A.C. Reid is making a habit of banking in 3-point shots with the outcome of Libertys most recent games hanging in the balance.

He banked in a 3 from the left wing as time expired to lift the Flames to a dramatic victory over Radford one week ago at the Vines Center. The junior guard needed the backboard again, this time Thursday night against Gardner-Webb at Paul Porter Arena, to force a second overtime and cap the Flames remarkable comeback win against the Runnin Bulldogs.

What has led to Reid having the confidence to make those shots? The 6-foot-5 guard has never lacked the confidence to take shots since he arrived on campus, but he has become better at shooting off the dribble and with bigger players contesting his shot.

Those two aspects have greatly assisted Reid in getting the shots up quickly and accurately, even though hed prefer his shots to swish through the net instead of banking in off the backboard.

I think its actually kind of difficult to go from that far and try to bank a shot in, Reid said. Ive been blessed these past two games to hit both of those shots.

Reids transformation has steadily taken place this season. His first two seasons were highlighted by his ability to make multiple 3-pointers in a row, but also to be easily pushed off the 3-point line and not get a shot off if he didnt get a clean look to catch and shoot.

Former Liberty basketball player Alex McLean joined the coaching staff as a graduate assistant this season and the players have credited his work with them on improving all facets on the offensive end.

He has particularly worked with Reid and fellow junior guard Ryan Kemrite during drills about two hours before each game on dribbling and shooting, catching and shooting and finishing their shots through contact.

Once that is completed, McLean and Reid begin shooting from midcourt in a challenge to see who can make the most attempts.

Alex does a great job with us and even the coaching staff does a great job with us of just getting a lot of game shots, Reid said. Coach [Ritchie] McKay said it in film the other day, If A.C.s going to be taking those deep shots, then yall need to be practicing that with him in his individual work. I think its just getting those constant reps that will give me the confidence just to take those deep shots during the game.

Reid missed his first five 3-point attempts against Radford before connecting on the banked-in attempt. He caught the inbounds pass from Georgie Pacheco-Ortiz, dribbled to his left and shot from about 24 feet over the outstretched arms of Radford 6-foot-8 center Randy Phillips.

Reid made his first two 3-pointers against Gardner-Webb, but missed five straight long-range attempts before he connected from 30 feet with 1.5 seconds remaining in the first overtime.

Reids shot came in a disjointed sequence as the Flames quickly attempted to get an open look. Pacheco-Ortiz handed the ball off to Reid, who took one dribble in and unleashed his shot from the right wing as GWU 6-foot-6 forward DJ Laster reached out his arm to contest.

I think when youre a confident shooter, youre a confident shooter and he is that, McKay said. He walks on the floor thinking hes going to make the shot. The fact that hes hit a couple of banks probably is attributed more to his nature and his fearlessness than his confidence. He thinks hes going to have a chance to make it.

McKay said Reid has earned the trust from the coaching staff through his leadership and overall IQ. That is a stark contrast to last season when McKay said he was really frustrated with him and Im not sure he liked me so much. I wasnt having any fun coaching him.

But that has changed with Reid being one of the first players off the bench and one of the five who is on the floor in the final minutes. McKay said Reid makes the offense better when hes on the court, and that comes from Reid having the green light to shoot it from any point as the shot clock is winding down.

I dont think I ever lack confidence in my shot. I feel like every shot I take is going in, Reid said. I think that just comes from the reps that Ive taken and the reps Ive completed over the last few years. Im going to continue to take shots because my coaching staff has empowered me to do so.

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Left, Khalil Joseph, March 2015; Right, Humberto Leon and Jesse Williams at the Music is My Mistress premiere party on February 9, 2017.

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Kahlil Joseph, the writer-director who co-helmed Beyoncs epic visual-concept album, Lemonade, has debuted his latest work of arta film for the French luxury brand Kenzo.

