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State backs down on work-study ban against religious kids
Revamps rules after its discrimination challenged in court
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The state of Washington has revamped its rules for a work study program for students after its discrimination against religious groups and organizations was challenged in court.
The Institute for Justice says the rule changes mean the lawsuit brought by Summit Christian Academy and the Young Americans for Freedom Club likely will be dropped.
"The new regulations are a boon for college students throughout Washington," said IJ senior attorney Michael Bindas. "They will greatly expand employment options for work study students, especially in fields such as education, healthcare, and social services – fields in which religious employers play a large and important role. The Student Achievement Council should be commended for adopting them."
The new rules will allow students in the state's Work Study Program to accept jobs with religiously affiliated employers.
"The new regulations were adopted in response to a 2018 lawsuit challenging the state's former prohibition on religious options in the Work Study Program. That lawsuit was filed by the Institute for Justice on behalf of Summit Christian Academy, a private elementary and secondary school in Spokane, as well as the Young Americans for Freedom Club at Whitworth University," IJ said.
Washington state's work study program offers financial aid to low- or middle-income students for college.
They work in jobs related to their field of study and their pay is subsidized.
But Washington excluded jobs with employers that the government deemed overtly religious.
"For instance, a student majoring in environmental science could work at the Washington State Department of Natural Resources and a business student could work at Amazon, but a student majoring in social work could not feed the homeless at a church's soup kitchen. Nor could an education major work at a religious elementary or secondary school such as Summit Christian, which was rejected as a work study employer in 2015 simply because it is religious," IJ said.
"In fact, the 'sectarian' exclusion in the Work Study Program even prevented students at religious colleges, such as Whitworth, from working for their own schools. While their counterparts at secular colleges, public and private, were perfectly free to pursue work study on campus, students at religious colleges were forced to travel off-site to take advantage of the program."
Bindas explained: "The U.S. Constitution requires government to be neutral, not hostile, toward religion. That means government must afford work study students the choice of whether to work for non-religious or religious employers. The government doesn't get to make that choice for them."
The new rules allow students to take jobs with religious groups as long as the jobs are not directly leading religious worship or instruction.
Summit Christian principal Wes Evans celebrated the new regulations.
"Being able to employ Washington's outstanding college students as tutors and aids will be a great boost to the educational experience and achievement of the pre-K through 12th-grade students who attend the state's many religious schools. We are excited and blessed at Summit Christian Academy to now have this opportunity of partnering with these talented college students," Evans said.
Officials said that because of the rule changes, Summit and YAF likely will voluntarily dismiss their lawsuit.
The case was pending in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.


Published: Apr 16 at 8:05 a.m.
JAKARTA (Reuters) - More than 10,000 people have volunteered to crowd-source election results posted at polling stations across Indonesia on Wednesday in a real-time bid to thwart attempts at fraud during the biggest single-day election in the world.
Nearly 193 million people are eligible to vote for the Southeast Asian country's president and thousands of legislative seats, a Herculean logistical feat many fear could be exploited by cheats.
"We aim to be the data back-up plan for the election," Kawal Pemilu co-founder Elina Ciptadi told Reuters. "To ensure transparency and stop fraud."
She said that more than 10,000 volunteers have been verified and 3,000-5,000 more have registered online to join the "election guardians", who are required to provide their names and Facebook profiles. Another 2,000, many of them Indonesian expatriates, will work as moderators, logging in data.
Ciptadi and data scientist Ainun Najib, both Indonesian expats who live in Singapore, started the initiative after the last election in 2014 - also a contest between Widodo and Prabowo - when both campaigns declared victory.
"Both sides claimed to win ... but neither of them were revealing the data," said Ciptadi.
Because the electoral commission (KPU) had posted 2014's polling station results on its website, the group was able to scrape numbers into a database and crowd-source accurate results in six days, while officials took more than two weeks to calculate almost exactly the same result by hand.
While the world's largest democracy, India, is now spreading its election out over seven phases, Indonesia - with roughly one-fifth of India's population - will get the job done in just eight hours.
"We are not a political movement, we are an open-data initiative," she said.
The opposition has disputed survey findings. It has also said it uncovered data irregularities affecting millions on the electoral rolls and vowed to take legal action or use "people power" if its complaints are not resolved.
"We are very worried about the issue because the number is huge, there are 17.5 million problematic names in the voter list," Hashim Djojohadikusumo, deputy director for the Prabowo campaign, told reporters on Sunday.
A rights group has warned that more than 1 million indigenous people, many of whom live in forest areas or conflict zones, won't be able to vote because authorities had not registered them.
A home affairs ministry spokesperson disputed those findings and said any indigenous person who wanted to vote could register. "Please live in a legal location," he said.


