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In an era of non-stop news, even hedge fund managers, who once shunned reporters' phone calls, are now being forced to interact with the media. However, confusion remains over just what a fund manager can and should reveal to a reporter. FINalternatives recently spoke with Mitch Ackles, who serves as global director and spokesman for The Hedge Fund Association, about the benefits of building a relationship with the media, and what a hedge fund manager should and should not discuss.
In addition to his role as spokesman for the Hedge Fund Association, Ackles is the media contact for the grant making charity Hedge Funds Care, co-founder of FINforums and CEO of Hedge Fund PR.
Today, what topics are safe for a fund manager to discuss in the press without endangering the fund's safe harbor status? Are there any that must be unequivocally avoided?
Hedge fund managers can discuss their economic and investment outlooks in the press, but they must do so carefully. Managers can discuss biographical details and even political views, though it's best for non-compliance reasons to avoid the latter. In a public forum, hedge fund managers cannot talk about their track record, mention specific positions within their fund, make investment recommendations, or openly solicit investments. Obviously, legal opinions about this differ and I am not a lawyer, so be sure to consult legal and compliance counsel before making any statements to the press.
Hedge fund managers are increasingly being quoted in the press. What do they have to gain by talking with the media?
The relationship between the media and hedge funds has been loosening up for the past decade. As more publications begin covering hedge funds or ramp up their existing coverage of the industry in an attempt to give the public a look into this once-shadowy corner of the financial services industry, hedge fund managers are realizing that they have to join the conversation and try to shape it, or else they will have their world shaped by it.
Moreover, the media has a better understanding of the hedge fund industry today. While hedge fund blowups will make headlines, bad news is no longer the main topic. News outlets regularly call on hedge funds managers for their take on economic and market conditions. As hedge fund managers see the tone of coverage improving, they have been more eager to participate. Also, since hedge funds can't advertise, managers see providing expert commentary to the media as a way to get their name out there and improve their reputation among their peers.
Many managers are reluctant to talk about their track records to avoid being seen as marketing their funds. Can they safely answer questions about stock picks or other types of investment recommendations?
I am not a lawyer or a compliance expert so the best answer I can give is to always consult your counsel before making any public statements. That said, it comes down to the language a fund manager uses. If asked for a stock pick, the manager should specifically state that, for compliance reasons, they can't make any investment recommendations. However, the fund manager can offer to discuss some of the sectors or stocks that he 'likes' and that he has a 'positive outlook' on.
If a hedge fund has a bad news event, is it smart for them to clam up and avoid the press?
Every crisis is different, so there is no formula that applies to all of them. It may sound self-serving, but my advice is to hire an experienced communications expert first. A good approach is to select a single spokesman for the company, generate a few key talking points that are approved by both legal and communications counsel, agree what information can be released to the public and what cannot, and then issue a formal statement which encompasses these points. They should also make the spokesman available for interviews. Be selective with which reporters you speak to and, when you do an interview, do not deviate from the information and the statements you have already made available.
In the past, much of the concern about hedge funds being unable to hold themselves out to the public centered their status as unregistered investment vehicles. Post Dodd-Frank, most hedge funds will be registered. Should registered hedge funds still be prohibited from speaking freely?
This is an evolving issue. Now that hedge funds over $150 million in assets under management must register with the SEC, it seems unnecessary to restrict information about them. Moreover, most existing regulations restrict who can invest in hedge funds. But for most of their existence, hedge funds have operated under the radar so it's likely to be a while before information about them becomes more easily available.
The SEC recently issued a stance on the proper use of social media. Should hedge funds use social media? Are there any best practices they should be aware of?
Hedge funds should be using social media. This is not a fluke or a trend that will go away soon and the sooner the alternatives industry embraces it, the better. There had been some confusion from a compliance side over how to handle social media, but this has been largely spoken to by the recent SEC statement. Put simply, don't say with social media something you wouldn't say to a reporter or in a public forum as it will endanger your private placement status. Be sure you archive social media communications and consult with compliance specialists on the topic.
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Commonly Used Brand Name(s)Rifadin, Rimactane
Therapeutic ClassificationsAntitubercular
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Take the capsule on an empty stomach, 1 hour before or 2 hours after a meal, with a full of glass water. It is important to take this medicine on a regular schedule.
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- For oral dosage form (capsules):
- For the treatment of meningitis bacteria in the nose or throat:
- Adults—600 milligrams (mg) 2 times per day for 2 days.
- Children 1 month of age and older—Dose is based on body weight and must be determined by your doctor. The dose is 10 mg per kilogram (kg) of body weight every 12 hours for 2 days.
- Children younger than 1 month of age—Dose is based on body weight and must be determined by your doctor. The dose is 5 mg per kg of body weight every 12 hours for 2 days.
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- Adults—Dose is based on body weight and must be determined by your doctor. The dose is 10 milligrams (mg) per kilogram (kg) of body weight once a day. Your doctor may increase your dose as needed. However, the dose is usually not more than 600 mg per day.
- Children—Dose is based on body weight and must be determined by your doctor. The dose is 10 to 20 mg per kg of body weight once a day. Your doctor may increase your dose as needed. However, the dose is usually not more than 600 mg per day.
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If you miss a dose of this medicine, take it as soon as possible. However, if it is almost time for your next dose, skip the missed dose and go back to your regular dosing schedule. Do not double doses.
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Use & StorageTOP
Keep out of the reach of children.
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Ask your healthcare professional how you should dispose of any medicine you do not use.
Store the medicine in a closed container at room temperature, away from heat, moisture, and direct light. Keep from freezing.
The specially prepared oral liquid form may be kept at room temperature or in a refrigerator for 4 weeks. Do not use the liquid after the expiration date on the label.
Before UsingTOP
In deciding to use a medicine, the risks of taking the medicine must be weighed against the good it will do. This is a decision you and your doctor will make. For this medicine, the following should be considered:
Tell your doctor if you have ever had any unusual or allergic reaction to this medicine or any other medicines. Also tell your health care professional if you have any other types of allergies, such as to foods, dyes, preservatives, or animals. For non-prescription products, read the label or package ingredients carefully.
Appropriate studies performed to date have not demonstrated pediatric-specific problems that would limit the usefulness of rifampin in children.
Appropriate studies performed to date have not demonstrated geriatric-specific problems that would limit the usefulness of rifampin in the elderly.
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Breast FeedingTOP
Studies in women suggest that this medication poses minimal risk to the infant when used during breastfeeding.
Drug InteractionsTOP
Although certain medicines should not be used together at all, in other cases two different medicines may be used together even if an interaction might occur. In these cases, your doctor may want to change the dose, or other precautions may be necessary. When you are taking this medicine, it is especially important that your healthcare professional know if you are taking any of the medicines listed below. The following interactions have been selected on the basis of their potential significance and are not necessarily all-inclusive.
Using this medicine with any of the following medicines is not recommended. Your doctor may decide not to treat you with this medication or change some of the other medicines you take.
- Artemether
- Atazanavir
- Bictegravir
- Boceprevir
- Cobicistat
- Daclatasvir
- Darunavir
- Dasabuvir
- Delamanid
- Doravirine
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- Saquinavir
- Sofosbuvir
- Telaprevir
- Tenofovir Alafenamide
- Tipranavir
- Velpatasvir
- Voriconazole
- Voxilaprevir
Using this medicine with any of the following medicines is usually not recommended, but may be required in some cases. If both medicines are prescribed together, your doctor may change the dose or how often you use one or both of the medicines.
