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Rescued Sea Lion Returned to Ocean After Recovering from Shark Bite, Poisoning

Rescued Sea Lion Returned to Ocean After Recovering from Shark Bite, Poisoning

Good News Notes: “A sea lion was back home in the Pacific Ocean waters Monday after a long recovery from a severe shark bite wound as well as domoic acid poisoning, according to the Marine Mammal Center. Volunteers with the Sausalito center released Jenya back to the wild Monday morning at Rodeo Beach in the Marin Headlands after the subadult male sea lion underwent five weeks of intense…

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International Women’s Day: Actresses Who Became Activists By Raquel Stecher

International Women’s Day, celebrated annually on March 8th and recognized by the United Nations, raises awareness for women’s rights and celebrates the achievements of women across the globe. Utilizing their fame as a platform to do good, actresses from the golden age of Hollywood and beyond have supported a variety of philanthropic causes. Myrna Loy worked on behalf of UNESCO (The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization). Ida Lupino made NEVER FEAR (’50) to raise awareness about polio. Ruby Dee fought for civil rights. Rita Moreno continues to champion the Latinx community. Martha Raye entertained the troops during three separate wars. Debbie Reynolds was a mental health and AIDS advocate. Tippi Hedren empowered Vietnamese women to become business owners. And, Shirley Temple raised awareness about breast cancer. There are many, many examples of actresses devoting their time, energy and, in many cases, finances for humanitarian, environmental and political causes. Let’s take a look at some of the notable actresses who became activists.

Doris Day

In 1937, Doris Day’s coonhound Tiny was hit by a car and killed. The guilt Day felt for Tiny’s untimely demise would fuel her activism on behalf of animals. Day transitioned from acting in the 1970s to become an animal welfare advocate. She co-founded the non-profit organization Actors and Others for Animals in 1971. In 1978, she started the Doris Day Pet Foundation (later renamed the Doris Day Animal Foundation). This organization advocates for the humane treatment of animals. By the late 1980s, she would allow only a handful of interviews with the sole intention of publicizing her charitable efforts. She even called up President Ronald Reagan, her costar in THE WINNING TEAM (’52), to discuss animal rights legislation. In 1987, she started The Doris Day Animal League, which eventually merged with The Humane Society of the United Sates, and established World Spay Day. In 2011, she started the Doris Day Horse Rescue and Adoption Center, and Day recorded the album “My Heart,” the proceeds of which went to her non-profit. Day was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by George W. Bush in 2004 for her work.

Jane Fonda

Outspoken political activist Jane Fonda has championed many causes over the years. She was a vocal opponent of the Vietnam War, which landed her in some hot water. In 1970, while Fonda was organizing and fundraising a protest with Vietnam War veterans, she was arrested for possession of drugs. The drugs were in fact vitamins and she was eventually cleared of all charges. In a moment of defiance, she held up a fist for her now iconic mugshot. Two years later, Fonda would travel to Vietnam and a photo of her sitting on an anti-aircraft gun in Hanoi would stir up controversy. She was labeled “Hanoi Jane,” a moniker that is still negatively used against her to this day. While she regretted her actions, she did not let this prevent her from continuing her political activism. She’s been a champion for civil rights, feminist causes and has lent her support to Native Americans. In recent years, she’s taken on several environmental causes including protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline and Arctic drilling. As of the publication of this article, Fonda has been arrested five times for her climate change demonstrations (Fire Drill Fridays) in Washington D.C.

Audrey Hepburn

During her childhood, Audrey Hepburn suffered the effects of living through WWII and the Dutch famine of 1944-1945, which would have long lasting effects on her health. In 1946, early ambassadors from the newly created organization UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund) offered her assistance. She never forgot their kindness and her own personal experience led to her to become a champion for children in need. Hepburn began working with UNICEF in 1954 and started traveling on field missions in 1988. The following year she was appointed as a Goodwill Ambassador for the organization. She traveled to Turkey, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Thailand, Venezuela, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and elsewhere, assisting with medical treatments, nutrition projects and working directly with children and their mothers. Her last trip was to Somalia in 1992, four months before she died. In 1993, she was posthumously awarded the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Academy Award.

Helen Hayes

Actress Helen Hayes was best known for her theatrical productions, but when her severe asthma put an end to her stage career (the dust on stage proved to be too much), she transitioned to television and film. Hayes used her fame to help raise funds for asthma research. She also donated to the arts, including the Riverside Shakespeare company. She was on the board of her directors for the New York Chapter of the Girl Scouts in the 1970s. Besides being an EGOT (an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony-winning performer), her greatest claim to fame should be her work with the New York State Rehabilitation and Research Hospital which helps rehabilitate patients with disabilities. Hayes first became involved with the hospital in the 1940s. Throughout the years, she donated, fundraised and hosted events at her mansion, the “Pretty Penny,” and offered support in any way she could. She lobbied for funding to renovate the hospital, a project that cost over $37 million dollars. She served as a member of the board from 1944 until her death in 1993. The hospital was renamed The Helen Hayes Hospital in 1974 and is still going strong today.

Lena Horne

Lena Horne’s activism began at a very young age. In 1919, at the age of two, she appeared on the cover of the NAACP journal The Crisis. Influenced by her grandmother Cora Calhoun Horne, a suffragist and activist who was a political ally of W.E.B. Du Bois, as well as her activist father, Horne championed civil rights before the movement ever began. She joined the NAACP while she was still a high school student. She also leant her support to the Urban League, the Progressive Citizens of America and the SNCC. During WWII, Horne supported the war effort by entertaining black troops. She filed a complaint through the NAACP when she saw that black service members had to sit behind German POWs during her performances at Fort Reilly. When MGM removed her from the tour, she self-financed her trips and continued her efforts. During WWII, she also spoke up on behalf of the mistreatment of Japanese Americans. Horne campaigned for anti-lynching legislation with Eleanor Roosevelt, although that ultimately failed. During the Civil Rights Movement, Horne performed at rallies and was in the March on Washington in 1963. In 1983, the NAACP awarded her the Spingarn Medal for being an “artist humanitarian and living symbol of excellence. Her humanitarian efforts live on and the annual Lena Horne Prize, awarded by Town Hall, honors artists for their social impact.

Marsha Hunt

The name Marsha Hunt should become synonymous with activism. Hunt has been indefatigable in her humanitarian efforts. Influenced by her progressive mother, she became a liberated woman with strong political beliefs. Those beliefs would come under scrutiny during the McCarthy Era witch hunt. She joined the Committee for the First Amendment, a group of Hollywood actors and writers who supported the Hollywood Ten. She was ultimately blacklisted. Over the years, she became an advocate for UNICEF, The March of Dimes, The Red Cross and the United Nations. She was named an Ambassador for Peace in 2007. Hunt has championed many humanitarian causes including homelessness, mental health, world peace, the environment and the plight of refugees. She is a founder of the San Fernando Valley Mayor’s Fund for the Homeless. Hunt helped raise money to buy a motel that was renovated into a homeless shelter for women and children. She supported the shelter throughout the years by donating supplies and helping with the upkeep. Hunt has also been a vocal advocate for the LGBTQ community. Back in the 1970s, she wrote a song about same-sex relationships called “Here’s to All Love,” and it was performed by Glee star Bill A. Jones in 2013. A documentary about her life, career and humanitarian efforts MARSHA HUNT’S SWEET ADVERSITY was released in 2015.

Mary Pickford

Actress, producer, writer and business woman, Mary Pickford was an enterprising woman and instrumental in the formative years of the film industry. In 1921, she conceived of the idea for the Motion Picture Relief Fund, an organization intended to help other members of the film industry who had fallen on hard times. She used the remaining funds from her work selling Liberty Bonds during WWI to help finance the project. Pickford became one of the founding members of what is now called the Motion Picture Television Fund. She also served as the organization’s first vice president. She oversaw various initiatives including the Playroll Pledge Program, which encouraged industry members to donate 0.5% of their paycheck to the fund. She helped raise money to buy walnut and orange groves in Woodland Hills, which would become the home for the fund and its hospital. Pickford was on the board for many years and attended every fundraising event she could. In addition to the MPTF, she established the Mary Pickford Foundation in the 1950s. The foundation focuses on preserving films in partnerships with film archives.

Rosalind Russell

Ever since Rosalind Russell portrayed Sister Elizabeth Kenny, an Australian nurse who took great strides to help children suffering from polio in the film SISTER KENNY (’46), Russell became a tireless advocate for various health causes. Russell, who suffered from rheumatoid arthritis, served on the National Commission on Arthritis and Related Musculoskeletal Diseases starting in the 1970s. The Rosalind Russell Medical Research Center for Arthritis University of California San Francisco was named in her honor. She was a founding member of the United Service Organizations (USO) and the League for Crippled Children. She was a chairman and advocate for The Lighthouse for the Blind, Catholic Charities of New York, The National Arthritis Foundation, Children Services of Connecticut and the MPTF. Russell lent her efforts to senior care centers and in assisting tornado victims. For her numerous philanthropic pursuits, she received a Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Academy Award in 1973.

Elizabeth Taylor

When her good friend and co-star in GIANT (’56), Rock Hudson, died from complications of AIDS, Elizabeth Taylor was devastated. Fueled by the tragedy, she became a tireless advocate for those suffering from HIV/AIDS. She helped raise awareness, fund research and combat ignorance in a time when AIDS was still highly misunderstood. She testified before the House and the Senate for the Ryan White Care Act and helped convince President Ronal Reagan to publicly acknowledge the disease. She also founded the Elizabeth Taylor Medical Center at the Whitman-Walker Clinic in D.C. which offered free HIV/AIDS testing. In 1985, she chaired the AIDS Project Los Angeles’ Commitment to Life fundraising project and co-founded the American Foundation for AIDS Research. The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation, established in 1991, provides financial and moral support to patients suffering from AIDS. She shifted her focus from acting to her humanitarian efforts and raised millions of dollars for different foundations. After her death in 2011, her estate keeps funding her foundation. Taylor was awarded a Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Academy Award in 1993.

