*The information
that follows is from PETA's website.*
The following product is made from animal:
"Angora.
Hair from the Angora rabbit or goat. Used in clothing. Alternatives:
synthetic fibers."
According to PETA, this is an animal-friendly company. "Those marked with a dot (·) meet the Corporate Standard of Compassion for Animals (CSCA). Those marked with an asterisk (*) manufacture strictly vegan products:
"Alba Botanica, P.O. Box 40339, Santa Barbara, CA 93140; 800-347-5211"
As you know, the
IPS is dedicated to bringing attention to charitable organizations
everywhere.
This Month's:
America's Second
Harvest
116 South Michigan Avenue
Suite 4
Chicago, Illinois 60603-6001
http://www.secondharvest.org
It's the country's largest domestic hunger relief organization. See, even though we have a surplus of food, millions of people go hungry everyday in the U.S. This organization uses the donations it receives to buy this surplus food and give it to local food banks and soup kitchens.
*This article was taken from http://www.excite.com*
"Exorcism Leaves
Seven Dead
Updated 8:27 AM ET August 14, 2000
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Seven Mexicans died during an exorcism after the room in which they were holding the rite filled with carbon monoxide fumes, local radio and newspapers reported Sunday.
National Formato 21 radio said self-styled "witch" Teodoro Martinez was ridding a 15-year-old boy of evil spirits in the town of Tetla, in the central state of Tlaxcala, Friday when the tragedy occurred.
It said authorities found burning coal in the room, which led them to conclude the cause of death was carbon monoxide poisoning. Two people were being treated in the hospital."
Information is taken directly from the ICT website, which you should visit, if possible (http://www.savetibet.org).
"WORLD BANK
VICTORY!
JULY 7, 2000
World Bank Drops Tibetan Resettlement Project
This morning China withdrew the Western China Poverty Reduction Project after a divided Board of Directors would not approve funding for the project. This is a tremendous victory that the international community has refused to legitimize and fund this process.
This is a genuine victory not just for the Tibetan people, and the Bank should be proud that its Inspection Panel helped to bring accountability and transparency to this process. The Bank should use this as a step toward strengthening its safeguard policies to assure that all of its projects meet high standards in the areas of environmental protection, resettlement, indigenous peoples, social assessment and information disclosure.
We want to thank all of the countries who supported the findings of the Insepction Panel and the legitimate rights of the Tibetan peoples. We also thank hundreds of parliamentarians from scores of countries and the U.S. Congress for their role in raising objections to this project with their governments. Most of all we want to recognize the hard work of tens of thousands of Tibetans and citizens around the world who voiced their opposition in countless ways."
The following episode of a t.v. show is worth taping:
Once again, I already wrote up something for DOBOA, so here it is:
King of the
Hill
9 August 2000 (R)
Summary: Hank and the boys decide to become volunteer fire fighters.
Commentary: Guess what happens when you get four hicks to fight fires? Hilarity my friends, that's what happens. I could tell you what happens in detail, but that would spoil it for you. I will say that they meant well though.
Some of my favorite lines:
1.) BILL--My face
hurts.
HANK--So will your ass when I get done kicking it.
2.) DangOlAmenMan.--Boomhauer.
3.) What a moron, may he rest in peace.--Dale
Last month's quote was from "Ben Katz," Dr. Katz: Professional Therapist. First one to guess the source of this month's line wins a prize!
"Not fast food, good food quickly."
So like, Sally moved and lost some stuff and is looking for her IPS articles that she wrote so we don't have a poem really, but like, roses is red and violets is blue. Come back next month and we'll have a poem for you.
Legend has it that Catherine the Great had a contraption made so that she could sleep with a horse. As it was being lowered upon her, the machine broke and the horse crushed her.
*This article was taken from http://www.excite.com*
"Young People
Invade Rome for 'Catholic Woodstock'
Updated 11:32 AM ET August 17, 2000
ROME (Reuters) - Rome's population, depleted by the summer holidays, swelled by a million people Thursday as young people from around the world converged on the capital for the Roman Catholic Church's youth jamboree.
The participants of what has been called a "Catholic Woodstock" danced in the streets, waded in the fountains, and even sought forgiveness for their sins under the sun at what became the world's largest "confessional box."
"There are well over 900,000 people, perhaps already a million," said Father Claudio Giuliodori, spokesman for the organizers.
The army of young people -- dubbed "Papa boys" and "Papa girls" by the Italian media -- are having as good a time as their religion allows while counting down to the climax of the festival this weekend.
Saturday night Pope John Paul will preside at a prayer vigil on the sprawling Tor Vergata campus of Rome University on the city's outskirts."
"Here With Me," No Angel, Dido. I don't know if any of you have ever seen Roswell, but this is the song on the opening credits and I get goosebumps everytime I hear it. Then I got the cd and it rules and stuff and so anyway, yeah. This is one of those songs that I wish I had written, you know?
