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Rizzy Home 20" Decorative Pillow
Add a touch of dramatic flair to your home interiors with the Rizzy Home 20" Decorative Pillow. This pillow has a minimalistic design and conventional square shape that gels with any kind of decor.
Crafted from 100% pure cotton, the 20" Decorative Pillow from Rizzy Home is extremely soft and durable. This decorative pillow comes in stunning removable linen upholstery which features a zipper-type closure and polyester-filled inserts. The pillow cover is available in a wide plethora of colorful finishes to suit your style and preferences. The pillow is reversible and features a solid pattern on both sides. It can be placed anywhere in your living room or bedroom for a perfect aesthetic appeal in your home. This pillow boasts of a brilliant craftsmanship of the highest quality which will last for many years.
This pillow can be washed in the machine to clean it thoroughly and keep it looking as good as new for a long time and maintain its texture and finish. Rizzy home is one of the number one textile brands that entered the North American and Central American markets in 2007.
Rizzy Home 20" Decorative Pillow
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|Product Type: Throw pillow
|Color: 1: Black
|Color: 2: Blue
|Color: 3: Brown
|Color: 4: Gray
|Color: 5: Green
|Color: 6: Off-White
|Style: Modern
|Size: Medium (16" - 20")
|Shape: Square
|Cover Material: 100% Cotton
|Fill Material: Cotton
|Number of Items Included: 1
|Embroidered: No
|Room Use: Bedroom; Living room; Den
|Pattern: Solid
|Gender: Unisex
|Life Stage: Adult; Kids
|Tassels Included: No
|Removable Cover: Yes
|Reversible: Yes
|Washing Method: Machine wash
|Commercial Use: Yes
|Eco-Friendly: No
|Country of Manufacture: Imported
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Elizabeth from Holden, MA– Verified Buyer
Love these pillows! They add a nice soft touch to my living room and are nice and soft. True to size and color as described. I would definitely recommend these pillows!
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Nice pillow at a great price. I was looking for a muted blue-grey to co-ordinate with yellows... Perfect!
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Good quality for the price. Color, size, etc were accurately represented on the web site.
Katherine from Colorado– Verified Buyer– Top 500 Reviewer
I am happy with the size and color of this decorative pillow. It is perfect for my needs and works well in the room.
Kimberly from Dallas, TX– Verified Buyer
Fluffy and comfortable. Perfect color as well. The quality was really good and I can tell it will withstand a little punishment from being thrown around by my family. :)
Depends on your needs...
Jonathan from RALEIGH, NC– Verified Buyer
A no frills, basic, extra-stuffingpillow for use with other pillows. My intention and it works well that way. Great for naps. Good value. For casual use, not fancy or frou-frou. Think beach house decor if you're looking to decorate with this item.
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Comfy pillows....blue gray color. Very happy with my purchase.
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Love my pillows ! They are exactly what I was looking for.
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The Riizy Home Decorative Pillow is just great. The size, quality and color of the pillow are just what I expected.
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Sally from Guilford, CT– Verified Buyer
I ordered the set of 2 and they were very nice . Two weeks later the price went up and I needed two more so I ordered and they were fuller than the first set.
About the ManufacturerFor nearly forty years Rizwan and Shamsu Ansari have been a premiere source for quality area rugs for clients across the globe. As an industry leader for the manufacturing of rugs, the company has been recognized for its standards of excellence by receiving the coveted Niryat Shree Award in their home country of India for their superior quality and service in the rug export industry. Having built a strong clientele and a distinct reputation, the Ansari brothers decided to embark on a more inclusive venture. In 2007, the brothers decided it was time to expand their distribution to North and Central America, and they established Riztex USA, Inc. to service this distribution channel.


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Senator Ted Cruz is continuing a scheduled tour of Texas, after a series of online threats this week.
Ted Cruz' 21 hour effort against the Affordable Healthcare Act ended as many expected.
The senate still voted to end debate and take up legislation to keep the government open past September 30th.
Senator Ted Cruz stood on the floor speaking in an effort to stop funding the Affordable Care Act - even if it shuts the government down.
GOP lawmakers and the Heritage Foundation go on a tour to promote the defunding of 'Obamacare.'
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz has jumped into the immigration reform fray by filing a slew of amendments that call for additional fencing on the border and that block a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants.
Texas U.S. Senator Ted Cruz says our nation has a lot of problems right now, including what he calls a tremendous spending problem.
Calling President Obama's recent gun control initiatives "cynical" and "wrong," U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz said on Tuesday that lawmakers "should focus our efforts on deterring and punishing violent criminals."
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When you're new to a company, you can feel quite lonely. Who will you eat lunch with? Who can you ask for help? You can also feel lost. Why are you working there? What can you do to make a difference? Where do you go from here?
This can be hard to remember this several decades after you've joined the company and when you've developed a wide social network, but people who are starting out might not only feel tremendously isolated, but also not know about opportunities to use their strengths.
Gallup has an article about helping newcomers make friends in order to increase employee engagement and retention. This reminded me of the Human Capital Institute's webcast and whitepaper on relational onboarding and how social networking accelerates new hires into star performers, which said:
Rather than abandon highly motivated new hires to orientations, hard to navigate intranets, and stacks of dusty manuals, successful organizations help new hires build a strong network of relationships with colleagues who can help transform them into star performers. Building strong relationships from day one makes new hires feel more connected to the workforce, resulting in decreased turnover, shortened time to contribution, greater engagement and job satisfaction. This webcast will examine how HR executives can make the shift from 'administrative' onboarding' to 'relational onboarding,' and how Corporate Social Networking technology can help build the network of connections integral to a new hire's and the company's success.
