Angela Lansbury new role as ALS spokeswoman

Angela Lansbury is taking about amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) which progressively paralyzes its victim and cruelly shortens their lives.

Then Lansbury reassures her audience that continued funding for research “will help people with ALS do this”
The three-time Academy Award-nominated Lansbury, known worldwide because of her distinguished theater and movie career, believes strongly that more public awareness will help bring increased support for critical research into the disease.
“The Association is honored that Ms. Lansbury has enthusiastically embraced our vision to create a world without ALS by lending her presence to our new public awareness initiative – “1-866-CURE ALS,” Leo said. “We are looking forward to a long and fruitful association with her.”
“The radio public service announcement campaign brings real life situations to bear on the disease of ALS by creating a mental picture of someone who is trapped in their own body or unable to change their surroundings,” Snyder said. “Only an actress of Lansbury’s talents could have delivered her lines with such conviction and passion.”
“Ms. Angela Lansbury brings a special quality to this work by using her tremendous talent on the stage and screen to dramatize the impact that ALS has on the lives of people with ALS and their families,” Snyder continued. “Working with a legend like Ms. Angela Lansbury is almost like a dream because you see this person who is so familiar from her work in entertainment. She brings the entire campaign to life with a very special ability.”

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The First Korean Austronout Woman

Yi So-yeon, the 2nd Asia woman and the first Korean to fly in space. She born 2 June 1978 (age 29) in Gwangju, South Korea. She has missions Suyuz TMA-12, Soyuz TMA-11.She studied at Gwanju Science High School and obtained her bachelor's and master's degrees and is now working as doctoral researcher in biotech system.

On 7 March 2008, she was promoted to train with the primary crew, and on 10 March the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology announced that Yi would replace Ko. This was after the Russian Federal Space Agency asked for a replacement because Ko violated regulations several times at a Russian training centre by removing sensitive reading materials and posting one back to Korea. On 8 April 2008, Yi was launched into space on board Soyuz TMA-12, with two Russian cosmonauts. She makes South Korea the third country to have a woman as its first space traveller.

During her mission, Yi So-yeon will carry out 18 science experiments for KARI, and will conduct live interviews and discussions with media from the International Space Station. In particular, she is taking with her 1,000 fruit flies in a special air-conditioned container box (Konkuk University experiment). She will monitor the way the changes in gravity and other environmental conditions will alter the behaviour of the flies, or their genome. Other experiments will involve the growth of plants in space, the study of the behaviour of her heart, and the effects of gravity change on the pressure in her eye and shape of her face. With a specially designed three-dimensional Samsung camera, Yi will take six shots of her face every day to see how it swells in the different gravity. She will also observe the Earth, and in particular the movement of dust storms from China to Korea.She will also measure the noise levels on board the ISS.

South Korean scientists created a special low-calorie and vitamin-rich version of kimchi for their first astronaut .

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