2121 is a utopian novel about the conviction of Chad Delano of Portland, Maine in 2117 of negligent chemical manslaughter and his struggle to overcome that erroneous judgment. His sister, Eleanor Perkins, had become an astronaut and traveled to Mars in 2119, with her husband, Max Trenkler, a distant relative of the wrongly convicted Alfred Trenkler. They became the parents of twin girls in 2121, the first humans born on another planet. The book describes the changing 21st world of Chad's parents, grandparents and great-grandparents which underwent a "Great Transformation" after the 2014 publication of the utopian novella, JESUS AND JESUSA, and the 2019 nuclear explosion in Brownsville, Texas. These two events convinced people throughout the world to fix the environment by reducing the carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere and by reducing the size of the human population. It also led to a larger level of religious tolerance around the world. In the United States, there was a special campaign to reduce the frequency of wrongful convictions to .1% of criminal convictions. This required several changes to the criminal justice system, including changing the standard of guilt, as the previous estimates of wrongful conviction ranged from .5% to 6%. 2121 is a companion book to JESUS AND JESUSA, which is a utopian novella about the cloning of the foreskin of Jesus of Nazareth to create an identical brother and sister, Jesus and Jesusa. The two books can be read separately or together, with JESUS AND JESUSA recommended to be read first.
JESUS AND JESUSA is a utopian novella about the cloning of the foreskin of Jesus of Nazareth to create an identical brother and sister, Jesus and Jesusa. They were born in Italia on May 30, 2014 as Jesus and Jesusa Prescelto to parents Guiseppe and Maria Prescelto who had undergone fertility treatments. While in college, Jesus and Jesusa led a march along the Great Wall of China which culminated in the last stage of the global abolition of the death penalty. Later, they led an international humanist organization, and then became Co-Popes of the Roman Catholic Church. As Co-Popes, they transformed the Church into a humanist organization dedicated to saving humanity and the Earth, and discarded most of the myths about Christianity. Implemented in 2026, the mundo was the Single Global Currency of the world. During their lives, the world underwent a Great Transformation to focus on saving the Earth as a healthy planet for humans and all other species. Global warming began the slow process of reversal to pre-Industrial Revolution conditions. The human population peaked at slightly more than 8.5 billion, before beginning its long decline to an equilibrium number between 1-2 billion. Jesus and Jesusa worked to find common ground among the religions of the world, including atheists and humanists. They supported the campaign against wrongful convictions, including a person convicted of a crime against them. They died on May 30, 2089, their 75th birthday. JESUS AND JESUSA is a companion book to 2121, which is a utopian novel set in the period ending in 2121. It describes the effects on the world of the publication of JESUS AND JESUSA in 2014. They can be read separately or together, with JESUS AND JESUSA recommended to be read first. 2121 is a utopian novel about the conviction of Chad Delano of Portland, Maine in 2117 of negligent chemical manslaughter and his struggle to overcome that erroneous judgment. His sister, Eleanor Perkins, had become an astronaut and traveled to Mars in 2119, with her husband, Max Trenkler, a distant relative of the wrongly convicted Alfred Trenkler. They became the parents of twin girls in 2121, the first humans born on another planet. The book describes the changing 21st world of Chad's parents, grandparents and great-grandparents which underwent a "Great Transformation" after the 2014 publication of the utopian novella, JESUS AND JESUSA, and the 2019 nuclear explosion in Brownsville, Texas. These two events convinced people throughout the world to fix the environment by reducing the carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere and by reducing the size of the human population. It also led to a larger level of religious tolerance around the world. In the United States, there was a special campaign to reduce the frequency of wrongful convictions to .1% of criminal convictions. This required several changes to the criminal justice system, including changing the standard of guilt, as the previous estimates of wrongful conviction ranged from .5% to 6%. 2121 is a companion book to JESUS AND JESUSA, which is a utopian novella about the cloning of the foreskin of Jesus of Nazareth to create an identical brother and sister, Jesus and Jesusa. The two books can be read separately or together, with JESUS AND JESUSA recommended to be read first.
