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The other day i was sent a folder of goodies designed by Nikita Fride Designer. Now in that folder was a nice selection of her new skins, hair and of course clothing. She certainly has been busy.
The hair above is [Nikita] Cute & NightOwl Hair on the left is [NikitaFride] Bright Cute Hair – Blackout and the right is [NikitaFride] Bright Night Owl Hair – Chantilly. you do have the option to wear the bright or cute version of the hair. The clothes are the new [NikitaFride] November Rain Outfit which has a selection of jumper sets in colours ranging from pink to green. You can 8 colours to choose from and you get a pair of black trousers and jacket. The skin is the new [NikitaFride] Snow Skins which comes in natural and red lips.
To check out the new releases and other offers at Nikita Fride Designer click here. Also if you a member of the group you may be lucky to get the chairs with your letter on, for those nice freebies. But of course only if your really lucky
As the winter closes in and the sun sets, the creatures of the night stir. I'm one of them tonight, strolling the dark alleyways in search of my next feed and my lost love. What do i wear on my travels '! RFyre Tangled II ' for the dark Gothic lady. My skin (MIASNOW Skin – LOLLI BLOODY PLEASURE 5), is pale stained with my tears and the blood from my victims. Its longing for the sunshine to bring it to life but no more since that fateful day.
No one said a vampire had to look a mess, even in death i seek well refined clothes and as i sneak in the shadows i head to RFyre, a store i often visited when i was mortal. No crowds to bother me at this time, only i walk the rooms, wandering and imaging the past social scene i once frequented. But times change and new experiences await me. I must return to my resting place, a cool but warming mausoleum to rest until until night fall.
As i rest, i hear the moans of my zombie cousins and idealy think of what it would be like to be one of them. In my old life my closets were fill to overflowing with designs from designers to many to mention, but one was always a favorite. It was 'SAS – Wicked Swan Formal' so i dream about my old love and the parties we used to go to. As my dreams seep into what used to be reality, i see myself as a zombie, my green mottled skin (MIASNOW Skin – ZOMBINA heart breaker) contrasts against my gown. My gown, is a black with velvet patterning and sparkling sequins. Its flow into a full skirt with bustle and train, and was perfect in my day.
But life was fun back then, but I'm now alone searching for one that was lost. I stand many a night standing at the waters edge waiting for his return. He never comes, the waters took him many a year ago, but i hope one day he will return. And now my thought are silents…….
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Halloween is my favorite time of the year and at Nikita fride she has some amazing creations to take you through all the holiday fun!
First up Is Nikita's Feline Halloween Outfit (everything in the photo is included)
Yes you get all that you see!
The sexy clothes include, pants, showing gstring, hat, hair, pants, boots, belt, jacket and top. Included is the skin and lashes to complete this sexy halloween look!
I just love this outfit!
The back view is just as super sexy as the front!
Up next The Midnight Dress and Goth Skin
The hat is spectacular with buckles and silver and the deep purple hair is attached. The lashes are to die for as all of her lashes are.
Long as sleep the hair is.. and the decolletage is draped to scoop along your curves. The lace patterned skirt is darkly feminine.
OOooooo the boots.. Perfect for those gothic encounters!
Love the spiderwebs!
Make sure this Halloween (and every time you want something fantasy or unique) you stop by Nikita Fride Main Store..theres so much for everyone!
Nikita Fride Main Store:http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Nikita%20Fride/71/128/31
Today i blog a outfit from Angel Dessous 'Madeleine'. It hints a style and cultural influence of Indian so that's how i styled up the outfit.
'Madeleine' Gives you many options in the package form lingerie to a trouser outfit to a skirt with top and unlimited combinations between them.
Yes I'm outside sunning myself in the sun in my undies, but with undies like this why hid indoors. They are a stunning rich burgundy brown, gold rose embellishments and rich gold lace trimming.
Like the bra and undies set, the corset and skirt also has the same rich golds and rose embellishment. The flared mini skirt is trim at the waist with the gold lace as seen in the bra. There are also a selection of stockings and tights if you feel the need to accessorised or be creative with your look.
Finaly the trousers, slim cut with added embellishment running down the thighs and the sides of the legs. I added them to the bra and the corset to complete this look. 'Madeleine' is certainly a worthy purchase. The combinations and different looks will allow you to be unique. Add western or Asian accessorise and then you can create even more styles.
If you want to see more of Angel Dessous designers, click the link
Jewellery- Mashooka
Eyelashes- Nikita Fride Designs
Eyes-moJo – Body Boutique
Skin- Belleza
I adore Nikita Fride. When I want something unusual and eye catching she is a sure favorite. I have lots of New Goodies to show you today so lets get going!
This whole look is new at Nikita Fride. Let's start with the awesome hair called Dream. The color im wearing here is called chantilly. A cute sexy playful pony tail with wrappings around the tail. The skin I am wearing is also new its called Disco skin in natural. The amazing outfit is called Rain Set. A sexy top , great jeans but the denim rain jacket is just OMG. The detail is spectacular. Several sculpted pieces and look at the detailed stitching!. SO much detail even down to the lace edging at the hem.
Let's have a look at some new hairs just released at the main store. This is Gothic Princess. Comes inn bright or normal and this cute little black crown is built right in. Perfect for those of you that live outside of the perfectly coiffed box!.
Next up we have something for the mermaids or mermaid lovers out there. Yemaya Hair . Shells , netting, pearls, starfish, seahorses and lots of nautical wonders can be found in this sexy surfy mane. Paired with the new Asian skin from Nikita Fride it really is makin waves. (And I heart the little mouth fish that comes with it as an attachment).
Head over to Nikita Fride main store and pick up these new beauties as well as so much more!. When the ordinary just wont do.. Thank god theres Nikita!
