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'Nothing to worry about. The water is fine': how Flint poisoned its people
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Composite: Garrett MacLean/The Guardian
When the people of Flint, Michigan, complained that their tap water smelled bad and made children sick, it took officials 18 months to accept there was a problem. By Anna Clark
Main image: Composite: Garrett MacLean/The Guardian
Tue 3 Jul 2018 01.00 EDT Last modified on Wed 4 Jul 2018 04.42 EDT
On a hot day in the summer of 2014, in the Civic Park neighbourhood where Pastor R Sherman McCathern preached in Flint, Michigan, water rushed out of a couple of fire hydrants. Puddles formed on the dry grass and splashed the skin of the delighted kids who ran through it. But the spray looked strange. "The water was coming out dark as coffee for hours," McCathern remembered. The shock of it caught in his throat. "Something is wrong here."
Something had been wrong for months. That spring, Flint, under direction from state officials, turned off the drinking water it had relied upon for nearly 50 years. The city planned to join a new regional system, and while it waited for it to be built, it began bringing in its water from the Flint River. McCathern didn't pay much attention to the politicking around all this; he had enough to worry about at his busy parish.
But after the switch, many of his neighbours grew alarmed at the water that flowed from their kitchen taps and showerheads. They packed public meetings, wrote questioning letters, and protested at city hall. They filled plastic bottles to show how the water looked brown, or orange, and sometimes had particulates floating in it. Showering seemed to be connected with skin rashes and hair loss. The water smelled foul. A sip of it put the taste of a cold metal coin on your tongue.
But the authorities "said everything was all right and you could drink it, so people did," McCathern said later. Residents were advised to leave the taps on for a few minutes before using the water, to get a clean flow. As the months went by, the city plant tinkered with treatment and issued a few boil-water advisories. State environmental officials said again and again that there was nothing to worry about. The water was fine.
Whatever their senses told them, whatever the whispers around town, whatever Flint's troubled history with powerful institutions telling them what was best for them, this wasn't actually hard for people like McCathern to believe. Public water systems are one of America's most heroic accomplishments, a feat so successful that it is almost invisible. By making it a commonplace for clean water to be delivered to homes, businesses and schools, untold lives have been saved from cholera, dysentery and typhoid fever. In Flint, the water supply was instrumental in turning General Motors – founded in 1908 in Vehicle City, as Flint was known – into a global economic giant. The advancing underground network of pipes defined the growing city and its metropolitan region, which boasted of being home to one of the strongest middle classes in the country.
But in the latter part of the 20th century, GM closed most of its plants in the city and eliminated almost all of the local auto jobs. Smaller companies followed suit or simply shut down for good. Between 1998 and 2013 alone, nearly 150 of them left the downtown area. With the shuttered businesses came shuttered houses and schools. More than half the population, which had reached a high point of nearly 200,000 in 1960, disappeared. Some 22,000 people left between 2000 and 2010.
The empty structures they left behind were both disheartening and dangerous, not only because they were prone to break-ins and fires, but also because they literally crumbled on to the sidewalks where people passed by. Civic Park's tree-lined avenues of historic homes became blighted by vacancy. At the same time, the Flint metro region – that is, the suburbs – grew exponentially. It was a widening circle of wealth with a deteriorating centre.
With so much lost, Flint needed help. An emergency plan. A large-scale intervention of some kind. But in fact the state of Michigan exacerbated Flint's woes by dramatically reducing the money that it funnelled to its cities. Between 1998 and 2016, Michigan diverted more than $5.5bn in tax revenues – which would ordinarily go to places such as Flint, to power streetlights, mow parks and plough snow – and used it to plug holes in its own budget. At the same time, Flint suffered the Great Recession, the mortgage crisis and a major restructuring of the auto industry.
If you wanted to kill a city, that is the recipe. And yet Flint was very much alive. In 2014, the year of the switch to a new source of drinking water, it was the seventh-largest city in the state. For about 99,000 people, Flint was home. And they did what they could to fill the gaps. When Pastor McCathern and his congregation at Joy Tabernacle realised that Civic Park was not on anyone's list of priorities, they launched their own initiatives to fix up the neighbourhood. They covered the windows and doors of vacant properties, and paid young men to mow lawns and board up empty homes.
"The community was at one time totally ignored by everybody," McCathern said. "But because young people stood up, now everybody came on board." You could feel a shift in the momentum. You could see the change. "It was a different Flint that was coming."
But on that sweltering summer day, there was that water pouring out of the fire hydrant, as children sprinted back and forth through its spray. Dark as coffee.
This is the story of how the city of Flint was poisoned by its own water. It was not because of a natural disaster, or simple negligence, or even because some corner-cutting company was blinded by profit. Instead, a disastrous choice to break a crucial environmental law, followed by 18 months of delay and cover-up by the city, state and federal governments, put a staggering number of citizens in peril.
In a city with plenty of urgent matters competing for attention – poverty, vacancy, schools, crime, jobs – one thing Flint didn't have to worry about before the spring of 2014 was the quality of its water. The Detroit water and sewerage department (DWSD) had supplied Flint with good water for nearly 50 years. The big public utility drew from the freshwater of Lake Huron, a lake so deep and fierce that it once swallowed eight ships in a single storm. Flint's own treatment plant, which it had used to treat its river water before joining the DWSD in the 1960s, sat idle. It remained on hand only because the state required a backup water source for emergencies.
But while the quality of DWSD water was reliable, its cost was not. Residents had urged their leaders to relieve the burden of pricey water. Monthly rates in Flint were among the most expensive in the country, and yet 42% of residents lived below the federal poverty level. And the rates kept rising – a 25% increase here, a 45% increase there. Many residents just couldn't afford their bills. But at this point it was difficult for the city to do much about it. Its infrastructure was built to serve Flint when it had twice the people it had now; to maintain it, fewer ratepayers had to carry a heavier burden.
The county drain commissioner, Jeff Wright, was fond of portraying the DWSD as a price-gouging monopoly, and he saw an opportunity to develop an alternative. He called it the Karegnondi Water Authority (KWA), using a name for Lake Huron used on many 17th-century maps. This new water authority was just an idea at first, and seen as a negotiating tactic to pressure the DWSD for better rates. But then the not-yet-existent KWA got a permit from the Michigan department of environmental quality to pull 85m gallons of water per day out of the Great Lakes. Flint and its neighbouring communities were invited to help build the new water system from the ground up.
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Unlike the Detroit system, which delivered treated water, the KWA would pump raw water to the communities it served. That meant they would have to treat the water first, before selling it on to residents and businesses. For Flint, it would mean rebooting the old treatment plant and navigating the complexities of water chemistry in-house. It's fairly unusual nowadays for a public water system to be built from scratch. That's especially true if the water source hasn't run out or become toxic. But Wright, the eventual head of the KWA, lobbied fiercely for it, on the grounds of savings, independence and stability.
Michigan's state treasurer approved the change (even though it meant that Detroit's water department would lose the revenue of its second-largest customer just as that city was about to declare bankruptcy). In 2013, Flint contracted with the KWA to purchase 18m gallons of water for the city per day. But construction on the KWA's new system hadn't even begun, and it wouldn't be able to deliver water for at least a couple of years.
Until it was ready, the other communities that were moving to the new system simply paid the DWSD for continuing water service. Flint, however, made the unusual decision to enlist a different source of water during this transition period. The city turned to its emergency supply: the Flint River.
The Flint River was not an obvious choice. It had borne so much mistreatment from industry and development –chemical dumping, sewage effluent – that locals had learned to avoid it. After a series of floods in the early 20th century, massive concrete barricades were built to channel the downtown section. They were meant to make the riverfront safer, but became a fortress line that barred people from the water. Several small dams restricted the river's navigability. While deindustrialisation and the rise of environmental regulations had vastly improved the water quality, the community still eyed it with suspicion. Generations of kids were taught to fish in the Flint River, casting lines off the grassy banks in their neighbourhoods, but invariably learned to toss the catfish and carp back into the current. They were told it was too dangerous to eat anything from the water.
The Flint River flowing through downtown Flint, Michigan. Photograph: Rebecca Cook/Reuters
To treat the river water, the old plant needed a series of upgrades. But getting the facility up to speed was difficult, and while cost estimates varied widely, only a fraction of the early figures proposed by engineering consultants was spent on the project.
The month of the water switch, Flint's utilities administrator, Michael Glasgow, didn't believe the plant was ready. He emailed three people at the Michigan department of environmental quality (MDEQ) with a warning. "I have people above me making plans" to distribute the water as soon as possible, Glasgow wrote, but "I do not anticipate giving the OK to begin sending water out anytime soon. If water is distributed from this plant in the next couple of weeks, it will be against my direction. I need time to adequately train additional staff and to update our monitoring plans before I will feel we are ready. I will reiterate this to management above me, but they seem to have their own agenda."
But the switch was carried out anyway, marked by a toast as local leaders raised their water glasses at the plant. Among the people celebrating was Darnell Earley, the latest in a string of emergency managers appointed by the state of Michigan from 2011 onwards to lead Flint out of financial distress. The idea of emergency management is that an outside official unconstrained by local politics or the prospect of a reelection bid will be better able to make the difficult decisions necessary to get a struggling city back on solid ground. In Flint, that meant that the authority of the mayor, Dayne Walling, and the council had been suspended for more than two years. Their roles were now symbolic and advisory, or empowered (and paid) only to the extent that Earley allowed.
Earley supported the move away from Detroit's water system. "The city has had virtually no control over managing its most important resource and service," he argued. This was echoed by an editorial in the local press that heralded it as a way for the city to reclaim its sovereignty, which had been undermined by disinvestment and emergency management.
Stephen Busch, a district supervisor from the MDEQ's drinking-water office, was also at the water plant the morning of the switch. Earlier, he had expressed worry about what would happen if Flint used its own river for drinking water – bacterial problems, dangerous chemicals, additional regulatory requirements. In other words, the state's environmental agency had thought that the city should avoid the Flint River. And now Flint was using the river anyway. But at the plant, he seemed tranquil. Regarding the drinking water, he said: "Individuals shouldn't notice any difference."
By late May, a month after the switch, the water coming out of the tap in Bethany Hazard's home in west Flint seemed murky and foamy. She had survived cancer twice, forcing her into early retirement, and she lived on a limited income. She paid about $90 a month for her water and sewer bill, but nonetheless she started buying bottled water. The new tap water, she told a reporter from the Flint Journal, was "just weird".
Another resident, Lathan Jefferson, was so troubled that within weeks of the switch he contacted officials at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The manager who took his calls, Jennifer Crooks, described them in an email to her colleagues: "Mr Jefferson said he and many people have rashes from the new water. He said his doctor says the rash is from the new drinking water, and I told him to have his doctor document this and he can bring it to the attention of the MDEQ, since lab analyses to date show that the drinking water is meeting all health-based standards."
By 2 June, less than five weeks after the switch, one local TV station reported that many residents were "avoiding the tap" and "drinking bottled water instead". "I don't know how it can be clean if it smells and tastes bad," a middle-aged resident told a reporter.
Asked to respond, the city said the water met all safety requirements and that it was continually monitoring for problems. "City officials also say the water is perfectly safe for everybody to drink," the reporter told viewers.
But in fact there was a problem. A serious one. Flint's new water treatment programme did not include corrosion control. The staff at the plant had been told by the MDEQ that it wasn't necessary. But this was breaking federal law. In the years to come, the question of whether the authorities omitted this knowingly or through a terrible misunderstanding of the law would be a matter of intense dispute. What's more, the upgrades to the old plant were not sufficient to deal with river water, which was more corrosive and difficult to treat than lake water. Together, this was a dangerous combination.
Citizen activists discussing the water crisis in Flint, Michigan. Photograph: Michael Gleason/2018 Goldman Environmental Prize
Because the US's infrastructure is generally quite old, large systems are required to add corrosion control treatment to the water to keep the pipes from disintegrating. It extends the life of the pipes and, because it prevents metals from fouling the drinking water, it helps protect public health as well. In about half of all American water companies, including the Detroit system, orthophosphates are added to the water at the treatment plant. These create a protective coating that helps keep metals from leaching into the water as it flows through the water mains and the service lines running to individual houses.
The brown water that gushed from the Civic Park fire hydrants, dark as coffee: that was corroded iron. Flint residents did not yet know all this. But they did know that the water stank.
Meanwhile, public figures spent the summer counselling residents to have patience as they worked out the kinks. "It's a quality, safe product," said Mayor Walling. "I think people are wasting their precious money buying bottled water."
And yet, before the end of the summer, the city issued three separate boil-water advisories in 22 days. These relatively common notices come when there is a system disturbance that could affect water quality, such as a drop in pressure caused by a broken main or maintenance work. But in Flint, which was already uneasy about this expensive and strange-tasting water, the advisories did not seem ordinary at all.
The first notice came on 16 August after faecal coliform bacteria, also known as E coli, had been detected. It was a surprising discovery. Across Michigan, the bacteria show up in drinking water about three times a year on average, and sometimes not at all. Its presence suggests that the water is contaminated by human or animal faeces, which can make people ill, especially older people, young children and those with weak immune systems. The advisory covered half a square mile on the city's west side. Everybody with a tap was told to boil water for one minute before drinking, bathing, brushing teeth, washing dishes, cooking or making ice.
Each advisory reached farther into Flint. There was no doubt that it was a sign of system weakness, Darnell Earley acknowledged, but it was not "an actual threat to citizen safety". A reporter from the Flint Journal ran that claim by an engineer at MDEQ and a water expert at Michigan State University. Both agreed that the advisories were a red flag but did not pose an inherent danger to residents. As a fix, the city announced that it would increase the disinfecting chlorine treatment and flush the system in the advisory areas.
It was all very confusing. Officials had conflicting explanations about what caused the E coli contamination in the first place. There was agreement on one thing, however: the water leaving the treatment plant met the standards of the Safe Drinking Water Act. People could drink it without worry.
Around the time of the boil-water advisories, workers at a General Motors plant in Flint noticed rust forming on engine crankshafts and blocks. Suspecting the new water supply was causing the problem, GM experimented with a costly reverse-osmosis technique to purify it. The company also tried diluting it with water trucked in from Detroit. But nothing worked. In October, a little more than a month after the boil-water advisories, GM announced it was hooking up to a neighbouring suburb's water supply, one that still used Detroit water.
The headlines – "General Motors shutting off Flint River water at engine plant over corrosion worries" – triggered alarm. The day she heard the news, Jan Burgess, a legally blind homeowner in her early 60s, complained to the EPA through its website. "People in Flint have had to resort to buying bottled water or having purification systems installed in their homes," Burgess wrote. Some had private wells dug. "The water is not safe to drink, cook, or wash dishes with, or even give to pets. We worry every time we shower. The city of Flint is still very economically depressed and most citizens cannot afford anything other than to use the river water."
The anxiety reverberated all the way to the state capital, Lansing, where Governor Rick Snyder was weeks away from winning reelection. His chief legal counsel, Michael Gadola, wrote in an email: "To anyone who grew up in Flint as I did, the notion that I would be getting my drinking water from the Flint River is downright scary. Too bad the [emergency manager] didn't ask me what I thought, though I'm sure he heard it from plenty of others. My mom is a city resident. Nice to know she's drinking water with elevated chlorine levels and fecal coliform … They should try to get back on the Detroit system as a stopgap ASAP before this thing gets too far out of control."
Activists continuing to campaign for clean water in Flint, Michigan, earlier this year. Photograph: Michael Gleason/2018 Goldman Environmental Prize
But that didn't happen. Earley, Flint's emergency manager, argued that it would be too expensive to go back on the Detroit system, and that any problems at the plant were fixable. He had no expertise in water treatment, of course; he was relying on the district engineer for the MDEQ. Rust was spreading like a stain on GM's machinery, probably due to high chloride levels in the water, but the engineer said the chlorides were well within the limit set by public safety regulations.
Whatever the reason for the rust, GM workers were unsettled. They didn't just use the water for manufacturing. They had used it to brew coffee and wash their hands, take showers and sip something cool when they were thirsty. At school, their children sipped from the drinking fountains. At the GM union, members and retirees were beginning to ask, "If it's too corrosive for an engine, what's it doing to the inside of a person?"
On a January evening in 2015 that was cold enough to make your eyes water, hundreds of people packed into the fellowship hall of Antioch Missionary Baptist Church, a large brown building less than a mile from the Flint River. It was standing-room only. Some people kept their winter jackets and hats on. Mayor Walling was there, as well as the public works director and members of the city council. They settled in to hear the stories of their constituents, some of whom shook with anger or wept. Only hours before the meeting, there had been another protest downtown, one of several in the past week. Winter weather seemed to deter no one from outdoor demonstrations. People needed to be heard.
There was more news about the water. The city had been informed that its water violated the federal limit for total trihalomethanes, or TTHMs – four colourless, odourless chemical compounds that are a byproduct of the chlorine disinfection process. When ingested over many years, TTHMs can increase the risk of cancer and cause liver, kidney and nervous-system problems. It was a violation of the Safe Drinking Water Act, and so, as required by law, a notice was mailed to Flint residents on 2 January. They were told that steps were being taken to fix the problem, including the installation of a TTHM monitor and a charcoal filter at the treatment plant. "This is not an emergency," the notice repeated several times.
At the same time, though, the elderly and people with compromised immune systems were advised to talk to their doctor about drinking the water. This satisfied no one. The executive chef for Flint's public schools had long since started buying water in bulk for the food served to students. People traded hair-raising stories. A 20-year-old who lived on Flint's east side said that a few hours after he drank two glasses of water, he was retching over a toilet. "I was throwing up like bleach water. It came up through my nose burning," he told a reporter.
A week after the gathering at the church, there was another meeting about the water, this time in the domed auditorium of city hall. A panel of experts spoke to a crowd of about 150, some of whom had tucked bottles of discoloured water in their bags and coat pockets.
"Is there a risk in the short-term?" the MDEQ's Stephen Busch asked attendees. "That depends on you … it's an individual thing. You can make a judgment after talking to your doctor." At the same time, Busch said that the water was both good to drink and improving.
In other words, the water isn't a risk to your health – unless it is. Furious people shouted back. Others walked out in frustration. One woman reportedly tugged down her trousers to show the authorities the red rash on her buttocks. Before answering all the questions submitted in writing, the public works director brought the unruly meeting to an end.
Flint, through emergency management, might have been suffering a deficit of democracy, but its people found other ways of standing up for their community. The city's culture of organising had been passed down through the generations. The United Auto Workers began their historic sit-down strike in Flint. Frustrated with stunted wages, dangerous conditions and the company's efforts to intimidate them from forming a union, workers occupied two auto plants on 30 December 1936. Refusing to leave or work, they staged concerts and lectures, while supporters delivered food and picketed outside. The strike spread to a third plant in February. With workers staying inside, it was impossible for the company to hire replacements and get the lines moving again. GM tried turning off the heat to freeze the strikers out, but they remained, burning burlap to stay warm. It took 44 days, but GM eventually announced a $25m wage increase and recognition of the union's right to organise – a first for the US's auto industry.
A few decades later, citizens banded together against racial discrimination in real estate in Flint, which was the most segregated city in the north. They held a sleep-in on the lawn of city hall and a rally that drew thousands. In 1968, Flint became the first city in the US to pass a fair housing ordinance by popular vote.
So it was no surprise that when they knew the water switch had gone poorly, the people of Flint got organised. Besides protests, petitions and public meetings, they kept meticulous notes, collected samples, hosted makeshift water distribution sites, created social media pages to share information and sought public documents. Residents also enlisted environmental justice experts from around the country for insight.
In the spring of 2015, a number of groups formed the Coalition for Clean Water to better coordinate their activism. They met in a church basement. After some residents received disturbing results for lead tests, the coalition canvassed homes, distributing information about the dangers. And after yet another emergency manager overruled the council's vote to get Flint off the river water as soon as possible, the coalition sought an injunction to force action (an effort that died in the courtroom). The organisers also repeatedly made the hour-long drive to Lansing to make their case to the governor's aides and the MDEQ, and partnered with activists in Detroit who were facing escalating water shutoffs in their own city. Together they led the Detroit to Flint Water Justice Journey, a 70-mile march that told the intersecting stories of each city. In short, the organisers did everything they could to make their plight – their city – visible.
A January 2016 protest in Lansing, Michigan over the Flint water crisis. Photograph: Zuma Wire/Rex/Shutterstock
The dogged work of the community is what finally forced a reckoning over Flint's water. That included the resident who reached out to the EPA official, who, after conducting a series of tests at her home, issued a memo that sounded the alarm over lead in Flint's water. And that included the members of the Coalition for Clean Water who worked with outside researchers to conduct a citywide test of Flint's water. It confirmed what should have been obvious: when corrosive water moves through lead pipes and plumbing, and isn't treated with corrosion control, a lot of lead ends up in the water. That's especially true if the pipes are old, leaky, oversized and cross long stretches of vacant land. In Flint's case, water samples were well over the federal action level for lead, and nearly three times over the safety level set by the World Health Organization.
The series of problems with the water were connected. Rapidly corroding iron negated the chlorine treatment. Without the disinfectant, the water was vulnerable to bacteria growth. The first of the E coli bacteria violations had come a few months after the switch. To combat it, more chlorine was added to the water. But this contributed to the spike in TTHMs, the disinfectant byproduct. As the corrosion worsened, lead leached into the water. No amount of lead exposure is safe, and there is no known cure for lead poisoning. The excess iron also turned out to be a perfect nutrient for the growth of other types of bacteria, including legionella, which causes a virulent form of pneumonia called Legionnaires' disease. Over two years, an outbreak of the disease affected at least 90 people and killed 12. And, according to one research team, the water switch correlated with a serious drop in fertility for women in Flint and a 58% increase in foetal deaths.
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When residents noticed there was something odd about their water, they asked for help. They organised. They made themselves seen. But they were routinely dismissed. Among the many ravages attributed to the water crisis – the rashes, the hair loss, the ruined plumbing, the devalued homes, the diminished businesses, the home owners who left the city once and for all, the children poisoned by lead, the people made ill or killed by Legionnaires' disease – perhaps the most devastating was that people lost faith in those who were supposed to be working for the common good. That this happened in the Great Lakes State, which is surrounded by one-fifth of all the freshwater on the face of the Earth, makes it all the more haunting.
What happened in Flint reveals a new hydra of dangers in civic life: environmental injustice, the limits of austerity, and urban disinvestment. Neglect, it turns out, is not a passive force in American cities, but an aggressive one.
The Poisoned City: Flint's Water and the American Urban Tragedy by Anna Clark is published by Metropolitan on 10 July
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Addiction is a chronic disease. A form of mental illness that cannot be cured, like all mental health disorders, only treated. It's worth pointing out, before the article proceeds, that people with any form of mental illness are far more likely to experience a substance use disorder, than those without a history of conditions like depression or bipolar disorder. Spun in a different way, it is extremely common for people who meet the criteria for an alcohol or substance use disorder to also have a co-occurring mental illness.
With that in mind, organizations dedicated to treating addiction have a more difficult task when it comes co-occurring cases—also known as a "dual diagnosis." If treatment is to be successful, that is, resulting in a continued program of recovery, it is paramount that both the addiction and the other form of mental illness is treated at the same time. Treating one without addressing the other, almost always results in relapse.
Recovering from addiction and a co-occurring disorder is not easy, but it is possible with the help of experienced professionals employing the use of science-based methods. It is of utmost importance that people living with a dual diagnosis understand the risks associated with failing to work a continuous program of recovery and keeping the symptoms of other forms of mental illness at bay with the use of medication and/or therapy.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a year-long campaign called, "Depression: let's talk". The goal, as you could probably guess, it to open discussion about the disorder, encourage people suffering from depression to seek help and to ensure that they have access to such assistance. The organization points out that, with more than 300 million people worldwide living with depression, the condition is believed to be the leading cause of poor health and disability on the planet. In that light, depression could be considered a pandemic.
"These new figures are a wake-up call for all countries to re-think their approaches to mental health and to treat it with the urgency that it deserves," said Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General of WHO.
WHO has made the disorder the main focus of World Health Day this Friday, April 7, 2017. The organization defines depression as having persistent sadness and a loss of interest in activities (anhedonia). As a result of which, people are unable to manage daily activities, for 14 days or longer. It is vital that people with depression feel able and safe to talk about what they are experiencing. An inability to do so means that such individuals will be disinclined to seek help, and without help, self-medication with drugs and alcohol typically ensues. People with depression are not only at greater risk of substance abuse, but suicide as well.
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(Quoting Hegesippus)"...He indicates the time in which he flourished when he writes as follows concerning those that first set up idols: "To whom they erected cenotaphs and temples, as is done to the present day. Among whom is also Antinous, a slave of the Emperor Adrian, in whose honor are celebrated also the Antinoian games, which were instituted in our day. For he also founded a city named after Antinous, and appointed prophets." At the same time also Justin, a genuine lover of the true philosophy, was still continuing to busy himself with Greek literature. He indicates "We do not think it out of place to mention here Antinous also, who lived in our day, and whom all were driven by fear to worship as a god, although they knew who he was and whence he came."