This "Little Green Book" presents 21 proposals for reducing the size of the human population to 1 billion people, in order to enable humanity to live sustainably on Earth. For centuries and millennia, humans have exploited the inherited riches of the Earth without significant observable permanent harm. The Industrial Revolution, which used non-human, non-animal power sources to accomplish tasks, began in the 18th century in Europe and North America. In the early 19th century, that power increasingly came from the burning of fossil fuels, primarily coal and oil, and that burning created carbon dioxide. The ills of fossil fuel burning were compounded by population growth. Around the beginning of the 19th century, medical and nutritional advances led to the reduction of the death rate and populations began to grow more rapidly. This change can be said to be the beginning of the Demographic Transition, which is defined as the period during which there is a large gap between the declining death rate and the subsequent reduction of the birth rate which typically occurs several generations later. Proposed here are additional stages of the model to show a Sustainable Demographic Transition (SDT) to a human population of 1 billion, which was the population of the Earth around 1800. The question posed in this book is whether the human birth rate can be reduced soon enough to avoid much of the potential further damage to the Earth, and reduced further to enable remediation of previous damage. The year 1800 is chosen in this book as the pivotal year for the Industrial Revolution and Demographic Transition. At that time, the carbon dioxide density in the atmosphere was approximately 300 parts per million. During the subsequent 215 years, the Industrial Revolution accelerated and, together with exponential population growth, has degraded the ability of the Earth to sustain life. Whatever damage to the Earth the Industrial Revolution would have produced for a planet supporting one billion humans, that damage has been multiplied, so far, by the growth of the human population since 1800 to 7.3 billion by mid-2015. If not stopped, the multiplier will continue to grow. Even at the current and seemingly slow annual growth rate of 1.2%, the Earth's population will double to 14.6 billion in 58 years. Such a total is inconceivable, and avoidable. There has been debate about whether the sheer number of people is the problem or whether their unequal or excessive consumption patterns are the problem. The problem with that debate is that it poses a false choice, which need not be resolved here. That is, while there is no question that there is substantial inequality among people of income and wealth and therefore, of Earth-degrading consumption, there is also no question that every human being has an impact on the Earth. Putting it simply, more humans produce more carbon. Further, more humans have produced too many more humans. There are two basic elements of each human's impact on the Earth. First s/he consumes energy and resources, and s/he has the capacity to have children. Whatever the world's consumption patterns, there will be less consumption and Earth degradation when there are fewer people. This truth is a corollary to the message of population stabilization advocates since the 1970s - "Whatever your cause, it's a lost cause until we control population growth." The first of the 21 proposals is that all humans be encouraged to have no children, or at most, one child. The alternative to achieving population reduction through voluntary means is to endure catastrophes and collapse and gross reduction of biodiversity.
On 28 October 1991, Boston Police officer, Jeremiah Hurley, Jr. was killed, and his partner, Francis X. Foley, was maimed, by a dynamite bomb which they were attempting to disarm at the home of Thomas L. Shay of Roslindale, Boston. Their losses were terrible and intolerable, and those responsible must be apprehended and punished. In the subsequent investigation, Alfred Trenkler was targeted because he had met Shay's son, Thomas A. Shay, (referenced in many government and court papers as "Tom" and "Shay, Jr.") within five months of the October bombing, and because five years earlier he had assembled a harmless noisemaking prank device in Quincy in 1986 for a friend. Alfred was convicted in Boston Federal Court in 1993 and sentenced to two life terms. Alfred W. Trenkler had nothing to do with the Roslindale Bomb. He had no motive to harm anyone. At the time of the bombing, he was successfully operating a high tech communications business consulting, designing, installing and servicing terrestrial and satellite microwave studio transmitter links for television, public service two way radio trunking and paging systems, had no debts, and had no need for additional money, and knew nothing about Tom Shay's father who was in the middle of a $400,000 lawsuit. Alfred was convicted because of a "perfect storm" of mistakes by investigators, prosecutors, Alfred's defense counsel and a few lies in court. Alfred filed a motion for a new trial before the United States Appeals Court as a result of the recent discovery of evidence withheld by the government, but the motion was denied. He is simultaneously seeking a re-investigation of the case by the Boston Police Department, the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and explosives (BATFE) and/or the U.S. Attorney's office.
