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• Neiman Marcus Christmas Book - Inside the Holiday Fantasy

  
  StyleList Fashion Blog — Authority: 663
  Filed under: News , Designers & Brands , Shopping Let the holidays shine in this exclusive Tadashi Shoji gown. Photo courtesy of Neiman Marcus The Neiman Marcus Christmas Book unofficially kicks off the holiday season, as visions of sports cars, gorgeous gowns and baubles the size of sugarplums dance ...
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• Jeris Smug Hats

  
  Hot Chicks Dig Smart Men — Authority: 131
  Heres Boogie the Giant Schnauzer, grumpily modeling one of the Excelsior House hats I made from the yarn donated by Jeri of Smug Puppies . As you can tell, hes not an entirely willing subject in this case, but I really dont care. These are SMUG PUPPY HATS, and hes a SMUG PUPPY. So he can suck it up and model the ...
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• Cost Of Aid Admin

  
  Burning our money — Authority: 592
  Big overheads Weve blogged the waste and misdirection in the governments £7bn pa international aid programme many times ( see all previous posts gathered here ). Now, Ben Farrugia of the TaxPayers Alliance has taken a closer look at how much of the Department for International Developments (DfID) budget ...
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• Best Children for Children’s song of the past 30 years

  
  24 oranges — Authority: 516
  This song from the Kinderen voor Kinderen choir (’Children for Children’) was voted their best song last Saturday, public broadcaster VARA announced according to Volkskrant . The song is called ‘Op een Onbewoond Eiland’ (’On a Desert Island’). My personal favourite, Waanzinnig Gedroomd (’Dreamed ...
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• Herald features divided Coll

  
  For Argyll — Authority: 443
  This has been reported in Argyll much earlier but yesterday’s (13th November) Herald newspaper brought the matter to national attention.Headlined ‘Battle of islanders may Coll off £2.5 million project’, the article features the almost equal division on the island on whether to accept the £852,329 funding won ...
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• Pac-Can

  
  Hawty McBloggy Invites You to Play — Authority: 550
  Canstruction is a cleverly named design competition where architects, engineers, and students team up to see who can create the biggest, most impressive sculpture comprised solely of unopened cans of food. The results are not only mindblowingly awesome but the entire event is also charitable in nature as all the ...
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• Applications New York Marathon : Guaranteed Entry NYC Marathon

  
  Marathon You Can Do It — Authority: 124
  The following groups are eligible for guaranteed entry to the ING New York City Marathon. Members of New York Road Runners, who completed at least nine NYRR-scored, qualifying races, and who have volunteered for one event, during the calendar year. Entrants in the ING New York City Marathon the previous year who ...
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• Weekly Political Roundup

  
  Mombian — Authority: 474
  U.S. National News Democratic leaders said they plan to repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (DADT) in next year’s defense authorization bill. The American Medical Association (AMA) passed a resolution calling for full repeal of DADT, saying that it “clearly has a negative impact on military healthcare, ...
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• Lawmakers defy church pressure on DC gay marriage

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 156
  (Washington) The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington is threatening to stop providing social services, including management of city homeless shelters, unless lawmakers change a proposal to legalize same-sex marriages. So far, most city council members have refused to do that. Catholic Charities has city contracts to ...
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• State workers donating to food drive

  
  The State Worker — Authority: 137
  State workers in the Sacramento area, in partnership with California Emergency Foodlink , are collecting donations for the annual Food Drive . The effort will continue through January with food collection barrels located in state offices throughout Sacramento. Foodlink says in this press release that last ...
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• GOOD NEWS FRIDAY sponsored by Liberation Farm: DRIVING FOR JOCKEYS

  
  Paulick Report — Authority: 517
  By Bradford Cummings Just four and a half years ago I was working as a barista at a Starbucks in Louisville, Ky., trying to get a break after an acting career cut short and yet just a few days ago I had the pleasure of finishing a 13-day, 7-“city” tour with who I believe is one of the preeminent thinkers in the ...
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• New Yorkers Spend A Night In Toyland, Gaming For A Cause

  
  Guest of a Guest - NYC People, Places, Parties & Nightlife — Authority: 688
  [All photos by JP Pullos and Patrick McMullan for PMc ] Last night, the Hassenfeld Committee and the Kids of NYU Foundation Associates Committee teamed up to bring a piece of Vegas to NYC for a great cause. Guests included LuAnn De Lesseps and Gigi Stone . - “Adults in Toyland – Casino Night” ...
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• Ways Of Paying Less Inheritance Tax

  
  IENACE — Authority: 142
    Wills  is fundamentally order to whoever you have chosen to manage your estate as to how you would want your estate to be shared out after you’ve died. By pets we don’t mean you’re giving up your pet parrot – but you could do! Carry on reading Lots of people report that, if you leave a cheap will you ...
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• The Current Health Care Bill : Its a Mandate on Charities, Too

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 165
  Part of the story about who would feel the payroll tax on employers contained in the House-passed health care bill has gone missing. The media coverage Ive seen and the Congressional rhetoric Ive heard focuses on the small business lead by an entrepreneur who started the company. Thats part of the story, but it isnt ...
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• A Case of Selective Compassion

  
  dcpeg's blog — Authority: 121
  If all life is sacred, how can Catholic Charities and perhaps other religiously affiliated service organizations threaten to abandon those who need them most? This is what is being threatened here, in D.C. Next month, the D.C. Council will vote on whether or not to endorse same-sex marriage. If they vote in favor of ...
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• Glenn Close Works Hard to reach out to and Support the Mentally Ill

  
  TitusOneNine — Authority: 591
  Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News , World News , and News about the Economy I served my CPE internship in a VA hospital where the two wards I was to help care for had many mentally ill people on them. My supervisor said, early on in the program, "Kendall, the mentally ill and the lepers of modern day ...
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• Gay Activists Scramble to Pile the Hard Spin On Catholic Charities in D.C. To Cover Their Own Intolerance

  
  Beetle Blogger — Authority: 421
  Realms of Inexplicable Evil The Huffington Post today berated the Catholic Church as an ‘Inexplicably Evil Organization’ . Why? Because it will soon be forced to stop providing services to the poor, homeless and needy on D.C.’s streets if same sex marriage legislation is passed. The Catholic Archdiocese of ...
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• As More Foundations Choose to Spend Down, Charities Worry About ...

  
  Money employment & careers - money-employment.marc8.com — Authority: 148
  Some 9 percent to 12 percent of foundations are in spend-down mode, while roughly a quarter are considering the idea, according to separate surveys by the Urban Institute and the Foundation Center....
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• Help Us Help You

  
  The Agitator — Authority: 124
  Agitator readers who are not subscribers to our email feed will not have received the following invitation from Roger earlier this week … Dear Agitator Reader: I’m writing to personally invite you to participate in The Agitator’s ‘Fundraising Plans for 2010′ online survey . Hopefully, we are beginning to ...
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• ‘Smoke’s Texas Hold’em Poker Tournament’ To Debut On November 28 At Hollywood Casino in Indiana

  
  Motorsports Journal — Authority: 144
  Tony Stewart Foundation LAWRENCEBURG , IN – Two-Time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion Set To Take on Fans in Inaugural Event Two-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion and current Chase contender Tony Stewart is set to enjoy a great game of poker against his fans. On Saturday, November 28, with the 2009 Chase ...
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