Sally Colella and Nancy Wheeler, Human Capital Institute
I've been with IBM for seven months, and I want to share this kind of onboarding experience with everyone. As a new hire, I'm learning so many things every day. Writing about what I learn helps me not only understand and remember things better, it also helps me share what I'm learning with other new hires and with other people throughout the company. Isn't that amazing? I get to create value for other people while I'm learning. Blogs have helped me make friends, ask for help, give help, get plugged in… It's terrific stuff, and I want to help as many people connect as I can.
That's one of the reasons why I love working with IBM. I want to help organizations figure out how to use social networking to help bring new people on board, connect passionate people with each other (employees, customer evangelists, whoever!), and join the conversations inside the company and in the world. This is challenging because it's not just a matter of introducing a blogging platform or putting up a wiki – it requires a lot of thought about the work culture, and yes, even the occasional cheerleading. But this is work I love to do, and if there's any way you can help me find organizations who want to consult with me and my team, please feel free to e-mail me at firstname.lastname@example.com. =)
I worked on a little sketch presentation on "Web2.0@Work: In Pursuit of Passion" over the weekend, trying to explain why this is just so cool. I put it up on Slideshare on Saturday, and today it's the Slideshow of the Day. That probably means lots of people are interested in this topic. =) Are you? Let's talk about it so that we can figure out how wonderful it can be!
Link from myventurepad: Make Friends with Employee Engagement
Thank you for your comforting thoughts.
I was horrified to hear what happened to Ollie. It's sad that people can do things like that. I cried and cried and cried, and J- and W- put their arms around me and comforted me. There was nothing I could have done to prevent it or to call him back, and there was nothing I could do to prevent that from happening to other animals in the future.
When the initial shock passed, I found myself faced with a decision: I could either let this close me up and discourage me from caring so much that I could get this hurt, or I could defy that and keep myself open. I realized that–at least for me–the only way to fight the darkness within the world and within ourselves is to blaze even brighter with light. The only way to deal with random acts of sickness is with kindness. The only way to deal with hate is to love more fiercely. The only way to face death is to live.
Ollie was a good cat, and I'm glad I had that time with him. You can read about the time my dad rescued this poor drenched little kitten off the street and our daring cat rescue when Ollie decided to go and get lost on the roof. It was more than just the adventures, though. Ollie taught me a lot about the kindness of my parents, Kathy, and the other people at home. That's what I treasure most about him: that a rather dusty orange cat with an endless appetite for food, the most piteous kitten-like meow (really quite out of place on a tomcat), and a penchant for getting stuck (in the same place! sweet but not very smart – that meow certainly helped persuade us to keep rescuing him), could teach me more about people and love.
I am sad that people can do such things to a cat, but I will not let that eclipse the goodness of other people or the happy stories Ollie was part of. I'm happy I got to know Ollie.
(And I am trying very hard not to run off and adopt another stray cat.)
UPDATE: My mom said that Ollie might have been in an accident; no one knows. But it's beautiful that a stray and fearful kitten could find in our house something to call home.


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The world map removable wallpaper would be a great feature in any room or space. This design is timeless and is an eye catching diverse wall centerpiece that suits an array of spaces. World travelers with a love for travel could mark countries they have traveled to or places they inspire to go to one day. When used in a kid's room it will indeed instill early on in life the true meaning of culture, diversity and how the world is a much larger place to be discovered.
Roberts Easton has posted some amazing photos of her grandson Rowan's room using the wall sticker world map.
"The first wall art I bought for Rowan (we had already named him) was a 2D map artwork (Australian designer). It was perfect since my inspiration for the room was always going to be about Rowan's place in the world. How we would teach him that the world is made up of many cultures and people and each person is unique. Rowan is a lucky boy to be born in such a diverse country and with education and patience we can make the world a wonderful place" Apartment therapy
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The classic account of the fall of the House of Baring and the ultimate rogue trader Nick Leeson, now published for the first time as an ebook. John Gapper and his co-author Nick Denton, now founder of Gawker Media interviewed all of the players involved in the collapse of one of England's oldest banks.
All That Glitters revealed the faustian deal struck between the whizz-kid traders who seemed to be bringing in huge profits and the grandees who were happy to pocket them without asking too many questions.
It examines the actions and motives of all the participants, including those of Leeson himself, including the final days when politicians and bankers made a last-ditch attempt to save the bank.
"The book that has most fascinated me is All That Glitters, densely researched, excellently told. With the energy and fascination of Victorian fiction, it's probably the best modern variant ofThe Way We Live Now - the Trollope novel that seems to come closest to our curious times." - Malcolm Bradbury. The Independent, Best Books of 1996.
"Lays serious claim to the tag 'definitive', and it reveals for the first time that Leeson's frauds were undertaken to bolster his own self-image as a 'master of the universe' . . . the staccato writing style holds you in the centre of the action" - Frank Kane, Sunday Times.
"The inside information, particularly about the rescue attempt, is predictably strong, and the account reads like a financial thriller . . . The authors paint a picture of human frailty on a huge canvas." - Stephen Pollard in The Times.


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FAO, IICA, WFP, ECLAC and PAHO join to eradicate hunger in Antigua and Barbuda in the next two years
FAO will support the government in implementing its policy on food and nutrition security.
FAO, IICA, WFP, ECLAC and PAHO join to eradicate hunger in Antigua and Barbuda in the next two years
Santiago, November 28th, 2012 - A joint FAO, IICA, PMA, ECLAC and PAHO/WHO mission visited Antigua and Barbuda with the aim of supporting the government in implementing its food security and nutrition policy.
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAO, Antigua and Barbuda has a population of 90 000 people of whom 20 % suffer malnutrition and poverty. Raul Benitez, FAO's Regional Representative for Latin America and the Caribbean, said that: "It is possible to end hunger and extreme poverty in Antigua and Barbuda in a period of two years to the extent that all stakeholders join us in the pursuit of this goal".
