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Muslim suicide bombers are set to begin a three-day strike on Monday in a dispute over the number of virgins they are entitled to in the afterlife.
Emergency talks with Al Qaeda have so far failed to produce an agreement. The unrest began last Tuesday when Al Qaeda announced that the number of virgins a suicide bomber would receive after his death will be cut by 25% this April, from 72 to only 54.
The rationale for the cut was the increase in recent years of the number of suicide bombings and a subsequent shortage of virgins in the afterlife.
The suicide bombers' union, the British Organization of Occupational Martyrs (or B.O.O.M.) responded with a statement that this was unacceptable to its members and immediately balloted for strike action. General Secretary Abdullah Amir told the press, "Our members are literally working themselves to death in the cause of Jihad. We don't ask for much in return but to be treated like this is like a kick in the teeth. Speaking from his shed in Tipton in the West Midlands in which he currently resides,
Al Qaeda chief executive Osama bin Laden explained, "We sympathize with our workers' concerns but Al Qaeda is simply not in a position to meet their demands.
They are simply not accepting the realities of modern-day Jihad in a competitive marketplace. "Thanks to Western depravity, there is now a chronic shortage of virgins in the afterlife. It's a straight choice between reducing expenditure and laying people off.
I don't like cutting wages but I'd hate to have to tell 3000 of my staff that they won't be able to blow themselves up."
Spokespersons for the union in the North east of England, Ireland, Wales , New Zealand and the entire Australian continent stated that the strike would not affect their operations as
"There are no virgins in our areas anyway".
Apparently the drop in the number of suicide bombings has been put down to the emergence of the Scottish singing star, Susan Boyle - now that Muslims know what a virgin looks like that they are not so keen on going to paradise.
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A blend of engineering and geology hardly makes for a Hollywood blockbuster. But the latest movie about hydraulic fracturing – yes, there's more than one out there – has an A-lister taking shots at the controversial practise.
The film – Promised Land, co-written and starring Matt Damon – opens Friday, but the energy industry's supporters are already fuming over how they have been painted as the bad guy. The movie, they argue without knowing all the details because they have not watched it yet, is full of scare-mongering rather than facts. And they say Hollywood has done just the same: made judgment calls without having all the necessary information.
Hollywood has used its broad reach to try to persuade the masses before. James Cameron's Avatar was interpreted by some as a potshot against the oil-sands industry. Films such as Thank You for Smoking chastised tobacco companies and their lobbyists, and the documentary Super Size Me went after fast food businesses. Gasland, released in 2010, was critical of natural gas players and famously showed someone lighting tap water on fire. The energy industry, experts say, must battle Promised Land or risk losing ground in the fracking debate. The audience for Promised Land, after all, is full of folks who have not spent years figuring out how guar gum and water can be mixed together to shatter previously impenetrable rocks.
"There's a lot of misinformation in any story," Deborah Thompson, principal of communications and executive consultancy DT Communications, said. "It doesn't matter if it is as contentious as this, in any story for any company, regardless of whatever industry they are in, you have to correct misinformation. While that doesn't sound terribly Hollywood sexy, that's what you have to do."
Fracking is used to extract oil and gas from stubborn rocks. After a hole is drilled, fracking crews inject a mix of water, sand, and chemicals underground, using extremely high pressure to create fissures underground. This frees the trapped hydrocarbons. Concerns over contaminating water and causing earthquakes are among the hot-button concerns.
Oil and gas executives and lobbyists are already on the job when it comes to Promised Land , jumping on the movie's trailer, which shows a man in a dark pub wearing a ball cap and plain sweater taking the stage with a warning message.
"Hi everybody. I'm here because my farm is gone. The land just turned brown and died. If it happened to one of us," he says as the camera cuts to photographs of dead cows, "it can happen to all of us."
This line makes Michael Binnion, Questerre Energy Corp.'s chief executive, bristle. There is no evidence, he says, that the energy industry has wiped out entire farms. Movies like Promised Land, he says, will stoke confusion.
"Just because somebody has made an allegation doesn't mean there really are two legitimate points of view," Mr. Binnion said. "It just appears that way to the uninformed."
Opponents argue they are far from ignorant, pointing to studies supporting their claims.
Earthquakes, for example, are cited by the two sides as evidence to support their cases.
Critics say the energy industry is causing earthquakes as it pushes fracking fluid into the ground. The B.C. Oil and Gas Commission released a report in August, 2012, supporting this claim, saying "events observed within remote and isolated areas of the Horn River Basin between 2009 and 2011 were caused by fluid injection during hydraulic fracturing in proximity to pre-existing faults."
Some energy proponents note fracking, by definition, is meant to cause seismic activity, although in tiny doses. Further, the industry's supporters note small earthquakes are common and fracking has just brought these shakes into the news when they have previously gone unnoticed.
Similar sparring continues over water, again with both sides presenting reports and evidence. Experts are split.
In interviews leading up to the release of Promised Land , Mr. Damon said the controversy over fracking divides communities – with some arguing in favour of energy development because of the financial benefits and others challenging projects out of environmental concerns – and provides the perfect backdrop for the film.
"It is a temporary lifeline to some people. But there are potential downstream horrific outcomes," Mr. Damon told The Fresno Bee in California.
"It's such a high-stakes games, it was a perfect place to kind of set a movie about decisions we make as communities."
Janice Mandel, president of String Communications, says the energy industry would be wise to find third-parties to examine the issues and use their findings to support their case in the aftermath of movies such as Promised Land. "Their credibility is very good and they are speaking on your behalf," she said. She cautioned, however, the outsiders should not be paid.
Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers spokesman Travis Davies says he does not think the movie can be taken for anything other than fiction. Mr. Davies, like other critics of the film, noted funding for Promised Land came in part from Abu Dhabi's Image Nation, a government-controlled production company. The United Arab Emirates is ranked seventh in the world when it comes to proven reserves for both oil and gas.
"I don't think that anybody that wants to learn about what the process means for communities, or what the impacts are or how companies operate, is going to learn anything here," Mr. Davies said. "This movie has about as much in common with the reality of current natural gas production as any Hollywood romance has with love."Report Typo/Error
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Install recessed lights with minimal tear-out
Thinking about adding recessed lights but don't want to tear out your whole ceiling to do it? Luckily you don't have to. With a little ingenuity and special remodeling housings, you can install a roomful of recessed lights with minimal drywall tear-out and patching.
We'll show you how to install the housing and fish the wires through a narrow, strategically placed slot cut in your ceiling. The techniques we'll show you will work in almost any situation, but if you're lucky enough to have access to the ceiling from the attic, the job will be even easier. However, this is not a project for novices. You should know the basics of connecting wires and installing electrical boxes.
