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The Unmasking of the Geothermal Green Myth Continues, and Other News
Recent studies show links between asthma and sulphur pollution from geothermal power plants. Reykjavík Energy denies their connection with newly discovered effluent water lagoons in Hellsheiði. The Parliament's Industries Committee orders a report that condemns preservation of nature, presented in a parliamentary resolution for Iceland's Energy Master Plans. Alterra Power announces lower revenues in Iceland and their plans to enlarge the Reykjanesvirkjun geothermal power plant despite fears of over-exploitation. Greenland faces Alcoa's plans of an import of cheap Chinese labour en masse, while Cairn Energy dumps toxic materials into the ocean off the country's shores.
This is the content of Saving Iceland's first round of brief monthly news from the struggle over Iceland's wilderness and connected struggles around the world.
Hellisheiði: Asthma, Sulphur Pollution and Effluent Water Lagoon
Those who promote large-scale geothermal energy production as green and environmentally friendly, are once again forced to face another backlash as a recent research suggests a direct link between sulphur pollution from the Hellisheiði geothermal plant and asthma among the inhabitants of Reykjavík. The results of this particular research, which was done by Hanne Krage Carlsen, doctorate student of Public Health at the University of Iceland, were published in the Environmental Research journal earlier this year, showing that the purchasing of asthma medicine increases between 5 and 10 percent in accordance with higher sulphur pollution numbers in the capital area of Reykjavík.
Adding to the continuous unmasking of the geothermal green myth, environmentalist Ómar Ragnarsson recently discovered and documented new lagoons, created by run-off water from Reykjavík Energy's geothermal power plant in Hellisheiði. At first Reykjavík Energy denied that the lagoons' water comes from the company's power plant, but were forced to withdraw those words only a few days later. Ómar had then brought a journalist from RÚV, the National Broadcasting Service, to the lagoons and traced the water to the plant. Despite the company's withdrawal, they nevertheless rejected worries voiced by environmentalists, regarding the very possible pollution of ground water in the area, and insisted that this is allowed for in the plant's license.
According to the plant's license the run-off water should actually be pumped back, down into earth, in order to prevent polluting impacts and the creation of lagoons containing a huge amount of polluting materials. Ómar's discovery shows that this is certainly not the case all the time, and additionally, the pumping that has taken place so far has proved to be problematic, creating a series of man-made earthquakes in the area, causing serious disturbances in the neighbouring town of Hveragerði.
In an article following his discovery Ómar points out that for the last years, the general public has not had much knowledge about geothermal power plants' run-off water, and much less considered it as a potential problem. Ómar blames this partly on the Icelandic media, which have been far from enthusiastic about reporting the inconvenient truth regarding geothermal power production. One of these facts is that the effluent water, which people tend to view positively due to the tourist attraction that has been made of it at the Blue Lagoon, is a token of a serious energy waste, as the current plants use only 13% of the energy while 87% goes into the air or into underutilized run off-water. These enlarging lagoons — not only evident in Hellisheiði but also by the geothermal power plants in Reykjanes, Svartsengi, Nesjavellir and Bjarnarflag — suggest that the energy companies' promises regarding the pumping of run-off water, are far from easily kept.
The Fight Over Iceland's Energy Master Plan Continues
During the last few weeks, the Icelandic Parliament's Industries Committee received 333 remarks in connection with the committee's work on a parliamentary resolution for Iceland's Energy Master Plan. The resolution, which was presented by the Ministers of Industry and of Environment in April this year, gives a green light for a monstrous plan to turn the Reykjanes peninsula's geothermal areas into a continuous industrial zone.
The remarks can generally be split into two groups based on senders and views: Firstly, individuals and environmentalist associations who, above all, protest the afore-mentioned Reykjanes plans. Secondly, companies and institutions with vested interests in the further heavy industrialization of Iceland who demand that the Master Plan's second phase goes unaltered through parliament — that is, as it was before the parliamentary resolution was presented, in which the much-debated Þjórsá dams and other hydro power plants were still included in the exploitation category. Saving Iceland has published one of the remarks, written by Helga Katrín Tryggvadóttir, which differs from these two groups as it evaluates energy production and nature conservation in a larger, long-term context.
During the process, the head of the Industries Committee, Kristján Möller — MP for the social-democratic People's Alliance, known for his stand in favour of heavy industry — ordered and paid for a remark sent by management company GAMMA. The company first entered discussion about one year ago after publishing a report, which promised that the national energy company Landsvirkjun could become the equivalent of the Norwegian Oil Fund, if the company would only be permitted to build dams like there is no tomorrow.
In a similarly gold-filled rhetoric, GAMMA's remark regarding the Energy Master Plan states that the changes made by the two ministers — which in fact are the results of another public reviewing process last year — will cost Iceland's society about 270 billion ISK and 5 thousand jobs. According to the company's report, these amount are the would-be benefits of forcefully continuing the heavy industrialization of Iceland, a plan that has proved to be not only ecologically but also economically disastrous. Seen from that perspective, it does not come as a surprise realizing that the management company is largely staffed with economists who before the economic collapse of 2008 lead the disastrous adventures of Kaupþing, one of the three biggest Icelandic bubble banks.
Alterra Power: Decreases Revenue, Enlargement Plans in Iceland
Canadian energy company Alterra Power, the majority stakeholder of Icelandic energy company HS Orka, recently published the financial and operating results for the first quarter of this year. "Consolidated revenue for the current quarter was $16.4 million compared to $18.9 million in the comparative quarter," the report states, "due to lower revenue from our Icelandic operations as a result of lower aluminium prices, which declined 13.9% versus the comparative quarter."
At the same time, the company's Executive Chairman Ross Beaty stated that Alterra is preparing for an enlargement of the Reykjanesvirkjun geothermal power plant, located at the south-west tip of the Reykjanes peninsula, which should increase the plant's production capacity from the current 100 MW to 180 MW. The construction is supposed to start at the end of this year and to be financed with the 38 million USD purchase of new shares in HS Orka by Jarðvarmi, a company owned by fourteen Icelandic pension funds.
According to Alterra, permission for all construction-related activities is in place. However, as Saving Iceland has reported, Iceland's National Energy Authority has officially stated their fears that increased energy production will lead to an over-exploitation of the plant's geothermal reservoir. Furthermore, Ásgeir Margeirsson, Chairman of HS Orka, responded to Alterra's claims stating that due to a conflict between the energy company and aluminium producer Norðurál, the construction might not start this year. According to existing contracts, the energy from the enlargement is supposed to power Norðurál's planned aluminium smelter in Helguvík. That project, however, has been on hold for years due to financial and energy crisis, and seems to be nothing but a fantasy never to be realised.
Greenland: Cheap Chinese Labour and Toxic Dumping
The home rule government of Greenland is split in their stand on Alcoa's plans to import 2 thousand Chinese workers for the construction of the company's planned smelter in Maniitsoq. The biggest governing party, Inuit Ataqatigiit, is against the plan as the workers will not be paid the same amount as Greenlandic labour. On the other hand, the Democratic Party, which has two of the government's nine ministerial seats, is in favour of the plans on the grounds that the workers' working condition and payments will be better than in China.
In Iceland, during the construction of the Kárahnjúkar dams and Alcoa's aluminium smelter in Reyðarfjörður, Chinese and Portuguese migrant workers were imported on a mass scale. More than 1700 work-related injuries were reported during the building of the dams, ten workers ended up with irrecoverable injuries and five workers died. In 2010, the Occupational Safety and Health Authority stated that the Kárahnjúkar project was in a different league to any other project in Iceland, with regard to work-related accidents.
At the same time as Greenland's government argued over Alcoa, Danish newspaper Politiken reported that the Scottish oil company Cairn Energy — a company that, along with Indian mining giant Vedanta, shares the ownership of oil and gas company Cairn India — is responsible for dumping 160 tons of toxic materials into the ocean in the years of 2010 and 2011. The dumping is linked to the company's search for oil off Greenland's shore and is five times higher than the amount of comparable materials dumped in 2009 by every single oil platform of Denmark and Norway combined.