Most of the rest of the art looks like rough unfinished sketchs, but these are sketchs I'd absolutely love to see finished! The characters were also pretty cute, the puzzles actually required a bit of thought to solve (I wonder if "ice" will be relevant later?) and the setup makes the plot seem interesting to unfold.
Very good work on this, I'm eager to see more of it!
We are glad you enjoy it that much! Thank you so much for playing our game demo, and giving us this lovely feedback as well!
And "ICE" is not relevant to the later plot. It is a reference from the game "Zero Escape: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors", where the word "ICE" is one of the main clue to the whole story, as well as from our previous game "blindXpot", in which the player has to press "1CE" (basic calculator buttons) to process to the true ending.
You have motivated us a lot, and we will try our best! Thank you so much again for your kind words, Weakest Imp!
wondering why my answer for the first question was wrong before I realized that you can turn the page. It would help if the player was told upfront that they won't be told if the answers are right until they turn in the book. It would also help to have more of a visual indicating that the page can be turned. I know the mouse cursor changes to look like an arrow when it is near the edge but I didn't know to look for it until I did it by accident. I look forward to playing the game when it is finished!
Thank you so much for your detailed feedback! We deeply appreciate that!
We have been receiving feedback about the lack of comprehensibility from the UI. For the upcoming update, which might include Linux/MAC/Android version, we will try to improve the visual indication of the puzzles, as well as telling the total number of puzzles to the player in advance.
We have put a lot of effort into this game, and we are so happy reading your feedback again and again. Thanks again for your kind words, Sisyphean Games!
All the handmade assets were absolutely beautiful and I admire the amount of work put into this demo. Well done to everyone who worked on it. After the puzzles and dialogue, the storybook video had a look and feel that was next-level. Love the style of those digital black and white images with that retro/posterized dots effect. I enjoyed the first and second puzzles, but that third puzzle was actually impossible without the walk-through. Spent about 15 minutes trying all the combinations! The UI could use icons for putting down papers and for turning pages, but other than that, everything felt really good. Congrats on finishing the demo for the game jam, you all should be proud!
Thank you so much for your detailed feedback! Just reading this once is enough to brighten up our day.
All of the puzzles have their own unique solutions. That means they have only one correct solution for each of them. So it's possible to solve them, it's just that the third one's difficulty is quite high compared to the other two.
Also, the UI is temporary and is expected to be improved a lot in the future. Please looking forward to the new look.
Again, thank you so much for all these kind words, Adam Kehl!