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ShellShock Vulnerability (CVE-2014-6271)
Hi All,
Recently A remotely exploitable vulnerability has been discovered by Stephane Chazelas in bash on Linux, and it is unpleasant. The vulnerability has the CVE identifier CVE-2014-6271. This affects Debian as well as other Linux distributions. The major attack vectors that have been identified in this case are HTTP requests and CGI scripts. Another attack surface is OpenSSH through the use of AcceptEnv variables.Also through TERM and SSH_ORIGINAL_COMMAND. An environmental variable with an arbitrary name can carry a nefarious function which can enable network exploitation.
What is Bash?
Bash, or bourne-again shell, is the default shell in Ubuntu. When you are interfacing with the terminal (either through the terminal emulator, over a tty, or ssh), you are generally typing commands that bash will read, and execute. Even if you do not use the terminal at all, you still have Bash.
How does the exploit affects me?
Bash and the OS keep track of a set of environment variables that describe the current logged-on user, where to look for programs on the hard disk, and other such functions. By crafting an environment variable with a specific structure, an attacker might be able to execute code next time Bash starts.

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New Investors, Shasta and Bessemer, Team with NEA, Lightspeed and Amazon to Close Landmark Investment Round Manage Terms
San Jose, CA – January 25, 2011 – Cirtas Systems, the first company to make cloud storage work like onsite enterprise storage, announced today that it has closed a Series B funding round totaling $22.5 million, led by Shasta Ventures and Bessemer Venture Partners, along with returning first round investors NEA, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Amazon; Ravi Mohan of Shasta Ventures will take a seat on the company's board of directors. Cirtas, which has raised a total of $32.5 million in funding to date, plans to devote the new capital to support the increasing market demand for its Bluejet Cloud Storage Controller technology. Details of Cirtas' Series B funding come concurrent with the news that Gary Messiana has been appointed chief executive officer for the company, the topic of a separate announcement issued today.
Cirtas launched its flagship product, the Bluejet Cloud Storage Controller, in September 2010, to enable enterprise organizations to take advantage of the proven savings of the cloud while maintaining stringent performance and security requirements. Bluejet integrates with leading cloud storage providers Amazon S3, Iron Mountain, EMC Atmos, and AT&T Synaptic Storage as a ServiceSM, to provide medium to large enterprise customers with a secure, affordable and highly available storage solution for primary Tier 2 and Tier 3 data, as well as the backup and recovery of primary data stored on local storage arrays.
"Continued data growth and the need to architect robust backup and disaster recovery systems have been a significant cost drain on enterprise IT for years. Cirtas' Bluejet Cloud Storage Controller technology leverages the power of the cloud to ease that pain and solve real world enterprise data center challenges while dramatically lowering the cost and complexity of data storage and protection," said Gary Messiana, CEO for Cirtas Systems. "Backed by NEA and Lightspeed, two of Silicon Valley's most respected investment firms, and Amazon, the world's leading cloud services provider, Cirtas was poised for success out of the gate. Now, with Shasta and Bessemer also on board and our product's unique value proposition validated in the marketplace, we're well positioned to execute on an aggressive roadmap of business expansion and product innovation."
"Cirtas is going after a massive market opportunity and possesses a strong leadership team led by Gary Messiana – two integral elements we look for in a potential investment company," said Ravi Mohan, a managing director at Shasta Ventures. "We were especially impressed by the progress Cirtas' founding team has made to date. They have architected a sophisticated solution, attracted brand name enterprise customers and channel partners in a relatively short period of time, and positioned the company for success. It's an exciting phase in Cirtas' development and we look forward to contributing to its future growth trajectory."
"Cirtas has delivered a breakthrough enterprise-caliber storage product. Bessemer invests in market-leading companies with proven products, and after an examination of the entire cloud storage landscape, we chose Cirtas because of the product architecture, the excitement of their installed customer base and the executive team's ability to execute," said Felda Hardymon, a senior partner at Bessemer Venture Partners. "We are pleased to support Cirtas as they continue to leverage the power of cloud storage to change the way enterprise organizations protect and store their information."
Cirtas Systems Names Gary Messiana Chief Executive Officer
New CEO Joins Other Recent Appointments as Company Continues to Scale Its Management Team: Suresh Vasudevan Joins Board of Directors, Steve Mallard Named Vice President of Sales
San Jose, CA – January 25, 2011 – Cirtas Systems, the first company to make cloud storage work like onsite enterprise storage, announced today that Gary Messiana has been appointed chief executive officer. Messiana is a seasoned industry veteran who has led a number of startups into high growth markets and successful exits; his background includes CEO positions with Netli and Diligent Software. Company cofounder Dan Decasper will continue in his role as CTO, responsible for the vision and strategic direction of the company's products. Details of the executive appointments come concurrent with the news that Cirtas has closed a $22.5 million Series B funding round, the subject of a separate announcement issued today.
"We enjoyed a tremendous market response to the introduction of our Bluejet Cloud Storage Controller in 2010," said Cirtas CTO Dan Decasper. "To further propel our growth, we were looking for a proven and accomplished CEO who could spearhead the rapid expansion of our business. Gary's track record of past successes fits extremely well at Cirtas, and we feel privileged that he selected us from the sizable list of opportunities that were available to him."
"I am excited to join the talented team that is making it possible for enterprise organizations to take advantage of cloud economics, without compromising their high standards for data accessibility and protection," said Gary Messiana, CEO for Cirtas. "Cirtas has made the long-time promise of cloud storage a reality. Not only is Bluejet disruptive to traditional storage providers, but it can eliminate the need for backups altogether, vastly simplifying the overall storage environment."
Messiana joins Cirtas from Bessemer Venture Partners, where he was an entrepreneur in residence, focused on evaluating investment opportunities in the technology sector. Prior to Bessemer, Gary served as president and CEO at Netli and CEO of Diligent Software Systems. Messiana has also held key senior management positions with diCarta, CrossWorlds Software, Sequent, Triathon, Inference Corporation, and Brightware. He graduated with honors from Binghamton University in New York.
Cirtas emerged from stealth mode in September 2010 and continues to build its management team with notable industry executives. Suresh Vasudevan, president and CEO of Omneon and former SVP of product operations at NetApp, was recently appointed to its board of directors; Steve Mallard joined the company as vice president of sales from Riverbed, with prior tenures at EMC, Network Appliance and Sun Microsystems.
