Acie Cargill

This 7000 word booklet begins with a brief introduction to the field and theory of human genetics. The DNA inside a cell in the form of chromosomes that contain all the genes that make us into who we are. Then how it works with the sperm and the egg in normal reproduction but with cloning how the embryo is prepared. It will be then carried by a surrogate in her uterus until the baby clone is born.The book describes three types of clones that will probably be in common use someday. Comatose clones have most of their brains inactivated in the embryo so it will just lay in a comatose state until it needs to be sacrificed for spare parts. Another type of clone is the robotic clone which has most of the brain and can function somewhat but without the higher portions of the human ego. The third type of clone is the intact brain clone. It is a complete person and will not be killed for parts or used in any way. It will have its own free will and make all its own choices for its life.This book is a basic description of the field of cloning. It is complex in a way, but the material is presented plainly and clearly and fairly understandable for the non-scientist to understand. There is some mention of the morality, the legality, and the sexuality of cloning. This is a basic introduction to the theory of cloning.

Harvey has shown deep remorse for his sexual behavior. He insists he never did anything that was non-consensual, but he has agreed to get counselling for sexual control and anger control. He admits that he used his position of power to convince women to have sex with him. It is a type of sexual abuse he is guilty of, but he said he has never done any kind of forceful rape against any woman.He is out on 1 million dollar bail, has surrendered his passport and has to wear a monitoring device around his ankle. His wife has divorced him and received a substantial settlement and his film company Weinstein Brothers has gone into bankruptcy. It remains to be seen if his film production career will be revived in the future. He certainly was skillful at it with over 300 academy wards for his films.He is older now. He can never be sexually aggressive again because he is being watched and everybody knows the way he was. He regrets his sexual actions and is willing to pay some of is accusers when appropriate. Time will tell how his criminal cases will be dismissed or pursued by prosecutors and judges. All this criminal publicity is damaging to his reputation and his personal esteem. He is a strong man. Strong physically and a strong character and he is still wealthy and well-connected. He very well might make a comeback in the film industry.This is a 6000 word booklet about the film producer Harvey Weinstein's sexual proclivity. This booklet really just scratches the surface because he was very active sexually in his life, at least after he had become a very successful movie producer. This booklet talks about some of the many actresses and production workers who claim that Harvey tried to seduce them one way or another. Not all the accusations can be believed because many are trying to get a pay-off from Harveys vast wealth. He denies that he ever did anything against anyone's consent.

Climate activist Greta Thunberg has had a very busy and important month since she arrived in New York by sailboat from England. She has participated in 4 climate strikes. Two in New York, one in Washington DC in front of the White House, and one in Montreal in Canada. She also spoke in two very important places, the US Congress and the United Nations General Assembly. She has also been interviewed several times for television, radio, and newspapers. She is in demand. Greta has become a very important person here in America.This 10,000 word booklet describes her appearances and also describes what climate change means and how it is going to affect everyone. One important part of the booklet is a transcription of her speech to the UN General Assembly for their Climate Summit on Sept 23, 2019. It was an emotional speech. Usually her speeches are not very emotional, but in this one she was angry and sad and trying to shame the global leaders for their climate inactivity. "How dare you " She really doesn't like when leaders claim to be sympathetic to the cause of the young people, but then do nothing to help. She wants them to walk their talk.President Trump sarcastically called her a very happy young girl with a bright and wonderful future ahead of her. This was after her scathing speech at the UN. She answered Trump on Twitter by changing her profile to say she is a happy, young girl with a bright and wonderful future ahead of her.

