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Miami, FL, October 27, 2005 -- XTec Incorporated, a longtime support contractor to the State Department, has assisted the State Department in meeting the October 27, 2005 Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12) mandate for implementing a FIPS 201 Personal Identity Verification (PIV) system (Part 1).
The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Diplomatic Security, Office of Security Technology (DS/C/ST) used smart card technology to enhance the security posture of the Department of State for physical and logical access control. Smart card technology has provided a method to streamline the daily operations and needs of other bureaus within the U.S. Department of State. Since the Presidential Directive was issued, the State Department has been in the process of updating its smart card program to be FIPS 201 compliant. All U.S. Department of State employees, contractors, and affiliates who work within the Department are issued smart ID cards by the Bureau of Diplomatic Security to be used for physical access. The Bureau of Information Resource Management (IRM) uses the cards for logical access with PKI and biometrics. The Department of State was one of the first federal agencies to use a smart card for wide scale physical access, as well as logical access and PKI.
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Principe Valiente unveil two more tracks from their new album "Oceans" // Exclusive album premiere via Spill Magazine
With the official release of their highly anticipated new album "Oceans" approaching (due out on May 12), Principe Valiente give their fans the chance to listen to two more songs on their Bandcamp page. "When I Learned to Crawl" will be out on Sunday, May 7, followed by "Running Juveniles" on May 9.
Oceans by Principe Valiente
The Spill Magazine will premier "Oceans" exclusively on May 11, one day before the album is made available for purchase. Everyone will be able to hear the complete album at http://spillmagazine.com/premieres/.
The Spill Magazine is a Toronto-based online publication dedicated to covering the independent music scene.
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The AKG Y500 is a wireless headphone from the popular manufacturer, AKG. Are they the headphones that you are looking for? Let us find out.
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Like all AKG headphones, the Y500 has a lot to offer to the right user but won't have much appeal unless you play into its strengths.
These on-ear headphones are best suited to people who want to take their music with them anywhere they go, as they can take full advantage of the incredible battery life and embrace the full benefits of the lightweight and compact design.
AKG isn't a mainstream brand, but audiophiles and music enthusiasts hold it in high regard. The audio gear that AKG puts out is excellent without exception, but it's also fairly narrow in its application.
Because they don't have to appeal to a massive target audience as Beats does, AKG is free to make headphones that excel in niche aspects. For example, the K701 is one of the most comfortable headphones ever made, but these are studio headphones and open-back ones at that, so they're not something that has mass appeal.
The same thing goes for the company's recent wireless outing – the AKG Y500.
We can already tell these are good headphones, but they're not made for everyone – only a particular type of buyer will be able to fully appreciate all they have to offer.
If you're wondering whether you may be this type of buyer, read on!
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Name AKG Y500
Type On-ear headphones
Connection Wireless (with wired option)
Colour options Black, pink, green, and blue
Driver size 40 mm
Frequency response 16Hz – 22kHz
The package for the AKG Y500
Right out of the box, the AKG Y500 has a minimalist yet stylish look that's bound to feel right at home, no matter your style. The several color choices on offer help with this immensely. This can cause the headphones to appear diminutive at first, but rest assured that they fit a grown-up-sized head.
But don't take our word for it. The AKG Y500 has won the IF-design award.
It should be obvious from the pictures, but the AKG Y500 is a pair of on-ear headphones. Traditionally, we haven't been huge fans of on-ears – they just aren't as comfortable as their over-ear cousins, and they're worse at isolating sound. But dedicated fans of on-ears will find a lot to love about these headphones.
What impressed us the most was the sturdy yet flexible frame. At first glance, the AKG Y500 may look all plastic, but its design incorporates a mixture of plastic and metal, which is rarely found in this price range.
As far as durability goes, the Y500 has got it in spades. This durability and stylish aesthetic make it perfectly suitable for outdoor use, which is where we think these headphones shine the most.
Other features that enhance the outdoor prowess of these headphones are the foldable, swiveling ear cups. This versatility not only allows you to find a proper fit no matter your head size and shape, but it also ensures that you can transport the headphones in several ways.
They are just as convenient to wear around your neck with the ear cushions resting on your chest as they are to carry compactly folded in a bag.
A closer look at the AKG Y500 headphones
You'll also be glad to know that the Y500 is packed full of useful and convenient features, starting with the many controls on the ear cups.
One ear cup houses the pause/play button and the volume up and down – standard stuff that's often underappreciated but sorely missed when absent. This is also where the 2.5 mm input is. The other ear cup houses the Bluetooth on and off button, the micro USB port for charging, and the ambient mode button.
Let's break all of this down.
The 2.5 mm input enables you to use the Y500 with a wired connection, which is rather handy for when you're out of battery or simply want to bump up the sound quality a bit. Not that you'll often find it necessary to do so, as these headphones have a whopping 33 hours of battery life on them and a fast-charge option that'll net you 1 hour of playback for just 5 minutes of charging.
The Bluetooth button itself needs to explanation, but we must elaborate on the kind of Bluetooth connection you can expect. Unfortunately, these headphones use the SBC Bluetooth codec, which isn't ideal for sound quality. There is also no support whatsoever for AptX Bluetooth (AAC is supported).
This is something we feel all prospective buyers should keep in mind, seeing as a lot of the competition does offer better Bluetooth.
However, the Y500 offers multipoint connectivity, which allows you to pair it up with two sources. This way, you can seamlessly switch between two devices, making this a perfect choice for folks traveling with a smartphone and a laptop. Whether this feature outweighs the detriment of unimpressive Bluetooth is debatable, but we can see cases where it might. It all depends on the user.
Next up, let's look at the ambient mode. Usually, this kind of feature is found on over-ear headphones, and it uses a microphone to record your surroundings and play them along with your music. The Y500's ambient mode does no such thing; it only reduces the overall volume of the headset.
This reduction is based on the listening volume, so it's often easier to just press this button than to manually lower the volume, but the result is the same.
The last feature we want to highlight is the automatized pause and resume feature. This feature works by pausing the playback when it recognizes you've taken the headphones off and resuming it when you've put them back on.
It's not 100% infallible when it comes to these recognitions – our advice is to snap the headphones back onto your head instead of just sliding them on if you want this feature to work more consistently – but overall, it's a super handy feature that's bound to extend the already splendid battery-life even further in the long run.
The AKG Y500 is flexible
A 33-hour battery life sure sounds marvelous, but this grows irrelevant very fast if the headphones are a pain to wear.
Luckily, the Y500 doesn't suffer from this issue. Sure, it's still a pair of on-ear headphones – the comfort level won't match that of over-ear models – but they're still rather comfortable.
As we've said, the freedom of movement that the ear cups are given helps make sure everyone can find the proper fit.
The headphones are also super lightweight, which helps immensely with this. While the rubberized padding on the headband may look problematic because rubber is traditionally not a comfortable material, and there's not a lot of it, this surprisingly isn't an issue here. The lightweight nature of the headphones helps, sure, but it's more the fact that the headphones emphasize the clamping force of the ear cups for stability than the headband.
Is this a good thing?
Well, we hate to sound like a broken record, but on ear-headphones are already bound to be more uncomfortable than their competition, so when you improve the clamping force, it's easy to see how things could get messy.
The folks at AKG know this better than anyone, so they didn't fall prey to such a trap.
Thus these headphones still use the normal clamping force without benefiting a lot from the headband for stability. The memory foam ear cushions also offer a generous amount of padding, which is much appreciated.
To say that the Y500 rests uncomfortably on the head would be a blatant lie, but because of this, they're also not the most stable headphones.
Add to this the slippery effect that can be caused by ear sweating, and you've got yourself a pair of headphones that feel like they could fall off if you were to get swayed into dancing by your music.
Is this better than a pair of headphones that are a bit less comfortable but rest on your head more firmly? That's for you to decide. Our duty is just to point out the potential issue.
Finally, what do we think about the sound of the AKG Y500?
To sum it up in one word, it's divisive.
It's evident that AKG was shooting for a more balanced sound when making the Y500. As such, this is a pair of headphones that's going to be suitable for all genres of music without artificially excelling at any of them.
This sentiment may have a positive ring to it, but that's because we've phrased it positively. We could've also said it like this: the Y500 features a bland and dull sound.
Both of these statements are true – it's all about the stance you take toward them.
If you've never used headphones with a balanced sound – meaning they aren't bass-heavy and they don't boost any frequency for that matter – then chances are you're not going to find the Y500 exhilarating.
If, on the other hand, you're looking for a pair of headphones that deliver music to you just the way it was recorded, the Y500 starts to look much more attractive.
These aren't audiophile-grade headphones by any stretch of the imagination, the Bluetooth codec saw to that, but they are a good transitioning model that will take you from casual listener to audiophile if you let them.
Using the wired connection improves the overall sound quality by quite a bit, but since these are wireless headphones, we'll judge their wireless audio quality.
As for the individual frequencies, we found the bass to be rather impressive. It's not boomy but rather controlled in a very tight and precise manner. Conversely, the sub-bass is almost non-existent, so just keep that in mind. As for the mids and the highs, there's not much to say – they do a fine job without standing out.
Overall, the AKG Y500 has the potential for excellence, but it takes a certain kind of user to realize this potential fully. If you're already specifically looking for a pair of on-ear headphones with a balanced sound, the Y500 is a tempting choice.
If, on top of this, you tend to do most of you're listening outdoors, or on the road, they easily become one of the best options available thanks to the sturdy yet lightweight design and excellent battery life.
But if you're just looking for good-sounding headphones, the Y500 shouldn't be your first pick. At this price point, the competition is strong, with many models offering better Bluetooth, better sound quality, and better overall comfort, especially if they're over-ear models.
We try to judge headphones based on what they're trying to accomplish, so just keep in mind that, despite the high score, these headphones aren't necessarily trying to accomplish what you're after.
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Temple Of Apollo At Corinth
by David Padfield
The apostle Paul visited Corinth on his second missionary journey. In Corinth he "found a certain Jew named Aquila" and "his wife Priscilla" (Acts 18:2). Silas and Timothy would later join Paul in the city. Paul stayed in the city for a year and a half, and "reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and persuaded both Jews and Greeks" (Acts 18:4).
Corinth was an extremely wealthy city, owing its wealth to its position on the Isthmus of Corinth, which meant it had a port on both the Aegean Sea and the Ionian Sea.
Corinth was also the place where Diogenes had lived and worked, and the center of the cult of Aphrodite.
The Temple of Apollo in Corinth, one of the oldest stone temples in Greece, was completed in 550 B.C. Only seven of its 38 limestone columns remain.