- Abemaciclib
- Abiraterone Acetate
- Acalabrutinib
- Afatinib
- Alfentanil
- Amiodarone
- Amprenavir
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Using this medicine with any of the following medicines may cause an increased risk of certain side effects, but using both drugs may be the best treatment for you. If both medicines are prescribed together, your doctor may change the dose or how often you use one or both of the medicines.
- Acetyldigoxin
- Aliskiren
- Anisindione
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- Atorvastatin
- Betamethasone
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Other InteractionsTOP
Certain medicines should not be used at or around the time of eating food or eating certain types of food since interactions may occur. Using alcohol or tobacco with certain medicines may also cause interactions to occur. The following interactions have been selected on the basis of their potential significance and are not necessarily all-inclusive.
Other Medical ProblemsTOP
The presence of other medical problems may affect the use of this medicine. Make sure you tell your doctor if you have any other medical problems, especially:
- Alcohol abuse, or history of—Use with caution. May cause side effects to become worse.
- Diabetes, history of or
- Liver disease or
- Porphyria (an enzyme problem)—Use with caution. May make these conditions worse.
It is very important that your doctor check the progress of you or your child at regular visits. Blood and urine tests may be needed to check for unwanted effects.
You should not use this medicine if you are also receiving certain medicines to treat HIV infection (eg, atazanavir, darunavir, fosamprenavir, ritonavir, saquinavir, tipranavir, Aptivus®, Fortovase®, Invirase®, Lexiva®, Norvir®, Prezista®, or Reyataz®).
Liver problems may be more likely to occur if you drink alcoholic beverages regularly while you are taking this medicine. Also, the regular use of alcohol may keep this medicine from working properly. Therefore, you should strictly limit the amount of alcoholic beverages you drink while you are taking this medicine.
Check with your doctor right away if you have fever, chills, cough, sore throat, swollen, painful, or tender lymph glands in the neck, armpit, or groin, or yellow skin or eyes while using this medicine. These could be symptoms of a serious condition called drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS).
Check with your doctor right away if you or your child have pain or tenderness in the upper stomach, pale stools, dark urine, loss of appetite, nausea, unusual tiredness or weakness, or yellow eyes or skin. These could be symptoms of a serious liver problem.
Rifampin will cause urine, stool, saliva, sputum, sweat, and tears to turn a reddish-orange to reddish-brown color. This is to be expected while you are using this medicine. This effect may cause soft contact lenses to become permanently discolored. Standard cleaning solutions may not take out all the discoloration. Therefore, it is best not to wear soft contact lenses while taking this medicine. Hard contact lenses are not discolored by this medicine. This condition will return to normal once you stop taking this medicine. If you have any questions about this, check with your doctor.
If you develop a skin rash, hives, or any allergic reaction to this medicine, check with your doctor right away.
Birth control pills may not work properly while you are taking this medicine. To keep from getting pregnant, use another form of birth control together with your birth control pills. Other forms include condoms, diaphragms, or contraceptive foams or jellies.
Before you have any medical tests, tell the doctor in charge that you or your child are using this medicine. The results of some tests may be affected by this medicine.
Do not take other medicines unless they have been discussed with your doctor. This includes prescription or nonprescription (over-the-counter [OTC]) medicines and herbal or vitamin supplements.

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The Jeep nation was strong this past weekend as 700+ Jeeps converged on York, Pennsylvania for the 18th Annual All Breeds Jeep Show. This annual event hosted by the PA Jeeps Club totes an assortment of Jeep vehicles from early Willys and restored classics, daily drivers and diesel-powered JKs. The 2-day show started Saturday morning […]
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It seems that a world where cameras will know what they are looking at has almost arrived. This is exciting stuff because it's happened fast and it's powerful.
Some 6 years ago I spoke with Roberto Chipola of Cam Uni Eng – who had created a demo of a camera pointing at Cambridge (UK) Regent Street and by "un-distorting" the street's apparent perspective – could enable said camera to know precisely "where it was". The thought of mapping the planet, so that this could be scaled everywhere seemed immense. Then within two years, Google's street view arrived.
A flirtation 4 years ago, with Nick Kingsbury's Cam Uni Signal Processing group's complex wavelet transforms, also enabled a camera to pick out what shop in Burleigh Street it was looking at – but the scale up to global ambition was going to take a combination device software skills, communications skills and back end architecture skills – all in the same group. Now you'd have though that Cambridge would relish such a challenge but it stalled. Gameware Ltd were up for the challenge if truth be told and their time may have come.
Now we start to find a host of smart companies nibbling at the edges of this tasty dish… Xsight in Israel, Cortexica in London,
So now look at this Ted Video and others and see where the state of the art has moved to in just a few short years. You'll see a map with 3d rendering and an in-built knowledge of its own 3d geometry – into which stills and video can be overlaid. This is huge. Other large software vendors have also spoken of pulling such frameworks together so that smartly mined information can be overlaid with location – in an easily publish/easy consume manor.
What would be great is to now see a slew of real/virtual world blends – with augmented reality character overlays – that make Layer look like child's-play.
Lets see TBL & Nigel Shadbolt's open data initiatives intertwined with this new name space/framework and much much more.
The world, its location and it's geometry have started to become an open framework for enormous amounts of application and fun. Lets use it.
A question to leave with – should this all be wrapped up in an application (or many) or should this be available through device primatives, and if the latter, how?
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Lawyer types, 1994-era clubbers and female prison visitors -- or at least those who can play those parts -- have a shot at getting cast in an upcoming Fox show next week.
Lee Daniels' "Empire" -- which chronicles a hip-hop empire and stars Terrence Howard -- is casting a host of extras for shoots in Chicago March 19, March 20 and March 24, according to projectcasting.com.
The site lists 11 different roles casting directors are seeking to fill over three days of shooting. On March 20, "Caucasian 1994 club goers" are sought, and the site asks for emails with photos of "your trendiest look from the mid-90s" from 20- and 30-somethings.
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Continuing Education
Transgender: A Decolonizing Framework for Transitioning in Clinical Practice
Date: 9:00am - 1:30pm PDT July 27 Location: Lewis & Clark Graduate Campus, South Chapel
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What are the relationships between colonialism, gender and race? What is the relationship between the term "transgender" and colonialism?
What are the connections between colonialism and violence against transgender people of color, specifically women/feminine expressing individuals? What are clinical interventions consistent with this framework?
In its initial introduction, colonialism imposed a new gender system for colonized males and females, more so than it did for white middle-class colonizers. This introduced gender itself, as a colonial concept and mode of organization. This affected economic structure, property relations, cosmologies and ways of knowing. Centuries later, these concepts continue to influence our ideas of gender.
This workshop brings together the complexities of intergenerational legacies of colonization relative to race, gender identity and sexuality and proposes alternatives to navigate and affirm multiple identities in counseling.
Participants will discuss the ways in which colonial-based binaries involve body and mind, the spiritual and the material, male and female, and dark and light. Clinical interventions consistent with challenging these binaries will be discussed.
Through presentation, discussion, experiential activities and small group interaction, participants will learn basic principles of a decolonization perspective, how to integrate race and gender identity in their work with transgender clients, integration of body/mind/spirit clinical interventions, and narrative life storytelling to increase adaptive responses in working with transgender clients.