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COPYRIGHT LAW PRIMER
September 19, 2016 by Justin Haddock Leave a Comment
Pt. 6 – Conclusion
Over the course of several issues, Music Insider Magazine's "Copyright Law Primer" has given a brief overview of "fair use," an often-misunderstood defense to copyright infringement that involves a case-by-case consideration of the following factors:
FACTOR 1 – The Purpose & Character of the Use: Using a copyrighted work in a way that "transforms" its original purpose typically weighs in favor of finding that the use was fair, while using the work for direct or indirect financial gain (i.e., "commercial" use) typically weighs toward liability for infringement.
FACTOR 2 – The Nature of the Copyrighted Work: Creative works receive a higher amount of protection under the law, and so using them (as opposed to more factual, uncreative content) can look a lot more like infringement than fair use.
FACTOR 3 – The Amount and Substantiality of the Portion Taken: Consideration is also given to whether the entire original work was used; and if not, whether the portion used represented an important piece of the whole (i.e., the "heart" of the original).
FACTOR 4 – The Effect On the Market (or Potential Market) for the Original Work: If your use of a copyrighted work impairs the copyright owner's ability to make money or sell the original work, even potentially, then it is less likely that your use will be considered "fair."
With this background, you should have a better idea of the various considerations that are given to the question of whether your use of someone else's work is technically "fair use." However, it is always crucial to remember that "fair use" is fact-specific — no one factor can establish or preclude this defense.
To illustrate this point, and to conclude the "Copyright Law Primer," here are several examples of noteworthy fair use cases involving music, with a play-by-play of how each factor was treated by the court (with the exception of Factor 2, which was not in dispute in these cases).
"Fair Use" Cases
In Italian Book Corp., v. American Broadcasting Co., a television news group covering an Italian festival in NYC recorded a band's live performance of the song "Dove sta Zaza" and replayed part of the recording during its news broadcast. Ultimately, this was found to be "fair use" of the song, based on the following:
Factor 1: This was considered an "incidental and fortuitous reproduction, in a newsreel or broadcast, of a work located in the scene of an event being reported."
Factor 3: Though not integral to the court's decision, only a portion of the song was used in the broadcast.
Factor 4: The use of the song on an evening television news programs is not competitive with the commercial use plaintiff seeks to make of the song, and causes no loss of profit or lessening of the song's value.
In Keep Thomson Governor Comm. v. Citizens for Gallen Comm., a political candidate used a 15-second portion of his rival's official campaign song in an advertisement promoting his own campaign, which was found to be a "fair use" of the original.
Key Factors – #1, 4: The court held that the use of the plaintiff's song was "clearly part of a political campaign message, noncommercial in nature" and also protected by the First Amendment. Additionally, the effect on the value or potential market of the work was found to be minimal, with the court noting that the original recordings "have sold and are continuing to sell" without any loss to the owner.
In Fisher v. Dees, the composers of the song "When Sunny Gets Blue" sued the creator of a short parody song titled "When Sonny Sniffs Glue," which altered the initial lyric line and borrowed six bars from the original song. The court determined that the defendant's actions constituted "fair use."
Key Factors – #1, #3, and #4: Although the court held that the parody song was commercial in nature, creating a presumption against fair use, it also found that no more of the original song was taken than was necessary to accomplish the purpose of the parody, and that the parody was not likely to substitute the original on the open market.
"Not Fair Use" Cases
In BMG Music v. Gonzalez, an individual was sued for downloading songs using "peer-to-peer" file sharing software. The defendant argued that this activity was "fair use" because she was using the software to determine whether or not to later purchase the songs, but the court disagreed and held that this defense was not available.
Key Factors – #1 and #4: The court held that the defendant was not engaged in a "non-commercial" use, since she was downloading and keeping whole songs that she otherwise would have spent her own money on. The court also held that Gonzalez's activity had a negative impact on the potential market for the original work, stating that "[m]usic downloaded for free from the Internet is a close substitute for purchased music" and noting that P2P sharing programs conflict with traditional means of marketing songs (such as radio).
The case Bridgeport Music, Inc. et. al. vs. Dimension Films et. al., pitted the makers of the movie I Got The Hook Up against the owners of the copyrights in the song "Get Off Your Ass and Jam," which was used in a song on the movie's soundtrack. While this was not technically a "fair use" case, the defendant did attempt to argue that the "de minimis" amount taken from the original song defeated any claims of copyright infringement. it still highlights how differently courts might treat each factor.
Key Factors – #1 and #3: Although only a 2-second sample of an arpeggiated chord was sampled from the original song, this sample was "copied, the pitch was lowered, and the copied piece was "looped" and extended to 16 beats…[and] each looped segment lasted approximately 7 seconds" in five different places on the track.
As you can see, there are few bright-line rules in this area of law, and sometimes the difference between "fair use" and infringement can come down to minor facts and details. If you're unsure whether your particular use will land you on the wrong side of a lawsuit judgment, it may be safe to assume that you'll need to ask permission before taking and appropriating someone else's work.
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Australia's inaction on climate change set to dominate Pacific Island talks
BY: Quintina Naime
Australia and New Zealand are expected to face strong criticism from Pacific Island leaders disappointed the nations are not doing more to combat climate change.
The issue will likely dominate this week's Pacific Islands Forum leaders' summit in Port Moresby, ahead of the United Nations climate change conference in Paris later in the year.
Pacific leaders want the world to work on restricting the global warming temperature rise to 1.5C, fearing a 2C target will risk the survival of many tiny islands.
Natural disaster recovery will be fresh on their minds. The summit starts on Monday, six months after Cyclone Pam, which flattened much of Vanuatu and caused heavy flooding on Tuvalu, Kiribati and the Marshall Islands.
Host nation Papua New Guinea is grappling with the opposite problem – what could be its worst drought in 20 years and a potential food crisis.
The prime minister, Peter O'Neill, has said El Niño conditions have been exacerbated by the effects of climate change.
The Solomon Islands and Vanuatu are also experiencing a dry spell.
Fiji's prime minister, Frank Bainimarama, who is boycotting the summit and will instead send along his foreign minister, had a crack at Tony Abbott at last week's meeting of his rival club of Pacific leaders – the Pacific Islands Development Forum – that excludes Australia.
He urged Abbott to abandon the "coalition of the selfish" and put the welfare of small Pacific Island neighbours ahead of coal industry interests.
The Abbott government has announced a carbon emissions reduction target of 26-28% on 2005 levels by 2030, which has been criticised for lacking ambition.
New Zealand's target is a cut of 30% below 2005 levels by 2030.
The summit is expected to sign off on a joint climate change and disaster management strategy for the Pacific.
Climate change won't be the only source of tension. New Zealand has suspended aid to Nauru's justice system over the breakdown of the rule of law on the island nation.
On the sidelines PNG and Australia will also have plenty to discuss – Port Moresby recently banned vegetable imports, plans to boot out foreign public servants and is annoyed Australian police posted there can't undertake frontline duties.
Other tensions surround a move to extradite three Australian former Manus Island detention centre guards accused of rape and, in the wake of a serious car crash, alcohol consumption by expatriate staff at the facility.
Australia will be pushing to tie down PNG on a timetable for giving refugees on Manus Island work rights and proper resettlement.
The Pacific Island Forum runs from 7-11 September.