In this article, we'll be focusing on recessed lights, although you could install any other type of light fixtures using the same techniques to run the wire. Depending on your choice of fixture, lamp and trim, recessed lights can provide general illumination or accent lighting. In this story, we're installing a number of 4-in. diameter low-voltage fixtures that work best for providing accent lighting. These operate on regular household current but have built-in transformers to power the low-voltage halogen lamps. We'll show how to add a second switch to control a group of 5-in. diameter recessed lights designed to provide overall illumination.
Draw a lighting plan
Planning ahead is the key to getting the lights in the right spot. Begin by measuring your room. Using graph paper, make a scale drawing in which 1/4 in. equals 1 ft. Sketch in the furniture arrangement and any wall-mounted feature you'd like to accent. Decide what you want to accomplish with the lights. For example, you may want to provide accent lighting for a favorite piece of art, add task lighting over your hobby area and improve the general room lighting.
Take your drawing to a lighting showroom for help with the design. A knowledgeable lighting salesperson will help you choose the right combination of recessed light housings, trims and lamps and help figure out the ideal locations on the ceiling. If you feel confident in your planning ability, buy the lights from a home center instead. You'll save a little money but have a smaller selection of fixtures to choose from. Make sure to obtain an electrical permit from your local building department and have the work inspected when you're done.
Find a circuit to provide power
To power your new lights, find an existing receptacle or switch box that contains a "hot" wire on a suitable circuit. The National Electrical Code prohibits any connections to "dedicated" circuits such as 20-amp small-appliance circuits in kitchens or dining areas, 20-amp laundry room circuits and 20-amp bathroom circuits.
Also make sure the circuit you choose won't be overloaded by the additional lights. To determine this, first shut off the circuit in the main panel. Then go through the house turning on lights and other electrical items to find what is already on the circuit. Add up the wattage of everything that doesn't go on. Add to this total the wattage of the lights you'll be installing. We recommend a maximum connected load of 1,440 watts for a 15-amp circuit and 1,920 for a 20-amp circuit. (The amps are printed on the circuit breaker or fuse.) If the total amperage exceeds these amounts, you'll have to find a new circuit.
Try to find a power source for your new switch that's convenient to fish wires from, preferably in the same wall (in either the same room or the room opposite, or a basement or attic). After you've chosen the electrical box to tie in to, turn off the circuit breaker or unscrew the fuse that controls the circuit. Some electrical boxes contain more than one circuit. Before doing any work in the box, test all the wires with a non-contact voltage tester to make sure they're "dead."
Calculating Box Sizes
To figure the minimum box size required by the National Electrical Code, add: 1 for each hot and neutral wire entering the box, 1 for all the ground wires combined, 1 for all the clamps combined, and 2 for each device (switch or receptacle, but usually not light fixtures) installed in the box. Multiply this figure by 2 for 14-gauge wire and 2.25 for 12-gauge wire to get the minimum box volume in cubic inches. Plastic boxes have the volume stamped inside.
If you have aluminum wiring, call in a licensed pro who is certified to work with it. This wiring is dull gray, not the dull orange that's characteristic of copper.
Remove the old box
Whether you choose a switch or outlet to provide power, replace the existing electrical box with a new one. Photo 2 shows how. With the old box out of the way, you'll be able to use the hole to fish in the new cable (Photo 6). Then determine the box size required (see "Calculating Box Sizes" at the end of this article) and install a new remodeling box that's large enough to safely hold all the wires (Photo 11). We used a 20-cu.-in. plastic box. Make sure the new box has built-in cable clamps.
If you have aluminum wiring, call in a licensed pro who is certified to work with it. This wiring is dull gray, not the dull orange that's characteristic of copper.
Cut a slot for easy access
Now that you've located a source of power and have a plan showing your recessed light and switch locations, it's time to figure out how you'll run the cables. Start by locating the ceiling framing members (joists) with a stud finder and determining which direction they run. They're usually spaced 16 in. or 24 in. on center. Sketch the joist locations onto your lighting plan. Now draw in the cable route. We installed a standard recessed light housing in the slot where we had access to the ceiling framing. In other areas, we installed remodeling housings that mount in a hole cut in the drywall.
Figure A shows how we ran the cables for our lights. Make sure the junction boxes on the remodeling housings are listed for "through branch circuit wiring" so you can run at least one cable in and one out to the next fixture. Check the labeling on the housing to be sure. Some recessed light junction boxes allow more than two cables.
If you don't have access to the joist spaces from the attic, remove a 12-to 16-in.wide piece of drywall from the ceiling (Photo 1). Cut the slot perpendicular to the joists about 6 in. out from the wall and make it long enough to include all the joist spaces that will contain a recessed fixture and the power source. Ideally, the opening will be in line with the switch and power source so you can use it to drill down through the top plate (Photo 4). If not, you may have to cut another opening.Before you cut any holes, make a small hole and measure the depth of the joists to make sure your recessed light housings will fit. Most housings require about 7 in. Look through the slot with a flashlight to check each joist space for obstructions. Then measure and mark the center of each recessed light according to your plan, adjusting the position as needed to avoid joists and other obstacles. Finally, mark and cut the holes for the housings (Photo 1).
Some insulating materials, ceiling spray textures, plaster and joint compounds made before 1979 contain asbestos. Breathing asbestos can cause cancer and other health problems. Call your local health department for information on testing for asbestos.
Fish the cable
Select cable according to the circuit rating—14-gauge for 15-amp and 12-gauge for 20-amp. Photos 4 – 7 show methods of drilling and fishing the plastic sheathed cable.
Here are a few tips:
- Uncoil, cut off and straighten a length of cable at least 15 percent longer than you think you'll need before fishing it through the framing.
- Leave about 2 ft. of extra cable at each opening.
- Staple the cable to the joists where you have access (Photo 8).
- Run only one or two cables through each 3/4-in. hole you've drilled. Keep holes at least 2 in. from the top and bottom of the joists.
- Strip 12 in. of sheathing from the cable before sliding the cable into the electrical box. The sheathing should extend 1/4 in. beyond the clamp (Photo 10).
When you're through running cables, make final connections at the lights, switch and receptacle (Photos 8 and 11 and Figure B) and install the remodel housings in the ceiling (Photo 9). If you're using low-voltage lights like ours and want to dim them, install a special magnetic dimmer. Replace the ceiling drywall and patch the ceiling after the electrical inspector has approved the work. Then paint the ceiling and finally install the recessed light trim and lamps (Photo 12). Follow the instructions included with your recessed light for exact installation procedures.
