The 2007 Las Vegas, Nevada shooting happened just before 2:00 pm on 11 December, 2007 .
Incident
6 junior high school students were shot when they left the school bus. Two men in a car apparently waited for children to leave the school bus and for the bus to leave, and then around 10 shots were fired injuring six students, two of whom were left in critical condition. By December 13, the other four had left the hospital
The gunmen then fled in the vehicle. On December 13, an arrest was made in Denver of an 18 year-old thought to be one of the shooters.
The shooting happened two hours after the police broke up a fight with two people over a girl who was on the bus.
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*The article was first reported to England by Sky News shortly after midnight on 12 December
Incident
6 junior high school students were shot when they left the school bus. Two men in a car apparently waited for children to leave the school bus and for the bus to leave, and then around 10 shots were fired injuring six students, two of whom were left in critical condition. By December 13, the other four had left the hospital
The gunmen then fled in the vehicle. On December 13, an arrest was made in Denver of an 18 year-old thought to be one of the shooters.
The shooting happened two hours after the police broke up a fight with two people over a girl who was on the bus.
News coverage
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*AP
*The article was first reported to England by Sky News shortly after midnight on 12 December
The Tunnel Rats is an Australian urban exploration group, numbering well over a thousand members. It had a special focus on exploring urban infrastructure and subterranean cavities, be they natural or otherwise. With chapters in both New South Wales and Victoria, their membership was generally considered closed to the public.
History
Founded in 2000 by a loose-knit group of students the group stayed relatively small during its early years. A few of the founding members were past members of Cave Clan, another notorious urbex group, who for personal reasons chose to pursue their exploration in a different atmosphere.
By 2004 membership had grown in excess of a hundred. Various websites and means were used for the organisation to communicate, as the hobby had always been considered somewhat a legal grey area due to the question of whether storm water drains and other such bodies are private property or not.
In 2005 members stumbled across an unknown bunker dubbed Faux-Gecko, located at North Head that was accessed by a vent-shaft with a concrete cap on it. They also were the first members of the public to explore the Westlink M7 Light Horse Interchange at Eastern Creek.
Activities
Most urbex groups participate in activities as diverse as the people the hobby attracts. The main areas of interest appear to be exploring abandoned buildings, quarries and other sites, as well as subterranean exploration of tunnels, cavities and storm water drains, of which there are many of significant size running under most cities.
All activities carried out by this group were dictated by a strict code of ethics, including a strict no-alcohol and no-drug policy for participants. The group also had dedicated chapters of their website to the code of conduct expected of explorers who adventure with them, including behaviour pertaining to photography, graffiti and the preservation of speleothems or potentially historic articles.
History
Founded in 2000 by a loose-knit group of students the group stayed relatively small during its early years. A few of the founding members were past members of Cave Clan, another notorious urbex group, who for personal reasons chose to pursue their exploration in a different atmosphere.
By 2004 membership had grown in excess of a hundred. Various websites and means were used for the organisation to communicate, as the hobby had always been considered somewhat a legal grey area due to the question of whether storm water drains and other such bodies are private property or not.
In 2005 members stumbled across an unknown bunker dubbed Faux-Gecko, located at North Head that was accessed by a vent-shaft with a concrete cap on it. They also were the first members of the public to explore the Westlink M7 Light Horse Interchange at Eastern Creek.
Activities
Most urbex groups participate in activities as diverse as the people the hobby attracts. The main areas of interest appear to be exploring abandoned buildings, quarries and other sites, as well as subterranean exploration of tunnels, cavities and storm water drains, of which there are many of significant size running under most cities.
All activities carried out by this group were dictated by a strict code of ethics, including a strict no-alcohol and no-drug policy for participants. The group also had dedicated chapters of their website to the code of conduct expected of explorers who adventure with them, including behaviour pertaining to photography, graffiti and the preservation of speleothems or potentially historic articles.
Tom Vogt is a German computer security expert, video game developer hobbyist and civil rights activist.
His primary contributions to the computer security field are his contibuted patches for Apache and MySQL policies in Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux), as well as an SELinux policy for Subversion, and his research on virus propagation and malware development, e.g. in . Like other researchers, Vogt predicted in 2005 many of the features of the 2007 "superworm" Storm, including decentralized control, the use of cryptographic signatures, and stealth propagation.
He was also involved in the DeCSS affair, and was among those sued by the DVD CCA.. He hosted one of the primary mirrors for DeCSS and hosted a mailing list that was used by the defendants and their supporters.
Vogt was active in the digital civil rights movement for several years, and worked with others on the creation of a European EFF branch, which also laid the groundworks for the later founding of EDRI.
As a game developer, Vogt has published several online games, including SpellMaster and BattleMaster. He was also a beta tester for Tribes 2, and a member of the Tribes 2 mapping scene..
Major publications
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His primary contributions to the computer security field are his contibuted patches for Apache and MySQL policies in Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux), as well as an SELinux policy for Subversion, and his research on virus propagation and malware development, e.g. in . Like other researchers, Vogt predicted in 2005 many of the features of the 2007 "superworm" Storm, including decentralized control, the use of cryptographic signatures, and stealth propagation.
He was also involved in the DeCSS affair, and was among those sued by the DVD CCA.. He hosted one of the primary mirrors for DeCSS and hosted a mailing list that was used by the defendants and their supporters.
Vogt was active in the digital civil rights movement for several years, and worked with others on the creation of a European EFF branch, which also laid the groundworks for the later founding of EDRI.
As a game developer, Vogt has published several online games, including SpellMaster and BattleMaster. He was also a beta tester for Tribes 2, and a member of the Tribes 2 mapping scene..
Major publications
* (2003/2004)
* (2003/2004)
Modern arcana is a genre of fantasy involving the combination of modern day (20th century) settings with trappings from popular fantasy (elves, magic, dragons). The name comes from the d20 Modern campaign setting Urban Arcana.
Some forms of Steampunk may also cross over into this genre of fiction, though often those stop at the Victorian era of history rather than the logical extension into the present day. It may also cross over into Cyberpunk, though Cyberpunk is often taken with near-future technology and dystopia, and so less involved with magic/fantasy and modern-day society.
Examples of this genre include:
* The traditional role-playing games, Urban Arcana, Changeling: The Dreaming, and to a lesser extent Shadowrun.
* The modern console role-playing game series Parasite Eve
* Many forms of horror involve supernatural powers in a modern-day context.
* The film Reign of Fire
Some forms of Steampunk may also cross over into this genre of fiction, though often those stop at the Victorian era of history rather than the logical extension into the present day. It may also cross over into Cyberpunk, though Cyberpunk is often taken with near-future technology and dystopia, and so less involved with magic/fantasy and modern-day society.
Examples of this genre include:
* The traditional role-playing games, Urban Arcana, Changeling: The Dreaming, and to a lesser extent Shadowrun.
* The modern console role-playing game series Parasite Eve
* Many forms of horror involve supernatural powers in a modern-day context.
* The film Reign of Fire