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Dr. Jimmy Diep, an assistant professor in the UNLV School of Medicine Department of Internal Medicine, graduated from the University of Nevada Reno School of Medicine.
Following his residency in internal medicine at the University of Nevada Reno School of Medicine, Dr. Diep completed a general and interventional cardiology fellowship at the University of California Irvine School of Medicine.
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Dr. Kush Modi, an assistant professor in the UNLV School of Medicine Department of Internal Medicine, received his medical degree Gujarat University in Ahmedabad, India.
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Meanwhile, Markelov was charging forward, having dispatched the majority of the field with a flurry of well-timed passes into Turn 1, and continued to carve through the pack after his own stop on lap 16. Norris switched to the soft compound two laps later, continuing with the lead on his return to the track as the pair of Sette Camara and Albon returned to second and third after clearing Russell.
Markelov also passed the British driver, with third-placed Albon next on his radar. Once more, the Russian used his DRS to blitz past at the first corner and, although the Thai driver fought back across the next few corners, the Renault development driver held firm to secure third.
In the final five laps, Norris started to lose fractions of his 10 second lead to his teammate, who was simultaneously under attack from Markelov. The Brazilian was inch-perfect in his defence of second when Markelov approached, orchestrating an excellent switch back manoeuvre at the start of the final lap to hold second.
Norris took the chequered flag after a seemingly untouchable performance, walking away with an impressive 31 points with pole, win and fastest lap. Sette Camara and Markelov's battle for second delighted the crowd up to the line ahead of Albon.
Russell kept fifth having lost ground to the front four, as Nyck De Vries completed the top six having fallen out of contention in the midway stages. Sean Gelael converted an early pitstop into seventh place from P19 on the grid, as Maximilian Günther, Jack Aitken and Ralph Boschung all battled hard to end the race in the top ten.
Günther begins tomorrow's Sprint Race from reverse-grid pole, and will start alongside Gelael as Norris will seek to win the second race of the weekend from eighth.