United States of America, Plaintiff, v. Phillip Chavira, Sr., Defendant.
Norman Cairns, US Attorney's Office, Albuquerque, NM, for Plaintiff.
THIS MATTER comes before the Court on Defendant Phillip Chavira, Sr.'s Motion to Suppress Evidence [Doc. 22]. The government responded to the Motion and Defendant Chavira replied [Docs. 23, 24]. A hearing was held on the Motion on August 13, 2015; at the conclusion of the parties' factual presentations, the Court ordered that the parties submit their closing arguments in the form of supplemental briefs. Both the government and Defendant complied. See generally Docs. 37, 40. The Court, having considered the Motion, briefs, testimony, relevant law, and being otherwise fully-informed, finds that the Motion is well-taken and therefore will be GRANTED.
Given the heavily fact-contingent nature of the law governing this dispute, considerable foundation must be laid prior to engaging in any legal analysis. On February 26, 2014, officers with the Belen, New Mexico Police Department ("BPD") learned that Phillip Chavira, Sr., "had a warrant for his arrest." Doc. 34 at 12. During the course of his routine patrol, BPD Officer Enrique Valdez "observed a male subject," identified as Defendant, "approach a white Monte Carlo which was parked in front of the residence" at 1115 South Main Street in Belen. Id. at 13. Upon executing a u-turn, Officer Valdez "observed the same vehicle, [the] Monte Carlo, pull out onto Main Street, [and] travel north on Main Street." Id. Aware that the vehicle's driver, Defendant Chavira, was the subject of an outstanding arrest warrant, the officer "initiated a traffic stop" by "activat[ing] [his] emergency equipment." Id. at 13–14, 34. Defendant complied, and the Monte Carlo pulled into the private parking lot between the "Adams Market and the feed store." Id. at 14. The parking lot also abutted a closed "Lube Express" oil change provider and "Trujeque's Car Wash." Id. at 32–33.
At this time, Officer Valdez immediately placed Defendant under arrest, "handcuffed him," and confined Defendant in "the rear seat of [the] patrol car." Id. at 14, 36. Once Chavira had been secured in the police car, Officer Valdez decided that Defendant's "vehicle was to be towed," so he "called right away for a tow truck." Id. at 14, 36–37. The officer testified that, in his view, impounding the vehicle immediately was consistent with the "[s]tandard practice" of the BPD. Id. at 19. Officer Valdez clarified that while he was unfamiliar with the BPD's standard operating procedure governing impoundment, "since [he] started" with the police department, the unofficial practice has been to refrain from impounding a vehicle after the arrest of its driver only where "the driver, owner of the vehicle allows" a "passenger in the vehicle" to "move that vehicle from the location." Id. at 20.
Despite this characterization of the appropriate protocol, the officer responded that it is not his practice to impound a vehicle if it is parked at the "residence of the person being arrested." Id. Yet more confusingly, Officer Valdez explained his decision to impound the vehicle as predicated on the fact that the parking lot was located in "a high-crime area," despite testifying moments earlier that, irrespective of where the vehicle was parked, it was informal BPD procedure to impound all vehicles unless a passenger was present to take lawful custody of the car from the arrested driver. Id. However the officer reached his decision, it is undisputed that he called for a truck to collect the Monte Carlo and transport it to the impound lot.
After determining that it would be appropriate to have the vehicle towed from its current location, Officer Valdez conducted an inventory search of the Monte Carlo, stating that the BPD is "responsible for what's in that vehicle" such that all "belongings in that vehicle" should be "documented on that tow sheet." Id. at 21, 39. During his inspection of the interior, Officer Valdez noticed that the "center console [of the Monte Carlo] was loose." Id. The officer then "just very simply just [sic] lifted up" the "top portion" of the center console, exposing a "secondary compartment" that contained United States currency and a "white crystal-like substance" in a plastic bag. Id. at 22–23. This "secondary compartment" described by Officer Valdez is, in reality, a utility console through which a "wiring harness" runs to "provide[ ] the electricity to the gear shifter and cigarette lighter" and "is not a factory-made storage area" intended for consumer use. Id. at 58–59. Upon discovering what he believed to be contraband, Officer Valdez ceased his inventory search of the Monte Carlo and waited for the tow truck to arrive. Id. at 23.
On the basis of the items revealed during the inventory search, BPD officers secured a search warrant for the remainder of the vehicle. Id. at 23–24. Execution of this warrant revealed narcotics in the above-described "second compartment" and what appeared to be a black handgun. Id. BPD Detective Benavidez duly ceased his search and "petitioned the Court for a second search warrant," which was issued shortly thereafter. Id. at 25. In aggregate, the searches of the Monte Carlo yielded relatively small quantities of methamphetamine, heroin, cocaine, and Suboxone, which are not charged in the Indictment, and the two firearms that form the basis of the instant prosecution. See, e.g., Doc. 23 at 2.
Months later, on September 9, 2014, a federal grand jury returned an indictment against Chavira, charging him with possession of the firearms discovered during the February 26 inventory search of the Monte Carlo. See generally Doc. 2. The same day, a federal warrant issued for Chavira's arrest. See generally Doc. 3. The following month, on October 8, 2014, Defendant was arrested pursuant to the federal warrant; ATF Special Agents Kevin Wolfe and Ruben Chávez then transported Chavira from the Valencia County Detention Center to the federal courthouse in Albuquerque to be arraigned. See Doc. 34 at 44–45, 47. See also Doc. 38 at 2.
During the drive from Belen to Albuquerque, Defendant initiated a conversation with the Special Agents by inquiring as to the status of a monetary bond that his family had posted for his release from state custody. Ex. 15 at 0:01. Special Agent Wolfe, instead of responding to the question, informed Defendant that "before we do anything else" the Special Agent would inform Chavira of his rights. Id. at 0:16. Special Agent Wolfe then accurately recited the Miranda warnings; when asked if he had understood Special Agent Wolfe's explanation, Chavira responded, "yes, sir." Id. at 0:16–0:36. Over the course of the conversation, Defendant admitted that the "eight ball of black [tar heroin]" found in the Monte Carlo belonged to him, but denied ownership of either the guns or the other contraband in the vehicle. Id. at 2:57–3:00. Defendant also related that he was withdrawing from heroin, indicating that he did not feel well as a result. Doc. 34 at 48–49.
Although not revived in the United States' Motion to Supplement its Prior Pleadings and the Government's Closing Argument [Doc. 40], the government, in its Response, noted that Defendant had not established standing to contest the inventory search of the Monte Carlo. See Doc. 23 at 3–4. Testimony elicited at the hearing on the Motion leaves no doubt that Defendant has standing to maintain the instant Motion.
With respect to vehicle searches in cases where the initial seizure of the Defendant and the automobile is not contested, the "standing" question resolves to the "classic Fourth Amendment test: whether the defendant manifested a subjective expectation of privacy in the area searched and whether society is prepared to recognize that expectation as objectively reasonable." United States v. Eck h art, 569 F.3d 1263, 1274 (10th Cir.2009) (internal quotation marks omitted). In cases, such as the one at bar, where a defendant is not the registered owner of an automobile, while he "need not submit legal documentation showing a chain of lawful custody from the registered owner to himself," he nonetheless "bears the burden of establishing that he gained possession from the owner or someone with authority to grant possession." United States v. Valdez Hocker, 333 F.3d 1206, 1209 (10th Cir.2003). Here, Defendant has emphatically met this burden.
Defense investigator, Danny Garcia, determined that, on the date of the search, the vehicle was registered to Phillip A. Chavira, Defendant's son. Doc. 34 at 60. Phillip Chavira, Jr. confirmed during his testimony that the Monte Carlo that BPD officers impounded and searched on February 26, 2014 was registered in his name as of that date. Id. at 63. Moreover, he explained that, on the day in question, he had lent the Monte Carlo to his father, the Defendant, so that his father could "go pick up [Chavira, Jr.'s] auntie from the Rail Runner station." Id. at 64. The uncontroverted evidence thus plainly establishes that Defendant "gained possession" of the Monte Carlo "from the owner or someone with authority to grant possession," such that Chavira may maintain his challenge to the search in question. See Valdez Hocker, 333 F.3d at 1209.
The Tenth Circuit recently clarified the constitutional limits imposed on vehicle impoundments and the inventory searches conducted incident thereto. In United States v. Sanders, the court held "that impoundment of a vehicle located on private property that is neither obstructing traffic nor creating an imminent threat to public safety is constitutional only if justified by both a standardized policy and a reasonable, non-pretextual community-caretaking rationale." United States v. Sanders, 796 F.3d 1241, 1248 (10th Cir.2015) (emphasis added). The panel elaborated that while "[a]scertaining whether an impoundment is justified by a reasonable and legitimate, non-pretextual community-caretaking rationale is not an easy task," certain factors may prove useful to district courts, including, "(1) whether the vehicle is on public or private property; (2) if on private property, whether the property owner has been consulted; (3) whether an alternative to impoundment exists (especially another person capable of driving the vehicle); (4) whether the vehicle is implicated in a crime; and (5) whether the vehicle's owner and/or driver have consented to the impoundment." Id. at 1250. Given the Tenth Circuit's express statement that "[u]nder [the] holding [in Sanders ], either failure alone would be sufficient to establish unconstitutionality," and therefore mandate suppression, the Court will begin its analysis with the "community-caretaking" prong, which it believes is dispositive in the instant case. Id. at 1242–43.