This initiative is part of the Zero Hunger Challenge campaign, launched by Ban-ki Moon, Secretary General of the United Nations, stating that, "in a world of abundance nobody should go hungry".
The joint mission will meet with the Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Honourable Dr. Baldwin Spencer, plus various government authorities responsible for agriculture and the fight against hunger and extreme poverty.
Among these authorities, the mission will coordinate with Hilson Baptiste, Minister of Agriculture, Lands, Housing and the Environment, which whom they will seek to agree on possible programs and technical assistance activities to the government towards the goal of achieving food and nutrition security for all of the country's inhabitants .
The mission will propose the creation of a Multi-sector Committee for the Eradication of Hunger, which will function to promote a legal and regulatory frameworks, as well as the necessary institutions to eradicate hunger in the islands. The Committee will integrate various actors of society, such as government agencies, the private sector, civil society, academics and parliamentarians.
FAO in Antigua and Barbuda
FAO, through a regional project, is supporting nine Caribbean countries in formulating policies on food security and nutrition.
In this context, a letter of intent was signed between FAO, IICA and the Government of Antigua and Barbuda to work together to eradicate hunger and extreme poverty in the country.
To this end, a two year action plan will be created, which is expected to be completed in late 2014.
Under this agreement, other UN agencies, such as UNDP and UNICEF could collaborate t eradicating hunger and achieving the Millennium Development Goals.
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The coin market tends to slow down a bit in December, but the U.S. Mint is keeping busy selling American Eagle 1-ounce silver bullion coins to its authorized purchasers. With nearly 44 million already sold in 2014, last year's record sales of 42,675,000 pieces has been shattered.
Local coin shops around the country count on an increased flow of traffic during the holiday season, as people give 2014 Proof and Uncirculated Mint sets, along with silver and gold American Eagles as gifts.
From the popularity of the 2014 Baseball Hall of Fame commemorative coins to the hullabaloo surrounding the gold 2014 Kennedy half dollar, the Mint has provided a lot for us to work with this year.
The way that holidays fall this year means that our list of the top 10 stories that shaped collecting in 2014 will appear in an upcoming January 2015 issue.
What were some of the stories this year that stood out to you? Send me an email or comment below and let me know.
Thank you from all of us at Coin World for allowing us to join you on your collecting journey. We continue to work hard each day to help share the news and interpret the events that make our hobby move, teach you about items in your collection, and introduce you to collecting avenues.
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"Vanilla extract" usually isn't made with real vanilla. The good news is that it's really easy--and affordable--to make your own.
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Carbs: 0g | Fat: 0g | Fiber: 0g | Protein: 0g | Calories: 10.7
Tapenade is a traditional sauce or condiment from Provence, in the south of France. It adds a punch of flavor for very few calories. You can buy premade tapenade, but you'll spend more money and be consuming more sodium than if you made it at home.
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Exclusives That Aren't: Ashoka Mukpo Speaks With CNN, After Speaking With NBC - Posted October 29, 2014
CNN billed its interview with Ebola survivor Ashoka Mukpo today as an exclusive. But it's not. Mukpo gave his first interview to NBC's Kate Snow last week ... [TVNewser]
Ebola Survivors Suddenly All Over Television - Posted October 24, 2014
While New York city is busy dealing with its first Ebola case, recent survivors of the deadly disease are popping up all over our televisions. Nina Pham, the first Dallas nurse diagnosed while treating Thom... [TVNewser]
TV News Covers Pittsburgh-Area High School Stabbings - Posted April 9, 2014
All three cable news networks covered a school stabbing spree that happened at a Pittsburgh-area high school this morning, where at least 20 are currently injured after a male student started stabbing people. It isn't clear yet if he stabbed only students, or a mix of students and adults. Fox News first... [morningmedianewsfeed]
TV News Covers Pittsburgh-Area High School Stabbings - Posted April 9, 2014
All three cable news networks covered a school stabbing spree that happened at a Pittsburgh-area high school this morning, where at least 20 are currently injured after a male student started stabbing people. It isn't clear yet if he stabbed only students, or a mix of students and adults. Fox News first... [FishbowlNY]
TV News Covers Pittsburgh-Area High School Stabbings - Posted April 9, 2014
All three cable news networks covered a school stabbing spree that happened at a Pittsburgh-area high school this morning, where at least 20 are currently injured after a male student started stabbing people. It isn't clear yet if he stabbed only students, or a mix of students and adults. Fox News first... [TVNewser]
NBC's Kate Snow Reports on Heroin Abuse: 'Addiction Crosses all Demographics' - Posted April 7, 2014
This week, NBC News national correspondent Kate Snow will present a series of reports on heroin addiction. The series, "Hooked: America's Heroin Epidemic," took Snow to several different cities as she interviewed current and fo... [TVNewser]
'Dateline' Wins Summer, Enters September with Exclusive - Posted September 6, 2013
"Dateline NBC" is hoping to make it 11 weeks in a row as the No. 1 non-sports show in its Friday night timeslot. They'll try to do it with Kate Snow's hour-long report about Am... [TVNewser]
Here's The Rundown For The Final Edition Of NBC's 'Rock Center' - Posted June 20, 2013
Friday evening is the final episode of NBC's "Rock Center with Brian Williams," the primetime newsmagzine that... [TVNewser]
Broadcasters Plan Extended Evening Newscasts, Special Coverage Of Tornado Aftermath - Posted May 21, 2013
