According to research from the University of Helsinki, “beautiful women have more children than their plainer counterparts, and a higher proportion of those children are girls.”
Apparently this pattern has caused women to get more and more beautiful through the generations. Men, on the other hand, aren’t benefitting from evolution in the same way. They do get to, however, enjoy the beautiful women.
“Psychologists believe women are becoming more attractive because they are making more of an effort with their looks and have more resources to do so.”
Guys, now you can use these hard facts of science to be the best wing man ever. With these facts your friends will appreciate having you around…or you can use them for yourself.
1- Daily sex makes men more fertile.
So ladies if you think that he is the one you want to start a family with you better keep him busy…every night.
2- Semen acts as an anti-depressant
This will keep you and your man happy.
3- Sex can help those who are sleep deprived.
You can never again use the excuse that you’re too tired.
4- Having sex will build immunoglobulins which will keep you healthy.
The best way to battle a cold.
5- Sex during her time of the month could protect against endometriosis.
Orgasms also help relieve menstrual cramps.
6- Regular Sex Improves Health and Doubles Life Expectancy
Even better than the gym
7- Oral sex is good for your fetus
Reason being it heightens the pregnant woman’s tolerance to the baby.
According to Asylum.com
“Scientists in California say they’re trying to replicate the power of the sun by firing laser beams at a tiny pellet of hydrogen.
Physicists at the National Ignition Facility in Livermore say the nuclear fusion experiments may offer the world a clean source of energy, The Times of London reported Sunday.
The hydrogen pellet will be hit with 192 laser beams capable of generating 500 trillion watts — 1,000 times the power of the U.S. national grid, said the scientists.”
I’ve seen babies born with partially formed faces of conjoined twins, but this is a first:
A baby boy born with two heads in southwestern Bangladesh has been placed under police protection because of the curiosity his birth has caused among locals, a doctor said Wednesday.
The boy, named Kiron, was born by Cesarean section on Monday weighing 5.5 kilogrammes (12 pounds 1 ounce) in Keshobpur, 135 kilometres (85 miles) from Dhaka, gynaecologist Mohamad Abdul Bari told AFP.
EL SEGUNDO, CA–(Marketwire - June 12, 2007) - The Northrop Grumman Foundation announced today that it will sponsor the national Weightless Flights of Discovery, an innovative science and engineering education program that incorporates zero gravity flight experiences for teachers. This year’s program will also include university students planning careers as teachers. The Northrop Grumman Foundation Weightless Flights of Discovery will operate out of eight cities across the United States from August through December 2007.
The program utilizes hands-on science workshops and Zero Gravity Corporation’s (ZERO-G®) unique weightless flights to help educators teach students to share the fun and excitement of science, technology, engineering and math. Last year’s Weightless Flights of Discovery program hosted 250 teachers representing 49 states, five U.S. territories and 24 countries. The goal for this year is to fly approximately 400 teachers and college students.
“The Northrop Grumman Foundation Weightless Flights of Discovery is a truly innovative and exciting way to focus the attention of teachers and students on the opportunities science, technology, engineering and mathematics can provide,” said Sandra Evers-Manly, President of the Northrop Grumman Foundation, “We are excited about sponsoring this year’s program to more teachers and locations and to include college students,” she continued.
Plans call for ZERO-G to conduct teacher workshops and parabolic flights in eight U.S. metropolitan areas including: Baltimore, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, Colorado Springs, Co., New Orleans, Newport News, Va., Dallas and Bethpage, NY. The program will include eight workshops and 16 flights in all, and will prepare teachers to lead students in topics that relate to 30 National Science Standards.
“We are proud to partner with the Northrop Grumman Foundation on the Weightless Flights of Discovery program and believe that by making space and microgravity concepts more accessible to educators and students, we will help inspire tomorrow’s explorers,” said Dr. Peter H. Diamandis, CEO and Co-Founder of ZERO-G.
During the workshops, teachers and students receive instruction in science and engineering concepts, pre-flight training in weightlessness and tips on experiment design and demonstration to learn how to work in lunar, Martian and zero gravity environments. They also learn how to relate those experiments to science, engineering, technology and mathematics curriculum development.
Michael Crawford, a teacher at Monroe Clark Middle School in San Diego, said, “The explanation of why zero gravity occurs was amazing. I, like everyone I have asked about it since, was under the impression that weightlessness would occur because the plane flew down at the same speed at which it would be natural to fall. Now I realize how inertia is the key to the whole thing. I feel much more prepared to give this explanation (to my students).”