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Blue jeans and Buddhism

Alan Watts, a philosopher and theologist, moved to San Francisco in the 1950s, where he started giving lectures on the Eastern religious and spiritual ideas and practices of Buddhism, Taoism, and Hinduism. He became popular among the generation of hippies and influenced their ideas.

According to some urban legend, one of the things that he had an impact on was the outfit. The legend says that Watts told the story of the Buddhists who started wearing orange so they could be equated with the prisoners of their time, who didn't have a choice in their garb. In 1960s California, prisoners wore (and still do) blue denim pants. So young people, inspired by the lectures of Alan Watts, decided to follow the example of the Buddhists and adopted a fashion of wearing blue jeans. 

Bottom line:

The most distinguished ethereal ideas can sometimes be translated into something very common and practical.

Photo: an inmate firefighter demonstrates chainsaw skills at Sierra Conservation Center, circa 1965. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

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Alvin Ailey born on January 5th 1931, in Rogers, Texas, at the height of the Great Depression in the violently racist and segregated south, during his youth Ailey was barred from interacting with mainstream society. Abandoned by his father when he was three months old, Ailey and his mother were forced to work in cotton fields and as domestics in white homes—the only employment available to them. As an escape, Ailey found refuge in the church, sneaking out at night to watch adults dance, and in writing a journal, a practice that he maintained his entire life. Even this could not shield him from a shiftless childhood spent moving from town to town as his mother sought employment, being abandoned with relatives whenever she took off on her own, or watching her get raped at the hands of a white man when he was five years old.

Looking for greater job prospects, Ailey’s mother departed for Los Angeles in 1941. He arrived a year later, enrolling at George Washington Carver Junior High School, and then graduating into Thomas Jefferson High School. In 1946 he had his first experience with concert dance when he saw the Katherine Dunham Dance Company and Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo perform at the Los Angeles Philharmonic Auditorium. This awakened an until then unknown spark of joy within him, though he did not become serious about dance until 1949 when his classmate and friend Carmen De Lavallade dragged him to the Melrose Avenue studio of Lester Horton.

Ailey studied a wide range of dance styles and techniques—from ballet to Native American inspired movement studies—at Horton’s school, which was one of the first racially integrated dance schools in the United States. Though Horton became his mentor, Ailey did not commit to dancing full-time; instead he pursued academic courses, studying romance languages and writing at UCLA. He continued these studies at San Francisco State in 1951. Living in San Francisco he met Maya Angelou, then known as Marguerite Johnson, with whom he formed a nightclub act called “Al and Rita”. Eventually, he returned to study dance with Horton in Los Angeles.

He joined Horton’s dance company in 1953, making his debut in Horton’s Revue Le Bal Caribe. Horton died suddenly that same year in November from a heart attack, leaving the company without leadership. In order to complete the organization’s pressing professional engagements, and because no one else was willing to, Ailey took over as artistic director and choreographer.

In 1954 De Lavallade and Ailey were recruited by Herbert Ross to join the Broadway show, House of Flowers. Ross had been hired to replace George Balanchine as the show’s choreographer and he wanted to use the pair, who had become known as a famous dance team in Los Angeles, as featured dancers. The show’s book was written and adapted by Truman Capote from one of his novellas with music from Harold Arlen and starred Pearl Bailey and Diahann Carroll. Ailey and De Lavallade met Geoffrey Holder, who performed alongside them in the chorus, during the production. Holder married De Lavallade and became a life-long artistic collaborator with Ailey. After House of Flowers closed, Ailey appeared in Harry Belafonte’s touring revue Sing, Man, Sing with Mary Hinkson as his dance partner, and the 1957 Broadway musical Jamaica, which starred Lena Horne and Ricardo Montalbán. Drawn to dance, but unable to find a choreographer whose work fulfilled him, Ailey started gathering dancers to perform his own unique vision of dance.

Alvin Ailey, a.k.a. Alvin Ailey Jr., founded the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (AAADT). He created AAADT and its affiliated Ailey School as havens for nurturing black artists and expressing the universality of the African-American experience through dance. His work fused theatre, modern dance, ballet, and jazz with black vernacular, creating hope-fueled choreography that continues to spread global awareness of black life in America. Ailey’s choreographic masterpiece Revelations is recognized as one of the most popular and most performed ballets in the world. In this work he blended primitive, modern and jazz elements of dance with a concern for black rural America. On July 15, 2008, the United States Congress passed a resolution designating AAADT a “vital American cultural ambassador to the World.” That same year, in recognition of AAADT’s 50th anniversary, then Mayor Michael Bloomberg declared December 4 “Alvin Ailey Day” in New York City while then Governor David Paterson honoured the organization on behalf of New York State.

Ailey loathed the label “black choreographer” and preferred being known simply as a choreographer. He was notoriously private about his life. Though gay, he kept his romantic affairs in the closet. Following the death of his friend Joyce Trisler, a failed relationship, and bouts of heavy drinking and cocaine use, Ailey suffered a mental breakdown in 1980. He was diagnosed as manic depressive, known today as bipolar disorder. During his rehabilitation, Judith Jamison served as co-director of AAADT.

Ailey died from an AIDS related illness on December 1, 1989, at the age of 58. He asked his doctor to announce that his death was caused by terminal blood dyscrasia in order to shield his mother from the stigma associated with HIV/AIDS.

Choreography

Cinco Latinos, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, Kaufmann Concert Hall, New York City, 1958.

Blues Suite (also see below), Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, Kaufmann Concert Hall, 1958.

Revelations, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, Kaufmann ConcertHall, 1960

Three for Now, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, Clark Center, New York City, 1960.

Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, Clark Center, 1960.

(With Carmen De Lavallade) Roots of the Blues, Lewisohn Stadium, New York City, 1961.

Hermit Songs, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 1963.

Ariadne, Harkness Ballet, Opera Comique, Paris, 1965.

Macumba, Harkness Ballet, Gran Teatro del Liceo, Barcelona, Spain,1966, then produced as Yemanja, Chicago Opera House, 1967.

Quintet, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, Church Hill Theatre, Edinburgh Festival, Scotland, 1968, then Billy Rose Theatre, New York City, 1969.

Masekela Langage, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, American Dance Festival, New London, Connecticut, 1969, then Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York City, 1969.

Streams, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, Brooklyn Academy of Music, 1970.

Gymnopedies, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, Brooklyn Academy of Music, 1970.

The River, American Ballet Theatre, New York State Theater, 1970.

Flowers, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, ANTA Theatre, 1971.

Myth, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, New York City Center, 1971.

Choral Dances, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, New York City Center, 1971.

Cry, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, New York City Center, 1971.

Mingus Dances, Robert Joffrey Company, New York City Center, 1971.

Mary Lou’s Mass, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, New York City Center, 1971.

Song for You, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, New York City Center, 1972.

The Lark Ascending, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, New York City Center, 1972.

Love Songs, Alvin Ailey City Center Dance Theater, New York City Center, 1972.

Shaken Angels, 10th New York Dance Festival, Delacorte Theatre, New York City, 1972.

Sea Change, American Ballet Theatre, Kennedy Center Opera House, Washington, D.C., 1972, then New York City Center, 1973.

Hidden Rites, Alvin Ailey City Center Dance Theater, New York City Center, 1973.

Archipelago, 1971,

The Mooche, 1975,

Night Creature, 1975,

Pas de “Duke”, 1976,

Memoria, 1979,

Phases, 1980

Landscape, 1981.

Stage

Acting and dancing

(Broadway debut) House of Flowers, Alvin Theatre, New York City, 1954 – Actor and dancer.

The Carefree Tree, 1955 – Actor and dancer.

Sing, Man, Sing, 1956 – Actor and dancer.

Show Boat, Marine Theatre, Jones Beach, New York, 1957 – Actor and dancer.

Jamaica, Imperial Theatre, New York City, 1957 – Actor and lead dance.

Call Me By My Rightful Name, One Sheridan Square Theatre, 1961 – Paul.

Ding Dong Bell, Westport Country Playhouse, 1961 – Negro Political Leader.

Blackstone Boulevard, Talking to You, produced as double-bill in 2 by Saroyan, East End Theatre, New York City, 1961-62.

Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright, Booth Theatre, 1962 – Clarence Morris.

Stage choreography

Carmen Jones, Theatre in the Park, 1959.

Jamaica, Music Circus, Lambertville, New Jersey, 1959.

Dark of the Moon, Lenox Hill Playhouse, 1960.

(And director) African Holiday (musical), Apollo Theatre, New York City, 1960, then produced at Howard Theatre, Washington, D.C., 1960.

Feast of Ashes (ballet), Robert Joffrey Company, Teatro San Carlos, Lisbon, Portugal, 1962, then produced at New York City Center, 1971.

Antony and Cleopatra (opera), Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center, New York City, 1966.

La Strada, first produced at Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, 1969.

Leonard Bernstein’s Mass, Metropolitan Opera House, 1972, then John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia Academy of Music, both 1972.

Carmen, Metropolitan Opera, 1972.

Choreographed ballet, Lord Byron (opera; also see below), Juilliard School of Music, New York City, 1972.

Four Saints in Three Acts, Piccolo Met, New York City, 1973.

Director

(With William Hairston) Jerico-Jim Crow, The Sanctuary, New York City, 1964, then Greenwich Mews Theatre, 1968.

In 1968 Ailey was awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts, US & Canada. In 1977 he received the Spingarn Medal from the NAACP. He received the Kennedy Center Honors in 1988, was inducted into the National Museum of Dance and Hall of Fame in 1992, inducted into the Legacy Walk in 2012, and posthumously received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama in 2014.

In August 2019, Ailey was one of the honorees inducted in the Rainbow Honor Walk, a walk of fame in San Francisco’s Castro neighborhood noting LGBTQ people who have “made significant contributions in their fields.”