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Q: A real and normal matrix with all eigenvalues complex but some not purely imaginary? I'm trying to construct a normal matrix $A\in \mathbb R^{n\times n}$ such that all it's eigenvalues are complex but at least one of then also has a positive real part (well, at least two then, since the entries are real they'd come in pairs). Is that possible?
If the desired matrix exists, we'd find it among normal matrices which are neither hermitian nor skew-hermitian. E.g.
$$
        \begin{pmatrix}
        1 & 0 & 1 \\
        1 & 1 & 0 \\
        0 & 1 & 1 \\
        \end{pmatrix}
$$
which is orthogonal up to scaling .
My attempt: obviously, $n$ needs to be even, so I've tried a companion matrix of $t^2+2t+2$
$$
        \begin{pmatrix}
        0 & -2 \\
        1 & -2 \\
        \end{pmatrix}
$$
(it's eigenvalues are $1\pm i$) which turned out not to be normal.

A: Just add a positive multiple of the identity to a rotation matrix, to make the eigenvalues have positive real part.
$$
\begin{pmatrix}3&-1\\1&3\end{pmatrix}.
$$

A: In order to get a real matrix with no real eigenvalue, $n$ must be even. Then you can construct any normal matrix with nonreal eigenvalues having positive real parts as follows:

*

*Take a block diagonal matrix $D:=D_1\oplus\cdots\oplus D_k$, $k=n/2$, with the diagonal blocks $D_i$ of the form
$$\tag{1}
D_i=\begin{bmatrix}\alpha&\beta\\-\beta&\alpha\end{bmatrix},
$$
where $\alpha$ and $\beta$ are real, $\alpha>0$ and $\beta\neq 0$. It is easy to see that all blocks $D_i$ (and hence $D$) are normal with eigenvalues $\alpha\pm i\beta$.

*Take any $n\times n$ orthogonal matrix $Q$.

*Set $A:=QDQ^T$.

With a slight modification of Item 1, you can construct any real normal matrix with any real (by $1\times 1$ blocks $D_i$) and complex (by $2\times 2$ blocks $D_i$ of the form (1)) eigenvalues (where the complex eigenvalues of course appear in conjugate pairs) by this process. In fact, Items 1-3 define $A$ by constructing its real Schur form.