The teacher and student flights will include approximately 15 parabolas ranging from low-gravity environments typical of the moon (1/6 G) and Mars (1/3 G) to complete weightlessness. At the end of each weightless period, which lasts approximately 30 seconds, the aircraft is gradually pulled out of the descent, reestablishing a more normal gravity environment inside the plane.
About the Northrop Grumman Foundation
The Northrop Grumman Foundation is primarily focused on supporting diverse and sustainable programs that improve the educational experience for students, especially in the subjects of literacy, math, science and technology. Please visit www.northropgrumman.com or call (888) 478-5478.
About ZERO-G
Zero Gravity Corporation (www.GoZeroG.com) is a privately held space entertainment and tourism company whose mission is to make the excitement and adventure of space accessible to the public. ZERO-G is based in Las Vegas and Florida and is the first and only FAA-approved provider of weightless flight to the general public, as well as the entertainment and film industries; corporate and incentive market; non-profit research and education sectors; and government. For more information about ZERO-G, please visit http://www.GoZeroG.com or call 1-800-937-6480
ST. PETERSBURG, FL and ATLANTA, GA and COLUMBUS, GA–(Marketwire - June 7, 2007) - Cyber Defense Systems, Inc. , a designer and developer of next-generation unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), and its wholly owned subsidiary Techsphere Systems International, Inc. (TSI), (www.techsphere.us, a designer, developer and manufacturer of manned and unmanned airships, announced today the appointment of changes at TSI with Mike Lawson as CEO and the hiring of Preston Carter as Chief Technology Officer.
“We are extremely pleased to have Mr. Carter join our team as we achieve high altitude for our airship program,” stated Mike Lawson, the New CEO of Techsphere.
“We continue to gain momentum in both the commercial and government airship markets; a management team dedicated to each of our company’s product lines will focus growth and bringing increased value to our shareholders. Mr. Lawson will lead the airship team while I will focus on the UAV and combined opportunities of our company,” stated Billy Robinson CEO.
Preston Carter is an aerospace engineer with extensive experience in aerospace systems. His background is quite diverse. He has experience in activities that include the development of advanced concepts, research and development, project management, hardware design, manufacture, test, operations and customer support. The majority of his experience has been in systems related to space vehicles, advanced aeronautical vehicles, high-speed flight, and propulsion; Preston also has extensive mechanical design experience.
Carter will be helping TSI continue the advancement of their stationary aerial platforms towards longer endurance and higher altitude applications. Mr. Carter is also the founder and leader of Vaporcor, LLC of Bend, Oregon, which is the developer of advanced propulsions concepts.
Mr. Carter comes from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), where he was the Director of Department of Defense Programs. Mr. Carter has been involved in many projects that have flown payloads upon the Space Shuttle, other spacecraft, and high-altitude airplanes. Mr. Carter was a co-founder of the NASA Lunar Prospector mission, which completed a successful mission about the moon and which confirmed that there are water ice deposits near the poles of the moon. In addition, Mr. Carter was one of the principal engineers for the DoD / NASA Clementine lunar mission of 1994, which was America’s first return to the moon since the Apollo program. Mr. Carter is also the inventor of the innovative concept for hypersonic flight and space access called HyperSoar which has received wide-ranging interest and study.
From August 2000 to August 2004, Mr. Carter was on assignment from LLNL to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) as a program manager within DARPA’s Tactical Technology Office. Mr. Carter was the program manager of several programs leading the nation’s research in high-speed flight and space access.
ABOUT CYBER DEFENSE SYSTEMS
Cyber Defense Systems, Inc. (OTCBB: CYDF) (http://www.cduav.com) is designing and building a new generation of UAVs. Cyber Defense, located in St. Petersburg, FL, is currently marketing airships and their CyberBug™ UAVs to various branches of the U.S. government and U.S. allies as multi-use platform vehicles capable of deployment in surveillance and communication operations.
Techsphere Systems International, Inc. (”TSI”) (http://www.techsphere.us) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Cyber Defense. TSI, located in Columbus, GA, is a manufacturer of low- and mid-altitude airships. Together with their teaming companies, Techsphere designs and builds unique airship platforms for use in many areas including surveillance, the military and wireless communications. The current SA 60 spherical airship design holds the world altitude record at over 20,000 feet.