A straightforward application of the factors articulated by the Tenth Circuit reveals that the impoundment of the Monte Carlo and subsequent inventory search thereof were unconstitutional. First, the Monte Carlo, like the automobile in Sanders, was appropriately parked in a private lot adjacent to several businesses. See id. at 1250–51. See also Doc. 34 at 15. Second, BPD officers made no effort to consult with the owner of the parking lot, the managers of any of the businesses surrounding the lot, or, indeed, with anyone at all, regarding the possibility of leaving the vehicle where it had been parked. To the contrary, Officer Valdez agreed that he "called right away for a tow truck" after arresting Chavira without assessing the feasibility of securing the Monte Carlo in the parking lot. Id. at 36. Moreover, the Court is not persuaded by the government's argument that because there were "several businesses nearby" it is "unclear ... how Officer Valdez would have ascertained the identity of the owner." Doc. 40 at 6. Plainly, Officer Valdez, or any of the other BPD officers that eventually arrived at the scene, could have inquired of the relevant store personnel who owned the lot or what provision had been made for its management.
Third, despite the government's protestations to the contrary, there were several alternatives to impoundment available. In addition to securing the vehicle in place, the officers could simply have called a family member to retrieve the automobile from the private lot. This option appears particularly feasible given that Officer Valdez watched Defendant leave his home in the Monte Carlo and therefore knew that the location from which the vehicle was towed was a mere half-mile from that residence; patently, a relative or friend could have walked to the lot and taken custody of the car. See, e.g., Doc. 37, Appendix A. Indeed, given the circumstances of this case, placing a phone call to Chavira's home may well have ensured removal of the Monte Carlo more quickly than could have been achieved by calling a tow service.
Fourth, Defendant was arrested on a warrant pursuant to a New Mexico criminal complaint charging Chavira with various drug offenses that, insofar as the Court is aware, in no way implicate the Monte Carlo impounded in this case. See Doc. 37 at 7. Fifth and finally, there is no suggestion whatsoever that either Defendant or his son consented to the impoundment of the vehicle. As none of the five factors supports Officer Valdez's unilateral and summary decision to impound the Monte Carlo, the Court finds that the impoundment and attendant inventory search were unconstitutional and that any evidence obtained therefrom must be suppressed. Having reached this conclusion, the Court need not discuss either the BPD standard operating procedure or the mechanics of the inventory search itself.
The government concedes that if the "inventory search of the Monte Carlo was in violation of the Fourth Amendment," then "the government cannot argue that the statement was voluntary under the Fourth Amendment and this analysis of attenuation ends." Doc. 40 at 18. The Court agrees.
Where a defendant demonstrates that his "Fourth Amendment rights were violated" and that there is a "factual nexus between the illegality and the challenged evidence" such that "the evidence sought to be suppressed would not have come to light but for the government's unconstitutional conduct," the evidence in question may be tainted and, therefore, subject to suppression. United States v. Torres–Castro, 470 F.3d 992, 999 (10th Cir.2006) (internal quotation marks and citations omitted). See also United States v. Martinez, 696 F.Supp.2d 1216, 1236–37 (D.N.M.2010) ("For the exclusionary rule to apply, the defendant need show only, by a preponderance of the evidence, a constitutional violation, and a causal nexus between the violation and the evidence sought to be excluded."). It is well-established, however, that "even if" a defendant "can demonstrate that the [challenged] evidence resulted from" an unconstitutional search, the "government may avoid suppression by demonstrating that the evidence would have been inevitably discovered, that it was discovered by independent means, or that it was so attenuated from the illegality as to dissipate any taint from the Fourth Amendment violation." Torres–Castro, 470 F.3d at 999. As the supplemental briefs in this case make clear, the sole exception at issue here is whether the constitutional violation is sufficiently separated from Chavira's statements to render them admissible. See Doc. 37 at 12–13. See also Doc. 40 at 16–17.
As this Court has explained before, to "determine whether evidence obtained by officers subsequent to an illegal detention was purged of the taint from an unlawful intrusion, courts apply the analysis set forth in Brown v. Illinois ." United States v. Robinson , 932 F.Supp. 1271, 1278 (D.N.M.1996) (Vázquez, J.). "In Brown ," this Court continued, "the Supreme Court identified three factors relevant to" this analysis: "1) the temporal proximity of the statements to the Fourth Amendment violation; 2) the existence of intervening causes between the violation and the statements; and 3) the purpose or flagrancy of the official misconduct." Id. See also Torres–Castro, 470 F.3d at 999 (also applying the Brown factors). The "heavy burden" rests squarely with the government to establish, based on the totality of the circumstances, that there has been " 'a sufficient attenuation or break in the causal connection between the illegal detention and the consent.' " United States v. Fox, 600 F.3d 1253, 1259 (10th Cir.2010) (quoting United States v. Gregory, 79 F.3d 973, 979 (10th Cir.1996) ). Here, none of the factors favors admission of the evidence, such that the government cannot meet its burden.
First, the "temporal proximity" factor does not weigh in favor of finding that the "taint" of the unconstitutional impoundment and subsequent search have been "purged." As an initial matter, this Court joins the Sixth Circuit in observing that the meaning of this factor is "ambiguous" and "must be considered in light of the conditions and circumstances that occurred during the time frame in question." United States v. Shaw, 464 F.3d 615, 628 (6th Cir.2006). The facts here present a relatively novel set of circumstances, in that, the confession at issue took place several months after the unconstitutional search. However, the evidence uncovered during that search forms the sole factual predicate for the indictment that put Defendant into ATF custody. See generally Docs. 1, 11. That is, absent the unconstitutional search, there would be no federal indictment charging Chavira, such that he would never have been in ATF custody to make a statement. Viewed in this way, the initial illegality of the impoundment and search were, in effect, revivified by an indictment and arrest predicated on tainted evidence, such that the statement came at the end of a chain of prolonged illegal conduct.
Second, there were no "intervening circumstances" that would abate the effect of the illegal search. While it is true that thorough and competent Miranda warnings, such as those issued by Special Agent Wolfe in this case, may constitute an "intervening circumstance," they are generally not sufficient, without more, to break the causal chain. See, e.g., Fox, 600 F.3d at 1260 ; Kaupp v. Texas, 538 U.S. 626, 633, 123 S.Ct. 1843, 155 L.Ed.2d 814 (2003) ("we held in Brown that Miranda warnings, alone and per se, cannot always ... break, for Fourth Amendment purposes, the causal connection between the illegality and the confession."). The Court finds that here, the Miranda warnings cannot outweigh the fact that the ATF agents referred in their questioning to illegally obtained evidence. See, e.g., United States v. Shetler, 665 F.3d 1150, 1158 (9th Cir.2011) (noting the issues associated with officers "confront[ing] the suspect, either physically or verbally, with the evidence that has been illegally obtained" and a suspect's "knowledge that the officials had already seized certain evidence"). Here, any purgative effect associated with Miranda are simply overwhelmed by the corrupting influence of the tainted evidence on the interrogation.
Third and finally, the BPD misconduct at the center of this motion was flagrant and, in the Court's estimation, dedicated to conducting a warrantless investigation. As discussed above, Officer Valdez decided to impound and inventory the Monte Carlo without any serious consideration as to whether there were feasible alternatives to towing the automobile. This conclusion is buttressed by the manner in which Officer Valdez conducted his "inventory search," which included removing a portion of the center console that he deemed "loose" in order to see what might be beneath it. See, e.g., Doc. 34 at 21–23. On these facts, the Court finds that the government cannot meet its burden and that, therefore, Chavira's statements to the ATF must be suppressed.
Analysis of the factors articulated by the Tenth Circuit in United States v. Sanders lead this Court to conclude that the impoundment and attendant inventory search of the Monte Carlo were mere pretexts for an unconstitutional investigative search. Any statements Chavira made to the ATF were also a product of this initial illegality and, therefore, must also be suppressed.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED Defendant's Motion to Suppress Evidence [Doc. 22] is GRANTED.


