Family files civil suit over sword-wielding man killed by police in September

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SARATOGA SPRINGS, Utah, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- The family of a sword-wielding man who was shot to death by police have filed a civil suit against officers from the Utah city where he was killed in September.

Darrien Hunt, 22, was killed by police officers in Saratoga Springs, Utah, over three months ago. Prosecutors said Hunt had "abruptly and without any apparent provocation" lunged at two officers with a "samurai-type sword," and that the resultant shooting was justified. An autopsy report showed Hunt had been shot six times, at least once in the back.

Attorneys representing the Hunt family have previously contended the officers' account, noting witnesses who said Hunt had been running away at the time of the shooting. Susan Hunt, mother of the deceased, told KSL that her son was killed because he was black.

Hunt family attorney Robert Sykes announced Friday a federal civil rights lawsuit seeking $2 million in damages from the city of Saratoga Springs and the two officers involved in the shooting. The lawsuit alleges that Cpl. Matt Schauerhamer and Officer Nicholas Judson violated Hunt's Second Amendment rights, which allowed him to carry the sword.

"They demanded that he give up his sword -- they had no right to do that. He was causing no harm," Sykes said. "They provoked an incident with this peaceful man."

The suit also accuses the officers of shooting Hunt in the back while he fled and of using excessive force.

Susan Hunt said her son had been in high spirits the day of his death and that he bought the dull replica sword to impress managers at a Panda Express, where he hoped to get a job.

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Lawsuit: Armed Utah man killed by police was protected under Second Amendment

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Hunt's mother says her son was peacefully exercising his Second Amendment rights when he was killed. (Credit: CNN)

Hunt's mother says her son was peacefully exercising his Second Amendment rights when he was killed. (Credit: CNN)

SARATOGA SPRINGS, Utah The family of a sword-carrying man who was killed in September has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city of Saratoga Springs, Utah, and the two officers who shot him.

Darrien Hunt, 22, was shot to death while carrying a 40-inch samurai-type sword.

Prosecutors said that Hunt lunged at two officers, Cpl. Matt Schauerhamer and Officer Nicholas Judson and their actions were reasonable. The medical examiners autopsy report determined Hunt was shot six times, once in the back.

The lawsuit alleges that under the Second Amendment, Hunt had a right to carry the sword and the two officers did not have a right to demand that he surrender.

The suit contends that Hunt was shot while he was fleeing, that police used excessive force and that the officers actions manifested malicious, reckless, and callous indifference to the rights and very life of Darrien Hunt.

They demanded that he give up his sword they had no right to do that. He was causing no harm, family attorney Robert Sykes said. They provoked an incident with this peaceful man.

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At a press conference on Friday, Sykes said the family will ask for more than $2 million in damages.

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Bitcoin Transactions Not Yet Entirely Anonymous

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A group of researchers in Luxembourg say they have found a way to uncover the identities of Bitcoin users. So how anonymous is the vaunted crypto-currency?

Bitcoin has been having some difficulty persuading consumers to use it for online transactions, but the virtual currency is nevertheless slowly starting to win people over. Bitcoin is a peer-to-peer system, which means there is no centralisation or control, and payments can be made rapidly across the world free of charge. Every users identity is hidden behind an encrypted pseudonym and an address, both of which can be changed on a regular basis to protect confidentiality. Against this background, a team of cryptographic experts working at the University of Luxembourg have been carrying out research in order to find out whether the system really guarantees anonymous transactions. Now the researchers, Alex Biryukov, Dmitri Khovratovich and Ivan Pustogarov, have just published a paper entitled Deanonymisation of clients in Bitcoin P2P network, in which they claim to have discovered a means of identifying users IP addresses.

The three cryptographers describe their method of finding out by whom or at least from which IP address a given transaction was being made. Focusing on the Tor security network used by many Bitcoin aficionados to protect their identity, they managed to disable Tor access to the users client by using deliberately malformed messages and were then able to get the Bitcoin server to reveal the IP address that was connecting to the Bitcoin entry nodes. Using this method, the researchers claim to have managed to de-anonymise up to 60% of all users targeted. They say a hacker could discover the identity of a Bitcoin user by spending just under 1,500 on an attack involving several computers, which means that most ordinary Internet users would not be able to exploit this weak point and only the most experienced and best equipped hackers will be able to get in through the loophole. Nevertheless, the aim of the Luxembourg team is not simply to point out deficiencies in the system but to help rectify the situation, and they are now working with the Bitcoin developers on new software designed to render transactions really secure and anonymous.

It will come as no surprise however to learn that people closely involved with the virtual currency are aware of potential privacy issues. Bitcoin is often perceived as an anonymous payment network. But in reality, Bitcoin is probably the most transparent payment network in the world, points out one of the first sites dedicated to the currency. For this reason a number of tools such as Darkwallet have already been developed with a view to enhancing the confidentiality of Bitcoin financial transactions. The Luxembourg research project is one of the very first efforts to test the limits of the crypto-currency but, given the obvious attractions of having an anonymous cash-like system for worldwide online transfers, it will doubtless not be the last. Meanwhile the revelations might well make people hesitate before embarking on such innovative ideas as preserving their DNA via the Bitcoin network, or even simply making micro-payments over the social networks, where a degree of confidentiality is a major requirement.