There are some sections of this booklet that are for adults only.This 10,000 word booklet discusses Jeffrey Epstein's organization which helped make sexual arrangements for Jeffrey and his associates. Often with girls who were legally underage. The booklet also tries to interpret the sources of his wealth. He started out from a working family on Coney Island in New York and became a very wealthy man. And he spent a lot of it. He wasn't a hoarder. He used his wealth to pay for his lavish homes and active sex and social life, and still had much more coming in than going out.Jeffrey Epstein was on top of the world. Way wealthier than any one person needs to be but he kept chasing after more. Greed? If he hadn't kept going after more money and more power, he would be relaxing right now at his mansions and travelling on his jet and his luxury cars. But he kept hustling the underage girls for more and more money. The honeypots were his pleasure in life and later became his downfall. He should have settled down with a few over 18 years of age and just paid off his victims for his past crimes and he would be a very happy, satisfied man today. It was time to quit the honeypots. He just couldn't give them up. He began living in a fantasy world of sex, money, and power and it crashed around him.Jeffrey and his associates liked the girls to have all the freedom they wanted and have real sexual desire for older guys. The guys liked the girls to look and act like young teens. Keep their hair brushed and their clothes clean and well-fitted. Full of smiles and joyful laughter. Carefree girls. Interested in having fun and especially sexual fun. Curious about sex. Curious about what it is like to be a woman even though they were not yet women. That was all part of the kick. Enjoying experiencing her developing sex desire. It was Jeffrey's fountain of youth and he shared it with his associates if they dared and desired. Most of the girls were not virgins when they were brought to Jeffrey and his friends. Most had been living on the street or nearly on the street. Some had been amateur prostitutes. Making a few bucks for survival. Basically, homeless coming from unhappy backgrounds where they were made to feel unwanted. Jeffrey provided them security and enough money to live well, dress well, and eat well. Better than they ever had before.There was never any violence used against the girls. They were controlled with civility. They could leave anytime. They were held captive by their own love of money. They could make more from Jeffrey than any other way. And he told them he would establish them in careers as models. But you can't make everyone happy all the time and one of the girls blew the whistle on Jeffrey to her mother and it led to lawsuits and crusading journalists exposing the grand scheme he had arranged. He thought he could control everyone with money. For the most part he was right, but not completely.

The straight world has a hard time accepting Jeffrey Epstein. He is a self-made billionaire. A college dropout from a hard-working family. He has a gift for gab and a gift for math. He went to work with investment bankers selling deals and he is good at it. Soon he had his own company handling investments for billionaires only. Millions of dollars is just chump change to these people. Jeffrey dealt with billions. Taking large amounts of money and making it into even larger amounts. In the process he was able to scrape off a lot of money for himself. And he invested wisely and accumulated over a billion dollars for himself.He worked in that financial gray area of what is legal or illegal. Ethical or unscrupulous. Regular people don't even have that consideration or even know about the gray areas. It is for the very wealthy. That is where Epstein flourished. He was the ultimate hustler with money, with wealthy individuals, and teenaged girls. And he shared them with his cronies. It was his way of showing off. And making connections for his money deals. The average person can never understand all this. They condemn Jeffrey without trying to understand what was happening. And, of course a large percentage of average Americans are anti-semitic, and they hold that against Jeffrey also.To Jeffrey's detriment, he flaunted the law against sex with underage girls. It doesn't matter that they were already having sex and some of them were actual street prostitutes. That doesn't matter to many people. The point is they were under 18 years old and were expected to still be virgins. At least until they were married. That is a good system if it works. But does it relate to the real world when girls start having sex much younger and even in some cases, prostitute themselves for the lure of the cash payment.An attorney for Epstein, Marc Fernich, called for a "full investigation into the circumstances surrounding Mr. Epstein's death."Fernich said he was speaking personally, not as a representative of Epstein's defense team. He said several parties can be blamed for the death, including "overzealous prosecutors," "pandering politicians," compliant judges" and a "hysterical press corps.""The public needs to know exactly what happened and why -- and how his custodians could have let it occur," Fernich saidAttorney General William Barr put out a statement saying: "I was appalled to learn that Jeffrey Epstein was found dead early this morning from an apparent suicide while in federal custody. Mr. Epstein's death raises serious questions that must be answered. In addition to the FBI's investigation, I have consulted with the Inspector General who is opening an investigation into the circumstances of Mr. Epstein's death."