Nicehash made an official statement today confirming it had been hacked, following social media posts by users who had noticed their Bitcoin balances all moving to a single wallet address.
"Unfortunately, there has been a security breach involving NiceHash website. We are currently investigating the nature of the incident and, as a result, we are stopping all operations for the next 24 hours. Importantly, our payment system was compromised and the contents of the NiceHash Bitcoin wallet have been stolen. We are working to verify the precise number of BTC taken.
Nicehash isn't a mining pool, per se. Rather, it's a site that allows owners of mining equipment to rent out their hashpower to buyers. Sellers of hashpower find it convenient because they don't have to spend as much time finding the most profitable coins to mine. Buyers are happy that they don't have to buy expensive mining equipment for what may merely be a short but intense bout of mining.
It's unclear what, if any, effect this hack will have on other mining pools. The vast majority of cryptocurrency mining is done by users who "pool" their efforts together through a centralized service, called a mining pool. They trust the pool to pay them a percentage of every block the pool successfully mines, proportional to the amount of hashing they've done. Pools have been criticised in the past for creating centralization in what is intended to be a decentralized currency movement.
A great many mining pools are located in China, including some of the largest, such as AntPool, F2Pool, BTCC, BW Pool and others. Private mining pools, such as BitFury, are also significant players in the industry.


Club Rush is hosted by the Associated Student Organization (ASO) every fall and spring semester. This semester it was on September 13 and 14. Photo by Felipe Gamino.
Club Rush hit the Mall again on Wednesday, Sept. 13 and Thursday, Sept. 14 to give students a chance to learn about the clubs and committees offered on campus.
Club Rush is hosted by the Associated Student Organization (ASO) every fall and spring semester. According to ASO president Efren Lopez, Club Rush helps students engage in school activities and brings in more members to join the clubs.
"It's kind of like creating a campus environment, a community," Lopez said.
More than 50 clubs participated on both days, and many students were gathered at the event talking to club organizers and club members. Students were given the opportunity to find things that interested them and were directed toward different clubs that met their likings.
Save The Beach Club is a club that raises awareness for the environment. The organization works to help keep nearby beaches clean so that the ocean will be less polluted. The club sometimes conducts campus beautification events, and they fight for a cleaner environment.
Stanley Jordan, president of the Save The Beach Club, said that they are hoping to gain new members who are interested in helping keep the environment clean. They have set up fundraisers and activities that should benefit their goals for the future.
"We collaborate with the other clubs to raise awareness, and we really want to get the word out to students about the environment," Jordan said.
Pierce Spirit Club is an on-campus club that promotes school spirit and hopes to empower students to cheer for Pierce teams. The club participates in events on campus, and has been going on for about 15 years. It also promotes Sideline and Competition teams, both of which give school credit.
"Pierce Spirit Club is an all-encompassing program, in which we are basically involved with our home games, our events and activities that go on at the school," Coach Zach Harris said.
For information about any of the clubs available this semester or about ASO, students can visit the ASO building located on the bottom floor of the Library / Learning Crossroads or online on the Pierce College website.


Good at English and art. Absolutely hopeless at games, maths, science, needlework. Anything useful really.
I wanted to write and illustrate stories. I've achieved 50% of that.
Hidden away in my study, facing a blank wall.
Whichever one I'm writing about.


Luke is quite the polite little boy. Already he'll say thank you or "tank yew" when you give him something. Also he says please or "peas" a lot of the time when he wants something. With please Mom and I have to remind him most of the time. Still it is pretty awesome he's using manners at all.
In relation to please and thank you Luke had his first two word sentence. I heard for the first time yesterday Luke say "thank you mommy". Yes thank you is two words in itself but Luke uses them as one because he never uses them apart. Talking to Mom about his first two word sentence and apparently he was copying Alyce when she said thank you mommy earlier in the week. "Tank yew" Alyce you helped Luke reach a milestone.


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Q: Congruence system. I have this problem, I need to find the smallest possible solution
x≡3(mod10),x≡11(mod13),x≡15(mod17).
x≡3(mod10),x≡11(mod13),x≡15(mod17).
I used Chinese remainder theorem and found that: x1=3,x2=11 , and x3=−45??
The solutions would be congruent to v=(13×17)×3+(10×17)×11+(10×13)×(−45)=−3317(mod10×13×17)v=(13×17)×3+(10×17)×11+(10×13)×(−45)=−3317(mod10×13×17). Is that the smaller solution? Is x3=−45x3=−45 correct?
My question is how I can reduce -3317 to have a positive answers.