"Cirtas is changing the way the enterprise looks at and thinks about cloud storage. The cloud has been top of mind for IT for the past several years, but few solutions have emerged that put its promise within reach for the enterprise in a tangible way – until now," said Suresh Vasudevan, President of Omneon and a member of Cirtas' board of directors. "It is a sincere pleasure to serve on Cirtas' board at such an exciting time in the company's development. I now look forward to collaborating with Gary as CEO and Dan in his technology leadership position to further develop Bluejet and expand customer adoption."
About Cirtas Systems
Cirtas solves the challenges associated with storing data in the cloud, making cloud storage work like onsite enterprise storage arrays. Deployed in the data center, Cirtas Bluejet Cloud Storage Controllers simplify storage management and vastly reduce data storage TCO, while addressing the long-standing challenges associated with data backup and disaster recovery for medium and large enterprises. Cirtas supports a variety of cloud provider platforms, including Amazon S3, Iron Mountain, EMC Atmos and AT&T Synaptic Storage as a ServiceSM. Founded in 2008, the company is headquartered in San Jose, California and backed by Amazon, Bessemer Venture Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, NEA, and Shasta Ventures. For more information, visit www.cirtas.com.
Connect with Cirtas: read the blog: www.cirtas.com/blog, follow on Twitter: www.twitter.com/Cirtas, or visit on Facebook: www.facebook.com/Cirtas.
Cirtas and Bluejet Cloud Controller are trademarks of Cirtas Systems Inc. and may be registered in some jurisdictions. All other trade names or trademarks used herein are recognized to be the property of their respective owners. All rights reserved
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Muammar Gaddafi and his old regime has strong ties to Central African nations, whose migrant workers in Libya could be related to the United States' growing Latin American work force. Not a completely correct analogy, however I would go as far to say that Sub-Saharan Africans love Libya the way that Latin Americans love the US. Central African governments and leaders who have good relationships with the colonel would be very eager to see a Gaddafi regime back in power in Libya so that their emigrants would remain that way and not come back to their homeland where employment is scarce. Therefore, I would say that they have a large incentive to give Gaddafi asylum and provide aid to a loyalist movement. However, prevalent racism by Libyans against these migrants for their close ties to the old regime will likely only get worse, and if no one steps in to correct this, ethnic violence could start very quickly, if it hasn't already happened.
Libya, although has made bounds these past few months, still has a way to go. They still have no formal government and the 30000 lives lost is not going to help bring back the economy. Not to mention if foreigners who left their businesses and do not come back. Oh and Qaddafi is still alive with a hefty group of supporters. Finish the fight first so there is no "hundred days of Qaddafi."
I wish the best of luck to the new Libya.
It will be interesting to see how well Tripoli recovers from the collapse of Qaddafi's regime, specifically how the Tripolitanians adapt to the exodus of foreign workers and consequential shortages. The Libyans are going to have to get over the fact that they must supply internal labor to replace these foreign workers, even if that means a few Libyans must work in a "hot oven" as opposed to working "behind a desk in air-conditioning." Love the optimism of the situation though. Libyan voices were finally heard (after 42 years under Qaddafi's corruption), and the jubilance expressed in Tripoli seems universal to all of Libya, and is extending rapidly throughout the Arab world and beyond.
Libya seems to be headed in the right direction. It is certain that optimism is important for civilians during a time like this, but it is also important to take action. The country is currently being run by rebel groups. These are normal people who have volunteered their services to protect people. However these people are not certified to be carrying around guns and waving them around whenever they went. That does not diminish the fear that surely some citizens must be feeling. Officials need to start intervening and implement some sort of democratic party. This small start will continue to push Libya in the right direction towards democracy, which was the whole point of the revolution in the first place.
Even though Libya has a lot going well for it, it will still need quite sometime to fully become established once again. Plus, there is still the fact of capturing Muammar Qaddafi. And when the rebels, yes I say when because it is only a matter of time now, capture MQ are they going to have a trial for his transgressions or will they outright kill him? Or, thirdly, they could put on a fake trial to make it seem to the world that MQ was fairly tried but just kill him anyways.
Either way, Libya's government has a long way to go before the rest of the world can fully know how they will manage under this new system.
I find it hard to overlook the very apparent optimism presented in this article. While I surely hope that this is an accurate depiction of things to come, I am skeptical that such a transition will happen with the ease this article suggests. However, as a history student I am amazed at the history being made in the middle east and am glad that I am alive to witness it!
I think we are easily looking over the thousands of shed blood over the last months. Yes, there is improvements now, but not everyone is driving a Ferrari and living the life. There is real pain and hardship from all that Gaddafi brought the people. With the unsure state of Libya currently it is likely that Libya could become like a Pakistan if the right leader/situation arises.
This could be the origin of French version 9/11. To prevent it, French may have to spend trillions of euros each year. Gaddafi is backed by largest tribes in Libya. They are not simply going away easily. With the rebel commander who has association with al Qaeda, future is uncertain.
This article makes the transition of Libya's government seem easy. So many tragedies and deaths have occurred during this fight. It seems promising that Qaddafi and his "loyal" followers will soon be gone, but as we have seen many times before, another leader like Qaddafi could easily come along again and take over. The people must do their best to elect someone with their best interests in mind, or else face another 42 years of hell.
@ Samkaie
The new rulers of the New Libya will be followers of Al Gore and will drive only "green" cars. The Libyans were "green" long before Al Gore discovered that he was the new "green messiah". They got their political philosophy from " The Green Book" of Brother Leader - whose followers seemed to have had no problems with driving cars made by the Great Imperialist Power - while blowing said power's citizens out of the sky. As the title claims " So far, so pretty good"...
Libya won't be a Palestine or Afghanistan. Soon or later it will be stabilized by European powers, because unlikely Palestine and Afghanistan, Libya has oil. In addition to this, it has a border to Mediterranean sea which may lead Libya a pretty touristic place in the future.
