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Joiner's Career High Guides Spartans to Road Win Over Rutgers Monday
Freshman guard Moira Joiner earned her first collegiate 20-point game, leading the Michigan State women's basketball team to a 66-55 win over Rutgers at the RAC on Monday night.
Source: Michigan State University Athletics
Women's Basketball Travels to Rutgers Monday
Michigan State women's basketball will hit the road after two at home to take on Rutgers on Monday, Jan. 20 at 6 p.m. The game will be televised on the Big Ten Network with Jason Horowitz and Julianne Viani on the call.
Clouden Clutch Down the Stretch as MSU Stops Ohio State Thursday
Sophomore guard Nia Clouden's old-fashioned three-point play with 14 seconds remaining led the Michigan State women's basketball team past Ohio State, 68-65, Thursday at the Breslin Center. The guard also hit a pair of free throws with six seconds left to seal the win.
Michigan State women's perfect home record on the line against Ohio State
The Spartans are back on the upswing with a win against Wisconsin on Jan. 12, arguably their most complete game this season. Defense and hustle from the tip to the final buzzer proved key to their win. Even with the win against the Badgers, this team is banged up and a shell of the well-rounded roster they had at the beginning of the season.
Source: The State News
MSU Women Will "Glow Green" Against Ohio State Thursday
Michigan State women's basketball concludes its two-game homestand against Ohio State on Thursday, Jan. 16 at 6 p.m. The Spartans will celebrate "Glow Green" day in support of MSU sustainability. Michigan State will debut its black and "action" green uniforms. The game will be broadcast on the Big Ten Network with Lisa Byington and Brenda VanLengen on the call.
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Watch highlights from Men's Basketball's win over Minnesota at home on Thursday, January 9, 2020, learn more about where Taryn McCutcheon gets her strength, and hear from the Krygier twins about growing up on and off the ice
Spartan Women Celebrate Alumni Day With 69-52 Win Over Wisconsin
Sophomore guard Nia Clouden scored 20 points as the Michigan State women's basketball team celebrated Alumni Day with a 69-52 win over Wisconsin Sunday at the Breslin Center.
MSU Women Celebrate Alumni Day Against Wisconsin Sunday
Michigan State women's basketball opens a two-game homestand against Wisconsin on Sunday, Jan. 12 at 3 p.m. MSU will be celebrating Alumni Day with over 40 alumni returning to be honored at half time. Sunday is also Girl Scout day, as they will pack the stands and will be selling cookies. The Spartans are 8-7 this season and 1-3 in league contests, looking to snap a two-game losing streak.
Belles and Joiner Score Career Highs in Loss to Penn State
Sophomore forward Kayla Belles scored a career-high 19 points, but the Michigan State women's basketball team fell to Penn State 86-73 in University Park, Pennsylvania on Thursday night.
Spartan Women Conclude Road Swing at Penn State Thursday
Michigan State women's basketball concludes a two-game road swing, traveling to Penn State on Thursday, Jan. 9 at 7 p.m. at Bryce Jordan Center. Both teams are looking to get back on track as the Spartans stand at 8-6 this season and 1-2 in Big Ten play. Penn State is 6-8 overall and 0-3 in league action and is looking to snap a three-game losing streak.
Michigan State Women Drops In-State Battle to Michigan
Senior guard Taryn McCutcheon scored a season-high 23 points, but the Michigan State women's basketball team was topped by Michigan 89-69 at the Crisler Center on Sunday afternoon. A tough fourth quarter lifted the Wolverines past the Spartans.
MSU Women's Basketball Travels to Michigan on ESPN2 Sunday
Michigan State women's basketball hits the road to take on in-state rival Michigan on Sunday, Jan. 5 at 12 p.m. on ESPN2 with Roy Philpott and Brooke Weisbrod on the call. MSU is now 8-5 this season and 1-1 in the Big Ten after snapping a three-game losing streak. The Wolverines are 10-3 overall and are also 1-1 in league action.
Underclassmen Guide Michigan State Past Nebraska In Overtime, 78-70
Behind five players in double figures, Michigan State women's basketball captured its Big Ten home opener, 78-79, in overtime on New Year's Eve at the Breslin Center. MSU trailed by as many as 10 points in the third quarter but chipped away at the deficit.
Spartan Women Host Nebraska in New Year's Eve Tilt
Michigan State women's basketball returns home to conclude the 2019 portion of the season in its Big Ten home opener against Nebraska in a New Year's Eve battle at 1 p.m. The Spartans will host the Cornhuskers in a game that will be televised on the Big Ten Network with Chris Vosters and Vera Jones on the call.
McCutcheon Joins 1,000 Point Club as Spartans Fall to No. 14 Indiana in B1G Opener
Despite senior guard Taryn McCutcheon reaching 1,000 career points, Michigan State women's basketball dropped its Big Ten home opener to No. 14 Indiana, 79-67, Saturday night in Bloomington.
Women's Basketball Opens B1G Play at No. 14 Indiana
Michigan State women's basketball returns to action after the holidays, traveling to No. 14/15 Indiana in its Big Ten opener on Saturday, Dec. 28 at 6 p.m. The game will be televised on the Big Ten Network with Lisa Byington and Brenda VanLengen on the call.
No. 19 MSU Edged in Defensive Battle with No. 22 WVU
Sophomore guard Nia Clouden scored in double figures for the ninth-straight game, but the No. 19 Michigan State women's basketball team was edged by No. 22 West Virginia, 63-57, at the Florida Sunshine Classic on Saturday. After averaging 18.0 points and 7.5 rebounds per game in the two contests, she earned a spot on the Florida Sunshine Classic All-Tournament team.