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Markstrom's 43-Saves Dash the Flames

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January 2, 2015 - American Hockey League (AHL) Utica Comets The Comets rode Jacob Markstrom's 43-save performance to their sixth consecutive win against the Adirondack Flames on Friday night as the Comets slipped by the Calgary Flames American Hockey League affiliate 2-1 at the Glens Falls Civic Center.

After struggling on New Years Day, Jacob Markstrom redeemed himself by stopping 43 shots on the 44 taken by the Flames. The first star of the game is now 10-2-1-0 on the season all while boasting a new and improved goals-against average (1.91) and a .932 save percentage. The second star of the game, Ronalds Kenins found his way on to the scorer's sheet twice this evening with two assists.

The game didn't start out exactly as the Comets would have liked and were outshot 5-0 within the first five minutes of the game. The Flames effort finally showed up on the board at 13:13 into the first period after Frank Corrado launched the puck around the backboards for a partial clear. Bryce Van Brabant intercepted the puck behind Markstrom's net and dished it out to Nolan Yonkman who was patiently waiting at the blue line for the slapshot. Just as the puck was making its way to its destination, Bill Arnold got a piece of it to sneak it past Markstrom to make it 1-0.

Moments later at 15:39 the Comets answered back with a give and go play from Kenins to Kane Lafranchise that would end up over the shoulder of Joni Ortio for the 1-1 equalizer. Alex Biega was credited with the secondary assist.

After taking the lead early in the second period at 4:27, the Comets somehow managed to keep their composure despite being outshot by 19 goals in the second stanza. The Comets second goal of the game resulted directly from a Cal O'Reilly pass to the front of the net. Henrik Tommernes met Ortio on the doorstep and tapped the puck in for the 2-1 lead and what would eventually be the game-winning goal. Kenins received his second point of the game with the secondary assist.

After Friday night's win over the Flames, the Comets extended their lead over the second place Adirondack Flames back to seven points.

It's another game-day at The Utica Memorial Auditorium tomorrow, as the Comets will take on the Iowa Wild at 7 p.m. for the first time this season. The Comets defeated the Minnesota Wild's AHL affiliate twice during last years inaugural season.

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Match Preview: Diminished Comets Visit the St Louis Ambush

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January 2, 2015 - Major Arena Soccer League (MASL) Missouri Comets ST. LOUIS, Mo. (January 2, 2015) - Only three days after earning a dramatic and historic shootout victory at the Milwaukee Panther Arena, the undefeated Missouri Comets (10-0) will face their first challenge of the year when they visit the Family Arena to take on the St. Louis Ambush (3-5) on Saturday night. The MASL Game of the Week will be nationally televised on ESPN 3.

A large number of Comets supporters are expected to travel across the state for the regular season contest. However, fans who will stay in Kansas City are encourage to join the official watch party hosted by Comets Nation at Coach's Bar and Grill (103rd Street & Wornall Rd.)

Max Touloute (groin), Ramone Palmer (hamstring) and Coady Andrews (ankle) will all miss the match as they are still recovering from injuries suffered throughout the week. In addition, Head Coach Vlatko Andonovski was suspended one game after receiving a red card on Wednesday and will not be able to lead his team from the bench.

This will be the first time both teams face off in the inaugural season of the Major Arena Soccer League. Nevertheless, the Missouri teams have had a longtime rivalry. The last time they met, the Comets took back home a dominating 27-6 multipoint victory and won all four MISL regular season matches.

The Ambush are led in points by forward Stefan St. Louis, who helped the Comets win the MISL Championship last season. The Chaguanas, Trinidad and Tobago native has scored four goals and records five assists.

For the Comets, forward Leo Gibson not only leads the team but also the league with a total of 41 points recording 21 goals and 20 assists followed by team captain Vahid Assadpour, who earned Team of the Week honors, notching 15 goals and 14 assists for a total of 29 points.

The Comets will return to the Independence Events Center next Saturday, January 10 when they host the Tulsa Revolution.

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Alternative Healing of Skin Cancer, Psoriasis, Vitiligo, Melanoma, Leukemia too. Illinois, Chicago – Video

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Durham University scientists create entire universe on a super computer

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North East scientists have demonstrated divine powers by creating an entire universe of their own.

Scientists at Durham University have created an entire simulation of the universe in order to understand the formation of galaxies, stars and more.

The man-made cosmos is a computer simulation in which galaxies similar to those observed by astronomers grow and evolve.

Astronomers based at the North university, in partnership with Leiden University in Holland, developed the project by using a powerful supercomputer, the Cosmology Machine, located in Durham and Paris over several months.

Previous attempts to model the formation of galaxies have failed after producing collections of stars too large, small, old or spherical.

But those produced in the EAGLE (Evolution and Assembly of Galaxies and their Environments) simulation have proved to be more realistic thanks in large part to recreating strong galactic winds - cosmic gas gales driven by stars, supernova explosions and supermassive black holes.

These galactic winds affect the development of galaxies by blowing away the gas from which stars form.

Experts can now use the results to study the development of galaxies from the Big Bang almost 14 billion years ago to the present day.

Professor Richard Bower, Durham Universitys co-author of EAGLEs results which were published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society on Thursday, said: The universe generated by the computer is just like the real thing.

There are galaxies everywhere, with all the shapes, sizes and colours Ive seen with the worlds largest telescopes.

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