Visit Blocking the Wall Online: http://www.dhak.net/btwonline
X-MEN (2000) ****
Directed by Bryan Singer (the man can do no wrong)
Starring Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellan, Halle Berry, Famke Jannsen,
and mama mia!--Hugh Jackman!
Let me just clear up all the rumors to begin: YES, Hugh Jackman will be fathering my children. We've set up a date, we should start production just as soon as I get him to return my calls and revoke that silly restraining order.
Now on to the movie. In one hyphenated word: "kick-ass". In five thousand words or less, well....let's see...
I wouldn't call myself an X-Men fanatic. As all pop culture connoiseurs, I know the minimum to get by in spirited conversation on the topic. But as far as knowing the entire history of the series by heart, including issue numbers and page references, I'll laugh. Just cause I'm trying to mask my envy of all the fanboys who got the time to study comics in their youth. Me learning X-Men right now would be like me learning Dragonball: impossible, but tempting. Thus, the movie was a breeze. I was not plagued by the constant nit-picking that all fanboys (and girls) are bound to do. I was simply calling upon my knowledge from (I know, blasphem) the cartoon, and the select few comics I had read (mostly in the Books-a-Million big comfy chair).
The direction is superb, as one would expect from Bryan Singer. The man is great at giving depth to characters, no matter how small. Magneto (played by a gleefully evil Ian McKellan) is perfection under the auspices of Singer, and shades of broody Wolverine-to-come are evident. The word "sequel" rings out in a choir of heavenly mutant angels at the end of this movie, and I couldn't be more delighted.
The performances, all in all, are spot-on. Halle Berry was the least promising casting decision, as the enigmatic, exotic Storm, but she seems to have done her homework. Even the accent was in check! Only Ray Park (aka Darth Maul), as nefarious baddie Toad, is blah. This is only because he fails terribly at dialogue. His action sequences are trademark Park, though, showcasing his wide arsenal of acrobatic and baton-twirling skills. He looks so dreadfully much like that guy from Limp Bizkit, though. It's distracting.
And you've gotta hand it to Hugh Jackman. Not only is he intolerably rugged and handsome, pushing the awe-inspiring, widely worshipped Wolverine character into a new Millennium with a nitro boost of raw sexuality, but he can deliver the line "Not so fast, bub" with steely conviction that smacks of Singer.
The entire movie, comic enthusiast or not, is worth your while just for a few sight gags. I kid you not. Sight gags. You'll know 'em when you see 'em. Classy sight gags.
Don't forget, Stan Lee never puts his name on anything if it ain't got class. Remember Mallrats? Class.
And huzzah for the incorporation of the cartoon theme song into the entire score!!! --Shadow Omega
I've got sweepstakes fever! Okay, so anyone who has ever been online knows all about all the great free crap that companies love to give away, but not to me. Anyway, so I've entered all of these million dollar contests and crap and I register to win everything and stuff and like, I'm just gonna keep playing until I win something, be it $10,000,000 or that $150 Gap gift certificate. I want free stuff dammit! So anyway, yeah, I love those sweepstakes things 'cause winning free stuff rules.
Straight from The IPS Mailing List, Shenarka's nominations for this month:
"...i nominate
[Charlotte] as chick of the month and chad as dude of the month.
[Charlotte] is way cool, even though she didn't want to see me
this weekend *very sad look* chad is way cooler...cause he let
me stay with him and he bought dinner/lunch/movies for me...and
i think that is damn worthy of this award. thank you. respectfully
everyone's but [Charlotte]'s. just kidding [Charlotte]...
shandy"
Then I humbly thanked her, but told her that this was an honour I could not bestow upon myself and so...
"okay...i understand that you can't put yourself...but you can put whoever designed the web site for merge 93.3 as my alternate choice. i don't care if it was a chick or not, but it let's me listen to merge here in san angelo...which is way cool, cause the stations here suck royally..."
Turns out it's actually maintained by a Web Design company. So to whoever, dude or chick, did most of the work on designing the Merge website, good work dude(tte)!
We don't have whoroscopes
this month either, but, you know, here are some famous Leos for
ya:
Sandra Bullock (7/26/64), Wesley Snipes (7/31/62), Madonna (8/16/58)
email:
Remember, this month that we're trying to get new members so if there's anyone that you've been meaning to invite to join the IPS, then by all means invite them to join now!
Song stuck in your head that deserves the Song of the Month title? Send it in. Avid about a worthy cause? Tell us about it. Your suggestions may not appear immediately because I write these so far in advance, but I promise I'll use it sooner or later. This is your newsletter so let me know what you wanna see in it and I shall do my best to please you. So it is written; so shall it be.