No. 19 MSU Drops Florida Sunshine Classic Opener to Syracuse
Despite a 20-point game from sophomore guard Nia Clouden, the No. 19 Michigan State women's basketball team could not overcome an early deficit, falling to Syracuse 77-63 in the first game of the Florida Sunshine Classic in Winter Park, Florida on Friday,
No. 19 MSU Women Open Florida Sunshine Classic Against Syracuse on Friday
No. 19/23 Michigan State women's basketball will close out the non-conference schedule with a pair of games at the Florida Sunshine Classic in Orlando, Florida. MSU will take on Syracuse on Dec. 20 and close out the tournament against No. 22/25 West Virginia on Dec. 21. Both games will tipoff at 1:30 p.m.
Ayrault's Double-Double Leads No. 19 Michigan State
Freshman forward Julia Ayrault had her first collegiate double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds, as No. 19 Michigan State overwhelmed Morehead State 94-48 on Sunday. The Spartans used 14 players and 12 scored, 10 in the first half when they took a 45-17 lead. In total, five players reached double led by Ayrault's 14.
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Based on DA. There's this kid whose father had been an apostate and a friend of mine; I've been his guardian since his parents died, but I'm not around much. There's this old dwarf woman who's been acting as his tutor, and she's been telling me that the kid's started to show signs of inheriting his father's magic. Strange dreams, mostly. She's worried he'll attract a demon, get himself hurt - she wants to send him to the Circle to be trained. I completely refuse. His father worked hard to stay free of the Circle, I can't do that to his son. There must be someone else who can train him. In the meantime, we say nothing to the kid about any of this.
But we don't find anyone else, and eventually the old woman informs me that she's written to the Circle about him. They'll be sending templars to pick the kid up.
So I take the kid and we leave town. I don't explain why, and he thinks it's just a short trip. As we're walking on a path through the woods, he's telling me about a fennec he'd found out back, and how he's been trying to befriend it. But as he talks, his voice changes, goes deeper, and he starts saying strange things; I stop and turn around to look at him, and find the features of his face are shifting slightly, starting to resemble a sloth demon. That fades away, his face and voice returns to normal, but he's frightened - and he recognizes that was the beginning of possession.
He'd watched a friend of his become possessed once; he says he'd rather be killed than go through that. He runs off into the woods. I follow, but I don't find him.
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Love love love DA! And "The Fade" is a great way to conceptualize the dream state.
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Last Sunday was the Port Macquarie Beer & Cider Festival and the organisers literally couldn't have ordered better weather for the day! Set against the gorgeous backdrop of the beautiful Hastings River, Westport Park was transformed into a family friendly festival with the aim to "celebrate all the good things in life; beer, cider, food, games and music" which it certainly did!
With the sun shining we made it our mission to (between the three of us) try as many of the fifty different types of beers and ciders that were available from both local and Australia-wide brewers. Whilst we didn't quite hit the 50 mark we did manage to sample many of the delicious brews that were being showcased from the very passionate brewers.
The festival had something for everyone with food trucks, games, a jumping castle for the kids, live music, keg rolling & keg tossing competitions! The organisers even had a special bus to take festival attendees home so no one had to worry about driving home.
One of the most entertaining parts of the day was the Beer Keg Toss which was inspired by the long tradition of the Highland Games! If you've been a longtime reader of the blog then you know that we're big lovers of all things Scotland as we absolutely fell in love with the capital Edinburgh as well as the stunning Highland region when we visited earlier this year!
The Beer Keg Toss required a combination of technique, timing and pure power in order to succeed and some of the participants were seriously impressive with their throws! One poor bloke even disclosed his shoulder throwing the keg and after being treated by the medics he came back to throw with his other arm which the crowd absolutely loved, a true blue Aussie legend!
For $25 a ticket (or $35 on the day) I feel they could throw in a free drink token but other than that it was certainly money well spent and an awesome day out! We had so much fun in the sunshine and certainly found some new favourite beers & ciders! We will certainly be there next year and hopefully the weather will be just as perfect and the drinks just as delicious!
Do you love craft beer & cider?
Have you been to a festival like this? We'd love to hear all about it!


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The UNLV golf program has had much success on and off the course, and now recently one of our former players, Daron Dorsey, a member of the 1998 national championship team, has been named the 2017 Alumnus of the Year by UNLV's Boyd Law School. It is a tremendous honor and just one more example of how our former and current players continue to make a positive, indelible impact at UNLV.
Dorsey, a '98 BS-BA Business Administration and '01 Juris Doctor, is general counsel for the Americas at Ainsworth Game Technology. He was part of the first Boyd School of Law graduating class and started his career in private practice, locally, focusing on commercial, regulatory and administrative law. Currently, he also serves as an officer and co-general counsel for the Association of Gaming Equipment Manufacturers.
Dorsey says he is a proud Rebel and thankful for his time at the school.
"Opportunity is the single greatest gift someone can receive from a university. Whether that opportunity is a great education, a job, a lifelong personal or professional connection, the chance to transition into the next phase of one's life or some combination thereof, it is then up to each person to take that opportunity and do something with it.


AST Research, Inc. was a personal computer manufacturer, founded in Irvine, California, in 1980 by Albert Wong, Safi Qureshey and Thomas Yuen (the name comes from the initials of their first names: Albert Safi Thomas). In the 1980s AST designed add-on expansion cards, before shifting to a major personal computer manufacturer towards the 1990s. By the late 1990s AST was acquired by Samsung, but was forced to close shortly after due to a series of losses.
AST Screen Print Logo on custom chip.
AST's original business was the manufacture and marketing of a broad range of microcomputer expansion cards, later focusing on higher-density replacements for the standard I/O cards in the IBM PC. A typical AST multifunction card of the mid-1980s would have an RS-232 serial port, a parallel printer port, a battery-backed clock/calendar (the original IBM PC did not have one), a game port, and 384 KB of DRAM (added to the 256 KB on the motherboard to reach the full complement of 640 KB) - marketed under the product name 'SixPakPlus'. A similar expansion card was produced for the 8-bit Apple II, named the AST Multi I/O, which offered a serial and parallel interface, plus a battery-backed clock/calendar.