Buying Recessed Lights
A recessed light assembly consists of the housing (Photos 8 and 9), trim (Photo 12) and lamp. Labels inside the housing list the compatible trim styles and lamps for each. Deviating from the specifications can cause inefficient lighting, and more important, dangerous overheating.
Home centers stock a selection of basic housings and trim that cost from $20 to $40 depending on style. You'll have to special-order less-common lights like the 4-in. low-voltage fixtures we're using. Lighting showrooms usually have a wider selection and salespeople who can help you design your lighting and order the fixtures. Manufacturers' catalogs are another great source of information, including a complete list of housings, trim styles and lamps as well as design tips and technical information.
For open framing, buy standard housings that include mounting brackets (Photo 8). If you're fishing wires into an existing ceiling, buy remodeling housings (Photo 9). Make sure to buy IC (insulation contact) rated housings if your recessed lights will be covered with insulation. Non-IC housings require a 1/2-in. minimum separation from combustible material and a 3-in. minimum separation from thermal insulation. For extra energy efficiency in insulated ceilings, look for airtight housings. Low-voltage housings operate on standard 115-volt wiring but have built-in transformers that allow the use of small 12-volt MR-16 lamps.
The quality of light and the ability to precisely focus the beam by changing lamp types or trim styles make low-voltage recessed lights especially useful for accent lighting. The trade-off is higher price. Including housing, trim and lamp, the average cost of each fixture is about $100.


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Antibiotic-Resistant 'Nightmare Bacteria' Rising in Southeast
(NEWSER) – Antibiotic-resistant bacteria that are "just about as bad as it gets," as one study author puts it, are spreading quickly in the Southeast, with a fivefold increase in detected cases between 2008 and 2012, a new study warns. The carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae, or CRE, can defeat even last-resort antibiotics and have been dubbed "nightmare bacteria" by the CDC. The study's authors say they are "trying to sound the alarm," and experts say the findings are especially worrying because it appears some of the cases were not connected to a hospital setting, the Smithsonian reports.
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'"A team like Buffalo that's got so many small, skilled players, the only way to stop them is to start hitting them," Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Wade Belak said before Saturday night's game in the Air Canada Centre. "They have a lot of guys that's not a part of their game to be bangers. They got more goal scorers and danglers."'
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OSLO, Norway -- A 33-year-old political fanatic, who killed eight people with a bomb and 69 more with a gun on a single day last summer, said he played videogames to train for his shooting attacks.
Anders Breivik appeared in court here on April 18 saying he used the popular consumer videogame Call of Duty: Modern Warfare to practice acquiring targets and aiming.
Breivik also said he played the online videogame World of Warcraft up to 16 hours a day from 2006 to 2007. But he insisted that his gaming experience with WOW was unrelated to his acts of terror, except in the sense that gaming addiction provided "cover" for his preparations to stage the attacks.
Breivik's attacks occurred on the Norwegian island of Utøya on July 22, 2011. Breivik said he is an anti-Islamist who opposes multiculturalism and acted to prevent Norway from breaking into a religious civil war.


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Abt was one of five drivers to start the race on slick tyres, which proved the wrong call as the heavens opened on the formation lap. This promoted Lotus team-mate Conor Daly, who started P3, to the lead before the conditions were so bad the race director signaled the red flag and the race was suspended. After a 15 minute wait on the grid the cars restarted under the safety car and, on Lap 8, racing was finally underway again. Daly was passed by Patric Niederhauser and finished P2, while Abt finished seventh earning the reverse grid P2 for Race 2 and Aaro Vainio, in the third Lotus, finished fifth tucked up behind Matias Laine's MW Arden, whom he was unable to pass.
Race 2 saw very little racing, just three laps that weren't under the safety car. Abt made the perfect start to take the lead from Mitch Evans and blast into the distance, but his advantage was canceled out by a Lap 1 incident at the hairpin involving Vicky Piria, which led to eight laps behind the safety car. Daly, meanwhile, leapt from seventh place to third. At the restart Evans was able to get a tow and pass Abt. Fabiano Machado's off on Lap 11 brought out another safety car, under which the race was finished. Abt finished second, Daly third, and Vainio sixth.
Evans now leads the championship with 121 points, with Vainio second on 103, Abt promoted to third on 76 just ahead of Niederhauser and Daly on 75. Lotus GP extends its lead the teams' championship with 254 points to MW Arden's 216.
Daniel Abt: "After the bad luck yesterday, I made a pretty good start to pass Mitch and take the lead. I think I could have kept P1 after the first safety car phase but Mitch got a good slipstream and was able to pass me at the hairpin. With the second safety car I didn't get a chance to try and reclaim my lead so it was a very bad day for me. Second place is not what I wanted in this race. My expectations were higher having earned pole for Race 1 and started on the front row for Race 2. I still got good points but it was the win that I wanted in front of my home fans."
Conor Daly: "This was a great weekend, I had no penalties and a good qualifying, and I go away with two podiums. That's great for the championship and continues the strong momentum from Silverstone. It was frustrating to spend so many laps under the safety car today because the car was strong in the dry, but in the end that's motorsports and at least I made a mega start which put us up there."


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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said his side would gain great belief from a third straight Premier League win on Saturday.Wenger's side edged out Wigan 1-0 at DW Stadium following Mikel Arteta's 60th-minute penalty.
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Mines' 8th Continent director honored by Jefferson Economic Council
GOLDEN, Colo., March 25, 2010 – Burke Fort, director of the 8th Continent Project at Colorado School of Mines, was awarded Jefferson Economic Council's "Genesis Award-Economic Developer of the Year."
The award honors Burke and 8th Continent for "contributing to sustained economic vitality in Jefferson County through creative leadership, innovation, facilitation, and collaboration, both within and outside of Jefferson County."
The honor was officially conveyed at a ceremony held March 25 at the Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities.
Mines' 8th Continent Project is the world's most comprehensive effort to integrate space technology and resources into the global economy. 8th Continent provides the infrastructure and resources to solve a wide range of challenges from global warming to renewable energy development.
Located in the home of the most concentrated entrepreneurial, investor and aerospace talent in the world, 8th Continent brings space down to earth with the industry's first trade association, incubator, funding network and research hub, all working together to develop the next generation of space business ventures. More information can be found at http://www.8cproject.com.
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One of my friend's website has been hacked. He runs his website on a linux server.
The hacker has managed to overwrite his index.html file only, leaving other files intact. His password consist of 25 characters with alphanumeric and symbols so its not possible to crack his password hypothetically. Even though it was, the hacker would have deleted all his files or could have done more damage to his account.
So, I was wondering if anyone of you have any idea on:
1) How did the hacker replace the index file without knowing the password?