The broadcast networks are planning to give their news organizations extra space tonight to update viewers on the aftermath of the devastating tornado that ripped through a suburb of Oklahoma City. In addition to expanded evening newscasts, NBC and ABC will have dedicated programming to coverage of the devastation... [TVNewser]
President Obama To Speak at 10 AM, As More Correspondents Descend On Oklahoma - Posted May 21, 2013
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Keith Olbermann Opens Wallet for Alma Mater - Posted January 16, 2013
Keith Olbermann has given a significant donation to WVBR-FM, the Cornell University radio station, The Hollywood Reporter ... [TVNewser]
Evening News Ratings: Week of December 31 - Posted January 8, 2013
"NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams" begins 2013 with another ratings win, but "Nightly" was flat compared to the same week last year... [TVNewser]
Colorado Shooting: Network Special Reports For First Court Appearance - Posted July 23, 2012
The broadcast networks are planning special reports for the 11:30 AM court appearance of James Holmes, the man who opened fire in a Colorado movie theater, killing 12 and wounding dozens of others. On CBS, Scott Pelley will anchor, joined by correspondent John Miller. On ABC ... [TVNewser]
Who is Filling Oprah's Shoes? - Posted June 22, 2012
The AP's David Bauder wonders who is getting the "gets" since ... [TVNewser]
Hey NBC, Ann Curry Doesn't Host 'Dateline' Anymore - Posted May 15, 2012
After announcing its fall lineup yesterday, NBC built a web page showing where each new and existing show would land. One problem. Whoever built the page used an old image of "Dateline" with ... [TVNewser]
Cable Networks Cover President Obama's Surprise Trip to Afghanistan - Posted May 1, 2012
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NBC News Makes Pitch to Advertisers, As 'Rock Center' Hits New Viewership Low - Posted March 16, 2012
[caption id="attachment_116521" align="alignright" width="378" caption="Matt Lauer and Steve Capus at the NBC News/MSNBC upfront."][/caption] NBC Newsers always like to say they are part of one big family. But in a family that big, with several making millions of dollars a year -- even a select few in the double-digit millions -- th... [TVNewser]
'Rock Center' Review: 'It's hard to be different. It's harder to be good' - Posted November 1, 2011
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'Rock Center' Books Jon Stewart, As It Places Two Segments Online - Posted October 31, 2011
On the premiere of NBC's "Rock Center" tonight, host Brian Williams will sit down for a conversation with comedian and "Daily Show" host Jon Stewart. Williams made the announcement during "Sunday Night Football" on NBC last night. Stewart does not frequently give interviews, usually limiting appearances to programs in which the... [TVNewser]
Newsers Pack the Waldorf to Honor Women Reporters - Posted October 27, 2011
PBS' Judy Woodruff was the mistress of ceremony at an awards luncheon of the of International Women's Media Foundation today at the Waldorf-Astoria. Four women journalists were honored for their work confronting danger while doing their jobs. Among them: Adela Navarro Bello, general director and columnist for Zeta news ... [TVNewser]
'Rock Center' a 'Combination of 60 Minutes and Nightline' - Posted October 27, 2011
NBC's Harry Smith and Kate Snow went on the "Today" show this morning to talk about "Rock Center," each promoting the stories they'll be reporting for ... [TVNewser]
Natalie Morales Latest NBCer to Join 'Rock Center' Roster - Posted October 18, 2011
NBC's upcoming primetime newsmagazine "Rock Center with Brian Williams" continues to add high-profile contributors. The latest addition is NBC "Today" news anchor and third hour co-host Natalie Morales. Morales will stay on in her current role with "Today," in addition to her new "Rock Center" gig. "Rock Center" is slated ... [TVNewser]
Ted Koppel Named Special Correspondent For NBC's 'Rock Center with Brian Williams' - Posted October 13, 2011
In a move that has been widely speculated, NBC News has named Ted Koppel as a special correspondent to "Rock Center With ... [TVNewser]
New Primetime NBC Newsmagazine To be Called 'Rock Center with Brian Williams' - Posted September 12, 2011
NBC News has announced that its upcoming primetime newsmagazine will be called "Rock Center with Brian Williams." The network put together a sizzle reel for the show, highlighting a wide range of NBC News reports from over the past few months: ... [TVNewser]
NBC's Kate Snow Moves Off 'Dateline' to New Brian Williams Newsmagazine - Posted July 13, 2011
Brian Williams's new primetime newsmagazine continues to staff up. On Monday, the network announced it had hired ... [TVNewser]
20/20 to devote tonight's show to Japan; Dateline updating situation - Posted March 11, 2011
ABC News, after getting some flack for not updating the West coast edition of "Nightline" to cover the earthquake in Japan, will devote all of tonight's "20/20" to the quake and tsunami, TVNewser has learned. The show airs at 10pmET/PT. NBC News tells us "Dateline" will cov... [TVNewser]
More Arrivals, More Delays as American Journalists Enter Egypt - Posted January 31, 2011
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GMA Weekend Moves out of Times Square - Posted October 2, 2010
More change at "Good Morning America Weekend." As of this morning, the show is no longer being broadcast from the Times Square studios and has returned to ABC's studios near New York's Lincoln Center. GMA Weekend will now be broadcast from TV-3, home to other ABC News broadcasts. In addition to... [TVNewser]
Marysol Castro Leaving 'GMA' Weekend - Posted September 25, 2010
"Good Morning America" weather person Marysol Castro is leaving the program, ABC News confirms to TVNewser. Tomorrow, September 26, will be her last day on the show. "After 6 years of great weekends, this one is bittersweet. It's the last I'll spend with all the grea... [TVNewser]
'Dateline' Explores What Happens When Mom and Dad Aren't Around - Posted September 12, 2010
On tomorrow night's 'Dateline', NBC's Kate Snow will report on parenting. The program will show how kids respond to numerous real-life scenarios when they believe their mothers and fathers are not watching. But parents will be watching — on hidden camera — as kids deal with situ... [TVNewser]
