Terrifier
Directed by Damien Leone (2017)
(Re)Building for the Future: Solar Solidarity in Puerto Rico - by Mutual Aid Disaster Relief
The networks of mutual support in Puerto Rico that sprung up like a flower through the concrete after Hurricane Maria, show how mutual aid responses to disasters build power and resilience for future crises, both political and climate-related. These Centros de Apoyo Mutuo (Mutual Aid Centers) served as nuclei for relief efforts to coalesce around after the recent earthquakes in southern Puerto Rico. Actions taken by these mutual aid networks have been potent examples of revolutionary ideas of autonomy and self-governance.
Partnering with Rock Spring United Church of Christ, a justice-focused church out of Virginia who provided significant funding and volunteers for the efforts, along with technical expertise from Footprint Project and Solar Village Project, together we were able to re-wire the first and second floor and install new fans and LED lights at the Centro de Apoyo Mutuo Bucarabones Unidos (CAMBU) in Las Marias, Puerto Rico. Our friends here now plan to launch a computer lab for the community in addition to their other programs in this rural area, all running off of 100% renewable energy.
Nearby, in Lares, an abandoned school is in the process of being transformed into a vibrant mutual aid community space, by Centro de Apoyo Mutuo Lares. Lares has one of the highest displacement rates of any community on the island – lots of people can’t find work here and move to San Juan or leave the island entirely. Folks working on the project told us that, aside from providing emergency housing, a communal kitchen and meeting space, the main purpose will be to share and build skills necessary for people to support themselves and each other and not have to leave Lares to work in San Juan, with a particular focus on food autonomy and agroecology. One organizer in particular emphasized the significance of food autonomy on the island as much of the island still depends on imports for many food staples.
A small photovoltaic system is installed here in Lares for now and we worked to clean & reclaim several rooms. But as their vision for the space grows and more rooms are rescued, we aim to have their back and come back to install a larger, more permanent solar array that can power the legal clinic, agroecology programs, workshops, skillshares, music nights and anything else they are dreaming up.
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These mutual aid centers, and more like them, show a path forward through political, economic, and climate crises. In grounding their vision for revolutionary change in tangible action supporting the people in their community, they are building for the future, one meal, one workshop, one acupuncture treatment, one act of compassion, one act of resistance, at a time. And we are excited to build alongside them, one light switch, one solar panel, one friendship into the future, knowing that whatever may come our way, we know we have each other.
Today you, tomorrow me.
Ah the free market at work.
(Similar to when I went to CVS to pickup a 90$ prescription and they had their own generic version for 7.99).This is important!
Tell your Friends.I can’t believe some insurances quit covering them 😐
From Slate:
The generic Adrenaclick will cost $109.99 for two doses, compared with $649.99 for the same amount of drug in an EpiPen. That’s good news, both for financial and safety reasons: STAT reported last year that some parents and institutions had begun filling up syringes with epinephrine as a cost-cutting measure, a DIY solution that could pose great risk to the children who may have eventually needed injections. A more affordable alternative will help ensure safer epinephrine injections.
That’s assuming, though, that the people who need these devices know exactly what to ask for when they’re sitting in their doctors’ offices. Otherwise, they’ll still be stuck with the overpriced product. Here’s why: The mechanism by which Adrenaclick injects the drug is slightly different from EpiPen’s mechanism, so the Food and Drug Administration has ruled that the two are not therapeutically equivalent. That distinction is important because it means a prescription for an EpiPen cannot be filled with Adrenaclick. If you want the cheaper option, you have to have an Adrenaclick prescription.
You must ask your doctor for an Adrenaclick prescription!
I also found a coupon from Impax on 0.15mg and 0.3mg epinephrine injection, USP auto-injectors, which appear to be the generic version of Adrenaclick; these coupons cover up to $100 per pack for 3 packs of these injectors (6 total injectors).
Some customers may be automatically eligible for $100 off the retail price thus only paying $10 for a pack, but this may be good backup for those who for whatever reason do not meet those requirements.
Pass this information on, potentially save a life.
I would also like to point out that if you ever go to pick up medication and it is too expensive you can always ask the pharmacy to contact your doctor for a lower cost alternative. It may not always work (sometimes there isn’t an alternative, and I have seen doctors flat out refuse to prescribe an alternative) but it is an option you can try.
MANIAC: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL Collecting issues 1-3, adapting the classic film! On sale SEPT. 4 at 7PM PST. First 300 who order get free STUFF, including an exclusive enamel pin! Only at http://eibonpress.com
Massacre in Dinosaur Valley will be released on Blu-ray on September 29 via Severin Films. Severin is selling it with an exclusive, not-safe-for-work slipcover (pictured below) for $30.
Released as Cannibal Ferox 2 in the UK, the 1985 Italian cannibal film is written and directed by Michele Massimo Tarantini (Women in Fury), with uncredited writing by Dardano Sacchetti (The Beyond). Michael Sopkiw, Suzane Carvalho, Milton Rodríguez, Marta Anderson, and Joffre Soares star.
Massacre in Dinosaur Valley is presented uncut from a new 4K scan of the original negative. Read on for the special features.