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Hyphy: A guide to Bay Area slang
Updated: 12:05 PM PDT Mar 24, 2016
Paul Chinn, The Chronicle SOURCE: Paul Chinn, The Chronicle
When outsiders think of classic California slang, it's the southern half of the state that tends to get all the credit. Surfer talk and valley girl dominate the California slang stereotypes, but that leaves out the slang our region has given the world.In the Bay Area, things are a little more gritty. We're less about beaches and malls and more about the local hip hop scene, a place that has given the region many of its most famous slang terms.Then, of course, there's hella. The Bay Area's greatest gift to the slang world, hella first began appearing in the 1970s. According to linguists, the word's origins are murky, but they believe it popped up first in the black community in Oakland. Hella was the stuff of high school halls and sporting events for a while, but it wasn't until musicians brought it into the national lexicon that it started taking off.One of the first to use hella in national interviews was James Hetfield of Metallica. The band formed in Southern California, but gained a national platform after moving to the East Bay in 1983.Hella went truly mainstream with the explosion of the hyphy movement in the 1990s. Local rappers E-40 and Mac Dre elevated hella from an occasional qualifier to a mainstay of the NorCal dialect. By 1993, linguists were classifying it as a distinctly Bay Area word. In 2002, it was added to the Oxford English Dictionary.BAY AREA SLANGThe CityBay Area residents know there's only one City.The TownOakland. Obviously.HyphyShort for "hyperactive," hyphy was popularized by Oakland rapper Keak da Sneak. The word's popular usage refers to the music and vibe of the bay — wild, loud and exciting.WhipSlang for a vehicle, possibly of a more expensive make, but generally used to describe all cars.Ghost-rideAn admittedly dangerous activity wherein the driver of a scraper puts his car (or golf cart, if you're Marshawn Lynch) in neutral and jumps out of the vehicle to dance (either next to it or on top of it for a higher level of difficulty) while the car coasts along. Bonus points if you can gracefully jump back into your car before hitting a pole.CuttyIf something or someone is cutty, they're a bit sketchy. For example, "You should have known that cutty hoverboard you bought on the internet was going to catch fire."The term is thought to have originated in Vallejo as short-hand for "cutthroat."Bootsie/bootsyBad, gross, terrible. Calling someone bootsie means they're as trashy as they come. The word originates from Oakland.HellaThe ultimate Bay slang: So great that the rest of the world has slowly but surely embraced it. Linguists believe hella has its origins in the Hayward area and has existed since the mid-1970s. Hella gained popularity in the early 90s when it became a mainstay of the hip hop vernacular.Stunners/Stunnas/Stunna shadesOversized sunglasses, often worn at night, while getting hyphy. Can also refer to sunglasses in general.415San Francisco, baby. And even more so now that the 415 area code has been discontinued for new phone numbers.420Another Bay term gone mainstream, 420 is now the universal number associated with weed. Several local high schools claim to have come up with 420 (including, most famously, San Rafael High), but it's beyond doubt that the number refers to the time of day (4:20) that the students would get together and light up. It's been in usage since the 1970s, but really took off in the 1990s when an editor at High Times saw 420 used on a Grateful Dead poster.The cutsThe suburbs or somewhere far afield, often used to refer to the outer edges of the Bay Area.FinnaSlang for "about to" or "going to." As in, "I'm finna get some In-N-Out today."SlapsSpecifically, a fun, upbeat song from the Bay Area, but used more generally as a term for any awesome song. It can be used as an adjective ("Yo, this song is a slapper!") or as a noun ("Anyone got slaps we can play on our roadtrip?").SwoopTo pick up someone, for example, on the way to a party.
(By Katie Dowd / SF GATE) —
When outsiders think of classic California slang, it's the southern half of the state that tends to get all the credit. Surfer talk and valley girl dominate the California slang stereotypes, but that leaves out the slang our region has given the world.
In the Bay Area, things are a little more gritty. We're less about beaches and malls and more about the local hip hop scene, a place that has given the region many of its most famous slang terms.
Then, of course, there's hella. The Bay Area's greatest gift to the slang world, hella first began appearing in the 1970s. According to linguists, the word's origins are murky, but they believe it popped up first in the black community in Oakland. Hella was the stuff of high school halls and sporting events for a while, but it wasn't until musicians brought it into the national lexicon that it started taking off.
One of the first to use hella in national interviews was James Hetfield of Metallica. The band formed in Southern California, but gained a national platform after moving to the East Bay in 1983.
Hella went truly mainstream with the explosion of the hyphy movement in the 1990s. Local rappers E-40 and Mac Dre elevated hella from an occasional qualifier to a mainstay of the NorCal dialect. By 1993, linguists were classifying it as a distinctly Bay Area word. In 2002, it was added to the Oxford English Dictionary.
BAY AREA SLANG
Bay Area residents know there's only one City.
Oakland. Obviously.
Short for "hyperactive," hyphy was popularized by Oakland rapper Keak da Sneak. The word's popular usage refers to the music and vibe of the bay — wild, loud and exciting.
Slang for a vehicle, possibly of a more expensive make, but generally used to describe all cars.
Ghost-ride
An admittedly dangerous activity wherein the driver of a scraper puts his car (or golf cart, if you're Marshawn Lynch) in neutral and jumps out of the vehicle to dance (either next to it or on top of it for a higher level of difficulty) while the car coasts along. Bonus points if you can gracefully jump back into your car before hitting a pole.
If something or someone is cutty, they're a bit sketchy. For example, "You should have known that cutty hoverboard you bought on the internet was going to catch fire."
The term is thought to have originated in Vallejo as short-hand for "cutthroat."
Bootsie/bootsy
Bad, gross, terrible. Calling someone bootsie means they're as trashy as they come. The word originates from Oakland.
The ultimate Bay slang: So great that the rest of the world has slowly but surely embraced it. Linguists believe hella has its origins in the Hayward area and has existed since the mid-1970s. Hella gained popularity in the early 90s when it became a mainstay of the hip hop vernacular.
Stunners/Stunnas/Stunna shades
Oversized sunglasses, often worn at night, while getting hyphy. Can also refer to sunglasses in general.
San Francisco, baby. And even more so now that the 415 area code has been discontinued for new phone numbers.
Another Bay term gone mainstream, 420 is now the universal number associated with weed. Several local high schools claim to have come up with 420 (including, most famously, San Rafael High), but it's beyond doubt that the number refers to the time of day (4:20) that the students would get together and light up. It's been in usage since the 1970s, but really took off in the 1990s when an editor at High Times saw 420 used on a Grateful Dead poster.
The cuts
The suburbs or somewhere far afield, often used to refer to the outer edges of the Bay Area.
Slang for "about to" or "going to." As in, "I'm finna get some In-N-Out today."
Specifically, a fun, upbeat song from the Bay Area, but used more generally as a term for any awesome song. It can be used as an adjective ("Yo, this song is a slapper!") or as a noun ("Anyone got slaps we can play on our roadtrip?").
To pick up someone, for example, on the way to a party.


