peer file-sharing networks and online sharing give them fast, anonymous access to each others? data.
ICAC agents developed systems that track the trade of known and suspected child pornography over P2P networks. The investigative softwares are built around the public nature of online file sharing, Sykes said. When users log into file-sharing programs, they automatically make the documents they share public ? like opening their front door and allowing the world to walk through their homes.
It begins with following a suspected computer?s Internet Protocol address.
The ICAC software allows agents to identify suspected IP addresses, identify the files they are sharing as known child pornography, record the dates and number of times they log into and share those files on a network and download the suspected files to law enforcement computers.
Sykes wouldn?t say exactly how an individual IP address becomes the target of an investigation, but ICAC and the SBI routinely take tips from the public. Sykes said that all of Alamance County?s ICAC investigations are ?self-initiated.? Even if users elect not to share their files on P2P networks, they automatically share their portion of an image or video during the download process, he said.
There are safeguards to prevent law enforcement sharing their downloaded files with the peer-to-peer network, Sykes said.
Once an IP address is flagged, the software automates the information collection process. Another program allows agencies to locate where the IP addresses are operating and Internet service providers, such as Time Warner Cable, provide law enforcement with the name on the account registered to the IP address.
?They don?t have any idea that we?re looking at them until they get the knock on the front door,? Sykes said.
The process is accurate, Sykes said. There?s only been one Alamance County case in which a search warrant was issued in suspicion of child pornography and the contraband wasn?t found, he said. That instance was likely due to a typo in the IP address matchup by an Internet service provider, leading investigators to the wrong address.
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UNLIKE 20 or 30 years ago, when child pornography was traded through mail, it?s rare that physical copies of child pornography are found, said sheriff?s office spokesman Randy Jones.
Detectives instead seize computers and electronic devices, such as thumb drives, SD cards and external hard drives. Computer forensics experts must scour the computers for evidence. The process can take up to 40 hours for a crime lab to analyze a single computer, Talley said. Sykes does his own forensics and doesn?t rely on the SBI. He also aids computer forensics investigations in Burlington and other Alamance County cities.
The ICAC software tells investigators whether a piece of child pornography has been previously identified by law enforcement. If Sykes finds a new image of child pornography, he alerts the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in hopes the victim can be identified. Sometimes pediatricians are asked to examine the images if there?s a doubt about whether an individual pictured is an adult.
?Unfortunately, most of the time there?s no question. It?s a misconception that child pornography is (of teenagers who appear old enough to be adults). That?s because these predators are attracted to children. They aren?t attracted to other adults,? Sykes said.
Alamance County Assistant District Attorney Lori Wickline, an ICAC-trained prosecutor who handles most of the child sex abuse cases here, and Sykes have learned to trust each other?s judgment while working cases together. They regularly communicate about potential charges and the outcomes of their cases.
?David is a phenomenal investigator, crossing every ?T? and dotting every ?I,? ? Wickline said. ?I know how thorough he is. And so, if he?s not comfortable charging someone, I know I wouldn?t be comfortable prosecuting the case. I respect his work that much.?
The illicit files are stored as evidence, locked away, until the case is brought to trial. Not even Wickline is allowed to possess the illegal material in preparation for trial. She must view the files with Sykes, she said. Sometimes Sykes will provide censored hard copies of the material if needed.
None of the county?s recent child pornography cases have gone to trial. If a case were to go before a jury, then jurors would have to view the images. Most cases end in plea arrangements because defendants usually admit guilt, Wickline said, and because part of the goal is to get traders registered as sex offenders and protect potential future victims.
?There?s also a sense of relief. It?s a very secretive aspect of these men?s lives ? and they are mostly men. Many of them don?t have criminal records. So there?s relief because they don?t have to hide anymore,? she said.
Sykes and Jones also spoke of the hidden nature of people who view and collect child pornography.
The suspects are usually middle-aged males. If married, their wives have no idea about their online activities. They are neighbors, friends and church members. An October, SBI-led statewide sting netted 24 arrests on child porn charges. The men arrested included an active duty Marine, a teacher and a firefighter ? men otherwise considered pillars of their community.
And it?s because of the underground nature of the child porn trade that it?s constantly evolving, they said.