The auteur has partnered with Kenzos creative directors, Carol Lim and Humberto Leon, to make an original short film, Music Is My Mistress, that features the labels chicest looks from their spring/summer 2017 collection. Greys Anatomy star Jesse Williams stars as a lost music manager searching for an African luminary played by newly minted Golden Globe winner Tracee Ellis Ross (from TVs Black-ish).

The film is about blackness, Joseph told Vanity Fair at a special screening party held at L.A.s Underground Museum on Thursday night. He went on to explain that his objective was to portray African-Americans realistically on-screen in the way they move, talk, and interact with people.

The theme of blackness is also prevalent in Lemonade. Since working with Beyonc on her visual spectacle, the Grammy-nominated director says his life is relatively the same. Hes just thankful that the opportunity to work with his close pal finally came to fruition.

I have known Beyonc through friends for a while, and we had talked about working together on stuff in the past, said Joseph, who has also worked with Kendrick Lamar and film director Terrence Malick. Lemonade was the one that just made sense to work together. It was an important and personal story.

For Williams, who is an outspoken human-rights activist, creating a piece of art like Kenzos short film is more important than ever now that uncertaintyand fearis gripping the nation in the Trump era.

The art community means a tremendous amount in times of bliss and in times of peril. The world is in a very contentious moment right now, and its all the more important now for people to be able to create daring, inclusive, forward-leaning material that is challenging for the status quo, Williams told Vanity Fair. Artists shake shit up and they drive the conversation and establish a new stake in the ground. Its so important to keep on doing this.

But some critics believe celebrities and artists should keep their political opinions to themselves, saying they live in a privileged world and have no real understanding of the issues faced by others. Williams strongly objects to that idea.

Actors should talk and to continue to speak up about politics. Acting is a job. A career. If Im a plumber, can I only fix pipes? If Im a teacher, can I only teach? If thats a rule, its fucking bizarre and ridiculous, he explained. I cant care about being a member of the electorate and what happens in the legislative office? Its asinine. I have been a politically active, social-justice activist my whole life, and I happened to have started acting. I think people should do what they want to do.

Williams, who made headlines in June for a speech he gave at the B.E.T. Awards, vows to fight relentlessly against social injustice and to continue to provide entertainment through his acting career.

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Get ready to learn a little bit more about Dr. Maggie Pierce, Grey's Anatomy fans.

The cardiothoracic surgeon takes center stage this week when she finds herself on the receiving end of a surprise visit thanks to the sudden appearance of her mother (played by LaTanya Richardson Jackson) in the hospital. Well, adoptive mother, that is. You'll recall that Maggie (Kelly McCreary) is the secret love child of Dr. Webber and Meredith's mom Ellis. And if this sneak peek of Mama Pierce's arrival, exclusive to E! News, is any indication, things are going to get real awkward for Maggie real fast.

We've got to be honest, though. It's the way Mrs. Piercesorry, Dianebrushes past Maggie asking why her mom has showed up unannounced and if she's OK that has us a little worried. After all, Grey-Sloan Memorial has a slight habit of claiming its surgeons' parental units as victims shortly after they show up. Just ask Meredith's mom and step-mom, George's dad, and Alex's dad. Oh, you can'tbecause they're dead.

Elsewhere in the episode, Bailey (Chandra Wilson) hasto make a difficult decision when one of the attendings refuses to work with Eliza (Marika Dominczyk), while Stephanie (Jerrika Hinton) gets caught up in Owen (Kevin McKidd) and Amelia's (Caterina Scorsone) personal drama. Ohand we'll find out just how Alex (Justin Chambers) managed to avoid going to jail.

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Technically speaking, almost all components of ransomware, such as spear phishing, watering hole attacks involving popular and trustworthy websites, antivirus evasion techniques or data encryption algorithms, are well-known and have been used separately by hackers since years. However, modern ransomware certainly merits a classification as one of the most evolving sectors of cybercrime in 2017.