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» April-30-2009
» Song and dance
Song and dance
Youth theater shines at Arts Center
"Into the Woods, Jr." opened last weekend at the Durango Arts Center featuring a youthful company under a new name. Imaginary Friends Productions is the title of an umbrella organization that incorporates two well-regarded companies: Merely Players and Durango Performing Arts Co. These entities have banded together to reignite youth theater in Durango. If the first production is any evidence, the effort has paid off.
The one-act version of Stephen Sondheim's contemporary spin on old fairy tales is a gem of musical storytelling. "Into the Woods, Jr." interweaves many characters from the Brothers Grimm pantheon: Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk, and Rapunzel, to name a few. The musical begins with a deceptively simple song, "I wish." It gradually reveals every character's secret desire. Before the play is over, and it's accomplished within one hour, there's a satisfying dramatic conclusion to all that dreaming. The plot involves going into the woods, Sondheim's metaphor for growing up, facing life, and dealing with one's wishes, desires, and the world – however uncertain it may be.
"Into the Woods" is a perfect, if difficult, musical for young performers. The complex plot offers a broad spectrum of characters. The music and lyrics are not easy, but if young people can master tricky lyrics with tantalizing internal rhymes, sing the playful and often interrupted lines, and follow speedy stage directions, they participate in a musical for our time – witty, gritty, lyrical and thought provoking.
The company did just that on opening weekend. Director Traci Lyn Thomas and her production team created a clear platform on which the players could illuminate the story. A colorful proscenium stage has been designed for a fairy tale world with movable flats that represent various settings including a tower for Rapunzel. The playing area expanded as the action heated up and included aisle entrances and solos sung from the back. Credit Thomas' direction and player flexibility.
The company performed with confidence. Everyone had been coached in projection, so almost every word could be heard. The singing, however, was uneven with some students benefitting from vocal training and others just beginning, but that's to be expected in educational theater. It's the confidence to be on stage that counts. The singers had head mikes and first-rate, pre-recorded music underscoring their efforts. Director Thomas staged the complicated plot for clarity and speed; the actors seamlessly made their entrances and exits. The costumes fit the tone, and the hour sped by to a satisfying conclusion. Congratulations to all.
Act I for the evening displayed the abilities of a younger company with the premiere of "Twelve Dancing Princesses." Mona Wood-Patterson, Durango High School drama program director and key member of Imaginary Friends Productions, rewrote the fairy tale. She created a format for a one-hour dance show with a narrative frame. It begins with a beleaguered king who has a dozen recalcitrant daughters. The dilemma involves their future, of course, but the twist here is the desire of all 12 to be seen as individuals. That enables a dozen dance numbers to unfold in different styles. Suzy DiSanto's imaginative choreography could be seen as the dancers streamed through tap, jazz, ballet and modern pieces – all driving to a harmonic conclusion and a dozen new pair of shoes.
The combined program runs for two more weekends. •