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Dignity Health's Project Humankindness Highlights the Collective Impact of its Longstanding Community Benefit Programs
Financial Contributions and Volunteerism Comprise More than 20 years of Improving Communities
SAN FRANCISCO – April 8, 2014 – Dignity Health, one of the largest health systems in the nation, has introduced Project Humankindness to highlight and engage others in its mission to improve the overall quality of life. Project Humankindness showcases the collective impact of the work that Dignity Health and its caregivers have been doing outside the hospital walls over the past 20 years, including grants, investments, and volunteerism.
"At the heart of Dignity Health's mission is a dedication to improving the quality of life in the communities we are so privileged to be a part of," said Lloyd H. Dean, Dignity Health's president/chief executive officer. "In bringing all of these programs under the umbrella that we're calling Project Humankindness, we are able to celebrate the great work being done in these communities and invite others to join us."
Dignity Health's commitment to the communities it serves has included financial and volunteer support to hundreds of programs. Since 1992, the health system has provided grant awards to 185 nonprofit organizations, totaling more than $88.1 million, and low-interest loans to 3,006 projects totaling $51.3 million.
Most recent Project Humankindness initiatives include:
The Great Kindness Challenge, a bullying prevention program dedicated to creating a culture of kindness in schools nationwide, in which Dignity Health has been a presenting sponsor and active participant in for the past two years. The Great Kindness Challenge asks students to complete 50 acts of kindness in one week, and in 2015 more than 4,000 schools participated, totaling 2 million students and amounting in 100 million acts of kindness nationwide. As a large supporter of this kindness initiative, Dignity Health's more than 65,000 executives, employees, and physicians accepted the Great Kindness Challenge in its hospital, clinic, and office settings as well, effectively "matching" the students' good deeds taking place in schools.
Project Humankindness also featured a $450,000 donation made by Dignity Health to 17-year partner Project C.U.R.E. to send medical supplies to Sierra Leone, one of the areas hit hardest by the Ebola outbreak. Dignity Health volunteers in Phoenix packed the donation of medical supplies into a 40-foot container that arrived in Sierra Leone in February.
Day on the Beach is an annual community event organized by Dignity Health employees who give their disabled patients an experience they wouldn't otherwise have. Dignity Health caregivers volunteered to help people with disabilities step away from the hospital to experience life at the beach, from kayaking to swimming activities.
Hope Street Family Center in downtown Los Angeles was developed in 1992 as a community program of Dignity Health's nearby California Hospital Medical Center. Recognized as a national model for integrating impactful health care in the community, Hope Street Family Center is the fulfilled vision of a Dignity Health caregiver. Highlighting the work done here over the years, Dignity Health recently released a video to showcase the work done at the facility.
"Project Humankindness offers Dignity Health a meaningful way to talk about the needs that exist in our communities and to show just how life-changing even small acts can be," said Bernita McTernan, executive vice president of sponsorship, mission integration, and philanthropy at Dignity Health. "From free educational clinics and access to care, to safety and mobility assistance, we recognize the positive impact that thoughtful programs can have on individuals, their families, and the community."
To learn more about Dignity Health's commitment to improving the quality of life in the communities it serves, please visit hellohumankindness.org or join the Project Humankindness movement at facebook.com/dignityhealth.


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The Coen Brothers' Ballad of Buster Scruggs
No period of American history is as vilified in popular culture as the days of the Western Frontier, but not for reasons usually stated. The mythology of the Old West established the Frontier as a safety valve and a guarantee of personal liberty. If the local authorities and society ever became too stifling, a man had the option of moving further off into that great open expanse of possibilities. Of course, that is a dangerous notion for those who take it upon themselves to tell others what to do. That is why nearly every contemporary Western produced by studios or major minis is a revisionist Western (an usually quite lectury about it). The Coen Brothers got away with a traditional Western when they remade (quite rousingly) True Grit, but they play it safer this time around. Still, there are a few traditional elements in their mostly cynical The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (trailer here), which launches today on Netflix.
Scruggs, a.k.a. "The San Saba Songbird," is not our narrator. He is our title story, sort of like "The Outcasts of Poker Flats." He also sets the tone. He croons and dresses all in white, but he is a decidedly black-hearted villain, the irony of which he delights in pointing out. Scruggs has been a hit with the sort of critics who hate Westerns, but real viewers will probably find his shtick grows tiresome. The same is even truer of the second story, featuring James Franco as a bank robber plagued by luck so bad, it is sort of like Final Destination as written by O. Henry. It is easily the weakest installment of the anthology film, as you probably already guessed, because of Franco.
Death is a constant the Coens' stories, but so is exploitation, which is particularly pronounced in the third tale. Liam Neeson appears as a Mephistophelean Impresario who cold-bloodedly tours backwater towns with circus geek-like orator of 19th Century literary favorites. The grotesque elements are distinctive, but the real point of the story is to rub our noses in how nasty and brutish the Old West was.
That is a rough start, but the film then turns a corner offering up three ripping good yarns. We next meet Tom Waites playing an old prospector who might be getting a little dotty, but he is persistent. He will also be forced to confront issues of mortality and exploitation before the tale is done.
By far, the best constituent narrative is "The Gal Who Got Rattled," which really could pass for a lost Bret Harte story. Alice Longabaugh is a young woman of nervous disposition, due to the unhealthy influence of her jerkweed brother Gilbert. When he dies not long after setting off on a wagon train to Oregon, she is left at the mercy of their hired wagon driver. However, the caravan's guides take a liking to her, especially smitten Billy Knapp.
Frankly, we're impressed the Brothers Coen had the guts to tell this tale, because it incorporates some decidedly old school traditional elements. It is also the most emotionally engaging and honestly tragic. Zoe Kazan is absolutely terrific, in a heartbreaking way, as mousy but resolute Alice Longabaugh. As Knapp, Bill Heck hits the perfect "aw shucks" note, while developing some winningly earnest chemistry with her. Yet, as Knapp's crusty partner Mr. Arthur, Grainger Hines really makes the story work, with the sort of performance that sneaks up on you and then lowers the boom.
The concluding segment is also a bit jokey, but the macabrely gothic riff on John Ford's Stagecoach works so much better than the first three tall tales, precisely because of its weird ambiguity. Plus, Brendan Gleeson plays a crooning Irish bounty-hunter, so what's not to like.
Fortunately, the best ballad in Buster Scruggs is also the longest. As a bonus, the wrap-around segments are really cool, featuring a hand turning the pages of an early 20th Century book with color plates rendered in the style of N.C. Wyeth. That probably means more than 50% of the film is solidly entertaining, which is not a bad ratio for anthology films. Recommended for fans of the Coen Brothers and [mostly] revisionist Westerns, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs starts streaming today (11/16), on Netflix.
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#LWLInterview – Megan J. Parker
Greetings, romance addicts. Today, author, Megan J. Parker will share a little about herself and the characters of her book, New Moon.
Welcome, Megan.
Can you, for those who don't know you already, tell something about yourself and how you became an author?
I've always had a passion for storytelling, through writing fanfictions of my favorite characters from Japanese anime/comics to roleplaying with friends. With the help of my husband, Nathan Squiers, I was able to hone my writing and start to write and publish my own stories.
Describe yourself in 5 words or less!
"Vulgar in disguise." 😊
Do you have any "side stories" about the characters?
Yes! The character, Raith, from New Moon was actually originally featured in my Scarlet Night trilogy and featured later in Nathan Squiers' Crimson Shadow series as well. Through New Moon, you do learn some of the history behind what he and his friends went through during their adventures in that series, but through the loss of his wife, Raith is "introduced" in New Moon as a completely different character from what readers have seen of him in the past.
Do you prefer to write in silence or with noise? Why?
Like my husband, I also love to write listening to music without English lyrics. However, there are occasional scenes where I've found that symphonic metal bands—Kamelot, Nightwish, etc.—haven't bothered my writing process and help me to deliver the emotions of a particular scene/character. In fact, the book, Moonlit Seduction, that I co-wrote with Nathan was mostly written while I was listening to Kamelot's discography. Their songs from the album 'Epica' really helping to get the feeling I wanted in the paranormal historical romance.
Thank you for sharing Megan!
All right, romance addicts, check out Megan's book.
by Megan J. Parker & Nathan Squiers
Genre: Paranormal Reverse Harem, Urban Fantasy
It's hard to hide when the forbidden magic you wield is written on your skin…
"Skin witch" Mikkie Locke has spent her life running; running from her past, running from hunters, and running from a destiny she doesn't want. And when you're a Taroe working in an "in plain sight" magic shop, that's easier said than done. Every day she's away from the protection of her tribe is a day she's risking death. The enchanted tattoos that cover her body are a constant reminder of who and what she is are a beacon to her enemies that scream "KILL ME!" to those who hunt her and other nonhumans; other creatures of the mythos community.
And the danger has just become more severe.
A new group of anti-mythos hunters have come to town, and she knows that the time has come once again to run. But Mikkie is tired of running, and between her anger, her assets, and the small team of four strong, sexy men who have her back, she's beginning to think she might have a chance.
But in an ever-changing world, this breed of hunter has decided to make changes of their own. The stage is set for a war, and there's more on the line than their lives…
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Megan J. Parker lives in upstate New York and is normally found lounging in the writing office with her husband and fellow author, Nathan Squiers.
Since the debut of her first novel, Scarlet Night, Megan J. Parker has gained international recognition and has been a bestseller in paranormal romance and dark fantasy. Her first novel, Scarlet Night, also was a runner up for 2013's Best New Series Award on the blog, Paranormal Craving. In 2016, she became a USA Today bestselling author and since then, has been on the list three times.
On her down time, she likes reading and designing new logos and videos. Her passion for telling stories is portrayed in all her work and when there's a story to tell, you can be sure she'll tell it to its full extent. She is finally fulfilling her dream of owning a design company along with her literary career at EmCat Designs.
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Q: Part 2_Selenium Webdriver using java _How toccess & read the Microsoft Office Professional Plus AOutlook 2010 Emails using SMTP or iMAP Hello i have created following code to acces the outlook but facing exception in thread main  can someone guide me to identify whats wrong with following code
sample code`
public class Email_Reading {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Throwable   {