Though it is quite difficult to calculate the overall damage caused by ransomware in 2016, some researchers state that cybercriminals received over $1 billion in ransom payments last year. Others mention a 3,500% increase in the criminal use of infrastructure that helps run ransomware campaigns. Carbon Black says that ransomware is the fastest growing malware across industries, up 50% in 2016. Technology (218%), utilities and energy (112%) and banking (93%) saw the highest year-on-year ransomware growth last year.

Due to an important lack of qualified technical personnel and other resources, law enforcement agencies are globally unprepared to detect, prevent and prosecute this type of digital crime. Moreover, more and more cases of ransom payment by the police have become public, while those police officers who dare to resist take a substantive risk. There is the Texas police who lost eight years of their investigative work and all of the evidence by refusing to pay cybercriminals. This sad statistic explains why the majority of despaired victims of cybercrime fail to report it to the law enforcement agencies.

Attackers can easily rent a Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) infrastructure for as low as $39.99 per month, making up to $195,000 of monthly profit without much effort in comparison to other niches of digital fraud and crime. The business of ransomware has become so attractive that some cybercriminals dont even bother to actually encrypt the data, but just extort money from their victims with fake malware. The victims are so scared by media stories about ransomware, combined with law enforcement agencies inability to protect them or at least to punish the offenders, that they usually pay.

The new generation of ransomware attacks IoT and smart devices, locking not only mobiles and smart TVs, but also doors in hotels and air conditioning systems in luxury smart houses. Criminals switch from file encryption to database encryption and web applications, demonstrating a great scalability of ransomware tactics.

To increase their profits, hacking teams behind the ransomware campaigns now threaten to send the victims sensitive data to all of their contacts instead of just deleting it. Cryptocurrencies allow attackers to receive online payments almost without any risk of being traced and prosecuted. Despite the media hype around blockchains ability to reinvent and improve the world, so far only the cybercriminals have entirely leveraged the full potential of this emerging technology.

A simple business model, high profits, accessibility and affordability of resources to deploy large-scale attacking campaigns, and low risks in comparison to other sectors of (cyber)crime, assure the flourishing future of ransomware. All of this without mentioning the problem of global inequality actually causing the cybercrime, which I briefly described in Forbes recently.

Nonetheless, it does not mean that organizations should give up. The FBI confirms the skyrocketing problem of ransomware, but suggests relying on prevention rather than paying ransom to the criminals. PwC also suggests to plan and prepare the organization to this kind of incident in order to have internal capabilities to recover without suffering important financial losses.

Some cybersecurity vendors, like SentinelOne, contractually guarantee protection and provide a financial insurance for their clients. Others, like Kaspersky, offer free tools to decrypt data compromised by popular malware. Last, but not least, Europols No More Ransom public-private partnership with other law enforcement agencies and leading cybersecurity companies, provides a comprehensive collection of free tools to recover the data and clean the systems infected with ransomware.

Below are six essential steps that will help you avoid paying ransoms:

By following those rules, any company and organization can significantly reduce their risk of having to pay ransom. Attackers would rather target easy and unprepared victims, instead of spending their efforts on any particular organization. Properly implemented security standards, like ISO 27001, can also prevent the vast majority of costly ransomware incidents.

However, keep in mind that information security starts with factual security, not with a paper-based compliance. If your IT infrastructure is secure in practice, you will not only easily pass the majority of compliance and regulation requirements, but you will also defend your business from many vectors of cybercrime, including the growing monster of ransomware.

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In 2006, editors from Newsweek magazine picked this picture for the front of an issue on the 25th anniversary of AIDS. The woman, Jennifer Jako, was HIV positive and 6 months pregnant. (Ethan Hill ) Feb 8, 2017 by Kenny Malone

About nine years ago, 17.5 million people tuned into an episode of Greys Anatomy that, on the surface, appeared like any other high-stakes surgery, high-drama love triangles. What those millions of Greys viewers didnt know was that they were guinea pigs for a massive, secret experiment.

