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Dr. von Braun and the Disclosure Project

arch1 — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 10:33:47 +0000

The Disclosure Project is a research project working to fully disclose the facts about UFOs, extraterrestrial intelligence, and classified advanced energy and propulsion systems. We have over 500 government, military, and intelligence community witnesses testifying to their direct, personal, first hand experience with UFOs, ETs, ET technology, and the cover-up that keeps this information secret. Dr. Wernher von Braun was a top ranking SS officer who was also the head of the Nazi rocket program during WWII. Von Braun was brought to America after the war because our government considered his knowledge and expertise too vital to fall into the hands of our enemies. Dr. von Braun and his colleagues brought with them a wealth of information gleaned from other top Nazi scientists like his boss, SS General Hans Kammler. Von Braun may have been privy to work on anti gravity propulsion vehicles reputedly under development during the last days of The Third Reich. Over the years of his tenure, von Braun may also have enjoyed access to NASA’s secret programs. It certainly does seem this way, as von Braun apparently began to see the “big picture” regarding the true goals of America’s space program and how the military-industrial complex [...]

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Solar Panels as Inexpensive as Paint?

arch1 — Tue, 14 May 2013 11:45:28 +0000

Most Americans want the U.S. to place more emphasis on developing solar power, recent polls suggest. A major impediment, however, is the cost to manufacture, install and maintain solar panels. Simply put, most people and businesses cannot afford to place them on their rooftops. Fortunately, that is changing because researchers such as Qiaoqiang Gan, University at Buffalo assistant professor of electrical engineering, are helping develop a new generation of photovoltaic cells that produce more power and cost less to manufacture than what’s available today. One of the more promising efforts, which Gan is working on, involves the use of plasmonic-enhanced organic photovoltaic materials. These devices don’t match traditional solar cells in terms of energy production but they are less expensive and – because they are made (or processed) in liquid form – can be applied to a greater variety of surfaces. Gan detailed the progress of plasmonic-enhanced organic photovoltaic materials in the May 7 edition of the journal Advanced Materials. Co-authors include Filbert J. Bartoli, professor of electrical and computer engineering at Lehigh University, and Zakya Kafafi of the National Science Foundation. The paper, which included an image of a plasmonic-enhanced organic photovoltaic device on the journal’s front page, is [...]

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Madagascar Tortoise Trafficking Rages Out of Control

arch1 — Thu, 09 May 2013 09:45:32 +0000

Illegal trafficking of two critically endangered tortoise species from Madagascar has reached epidemic proportions, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society, Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, Turtle Survival Alliance, Madagascar Biodiversity Partnership, Turtle Conservancy, Conservation International, World Wildlife Fund and other groups who urge authorities to clamp down on wildlife smuggling before some species are collected out of existence. According to the groups, more than 1,000 radiated and ploughshare tortoises have been confiscated from smugglers in the first three months of 2013 alone. In late March, 54 ploughshare tortoises made it as far as Thailand before being seized by authorities. A recent report by TRAFFIC states that the radiated tortoise is now the most common tortoise for sale in Bangkok’s infamous Chatuchak wildlife market. The groups say that since the beginning of Madagascar’s continuing political crisis in 2009, smuggling has increased by at least ten-fold due to weak governance and rule-of-law. In addition, erosion of cultural protection of the tortoises for short term monetary gain has contributed to their sharp decline. In the past, tortoises were protected by “fady” – a local belief that harming the tortoises is taboo. However, with years of drought and increasing levels of poverty, people from regions [...]

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Secondhand Shops Thrive in eBay Age

arch1 — Fri, 03 May 2013 08:37:09 +0000

Chicago’s neighborhood secondhand stores thrive while competing with eBay and other websites because their patrons seek “intangible satisfactions,” not just bargains, say researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Rachel Weber and Brenda Parker, associate and assistant professor of urban planning and policy at UIC, studied the survival strategies of secondhand retailers since the growth of e-commerce. Their findings will be published in an upcoming issue of the academic journal Urban Geography. They focused on sellers of women’s apparel, finding 187 such stores in Chicago. Most were in census tracts where residents’ incomes are above the city average and where shopping districts thrive. “Thrift stores, vintage boutiques and flea markets are often small, locally owned, and idiosyncratic. They add to the unique, vibrant quality of neighborhood retail corridors. Products sold will differ from neighborhood to neighborhood,” Parker said. Like eBay shoppers, patrons of thrift, consignment and vintage shops seek inexpensive, unusual goods and are interested in a product’s history, the researchers found. Such shoppers view secondhand shopping as sustainable because they are recycling goods rather than using new resources or exploiting low-wage workers. Shoppers at brick-and-mortar stores, however, want these advantages in an authentic shopping experience with a neighborhood [...]

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EPA Lets Pesticides on the Market Untested

arch1 — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 09:25:28 +0000

By Laura Fraser You probably wouldn’t expect to find pesticides in your toothpaste or your gym socks, but they might be in there all the same. And the vast majority of those pesticides have made it into everyday products without adequate oversight by the Environmental Protection Agency. That’s because they’ve been approved through a bureaucratic loophole known as “conditional registration,” which means they haven’t been fully tested to ensure that they pose no threat to human health or the environment, as required by U.S. law. Most of us think of pesticides as the chemicals that get sprayed on weeds or used to kill rodents and bugs, but they’re actually found in everything from cosmetics to food containers, as well as antimicrobial textiles (such as the exercise shirt you might have worn to the gym this morning). By killing bacteria and other microorganisms, pesticides can help clothes resist stains or help containers keep food fresh longer. But some have also proven to cause health concerns in humans, kill trees, birds, bees, and fish, or do other unintended harm to the environment. The EPA has been responsible for registering pesticides since 1972, and during that time, 90,000 have been allowed on [...]

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