ST. PETERSBURG, FL and COLORADO SPRINGS, CO — (MARKET WIRE) — May 29, 2007 — Cyber Defense Systems, Inc. announced the live alpha test flight of the Cyber Defense Systems’ remote control UAV — the CyberBug — at 11:00 am, May 10, 2007 from St. Petersburg, FL. The flight lasted approximately 30 minutes with narration and vehicle piloting by James Alman, company co-founder and designer.
The test flight represented the first time live video feed was transmitted from an unmanned aerial vehicle to the Florida Emergency Operations Center in Tallahassee, FL. The test flight was part of a joint Florida Atlantic University and University of Central Florida Project funded by the Federal Highway Administration and managed through the Florida Department of Transportation. The goal is to develop and test initial procedures for deploying an Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) into national air space for the purpose of emergency management surveillance of infrastructure in a post disaster environment.
Due to limited bandwidth, the URL feed was viewed from 3 locations. Those locations and designated attendees were:
1. The main situation room in the Florida Emergency Operations
Center (EOC), Tallahassee, FL. Attendees: John Fleming,
Department of Emergency Management (DEM) Communications Manager;
William Stoye, DEM Communications Coordinator; Major Tad Warfel,
Air National Guard Liaison; James Montague, DEM Communications
Engineer
2. The University of Central Florida-Civil Engineering’s Center for
Advanced Transportation Systems Simulation (CATSS) in Orlando, FL.
Attendee: Jack Selter, CATSS Director
3. The Florida Atlantic University-Civil Engineering’s Center for
Intermodal Transportation Safety and Security (CITSS), Jupiter, FL.
Attendee: Stephen Miller, CITSS Associate Director for Research
Programs and Services
The final test flight will involve a remote satellite transmission of video from the CyberBug to the Florida EOC from Camp Blanding in cooperation with the Florida Air National Guard. The UAS test flight will include a night flight with infrared camera technology at the request of the Florida Department of Emergency Management. Smaller and remote controlled unmanned aerial systems can prove to be a viable asset to local and state emergency management officials and first responders in post disaster surveillance. The CyberBug utilizes a 1-watt transmitter, well below FCC license requirements. A larger craft, the Shadow 200 will be coming to the Florida Air National Guard in 2009.
It should be noted that Frost & Sullivan Aerospace and Defense Group presented Cyber Defense Systems, Inc. with the 2007 Unmanned Aerial Systems Best Bang for the Buck Award. Their list of current clients includes both the United States Air Force Academy, US Forestry Service and the Naval Post Graduate School.
ABOUT CYBER DEFENSE SYSTEMS
Cyber Defense Systems, Inc. (OTCBB: CYDF) (http://www.cduav.com) is designing and building a new generation of UAVs. Cyber Defense, located in St. Petersburg, FL, is currently marketing airships and their CyberBug™ UAVs to various branches of the U.S. government and U.S. allies as multi-use platform vehicles capable of deployment in surveillance and communication operations.
Techsphere Systems International, Inc. (”TSI”) (http://www.techsphere.us) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Cyber Defense. TSI, located in Columbus, GA, is a manufacturer of low and mid altitude airships. Together with their teaming companies, Techsphere designs and builds unique airship platforms for use in many areas including surveillance, the military and wireless communications. The current SA 60 spherical airship design holds the world altitude record at over 20,000 feet.
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL — (MARKET WIRE) — May 14, 2007 — Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex is launching a national television campaign, consumer promotion and family vacation sweepstakes. It’s all part of the launch of Florida’s only new attraction, Shuttle Launch Experience, opening Memorial Day weekend on May 25. Included in the national launch will be new print-at-home ticketing, making it easy for visitors to plan their Florida vacation hassle-free.
E-Ticketing for admission will be available at www.kennedyspacecenter.com for consumers to print tickets at home. Visitors with pre-printed tickets will bypass the ticket booths for a speedier entry to Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. Lunch With an Astronaut, NASA Up Close tour and Cape Canaveral: Then and Now tour tickets can be printed as well.
The new national marketing campaign featuring three :30 second television spots focuses on the excitement of the $60 million new Shuttle Launch Experience. The television campaign breaks May 13 on leading network and cable television outlets including Discovery Channel, Sci-Fi Channel and Travel Channel.