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Jarvis Cannon is featured in VZW My Cause Series!
My Cause: Bridging the digital divide with English and PC skills.
Jarvis Cannon is giving his Hispanic community confidence to succeed in our tech-dependent world.
"There's a stereotype that if you can't speak English, you're not smart. That couldn't be further from the truth. In fact, my adult students are highly skilled, eager to learn, and they inspire me beyond words."
A 9-year V Teamer who works in account management for Business, Customer and Government Operations, Jarvis Cannon volunteers with LaAmistad, Inc. whose mission is to empower members of the Latino community in Atlanta, Georgia, through academic and life-enrichment programs. After his wife started teaching in the organization's three-year "English for a Successful Living" (ESL) program, Jarvis found a fit teaching students in their final 20 weeks of the program.
As Jarvis started teaching, he breezed through the original curriculum which he felt was heavy on textbook English. "The students want a practical understanding of the language," he explains. "One student said that he just wanted to understand what was being said about his kids during parent-teacher conferences. Another simply wanted to understand the English being spoken around him."
At the same time, Jarvis realized that the existing technology lessons assumed too much. He cited an example of a lesson about creating a resume. "It seems simple but I uncovered a fundamental issue," he recalls. "While my class included architects, truck drivers and even lawyers, when I asked them how they applied for their jobs, many shared that their kids built and submitted their resumes online."
Jarvis' cause: Designing for digital inclusion.
Jarvis reflects on the bigger picture and opportunity to help bridge the digital divide for his students. Noting that 20 years ago tech competence was judged by the basic ability to use a computer, he believes that in parts of our communities it's still a relevant measure.
"Everyone in my class knows that their jobs require some level of technology skills but they thought they were hopeless cases. So I'm helping them learn the basics, how to turn on—and use—a computer."
Drawing on his background in technology and instructional design, Jarvis proposed an amended curriculum on learning everyday English words and concepts, which included assignments like building a household budget using Microsoft Excel, designing flyers in Microsoft Word, and learning how emails are sent across the internet. LaAmistad's director bought in quickly.
The goal was to give students a strong foundation in both English and technology. Once the students started learning, "they wanted to know more, and they saw more possibilities for themselves," Jarvis shares.
Over his one year with LaAmistad, Jarvis has supported 15 students to graduate. "They're excited to leave with some computer knowledge and confidence in knowing how to apply for jobs, research topics and tackle whatever else they desire. What drives me is that the students are so committed to the program and just want a chance to learn. English couldn't be a barrier."
Reaching deeper into his community.
Jarvis' curriculum for his students at LaAmistad is benefitting more in his community. He and his wife have co-founded a non-profit aimed at teaching adults basic computer skills.
Jarvis' organization has formed strategic alliances with Goodwill of North Georgia, the Fulton County Library System and the Aviation Community Cultural Center, each of which offer workshops for adults to learn technology. "We help adults with low skills so they can benefit from improved employment opportunities and enhanced family life." Jarvis and his wife voluntarily visited each location to help close the gap. There's been so much success that the Aviation Community Cultural Center plans to serve as the central brick-and-mortar hub for Jarvis to deliver training in the community.
"It's been amazing to see the response to something I started to think about 19 years ago when I was at IBM," says Jarvis. "At that time I volunteered to help adults learn how to turn on a computer. It was the big social mission and it's difficult to believe that the same need and skill gaps exist today."
Always looking forward, Jarvis ponders, "I don't know what the basic knowledge point will be 20 years from now. All I know is that I'm committed to helping my community not fall behind nor let English be a barrier. I love what I do and as far as I'm concerned, I'm just getting started."
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Better Call Saul: Better Than Expected
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Better Call Saul Season 2 Poster. Pictured: Jimmy McGill (aka Saul Goodman) walking uphill.
Ed K., Contributing Writer
Before I go into depth about the shows Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, I want to give a spoiler warning. If you have not seen Breaking Bad or Better Call Saul but plan to in the future, do not read any further. Both shows are experienced best when you go in blind.
Breaking Bad is commonly regarded as one of the greatest TV shows of the 21st century, and has even been called the greatest TV drama of all time. The popular crime show is about Walter White (nickname Walt), a mild-mannered chemistry teacher who decides to "break bad" when he is diagnosed with Stage 3 lung cancer. Walt teams up with his former student Jesse Pinkman to cook and sell drugs so Walt can secure a future for his wife and two children once he eventually succumbs to cancer. The show follows Walt as he slowly turns darker and darker, meeting drug lords, manipulating his family and friends, and committing horrible acts of violence all in the name of gaining more power in the Albuquerque underworld. Breaking Bad premiered in 2008 and ran to 2013 with 5 seasons under its belt, racking up awards and acclaim with each season. But all great things must come to an end and with the finale of Breaking Bad in 2013, creator Vince Gilligan had to answer an important question: what was the next step for this franchise? Making a show about the lawyer of course!
In Season 2, Episode 8 of Breaking Bad, an extremely important character is introduced. After one of Jesse's idiot friends Badger gets busted for dealing drugs, Walt and Jesse have to stop him from potentially revealing their identities. To get Badger out of police custody, they hire Saul Goodman, a crooked criminal lawyer who has connections to the New Mexico drug trade. From this point on, Saul becomes an invaluable asset to Walt, Jesse, and their drug business by helping them launder money, cover up their tracks, and even giving Walt information that leads him to kill one of the series's biggest villains, Gus Fring.
Saul is one of the most important characters and serves as comic relief in many instances, but during his time on Breaking Bad, Saul comes off as a flat, one-dimensional character with little to no redeeming qualities. Yes, he does help Walt and Jesse even when he has nothing to gain, but other than that there's no real depth to Saul. Why make a show about a character as dull as Saul? One of Breaking Bad's greatest strengths in its storytelling is the incredibly deep, complex personalities in every character, and that is why Better Call Saul exists. It takes the audience back to the year 2000 and fleshes out characters that the writers weren't able to perfect in Breaking Bad while setting itself apart from its predecessor by telling its own unique story filled with great new characters, a riveting plot, and one of the best "villains" on TV currently.
Bob Odenkirk as Jimmy McGill and Michael McKean as Chuck McGill
In Better Call Saul, you meet Jimmy McGill, the real name of Saul Goodman. He's an underpaid public defender in Albuquerque who lives and works in the back of a nail salon and has a crummy old car for transportation. After moving from Illinois to New Mexico, Jimmy cares for his brother Chuck McGill, one of the founders of Hamlin, Hamlin, & McGill (HHM), a prestigious law firm in Albuquerque. Chuck claims he has electromagnetic sensitivity which has turned him into a hermit with only Jimmy to take care of him. Jimmy's trying to lead an honest life and escape from his "Slippin' Jimmy" life in Chicago as a con-man, but he slips back into it when opportunities arise to get rich.
Right away in the first episode, we understand Jimmy's conflict. He actively wants to turn his life around and be a better person, but he always takes the easy way out. It would be hard to support Jimmy and understand his struggles if he was just a mean and sarcastic jerk all the time, but thanks to the great writing in every episode and Bob Odenkirk's amazing performance as this character, Jimmy is ultimately someone you feel bad for, but in an unconventional way. You don't feel sympathetic for Jimmy because everything bad that happens to him is out of his control. Rather, most of his troubles come from him and his actions (more on this later). Jimmy McGill is a complex masterpiece of character work and one who you constantly want to be better for himself and others around him.
Although it may not seem as engaging as Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul has an equally if not more engaging story than its predecessor. As previously established, Jimmy's life at the start of Season 1 is not very good. Episode 1 immediately gets into the action and strongly starts building its characters. Jimmy is just scraping by with the money he gets from working as a public defender, and he has to routinely take care of Chuck, which includes stopping one of Chuck's partners from buying Chuck out from the firm. Jimmy's under intense pressure and it all comes to a boil when he attempts to convince the wealthy Kettlemens to hire him for their embezzlement charges. They refuse, and Jimmy cracks under all the pressure. He attempts to con them into accepting his counsel but gets in a bit of a "tight" situation with the cartel, which is then branched off into a "B" storyline to Jimmy's lawyer plotline. Throughout the season's story, we are greeted with familiar faces such as Mike Ehramantraut and Tuco Salamanca, but brand-new interesting and deep characters are also introduced. Howard Hamlin acts as the antagonist for most of Season 1, always degrading Jimmy and eroding his self-esteem publicly. Kim Wexler is a lawyer at Hamlin, Hamlin, and McGill who acts as Jimmy's love interest and seemingly only ally in his life. The last of the important new characters is Nacho Varga, a highly intelligent member of the cartel. Admittedly, Nacho's motives aren't set up well in Season 1, but in the beginning of Season 2 we see where Nacho's obligations lie. He wants to protect his family from his criminal life and he is willing to go to extremes to do so, as proven when he frames Tuco Salamanca for assault early in Season 2. Season 1 clearly establishes the motivations for Jimmy to break bad while also setting up and exploring the complexities of various side characters, making its story enthralling and engaging.
Michael McKean as Chuck McGill
A good story needs a good villain, and Better Call Saul Season 1 has exactly that. Breaking Bad has one of the greatest TV villains of all time in the drug kingpin Gustavo Fring. From the end of Season 2 to the end of Season 4, Fring was one of the most intimidating and evil human beings on TV. Fring killed many, many people throughout the show to keep his empire afloat and threatened to kill even more to protect his throne. He was a perfect antagonist for the large scope of the show, and Better Call Saul matched his villainy with Chuck McGill. Now Chuck and Gus aren't the same in terms of pure evil acts, as Chuck has never killed someone in cold blood, but Chuck is just as bad if not worse than Gus because of the hate that you feel towards him. Throughout most of Season 1, the main villain is thought to be Howard Hamlin, the arrogant head of HHM. Howard constantly pushes Jimmy down, tries to ruin his career, and it is shown in a flashback that it was he who denied Jimmy a job at HHM when he passed the BAR exam. However, in the penultimate episode, the "mastermind" behind Hamlin's actions is revealed to be Chuck McGill, Jimmy's older brother. When Jimmy confronts Chuck about this betrayal, it's revealed that Chuck's motivations are simply due to jealousy and spite. Chuck hates Jimmy because Jimmy was able to coast through his life while Chuck had to work for everything in his life. Jimmy failed the BAR two times but is now a lawyer, something Chuck considers a disgrace. Chuck says that Jimmy will never be a real lawyer because when things get just a little bit difficult, Slippin' Jimmy returns. What solidifies him as a great villain though is that Chuck has somewhat of a point. Right from Episode 1, Jimmy is scamming others and breaking the law, and even though he constantly wants to be an honest man, he never stays that way, proving Chuck's point. He doesn't think or attempt to accept that Jimmy can change, so he constantly puts Jimmy down. Chuck has consistently betrayed Jimmy because of petty jealousy, making him one of the easiest TV characters to hate and one of the best villains in the Breaking Bad universe.
I didn't expect much from Better Call Saul when I started watching it, but the show immediately hooks its viewers: the characters and writing are rock-solid and extraordinarily deep, the plot may seem dull but quickly pulls you into it, and Chuck McGill perfectly captures the essence of Satan on TV. I would strongly recommend Better Call Saul if you enjoy Breaking Bad or watching good TV in general.
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Phippsburg is a town in Sagadahoc County, Maine, United States, on the west side of the mouth of the Kennebec River. The population was 2,155 at the 2020 census. It is within the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine, metropolitan statistical area. A tourist destination, Phippsburg is home to Bates-Morse Mountain Conservation Area, Fort Popham State Historic Site; it is also home to Fort Baldwin which overlooks Fort Popham, and Popham Beach State Park, as well as Pond Island National Wildlife Refuge. The town includes part of Winnegance.

History

Site of the Popham Colony, Phippsburg was—between 1607 and 1608—the first known English settlement attempt in New England. During its brief existence, colonists built Virginia of Sagadahoc, the first ship in Maine's long history of shipbuilding.

The next British settlement at the mouth of the Kennebec River began in 1653; Thomas Atkins, a fisherman, purchased from the sachem Mowhotiwormet, commonly called Chief Robinhood, the southern end of Phippsburg (with the exception of Popham). Atkins Bay bears his name. The population gradually increased until King Philip's War, when Indians in August 1676 attacked the eastern side of the Kennebec River, massacring and scalping the colonists, or else carrying them into captivity. Dwellings were burned and stocks of cattle killed. The entire area was abandoned.