Martin Bashir Leaving ABC for MSNBC; GMA Weekend Anchor Bill Weir Moves to 'Nightline' - Posted July 22, 2010
First on TVNewser: Big changes afoot in the TV news world. ABC News "Nightline" co-anchor Martin Bashir is leaving the network and joining NBC News. At the same time, ABC has announced Bill Weir... [TVNewser]
Willie Geist Fills in for Matt Lauer on 'Today' - Posted June 30, 2010
MSNBC's "Way Too Early" host Willie Geist made his debut as Matt Lauer's fill-in on the "Today" show today, increasing his visibility 25 fold, from a couple hundred thousand v... [TVNewser]
'Dateline' Airing Oil Spill Special Report - Posted June 1, 2010
•"Dateline NBC" will air a special report Friday evening at 9pmET on the BP oil spill called "Disaster in the Gulf." The hour-long special, anchored by Ann Curry, will be the first one on network TV to focus on the Gulf Coast crisis. Former-ABCer Kate Snow, who filled-in... [TVNewser]
Kate Snow Anchors Memorial Day 'Nightly' - Posted May 31, 2010
Recent NBC hire Kate Snow might have just joined the network, but she's already filling for Brian Williams. The former ABCer anchored "NBC Nightly News" this ... [TVNewser]
Kate Snow on Her 'First Day at a New School' - Posted May 11, 2010
Kate Snow, who departed the weekend edition of ABC's "Good Morning America" in March, had her first official day in the NBC office... [TVNewser]
Bianna Golodryga Named 'GMA' Weekend Co-Anchor - Posted May 7, 2010
Breaking: ABC News has named Bianna Golodryga as the new co-anchor of the weekend edition of "Good Morning America." Golodryga joins Bill Weir... [TVNewser]
Who Will Co-Anchor 'GMA' Weekend? - Posted March 12, 2010
With Kate Snow departing ABC, as we first reported earlier today, for NBC's "Dateline," the natural question arises: who will take over the "Good Morning America" weekend edition slot co-anch... [TVNewser]
Kate Snow Departs ABC for NBC - Posted March 12, 2010
First on TVNewser: ABC's "Good Morning America" weekend edition co-anchor Kate Snow is leaving the network to join NBC's "Dateline," TVNewser has learned. Snow had been with the network since 2003, when she came on as the "GMA" Wh... [TVNewser]
TVNewsers Heading To Haiti - Posted January 13, 2010
Continually Updated: We'll update this post as we hear more about who is heading to Hispaniola, either the Dominican Republic or Haiti (if the airport is reopened) to cover yesterday's 7.0 earthquake. CBS' Katie Couric NBC's ... [TVNewser]
With George Stephanopoulos Nearly Locked In, What About the Rest of 'Good Morning America?' - Posted December 4, 2009
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I just happened to see a few episodes of Haven last fall and loved it, so I decided to start watching it from the beginning. In the audio commentary for the first DVD, the writers talk about the level of "darkness" in the show. I haven't seen all the episodes, of course, but I'm okay with striking a balance between serious things and humor. One of the writers mentioned how hard it it to balance the concerns of everyone watching the show. I for one don't like gory shows. In fact, if things get too dark, I stop watching. The beautiful scenery is the show helps to balance the events, I think. Thoughts?
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I'm perfectly fine with gory tbh.
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Love this show. What dark?
Posted 12 April 2012 - 04:41 PM
Love this show. What dark?
I love it too. In the first season DVD commentary, the writers talk about the degree of "darkness." I know it's a matter of taste; I'm on the the more sensitive side of the scale. The show is truly wonderful.
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The Kamrup District and Sessions Court on Thursday granted conditional bail to Ranjan Daimary alias D.R. Nabla, the founder-chief of the militant outfit National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB), and prime accused by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the October 30, 2008, Assam serial blasts case. The nine blasts triggered by the outfit in Guwahati, Kokrajhar, Bongaigaon and Barpeta Road left about 100 dead and 545 people injured.
Daimary's counsel advocate Manas Sarania told The Hindu that the militant leader had five more cases — four TADA cases and one Special Operation Unit (SOU), Assam Police case — still pending against him and would be able to come out of the prison only after he was granted bail in the pending five cases.
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Mr. Sarania said the eight conditions on which Daimary had been granted bail would require him to submit a double surety of Rs. three lakh, debar him from going outside the State, require him to attend court proceedings regularly, debar him from holding public meetings without prior permission from the court and also from campaigning in favour of the NDFB and would have to refrain from making any speech or statements that antagonised people.
Daimary (54), who is currently lodged in Guwahati Central Jail, was handed over to India by Bangladesh on May 1, 2010, following which he was arrested. The CBI filed the chargesheet in the serial blasts case on May 25, 2009 ,and named 22 people. Of them, 14, including Daimary, are lodged in jail.
Daimary had been president of the NDFB since its inception on October 3, 1986. The outfit was originally known as the Boro Security Force and re-christened the NDFB in 1993. However, the NDFB general assembly on December 15, 2008, replaced him with B. Sungthagra (alias Dhiren Boro). But, 12 days after his removal, Daimary claimed that he was still president.
On January 1, 2009, the NDFB expelled Daimary for his alleged involvement in the October 30, 2008, blasts. This split the outfit into two, with one faction led by Sungthagra known as the NDFB (ceasefire) and the other as the NDFB (Ranjan Daimary).
The Bodo National Conference (BNC), a banner organisation of Bodo political and non-political groups headed by Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) Chief Hagrama Mahilari, has been demanding that the government should facilitate the release of Ranjan Daimary as it did in case of jailed leaders of the militant United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) to create a conducive atmosphere for peace talks with the NDFB faction headed by Daimary.