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If you or a loved one is experiencing thoughts of self-harm or suicide, you can confidentially seek assistance via the Military/Veterans Crisis Line at 800-273-8255, via text at 838255 or chat at http://VeteransCrisisLine.net.
A Texas National Guard soldier assigned to the state's mission at its border with Mexico, dubbed Operation Lone Star, accidentally shot and killed himself in an alcohol-related incident Saturday and another survived a suicide attempt during the week between Christmas and New Year's Day, according to initial incident reports obtained by Army Times.
The morale crisis among troops at the border, many of whom are there via long-term unit-wide involuntary activations, led Joint Task Force Lone Star's chaplains to initiate a force-wide "morale survey" Monday. Army Times previously reported a series of suicide deaths linked to the mission, whose soldiers are suffering from issues with living conditions and pay.
Approximately 10,000 members of the Texas National Guard and Texas State Guard, an official state militia, are either on the border or supporting the effort from other locations in the state, according to a November operations order obtained by Army Times.
The soldiers are supporting the Texas Department of Public Safety under the control of Gov. Greg Abbott, and Texas officials say they are in a state active duty status attempting to stem human and drug trafficking. Fiscal 2021 saw an all-time record level of Border Patrol apprehensions along the U.S.-Mexico border, too.
Texas Military Department officials did not immediately respond to questions submitted by Army Times on Monday evening. Operation Lone Star is a distinct state-run effort with no operational connection to the federally controlled National Guard task force on the border, which Army Times investigated in December.
Wave of suicides hits Texas National Guard's border mission
Operation Lone Star's sudden and rapid expansion has left many Texas guardsmen struggling to balance their military and civilian lives, sometimes with tragic results.
The suicide attempt occurred on Dec. 28, according to documents obtained by Army Times. An infantry NCO assigned to one of JTF Lone Star's subordinate task forces cut his wrists in his hotel room near McAllen, Texas. Four soldiers from his unit responded quickly enough to gain access to his room and slow the bleeding until paramedics arrived, the documents said, and the NCO is recovering.
But less than an hour after midnight on New Year's Day, a junior enlisted soldier from the same mobilized unit — 3rd Battalion, 141st Infantry — died off-duty at a friend's house when he shot himself in the head with his personal weapon. The incident was alcohol-related, according to documents, and the McAllen Police Department determined that foul play was not involved.
Local authorities are investigating the McAllen shooting to definitively determine the soldier's cause of death.
The morale survey initiated by the chaplains two days later, on Monday, asks each of the soldiers assigned to JTF Lone Star to rate their "motivation" on a scale of 1-10, according to screenshots of its questions. The survey asks troops who report low motivation why that's the case and directs them towards spiritual and mental health resources.
Hardships on the mission
In recent weeks, news reports and former senior Texas National Guard personnel have focused attention on the conditions affecting the morale of soldiers deployed to the border with JTF Lone Star.
A Texas National Guard soldier assigned to Operation Lone Star, the state's mission to guard its border with Mexico, looks out towards the border. (Twitter/Greg Abbott)
When the mission expanded last year from a small volunteer effort to a mass mobilization, issues with hardship requests and rapid deployment notices left many soldiers struggling after being asked to drop their civilian lives for an extended period of time. In some cases, troops were given only days' notice.
Texas leaders ordered units to issue arrest warrants for troops who don't report or who go AWOL from the mission, according to documents. Units have obtained a handful of warrants thus far, though it's unclear how many soldiers and airmen have been arrested.
Systemic pay issues have impacted the troops there, as well, due to the massive influx of Guard troops onto the state payroll. For human resources purposes, they are temporary state employees — meaning that the increase in troops on the mission overwhelmed the systems.
And from a benefits perspective, long-term state active duty orders do not provide federal education benefits, Veterans Affairs disability coverage or credit towards the troops' federal National Guard retirements. The Texas Military Department also recently slashed state tuition assistance benefits for its troops by 54%, retroactive to the beginning of the fall 2021 semester.
The former top NCO in the Texas Army National Guard, retired Command Sgt. Maj. Jason Featherston, posted a video to Twitter depicting the cramped living quarters on the mission's base camps, which are converted RV and semi truck trailers.
Featherston has also spoken out about a purported lack of cold weather equipment, body armor, first aid kits and even portable toilets for the troops there.
The majority of the troops along the border have a repetitive daily task: manning observation posts along the Rio Grande, looking for groups of migrants and then calling state troopers or Border Patrol to interdict and apprehend them. Some Guardsmen are actively participating in arresting migrants for trespassing, which is allowed because more than 100 landowners have authorized the state to do so, but the practice does not appear to be widespread.
Critics of the mission have argued there are more troops along the border than necessary, accusing Gov. Greg Abbott of sending them there in a political posturing effort against more conservative rivals challenging him in the March Republican gubernatorial primary. Advocates of the mission, however, argue that the unprecedented level of illegal crossings necessitates drastic action.
But politicians of all ideological bents are criticizing the turn Operation Lone Star has taken in recent months.
One of Abbott's fiercest conservative rivals, retired Army Lt. Col. Allen West, who was forced to leave the Army after torturing an Iraqi detainee in 2003, called on the Texas Guard's top general to resign or be fired in a Tuesday afternoon press conference. West, who served as a member of Florida's U.S. House delegation after the Tea Party wave in 2010, is the former chair of the Texas Republican Party.
"Maj. Gen. Tracy Norris: if you have any honor, integrity or character whatsoever, you should immediately submit your resignation," West said. "If not... [Abbott] should relieve [her] of command and replace her with Brig. Gen. Monie Ulis," who is currently leading JTF Lone Star.
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Davis Winkie is a staff reporter covering the Army. He originally joined Military Times as a reporting intern in 2020. Before journalism, Davis worked as a military historian. He is also a human resources officer in the Army National Guard.
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With the Sox playing away games until July 24, I will be missing a handful of the games since I cannot travel with the team but, as the Sox continue to win games, it gives us plenty to talk about especially with the playoffs in the somewhat near future.
Fighting for the last playoff spot, hitting the ball exceptionally well and pitching that makes league history (last night's no hitter!), the Salem Red Sox are feelin' it right now…to say the least.
But, they still have 45 games left in the regular season, meaning nothing is promised.
I sat down with Red Sox manager, Billy McMillon, on Sunday night after winning the weekend series against Potomac three games to one. And with the Sox currently sitting at 48-48 on the year and 15-11 for the second half, McMillon seems to be very optimistic about the team's ability to continue winning games both at home and away from home.
Here's what McMillon had to say:
ON CARRYING MOMENTUM AWAY FROM HOME:
"It's the same approach every time. We just tell the guys to go out and play the game the way they're supposed to play it. We had a really good home stand and hopefully guys are starting to get comfortable with what they can and cant do. Hopefully it'll keep goin' for the next 45 or so games that we have left."
ON PLAYERS COMING AND GOING SO OFTEN (Cecchini, Jacobs, Betts):
"When players move up it's because they've had a fair amount of success here and its time for them to be challenged at the next level. The idea, the goal here is to get guys playing closer to their potential so that they have an opportunity to move up. In those instances that you mentioned (Cecchini, Jacobs, Betts), those guys needed to get a new challenge; they had put together a string of good at bats and good games.
It works on the other side too, where the guys in Greenville are trying to get here. Sometimes it's no good because when your better players leave, you don't have as good of a chance to win. But, at the end of the day we always remember that the goal here is development, getting guys ready to go to the next level. When those guys do move, you feel good about it, you feel like you've helped in their development and you've helped the Red Sox organization."
ON PLAYING POTOMAC AND FREDRICK FOR THE NEXT 14 GAMES:
"We don't change anything, we go about our business the right way. Hopefully it'll be good because we will see a lot of the same pitchers over and over so guys will get a feel for how they are going to be pitched.
Our pitchers hopefully have a decent understanding of how to approach their hitters and the same thing goes for them too, the other teams have got to make adjustments for us as well."
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Born in London to Scottish parents, Bishop Briggs grew up in Japan and Hong Kong. Days after graduating high school, she moved to Los Angeles where, after years of performing at any venue that would have her, she was discovered in a small hole-in-the-wall by a former rep and the rest was history. The music of Bishop Briggs transcends the limitations of singular genres, blending folk, pop and electronic music into a wholly unique sound. The emergence of Bishop Briggs in 2017, was triggered by her critically acclaimed self-titled EP, her sold-out debut headlining tour, and live performance slots opening for Coldplay, Kaleo, alt-J, and Bleachers. The release of "White Flag", her debut critically acclaimed album, "Church of Scars," underscored by her North American and European tour, proclaim the arrival of Bishop Briggs as one of 2018's most important breakout artists.
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Homebuilders stocks and sector-related ETFs led the charge on Tuesday as the homeownership rate in the U.S. gains momentum.
Supporting the gains in the homebuilder sector, the Census Bureau revealed the homeownership rate was 64.4% in the third quarter, compared to 64.3% in the prior three months and 63.9% a year earlier, Bloomberg reports.
The steady price gains in the housing sector over the past six years are starting to slow, potentially allowing more buyers to bid on houses without resorting to a pricey bidding war.
The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller National Home Price Index, which measures average home prices in major metropolitan areas across the country, was up 5.8% in the year ended in August, compared to a 6% year-over-year rise reported in July. The measures was also the first time in a year that annual price gain fell below 6%, the Wall Street Journal reports.
The rise in rates has also pushed up mortgage rates, which also pressured demand in recent months.
Tian Liu, chief economist at Genworth Mortgage Insurance, argued that with a large population of Americans under 45, the home ownership rate could still rise as renters turn into first time home owners.
Among Americans under the age of 35, homeownership rate rose to 36.8% in the third quarter from 35.6% a year earlier. The rate for the 35-to-45 age range was 59.5%, compared to from 59.3% a year earlier.