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It's All Or Nothing As Gonzaga And Baylor Meet Tonight
It's down to the final duel in NCAA Men's Basketball tonight, as the Gonzaga Bulldogs and the Baylor Bears face off. The two were among the top two teams all season, with the Bulldogs going undefeated all the way. The stage is set for a final March Madness battle that is certain to give basketball fans and sports gamblers a lot to talk about.
Bulldogs Look To Make History
The Bulldogs are close to becoming the first Division I men's basketball team to go undefeated since the 1975-76 season. That was when the Indiana Hoosiers went all the way through without stopping, collecting a national championship to finish 32-0 on the season. Several other schools have gone undefeated, but fell during March Madness.
Gonzaga might also become the first team outside the Power Conference to pick up a national title since the UNLV Rebels did it for the Big West Conference in 1990. Four years ago, the Bulldogs had a deep run, making it to the final game before losing. Now, they're doing everything they can to make history.
Gonzaga Proven Against Baylor
The Bulldogs have beaten the Bears every time they've met on the court. They missed a reunion this season due to COVID-19 issues, making their 2019 NCAA Tournament battle the last time they played. Now, Gonzaga is looking to add win number six to the list.
Corey Kispert is going to be key for the Bulldogs. The forward, in his last year at the school, is averaging 18.8 points per game (ppg) and is shooting 53.3%. Earlier in the season, he was able to hit most of his shots from beyond the paint, but now just averages approximately 44.4%. Under and around the rim, Drew Timme is tough to beat, and these two are going to be key to the Bulldogs' success.
Bears Have A Shot
The Bears have struggled over the years, but have continuously seen deep playoff runs. None, however, as deep as this one. They have eight March Madness appearances in 11 years, with a recent Sweet Sixteen appearance in 2017. Baylor has never captured a title and is just as fierce on the court this year as Gonzaga.
Defending well is going to be key for the Bears to stop the Bulldogs. Gonzaga excels at scoring in transition and working the slots under the basket. If Baylor is going to win, it has to slow Gonzaga down by picking up more rebounds and defending the shot clock. This will deny Gonzaga's attempts to control the clock and maintain a high offensive tempo.
Odds Favor Gonzaga
The Bulldogs are getting the majority of the support from oddsmakers, with Unibet giving them -200 on the line; the Bears are getting +160. Gonzaga is only getting 4.5 points, an indication that everyone expects this to be a tight game. There's little doubt that it will be, either. The Over/Under sits at 158.5 and taking the Over at -114 is a safe bet. Both of these teams are ready to do some damage and show off their offenses, even though Gonzaga is likely to emerge victorious.
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Developing a growing community like Willow Park can often feel like a conundrum. You want it to have all the benefits of a big city but still keep the small town feel and values of a local community. Within the vision of Willow Park North, Wilks Development is keeping this unique challenge in mind when it comes to expanding and developing the first hotel, a Springhill Suites by Marriott, in the area.
As it stands today, the Willow Park area doesn't have many large event spaces for individuals or businesses to rent out space for events like weddings, corporate events or other larger scale events.
The new Springhill Suites, scheduled to open in early 2020, will have event space available for rent. The event space can be one large ballroom or divided up into smaller rooms, and also includes a large outdoor area that is part of the rental.
"We host two events per year, bringing in more than 5,000 people with each event. The events attract local families as well as people who have never visited the area before. I've even had people tell me that they'd never been to the area before and after visiting the event and surrounding area, they decided to move their family here!
Rather than having to crowd too many family members into your house during the holidays, you now have an alternative. And for good friends who live far away, you'll be able to maximize their visits to town with a closer option for them to stay.
This is also good news for residents of Aledo and surrounding areas whose children play soccer and other sports who tend to have to travel for tournaments. Previously, there was nowhere for out-of-town participants and their families to stay. Now, with the combination of restaurants, shops and the new Springhill Suites, this area now becomes an attractive venue to host those tournaments.
New jobs and increased revenue for all the surrounding businesses due to an increase in visitors to the area all equal more financial resources for local residents and the city.
Who doesn't need to escape reality for a night or two every now and then?
Whether it's a girls' night staycation or a couples' romantic getaway, you can make the most of your time together by enjoying all of the offerings in Willow Park, including a brand new hotel to stay in.
Take a look at the Springhill Suites website for a peek at the modern look and impressive amenities the new hotel promises to offer. Built with the balconies and pool overlooking the river, it promises to add to the beautifully unique setting of The Shops at Willow Park.


Wednesday September 26 is a busy day at the Amazon Gold Box, including a return of yet another variation of the Sandisk and Storage Sale including a trio of Extreme PRO SDXC cards (128GB for $39~, 256GB for $89, 512GB for $200), along with Sandisk microSD cards (200GB, 256GB, 400GB), Western Digital and G-Tech external hard drives, Sandisk SSDs, and the obligatory USB flash drives. A total of 25 options are available during this sale. The limit is up to two of the same item per customer.
If you are fond of Logitech and in need of keyboard, mice or rats, it is also a return of a variation of the Logitech sale including the MX Master mouse and the K840 mechanical keyboard. The limit is up to three of the same item per customer.
But that's not all. In a rather busy Amazon Gold Box for this day, they are offering a cordless student microscope (limited use for professional microscope photography but better than nothing), a kids microscope set, an under-the-desk exercise bike, the sweet taste of Gevalia coffee [beans, ground, K-cups,Tassimo, etc], a Dyson Ball Animal vacuum [unless you specially in dust bunnies photography], and various discounts on Amazon's own products [which are multiplying almost exponentially these days].
The sale ends at 3am ET on Thursday or earlier if any sell out.


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Q: Visual Studio Code UI: Accidentally hid variables section in debug. How to get it back? I feel a bit silly about this, but I seem to have accidentally hidden the variables section for debug mode in Visual Studio Code, and can't figure out how to get it back.
The debugger is starting ok (using node.js for debuggging a js file), and I can see Watch, Call Stack, and Breakpoints - but no Variables window. Have attached a screenshot to show the layout.
screeny of VS Code window

A: Press Ctrl + P to open the "Go to File..." menu and type in view Variables and press Enter. This will show the variables view again.


THATCamp Alabama 2013 will be held August 9-10, 2013 on the campus of The University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, AL.
On Friday, THATCamp attendees may park in the Campus Drive Parking Deck and exit with no charge. On Saturday, any legal parking space is fine; a permit is not required to park on campus on weekends. Information about visitor parking, including locations and fees, is available on the Parking Services website.
Friday's reception will be held at the Paul W. Bryant Museum, 300 Paul W. Bryant Drive, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487. The museum is a .5 mile walk from Lloyd Hall. Crimson Ride will run until 6 pm Friday; from the Transit Hub, take a Crimson route bus to Moody Music or Sewell-Thomas Baseball Field or a Blue route bus to Moody Music. Visitor parking is available.
A list of area hotels is available on the Tuscaloosa Tourism & Sports Commission website.