This 2014 Edition of THE SINGLE GLOBAL CURRENCY - COMMON CENTS FOR THE WORLD is the fifth book of this name, and it updates the text of the original 2006 edition. The 2007, 2008 and 2009 editions included the original edition together with an annual update appendix. Future editions are planned in five year increments for 2019 and 2024, the latter date being the 80th anniversary of the 1944 Bretton Woods Conference. The book is for all readers around the world, as every human being in our increasingly globalized world has an interest in achieving the goal of a Single Global Currency. What the people of the world want and deserve is stable money, so that the money they earn, save and invest today will be worth almost the same tomorrow. The Single Global Currency will provide that stability. It is the common cents/sense currency for our increasingly globalized world. The current multicurrency global monetary system is volatile and extremely risky as $5.3 trillion worth of currencies are traded every trading day on the global foreign exchange markets. Currencies crises are a continuing threat. Avoiding the effects and risks of currency fluctuations and rapid flows of cross-currency capital were the primary goals of the International Monetary Fund at its 1945 creation, and the Single Global Currency will solve both problems. The Single Global Currency will be managed by a Global Central Bank within a Global Monetary Union. Since 1999, the primary model for this "3-G" system has been the euro which is managed by the European Central Bank within the European Monetary Union. Beginning with 12 member countries, the eurozone now has 18 members and continues to grow toward its full potential of all the members of the growing European Union, which now number 28. Creation of a Single Global Currency is not a new idea or goal, but is now feasible thanks to automation and the increasing interdependence of the world's peoples. The potential benefits of a Single Global Currency are staggering: - Worldwide asset values will increase by about $10 trillion. - Worldwide GDP will increase by $trillions. - Global trade will increase by $trillions. - Annual FX trading transaction costs of $300 billion will be avoided. - Global currency/payments imbalances will be eliminated. - Currency crises will be eliminated. - Currency speculation will be eliminated. - The need for unproductive foreign exchange reserves will be eliminated. Currently, the 193 members of the United Nations use 140 currencies for their international and domestic transactions. The 50+ members without their own national currencies are using the currencies of monetary unions of which they are members, or they are using ("izing") the currencies of other countries or monetary unions. As existing monetary unions in Europe, the Caribbean and Africa are expanded, and as new monetary unions are created in Africa, the Americas, Asia and the Mid-East, the number of currencies will continue to decline. At some "tipping point," perhaps after a merger of large currencies, the largest monetary union currency will likely be designated as the world's Single Global Currency. This process can be accelerated when individuals, nations and global institutions openly declare their support for a Single Global Currency and they initiate the necessary steps toward that goal. Such steps will include a global internet-based naming process for the new currency and a timeline for implementation. There is little question that the world is moving toward a Single Global Currency. The remaining question is When? The global challenge will be to achieve the Single Global Currency with a smooth transition from the existing multicurrency system. It is hoped that this book, and the work of the Single Global Currency Association (www.singleglobalcurrency.org) will help move the world in that direction.