    String host ="smtp-mail.outlook.com";
    String username = "ABQA_Test@outlook.com";
    String password = "Test@1234";
    Properties props = new Properties();
    props.put("mail.smtp.startls.enable", "true");
    Session session = Session.getDefaultInstance(props);
    MimeMessage msg = new MimeMessage(session);
    Transport transport = session.getTransport("smtp");

    try

    {
        transport.connect(host, username, password);
        transport.sendMessage(msg, msg.getAllRecipients());

    }

    finally{

        transport.close();

    }
    `

Error Details
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
    at com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPTransport.sendMessage(SMTPTransport.java:1082)
    at Email_Reading.main(Email_Reading.java:28)

A: The below code is working for me. Only thing is make sure that the recipient's email address is not blocked:
final String username = "you outlook email address";
final String password = "you password";

Properties props = new Properties();
props.put("mail.smtp.auth", "true");
props.put("mail.smtp.starttls.enable", "true");
props.put("mail.smtp.host", "smtp-mail.outlook.com");
props.put("mail.smtp.port", "587");
Session session = Session.getInstance(props,new javax.mail.Authenticator() {
      protected PasswordAuthentication getPasswordAuthentication() {
            return new PasswordAuthentication(username, password);
        }
      });

try {

     Message message = new MimeMessage(session);
     message.setFrom(new InternetAddress("you email address"));
     message.setRecipients(Message.RecipientType.TO,
     InternetAddress.parse("recipient email address"));
     message.setSubject("Subject line");
     message.setText("message body");

     Transport.send(message);
     System.out.println("Mail sent!");

} catch (MessagingException e) {
    throw new RuntimeException(e);
}

A: package Utility;

import java.util.Properties;

import javax.activation.*;
import javax.mail.*;
import javax.mail.internet.*;

class SendAttachment{
 private static final String Objet = "recent";

public static void main(String [] args) throws Exception, MessagingException{

     Properties props = null;
        if (props == null) {
            props = new Properties();
            props.put("mail.smtp.auth", true);
            props.put("mail.smtp.starttls.enable", true);
            props.put("mail.smtp.host", "smtp-mail.outlook.com");
            props.put("mail.smtp.port", "587");
            props.put("mail.smtp.user", "krishnajntu2009@outlook.com");
            props.put("mail.smtp.pwd", "varanane56");
        }
        Session session = Session.getInstance(props, null);
        session.setDebug(true);
        Message msg = new MimeMessage(session);

     msg.setFrom(new InternetAddress("krishnajntu2009@outlook.com"));
        if (Objet != null) {
            msg.setSubject(Objet);

        }
      //3) create MimeBodyPart object and set your message text
        BodyPart messageBodyPart1 = new MimeBodyPart();
        messageBodyPart1.setText("This is message body");

        //4) create new MimeBodyPart object and set DataHandler object to this object
        MimeBodyPart messageBodyPart2 = new MimeBodyPart();

        String filename = "/Users/krishnabadveli/Downloads/Resume (1).pdf";//change accordingly
        DataSource source = new FileDataSource(filename);
        messageBodyPart2.setDataHandler(new DataHandler(source));
        messageBodyPart2.setFileName(filename);

        //5) create Multipart object and add MimeBodyPart objects to this object
        Multipart multipart = new MimeMultipart();
        multipart.addBodyPart(messageBodyPart1);
        multipart.addBodyPart(messageBodyPart2);

        //6) set the multiplart object to the message object
        msg.setContent(multipart );

        msg.setRecipient(Message.RecipientType.TO, new InternetAddress("krishnajntu2009@outlook.com"));
        Transport transport = session.getTransport("smtp");
        transport.connect("smtp.live.com", 587, "krishnajntu2009@outlook.com", "varanane56");
        transport.sendMessage(msg, msg.getAllRecipients());
        System.out.println("Mail sent successfully at " + "krishnajntu2009@outlook.com");
        transport.close();
 }
}


Starting in January of 2019 we will be providing a safe syringe exchange shipping option to participants that live in Nevada but are over 20 miles from a syringe exchange site (vending machine or storefront). When the program starts we will have utilize a secure, encrypted system for people to provide their address for shipping.
TracB Exchange will send out syringes, sharps containers and return packaging to individual participants and will require participants to return syringes to us in order to continue participating in the shipping progam.
Please fill out the form below for more information and put shipping in the message. Additionally, you can email TBE.ship@gmail.com directly for more information.


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Q: How do you force a ShellFolder to call CreateViewObject again and request a new ShellView I have a Namespace extension with a Custom Shell View implementation.
I'm trying to use IExplorerPaneVisibility.GetPaneState method but I'm not receiving any requests the first time the folder is loaded. This is because Windows gets this information from the DefView when the namespace is loaded initially. I realized that subsequent navigation in the namespace would prompt GetPaneState requests to my Custom Shell View.
source:
But since I have only one Shell Folder in the namespace, I have to simulate navigation to itself by clicking on the folder name in the explorer address bar. This prompts a ShellFolder.CreateViewObject call with IID_IShellView.
Is there anyway I can force a ShellFolder.CreateViewObject call with IID_IShellView programmatically?