New types of P2P networks have emerged, forcing ICAC to develop new programs to combat exploitation on those fronts. Data transfer over smart phones and tablets has also exploded over the last few years, offering new technological hurdles for investigators. Wireless Internet and cloud-sourcing pose challenges. Sykes is also being asked more often to work with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to investigate data and items coming into the U.S.
Because of the intense nature of the investigations and subject matter, ICE requires psychological evaluations every six months, Sykes said. ICAC also offers counseling options to agents.
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High-tech tracking
The Internet Crimes Against Children task force, including 135 agencies in North Carolina and hundreds more across the country, employs sophisticated technology to track traders of child pornography on the Internet. Here?s a look at how they do what they do:
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- Internet Protocol (IP) addresses
Each computer has a unique Internet Protocol address. Customers of Internet service providers, such as Time Warner Cable, can be identified by those companies? logs and individual account information.
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- Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Networks
Instead of a direct, one-on-one system of sharing ? such as emailing a photo to someone ? peer-to-peer sharing allows thousands or millions of anonymous users access to each others? files. Traders of child pornography around the world harnessed the P2P network called Gnutella to quickly and easily share illegal videos and images with each other. Other P2P networks have also arisen in the last few years.
Law enforcement computer programs allow investigators to see and search files shared by an individual computer?s IP address for child pornography.
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- SHA-1 Values
Each file has a digital fingerprint, called a SHA-1 value. The SHA-1 value code of an individual video or image remains the same every time a file is shared over a network. Changing the file name of a photo doesn?t change its SHA-1 code.
Investigators use software to compare SHA-1 values of known or suspected child pornography with shared files sent over peer-to-peer networks.
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- Mapping IP addresses
IP addresses are registered to geographic locations. Computer software makes it possible for Alamance County investigators to track IP addresses to within or near Alamance County.
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- Search warrants
When a local IP address is registered as sharing suspected child pornography and matched to a local address, investigators have probable cause to search the residence. They apply for a search warrant through a judge or magistrate. During searches of homes, they confiscate computers, discs, hard drives, jump drives and other media and storage devices. Investigators then scour the collected items for potential evidence.
Article source: http://www.thetimesnews.com/articles/detecting-58458-down-graham.html
Source: http://www.caringforourchildrenfoundation.org/?p=25583
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When your customers contact you via social media with customer service-related issues, it?s because it?s easy and because they want a quick response. If they don?t get a speedy reply they might feel ignored. When you have more than one customer service issue to attend to, this doesn?t mean you always have to prioritize social media requests. You should, however, always respond as soon as possible if only to let the customer know that you?ve seen their post or received their message and are working on it.
Public vs. Private
Customer service requests that are posted onto your Facebook wall for all to see need to be taken very seriously, even the smallest. There is more at stake than just the satisfaction of that one customer. All of your fans will see your response. It will reflect on your brand and can potentially change public opinion about it. Remember that it?s crucial to show off exceptional customer service. Anything less can be off-putting and have negative consequences for your reputation.
Traditional Service
No matter how tech savvy your business is, you should never entirely replace traditional customer service channels with social media. There will always be some people who prefer to make a phone call to customer service rather than logging on to contact you. Traditional customer service channels should be treated just as importantly as social media, and social media shouldn?t necessarily be the priority. The urgency of the request, whether it was given via telephone or social media, should always be evaluated.
Fan Assistance
A great thing about social media is that your fans can help you with customer service. If someone posts a question, it?s likely that another fan will try to answer it for them (if they can). Even if a customer answers a question, you still need to respond, too. When you see fans responding to customer service inquiries, it?s a good sign that you have fans that are loyal to your brand. To boost engagement all around, encourage customers to collaborate with each other via social media.
FAQs
Every business has certain questions that they hear over and over again, and that?s why Frequently Asked Question (FAQ) lists exist. You could post a FAQ list on your Facebook page for easy reference, but you don?t necessarily have to. For engagement and marketing, it?s preferable for a fan to comment on your page. If they get their answers from a FAQ list, they?re less likely to engage with you directly. Fans can also view your Timeline and see past comments, and FAQs may already be answered there.
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The US military is looking at deploying a new early-warning radar to Japan to help counter possible missile threats from North Korea, a US official said Thursday.