A crater on Mercury was named in his honor in 2012.

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Boing Boing Charitable Giving Guide 2019

Here's a guide to the charities the Boingers support in our own annual giving. Please add the causes and charities you give to in the forums!

Friends of the Merril Collection I'm on the board of the charity that fundraises for Toronto's Merril Collection, a part of the Toronto Public Library system that is also the world's largest public collection of science fiction, fantasy and related works (they archive my papers). Since its founding by Judith Merril, the Merril Collection has been a hub for creators, fans, and scholars. I wouldn't be a writer today if not for the guidance of its Writer in Residence when I was a kid. —CD

The Tor Project The Tor anonymity and privacy tools are vital to resistance struggles around the world, a cooperative network that provides a high degree of security from scrutiny for people who have reasons to fear the powers that be. From our early hominid ancestors until about ten years ago, humans didn't leave behind an exhaust-trail of personally identifying information as they navigated the world -- Tor restores that balance. —CD

Planned Parenthood Because we deserve health care, including reproductive, gender, and sexual health care. Because access to birth control and safe abortion is a human right. Because Trump's regime wants to destroy all of this. —XJ

Software Freedom Conservancy Software Freedom Conservancy does the important, boring, esoteric work of keeping the internet from tearing itself to pieces, playing host organization to free software projects like Git, Selenium and Samba (to name just three). The Conservancy keeps these projects legally sound and gives them a scaffold to hang their institutional structures on them. Without the Conservancy, the software you love and depend on would be in dire peril.

Electronic Frontier Foundation I have been proudly associated with EFF for a decade an a half now and have watched, half-awed, as it grew from a scrappy, brilliant little organization to a powerhouse of enormous scale and power. Every cause, every fight enumerated on this page and in your life and mine will be lost or won on the internet. EFF is the best hope we have of keeping that internet free, fair and open. —CD, MF

Creative Commons Creative Commons is best known as a tool for sharing-friendly artists, but that's just the tip of the iceberg. Since the beginning, and all over the world, CC has provided governments, agencies, research and scholarly institutions and NGOs with the tools to easily share across borders and the bewildering array of copyright laws. We can't beat trumpism without collaboration tools, and that includes legal tools. —CD

Wikimedia Foundation (Wikipedia) For 16 years, Wikipedia has been figuring out how to negotiate truth among diverse and even warring points of view. It's not always pretty and it's not always nice, but no one's yet found a better way to let ideas bash against each other until something everyone agrees upon emerges. It's not pretty, but compared to our democracy, it's a beauty queen. —CD, KS

Human Rights Data Analysis Group For more than twenty-five years, the Human Rights Data Analysis Group (HRDAG) has used data and statistical analysis to hold accountable the perpetrators of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide. HRDAG is a nonprofit, non-partisan organization that provides rigorous quantitative evidence for trials, truth commissions, UN Missions, and human rights monitors around the world. In 2019, HRDAG estimated the number of women held as sexual slaves by Japanese authorities in World War Two; the number of people disappeared in the final three days of the Sri Lankan civil war; and the number of people killed in drug-related violence by the police and other perpetrators in the Philippines. In the US, HRDAG critiqued the growing use of machine learning in the US criminal justice system, especially those used in place of bail to determine who should be released while awaiting trial. HRDAG's analysis has shown that machine learning can amplify biases in criminal justice data, for example by worsening racial disparities in policing. Other ongoing HRDAG projects include research on mass violence in the Philippines, Mexico, Sri Lanka, and several confidential projects in the US and abroad . —CD

Institute for the Future There are no facts about the future, only fictions. As we've learned in this crazy political season, nothing is certain about tomorrow. But even as our attention is captured by the present, we can begin to write the story to come. A place to start is the Institute for the Future's Future for Good fellowship. Institute for the Future, where Mark and David are researchers, is a 50-year-old nonprofit that helps the public think about the future to make better decisions in the present. The Fellowship directly supports inspiring social innovators who are working to make tomorrow a better place. You can help too. Make a donation of $100 and you’ll receive IFTF Distinguished Fellow Bob Johansen's new book "The New Leadership Literacies: Thriving in a Future of Extreme Disruption and Distributed Everything." —DP, MF

The National Wildlife Federation National Wildlife Federation is a voice for wildlife, dedicated to protecting wildlife and habitat and inspiring the future generation of conservationists. Now's the time: for the people currently in charge of U.S. policy, the cruelty is the point. —RB

The Marine Mammal Center When seals, sea lion, or many other sea going pals need help, if they get lucky, they may be taken to The Marine Mammal Center, a veterinary hospital just for them. Thousands of heartbreakingly cute, but very wild, animals are rescued, rehabilitated and released on an annual basis. I'm a volunteer. In addition to the hundreds of highly trained volunteers that make the hospital run, the center always needs cash for fish and medicine. —JW

Winn Feline Foundation The Winn Feline Foundation advances feline health by supporting research and education. Winn has funded over $6.4 million in health research for cats at more than 30 partner institutions worldwide. Current campaigns include funding for research on Chronic Kidney Disease, a condition estimated to affect more than 50% of senior cats. —KS

The Southern Poverty Law Center & the Anti-Defamation League The Southern Poverty Law Center and the Anti-Defemation League fight hate, teach tolerance, and help secure justice, and fair treatment for all. "There is no 'them' and 'us.' There is only us." --Greg Boyle —JW

Facing History and Ourselves Facing History and Ourselves is an international educational group that helps young people study issues around racism, antisemitism, and prejudice in history, from the Holocaust to today's immigrant experiences to the killing fields of Cambodia. Their aim is to teach young people "to think critically, to empathize, to recognize moral choices, to make their voices heard, we put in their hands the possibility--and the responsibility--to do the serious work demanded of us all as citizens." —DP

Free Software Foundation/Defective By Design The Free Software Foundation's principled litigation, license creation and campaigning is fierce, uncompromising and has changed the world. You interact with code that they made possible a million times a day, and they never stop working to make sure that the code stays free. —CD

Free Software Foundation Europe Software has eaten the world, and software freedom is increasingly synonymous with human freedom. In Europe, far-right parties and authoritarians are inheriting a constellation of gadgets and devices that are "defective by design," built to allow corporations spy on and control their owners -- and those thugs are contemplating how they can use those companies' extraordinary powers to put whole populations under their thumbs. Free software in Europe, free software everywhere! —CD

The Internet Archive: In an era where the control of information has been weaponized, the Internet Archive's mission -- universal access to all human knowledge -- is a revolutionary manifesto. The Archive has taken on a new mission: to re-decentralize the internet and restore it to its indie, distributed glory. —CD

Open Rights Group The UK's answer to Electronic Frontier Foundation, and never more badly needed than now, with authoritarianism on the rise and the constant battering of the electorate with political misadventures and grandstanding. Brexit could allow the UK to escape the oversight of the European courts, paving the way for even-more-extreme measures. —CD

Amnesty International I just looked up Amnesty's founding principles and found tears rolling down my cheeks: "Only when the last prisoner of conscience has been freed, when the last torture chamber has been closed, when the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights is a reality for the world’s people, will our work be done." These values need our support more than ever. —CD

ACLU On November 9, 2016 ACLU changed its homepage to a picture of Trump superimposed with the words SEE YOU IN COURT. ACLU's deep bench of kick-ass lawyers has been lately augmented by a much-needed group of freedom-fighting technologists, welded into the fighting force we'll need until the next election and beyond: from voter suppression to free speech, the ACLU is key to the fight. —CD, MF

Liberty With the UK plunging into surveillance dystopia where human rights are an afterthought and racial profiling is becoming official doctrine, it needs Liberty, an organisation with 80+ years' track record fighting for human rights in many incarnations of the British project. The Tories ran on a platform of repealing the Human Rights Act: when the government is officially anti "human rights," you need someone like Liberty to take the "pro" side. —CD

826 National Born in San Francisco’s Mission District in the back room of a pirate supply store, 826 National teaches young people the art and magic of creative writing through classes, DIY publishing projects, in-school programs, and drop-in tutoring at seven centers around the US. And it’s all free for the kids. Help open more 826 locations around the country! —DP

Fight for the Future Some of the Internet's savviest, hard-working-est activists. Fight for the Future has kept hope alive for Net Neutrality, leading the charge to use the Congressional Review Act to overturn the FCC's Neutrality-killing sneak attack. —CD

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MySociety Software in the public interest -- it's a damned good idea. MySociety produces software like Pledgebank ("I will risk arrest by refusing to register for a UK ID card if 100,000 other Britons will also do it") and TheyWorkForYou (every word and deed by every Member of Parliament). It's plumbing for activists and community organizers. —CD

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Robert Hooks

Robert Hooks (born Bobby Dean Hooks, April 18, 1937) is an American actor, producer, and activist. He is most recognizable to the public for his more than 100 roles in films, television, and stage. Most famously, Hooks, along with Douglas Turner Ward and Gerald S. Krone, founded The Negro Ensemble Company (NEC). The NEC is credited with the launch of the careers of many major black artists of all disciplines, while creating a body of performance literature over the last thirty years, providing the backbone of African-American theatrical classics. Additionally, Hooks is the sole founder of two significant black theatre companies: the D.C. Black Repertory Company, and New York's Group Theatre Workshop.

Biography

Early life

The youngest of five children, Hooks was born in Foggy Bottom, Washington, D.C. to Mae Bertha (née Ward), a seamstress, and Edward Hooks who had moved from Rocky Mount, North Carolina with their four other children, Bernice, Caroleigh, Charles Edward "Charlie", and James Walter "Jimmy". Named Bobby Dean Hooks at birth, Robert was their first child born "up-north" and the first to be born in a hospital. His father, Edward, died in a work accident on the railroad in 1939.