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Vibha Galhotra
Vibha Galhotra (1978 - Chandigarh, India)
Between, 2012
nickel coated ghungroos, fabric, thread, and polyurethane coat
Emerging from the rapidly radically shifting topography of India under the explosive impact of globalization, Vibha Galhotra's art focuses on the context of displacement, nostalgia, identity, existence construction or deconstruction, the banal cultural condition in, around an environment of negotiation in a new and constantly changing urban atmosphere.Galhotra works in a variety of mediums, including photography, animation, found objects, and performative objects such as ghungroos, installation and sculpture to create experiential spaces.
"I love art that makes me smile, the snake is definitely in this category. It is such an apparently tactile piece that you want to touch it, but please don't. I promise you, it is just as you think; it is soft and scrunchy and a little scaly to the touch." –Kathryn Hall
Vibha Galhotra received her BFA from Government College of Arts, Chandigarh, and her MFA from Kala Bhavan, Santiniketan. Her solo shows include "Intruder" Indigo Blue Art Gallery, Singapore in 2010 and "Metropia" Project 88, Mumbai in 2008. She has also participated in many group shows at Essl Museum in Austria in 2010, Art Basel, Miami, Jack Shainman Gallery, among others.
Galhotra was awarded the Inlaks Foundation Fine Arts Award in 2003 and a National Scholarship from the Ministry of Culture, Government of India, in 2001. She has also served as a visiting member of the faculty at the National Institute Fashion Technology, New Delhi. The artist's work is in many private collections in India and abroad such as the Gates Foundation, Essel Museum in Austria, and the Devi Art Foundation in India. Galhotra lives and works in New Delhi.


Florida Appellate Courts Continue to Interpret the Broadened Self Defense Statute | Law Offices of Mark L. Horwitz, P.A.
Self defense, as changed by the 2005 amendment to Chapter 776, Florida Statutes, includes an immunity from prosecution if one acts in self defense. The laws on this subject matter are still in a state of flux.
Section 776.032 provides that an individual is immune from criminal prosecution if that person acted in self defense, including the use of deadly force to protect oneself from death or great bodily harm, or to prevent a forcible felony. This is one of the major changes to the self defense statute under the laws of Florida.
The other major change concerns when deadly force can be used in self defense. Under section 776.013, an individual no longer needs to retreat, but may meet force with force, including deadly force, if that person is defending against death or great bodily harm and/or a forcible felony in any place where that person has a right to be.
Section 776.013(1)(a) also sets forth a presumption that a person held a reasonable fear of imminent death or great bodily harm if the person against whom the force was used was in the process of unlawfully and forcibly entering, or had unlawfully and forcibly entered a dwelling, residence or occupied vehicle.
The immunity set forth in section 776.032(1) defines "criminal prosecution" as including "arresting, detaining in custody, and charging or prosecuting the defendant."
It further sets forth in section 776.032(2) that a "law enforcement agency may use standard procedures for investigating the use of force," and an arrest may not occur unless the law enforcement agency "determines there is probable cause that the force that was used was unlawful."
The case of Bartlett v. State, 993 So. 2d 157 (Fla. 1st DCA 2008), presented a situation where the prosecution attempted to use section 776.032(2) to justify testimony by the investigating officer that, in his opinion, the defendant did not act in self defense.
At the trial, the prosecutor advised the trial court of the intention of putting this opinion testimony before the jury because section 776.032(2), required the officer to find probable cause that the force used was unlawful. The chief investigating officer was asked whether he ruled out self defense when he signed the complaint. Over objection, he was allowed to answer that he had.
The defense counsel preserved this issue for appeal by making a timely objection based upon opinion, speculation, relevancy and hearsay.
Appellant correctly asserts that the mere fact that section 776.032(2) required the investigator(s) to determine whether 'there is probable cause that the force that was used was unlawful' does not automatically bootstrap this information into admissible evidence.
The issue of immunity under section 776.032 is one ultimately for the judge to determine. It is not relevant in the jury's determination. The jury is called upon to determine whether the defendant acts in self defense when that defense is raised.
The court ruled that the officer's testimony was not expert testimony, as he was not qualified as an expert. The court noted the a distinction between the investigating officer testifying about what he saw, compared with a medical examiner's expert opinion on wounds inflicted being consistent or inconsistent with self defense. The police officer's opinion was nothing more than a lay opinion, and his opinion on that subject matter went to the heart of what the jury had to decide. The court then considered whether the admission of the police officer's opinion that the defendant did not act in self defense constituted harmless error.
The implications of Chapter 776, and its immunity provision is still being tested in appellate courts.
This firm is presently involved in an appeal to determine the proper standard of proof and burden of proof to be applied in determining whether immunity should be applied to prevent a trial of a defendant based upon self defense. The trial has been stayed while a petition for a writ of certiorari was taken to the Fifth District Court of Appeals. The appellate court has ordered the state to show cause why the writ should not be granted. All briefs have been filed and we are awaiting an opinion.


We have a vibrant group of young people who contribute to church life in lots of different ways, especially in sung worship, leadership roles within the youth ministry and serving in roles particular in the children's ministry. As a church we are committed to investing in young people, and since our Youth Pastor moved to a new role at the beginning of 2018 the volunteer youth leaders have been doing an amazing job in continuing the youth ministry. This has included Sunday meetings, cell groups, a youth weekend at the church, and most recently a group of 20 at Soul Survivor. We are actively seeking a new Youth Pastor to continue and develop this important work.


