10/09/2005

Martha Stewart: No more Fur

Martha Stewart: I take back everything I ever said against you. I salute any celebrity who takes a stand in show of solidarity with PETA to eliminate the suffering of animals.

Remember: humans abusing animals also abuse themselves.

Please make informed consumer decisions. Please reflect on ways you can minimize the impact of suffering on people and animals by making informed decisions.

Martha Stewart narrates this short clip detailing the inhuman horrors of the global fur industries.


  • Martha Stewart on Fur
  • 10/08/2005

    Think Tanks

    Rand Corp got their start thinking about the unthinkable:

  • Rand Corporation


  • "Mises.org consists of some 33,100 pages, uses 5 gigabytes of hard disk, delivers 15 gigs of logfiles, and produces 1.8 million page views for 750,000 visitors per month generating a monthly hit total of 16 million."

  • Ludwig Von Mises Institute


  • A conservative think tank in the Netherlands based off the ideas of the Philosopher Edmund Burke.

  • Edmund Burke Stichting


  • Naumann asserted that a functioning democracy needs politically informed and educated citizens.

  • Friedrich Naumann Foundation


  • MITRE works in the broad domains of aviation, defense and intelligence, and enterprise modernization. Our core areas of expertise, listed below, underlie all these domains.

  • MITRE


  • Economic Strategy Institute

  • ESI


  • "The formation of ESRF was based on the assumption that there was need and demand for an improved understanding of policy options and development management issues, and that the capacity for this was lacking in the Tanzania civil service."

  • Economic and Social Research Foundation


  • The ESRI's mission is to produce high quality research, relevant to Ireland’s economic and social development, with the aim of informing policy-making and societal understanding.

  • Economic and Social Research Institute


  • The purpose of the Institute for Food and Development Policy - Food First - is to eliminate the injustices that cause hunger.

  • Food First


  • "The Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies (MPIfG) in Cologne was founded in 1985 under the directorship of Prof. Renate Mayntz. It is one of the smaller institutes of the Max Planck Society, which maintains 80 institutes devoted to basic research in the natural sciences and the humanities."

  • Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies (MPIfG)
  • 9/25/2005

    CX717

    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

    CX717 was created by Dr Gary Lynch from the University of California. CX717 is part of a family of compounds called ampakines which work by boosting the brain chemical glutamate responsible for learning and recall.

    In 2005 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) accepted Cortex Pharmaceuticals' IND (Investigational New Drug) application to initiate pilot Phase II clinical trials in the United States.


  • Facilitation of Task Performance and Removal of the Effects of Sleep Deprivation by an Ampakine (CX717) in Nonhuman Primates



  • Effects of the potent ampakine CX614 on hippocampal and recombinant AMPA receptors: interactions with cyclothiazide and GYKI 52466



  • Dr. Gary Lynch



  • PT-141

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    From:
  • wikipedia article


  • PT-141 is a new medication for use in treating sexual dysfunction in men (erectile dysfunction or impotence) as well as sexual dysfunction in women (sexual arousal disorder). It seems to be the first real aphrodisiac. Unlike Viagra and other related medications, it does not act upon the vascular system, but directly increases sexual desire. PT-141 is a spray introduced nasally.

    Originally, the compound Melanotan II that PT-141 was developed from was tested as a sunless tanning agent. Melanotan II did induce tanning, accompanied by sexual arousal and spontaneous erections for male volunteers as unexpected side effects. In clinical studies, PT-141 has been shown to be effective in treating male erectile dysfunction and female sexual dysfunction. It is produced by Palatin Technologies.

    PT-141 is a cyclic hepta-peptide lactam analog of alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone (alpha-MSH) that activates the melanocortin receptors MC3-R and MC4-R in the central nervous system. It has the amino acid sequence Ac-Nle-cyclo[Asp-His-D-Phe-Arg-Trp-Lys]-OH or cyclo-[Nle4, Asp5, D-Phe7, Lys10]alpha-MSH-(4-10). PT-141 is a metabolite of Melanotan II that lacks the C-terminal amide function.

    titanium boron lithium perchlorate intermetallic high-temperature fill

    From:
  • globalsecurity.org


  • The munition uses 300 lb (136kg) of a two-stage reactive and pelletised mix of "titanium boron lithium perchlorate intermetallic high-temperature fill" that burns at 1,000ºF for a long time and with low overpressure so any remnants are not ejected from the facility. As a by-product of the HTI reaction, 35 lb (15.8kg) of disinfecting monatomic chlorine and monatomic fluorine gas, along with hydrochloric and hydrofluoric acid, will be left to destroy any remaining BW agents.


    8/17/2005

    Federal Prison Industries, Inc.

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    We here at the fifth directorate want you to be informed. We are pleased to bring you details of the Federal Prison Industries, a premier integrated service solutions managment team. As the name suggests, this industry uses highly skilled prison labor to provide a broad spectrum of integrated solutions for fields as diverse as fleet management to IT networking.

    Question: What happens when prison populations become profitable? What incentives are offered for the prisoners? Are ethical dilemmas raised by using prison labor in this way?



  • Federal Prison Industries


  • FPI has been providing the highest quality service offerings for the Department of Defense and has earned the trust of the American Defense establishment. Today, American military vehicles with FPI remanufactured components are performing missions around the world. FPI remanufactured generator sets are on air bases, and rebuilt forklifts are loading weapons and equipment onto our nation's naval fleets. FPI has the capacity and ability to handle any mission.

    FPI rebuilds most common starters, alternators, generators and regulators used on military trucks, tanks and other military vehicles.

    FPI has established equipment receiving and distribution sites around the world enabling Military groups and the Department of Defense to drop off damaged vehicle components and pick-up like items that can be placed into immediate operation. Unserviceable equipment is sent to FPI facilities for remanufacture and returned to a distribution pool at each site creating a steady stream of components ready for service.

    FPI's web-based tracking system enables military groups to monitor equipment status, including warranty dates and claim information.