Resettlement commenced in 1679 at Newtown, located on the southern end of Arrowsic Island (across the river from present-day Phippsburg Center). About 1684, Francis Small had a trading post at Cape Small, which bears his name. But in 1689 the area was again destroyed and deserted during King William's War. With the Treaty of Portsmouth in 1713, conflict was formally ended between the Abenaki Indians and English settlements. In 1714, Newtown was reestablished, then incorporated in 1716 as Georgetown-on-Arrowsic by the Massachusetts General Court. Also in 1716, the Pejepscot Proprietors established a little fishing village called Augusta at the Small Point Harbor area of Phippsburg. Dr. Oliver Noyes, director of the colony, erected a stone fort  square to protect it. In 1717, Governor Samuel Shute held a conference at Georgetown-on-Arrowsic with tribal delegates, who arrived in a flotilla of canoes and encamped on Lee Island.

But in summer of 1723 during Dummer's War, the Norridgewocks and 250 of their Indian allies from Canada, incited by the French missionary Sebastien Rale, attacked the area. Again it was deserted, with the stone fort destroyed. Governor William Dummer's Treaty of 1725 restored peace, and in 1737 an attempt was made to resettle Cape Small Point. The boundaries of Georgetown-on-Arrowsic were enlarged to encompass most of present-day Phippsburg, Bath (which then included West Bath), Woolwich and Georgetown.

Slow resettlement of the Phippsburg peninsula found ten farms along the Kennebec River by 1751, with five more on the Casco Bay side. But the districts gathered into Georgetown-on-Arrowsic began splitting away; in 1759, Woolwich withdrew, followed in 1781 by Bath. In 1814, Phippsburg was set off and incorporated. The original petition requested that it be named Dromore after one of the town's oldest sections, but Massachusetts chose instead to honor one of its royal governors, Sir William Phips—actually a native of Woolwich.

Between 1842 and 1890, wooden ships were built at Phippsburg. It also had numerous tidal mills.

Fort Popham was built during the Civil War to guard the mouth of the Kennebec, on the site of a much smaller battery built in 1808. It became the control center for an underwater minefield in the 1890s. The more modern Fort Baldwin was built between 1905 and 1912 and was garrisoned in both World Wars.

In 1891 Phippsburg ceded Ragged Island to Harpswell, but in 1917 it further added to its roster of islands by annexing nine Casco Bay islands including Bushy, Hen, Bear, Malaga, Burnt Coat, Black Snake, Wood, Little Wood, and Gooseberry Islands. Malaga was later offered to, but refused by, Harpswell.

During the Gilded Age, Popham Beach developed into a resort area, with steamboats transporting excursionists from Bath. Today, the town's principal industries are fishing and tourism.

In 1971, Phippsburg was the site of the discovery of the Spirit Pond runestones, purported evidence of pre-Columbian European exploration of North America, considered widely a hoax by academics. The three stones were found by Walter J. Elliot, Jr., a carpenter from Bath, Maine. The runestones are now in the possession of the Maine State Museum in Augusta, Maine.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which,  of it is land and  is water. Connected to Bath by a bridge and causeway over Winnegance Creek and sharing a border with West Bath to the east of Winnegance, Phippsburg is on a peninsula dividing the Kennebec River from Casco Bay in the Gulf of Maine, part of the Atlantic Ocean.

Phippsburg is crossed by state routes 209 and 216. Separated by water, the peninsula is near the towns of Harpswell to the west, West Bath to the northwest, Bath to the north, Arrowsic to the northeast, and Georgetown to the east.

Demographics

2010 census

As of the census of 2010, there were 2,216 people, 963 households, and 665 families living in the town. The population density was . There were 1,748 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 97.5% White, 0.5% African American, 0.3% Native American, 0.3% Asian, 0.1% from other races, and 1.4% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.0% of the population.

There were 963 households, of which 22.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.5% were married couples living together, 6.5% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.0% had a male householder with no wife present, and 30.9% were non-families. Of all households 24.0% were made up of individuals, and 9.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.30 and the average family size was 2.67.

The median age in the town was 49.8 years. 16.5% of residents were under the age of 18; 6.1% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 19.4% were from 25 to 44; 36.5% were from 45 to 64; and 21.5% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the town was 50.3% male and 49.7% female.

2000 census

As of the census of 2000, there were 2,106 people, 859 households, and 622 families living in the town. The population density was . There were 1,554 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 98.53% White, 0.28% African American, 0.24% Native American, 0.24% Asian, and 0.71% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.57% of the population.

There were 859 households, out of which 28.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.5% were married couples living together, 5.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.5% were non-families. Of all households 21.8% were made up of individuals, and 8.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 2.82.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 22.4% under the age of 18, 5.3% from 18 to 24, 26.5% from 25 to 44, 30.7% from 45 to 64, and 15.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females, there were 105.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.7 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $46,739, and the median income for a family was $53,631. Males had a median income of $33,214 versus $26,250 for females. The per capita income for the town was $22,205. About 5.8% of families and 9.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.8% of those under age 18 and 14.4% of those age 65 or over.

Sites of interest

 Fort Baldwin
 Fort Popham
 Hermit Island
Malaga Island

References

External links
 Town of Phippsburg, Maine
 Phippsburg Map, History, Information, Photos
 Fort Popham State Historic Site
 Phippsburg Historical Society
 New Meadows River Watershed Project
 Maine's First Ship – project to reconstruct the Virginia of Sagadahoc
 Maine Genealogy: Phippsburg, Sagadahoc County, Maine

Sites of interest

 Phippsburg Map, History, Information
 Bates-Morse Mountain Conservation Area
 Phippsburg Historical Society & Museum
 Phippsburg Land Trust
 Pond Island Light
 Popham Beach State Park

Portland metropolitan area, Maine
Towns in Sagadahoc County, Maine
Towns in Maine
Populated coastal places in Maine

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Q: Group algebras and group automorphisms Say, we have a countable ICC group $G$, a Hilbert space $H$ with a basis indexed by the group elements, the group algebra generated by the left regular representation of $G$ on this Hilbert space, and its norm and weak closures, the reduced C-* and the von Neumann algebras.
On the other hand, an automorphism of $G$ also permutes the basis of $H$ (when applied to the indices) and thus defines a unitary on $H$.
What's the relationship of this unitary to the group algebras? Is it ever in, say, the von Neumann group factor? How do the properties of this unitary reflect whether it comes from an inner group automorphism or not?
These unitaries, representing automorphisms of $G$, also give rise to an operator algebra.  How is this algebra related to the group's, say, von Neumann algebra?