Following this Workshop Participants will:
1. Learn a basic understanding of key decolonization concepts and a rationale for challenging binaries in clinical practice
2. Identify ways of integrating at least three clinical interventions into their work with transgender clients, including mindfulness, body awareness, imagery and narrative.
3. Understand the impacts of binarism and cisnormativity (white, normative bodies/ideals of masculinity and femininity) on the clinician, the family, and transgender individual's process.
This workshop may meet the OBLPCT Cultural Competence Continuing Education requirement. Click here for more information
Workshop Details & Registration
Date: Friday, July 27, 2018, 9 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Instructor: Pilar Hernandez-Wolfe, PhD, Stace Parlen, LMFT
Cost: $65, includes 4.5 CEUs, $30 student rate. Lewis & Clark Alumni save 20%. Refreshments provided.
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Dr. Pilar Hernandez-Wolfe is associate professor in the Counseling Psychology Department at Lewis & Clark. She is a licensed family therapist, a licensed professional counselor, and an approved supervisor of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. She maintains a private practice at All My Relations Counseling in Portland
Stace Parlen, LMFTI is in private practice at Postcript Therapy. They work with LGBTQ communities with a specialty in transgender identities. They offer assessment, treatment planning and care coordination and counseling for youth adults and their families, in addition to psychoeducation workshops for clinicians, businesses, schools and communities. Their framework centers on the belief that life is a journey and there may be no end point for "transitioning."
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Although this experience was completely new for me, I had the opportunity to receive advice from the second-year IGOE Fellows and learn from their experiences given that many of them attended NSHMBA last year. Before leaving for San Antonio, they answered all of my questions and gave me advice on how to perform at this event. This culture of collaboration and coaching is an earmark of IGOE, and Kelley in general, and this is what makes us unique.
During the conference I was able to talk to many companies and network with students from other institutions. Additionally, the person from the Admission's Committee at the Kelley booth introduced me to several of her friends who are recruiters with other companies. After talking to one of these recruiters, I was invited to interview with them. This experience confirmed my previous impression that everyone at Kelley is totally committed to our success and how they have the willingness, resources, and network to support this commitment.
As a result of that first day, I was invited to interview with two companies for the second day of the conference. When I gave the good news to one of the second-year IGOE Fellows who also came with our group to NSHMBA, he immediately volunteered to practice mock interviews with me to help me to be ready for the next day. We spent more than 2 hours practicing mock interviews that night. I appreciated the time he took to help me prepare for interviews, even though he was tired after a long day at the conference.
The next day, I went to both interviews and everything went smoothly, so much so that at the end of the day I received an internship offer on site from one of the companies I interviewed with!
This whole experience taught me the importance of preparation and the effectiveness of coaching. It was powerful evidence of the highly collaborative culture that we experience at the Kelley MBA Program.
My advice to people who are going to these conferences for the first time is to prepare and practice the elevator pitch, research the companies of interest, and reach out to students who have previously attended the conference. Students in our program will not hesitate to coach you and share their experiences in order to help you succeed.


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With Spezza out, fourth line sparks Sens over Capsby Erin Nicks / NHL.com
OTTAWA -- Even withoutf first-line center Jason Spezza, the Ottawa Senators managed to get the job done.
Sergei Gonchar's power-play goal with 2:30 left in the game gave the Senators a 3-2 win over the Washington Capitals on Tuesday night at Scotiabank Place.
"I was just trying to get it as hard as I could on the net," Gonchar said. "Having guys like [Chris] Neil and [Guillaume] Latendresse provide the screen helped a lot. It was a big win for us."
Ottawa trailed 2-0 and played without Spezza, who was out with an upper-body injury. He will be re-evaluated and his status for Wednesday's game against the Montreal Canadiens is still unknown, according to coach Paul MacLean.
Jim O'Brien and Milan Michalek also scored for Ottawa (4-1-1). Troy Brouwer and Matt Hendricks had the goals for Washington (1-4-1).
Ottawa's Craig Anderson made 31 saves for his fourth win of the season, including a point-blank stop on Mike Ribeiro with 39.7 seconds left.
Other Senators made an attempt to step up, with the team's fourth line of O'Brien, Mika Zibanejad (making his season debut) and Erik Condra spending the most time in the offensive zone.
Washington maintained pressure on the Ottawa defense and broke through halfway through the first period. Wojtek Wolski capitalized on a giveaway by Latendresse and skated up the left wing with the puck. He dished to Brouwer in front of the net, where he sent a backhander past Anderson's stick at 13:15.
The Capitals made it 2-0 coming off a power play, when Jay Beagle's shot from the right half boards was deflected by Hendricks past Anderson's left shoulder at 17:43.
Ottawa's fourth line put the Senators on the board in the second period. O'Brien tipped the puck to Zibanejad through the neutral zone, and the center quickly dished it to Condra. Zibanejad and O'Brien then sped to the net. Zibanejad occupied Jason Chimera's attention while Condra turned and skated cross-ice. Once on the right side, Condra passed it back to O'Brien, who redirected the pass underneath a stretched-out Michal Neuvirth at 18:37.
The fourth line impressed MacLean so much he decided to give them additional shifts, a move O'Brien definitely appreciated.
"It's a good feeling," O'Brien said. "We all hear that if you're out there and you're playing [well], coach will keep you on the ice. It's that simple. Being put with [Zibanejad], who hadn't played [in the NHL] in a while, we just wanted to get the puck and keep moving all the time. I thought Mika did a good job of that."
Zibanejad, who was the game's first star, was crucial in the game's turnaround for Ottawa.
"The play of Zibanejad, O'Brien and Condra was the most consistent from start to finish," MacLean said.
"The goal that they scored took some of the pressure off us. [Zibanejad] was the first star. We tend to play our first stars. He's earned the right to play [Wednesday against the Canadiens]."
A quick strike by Ottawa early in the third period tied the game 2-2. Washington's Nicklas Backstrom won a faceoff, but Michalek beat Tomas Kudratek to the puck and backhanded it past Neuvirth at 2:20.
The Capitals were not able to recover after the Senators grabbed the momentum, and it was a bitter pill to swallow for the Caps, who dominated most of the first two periods.
"It's discouraging," Brouwer said. "We carried the play for around 35 minutes; I thought we were doing a lot of smart things up until then. A missed assignment off the faceoff [on the Michalek goal] and a tough penalty at the end. We didn't feel a momentum change. We came into the dressing room [at the end of the second period] with a lot of confidence. You never want goals that late in the period, but we shrugged it off. Unfortunately, we lost that energy after the second goal early in the third."


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I am in Houston for the final tournament before the Masters. Normally we play in Atlanta this week but the schedule has changed this year. We are playing the Shell Houston Open on the Redstone Golf Course. I played this event last year but didn't perform that well, finishing 32nd. This year I am here for two reasons, firstly to try and win a tournament and secondly to prepare for the first major of the year.
My Preparation
I traveled from Miami on Monday afternoon and took it easy for the evening. As I played this tournament last year I decided to play 27 holes in practice this year. I played nine holes on Tuesday and then 18 holes in the Pro-am on Wednesday. The rest of my time has been spent practicing my short game with next week in mind. I am preparing as I would normally for an event but I am still thinking about what will be important next week and trying to do as much practice on the key areas so that I don't have much to do when I get to Augusta.
Last week in Doral I played nicely but was a little rusty in some areas, in particular my chipping and my mental game. With this in mind I have spent my time working on my chipping and making sure that I go through my routine before every shot and take time to get the shot I am going to play clear in my mind. As regards my long game I am happy with where that is at the moment, I have made a few adjustments to my swing of late but they are ongoing changes and so it is something that I am working on over time.