In conclusion, due to the European future ınvesments to Libya, Libya shall not be terrorized.
"..Western aircraft have refrained from targeting fleeing loyalists. This would fall outside their UN mandate to protect civilians, which in any case ends on September 27th......"
Who do You think, you're Fooling?
Almost Every-Thing that these Western-Aircraft have DONE, Falls Far Out-Side their UN Mandate!
It started with a No-Fly Zone, that led into this All-Out Assault!!
Peace, Love & Respect.
With Special Forces on the Ground & Predators Roaming the Skies,
I dont understand how one can compare present day Libya with Qatar or Saudi Arabia? one should rather compare it with Iraq at max. One can just hope that it does not fell into a full fledge civil war.
For so long established powers have looked upon North Africa and the oil rich West Asian region as their geopolitical sphere, hydrocarbon resource reserve, or ideological laboratory. Libya, an underpopulated nation with vast petroleum reserves, a substantial water aquifer under the southern desert, and a talented diaspora has a lot going for it and I wish them well in their struggle for self-determination and representative government.
Democracy rarely springs fully formed and functional anywhere. Compare what's happening in Libya with Irag or Afghanistan, Yemen or Syria and I am cautiously optimistic. It won't come easy, but if they keep their eyes on the prize and the foreigners at arm's length, they might build their own destiny.
Don't forget Muamar Gaddafi gave 50 000 USD in cash for every new family. Middle class Libyans can buy Corvettes... But they will never again get such benefits...
That car is a Chevrolet Corvette which sells for about $50,000 dollars US when new. Not sure I would call it a super car. In regards to shooting them, I would be surprised if they did not take that car from a loyalist.
Libya, like all de facto Islamic societies, will sooner or later descend into a maelstrom of chaos, corruption, poverty, violence and intolerance.
There is no precedent for this boundless optimism.
a) Libya is a tribal society, it is not uniform.
b) Libya provided in the past many of the foreign fighters US forces faced in Iraq.
c) Many of the current Libyan leaders are such guys, some have AQ connections. This information can be found in good articles in the Asian Times and in some good Military blogs.
d) BTW MG is still a free man with resources and good connections to central African contries.
So we can hope the best, but a Lebanon outcome is not so unlikely.
@ Samkaie. It's a Corvette, and probably was abandoned by someone high up from the fleeing regime. Just like the picture I saw of rebels swimming with their AKs in a pool attached to a very nice mansion also left abandoned.
But I remain fairly skeptical as to the future of an independent Libya.
We've seen countries emerge from one wave of dictatorship only to be settled into another quagmire of sand and dirt, still miserably embedded within the depths of the ocean.
Sure, this has been a changing chapter for Libya, but freedom is not all that easy. It takes more time, a lot more effort, and a whole lot more blood, not that the Libyans haven't yet had their fair share, but I'm confident it'll be another few years before Libya can be seen and felt like a strong and self-sufficient nation.
But progress is a part to reaching a destination. And the Libyans have progressed all too well.
The whole world would be watching Libya for the next few years with great interest. Hope they make the best out of it.
Good luck Libyans. The free democratic world stands hand-in-hand with you!
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As opposed to taking ownership of someone's land, I will simply be watching a free movie put on by Butler University (and please don't point out that I'm paying for this movie through tuition fees. You'll ruin the moment). "Wreck-it Ralph" is the movie. Here are the things that I know about it:
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-There's a guy named Ralph.
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That's all I've got. I'm interested to see where it goes from here. Even as I write this article I realize that little is drawing me to the movie other than its lack of cost. So we'll see if it is worth it. I don't want to be that guy who says "Time is money," but I will argue that rather than sitting in a classroom watching a movie, I could be in my house watching TV. Which would probably be more comfortable. So come on, "Wreck-It Ralph," let's hope you are worth the effort.


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Be sure to set out pitchers or bottles of water and a plate of dry crackers or unflavored bread so that guests can cleanse their palates between each quaff.
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You could do a blind tasting by covering each wine bottle in brown paper and color-coding each one. When you are done tasting all of the wines, rip off the paper for the big reveal.
Serve With Style
Take this opportunity to test out your new serving platters and olive boats. Those special butter knives you registered for can serve as cheese spreaders; use small bread-and-butter plates for passing appetizers.
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Break out the new wineglasses and pop the cork. Hosting a wine tasting party at home is easier than you think. Just see, swirl, sniff, and sip.
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Our generation loves to drink wine. So much so that we now consume more wine (particularly red wine) than our parents. Crazy, right? Combine that with a flair for entertaining and you've got the perfect party: an at-home wine tasting. It requires practically no work at all—and gives you the chance to break out your fresh-from-the-registry wineglasses. Just choose the type of wine you want to explore, invite over six to eight friends, and follow this party plan.
Hold your glass by the stem. If you hold a glass by its bowl, you risk raising the wine's temperature, which will alter its taste as well (especially with white wine)
The FormulaChoose a Color Reds White Mix of Reds & WhitesChoose One Consistency Trait The same countryThe same grape The Same Year
Knot Tasting Tip: Good wine does not always equal expensive wine. There are plenty of great wines under $15. Stick within a price range so that each wine you taste will have similar qualities. Then surprise the group with one that's expensive. See if your guests can figure out which one it is.
The FormulaSalty SnacksSpanish olives and almondsSmoked Gouda, Brie and Chorizo Mini white cheese pizzasSweet Endings BrowniesBittersweet Chocolate-dipped apricotsSugar Cookies
Knot Tasting Tip: Put gourmet breadsticks in a simple drinking glass for a chic palate cleanser.