In 1987 AST produced a pair of expansions cards for the Apple IIGS computer: The RamStakPlus, a dual RAM/ROM memory expansion card; and the AST Vision Plus, a real-time video capture card. The latter card was eventually sold to Silicon & Software and licensed and sold through Virtual Realities (and later LRO and then Alltech Electronics). AST Research also produced for the Macintosh line the Mac286, a pair of NuBus cards containing an Intel 80286 and RAM, allowing a Macintosh to run MS-DOS side by side with its existing operating system. These cards were announced in March 1987 alongside Apple's Macintosh II line. The product line was eventually sold to Orange Micro, which developed the concept further.
As PC manufacturers improved the integration of peripheral controllers on their motherboards, AST's original business began to shrink, and the company developed its own line of PCs, for the desktop, mobile, and server markets.
AST was one of the members of the Gang of Nine which developed the EISA bus.
In 1992 AST became a Fortune 500 company at place 431.
AST computer's reliability was considered close to that of quality leaders Compaq, Gateway, and IBM. AST managed to gain a decent market share of the PC market, however, it never came close to overtaking Compaq and Dell. During 1992-1995, AST owned the largest market share in China with Legend (now Lenovo) as the largest local reseller of AST computer.
In 1993 Radio Shack sold its computer manufacturing division to AST, and in 1994 they reached a deal to sell AST computers in Radio Shack stores. A year later, the electronics chain started selling IBM-brand computers instead.
AST's fortunes shrunk due to the strategy of offering premium models in an increasingly competitive personal computer market, while Compaq Computer Corporation and other top-tier manufacturers slashed prices to go head-to-head with the cheapest clones. The failure of AST to recognize the movement towards the commoditization of the PC contributed to its downturn. AST insisted on developing and using its own components in the PCs it produced, instead of those of specialized OEMs. One often used saying at AST, in an attempt to dismiss such competitors, was "the best technology they have is a screwdriver."
By the mid-1990s, AST had severe problems in the highly competitive PC market. Revenues for 1996 were $2.104 billion, down from 1995 revenues of $2.348 billion.
AST Research was acquired by Samsung on August 11, 1996. Prior to this move, Samsung had already owned a substantial stake and provided considerable financial support to keep AST going. However, Samsung was forced to close the California-based computer maker after a string of losses and a mass defection of research talent.
AST sponsored the English football club Aston Villa from 1995 to 1998.
In January 1999, the name and intellectual property were acquired by a new company named AST Computers, LLC.
AST Computers, LLC was a private company founded in 1999 when Beny Alagem, founder of Packard Bell Electronics, bought the name and intellectual property of AST Research, Inc.
AST Computers disappeared from the market in 2001.
As of early 2011, the dormant AST trademark appears to be being relaunched by a new, independent company named DATA ACCESS based in France.
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^ "Company News; Tandy's Radio Shack to Sell AST and Packard Bell PC's". The New York Times. September 20, 1994.
^ Dan Margolis (August 10, 1995). "Radio Shack Pact With IBM Deals Blow to AST Research". Los Angeles Times.
^ Lawrence M. Fisher (January 31, 1997). "Samsung Electronics Plans to Buy the Rest of AST Research". The New York Times.
^ a b Chen, Elaine (February 3, 1997). "Samsung in bid to buy all of ailing AST - Samsung Electronics offers to buy AST Research - Company Business and Marketing". Electronic News. Archived from the original on March 27, 2006. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
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The Daddy and I got our iPhones just over a year ago. The negotiations over getting them went much like the TiVo Accords, only this time I was the one who made the move to seal the deal with a trip to the Apple Store. "It'll be so easy to check email," I said to myself, "and I can get a few fun games for the kids to play."
On my first day with it, I took it in to the office where my co-worker, a veteran iPhone user, helped me set up my email account. "What apps are you going to get?" he asked innocently. "Have you seen Angry Birds?"
And thus it began.
For those of you who have never seen nor heard of Angry Birds (Hi, Mom!), it's a maddeningly addictive game created by a Finnish company called Rovio. In the game, evil green pigs have stolen eggs from a flock of birds. (According to Wikipedia, the game developers made the villains pigs because the original design process took place during the swine flu outbreak.) The birds are very angry at these pillaging pigs and you, the player, are charged with helping to get the eggs back.
The pigs jealously guard the eggs underneath structures made of various materials. The materials include wood, glass, ice, and stone. You launch the birds by slingshot at a section of the structure, and whether or not the bird breaks the structure and kills the pig(s) is decided by some kind of sophisticated algorithm that takes angle, force, and speed into account. Complicating matters is that each bird in your arsenal has a different skill or function. Red birds are boring – they go straight ahead at medium speed and will possibly break something if everything is perfect. The blue bird turns into three when you tap on the screen. The yellow bird accelerates when you tap. Black birds land and then explode like a bomb – they're my favorite. The white birds (hate them) act like a boomerang. Etc.
The game is highly addictive (I keep saying that word) and trance-inducing. I'll play for a while, put it down, and then think, "I could do better on that level," and pick it up again. Any situation that involves waiting (doctor's office, airport, grocery store lines) is now time in which I can potentially increase my score. But I'm not addicted. Nope! I prefer to say I'm loyally dedicated to learning. Current learning schedule:
6:00 pm: Waiting for water to boil. Playing Angry Birds.
6:10 pm: Waiting for spaghetti to cook. Playing Angry Birds.
6:40 pm: Quick round of Angry Birds before I clean up the kitchen.
7:30 pm: Kids' bathtime. Benjamin prattling on about Transformers. Playing with kids, but plotting Angry Birds strategy in the back of my shriveled mind.
8:15 pm: Sitting in Ellie's beanbag chair, waiting for her to fall asleep. Angry Birds.
11:00 pm: Can't sleep…maybe just a few minutes of…
It's not always like this, thank heaven. The initial obsession has waned, and now I only go cuckoo when a new update or version is released. I'm not alone, though…over 12 million copies of Angry Birds have been purchased from the iTunes App Store. There's a feature film in the works. I even read an article in a business publication not long ago outlining how Angry Birds can make you a better manager and leader. At first I thought, "Wha?" But the author made some compelling points.