2) What measures can my friend take so that this does not happen in future?
Many thanks in advance.
My computer is about 3 feet from my VPN router so if I see anybody in my office trying to hack the connection...I'll shoot 'em
I'm in Texas, so this would be perfectly legal...
It depends. If you can VPN to server, then you do not really need VPN router for that. VPN router is more usefull if you must have permanent secure connection to remote server for it to be acessible just like any computer on LAN not only through FTP but possibly Xwindows, RPC etc.Traffic from your computer to VPN router still would be unencrypted - so anyone in your subnet could potentially eavesdrop. Only the portion between VPN routers (or router and server - that really depends on type of VPN you are going to use) would be protected.
What if you just got a VPN router?
Would that help make things more secure?
What's the most secure FTP to help combat this?
You should use [SCP/SFTP. [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FTPS]FTPS](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSH_file_transfer_protocol) is an option too, but due to the nature of FTP protocol it is difficult to set up (at least in active mode), that is why scp/sftp is more commonly used.
Looks like the site is using the good 'ol Frontpage Server Extension as i have seen tons of similar defacements from these guys on these types of sites/servers. if this is the case, you people are begging for a deface...
This sort of attack has been discussed many times before on this forum, so I'll not reiterate possible causes and cures, but would mention that ftp is nowadays a common point of entry via gumblar variant viruses/trojans - brute forcing isn't a factor
What apps are installed on the server and is each app up to date with whatever version is the current stable version for each app?
Yes they are all up-to-date


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The ferritin blood test measures the level of ferritin in the blood.
Ferritin is a protein found inside cells that stores iron so your body can use it later. A ferritin test indirectly measures the amount of iron in your blood.
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A blood sample is needed.
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Your doctor may tell you not to eat anything (fast) for 12 hours before the test. You may also be told to have the test done in the morning.
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When the needle is inserted to draw blood, some people feel moderate pain. Others feel only a prick or stinging. Afterward, there may be some throbbing or a slight bruise. This soon goes away.
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The amount of ferritin in the blood (serum ferritin level) is directly related to the amount of iron stored in your body. Iron is important for red blood cell production. Your doctor may order this test if you have signs or symptoms of anemia due to low iron. Anemia is a condition in which the body does not have enough healthy red blood cells. Red blood cells provide oxygen to body tissues.
Normal Results for Ferritin blood test
Normal value range is:
- Male: 12-300 ng/mL (nanograms per millilter)
- Female: 12-150 ng/mL
The lower the ferritin level, even within the "normal" range, the more likely it is that the patient does not have enough iron.
The examples above are common measurements for results of these tests. Normal value ranges may vary slightly among different laboratories. Some labs use different measurements or test different samples. Talk to your doctor about the meaning of your specific results.
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Any inflammatory disorder can raise the ferritin level.
A higher-than-normal ferritin level may be due to:
- Alcoholic liver disease
- Frequent transfusion of packed red blood cells
- Too much iron in the body (hemochromatosis)
A lower-than-normal level may be due to:
- Heavy menstrual bleeding
- Intestinal conditions that cause poor absorption of iron
- Iron deficiency anemia
- Long-term digestive tract bleeding
Ferritin blood test Risks
Veins and arteries vary in size from one patient to another and from one side of the body to the other. Obtaining a blood sample from some people may be more difficult than from others.
Other risks associated with having blood drawn are slight, but may include:
- Excessive bleeding
- Fainting or feeling light-headed
- Hematoma (blood accumulating under the skin)
- Infection (a slight risk any time the skin is broken)
Brittenham GM. Disorders of iron homeostasis: iron deficiency and overload. In: Hoffman R, Benz EJ Jr, Silberstein LE, et al., eds. Hematology: Basic Principles and Practice. 6th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Saunders; 2012:chap 34.
Elghetany MT, Banki K. Erythrocytic disorders. In: McPherson RA, Pincus MR, eds. Henry's Clinical Diagnosis and Management by Laboratory Methods. 22nd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Saunders; 2011:chap 32.
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A tense afternoon in West Valley City ended peacefully Friday when police arrested a man who barricaded himself inside his house after a domestic dispute.
West Valley City Deputy Chief Mike Powell said police responded to the house near 4385 South and 4440 West at about noon. The 22-year-old man had gotten into a struggle with his wife that also involved a 3-month-old infant, Powell said. The woman escaped the house with minor injuries, but the man barricaded himself inside, and refused to leave once police arrived.
It was unclear whether the man was armed.
After more than five hours, a police were able to get a search warrant for the home, and officers in SWAT gear entered the house through an unlocked door. Powell said the man surrendered to officers without incident.
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OKLAHOMA CITY – Police here may have the city's so-called "Jukebox Bandit" in custody.
Over the past month, it appears the same suspect has been caught on surveillance videos in multiple locations using a crowbar to break into at least four locations, where he pries open the jukeboxes to steal the banknotes inside -- up to $1,000 per machine. Each time, the burglar escaped before police had time to respond to alarms.
On Saturday night, Jan. 26, a security guard at an auto rental store in Oklahoma City heard an alarm in the next-door coin-op Laundromat. His flashlight revealed a suspect inside, who fled. The guard chased and tackled the would-be thief. The guard and customers from a nearby bar sat on the suspect until police arrived and placed him under arrest.
The suspect resembles the figure in the tavern videos and used a crowbar to enter the Laundromat, said local news sources.


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Los Angeles • The Los Angeles Lakers hired Mike D'Antoni late Sunday night, signing the former coach of the Suns and Knicks to replace Mike Brown.
The Lakers and D'Antoni's agent, Warren LeGarie, confirmed the deal two days after the Lakers fired Brown five games into the season.
D'Antoni agreed to a three-year deal worth $12 million, with a team option for a fourth season.
D'Antoni got the high-profile job running the 16-time NBA champions only after the club's top brass extensively discussed the job with former Lakers coach Phil Jackson.
The 11-time NBA champion coach met with Lakers owners Jerry and Jim Buss and general manager Mitch Kupchak on Saturday to weigh a return for a third stint on Los Angeles' bench.
The Lakers instead went with D'Antoni, a respected offensive strategist who coached Lakers point guard Steve Nash in Phoenix during the best years of their respective careers. D'Antoni was less successful during four seasons in New York, but at least restored the once-moribund Knicks to competence before resigning last March.
"Dr. [Jerry] Buss, Jim Buss and Mitch Kupchak unanimously agreed that Mike was the best coach for this roster at this time," Lakers spokesman John Black said.
The 61-year-old D'Antoni underwent knee replacement surgery earlier this month, and could be physically limited early his tenure. Black said the Lakers aren't certain when D'Antoni will travel to Los Angeles to begin work.