Wine TemperatureWhite = 50 degrees (let a prechilled bottle sit out for 30 minutes)Red = 65 degrees (just pop it in the fridge for 30 minutes)
See: Check out the color of the wine and compare its color to the others in your flight. Is it dark? Light? Translucent? Swirl: Hold your glass by the stem and gently give it a swirl. This will allow the wine's aroma to open up.Sniff: Put your nose into the glass and take a big sniff. Take note of what you smell: Toffee? Herbs? Cherry? Sip: Take a reasonably sized gulp and hold it for just a bit, swishing it around to coat the inside of your mouth, then swallow. Do you taste more than you smell? Does the flavor change at all? How does it feel inside your mouth? Get a conversation going by asking everyone what they like or don't like about the wine. Once you're done, invite everyone to keep drinking their favorite!
--Christa Vagnozzi
Special thanks to Marian Jansen op de Haar, director of wine for Fleming's Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar; and Leslie Sbrocco, author of The Simple & Savvy Wine Guide
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10 More Foods That Are Healthier Than You Think
by Dana Angelo White in Healthy Tips, September 22, 2011There are lots of misconceptions about healthy eating. Some folks kick their favorite foods to the curb because they think they're no good. We've already given you a list of ten — here are 10 MORE foods that offer more nutrition than you're giving them credit for.
1. Cheese
While you will find some unhealthy fats, don't count out cheese! It's an excellent source of protein, calcium and even contains a small amount of vitamin D. Watching your waistline? Keep portions to about 1-ounce and choose lower fat varieties like Swiss, Parmesan or part-skim mozzarella and ricotta.
2. Bread
Some people are still afraid of eating carbs and bread is usually the first to go. But don't toss those loaves out just yet! You'll be missing out on nutritious goodies like fiber and important B-vitamins. Limit intake to no more than a couple of slices per day and choose whole grain varieties most of the time.
3. Lettuce
Classically misconstrued as a food that "doesn't count" – lettuce packs in nutrients like hunger-fighting fiber, antioxidants and vitamins A, C and K. The darker the leaf, the more nutrients it has so bulk up salads, wraps, sandwiches and tacos with a fresh, green, low-calorie crunch.
4. Fruit Butters
Don't let the name fool you, there's no butter in this cooked-down fruit puree. Commonly available in apple, pumpkin and peach flavors, it's divine spread on toast, mixed into yogurt or used in place of some of the oil when baking. Apple butter is a key ingredient in this recipe for Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins.
5. Pizza
Yes, pizza! The combination of bread, lycopene-rich tomatoes and toppings like cheese and veggies actually make for a darn healthy meal. Homemade is the best way to go to keep the portion sizes, calories and grease under control. Try this 5-ingredient recipe from scratch or make things even easier by making mini pizzas on English muffins.
6. Dried Fruit
It might taste like candy but dried fruit has a lot more to offer. Drying fruit allows the natural flavors to concentrate, making it naturally sweet. While you should be careful with portions, dried fruits like raisins, cranberries, pineapple and apricots are a healthy addition to hot and cold cereals, salads and trail mix. Look for brands without added sweeteners and keep portions to a modest couple of tablespoons.
7. Chili
When you consider the ingredients – beans, veggies, spices and maybe some meat – chili is healthy eats. Dial back on the fatty meats and toppings like sour cream and cheese and you've got a healthy and satisfying one-pot meal. Use our tips for Chili, Lightened Up.
8. Shellfish
Shellfish like shrimp and lobster always get the shaft for being too high in cholesterol. But it turns out they can be part of heart-healthy diet because they are low in calories and saturated fat and high in protein. Learn more about why we love shellfish.
9. Chocolate
A recent study found that chocolate eaters may have a reduced risk of heart disease. We've got 28 favorite ways to munch on chocolate but be sensible about your choco-indulgence. Too much fat, calories and sugar from chocolate is certainly not good for your heart (or your waistline).
10. Steak
Carnivores rejoice! Red meat can be enjoyed in moderation for the benefit of healthy goodies like protein, iron, niacin and vitamin B12. The heart-healthy trick is to opt for lean cuts like beef tenderloin and flank steak. Get the skinny on the leanest cuts of meat.
Dana Angelo White, MS, RD, ATC, is a registered dietitian, certified athletic trainer and owner of Dana White Nutrition, Inc., which specializes in culinary and sports nutrition. See Dana's full bio »
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I absolutely agree to this list. I've been serving this at home and none of us have high cholesterol or even at risk to any heart diseases. I believe those mentioned health issues are genetically-related. Everything should be in moderation. Or else, obesity would be another problem to raise here too. Sorry I have to repose this…HTC swype didn't get the words I was typing.
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This is good information. It is all about choices and moderation. I love my pizza but only have one slice along with a dark green salad and veggies.
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Yes, pizza is on the list. It is my favourite. Lettuce – yuck – of the darker the better. That's better. I add spinach to everything, including my stir fry. I use it in my sandwiches rather then iceberg lettuce – horrible stuff.
Please do not ruin the beef industry. There are many very reputable local farmers that are excellent beef farmers. Buy from a local farmer. Eat in moderation. Beef is a great source of protein and other nutrients that are important in many persons diets. Be informed.