I have purposely taken it easy this week as I don't want to wear myself out. Over the years I have come to realise that the most important thing about trying to win a golf tournament is to ensure that you are fresh come Sunday. The more practice that I do the less chance I have of being fresh on Sunday and so with this in mind I am doing my best to reduce the amount of tiring work that I do at events.
The Course
This year the course has been set up very different to last year. Last year there was heavy rough on the course and so it was important to hit the fairways as the greens got very firm by the weekend; however this year, as it is the last event before the Masters, they have set up the course so as to be as close to Augusta as possible. The rough has been cut right down to almost nothing which means that the emphasis on hitting fairways is gone.
There is plenty of water that comes into play particularly from the tee. The course measures over 7,400 yards which is long but as it is very warm here the ball tends to travel, so it shouldn't play as long as it sounds. Also they have plenty of options with regard to tee boxes so they can make it play shorter required. There are a few holes that will be crucial to performing well here this week; the holes around the turn and the 18th. The 10th through the 13th are 4 holes that can make your score. The 10th is a shortish par 4, 344 yards, that is a good birdie chance as the green is relatively flat. This is one of the holes where they have two options for where they want us to drive from; they can move the tee box up and to the right so as to give us a chance of going for the green. The 11th is a par four with water all up the right; again it is not too long. It feels like a birdie chance but with the water on the right you can easily have a disaster. The 12th is another driveable par 4 and again it has water all down the right. It measures 337 yards but has a tricky green with several levels on it. The last of this foursome is the par 5 13th, measuring 589 yards with bunkers down the right. It is reachable in two but if you misplace your drive then you have a drain running across the fairway to contend with. These four holes could make or break your round.
The final hole is the signature hole of the course; it is 486 yards and has water all down the left and a big bunker down the right. It is similar to the 18th at Doral; it is 260 yards to carry to the water down the left. Once you have cleared this you have the water left of the green to be wary of. I'd be happy to play this hole in level par for the week.
I would like to go into next week with a good performance under my belt and ideally, I hope to get myself into contention on Sunday afternoon. There is no doubt that it is tiring being in contention but then it is also good practice for the final nine holes of Augusta. So, as ever, I will be trying as hard as I can to win this week as I feel that it would be the best preparation for the Masters.
My trip to Houston was better than last year but my finish was a little disappointing! I finished in a tie for 24th, a little better than last year but it should have been a lot better. After 12 holes of the final round I was three under for the day and ten under for the tournament. Unfortunately I then played the last 6 holes in three over which was particularly poor as these six holes contain two par fives which I bogeyed and to top it all off I three putted the last for a bogey!
I was really annoyed with myself when I finished as I knew that I had thrown away a good chance to finish in the top ten, I knew that I didn't really have a chance to win the tournament with the way I was scoring and the way that the leading players were scoring but I certainly could have finished well into the top ten if I had played those last six holes well.
The Tournament
I played here last year but the course was set up very differently, this year there was no rough and so I expected the scoring to be much better. I was drawn to play late the first day and then early the second, the scoring on the first morning was good as I had expected but when we got to play in the afternoon the wind had really got up, so the course was playing much tougher than the morning. I started from the 1st on Thursday and I got off to a ropey start, my wedge shot on the first came up short and plugged in the bunker which I got up and down for par. On the 2nd my wedge shot flew a little on the wind and ended up going long, it was a fairly straight forward chip and putt which I didn't get up and down. I played the next three holes in 1 under, birding the par five 4th. On the 6th hole I was in the right rough off the tee and was hitting a wedge for my second, I pulled it left and it ended up in the water which resulted in a double bogey. At this stage I was two over and quite annoyed with myself. I managed to compose myself and make a few pars to steady the ship. On the back nine I played much better, I made three birdies and six pars to end up shooting one under. The first of my birdies came on the short par four 12th where I hit it on the green from the tee and two putted, I followed it up with a birdie on the next hole after hitting it over the back in two and then getting it up and down. My last birdie of the day came on the 15th another par five, I layed it up and hit a seven iron for my third to 15 feet and holed. In the end I was happy with 71 as I had struggled early on, but on the back nine I had played well and could have made more birdies.
The second round started better than the first, I made a couple of solid pars on the 10th and 11th to open with and then I made a birdie on the 12th again, this time pitching it stiff from 65 yards. Another birdie on the 13th put me to three under for the tournament and moving along nicely. However a bogey on the 15th stopped my momentum, I pulled my drive into the water hazard and could only hack it out sideways; from there I hit a three 100 yards short and then didn't get it up and down. I parred my way around to the 6th hole where I hit it in close and made a birdie to get back to three under. Now I was thinking that I would finish at least four under as the 8th was reachable in two but I hit a bad shot to the 7th missing the green in the right bunker and didn't get it up and down and then on the 8th I hit my drive into the water down the right and it cost me a bogey six. A par on the ninth put in the clubhouse on 1 under which at the end of the day left five off the lead but all I could think about was the fact that I had thrown away so many shots.
The good thing was that I felt that I was still within reach of the leaders if I could shoot a low third round. Saturday was a funny day as I was due to tee off at 7.20 am but when I got to the course there was thunder in the air and so we were delayed. It ended up being a six hour delay, I eventually teed off at 1.20 pm. However I did manage to get four hours sleep on a physio table in the locker room during this time! When we eventually got going the conditions were perfect, the greens were soft and there was no wind. I had my best score of the week, 66, six under. It was a good round as it had everything in it; I hit some great shots and some terrible shots and made some great saves. My best save was on the 3rd hole - my 12th, I pulled my drive into the hazard left but not in the water; I was able to play it but I had to take off my shoes and socks and stand in the water and hit it. My effort only just carried the water and left me with a 30 yard chip which I hit to four feet and then holed, a most satisfying par! I also hit three four irons, to the three longer par threes, to inside 10 feet. So all in all it was good performance, six birdies and no dropped shots which was nice to put me to seven under par and a tie for 12th. Unfortunately the leaders also shot very good scores, so I was still seven off the lead on Sunday morning after the leaders had finished their rounds.
On Sunday I was always a bit too far back to have a chance to win, but I knew that a good last round would move me right up the leader board. I made birdies on the 3rd and the 6th after two good wedge shots to get me to nine under. On the 8th hole I pushed my drive right again but this time I got lucky and the ball stayed out of the water, from here I hit a three wood onto the green but three putted it. This kind of stopped me in my tracks as I wasn't expecting it. I made all pars to the 12th where I birdied it again to get to 10 under and know I am thinking that I am going to push right on and finish well as I have two par fives in my finishing holes. But it wasn't to be I made a bogey on the 13th by hitting it in the hazard for my second and then on the 15th I drove it in the trap and could only chip out and then couldn't get it up and down form just short to save par. I was really annoyed with myself, after these holes I did manage to make a couple of pars on the 16th and 17th and then on the 18th I hit a six iron to 12 feet from the right hand trap. I tried to hole the putt and missed and ended up hitting it six feet past and then missing the one back to finish with a bogey and level par for the round. I was livid with myself! I dropped 12 spots on Sunday by shooting level par and 10 under finished in the top 10!