Interim coach Bernie Bickerstaff will continue running the Lakers until D'Antoni arrives. Los Angeles beat Sacramento 103-90 on Sunday night, improving to 2-0 under Bickerstaff after a 1-4 start under Brown.
The Lakers' next game is Tuesday night against San Antonio at Staples Center.
After Brown's dismissal, Nash and Kobe Bryant both expressed enthusiasm about the prospect of playing for D'Antoni, although Bryant also campaigned eagerly for Jackson.
Bryant idolized D'Antoni while growing up in Italy, where D'Antoni was a star player for Olimpia Milano in the Italian pro league. D'Antoni also has been an assistant coach on various U.S. national teams featuring Bryant, including the gold medal-winning squad at the London Olympics.
Nash won two MVP awards while running D'Antoni's signature up-tempo offense for the final four seasons of the coach's five-year tenure with the Suns.
Nash and D'Antoni won at least 54 games each season and reached two Western Conference finals and they eliminated Bryant's Lakers from the first round of the playoffs in 2006 and 2007, still the only first-round exits of Kobe's 17-year career.


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EVANSTON, Ill. - C.J. Cobb continued his climb into the discussion regarding top wrestlers at 141 pounds this season, upsetting the seventh-seeded - and national No. 8 Zach Neibert, 3-2, as part of a run to the quarterfinals at the 50th Ken Kraft Midlands Championships held by Northwestern University.
Cobb was workmanlike in his first two bouts, defeated Nick Lawrence of Purdue, 3-1, scoring the decisive takedown in the second period to advance. In the second round, Cobb took on Virginia Tech's Neibert, coming from behind with three points in the third period for a 3-2 win. After escaping quickly in the third, Cobb scored the winning takedown with one minute left to defeat his highest-ranked opponent to date. In the Quarterfinals, Cobb met second-seeded Devin Carter from Virginia Tech. A redshirt this season, Carter won Midlands in 2011 at 133 pounds and earned All-American honors at133 last season. Cobb quickly found out what Carter had to offer, conceding three takedowns in the first period. Cobb was able to quickly escape after each of those takedowns, and turned his three-point deficit to just one after a takedown in the second period. Carter escaped to start the third, and Cobb was unable to tie the match to move out of the championship bracket via an 8-6 decision.
Casey Kent rattled off three wins in wrestlebacks after losing in the first round to finish his tournament with a 3-2 record, but was eliminated after a 6-3 loss to Nebraska's Austin Wilson. The highlight for Kent was a 9-0 major decision over Columbia's Josh Houldsworth. After a scoreless first period, Kent escaped and then added a takedown and three backpoints to build a big lead in the middle frame. A takedown with 55 seconds remaining and riding time locked up the major decision.
Andrew Lenzi was also 3-2 for Penn in the tournament, winning twice in the championship bracket before losing to top-seeded Montell Marion in the second round. Lenzi's first two wins came against opponents from Iowa State and Stanford, giving him momentum heading into upcoming duals with those schools.
The Red and Blue head to the west coast next, taking on Stanford and Arizona State in Palo Alto on Jan. 6.
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First Round: Def. Joey Palmer (Oregon State), 6-3
Second Round: Lost to #6 Jarrod Patterson (Oklahoma), 4-1
Consolation Fourth Round: Def. Kyle Garcia (Oklahoma), 9-4
Consolation Fifth Round: Lost to Sean Boyle (Michigan), 3-1
133 - Geoffrey Bostany
Pigtail Round: Def. #10 Geoffrey Alexander (Maryland), 7-5
First Round: Lost to Randy Cruz (Lehigh), 0-2 SV2
Consolation Third Round: Lost to #8 Levi Mele (Northwestern), 9-0
141 - #10 C.J. Cobb
First Round: Def. Nick Lawrence (Purdue), 3-1
Second Round: Def. #7 Zach Neibert (Virginia Tech), 3-2
Quarterfinals: Lost to #2 Devin Carter (Virginia Tech), 8-6
149 - Andrew Lenzi
Pigtail Round: Def. Gabe Moreno (Iowa State), 6-3
First Round: Def. Timmy Boone (Stanford), 4-2
Second Round: Lost to #1 Montell Marion (Unattached), FALL 4:34
Consolation Fourth Round: Def. Daniel Kelly (Adams State), 9-2
Consolation Fifth Round: Lost to #8 Josh Wilson (Utah Valley), 4-0
157 - Troy Hernandez
Pigtail Round: Lost to Zac Cibula (Rider), 6-4
Consolation Second Round: Def. Jaylyn Bohl (Eastern Michigan), 7-2
Consolation Third Round: Def. Michael Carpenter (Michigan), 8-7
Consolation Fourth Round: Def. by Aaron Sulzer (Eastern Michigan), 13-1
165 - Casey Kent
Pigtail Round: Lost to Pat Robinson (Purdue), 4-3
Consolation Second Round: Def. Jake Dorulla (Eastern Michigan), 10-4
Consolation Third Round: Def. #10 John Greisheimer (Edinboro), Injury Default
Consolation Fourth Round: Def. Josh Houldsworth (Columbia), 9-0
Consolation Fifth Round: Lost to Austin Wilson (Stanford), 6-3
174 - Harrison Cook
First Round: Def. Tommy Kimbrell (Stanford), 6-1
Second Round: Lost to #2 Robert Kokesh (Nebraska), FALL 2:52
Consolation Fourth Round: Lost to Mike Dessino (Bloomsburg), 3-2
174 - Ian Korb
First Round: Lost to Cameron Croy (Harvard), 5-3 SV
Consolation Third Round: Lost to Craig Kelliher (Central Michigan), FALL 5:23
184 - Canaan Bethea
Pigtail Round: Lost to Jack Dechow (Old Dominion), 8-3
Consolation Second Round: Def. Cody Reed (Binghamton), 6-4
Consolation Third Round: Def. Taras Luzhnyy (Hofstra), FALL 6:32
Consolation Fourth Round: Lost to Clint Morrison (Rider), 8-2
285 - Kyle Cowan
First Round: Def. Cody Kemplay (North Carolina), FALL 1:53
Second Round: Lost to #4 Chad Hanke (Oregon State), 8-4
Consolation Fourth Round: Lost to Phil Catrucco (Clarion), Injury Default
285 - Steven Graziano
First Round: Lost to Colin Jensen (Nebraska), FALL 2:32
Consolation Second Round: Def. Tyler Swope (Iowa State), 5-3
Consolation Third Round: Lost to Paul Snyder (Hofstra), 8-1
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History Commons Projects, Update on June 17, 2009
Perhaps the most interesting thing this week is that an HC contributor
found a document in the National Archives showing that, two days before 9/11,
the military practiced responding to a simulated hijacking by suicide terrorists
targeting New York. The document also mentioned a number of other previously-unknown
hijacking-response exercises, and has been written up at the contributors' blog.