Hooks attended Stevens Elementary School. In 1945, at the insistence of his sister Bernice who was doing community arts outreach for youngsters at Francis Junior High School, he performed the lead in his first play, The Pirates of Penzance, at the age of nine. From the ages of 6 to 12, Bobby Dean journeyed with his siblings to Lucama, North Carolina to work the tobacco fields for his uncle's sharecropping farm as a way to help earn money for the coming school year in D.C.

In 1954, just as Brown vs. Board of Education was being implemented in the north, he moved to Philadelphia to be with his mother, her second husband, and his half-sister, Safia Abdullah (née Sharon Dickerson). Hooks experienced his first integrated school experience at West Philadelphia High School. Hooks soon joined the drama club and began acting in plays by William Shakespeare and Samuel Beckett. He was graduated in 1956, passing on a scholarship to Temple University in order to pursue a career as a stage actor at the Bessie V. Hicks School of Theatre (alongside Charles Dierkop and Bruce Dern, with whom he second-acted plays doing their pre-Broadway tryouts in Philadelphia) while working at Browning King, a men's tailor shop at Fourteenth and Chestnut streets.

Career

Having trained at the Bessie V. Smith School of Theatre in Philadelphia, and after seeing A Raisin in the Sun in its Philadelphia tryout in February 1959, Hooks moved to New York to pursue acting. In April 1960, as Bobby Dean Hooks, he made his Broadway debut in A Raisin in the Sun replacing Louis Gossett, Jr. who would be doing the film version. He then continued to do its national tour. He then stepped into the Broadway production of A Taste of Honey, replacing Billy Dee Williams; then repeating the same national tour trajectory as he had done for "Raisin..." the previous year. In early 1962 he next appeared as the lead in Jean Genet's The Blacks, replacing James Earl Jones as the male lead, leaving briefly that same year to appear on Broadway again in Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright before stepping back into the lead role in The Blacks in 1963. He then returned to Broadway, first in Ballad for Bimshire and then in the short-lived 1964 David Merrick revival of The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Any More (as a character created by Tennessee Williams for this revival) and starring Tallulah Bankhead and Tab Hunter in his only stage performance. Immediately thereafter, in March 24, 1964 he originated the role of Clay in Amiri Baraka's Dutchman. With this play, on the advice of Roscoe Lee Brown, Hooks became known as, Robert Hooks. He also originated roles on the New York stage in Where's Daddy? for which he won the Theatre World Award and he was nominated for Best Male Lead in a Musical for Hallelujah Baby while he was simultaneously starring in David Susskind's N.Y.P.D.—the first African American lead on a television drama.

In 1968 Hooks was the host of the new public affairs television program, Like It Is.

Hooks was nominated for a Tony for his lead role in the musical, Hallelujah, Baby!, has received both the Pioneer Award and the NAACP Image Award for Lifetime Achievement, and has been inducted into the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame. He also won an Emmy for his PBS special, Voices of Our People.

Significant roles for which Hooks is known include Reeve Scott in Hurry Sundown (1967), Mr. T. in the blaxploitation film Trouble Man (1972), grandpa Gene Donovan in the comedy Seventeen Again (2000), and Fleet Admiral Morrow in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984). He also appeared on television in an episode of the NBC crime drama series The Eddie Capra Mysteries in 1978 and portrayed Doctor Walcott in the 1980s television series Dynasty.

Activism

Arts and Culture

In 1964, as a result of a speaking engagement at the Chelsea Civil Rights Committee (then connected to the Hudson Guild Settlement House) he founded The Group Theatre Workshop (GTW), a tuition-free environment for disadvantaged urban teens who expressed a desire to explore acting. Among the instructors were Barbara Ann Teer, Frances Foster, Hal DeWindt, Lonne Elder III, and Ronnie Mack. Alumni include Antonio Fargas, Hattie Winston, and Daphne Maxwell Reid.

The Group Theatre Workshop was folded into the tuition-free training arm of the The Negro Ensemble Company (NEC) founded in 1967 with Douglas Turner Ward and Gerald S. Krone with a $1.3 million grant from the Ford Foundation under the auspices of W. McNeil Lowry.

From 1969-1972, Hooks served as an original board member of Black Academy of Arts and Letters (BAAL) (located in New York) alongside C. Eric Lincoln, President; John O. Killens, Alvin F. Poussaint, and Charles White. Chartered by the State of New York, BAAL's mission was to bring together Black artists and scholars from around the world. Additional members included: Julian Adderley, Alvin Ailey, Margaret Walker, James Baldwin, Imamu Baraka, Romare Bearden, Harry Belafonte, Lerone Bennett, Arna Bontemps, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee Davis, St. Clair Drake, Ernest Dunbar, Katherine Dunham, Lonne Elder III, Duke Ellington, Alex Haley, Ruth Inge Hardison, Vertis Hayes, Chester Himes, Lena Horne, Jacob Lawrence, Elma Lewis, Henry Lewis, Paule Marshall, Donald McKayle, Arthur Mitchell, Frederick O’Neal, Gordon Parks, Sidney Poitier, Benjamin Quarles, Lloyd Richards, Lucille D. Roberts, and Nina Simone.

In response to the violence in his home town of Washington, D.C. in the wake of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassination, and aided by a small grant from the Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation, Hooks took a leave of absence from the Negro Ensemble Company to create The D.C. Black Repertory Company (DCBRC, 1970-1981). As Founder and Executive Director, the DCBRC was intended as a further exploration of the ability of the arts to create healing. The a capella group Sweet Honey in the Rock was created and developed within its workshop process.

The Inner Voices (Lorton Prison arts training program, 1971) proved to be a result of the beneficial effect of the DCBRC in the D.C. area. In response to a direct plea from an inmate, Rhozier "Roach" Brown, who was serving a life sentence in Lorton, Hooks' D.C. Black Repertory Company structured the first prison-based arts program in the United States. While it is the norm now, it was then a revolutionary attempt at rehabilitation through the arts. Eventually The Inner Voices performed more than 500 times in other prisons, including a Christmas special entitled, "Holidays, Hollowdays." Due to Roach's work, President Gerald Ford commuted his sentence on Christmas Day, 1975.

His relocation to the West Coast redirected Hooks' approach to parity in the arts with his involvement with The Bay Area Multicultural Arts Initiative (1988) as a board member and grant facilitator-judge. Funded by monies from a unique coalition made up of the San Francisco Foundation (a community foundation); Grants for the Arts of the San Francisco Hotel Tax Fund, and The National Endowment for the Arts, the function of this organization was the funding of deserving local multicultural arts organizations.

In 1992, Hooks co-founded (with writer Lonne Elder III) Arts in Action. Located in South Central Los Angeles, this was a film and television training center established to guide individuals who aspired to careers in film production. It formulated strategies and training for securing entry-level jobs. Courses included: career development workshops; pre-production and production for film and television; creative problem solving in production management; directing for stage and screen—principles and practices; also the craft of assistant directors, script supervisor, technicians, wardrobe, make-up, etc.

The Negro Ensemble Company of Los Angeles (NEC-LA) (1994-1997) was created because so many New York members and original members had relocated to the west coast. Hooks, as founder and executive director enlisted alumni from his New York Negro Ensemble Company to serve as board members: Denise Nicholas, Denzel Washington, James Earl Jones, Laurence Fishburne, Richard Roundtree, Samuel L. Jackson. NEC-LA's goal was to be a new and innovative multi-ethnic cultural project that strived to achieve the community effectiveness and professional success of its parent organization.

Personal life

Hooks is the father of actor, television and film director Kevin Hooks. He married Lorrie Gay Marlow (actress, author, artist) on June 15, 2008. Previously, he was married to Yvonne Hickman and Rosie Lee Hooks.

Awards

1966 - Theatre World Award (1965–66 ) for "Where's Daddy?" (The Billy Rose Theatre)

1979 - American Black Achievement Award - Ebony Magazine

1982 - Emmy Award for Producing (1982) Voices of Our People: In Celebration of Black Poetry (KCET-TV/PBS)

1966 - Tony Nomination, Lead Role in a Musical for Hallelujah, Baby

1985 - Inducted into The Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame, recipient Oscar Micheaux Award (1985)

1986 - March 2nd declared Robert Hooks Day by the City of Los Angeles, Mayor Tom Bradley

1987 - Excellence in Advertising and Communications to Black Communities from CEBA (Excellence in Advertising and Communications to Black Communities)

2000 - Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa honorary degree, Bowie State University

2000 - May 25th declared Robert Hooks Day in Washington, D.C.

2005 - Beverly Hills/Hollywood Chapter NAACP Image Award for Lifetime Achievement

2005 - Beverly Hills/Hollywood Chapter NAACP Trailblazer Award to the Negro Ensemble Company

2005 - Trailblazer Award – City of Los Angeles

2006 - The Black Academy of Arts and Letters (TBAAL), Lifetime Achievement Award (Dallas)

2007 - The Black Theatre Alliance Awards / Lifetime Achievement Award

2015 - Living Legend Award (2015) National Black Theatre Festival

2018 - October 18th proclaimed Robert Hooks Day by Mayor Muriel Bowser, Washington, D.C.

2018 - Hooks is entered into The Congressional Record by the Hon. Eleanor Holmes Norton, September 4, 2018, Vol. 164

2018 - Visionary Founder and Creator Award - D.C. Black Repertory Company on its 47th anniversary

Acting Credits

Film

Sweet Love, Bitter (1967) .... Keel Robinson

Hurry Sundown (1967) .... Reeve Scott

Last of the Mobile Hot Shots (1970) .... Chicken

Carter's Army (1970) .... Lt. Edward Wallace

Trouble Man (1972) .... Mr. T

Aaron Loves Angela (1975) .... Beau

Airport '77 (1977) .... Eddie

Fast-Walking (1982) .... William Galliot

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) .... Admiral Morrow

Passenger 57 (1992) .... Dwight Henderson

Posse (1993) .... King David

Fled (1996) .... Lt. Clark

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Thе Lindsay Wildlife Experience 

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Stem Cell Therapy

Stem cells are the foundation for every organ and tissue in your body. They are the body's raw materials — cells from which all other cells with specialized functions are generated. There are many different types of stem cells that come from different places in the body or are formed at different times in our lives. These include embryonic stem cells that exist only at the earliest stages of development and various types of tissue-specific (or adult) stem cells that appear during fetal development and remain in our bodies throughout life.