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60 Minutes September 11, 2018
Is New York Considering Opening Safe Injection Sites?
Insite in Vancouver, Canada, is one of the most widely cited supervised drug consumption sites in the world.
(Vox) Safe injection sites were thought to reduce drug overdoses. The research isn't so clear.
By German Lopez Aug 22, 2018, 9:00am EDT
A new meta-analysis reviewed the evidence on safe injection sites. There's bad news.
In response to the opioid epidemic, several cities, from New York City to Seattle, are considering a controversial policy: allowing spaces where people can, under supervision, inject heroin and use other drugs. The idea is that if people are going to use drugs anyway, there might as well be places where those drug users can be supervised in case something goes wrong.
"After a rigorous review of similar efforts across the world, and after careful consideration of public health and safety expert views, we believe overdose prevention centers will save lives and get more New Yorkers into the treatment they need to beat this deadly addiction," New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said in a statement earlier this year.
But a new study has found that these places, known as supervised drug consumption sites, safe injection sites, and many other names, may not be as effective at preventing overdose deaths and other drug-related problems as once thought. According to a new review of the research published in the International Journal of Drug Policy, safe consumption sites appear to have only a small favorable relation to drug-related crimes but no significant effect on several other outcomes, including overdose mortality and syringe sharing.
"The contrast between the claims that are being made and what the evidence actually says" stuck out to Keith Humphreys, a drug policy expert at Stanford University who was not involved in the review. The new research review's results, he said, "are fairly disappointing."
In the past, experts, advocates, and journalists (including myself) have said that supervised consumption sites have a lot of evidence supporting them — pointing to past reviews of the research that concluded the sites are effective in several areas. But this latest review of the research is more rigorous than those done before it, and it detected little to no effect from supervised consumption sites in the best studies the researchers could find.
That is not to definitively say that supervised consumption sites don't work; it's more that we simply don't know yet. One of the problems the review found is that the research is seriously lacking in this area. Out of the dozens of studies on the topic they found, the researchers concluded that only eight were rigorous and transparent enough to include in the review. With such a small pool of studies included, it's possible — maybe even likely — that these few studies were in some ways biased, so future research could produce entirely different findings.
As a result, several experts who support supervised consumption sites said that the new review of the research is fundamentally flawed. "They excluded, almost systematically, a lot of the studies that had demonstrated benefits on the metrics that they have selected," Leo Beletsky, a professor of law and health sciences at Northeastern University, told me.
The review does not show that supervised consumption sites lead to, as detractors claim, more drug use and crime. In fact, the findings speak against that, if anything, as the sites appear to be linked to slightly lower drug-related crime.
But the review indicates that the sites are not as evidence-based as supporters often claim, and more research is needed to reach hard conclusions about supervised consumption sites one way or the other.
What the new review of the research found
The new review of the research, from Tom May, Trevor Bennett, and Katy Holloway at the University of South Wales in the UK, was a standard meta-analysis. The researchers first searched for previous studies on supervised drug consumption sites, pulling out 40, most of which looked at sites in Vancouver, Canada, and Sydney, Australia.
They then tried to weed out the weaker studies — meaning, in scientific terms, those that didn't provide fully replicable data and those that didn't have a comparison group. That left them with eight studies total.
The researchers then looked through the eight studies to measure the possible effects of the sites on several outcomes, including ambulance attendances relating to opioid-related events, overdose mortality, drug-related crime, borrowing or sharing syringes and injecting equipment, and problematic heroin use or injection.
Ultimately, the researchers concluded that supervised consumption sites had no significant effect on most outcomes. The sites only had a small favorable relation with drug-related crimes, and a small unfavorable association to problematic heroin use or injection.
The unfavorable result, however, does not necessarily mean that supervised consumption sites lead to more problematic heroin use or injection. By their very nature, these sites are built for people who are using heroin in a problematic way — that's why these people may need such an intervention and supervision in the first place. In other words, the finding may only speak to the existing population that supervised consumption sites attract.
The researchers noted as much: Supervised consumption sites "have been found to attract the most problematic heroin users." They went on: "This might influence outcomes as a result of comparing pre-existing risk behaviours and related health harms with less serious behaviours among the non-[site] group."
Rebecca Goldin, director of STATS.org, said this reflects a common problem in this kind of research: "No meta-analysis can overcome systematic bias or problems that occur with the body of literature it incorporates. To mind, a risk in this particular literature is that a higher risk population is taking part in [supervised consumption sites], resulting in a diminished effect in the assessment."
Still, as the first meta-analysis of supervised consumption sites to look at a more thorough list of outcomes, it presents disappointing findings — suggesting that these sites may have little to no impact overall.
There are limitations in the review. The researchers might have missed some potentially strong studies, particularly those that weren't in English and didn't provide fully replicable data. The researchers also acknowledged that "there were relatively few studies suitable for meta-analysis," and once the body of research grows, it could lead to different conclusions.
The review contradicts past research
The new review's conclusions also sharply contradict previous reviews of the research.
For example: Drawing on more than a decade of studies, the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) in 2018 concluded that safe injection sites led to "safer use for clients" and "wider health and public order benefits." Among those benefits: reductions in risky behavior that can lead to HIV or hepatitis C transmission, drops in drug-related deaths and emergency service call-outs related to overdoses, and greater uptake in drug addiction treatment, including highly effective medications for opioid addiction.
But EMCDDA's review wasn't a traditional meta-analysis, so it wasn't as rigorous or selective in what studies — and what quality of studies — were included in the review. That allowed EMCDDA to include more studies, but many of those studies may have been of poor quality.
For Humphreys, the new review is more reliable than EMCDDA's look at the research. As he put it, "If you impose even a modest methodological bar, and then those [studies'] effects go away, to me that's worrisome."
Beletsky pushed back — pointing out that the review of the evidence only looked at eight studies, none of which were randomized controlled trials. "That signals in and of itself that they're not literally looking at the full picture," Beletsky said. That's why he favors the systematic reviews that have been done in the past and included far more studies, such as EMCDDA's.
The eight studies, though, were meant to be the best that the researchers could find. The studies that were excluded were those for which the researchers couldn't get full data sets and which didn't have comparison groups — fairly big methodological gaps.
This is typical in meta-analyses: The ideal is randomized controlled trials. But if none exist, researchers start looking at other kinds of studies, while maintaining some level of rigor, to tease out the evidence that is available.
David Wilson, a criminologist at George Mason University, said the review "is a solid meta-analysis and adheres to basic practice standards for this type of study." But he took issue with one of the models the researchers used, and felt they could have paid more attention to publication bias.
Others were more critical. Michael Lavine, a statistician at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, acknowledged that the methodology in the meta-analysis is "very common in medical and social science research." But he called that methodology "bad," and warned that the outcome measure it uses — known as "odds ratio" — doesn't tell us how many people are helped by supervised consumption sites.
Regina Nuzzo, a statistician at Gallaudet University, echoed Lavine's concerns. She also emphasized that not only did the review analyze just eight studies, but that those eight studies only looked at four supervised consumption sites total — which she said is "a bit like double-dipping."
Another way to look at this, though, is not that this review is flawed, but that the underlying research is flawed — if these truly are the eight most rigorous studies in the field — and, as a result, the research can't give us much information about the effectiveness of supervised consumption sites.
"If you are an advocate, you could say correctly that if we assume these are effective, we do not have sufficient information to confidently overturn that presumption," Humphreys said. "But it's equally true if you took another view — just look at it as a cold, scientific question — you could say we also don't have the evidence to overturn the presumption that these don't make any difference."
The potential problem: supervised consumption sites may not scale well
One thing supervised consumption sites do is reverse overdoses — thousands over the years, by some advocates' estimates. That's why the sites' staff have naloxone, the opioid overdose antidote, and oxygen tanks on-site. So how could it possibly be that the sites don't reduce overdose mortality, perhaps the most important metric in an increasingly deadly opioid crisis, when they're reversing all these overdoses?
Part of it, Humphreys suggested, is most overdoses are not fatal. It's also possible that the sites may enable more drug use, leading to more overdose deaths even as others are stopped — although the there's no good evidence to support this possibility.
The bigger problem, though, seems to be that supervised consumption sites may not have enough reach to have a significant impact.
The review of the research speaks to this point, noting that "facilities are limited in the number of users they can accommodate." Consider that Vancouver, for example, was previously estimated to have about 5,000 injection drug users. A site that can hold at most a dozen or so users at a time and is closed for some parts of the day is simply not going to have much of a reach in such a large population — servicing, the review suggested, "a small fraction of users each day."
That's made worse by further restrictions on who supervised consumption sites will accept. They often won't, for example, allow people to share drugs or assist each other in injecting. So users who share drugs or need assistance from others will simply use elsewhere — in the streets, at home, in a motel, wherever. That further limits these sites' reach.