There are also several additional entries in the 9/11 Timeline, about the 9/11
Commission and the day of the attacks.
The Domestic Propaganda Timeline focuses on the back-and-forth of Sonia Sotomayer's
nomination to the US Supreme Court, and Karl Rove instructs readers that the
word "empathy" is actually code for "liberal activism."
The Economic Crisis Timeline marks the 30th bank failure in the US this year,
which was Silverton Bank in Atlanta.
Lastly, a contributor to the A. Q. Khan Timeline highlights possible Saudi
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Its official: MINI has sold its 500,000th vehicle in America. A few days after the 11-year anniversary of its launch in the U.S, and the introduction of the all-new MINI Paceman (the seventh model in the lineup), MINI USA welcomes its 500,000th new car owner.
This milestone is an incredible achievement for MINI, and were proud to have so many Motorers as part of the MINI family, said Jim McDowell, Vice President MINI USA. 11 years ago, doubters said a small car could not succeed here, but MINI proved that small could be premium, fun to drive and have real character, creating a whole new segment that has grown significantly in the years since then.
MINI has increased its U.S. sales from 24,590 units in 2002, to 66,123 units in 2012. Moving into the first part of 2013, the brand continues to grow its portfolio, which now includes: Hardtop, Clubman, Convertible, Countryman, Coupe, Roadster and Paceman. The dealer network also continues to expand with 116 dealerships currently open, and plans for a total of approximately 130 facilities by the end of 2013 (including operating facilities and those signed and under construction).
The most important contributor to MINIs success here in the U.S. is the MINI Community, said McDowell. They are so passionate and engaged that we constantly ask ourselves whether a decision is in their best interest We work hard to maintain a special relationship with the Community, delivering unique experiences, cherished memories and a true feeling of being part of a family.
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Don't ask Franz-Josef Ulm about how concrete stacks up against asphalt or other competing materials in his recent testing and research. He will laugh and repeatedly note that "our research is not about concrete versus asphalt or concrete versus wood. Our focus is to develop a comprehensive strategy to address the different issues which relate to infrastructure and concrete only."
Ulm, who is the director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Concrete Sustainability Hub (CSH), credits the industry for "taking this bet" at a difficult time. "The industry is investing in fundamental research at a time when it's had its largest downturn," he says. "The industry is positioning itself so that, hopefully, when we get to a recovery, it will come out of this difficult economic situation with better knowledge, better tools, and better methodologies to understand what is the environmental footprint and what is the cost to optimize the materials for specific applications."
The CSH was established by the RMC Research & Education Foundation and the Portland Cement Association in 2009 to accelerate emerging breakthroughs in concrete science and engineering and to transfer that science into practice. Each organization committed $1 million per year for a total of $10 million for the funding.
"Concrete is one of the most exciting materials on earth," says Ulm, a George Macomber professor at MIT's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. "Progress in science and engineering brings this material to the same level as medical drug development and biological materials. We give this material the same attention you find in the semiconductor industry. Here at MIT, concrete is not just a gray material or a commodity. It is a value proposition."
For its ongoing and painstaking research in concrete science and engineering, TCP names the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Concrete Sustainability Hub a 2012 Industry Influencer.
The CSH comprises three initiatives or platforms: the Concrete Material Science, Concrete Building Technology, and the Concrete Econometrics Platform of Sustainable Development.
What has surprised Ulm so far since the CSH started? "If you asked me 30 years ago if we would ever use atomic simulations in order to optimize concrete materials, I would say, 'get real.' But this understanding has changed the way we think about concrete materials." Researchers have drilled down to atoms and electrons, opening a whole new field of thinking about materials. "It completely redefines concrete science," he adds.
So, what's in it for producers? The tools that are developed are not just for academics. These will be tools for engineers and academics. Ulm believes the life cycle cost analysis will be implemented over the next two years, and the Pavement-Vehicle Interaction Simulation will be in the field in 2013.
"For the research results to have an impact on the nation, we need to bring the results to the streets," Ulm says.
Vision Statement
The CSH at MIT will revolutionize the scientific basis for evaluating the environmental impact of portland cement concrete, for optimizing the use of present materials, and for modifying present materials and developing new materials designed to achieve a fully sustainable physical infrastructure, including uses in ever more demanding environments.
Julia Garbini of the RMC Research and Education Foundation and Edward J. Sullivan of the Portland Cement Association, accept a Most Influential People in Concrete Award on behalf of MIT's Concrete Sustainability Hub.


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Mountain West Commissioner Craig Thompson must be one happy man right now, because Boise State and San Diego State are both in precarious positions.
As numerous outlets today have reported, the Big East is almost done as a conference. The seven basketball only members have voted to leave the conference for grenner pastures, which means the conference is all but dead.
With projected ESPN TV deals coming in at a lower amount of money than expected, the secession of the seven schools will further de-value a league that's been on life support for the last year.
And it also raises the possibility, at least, that Boise State and San Diego State may not have a conference to move to. At the very least, the Big East is nothing like the league those two hastily left the Mountain West for.
So, if they go back to the MWC, that makes for a strong hoops and football league the Aggies are moving to next season. In basketball, it was always going to be strong. Add San Diego State, and it becomes arguably the best conference out west.
MWC officials are reportedly in a wait and see mode. But there's no doubt that the conference is in a stronger position than it was 24 hours ago.
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Clarkson University Hosting Rocket Launch, Engineering Day on April 25
What started as a class project has evolved into a day-long celebration of engineering organized by undergraduate students at Clarkson University. Engineering Day will take place from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Thursday, April 25, at locations across campus. The event is free and open to the public.
The day will include a rocket launch, a series of speakers and a tennis ball accuracy contest using sling shots and targets from 11 a.m. to noon in Bagdad Field. There will also be SPEED team displays from noon to 1 p.m. in the Student Center Multi-purpose Rooms and an "egg drop" from 1 to 2 p.m. in the Center for Advanced Materials Processing building atrium, where students will design an apparatus to protect a raw egg, then drop it to test its durability.
A seven-foot-tall, 5 1/2- inch wide rocket designed to reach a mile high in altitude and equipped with a parachute, onboard cameras and a global positioning device will be launched between 2 and 4 p.m. in Bagdad Field on Bagdad Road, depending on weather conditions. It's the culmination of a year's worth of work for Conor Cullinane and Matthew Kane, both senior aeronautical engineering majors.