Cell therapy involves grafting cells to restore the function of a tissue or organ. The aim is to provide long-term care to the patient through a single injection of therapeutic cells. These cells are obtained from pluripotent  (can give all types of cells) or multipotent (can give a limited number of cell types) from the patient himself or from a donor. Under the right conditions in the body or a laboratory, stem cells divide to form more cells called daughter cells. Researchers now know how to differentiate pluripotent cells into several cell types.

People who might benefit from stem cell therapies include those with spinal cord injuries, type 1 diabetes, Parkinson's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Alzheimer's disease, heart disease, stroke, burns, cancer and osteoarthritis.

The most used Multipotent stem cells, present throughout the body within the adipose, bone marrow, organ support tissues, but also from bones, cartilage, muscles ... These stem cells are particularly easy to take from adipose tissue or bone marrow. They can give rise to cartilaginous cells (chondrocytes), Osseous (ostheoblasts), fatty (adipocytes), muscle fibers (myocytes), cardiomyocytes ... They also secrete growth factors favorable to the surrounding cells and are sometimes used exclusively for this property. They also produce anti-inflammatory factors, which lead to local immunosuppression and promote the function of cells regulating immunity. These properties limit local inflammation and protect, a priori, against transplant rejection.

Other multipotent cells can be used in cell therapy, such as skin stem cells. The stem cells of the eye make it possible to repair lesions of the cornea. Hematopoietic stem cells from the bone marrow are the source of all blood cells: in the case of hematological cancer, they make it possible to rebuild a stock of healthy blood cells after chemotherapy. Umbilical cord blood contains immune-naive hematopoietic stem cells, and therefore very well tolerated in the event of a transplant. Cord blood is used to treat malignant hemopathies such as leukemia or lymphoma, or genetic diseases like Fanconi anemia. It offers a serious alternative to bone marrow transplantation in the absence of a compatible donor. However, the number of therapeutic cells recovered by cord is low. When therapeutic stem cells are taken from someone other than the patient, they are said to be allogeneic. Their use can pose problems of immune tolerance.

Stem cell therapy, also known as regenerative medicine, promotes the repair response of diseased, dysfunctional or injured tissue using stem cells or their derivatives. It is the next chapter in organ transplantation and uses cells instead of donor organs, which are limited in supply.

The indications for cell therapy are endless and the promise is real in many areas. Clinical fields such as that of neurodegenerative diseases  (Parkinson's or Alzheimer's diseases) or muscular degenerations (Duchenne muscular dystrophy) could be concerned if the researchers manage to produce different subtypes of neurons in large quantities and skeletal muscle cells. And how not to also imagine the possibility of producing blood cells, including platelet, in unlimited quantity, to cover the blood needs of hospitals? All assumptions are now allowed.

Stem cell researchers are making great advances in understanding normal development, figuring out what goes wrong in disease and developing and testing potential treatments to help patients. They still have much to learn, however, about how stem cells work in the body and their capacity for healing. Safe and effective treatments for most diseases, conditions and injuries are in the future.

There is certain information you should look into if you are considering a stem cell treatment, including a detailed description of the treatment and the science that supports it, the expected outcome and the risks. It is important to discuss any research or information you gather with your primary care physician and other trusted members of your healthcare team in deciding what is right for you.

CLINICS & DOCTORS LIST

Kristin Comella. PhD | Stem Cell | U.S. Stem Cell, Inc., 13794 NW4th Street, Suite 212 Sunrise, FL 33325

Regenerative Medicine Institute, Vincent Giampapa MD, F.A.C.S. Plastic Reconstructive Surgeon | Stem Cell | 89 Valley Rd, Montclair, NJ, 07042 USA

Advanced Orthopedic Specialists | Stem Cell | Genoa Business Park Drive 2305, Brighton, 48114 Michigan USA

Anatara Medicine & San Francisco Stem Cell | Stem Cell | 1700 California Street, Suite 520, San Francisco, CA 94109 USA

Beatriz Palma-Zevallos, SA-C Cosmetic Surgeon | Stem Cell | 118 S Pendleton St, Easley, SC, USA

Caring Medical & Rehabilitation Services – Chicagoland Office             | Stem Cell | North Lake  Street. Oak Park 715 Grayslake, 60030 Illinois USA

Darrow Stem Cell Institute | Stem Cell | Wilshere Boulevard 11645, Los Angeles, CA 90025 USA

Jonathan Landow, MD | Stem Cell | 420 Jericho Tpke, Jericho,             NY 11753 USA

Manhattan Integrtive Medicine | Stem Cell | 330 West 58th Street, Suite 610, New York, NY 10019 USA

Pangenics Regenerative Center | Stem Cell | 3599 University Blvd, Suite 603, Jacksonville, FL 32218 USA

South Florida Bone Marrow / Stem Cell Transplant Institute, | Stem Cell | Ste 600 10301, Boynton Beach, FL 33437 USA

Stem Cell Carolina | Stem Cell | 7928 Counsel Place, #116 Matthews, NC 28105 USA

Charm – Center for Healing and Regenerative Medicine | Stem Cell | Ranch Road 2222 10815, Austin, TX &8730 USA

UCLA-UCI Alpha Stem Cell Clinic | Stem Cell | University of California Irvine, 845 Health Sciences Road, 1001 Gross Hall Irvine, CA 92697-1705 USA

U.S. STEM CELL, Inc, | Stem Cell | 1560 Sawgrass Corporate Parkway, 4th Floor, FL 33323 USA

U.S. STEM-CELL CLINIC, Michelle Parlo, PA-C Physician Assistant, Beatriz Palma-Zevallos, SA-C Cosmetic Surgeon, Antonio E. Blanco, MD | Stem Cell | 1290 Weston Road, Suite 203A, Weston, FL 33326 USA

INTERNATIONAL CLINICS & DOCTORS LIST

COSTA RICA

REGENERATIVE MEDICINE INSTITUTE, Vincent Giampapa, MD, F.A.C.S. Victor Urzola MD, Estaban Urzola MDS, Richard D. Striano D.C., RMSK, | Stem Cell | Avenida Escazu, Torre Lexus 3rd Floor San Jose, Costa Rica 101017

STEM CELLS TRANSPLANT INSTITUTE, Leslie Mesen MD | Stem Cell | Hospital Cima,Medical Tower II, Office 618, San Rafael, Escazú, San José, Costa Rica

CROATIA

ST. CATHERINE SPECIALITY HOSPITAL - STEM CELL | Stem Cell | Bračak 8, Bračak, 49210 Krapinsko-Zagorska Zupanija, Croatia

INDIA

KOKILABEN DHIRUBHAI AMBANI HOSPITAL | Stem Cell | Swaminarayan Complex Surat, 395001 Gujarat India

JAPAN

OMOTESANDO HELENE CLINIC | Stem Cell | 5-9-15 Minami Aoyama Minato-Ku, Minato, 107-0052 Tokyo Japan

MEXICO

STEM CELL THERAPY TIJUANA MEXICO, Hospital Angeles Tijuana | Stem Cell | Paseo de los Heroes 10999 – 309, Zona Urbana Rio Tijuana, 22010 Tijuana, B.C. Mexico

PROGENCELL – STEM CELL THERAPIES | Stem Cell | Medical clinic, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico – In Plaza Comercial Pavillion

WORLD STEM CELL CLINIC  | Stem Cell | Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico

PANAMA

STEM CELL INSTITUTE | Stem Cell | BICSA Financial Tower 63rd Floor, Calle Aquilino de la Guardia, Panama City, Panama

SOUTH AFRICA

THE MELROSE AESTHETIC CENTRE | Stem Cell | 3rd Floor, Medical Centre, Melrose Arch Johannesburg, 2196 Gauteng South Africa

THAILAND

STEMCELLS21| Stem Cell | Soi Ruam 3 Bangkok, 10330 Bangkok Thailand

UK

UK STEM CELLFOUNDATION | Stem Cell | 21 Albermarle Street, London, W1S4BS UK

MEDICA STEM CELLS | Stem Cell | 27 George Street, Marylebone, London, W1U3QA UK

UKRAINE

ILAYA MEDICAL STEM CELL CLINIC, R. Sulik MD & Neurologist        | Stem Cell | Ivana Kramskogo Street 9, 03115 Kiev, Ukraine

ABLOU SREM CELL CLINIC | Stem Cell | Voznesens’kyy uzviz 23B, Kyiv – 02000, Ukraine

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headcanon 001.

This isn’t so much original ideas, but organization of the information provided by the show.

Steve’s “Haunting of” series includes the following 10 titles (and what they’re likely about):

“The Haunting of Hill House” - The story of the Crain Family in the notoriously haunted Hill House in Massachusetts. 

“The Haunting of Danvers” - Danvers State Hospital, a psychiatric hospital, in Massachusetts with your typical use of inhumane medical treatments: lobotomies, shock therapy, straitjackets...

“The Haunting of Fairfield Hills” - Psychiatric hospital in Newton, Connecticut. Of course, its treatments included hydrotherapy, shock therapy, and frontal lobotomies and it was eventually closed due to deinstitutionalization. 

“The Haunting of Williamsburg” - On one of America’s oldest and most historical towns found in Virginia, it covers colonial ghost stories originating from the 18th century that are still experienced today. 

“The Haunting of Queen Mary” - The RMS Queen Mary is a British ocean liner that took part in WWII. It is docked in Long Beach, California, and is a well known haunted attraction. 

“The Haunting of Battery Point” - A charming lighthouse in California turned museum is still plagued by the supernatural.