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Taliban Infighting Leaves Dozens Of Militants Dead In Afghanistan
Afghan officials say clashes between two Taliban factions have killed dozens of militants in the country's west, underlying divisions in the militant group that has waged a deadly 17-year insurgency against the Western-backed government in Kabul.
Bombs Dropped On Afghanistan: Numbers Rising
The number of bombs dropped by the U.S. coalition on Afghanistan during the first nine months of 2018 approaches the record set in 2011.
At Least 10 Killed In Taliban Attack On Security Contractor's Compound In Kabul
Afghan officials say at least 10 people have been killed and 19 wounded in an attack that targeted a foreign security contractors' compound in the capital, Kabul.
Air Strikes Kill Civilians In Southern Afghanistan
Officials and residents in the restive southern Afghan province of Helmand say scores of civilians have been killed in air strikes.
EU Announces $500 Million In Funds To Afghanistan At Donors Conference
The European Union has announced 474 million euros ($535 million) in financial aid for Afghanistan as international donors gathered for a UN-backed conference focusing on development, peace, and security in the country.
Three U.S. Soldiers Killed In Afghanistan Blast
The U.S. Army says three of its soldiers have been killed in a roadside bombing near the central Afghan city of Ghazni.
U.S. Soldier Killed In Afghanistan
The U.S. Army says one of its service members has been killed in Afghanistan, taking the number of U.S. soldiers to die in the war-torn country this year to nine.
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An explosion inside a mosque at an Afghan military base in the volatile eastern province of Khost has killed at least 27 people and wounded 50, officials say.
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Néstor Gonçalves, Uruguayan footballer, Died at 80
Néstor Gonçalvez Martinicorena was born on April 27, 1936, in Cabellos, Artigas and died on December 29, 2016.
He was a retired Uruguayan footballer.
He played as a midfielder for Uruguay in the 1962 and 1966 FIFA World Cups.
Gonçalves mainly played for C.A. Peñarol.
He was mainly considered one of the best South American midfielders of the 1960s.
He his career playing football for Salto from 1953 to 1956.
During 1957, Gonçalves joined Peñarol, where he would play until 1970.
His son, Jorge Gonçalves, was also a professional footballer.
Néstor Gonçalves passed away at 80 years old.
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The Beginning of a Long Road
By Mikhail Iossel
Nonfiction•Vol. XXV No. 3 (Fall 2012)
Earlier today, in a conversation with a friend, I recalled the preposterous little novel I wrote at the age of thirteen: my very first literary work of any sizable scope. The year was 1968; the month was August; the location, Roshchino, a middle-scale lakeside resort community some forty-five minutes away from Leningrad by suburban train.
Titled "The Beginning of a Long Road" ("Nachalo Bol'shogo Puti"), the narrative followed doggedly, over the full ninety-six hand-written pages of a standard-issue school notebook in cornflower-blue oilcloth cover, the peregrinations all across the United States, on foot, in fruitless job search, of three typical unemployed representatives of the American working class: Jim, John, and Jack. Jim was a metal-worker, John — a baker, and Jack — a carpenter.
The whole faux-Grapes of Wrath premise — and to be sure, at the time, my awareness of Steinbeck's existence was no greater than his of mine — served as but a pretext for me to utilize and show off (if only for my own sole benefit) my newfangled knowledge of the U.S. geography and its regional economies, gleaned solely from the 1953 Abridged Soviet Encyclopedia: a hefty set of massive, thousand-page-long tomes (each weighing at least five kilos and, if hurled with sufficient force from close distance, capable of serving as a potent lethal weapon against an oncoming enemy), filled to trembling overflow with Stalinist propaganda, and one of my primary sources, back then, of all the factual information about the world at large.
All across America, from state to state, the hapless, destitute trio hoofed it, for days and months on end, looking for some kind of gainful employment — and not finding any. America — the dying, historically doomed citadel of the pernicious International Imperialism — was mired in perennial economic depression of cataclysmic proportions. There were no new jobs to be had. None, zero. It was an altogether desperate, extremely hopeless situation.
What did they eat along the way? Scraps of rotting food found in garbage dumps — and also whatever paltry morsels of barely edible crap they were tossed, now and then, by the contemptuously wealthy people residing in the stately mansions and sprawling cattle ranches the three men happened to pass by periodically, in exchange for performing some minor, psychologically degrading menial chores, such as trimming the hedges on the property, clearing the brush, mowing the lawn, shoveling the snow, brushing the dog, petting the cat, raising a barn … Where did they sleep? Oh, wherever the nightfall would find them: along the roadsides, in abandoned factories and unguarded apartment-building entrances, in snowbanks, in rat-infested, dank alleyways, in the leafy shadow of young girls in flower … well, no, actually — not in any immediate, potentially explosive vicinity of the female sex. Jim, John, and Jack, three typical American proletarians, were too impoverished, too chronically underfed and penniless, and too brimful of indignation, so to speak, over the rotten state of affairs in America and the dying capitalist world on the whole, to be interested in girls. Girls sucked, you know, to put it bluntly; they were nothing but a massive distraction from the truly important issues pertinent to the awakening of one's class conscience … At thirteen, I kind of agreed with them on that latter point.
On a whim, in a clever (I thought, proudly) flight of novelistic fancy, I made Jim, John, and Jack walk all across America, from state to state, in alphabetical order: from Alabama to Alaska, then straight on to Arizona, then directly to Arkansas, etc. In that sense, "The Beginning of a Long Road" was an Oulipian text, if you will — although, needless to say, entirely unbeknownst to me.
The three friends constantly felt puzzled themselves by the fanciful pattern of their wanderings.
"Why in the world are we moving around like this?" Jim would wonder cantankerously. "Instead, you know, of the natural, continuous fashion? That's totally crazy, goddammit! What's wrong with us?"
"Yes, I know!" John seconded. "Why, goddammit, can't we make it so much easier on ourselves, by taking the time to look for jobs in two adjacent states in a row, then two other ones, and so on? Why must we just keep marching repeatedly through a whole bunch of states, clear across the goddamn country, in order to start looking for jobs in earnest? Frankly, I'm exhausted, as I know the two of you are also! My feet are hurting something awful! My shoes are falling apart! My vital inner organs are all out of alignment! Why, goddammit, must we dash around like them old chickens with their heads cut off?… Ah, chickens! Speaking of which. When was the last time I've seen one on my plate? Or out in the open, for that matter? What, goddammit, wouldn't I give right about now for a juicy drumstick or a healthy spoonful of hot chicken soup!"
"Friends, I have a strange feeling, or premonition, that this is something we're not meant to understand," Jack interposed after a pause, creasing his narrow brow. "There's some greater force at play here, I sense, governing our circumstances; some omnipotent alien intelligence, armed perhaps with the all-powerful Marxist theory. If you know what I mean. Or maybe it's some other, equally potent theory. I'm not sure. The whole thing just gives me the creeps. Better not think about such spooky, unknowable matters … "
From Alabama to Alaska, then straight on to Arizona, then Arkansas, then …
Ah, but no! Not so fast! Not in that exact order! Therein, you see, lay the additional rub, with regards to the narrative's geography: Idaho, and not Alabama, was where their journey had originated — and from Idaho (Moscow, Idaho — well, naturally) they headed straight for Iowa (that's right), and only then went to Alabama, then Alaska, then Arizona, then Arkansas, and then Wyoming (yes, Wyoming, goddammit!), then Washington, then Vermont, then Virginia, then Wisconsin, then Hawaii (oh, sure, absolutely; they managed to stowaway themselves in the bowels of a Honolulu-bound tourist ship, you see, and then repeated the maneuver to get back to mainland — after the manner of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn's trip down the Mississippi), then Delaware, then Georgia — well, you may be getting the idea already — in full compliance, in other words, with the order of letters in the Cyrillic alphabet (rather than the Latin one) and the way the U.S. states are spelled commonly in Russian.
Utah, thus, turned out to be the final point of their months-long ordeal: the frenetic, schizophrenic journey of supposed self-discovery.
In the end, inevitably enough, Jim, John, and Jack come to realize the urgent imperative of joining the U.S. Communist Party, led by the faithful friend of the Soviet Union, Comrade Gus Hall. For a short while, they also entertain the idea of up and emigrating outright to the Soviet Union — the workers' paradise, the glorious land of their dreams, and all the rest of it — but then, ultimately, they decide against it: first off, Russian must be an extremely difficult language to learn and, frankly, they're no great linguists; and secondly, and most importantly, it is revealed to them, in a fateful dream shared mysteriously by all three of them at once somewhere in the howling steppes of East Texas, that, even despite the accidental misfortune of not having been born in the Soviet Union, a self-respecting American proletarian must not be a lame-ass quitter and shirk, for whatever ostensibly noble reason, his moral responsibility before the future generations of Soviet Americans to wage the unrelenting class struggle against, ugh, them hateful top-hatted fat cats from the oak-paneled backrooms of the Pentagon's Wall Street right here, at home, in America, thereby helping to hasten, however perhaps minutely, the ignominious final demise of the pernicious International Imperialism.
The novel's ending, if memory serves me, went, roughly, as follows:
"We must stay right here and fight!" Jim stated emphatically, hammering his fist against his concave chest and breathing a bit laboriously from the considerable exertion of climbing one of the lovely little hillocks and mountains surrounding the economically depressed and culturally and spiritually dead-as-a-doornail city of the Salt Lake.
"Yes, we must, comrades!" John echoed, coming up from behind with a conspicuous limp and putting his calloused hand with six fingers (I forgot to mention: he was, in a bid to be more interesting to the hypothetical reader, somewhat of a minor freak of nature) on Jim's frail shoulder. "We will destroy this ugly capitalist realm of exploitation and injustice, and on its ruins we'll build the new, the beautiful world of … well, you know, harmony and equality and all that! Comrades, I'm so damn excited! I just can't hide it! Well, now what? I mean, what's the next step? I suppose, we start by locating the office of the Utah state branch of the Communist Party, right?"
"Right," confirmed Jack, also emerging on the mountaintop — despite his high fever and the hacking cough fairly ravaging his emaciated body — and, in his turn, placing the brittle bird's paw of his hand on John's shoulder. "Well, comrades! One for all, as the saying goes, and all for one! There're no obstacles we couldn't overcome together! We're yet to see — to quote the great Russian writer Anton Chekhov, whom I have no idea as to how I can possibly know, goddammit — the sky sparkling with diamonds!'
They stood up there, on the windswept mountaintop in the state of Utah, the three of them, in a single file, bunched close together, barely alive with fatigue — and yet, unaccountably happy, too, and filled with extreme resolve; even though they knew full well that this was only the beginning of a long, hard, super-arduous road ahead!"
In short, it was a bunch of unselfconsciously opportunistic nonsense.
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Leningrad, USSR-born Mikhail Iossel, writer and professor of English at Concordia University in Montreal, founder and executive director of the Summer Literary Seminars International programs, is a former participant in the literary samizdat movement and member of the samizdat literary Club-81 in Leningrad, USSR. Author of Every Hunter Wants to Know, a collection of stories (W.W. Norton) and co-editor (with Jeff Parker) of the anthologies Amerika: Russian Writers View the United States (Dalkey Archive, 2004) and Rasskazy: New Fiction from a New Russia (Tin House, 2010), he is the recipient of Guggenheim Foundation and NEA Fellowships, among other awards. His stories have been translated into several foreign languages, and anthologized in Best American Short Stories, and elsewhere.
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Attention UNICollaboration members – please save the date for the UNICollaboration Annual General Meeting on ZOOM, (12 March 2021) during which we will hold a vote on the revised statutes that were introduced during the meeting in September 2020, during IVEC. Reminder emails will be sent in the coming weeks, one of which will include a link to the final version of the proposed new statutes and another of which will include the ZOOM information.
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Date: Friday, 12 March 2021
Time: 16.00-17.00 CET/15.00 UTC
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Q: Why does Java SE 6 Web Start (javaws) not find the JRE with Apple's Java for OS X 2012-006 on Mountain Lion? In brief
The JRE is installed but javaws can not find the JRE.
What can I do on the command line to re-enable the web plugin for Apple's Java 6 in Chrome or Safari?
I want to avoid Java 7. (We're awaiting Java 8.)
Detail
I have a fresh upgrade of Mountain Lion (10.8.2). I have installed JDK V6 from Apple (Java for OS X 2012-006). Now:

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*all of my Java apps run fine

*the Internet plug-in no longer works in Chrome or Safari.

javaws at the command line reports:

No JRE present

When a web applet is clicked:

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*the operating system directs me to install a JRE

*the link goes nowhere because the JRE is already installed.

 History

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*Upgraded to Mountain Lion

*Forced JRE install through java -version method.  "Successful"

*All Java applications work as before (ide/dbms/email/etc)

*Tried to launch a java applet in Chrome (or Safari)

*Message in the applet area "Missing Plugin =>".  click it

*Error that the 'JRE is not installed, click ok to open page...'.

*Click [OK] but no page opens. Assume this is because the JRE is actually already installed.

*Try from command line (/usr/bin/javaws):

When I try /usr/bin/javaws from the command line I get this output, plus the standard install-a-jre popup.
[~] /usr/bin/javaws  (or just [~] javaws)
No Java runtime present, requesting install.
Unable to locate a Java Runtime to invoke.

– but the JRE is present –
[~] /usr/bin/java -version
java version "1.6.0_37"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_37-b06-434-11M3909)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.12-b01-434, mixed mode)

– Java apps do run.
Java executables
[~] ll -s /usr/bin/java*
/usr/bin/java@ -> /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/Current/Commands/java
/usr/bin/javac@ -> /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/Current/Commands/javac
/usr/bin/javadoc@ -> /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/Current/Commands/javadoc
/usr/bin/javah@ -> /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/Current/Commands/javah
/usr/bin/javap@ -> /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/Current/Commands/javap
/usr/bin/javaws@ -> /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/Current/Commands/javaws

I heard that it may be possible to install the Java 7 JDK (including a JRE) to regain preferences and enable switching.  If that is the only course of action I will do it, but I would much prefer JAVA_HOME to work properly with Java 6 without Java 7.
Apple's Java Preferences utility is no longer applicable – Apple's most recent update for Java for OS X removes the utility.

A: At About Java for OS X 2012-006 (article HT5493, modified 2012-10-16) Apple gives a related article:

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*Java for OS X 2012-006: How to re-enable the Apple-provided Java SE 6 applet plug-in and Web Start functionality (article HT5559, modified 2012-10-22).

Please run all four commands. The fourth should re-enable Java SE 6 Web Start.

A: I solved my problem with javaws with this:

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*I went into the /usr/bin directory:
cd /usr/bin/

*Just in case made a backup copy of the existing javaws:
sudo mv javaws ./javaws.ORIGINAL

*Create a new link to a javaws file that I found when searching my file system (probably create on a previous installation of Java):
sudo ln -s /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/javaws ./javaws

Et voilà! javaws start working again!

A: Have you checked "Enable applet plug-in and Web Start Applications" in "Java Preferences" ??
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Whale Re-Sign Sam Faber
May 3, 2016 by Dustin L. Nelson
The Connecticut Whale and forward Sam Faber have agreed to terms on a one-year contract extension worth $13,000, the team has announced.
Faber played 13 games with the Whale last season, putting up three goals and three assists, along with another goal and assist in Connecticut's three postseason contests. They lost to the Buffalo Beauts in the opening round of the postseason.
"I am extremely honored and humbled to be signing with the Whale again," said Faber. "I hope to bring leadership and offensive production to help the Whale take the next step this season."
The Whale went longer than any other team in the league before sustaining their first loss, but weren't able to keep that momentum going. They finished second in the league with a 13-5-0 record, but stumbled frequently toward the end of the season.
Faber's signing occurred just before the conclusion of the restricted free agency period. All NWHL players are now free agents, eligible to be signed by any team.
Dustin L. Nelson
Dustin Nelson is the News Editor for The Hockey Writers. He's a contributor to Hockey Prospectus, Hockey Wilderness, and writes a column for Rotowire. He's also written for Gone Puck Wild, Wild Xtra, InDigest, Electric Literature, The Rumpus, Tiny Mix Tapes, Prefix Magazine & other publications. Have a tip? Email him at dlukenelson[at]gmail[dot]com.
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Alleged Chinese police station in Viña del Mar: embassy says it is a "service center"
The Chinese Embassy in Chile on Monday ruled out the existence of a supposed police station -of Chinese origin- in Viña del Mar, Valparaíso Region. This, regarding a report by the NGO Safeguard Defenders, in which they denounced the presence of these enclosures in different countries. In a statement, the embassy said it is a "service center" for Chinese citizens.
According to the report by the NGO Safeguard Defenders, China installed 54 police stations -undeclared- in more than 20 countries, including Chile. They would fulfill administrative functions, to help Chinese citizens residing abroad, but according to the NGO, the centers would operate to locate dissidents and force them to return to China.
In a statement, the Chinese embassy in Chile pointed out that the alleged police base "is nothing more than a service center for Chinese citizens abroad," it says. Third.
They also pointed out that given the geographical distance and the difficulty of making international trips in the context of the pandemic, "many Chinese citizens abroad cannot return to China in time to carry out procedures such as renewing their driver's license."
Along these lines, they commented that a Chinese citizen, identified as Wang Yinle, established in March this year a service center in its office located in Viña del Mar, at the request of the Association of Chinese Overseas of the Municipality of Fuzhou, Fujian Province. The objective was to help compatriots to carry out some procedures on the virtual platform.
"The establishment of such a center is only a temporary measure during the pandemic. As the global pandemic situation becomes stable and control measures are eased, and with the renewal of the online paperwork platform, the Fuzhou authorities have asked its citizens to return to China to carry out these paperwork, and those who have difficulty in traveling, they can directly access the virtual platform", they added.
In turn, they pointed out that the center stopped working in June. In the three months of service, only one Chinese citizen was assisted to renew his driver's license, they commented from the Chinese embassy in Chile.
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