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Actually most of the foods on this list are very healthy but people just use them all wrong. The darker the chocolate the healthier it is for you considering that it would have more cocoa beans in it instead of sugar like milk chocolate and white chocolate. Cheese, nuts, and fruits are all good sources of proteins and natural sugars that the people of our country are missing out on. A good steak isnt bad for you at all especially if it isn't shot up with different types of hormones. Pizza isn't a bad thing when it's covered with good cheeses, natural sauce, and vegetables. Lettuce is the most under rated vegetable considering that it gives you a very good source of fiber and vitamins. People are told differently by fast food restraunts and places that could be harmed by this knowledge such as farms that give their cows hormones. I'm fourteen and it shocks me that it's a normal thing to see an obese child every day. All of the things on this list can be very beneficial if consumed correctly. Most people don't realize that going to mcdonalds and getting a salad instead of a big Mac can easily expand their lifetime. We should wage wars against fast food company's and farmers that take the easy way out instead of sites like this who open people's eyes to things they were unhealthy. -
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text: Credit card purchases in foreign countries. Card issuers hide their dirty billing secret: GREED.Apr 24, 2001 (Updated Jan 7, 2005) The Bottom Line Many credit cards add a 1% to 3% fee whenever you use them in a foreign country. They don't do anything to earn it; then they hide it from you. Here's another way your credit card can hurt you if you're not careful. How would you feel if you charged $100 on your credit card, but the transaction showed up as $102 or $103 on your monthly bill? What if your credit card issuer simply added 2 or 3 percent to all of your charges? Well, that's exactly what the majority of US credit card issuers do whenever you use your card in a foreign country. The practice is pure greed, and you're not getting anything for your money. The Mechanics of Foreign Credit Card Transactions When you use your credit card to pay your hotel bill in Paris, you're really paying in euros, but the charge appears on your bill in dollars. If you look carefully, you'll find that you've been charged from 1% to 3% more than the competitive exchange rate for this "service." In reality, your credit card issuer isn't providing any service for this fee because it's the international Visa and MasterCard associations that actually make the currency exchange. They pay out euros, for example, to the merchant who submitted the charge and get back dollars from credit card issuing banks in the USA. American travelers already pay for this exchange service because the Visa and MasterCard associations levy a 1 percent currency exchange fee on transactions made abroad before submitting them to your credit card issuer who in turn submits the charge to you. Nevertheless, the majority of credit card issuers tack on an additional 1 to 3 percent of the charge amounts submitted to them by the clearing associations. So What's in It for Me? So what are you getting for that charge? Amazingly, you get absolutely nothing. The charge represents pure greed, and the issuing banks know they can get away with it because it's buried in the foreign exchange transaction. There's no line item on your bill for the charge. You would have to do some research to realize that you've been charged roughly 3% more than a competitive exchange rate would suggest. I know some of you are saying, "the clearing associations are charging 1%, so I see where they get their profit, but I don't see how the card issuing bank can make a profit unless it collects a fee for the transaction, too." Well, they profit in the usual way. When that French hotelier submits his 100 euro Visa charge, Visa actually pays him only about 97.50 euro (roughly a 2.5 % "discount"). That's how credit card issuers make their profit besides collecting interest on unpaid balances. In an international transaction, the "discount" will be split between the clearing association and the credit card issuer, so between it and the 1 percent currency exchange fee, they already have 3 percent to play around with. How Do I Know What My Card Issuer Is Charging Get out your card issuer agreement and look at the fine print under "currency exchange," "foreign currency transactions," or a similar heading. Both the 1% association charge and any charge by your issuing bank should be spelled out there, although the wording may not be crystal clear. For example, in the section titled Foreign Currency Transactions of the disclosure statement for my US Bank REI Visa Card, it says: "If you make a transaction in currency other than U.S. dollars, Visa... will convert the charge or credit into a U.S. dollar amount. Currently, Visa... use[s] a currency conversion rate of either (1) a wholesale market rate or (2) a government mandated rate, increased by an adjustment factor determined by us [US Bank] and Visa.... The adjustment factor, which is subject to change without notice is currently 3% of the U.S. dollar amount, of which we [US Bank] receive 2% and Visa... the remainder." [italics mine] So, Visa gets 1% and my card issuer, US Bank, gets 2%. Visa actually did something to earn its 1 percent, but my issuing bank didn't do a thing except add on the charge! How Do I Find Out the Charge for a Card I'm Thinking of Getting? There are two ways to go about this: First, call the toll free number on the solicitation and tell them you want to discuss the terms of the offer. Specifically, ask about how much is charged on foreign currency transactions, and of that amount, how much is charged by the card association and how much is charged by the card issuer. Unfortunately, you may have a hard time getting a reliable answer to these questions. Representatives aren't often well trained on this subject. Second, check bankrate.com, which may have this information for the card your thinking about--or not. Who's Charging How Much Now? Before you delve into this section, remember two things: 1) A specific card issuer like Bank One issues many different cards, each of which may have different policies, and 2) any card issuer can change its policies on any card at any time with appropriate notice. So read your cardholder agreement carefully, and read any change notices you receive. The following facts were taken from an article on bankrate.com (April 2001). Bank of America charges a 2 percent fee on all ATM, debit, and credit card transactions abroad (in addition to the 1 percent association fee). It also charges $1.50 to $2.50 every time you use an ATM abroad. Other big issuers that charge 2 percent in addition to the 1 percent association fee are Citibank, Bank One/First USA, Chase Manhattan, Providian, and Wells Fargo. Capital One, MBNA America, FleetBoston, and Wachovia Bank are not charging extra fees on foreign transactions at this time. Furthermore, most credit unions and community banks don't charge these extra fees either. American Express customers pay a 2 percent fee on all foreign currency transactions. Issuers can change their policies any time, so check with yours shortly before your trip if you want to try to avoid this fee. Unfortunately, I've found it very difficult to talk to agents who knew enough to give a definitive answer. Now, I just ask for a supervisor at the beginning of my call. The Good News Even with these fees, using credit and debit cards is less costly than exchanging US cash or traveler's cheques. That's because the credit card associations aggregate all their foreign exchange transactions to get highly competitive exchange rates available only to the big boys and girls. As a small currency trader dealing directly with an exchange or bank, you are likely to lose 5 to 7 percent compared to the commercial exchange rate on every foreign currency transaction. So even with the extra charges, using a credit card gives you a 1 to 6 percent advantage over local currency exchanges. Maybe that's what keeps more people from complaining. Related Reviews For my review of a no-fee card that doesn't charge extra, see no foreign use fee on this Visa card . For my review of a no-fee card that gives 1% cash back on all domestic transactions, see a great cash-back Visa card . Technical Appendix: Real World Examples Example 1: A Poor Visa Card for Foreign Travel On 9/9/2000, I used my REI Visa Card to pay for a hotel in Amsterdam. On the subsequent Visa bill, the line item for this transaction had the following information: Posting date: 9/12 Foreign currency amount: 927.99 NLG (Netherlands Guilder) Rate: 2.53148 Charge in US$: $366.58 By consulting the foreign exchange table in a back issue of The Wall Street Journal, I found that the competitive exchange rate between dollars and guilders on 9/12/2000 was about 2.61. Dividing 927.99 guilders by 2.61 gives $355.55. Dividing the actual dollar charge of $366.58 by $355.55 shows that Visa and my card issuer tacked on a total of 3 percent above the "competitive" exchange rate. Note that use of the word "rate" in the Visa bill is misleading in that it implies that 2.53148 is the currency exchange rate when it is actually a combination of the exchange rate, the 1% Visa charge, and the 2% Bank of America charge. The bill never breaks out these individual "fees," which amount to $11.03. Example 2: A Good Visa Card for Foreign Travel On 7/5/2004, I used my MBNA Platinum Visa Card to pay a hotel bill in Monterosso, Italy. The subsequent billing statement looked like this: Posting date: 7/6 Foreign currency amount: 265.00 EUR US dollar charge: $329.60 By consulting www.x-rates.com, I found that the competitive euro-to-dollar exchange rate on 7/6/04 was 1.229. Multiplying the euro amount by this factor and tacking on another 1% Visa association charge gives $328.94, a bit less than the $329.60 they actually charged me. Since this extra amount was only about one-fifth of one per cent, I attribute it to currency trading fluctuations during the day. In particular, it's clear that MBNA did not add on the kind of extra charge I'm talking about. As a side note, there is no mention of a "conversion rate" in the MBNA bill. They just give the foreign currency amount and the dollar amount. For my review of this card, click MBNA Visa . |


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Quantic Dream's PS3 exclusive Beyond: Two Souls has been chosen as an Official Selection at the Tribeca Film Festival.
The game's showing will feature a new one-hour scene, as well as the debut of a "major" trailer and a behind-the-scenes look. Actress Ellen Page and Quantic Dream's David Cage will also appear on a Q&A panel. The screening will take place on April 27.
Beyond: Two Souls is the second game to be bestowed with the honour. LA Noire was the first video game to be picked as an Official Selection at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival.
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Wired: Speaking of going after people tooth and nail, that brings us to your new novel, Pirate Cinema. What's that about?
Doctorow: Pirate Cinema was inspired by a legislative event in the United Kingdom where I live. In 2009 they introduced legislation called the Digital Economy Act, which includes something called "three strikes," which says that if you're accused — without proof — of three acts of copyright infringement, you and your family get disconnected from the internet.
This legislation was introduced right around the same time we had a report from our champion for digital inclusion, a woman named Martha Lane Fox, whose government posting is to make sure that everybody in the country has access to the internet. She commissioned a Price Waterhouse Cooper study into a follow-up of a trial program where people who lived in government housing — in very vulnerable populations in the north, where the local economy and industry have collapsed — they followed it up to see what happened when those people were given internet access and compared them to their neighbors who hadn't been given internet access, so they had a naturally occurring control population experiment that they could use to analyze the impact of internet access.
They found that these people who had been given internet access, that everything we use to measure the quality of life went up for them. Their kids not only got better grades, but they were more likely to go on to post-secondary education and to be socially mobile. The parents got better jobs and had more disposable income, and so there was better nutrition, and their health outcomes were better. They were less socially isolated, they were more civically engaged, and more politically engaged. Really the whole raft of human experience improves when you give people internet access, so it follows that when you take away people's internet access, you confiscate those benefits too.
It's bad enough to say, "If you watch TV the wrong way we're going to take away your access to civic engagement, education, employment and health." But it's even worse to say, "If you live in the same house as someone who is the named subscriber for a DSL modem that has been accused — without proof — of being involved in someone — possibly not even someone who lives in your house — watching TV the wrong way, we're going to take away all these benefits." This was just wildly disproportionate and really just evil.
It passed without debate because they snuck it into the final session of Parliament, just before they dissolved the Parliament for the election. And it had passed in other countries in the same way. In New Zealand, the way that they passed it was as a rider to the Christchurch earthquake bailout, the bill that was passed to free up resources to help save the people dying in the rubble of Christchurch. They snuck it in there.
This made me so furious that I decided I would write a book about it. So I wrote this novel called Pirate Cinema, and it's about a kid who lives in one of these northern towns, these rust belt towns, a town called Bradford that was once the center of the textiles industry. His name is Trent, but he calls himself "Cecil B. DeVil" after Cecil B. DeMille the movie producer, because he makes movies. But he doesn't make movies the way they did in Spielberg's era, where they had Super 8 cameras, like that Spielberg movie. He doesn't make them the way they did in my boyhood, with VHS cameras. He makes them the way that you can if you're a kid in the 21st century, namely by downloading other people's movies and re-cutting them, and making new movies out of them.
And he's very good at it, and it totally consumes him, and people love what he does and it's very popular, and like many consumed, passionate adolescents, he gets careless, and he forgets to use the proxy that hides his internet identity from the snoopers that are used to catch pirates and disconnect them. And so his family gets disconnected, and his dad loses his job, and his mom loses her disability benefits, and his sister can no longer get the grades that she was getting and probably won't make it into university, and so he's really effectively destroyed his family.
And he runs away to London, the way the hero of so many British novels do, and he joins a gang — a kind of "ha ha only serious" youth gang of anarchist freegan squatters — who make their own movies and show them in underground movie theaters, not just "underground" in the sense that they are all on the down low, and you have to know who to ask, and it's all with a wink in a nudge, but "underground" in the sense that they break into beautiful vaulted brick Victorian sewers and turn them into cinemas — pirate cinemas — and these screenings become a citywide and then a nationwide phenomenon — everyone's doing them, everyone's making their own movies.
But even though they think that they can no longer engage with the law, that they can just ignore the law, what they discover is that just because they're not interested in the law doesn't mean that the law won't take an interest in them, and very soon the law's gotten much worse, to the point where people are going to jail just for downloading. When I wrote that, that was science fiction, but two or three weeks ago Japan passed legislation which says that if you download copyright-infringing material, you can go to jail for two years. Which effectively means that if you click the wrong link on YouTube, you go to prison. Japan also provides for 10 years in prison if you upload copyright-infringing material.