JESUS AND JESUSA is a utopian novella about the cloning of the foreskin of Jesus of Nazareth to create an identical brother and sister, Jesus and Jesusa. They were born in Italia on May 30, 2014 as Jesus and Jesusa Prescelto to parents Guiseppe and Maria Prescelto who had undergone fertility treatments. While in college, Jesus and Jesusa led a march along the Great Wall of China which culminated in the last stage of the global abolition of the death penalty. Later, they led an international humanist organization, and then became Co-Popes of the Roman Catholic Church. As Co-Popes, they transformed the Church into a humanist organization dedicated to saving humanity and the Earth, and discarded most of the myths about Christianity. Implemented in 2026, the mundo was the Single Global Currency of the world. During their lives, the world underwent a Great Transformation to focus on saving the Earth as a healthy planet for humans and all other species. Global warming began the slow process of reversal to pre-Industrial Revolution conditions. The human population peaked at slightly more than 8.5 billion, before beginning its long decline to an equilibrium number between 1-2 billion. Jesus and Jesusa worked to find common ground among the religions of the world, including atheists and humanists. They supported the campaign against wrongful convictions, including a person convicted of a crime against them. They died on May 30, 2089, their 75th birthday. JESUS AND JESUSA is a companion book to 2121, which is a utopian novel set in the period ending in 2121. It describes the effects on the world of the publication of Jesus and Jesusa in 2014. The book, 2121, will be published later in 2014. They can be read separately or together, with JESUS AND JESUSA recommended to be read first.
EYE CONTACT tells the story of the wrongful convictions of Chad Evans and Amanda Bortner and why they must be corrected. Chad Emery Evans was wrongfully convicted in December, 2001 in New Hampshire of the murder of Kassidy Bortner, the 21-month old daughter of his girlfriend, Amanda Bortner. The causes of Kassidy's death and her injuries are mysterious and disputed, but Chad was convicted of Second Degree Murder and other related charges. On June 2, 2000, Chad met Amanda Bortner and their love grew rapidly. By early July, they were living together. On the morning of Nov. 9, 2000, Amanda took Kassidy to the Kittery, Maine home of her sister, Jennifer Bortner, and her sister's boyfriend, Jefferey Marshall, for babysitting for the day. Shortly after Noon on the 9th, Jeff checked on Kassidy and recognized that she was in trouble. The EMT's and Kittery Police arrived quickly, but Kassidy was dead when they arrived. Chad states that he never hit nor spanked Kassidy, and he passed a lie detector test in 2010. Chad, and his committee, the Chad Evans Wrongly Convicted Committee (www.chadevanswronglyconvicted.org) have asked the Governor and Attorney General of New Hampshire to re-investigate the case.
Written for the people of the world, it describes the origins of the current worldwide foreign exchange system, and tells how to change it; and save the world - trillions. The multicurrency foreign exchange trading system was developed about 2,500 years ago to enable people of different currency areas to trade. That system has become far more sophisticated in the meantime and handles $2.5 trillion per day; but it is very expensive and risky. It is now time to replace that system with a single global currency. In a 3-G world with a single global currency managed by a global central bank within a global monetary union: - Annual transaction costs of $400 billion will be eliminated. - Worldwide asset values will increase by about $36 trillion. - Worldwide GDP will increase by about $9 trillion. - Global currency imbalances will be eliminated. - All Balance of Payments problems will be eliminated. - Currency crises will be prevented. - Currency speculation will be eliminated. - The need for foreign exchange reserves will be eliminated. Such gains are realistic and attainable if the world decides to pursue them. The monetary unions of Europe, the Caribbean, Africa and Brunei/Singapore have shown the way. Buy and read this book and, then please buy two more and pass them on to others and encourage them to do the same; and work to save the world - trillions. What the people of the world want is sound, stable money and the end to the obsolete multicurrency foreign exchange system. A single global currency is no longer a utopian dream, but a realistic projection of what has been learned from current monetary unions, especially the euro. Each successive annual edition of this book will be priced in the remaining number of currencies until we reach, in the words of Nobel Prize winner, Robert Mundell, that odd number less than three: one. The world needs to set the goal of a single global currency, to be managed by a global central bank, within a global monetary union, and begin planning - now.
What's it like to be married to the superstar lead singer of the Doors? Patricia Kennealy Morrison gives a loving and detailed account of the pagan handfasting ceremony that bound her forever with the legendary rock superstar Jim Morrison. The intimate portrait of Jim that emerges—a tender and vulnerable face that was shown to very few—makes this book essential reading. The reader has the good fortune of meeting Patricia in the process and empathizing with this smart, deeply spiritual professional woman who has fallen hopelessly in love with a young man whose genius has made him famous and whose demons have made him notorious.
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