That experiment was arguably a referendum about a single woman: Jennifer Jako, and her decision to become a mother.

In 1991, at the age of 18, Jako had a one night stand with a high-school friend. It was the only time shed ever had sex without a condom. She contracted HIV and spent years trying to debunk misconceptions: producing a documentary that aired on MTV, speaking at college campuses and on talk shows.

Over time, the countrys view of HIV evolved. As people started living longer, stigma decreased. People generally understood that the infection wasnt a death sentence any longer.

But there was one area people couldnt seem to understand: Pregnancy. Studies showed the general public simply didnt know or didnt believe that an HIV-positive woman, with the right treatment, had a tremendously low chance of passing the virusonto her baby less than 2-percent at the time.

Jennifer Jako got a cruel lesson in where the public stood when she appeared on the cover of Newsweek magazine, six months pregnant.

Later, as an experiment, the Kaiser Family Foundation decided to see if they could move the needle by trying something totally different: product placement of medical information in a Greys Anatomy episode.

In this episode of Only Human we tell the epic story of Jennifer Jako and how she managed to sneak into our livings rooms and, possibly, change public opinion forever.

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The Webber and Minnick feud continues on season 13 ofGrey's Anatomy, and Bailey is going to have to make a difficult decision when one of the attendings refuses to work with Eliza. But where does Catherine stand? That's what April wants to know.

Also in episode 11, "None of Your Business," Maggie's mother pays her a surprise visit at the hospital, and Stephanie is caught up in Owen and Amelia's personal drama.

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Watch a Grey's Anatomy sneak peek as April tries to determine why Catherine's in town:

Is she in town to "put a halt" to the Webber/Bailey/Minnick "stuff," April wants to know. But just because Richard is her husband doesn't mean that they don't each have their jobs, as do Bailey and April, Catherine points out. She thinks that April should focus on the scans and not her marriage.

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Washington Husky Quarterback Jake Browning is recovering from surgery on his throwing shoulder. Heres why this is very good news

Quarterback Jake Browning led the Washington Huskies to the NCAA football playoffs. There, he ran into a tough Alabama defense and the team lost the game 24-7. But unknown to many, Browning was not up to 100%. In fact, he had injured his throwing shoulder early in the season in the home victory over Arizona State.

The following week, the Huskies would lose to the visiting USC Trojans 26-13. They would not lose another game until the playoffs.

In retrospect, his performance in the Arizona State and USC games were below average for the young hurler. With a season average rating of 167.5, his Arizona State win came in at 61.4 percent completion for 338 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions for a rating of 131.8. The following week, he completed 37.5percent of his passes for 118yards twotouchdowns and zerointerceptions for a rating of 106.3. In the playoff game facing Alabama, he completed 52.6 percent of his passes for 150 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions for a rating of 83.9. All efforts contributed to the two season losses.

But an injury to the throwing shoulder can lead to below average performances. While we do not know the exact nature of the injury, we do know these facts:

So in summary, the injury is relatively minor. But based on the evidence, what is the most likely injury?

Nov 12, 2016; Seattle, WA, USA; Washington Huskies quarterback Jake Browning (3) lies on the turf following a 21-yard loss on a scramble against the USC Trojans during the fourth quarter at Husky Stadium. USC defeated Washington, 26-13. Mandatory Credit: Joe Nicholson-USA TODAY Sports

In summary, there are three types of soft tissues that could be mended with a minor surgical procedure: cartilage, ligaments, and tendons.

While cartilage is the plastic-like tissue that covers the ends of bones, acting like lubricant and shock absorbers, ligaments are the soft connective tissue that holds the joint together. Secondly, tendons are the soft connective tissues that anchor muscles to bones and joints. In the case of a minor shoulder injury, any of the three tissues could be injured.