Beletsky agreed: "It's not surprising to me that the population-level impact is limited because the capacity of these facilities is limited in terms of hours, throughput of people, and so forth."
Humphreys guessed that the likely truth is supervised consumption sites work "really little." It's not that they don't have any effect, but that the effect is likely so small that it's not going to be picked up at a population level by the research.
To this end, some advocates are trying to expand the reach of supervised consumption sites. In Canada, for instance, activists have deployed more mobile pop-up sites that can reach communities where a fully staffed building may not always be needed or available.
Another point, made by Beletsky, is perhaps single supervised consumption sites aren'tsupposed to have big effects on a population scale. Maybe it's fine if the sites just help a limited group of people who need them.
But by scaling them up through other means — like pop-up sites — you may start seeing a broader community effect, Beletsky argued. "Thus far, these interventions have been limited," he said. "They've been mired in legal and political battles. They've been artificially suppressed. They could be doing a lot more."
There are plenty of evidence-backed solutions to the opioid epidemic
Despite the disappointing results for supervised consumption sites, Humphreys said that he's not discouraged about the country's ability to fight the opioid epidemic. "We have plenty of other things that we know, with much more confidence, that work," he explained.
At the top of those other things is treatment — specifically, medications like methadone and buprenorphine. There is decades of evidence behind these medications, showing that they reduce the mortality rate among opioid addiction patients by half or more and keep people in treatment better than other approaches. When France relaxed restrictions on doctors prescribing buprenorphine in response to its own opioid crisis in 1995, the number of people in treatment rose and overdose deaths fell by 79 percent over the following four years.
But these medications, and addiction treatment in general, remain largely inaccessible in the US. A 2016 surgeon general report concluded that only 10 percent of people with a substance use disorder get specialty treatment, in large part due to a lack of affordable and accessible treatment options. And even when treatment is available, other federal data suggests that fewer than half of treatment facilities offer opioid addiction medications.
Sticking exclusively to the realm of harm reduction, the US could do a lot more there too. Consider needle exchanges, where users can pick up sterile syringes and trade in used needles. The decades of research show needle exchanges combat the spread of bloodborne diseases like hepatitis C and HIV, cut down on the number of needles thrown out in public spaces, and link more people to treatment — all without enabling more drug use.
Yet needle exchanges remain scarce in the US, as Josh Katz reported for the New York Times: "According to the North American Syringe Exchange Network, 333 such programs operate across the country, up from 204 in 2013. In Australia, a country with less than a tenth as many people, there are more than 3,000."
Even some more innovative, controversial solutions appear to have more evidence than supervised consumption facilities. Humphreys said that the evidence behind prescription heroin sites, as one example, is "much stronger."
The idea behind prescription heroin sites: A certain segment of opioid users are going to use heroin no matter what. For whatever reason, traditional therapies just aren't going to work for them — just like some treatments for, say, heart disease or cancer don't work for some patients. So if that happens, it's better to give them a safe source of the drug they're seeking and a safe place to inject it, rather than letting them pick it up on the street — laced with who knows what — and possibly overdose without medical supervision.
Researchers credit the European prescription heroin programs with better health outcomes, reductions in drug-related crimes, and improvements in social functioning, such as stabilized housing and employment. Canadian studies also deemed prescription heroin effective for treating heavy heroin users. A review of the research — which included randomized controlled trials from Switzerland, the Netherlands, Spain, Germany, Canada, and the UK — reached similar conclusions, noting sharp drops in street heroin use among people in the treatment.
There is no prescription heroin program in the US.
Humphreys argued that, in a world with limited financial resources and finite political and cultural capital, governments should try to first support the more evidence-based approaches than those with less.
"Should you have a culture war over something that barely engages the population and at most has a teeny effect when we still have people who can't get methadone and buprenorphine, which have a whopping effect and can engage a huge number of people?" Humphreys said. "For me, that would be an obvious decision."
Beletsky rejected the idea that we have to choose between different approaches, arguing that safe consumption sites can complement other interventions in the opioid epidemic.
"We should be doing all those things that you mentioned," Beletsky said. "But there are challenges in reaching some of the most at-need populations who can benefit from those interventions. And I think that safe consumption facilities provide a platform for reaching those folks." He added, "Safe consumption facilities really operate as a low-threshold doorway for people who typically will not seek care in other settings."
For example, someone who uses heroin may have had bad experiences with the criminal justice system or health care system in the past. That may make him skeptical of going to these institutions — or any other official institutions — for help. A supervised consumption site, though, can be different, since it's an environment in which people are less judgmental about drug use. If the people running supervised consumption sites take advantage of this, they could use their better stature with people who use heroin to guide them to treatment and recovery.
But there's no strong evidence to support the sites as an effective intervention for getting people into treatment and recovery — given that the new review of the research found no good studies that adequately evaluated for this.
That goes back to the core problem: There is a lot out there about supervised consumption sites that certainly seems promising, even intuitive. But until the empirical research backs it up, pouring time and money into this kind of intervention may not be as evidence-based as people think.
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Status of groundwater-level altitudes and long-term groundwater-level changes in the Chicot, Evangeline, and Jasper aquifers, Houston-Galveston region, Texas, 2018
Scientific Investigations Report 2018-5101
Prepared in cooperation with the Harris-Galveston Subsidence District, City of Houston, Fort Bend Subsidence District, Lone Star Groundwater Conservation District, and Brazoria County Groundwater Conservation District
By: Sachin D. Shah, Jason K. Ramage, and Christopher L. Braun
https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20185101
Document: Report (15.3 MB pdf)
Data Releases:
USGS data release - Depth to Groundwater Measured from Wells Completed in the Chicot, Evangeline, and Jasper Aquifers, Houston-Galveston Region, Texas, 2018
USGS data release - Groundwater-Level Altitudes and Long-term Groundwater-Level Changes in the Chicot, Evangeline, and Jasper Aquifers, Houston-Galveston Region, Texas, 2018
Open Access Version: Publisher Index Page
First posted August 15, 2018
Director, Texas Water Science Center
1505 Ferguson Lane
Austin, Texas 78754–4501
Since the early 1900s, most of the groundwater withdrawals in the Houston-Galveston region, Texas, have been from the three primary aquifers that compose the Gulf Coast aquifer system—the Chicot, Evangeline, and Jasper aquifers. Withdrawals from these aquifers are used for municipal supply, industrial, and irrigation purposes. This report, prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Harris-Galveston Subsidence District, City of Houston, Fort Bend Subsidence District, Lone Star Groundwater Conservation District, and Brazoria County Groundwater Conservation District, is one in an annual series of reports depicting the status of groundwater-level altitudes and long-term groundwater-level changes in the Chicot, Evangeline, and Jasper aquifers in the Houston-Galveston region. This report contains regional-scale maps depicting approximate 2018 groundwater-level altitudes (represented by measurements made during December 2017 through March 2018) and long-term groundwater-level changes for the Chicot, Evangeline, and Jasper aquifers.
In 2018, groundwater-level-altitude contours for the Chicot aquifer ranged from 200 feet (ft) below the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (hereinafter referred to as "datum") to 200 ft above datum. The 1977–2018 groundwater-level-change contours for the Chicot aquifer depict a large area of decline in groundwater-level altitudes (120 ft) in northwestern Harris County. The largest rise in groundwater-level altitudes in the Chicot aquifer from 1977 to 2018 (180 ft) was in southeastern Harris County.
Groundwater-level-altitude contours for the Evangeline aquifer ranged from 250 ft below datum to 200 ft above datum in 2018. The 1977–2018 groundwater-level-change contours for the Evangeline aquifer depict broad areas where groundwater-level altitudes either declined or rose. The largest decline in groundwater-level altitudes (320 ft) was in southern Montgomery County. The largest rise in groundwater-level altitudes in the Evangeline aquifer from 1977 to 2018 (240 ft) was in southeastern Harris County.
In 2018, groundwater-level-altitude contours for the Jasper aquifer ranged from 200 ft below datum to 200 ft above datum. The 2000–18 groundwater-level-change contours for the Jasper aquifer depict groundwater-level declines throughout most of the study area where groundwater-level-altitude data from the Jasper aquifer were collected, with the largest decline (200 ft) in southern Montgomery County.
Shah, S.D., Ramage, J.K., and Braun, C.L., 2018, Status of groundwater-level altitudes and long-term groundwater-level changes in the Chicot, Evangeline, and Jasper aquifers, Houston-Galveston region, Texas, 2018: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2018–5101, 18 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20185101.
ISSN: 2328-031X (print)
Groundwater-Level Altitudes and Long-Term Groundwater-Level Changes
Data Limitations
Scientific Investigations Report
10.3133/sir20185101
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I just saw the new armour sets on the Warriors Den, and I am blown away!
1) Give the Lawbringer's new set this awesome looking throat protection Apollion has. It looks good and makes sense from the usefullnes aspect, and it is iconic for the Lawbringer.
2) Give us a way to activate/deactivate capes. Me personally, I would like to see the plates of the back from this cool new set instead.
Glad you like the armor and thanks for the suggestions. I'm not sure how likely we would be to get these in, but it's something we can definitely send over to the design team as a suggestion. Lets see what happens!
While we're on the subject, can I just get my base Nobushi hat with the mask crooked or off to the side?
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Q: Add "Last Seen from IP:" To deleted/destroyed user moderator's view When viewing a deleted user as a moderator, we get the following information:
User was deleted on 4/26/2014 3:22:58 PM
User: user1234 (1234) (Account.Id=123456789) deleted by Madara Uchiha (27)
Reason: Reason for deletion
Mod flags: 42