So if you've got an iPhone, iPad, or Droid and you haven't tried Angry Birds yet, you really should! Or maybe you value your spare time and you really shouldn't. But if you do, just so you know, you'll have a hard time catching up to me. I'm currently ranked number 2, 230,520 out of 12 million. Beat that, suckahs!
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Iran's Islamic revolution four decades ago has been a complete failure for the country, President Donald Trump said Monday.
In a tweet written on the anniversary of the upheaval that was also sent out in Farsi, Trump said: "40 years of corruption. 40 years of repression. 40 years of terror. The regime in Iran has produced only #40YearsofFailure.
"The long-suffering Iranian people deserve a much brighter future," he added.
Earlier, Trump's chief foreign policy advisor John Bolton issued a similar statement, tweeting that "it's been 40 yrs of failure. Now it's up to the Iranian regime to change its behavior, & ultimately up to the Iranian people to determine the direction of their country."
Bolton said Washington would support "the will of the Iranian people, & stand behind them to ensure their voices are heard."


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This paper was informed by discussions at the Disaster Preparedness Forum 2014, which brought together thought leaders from the business, media, government and humanitarian sectors. It outlines opportunities for collaborative efforts in disaster recovery between these sectors with a view to providing a pathway to a more sustainable and resilient development.
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PayPal Makes its First-Ever Historic Investment in Blockchain Technology Startup Firm Cambridge
Thomas Gillard Follow on Twitter April 3, 2019
PayPal, the online payment service provider recently took up a decision of investing into a blockchain startup firm for the first time. PayPal invested in Cambridge Blockchain, which is a startup company that develops digital identity management software for financial institutions.
Cambridge Blockchain has raised a fund of $10.5 million, and the startup invested it to recruit new people and also for the future developments of the company. The important thing to note is that PayPal has been mentioned in the list of investors. It is vital that PayPal cannot reject the blockchain technology anymore as many big companies are already jumping into an emerging trend.
On 2nd April, it was announced that PayPal has joined the Series A funding round of the Cambridge Blockchain. The startup basically helps financial institutions and other companies manage complex data by using shared ledgers.
The investment amount has not been revealed by PayPal and nor by Cambridge Blockchain. However, the latest filing with the SEC mentions that the startup company has raised a total amount of $3.5 million in new equity through various investors within 9 months. $7 million was raised through Series A funding in May 2018, and thus increasing their capital to $10.5 million.
The Series A funding round was supported by Partech Partners, Foxconn's HCM Capital, Digital Currency Group and Future Perfect Ventures.
PayPal Spokesperson said,
"We made an investment in Cambridge Blockchain because it is applying blockchain for digital identity in a way that we believe could benefit financial services companies including (ourselves)".
PayPal is not the major investor in the startup because Cambridge Blockchain has managed to raise $10.5 million to date.
Although, this is the first investment of the online payment firm PayPal into a blockchain startup, but not the first time PayPal has got into the cryptocurrency and blockchain industries.
Amount of $3.5 million came through Omidyar Network and PayPal. Omidyar Network is the philanthropic investment firm which was started by the eBay founder Flourish.
The spokesperson of PayPal confirmed the news and the first investment of PayPal in Cambridge Blockchain.
The online payment system PayPal a year ago, even partnered with Coinbase to carry instant withdrawals of PayPal to the US customers.
In March 2018, PayPal- the online payment provider had filed a patent for a digital currency transaction system. The system was designed to provide digital currency payments faster. PayPal also says that it is the first company that allows merchants to accept bitcoin through partnerships with GoCoin, BitPay and Coinbase.
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CEO of Cambridge Blockchain, Matthew Commons noted that the startup for the first time has interacted with PayPal in the Fintech Europe 2018. It was hosted by PayPal, and the objective was to offer support to early-stage startup firms within the regulatory requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and also other privacy conditions.
Cambridge Blockchain consist of 15 members team, 11 out of them are working in Boston and are facing some technical problems. One of the team members has recently joined the work of the company in Beijing. The 3 members are working in Paris, accountable for launching Luxembourg.
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Thomas is news editor at CoinNewsSpan. He has worked as a sub editor for leading newspapers and magazines. He is responsible for streamlining the news that would go live on the site. He single handedly executes different editorial decisions that are taken from time to time. His primary focus areas include Ethereum and Ripple and crypto mining.
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GALLERY OF A CHAMPION: WIL HAHN'S CAREER IN PHOTOS
On Nov 14, 2016 Last updated Nov 16, 2016
A young Wil Hahn at Anaheim 1 in 2010.
Story and photos by John Basher
Wil Hahn, the 2013 AMA 250 East Supercross Champion, called it quits on a professional career that spanned ten years. The likable 26 year old from Kansas was a force to be reckoned with, especially in 250 Supercross. However, injuries plagued the younger Hahn brother, keeping him to just 25 races out of a possible 87 rounds. Wil showed promise on a 450, with a fourth in Atlanta in 2014. The Georgia Dome would also lead to his demise two years later. Buried in the pack during the second 450 Heat, Hahn tangled with Andrew Short and Phil Nicoletti through the first rhythm section. Wil was an innocent bystander in the ordeal, and he walked away with a broken collarbone, torn labrum and broken scapula in the same shoulder. Then he got an infection. After that, he broke his sternum while training on a road bicycle.
Hahn's two-year deal with Monster Energy Kawasaki having expired at the end of the Nationals, he traveled down to Australia in hopes of logging solid rides to secure something–anything–for 2017. In this troubled time for 450 riders, Hahn's back was up against the wall. On Saturday, Wil sent out an open letter announcing his retirement. In it he stated, "I am still just as in love with the sport as I was when I was four-years-old, but sadly, my body has taken a beating through the years. The injuries have taken their toll…when I have a family, I want to be able to throw a ball around with my kid!" Wil is smart to think about the future and make a value-based decision, rather than further jeopardize his long-term health.