A: If I interpreted your question correctly, what you are interested in is the following result:
Suppose $G$ is an i.c.c., discrete group and $\delta: G \rightarrow G$ is a group homomorphism. Define the automorphism of the group von Neumann algebra $\theta(\sum_g c_g \lambda_g)= \sum_g c_g \lambda_{\delta(g)}$. Then, $\theta$ is outer if and only if $\delta$ is an outer automorphism of $G$.
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Jill Stein on Foreign Policy
Green Party presidential nominee; Former Challenger for MA Governor
Support Iranian nuclear deal as part of nuclear-free Mideast
Q: On Iran: Support treaty limiting Iran's nuclear capacity in return for lifting economic sanctions?
Clinton: Yes.
Trump: No.
Johnson: "Skeptic," but "wouldn't get rid of treaty."
Stein: Yes. Create nuclear-free zone in the entire Middle East.
Q: On Iraq: Did you support the Iraq war? Should the US commit significant additional ground troops to Iraq to combat ISIS?
Clinton: Voted to give Bush authority for war; then said "made a mistake." Supported Obama draw-down. Opposes adding more combat troops, but wants more support for Arab & Kurdish ground forces.
Trump: Says opposed war but made no public opposition statements at time, & some indicating support. Later supported troop withdrawal. Now supports 20,000-30,000 additional US troops.
Johnson: Opposed war. Boots on ground, bombs, & drones "make things worse." ISIS has been "largely contained geographically."
Stein: End Iraq and Afghan wars, withdraw troops & military contractors. Weapons embargo in Middle East. Source: CampusElect Voter Guide to 2016 Presidential race , Oct 9, 2018
Syria invited Russia into war; don't threaten no-fly zone
Q: Why do you think a nuclear war is more likely under a President Clinton than a President Trump?
STEIN: If you watched the debate the other night, you would have heard Trump saying that he's looking for collaboration with Putin. But I consider the threat of nuclear war not trivial at all, and this is one of the most clear and present dangers to our surroundings.
Q: Why is it more likely under Clinton, though? This is about Trump's hair-trigger temper generally, not just with Putin.
STEIN: Put it this way: The most likely nuclear threat right now is with Russia. And when you have Hillary Clinton then beating the war drums against Russia, and essentially saying that if she's elected that we will declare war on Russia--because that's what a no-fly zone over Syria amounts to. Shooting down Russian warplanes.
Q: Not if the Russians adhere.
STEIN: But our no-fly zone does not adhere to international law. Syria--for better or for worse--invited Russia there. Source: Slate.com interview after Second 2016 Presidential Debate , Oct 19, 2016
US helped create refugee crisis, so we should help them
Q: The U.S. has taken in about 12,000 Syrian refugees over the past year. Why take the risk of having those refugees coming into the country?
Hillary Clinton: I will not let anyone into our country that I think poses a risk to us. But there are a lot of refugees who are women and children.
Jill Stein: There is a refugee crisis created in large part by US military interventions. We need to do our part by taking in refugees. Source: Stein Twitter posts on Second 2016 Presidential Debate , Oct 9, 2016
Re-examine NATO to avoid economic and military domination
Q: An issue between [Hillary and Trump] has been NATO and the NATO Alliance. What's your view?
STEIN: I think we need to take a good hard look at NATO. In my view NATO needs to be part of a re-examination of a foreign policy that has been based on economic and military domination and we need to look at what the consequences of this kind of foreign policy are. And, you know we spent $6 trillion--
Q: What's the domination, where NATO comes into it?
STEIN: Well, NATO for example is how we can do an end run around our own internal process when we want to create regime change somewhere.
Q: So your running mate [Ajamu Baraka] referred to the "gangster states" of NATO. Do you share that view?
STEIN: Well, he uses language I would not use. But, shall we say, I don't think it represents American democracy to do an end run around our process or determining when we will go to war.
Q: Well he uses language, but what does he mean?
STEIN: I think he means the same thing I'm saying. Source: Wash. Post editorial board on 2016 presidential hopefuls , Aug 25, 2016
End CIA-supported coups and regime change in Latin America
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A: Many Sanders supporters have long straddled both campaigns. As the Democratic Party moves to sideline his campaign, Sanders' supporters themselves are getting the word out that the revolution continues here, inside our campaign.
Q: Who are you reaching out to?
A: For example, we are getting the word out to Latinos and other groups concerned about immigrant rights. They have seen that Republicans are the party of hate and fearmongering. And Democrats are the party of deportation, detention and night raids. We are the only campaign opposing border militarization, pointing out that the most important solution to the immigration crisis is to stop causing it-- through predatory trade deals, the war on drugs and U.S. military and CIA-supported coups and regime change. U.S. immigration policy effectively criminalizes millions of refugees fleeing the poverty and violence resulting from misguided U.S. policies. Source: Marxism-Leninism Today magazine: 2016 presidential hopefuls , Mar 30, 2016
U.S. meddling in Mideast exacerbates terrorism
"After 9/11 the US told the Saudis to clean up their act, stop sanctioning terror, etc.," said Stein, "But as recently as 2009, Hillary Clinton wrote in a State Department memo that they were still the overwhelming funders of international terrorism. It's crazy to spend $6 trillion on fighting terrorism when we turn blind eye to the Saudis."
It's not only the Saudis, though. Stein argued that US involvement in sectarian conflicts in the Middle East, like the ongoing Syrian civil war, only exacerbate tensions in an already volatile region. "We're funding the 'good-guy terrorists' now, they might become 'bad-guy terrorists' later." Stein went on to draw a more complex picture of forces on the ground in the conflict: "They're hybrids of freedom fighters, resistance fighters. Then there are the religious extremists and the warlords. It's complicated."
One thing's for sure, said Stein: constant US meddling in the region is "putting a flamethrower to Middle East." Source: American Herald Tribune foreign policy interview , Feb 29, 2016
Stop US funding and support of the Israeli occupation
The Tribune asked Stein about the Israel-Palestine conflict. Stein began, "We need to stop aligning with our favored country for that reason alone. We need to stop arming and funding governments committing war crimes and violating human rights."
Our actions perpetuate an "absolute disaster of a policy. We're spending $8 million a day supplying the Israeli military." That money goes to continuing the policies of home demolitions, apartheid, and massacres, Stein said. The policies are "flagrant violations of international law" that will eventually have the effect of "driving Israel out of existence" by its own actions.
Stein has hope that a solution can be reached, she said, but she believes the US needs to step back and let things take their own course. "Most authorities say a two-state solution is no longer possible due to the carving up of the territories by Israel and the occupation," Stein said. "My feeling is we shouldn't be in the business of telling them how to work it out." Source: American Herald Tribune foreign policy interview , Feb 29, 2016
Back to the drawing board on our relationship to the Mideast
Stein's opinion on foreign policy centered on the Middle East: "We need to go back to the drawing board on our relationship to the Middle East," Stein said, "Our foreign policy has had catastrophic consequences; it's based on economic and military domination rather than human rights and diplomacy."
Stein pointed to the Syrian conflict as an example of the failure of US diplomacy in the region. "It's no secret that the Saudis have been behind the terror groups tearing Syria apart," she explained, citing US patronage of the oil-rich kingdom as a driving force behind instability in the war-torn country. "Saudi Arabia has been given blanket permission to instigate religious extremism to the tune of $100 billion in US weapons," she said, "Freely distributed to whichever terrorists they want to support." Stein believes that there needs to be a full weapons boycott in Syria and a freeze on the bank accounts of countries sponsoring terror, including Saudi Arabia. Source: American Herald Tribune foreign policy interview , Feb 29, 2016
End foreign aid to countries with human rights abuses
While she agrees with [Democratic progressive challenger Senator Bernie] Sanders on many issues, she points out in the interview a couple of important differences. She appears to be passionately against the continued funding of countries with human rights abuses that she believes are in violation of International Law such as: Saudi Arabia and Israel. Although Sanders does not emphasize his position on this issue while on the campaign trail, she is correct that he definitely does support their continued funding. Some of his supporters may not realize that at this point, partly because it does not seem to be a major focus of his campaign. The two candidates do differ on foreign policy and foreign aid. Source: Green Party press release on interview in Denton Times Life , Dec 26, 2015
Take 65,000 Syrian refugees immediately, not over 18 months
Stein called for admitting at least 65,000 refugees from Syria and elsewhere to the US as a first step in addressing the refugee crisis. She pointed out that the refugees are a tragic symptom of a much bigger underlying disease that also needs an immediate response: "As a doctor I know that in order to fix a deadly symptom, you have to treat the underlying deadly disease. Much of the refugee crisis stems directly from disastrous US military interventions in the Middle East. This vicious cycle must stop here. We should initiate an arms embargo to the region, compel the Saudis to stop funding ISIS, & get Turkey to stop allowing militias to cross their border to fight for ISIS."
The International Rescue Committee has called for the US to take at least 65,000 refugees from Syria's civil war rather than the 10,000 proposed by Obama. Stein criticized the Obama administration plan to take up to 18 months to screen refugees as "a bureaucratic nightmare than will only increase pain & suffering." Source: Campaign press release on Syrian Refugee crisis , Sep 23, 2015
Work towards neutral Ukraine; don't arm them against Russia
OnTheIssues: Should we help Ukraine against Russia?
Stein: We should encourage Ukraine to be neutral--we helped foment a coup against a democratically-elected government, [resulting in a government] where ultra-nationalists and ex-Nazis came to power. Imagine the inverse: if Russia did that in Canada--installed a government hostile to us--we saw something like that in Cuban Missile Crisis--that would not be acceptable to us. So let's not be single-issue--instead of fomenting a hostile Ukraine we should be leading the way in establishing a neutral Ukraine that would allow Russia to not feel under attack. We've made great strides--Putin is not a hero--but as Noam Chomsky points out, the Doomsday clock has moved closer to midnight than it has been since 1983. The hostile faceoff with Russia causes that and is entirely misplaced--led by war hawks in Obama administration--especially [Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs] Victoria Nuland, who cheered on an overthrow in Ukraine. Source: Phone interview on 2016 presidential race by OnTheIssues.org , Jul 6, 2015
China provides less heavy-handed foreign aid than does US
OnTheIssues: How would you maintain relations with China and human rights vs. debt?
Stein: We should deal with China like a member of global community--stop isolating and intimidating China--that is not gonna work.
OnTheIssues: What about the latest standoff in the South China Sea?
Stein: It is wrongheaded for us to deal with territorial rights on the borders of China--what I mean by dealing with China as a member of global community is not to isolate them. On US debt, they finance all sorts of 3rd-world countries in a way that is far less heavy-handed than the US--we need to compete with China on that. We do need to stand up on human rights--but we need to do that inside the US or it does not pass the laugh test. Like in our jails and in our schools and in our courts and the way that we treat immigrants--we have created them and then we criminalize them. We need to get our own house in order first--stand up for human rights in China, yes, but also in Israel and Saudi Arabia too. Source: Phone interview on 2016 presidential race by OnTheIssues.org , Jul 6, 2015
Lifting the Cuban embargo was long overdue
OnTheIssues: What do you think about lifting the Cuban embargo?�
Stein: It was long overdue--it was time to end our economic & political warfare against Cuba. We need to be respecting their right to self-determination. We should go there without intent to interfere in their national process of deciding what kind of government, what kind of food and entertainment they have--we should respect the choices that the Cuban people have made.
OnTheIssues: And the Castros?
Stein: We should not be in the business of overturning Castro's rule. We should encourage human rights in Cuba, but we have been harboring terrorists against Cuba and we need to address human rights violations that we ourselves have been doing. Source: Phone interview on 2016 presidential race by OnTheIssues.org , Jul 6, 2015
Expanding NATO threatens Russia and breaks our promise
OnTheIssues: What should the U.S. do about Russia?
Stein: I think this is an issue where something does need to be said--but it's important to understand where they are coming from. The United States, under Bush 1, had an agreement when Germany joined NATO--Russia agreed with the understanding that NATO would not move one inch to the east. Since then NATO has pursued a policy of basically encircling Russia--including the threat of nukes and drones and so on. Source: Phone interview on 2016 presidential race by OnTheIssues.org , Jul 6, 2015
Focus on human rights, international law, and diplomacy
OnTheIssues: We all know about the "Obama Doctrine"; what would be the basis of the "Stein Doctrine"?
Stein: On the basis of human rights, international law, and diplomacy. We need to be a leading member of the world community--leading but not domineering, which has become the U.S. approach, dominated by endless war, which is unsustainable. Source: Phone interview on 2016 presidential race by OnTheIssues.org , Jul 6, 2015
Re-establish foreign policy on basis of international law
Q: What are your top foreign policy planks?
STEIN: To provide a welcoming path to citizenship for immigrants and to restore our civil liberties, our foreign policy platform is very important. We feel that we should have a foreign policy that basically gets rebooted and established on the basis of international law, human rights and diplomacy, and that we should not be in the business of funding basically weapons for everybody who wants them, and in particular, we should not be delivering weapons systems or support of any sort to nations around the world that are human rights violators. Source: Democracy Now interviews of 2016 presidential hopefuls , Jun 22, 2015
End Israeli apartheid occupations and illegal settlements
OBAMA: A nuclear Iran is a threat to our national security, and it's a threat to Israel's national security.
ROMNEY: I think the tension that existed between Israel and the United States was very unfortunate.
STEIN: We're seeing the candidates very similar to each other. They're both vowing their obedience to the right-wing government in Israel. And they are both saying that they will stop at nothing, but that war will be the last result. So, once again, we're seeing shades of gray here between the Democratic and Republican candidates, but we're not seeing what the American people really need and what international security really needs. And in fact, I should add that this slave-like mentality towards Israel is absolutely unjustified. We need to start raising the bar for Israel and holding them to an equal standard for supporting human rights and international law and ending occupations and illegal settlements and apartheid. Source: Democracy Now! Expanded Third Obama-Romney 2012 debate , Oct 22, 2012
Get tough policy has opposite effect of what was intended
Q: What about the attack on the US embassy in Benghazi, Libya?
STEIN: The tragedy in Libya, I think, is a very good case in point that really shows how this "get tough" international policy has really been extremely unproductive, has really produced the opposite effect of what was intended. And we're seeing this now not only in Libya, but in the demonstrations against U.S. embassies across the Middle East, in the fact that the Afghanistan army is shooting at U.S. soldiers. The war effort really is not being turned over to an Afghan army. The Afghan army itself has a very high desertion rate. We need a foreign policy based not on "tough guy" militarism, but on international law and respect for human rights, not on wars for oil. Source: Democracy Now! Expanded Second Obama-Romney 2012 debate , Oct 16, 2012
End trade embargo and travel ban on Cuba
Q: Should the United States end its trade embargo and travel ban on Cuba?
Q: Should the U.S. intervene in the affairs of other countries?
A: No, we should oppose wars of aggression and entangling alliances with other nations Source: Presidential comparison website www.iSideWith.com , May 16, 2012
Start holding all parties accountable in Israel/Palestine
Q: What's your stand on the Israel/Palestine conflict and US foreign policy more generally?
A: Israel/Palestine is a microcosm of broader US foreign policy principles, and our foreign policy needs to come into harmony with principles of human rights, nonviolent conflict resolution and a respect for international law--which haven't been there at all in Israel/Palestine and more globally. So, in Israel/Palestine, we need to start holding all parties accountable. All of the various factions responsible in Palestine and in Israel, for stopping human rights violations, so that assassinations are not accepted, so that apartheid is not accepted etc. We need to ask all parties to come up to the same standards of respect of human rights. We need to stop, in particular, being Israel's enabler of being the more powerful prohibitor of human rights. Occupation is unacceptable. Source: Interview with Steve Horn of Truthout.org , Jan 29, 2012
US should behave as member of world community, no world cop
Q: When you think about the US pursuing its interests abroad, how much should the US listen to other countries? Are you a unilateralist or a multilateralist?
A: On that scale, a multilateralist. We cannot afford to be the unilateral policemen of the world enforcing our own interest. We are a member of a very integrated world community and world economy and we need to behave accordingly. Source: 2011 AmericansElect interview questionnaire with Jill Stein , Dec 21, 2011
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Matters of culture should matter to us—because they matter to God. Hosted by Matt Chandler and Josh Patterson, the Culture Matters podcast explores the intersection of faith and culture. Looking at everything from politics, art, and entertainment to issues such as racial reconciliation and the sanctity of human life, we discuss what it looks like to live faithfully on mission—in the world but not of the world.
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palawa Enterprises Pty Ltd (pET) has been established by the Aboriginal Land Council of Tasmania (ALCT) to oversee the operation of the wukalina Walk (The Walk) tourism venture, within the dual named wukalina/Mt William National Park, an area considered to be the cultural homeland of the palawa (Tasmanian Aboriginal) people.
The ALCT is the ultimate beneficial owner of palawa Enterprises which in turn is managed by a seven member, independent Board. The wukalina Walk has been predominantly supported by the Parks and Wildlife Service, Tourism Tasmania, and Premier and Cabinet. And has received financial assistance from Prime Minister and Cabinet, the Indigenous Land Corporation and Indigenous Business Australia, and has also been the beneficiary of support from a number of philanthropists and major Tasmanian tourism businesses.
Over more than 40 years Clyde has held a wide range of positions, across both the Government and private sectors.
He was the first Legal Field Officer in the north of the State for the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre (TAC) and was influential in bringing the community together while establishing the TAC's Northern branch, he has also served as State Secretary for the TAC.
Clyde has held the role of Chairperson of the Aboriginal Land Council of Tasmania (ALCT) for the past 20 years and has been instrumental in achieving significant recognition and funding for the organisation to date.
He is a Tasmanian Aboriginal Elder, was NAIDOC Aboriginal of the year in 1990 and served a term on the World Heritage Committee. He is the current chair of the Aboriginal Elders Council of Tasmania and continues to; be a leading spokesperson for land return; undertake a strong community advocacy role; and, act as a prominent voice for social justice change for his people.
Andrew has had significant personal and professional travel experiences throughout Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific, Europe, USA and Canada, and currently serves on two voluntary Not for Profit Boards.
In 2004 he purchased Under Down Under Tours a company that specialises in small group coach tours throughout Tasmania – ranging from 2 ½ hours through to 9 days; from downhill bike adventures to extended accommodated and camping tours.
Andrew has been professionally involved in the Australian and New Zealand travel industry for 27 years, predominately with the youth and adventure sector; his background has included Tour Guiding, Group Tour Sales and Management, and Operational Management.
Prior to purchasing Under Down Under Andrew worked for companies such as APT, Connections Adventures, AAT Kings and Experience Tasmania.
Jack is Managing Director of Birrelli – art + design + architecture, and owns and operates The Hatherley Birrell Collection - art + design + accommodation in Launceston (boutique accommodation in an 1830's colonial home complemented by contemporary 2014 Birrelli designed garden pavilions).
In addition he is; a Registered Architect; a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Architects (AIA), a Corporate Member of Council Education Facility Planners Int. and the Tasmanian Representative for the Association of Consulting Architects Australia (ACAA).
Jack also lectures at TAFE on Interior Design/perspective drawing and is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Architecture and Urban Design, UTAS, and a Senior Lecturer/Unit Coordinator in Specialized Studio - Applied Design in Construction.
Audrey grew up on Cape Barren and Flinders Islands, later moving to mainland Tasmania.
Audrey and her husband owned and operated a corner store in Launceston for five years, later purchasing six government school bus contracts and becoming self-employed once again. Audrey and her husband provided these critical services for eighteen years, enjoying getting to know the children from local communities, watching them grow up and move through their education.
Later, Audrey worked for nine years at the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre (TAC) in Launceston, initially with the aged community, providing home help and assisting with transports, before later moving into administration. Audrey found this work extremely rewarding given the critical role these services play in terms of improving the health and wellbeing of the Aboriginal community.
As an Aboriginal person actively engaged with her people, Audrey is looking forward to being part of what she sees as an exciting and unique venture, a very first for Tasmania.
Sarah Foden is a Tasmanian Aboriginal woman, who previously worked with the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre (TAC) and the Aboriginal Health Service (AHS) based in Launceston, for a combined period of over ten years.
Sarah worked in the Northern Territory for over five years implementing health programs and monitoring compliance, for Danila Dilba Health Service (DDHS) and their associated remote community clinics. Prior to this, she undertook key management roles within the conference and events, and hospitality, industries.
Sarah undertakes the role of bookkeeper for the Aboriginal Land Council of Tasmania (ALCT), is a senior project coordinator at ALCT and is actively involved in the local Aboriginal community.
Anthony owns and runs Cradle Mountain Canyons, the first and only canyoning company in Tasmania. He set up the business in 2010 and its success has led to several awards, including Gold at the Tasmanian Tourism Awards.
Before setting up his own business, Anthony travelled and worked as a wilderness guide in Tasmania and overseas for 10 years, including white water rafting, bushwalking, canyoning and sea kayaking.
Adventuring has been an important part of Anthony's life and some of his more interesting journeys have included exploratory kayaking trips in Tajikistan and Tibet and a month-long, 1500km solo traverse along the Great Wall of China.
Anthony has a keen interest in raising standards in the eco and adventure tourism sectors. He is a qualified trainer and assessor and runs nationally recognised guide training courses. He also chairs a committee developing a national Adventure Activity Standard for canyoning.
Cradle Mountain Canyons also organises the Cradle Mountain Film Festival, sharing Tasmanian and international stories through art and film at this annual adventure festival and other film events throughout the year.
Anthony's efforts in setting up Cradle Mountain Canyons were recognised when he won the Minister's Young Achiever Award at the 2011 Tasmanian Tourism Awards.