Healing any of these types of injuries are similar in arthroscopic surgery. So lets discuss the process:

Phase I : Post Operative recovery This is the period of time immediately following surgery. Browningwill need to keep the shoulder as immobile as possible and to keep hisarm in a sling. The use of the sling keeps the weight of hisarm off of thesoft tissues which assists in the healing process. (through Feb 2017)

Phase II: Passive Physical Therapy For the next six to eight weeks, Browning enters passive physical therapy. Now he will work with a physical therapist to perform gentle, assisted exercises to help regain movement and range of motion inhis shoulder. Because damaged tissues are still actively healing,his shoulder joint needs to be supported during movement. (Mid April 2017)

Phase III: Active Physical Therapy Now the therapy changes from motion to strength. Browning will be tasked with building his shoulder strength gradually to avoid reinjury, but at an intensive pace to meet the demands of the 2017 football season. While this period will progress quickly, the minimum is likely to be three months time. (End July 2017)

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The Washington Husky Spring Football game will be held on Saturday, April 22nd. Its highly unlikely Jake Browning will be playing in that game. The team will likely have Tony Rodriguez, Jeff Lindquist, Blake Gregory, Daniel Bridge-Gadd and K.J. Carta-Samuels active for the game. The team also has 2017 recruit QB Jake Haener in the mix for the 2017 season.

It is very unlikely that Jake Browning will suit up for this game.

The Huskies regular season begins on September 1st on a coast to coast road trip to Piscataway, New Jersey to face the Rutgers Scarlet Knights. As of now, Browning will very likely be suited up and ready to go for the season opener.

With his shoulder fully healed, Browning should be far more effective to close out this season. It was the Seattle Times Adam Jude who first reported the shoulder injury to quarterback Jake Browning in mid January. He followed up with a second article on February 1 to confirm that Brownings status was determined to be doing well by head coach Chris Petersen.

Weve already had a plan you know, Jake is one of those guys that just loves to throw and throw and throw, Petersen said. So from really when he got here, weve been trying to back him off (after) these long years, to make sure. And so he should be fine for spring ball, but also want to give these other (quarterbacks) some really good work in spring ball. Chris Petersen per Adam Judes interview

And so, there was a little ambiguity here. Yes, Jake Browning is right on track. Yes, He will be fine for spring ball. He may even be throwing by then. But dont panic when he isnt suiting up for the annual Spring Football game.

He will be good, but he wont be THAT good.

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In an empowering Instagram post, Greys Anatomy star Camilla Luddington announced shes expecting a girl, whom she will raise to be a little warrior.

On Feb 3, Luddington posted a photo on Instagram that showed her holding a onesie with the words Tomb Raider in training on it. In her caption, she wrote she was so excited to share the news that she and her partner, Matthew Alan, will be welcoming a baby girl into their family. And Luddington already has big plans for her little one.

I want her to grow up knowing how strong women are, she wrote.

The actress wrote that she will teach her daughter to be kind and to be vocal about what she thinks is right.

[I want her to grow up] to be a little warrior who is not afraid to use her voice and stand up for what she believes is right, she wrote. To navigate through life with courage and kindness, and to be one of the girls who says, You CAN sit with us....

Luddington also posted a funny video of Greys Anatomy co-star Ellen Pompeo directing her in a maternity photo shoot inspired by the pics Beyonc released two days earlier when she announced she was expecting twins.

I mean this is amazing, Pompeo said. You are pregnant at the same time as Beyonc. When is that ever going to happen again, Camilla?

Heres to hoping Luddingtons little warrior will team up with Beyoncs newest members of the BeyHive for some playdates.

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"We hope the internet goes crazy."

That's what Amy Krehbiel, P&G associate brand director for Tide, told Ad Age the brand hoped to accomplish from its unprecedented Super Bowl ad in which Terry Bradshaw feigns a stain.

And now, inside the Procter & Gamble war room, during the Big Game, comes Tide's moment of truth. The millions spent, months of hard work and top-level secrecy are all coming to fruition in this 75 seconds.

Will America fall for the stain?

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