I've known Wil Hahn since he was a moderately successful Amateur. He came into the Pro ranks on the heels of Ryan Dungey, and like Dungey, was a breath of fresh air. Always cordial and funny, Wil was the less intense version of his older brother (another awesome guy), Tommy. Wil bounced from Yamaha to KTM to Troy Lee Designs Honda, Geico Honda and Monster Energy Kawasaki. Through it all–the highs and lows–he remained the same person. The "cool guy" attitude that so often engulfs the stars missed Wil Hahn. That's because Wil was a human being first, and a racer second. Hahn will continue riding in his second career, as he'll be working with Geico Honda as a tester. He will also be involved with Geico Honda's amateur program. Good luck in your future endeavors, Wilbur.
Hahn finished 15th at the Lakewood National in 2008. If you'll remember, it was one of the times that Lakewood was held under the lights at night.
In his second full 250 Supercross season, Hahn finished fifth overall. He was part of the Muscle Milk KTM 250 factory program.
Hahn will always be remembered for his Supercross prowess, but he did give it his all outdoors. He scored 12th overall at the High Point National in 2009 (which is where this photo was taken).
Wil caught fire in 2010 after moving up to the Troy Lee Designs Honda program. He finished second overall in the 250 West after scoring five podiums.
That summer, Wilbur began finding his groove in the 250 Nationals. At Budds Creek, where this photo was shot, he landed in the top five.
Injuries kept Wil back from peak performance in 2011, but he returned at the tail end of the 250 Nationals anyway. If you look closely, you can see the #31 of Hahn behind the #387 of Gareth Swanepoel.
Hahn's best National showing came in 2012 as part of the powerhouse Geico Honda team. He was under the same awning as Eli Tomac, Justin Barcia and Justin Bogle. Wil finished sixth overall in the series.
Wil Hahn etched his name in the record books in 2013 by winning the 250 East Supercross crown. He barely edged out Marvin Musquin for the title. Here, he styles for the crowd during open practice at the Atlanta opener.
A broken hand kept Wil out of action for part of the 2013 AMA 250 Nationals. He raced to 11th in the dust bowl at Utah which, by the looks of this photo, didn't look that bad. My, how photos can be deceiving.
The 2014 season was Hahn's first in the 450 class. He hovered around 10th place until a nasty crash at St. Louis left him with a broken humerus, clavicle and skull. He was done for the year.
After a freak crash on the first lap of practice at Anaheim 1, which left him with multiple fractures, he was back on the gate for the 2015 AMA 450 Nationals. Hahn (48) lasted seven rounds before another injury.
That's Wil's older brother, Tommy (47), creeping up the inside of Wil during the first Heat at Anaheim 1 this year. It's great to see that through it all, both have supported one another.
The sun has set on the carer of another great racer.
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Motherhood: A Path to a New Kind of Enlightenment
Seeking enlightenment is usually something you do on your own or with other seekers, and completely separate from family life – and so it has been the least accessible to mothers, who are in most cases tied to their family. In my book Enlightenment Through Motherhood I illustrate how motherhood is a path that leads to a new kind of enlightenment, one where we embrace all parts of our humanity – heavenly and earthly, rational and emotional, masculine and feminine. This post is on why I wrote that book, and it appears as the Afterward in the book.
Since early adulthood I have been fascinated by the concept of enlightenment, specifically as promoted in Eastern mystical traditions. What attracted me to the Eastern spiritual systems was that enlightenment was described as an experience or state resulting from a person's own efforts. It was something anyone could strive for, no matter their background or gender, and you could obtain it during your lifetime. It was a process that involved developing greater self-awareness and understanding, and welcomed the questioning of spiritual teachers in order to find 'truth'.
This was so unlike the Christian tradition I had grown up with, which offered only incontestable rules to live by, an authority to answer to and any rewards for 'good' behaviour attainable only after you had passed away. The way spirituality was presented to me had made me feel very much like a daughter, sometimes good and at other times naughty or even rebellious, in relation to an authoritarian father figure.
And the last thing I wanted to feel, as a young woman embarking on my adult life independently of my parents, was just as I had as a young child. I wanted to explore what life had to offer: to develop my skills, to see the world, to become more aware, to engage in meaningful and equal relationships, to feel confident in my body and about my sexuality.
The Eastern spiritual systems I was exploring seemed to validate all those aspects of a person. But as I discovered through my experiences, they too contained prejudices. They weren't as blatantly patriarchal as Western religions, which were dominated by the father image of god, and they seemed to value both the masculine and feminine dimensions of human nature, as illustrated in their art which often depicts the absolute, such as Shiva in Hinduism, as having a feminine side and a masculine side and then both those sides united together in sublime union.
Yet even with such acknowledgment of the feminine, and also the (almost) equal valuing of seekers and their teachers or gurus (the absolute is accepted as existing in everyone, with the only difference between a seeker and teacher is that the seeker just doesn't realise it yet), I still found that the way the spiritual practices were promoted had a distinct masculine bias. And, the daily lives of people in cultures those traditions were a part of, were also governed by rules as patriarchal – if not more so – as in the West, a contradiction that didn't rest comfortably with me.
But I continued to read materials by various gurus on their theories and experiences of enlightenment, I studied philosophy and religious studies at University, I attended workshops and I met some gurus. I practiced the recommended techniques to promote enlightenment, such as meditation, chanting mantras and yoga, and I had some amazing experiences as a result of those practices.
All seemed well and good, except for my growing irritation at always reading and hearing 'god' or 'the absolute' described using the word 'he'. Logic told me that if god was absolute (that which is independent of all relations, perfect and complete, free from any restriction), then god ought to be something beyond gender.
I also had some prickly experiences such as when I met a well-known guru from India who refused to touch me when giving his blessing because I was a woman. He said that my femaleness would taint his pure state and/or ignite feelings of desire, which he had 'decided' not to experience any more. I found it difficult to believe that someone who had such prejudices about gender, to the point where he feared contact with women, and was so terrified of his own sexuality, could be enlightened, as he and his many followers claimed.