"This is an idea under consideration. It makes sense given the threat posed by North Korea," the US official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told AFP.
"But no final decisions have been made," the official added.
An American X-band radar is already in place in northern Japan, at Shariki base in Tsugaru City, on the coast of Aomori prefecture.
Discussions for a possible additional radar come amid concern over North Korea's efforts to develop a long-range missile as well as US worries over China's investment in anti-ship missiles.
State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland told reporters that the United States has told China that its missile defense work was not directed at the rising Asian power.
"These are defensive systems. They don't engage unless missiles have been fired. And in the case of the Asian systems, they are designed to defend against a missile threat from North Korea. They are not directed at China," she said.
The Pentagon is looking to bolster the US military's presence in the Asia-Pacific region and missile defense systems, both sea and land-based, are a crucial part of the strategy.
A Pentagon spokesman declined to comment on the X-band radar or where in Japan it might be deployed.
"Japan is one of the United States' most significant international missile defense partners. We conduct regular alliance consultations on ways we can enhance and deepen our missile defense cooperation to address the growing threat of ballistic missiles in the region," said Lieutenant Colonel Damien Pickart in an email.
The Wall Street Journal first reported on the possible radar deployment in its Thursday edition.
Source: http://www.spacewar.com/reports/US_looks_at_new_early-warning_radar_for_Japan_officials_999.html
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - British singer Sarah Brightman may be the next paying passenger to ride a Russian rocket to the International Space Station, the Interfax news agency reported on Wednesday, citing an unidentified official in the space industry in Russia.
If it happens, Brightman, 52, would make the journey in 2015 and would be the first paying customer since Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte who donned a red clown's nose during his 2009 trip, the official was cited as saying.
Russia has sent seven private passengers to the International Space Station, each of them reportedly paying at least $20 million. American investment manager Dennis Tito was the first to make the journey in 2001.
But seats on the three-person Soyuz capsules have become scarce since U.S. space agency NASA retired its space shuttles last year, leaving Russian rockets as the only craft capable of carrying crews to the station for now.
Brightman - who rose to fame starring in the original London and New York casts of "The Phantom of the Opera" - visited Russia about a month ago and received the approval of a medical commission to begin training at the Cosmonaut Training Centre outside Moscow, the source added.
Brightman's agent was not immediately available for comment, and officials at Space Adventures, a U.S.-based firm that has organized paid trips in the past, were not immediately available for comment either.
The singer was married to composer Andrew Lloyd Webber in the 1980s and pursued a chart-topping solo career after their divorce, bringing classical music to a broader audience and selling millions of records along the way.
Interfax cited an unnamed source in the Russian space industry saying plans to send a two-person crew to the station for about a year in 2015, instead of the usual six months, would free up a seat for a paying passenger on that trip or others around that time.
Russian space agency Roskosmos said on Wednesday it supported the idea of gradually extending expeditions to the station to a year, but said that no decision had yet been taken.
(Additional reporting by Mike Collett-White; Editing by Steve Gutterman and Andrew Osborn)
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The Internet has vastly improved how people can communicate with each other around the world -- but it's also, inevitably, played a part in dominant languages like English, and the Roman alphabet its written in, becoming even more widespread.?Google is trying to counterbalance that -- while at the same time growing its own global reach. In the latest of these moves, it has unveiled a tool that helps translate Arabizi -- ?Roman-character based Arabic language slang -- back into Arabic script, as part of its Input Tools service unveiled in July. "Although I do not like writing [in Arabizi] and I would always recommend using the Arabic language directly, some users may not have a keyboard in Arabic...so these tools facilitate the process and maintain Arabic language content," writes?Fayeq Oweis, a director in Google's department of Arabic language and localization, in a blog post announcing the new tool. It can be used in Google products like search, Gmail and Google+, but also across the rest of the Internet, and even offline.Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/YEsuBxLSa3Q/
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Taking oral contraceptives continuously, rather than as traditionally prescribed for each cycle, provides earlier relief for moderate to severe menstrual cramps -- dysmenorrhea -- according to researchers at Penn State College of Medicine.
Dysmenorrhea occurs during menstruation, resulting from abnormal uterine contractions, increased sensitivity to pain and added pressure in the pelvic area. It is often accompanied by nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, headache and fatigue.
