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You heard it right.sheep decompression tests. The university stopped conducting the experiments last fall when it learned that it may have been violating state law, said Eric Sandgren, who oversees animal research at UW-Madison. The research is an effort to prevent "the bends," or injuries to divers as they ascend from deep water.
Here's a group I've never heard of. I found a link to them on ANIMAL's blog (ANIMAL is a Portuguese animal rights group.) These scientists are NOT an animal rights group. They do support some animal-based studies (which sucks); HOWEVER, they acknowledge that much animal research is useless.
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These chimps are currently at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s New Iberia Research Center. I just love the language used by the Research Center's spokesperson. The animals have not been and are not currently being accessed for biomedical research,” Rowell said." Videos showed mistreatment of the lab animals.
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Seek third-party sources of information, leverage your internal data, and work to create a comprehensive view of a single group. What does the data say your company can you do for these customers that you cannot do for other groups? Evaluate your data and the power it provides, then get ready to test your theories.
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Through a nomination process, a select group of high achievers would be given a couple of days off from their normal jobs, flown to a nice venue, and asked to participate in a series of “think tank” exercises with senior management on how the company could operate more effectively. Mix tangible and intangible rewards.
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