I had always imagined that an enlightened person would be free of prejudices, especially as such people are meant to experience everything as part of the same unity, as 'one'.
My discontent grew as I found myself in other similar situations that made me feel uncomfortable, and even humiliated, simply because I was female.
And Then I Became a Mother
As I was consumed by this new role and went about doing the various tasks mothers do in our day-to-day lives, I couldn't help notice there were many similarities between the things I was doing naturally simply by playing my mothering role and the spiritual techniques I had been practicing and learning about previously. Yet I had never come across any mention of motherhood as a spiritual path. This seemed an astounding oversight, considering the number of women who have experienced motherhood.
It all begins with pregnancy, which can initiate some profound energetic shifts in women as the life force (or prana or chi) in our bodies is intensified as the process of creation takes place, leading to an enhanced sensitivity to sounds, tastes, smells and sensations, as well as to emotions and thoughts, and sometimes even to a super-charged sex drive which is intimately linked with the energy some spiritual traditions hold responsible for leading to spiritual enlightenment, and which I've explained in my book.
And then there's the process of childbirth. Not only is childbirth fundamentally crucial for the continuation of our species, but it is such an amazing and awe-inspiring experience to have, even for those just attending a birth, that it is a wonder there is little talk about it in our culture – except in secret places like 'Mummy blogs'. It is as though we have all been put under a spell which makes childbirth invisible to us, except during the short time we participate in it. Before and after that, I can see how easy it is for children to believe in storks delivering babies, because adults behave as though such a myth were true too.
And then the life-long task of mothering.
Mothering is such a huge, all-encompassing and time-consuming mission, with far more serious consequences for our actions than for any other type of work, and also, many mothers would argue, far greater rewards than any other work could possibly give. And it provides continuous and constant prompting towards growth in consciousness, awareness and the capacity to love – essentially the requirements for enlightenment as described in various texts.
Yet motherhood is given such little recognition in most cultures, and certainly doesn't have any status as a spiritual path. Even mothers feel as though we are not doing all that much, rationalising away the significance of the countless challenges we deal with daily and the fact that we have reasonably healthy, developing, achieving, well-rounded children happily asleep in their beds at the end of each day.
Spirituality vs Enlightenment
For centuries, most of the world's cultures have elevated people who participate in spiritual practices, particularly those who have achieved a state of apparent 'spiritual mastery'. And because the practices defined as spiritual have been performed separate from family life and so have been tricky for women shouldering the responsibilities of child-raising to participate in, mothers have been unable to take part fully in spiritual endeavours – or so it has always been assumed.


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Category: Conversation Article
Conversation Article, Cybercrime
The difference between cybersecurity and cybercrime, and why it matters
A Texas woman in her 50s, let's call her "Amy," met a man online calling himself "Charlie." Amy, who lived in Texas, was in a bad marriage. Charlie said he was a businessman and a Christian, and wooed her. "He was saying all the right things," Amy later told the FBI. "He was interested in me. He was interested in getting to know me better. He was very positive, and I felt like there was a real connection there." Early on, Charlie told her he was having some problems with his business and needed money. She wanted to help.
From 2014 to 2016, she sent him US$2 million – often in installments of a few thousand dollars at a time, always hoping and expecting to get paid back. After she alerted the FBI, two Nigerian citizens were arrested near Houston – both pleaded guilty to wire fraud charges in connection with Amy's relationship with Charlie. The person who played the character of Charlie has not been identified.
This story is a cautionary example of a crime that happens online. But most advice for avoiding online dangers – like having long passwords, using two-factor authentication and encrypting data – wouldn't have helped Amy.
The crime that befell her has nothing to do with cybersecurity. It's cybercrime, a human-centered crime committed in a digital environment. There are more of these each year: In the U.S. in 2016, 298,728 complainants reported losing more than $1.3 billion in various types of cybercrimes, including romance scams but also involving fraudulent online sales, extortion, violent harassment and impersonation scams, among others. As a social scientist who studies online behavior and as the program coordinator for one of the few cybercrime undergraduate programs in the United States, I find it unfortunate that problems like Amy's get relatively little national attention, especially compared to cybersecurity.
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Understanding the differences
Cybersecurity is not merely a set of guidelines and actions intended to prevent cybercrime. The two types of problems differ substantially in terms of what happens and who the victims are, as well as the academic areas that study them.
Cybersecurity is ultimately about protecting government and corporate networks, seeking to make it difficult for hackers to find and exploit vulnerabilities. Cybercrime, on the other hand, tends to focus more on protecting individuals and families as they navigate online life.
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The U.S. has created several initiatives to improve its cybersecurity, including investments in cybersecurity education and expanding efforts of government agencies.
Unfortunately, upgrading official networks and training future generations of cybersecurity professionals will not necessarily benefit people like Amy. Technical solutions won't solve her problems. Social science research into human behavior online is how to help millions like her learn to protect themselves.
Little research
One of the few studies on romance scams like the one that ensnared Amy suggests that there are three stages to these types of cons. It starts with the criminal engaging in intense online communications with the victim. In Amy's case, Charlie undoubtedly contacted her repeatedly as their relationship began. That built her trust and lowered her defenses – and commanded much of the time and energy she had for social interaction.
Once the victim is isolated from other interpersonal social experiences, the illusion of connection and interdependence can deepen. Charlie no doubt kept this illusion alive any way he could, taking as much of Amy's money as he could. In the third and final stage, the target finally sees through the veil and learns that it's all been a scam. That's when Amy, urged by her financial advisor, suspected fraud and called the FBI.
More research on cybercrime could help deepen scholars' and investigators' understandings of how these social science problems play out online. To my knowledge there are just four cybercrime programs at residential four-year colleges. With more effort and investment, academics and law enforcement could learn more and work better together to identify and protect the real people who are at risk from these online criminals.
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MalwareTech's Arrest Sheds Light on the Complex Culture of the Hacking World
(Originally published in The Conversation)
The arrest of a British cybersecurity researcher on charges of disseminating malware and conspiring to commit computer fraud and abuse provides a window into the complexities of hacking culture.
