Everything is Offline and no packs are loading

[Udaman]

Launcher Version: 395

Operating System: Windows 8.1

Java Version: version 7 update 51

Antivirus Program: Avast

Description of Problem:

When I load the launcher, no packs download and all say they are offline

Error Messages:

12 [iNFO] Starting download of https://minotar.net/helm/IamUdaman/100, with 3 tries remaining

2014/02/05 20:02:13 [WARNING] Unable to load news, hiding news section

net.technicpack.launchercore.exception.RestfulAPIException: Timed out accessing URL [http://www.technicpack.net/api/news/]

at net.technicpack.launchercore.restful.RestObject.getRestObject(RestObject.java:70)

at org.spoutcraft.launcher.skin.NewsComponent.loadArticles(NewsComponent.java:45)

at org.spoutcraft.launcher.launcher.Launcher$1.run(Launcher.java:75)

Caused by: java.net.SocketTimeoutException: connect timed out

at java.net.DualStackPlainSocketImpl.waitForConnect(Native Method)

at java.net.DualStackPlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Unknown Source)

at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.doConnect(Unknown Source)

at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(Unknown Source)

at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source)

at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source)

at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source)

at java.net.Socket.connect(Unknown Source)

at sun.net.NetworkClient.doConnect(Unknown Source)

at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(Unknown Source)

at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(Unknown Source)

at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.<init>(Unknown Source)

at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.New(Unknown Source)

at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.New(Unknown Source)

at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getNewHttpClient(Unknown Source)

at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.plainConnect(Unknown Source)

at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.connect(Unknown Source)

at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(Unknown Source)

at net.technicpack.launchercore.restful.RestObject.getRestObject(RestObject.java:56)

Error Log: