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Man rapes stranger on downtown Sudbury street
Eye in the Sky video footage helps identify suspect; victim was too drunk to remember assault
Aug 18, 2021 • Last Updated August 18, 2021 • 6 minute read
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On one weekend in 2019, Eric Perrier was charged in two alleged sexual assaults against two women – one a total stranger he allegedly raped while she was very drunk, the other a woman whom he knew.
In Sudbury court, Perrier pleaded guilty to one of the sexual assaults and a breach of probation charge concerning the other.
He received a jail term of two years less a day minus some credit for pre-trial custody.
The Crown did not proceed on the second sexual assault charge due because the woman has since died.
As a result of the guilty pleas, the Crown withdrew three other charges Perrier was facing, including the second sexual assault charge.
As well, while the Crown had strong video evidence that Perrier raped the other woman, the DNA evidence found by police was not a 100 per cent certainty to have come from him.
Ontario Court Justice Randall Lalande said while he had some concern as to whether Perrier has significant insight into his behaviour, as noted in the pre-sentence report, he would accept the joint sentencing submission by the Crown and defence lawyer Len Walker.
"You are to be given thorough consideration and I have taken into account the importance of our pleas of guilt today," Lalande told Perrier. "It goes a long way in allowing you to put this matter behind you, so to speak, in order to progress in the future.
"At the age of 28, you still have, presumably, a long life to lead and I want you to make proper decisions as you go forth."
As a result of his pre-trial custody credit, Perrier will have 499 days of jail left to serve.
Lalande also issued a DNA order, a three-year probation order that includes conditions such as having no contact with the woman he raped and taking counselling as directed, in particular for sexual deviance.
In addition, the judge issued a 10-year weapons ban and ordered Perrier be listed on the national sex offenders' registry for 20 years.
Perrier had pleaded guilty to his charges in mid-March. At that time, Perrier was represented by another lawyer and some of his original pre-sentence custody was not going to be counted toward his sentence. The pleas were struck this week and re-entered by Perrier before Lalande.
Walker is now representing Perrier. Walker and the Crown were looking to have all of the pre-sentence time counted toward the sentence.
That did not sit well with Lalande, who felt the initial arrangement back in March should still apply. Walker and the Crown eventually agreed that Perrier would only see some of his pre-sentence custody time count toward the sentence.
Earlier, Lalande cautioned the lawyers he was of the mind not to accept what was being proposed and instructed counsel to meet and have a discussion, and the matter would return in the late afternoon.
The sexual assault charge Perrier pleaded guilty to involved the rape of a woman he did not know in the downtown core the early morning of Sept. 7, 2019.
The court heard a woman who had been at the Grand Theatre the night of Sept. 6 and the morning of Sept. 7, 2019, left the building heavily intoxicated.
She told Greater Sudbury Police her memory was incomplete, but remembered being in a taxi and telling the driver she had no money to pay, and then waking up in her bed in her apartment about noon the morning of Sept. 7.
The woman told police that when she awoke, she was bleeding, was sore, and had scratches and cuts to many parts of her body, including her elbows and hands. Her panties were also missing.
The woman said she was missing her cellphone, wallet and items from her purse, including her driver's licence, debit card, student card and $40.
A bouncer the woman knew found the cellphone at the Grand Theatre and it was returned to her when she went back retracing her steps.
The contents of the woman's purse, meanwhile, were found in a downtown flower bed by a man who brought them to police headquarters.
The woman told police she went to Health Sciences North that night to be checked by a sexual assault crisis nurse, but one was not available at that time and she left. The woman returned several hours later and sexual assault testing was conducted.
Two police officers who retraced the woman's steps through the downtown core determined she left the Grand Theatre on foot about 3 a.m. Sept. 7.
The officers also began going through Eye in the Sky video footage, as well as private business' video camera footage. They saw a man with a backpack talking to the woman briefly on Durham Street about 3:05 a.m. Sept. 7, then following her south on Durham Street and catching up to her, grabbing her hand, and hugging and kissing her.
The pair were then seen in a laneway behind the Townehouse about 3:25 a.m. About five minutes later, the man was seen walking alone in a laneway behind an Elgin Street business.
A concerned taxi driver later saw the woman and brought her to Health Sciences North.
The officers then found the woman's missing panties behind a building on Elgin Street east. The panties were sent for DNA testing.
Assistant Crown attorney Alyssa Caverson said the woman told police she did not know the man in the video and was in no capacity at that time to agree to sex.
"She has no recollection of the incident due to her level of intoxication," said Caverson.
On Sept. 9, 2019, police were contacted by a second woman who alleged that a man she knew – Perrier – had sexually assaulted her. At the time, Perrier was on a probation order issued in May 2018. The woman was examined at Health Sciences North and DNA testing determined Perrier was a match.
Officers investigating the first alleged sexual assault ended up charging Perrier because he was match in the video for the man seen with the woman the morning of Sept. 7.
Perrier was charged with sexual assault and breach of probation concerning both incidents.
The DNA testing conducted for the Sept. 7, 2019, incident determined that while Perrier was a close match, it was not a 100 per cent certainty the DNA was his.
"(The DNA) a four-star match, but not a complete match," said Caverson.
Walker told the court the woman's severe impairment the morning of Sept. 7, 2019, "had nothing to do with Mr. Perrier. He had nothing to do with the condition she was in."
Caverson agreed, noting that Perrier did not know the woman and "he met her on the street."
Perrier had a prior record that included convictions for fraud and assault.
In his sentencing submission, Walker said Perrier has a significant drug addiction problem he still needs to address despite considerable efforts.
"He is now off methadone," said the lawyer. "He is offering the plea of guilt knowing a trial is never a sure thing. It avoided court appearances by these two vulnerable people."
In her sentencing submission, said had the two sexual assault charges proceeded to trial, the sentencing range with guilty verdicts would have been eight to 10 years.
She said the woman involved in the first rape has "suffered greatly from this incident and would very much like to continue forward in her mental health treatment. She did not want to testify."
Caverson said the woman's prime concern is that Perrier stays away from her.
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Italy gets the 2026 Winter Olympics almost nobody wanted
Dan Barnes, Postmedia
Seven months after Calgary aborted its Games rerun, the 2026 Winter Olympics and Paralympics were awarded on Monday to the northern Italian cities of Milan and Cortina D'Ampezzo.
The budget for these Games has been estimated at $1.7 billion US, more than half of which will be picked up by the International Olympic Committee's contribution of $925 million US. The only major infrastructure projects included in the bid are a hockey arena and an athletes' village that will be converted into much-needed student housing. Thirteen existing venues will also be used to deliver the Games programme.
The 306,774 Calgarians who voted in a Nov. 13, 2018 plebiscite on hosting the Games might well be confused by those numbers. That's because the Calgary bid was estimated at $5.1 billion CDN, or more than twice the estimate for Italy.
The City of Calgary was asked to kick in $390 million, the province committed to $700 million, the feds were on the hook for $1.452 billion and the IOC was going to kick in its $925 million US.
But it wasn't nearly that cut and dried. The nuts and bolts of the financing formula weren't clear until mere days before the plebiscite and the process devolved into a confusing cauldron of emotion, estimates, distrust and partisanship on both sides of the vote.
High costs, uncertainty over financial projections and inherent financial risk were cited among the most common reasons to vote no, and 171,750 people did just that, versus 132,832 for the yes side.
Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi has since bemoaned the loss of a financial return that he characterized as a no-brainer. The city was putting up $390 million and getting a $5 billion investment in return. But they couldn't sell that vision in Calgary, and it's a pretty common refrain around the globe.
Financially speaking, these are no longer your father's Olympics, and they certainly aren't Vladimir Putin's Games. Russia spent $51 billion on Sochi 2014. And that was just for the state-sponsored doping program.
We kid.
Fact is the IOC no longer enjoys the luxury of selling its hot property to the highest bidder. The global appetite for its brand of largesse has waned steadily since the scandalized Winter Olympics of Salt Lake City in 2002. And even at such a drastically reduced cost, more and more these are the Games that almost nobody wants.
The 2022 race came down to just Beijing and Almaty, Kazakhstan. Two Summer Games hosts were awarded in a single go — Paris 2024 and Los Angeles 2028 — in the wake of tepid bid response to 2024.
There were seven applicants to start the process for 2026, but for various reasons and through various devices including plebiscite, the Swiss city of Sion, as well as Innsbruck, Austria; Sapporo, Japan; Erzurum, Turkey and Calgary dropped out.
On Monday, the Italian bid garnered 47 IOC votes, compared to just 34 for the Swedish bid from Stockholm-Are, which included hosting sliding sports at a track in Sigulda, Latvia.
Calgarians are free to celebrate or ruminate as they will at this news. Delivering an Olympics, as anyone with memories of 1988 will attest, is a complicated, messy process that taxes the patience and spirit of the populace for seven years before delivering a wonderful spectacle for 17 days. And yes, it is more than a two-week celebration of sport. The Olympics and Paralympics provide motivation for future athletes, engender national pride, celebrate diversity and inclusion.
And, depending on the budget, they can establish a valuable Olympic legacy in the form of infrastructure, which was both the strength and the weakness of the Calgary bid, given the cost.
There was plenty of infrastructure building and upgrading baked into that $5 billion, including the construction of a new field house, which has been at the top of the Calgary wish list for decades. There was affordable housing on tap too, and vital improvements to Canada Olympic Park's facilities, including the sliding track that has since been shuttered, at least temporarily. There isn't funding available to Winsport for the necessary improvements.
Ironically enough, not long after the Olympic bid died in Calgary, city council was mulling over financing options for its top four infrastructure asks: expansion of the Arts Commons and BMO Centre, construction of a field house and an arena. The price tag for the four projects is about $1.5 billion, and the city hopes for contributions from other levels of government. But they have already raided their rainy day fund for $305 million to get that party started, and they didn't bother asking Calgarians if they are OK with that kind of expenditure.
"I don't think that the city is on board with these four projects, in particular, because we as a council have not really done our due diligence to consult Calgarians," Coun. Jeremy Farkas said in May.
"We've tapped out the credit cards. We've raided the various piggy banks, the reserves, all on this ambitious plan, but I don't think that Calgarians are on board with the 'what,' let alone the 'how.'"
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Cloudy with snow. Some mixed winter precipitation possible. Temps nearly steady in the low to mid 30s. Winds S at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of snow 90%. About one inch of snow expected..
Snow this evening will give way to lingering snow showers late. Low 27F. Winds SSE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of snow 90%. Snow accumulating 1 to 3 inches.
Head brewer and owner Jonathan Christiansen, left, offers a snifter of beer at Zymurgy Brewing Company's grand opening Dec. 1.
SARAH SEIFERT, Dunn County News
'We love this place': Menomonie brewery opens doors with local offerings
SARAH SEIFERT Dunn County News
MENOMONIE — It took Jonathan Christiansen — head brewer, owner and founder of Zymurgy Brewing Co. in Menomonie — hours to notice the snowstorm pounding outside Dec. 1 during the brewery's grand opening. A line of customers, steady for the first six hours, was keeping him busy.
It was a day that Christiansen, 36, had been working toward his whole life: opening his own brewery.
"I was pretty amazed that because of the storm, how many people came out," Christiansen said.
Christiansen, along with partners Chelsea Rickert and Zach Barker, aren't strangers to the area. Christiansen is a Wisconsin native, and both he and Barker went to college in Milwaukee. Rickert graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Stout.
"We love this place. We aren't big-city folk," Rickert said at the opening.
Former head brewer at Menomonie's Lucette Brewing Co., Christiansen set out to open Zymurgy after leaving Lucette in 2016.
They renovated the building at 624 Main St. E — it used to be home to Dennis' Auto Services — and are shaping the brewery into a "public house" hangout.
The brewery doesn't have a kitchen, but that means dogs are welcome, a fact that Christiansen loves.
"We want to have that public house feel, where people can hang out for a few hours, play games, as opposed to the quick in-and-out," Christiansen said.
With Brewery Nonic's grand opening slated for Jan. 19, Menomonie will soon be home to three breweries. But competition is a good thing for all three, Christiansen said — beer fans and tour bus companies alike are more likely to stop in the city with three breweries open.
"Generally when people come to the city to visit a brewery they'll go to at least one other brewery," he said.
Dustyn Dubuque, Main Street of Menomonie executive director, agreed.
"I can't tell you the amount of times I have driven multiple hours to the Twin Cities to attend different breweries in a small area," Dubuque said. "We will now have three that are a mile (apart). That will bring visitors to the downtown area."
Expect to see Zymurgy beer on tap in Eau Claire, Hudson, and maybe even Milwaukee or Madison one day — but limited in Menomonie outside the brewery itself, Christiansen said.
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Wisconsin flavors
With 15 beers on tap for the opening, drinkers had pale and hoppy ales, darker beers, a brown ale and more to pick from.
Local ingredients stood out on the menu: Fluffhead, a German wheat beer, is made with Augusta and Eau Claire honey. A fruit beer, Ramblin' Rose, added Camp Douglas cranberries to the honey-brewed Fluffhead. Hops from Durand give IPA-style Hoppy Thing a zing.
While the Fluffhead and Ramblin' Rose were top sellers on opening day, Christiansen isn't shy of playing with stranger ingredients and having a bit of fun. The Terry Porter, a dark chocolate-flavored beer, is named after a former NBA player and Milwaukee Bucks coach of the same name. The Sherlock, a mild English ale, is named after a cat Christiansen had for 17 years. The Sassy Squash Ale, brewed with local roasted butternut squash and a few unexpected spices, was "a fun, wacky experiment."
The Sleepy Alligator, a dry saison ale, is Christiansen's favorite, inspired by his time in Belgium in the early 2000s.
He's looking at adding a couple higher-alcohol-content beers to the lineup this winter. Plans for an English barley wine, a strong style of ale, and a Russian imperial stout are in the works.
Building the brewery's massive cooler by hand — with help from a friend — was the biggest challenge he faced, Christiansen said: "I thought building a cooler would be easy. It was not."
The team is still nailing down the brewery's hours, but they hope Wisconsin sports games, a pool table and dart boards will draw locals.
They hope to host live music, comedy, food trucks and brewing-related talks, Rickert said: "We want to do very community-based events."
Spent grain from the brewing process will be made into dog treats and donated to local farmers for animal feed. And while Wisconsin flavors and additions are already cropping up on the menu, the team hopes to expand that hyper-local focus even more, Rickert said.
Dubuque said the microbrewery boom is at an all-time high, and that's a good thing for everyone involved.
"Upon the opening of Brewery Nonic in the near future, Menomonie will now be a destination for those looking to drink different brews," Dubuque said.
Contact Zymurgy Brewing Co. on Facebook, www.facebook.com/zymurgybrewing/.
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Study: Trump Tariff Against China Will Raise the Cost of Consoles by 21 Percent
Trump's Trade War with China Could Have a Negative Impact on the US Gaming Industry
A tariff proposal against China that was made by the Trump administration in May would raise the price of consoles in the US "by 21%, and the average video game console will cost about $56 more for U.S. consumers," says a study that was commissioned by the Consumer Technology Association.
"U.S. trade data reveals that China accounts for nearly all (over 96 percent) of total [console] imports," the study explained. "Imposition of the tariffs suggests that shifting this much Chinese production to any other source would be very difficult given the volume currently sourced from China. Therefore, U.S. prices of video game consoles would rise by nearly all of the value of the tariffs as supply would continue to need to be met by China."
Last week, Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo all came out against the tariff proposal that targeted gaming consoles imported from China and requested that the console tariff be removed from the proposal. The companies argued that the tariff would "injure" the gaming industry and its consumers, "stifle" innovation, and potentially put "thousands" of US jobs in the industry at risk.
However, President Trump has defended his tariffs against China as a necessary method to make trade between the two countries more fair for the US.
According to a report from The Verge, this tariff proposal for game consoles could go into effect "as soon as next week."
What do you think of this news? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below.
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Grain and animal feed producer W&R Barnett Ltd is the north's latest £1 billion company.
GRAIN and animal feed producer W&R Barnett Ltd has been confirmed as the north's latest £1 billion company.
The fourth-generation family business, one of the largest in Northern Ireland, has grown its profits before tax by 29 per cent from £36.2m to £46.8m in the year to July 31, 2017. In the same 12 months turnover jumped from £946.1m to £1.1bn.
The stellar figures have been boosted by one acquisition, which contributed operating profit of £871,930 and turnover of £13.8m.
The figures further show that W & R Barnett has grown staff numbers by 30 per cent over the year, with the full-time equivalent workforce increasing in size from 1,140 to 1,485. This has resulted in a dramatic £10m hike in the annual wage bill from £42.2m to £52.5m.
In the strategic report accompanying the company accounts, directors described both the level of business during the year and the financial position at the year-end as "satisfactory", and pledged to continue to press for growth.
"The group will continue to invest in people, product development, facilities and suitable acquisitions in order to ensure its ongoing development," they said.
"Principal business risks arise from foreign exchange fluctuations, the commodity markets and customer credit."
The annual accounts cover the entire W&R Barnett group - the holding company of a diversified group of international commodity trading, storage, agribusiness and industrial companies.
Founded in 1896, the group has grown from its origins as a grain merchant and expanded its operations to include derivatives, oils and molasses.The group also covers the operation of dockside facilities, the manufacture of animal feeds and horse breeding.
W&R Barnett subsidiary - animal feed and fertiliser supplier, BHH Ltd also recorded a successful financial year, growing turnover by 12 per cent in the year from £202m to £225.9m and increasing pre-tax profits and staff numbers.


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In Which Steff Spills Mackenzie's Blood
This was it… the moment was upon us. The jewels above the lift doors were lighting up one after another as the delivery climbed inexorably closer and closer to us.
"You know, we've been eating a lot of those crackers," Steff said. "And the cheese… that's about as filling as it gets, right? Bunch of crackers and big chunks of indigestible dairy products."
"Yeah," I said, though honestly I felt like I might as well have been throwing the food away as much as eating it. My stomach felt empty… actually, that's an understatement. It felt like emptiness itself… like a vast expanse of nothingness that went on forever. "We have been eating a lot."
"What I mean is, we don't have to eat right away," Steff said. "I mean, this place has a kitchen. We could put it away for a while."
"Yeah," I said. It might have been my imagination… it probably was… but I thought I could smell something coming from the lift doors. An aroma like that in the steam baths, but… more. It was a scent I recognized from unremembered dreams and the unwelcome memories of my hungry episode.
"I mean, it's not like we're in any rush," Steff said. She was talking so quickly, and the lift seemed to be moving so slowly… it was a toss-up which was more frustrating. "There's no hurry… we don't have to do anything with the food right now, right this minute. We… we could even sleep on it, right? Have… take care of the whole thing tomorrow? I mean, you said we don't have to be back until the afternoon."
"Uh… yeah," I said, though I couldn't quite remember what she was talking about. Tomorrow? The afternoon? What about now? Now was feeling pretty important.
"When's checkout, anyway? That's something we should probably find out," Steff said, prattling on. "I mean, it's important. Probably the meal will have to wait while we get that figured out."
The lift chimed and the doors slid open. A man wearing a Havenwood uniform pushed a linen-draped trolley with a large covered platter, two tall thin wine glasses, and three bottles in ice on it. He was followed by what had to be the deliveryman from Tender Mercy's, a nondescript man in a nondescript but very nice suit, carrying a large black bag with no markings.
"Good evening, folks," the room service guy said. "Would you like to take this in the dining room, or out here?"
Steff looked at me. I didn't return her gaze… I was staring at the bag. It smelled so good. I could also smell the room service guy and Steff all of a sudden… the guy with the trolley made my stomach rumble and stretch like it was waking up from a deep sleep.
Steff smelled oddly appetizing… nothing like gourmet fare by any stretch of the imagination, but a little exotic, and certainly not bad. Anyway, wasn't there a saying like "hunger is the best sauce?" If so, the whole world could have been marinating in it…
"Um, dining room, I guess," Steff said.
"Dining room it is, then," he said. He wheeled the cart through the living room and into the dining area. We all followed, the silent man with the black bag only moving ahead of me when he realized that I wasn't going to move ahead of him and his cargo. He walked sideways… one eye on me and one eye on where he was going.
Once we were in the dining room, he waited there silently until the room service guy cleared out, leaving his cart behind. The deliveryman set the oversized pouch down on the table and opened it. I swear my knees swayed as the aroma that had been trapped within it hit the air. From the bag, he pulled out a plastic domed take-out plate.
I took a step forward as soon as I saw it. Even with the clear part fogged up with steam, I felt it pulling me in like a lodestone pulls iron filings. He held up a white gloved hand and I stopped dead in my tracks, the hair on the back of my neck standing up as some primitive instinct held me back and kept me from running and tearing the plate out of his hands… or the flesh from his throat.
He set the dish down on the table and then produced two more and a large earthenware jug. I heard a growl echoing in my head, and started forward again.
His head whipped around and he looked me straight in the eyes. I tried to stare back, tried to force the fire into my eyes to make him back down… but his eyes were as empty and dark as the pit in my stomach. I whimpered, and had to look away.
"Sit," he said. Though I'd never heard his silky voice, the steely tone underneath it was one I recognized and responded to without thinking. I sat. "Stay." He turned towards Steff. "Would you care to inspect the meal?" Steff must have shook her head, because he simply said, "Enjoy."
"Wait," Steff said as he turned and headed for the door. "Don't we pay now?"
"It has been taken care of," he said. "Enjoy."
"But we didn't charge it," Steff said. "I have a little pouch of gold with my clothes, if you'll just…"
"Enjoy," the man repeated a third time, and he left without waiting for further objection.
We both held our positions in silence, the meat tantalizingly close but too far for me to reach. The man's feet made no sound, but after a short while we heard the lift doors open and then close. Steff let out a breath… even that smelled good.
"Okay… that was creepy," she said. "I know that isn't right. They made such a big deal out of getting payment… this is the smallest part of the order, but they should still collect it."
I didn't say anything… I just stayed crouched where I was, looking at the stack of covered plates and the sealed jug with a fierce longing.
"Maybe we should just put all that stuff away without touching it, in case there's any dispute?" Steff said, though from what she'd said that sounded like a horribly naive view of Mercy's dispute resolution process. "Or maybe we should let the restaurant know that we tried to pay and see what they want us to do… I don't know. What do you think, Mack?"
I'd started crawling towards the table… slowly, low to the ground to avoid notice.
"Mack, you can stand up, you know," Steff said.
"Yeah," I said, getting to my feet. Of course I could. I crept towards the food, stalking my way up towards the domed plates. As hungry as I was, I didn't want to move too quickly… I didn't want to give myself away too soon, or else I'd spoil everything and be left with my pangs.
"I guess we should probably take a look," Steff said, crossing in front of me and unstacking the containers.
I froze, certain that… wait, what was I certain of? That they would scatter and run? That had been the thought in my head, but that was ridiculous… I was treating dead meat like it was live prey, like Steff.
I shuddered. What was wrong with me? Did I really have so little self-control? Was my demon side buried so close to the surface that the smell of cooked flesh was enough to wake up some sort of sick hunting instincts? I wasn't a hunter…
"These are the ribs," Steff said, peering at one of the containers. "Looks like we got two racks, or sides, or whatever they call them. These other two are the… oh. They don't look much like steak. Well, I guess they wouldn't. But on the other hand, they don't look like… I mean, you can't tell what they are. If you didn't know, I mean, you'd never guess… aw, fuck, I'm babbling."
She giggled nervously and pulled at her hair.
"What do you think, Mack?" she asked me. "I guess… I don't know, maybe we should at least try it? We can mix a bit up with the rice and it wouldn't be so… I mean, that might give the best effect. I don't know."
I started to growl, but it came out more like a whine. She was standing between me and the other food… and I was so hungry.
"And this, obviously, is the blood," she said, looking at the jug. "'Magically stabilized and temperature controlled.' Huh." She popped the top off and my eyes filled up with red mist. Steff stuck her finger inside the neck of the jug and swirled it around. I could taste the sweet tang on the air. "At least we can be pretty sure nobody actually died for this… why would anybody sacrifice a virgin when their blood's worth so much?"
The blood… its scent was sweet and heady. It promised so much: satiation, fulfillment of purpose… it would fill the hole in side me, slake the awful hunger that felt like it would devour me along with the rest of the world. I could drink the blood and I would be at peace, content. I could drink the blood and be full.
Maybe I should eat the other food before I drank the blood.
"What do you think, Mack?" she asked, pulling her finger out and turning towards me. "Stick all this in the fridge… or stasis box or whatever the hell they have… and figure out what to do with it later?"
I stared at her finger… the long, supple digit was wet and red to the second knuckle.
"Mack?" Steff said. I was having a hard time remembering what that word meant. "Hon? Are you okay? It's just blood, hon… I know you're kind of a w… sensitive girl, but the sight of it shouldn't… oh, um."
Something had changed, in her face and her stature and even her smell. She was a lot more appetizing all of a sudden… everything about her was screaming I am prey, I am food. The instincts that had been wasted on takeout containers were waking up again.
"I'm just going to get my clothes and go downstairs for, like, an hour or so… give you a little time to eat." She took a step back in the direction of the bedroom and the pool. I took two steps towards her. "Or, maybe I'll just go hang out in the lobby in my underwear for a bit," she said.
With a fierce roar, I flew through the air at the blood-dabbed morsel, but three things happened faster than I could follow: a chair ended up smashing into kindling against my face, the jug of blood was knocked over onto the floor, and Steff was gone out the door.
I could hear her voice frantically whispering "come on, come on, come on," I could hear her jabbing at the lift controls… but she was all the way out there and the blood was right there with me. I fell to the floor, lapping up the spreading pool.
It was so good… not quite the ambrosia of fresh-from-the-vein, but far better than the cold offerings I'd made do with for most of my childhood or even the coffee cup of blood I'd had most recently. It was warm and so close to fresh
As slow as it oozed from the narrow opening and as fast as I drank, it spread faster than I could feed. I wanted it to last forever, and it seemed like it just might.
There was a rustling sound from somewhere nearby, but it wasn't important, whatever it was… how could it be? It wasn't the blood, after all. There was another sound: wooden legs scooting across tile, and then creaking slightly under weight. Then came a voice.
"Please, don't let me stop you," it said.
I wasn't going to.
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And I thought that when I miss a meal, I get loopy! Being hypoglycemic is no picnic, so to speak. My temper gets very temperamental. I learned to always carry a couple of food bars with me just so I don't go all Diva on people.
People are sometimes very hard on Steff in the comments, but I think that here, you see her as she is. She can talk a creepy game but when push comes to shove, she's just that: all talk.
Yeah yeah, spooky necromancer… working with bodies of people who probably donated them, if her cadaver lab is like the ones at any school I ever went to.
Moridain says:
I like steff, and agree that she is more into the idea of pain and death than the actual event.
I honestly expect her to end up an artist, perhaps involving necromantic items?


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In the fourth installment of the fighting franchise, Boyka is shooting for the big leagues when an accidental death in the ring makes him question everything he stands for. When he finds out the wife of the man he accidentally killed is in trouble, Boyka offers to fight in a series of impossible battles to free her from a life of servitude
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Professional Dragon Hunters
By Max Rubin Wed, Nov 2, 2011
Will card counters flock to a new baccarat bet to get an advantage?
On the Friday before G2E, Dr. Elliot Jacobson published a short paper at www.wizardofodds.com, which illustrated how a card counter could theoretically exploit the Dragon 7 wager on EZ Baccarat and win a quarter of a betting unit per hour.
By the time the show was in full swing, the article had convinced a number of table game operators that the Dragon 7 wager was so dangerous that the now-popular EZ Baccarat side bet should be modified or removed.
This is a perfect example of how a little bit of (published) information can be a dangerous thing. The reality is that offering players EZ Baccarat—with the Dragon 7 wager—is one of the easiest—and smartest—decisions a table game manager can make, for one simple reason:
Professional advantage players simply will not play EZ Baccarat and count down the Dragon 7 wager. Why? It's one of the least profitable advantage plays a competent professional can (or will) make.
To understand why, let's look at the math, as proposed by Dr. Jacobson. In a perfect world, assuming that the casino were to deal a full eight-deck shoe every hour (which they don't), if the player were to wager $100 on the side wager every time there was a slight advantage, the player could harvest a whopping $25 an hour.
And that's if the conditions were perfect. By perfect, I mean that they would be able to sit on the game for hours on end without making a single Player or Banker wager (impossible) and that they would also be assured of getting a full 80 hands an hour (nearly impossible, as well) and have no need to tip (after hitting a $4,000 bonus—highly unlikely).
If that weren't enough to dissuade the pros or wanna-be pros from tackling the game, in order to make that near-impossible $25 an hour, they would also have to be willing to risk a $100,000 bankroll on the high-volatility $100 wager to avoid an unacceptable risk of ruin. And then they'd have to factor in expenses (travel, lodging, etc.).
In fact, it would be much easier for a seasoned pro (or even a novice counter) to grind out an easy $25 an hour earn—with a much smaller bankroll and a limited risk of exposure—by simply playing existing blackjack games (shoes, 6/5 or Superfun, you name it), the same games they've been exploiting for years. Or they could play some other games/side bets that are more easily exploitable, including Caribbean Stud (which can be played at a 2.3 percent advantage on every hand with shared information and miniscule bankrolls), Mississippi Stud (at more than 3 percent) with shared information (check out www.discount-gambler.com) and Shuffle Master's "Margin of Victory" Dragon Bonus, which can return a 10th of a betting unit each shoe with a very small risk of bankroll ruin. Yet none of these games has been assaulted by the pros; they're just not worth the time or effort.
There are two kinds of advantage players—those who talk about it and those that make a living at it—and I don't know a single professional advantage player worth his salt who would even think about sitting on a game on which he would make that measly $25 an hour. But I digress.
The proof that savvy table game operators should continue to offer EZ Baccarat and the Dragon 7 wagers is indisputable; long before Dr. Jacobson released his paper, the pros were aware that game could be counted down, yet none of them played it and in virtually every instance in which an EZ Baccarat game has replaced a conventional baccarat game, the EZ game has made the casino more money.
To further clear up any confusion, check out what Jacobson himself said following the show:
"For the record, I don't believe the Dragon is vulnerable in a significant way. The typically low house limit as well as the high variance of the wager will make it unappealing to professional players. I don't think any changes need to be made to the game to protect it."
Jacobson further explained, "The potential earnings are small and the volatility is enormous. It would require an immense amount of time and a huge bankroll to yield a very small long-term profit. Any casino that removes the Dragon 7 wagers from EZ Baccarat based on my article is making a mistake. No competent advantage player will attack it. Like blackjack, the fact that it can be counted in theory is more likely to draw valuable customers. However, unlike blackjack, no undue measures need to be taken to protect it. I strongly believe my analysis will help those casinos that place EZ Baccarat make more income from the game, not less."
I've known about the theoretical possibilities of beating the Dragon 7 wager for almost a year, yet as a consultant for Barona casino, I have urged them to continue offering EZ Baccarat and the Dragon 7 wager—which they have, with great success.
Should table game operators fear professional Dragon hunters? The answer is no. Why? Because there aren't any.
Max Rubin is one of eight living members of the Blackjack Hall of Fame and the award-winning author of Comp City: A Guide to Free Gambling Vacations. With nearly 40 years in the gaming industry as a casino veteran, he has designed and developed several table games as well as innovative table game tournament concepts. View all articles by Max Rubin
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Marrakesh: Explore intricate woven alleys, listen for traditional Berber music and the call to prayer, browse the souks, visit Ben Youssef Madrasa and the Dar Si Said Museum, eat couscous and tagine, smell jasmine in hidden gardens, and sleep in a riad for the first time in the Red City.
Fez: Return to your favorite Moroccan city to check out what's new and modern, stay in a hillside hotel, sip fresh mint tea under open-air arches, eat lunch on a terrace inspired by a French brasserie, decompress in a luxurious spa's hammam, daydream by an infinity pool, and eat dinner at a unique restaurant at the base of the Middle Atlas mountains.
Essaouira: Listen for the early call to prayer and the seagulls to start squawking, watch the shade retreat from the water and the Medina, wander through narrow derbs and the walled fortress, smell fish mixed with even stronger spices, be tempted by a carpet salesmen, and drink cocktails on a rooftop along the Atlantic Ocean.
Moulay Idriss: Leave the cities behind to find what looks like an Italian hillside town, walk narrow streets built for donkeys, look down at olive groves, visit thermal baths and the ruins of a Roman city just outside of town, and eat dinner on a rooftop terrace as the sun sets into the valley in the Atlas Mountains.
Oukaïmeden: Take a day trip to find a European-style ski village, rent old equipment, ride a single chairlift, weave between boulders and trees on 12 miles worth of trails, and eat tagines and cassoulets on wooden tables on a sunny terrace after you ski in the High Atlas mountains.


Actress Amy Adams flashes a smile as she graces the July 2018 cover of Marie Claire US. Photographed by Brigitte Lacomb, the redhead wears a white jumpsuit from Oscar de la Renta. Inside the fashion glossy, Amy poses in effortlessly chic looks styled by J. Errico. For beauty, hair stylist John D works on her polished waves with makeup by Stephen Sollitto.
In her interview, Amy talks about being the co-executive producer for HBO's 'Sharp Objects'.
Dagmara Raczynska looks ready for summer in the June 2018 issue of L'Officiel India. Photographer Olga Rubio Dalmau captures the model at the beach in colorful looks with denim accents. Dagmara impresses wearing the designs of Schiaparelli, Dolce & Gabbana and Alexander McQueen amongst others. Stylist Laia Gomez Ortizselects colorful prints, wide-brimmed hats and sandals for the blonde to wear.


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Purpurlöpare (Carabus violaceus) är en skalbagge i familjen jordlöpare (Carabidae). Ett annat namn på arten är violett jordlöpare.

Kännetecken
Purpurlöparen har nästan släta täckvingar. Täckvingarnas och halssköldens kanter är violettglänsande. Den är 22-35 mm lång.

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Allmän i hela Sverige utom längst i norr. Finns i större delen av Europa. Arten är reproducerande i Sverige.

Levnadssätt
Purpurlöparen är ett nattaktivt rovdjur som springer ifatt sina byten, som till exempel sniglar och andra småkryp. Även larven är ett rovdjur. På dagtid kan man hitta dem under stenar, bark eller liknande.

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Kings GM Dean Lombardi on the future of Willie Mitchell
April 25, 2013 By John Hoven
Last hour we posted the first half of an interview with Kings GM Dean Lombardi, who was on Sportsnet Radio (Fan 590) in Toronto earlier today. In that article he shared thoughts about the Dustin Brown suspension and provided an early outlook heading into next week's playoffs. Now, for the conclusion, here's what he had to say about the situation surrounding injured defenseman Willie Mitchell..
– On if he had any idea Mitchell would be out the whole season: "No. Quite frankly, this was basically just a meniscus, which are a dime-a-dozen now in sports. I don't know. I've had so many discussions with doctors, just like Grey's Anatomy here or something, but bottom line is…Part of it is the way he's a little bit knock-kneed and the stress that puts on it combined with wear and tear, and then the meniscus. It doesn't look good, you know? He tried twice. It reached a mark where he could push it, and then every time he pushed it, it was serious problems. So, the knee's probably – like I say, hockey people can appreciate this guy, he's probably one of the most underrated players in the league. He's got a stick – the length and range on this guy defensively, his angles, he's an absolute clinic out there. He's probably one of the best penalty killers in the league."
– On if Mitchell's injury is career threatening: "It's possible. It's always a tough decision for athletes. You know, you have Kobe Bryant, who was playing bone-on-bone. But this could be serious repercussions on his normal life down the road. So that's the hard thing for a player. Could he push it, maybe? And play through the swelling and everything for a year or two? Yeah. But with that said, he might have to go the rest of his life walking with a limp. And that's a very difficult call for an athlete."
If you missed part one of the interview, see the link below in the 'Related Content' section.
Also, earlier this month, Lombardi talked in greater detail about Mitchell's injury in an article here. Meanwhile, our exclusive interview with Mitchell from a few weeks prior can also be found here – he talks about the emotions of not playing this season.
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Brandon Tosch says:
Oh Mitchie. 🙁 How we miss thee! I hope he's better enough to return next season for another Cup run
JOCELYN Z says:
Willie wears his heart on his s… stick. We all see that. He loves the game and everything about it. That is a very hard thing to walk away from so I can understand the internal pain he is going through about making decisions. Whatever it will be – whether he plays again or not, I sincerely hope the Kings Organization does him right. And although we all hate for this to happen: If he chooses not play again and retire, I would love for him to retire as a KING for sure and that includes his number. HE IS A WARRIOR. And always a KING to us all.


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Microsoft Investors Want a "Turnaround" Expert for New CEO
By Kevin Parrish
There's talk that a special Microsoft committee is eying Ford Motor Company CEO Alan Mulally and Computer Sciences Corp CEO Mike Lawrie.
With current Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer gearing up to take an early "retirement" within the next twelve months, twenty of Microsoft's top investors are now seeking a "turnaround expert" to fill his shoes. Included in this shortlist of potential candidates are Ford Motor Company CEO Alan Mulally and Computer Sciences Corp CEO Mike Lawrie.
A special committee of the board was formed after Ballmer's public announcement last month. Sources told Reuters that it's currently in charge of conducting the search, and its advisers have held regular meetings with company shareholders. In one of these meetings, Microsoft supposedly had a list of around 40 candidates, and has been narrowing it down ever since.
Sources claim that this special committee could name the new CEO as soon as the end of the year. They also say that Microsoft's investors are highly attracted to Mulally and Lawrie because both have had success in turning around companies. The 68-year-old Ford CEO is more widely known thanks to his "dramatic reversal" of the #2 North American car manufacturer.
Last November Ford announced a succession plan for Mulally that revealed the current CEO would stay on at least until the end of 2014. However, sources close to the plan told Reuters that the executive could possibly step down before that if the right opportunity came along. Naturally, a follow-up with Ford denies such a possibility, stating that he will "continue to serve as Ford's president and CEO through at least 2014."
Reuters believes choosing Malally would be a "radical choice" for Microsoft given he resides outside the technology sector. But perhaps this is the radical move Microsoft needs to make as it transitions into a devices and services company. Furthermore, perhaps he can bring a more consumer-side approach, meaning he hasn't been knee-deep in the backside of Microsoft's software or the PC industry itself for decades.
IBM made a similar move back in the 1990s. The company hired Louis Gerstner, a manager from the financial industry who saved the company from going out of business. Between 1993 and 2002, he pushed the company into refocusing on the IT services business, which grew to nearly 50 percent of the company's revenues. He also pushed IBM to embrace the Internet as a business.
Microsoft hasn't fallen to those IBM lows, but the company has some ground to gain in regards to the smartphone and tablet markets. The company is also trying to save face with the upcoming Windows 8.1 update after a lackluster Windows 8 launch provoked OEMs to blame Microsoft and the new interface for the rapid decline in PC sales. The CEO Microsoft's board will eventually elect to steer not only Microsoft but the industry itself over the next decade.
The other high-profile candidate for the CEO throne, Lawrie, is a long-time IT executive who spent nearly three decades at IBM working alongside John Thompson, Microsoft's lead independent director who is currently heading the special committee. He worked for UK-based financial software company Misys Plc. before joining Computer Sciences in 2012, which is currently undergoing its own turnaround plan under Lawrie.
Sources claim that Microsoft chairman and co-founder Bill Gates will likely have a veto on the new CEO choice. He's still the company's largest shareholder, and part of the four-member special committee. To this date Gates has not specified what kind of CEO he's looking for.
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ethanolson
They should pick up Mark Hurd.
FrankInKY
My first reaction to Alan Mulally as MS CEO was totally dismissive. But, on second thought he might be a good fit, I don't think MS needs another tech guy, just someone committed to producing a quality product. Someone who'll try a potential product in pre-production and be willing to reject it and send the tech guys back to development. Too much crappolla has slipped past Stevio recently, hardware, software, commercials...the list goes on.
Get someone in who will stop the flow of crap and I think MS has a chance to recover.
Duckhunt
good bye creepy Uncle fester.
vmem
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MS has some truly brilliant software and hardware engineers in their company. afterall, they've attracted the very BEST talent for the past 2 decades or so, this only changed during the recent apple and google boom. but those talent haven't left MS yet. In a sense, you're right. MS doens't need another tech guy as CEO. they need restructuring, and they need quick product cycles/turn-around times while listening to customer feedback. They can't sit on a broken windows version and bake the next one for 5+ years like they've done in the past...
back_by_demand
68 is too old, they want young but also relevant, an engineer and a track record for turning a lumbering giant - only 1 name fits that bill - merge or buy Yahoo and install Marissa Mayer
nebun
please....not someone from FORD...it's bad enough what they have done to the US car market...FORD is a JOKE
i read "mike lowry" like martin lawrence did in bad boys :p
cmi86
You don't need some high powered big wig in a private jet. Just give the people what they want and you will be sucessful.
stevejnb
People had no idea that "they" wanted smartphones prior to the iPhone or tablets prior to the iPad, but "they" turned out to really, really want them once they were presented. On the other hand, people will scream to the rafters that they want products made in America, but when everything was actually made in America, "they" proved that they didn't really want it and wanted cheaper foreign made goods instead.
Do you claim to know what the people want? Because it's pretty obviously often not what they say they want, *scream* they want, or even think they want. Which one do you propose to give them?
Not an excuse, and MS could benefit from new leadership, no doubt, but all of the people claiming they have some idea of what the people want - or that it's as simple as to "just give the people what they want" are taking something stupidly complicated and pretending like it's some simple dynamic they've got figured out like it was writing on the wall.
mjcpoquiz
Finally the bald guy is moving out.


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Tanya Tucker makes first Bonnaroo appearance during Brandi Carlile's set and she brought tequila
Brandi Carlile and Tanya Tucker joined forces again at Bonnaroo 2019.
Tanya Tucker makes first Bonnaroo appearance during Brandi Carlile's set and she brought tequila Brandi Carlile and Tanya Tucker joined forces again at Bonnaroo 2019. Check out this story on Tennessean.com: https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/bonnaroo/2019/06/16/bonnaroo-2019-brandi-carlile-and-tanya-tucker/1473673001/
Juan Buitrago, Nashville Tennessean Published 6:46 p.m. CT June 16, 2019 | Updated 8:58 a.m. CT June 18, 2019
Tanya Tucker played Bonnaroo for the first time.
The "Delta Dawn" singer made a surprise guest appearance during Brandi Carlile's Sunday afternoon set at the What Stage.
And she brought tequila.
Carlile began introducing Tucker halfway through her set, discussing the comeback album she's producing and calling Tucker the "most punk rock country singer to ever live."
"First album in seventeen years? We got her to come here to Bonnaroo to sing for you all. Please welcome, Tanya, Mother, Tucker."
Tanya Tucker takes a shot of Tequila on stage with Brandi Carlile on Sunday, June 16, 2019 during the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tenn. (Photo: Juan Buitrago / tennessean.com)
Tucker came on stage bearing two tequila shot glasses and wearing a shirt emblazoned with the name of her tequila brand, Cosa Salvaje, or "wild thing" translated in Spanish.
The two made a toast, to Bonnaroo: "My first time," Tucker said.
Brandi Carlile performs at Bonnaroo 2019
Brandi Carlile performs on Sunday, June 16, 2019 during the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tenn. Anthony Merriweather / tennessean.com
A fan takes a photo of Brandi Carlile while she performs on Sunday, June 16, 2019 during the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tenn. Anthony Merriweather / tennessean.com
"We're going to sing Tanya's first single right now," Carlile said after the toast, leading to a performance of "The Wheels of Laredo."
The track comes off an upcoming album, "While I'm Livin'," produced by Carlile and Shooter Jennings.
It's not the first time the two have performed on stage. Last week Carlile joined Tucker for a three song set, including "Delta Dawn" during the CMA Fest. On producing the album and the performance, Carlile told the Tennessean: "I think we take our legends in music for granted and wait, basically, until they're too old to tell them (how much) we appreciate them."
Brandi Carlile and Tanya Tucker performing together at CMA Fest and Bonn...
Tanya Tucker, left, and Brandi Carlile perform at Loretta Lynn's 87th Birthday Tribute at Bridgestone Arena on April 1, 2019 in Nashville. Al Wagner / Invision / AP
Tanya Tucker and Brandi Carlile perform during the Loretta Lynn: An All-Star Birthday Celebration Concert at Bridgestone Arena Monday, April 1, 2019 in Nashville, Tenn. George Walker IV / The Tennessean
Tanya Tucker, left, and Brandi Carlile arrive for the CMT Music Awards on June 5, 2019 at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. Sanford Myers / AP Photo
Tanya Tucker and Brandi Carlile on the red carpet before the 2019 CMT Awards at Bridgestone Arena Wednesday, June 5, 2019, in Nashville, Tenn. George Walker IV / Tennessean.com
Brandi Carlile, left, and Tanya Tucker perform "Delta Dawn" during the CMT Music Awards on June 5, 2019 at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. Mark Humphrey / AP Photo
Brandi Carlile and Tanya Tucker perform during the CMT Music Awards on June 5, 2019, at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. Larry McCormack / Tennessean.com
Brandi Carlile and Tanya Tucker perform during the 2019 CMT Music Awards at Bridgestone Arena Wednesday, June 5, 2019, in Nashville, Tenn. Larry McCormack / Tennessean.com
Carly Pearce, Deana Carter, Trisha Yearwood, Brandi Carlile, Tanya Tucker, Martina McBride, Lauren Alaina and RaeLynn perform during the 2019 CMT Music Awards at Bridgestone Arena Wednesday, June 5, 2019, in Nashville, Tenn. Larry McCormack / Tennessean.com
Carly Pearce, Deana Carter, Trisha Yearwood, Brandi Carlile, Tanya Tucker and Martina McBride perform during the 2019 CMT Music Awards at Bridgestone Arena Wednesday, June 5, 2019, in Nashville, Tenn. Larry McCormack / Tennessean.com
Trisha Yearwood, Brandi Carlile, Tanya Tucker and Martina McBride perform during the 2019 CMT Music Awards at Bridgestone Arena Wednesday, June 5, 2019, in Nashville, Tenn. Larry McCormack / Tennessean.com
Brandi Carlile and Tanya Tucker perform together during the 2019 CMA Fest Thursday, June 6, 2019, at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tenn. Larry McCormack / tennessean.com
Brandi Carlile and Tanya Tucker perform together during the CMA Music Festival on June 6, 2019, at Nissan Stadium in Nashville. Larry McCormack / tennessean.com
Tanya Tucker takes a shot of Tequila on stage with Brandi Carlile on Sunday, June 16, 2019 during the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tenn. Juan Buitrago / tennessean.com
Asked on the CMT red carpet about how the project came to be, Tucker said, "Well, that's a big long answer.
"What's the short story? We had fun. A lot of fun."
Tennessean staff contributed to this report.
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Rootkit.Agent.NIZ in not your typical infection. Rootkit.Agent.NIZ is another Trojan infection, designed to compromise your computer system. Rootkit.Agent.NIZ enters into a system via browser security exploits.