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BIM was used with great effect throughout the design and construction phases at St. Bartholomew's and Royal London Hospitals. Improved planning and coordination resulted in significant savings and reduction in waste.
BIM proved an essential tool that helped to confirm the installation and removal strategies for all large pieces of plant and medical equipment. This kit is typically delivered on a just-in-time basis and needs to fit first time.
Clash prevention at the design stage identified that three doors needed to be increased in size and the depth of a downstand beam reduced. These simple changes ensured that the equipment could be installed with no demolition works needed also leading to considerable cost savings.
The first major task for the team was to locate, tag and catalogue all assets; heaters, fire extinguishers, air handling plant, chilled beams and the other services that keep the buildings running. These assets were spread throughout three towers of 10 to 18 storeys.
The traditional approach is to create an asset register from the design drawings and then manually find each asset to verify its location.
As the construction team had built according to BIM principles, the facilities management (FM) team could locate all assets simply using the as built model on their handheld devices.
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Q: Unable to edit modules on home page after localizing After localizing the website to support both English and French, I added a container to the theme. I was able to successfully add and edit a HTML module into this container, however when we went to edit any of the modules settings on the page afterwards, we encountered this error:
Error: is currently unavailable. DotNetNuke.Services.Exceptions.ModuleLoadException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. ---> System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. at DotNetNuke.Modules.Admin.Modules.ModuleSettingsPage.OnInit(EventArgs e) --- End of inner exception stack trace ---

Error: is currently unavailable. DotNetNuke.Services.Exceptions.ModuleLoadException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. ---> System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. at DotNetNuke.Security.Permissions.PermissionProvider.CanDeleteModule(ModuleInfo module) at DotNetNuke.Modules.Admin.Modules.ModuleSettingsPage.OnLoad(EventArgs e) --- End of inner exception stack trace ---

All other pages are unaffected. The only thing custom on this page would be the skin. There are custom modules created and installed, however they are not on the affected page.
Any help would be appreciated.

A: We don't have enough information about your issue, but is seems as your custom theme(skin) has something wrong. Switch the page theme to a well known one that is working (the standard Xcillion is a good choice), and make sure you switch both the page skin and container, and also containers for all modules on the page. As soon as you get rid of the error, compare your custom theme with the one working allright. Or maybe you can custom your theme based on a correct one.


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