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OVERLAND PARK, KS – Johnson County Community College right-handed pitcher Jeff Soptic has signed a professional contract with the Chicago White Sox. Baseball America reported Soptic signed for $320,000. By singing a professional contract, Soptic turns down his scholarship offer from the University of Missouri. Last month, Soptic was selected by the White Sox in the third round with the 110th pick overall, making him the highest drafted player in JCCC history.
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"God Only Shows Up to Say 'Yes'"
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God is present everywhere in all things. God only shows up to say yes and there is nothing contrary to the willingness of Spirit to support, express and create It's own experience. The sum of all this expression is Life itself. Nothing falls short or fails with God. Everything happens on purpose and in the Divine flow of everything else.
Here on this planet I reside as an abiding vessel for God's unique expression, as me. My life is God's expression as Me. Therefore, I am on purpose and everything in my life is part of the Divine flow of everything else.
Knowing this, Peace moves through me as I move through my Life. I am in sync with the rhythm of the Universe and nothing is "wrong". God expressing as me constitutes the totality of my life. My conscious mind invites goodness, harmony, prosperity and joy because these qualities are always available to me, regardless of how things appear and I know it is a choice. I choose to live my life from Goodness and Goodness always finds it's way back to me.
I am grateful for my time here on Earth. I am grateful for my infinity and I recognize that my humanness is a passing adventure. I cherish this experience and remain in grateful awe for what God has prepared for me.
Speaking my Truth, I release my words into the Law. Like seeds in the garden, the creative process has begun and my prayer is delivered back to me exactly as I intend, right now.
And so it is.
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Invader GT | Mon, 15 Jun 2009 Posted by : Shannon Larratt
I just got this nice letter and photo set, which I'm reproducing here verbatim –
Enjoyed your blog very much. Every once in awhile I'll google Invader GT and see what pops up. Usually not much, but this time your blog came up. So if I may bore you…
In 1974 I ordered a Invader GT kit. The body design was the full rake (which I felt looked better than the later design change that took the rake out of the windshield.) Back then it cost me $400.00 for shipping from California to Illinois and I the kit cost somewhere around $900.00. Picked up a used running 1969 VW for $600.00 and sold the body for $400.00. The whole project came to about $3000.00. Finished the project in 1976, my wife to be bought herself a new 1977 Firebird 350 cu.in. with T-top for $7000.00, hmmm maybe something doesn't add up here, oh well too late, water under the bridge.
Should -a, could-a, would-a. The doors, Should-a pitched the clear top sections and molded in the bottom sections. You roasted your butt off driving around with full doors on in the summer time. And the car just didn't look right with the doors off. You had the option to cut and drop the pan area where the seats went so you could have a little more head room. I chose not to go that route (should-a). Never put wipers or defroster system into the kit because even then I knew it was a fair weather car.
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If I had it to do over again, I would of bought a dune buggy body for half the cost and time and spent more time with the wind in my face and enjoying the country side. There was also at the time another kit offered which I almost went with I think was called "Vandura"? You cut off the vw body just behind the doors and added on the kit that made it into a panel truck. You could keep the vw front fenders and hood section or replace it with a fiberglass section that made it look like a 1940 Ford. I almost bit on that one. Don't get me wrong, I think the kit was a nice design for the time and sure cost a lot less than a Sterling. It was just a time in my life and thought thats what I wanted, maybe it was Corvette envy I don't know. I couldn't afford one of those so I went for what I could. Today if I was into the do it yourself car thing, I'd go with a bare bones "Rat Rod". See ones taste does change with age. Again, great blog
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One-offs | Wed, 10 Jun 2009 Posted by : Shannon Larratt
I just noticed an interesting vehicle posted over at Kit Car magazine called the "Pegasus". Details are scarce, but it seems to be a one off vehicle built by Fantasy Cars on a '78 Chevrolet C1500 truck, presumably for a movie. It's a
horrendously ugly neat start, but to me it feels "unfinished".
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eBay, March Hare | Sat, 06 Jun 2009 Posted by : Shannon Larratt
Before I get to posting some pictures from the Carlisle show (which I'll do in the next day or two), let me just continue on this March Hare kick. Kevin sent me a tip that some old March Hare literature — an early ad, and a dealer letter for a later model — are on eBay right now. You'll note that the original has yet another window design, and that the letters (dated 1981), seem to be for an entirely different design of the kit. I suspect the second version (which from that one small picture is far less appealing to me) sold even fewer bodies than the first. Still, I'm a sucker for wedge shaped cars.
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March Hare | Sat, 06 Jun 2009 Posted by : Shannon Larratt
Who'd have thought that I'd be posted another one of these ultra rare kits so soon? After posting the shots of Bruce's car, I received the following email and pictures:
Hi! I'm Dodger, from Virginia. I've owned this car since the early '90s and was never able to identify the kit; that is, until this morning, when I stumbled upon this "Price of His Toys" site. I now know that it's a "March Hare" designed by Jim Edwards and John Marshall, head of Brigham Young University design school. Other than this one that I own, the only others that I've ever seen are the three previously posted on this site. Apparently this is a pretty rare kit. It needs restoration and I would love to find more information about this car.
As you can see, there are some build differences between Bruce and Dodger's cars — the door and window treatments most obviously but also minor touches like the fender flares and scoops and trim.
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March Hare | Sat, 06 Jun 2009 Posted by : Shannon Larratt
I posted a teaser image of Bruce's award winning March Hare kit, and I wanted to follow that up with a few more shots of his beautiful example of this rare classic that pre-dates more successful vehicles in the same class like the Manx SR.
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GP Talon | Fri, 05 Jun 2009 Posted by : Shannon Larratt
I got the following letter from a reader in Iceland:
I like to ask if you can help me out. I have 356 speedster replica and for few days ther was a guy how called me and aske if I had intrest on his kit car and he told me this are some kid of lotus. can you tell me if this are lotus or what?
