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+#Urgent Notice
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+###Updated Sep 29, 2017
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+The hosting service which hosts our website has a technical issue which has taken our website offline. We are urgently working to resolve this issue. We hope that our primary website will be restored today.
+
+##Hurricane Harvey
+
+The issue is being impacted by lasting impacts to a center in Houston affected by Harvey and the impacts of moving resources out of the affected location.