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• Marc Shaiman Named Music Director For 82nd Academy Awards

  
  HairBoutique.com Blog — Authority: 142
  MARC SHAIMAN NAMED MUSIC DIRECTOR FOR 82ND ACADEMY AWARDSBeverly Hills, CA Oscar-nominated composer Marc Shaiman will serve as music director for the 82nd Academy Awards, telecast producers Adam Shankman and Bill Mechanic announced today.“With Marc on board, we are sure to have some great musical and, hopefully, ...
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• The X Factor 2009 – The Result – Live Results 7 (itv.com/xfactor)

  
  Watch your favorite videos on the internet. — Authority: 180
  The X Factor 2009: Going from six down to five: the act going home tonight is... See more at http://www.itv.com/xfactor
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• National Briefing | South: South Carolina: Money for Study of Wind Energy

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 916
  Clemson University is getting nearly $100 million in federal stimulus money to study wind energy.
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• Scribblings of the Czar of the Ministry of Information

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 768
  The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs was, in an irony that will quickly become apparent, created by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980.  Last month, after some delay by meddling and petty Senators with the temerity to express concern over the nominees political views, Cass R. Sunstein was confirmed by ...
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• + LDA Health Alert re Neurotoxic Chemical Bisphenol-A (BPA)

  
  Dyslexia Tutor: News-Resources — Authority: 117
  other topics: click a “cateogry” or use search box The Learning Disabilities Association (LDA) has sent out email alerts to all its members urging them to act now. On November 5, Consumer Reports published a study looking at BPA levels in 19 different name-brand foods and found that a diverse assortment of ...
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• Brideview Drama Tallow

  
  YoughalOnline.com — Authority: 139
  A huge well done and congratulations to all involved in Brideview Drama’s 1-Act comedy, ‘The Loaded Dog’. With 5 performances completed at various Munster 1-Act Drama Festivals, the group did very well with prizes. Behind the scenes the three actors had much help from members of the group. Patrick Smith, Orla ...
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• Haiku of Yielding

  
  Authspot — Authority: 560
  Pit in my stomach. Lump in my throat that won’t move… Sat here, by myself. Drowned by my own thoughts. Downed by my lack of virtues. And abandoned here. Imitating you… You know how to act, don’t you? Apparently so… You know this world’s “rules”. You know what I’m meant to be. So I’ll ...
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• Lunch time quiz

  
  The Standard — Authority: 609
  1) National MP Paul Quinn is under investigation for breaching the State Services Act and the neutrality of the public service by holding a political meeting in conjunction with a WINZ seminar. John Key is: a) relaxed b) comfortable c) on holiday d) not Helen Clark, at least 2) Key is not going to Copenhagen ...
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• Three Stooges arrived in Mission Viejo last Fri. Part 2 of 2

  
  Orange Juice — Authority: 553
  Earlier today I met with our City Clerk and copied the list of names on both Mission Viejo RECALL candidate Dave Leckness and Dale Tyler’s Nomination Papers. I also copied the 50 plus names that appeared on the Feb 5th Notice of Intent to Circulate Recall Petition to see which of those signers appear in [...]
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• Senators, Governor urge high-speed rail funding

  
  Political Blotter — Authority: 505
  U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein , joined by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger , wrote to President Barack Obama today in support of California’s requests for high-speed and intercity rail funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Read the full text of the letter, after the jump… ...
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• Adoption as Violence Against Women

  
  FAMILY PRESERVATION ADVOCACY — Authority: 135
  November 25 is intl day for elimination of violence against women Making the world a safer place Tacloban City (November 23) -- The United Nations Development Fund for Women enjoin people of the world to join the 16 Days of activism against gender violence, a campaign linking November 25th - the ...
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• A Moral Imperative: Passing Laws to Protect Transgender People from Hate Violence

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 158
  The following is from Allyson Robinson, HRC’s associate director of diversity who participated in Friday’s Transgender Day of Remembrance events in Atlanta. Speaking at the Atlanta Transgender Day of Remembrance observance last Friday night, Georgia State Senator Vincent Fort (D-39) said, “The passage of a ...
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• FBI Reports 11 Percent Increase in Victims of Hate Crimes Based on Sexual Orientation

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 158
  Today the Federal Bureau of Investigation issued hate crimes statistics from 2008 showing the number of victims of bias-motivated crimes based on sexual orientation increased by 11 percent that year — the third year in a row reported hate crimes against LGBT people have increased.  Hate crimes based on sexual ...
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• Meeting on 17th St. Construction Project Tonight

  
  Housing Complex — Authority: 569
  Go check out your stimulus dollars at work people! Tonight, the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) will hold a meeting to discuss the upcoming 17th Street Construction Project, one of the many transportation projects financed by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Here’s more on the project: ...
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• It’s not spin, the govt told me

  
  The Standard — Authority: 609
  The Dompost reports : “The number of places available on a programme to get young people off the dole will be increased after the Government credited it with a drop in unemployment”. Sigh, it’s the seasons, stupid . There has been no drop in unemployment, that went up to 6.5% in the last stats. The number ...
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• Harassment Hotline

  
  Stop Street Harassment! — Authority: 422
  Should employers be responsible if their employees harass women in public, while the employee is on the job?Recently I read Deborah Thompson’s article “‘The Woman in the Street:’ Reclaiming the Public Space from Sexual Harassment” (a 1994 article in the Yale Journal of Law and Feminism) and I like her ideas ...
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• Homeless reviews and fact finding in the Supreme Court

  
  Nearly Legal — Authority: 127
  We’ve been told that Ali & Ibrahim v Birmingham City Council (now Ali, Ibrahim and Tomlinson v BCC) was heard in the Supreme Court today, 23 November. Our report on the Court of Appeal judgment ([2008] EWCA 1228) is here . The issue is whether Housing Act 1996 s.202 reviews are Article 6 compliant. Judgment ...
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• Why Tap NSA Rather than FISA to Start the Search for Terrorists

  
  Joejolly's Weblog — Authority: 134
  Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) was first enacted in 1978 ( Public Law 95-511 ) and later amended by the Patriot Act. It is at the center of the controversy concerning domestic spying by the NSA. It was passed after revelations of massive domestic spying ...
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• What do the Brumbies do with Matt Giteau?

  
  The RiotACT — Authority: 148
  All the world’s rugby media is agape bearing witness to the implosion of Matt Giteau as the Wallabies crumble to lows not seen in many of our lifetimes.So what to do when he gets back here to Canberra?Apparently the Wallaby backline isn’t good enough to partake of his genius, will the Brumbies be up to [...]
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• Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

  
  Roni Deutch: The Tax Lady Blog — Authority: 480
  Last Wednesday, the Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and key Democratic leaders announced their highly anticipated health care reform bill, which has already been voted to the debate floor. For those of you who do not remember, the House of Representatives unveiled their plan a few weeks ago . The ...
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