A newspaper insert will be featured in more than 1,200 key U.S. Sunday papers on May 13 and 20, offering travelers $5.00 savings on admission to Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. Park admission is regularly priced at $38 plus tax for adults and $28 plus tax for children age 3-11 years.
The newspaper insert is themed with a special Summer Blast-Off sweepstakes with a series of prizes: two Florida vacations for four people including a private guided tour of Kennedy Space Center, Shuttle Launch Experience and Family ATX® (Astronaut Training Experience); three Kennedy Space Center vacations including three-night stay for four people; and 25 shopping sprees valued at $150 on www.TheSpaceShop.com. Sweepstakes can be entered online at www.SmartSource.com or via mail with entry form.
“Forging a lasting impression for visitors of all ages, Shuttle Launch Experience answers the second most asked question of astronauts: what is it like to launch into space,” said Daniel LeBlanc, Chief Operating Officer, Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. “The television campaign and free standing insert will expand our advertising program to a national level introducing the new Shuttle Launch Experience attraction to millions of people planning a Florida vacation.”
Under the guidance of NASA and veteran Space Shuttle astronauts, Shuttle Launch Experience will take visitors on their own journey of the Space Shuttle’s rush to Earth’s orbit, launching into space in the shuttle in a fully vertical position. This unprecedented experience will send visitors through the sensations of launching into Earth’s orbit from Kennedy Space Center, just east of Orlando. The design team, NASA astronauts and renowned attraction experts created this authentic experience, deploying sophisticated motion technology, special effects seats and high fidelity visual and audio presentations.
Shuttle Launch Experience combines the detailed accounts of astronaut experiences with the expertise of premiere design engineers to produce an experience unique to attractions around the world. The technical highlights include an all-to-real simulation of the space shuttle’s eight and a half minute ascent into orbit, custom-designed crew cabins with unprecedented vertical range, high-definition audiovisual effects, and advanced seating effects to maximize the reality of the experience.
About Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex
Inspired by real NASA initiatives and fueled by the human spirit, Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex is charting a new course to bring far-reaching NASA exploration events and triumphs to visitors — up close and personal. The journey takes NASA’s space exploration story to the next level through new technology and interactive experiences. Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex has been operated by DNC Parks & Resorts, Inc. on behalf of NASA since 1995. More than 1.4 million visitors annually tour Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, the gateway to a working space center and one of Florida’s most popular destinations. Admission includes Shuttle Launch Experience, inspiring tours of NASA’s spaceport facilities, daily Astronaut Encounters, towering rockets, IMAX® space films and the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame®. For more information, call 321-449-4444 or visit www.KennedySpaceCenter.com.
HOUSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Space Investment Summit– SPACEHAB, Incorporated (NASDAQ:SPAB), a leading provider of commercial space services, today announced plans to develop a new company division that will focus on manufacturing pharmaceuticals and materials in space for distribution into the commercial marketplace.
With a 22year heritage of processing and transporting over a thousand experiments to low Earth orbit, SPACEHAB plans to leverage the company’s deep understanding of microgravity science and payload processing into a new focus towards onorbit manufacturing for both intercompany initiatives and as a service provider for other customers.
“The International Space Station (ISS) Program is now transitioning from the construction and experimentation phases to its intended utilization phase,” said Thomas B. Pickens, III, SPACEHAB President and CEO. “With SPACEHAB’s extensive experience and knowledge in processing highly sophisticated space bound payloads, it is a natural ‘next step’ for the Company to now utilize the ISS for the advancement of many identified experiments into viable and useful manufactured products. The microgravity environment provides a unique, yet generally unexploited, manufacturing platform for the production of various lifealtering pharmaceuticals and materials. SPACEHAB’s entrepreneurial energy and unique capabilities bring to the equation exactly what is needed to make the leap from science to the manufacturing of valuable products that have the potential to save and improve lives,” concluded Pickens.
To execute this new direction, SPACEHAB is applying resources and tapping into the Company’s strategic partnerships with key national and international space agencies and companies as well as the institutional science community. SPACEHAB plans to release more information on the selected life science products to be manufactured in space at the Space Investment Summit in New York, New York on April 16, 2007. The summit, hosted by the Space Commerce Roundtable and the Space Frontier Foundation, provides a forum for leading investors, industry representatives, entrepreneurs, and experts to present and appraise the newest and most promising space commerce investment opportunities.