“The Haunting of Ranchos Los Amigos” - Full title: Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center or the “Downey Insane Asylum.” Located in Downey, California, it was once a “poor farm” that took in the impoverished and mentally ill, eventually developing into a community. The supernatural presence is attributed to the numerous bodies buried there.

“The Haunting of Rockhaven Sanitarium” - Yet another location in California, it follows the story of a small, independent psychiatric hospital for mentally ill women whose founder wanted change after witnessing the abhorrent mistreatment of patients. 

“The Haunting of Mendocino Hotel” - Historical hotel in California, associated with spookiness.

“The Haunting of Alcatraz” - Alcatraz Island, featuring a historical federal prison in beautiful San Francisco.

The first book of “The Haunting” series was “The Haunting of Hill House” which earned Steve his fame and success. I believe that “The Haunting of Alcatraz” is his most recent, given the book-signing scene with Nell! I believe the general order of his novels follow as Steve travels along the east coast from Massachusetts to Connecticut to Virginia. Once he moves to California with his wife, 6 years before the show’s timeline, he focuses entirely on California content. 

NOTE: I did a little research on all of these locations but will need to look at them more in depth! I personally think I’d have liked to read his Danvers novel, haha. 

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Has anyone done a comparison between what VF has said aboit the movies previously and what ended up happening in the movies for real? Could be interesting

Not that I’ve seen, Nonnie,

But I gave it a quick scan and it’s pretty spoiler light lol.  Below the cut are some of the quotes I found interesting. As a direct comparison, the 2019 edition is longer and got some stunningly specific content concerning the relationship between Kylo and Rey, and more upfront “spoilers” than 2017 (we have more of an idea of where the movie’s starting at than in 2017 at the same point). There certainly weren’t any will they-won’t they/Star Crossed comments in the VF article from 2017. In fact, there’s not much mentioned about them together at all (which I’m sure is intentional because many people were surprised about them having a bond and not immediately killing each other). This year, they’re really deliberately setting the tone of what’s to come, which I appreciate.

We also heard a lot more about F/nn and P/e than in the 2019 article too; all in all, we got a fuck of a lot more in 2019, which is probably due to this being the last one? Pulling out all the stops? Making it super obvious?

They also talk a lot about Carrie and her passing, as well as spend a great deal of time talking to Mark, which is understandable.

Closer to the release of TLJ, there was this article from Anthony Breznican which delved more into the idea that maybe there’s more going on between these two than people realize (that maybe Rey was at risk for falling to the dark side, specifically).

In October 2017, there was this interview where Adam interviews Daisy that was both cute and kind of made it clear that they possibly spent more time filming together than some people realized, meaning that their characters would likely have much screentime together. 

Additionally, there were some interesting updates to the SW Database that made us all freak the fuck out (specifically talking about a connection between Rey and Kylo) as well as a shitton of Reylo-centric covers.

I honestly think they’re intentionally being obvious here, because.... some people don’t seem to be getting the direction of this story, or don’t want to believe certain relationships/stories are going to be a huge focus of tRoS.

Anyways, quotes after the cut, but I linked the article up top if anyone is interested.

Cheers!

This quote really resonates:  

Adam Driver, alluding both to Finn’s state and the scar seen on his own face in the trailer, told me, “I feel like almost everyone is in that rehabilitation state. You know, I don’t think that patricide is all that it’s cracked up to be. Maybe that’s where Kylo Ren is starting from. His external scar is probably as much an internal one.”

And this one concerning Rian Johnson and his headspace when writing the script:

But Johnson, in drawing up his screenplay, decided to raise the stakes further. “I started by writing the names of each of the characters,” he said, “and thinking, What’s the hardest thing they could be faced with?”

Rian on Luke training Rey:

The Last Jedi is to a large extent about the relationship between Luke and Rey, but Johnson cautions against any “one-to-one correlation” between, say, Yoda’s tutelage of young Luke in The Empire Strikes Back and old Luke’s tutelage of Rey. “There’s a training element to it,” he said, “but it’s not exactly what you would expect.” 

Ha ha ha, a lot can change during the time between movies:

The final film of the trilogy, due in 2019 and for the moment assigned the simple working title Episode IX, will be directed by Colin Trevorrow, who did not yet have the big-budget feature Jurassic Worldunder his belt when he crossed Kennedy’s radar; he came to her attention via his first feature, the 2012 indie comedy Safety Not Guaranteed, and a recommendation from her friend Brad Bird, the Pixar auteur.

On the story group and their role during production:

The story group, which numbers 11 people, maintains the narrative continuity and integrity of all the Star Wars properties that exist across various platforms: animation, video games, novels, comic books, and, most important, movies. “The whole team reads each draft of the screenplay as it evolves,” Hart explained to me, “and we try, as much as we can, to smooth out anything that isn’t connecting.” 

More on the story group and how Rian worked with them:

What the story group does not do, Hart said, is impose plot-point mandates on the filmmakers. Johnson told me he was surprised at how much leeway he was given to cook up the action of Episode VIII from scratch. “The pre-set was Episode VII, and that was kind of it,” he said. If anything, Johnson wanted more give-and-take with the Lucasfilm team, so he moved up to San Francisco for about six weeks during his writing process, taking an office two doors down from Hart’s and meeting with the full group twice a week.

I really miss Carrie:

Isaac, who filmed several scenes with Fisher, said that, like Hamill, she delivered a rich performance, giving her all as an actor, rather than treating Leia’s part as an exercise in feel-good sentimentalism. “We did this scene where Carrie has to slap me,” he said. “I think we did 27 takes in all, and Carrie leaned into it every time, man. She loved hitting me. Rian found such a wonderful way of working with her, and I think she really relished it.”

For his part, Johnson quickly formed a deep bond with Fisher as a fellow writer, spending long hours with her at the eccentric compound she shared with her mother, Debbie Reynolds, in the Coldwater Canyon section of Beverly Hills. “After I had a draft, I would sit down with her when I was working on re-writing,” he said. “Sitting with her on her bed, in her insane bedroom with all this crazy modern art around us, TCM on the TV, a constant stream of Coca-Cola, and Gary the dog slobbering at her feet.”

Fisher completed her part in Episode VIII late last summer, when principal photography on the film wrapped. “She was having a blast,” said Kennedy. “The minute she finished, she grabbed me and said, ‘I’d better be at the forefront of IX!’ Because Harrison was front and center on VII, and Mark is front and center on VIII. She thought IX would be her movie. And it would have been.”  [Okay, crying a little bit--my comment]

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Here's what we know about the 100 people who've died in the US from coronavirus

Dozens of people from their 50s to their 90s have died in the United States after contracting the novel coronavirus and the death toll continues rising.

At least

112 people have died

since the first US case of the coronavirus was reported in January and the virus has spread to all states, the District of Columbia and some territories.While the majority were treated at hospitals, a woman in Washington died at home.

A couple in Indiana infected with the virus could not be together when one of them died. As they were hospitalized, they used iPads to see each other and a nurse stayed with one of them before dying, according to Dr. Ram Yeleti, chief physician executive with Community Health Network.It's unclear whether any deaths include foreign-born individuals, and authorities have not disclosed all of their ages.Here's what we have learned about those who have died because of the coronavirus, according to a CNN tally of data from state heath officials.Most of them were 60 years and olderHealth officials have said that