They have designed a rocket with an internal control system that will guide its path once launched. The control system can auto-correct the rocket if it goes off-course. The pair received help from members of Clarkson's roCKeT Division, which was started by Cullinane and Kane as part of Clarkson's applied aerodynamics lab.
The other division members are Nathan Torkaman '13, a mechanical engineering major from Alfred, N.Y., Dan Hoose '13, an electrical engineering major from Ballston Spa, N.Y., and Elijah Kapas '13, a mechanical engineering major from Greenwich, N.Y. The group's Web page and more information on the event can be found at http://www.clarkson.edu/rocketdivision.
Kane and Cullinane's senior project required hundreds of hours of work. They and the team combined their childhood interest in model rockets with the science and technical skills they had learned at Clarkson to make the rocket functional.
"Because you're interested in the topic, you actually enjoy doing the work," said Kane, who grew up in Castle Creek, N.Y. "It's a lot of work but we're having fun."
The rocket launch was originally the only planned event, but the day has since evolved into a series of engineering events in order spur more interest in the Science, Engineering, Technology and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines among high school students, Kane said. St. Lawrence Central and Norwood-Norfolk students will travel to Clarkson to attend; community members are also welcome.
Cullinane, who grew up in Hampton, N.H., said he hoped the day would prompt more area high school students to pursue a STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) discipline in college and beyond.
"We have the opportunity to pass our enthusiasm onto other young engineers," Cullinane said. "We get to spread the opportunities that we have had to people who may not have had the opportunity to see this type of work before."
Cullinane and Kane had originally set out to write a paper for their senior research project, but wanted to take the experience to the next level. Their advisor, Associate Professor of Aeronautical Engineering Ken Visser, encouraged them to pursue their passion.
"It's not about getting the answer in the back of the book. It's about getting the answers to problems that don't yet have an answer," Visser said. "That's the kind of innovation I think Clarkson does a good job of fostering. It's an opportunity for them to gain insight about what it means to be an aeronautical engineer."
Designing and building such a rocket will give the two invaluable experience as they prepare for graduate school -- for Cullinane at MIT and for Kane at Notre Dame.
"The opportunities we have are something most undergraduates don't ever have a chance to have," he said. "We're going to be head and shoulders above people that have never had that opportunity before."
Find out more about studying engineering at Clarkson's Wallace H. Coulter School of Engineering at http://www.clarkson.edu/engineering .
Clarkson University launches leaders into the global economy. One in five alumni already leads as a CEO, VP or equivalent senior executive of a company. Located just outside the Adirondack Park in Potsdam, N.Y., Clarkson is a nationally recognized research university for undergraduates with select graduate programs in signature areas of academic excellence directed toward the world's pressing issues. Through 50 rigorous programs of study in engineering, business, arts, sciences and health sciences, the entire learning-living community spans boundaries across disciplines, nations and cultures to build powers of observation, challenge the status quo, and connect discovery and engineering innovation with enterprise.
Photo caption: Members of the Clarkson's roCKeT Division are photographed with parts of the rocket they are assembling and will launch on April 25. Left to right: Nathan Torkaman, Matthew Kane, Conor Cullinane, Elijah Kapas and Dan Hoose.
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[COLOR="]Hi all,
I'm brand new to the Backtrack way of life. This is hopefully the first of many posts. As I learn I hope to document and help others. So what better place to start than the very beginning!
OK, so here goes -
I have used Backtrack4 before as a liveCD, and have gone out and bought a brand new Asus Eee 1005P NetBook costing £250. I plan to install Backtrack4 permanetly to the PC in a second partition.
The Aim:
To install Backtrack4 onto my new netbook to dual boot with Windows7 starter and giving information on the netbook's suitability with Backtrack4.
OK, to start with, the 1005P does not have a DVD tray, and although I could attach an external DVD drive to it, I have chosen to install from a USB Pendrive, as it means far less hassle and a DVD costs money...
After downloading your backtrack4.iso, you will require a program called Unetbootin, it is free as both Windows and Linux operating systems, and can be found here: UNetbootin - Homepage and Downloads
Unetbootin is a simple to use standalone .exe that reads your .iso and turns your USB stick into a bootable version of said .iso. Once the program is open all you need to do is select 'Diskimage' and browse to your .iso, then select the USB drive that you wish to install the .iso to. Be aware though - This WILL format your pendrive - so make sure you've taken a backup.
Once the .iso has been written to the pendrive, you will need to reboot the PC, pressing F2 on boot to bring up the bios settings. Here you will need to change the boot sequence so that 'Other device' is above HDD, this will allow your PC to boot from the USB stick instead of going into Windows. Also you will need to disable 'fast boot'. Save your changes and exit with the Backtrack4 USB stick into the PC!
Backtrack4 will boot from the disc and give you a list of startup options, you'll need to select the 800x600 options as the 1005P does not support 1024x768. Backtrack4 will now start to load, leaving you with a 'root@bt~#' prompt. To start Backtrack4 in GUI, you will need to type 'startx' and hit enter.
At the top left of the screen you will see a 'install.sh', as you can probably guess, this is how you install Backtrack4.
Backtrack4 comes with a simple Installer - so I wont need to explain.
At the 'Prepare Disc space' screen it can get a bit tricky, I have managed to wipe out my entire HDD before with a Linux installer, but now I know what I am doing... Just about... The 1005P comes with a single 250Gig HDD split three ways - 100Gig for Windows, 10Gig for its fast boot program and 130ish Gig storage partition. Backtrack4 has automatically seen this storage partition and given me the option to resize it - by sliding the bar I can allocate Backtrack the amount of HDD space that I want - In this case 50Gig. Now, before hitting forward - Check the 'After' HDD image - it shoudl show you that Windows (/dev/sda1) and fast boot (/dev/sda2) partitions have been untouched and the storage partition (/dev/sda5) has been split into storage (/dev/sda5) and Backtrack (/dev/sda4). If it is different to waht I have described and you havent done it your own, custom way - then do not continue! Go back and re-try.
And after 20mins of so... Installation complete!
When starting up your PC now, you will be presented with what is known as a grub screen allowing you to select the OS to boot. I will be editing this later in another HowTo... For now I have selected the top Ubuntu option (Backtrack4 sits on Ubuntu).
I am now presented with 'bt login:' the username is 'root' and the password is 'toor' (default passwords). Now we have that 'startx' command to use again! Wahey!- We've installed a working Backtrack4 to our HDD! No more pendrives!
Now for the important bit - Suitabilty. I am sure that I will miss bits here - but you'll get the idea.