For one thing, it will be difficult to match the carbon-free method she used to get to the Western Hemisphere on that racing sailboat. Eventually she can probably get a ride back to her home in Sweden by a similar method, but for awhile she will probably remain active here in the Americas which includes the many states of the Union, Canada, Mexico, Central America and the countries of South America that desperately need her inspiration. Coming up next year is a world environmental conference to be held in Chile. She has said she wants to attend it. So that gives her a year to expand her burgeoning following of teen environmental activists.She is an inspiration. American countries are already the worst environmental offenders, especially the United States. Under its present leadership, it does not seem likely that there will be a mass demand for climate action and climate justice by people who have the power to do it. But that may change if there are a hundred million teens marching under the leadership of their quiet inspiration, Greta Thunberg. This book contains some of her most famous speeches in Europe before she came to the US. Also many of her internet followers reacting to her daily reports at sea, and her actual daily log on the voyage.

Mahatma Gandhi is revered the world over as one of history's most transformative and inspirational figures. Throughout his life in South Africa and India, Gandhi was a fearless campaigner for the rights and dignity of all people, whose constant and unwavering promotion of non-violence as a tool to win over hearts and minds has forever left its mark on the world.However, the man known today for his calm, courage and compassion in the face of oppression was not always comfortable before the crowds. Born Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi in Porbandar, India in 1869 - he was later nicknamed "Mahatma," for "great soul" - the spiritual leader and father of Indian independence in fact suffered for much of his life from an acute fear of public speaking. Gandhi's glossophobia, as it's known, was so severe that when he faced a judge for his first court case as a young lawyer, he froze and fled from the courtroom in a panic.Over time, Gandhi managed not only to overcome his fears, but to turn them to his advantage. His unease at speaking made him an excellent listener, whose humility and empathy allowed him to channel the dreams and aspirations of the masses. His hesitancy with words taught him the power of saying more with less - and today, these words, inflected with the heart and wisdom that have made him an international icon, continue to inspire countless millions across the globe.

Thousands of soldiers been affected by PTSD after experiencing extreme emotional trauma, usually during wars. This play is about a soldier in Iraq who returned with PTSD and is being treated in Bethesda Military Hospital. The play examines his psychotherapy and group therapy and his own self-evaluation. There is currently no treatment that is always effective. Usually the patients are heavily medicated with psychoactive drugs which give temporary relief of some of the symptoms, but they do no result in a cure for the condition. That requires therapy with words and that is not always effective either. This play is about one marine's fight with PTSD and hopefully with a positive outcome so he can re-enter civilian life, a return to normalcy.

150 dead addicts a day from overdose. That is around 50,000 a year. What happened to the American dream of being successful at something and living a stable, fruitful life? It is a terrible epidemic. Worse than AIDS. Worse than TB. And these are just the overdose deaths. What about the many, many people who have made a mess of their lives and may never recover completely. 150 bereaved families every day and they will never be the same again. Why are so many people dying like this? It is like a war against the young people of America. Cities, towns, and rural areas. A terrible scourge on the world. This play examines opioid addiction and the various thinking as to causes and cures. Two versions are available. A full length two hour version called "My Son Died From an Overdose" and a 45 minute abbreviated version called "Overdose". Both are effective and suitable for young adults and older.

150 dead addicts a day from overdose. That is around 50,000 a year. What happened to the American dream of being successful at something and living a stable, fruitful life? It is a terrible epidemic. Worse than AIDS. Worse than TB. And these are just the overdose deaths. What about the many, many people who have made a mess of their lives and may never recover completely. 150 bereaved families every day and they will never be the same again. Why are so many people dying like this? It is like a war against the young people of America. Cities, towns, and rural areas. A terrible scourge on the world. This play examines opioid addiction and the various thinking as to causes and cures. Two versions are available. A full length two hour version called "My Son Died From an Overdose" and a 45 minute abbreviated version called "Overdose". Both are effective and suitable for young adults and older.

This full-length play touches on aspects of the life of Colin Kaepernick who caused quite an uproar when he kneeled during the playing of the national anthem before his football games for San Francisco Forty-Niners. Eventually it led to his ouster from the NFL with an unofficial blackballing by the owners of the teams. He is one of the best quarterbacks in the world and he can't get a job. The play also features his girlfriend Nessa Diab who was certainly influential in his radicalization, but the main thing is Colin's motivation and goals of his protest. Peaceful protest seems to have been a right of any American, but even though it is his right, he has been terribly condemned and hated by the American white establishment. He has been a lightning rod of racial fighting. Loved by many and hated by many. The play concludes with an optional finale of opinions and for audience participation.