"Between 50 and 90 percent of women suffer from this condition, and it can really limit work, school, or athletic performance," said Dr. Richard Legro, professor of obstetrics and gynecology. "Previous studies have estimated that dysmenorrhea accounts for 600 million lost work hours and $2 billion annually."
Participants in this study suffered from unexplained menstrual pain. Their pain was not attributable to previous surgeries, ovarian cysts, endometriosis, or other pelvic or bowel diseases. Results were published in Obstetrics and Gynecology.
"Oral contraceptives are often prescribed to treat this condition, since reducing menstruation is a relatively straightforward way to relieve this cramping," said Legro. "However, we wanted to determine whether there was a measurable difference between cyclic and continuous oral contraceptive treatment methods."
Cyclic treatment with oral contraceptives mimic a woman's natural cycle by preventing menstruation for 21 days, then stopping the pills for the next 7 so bleeding can occur. The continuous method consists of 28 days of active contraception, with no break for menstruation.
After six months of evaluation, both treatment groups experienced a significant reduction in menstrual pain. However, women taking the continuous contraceptive treatment reported significant pain relief earlier due to the uninterrupted nature of treatment.
While there is little or no difference in the composition of these two methods -- only the time they're taken -- there are different side effects with each. Patients should consult their doctor before making any changes to their regimen, as further research is needed to determine the risk-to-benefit ratio of extended use of continuous contraception for treatment of primary dysmenorrhea.
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Just in case any aliens out there in the universe are listening, more than 10,000 Twitter messages, plus videos from celebrities such as comedian Stephen Colbert, have been beamed into space as a big "Hello!" from Earth.
The messages are intended as a response to what's called the Wow! signal, an intriguing radio signal detected on Aug. 15, 1977 that some thought was a call from extraterrestrials. The 72-second transmission was picked up by the Big Ear radio observatory at Ohio State University, coming from the direction of the constellation Sagittarius.
Because the radio signal was 30 times more powerful than the average radiation from deep space, a volunteer astronomer named Jerry Ehman who was watching the telescope data scrawled "Wow!" on a computer printout, leading to the signal's moniker. No evidence ever arrived actually linking the transmission to an alien civilization, and no repeat message from the same direction has ever been detected, and the Wow! Signal remains a mystery.
Now, exactly 35 years later, whoever sent the emission may be getting a response.
A project directed by the National Geographic Channel and Arecibo Observatory beamed a package of digital information out to the heavens on Wednesday (Aug. 15) containing Twitter messages from the public, submitted via the hashtag #ChasingUFOs, as well as videos from celebrities such as Stephen Colbert, Jorge Garcia, and Leila Lopes, the 2011 Miss Universe. [Ten Alien Encounters Debunked]
"Greetings, intelligent alien life forms. I am Stephen Colbert and I come to you with an important message on behalf of all the peoples of the Earth," the comedian says in his video. "We are not delicious. In fact, we're kind of gamey, and we get stuck in your teeth. It's really embarrassing at a job interview. If you want something good to munch on, go to the nearby Crab nebula. And bring a bib. Seriously, all you can eat."
The event was timed to coincide with the premiere of the channel's new series, "Chasing UFOs," which documents and debunks myths about extraterrestrials and UFOs.
"For the response, Arecibo scientists have 'gone the extra mile' to increase the chances of intelligent life receiving and decoding the celebrity videos and crowd sourced tweets," according to a National Geographic statement. "In particular, each message will have a repeating-sequence header attached that will let the recipient know that the messages are intentional and from another intelligent life form.? Additionally, the transmitter used yields a signal roughly 20 times stronger than that of the most powerful commercial radio transmitter."
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Over the course of the last 20 years, the popularity of paintball has exploded. In fact, you can find paintball courses all over Wisconsin, and the overwhelming majority of sporting goods stores now carry paintball guns, pellets, masks and other protective gear. In fact, paintball recently took center stage in an interesting personal injury case before the 3rd District Court of Appeals.
According to the complaint, the members of a youth baseball team gathered for a day of paintball on land owned by the parents of one of their teammates back in July 2008.