Some deleted or destroyed users are bound to open new accounts to continue trolling/spamming etc. It would be nice if we could see a deleted user's last known IP address without having to remember to remembering it before we delete it.
I propose an additional line:
Last seen from IP: 123.123.123.123

Perhaps with a link to the mod's "Accounts with this IP" page.

A: Thanks for suggesting this change! I have updated the page to display the user's last known IP address along with the usual information. It will be live in the next build (> rev 2014.6.27.2348). Cheers!


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Pobeda airline will reduce flights to Italy until May due to falling demand
Pobeda Airlines (part of the Aeroflot Group) will reduce the frequency of flights to Italy until May 2020 due to falling demand in this area.
The adjustment will affect all Italian carrier routes from Moscow: to Bergamo, Rome, Rimini, Pisa and Treviso.
"In March, the scheduled flights from Moscow to Bergamo will be carried out only on Mondays, Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays; to Treviso and Rimini on Saturdays; to Rome - on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays; to Pisa - on Sundays. Correction of the schedule for April is being specified," the company said.
In general, the frequency of Pobeda flights to Italy in March-April 2020 will be reduced by 39%.
"We have tangibly adjusted the program of flights to Italy, only flights with very high loading are retained in the schedule. We are very closely monitoring the situation and waiting for the recommendations of the aviation authorities," said Pobeda CEO Andrei Kalmykov.
"In connection with the coronavirus epidemic in Italy, the Aeroflot group is thinking about reducing the volume of transportation to this country. As for Italy, we are noting a decrease of boards loading. This situation is pushing us to think about reducing transportation volumes," said Ivan Batanov, the representative of the company.
Aeroflot's flight map to Italy consists of flights from Moscow to Rome, Bologna, Milan, Naples, Venice and Verona.
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package io.qubite.tomoko.jackson;

import io.qubite.tomoko.patch.Patch;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
import org.mockito.runners.MockitoJUnitRunner;

import java.io.InputStream;

import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;

@RunWith(MockitoJUnitRunner.class)
public class PatcherServiceTest {

    @Test
    public void parse_singleAddOperations() throws Exception {
        PatchParser patchParser = PatchParser.instance();
        Patch patch = patchParser.parse(fromFile("/operations/singleOperation.json"));
        assertEquals(1, patch.getOperations().size());
    }

    @Test
    public void parse_validAddOperations() throws Exception {
        PatchParser patchParser = PatchParser.instance();
        Patch patch = patchParser.parse(fromFile("/operations/multipleOperation.json"));
        assertEquals(2, patch.getOperations().size());
    }

    @Test
    public void parse_complexValue() throws Exception {
        PatchParser patchParser = PatchParser.instance();
        Patch patch = patchParser.parse(fromFile("/operations/singleOperation_complexValue.json"));
        assertEquals(1, patch.getOperations().size());
    }

    @Test
    public void parse_validRemoveOperation() throws Exception {
        PatchParser patchParser = PatchParser.instance();
        Patch patch = patchParser.parse(fromFile("/operations/singleOperation_remove.json"));
        assertEquals(1, patch.getOperations().size());
    }

    private InputStream fromFile(String resourceName) {
        return getClass().getResourceAsStream(resourceName);
    }

}

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One of the most powerful features of Savision's Live Maps Unity is that we allow easily-created membership rules, which make the creation of Distributed Applications easier and then DYNAMICALLY maintains them.
This means that once you have defined the rules correctly within Live Maps Unity, you don't need to worry if new objects are added or removed (e.g. a new server is added to a cluster, or a new website is added to a group). The membership rules will automatically update the relationships and Distributed Applications with SCOM. There is zero maintenance required–absolutely zero, zip, nada.
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Walking Among Bodies in Jenin /
Walking Among Bodies in Jenin
Pacific News Service
Chivvis Moore
Editor's Note: In the days before the Red Cross was allowed into the Jenin settlement, a Palestinian American university teacher gained entrance and saw body parts and houses in rubble, and took eyewitness accounts of atrocious acts at the hands of Israeli soldiers.
I am a teacher at Bir Zeit University. I have managed to stay here in Jenin camp for several days, bringing food to people. I was here before the Red Cross and other agencies were allowed in.
There are people living in houses of complete rubble, and others in the ruins of wrecked houses that still stand a little bit.
There are dead bodies and the smell of dead bodies throughout the camp. I've seen the bodies of people who were burned to death after their houses had missiles dropped on them or some kind of explosive thrown at them. Sometimes they are burned down to the skeleton.
Over the days it has become apparent to me that there are many people here under the rubble. That rubble is not simply the rubble of a house that fell down, but was created by Israeli bulldozers that came after the destruction and turned over the earth.
So now we find one foot in one place and one foot in another place six yards away -- a separation that would not have occurred from death caused by a falling house. People tell us that they have seen with their own eyes the bulldozers come and do this shifting and re-shifting of the earth, to bury the bodies after the destruction.
Some men in the camp who had guns began to resist when the bulldozers came and knocked down even more houses and began burying the bodies. I talked to one woman today who said she saw the bulldozers dig a hole, then fill it in again after bodies of men who were killed were put inside. When a water main broke, water rose to the top of the hole, so now it looks like a small lake.
It seems as though there was a slaughter here. Whole families are missing, and neighbors say they are buried under the houses. Neighbors talk about one man who sent out calls three days ago, trapped in the wreckage of his house. He had his mobile phone with him. His family was there, too. No one was able to go for help, because no one was able to move without being shot. There were snipers, soldiers, bulldozers and tanks, they said. They could not go to him.
I've talked to people about what happened at one house. The soldiers called through the bulldozer loudspeakers, "Come out of your house, we're going to bulldoze your house." Everybody ran out except a man who was mentally ill, who was also in a wheelchair. People instantly realized that he was still in the house. His mother ran to the Israeli soldiers with a picture of him and said, "He's mentally ill. I have to get him out of the house." But they bulldozed the house, they said, and that was the end of that person.
Most of the bodies are now being eaten by maggots. The smell of death is everywhere. It's becoming a health hazard, for many diseases can be carried by the bacteria that eat the bodies after death. The Red Cross and the U.N. personnel are beginning to come in, and they seem absolutely astounded by what they're seeing. I took them around the first day because I had already seen many bodies and knew where people were living. Some of them were just muttering to themselves, "I can't believe this," or "Sabra and Shatila." (Palestinian camps in Lebanon where massacres occurred under Israeli-supported militia in l982.)
Ariel Sharon is saying that maybe a couple dozen people were killed here in Jenin. From my own experience I would say that's an outrageous fabrication, just outrageous. Entire families are missing and people know where they were last seen when a missile fell or a bulldozer came.
People told me they saw a group of five men lined up with their faces toward a wall and with their hands tied, shot by soldiers from behind, and then bulldozed over. I heard stories like this, of executions, from other people, in other parts of the camp, too.
As far as how many people are here now, I would say thousands. Walking around, I find 50 in one house, 25 in another. They might have tiny little bits of water, which they share in very small amounts each day. They have absolutely no fresh food. I have the idea that they really have no food at all, because when I go they do not offer me any, and I have never before been in the house of an Arab who did not offer me food.
It's hard to know exactly how many are here, of course, because people are hiding. They are in the streets when I am walking around by myself. But as soon as the Red Cross comes, because they are accompanied by soldiers, they all vanish again.
Chivvis Moore has lived on the West Bank for 10 years and teaches English at Bir Zeit University. Journalist Dennis Bernstein interviewed her by telephone for the KPFA radio program Flashpoints, from which this account is taken.


From the 1st October 2018 the hut will be closed for renovation. The hut is scheduled to reopen at the beginning of the 2019 winter season.
Opening Period Always open Guardian present from June to October and weekends from February to April.
Climbing Walls: On the cliffs overlooking the hut, about thirty climbing routes with varied levels of difficulty have been traced (especially at the spurs south of Poncione di Cascina Baggio and Chüebodenhorn). At about 100 m in the NNW direction from the shelter, there is a climbing wall with routes on slabs from 4 ° to 6 ° (1 / 2 pitches).