The NetBooks spec is as follows:
Processor Intel® Atom™ Processor N450
- 1.66 GHz
- 667 MHz FSB
- 512 KB L2 cache
Operating System Genuine Windows® 7 Starter
Graphics card Intel GMA 3150 graphics processor
Screen type TFT wide screen
Screen resolution 1024 x 600
Screen size 10.1"
Screen features LED-backlit
Hard drive 250GB SATA
Optical disk drive No
Memory card reader Yes
USB 3 USB ports
FireWire No
Modem/Ethernet Yes
Wi-Fi YES - B/G/N - Atheros AR9285 Wiress Adapter
Bluetooth No
Video interface VGA
Audio interface Headphones, microphone
TV output VGA
Extension card slot No
Sound Built-in loudspeakers
Webcam Yes
Battery - 6-cell lithium-ion battery - up to 11 hours battery life
Accessories included Battery, power adaptor
Size 259 x 175.26 x 22.6-35.5 mm
Weight 1.27 kg
Pro's :
Small and portable
SUPPORTS PACKET INJECTION (out of the box)
8 Hour battery life
N type Wireless - giving massive range
Cons's :
Unable to use 1024x768 resoloution
I think that this is a great little machine and supports everything that it needs to for running backtrack, from supporting packet injection to having a great wireless range and strength. Not ony that, but it is relatively cheap at around £250. What more can you ask for? Also, it ALL works out of the box - no need for drivers etc, blah blah blah. I love it and would say that it shoud be the official Backtrack4 netbook. 10/10.
And for the sakes of google - the Atheros AR9285 does support packet injection


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Motorhead drops out of select U.S. festivals
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Motorhead won't be playing quite as many U.S. shows as originally planned this spring.
Loudwire.com says the group has dropped out of a number of events under the "World's Loudest Month" banner. Motorhead is no longer on board for the Carolina Rebellion, which is set for Charlotte, North Carolina on May 3rd and 4th; or Rock on the Range, taking place in Columbus, Ohio from May 16th through the 18th. The band is also out of the lineup for Rocklahoma in Pryor, Oklahoma on May 23rd, 24th, and 25th, and the Welcome To Rockville festival in Jacksonville, Florida on April 26th and 27th.
Motorhead hasn't offered an explanation for canceling the dates. The group is still coming to the U.S this spring. They're slated to play a number of shows in the Western U.S. next month, including Coachella in Indio, California on April 13th and 20th.
Festival organizers say Motorhead's cancellation was beyond their control, and that they're lining up other acts as replacements.
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PHILADELPHIA - Nearly among the nation's Top 25 for the first time in program history, the University of Pennsylvania track and field teams have gathered a lot of momentum as the postseason continues this weekend. The men are ranked 28th in the nation with the teams heading into the IC4A/ECAC Championships at Princeton's Weaver Stadium, May 16-18.
Behind last week's impressive performance at the Heptagonal Championships -- where Penn's four men's individual Heps titles marked the most for the program since 2005 and tied for the most at the meet -- the Quakers jumped to their second-highest national ranking in team history. Since the current Top 25 began in 2008, Penn had never been ranked among the Top 50, but the men have been above that mark for three straight weeks, including a program-best 27th. In addition, the men (fourth) and women (eighth) are both among the Top 10 in the Mid-Atlantic region.
Last week, the Quakers won a total of five Heptagonal Championships and the men impressed with a fourth-place team finish. A quartet of sophomores stood atop the podium in Brendan Smith (men's steeplechase), Kelsey Hay (women's javelin), Sam Mattis (men's discus) and Thomas Awad (men's 10,000 meters). Meanwhile, senior Maalik Reynolds won his fifth Heps championship in the men's high jump and senior Gabrielle Piper garnered her seventh career All-Ivy honor with a second-place finish in the 100-meter hurdles.
Though some Quakers are solidly in the NCAA field, the IC4A and ECAC Championships will provide others a last chance to make the cut for the NCAA Championships. In each region, the top 48 marks in each event qualify for the NCAA Preliminary Rounds.
The meet begins on Friday with the multi's at noon and the distance events at 7 p.m. Saturday resumes with the multi's at 9 a.m., and continues through the 4x400-meter relay trials at 6 p.m. The final day of competition begins at 9 a.m. with the IC4A shot put and the meet concludes after the 4x400 relays at 3 p.m.
At this meet last year, Penn was the only school to have multiple scorers in the women's javelin. Hay was sixth after her second toss of the day landed at 45.12 meters (148 feet). Morgan Wheeler was eighth heading into the finals and moved into seventh with her second-to-last throw of the day landing at 44.58 meters (146-03 ft.). Meanwhile, Reynolds lost the tiebreaker for the IC4A title in the high jump, but earned silver with a season-best effort of 2.20 meters (7 feet, 2 1/2 inches). Mattis was also third in the discus.
A full recap of the 2014 IC4A/ECAC Championships will be available at PennAthletics.com shortly after the completion of the meet.


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This evening at 7:30 pm, the Emerson Dorsch Gallery presents a conversation between PAMM Curator René Morales and artists Beatriz Monteavaro and Saya Woolfalk.
Don't Miss YoungArts Miami, February 14-16, 2014
During YoungArts Miami, February 12-17 (with public events February 14-16), approximately 100 YoungArts Winners in the visual, literary, performing and design arts will take part in a week-long intensive, working with masters in their field, which in the past have included Plácido Domingo, Rosie Perez, James Rosenquist, Debbie Allen and Shelly Berg, to name a few. These talented young artists will then present their work through an exhibition, jazz combo performance and writers' readings at the YoungArts Campus, and multi-disciplinary performances at the Gusman Center for the Performing Arts.
Knight Arts Challenge Wants Your Ideas for South Florida Arts
Help spread art throughout South Florida with the Knight Arts Challenge.
YoungArts Week is Here (January 6-12), and it is not to be Missed!
YoungArts Week, which takes place in Miami each year, enables approximately 170 YoungArts Finalists in the visual, literary and performing arts to work with distinguished master teachers and mentors in their field. Each night from January 6-12, these talented young artists will wow audiences through performances, film screenings, an art exhibition, writers' readings and a jazz combo performance. Check out the schedule of events by clicking below:
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W Magazine & Vionnet Host Star-studded Event in Celebration of PAMM's Opening
W Magazine's Stefano Tonchi and Vionnet Creative Director Goga Ashkenazi hosted an exclusive party at PAMM that drew in A-list guests like supermodel Alessandra Ambrosio and actress Rose McGowan.The party also featured the debut of Tim Walker's short film "Suspension of Disbelief," which was inspired by his portfolio in the December issue of W.