At the time, the only adult present was the 20-year-old brother of the teammate on whose land the team would be playing paintball. Prior to the boys setting out to play, the older brother expressly warned them to keep their protective masks on at all times.
At some point during the course of the match, one of the teens -- we'll call him Jett -- removed his protective mask while a timeout was called to allow a player to exit the game. Unfortunately, one of Jett's teammates -- we'll call him Alex -- was located 45 yards away and fired a shot that hit Jett directly in the eye. Alex later claimed that he hadn't heard that timeout was called.
Sadly, Jett was left with permanent loss of vision.
Jett eventually filed multiple lawsuits in Polk County Circuit Court, claiming that Alex had acted recklessly and negligently, and that the family that owned the land where the paintball was played was also negligent.
Here, the presiding judge ultimately dismissed the lawsuit against Alex, holding that the applicable section of state law held that players participating in team contact sports are not liable for injuries to others unless they act recklessly or on purpose, and that Alex acted neither recklessly nor purposely.
Jett appealed, arguing that the statute referenced by the circuit court judge was inapplicable because 1) paintball is not a contact sport and 2) there were no organized teams on the day the boys were playing paintball.
The court disagreed with this argument, holding that the contact came from the paintball pellets striking other players, and that nothing under state law required coaches, uniforms or schedules in order to qualify as a team.
The court went on to argue that the evidence showed that Alex had not been reckless: Players were told to leave their masks on, Alex testified that he never heard the time-out, and another teammate testified that Alex was out of hearing range when the timeout was called.
It is worth noting that the personal injury lawsuit against the family that owned the land where paintball was played is still pending.
Source:, Claims Journal, "Wisconsin court rejects paintball injury claims," Todd Richmond, Aug. 2, 2012;
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Samsung's got more reasons to celebrate today than just the release of its latest pen-friendly tablet -- the company also let it be known that it has managed to sell 10 Million Galaxy Note devices, globally. The electronics giant also hit that milestone with its Galaxy S III handset a little under a month ago.
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Republican Presidential candidate, Mitt Romney , left, and his running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. wave to the crowd as they arrive for a rally at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, Va., Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012. ( AP Photo/Steve Helber)
Republican Presidential candidate, Mitt Romney , left, and his running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. wave to the crowd as they arrive for a rally at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, Va., Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012. ( AP Photo/Steve Helber)
Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. waves to the crowd as he arrives for a rally at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, Va., Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012. ( AP Photo/Steve Helber)
Republican Presidential candidate, Mitt Romney, left, his running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., speaks during a rally at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, Va., Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012. ( AP Photo/Steve Helber)
Republican Presidential candidate, Mitt Romney,right, his wife, Ann, second from right, wave to the crowd along with his running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., second form left, and his wife, Janna, left, during a rally at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, Va., Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012. ( AP Photo/Steve Helber)
Newly announced Republican vice presidential candidate, Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, addresses the crowd Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012, during a campaign event with Republican presidential candidate, Mitt Romney, not shown, in Norfolk, Va. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
WASHINGTON (AP) ? Republican Mitt Romney's running mate, Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, wasted little time tearing into President Barack Obama on Saturday, lambasting the Democrat's "record of failure" just hours after being named to the GOP ticket.
Moving into a role as Romney's chief attack dog, Ryan declared Saturday that the nation under Obama's leadership is struggling through the "worst economic recovery in 70 years."
"No one disputes President Obama inherited a difficult situation," Ryan said, standing at Romney's side for the first time as the Republican presidential ticket on the USS Wisconsin, a retired battleship. "And, in his first two years, with his party in complete control of Washington, he passed nearly every item on his agenda. But that didn't make things better."
Romney selected the 42-year-old Ryan, a seven-term congressman, from a short list that included Ohio Sen. Rob Portman, former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell.
Ryan is the architect of a conservative and intensely controversial long-term budget plan to remake Medicare and cut trillions in federal spending. His selection immediately thrusts those budget plans into the forefront of the presidential contest.
Obama's campaign manager, Jim Messina, called Ryan "the architect of the radical Republican House budget" proposal and said the plan "would end Medicare as we know it."
"We won't duck the tough issues," Ryan said during his acceptance speech. "We will lead."
As his family came on stage, Ryan knelt to embrace his 10-year-old daughter, Liza, and sons Charles, 8, and Sam, 7, before kissing his wife, Janna.