And so as these laws get worse, Trent and his friends decide that what they're going to do is actually prevent new laws from being passed, and that the way that they're going to do that is by bankrupting the entertainment industry with systematic piracy. So rather than just pirating things in a slapdash way, they're going to pirate the things that cost the movie industry as much money as possible. So when new movies open, they're walking up and down the ticket line in Leicester Square — which is kind of our answer to Times Square — and walking up to people in line to buy the ticket to the premiere screening, and they are handing them SD cards with copies of the movie on it, and a note that says, "If you buy a ticket, they're just going to use the money to screw up our country. Here's a copy of the movie, go watch it at home, make your own mixes, and come show them at one of our showings." And, you know, jailarity ensues, because clearly the entertainment industry isn't going to take that lying down, and that's when the novel really starts to kick off.
Wired: And I understand that these underground showings are an actual phenomenon, and you attended some of them?
Doctorow: Yeah, there are underground showings, the pirate cinema movement is real, and I was in a pirate cinema in a squatted pub in East London, much like Zeroday, the pub that Trent and his friends live in. One of the people who lived there, Jamie King — who founded a novel distribution company called Vodo that distributes science fiction movies online — he actually was a great source for information on the ins and outs of squatting in London, and some of the stories of what happens to these squatters were taken right from his life story.
Wired: So this is a book that could be seen as glorifying teenage runaways, premarital sex, trespassing, recreational drug use and computer crimes. Did you get any pushback on that, or have any misgivings about including any of that?
Doctorow: I certainly haven't had any pushback. This is a book about a kid who lives in an unjust society and who tries a variety of strategies to deal with it — some of them smart, some of them not smart — and in some cases doing the not-smart thing ends up getting him into a lot of trouble, which I think is true to life, and in the spirit of a lot of good young-adult literature. So I'm not at all bothered about it. Some of it is presented as romantic, but none of the stuff that I think of as a bad idea is presented as a good idea. It's just presented as the kind of thing that a 17-year-old who is really upset might do.


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If the crowds of tourists start to make you feel like you're wandering through a theme park rather than a city, make for a market. Here, you'll find real Venetians doing refreshingly everyday things. The biggest, liveliest, and most colorful is the Rialto Market (pictured), which runs Monday to Saturday mornings at the northwestern foot of the Rialto Bridge. Squeeze past the purveyors of nylon soccer shirts in the Ruga degli Orefici and Ruga degli Speziali and strike north: You'll find row upon row of cheese stalls, meat vendors, benches piled with fruit and vegetables, and a Gothic-looking pescaria (covered fish market). All are swarming with sandpaper-voiced old ladies, young mothers using strollers to cut a swath through the crowd, and dapperly dressed professionals laying in supplies for the evening's dinner party. Moored at the far eastern end of Via Garibaldi and on the northern edge of Campo San Barnaba are two more quintessentially Venetian emporia: large barges that on weekday mornings groan under heaps of produce, while shoppers shout their orders from the fondamenta.
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It seems the Kamloops-Thompson School District does not have to come up with $600,000 after all.
The minister of education's letter asking districts to put aside 1.5 per cent of their budgets for each of the next two years to cover support staff salary raises was an "ask" not a "directive," according to the ministry.
"I'm pleased that saner heads will prevail," said school board chair Denise Harper.
Early last month, anxiety rippled through school boards across the province when Minister Don McRae wrote them with the request. In Kamloops, it added up to $300,000 per year.
The province also said districts couldn't cut service levels. And they had to figure it out by mid-January.
Kamloops-Thompson school trustee Annette Glover, chairwoman of the district's finance committee, said the task was impossible, adding 90 per cent of the district's budget pays for staffing.
"It's ridiculous that they'd even be asking for that," she said.
Many of the province's 60 school boards responded with strongly worded letters along the same lines.
And late last week, there was a sense of vindication when B.C. School Trustees Association president Michael McEvoy emailed boards to say that McRae apologized over the matter during a Jan. 3 meeting.
McRae's apology led to the belief that school boards' complaints were heard, she said.
"My expectation is because the minister received a potential of 60 letters from boards saying, 'What are you talking about? We can't do this.' That he may have indicated he was sorry to have created this," said Harper.
But exactly what that apology meant - whether the province would pay for salary raises after all or push back the deadline - was unclear.
It turns out the minister was sorry for the way the matter was handled, not for asking districts for 1.5 per cent of their budgets.
But it was an "ask" not a directive, said a ministerial spokesperson, pointing to the portion of the minister's letter that started all the dismay.
"I am requesting that all boards develop their own savings plans to identify savings within the principles of the (co-operative gains) mandate that would reach the target of 1.5 per cent of support staff compensation in their district," wrote McRae.
Trustees took this as an order, however.
"We interpreted as being fairly prescriptive," said Harper.
In an interview with CFTK TV in Terrace on Jan. 8, McRae said he's received many letters from boards. Without specifying their tone, his only comment on the correspondence was "fair enough," adding he "wants to find out their answers and thoughts."
But McRae remained steadfast on the need for employers to work with the province to fulfill the co-operative gains mandate.
A departure from the net zero mandate, it allows for "modest" wage increases by handing a portion of the onus to employers.
"We'll be talking to BCPSEA (B.C. Public School Employers Association), we'll be talking to school board trustees association to see what they wish to do next," said McRae.
"But again it's a school governance model. The ministry of education works with the school board trustees."
Kamloops-Thompson School District Supt. Terry Sullivan said although the criteria set out by the province was impossible to achieve, his office will be working diligently to find ways of providing for support staff salary raises.
Especially since they "didn't do as well as other people in the education sector" during the last round of bargaining.
"I've always said that we feel our support staff are deserving of the increase," said Sullivan. "We want to turn over every stone to ensure that we can try to find some way to give it to them."
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