Let's say you are living in the Netherlands in the 1840's. You own and work a farm that had been in your family for many generations. Your family is here. All your friends that you have. Your church. The school where your children attend. Your livestock. Your tools for farming. And probably you have no money. You are a subsistence farmer. Then you and your wife decide to sell your home and land and almost everything you own and you buy passages to America. A new world. Start a new life. Wilderness land that must be cleared and tilled to survive. And the climate will be much harsher than you are accustomed to. You must build some kind of shelter right away to protect your family from the weather. Took a lot of courage. Courage to face the difficulties of nature. Courage to survive. Strength of will and physical strength. The opportunity was there and they took it. Why did they do this? Leave their comfortable home in old Holland and come all the way to South Holland, in America and start over. Motivated by freedom. Freedom in their religion. And political freedom. And they liked the larger land holdings than they had in Holland. Untilled, fertile land. Lots of land for their children to have farms. It was a moment in time. Never to come again. Beautiful America. The land of the free. The Dutch emigrants making a new home. Thank you for the help in sharing your knowledge: Bill Paarlberg Glen De Young P. J. Ettema Reinhout Joan Van Haren Ralph Paarlberg Luke Schaap Staff of South Holland Library South Holland Historical Society In memorium Ross Ettema author, historian, geneologist

This play touches on aspects of the life of Colin Kaepernick who caused quite an uproar when he kneeled during the playing of the national anthem before his football games for San Francisco Forty-Niners. Eventually it led to his ouster from the NFL with an unofficial blackballing by the owners of the teams. He is one of the best quarterbacks in the world and he can't get a job. The play also features his girlfriend Nessa Diab who was certainly influential in his radicalization, but the main thing is Colin's motivation and goals of his protest. Peaceful protest seems to have been a right of any American, but even though it is his right, he has been terribly condemned and hated by the American white establishment. He has been a lightning rod of racial fighting. Loved by many and hated by many.

Michael Jackson thrilled the world. Everyone stopped to listen and watch. His "Thriller" album and the accompanying videos set all kinds of records including being the only album to take in a billion dollars. No other album has even come close. This play tries to capture pertinent parts of his life with words and with some of his songs and dancing. He was a performer in parts of five decades. It would be impossible to cover everything about him, but I have tried to convey enough about him here that the reader or viewer will come away with a feeling that they know Michael. Michael was a very special person. Special gifts and special needs. He wasn't afraid to be eccentric. He lived his life the way he wanted to. He was one of the greatest entertainers ever.

This is a 3500 word play especially suitable for a staged reading. It features the words and wisdom of Frederick Douglass, an escaped slave who became an orator and author. He presented the plight of the slave better than any abolitionist who had never experienced slavery. He became a conductor on the Underground Railroad and befriended other abolitionists and rights workers such as Wendell Phillips, John Brown, Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Ida B. Wells, and Susan B. Anthony, with whom he shared many stages speaking for women's right to vote. Douglass was called upon for his advice by President Abraham Lincoln and later received presidential appointments to government positions including ambassador to Haiti. He was a brilliant, persuasive speaker and writer and was in high demand for appearances throughout the northern United States and In Britain. His works will live forever as a testament of this period transitioning slavery and freedom. This play is but a small tribute to a great man.

Sojourner Truth was a well-known black activist against slavery and for equal rights among all people. She had escaped slavery herself and developed strong speaking skills while working as an evangelist and religious mystic. She got involved as abolitionist and after the Civil War as an advocate for women's rights and the rights of freed slaves for the rest of her life. Orators were much in demand for entertainment and she was very popular as a speaker, especially as a former slave. Basically, this play is a monologue, but much of the material is introduced by a narrator.

This is a biographical play about Harriet Tubman, an American hero. She escaped from slavery and then helped rescue hundreds of other slaves, guiding them to the Underground Railroad to freedom and sometimes all the way to Canada. She was also a scout, a nurse, and a fighter in the Union Army and after the Civil War she worked for equality of all people of any race or gender.