I was very disappointed with my finish as I had a good chance to finish well up the leader board. But looking back on it I realise that I was trying too hard, I was getting caught up in trying too hard to shoot a good score everyday and so I didn't get the best out of my game. The key for me this coming week will be to take a more relaxed approach into the week and to not be trying too hard. As a warm up for the Masters it went well as I now realise that I was trying to hard, but as regards to the tournament itself I was disappointed in my performance.
Thanks for dropping by - talk to you all soon from Augusta!


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The Obama administration is to announce Tuesday a new plan for the detention of illegal immigrants awaiting deportation.
Under the new guidelines, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency will devise a system to determine which immigrants should be imprisoned and which should be housed in less restrictive facilities.
Under the current system, violent and non-violent illegal immigrants are being held in a makeshift network of local, state and federal jails. Nearly 400,000 people are held in this system each year, at a cost of about $2 billion.
The new proposals would house non-violent immigrants such as women and children in former hotels, nursing homes and other sites. The Obama administration is also considering building two new detention centers.
Immigrant advocacy groups say many detainees have been denied access to basic medical care and other services under the current system.
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ECMWF Copernicus services will be presented by Juan Garces de Marcilla (Director of ECMWF Copernicus services) and Baudouin Raoult (Principal Software Strategist and architect, ECMWF).
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The size of the penis has no relation to sexual pleasure or performance. Performance is about the ability to get and maintain an erection or to provide sexual pleasure to the partner and to oneself with or without an erection. Performance, then, is not really related to size -- but dependent on muscles, blood and nerve supply to the reproductive organs.
The average sexual length of the vagina is about 15 cm and only the outer third (5 cm) has the maximum nerve endings. The inner two-thirds (10 cm) is virtually insensitive. This leads to the conclusion that if a man wants to arouse his female partner, he should concentrate on the area of maximum nerve endings, i.e. the outer lips (labia major) and the outer third i.e. the outer 5 cm of the vagina. Therefore, for female sexual gratification, the size of the erect penis could be anything from 5 cm plus. Penile size is unimportant for female satisfaction and the size of the penis seems important only to those women who harbor the myth that "only a man with a big sized penis can satisfy his woman better."
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You place the controller down. Exhale. The tension leaves your body, you slowly flick your eyelids open in a zen-like trance. Finally, you have done it. It's over. You've done it. The game is over. The credits roll, you allow yourself a moment to drink it all in. Then you start Facebooking and tweeting about what an awesome human being you are.
This is what it means to finish a video game in this day and age.
I've been playing video games for as long as I can remember, I've even managed to complete a few. But there are a few moments that stand out. Moments like the above — with the zen-like states, the genuine sense of achievement. Moments you might actually consider writing home to Ma and Pa about.
These are the five games I'm most proud of finishing.
Secret of Monkey Island
The Year: 1990 The feeling: Smug sense of intellectual superiority
Why I was so proud...
It may seem strange to start with Monkey Island. It's far from the twitchy, skill based type of game you'd expect me to be proud of completing. When Monkey Island was released it was an adventure game that was essentially famous for refusing to kill players. You can't die in Monkey Island, hence it's pretty easy, right?
Well, yes and no.
I was nine years old when Monkey Island came out and I fell in love. It might have been the music, it might have been the writing. It might have been the idea of exploring these islands, solving puzzles, I don't know. The point is — I was nine years old and I had barely worked out how to tie my own shoelaces and wipe my own arse. Completing a game like Monkey Island which featured some pretty wacked out puzzles that made no sense whatsoever felt like a pretty big deal back then.
And it was also the moment when my policy of 'no game guides/gamefaqs allowed' was born. I went through every single puzzle in Monkey Island without even peeking at the multitudes of guides that appeared in Amiga Power or whatever magazine it was I was subscribed to at the time. That left me with a smug sense of intellectual superiority that has stubbornly remained to this day.
I even did that crazy potion puzzle in Act 2 by myself! I earned that smug!
The Year: 2008 The Feeling: Like your Dad after he solved the most difficult crossword puzzle ever conceived.
Why I was so proud
Reactions to Braid were all over the joint. Some wanted to analyse what they had just played, others shared theories. Some were confused. Soulja Boy made a YouTube video about it.
I ignored all that. I was too busy solving the puzzles, one by one, massaging my ego to the point where I could feel the enormity of it pressing against the front of my skull.
In short, Braid made me feel like a goddamn genius.
Anytime I do something a little bit stupid, like leave the car lights on or trip over my shoelaces, I just go home, fire up Braid and look at the leaderboards. I look at my perfectly completed set of Jigsaw pieces. I see the multitudes on my friends list who just couldn't hack it, who gave up halfway through, or just couldn't get those last two pieces. Or I see my brother's completed set, but rest safe in the knowledge that he totally had to call me at 3 in the morning to ask me how to get that one in World 5.
Yes. I am a golden god. Bow down to me, King of the north, master of all that I survey. I am the lord of the dance.
Skate 2
The Year: 2009 The Feeling: There's your dinner!
Why I was so proud
Skate 2 wasn't supposed to this tough. It just wasn't. I had completed every single task available to me and this was the last thing on my list. Beat a bloody pro at a bloody game of 'Skate', a modified version of 'Horse' with kickflips.
It was a task so difficult that, eventually, EA Black Box had to patch it. It was, fundamentally broken. The CPU controlled player you were competing against could not be beat.
Unless you did one trick perfectly. Every single time.
To beat a cheat you sometimes have to cheat, or at least bend the rules. If you did some variation of a 540 flip trick, you could beat this CPU controlled bastard almost every time. It was cheap. It sucked, but it was literally the only way.
Victory. Sweet, cheap victory.
Super Meat Boy
The Year: 2008 The Feeling: Like an alien with five thumbs.
Why I was so proud
I was so proud because Super Meat Boy is hard. Haaaaaaaaaaaaard.
Super Meat Boy had levels you sauntered into and walked straight back out. 'No', you would say to yourself. 'This is physically impossible. My brain is small and fragile. My reaction time is sluggish and clumsy.'
But you did it anyway, because you were a Scandinavian God-King with reflexes to match. You were an evolved human being with thumbs grown from sacred genetic material express delivered from Pluto on some mysterious meteorite destined to deliver you from deviously intricate level design. God bless you Super Meat Boy.
Trials Evolution
The Year: 2012 The Feeling: Pure, unadulterated relief. Greatest feeling in the universe.
Why I was so proud
Words cannot describe. Completing every single track on Trials Evolution is an achievement in itself. Getting a gold medal on every track is also extremely, extremely difficult.
But imagine the scene: the final tournament. Every single extreme track, back to back; no respite. It's perhaps one of the most gruelling, arduous tasks in all of gaming. Completing the tournament is one thing, but to get a gold medal? It feels almost impossible. The player has to complete seven nerve-shredding, fiendish tracks in under 30 minutes, with only 153 fault allowed. Considering I know some pretty committed Trials players who need 200 faults to complete just one of these tracks — well, you understand just how difficult completing all seven back to back is.
The final track, The Way of the Ninja. It's not the most difficult — that honour belongs to Inferno III — but it's the longest of the seven by far. It's a test of endurance and I'm falling apart. I'm halfway through the track and I only have 10 faults remaining. I'll never get this close again. If I fail now I will throw my controller, my 360 and — if I can lift it — my 46 inch plasma over my balcony into the swimming pool below.
The stakes are high. My hands are sweating. Physically shaking. I've played this track before, but I'm crumbling to pieces. I have to pause the game. I literally have to pause the game. I inhale slowly, count to five. Exhale. One... two... three... four... five...