It doesn't look to me like a Lotus… More like a Clan Crusader but the doors aren't right. Anyone recognize it?
Update/solved: This is a GP Talon, a British kit car that debuted in 1980 on a VW chassis. Thanks Grzegorz!
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Brubaker Box, Video | Fri, 05 Jun 2009 Posted by : Shannon Larratt
Check out this Brubaker box, sent in by email@example.com, who's got 1779cc with weber progressive 2bbl in it — listen to the engine in the video below. The paint looks faded below because he's currently redoing the paint job. Definitely one of my favorite VW-based kits, and one of the more innovative designs out there.
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For Sale, March Hare | Fri, 05 Jun 2009 Posted by : Shannon Larratt
Oh, it's not mythical after all!
And it's for sale… but I'll get to that in a future entry with some more photos. This was built by Bruce Kirk in St. Louis, MO in 1988 with his teenage son. It's one of only seven believed to have been molded by Jim Edwards. It's had numerous adventures, including being driven down to a car show in Indianapolis where they got to drive it around the 500 race track for fun. It's currently sitting in his garage waiting for a little attention, or a buyer. Anyway, it's great to see such a rare car finished.
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The Web as we know it is being threatened…. Some of its most successful inhabitants have begun to chip away at its principles…. Governments—totalitarian and democratic alike—are monitoring people's online habits, endangering important human rights.
One of the most significant changes in the Internet since the release in 1993 of the first graphical browser, Mosaic, which was built on the basis of Berners-Lee's work, has been the quest to monetize it. In its inaugural days, the Web was a strange, eclectic collection of personal homepages, a kind of digital wall art that bypassed traditional gatekeepers, did not rely on mainstream media companies or corporate cash, and was not driven by commercial interests. The computer scientist and musician Jaron Lanier was there at the creation, and in his fierce, coruscating manifesto, You Are Not a Gadget,3 remembers it like this:
The rise of the web was a rare instance when we learned new, positive information about human potential. Who would have guessed (at least at first) that millions of people would put so much effort into a project without the presence of advertising, commercial motive, threat of punishment, charismatic figures, identity politics, exploitation of the fear of death, or any of the other classic motivators of mankind. In vast numbers, people did something cooperatively, solely because it was a good idea, and it was beautiful.
But then commerce moved in, almost by accident, when Larry Page and Sergey Brin, the duo who started Google, reluctantly paired small ads with their masterful search engine as a way to fund it. It was not their intent, at first, to create the largest global advertising platform in the history of the world, or to move marketing strategy away from pushing products toward consumers to pulling individual consumers toward specific products and brands. But that is what happened. Write the word "blender" in an e-mail, and the next set of ads you're likely to see will be for Waring and Oster.4 Search for information on bipolar disease, and drug ads will pop up when you're reading baseball scores. Use Google Translate to read an abstract of a journal article and an ad for Spanish translation software will appear when you are using an online English dictionary. (All this activity leads to a question that will not be rhetorical if Chorost's World Wide Mind comes to fruition: Will our thoughts have corporate sponsors, too?)
Targeted ads (even when they are generated by what may have appeared to have been a private communication) may seem harmless enough—after all, if there is going to be advertising, isn't it better if it is for products and services that might be useful? But to pull you into a transaction, companies believe they need to know not only your current interests, but what you have liked before, how old you are, your gender, where you live, how much education you have, and on and on. There are something like five hundred companies that are able to track every move you make on the Internet, mining the raw material of the Web and selling it to marketers. ("Stop calling yourself a user," Lanier warns. "You are being used.") That you are overweight, have diabetes, have missed a car payment or two, read historical novels, support Republicans, use a cordless power drill, shop at Costco, and spend a lot of time on airplanes is not only known to people other than yourself, it is of great monetary value to them as well. So, too, where you are and where you've been, as we recently learned when it was revealed that both Apple and Google have been tracking mobile phone and tablet users and storing that information as well.
Even reading devices like Amazon's Kindle pay attention to what users are doing: highlight a passage in a Kindle book and the passage is sent back to Amazon. Clearly, the potential for privacy and other civil liberty abuses here is vast. While the FBI, for instance, needs a warrant to search your computer, Pariser writes that "if you use Yahoo or Gmail or Hotmail for your e-mail, you 'lose your constitutional protections immediately,' according to a lawyer for the Electronic Frontier Foundation." At least one arrest has been made by law enforcement officers using Apple location data. And this past April, the Supreme Court heard arguments in Sorrell v. IMS Health, in which IMS Health, in challenging Vermont's statutory restriction on the sale of patients' prescription information to data-mining companies, argued that harvesting and selling medical records data is a First Amendment right. Clearly, data tracking and mining give new meaning to the words "computer monitor."
In the commercial sphere, marketers are also looking beyond facts and bits of information, in order to determine not just what you have bought, but what kinds of pitches appealed to you when you did. Once they have compiled your "persuasion profile," they will refine those targeted ads even further. And if marketing companies can do this, why not political candidates, the government, or companies that want to sway public opinion? "There are undoubtedly times and places and styles of argument that make us more susceptible to believe what we're told," Pariser observes.
One thing that we—the denizens of the Internet—have come to accept without much thought is that commerce is a really cool aspect of the Web's shift into social networking. The very popular Foursquare, Loopt, and Groupon sites, for example, make shopping and branding the basis of the social encounter. People on Foursquare vie to become the "mayor" of bakeries and clothing stores by visiting them more than anyone else. They proudly display "badges" that they've "earned" by patronizing certain businesses, as if they were trophies celebrating excellence. Facebook users who click on the "like" button for a product may trigger the appearance of an ad for that product on the pages of their "friends." Companies like Twitalyzer and Klout analyze data from Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn to determine who has the most influence online—these can be celebrities or ordinary people with significant followings—and sell that information to businesses that then entice the influencers to pitch their products or "evangelize their brand." This, according to The Wall Street Journal, has "ignited a race among social-media junkies who, eager for perks and bragging rights, are working hard to game the system and boost their scores."5 As Lanier points out, "The only hope for social networking sites from a business point of view is for a magic formula to appear in which some method of violating privacy and dignity becomes acceptable." That magic, it seems, is already in play.