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Rootkit.Agent.NIZ will covertly install itself onto a system, and will attach itself to the registry of the infiltrated system, where it will then build a backdoor, allowing for the entrance of additional malware, and allowing a remote attacker to infiltrate the computer system, at any given time.
Rootkit.Agent.NIZ will also apply Rootkit tactics, in order to remain hidden from the infiltrated computer systems' user, anti-virus and anti-spyware programs.
As is typical of Trojan infections, Rootkit.Agent.NIZ installs itself covertly onto a computer system, usually via the downloading of email attachments, which could be in any of the following formats: .avi, .pif, .exe, .jpg.
1.	Via unexpected email attachment, therefore one should never open up unexpected email attachments, instead check with the sender first, to ensure that the attachment is legitimate.
2.	Via Browser security exploits, which one may come across while surfing the web.
3.	Via Instant Messenger applications. If an effective firewall is not in place on the computer system, spyware may be capable of attaching itself to any files shared with the instant messenger.
Rootkit.Agent.NIZ is a complex form of Trojan infection, in the fact that it is capable of recreating, repairing and updating itself within an infected computer system, all as a ploy to remain undetected by the systems security applications. Should Rootkit.Agent.NIZ alter, restore or update it files, DLLs, registry keys and processes, a system scanner may be capable of removing certain components associated with Rootkit.Agent.NIZ, but chances are the Trojan will begin procedures to repair and update itself. The best thing to do would be to manually remove this infection as soon as possible.
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The executive is overstepping bounds by light-years
By Nikhil Rao
Filed under Columns, Opinion
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"Excuse me sir, could you please step this way?" asked the airline representative to the middle-aged South Asian man as he displayed his boarding pass.
"Although we are in Heathrow, the United States government requires airlines to conduct extra security checks on passengers flying into the United States," he said. "Incidentally, your name is on the randomized list that we have received."
Such incidents occur every day in many airports and the mentioned checks include a full-body pat down and complete check of all carry-on baggage, which necessitates the removal of most of the contents of one's bags. While this may seem innocuous in nature, I will proceed to argue why I think that it is a violation of many people's liberties.
The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution proscribes the search and seizure by any sort of police power without reasonable suspicion or probable cause.
There is no exception to the rule that allows for the level of searches that occur at airports today, save for an exception relating to the nature of international borders, which apparently allows officials to search travelers without probable cause.
The law might state that, but is it not true that any legislation that is at odds with the Constitution must eventually be rendered moot? Griswold vs. Connecticut, in 1965 established a right to privacy that individuals possess, in addition to the safeguards offered by the Fourth Amendment. Unfortunately, current practices and laws don't seem to reflect the Constitution and prominent case law.
In my experience while traveling internationally, I notice that, more often than not, fellow travelers of Middle-Eastern or South Asian descent are requested to subject themselves to irritating and intrusive pat downs.
In fact, I don't recall seeing many, if any, travelers of Caucasian descent subjected to a similar practice.
Although my observations are statistically insignificant, they are all relevant, given the finding that such practices were rampant in Boston's Logan Airport as of August 2012.
It's astounding, and one wonders if officials are operating with an unconscious bias or if the American government is generating these so-called random lists from samples that mostly contain Middle-Eastern or South Asian names.
One explanation, stated by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), might be that Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employees are pressed to increase the number of people whom they screen; leading to what I think is amplification in any unconscious bias that may exist.
But step away from all that tedium for just one moment, I implore you. One surely must realize that it is our prerogative to differ, to think otherwise. The scourge of terrorism necessitates heightened security measures.
For example, I don't mind the mildly annoying aspect of having to remove my shoes and belt. What I do mind is being subjected to and watching others are subjected to extra unwarranted scrutiny merely because of ethnicity or some other similar character. It's reprehensible, debatably ineffective and seems to be akin to fear mongering.
It is reminiscent of the famous Supreme Court Case, Hirabayashi vs. United States, in 1942. The plaintiff challenged then President Theodore Roosevelt's curfew and relocation of swathes of people of Japanese descent. The Court found in favor of the president and ignored the racial discrimination that was at play.
Moreover, in the opinions the Justices hinted that the discrimination was justified by the wartime environment. Chief Justice Harlan Stone went as far as to say that, "in time of war residents having ethnic affiliations with an invading enemy may be a greater source of danger than those of a different ancestry."
All this reeks of a typical "greater good" scenario, where a group of a small size relative to the rest of the population decides what constitutes the greater good and whose well-being is to be negatively affected in order to preserve that notion of the "greater good."
Pushing aside all ethical quandaries that may arise as a result of these highly suspect actions, one must really wonder whether these situations really involve an element of probable cause.
Yes, recent cases have been deferential to the federal government, seemingly allowing for the practices that I mentioned earlier. But this is the same federal government that has been gradually skewing the balance of power over time. Slowly but surely they have amassed such power that the executive, along with its auxiliary branches, is a sight to behold; legislation like the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and the Patriot Act has paved the way for untrammeled and intractable executive power.
Over the years, they have allowed wiretaps and indefinite detentions while sidestepping the courts.
In addition, there is an ongoing erosion of any right to due process, with the advent of drones, a "kill list" and what have you.
What began as a tirade against suspect actions by airport officials can go a long way and eventually morph into an argument against the currently massive executive branch of the federal government, which resembles a modern day Leviathan.
The last 12 years have witnessed an almost incomprehensible assimilation of unrivaled power that belies precedent, including the Constitution. The founders of the U.S. would be appalled.
Nikhil Rao is a Collegian columnist. He can be reached at [email protected]
Tags: american civil liberties union, carry-on baggage, international travel, Logan Airport, security checks, Transportation Security Administration
2 Responses to "The executive is overstepping bounds by light-years"
mike on February 12th, 2013 7:50 am
Its ok because Obama is doing it. Under Bush it was terrible but we love Obama and will blindly support his continuation and then some of all Bush's policies. Did I mention Obama is our saving grace and is awesome?
Kris on February 13th, 2013 2:09 pm
One correction though, it was FDR, not Teddy.
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RM 1.8 Million School-Building Funds Raised Over Two Months
SHAH ALAM, 26TH JULY 2010 – Acclaimed two national records as 'The Longest Running and Highest Fund Raised through Chinese Charity Shows', Carlsberg Malaysia's funded Top Ten Charity Campaign (Top Ten) has concluded its 1st leg of 3 charity road shows held in Perak and Selangor with a total school-building funds raised of RM 1.8 million.
The three charity shows, which were graced by Minister of Transport Malaysia, Datuk Seri Kong Cho Ha; Member of Parliament for Sabak Bernam Datuk Abdul Rahman Bakri and Deputy Minister of Finance Malaysia, Datuk Donald Lim Siang Cai, have recorded a huge turnout of almost 4,000 audience. In line with its mission of providing a fund-raising platform for Headmaster and PIBG to raise funds, Top Ten had successfully helped the three schools to collect a significant amount of RM1.8 million over a period of two months. Adding the collection into the accumulated funds, Top Ten has to date recorded a total school-building fund of RM337.7 million for approximately 563 local Chinese schools and institutions.
Present at the last road show held in Batu Caves, Managing Director of Carlsberg Malaysia Soren Ravn commented "This is my first time attending the Top Ten road show. I am delighted to observe the big turnout this evening despite the heavy rain. This tells me that the Malaysian society is very supportive towards the development of education for the younger generation. I am proud that Carlsberg Malaysia, being a caring corporate citizen, plays a proactive and integral role in supporting the fund-raising mission".
"Back when I was the MD of Carlsberg Hong Kong & Macau, I had attended numerous fundraising dinners, but the Top Ten is certainly a very unique one. It is a platform to engage people from all walks of life, regardless of race and age, gather-together for the same purpose that is to raise fund for the schools," Ravn shared.