older adults were twice as likely

to have serious illness from the novel coronavirus and the fatal cases in the US appear to reflect that.The majority of people who have died were in their 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s. The youngest were in their early or mid-50s.Many lived in nursing homes or other facilitiesThe deadliest cluster so far has been linked to a nursing home in Kirkland, Washington. More than 20 people who lived there and someone who visited the facility have died.People who lived in other long-term care facilities in Washington, Florida and Kansas contracted the virus and died.Many had other health problemsDiabetes, emphysema and heart problems were among the pre-existing conditions that some people suffered before they were diagnosed with coronavirus.Only a few traveled abroadAuthorities are still trying to determine how many contracted the virus but have said some of those who died recently traveled overseas.In California, one person went to Thailand and another one was on a cruise to Mexico. Two people in Florida had traveled outside the country.Death toll state by stateCALIFORNIA: 14- A patient in Placer County who had underlying health conditions was the first coronavirus-related death in the state.The person, described as elderly, was likely exposed while traveling February 11-21 on a Princess cruise ship that was going from San Francisco to Mexico, according to Placer County Public Health. The patient had been in isolation at Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center.- An "older adult" woman who was hospitalized for a respiratory illness died March 9 in Santa Clara County.- A woman in her 60s died in Santa Clara County. The woman was hospitalized for several weeks and is believed to have contracted the virus through community transmission, the county's health department said.- A resident of Sacramento County who had underlying health conditions and was in an assisted living facility, the county public health department said. A county official told CNN the resident was in their 90s.- A woman in her 60s who was visiting friends died in Los Angeles County. She had a history of extensive travel, including a long layover in South Korea, according to Barbara Ferrer, director of public health for Los Angeles County.- A person was reported dead in San Mateo County on March 15.- A Sacramento County resident who was older than 70 and suffered from underlying health conditions.- A person in Santa Clara County.- A person in Santa Clara County.- A person in Riverside County.- A person in Riverside County.- A person in Riverside County.- A man in his 60s died in San Benito County on March 16. He had traveled to Thailand and had an underlying health condition.- A man in his 50s who was hospitalized died on March 17.COLORADO: 2- A woman in her 80s who lived in El Paso County.FLORIDA: 6- A patient died in Santa Rosa County following an international trip.- A person in their 70s who tested presumptive positive in Lee County following an international trip.- Three people who lived at assisted living facilities died in Fort Lauderdale. The deaths happened at separate facilities and each of them had different levels of symptoms.- A 77-year-old man linked to an assisted living facility in Broward County died. He had "significant" underlying medical problems, health officials said.GEORGIA: 1- A 67-year-old man who was hospitalized at WellStar Kennestone Hospital in Marietta since he tested positive for coronavirus on March 7.ILLINOIS: 1- A woman in her 60s with an underlying condition who lived in Chicago. She had contact with an infected person.INDIANA: 2- A person over the age of 60 died. The patient's significant other was also infected and they could only see each other through a video call.- A person in their 60s died in Marion County.KANSAS: 1- A man in his 70s who lived in a long-term care facility in Wyandotte County died.KENTUCKY: 1- A 66-year-old man in Bourbon County died.LOUISIANA: 4- A 58-year-old who lived in Orleans Parish died. The patient, who had an underlying medical condition, was hospitalized at Touro Infirmary Hospital and Medical Center.- A 53-year-old who lived in Orleans Parish died. The patient was hospitalized at Touro Infirmary Hospital and Medical Center.- A woman in her 80s who lived at Lambeth House nursing home died.- A person who lived in Orleans Parish died.NEVADA: 1- A man in his 60s who lived in Clark County died. He had been hospitalized and suffered an underlying medical condition.NEW JERSEY: 3- A 69-year-old man from Bergen County who was treated at Hackensack University Medical Center died March 10. He had a history of diabetes, hypertension, atrial fibrillation, gastrointestinal bleeding and emphysema, said Judith Persichilli, the state's health commissioner.The man, who traveled regularly to New York City, had a heart attack a day before he died and was revived. He died after having a second heart attack.- A woman in her 50s died after being hospitalized at Centra State Medical Center.- A man in his 90s died after being hospitalized at Hackensack University Medical Center.NEW YORK: 15- An 82-year-old woman with emphysema died in a New York City hospital.- A 79-year-old woman had been suffering from heart failure and lung disease before contracting the virus. She died in a New York City hospital.- A 78-year-old man with multiple pre-existing conditions died in a New York City hospital.- A 56-year-old man with diabetes died in a New York City hospital.- A 53-year-old woman with diabetes and heart disease died in a New York City hospital.- A patient died in a New York City hospital.- A patient died in a New York City hospital.- A 64-year-old person died in Rockland County on March 12. The patient had other "significant" health problems.- A man in his 80s who had been in isolation at St. Catherine's Hospital in Suffolk County died.- A man in his 90s who had been isolation at Huntington Hospital died.OREGON: 2SOUTH CAROLINA: 1SOUTH DAKOTA: 1- A man in his 60s with underlying medical conditions died, according to Kim Malsam-Rysdon, South Dakota's secretary of health.TEXAS: 1- A man in his 90s who lived in Matagorda County died.VIRGINIA: 2- A man in his 70s died from respiratory failure.- A man in his 70s died in the state's Peninsula region.WASHINGTON: 54- A man in his 50s who was hospitalized at the EvergreenHealth Medical Center in Kirkland.- A man in his 70s died February 29. He was hospitalized at EvergreenHealth and had underlying health conditions.- A woman in her 80s died March 1. She had been in critical condition at EvergreenHealth.- A woman in her 90s died March 3. She had been hospitalized at EvergreenHealth.- A man in his 60s who visited Life Care Center died March 5.- A person died in Snohomish County, said Heather Thomas, a spokeswoman with the Snohomish Health District.- A person in Grant County.- A woman in her 80s who lived at the Issaquah Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Issaquah died March 8. She had been hospitalized at Swedish Hospital in Issaquah.- A man in his 80s who lived at Ida Culver House, a retirement community in Seattle, died March 9. He was hospitalized at the University of Washington Medical Center.- A man in his 80s who was "connected" to Josephine Caring Community, an assisted living facility in Snohomish County.- A woman in her 90s who lived at the Redmond Care and Rehabilitation Center nursing home died March 10 after being hospitalized at EvergreenHealth.- A person in Snohomish County.- A man in his 80s died March 11. He was hospitalized at EvergreenHealth.- A man in his 70s died March 9. He was hospitalized at Overlake Medical Center in Bellevue.- A man in his 80s died March 11 at Swedish Hospital in Issaquah.- A person died in Snohomish County.- A person died in King County.- A person died in King County.- A person died in King County.- A man in his 80s died March 15.- A woman in her 70s died March 15.- A man in his 80s died March 11.- A woman in her 50s died March 8 at Harborview Medical Center.- A woman in her 70s died March 14 at Northwest Hospital.- A woman in her 90s died March 12. She lived at Redmond Care and Rehabilitation Center nursing home.- Two people died in Clark County March 16, health officials from the county's health department said.Life Care Center nursing home residents:- A woman in her 70s died March 2. She was hospitalized at EvergreenHealth Medical Center.- A man in his 70s died March 1 at EvergreenHealth and had underlying health conditions.- A woman in her 70s died March 1 at EvergreenHealth. She had underlying health conditions.- A woman in her 80s who was never hospitalized died at her family home February 26.- A man in his 50s died February 26 after being hospitalized at Harborview Medical Center.- A woman in her 90s died March 3 after being hospitalized at EvergreenHealth.- A man in his 70s died March 2 after being hospitalized at EvergreenHealth.- A woman in her 80s died March 5. She was hospitalized at Harborview Medical Center.- A woman in her 70s died March 5. She was hospitalized at EvergreenHealth.- A woman in her 80s died March 6. She was hospitalized at EvergreenHealth.- A woman in her 80s died March 6. She was hospitalized at EvergreenHealth.- A man in his 90s died March 5. He was hospitalized at Harborview Medical Center.- A woman in her 80s died March 4. She was hospitalized at EvergreenHealth.- A woman in her 90s died March 8. She was hospitalized at Harborview Medical Center.- A woman in her 70s died March 8. She was hospitalized at EvergreenHealth.- A woman in her 90s died March 3.- A man in his 90s died March 5. He was hospitalized at EvergreenHealth.- A woman in her 60s died March 9. She was hospitalized at EvergreenHealth.- A woman in her 90s died March 6.- A woman in her 90s died March 6.- A woman in her 80s died March 4.

- A woman in her 60s died March 14. She was hospitalized at Franciscan Medical.- A woman in her 70s died March 12.

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Drug Courts and Relapse Prevention

Drug courts are just a couple of the most effective things man does in the corrections system and criminal justice system in just a time period time. Since in the Oregon with judges and engaging judges within the Haight it can appear it's progressively more common and wished for. The judges themselves have gotten enamored with klonopin court system. They're pleased with what they are doing, how they can interact directly having the accused and the procedure alternatives presently. We call that in prescription obsession and monitor communities Coerced Treatment. In fact it's the freedom to choose, meaning you may find themselves in to prison, a drug court or you are able to do better odds from that drug court, but it really a style of coercion treatment.

Drug addiction education videos certainly are a rewarding help to folks desirous to make a difference in relapse prevention treatment drug addiction learning. It is through executives and individuals having the data this research has made the impact it has. Research from in the united states and all along of this specific trend illustrate that drug courts and education were highly useful for promoting recovery and giving folks long-term sobriety. Most significant of for the courts is the idea that it reduced recidivism. Folk failed to get arrested and substitute in the slammer.

We are now living in a land that is barely outside whack while using the incarceration of more folks within the slammer than in anyplace else in the world. Selling price it costs us is astronomical and increases more if somebody announces they're suicidal which forces a 24 hour psychiatric watch that may cost around one hundred thousand dollars on a monthly basis or so. If we will just get people out from the prisons and into treatment so if those folk have become able to stay remove any dirt be lacking recidivism, our society would save a big sum of cash.

Repeatedly studying addiction and examining relapse prevention textbooks becomes an enormous area of the success of these programs and then in caring for the addicted. When someone is coerced into treatment, you might primarily state that they will not be a part of in treatment and they would not be as victorious as people voluntarily looking for treatment. However, the flip-side might be true. After we compare voluntary treatment admissions versus those who are forced into engaging drug courts or by very aggressive Parole officers we have become seeing finer outcomes in the forced treatment patients.

The easiest result for those who who participates in treatment is section of holiday treatment. The more time that you remain treatment, the higher the end result. That is what Coerced Treatment does. In voluntary treatment, perhaps you'll drop out for each individual time. In coerced Treatment they will cause you to participate for an entire year or place you in prison and if you forget each day they pair to place you right into the next group.

The issues we have got here's what we call "you can fake it till you make it.". That even if they are able to don't care and are performing it for another person or play-acting that your situation is treatment, in the event you sit in the groups in counseling, grab the medications plus the interventions that are present - something can connect. If somebody else will be in the treatment sufficient, they're ultimately able to dig up some clean effort and get their brain chemistry back more in a well balanced shape. Additionally, their cognition levels start to go over more thoroughly and they're finally able to grasp where their lives you're going and whatever they ought to do to remain better. Drug courts joined with addiction education learning materials was demonstrated to assist addicts and will naturally help folks in need down the line.

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Political Interest Groups, and PACs Assessment

1a. The interest group that I chose is the National Criminal Justice Association.

b. The National Criminal Justice Association represents many different people and organisations advocating for the prevention of crime, juvenile justice, and crime prevention.

c. 1. The NCJA believes that mental illness can put a person at a greater risk of becoming involved in the criminal justice system, and that early intervention and services can stop crime before it happens. They believe in resources and housing for the mentally ill.

   2. The NCJA believes that reentry into communities should be with support and resources in order to reduce recidivism rates.

   3. The NCJA aims to represent state, tribal, and community criminal justice concerns to the federal government, and to ensure communication between local justice systems and the federal government.

   4. The NCJA wants communication between authorities and community members, and believes that the maintenance of this relationship is both vital and requires cooperation from both sides.

  5. The NCJA believes that juveniles and adults are fundamentally different, and therefore the juvenile justice system and the adult criminal justice system should be different. They believe in a comprehensive and rehabilitative approach to juvenile justice.

d. The NCJA supports the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program which provides funding for federal and state criminal justice programs. 

e. This interest group is based in Washington D.C. but has State Administering Agencies (SAAs) in every state, and 56 agencies in total. Many of their meetings and resources are online, but it would be possible to meet with the California SSA or go to the national conference that occurs in Cleveland every year.

f. The NCJA is a large and multi-faceted organization. Many members within the organization do volunteer work with them, and organize larger projects that involve volunteers from within the community. 

g. The NCJA is fascinating because of just how wide reaching they truly are. Their influence seems to extend all over the country and both on the federal and state government scales. Their goals, to reduce crime rates and to keep communities safer, are shared by both liberals and conservatives. However, it is hard to tell if the NCJA takes any certain political stance.