Almost there. 149 faults. Oh god. I hate this part. It's simple, but I've fallen off here before. If I lose momentum now, I'll screw it all up I just know it.
Accelerate. Lean back. Shift the weight forward. Jump. Bump three times. Maintain balance. Bump. Bump. Bump.
Finish the rest of the track. Two faults remaining. Put the controller down. Stare at the screen. Breathe. Take in the enormity of this personal achievement. This achievement that feels so trivial.
I did it.
Now check out the five games I'm horribly embarrassed I haven't finished!


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|HIV-infected men at increased risk for heart disease
|NIH study sheds light on risks and predictors
|Published Thursday, April 10, 2014
A new study by National Institutes of Health grantees, suggests that HIV-infected men are at greater risk for a heart attack than their HIV-uninfected peers
The buildup of soft plaque in arteries that nourish the heart is more common and extensive in HIV-infected men than HIV-uninfected men, independent of established cardiovascular disease risk factors, the researchers wrote in "Annals of Internal Medicine."
"These findings from the largest study of its kind tell us that men with HIV infection are at increased risk for the development of coronary artery disease and should discuss with a care provider the potential need for cardiovascular risk factor screening and appropriate risk reduction strategies," said Gary H. Gibbons M.D., director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, part of NIH.
In addition, blockage in a coronary artery was most common among HIV-infected men whose immune health had declined the most over the course of their infection and who had taken anti-HIV drugs the longest, the scientists found, placing them at even higher risk for a heart attack.
"Thanks to effective treatments, many people with HIV infection are living into their 50s and well beyond and are dying of non-AIDS-related causes—frequently, heart disease," said Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, also part of NIH. "Consequently, the prevention and treatment of non-infectious chronic diseases in people with HIV infection has become an increasingly important focus of our research."
NIAID and NHLBI funded the study with support from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences.
Past studies of the association between heart disease and HIV infection have reached inconsistent conclusions. To clarify whether an association exists, the investigation drew participants from the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study, a study of HIV/AIDS in gay and bisexual men established by NIAID.
"One advantage of the MACS is that it includes HIV-uninfected men who are similar to the HIV-infected men in the study in their sexual orientation, lifestyle, socioeconomic status and risk behavior, which makes for a good comparison group," said Wendy S. Post, M.D., who led the study. Dr. Post is a professor of medicine and epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore.
Another advantage was the MACS' size, with nearly 7,000 men enrolled, 1,001 of who participated in the new study. The participants included 618 men who were HIV-infected. All were 40 to 70 years of age, weighed less than 200 pounds, and had had no prior surgery to restore blood flow to the coronary arteries.
Post and colleagues investigated whether the prevalence and extent of plaque buildup in coronary arteries, a condition called coronary atherosclerosis, is greater in HIV-infected men than HIV-uninfected men and whether that plaque is soft or hard. Coronary atherosclerosis, especially soft plaque, is more likely to be a precursor of heart attack than hard plaque.
The scientists found coronary atherosclerosis due to soft plaque in 63 percent of the infected men and 53 percent of the HIV-uninfected men. After adjusting for cardiovascular disease risk factors, including high blood pressure, diabetes, high cholesterol, high body mass index and smoking, the presence of soft plaque and the size of individual soft plaques were significantly greater in men with HIV infection.
By examining a subgroup of HIV-infected men, the scientists discovered two predictors of advanced atherosclerosis in this population. The first deals with white blood cells called CD4+ T cells, which are the primary target of HIV and whose level, or count, is a measure of immune health. The researchers found that for every 100 cells per cubic millimeter decrease in a man's lowest CD4+ T cell count, his risk of coronary artery blockage rose by 20 percent. The scientists also found that for every year a man had taken anti-HIV drugs, his risk of coronary artery blockage rose by 9 percent.
Because the investigators examined coronary artery plaque at a single point in time, further research is needed to determine whether coronary artery plaque in HIV-infected men is less likely to harden over time, or whether these men simply develop greater amounts of soft plaque, according to Post. In addition, she said, studies on therapies and behavioral changes to reduce risk for cardiovascular disease in men and women infected with HIV are needed to determine how best to prevent progression of atherosclerosis in this population.
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A day after the fractured mandate in the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections, the three major political players in the state are scrambling to form a cohesive power equation for the long run, balancing ideologies with realpolitik. The People's Democratic Party, which has the single largest tally with 28 seats, is looking to partner either the Bharatiya Janata Party or the Congress to take it past the majority figure in the 87-member assembly.
Hectic negotiations and awkward embraces are expected before there is clarity on the next government formation in the militancy-hit state.
The situation is more stable in Jharkhand, with the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance coalition winning a majority. The BJP won 37 seats, and together with alliance partner All Jharkhand Students' Union, has 43 seats in the 81-member assembly.
Jammu & Kashmir Alliance
All eyes are on the PDP in Jammu & Kashmir as party leaders decide their allies for the next state government. PDP has been cautious about deciding which way it will go. Though its major choices are to go with either the BJP or Congress, PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti has said that "it will take time to form a government to provide good governance."
"We will not cobble together a government by hook or crook. It will take time to explore possibilities and formation of government to meet the people's expectations and good governance. It is difficult to say when it will materialise," PDP President Mehbooba Mufti told journalists on Tuesday.
PDP spokesperson Naeem Akhter has said that the party was caught between "the devil and the deep sea," referring to the lack of easy choices for the regional party. "All the alliances that are available put one in a Catch-22 situation," he told The Hindu.
If PDP goes with BJP, it will have ideological tussles as the parties have widely differing views on several issues—the Article 370 being a contentious one. Akhtar told TOI: "We're conscious of difficulties in going with BJP. We're in a dilemma that'll be resolved after PDP's political affairs committee meets."
Meanwhile, BJP, too, has acknowledged that it has "a problem" in J&K. The Hindu quoted a senior BJP functionary in New Delhi who said: "Allying with either the PDP or the National Conference is the first option. The second option is to sit in the Opposition. Either way, we will have a problem." According to the report, a BJP Parliamentary board meeting on Wednesday would assess the situation, "but the party would not make the first move."
The other options for alliances are with bitter rival Omar Abdullah's National Conference, which has won 15 seats in J&K, and the Congress, which bagged 12 seats. For both options, PDP will have to seek additional support from independents. While nobody in the valley believes the Abdullahs and Muftis, who have been Kashmir's two rival political families for decades, can come together to govern the state, Omar Abdullah said in an interview on Tuesday that if PDP leaders make the first call, the National Conference won't be averse to discussions.
Jharkhand's Next Chief Minister
In Jharkhand, BJP's ally, the All Jharkhand Students' Union has won six seats, which means together the two parties have a majority in the 81-member assembly. While it isn't clear yet who will be made the next state chief minister, Raghubar Das' name has cropped up. Das won the Jamshedpur East seat on Tuesday with a thumping majority. If Das is made CM, he will be the first non-tribal head of the state where almost a third of its population is tribal.
The Times Of India had earlier quoted party sources saying that if BJP gets a hard-earned simple majority in the state, "a good crisis manager would be appointed to ensure smooth functioning of the government."
With four former Jharkhand chief ministers from BJP—including outgoing chief minister Hemant Soren—having lost seats in the state, it is unclear who will be named the next CM. BJP's biggest face Arjun Munda lost his Kharsawan seat, forcing the party to look at other options to head the state government.