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package cn.iutils.sys.entity;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import org.springframework.util.CollectionUtils;
import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;

/**
 * 用户表
 *
 * @author cc
 */
public class User extends DataEntity<User> {

	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

	private String no;// 编号
	private String organizationId; // 组织机构编号
	private Organization organization;//组织机构
	private String username; // 用户名
	private String password; // 密码
	private String salt; // 加密密码的盐
	private List<String> roleIds; // 拥有的角色列表
	private String roleIdsStr;
	private Boolean locked = Boolean.FALSE;//是否锁定
	private Boolean isDept = Boolean.FALSE;//是否部门管理员
	private String name;// 姓名或昵称
	private String email;// 电子邮件
	private String phone;// 电话
	private String mobile;// 手机
	private String photo;// 头像

	public User() {
		super();
	}

	public User(String id) {
		super(id);
	}

	public User(String username, String password) {
		super();
		this.username = username;
		this.password = password;
	}

	public String getOrganizationId() {
		return organizationId;
	}

	public void setOrganizationId(String organizationId) {
		this.organizationId = organizationId;
	}

	public Organization getOrganization() {
		return organization;
	}

	public void setOrganization(Organization organization) {
		this.organization = organization;
	}

	public String getUsername() {
		return username;
	}

	public void setUsername(String username) {
		this.username = username;
	}

	public String getPassword() {
		return password;
	}

	public void setPassword(String password) {
		this.password = password;
	}

	public String getSalt() {
		return salt;
	}

	public void setSalt(String salt) {
		this.salt = salt;
	}

	public String getCredentialsSalt() {
		return username + salt;
	}

	public List<String> getRoleIds() {
		if (roleIds == null) {
			roleIds = new ArrayList<String>();
		}
		return roleIds;
	}

	public void setRoleIds(List<String> roleIds) {
		this.roleIds = roleIds;
	}

	public String getRoleIdsStr() {
		if (CollectionUtils.isEmpty(roleIds)) {
			return "";
		}
		StringBuilder s = new StringBuilder();
		for (String roleId : roleIds) {
			s.append(roleId);
			s.append(",");
		}
		return s.toString();
	}

	public void setRoleIdsStr(String roleIdsStr) {
		if (StringUtils.isEmpty(roleIdsStr)) {
			return;
		}
		String[] roleIdStrs = roleIdsStr.split(",");
		for (String roleIdStr : roleIdStrs) {
			if (StringUtils.isEmpty(roleIdStr)) {
				continue;
			}
			getRoleIds().add(roleIdStr);
		}
	}

	public Boolean getLocked() {
		return locked;
	}

	public void setLocked(Boolean locked) {
		this.locked = locked;
	}

	public Boolean getIsDept() {
		return isDept;
	}

	public void setIsDept(Boolean isDept) {
		this.isDept = isDept;
	}

	public String getName() {
		return name;
	}

	public void setName(String name) {
		this.name = name;
	}

	public String getNo() {
		return no;
	}

	public void setNo(String no) {
		this.no = no;
	}

	public String getEmail() {
		return email;
	}

	public void setEmail(String email) {
		this.email = email;
	}

	public String getPhone() {
		return phone;
	}

	public void setPhone(String phone) {
		this.phone = phone;
	}

	public String getMobile() {
		return mobile;
	}

	public void setMobile(String mobile) {
		this.mobile = mobile;
	}

	public String getPhoto() {
		return photo;
	}

	public void setPhoto(String photo) {
		this.photo = photo;
	}

	public boolean isAdmin(){
		return isAdmin(this.id);
	}

	public static boolean isAdmin(String id){
		return id != null && "1".equals(id);
	}

}


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Diversity and Inclusion in the Department of Medicine
Welcome from the Department of Medicine's Vice Chair of Diversity and Inclusion
We welcome your interest in the Department of Medicine at the Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania. Diversity and inclusion are values that transcend across the University of Pennsylvania, school of medicine, health system and the Department of Medicine. Diversity and inclusion are core values of the Department of Medicine's tripartite mission to deliver the latest, most advanced therapies to our patients with respect and compassion, train leaders in clinical medicine and biomedical research and expand the frontiers of medicine through new discoveries for the understanding, detection, treatment and prevention of human disease. We see diversity as one important dimension of institutional excellence and students, trainees, faculty and staff are valued for their differences.
The Department of Medicine is committed to creating a diverse biomedical work force, inclusive patient care, training and work environments. We are also committed to advancing the knowledge and implementation of practices that reduce inequities in health care and health care delivery. We invite you to learn about the research, policies, programs and initiatives that foster a more diverse and inclusive environment throughout our organization for our faculty, trainees, students, staff and the many communities we serve.
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Associate Professor of Medicine
Vice Chair of Diversity and Inclusion
Diversity and inclusion are important initiatives in the Department of Medicine's clinical care.
The Department of Medicine has a diverse faculty.
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"""
@author: brett
"""
import xlrd
import os

class WritableObject(object):
    def _keys(self):
        keys = [k for k in self.__dict__ if not k.startswith('__')]
        return sorted(keys)

    def __repr__(self):
        s = list()
        for key in self._keys():
            s.append('{}: {}'.format(key, self.__dict__[key]))
        return ', '.join(s)

class PrimaryCareTrust(WritableObject):
    def __init__(self, name):
        self.name = name.split('(')[0].strip()
        self.code = name.split('(')[-1][:-1].strip()

    def __hash__(self):
        return self.code.__hash__()

    def __eq__(self, other):
        return self.code == other.code

    def __ne__(self, other):
        return not (self == other)

class PrimaryCareTrusts(WritableObject):
    def __init__(self):
        self._trusts = set()

    def add(self, trusts):
        assert isinstance(trusts, list)
        if len(trusts) == 0:
            return
        assert isinstance(trusts[0], PrimaryCareTrust)
        self._trusts |= set(trusts)

    def to_csv_string(self):
        headers = list()
        headers.append("name")
        headers.append("code")

        result = list()
        result.append(','.join(headers))
        for t in self._trusts:
            r = list()
            for h in headers:
                r.append('"{}"'.format(getattr(t, h, "")))
            result.append(','.join(r))
        return os.linesep.join(result)

class Surgery(WritableObject):
    def __init__(self, name, trust_code, total_gps, dispensing_gps, date):
        self.name = name.split(',')[0].strip()
        self.postcode = name.split(',')[-1].strip().replace('\n', ' ')
        self.trust_code = trust_code
        date = date.replace(' ', '_')
        self.date = date
        self.total_count = total_gps
        self.dispensing_count = dispensing_gps

class Surgeries(WritableObject):
    def __init__(self):
        self._surgeries = dict()
        self._dates = list()

    @staticmethod
    def _total_name(date):
        return "tot_" + str(date)