2010 marks the 23rd year of Top Ten full-filling its mission as a fund-raising platform for the development of Chinese education and institutions. Collaborate with Nanyang Siang Pau and China Press, Carlsberg Malaysia is honour to once again, sponsor and organise a series of Top Ten road shows this year, and continue championing this CSR project for the betterment of the Chinese community.
At the road show held in Taiping, Perak, guest of honour Minister of Transport Datuk Seri Kong Cho Ha commented: "Education is the key foundation in the country's development. Over the years, Chinese community has been actively involving in the development of Chinese education as to ensure their children continue to develop and embrace the Chinese education and culture. We would like to express our heartfelt appreciation towards Carlsberg Malaysia, Nanyang Siang Pau and China Press for their long-term contributions and engagement with the society for over the past 20 years."
Artistes' line-up of the Top Ten road show this year is Aric Ho, Stella Chung, Christopher Lay, Yise Loo, Gary Yap, Jyin Poh, Kit Teo, Amy Wang and Vicky Tan. In conjunction with the football championship this year, the show begun with a powerful performance of 'Football Hits' with famous medley of songs such as 'The Cup of Life', followed by a remix of 'Contemporary ShangHai' with popular songs in the '60s and '70s and ended in a big bang with the 'Chicago Night' musical performance presenting songs such as "All that Jazz" and a perfect 45-degree forward-lean by late Michael Jackson impersonated by one of the artistes.
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USDA Census of Agriculture. What this means for California
It's time for Central Valley farmers to complete the federal government's Census of Agriculture — a count that could reveal important information about the impact of California's drought on the industry.
This was announced by the US Department of Agriculture on Tuesday 2022 Census, count of agricultural operations in the country, which is carried out every five years by the National Service of Agricultural Statistics.
"It's a chance for farmers to show the importance of what they're doing," said Gary Kea, director of the Pacific region and statistician for the state of California for the USDA, in an interview with The Bee/Fresnoland.
According to a press release from the USDA, "The Census of Agriculture is the only complete and objective data on agriculture for each state, county, and territory."
The census collects detailed information on land use and ownership, characteristics of producers, production methods, income, expenditure, labor and other topics.
The census is especially important for California agriculture because of the state's ongoing drought. California's current 2020-2022 drought is the driest three-year stretch on record and took losses on California Farmers.
"This will probably be the best chance to capture the number of lands by county," Keough said.
He also said that changes in cropland use — especially changes in the acreage of land, fruit and nuts — are of "special interest here in California."
"Given our water and temperature situation last year," he said, "(this information) will be closely monitored, especially at the county level."
For the first time since the 1840 census, the USDA will also collect information on industrial hemp production.
The census also has questions on precision agriculture practices, Keough said, such as operations that involve the use of GPS or the use of drones to scout and handle livestock.
There are also new questions related to sheep, as well as updates to Internet access questions.
Who should complete the census?
The USDA encourages farm operations — both urban and rural — to complete the agricultural census.
"I strongly urge all farmers, no matter how large or small they operate, to complete and return their agricultural census immediately," USDA Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack said in a news release.
Operations that produce and sell (or would normally sell) $1,000 or more in 2022 agricultural products must complete the census.
"We're encouraging more producers to report online if they have access to the Internet, it's usually a little bit faster," Keo said.
Data will be collected through Feb. 6, 2023. Keough said a preliminary release of the census data will occur in the spring of 2024.
The USDA has mailed unique survey codes to all known agricultural producers across the country. These survey codes will be used to complete the 2022 Census of Agriculture agcounts.usda.gov.
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Paramount will try adapting Snow Crash for today's cyberpunks
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As Cloud Atlas prepares to set a new standard for adaptations of "unadaptable" books—pretty much either way it turns out—Paramount is confidently moving forward on its own, similarly complex and potentially frustrating-to-translate cult favorite. According to Deadline, Attack The Block director Joe Cornish is set to write and direct a movie version of Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson's breakthrough 1992 novel and one of the defining books of the cyberpunk genre (even as Stephenson also satirizes the hell out of it). It's actually been a long time coming, as Paramount has been developing the project since the book's release, back when "cyberpunk" was just science-fiction fantasy and not the reality of the world we live in, what with all of us being l33t h4xx0rs on skateboards downloading drugs and listening to techno music.
Perhaps not being able to make the mental leap from America Online to avatars is what killed other cyberpunk films of that era such as Johnny Mnemonic and Strange Days, and perhaps today's generation will warm more to the idea of a fractured, anarcho-capitalist society that spends half its life in the virtual world, provided they can stop tweeting long enough to watch it. Anyway, Cornish's film is only in the early stages, so there's no indication yet of whom he might have in mind to play the cheekily named Hiro Protagonist, the samurai hacker pizza man who gets caught up in a complicated plot involving biolinguistic viruses, Sumerian mythology, and the Mafia. But considering Hiro is described as half-black/half-Japanese, as with those recent attempts to mount Akira, you can probably expect to read Paramount's suggested short list of white guys pretty soon.


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Hawaii Immunization Registry is now reactivated
Dakota Grossman
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After over a year of ongoing repairs, the Hawaii Department of Health reactivated the Hawaii Immunization Registry, which is a statewide information system that stores and tracks patient immunization records for 25 diseases, including vaccinations for polio, tetanus, measles, mumps, and now COVID-19.
Officials say that the "refurbished" immunization registry will provide more accurate vaccination data, improve patient care and boost community outreach efforts.
"Because the immunization registry documents an individual's immunization history, health care providers can access their patient's individual history — providers can see where a person was vaccinated, when, what product they were given and what dose they received," said State Epidemiologist Dr. Sarah Kemble during a media briefing on Monday morning. "It helps avoid redundant vaccine administration."
About 95 percent of COVID-19 vaccination records have now been transferred from Vaccine Administration Management System (VAMS) to the HIR, which means vaccination data found on the Hawaii COVID-19 Data Dashboard is now pulled from the immunization registry.
The registry does not affect COVID-19 case counts or testing data.
Kemble said via Zoom that the data in the Hawaii Immunization Registry is more accurate because it is more detailed and can better catch systematic errors that VAMS often missed.
"Moving from VAMS to the Hawaii Immunization Registry not only improves patient care, it also gives us more accurate vaccination data," said Health Director Dr. Elizabeth Char in a news release. "We are committed to providing the most accurate data possible."
During the process of transferring records to the HIR, duplicate COVID-19 vaccinations recorded in VAMS were identified and removed.
Booster doses recorded by vaccination providers in VAMS as initial doses have also been recategorized as third doses. As a result, the number of initial vaccinations has decreased, but the number of third doses has increased by 67,000 doses, she said.
The HIR also helps the state DOH to identify visitors who were not vaccinated in the state and remove them from the resident vaccination count, as well as resolve the "longstanding discrepancies" between Hawaii's vaccination data and the data that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been recording, she said.
While this slightly lowers Hawaii's percentage of completed vaccinations from 72.5 percent to 71.1 percent, the revised data set provides a more accurate picture of the state's vaccination efforts, Kemble said.
Other states nationwide are undergoing similar improvements, she added.
"We are making these changes now because DOH is committed to making systematic improvements to modernize systems and improve our health care infrastructure," she said.
Back in 2019, the HIR system needed to be rebuilt and updated with new software and servers in order to be "fully functional," Kemble said, but the pandemic consequently hit as the DOH shutdown the system and started repairs.
In the meantime, a record of most COVID-19 vaccinations administered in Hawaii were entered and stored in VAMS.
Kemble said it took some time to get the registry up and running again because the process involves working with each health care provider that contributes patient data to the system, making sure that "they are ready and able to transmit their data accurately and correctly."
The vast majority of providers have now been importing data into the immunization registry. Those who still have not made the switch to the new system are still able to input data into VAMS as DOH transfers doses into the registry from VAMS.
"That being said, it's a continuing improvement process so we're continuing to look at how we can improve upon the validation processes and making sure those numbers are as accurate as we can get them," Kemble said. "The biggest benefit as intended allows the health department to work in partnership with health care providers to improve health care for all."
* Dakota Grossman can be reached at dgrossman@mauinews.com.
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