The GOP ticket made its debut at a naval museum in Norfolk, Va., the initial stop of a bus tour through four battleground states in as many days. It seemed likely a stop in Ryan's home state would be added to previously scheduled appearances in Virginia, North Carolina, Florida and Ohio.
As part of the tour, Romney and Ryan stopped at a bakery in Ashland, Va., to buy pie. Asked if saying yes to Romney was an easy decision, Ryan said: "It was. It was. We've got to save the country."
At a subsequent event at a college gymnasium, the walls were decorated with printed and handmade Romney signs, but none touted Ryan ? an indication of the secrecy that surrounded the announcement.
Romney initially made his revelation to supporters via a phone app Saturday morning. "Mitt's Choice for VP is Paul Ryan," it said and implored backers to spread the word.
One campaign official said Romney had settled on Ryan as his pick on Aug. 1, more than a week ago, and informed Beth Myers, the longtime aide who had shepherded the secretive process that led to the selection. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was unauthorized to provide details.
During his formal remarks, the congressman blamed Obama for the nation's unemployment rate that has exceeded 8 percent for more than three years, the longest run since the Great Depression.
"Higher unemployment, declining incomes and crushing debt is not a new normal. It is a result of misguided policies," Ryan said.
Ryan is chairman of the House Budget Committee and primary author of conservative tax-and-spending blueprints that the tea party-infused Republican majority approved over Democratic opposition in 2011 and again in 2012.
It envisions transforming Medicare into a program in which future seniors would receive government checks that they could use to purchase health insurance. Under the current program, the government directly pays doctors, hospitals and other health care providers.
Ryan and other supporters say the change is needed to prevent the program from financial calamity. Critics argue it would impose ever-increasing costs on seniors.
Other elements of the budget plan would cut projected spending for Medicaid, which provides health care for the poor, as well as food stamps, student loans and other social programs that Obama and Democrats have pledged to defend.
Ryan's budget plan died in the Democrat-controlled Senate.
"Our rights come from nature and from God, not government," Ryan said. "That's who we are. We promise equal opportunity, not equal outcomes."
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Associated Press writer Kasie Hunt in Virginia contributed to this report.
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Kids fitness and nutrition should be at the top of your list as a parent. It can often be hard to get your children in the right mood to want to exercise and eat well though. So what can you do to keep your kids happy and healthy? There are a wide variety of ways that you can incorporate fitness and nutrition into your children?s lives without them being resentful or pulling away. The ideas below will help you learn some fun and sneaky ways to get your kids into a healthier state of mind.
Make it Fun
Children never want to do anything they are told, so you have to make kids fitness and nutrition fun if you have any hope of turning them into healthy individuals. You can make fun faces out of fruits and vegetables on their plate, or invent some fun activities that they can do with their friends in the backyard. The key is that it should be something that they would ask you to do not something that you would ask them to do.
Let Them Help
This technique works especially well when you are trying to get your children to eat healthy, but it can work for fitness just as well. Get your children involved in the kids fitness and nutrition routine. They can help you make healthful meals, or plan a family outing that includes lots of activity. Whatever it is, make sure that you do it together. They will have fun getting your attention and getting to call some of the shots, and you will get a healthier and happier child.
Get Up and Move
Too many families have gotten into the routine of sitting around the house when there is a day off. You can?t expect your children to be interested in health and fitness if you aren?t. So, instead of planning a day on the couch with a movie, why not take the weekend to go camping and hiking outdoors. This will be an enjoyable family trip, and will get you and your kids up and moving.
Try Being Sneaky
Sometime you have to pull out all of the stops to ensure that kids fitness and nutrition is a success. If your children absolutely refuse to each vegetables, then sometimes you have to sneak them in. Now there are even products on the market that can help. For example, there is juice that now comes with vegetables in it but it still tastes like fruit juice. If your children are old enough to read the bottle, just pour it into a container before they can see it. Every little bit helps when it comes to keeping your kids healthy.
The key to kids fitness and nutrition is to do it as a family and to make it fun. If you can get your children involved in the process, then half the battle is already won. Take the time to look over the ideas above, and start focusing on healthier and happier kids today.
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