Speculations are rife at the moment on who will be the next CM of Jharkhand, and several names are doing the rounds. We'll have to wait and watch.
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The world of Internet security is plagued with open ports, backdoors, security holes, Trojans, worms, firewall vulnerabilities and a slew of other issues that keep us all on our toes every day. For private users, viruses and worms seem to be the worst of the possibilities. But for anyone running a database, the SQL injection is one of the most destructive security flaws out there.
Databases are extremely valuable in the realm of computers. They're essential for storing data as memory and showing the various relationships between points of data. Here at MakeUseOf, we have numerous databases dedicated to various tasks: one for all of our articles, one for our userbase, one for our Rewards program, and the list goes on. What happens when our databases are maliciously attacked – or even destroyed?
When you don't have actual access to a database, the SQL injection is one of the most prominent forms of attack. Keep reading to learn what it is exactly and how it can be so dangerous.
What Is SQL, Anyway?
To understand SQL injection, you have to first understand what SQL is and how it relates to a website. SQL, which stands for Structured Query Language, is a type of programming language optimized for managing tabular data. For all intents and purposes, it's just a way for programmers to communicate with a database and give it commands.
Whenever a database is being acted upon, there are SQL commands being given and processed. If you think about all of the times when a database is being acted upon, you'll conclude that it only happens in a handful of circumstances:
- When new data needs to be inserted,
- When current data needs to be changed,
- When old data needs to be deleted,
- When a particular piece of data needs to be searched and retrieved.
Any time one of these actions needs to occur, an SQL command is being executed somewhere on a server. For the most part, the programmer gets to determine when and where these SQL commands occur in the source code. However, there are unavoidable circumstances when a user can force a manipulation of a database – and those opportunities are all around you.
Have you ever logged into a website? Have you ever posted a comment on a blog article or a reply in a forum thread? Ever sent a Facebook message to a friend? Typed an email in Gmail? Searched for a website on Google? Any time you see an input field on a website (username, password, search query, message box, etc.), that text is sent to the database and acted upon.
Now, if a malicious user wanted to tamper with a database, there aren't very many choices for him. One possibility would be to gain actual physical access to the server and destroy it at its base. But otherwise, it makes the most sense for the malicious user to hijack an existing SQL command when using an input field, thus forcing the server to perform a command different from what was originally intended.
The SQL Injection Technique
This act of hijacking an existing SQL command is what SQL injection refers to. Why is it called injection? Because hijacking an SQL command requires the user to inject his own SQL code when using an input field. Does that sound confusing? Let me illustrate with an example.
Consider MakeUseOf's login page. When you enter your username and password and hit "Submit", you're forcing the web server to generate an SQL command that involves the information you just gave–that is, your username and password. The database receives the information, verifies that the username/password combination is correct, then gives you the proper access to other areas of the site.
Now imagine what would happen if a malicious user didn't enter his username and password, but instead typed an SQL command as his username? If the server code isn't properly secured, the database will receive the faulty username (which is really an SQL command) and actually run it as a command.
And that's why it's called injection. The SQL command is injected into the database through entirely legitimate means, manipulating it such that it ends up doing something it wasn't meant to do.
An Advanced Example
Up until now, I've described SQL injection in high-level terms so that anybody can understand–even those without programming knowledge. In this section, I'm going to give an actual example of how this technique is possible. If you're an SQL newbie, or if you've never dealt with programming before, then you can quietly skip this section.
When logging into a website, here's a possible way that the code could be written in SQL:
SELECT user_id
FROM users_db
WHERE username='$username' AND password='$password'
Basically, the command asks the database to return all user_ids from the table users_db that match the inputted username and password combination. Looks all fine and dandy, right?
Let's suppose that the login form was given the following inputs:
Username: David
Password: fubar' OR 'x'='x
Notice that the password field does not begin or end with an apostrophe. When the server receives this login attempt, it will take everything given in the password field and put it in place of the $password in the code. The resulting SQL command will look like this:
SELECT user_id
FROM users_db
WHERE username='David' AND password='fubar' OR 'x'='x'
When the server runs this command, the last part of that SQL command will always return true. This means that the malicious user could input any username and instantly gain access to that account because the login would work whether or not he got the password right.
Of course, logging into someone's account is a rather mild offense when you compare it to all the other possible hack attempts: deleting entire databases, mucking up all of the data, or even stealing the data in the databases.
Professional web developers are getting better and better at preventing such tricks, but every once in a while you'll hear that a company suffered loss at the hands of an SQL injection attack. When it happens, you now know what it means and how it's possible.
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Thanks for the article. I had a tentative grasp on what SQL Injection was about -- now it's quite a bit clearer.
I have visited many websites to understand what actually this SQL injection is. They're too technical for me. This explanation cant get any better understood every bit of it. thanx joel
Excellent Article ...which is explained in simple and lucid manner.
I hope more articles like this on MUO.
Well done.
hi there, the article is excellent and easy to understand ..can you please tell the methods on how to perform sql injection test on websites ???
this was very informative! Actually I'm an undergraduate IT student and was wondering what SQL injection is. this helped me a lot! thanks man! :)
Thanks Joel
Nice article and worth reading.
On this point "Consider MakeUseOf's login page. When you enter your username and password and hit "Submit"", I see that MUO does not have any login, but uses either of the social networking sites for logging. So how is your example valid for MUO?
"the programmer gets to determine when and where these SQL commands occur in the source code."
There is no need to execute it in the source code. A Stored Procedure is usually better (and then that SP is called). Regardless, the issue is not the SQL statement itself, but the parameters specified within it.
A statement can accept parameters, in which case the database will make sure the parameters are of the correct type.
SQL Injections happens when the programmer ignores the provided method for parametrization, and uses dynamic SQL. That is, he builds the statement on the fly. Building a statement allows any statement to be run, hence, SQL Injection.
So, the easy rule is: Never use dyanmic SQL.
Just use host variable and you will not have to worry about SQL injection.
I have always known of these but never known in depth about them. Thank you for this and please consider writing more about these issues to help us web developers know the problems that can arise and how their sites are at risk. Knowledge is power, and its better if we all know.
Lucid explaination for those who are not programmers.
This is funny: everytime I ask myself some geeky question you guys seem to post an article on exact same matter in matter of days. Good article. Thanks.
A detailed explanation about sql injection.It will helpful to us for understanding and aware of sql injection.Thank you
Very informative article, plz tell me is there any plugin is available to prevent sql injection for wordpress ?
If anyone is up to some further reading, I have posted an article on other methods, similar to an SQL injection attack which can compromise websites. Have a read at http://www.jackcola.org/blog/229-the-101-to-basic-hacking-how-to-hack-facebook-and-other-websites
Great explanation..
hope it doesn't motivate those hackers-wannabe. :)
Havij made sql injection easier.
Amazing, just yesterday I asked myself what does SQL (squirrel) mean. Your tweet lead me here to this article and I'm glad I read it all.
My site is hosted by godaddy and my site has a form field (footer) for leaving any questions or comments a reader would like to input.
Question: Can an SQL be performed from the form field (footer)?
Wassup plug-in informs me of (might be) hack attempts, could this be due to the above question.
Good explanation of something not often explained! thanks
I've been running Comodo Dragon browser, does that help? I let Comodo Dragon use their own server that is the proxy...