Continue reading "MalwareTech's Arrest Sheds Light on the Complex Culture of the Hacking World" →
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Race, Cyberbullying and Intimate Partner Violence
Over the past two decades, cyberbullying has become a major focus for parents, educators and researchers. Stopbullying.gov lists several effects of cyberbullying, including depression, anxiety and decreased academic achievement.
Judging from popular culture, the narratives surrounding cyberbullying tend to have at least one of two themes. One, cyberbullying is a mob-like phenomenon: Television shows such as "American Crime" depict a group of teens preying on a vulnerable individual by using social media and text messaging. Second, the face associated with cyberbullying is often a white one. Both in the aforementioned "American Crime," for example, and in the television movie "Cyberbu//y," the victim is white.
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Far Beyond Crime-ridden Depravity, Darknets are Key Strongholds of Freedom of Expression Online
The internet is much more than just the publicly available, Google-able web services most online users frequent – and that's good for free expression. Companies frequently create private networks to enable employees to use secure corporate servers, for example. And free software allows individuals to create what are called "peer-to-peer" networks, connecting directly from one machine to another.
Unable to be indexed by current search engines, and therefore less visible to the general public, subnetworks like these are often called "darknets," or collective as the singular "darknet." These networks typically use software, such as Tor, that anonymizes the machines connecting to them, and encrypts the data traveling through their connections.
Some of what's on the darknet is alarming. A 2015 story from Fox News reads:
"Perusing the darknet offers a jarring jaunt through jaw-dropping depravity: Galleries of child pornography, videos of humans having sex with animals, offers for sale of illegal drugs, weapons, stolen credit card numbers and fake identifications for sale. Even human organs reportedly from Chinese execution victims are up for sale on the darknet."
But that's not the whole story – nor the whole content and context of the darknet.
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The philanthropic arm of the Virginia's practicing bar for over 40 years, the Virginia Law Foundation has provided over $24 million in grants to support projects throughout the Commonwealth that facilitate access to justice, improve the administration of justice, and promote law-related education.
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Michael HuYoung (Fellows Class of 2010) Receives 2019 Dunnaville Award
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, May 7, 2019: Virginia Law Foundation Board Member and Fellow Michael HuYoung of Barnes & Diehl in Richmond was selected as the Virginia State Bar Diversity Conference's 2019 Clarence M. Dunnaville Jr. Achievement Award recipient.
Named after distinguished civil rights lawyer Clarence Dunnaville (Fellows Class of 2013), this award honors a Virginia lawyer "for setting an example that fellow members can emulate to meet the conference's goal of fostering, encouraging, and facilitating diversity and inclusion in the bar, the judiciary, and the legal profession."
Since the award's inception in 2012, several other Virginia Law Foundation Fellows have received this honor, including Darrel Tillar Mason (Class of 2015) in 2013, Martha JP McQuade (Class of 2014) in 2014, Honorable Manuel A. Capsalis (Class of 2008) in 2015 and Joseph A. Condo (Class of 2002) in 2017.
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Side effects of medications: Many medicines can cause cognitive impairment, especially in elderly patients. Perhaps the most frequent offenders are drugs used to control bladder urgency and incontinence. "Psychiatric medications" such as antidepressants and anti-anxietymedications and "neurological medications" such as anti-seizure medications can also be associated with cognitive impairment.
Because many other disorders can be confused with Alzheimer's disease, a comprehensive clinical evaluation is essential in arriving at a correct diagnosis. Such an assessment should include at least three major components; 1) a thorough general medical workup, 2) a neurological examination including testing of memory and other functions of thinking , and 3) a psychiatric evaluation to assess mood, anxiety, and clarity of thought.
The American Academy of Neurology has published guidelines that include imaging of the brain in the initial evaluation of patients with dementia. These studies are either a noncontrast CT scan or an MRI scan. Other imaging procedures that look at the function of the brain (functional neuroimaging), such as SPECT, PET, and fMRI, may be helpful in specific cases, but generally are not needed. However, in many healthcare systems outside of the United States, brain imaging as not a standard part of the assessment for possible Alzheimer's disease.


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Horrific! Missing five-year-old boy murdered and eyes GOUGED out
Police said the body of the missing five-year-old Bandile Mbele was found with both his eye GOUGED out and a deep cut on his head.
by Corné van Zyl
in KwaZulu-Natal
This is just HORRIFIC! The little body of the missing five-year-old Bandile Mbele was found with both his eye GOUGED out and a deep cut on his head.
FIVE-YEAR-OLD BOY REPORTED MISSING ON SUNDAY
According to police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Nqobile Gwala, Bandile was reported missing on Sunday and was found murdered on Monday.
"It is alleged that on 27 February 2022 at 18:30, a five-year-old boy was reported missing to the Umkomaas police after he went missing while playing with friends.
"A group of boys who were hunting with their dogs in the bushes found his body on the 28 February 2022 at 18:00," Gwala said.
He added that Bandile had a deep open wound on the head, and his eyes were gouged out.
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THE FAMILY WERE SHOCKED TO SEE HIS LITTLE BODY
"A case of murder was opened for investigation."
Family spokesperson Njabulo Mbele told the media, Bandile had disappeared just after 18:00 on Sunday.
The family and community members searched for Bandile but could not find him.
The family was reportedly informed on Monday afternoon that a body had been found in a nearby bush not far from the Mbele home. The family was able to identify his nephew. Mbele told the newspaper they were shocked at the gruesome sight.
POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A CASE OF MURDER
Little Bandile was described as an outgoing and favored child, known to everyone in the area.
Police could not yet confirm that two suspects have been arrested thus far.
WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU HAVE A MISSING LOVED ONE:
When a person goes missing, it is of the utmost importance for the SAPS to fulfill our mandate to serve and protect the citizens of South Africa. It is essential to take steps and start the investigation into a missing person's case immediately. You can assist the SAPS when reporting a missing person by following these steps:
THERE IS NO WAITING PERIOD TO REPORT A MISSING PERSON!