2. a. The special interest group I chose is the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice (CJCJ).

b. The CJCJ is a special interest group that advocates for the lessening of the use of incarceration as a method of punishment in the California Bay Area.

c. 1. The CJCJ offers 16 different support programs for those who are currently going through both the criminal justice and juvenile justice systems.

   2. The CJCJ believes that currently, our society relies on a “out of sight, out of mind” policy when it comes to justice. They believe that incarceration (in its current state) serves very little practical purpose and that the system is fundamentally flawed.

  3. The CJCJ believes that the families of those who are currently in the criminal or juvenile justice system are neglected by our current government policies. They offer a variety of programs and services to help these families.

   4. The CJCJ believes that the cycle of incarceration exists in our current society and should be abolished. They believe that a family member being incarcerated can have serious detrimental effects on a child that can lead to them being more at risk.

  5. The CJCJ supports the rights of women and diversity based programs. They offer programs of their own to support these groups in a variety of ways

d. The CJCJ supports Senate Bill 284 (The Keep Youth Closer to Home Act), which stops children from entering the Division of Juvenile Justice and instead routes youth towards local alternatives.

e. This interest group is located in San Francisco, California and is active within the larger California Bay Area. There are local meetings, gatherings, and protests that they hold and many opportunities to get involved. They encourage people to reach out to their Senators and Congressmen about issues.

f. They offer volunteer opportunities in many of their programs. They range from direct contact with families currently impacted to attending events organized by the group.

g. Because the CJCJ is so localized, they are able to adapt to changes within the Bay Area rapidly. They are a far more grassroots organization, which means that while their total impact is less than a large national organization they seem to be doing more good in their small area.

3. The two groups seem to have advantages and disadvantages that are results of their relative size. The CJCJ is able to act more quickly in response to changes within their own area. The NCJA, however, seems to have far greater influence especially in Washington D.C.. Their impact on a national scale is far larger.

4. a. I chose the Real Justice PAC.

b. The Real Justice PAC works to help candidates that believe in a reform of the criminal justice system, who want to stop the racism within the current system, and stop state abuse of power.

c. They currently have $503,507. They have spent $529,858 and currently have $1,132,650 on hand.

d. The website says that 0$ have been spent on both Republican and Democratic candidates.

e. Their donors are largely individual contributors, but CHESA BOUDIN FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY 2019 is one donor. This reflects the interests of this PAC because it is a liberal leaning organization. Therefore, a candidate might want to donate to it.

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BLOG POST #5 POLITICAL INTEREST GROUPS AND PAC ASSESSMENT

Blog Post #5 due Tuesday 11/05 by 8 a.m.

·         Please go to: http://votesmart.org/interest-groups

·         Under the state tab, choose national, then click on the issue tab and choose the category which represents your civic action issue.

1.       Identify one national interest group that represents your issue. Include:

a.      Interest group name

American Civil Liberties Union 

b.      A brief statement assessing the position/perspective of the interest group.

"The ACLU is our nation's guardian of liberty, working daily in courts, legislatures and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and laws of the United States guarantee everyone in this country. The ACLU's mission is to conserve America's original civic values: the Constitution and the Bill of Rights."

c.       Visit the interest group’s website.  Spend a few minutes exploring and reading about what this group believes, what it wants to happen in Washington, and how it seeks to influence politicians. List five important pieces of information which gives a picture of what this interest group believes.

The ACLU’s main goal is to protect peoples basic rights that are stated in the Constitution under the Bill of Rights. They started the Criminal Law Reform Project that focuses its work on the criminal justice system. It is seeking to end excessively harsh criminal justice policies that result in mass incarceration, over-criminalization, and racial injustice, and stand in the way of a fair and equal society. CLRP is working to reverse the tide of overincarceration, protect constitutional rights, eliminate racial disparities, and increase government accountability and transparency. Long-term isolation costs too much, does nothing to rehabilitate prisoners, and exacerbates mental illness - or even causes it in prisoners who were healthy when they entered solitary. 

d.      From your research, describe one (preferably current) piece of legislation, specific policy action, or candidate this group desires or endorses.

The ACLU, together with our state-based affiliates, scholars, activists, mental health experts, and faith-based organizations around the country, is engaged in a campaign to challenge the use of long-term solitary confinement – in the courts, in the legislatures, in reforms of correctional practice, and in the battle for public opinion. The goal of the Stop Solitary campaign is to limit and abolish the use of long-term solitary confinement in U.S. prisons, jails and juvenile detention centers. This policy action is called “Stop Solitary” 

e.       Where is this interest group located? Are there any local meetings you could attend? When?

Located in lower Manhattan, New York. There is an ACLU of Northern California located in San Francisco that is open most days from 9 a.m to 5 p.m

f.        Are there volunteer opportunities? If so, what are they?  

There are opportunities to help with short term projects or you can also serve as a counselor for the civil liberties hotline. 

g.      Identify additional developments you find interesting from the website/group.

I find it interesting how large the group is and how many topics they are able to cover. 

·         Return to http://votesmart.org/interest-groups . Under the state tab, choose California.

2.       Identify one state interest group that represents your issue. Include:

a.      Interest group name

ACLU of California

b.      A brief statement assessing the position/perspective of the interest group.

There are tens of thousands of people, including children and the mentally ill, held in solitary confinement across the nation. Long-term solitary confinement does not rehabilitate, reduce crime or make our communities safer. Yet across the country people are held in in isolation – sometimes for years on end. Solitary confinement is inhumane, costly, and ineffective.

c.       Visit the interest group’s website.  Spend a few minutes exploring and reading about what this group believes, what it wants to happen in Washington, and how it seeks to influence politicians. List five important pieces of information which gives a picture of what this interest group believes.

d.      From your research, describe one (preferably current) piece of legislation, specific policy action, or candidate this group desires or endorses.

Supports a program called “Stop Solitary” that has the goal to put an end to solitary confinement. 

e.       Where is this interest group located? Are there any local meetings you could attend? When?

There is an ACLU of Northern California located in San Francisco that is open most days from 9 a.m to 5 p.m

f.        Are there volunteer opportunities? If so, what are they?  

There are opportunities to help with short term projects or you can also serve as a counselor for the civil liberties hotline. 

g.      Identify additional developments you find interesting from the website/group.

I find it interesting how many headquarters they are able to have all over the nation. 

3.       Finally, compare the two interest groups.  Which one seems more organized? More successful? Who is their target audience? Supporters?  Additional thoughts, concerns, observations welcome. Be sure to follow them on twitter.

Since I could not find many interest groups that had information on my topic, these are both the same interest group one is just a specific branch of the bigger organization. 

·      Please go to: http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/alphalist.php

4.       Choose one PAC or Super PAC that pertains to your civic action issue. Include:

(I was not able to find anything on the website about my topic so I looked up other PACs and found a website of one of those)

a.      PAC name

Sylvia Rivera Law Project 

b.      A brief statement assessing the position/perspective of the PAC.

The PAC is very opposed to the use of solitary confinement and believe that it is a form of cruel punishment that takes a physical and emotional tole on those that are forced to endure it. They feel this punishment is misused. 

c.       How much money have they raised/total receipt? How much have they spent? How much cash do they have on hand?

I can only find access to their form report from 2018, but in that year their total revenue was $1,118,237. It is unclear how much they spent or how much cash they have on hand.

d.      How much of their budget is spent on: Republicans? Democrats?

I am unable to find this information on their website or form report. 

e.       Click Donor. Who are some of their donors? How does this reflect the interests of the PAC?

I am unable to find a list of donors to this organization. 

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Drug rehabilitation center- Why serious drug users must consider visiting these centers?

The drug habilitation aims at stopping the drug use and learning the tools for building a productive life. If you are looking for the habilitation then you can engage the services of drug rehab in San Francisco. 

What does entering and completing of treatment program means?

Once in treatment, the challenge is of staying in treatment for breaking free of drugs for getting the life back on track. Keeping this point into consideration we list the necessary advantages of a drug rehab program for the loved one. Before beginning with notable benefits we will talk about the San Francisco drug rehab centers can help patients. The San Francisco Alcohol rehab, for instance, will cater to the needs of Alcohol patients who cannot leave it because of the addiction. The training at the rehab helps in the withdrawal and how it does that will now be highlighted. Below are the reasons why rehab like Alcohol rehab in San Francisco should be the choice if you want your loved one to break the cycle of the drug overuse-

Rehab helps     in breaking the addictive cycle- People addicted to drugs should reside in     a drug-free environment with individuals who would continuously push them     towards their goal of leaving drugs. The act of drug rehabilitation could     begin along with detoxification that helps the body get rid of the drugs     and can treat the withdrawal symptoms. While everyone needs not to go     through detox but detox alone cannot break the addictive cycle for     long-term. 

The drug     addict is informed about addiction- Freedom from drugs can give the     ability to thinking more clearly and can educate the drug addict about the     addiction. When addiction is learned about then the insight is gained into     individuals, events and others. 

The centre     helps dig into underlying problems- There could be multiple reasons for     individuals getting addicted to drugs. The rehab helps in gaining an     insight into it thereby helping with the withdrawal faster. 

The new     habits and practices can be built- Individuals with a history of drug use     are not disciplined and do not practice self-care habits. At the     rehabilitation centre, the development of these practices happens. 

A rehabilitation centre can help the drug addict individual and therefore anyone if is looking to withdraw from the habit or want his/her loved one to withdraw from it then the San Francisco alcohol rehab can help. If you are looking for the best centre you can contact us. 

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