About SPACEHAB, Incorporated
Incorporated in 1984, SPACEHAB (www.spacehab.com) is a leading provider of commercial space products and services to NASA, international space agencies, Department of Defense, and private customers worldwide. The Company offers endtoend space access solutions, space systems development, mission integration and prelaunch processing facilities and services, and largescale government program support services.
LAS VEGAS, NV — (MARKET WIRE) — March 28, 2007 — Zero Gravity Corporation , the first and only FAA-approved provider of commercial weightless flights, announced today that the Sharper Image Corporation will exclusively market and sell seats on ZERO-G’s public flights. The experience offered by ZERO-G is the only commercial opportunity on Earth for individuals to experience true “weightlessness” without going to space.Reservations for seats on the ZERO-G Experience™ will be made available through Sharper Image’s 187 specialty-retail stores, their monthly catalog and www.sharperimage.com beginning May 15. The agreement calls for Sharper Image to make a significant seat guarantee for the first year and a sizeable marketing commitment through their catalog, online, and in-store displays. ZERO-G also will be featured on the cover of Sharper Image’s Father’s Day catalog. Regular ZERO-G flights depart from Las Vegas and the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. For the current flight schedule, more information or to book a seat, visit www.GoZeroG.com or call 1-800-937-6480.
“Sharper Image is the highest quality retail name for cutting-edge products, and we believe its brand and customer base is a great match with the ZERO-G audience,” said Dr. Peter H. Diamandis, CEO and Co-Founder of ZERO-G. “The general public now has convenient access to an incredible adventure that was previously only available to a select few. Sharper Image will help provide our exclusive zero-gravity experience to anyone who ever wanted to fly like superman or float like a butterfly.”
Jerry Levin, Chairman and CEO of Sharper Image, said, “I recently went weightless with ZERO-G; it was truly an amazing experience and I am eager for our customers to have access to it. We look forward to sharing the opportunity with thousands of people. It is exactly the type of product that our customers have come to know as part of the unique, Sharper Image brand.”
The ZERO-G Experience is the identical weightless flight encounter used by NASA to train its astronauts and used by Ron Howard and Tom Hanks to film “Apollo 13.” Weightless flight is an experience that few have tried, but those who have call it amazing and life-changing. Martha Stewart, Billy Bush, Burt Rutan, Miles O’Brien, and cast members of “The Apprentice” and “The Biggest Loser” are just a few notable passengers who’ve flown with ZERO-G and proclaimed it to be one of the most thrilling experiences of their lives. Numerous astronauts including Buzz Aldrin and Anousheh Ansari also have enjoyed ZERO-G voyages. ZERO-G has played a major role in several blockbuster hits including “Matrix 2″ and “Matrix 3.”
Founded in 1993 and headquartered in Las Vegas, ZERO-G is led by a world-class team of veteran astronauts and experienced business leaders. The company was co-founded by Dr. Diamandis and veteran astronaut, Dr. Byron K. Lichtenberg. The duo spent more than a decade working to bring the marvel of weightless flight to the public. Since launching the ZERO-G Experience to the general public in September 2004, the company has conducted about 100 weightless flights and flown more than 2,500 passengers, including celebrities and media personalities, corporate charters, science and math teachers, and individuals age 12 to 85.
The ZERO-G Experience consists of a brief training session for passengers followed by a 90-minute flight aboard G-Force One, during which parabolic maneuvers are performed. The controlled ascent and descent of the plane allows flyers to experience Martian gravity (1/3-gravity), Lunar gravity (1/6-gravity), and zero gravity. The ZERO-G Experience provides its flyers with twice the amount of weightless time achieved in a typical sub-orbital flight into space. ZERO-G operates under the highest safety standards as set by the FAA (Part-121) with its partner Amerijet International of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Aircraft operations take place under the same regulations set for large commercial passenger airliners.
About ZERO-G
Zero Gravity Corporation (www.GoZeroG.com) is a privately held space entertainment and tourism company whose mission is to make the excitement and adventure of space accessible to the public. ZERO-G is based in Las Vegas and Florida and is the first and only FAA-approved provider of weightless flight to the general public, as well as the entertainment and film industries; corporate and incentive market; non-profit research and education sectors; and government. For more information about ZERO-G, please visit http://www.GoZeroG.com or call 1-800-937-6480.
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