    @staticmethod
    def _dispensing_name(date):
        return "dis_" + str(date)

    def add(self, surgery_list):
        assert isinstance(surgery_list, list)
        for s in surgery_list:
            assert isinstance(s, Surgery)
            if s.date not in self._dates:
                self._dates.append(s.date)
            if s.name not in self._surgeries:
                d = dict()
                self._surgeries[s.name] = d
                d["name"] = s.name
                d["postcode"] = s.postcode
                d["trust_code"] = s.trust_code
            else:
                d = self._surgeries[s.name]
            assert d["name"] == s.name
            d[Surgeries._total_name(s.date)] = s.total_count
            d[Surgeries._dispensing_name(s.date)] = s.dispensing_count

    def to_csv_string(self):
        headers = list()
        headers.append("name")
        headers.append("postcode")
        headers.append("trust_code")
        headers.extend([Surgeries._total_name(d) for d in self._dates])
        headers.extend([Surgeries._dispensing_name(d) for d in self._dates])

        result = list()
        result.append(','.join(headers))
        for s in self._surgeries.itervalues():
            r = list()
            for h in headers:
                r.append('"{}"'.format(s.get(h, "")))
            result.append(','.join(r))
        return os.linesep.join(result)

def read_practices(fname):
    book = xlrd.open_workbook(fname)
    assert book.nsheets == 1

    sheet = book.sheets()[0]
    assert sheet.ncols == 8

    trusts = list()
    surgeries = list()
    date = None
    for i in range(sheet.nrows):
        row = sheet.row(i)
        if row[1].value == 'Dispensing Practices Address Details':
            current_trust = None
        elif row[1].value == 'Primary Care Trust:':
            current_trust = PrimaryCareTrust(row[2].value)
            trusts.append(current_trust)
        elif row[1].value == 'Report For:':
            date = row[2].value
        elif row[1].value == 'Practice Name and Address':
            pass  # do nothing
        else:
            assert current_trust is not None
            s = Surgery(row[1].value, current_trust.code, int(row[5].value), int(row[7].value), date)
            surgeries.append(s)

    return trusts, surgeries

def main():
    practice_docs = list()
    practice_docs.append(os.path.join('raw_data', 'Disp Pracs Name and Address 2014-01-31.xls'))
    practice_docs.append(os.path.join('raw_data', 'Disp Pracs Name and Address 2014-02-28.xls'))
    practice_docs.append(os.path.join('raw_data', 'Disp Pracs Name and Address 2014-03-31.xls'))
    practice_docs.append(os.path.join('raw_data', 'Disp Pracs Name and Address 2014-04-30.xls'))
    practice_docs.append(os.path.join('raw_data', 'Disp Pracs Name and Address 2014-05-31.xls'))
    practice_docs.append(os.path.join('raw_data', 'Disp Pracs Name and Address 2014-06-30.xls'))
    practice_docs.append(os.path.join('raw_data', 'Disp Pracs Name and Address 2014-07-31.xls'))
    practice_docs.append(os.path.join('raw_data', 'Disp Pracs Name and Address 2014-08-31.xls'))
    practice_docs.append(os.path.join('raw_data', 'Disp Pracs Name and Address 2014-09-30.xls'))
    practice_docs.append(os.path.join('raw_data', 'Disp Pracs Name and Address 2014-10-31.xls'))
    practice_docs.append(os.path.join('raw_data', 'Disp Pracs Name and Address 2014-11-30.xls'))
    practice_docs.append(os.path.join('raw_data', 'Disp Pracs Name and Address 2014-12-31.xls'))
    practice_docs.append(os.path.join('raw_data', 'Disp Pracs Name and Address 2015-01-31.xls'))
    practice_docs.append(os.path.join('raw_data', 'Disp Pracs Name and Address 2015-02-28.xls'))

    trusts = PrimaryCareTrusts()
    surgeries = Surgeries()
    for practice in practice_docs:
        t, s = read_practices(practice)
        trusts.add(t)
        surgeries.add(s)

    with open(os.path.join('data', 'nhs_trusts.csv'), 'w') as f:
        f.write(trusts.to_csv_string())

    with open(os.path.join('data', 'gp_surgeries.csv'), 'w') as f:
        f.write(surgeries.to_csv_string())

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()