Report a missing person at your nearest police station immediately.
Produce a recent photograph of the missing person, if possible.
Give a complete description of the missing person's last whereabouts, clothes that they were wearing, as well as any information that can assist the investigating officer.
Complete and sign a SAPS 55(A) form. This form safeguards the SAPS from hoax reports and indemnifies the SAPS to distribute the photograph and information of the missing person.
Obtain the investigating officer's contact details, and send any additional information that might become available.
If a missing person is found or returns voluntarily, inform the investigating officer immediately. A SAPS 92 form must be completed to inform the Bureau of Missing Persons that the missing person's report can be removed from the circulation system.
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Q: WCF Post with Query String I am currently developing a Windows Service hosted WCF service. One of the methods has a URI which is set up to receive a callback from a payment provider. This is the interface contract...
    [OperationContract]
    [WebInvoke(UriTemplate = "3DSecureCallback?TrxId={id}", Method = "POST", BodyStyle = WebMessageBodyStyle.Bare)]
    void ThreeDSecureCallBack(string id, Stream body);

This issue I am having is that the 3rd party provider posts to our service. I have to provide a callback url to it. So we can reconcile payments, we provide a URL with a query string parameter containing the transaction id.
During development of this service, the call backs have been successful. (This was prior to adding the Steam parameter)
However, we are now at the stage where we need to parse the posted data. This is the point that the 2nd 'Stream' parameter was added to the method signature.
The issue that I am getting is that I receive the following exception...
For request in operation ThreeDSecureCallBack to be a stream the operation must have a single parameter whose type is Stream.

By removing the id parameter, and having stream only, we can get the post data. This won't work in practice though as I need to query string paramter also.
Can anyone advise on how to resolve this issue please? I am really at a loss.
Thanks in advance,
David

A: You can access the querystring "id" value as shown below
WebOperationContext.Current.IncomingRequest.UriTemplateMatch.QueryParameters["id"]
Now you can have only one parameter to your method of type stream.

A: Waking up an old thread, but thought it'd be helpful to document another way of doing it.
Changing BodyStyle of the WeInvoke method to Wrapped will solve your problem
where any parameters which you don't specify on the UriTemplate are assumed to come from the request body.
The only drawback is that you'll have to wrap your post data too... and either use built-in data types as extra parameters, or define your own suitable DataContract.
Example:
[DataContract]
public class PostInfo
{
  [DataMember]
  public string Info1;
  [DataMember]
  public string Info2;
}

[OperationContract]
[WebInvoke(UriTemplate = "3DSecureCallback?TrxId={id}", Method = "POST", BodyStyle = WebMessageBodyStyle.Wrapped)]
void ThreeDSecureCallBack(string id, PostInfo body);

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Andrew returns to FCT as Charlie the Mailman, having last played the role of Albert Einstein in Picasso at the Lapin Agile in 2016. Other recent roles include Bill in Sure Thing and Flute/Thisbe in Midsummer Night's Dream, both for Columbia Heights Fine Arts Foundation. Andrew received a Bachelor's Degree in Screenwriting from Metro State. During the day, he works in Asset Protection at Target Headquarters in Brooklyn Park. A former Fridley City resident, Andrew has recently moved to Blaine with his wife Megan and their four-year-old son, Ozzie, both of whom he would like to thank for their support of his dramatic endeavors.


I know it's not universally traditional to keep a Christmas tree through Three Kings Day, but here's a good reason to do so (with plenty of watering!).
For those who enjoyed the scents and sights of a freshly (or within several weeks) cut tree in your home this season, here's your chance to make its life worth just a little more. Mulchfest is here! It's this coming Saturday and Sunday (January 10th and 11th) from 10 AM to 2 PM.
Please remember to remove your tinsel, ornaments, lights, and other baubles prior to bringing your tree to be made into mulch!
And if you would rather just leave it on the curb, that begins January 5th and continues through Friday the 16th. Naturally, the day to leave your tree would be prior to your block's pick-up days.
community gardens throughout the city.


Cartoon Network has asked artists from all over the world to express themselves as a Powerpuff Girl in the form of an art piece. Twenty-five artists have contributed to the special art series by picturing themselves in a variety of art styles to display their inner superhero and to show their personal interpretation of what it means to be a Powerpuff Girl.
All artwork can be seen on the Powerpuff The World website: http://www.powerpufftheworld.com. People using social media (Instagram, Twitter and Tumblr) can also participate by sharing their Powerpuff Girls artwork using the #PowerpuffTheWorld hashtag. People who contribute artwork using social media will have a chance to win Powerpuff Girls themed bags from the luxury fashion house – Moschino.
The Powerpuff Girls is among one of the first original series that was produced for Cartoon Network, the show is about three super cute but super fierce superheroines – Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup, collectively known as The Powerpuff Girls and it's their duty to save their hometown – Townsville and the world before bedtime. Cartoon Network revived the show in 2016 and has achieved high ratings on free-to-air channels in the EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) region, broadcasting rights for the rebooted series has been picked up by various channels in different countries.
Also, earlier this year in April, Cartoon Network Africa ran a Powerpuff Girls art exhibition in Cape Town in South Africa, "The Powerpuff Girls Art Factory" exhibition featured Powerpuff Girls styled character designs produced by some of the best illustrators in South Africa.
What is Powerpuff the World?
A collection of art showcasing 25 artists from across the globe who have used their unique artistic styles and diverse perspectives to show the world what makes them powerful.
From Japan to Brazil to Russia to South Korea, these talented artists have created their own authentic interpretations of what it means to be a Powerpuff Girl. View the collection here!
You can participate by submitting art that interprets what inspires you to find your inner superhero by using #PowerpuffTheWorld via social media.
Watch an artist explain the meaning behind her Powerpuff the World creation. Coming soon to Cartoon Network social channels: YouTube, Instagram and Twitter.