The paradox of personalization and the self-expression promoted by the Internet through Twitter, Facebook, and even Chatroulette is that it simultaneously diminishes the value of personhood and individuality. Read the comments that accompany many blog posts and articles, and it is overwhelmingly evident that violating dignity—someone else's and, therefore, one's own—is a cheap and widely circulated currency. This is not only true for subjects that might ordinarily incite partisanship and passion, like sports or politics, but for pretty much anything.6
The point of ad hominem attacks is to take a swipe at someone's character, to undermine their integrity. Chorost suggests that the reason the Internet as we now know it does not foster the kind of empathy he sees coming in the Web of the future, when we will "feel people's inner lives electronically," is because it is not yet an integral part of our bodies, but Lanier's explanation is more convincing. The "hive mind" created through our electronic connections necessarily obviates the individual—indeed, that's what makes it a collective consciousness. Anonymity, which flourishes where there is no individual accountability, is one of its key features, and behind it, meanness, antipathy, and cruelty have a tendency to rush right in. As the sociologist Sherry Turkle observes:
Networked, we are together, but so lessened are our expectations of each other that we can feel utterly alone. And there is the risk that we come to see others as objects to be accessed—and only for the parts that we find useful, comforting, or amusing.7
Here is Chorost describing the wonders of a neural-networked friendship:
Having brainlike computers would greatly simplify the process of extracting information from one brain and sending it to another. Suppose you have such a computer, and you're connected with another person via the World Wide Mind…. You see a cat on the sidewalk in front of you. Your rig…sees activity in a large percentage of the neurons constituting your brain's invariant representation of a cat. To let your friend know you're seeing a cat, it sends three letters of information—CAT—to the other person's implanted rig. That person's rig activates her brain's invariant representation of a cat, and she sees it. Or rather, to be more accurate, she sees a memory of a cat that is taken from her own neural circuitry….
3 See also Zadie Smith's discussion of Lanier's book in these pages, "Generation Why?," November 25, 2010. ↩
4 This is not a rhetorical example, as the following exchange on the website Garden Web from last February illustrates. A little over an hour after a woman writes about her thirty-five-year-old Oster blender, she posts on the site again. This time, instead of the subject line being "Re: Blenders," it is "Advertisements." "And then, like magic," the woman, who calls herself annie1992, writes, "look what appears at the top of my screen...." It is, not so magically, an ad for a blender. ↩
5 See Jessica E. Vascellaro, "Wannabe Cool Kids Aim to Game the Web's New Social Scorekeepers," February 8, 2011. ↩
6 Note the comments to this New York Times piece where the author, a doctor, mistakenly gave her dog ibuprofen and was writing about her mistake to warn others: Randi Hutter Epstein, "How the Doctor Almost Killed Her Dog," New York Times Well blog, January 20, 2011. ↩
7 See Sherry Turkle, Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other (Basic Books, 2011), p. 154. ↩
See also Zadie Smith's discussion of Lanier's book in these pages, "Generation Why?," November 25, 2010. ↩
This is not a rhetorical example, as the following exchange on the website Garden Web from last February illustrates. A little over an hour after a woman writes about her thirty-five-year-old Oster blender, she posts on the site again. This time, instead of the subject line being "Re: Blenders," it is "Advertisements." "And then, like magic," the woman, who calls herself annie1992, writes, "look what appears at the top of my screen…." It is, not so magically, an ad for a blender. ↩
See Jessica E. Vascellaro, "Wannabe Cool Kids Aim to Game the Web's New Social Scorekeepers," February 8, 2011. ↩
Note the comments to this New York Times piece where the author, a doctor, mistakenly gave her dog ibuprofen and was writing about her mistake to warn others: Randi Hutter Epstein, "How the Doctor Almost Killed Her Dog," New York Times Well blog, January 20, 2011. ↩
See Sherry Turkle, Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other (Basic Books, 2011), p. 154. ↩


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HttpUtility::UrlEncode Method (String)
Encodes a URL string.
Namespace: System.Web
Assembly: System.Web (in System.Web.dll)
- str
- Type: System::String
The text to encode.
Return ValueType: System::String
An encoded string.
The UrlEncode(String) method can be used to encode the entire URL, including query-string values. If characters such as blanks and punctuation are passed in an HTTP stream without encoding, they might be misinterpreted at the receiving end. URL encoding converts characters that are not allowed in a URL into character-entity equivalents; URL decoding reverses the encoding. For example, when the characters < and > are embedded in a block of text to be transmitted in a URL, they are encoded as %3c and %3e.
You can encode a URL using with the UrlEncode method or the UrlPathEncode method. However, the methods return different results. The UrlEncode method converts each space character to a plus character (+). The UrlPathEncode method converts each space character into the string "%20", which represents a space in hexadecimal notation. Use the UrlPathEncode method when you encode the path portion of a URL in order to guarantee a consistent decoded URL, regardless of which platform or browser performs the decoding.
The HttpUtility::UrlEncode method uses UTF-8 encoding by default. Therefore, using the UrlEncode method provides the same results as using the UrlEncode method and specifying UTF8 as the second parameter.
UrlEncode is a convenient way to access the UrlEncode method at run time from an ASP.NET application. Internally, UrlEncode uses the UrlEncode method to encode strings.
To encode or decode values outside of a web application, use the WebUtility class.
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