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Home › Freedom-Expressed › Can Truth Slap Citizens Away From Their Patriotic Stupor?
Can Truth Slap Citizens Away From Their Patriotic Stupor?
Yep, the government agency paid over a half Billion U.S. Dollars to fake Al Qaeda terror and manipulate public opinion into accepting the War on Terror campaign.
This is something already known but now whistleblowers are coming forth to reveal the deception by military Generals such as Petraeus and the Benghazi Affair.
I immediately thought about stealth disclosures in Hollywood movies. ~Ron
* * * [ 11:30 pm 3 Oct 2016 Addendum ALERT: U.S. Breaks Off Bilateral contacts with Russia on Syrian crisis, Russia plans Emergency Evacuation Drills Where 40 Million People will participate in a massive evacuation drill – See Comment Section ] * * *
BREAKING NEWS: Pentagon Caught Paying PR Firm $540 Million to Make Fake Terrorist Videos
Many Alternative News Outlets are reporting this, below are two sources for you to follow up on, should you wish to:
http://thefreethoughtproject.com/pentagon-fake-terrorist-videos/
According to a new joint investigation by the Sunday Times and the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, the Pentagon paid a PR firm based in the U.K. over half a billion dollars to make fake terrorist videos in Iraq as part of an enormous propaganda campaign.
PR firm Bell Pottinger fabricated short TV segments designed to imitate Arabic news networks and "fake insurgent videos which could be used to track the people who watched them, according to a former employee," reports the Bureau.
High-ranking U.S. military officials worked with the firm's employees at Baghdad Camp Victory to create anti-terrorism propaganda to imitate the real thing, the Bureau claims.
Besides the Pentagon, Bell Pottinger's list of clientele reads like the who's who of unsavory characters — Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet's foundation, Margaret Thatcher, and the government of Saudi Arabia, for example.
Bell Pottinger's former chairman, Lord Tim Bell, reportedly confirmed to the Times collaborated on a "covert" military operation "covered by various secrecy agencies" — and reported to the CIA, the Pentagon, and the National Security Council.
According to the report, the firm was brought to Iraq and began working shortly after the United States first invaded, under the condition it negatively portray Al Qaeda — and then track who watched the propaganda.
Both the White House and General David Petraeus, then commander of coalition forces in Iraq, signed off on the program — thus the president was almost certainly well aware of its existence.
"In the first media interview any Bell Pottinger employee has given about the work for the US military in Iraq, video editor Martin Wells – who no longer works for the company – told the Bureau his time in Camp Victory was 'shocking, eye-opening, life-changing,'" the Bureau reports.
Read More: thefreethoughtproject.com
RT.com Published time: 2 Oct, 2016 16:39 Edited time: 2 Oct, 2016 17:42
The Pentagon paid a UK PR firm half a billion dollars to create fake terrorist videos in Iraq in a secret propaganda campaign exposed by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism.
PR firm Bell Pottinger, known for its array of controversial clients including the Saudi government and Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet's foundation, worked with the US military to create the propaganda in a secretive operation.
The firm reported to the CIA, the National Security Council and the Pentagon on the project with a mandate to portray Al-Qaeda in a negative light and track suspected sympathizers.
Both the White House and General David Petraeus, the former general who shared classified information with his mistress, signed off on the content produced by the agency.
Read More: RT.com
Title: The Secret From U.S Propaganda Released
Video posted 3 Oct 2016
https://ronmamita.wordpress.com/2013/06/11/this-is-about-a-world-war-about-to-break-out-that-will-kill-millions-of-people/
https://ronmamita.wordpress.com/2014/09/16/video-clinton-state-dept-official-says-he-was-ordered-to-purge-benghazi-docs-damaging-to-hillary-76-key-questions/
https://ronmamita.wordpress.com/2014/10/22/the-movie-even-mentioned-uploading-the-secrets-to-the-internet/
https://ronmamita.wordpress.com/2014/12/19/rt-exposes-u-s-corporate-media-propaganda/
https://ronmamita.wordpress.com/2015/01/21/january-2015-is-overwhelming-with-significant-events/
https://ronmamita.wordpress.com/2015/04/11/white-house-we-will-fight-the-internet-as-if-it-is-an-enemy/
https://ronmamita.wordpress.com/2015/04/19/worth-repeating-captain-america-gives-the-geopolitical-game-away/
https://ronmamita.wordpress.com/2015/05/13/guilty-of-embarrassing-government-cia-whistleblower-gets-42-month-sentence/
https://ronmamita.wordpress.com/2016/05/01/truth-seeker-imagine-what-you-will-know-tomorrow/
https://ronmamita.wordpress.com/2016/08/07/what-should-the-u-s-do-about-the-failed-federal-reserve-note-aka-u-s-dollar/
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5 comments on "Can Truth Slap Citizens Away From Their Patriotic Stupor?"
Peering Behind The Political Rhetoric:
Interesting how coordinated this war escalation is with the crumbling financial system.
Is this a wink to the central bankers, do not blame financial ruin on them because no one could see this world war military campaign causing the financial system to collapse – or some kind of similar excuse and justification for the state of emergency and martial law that could develop as a response.
The Central Bankers and the U.S. Mistakenly Believe They Have Credibility and Honor.
The recent White House stage has threatened Russia and specifically "Russian cities":
"Extremist groups will continue to exploit the vacuums that are there in Syria. To expand their operations, which will include – no question – an attack against Russian interests. Perhaps even Russian Cities. And Russia will continue to send troops home in body-bags."
"There are other options that don't revolve around the acts of diplomacy."
Russia accuses US of nurturing aggressive nuclear strategy:
4 days ago … MOSCOW (AP) — Amid the widening U.S.-Russian spat over Syria, the … On Monday, Carter accused Russia of "nuclear saber-rattling" and … off an attack with conventional forces that threaten Russia's very existence as a state. …
This alarming news story from the Gazeta drops a bombshell event scheduled: informing us that between October 4th and October 7th, a massive drill involving 40 million Russian people and about 200,000 professional rescue units will participate in a massive evacuation drill that will be going on all across the country.
Why did U.S. State Department "Spokesperson" John Kirby threaten Moscow with terror attacks in a thinly veiled threat?
Title: WOW: US Spox John Kirby threatens Russia with "more body bags, attacks on Russian cities"
Video posted 29 Sep 2016
Title: 40 Million Russians Going To Bunkers?
U.S. Halts All Bilateral Contacts With Russia Over Syria:
This appears to be a major war escalation and Russia has taken war preparations seriously.
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"The head of Russia's Security Council, Nikolay Patrushev, has repeatedly criticized various regional officials for using Google and Yahoo email, as well as the WhatsApp messenger service, for work-related purposes. In September 2015, Patrushev urged Russian governors to take measures for further prevention of their use, saying that foreign-made software posed a system threat to national information security." –rt.com
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MOSCOW, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday ordered the suspension of a plutonium cleanup program with the United States for "hostile actions" by Washington. The Plutonium Management and Disposition Agreement (PMDA) has been halted due to "the emergence of a threat to strategic stability as a result of hostile actions by […]
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Title: US Halts All Bilateral Communications With Russia Over Syria
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Many reports are highlighting the White House's undiplomatic behaviour at the United Nations Security Council as a veiled attempt to escalate war.
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Russia Embassy in Washington will enhance security measures
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U.S. officials said, via Fox News, Russia deployed advanced anti-missile system to Syria for first time
The propaganda to confuse the public about what is really happening in Syria has been intense. Listen to the public report from eye witness accounts (President of the U.S. Peace Council Mr. Alfred Marder and his delegation) after returning from Syria.
These events and actions has the appearance of war between the U.S. Allies and the Russian Federation, or more bluntly called World War…
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Russia, Syria and the UK SITREP October 12, 2016 by Auslander
http://thesaker.is/russia-syria-and-the-uk-sitrep-october-12-2016-by-auslander/
Informations have come to light that British Pilots have permission to shoot down Russian aircraft.
"The first thing a British pilot will do is to try to avoid a situation where an air-to-air attack is likely to occur — you avoid an area if there is Russian activity," an unidentified source from the UK's Permanent Joint Headquarters (PJHQ) told the Sunday Times. "But if a pilot is fired on or believes he is about to be fired on, he can defend himself. We now have a situation where a single pilot, irrespective of nationality, can have a strategic impact on future events."
What this means is one man can in the heat of the moment start the next global war. One man. Whilst this has always been possible the fact that this order has, according to the article dated 11 October 2016, been given is a rather dangerous departure from the de facto RoE over Syria if this article is true. In essence the RoE (Rules of Engagement) was that no one threatens no one and the two opposing sides in this Syrian debacle studiously stayed away from each other to the point that missions were scrubbed when it became apparent that airframes from 'the other side' were in the area or in transit to the area.
While one can not fathom who in their right mind would give such an order in a clearly tense and intense area of conflict it is my opinion that UK would never dream of issuing such an order without clear and explicit directives from either DC or Langley.
As an aside if hostilities begin to heat up over Syria you can rest assured that Ukraine will attack. It is common knowledge that every semi warm body and piece of equipment that may or may not move on it's own is now in position in the Ukraine lines, Minsk be damned. If it comes to another all out fight as Debaltysevo last year there will be no stand down this time to allow the golden pheasants to leave, the cauldrons will be reduced with extreme prejudice.
I do not know if this time the North Wind will be needed as in the late summer cauldrons of '14, Novorossiya seems to have a very well trained and equipped army of roughly three heavy divisions that can be almost instantly expanded to five. Ukraine does not stand a snowball's chance in hell of victory. If it comes to this there may well be another victory parade in Donetsk and this time there will be a lot of foreigners marching amongst the prisoners.