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NOTICE: This opinion is subject to motions for rehearing under Rule 22 as well as formal revision before publication in the New Hampshire Reports. Readers are requested to notify the Clerk/Reporter, Supreme Court of New Hampshire, Supreme Court Building, Concord, New Hampshire 03301, of any errors in order that corrections may be made before the opinion goes to press. Opinions are available on the Internet by 9:00 a.m. on the morning of their release. The direct address of the court's home page is: http://www.state.nh.us/courts/supreme.htm
No. 96-683
October 15, 1999
Philip T. McLaughlin, attorney general (Richard J. Lehmann, attorney, on the brief and orally), for the State.
Pizzimenti & Immen, of Concord (Dennis Pizzimenti on the brief), and Twomey & Sisti Law Offices, of Chichester (Paul Twomey orally), for the defendant.
THAYER, J. The defendant, Albert Rosciti, appeals his conviction by jury for robbery, see RSA 636:1, I(a) (1996), and second degree assault, see RSA 631:2, I(b) (1996). The defendant contends that the Superior Court (McHugh, J.) erred by refusing to instruct the jury on the defense of accident. We affirm.
On March 17, 1995, the defendant drove to the T.J. Maxx store in Plaistow. He was observed shoplifting by two loss prevention officers. The loss prevention officers followed the defendant out of the store and shouted at him to stop. Pursued by the two loss prevention officers and two police officers, the defendant fled to his car. The police officers attempted to prevent him from leaving the scene. One of the police officers, Officer Elwell, was injured when the defendant began to drive away while Officer Elwell's arm was still inside the car. Officer Elwell's gun, which he had drawn as the defendant attempted to enter his car, discharged, injuring the defendant.
The defendant challenges the trial court's refusal to instruct the jury on the defense of accident, which states:
Evidence has been presented that the defendant's acts were accidental. You must find the defendant not guilty if you find that the defendant's acts were accidental. The State has the burden of proving beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant did not act accidentally; that is, the State must prove that the defendant acted ______ (purposely, knowingly, recklessly, or negligently), which I have already defined for you.
N.H. Criminal Jury Instructions 3.01 (1985).
The scope and wording of jury instructions is generally within the sound discretion of the trial court, and any allegations of error will be evaluated by interpreting the disputed instructions in their entirety, as a reasonable juror would have understood them, and in light of all the evidence in the case. . . . [R]eversal of a jury verdict is unwarranted when a jury charge fairly covers the issues and law of a case.
State v. Cegelis, 138 N.H. 249, 251-52, 638 A.2d 783, 784 (1994) (quotation omitted).
Accident is not a recognized defense under the Criminal Code. See State v. Russo, 140 N.H. 751, 753, 674 A.2d 156, 158 (1996). We have held that a defendant's requested jury instruction on an accident defense must be granted, however, if there is some evidence to support a rational finding in favor of that defense. See State v. Aubert, 120 N.H. 634, 635, 421 A.2d 124, 125 (1980).
The request for the accident instruction was based solely on the defendant's testimony. He testified that after leaving the store with the stolen merchandise, he immediately jumped into his car. He did so without looking to see who was yelling at him to "Stop, Stop, Freeze, Stop, Freeze." Furthermore, the defendant testified that he drove off without knowing that the policeman had placed his arm inside the vehicle. After he heard "Stop or I'll kill you," the defendant did not look to see who was shouting at him. Even after being shot, the defendant did not look to see who had shot him. The defendant argues that this testimony entitles him to an instruction on the defense of accident. We disagree.
The defendant testified that he got into the car in order to escape from whomever was pursuing him. He further testified that he started the car and drove the car away from the store. These actions were done intentionally -- the defendant did not testify that any of his actions taken to escape were accidental.
The defendant is entitled to a jury instruction on the defense of accident only if there is some evidence to support a rational finding in favor of that defense. See State v. Cote, 143 N.H. ____, ____ 725 A.2d 652, 659 (1999). Officer Elwell testified he drew his pistol, placed it under the defendant's chin, and ordered the defendant to stop, but the defendant kept trying to enter his car. After the defendant entered his car, Officer Elwell reached through the open driver-side window with the hand holding his pistol. As the defendant attempted to drive away, Officer Elwell tried to remove his arm from the car. He could not do so because the defendant was holding his arm. While Officer Elwell attempted to remove his arm from the car, the pistol fired. Sergeant Myers and the two loss prevention officers also testified that the defendant held Officer Elwell's arm inside the car as he drove away. Based on this testimony, the trial court could find that although some evidence of accident was presented, it was not legally sufficient to support a rational finding that the injuries to the officer were caused by accident. Therefore, the trial court did not err by refusing to give the instruction.
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Ted Flicker, who co-created the hit TV series "Barney Miller" and directed the cult-favorite political film satire "The President's Analyst," died Saturday at his home in Santa Fe, N.M. He was 84.
The cause was coronary artery disease, said his wife, Barbara.
In the 1950s he worked with Elaine May and others in the pioneering improvisational theater company Compass Players in Chicago and went on to direct numerous episodes of 1960s and 1970s TV series, including "The Dick Van Dyke Show," "The Streets of San Francisco" and "Night Gallery."
But Flicker, by his own admission, did not play studio politics well. As detailed in...


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Jimmy Vesey Named Winner of Lars-Erik Sjoberg Award
Award is given to top rookie in training campby New York Rangers @NYRangers / New York Rangers
The New York Rangers announced today that Jimmy Vesey has been named this year's winner of the Lars-Erik Sjoberg Award, which is given annually to the top Rangers rookie in Training Camp as selected by the media.
Entering Thursday's contest, Vesey, 23, has registered one goal and has recorded seven shots on goal in three preseason games this year. In addition, he has drawn five penalties in the three games he has played.
The 6-3, 207-pounder represented the Rangers at the 2016 Traverse City Tournament, registering five goals and two assists for seven points in four games. Vesey led all skaters in the tournament in goals and shots on goal (20), and he tied for first among all skaters in the tournament in points. Vesey's five goals were tied for the most any player has registered in one year during the Traverse City Tournament since 2007, and his seven points were tied for the most any Ranger has posted in one year in the Traverse City Tournament.
Vesey, who was signed by the Rangers as a free agent on August 19, 2016, skated in 33 games with Harvard University last season, registering 24 goals and 22 assists for 46 points, along with a plus-11 rating and six penalty minutes. He won the Hobey Baker Award as the top player in collegiate hockey in 2015-16, becoming the fourth player in Harvard's history to win the award. Vesey ranked fourth in the NCAA in goals per game (0.73), tied for seventh in goals, and ranked eighth in points per game (1.39) in 2015-16. Vesey recorded 56 goals over his final two seasons of collegiate hockey (2014-15 and 2015-16), leading the NCAA in goals over the span.
The Lars-Erik Sjoberg Award, which was first presented in 1988, honors the memory of Lars-Erik Sjoberg, who was the Rangers chief European scout for eight years. During his tenure with the Blueshirts, Sjoberg played a prominent role in the team's decision to draft Europeans such as Tomas Sandstrom, Jan Erixon, and Ulf Dahlen. Prior to joining the Rangers as a scout, Sjoberg played five seasons with the Winnipeg Jets during their time in the World Hockey Association (WHA), and he also skated with Winnipeg in its inaugural NHL season in 1979-80.
1988 Mike Richter
1989 Troy Mallette
1990 Steven Rice
1991 Tony Amonte
1992 Peter Andersson
1993 Mattias Norstrom
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2006 Nigel Dawes and Brandon Dubinsky
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