Thanks for testing the new FbBox-5.0.
PupClockset have the same problem that i told you few months ago : when the clock display is changed nothing in the taskbar ; if you remember it's a problem in the french langpack, like in the spanish one ; i took the .mo that you have made at this time and it works fine ; but it's a .mo for the 2.5 version and it seems that some translations lake or are different.
I'm not proficient with momanger or the French language pack, but maybe I can update the current French .mo to support PupClockset-2.6.
maybe you remember also that the marges in obconf are erased by fbpanel : you told me that it will works in the next FbBox, but it doesn' work.
Thanks again for your comments. As time permits, I will revisit the French .mo for PupClockset-2.6.
It works fine : i can do exactly what i want.
Just been trying the FbBox 5.0 for the last couple of days and mainly working very well on a couple of xenial64 frugal installs.
1 - The weather component of the SysInfoBar does not appear to be displayed. When I do a search in the SysInfoBar Preferences > Plugins > Weather, it locates the location I want and a popup is displayed, but this information is not included as part of the SysInfoBar display after Applying changes. There doesn't appear any way for it to be displayed other than in selecting preferences.
2 - in the Launchbar Manager > Main> Properties, when selecting to 'Hide panel off screen as true, the panel is hidden correctly, however the space for the panel is reserved regardless of the 'Reserve space for panel' setting being True or False. Maximizing a window does not cover the full screen, only the same space as when the panel is displayed. This function was OK in Fbbox 4.0.
1 - Make sure the Date checkbox and Weather checkbox are ticked.
2 - After you click Apply, go to the desktop and hover the mouse over the date displayed in the SysInfobar.
3 - The weather report is a tooltip of the Date widget (see image below).
4 - If you want additional system information displayed as tooltips for all text widgets, select 'true' for the 'Tootip stats' option in the SysInfoBar Manager.
By default, code in FbBox grants fbpanel full control of all desktop margins, overriding openbox control. When you disable fbpanel control of a given screen margin (ex: upper margin if the launchbar is on top) that screen margin is then controlled by openbox. So, go to ObConf (lower-left button of the Fbpanel LaunchBar Manager) to load the Openbox Configuration Manager and then select the 'Margins' button. If your Launchbar is on top, you can use ObConf to set the top screen margin to your preference.
I hope this helps. Thank you Terry for testing FbBox-5.0.
Thanks radky for such a detailed explanation, both my issues functioning correctly now. Changed Openbox properties Top margin to '0'. Windows resize as expected now, seems I had forgotten this. The hovering the mouse, I just had to be a bit more patient. I had clicked the date, but just had to leave the mouse still for a second and it worked.
Just as a side note, I did a xenial64 build using wiak's script, which I included the FbBox 5.0 pet in the Pets2add folder. It worked well, FbBox is now built into the base xenial.sfs. Just had to run WM Switcher and FbBox working fine. Very pleased with the outcome.
I would like the File Manager, Rox, in the openbox menu's (by left click) to open in a particular folder : i have made the change in /usr/bin/obmenu-filer file with the good folder and it works until i reboot.
Where must i do the change to get it always works ?
opening /usr/share/applications/Rox-Filer-file-manager.desktop in a text editor and editing Exec=roxfiler /root (or whatever) to Exec=roxfiler /MY_LOCATION --MY_LOCATION requires that the path to folder be specified-- will cause Rox to alway open to that location.
Optional: Give it a different icon (Icon=) and/or add it to Right-Click Menu.
You are welcome Terry, and thanks for your report.
I have not yet included FbBox in a Woof-CE build, but I'm pleased your build was successful.
For a conventional pet installation of FbBox, a first-run configuration script is called on the inital switch from JWM to FbBox, but as currently implemented I'm not sure the script would execute in a Woof-CE installation. If it did not execute, you may notice a few missing wallpapers and some of the global themes may be in incomplete. Also, if the perl Escape.pm extension did not install, the 'Recent-files' module of PupMenu may not function correctly.
Thanks for your explanation, and helpful information about rox. However, if I understand correctly, augras is probably referring to the filemanager options for the first-order element of the openbox right-click menu.
3 - Return to the openbox right-click menu -> Configure -> Menu option -> choose your new rox command in the drop-down list of the File Manager combobox.
thanks for your answer. I already use what you say and it works fine.
But as radky said my question his for the right-click on the desktop in the openbox menu for the file manager : and his answer is the good one for it. It works fine now.
That was a slight oddity that I did notice during the build, the first run configuration popup appears during the build, I clicked OK and it continued with the build. I did wonder at the time whether it would have an impact, but it appears OK following installation.
I don't frequently use the Recent-files function, but I'll check if it appears to work and let you know.
Edit: Recent files does not work as you expected, the escape.pm is missing. The wallpapers seem OK, I have 22 wallpapers listed in Wallpaper Manager, of which 12 are FbBox. I am using one of them for my wallpaper at present.
Edit 2: I checked in PPM for 'escape', it showed 'libany-uri-perl_001-2_all.deb', I downloaded, then installed this package. Recent files now comes up OK, but doesn't appear to show any activity when checking. The script has the capacity to include missing packages, similar to how I included the FbBox pet, for which a package could be included.
I use each day your fbbox and it is very fine : thank you once again.
But i have a problem with the openbox menu, this one when you rignt click on the desktop, just only with the Applications menu : it is very long to display it. It is usually around 5 or 6 second, that is already very long, but after a day of work with the computeur i have counted yesterday 31 second !
I'm working this time to a very big puppy, adrive aroud 3Go, and a lot of entries in the menu.
No problem with fbpanel menu : 1 second to display the menu.
With openbox it seems the menu is rebuild each time !
Generally, dynamic generation of the openbox right-click menu is relatively fast but can be delayed when menu items are unusually numerous or when processor power is limited. Also, assigning icons to each menu item is a significant determinant of menu speed, so disabling icons may be helpful in your case.
you are right ! The icons are the key.


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Q: Get HTTP Status using swift I am sorry, I haven't found an answer for my question(( Please, don't be very harsh, I am not a professional programmer, but I keep learning and hope once I will be able to answer someone's question))
I am trying to get HTTP Status of the link (I am sort of generating links depending on one database entries code, like ABCDEF, I keep them in an array and then generate a link to second database, like www.blablabla.ABCDEF.net), so I can see whether the page exists in database or not.
I have written this code, but something is wrong. So maybe it's a question like: "What's wrong with my code?" But on the stack they also say, you have to show your attempts of problem solving...
I wish I could keep it all swift, without any additional modules or something, I think NSHTTPURLResponse must be enough, but I am using it somehow wrong.
Looking forward to help and replies))
var err: NSError!

NSURLConnection.sendAsynchronousRequest(request, queue: queue, completionHandler:{ (response: NSURLResponse?, data: NSData!, error: err) -> Void in

    if (err != nil) {
        let httpStatus: NSHTTPURLResponse = response as NSHHTPURLResponse
        for myLink in allLinks {
            println("HERE IS THE CURRENT STATUS CODE" + httpStatus.statusCode + "OF A LINK:" + myLink)
            if httpStatus.statusCode == 200 {println("SUCCESS!!!!!")}
        }
    }
}

A: The fundamental issue here is that you appear to be looking at the statusCode only if the err is not nil. But if you have error, you probably don't have status code. The error parameter to the closure indicates fundamental network issue that probably prevented you from getting to the page in question. The statusCode is generally only meaningful if the error was nil (i.e. you succeeded in connecting to the server), in which case the statusCode is how the server informs you of its ability to service the HTTP request.
A couple of minor things:

*

*You don't need the var err: NSError! line (because the error object is passed as parameter to  the closure). This variable you've declared is not used here.

*I don't see how error: err as the third parameter to the closure could have worked. The syntax is  "variableName: variableType", but there is no type of err.

*Likewise, your code is referring to a non-existent class, NSHHTPURLResponse. In Swift 3 and later, it's HTTPURLResponse.

*It's probably prudent to do if let for the retrieval of the HTTPURLResponse in order to get the statusCode.

*I'm unclear as to your intent in iterating through allLinks, because this connection is just for a given request, not a bunch of links. Just look at the statusCode in light of the particular request. If you need to test multiple URLs, then you do a separate request for each.

*We should consider any codes between 200 and 299 as success, not just 200. I'd suggest using the range 200 ..< 300.
Thus:
let task = URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: request) { data, response, error in
    guard let data = data, let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse, error == nil else {
        print("No valid response")
        return
    }

    guard 200 ..< 300 ~= httpResponse.statusCode else {
        print("Status code was \(httpResponse.statusCode), but expected 2xx")
        return
    }

    // everything OK, process `data` here
}
task.resume()

I also made a few other changes (updated for Swift 3 and later; use URLSession rather than URLConnection; I think error is fine choice for the variable name; I prefer the trailing closure syntax; I tend to use inferred types for closure parameters to make the declaration a little more concise, etc.), but all of that is immaterial to the question at hand: Hopefully this illustrates how one checks the status code.
For Swift 2 rendition, see previous revision of this answer.

A: [Swift 5.2]
Hi there, you can try this one:
    let task = URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: yourRequest) {
      (data, response, error) in
      guard let response = response else {
        print("Cannot found the response")
        return
      }
      let myResponse = response as! HTTPURLResponse
      print("Status Code:", myResponse.statusCode)
    }
    task.resume()

Here is the output

Status Code: 200

(This is your StatusCode)

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